The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-04-08 00:00:00, page 3

We hear that on Saturday morning last, Colonel
Shreve, who commands the second Jersey regiment,
lent a party of men under Major Howelto join some
of the Salem and Cumberland militia, hi order to
invest Billingsfort, where about 150 torics had been
intrenching and fortifying, themselves ; but the mili
tia not arriving in time, and the torics getting infor
mation, the Major returned to Haddonfield, where*
Col. Shreve had taken post. The enemy in Phila
delphia, getting intelligence of wh^t had passed, de
tached 1400 men about nine o'clock at night, who
landed at Gloucester Point, making a circuitous
rout, with intent to furprize Col. Shreve; but the
Colonel, though in the dead of night, received in
telligence of the enemy's movement, and his troops,
being greatly inferior in number, all retired to
Mountholly about three o'clock on Sunday morning,
except three who were bayoneted by the enemy on
their arrival. One o f our cavalry, who had been
dispatched to give notice to the guard at Cooper's
ferry, was also killed on his way, by which means
the guard had no notice of the enemy's approach,
and several of them were killed and taken prisoners,
among the latter is Major Ellis.of the GlsuceHer mi
litia, and Lieutenants Stout and Hutchin of Shreve's
regiment of Continental troops.
The enemy fruftrated in their designs of maffacre
ing curtroops, and having gafconaded through the
village, where they committed many ads of cruelty,
beside burning two dwelling-houses, returned to
Philadelphia in the evening .of the fame day.
From Princeton we learn that charitable donations
from the congregations of Newark, Elizabeth-Town,
Connecticut Farms, Turky and South Hanover,
Springfield, Morris-Town, Scotch Plains and Bound-
Brook, for the sick soldiers in liofpitals, &e. were
lately lent to that place, consisting of the following
articles, viz. 68 Iheets ; 9 pairs of new shoes ; 46
blankets; 347 pairs of Lockings; 243 shirts ; 200
breeches and trowfers ; 200 jackets; 76 coats; 39
yards of new cloth; 5 coverlets; sewing thread,
yarn, buttons, several new garments cut out but not
made up, new linen and a large quantity of old,
suitable for lint, &c. &c. r
Married, the 24th ult. Francis Barber, Esq.
Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3d Jersey regiment, to
Miss Nancy Ogden, of Elizabuth-Town, a Lady
of beauty and merit.
On Saturday last the GENERAL ASSEMBLY
of this Slate adjourned to Princeton, where they are
now- fitting, for the further dispatch of business.
Extract of a letter from Monmouth county, dated
April I, 1778.
" The late storm has destroyed many of the small
salt-works 011 our shore, with all the fait in them. —
The night tide was several feet higher than has ever
been known before —a considerable number of horn
ed cattle were drowned on Long Beach and other
places, The Long Beach is almost wholly levelled,
'and but little more of it than a sand bar left —-The
furniture has floated out of the lower rooms of some
houses that Rood low on, the water-fidc. The inha
bitants never saw so distressing a time."
From a correspondent we have received the follow
ing Intelligence:
“ On Saturday the oaf ult. about break of day our
guard posted at Hancock's bridge, on Alloway, ,creeh,
in Salem county, confining of about twenty men, £ucre
farprized by those the enemy call Jericy \oiimtca3:
They, from their acquaintance ^ith the country, had
found means to cross the creek and come upon the guard
from some unfafpeHed quarter ; and being undoubtedly
led by some person nrfl acquainted quith the ylfpoftion
of centric^, opened the guard-house d oor and tame in,
many of the guard being aflecp, evitbout giving if
leaf alarm, nay, so jar from it, that it is fetid some
of them Jhook bands in a friendly manner crith some
of ^ guard ^ith <whom they were intimatefacquaint
ed, as indeed they were with mos of them : and —O
tempora, O moresl — immediately began bayoneting of
them, without our people making the leal/how ofre-
Jiftance, not only reeking their fury on the guard but
also on several of the peaceable inhabitants who were
slumbering in their beds. One Bacon, of the people
called fakers, was inhumanly mp r dered in las own
boufe and bed; old Mr. Hancock, befde his being of
that society, was a cripple in both his arms, was fob
bed in his bed, and is face dead of bis wounds. Ano
ther of that society is also face dead of his wounds ;
and the life of a fourth person is despaired off'
The enemy, after immortalizing the. British arms
in the way above-mentioned, and having ' collected
a large quantity of forage, &c. embarked with their
booty for Philadelphia. ,
To the INHABITANTS of the UNITED STATES.
L'ROM the great number of deputies and agents
1 necessarily employed in the Qyarter-Mafter-
General's department, and from the unavoidable
hurry in which much of the business has been tranf
adted,—which has greatly increased the number of
those deputies and agents, and, in some inHances,
has occasioned the employment of improper persons,
many irregularities have taken place in the depart
ment. That order and regularity which is neceffafy
to the well-conducting a business so important and
extensive, has been much broken in upon ; and
many of the good people of the country have com
TRENT ON, April 8.
plained of difippointmints and ill treatment. In
order to remedy the, maiifold inconveniences anting,
from these causes, and, $ much as possible, to guard
against abuses in future, great care will be taken to
engage Rich perlons in :he department who are the
best adapted to the bufkefs ot their Several employ
ments, and the mod likely to preierve a proper de
portment and to give fitisfadion to the well-dilpokd
part of the community, in the respective diftriffs
aligned them. To this end punctuality in payment
for such articles as findi be purchased, will be highly
necessary; and we mean to preserve itas far as pofhble:
But as it will be impracticable to make inch a (attri
bution of cash as will enable every perlon employed
in purchasing to pay as he goes, regular printed cer
tificates will be put into the hands of the Deputy-
Quarter-MaHers to be fifed up and delivered out to
the people from whom purchases shall be made. In
every,State where these certiorates arc distributed,
perlons will be appointed to attend and pay them off
at certain ihort periods, and % inch places as will
belt accommodate the inhabitants ; ofwhich publick
noticl.will be given. This mode, it is imagined
will relieve the fellers of produce from the difficul
ties and disappointments 10 inucn complained of.
The certificates, having a fettled form,had' being
put into the hands of none.but thole who will have
authority to sign and pass them, will at once fre
the receiver from the delay and. difficulty frequently
happening from the want of form, and from the
doubt and uncertainty of the Authority of the boners
of them ; mid, as they "will be. paid so iny perlon
who may pofiefs them, having tee writ proprietor's*
name thereon endorsed.by .hunlclt, they muy be ne
gotiated as crib m he intervals of payment, or at
least be preferred at the pay-edict;with the lels trou
ble todhe-proprictor.
As it is our earned desire, and will be our constant
endeavour to accommodate tee whole business <•:
our department to the case and convenience of the
inhabitants, of the country, as far as ihad be confid
ent with the good of the service, we hope to receive
their cheerful' aid and advance on all occasions in
promoting the common cauk of American freedom,
and the rights of mankind.
Camp, Valley Forge, March 28, 1778.
NATHANIEL GREENE, Q^M.*G.
JOHN COX, A. Q% G.
CHA. PETTIT, A. O. M. G.
ALL persons, into whole custody 'any horfcs,
Hores or other" publick property belonging to
rhe Qnarter-MaHer-General's department, may
have come, by the removal of inch property from
time to time, or otherwise, are desired to make re
port thereof, as speedily as possible, to the.Quarter-
Master-General or to the Dcputy-Q^arter-Maftcr
of the diftria where such Hores may happen to be,
in order that they may be collected for the nfe of
the army. All those who have any publick stores in
charge and have taken proper care thereof, shall re
ceive a reasonable compensation : But should any be
found base enough to attempt to conceal any such
publicly property, they will be severely punished, and
their names ( xpofed to p"hh± vu'w.'
Spring field,,March 25, 1778.
r rHE Trustees of New,-Jerfey College are desired
to be punctual in attending the meeting of their
Board at Princeton on Wednesday the 15th of April,
at ten o'clock, on business of the greatefc importance
to the inftitutioh.
JAMES CALDWELL, C, r/ L
7™° cover the ensuing season at Dr^Cundit's, inn-
I keeper, at Newark: Mountain Meeting-house,
for NINE DOLLARS the season, the famous and
well-known Horse
L I BERT Y,
four years old this spring ; he is a Salem colt out of
the Dove mare, and is full-blooded, and thorough
bred; a beautiful bay. Good paiture will be pro
vided for Mares at Half d Dollar' per week by
Doßor Condit. " ' two
^pri! 8, 17,8.
SIX POUNDS REWARD.
WAS Helen opt' efthe Hable late of- Robert
James, deceased, in Lower-Freehold, Mon
mouth county, now in poffefdon of Richard James,
a young light grey HORSE, with black grey mane
and tail, five years old this spring, about firteen
hands high ; trots. Whoever secures the thief and
horse so that the owner fnay have him agfi, shall
have the above reward ;' find for the horse only
THREE POUNDS, paid ' by the fubferiber
3w* RICHARD JAMRS
Trenton, April 8, 1773.
STRAYED or STOLEN
FROM Trenton the 27th of March last, a sorrel
MARE, four years <,id, between.l.4 and 15 hands
high, paces and trots. Whoever takes up laid Mare
and thief, and reHores her to Captain Nixon at Pe
nington, or to Mr. John Dickson, Commissary at
Trenton, shall. receive TWENTY DOLLARS re
ward, or for the Mare only EIGHT DOLLARS.
2w* WILLIAM CHRISTRY.
April 3, 1778.
CAME to the Plantation of the fubferiber in Am
well near Flemington, in May last, a small yfun
ifh' sorrel HORSE, appears to be.young. If no
owner appears, by theist of May, he will be fold
to pay charged THOMAS READING. !*
TO BE SOL D,
A PE W Hogsheads of good Muscovado and'
Y 1 Lo. vSugars, by JAMES HOOD, or SA
MUEL YOUNG, near Howel's ferry. x*
The famous and well-known HORSE
TRAVELLO R,
WT'OW rising eight years old, will cover the ensu
ing season at the plantation of AMOS SWAN
on the Scotch Plains, a Abort half mile from the
meeting-house oh the road.leading to Springfield.
TrAvrllor is of a full size, fifteen hands and an
half high, well set to his height, his colour is a dark
claret, and very beautiful. He sprung; from the best
blood in Great-Britain; his pedigree is the fame as
True Briton, they being brothers. His carriage,
beauty, behaviour and spirit, make him equal if not
superior to any horse within this State. He is to
cover at TEN DOLLARS a mafe, and a Dollar to
the groom, the money to be paid at the time of co
vering, or before taken away if required. Good pas
ture will be provided for Mares at Haifa Dollar
per week.
3 w § AM_OS_SW AN^
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS Helen from the subscriber on or about the
fourth instant, Otte Hundred and Thirty Dollars
Continental currency, in a Iheet, containing bills of
the following denominations, viz. two of Thirty
Dollars ; two of Eight Dollars ; two of Seven Dol
lars ; two of Six Dollars ; two of Five Dollars ; two
of Four Dollars; two of Three Dollars; and two
of Two Dollars each, dated the 20th May 1777 —
one half of them numbered 177354, and the other
half 177397 : Ail persons are desired in receiving
payment for any debt, to secure such bills if offered,
also the person from whom they receive them, of
which thev will please to give me notice, that the
thief may be brought to punishment, and the money
restored to the proper owner ; in which case the
above reward shall be paid by me, living at Mr.
Samuel Hunt's, about a mile from Penington.
BERRYMAN GREEN, Pay-Master
April 6, T 778. ift Regt. L. D. 3§
"Bound-Brook, April 2, 1778.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of WILLIAM
CROLIU3,*jun. of New-York, Potter, deceas
ed, whether by bond, note or book debt, are desir
ed to come and make immediate payment to George
Janeway pr John Crolius at Bound-Brook. All
those likewise who have any demands against said
estate, are requested to bring in their accounts pro
perly attested, that thev may be fettled by
3 w'§ GEO. 'JANEWAY, )
JOHN CROLIUS, > Executors.
PETER CROLIUS, )
r r HIS is to certify to the Publick tint the Newark:
Post will not carry letters üblefs they are paid
for it ; except letters from the fubferibers for this
paper to the Printer. 1 °
JOHN HEDDEN,
ALEXANDER ANDERSON.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
CUPPOSE D to be taken from the door of Mr.
O William Downing, in Princeton, a Dapple Grey
MARR, between fourteen and fifteen hands high ;
not branded ; trots and gallops ; is about eleven
years old. Whoever fechres either mare or thief,
shall have Five Dollars for the mare and Three Dol
lars for the thief, with reasonable charges, paid by
Thomas Earl; living in, Springfield, or B. Smith, in
Trenton, April 3, 1778. iw*
April 2, 1778.
AL L persons indebted to the estate of JOSEPH
CHAMBERS, late of Nottingham, Burlington
county, deceaf. either by bond, bill or book debt, Arc
requeued to make speedy payment to the fubferibers,
or else they may expert to be dealt with as the law
direds. And all those who have any demands against
said estate, are desired to bring them well attested.
for fettlcment.
4 w§ ROBERT CHAMBERS, 7 Executors
robert wilson;
Trenton; April 5, 1778.
WAS taken out of the office 6f Ebenezer Cowell,
Esq. when the enemy were in Trenton, a DAY
BOOK, LEIDGER and two or three DOCQUETS,
with a number of other books and papers belonging
to the estate of Abrahani Co'ttnam, Esq. deceased.
The fubferibers think some person in or near Tren^
ton has them —30 dollars reward for the Leidger,
20 for the -Dockets, and a handsome reward for any
other books or papers belonging to said estate will be
given to any person Who will deliver or inform the
fubferibers who has them, so that they may get them
again. ..
The fubferibers p'ropofe to fell or let that tenement
called DOWSDALE, situated near Trenton, on the
Hopewell road, with two dwelling-houses, a kitch
en, barn, and a good orchard thereon, containing
thirteen acres more or less, five of which are excel
lent meadow, with a constant stream of water run
ning through the fame, being very convenient for
erecting a tan-yard. Any person inclining to pur
chase the above, will be informed of further parti
culars by applying to the fubferibers, or in their ab
sence to Ebenezer Cowell, Esq. ..
vw* ROBERT HOOPS, ,
GEORGE COTTNAM, J ^ ecutors -