The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-01-20 00:00:00, page 4

14t a Convention in the State of Connecticut, so their
Committees, held at Middletown, according to
adjournment, on the 16th day of Dec. 1782
Col. AARON ELLIOTT, in the Chair.
Col. Wm. WORTHINGTON, Clerk.
THIS Convention having taken into their confi
d,"°n the fub jea matter of commutation, and
°' her Pubhek grievances, interesting to the good peo
ple of this state, the pendency of the petition from the
house of representatives of this state to Congress, up
on the fame fubjed, & c . came to the following re
solves, to wit:"
hirft, That this convention be adjourned to a fu
ture day.
Secondly, That in the mean time it be, and it is
recommended, to the notice and perusal of the people
at large, a pamphlet, lately published in Philadelphia,
now reprinting in Hartford, intitled, “ Confderati
" ons on the Society or order of Cincinnati, lately
" instituted by the Major Generals, Brigadier Ge
nerals, and other Officers of the American Army,
" &c. Supposed to be written by Aidanus Burke,
" Esquire, one of the Chief Jufices of the State of
" South-Carolina, and adds efed to the people of that
" State, and their Representatives,” &c.
1 hirdly, I hat a committee be now appointed to
correspond with the committees of any of the states in
the union, and to receive from and communicate to
such committees, or to the committees of any town
or towns in this state, any papers or publications that
may tend to reflect light upon that general fubjed of
publick complaints, or particular grievances.
Fourthly, 1 hat it be recommended to the several
towns in this state, to attend by their committees the
next meeting of this convention, on the day to which
the fame may be adjourned; and that the committee
now to be chosen for the purposes afore-mentioned,
do piocure the doings of inis and the last convention,
to be inferred in every publick newspaper within this
state, and if any printer refufe to insert the fame, that
faio committee communicate said doings in a way as
to them shall be thought bed, and report such refufal
to the next mating of this convention.
The convention proceeded to the choice of a com
mittee for the purposes above-mentioned, and Capt.
Hugh Ledlie, Col. Thomas Seymour, Maj. Leonard
Chester, Mr. Joseph Peafe, Col. Street Hall, Capt.
Ephraim Carpenter, Capt. Clap Raymond, Col. Wil
liam Worthington, and Dr. Samuel Woodward, were
elected accordingly.
The convention then adjourned to the third Tues
day of March next, to be held in Middletown, two
of the clock afternoon.
Signed per Order,
AARON ELLIOTT.
A true Copy compared,
Wm. WORTHINGTON, Clerk.
„Middletown, December, 1783.
third and general state convention,
With twenty members good, the bench on•
Assembled, as we well remember,
The sixteenth day of this December,
To a&, with cool deliberation,
On fubjed-matter of commutation;
To manage well this great affair,
(With Colonel Elliott in the chair)
Debate with senatorial fl<ill
Th' 1 ffembly's late remonstrance-bill;
To canvass numberless ct cet'ras,
Which threaten us with Congrefs' fetters-
Great things to which town-meetings call 'us,
Now solemnly resolve as follows:
And firft of all, to prove our sense,
We adjourn again, till some time hence.
(Herculean talk, we all agree,
Three times to pass this grand decree.
No Roman senate's long debate,
E'er wrought out deeper plans of state ;
Nor Grecian court Amphidionic,
Could pass such shrewd laws and laconic.)
We then refolv'd with skill no left,
In this convention's next recess,
That ev'ry person, great and small,
Shall read a pamphlet which they call
Chief Justice Burke's considerations,
On these new-fangled Cincinnations.
'Squire Burke, with signature of Cassius,
Thinks this society mean to lalh us •
Create a lineal race of Lords,
And nobly bind our necks in cerds;
Engross all pow'r, as sure as fate,
Without name or office, or estate.
Such views, which we judge no small bubble,
Must give republicans much trouble.
Now Burke's declaring his suspicion,
Developes what we all are wishing;
Which plainer will appear you'll find,
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J all Maimers printing Work performed with Care, Fidelity and Expedition.
By ftri&ures on the powers combin'd;*
These will disclose, as plain as day,
What artful schemes we tories lay,
How ev'ry member of convention,"
1 ortures his brains and racks invention,
To blast good men, and in their place
Foist knaves and fools with better grace:
O'erturn our happy constitution,
Reduce all order to confudon,
With want of laws, make mankind groan,
And on their miseries raise a throne.
We next refolv'd to choose committees
To correspond with tewns and cities ;
Receive and fend seditious papers,
" hich help to guide, like noon-day tapers ;
And tell what no one feels or knows,
Imaginary griefs and woes.
And last of all, we recommend,
That all committees should attend
The next convention, and in turn
Assist that council to adjourn.
And ev'ry printer in the state
Shall publish these resolves of weight;
To tell the world what ferment's brewing,
By what we've done and what were doing.
And if one printer dare refufe
To second our seditious views,
And spread from Beerfheba to Dan,
The secret factious schemes we plan,
Our grave committee of report
Will tell us on't at our next court;
And fend by heralds, if they please,
1 h' important news of our decrees.
The sage convention then proceeded
Io choose committee-men, as needed,
When Colonels, Majors, Mailers, Captain,
And Doctor too, were nem. con. clap't in.
To tell the truth, when we had done,
We left off just where we begun;
We ordered our good chairman Taper f
To close the whole, and sign the paper.
* A pamphlet so called, which we are told is soon
to be published.
f Alludtng to the well known speech he made at
his election, in which he declared that " he should go
out like the fnufi of a candle." Whether he had any
reference to the whole convention or not, we arc not
able to decide.
A Tide-Table: Table of Depreciation
for New-Jersey: Table for reducing Pounds
into Dollars: Table of Interest at 6 and 7
per Cent. Table of the Value and Weight
of Coins: Table Shewing the Value of
any Number of Dollars from 1 to io,o@q.
With the usual Lifts, &c. &c.
At his Printing-Office in
TRE N T O N,
The NEW-JERSEY
ALMANACK
For the Year of our Lord 1784.
CONTAINING,
Beside the usual agronomical Observations,
the following ufelul and entertaining
Matter in Prose and Verse:
PROSE.
AS HORT
Sketch on
capital Punish
ments; humbly
submitted to the
serious Conside
ration of the Ci
tizens of Ame
rica.
Filial Piety.
Mutual Friend
ship.
And to be fold by
ISAAC COLLINS,
Just Published,
LIKEWIS E,
POETRY.
To the Memory of
Mrs. Mason, who
died at the Hot
Wells in Bristol,
1767, by her Hus
band,
An Address to a
Friend on his Mar
riage.
An Extract from Mr.
Pope's Temple of
Fame.
On Death.
Mary James,
THE wife of the fubicriber, has left his habi
tation, declaring that she will neyer cohabit
with him again :—1 he publick is therefore hereby
forewarned not to trust her on his account, he being
determined to pay no debts of her contrasting from
the date hereof. THOMAS JAMES.
December 22, 1783. 4 w [
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To be Sold,
AVery genteel two story house, and lot of ground,
containing an acre of land, with a very exten
've front on the main street in Princeton, New-Jer
sey. On the firft floor of the house there are three
very commodious rooms, besides kitchen, pantry,
servants bed-rooms, and cellar underneath; on the
second story, three very excellent bed-chambers, and
garrets over the kitchen ; adjoining the fame there is
a large commodious store, completely fitted for the
reception of goods ; behind the house is a new stable,
capable of holding three horses : A considerable part
of the lot is a very highly improved garden ; the re-,
mainder, which is inclofed, produces very fine grass.
The situation will suit exceedingly well any person
inclined to go into business, the Rand being esteemed
an exceeding good one.
For terms apply to Mrs. Margaret Berrien, on
the premises, or to major William Macpherson,
in Philadelphia.
December 13, 1783. 6w,
From the Independent Gazette.
The infgnifcancy of the profpeas of human life ex
emplified, in the consideration of the last da, of
the Old Year, and firft of the New.
Written on the last day of the Tear 1783.
TH E joke of life is like the worn out year,
We hope, at least we wish, for better cheer;
We implore the Rock of Ages yet to come,
To grant us happier days, a happier home.
Pail ills by long experience we've endur'd,
1 he past has little to out joys ferur'd
-1 his Day's the last this year's allow'd to run,")
Deluding mortals, fatisfying none,/
In trifling wafted, as it was begun.)
I his day s the death of the revolving year:
New life, to-morrow, marches in the rear.
So fares it with the flame of life, expir'd,
With brighter blaze it instantly is fir'd.
Be this the happy year, we with our friend.
Renew'd from age to age, world without end.
ISAAC COLLINS.
Brenton, Dec. 9, 1783.