The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-10-18 00:00:00, page 4

N. B. At the fame time and place will be tried the
trdth of the fads contained in the libel against (loop
Revenge, adjourned ovefrom the toft Court of Ad
miralty. October 5, 1780.
AN elegant, fafhionable CHARIOT to be fold
in New-Brunswick, very reasonable for
Hard Money. Enquire of PHILIP FRENCH
for 'the terms. Raritan, October 6, 1780.
TO B E SOL D,
Peremptorily for Cash,
TWO good HOUSED, with their appurte
nances, in Trenton. Enquire of the Print
er. Also some Bed Furniture, &c. • gw*
STR^TyTD or stolen,
ON the 17th inst. from the Subferiber at Trenton
Landing, a bright bay mare, 7 years old, her near
hind foot white, and a large blaze in her forehead ;
her mane hangs the near fide ; most natural to a rack
and pace; about 14 hands one inch high. Whoever
has found the fame and will deliver her to the owner,
or give information so that die may be had'again, shall
have TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by
July 25, 1780. JOHN CLUN N.
"STRAYED or S T OLE N,
In Trenton, from Hezekiah Thompson, Condudor,
living in Springfield, near Elizabeth-Town, on the
13th of September ;
△ RED ROAN HORSE, about fourteen hands
high, trots and paces, and is about 9 years old
Whoever takes up said horse and delivers him to
Captain Yard, in Trenton, or the subscriber in Spring
field, shall receive One Hundred Dollars reward, and
all reasonable charges paid by -
3 w * HEZEKIAU THOMPSON, W. M.
'WILLIAM LA WSO N,
In New-Brunswick, near the Market-House, has
for Sale the following articles, viz.
RICH mode of the best kind, black gauze, sewing
silk, black lace, white ditto, bonnet papers,
blue and brown fagathy, callico, silk handkerchiefs,
linen ditto, fine and coarse linens, white thread from
No. 17 to 48, coarse and fine camblets, brown sugar,
white ditto by the quantity or single pound ; a large
assortment of earthenware, some large pots and pans.
Also fine and coarse combs, mohair buttons, twill
and needles; coffee, chocolate, indigo, alfpice, to
bacco, fnuff, salt, allum, brimstone, copperas, pins,
hard soap, ihoe buckles, shoes, writing paper, sleeve
buttons, pins, several forts of ribbons, primers, tea,
&c, &c. &c. All which will be fold at theloweft prices
for cash or country produce. 5 w *
Belleville,' Odober 10, 1780.
ALL persons who have any'demands against the
late Quartermaster General's department, for
contrasts performed, and services done, under the
direction of the subscriber, for the use of the United
States, are requested to meet him in Eafton, on the
tenth day of November next, then and there to make
a final fettltment of their accounts, that he may be
sooner enabled to present -his accounts, and to do
that justice to the good people in his late diftritt,
which the wisdom and justice of Congress have point
ed out in their fate resolutions.
ROBERT L. HOOPER,
g w * Late D. Q^M. Gen.
To whom it may concern:
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held for the Rate of New-Jersey, at
the house of Isaac Wood in Mount-Holly, on Friday
the tenth day of November next, to try the truth of
the fads alledged in the bill of John Hymes, qui tarn,
&c/igainft the schooner Sally, Williams late
master, her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo; and
also against Negroes jack and Rippin, taken on board
the said schooner (who fay they are the property of
some inhabitant of the state of Virginia, and were
taken by certain refugees, who were on board said
schooner lately drove on shore on the coast of New-
Jerfey,'at Peek's- Beach, and since got off.) To the
end and intent that the owner or owners of the said
vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture, cargo, and the
said Negroes, or any other person interested therein,
may appear and (hew cause, if any they have, why
the fame should not be condemned according to the
prayer of said bill. By order of the Judge,
F JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Register.
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLINS. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Two Thirds of &
Dollar hard Money each the firft Week, and One Sixth for every Continuance, and long Ones in Proportion, or the
'Exchange in continental Currency—and by whpm Essays, and Articles of Intelligence are thankfully received.
STRAYED,
On or about the 15th instant, from the plantation
of Geri. Lewis Morris, near Rocky-Hill, Somer
set county,
A DUN MARE, near fourteen hands high, a
natural pacer, about five or fix years old,
and has a fear upon one of her flanks. Whoever
returns the above mare at the said plantation, or
gives information so that she may be recovered, shall
be handsomely rewarded, and all reasonable charg
es paid at the above place, gw * Sept. 28th.
ROBERT SINGER,
Of Trenton, has for Sale,
A NUMBER of good broad cloths of various co
lours, coatings, dowlas, Russia sheeting, chint
zes, silk patterns for gowns, checks; a variety of
handkerchiefs, rum, sugar, tea, coffee, pepper, al
fpice, black and white silk for bonnets, carpets for
tables or floors, mens stockings, shoe buckles, and
various other things too tedious to mention.
Also, a young NEGRO WOMAN, with her child
ten months old.
TO BE SOLD,
In TRENTON,
N A few very large and elegant
Looking-Glasses,
a Wilton Carpet,
And sundry other things.
gw* Enquire of the Printer.
Let the Public beware !
WHereas Capt. David Anderson obtained a
note from the subscriber, for the payment of
the sum of one thousand pounds continental money,
bearing date the 14th of September last, payable in
two or three weeks after date : Ihefe are therefore
to forwarn all persons not to take an alignment of
the fame, as I am determined not to pay the fame,
it being obtained illegally, without value received.
Given under my hand, at Chefterfield, the gd of
Oftober, 1780. John Wood, jun. gw*
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
BROKE out of Trenton gaol last night, a certain
Matthias Simcock, of a fma4l stature, about 45
years of age ; also one John Van Hile, a low Dutch
man, near 6 feet high, and 48 years of age. Who
ever takes up said perlons, and delivers them to the
subscriber, Ihall have the above reward, or Two
Hundred and Fifty Dollars for either, paid by
3* PETER HULICK, Gaoler
Trenton, 'Odober 3, 1780.
T O BE SOL D,
For Hard Money or Continental,
A TRACT of LAND containing about 1000
acres, lying in the Corporation of New-
Brunswick, on South-River, joining the island be
longing to John Lawrence, Esq. late Mayor of
Philadelphia : The place is well lituated, having a
good house and excellent orchard on it, and frefli
meadow that will cut yearly at least one hundred
loads of hay, a fhad-fifhery within thirty yards of
the house, where great quantities of them are
taken in the season, with other fifh. The land is
well timbered and convenient for the New-York
market, having commodious landing places for
boats of ,ten cords, from which place a number
were employed to the New-York market. For
further particulars enquire of Levinus Clarkfon,
at New-Brunswick, Jacobus Van Zandt, at Morris-
Town, or Joseph Milnor, at Trenton, who will
agree for the fame. An indisputable title will be
given. October 1,1780. 3*
Trenton, September 22, 1780.
WHEREAS the Honourable the Congress, be
ing desirous of doing all possible justice to
the citizens of the United States, have resolved,
That upon report being made to them of the money
due in each state to'the inhabitants thereof, war
rants will immediately issue for the payment of the
fame :
1 herefore the subscriber requests and hopes, that
all persons having any demands against the Quar
termasters and Foragers in this state for any debt
contrasted, or service done, between the 2d day of
March 1778, and the 20th day of September 1780,
will immediately bring in the fame to the person
who made the contract or purchase, in order that
the fame may be adjusted and reported. And the
subscriber being very desirous of accomplishing this
business with ail pdfible dispatch, proposes to give
attendance at his office in Trenton all the month of
October next.
The subscriber also requests all persons within
this state, having any publick property in their
hands, or knowing of any in the hands of any other
person, immediately to return or report the lame to
the nearest Quartermaster, or to him. Any person
secreting publick property after this notice, will be
prosecuted according to law.
MOORE FURMAM,
Late D. Q_M. Gen. New-Jersey.
TO BE SOLD, zy
JAMES SCHURMAN,
In New-Brunswick,
At the lowest rates for cash or produce ;
BEST Weft India Deerskins,
rum, Earthenware,
Mufcovado sugar, Shore salt,
Bess bohea tea, Pipes,'
Coffee, chocolate, Tobacco,
Pepper, allspice, Snuff,
Brimstone, Pasteboards,
Indigo, Nutmegs, ^
Sewing silks, Spelling books,
Threads, tapes, Primers,
Kniting needles, Powder and Shot.
Silk handkerchie^
STRAY CO WV -
CAME to" the plantation of the subscriber, a
bout the 10th of August last, two cows, one
a brindle with a flit in the right ear, and a crop off
the left, the other a red one without mark ; they
have since both calved, and I have taken them into
pasture. The owner is requested to prove his pro
perty, pay charges, and take them away.
SAMUEL HILL.
Amwell, September 28, 1780. gl
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN, out of the pasture of the subscriber,
in Amwell, Hunterdon county, near Henry
Merfhon's tavern, (formerly Ringo's tavern) on
Monday the 25th of September ult. at night, a
grey draught HORSE, fourteen years old, about
14 hands and 2 inches high, a natural trotter, with
a fear in his forehead. Any person that secures the
thief and brings me the horse, or gives information
so that I may have him again, fhail have the above
reward, or Two Hundred Dollars for the horse,
with reasonable charges.
Cd. 2, 1780. 3* John Lequear.
On Saturday the 28th of Odober, inst. at the house
of William and Robert Chambers, in the town
ship of Windsor, and county of Middlesex ;
A N elegant black COVERING HORSE, y-Sthg
1 blooded; milch Cows, one yoke of working
Oxen, Sheep, a light Pleasure Waggon, Ploughs
and Harrows, with a variety of other farming uten
sils too tedious to mention.
October 2, 1780.
— w a'n-t=e-d;
Two experienced Harponiers in the whaling
business. to enter the firft day of November
next, to whom good encouragement will be given
by Henry Guest at New-Brunswick.
N. B. None need apply Without having proper/
vouchers of.their dexterity in the bufinefs.' saw
—RTrBE-R-OmTB U 11 A=
Of NEW-BRUNSWICK,
Hath for SALE, for Cash or Country Produce,
TW O Houses and Lots of ground, situate in
the township of Hillsborough, county of So
merset, at the place called Coughtown; the one a
new unfinished house, with a barn; the other is
rented till next May, but may then be entered up
on. Said Eaftburn hath also for file, for cash or
country produce, good Welt-India rum, spirit, wine,
Holland gin, molasses, tea, sugar, coffee, chocolate,
alfpice, ginger, pepper, fnuff. indigo by the quanti^
ty, rozin, primers, &c. Also sundry kind of dry
goods as usual.
A TRACT of LAND containing two hundred
and sixty acres, all wood land except fifty acres,
which is moftiy cleared. There is an incumbrance
of a lease on said fifty acres of a female's life, who
is now upwards of eighty years? of age. It has an
improvement on it of a small house, stable and
orchard, and lays within two miles and a half of
Trenton, situate on the load from the upper ferry to
Allen-town. It will be set up in one or two lots, as
may best suit the purchasers. A good and lawful
title will be given, and any perlon inclining to view
the premises before the day of lale may apply to the
subscriber, who will receive lawful or continental
money in payment : and will likewise take in part
New-Jersey Quartermasters certificates.
Trenton, OTL_4, i;Bc. B. HANLON.
TOBE S OL D,'
By publick Vendue,
To be S OLD at publick Vendue,
On Wednesday, the 25th instant, at two o'clock
in the afternoon, at the fubferiber's Potting-uork
in Trenton,