The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-10-11 00:00:00, page 3

ALEXANDRIA, September 16.
A correfpondt at in Hamplhire county, in this state,
informs us, that there has been difeovered on the
banks of the river, near the road leading from Win
chester to Hampshire courthouse, a considerable quan
tity of ice, which has remained all summer, notwith
standing the place is exposed to the action of the fun
from about ten o'clock in the morning, till fix in the
evening. From the earth and rocks whereon the ice
lays, issues a blast so cold, as is believed fufficient to
congeal river water into solid ice; and below the
bank issues an exceeding cold spring, of which some
experiments have been made in rheumatick complaints,
and, it is said, with success.,
By a gentleman immediately from Kentucky we are
informed, that the depredations of the Indians are not
yet at an end in that country ; that on the 12th ult.
as Walker Daniel, Esquire, the state attorney in that
diftriCt, Mr. Keightly, of Philadelphia, and a Mr.
Johnston, were going from the Falls of Ohio to the
Salt Works, about fix miles from the works they were
attacked by a party of about fcven Indians, when Da
niel and Keightly were shot dead on the spot, and John
ston wounded across his bread with a ball, though for
tunately effected his escape. The dead bodies were
found scalped, and dabbed in a very barbarous man
ner, but the Indians did not plunder them of their
money or clothes.
The quantity of rain that has fallen lately, has de
stroyed several mills in different parts of the country,
and it is apprehended the farmers will fuffer much in
their crops from it.
The Captain of the schooner Harrison informs, that
about day-break, on the 9th ult. a little to the south
ward of the Capes of Virginia, he fell in with two
armed brigs, whom he shortly after hailed, and neither
would answer, but immediately fired two broadlides
into him ; he then hailed them a second time, and they,
after hailing each other, it is fappofed, in Spanish, fir
ed another broadside into him ; but he having the ad
vantage of them in failing, happily made his escape.
PHILADELPHIA, October 2.
By letters from Rhode-llland, we are informed,
that the fleet of his Most Christian Majesty is fafe ar
rived from the Chesapeake in that harbour, and will
return to the Weft-Indies after the h ricane season,
to avoid which is the object of their , fit to our con
tinent.
The schooner Navarro, John Burr< /s, master, be
longing to Philadelphia, was cast aw / the 24th of
last month, at midnight, on the Mart} ;, on the coast
of Florida. Next day three vessels f >m New-Pro
vidence fell in with her, and saved the < rew, with part
of the cargo.
Captain Burrows had been at New-Orleans with,
a cargo of flour, which the Spaniards would not al
low him to dispose of.
Monday last arrived here the fliip Harmony, Capt.
Willet, in fix weeks from London. In her came
passengers Joseph Reed, Esq. Mr. Andrew Bayard,
Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Alton, and Mr. Poultney, of this
city ; Mrs. Fawkner and son, Miss Hartley, Mr. San
fom, and Mr. Price, of London.
The fliip Favourite, from the Havanna, brings ad
vice of a very heavy gale of wind that lately happened
about 20 leagues from the island of St. Antonio, in
which the brig ACtive, Capt. 1 hompfon, from Black-
River; the ship Neptune, Captain Clarkfon, loaded
at Green-Island ; and the ship , Captain An
gus, were all difmafted : They had got to the Havan
na, and were refitting. In the midst of the gale they
fell in with a fleet of merchantmen from Jamaica,
which sustained great damage. They saw two brigs
founder, and saved some of their people ; several were
difmafted, but of whom they can give no further ac
count.
review, and the length of way many of the corps had
to march, we must admire their spirit and perseve
rance. And notwithstanding that the fatal rage of emi
gration has taken away a great number of the volun
teers, the corps came forward very strong, particularly
the Rapho and Strabane battalions.
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American Intelligence.
N EW-HAVEN, September 22.
Extract of a letter from Jamaica, dated Aug. I, 1784.
" n" account of the apprehensions of the inhabi
ts tants, from the late dreadful hurricane, the Go
vernor and Council have given permission, for the space
of four months from the date hereof, to vessels of all
nations, and all lizes, to bring in lumber and proviii
ons —but not permitted to carry the fmallcft quantity
of produce from the island."
On Monday evening of last week, the weather being
squally and dark, a fmaJl (loop from New-London,
bound to this port, ran on a rock near Killingfworth
harbour, and bilged. The matter, Richard Brooky,
to examine the situation of the vessel, or for some
other purpose, got on the rock, from which he was
washed off, and unfortunately drowned. The sea made
a constant breach over the vessel, by which the lives
of the people on board (two men and a woman) were
in constant jeopardy. The next fair morning the peo
ple were landed, and the veffcl towed into port.
RICHMOND, September 18.
Oflober 6. A veffcl is arrived at Norfolk with the
melancholy account of an earthquake having happened
at Kingston, in Jamaica, which (wallowed up almost
all that town ; and that most of the vessels in the har
bour were loft by a hurricane preceding the shock.
We hear the greatest part of Port-Royal, in Jamai
ca, is quite under water, owing to the violent hurri
cane which has lately happened there ; and the loss of
shipping is said to be immense, upwards of one hun
dred fail having been destroyed, and a number of
others considerably damaged.
We learn with great pleasure, that the Chevalier
de la Luzerne arrived at I'Orient in perfect health,
after a short passage of 28 days.
On Thursday the 23d ult. died, in the 53d year of
his age, at Richmond, in Virginia, Mr. Robert
Bell, late printer and bookseller, of this city. The
happy assemblage of wit, humour, urbanity and ho
nesty, all which he possessed in an eminent degree,
made him an agreeable companion and good citizen.
Death's Jbafts fly thick.
The cup goes round,
And who so artful as to put it by ?
'Tis long since death had the majority, 1
Yet strange, the living lay it not to heart.
A letter from Exeter, in England, has the follow
ing article, which shews to what height smuggling is
carried in that kingdom : “ I suppose nine pounds of
tea out of ten, conlumed in these two counties, are at
present smuggled."
Extract of a letter from Virginia, dated Sept. 18.
" As three men were going down the Ohio a few
weeks ago in a small canoe, being much in want of
provisions, they difeovered a bear swimming across
the river, which they fired at and wounded ; he im
mediately made for the canoe, which was drove ra
pidly on by the current, and attempted to come on
board, but his weight on the edge of the canoe being
great, overfet it, turning the people out with all their
guns, ammunition, &c. and obliged them to swim for
their lives. A Mr. Montgomery, one of the party,
was unfortunately drowned ; the other two, by the
assistance cf the canoe, reached the shore in about a
mile from where they were overfet. In strolling about
the woods after they landed, they found a deferred In
dian camp, which supplied them with some old mock
afons and shoes, and enabled them to proceed on their
march ; during which, they were four days before
they got any thing to eat, when fortunately they fell
in with the company on the Ohio which they had
parted with on the Miffifippi."
The Richmond, Light, from London ; Robert,
Ramsey, and Triton, Lewis, either from London or
Glasgow ; Owen, from Guadaloupe ; and the Harri
son, from Martinique, are arrived in James river.
The Eagle, Bowers, from Baltimore, arrived at
Montego-Bay, in Jamaica, the 7th of August.
Odober §. On Sunday last, about 11 o'clock, as a
young man was helping a young woman into a bat
teau at the end of a wharf in Chester, the boat, not
being faftened, parted from the wharf, by which means
they both fell into the river and were unfortunately
drowned. The inhabitants, after searching for the
bodies till all hopes of recovering them to life were
loft, sent off a boat to give notice to their friends,
who, it is said, live on an island near the Jersey shore,
opposite to Chester. Our informant, a stranger to
them and their connexions, is of opinion they were
lovers, and hopes they deserve the fame good charac
ter given to John Hewitt and Sarah Drew, who were
killed by a slash of lightning in England, about 50
years ago. If so, the pains of death nauft have been
mitigated by the pleasure of expiring in each others
arms.
Burlington, if October, 1784.
Last night departed this life, in his 59th year, Mr.
THOMAS POWELL, many years an eminent
schoolmaster in this city. Though so experienced a
teacher may be readily foppofed to be no small loss,
yet the parents and guardians of youth are assured
the earliest care will be taken to continue the school
upon a more extensive plan, by the introduction of
a master in the Greek, Latin, and French languages,
which was in forwardnefs, and only retarded by Mr.
Powell's indisposition.
T R ENTO N, Ofilober I I.
To-morrow comes on the annual election of mem
bers to represent the several counties of this state in
the Legislative-Council and Assembly, for the ensu
ing year.
Mr. Collins,
WHEN I sent you the piece published in your
" Last weakes gazette," I had never inquired
further than how the votes flood on sassing, the bill,
that being the important question, and only meant to
call the attention of my fellow electors to that vote;
for whatever might have happened before, I conceive
it to have been the duty of the members of this
county, and the interest of the whole state, to have
negatived the bill as it now Rands. If the gentleman
who answered me, against whom I have no particular
enmity, had meant to “ Reform" my “ head or Hart,"
or to have fairly informed his constituents, he ought
to have given the whole state of the affair, which was
plainly this : —When the bill was firft brought into
the house, it was for declaring Trenton and Perth-
Amboy free ports. —How did Trenton come to be
struck out? Sure lam that no member, nor even
the House, could have it struck out without the ge
neral consent, or the dissenting members having a
right to have their nays stand against the measure, if
they required it: It is therefore incumbent on the
gentleman to publish that part of the minutes which
contains the yeas and nays on the question for Rrik
ing Trenton out. When he does that, if we find his
name in the right lift, we shall believe he did not con
lent to its being struck out: Till then we ate fully
warranted in faying he consented to it ; and his se
conding the motion for putting it in again must be
placed among the many unaccountable things done in
that fitting.
Strange Doings /
IT is not denied. Strange and unaccountable they
are; but not beyond remedy. Strange it mull ap
pear to the people of New-Jersey, to fee the courts
of justice shut up in a mode so alarming :-—To fee
debtors tempted as well as enabled to defraud their
creditors ; the old laws, which have flood the test of
ages, and been built up on the experience of our
fathers, overturned by newfangled notions ; the
accounts against thq, confifcated estates thrown into
confufion and embarrassment ; all the remains of pub
lick and private confidence done away by law ; these
things indeed are the Wonders of the Day ! Still,
however, others may mend these evils, and bring
things to their senses again, when veiled with proper
Legislative Lower. One thing is beyond cure. It is
too much ; I cannot patiently reconcile myfelf to it.
Burlington and Amboy,not noted for affeCtion through
out the war, they must be free ports, not for mer
chandize only, but for Refugees ; and this must stand
unaltered for twenty-five years. Nothing else ? Yes,
because they have not done us mifehief enough we
must pay their taxes! It would have been better to
have had no port-law ten times over.
An old Citizen.
NOT only the Treasurer, but a number of the
inhabitants of the county of Hunterdofi, blame
me exceedingly for not putting the law in execution:
Therefore the township collectors of said county, for
the last year and this, may lely, that if the taxes are
not paid up by the firft of November next, I will
proceed against them as the law directs, without re
fpeCtof persons; by their humble servant,
JOSHUA CORSHON,
County Collector.
October 4, 1784. 2wf
To the PUBLICK.
AS I have undertaken to make a general map of
the state of New-Jersey, to present to the Go
vernor, Council and General Assembly, and for the
benefit of the state in general, I shall esteem it as a
particular favour, if any gentleman travelling through
Princeton will call on Mr. Hills, at the poft-office, to
point out any error that he may be liable to make in
his map.
J. Hills, Surveyor, Architedor
& Draftfman.
Landed estates surveyed, phnned, or estimated,
with the fpecifick valuation of parks, feats, farms, or
any parcel of land, &c. either for letting, sale, or
purchase, at any dillance from Princeton, in the Rate
of New-Jersey, or New-York. Also, plans of estates
and houses neatly drawn or copied, by personal appli
cation, or by letter, postage paid, directed to John
Hills, at the Poll-Office, Princeton; or at No. 201,
Water-street, New-York.
October 8, 1784. 4W
TO BE SOLD,
For the term of five years,
A N active, honest, sober, Negro Lad, about 18
^ ' years of age. Enquire of the Printer. ^w*
Princeton, October 4, 1784.
The Stewarefjip of the College
BEING vacant by the resignation of the late Rew
ard, any person who wishes to serve in that of
fice, will pleale to apply to the President of the Col
lege, and make known his terms, on or before Satur
day the 16th instant.
A Voter in Hunterdon county.