The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-04-25 00:00:00, page 3

ly planted centfnels round the house. They then
searched every room in it, broke open all the closets,
drawers, trunks, &c. took out what they liked, pack
ed up the plunder, and continued thus employed,
and in regaling themfclves, till two o'clock in the
morning, when they went away; having robbed the
family of all their eloathing, except what they had'
on, linen, plate, and every thing etfe that was valu
able and could be conveniently carried off.
April 17, 1781.
" We have just received a letter from General
Greene, bf 30th ult. about 45 miles N. W. of
Cross-Creek. Lord Cornwallis still on the route
to that place, and General Greene near him. No
adion is likely to happen. It is evident from this
letter that the enemy fuffered greatly in the action
of the 15th March, near Guilford' Court-House,
the distress which embarrasses them shows it."
We hear that a vessel arrived at Philadelphia
from France on Sunday last; but any intelligence
Ihe may have brought has not yet reached us.—
Several ' fail have also arrived there from the Weft-
Indies.
Extrafl of a letter from Philadelphia, dated
onal government. Given under my hand'at head
quarters this ißth day of March, A. D. 1781, and
in the 21st year of his Majesty's reign.
CORNWALLIS.
By his Lordship's command,
Henry Broderick, A. D. C.
Extrafi of a letter from Boflon, dated April 5, 1781.
“ Yesterday a vessel was condemned in our Court
of Admiralty, brought in here by an armed ship of
the state, covered with clearances for Bermudas. —
Another vessel that had been upon a trading voyage
to that place with masts and spars, and brought back
English goods, was also condemned for the use of
the state. These instances give no little pleafurc a
mong all good citizens. A merchant of reputation
in this town went openly and gave the information
against the last, and there is in the whole government,
and in the body of the people, a disposition to check
such pernicious and difhonourable methods of trade."
On Tuesday the loth inst. the General Assembly
of this state adjourned until the ftrft Tuesday in Sep
tember next. During their fitting the following ads
were palled.
An A(ft to suspend the operation of the several laws
of this Commonwealth, making the bills of credit,
made current by the resolves of the late Assemblies
of Pennsylvania, and the bills of credit issued by the
Alterably of this state, the zoth'day of March, 1777,
legal tender.
'An Aft to repeal the Aa, entitled, " An Ad to
revive and continue for a farther limited time, the
Aft for laying an embargo on the exportation of pro
vilions from this state by sea for a limited time," and
also certain parts of an Ac't, entitled, " An Aft to
permit the exportation of flour of wheat from this
state, by sea under certain limitations and restrictions."
- An Adt directing the mode of adjusting and fettling
the payment of debts and contrasts entered into, and
made between the firft day of January, 1777, and the
firtt day of March, 1781, and for other purposes
therein mentioned.
An Ad to prevent the exportation of bread and
flour not merchantable, and for repealing, at a cer
tain time, all the laws heretofore made for that pur
pose.,
An Aft to vest in the Congress of the United States
a power to levy duties of five per cent, ad valorem,
on certain goods and merchandize imported into this
state, after the firft day of May, 1781, and for ap
propriating the fame.
An Aft for emitting the sum of five hundred thou
find pounds, in bills of credit for the support of the
array, and for establishing a fund for the redemption
thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
An Aft for establishing a land office, and for other
purposes therein mentioned.
An Aft for the better support of public credit, by
an immediate sale of the lands therein mentioned,
and fully securing the purchasers thereof in their
titles ; and also for preserving the common lands ap
purtenant to the city of Philadelphia, and other
towns of this ftate,from unwarrantable encroachment.
April 21. Accounts were yesterday received from
Martinico, that 14 fail of French and Spanish ships
of the line fell in with a fleet from Cork, confiding
of about 130 fail, and that the greatest part of them
were taken. A cutter which left the Cork fleet, and
arrived at St. Lucia about the 12th of February,
A QUANTITY OF
Excellent SOAL-LEATHER
brought this news.
Yesterday arrived the brig Neptune, Captain Bur
rows, from Cape Francois.
We hear from Fifh-Kjll,jn the state of New-York,
that on Sunday night, the Bth inltant, a party of the
enemy, of thirty men, plundered the house of Peter
Jay, Esquire, within five miles of that place. They
arrived between nine and ten o'clock, and immediate-
To be fold cheap for cash or produce.
Inquire of the Printer.
TRENT ON, April 25.
Is full seven-eights blooded, a fine bay, with a
star in his forehead, veiy lengthy, boney and
handsome, fifteen hands and an inch high, very
adive and in good order; is allowed by competent
judges to be equal to any of his blood. It would
be needless to fay any thing of his pedigree, as it
hath been so often afeertained heretofore.
4 w* RALPH PHILLIPS,
By the fubferiber, in B ORDEN I OWN,
A likely young Negro Wench,
About 16 years of age, has had the small-pox
and measles, and is fold for want of employ only.
JOSEPH BORDEN.
Bordentown, April 22, 1781. gw*
This season, at the fubferiber's stable in Maiden
head township, Hunterdon county, at fix bushels
of wheat, buckwheat, rye, corn and oats in the
fame proportion, to be paid in the season of the
crops,
APerfon that can come well recommended, to
keep the gaol in Burlington, for further
particulars enquire of Jacob Phillips, Sheriff. 1*
COVERS this season at the owner's, near
Rocky-Hill, at ten bufbels of wheat, or the
value thereof. Good pasture will be provided for
mares. 3W
Jolly Chester
Mr. Collins,
IT may be recollected that in my address to the
Legislature, published in your Gazette, No.
149, speaking of the new emitted money, I observ
ed, that upon the principles which it was emitted,
nothing but the unaccountable caprice which go
verns human nature in certain situations, could de
preciate it: Little did I then think it could be
negleded by its very guardians.
I then presumed that the Legislature would fee
the fatal tendency of coupling it with the old con
tinental, and repeal the forty for one clause:
This they did, and put it perhaps on as good a
footing as possible, by authorizing a competent
body to declare the rate of exchange as often as
any alteration in it should happen. Did not this
alteration in the law and the conlequent declaration
of the legal exchange making it equal to the real,
give universal fatisfadtion ? And did not the money
then circulate with greater freedom than it has
ever done either before or since ? Why is it then
that the fame spirit is not kept up? Why is not the
legal exchange kept equal to the real ? Is it because
the state of Pennsylvania have not altered the legal
exchange there ? And what have we to do with
Pennsylvania? Is not our money our own? Will
they redeem it for us ? and redeemed it must be.
Will they make good to the people of this state
the loss they fuffer by receiving it in a depreciated
state, or holding it in their hands while depreciat
ing ? If not, for justice fake, let us look to our
selves, let us rouze from this lethargy, and make
our money what it ought to be, by keeping up the
exchange equal to gold and bluer.
If the Executive of the state of Pennsylvania
think proper to depreciate their money, by keeping
it tacked to continental at half the real exchange—
if they think proper to cheat their honest citizens,
by putting it in the power of knaves to pay their
debts with half the value, what is all that to us ?
Let us not follow so weak, so wicked an example—
we are past the age of infancy—our interest de
mands it of us—let us think and aft for ourselves.
s_c_i 1? 0.
ALL persons indebted to the printer
of this Gazette, for publishing
Advertisements, are requested to
make immediate payment. This duty
has been so much negleded that he is
conftrainedto declare, that in future none
will be inserted unless the money is paid
at the time they are delivered in, agree
ably to the terms fpecified at the bottom
of the fourth page.
ISAAC COLLINS.
Trenton, April 24, 1781.
BAY RICHMOND
Burlington, April 13, 1781.
WANTED immediately,
TO BE SOLD,
TO COVE R,
TO COVER the Season,
The well bred and noted Spanish HORSE called
The L I O N,
Al his old stand or the fubferiber's, in Reading
ton, Hunterdon county, near Col. Taylor's
mills, two miles fem Potter's-town and about the
fame distance from New-Germantown, at three
bushels of wheat or the price thereof. The Lion is
a beautiful chefnut brown, sixteen hands high, fix
years old, trots and canters light and easy for the
rider, and is remarkably stout, strong and spry, a
very grand horse for the harness for either double or
fihgle carriage, got by the grand imported Spanish
horse Ferdinand, out of a Dawson mare. Pasture
for mares at a moderate price, and good attendance
will be given by PETER COVENHOVEN.
April 12, 1781. 3w*
TO BE SOLD
At public Vendue, on Friday the 11th day of May
next,
'FHE undivided two-sixth parts of one hundred
1 and fifty acres of land, late belonging to William
and Andrew Scholey, whereon John Scholey now
lives, situated within about two miles of Eafton
ferry, in a pleasant and wholesome part of the coun
try. The above land will be fold for ready cash only.
Attendance will be given by
WILLIAM BOND, and
GEORGE WARNE,
Commiflioners for Sussex county, New Jersey.
N. B. The above vendue to begin at two o'clock
on said day. April 11, 1781. zw
The famous full-blooded HORSE
GOLDEN FARMER,
IS a fine chefnut sorrel, full sixteen hands high,
and is allowed by the best of judges to be as
well proportioned to his height as any horse in
America. It would be needless to fay any thing of
his pedigree or performance, as they have been so
often afeertained heretofore. Let every individual's
eye be his pedigree,—will cover mares the enluing
season at the stable of the fubferiber in Trenton
township, Hunterdon county, near Howell's-Ferry,
at the low rate of Four Dollars in Silver, and the
money to be paid by the firtt of September. Good
pasture will be provided for mares, and proper care
taken of them, by JOHN REEDER.
April 20th, 1781. 4w
T OBE S OLD,
On reasonable terms, by
WILLIAM RICHARDS,
At Trenton Landing,
MOST of the medicines that are in use, also
corks for beer and cyder, the best fait for
fifh and pork,muftard by the bottle, French barley,
oatmeal, wooden ware, sweet oil, brimstone and
antimony for horses, stone lime from one to one
hundred bushels, fnuff, vinegar by the gallon, and
sundry other things. 6w
TO BE LE r,
For one year or more, and may be entered on
immediately,
TWO houses in Arneytown, fix miles from
Croffwicks, ten from Bordentown, five from
Allentown, and fifteen from Trenton.—One has
been a tavern for many years, and would suit a
blacksmith; the other a large and commodious
house, and would suit a storekeeper or tradesman.
For terms' apply to Thomas Forman, near the pre
mises. April 20/ 1781. 4W
A Beautiful full blooded dark chefnut horse,
five years old this grass, fifteen hands and
one inch high, will cover mares the ensuing season
at the stable of Daniel Hunt, in Maidenhead,
Hunterdon county, at Four Pounds in gold or
silver, ready money, or ten bushels of wheat or
other grain in proportion; and, as appears by the
under pedigree and certificate, is as high a bred
horse as any in America.
FLEETWOOD was got by Janus, his dam by
Janus, his grandam the noted running mare Poll
Flaxen; she was got by Jolly Roger, cut of the
high blooded imported mare Mary Gray.—Mary
Gray was own sister to Young Steiling, in Eng
land, and was bred by Mr. Croft, in Yorkshire,
and got by Old Sterling, his dam by Mr. Croft's
Partner, out of the grandam of Lampton's grey
mare Miss Doe, who was got by Mr. Croft's Bay
barb, her dam by Makelefs, her gradam by Brim
mer, her great grandam by a son of Dodfworth,
out of a Barton Barb mare. Given under my
hand, THOMAS TURPIN.
Virginia, Odober 1, 1778.
I do certify the above pedigree to be genuine,
JOHN HARRIS.
FLEETWOOD,