The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-01-07 00:00:00, page 4

Afuppkmental aS to an act, intitled, " An ad for re
covering the arrearages of the ten ihoufand pounds
tax, and for other purposes therein mentioned."
WHEREAS by the ad intitled, " An ad for
recovering the arrearages of the ten thousand
pounds tax, and for other purposes therein mention
ed," passed the twenty-third day of September one
thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, it is di
rected that the collectors should, on or before the
firft day of November then next ensuing, return a lilt
of the names of all the delinquents within their re
fpeCtive townships, and the tax or sum wherewith
they severally flood charged, to some Justice of the
peace of the county, where the delinquent fcfided :
And Whereas it is also directed by the said aft,
that the person to whom the warrant of distress was
directed, should, before the twenty-fifth day of Oc
tober then next ensuing, deliver such warrants to
gether with such parts of the said tax as should have
been recovered by. virtue thereof (and which were
still remaining in his hands, or in the hands of any
person employed by him as an assistant) to the col
lector who returned the names Contained in the said
warrant to the county committee : And Whereas
it hath so happened that the said aft hath not been
printed seasonably for the due execution thereof ;
Sect. I. Be it therefore Enacted 3, the Council
and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby en
acted by the authority of the fame, That all the duties
enjoined in the firft feCtion of the said aft to be done
and performed on or before the firft day of Novem
ber then next ensuing, shall be done and performed
on or before the firft day of April next; and that all
the duties enjoined in the said aftto- be done and
performed on or before the twenty-fifth day of Oc
tober then next ensuing, shall be done and perform
ed on or before the twentieth day of March next,
under the fame forfeitures, pains and penalties which
are set forth in the said aft : And that the meeting of
the justices and freeholders, mentioned in the ninth
fedion of the said aft, shall be deemed and taken to
be their annual meeting in the month of May, any
thing in the said aft contained to the contrary not
withstanding.
Pajed at Princeton, Nov. 25, 1777.
Asp act to revive with continue federal Courts of fufice
in this State, and to confirm the proceedings of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and Court of Bar
ter Sessions of the Peace for the count, of Hunterdon..
WHEREAS by the vicinity of the enemy to
some of the usual places of holding the Courts
of Justice in this State and other causes, some of the
said courts havenot been opened and held as by law"
they should or might have been, whereby suitors may
be greatly injured.
Sect. 1; Be it' therefore E^ACT^Dby the Council
find General Assembly of this State, a,id. it is hereby en
acted by the authority of the fame, That all process
and proceedings- whatsoever depending in the said
courts, or any of them, shall be, and- they hereby
are revived and continued as fully and efle&ually as
if the said courts had met and continued the said pro
cess and proceedings, any delay,,interruption, or o
miffipn of holding the said courts notwithstanding ;
And the said Courts shall be held, used, and exercised
id such manner, and at such times and places as they
would, or lawfully might have been held, used, and
exercised, had no such delay, -interr,upfiofy or omission
'fl AND AVUEREAS th^QUttL£f.^^ter„Se.fr
ons and Common Pleas for the county of Hunterdon
were adjourned in May term lad, to meet at Quaker
town on the firft Tuesday in Auguff then next follow
ing, which courts did then and tKorW accordingly
meet and proceed to bufineis, atid flaring the laid
Aiiguft term adjourned to the Court-house in Tren
ton, where they,alfo met and proceede&to bufmefs,
and at the .end,of the said term adjourned to meet
at the fame place on the fourth Tuesday in October
then next following., And wHERB^s/the said courts
did not meet on the said fourth Tuesday in Oftober,
on account of the inclemency of the weather, and
several of the Judges and Justices residing at a great
distance from the Cpyrt-houfe, but the. ,said Court of
Quarter Sellions met at the said Court-house on
Wqdnefday, and the said .Court of Common Pleas
met on 'Thursday and opened as, of the said fourth
Tuesday in October, and proceeded to business. And
whereas doubts..may arise concerning the validity
of the proceedings J>f the said court so held; Be it
therefore enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That all process - and proceedings whatsoever de
pending' in the said courts shall be, and they here
by are continued and confirmed, any irregularity
in the meeting and adjourning of the said courts not
withstanding. And the said courts, and each of
them, shall henceforth be held, used, and exercised
BURLINGTON: Printed by Isaac Collins. All Persons may be supplied with this Gazette at Twenty-fix Shiftings
+per Annupw Advertifemerds of a moderate Length are inserted for Seven Shillings and Sixpence each the firft Week, arc
iTwo . '^-Y ^fix-fence for every Continuance ; and long Ones in Proportion.
provinces bordering th 79 x &
- Sir Guy Carleton, Knight(
RAN AWAY yesterday the third instant from the
fubferibef, living in Mountholly, a negro man
named QUASH, but may probably change it for
YERRAH, by trade a cooper, about 26 years of age,
5 feet Bor 9 inches high, freaks plain: bad on, and
took with him, a London brown broadcloth lapelled
coat not mhch worn, with white metal buttons ; an
old whitish coloured ditto broken at the- elbows and
breast ; a pair of leather breeches much worn ;a
pair cf ditto striped linen ; two pair of striped linfey
trowfers; two tow flirts, one quite new; a beaver
hat not much worn ; two pair of fnoes and two pair
of stockings, one white cotton, the other yarn mixed
red and white. It is thought he will endeavour to
get to Philadelphia, or the American Camp, as he is
fond of the soldiery. Whoever takes up and secures
said servant; so that his maker may get him again,
shall have the above reward and reasonable charges,
paid by JOHN JONE S.
N. B. As he has a large bundle with him, and with
out a pass, it is thought lie will be easily detected :
It is therefore 'earneftly fequefted of the American
gentlemen, officersand soldiers, as they arc frequent
ly travelling, to use their utmost endeavours to ap
prehend him. 2w * ts
AG REY gelding, fiddle and bridle: The
horse fix years old, about fifteen hands high,
trots, paces, and canters well, marked about the
head with anumber of black spots, one remarkably
large under his near eye, has a small nick in the
back edge of each of his ears. Any person who
will secure the horse and thief, so that the owner
may have the horse, and the thief be brought to
justice, shall receive a reward of TWENTY
POUNDS, for the horse only Ten Pounds.
6w* ? EBENEZER HOWELL.
From the fubferiber, living in Salem, Weft New
; Jersey, on Tuesday the 1 Sth of this instant;
W A S ST OLE N,
fuftpublijbed, and now felling by the Printer hereof.
The BURLINGTON
ALMANAC K,
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in such manner, and at such times kn<Lplaz!e^ as they
would, or lawfully might have been held, used, and
exercised, had no such irregularity happened.
Paffid at Princeton, December 11, 1777.
December 19, 1777.
To all whom it may concern.
State of New,-ferfey, ff.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at Mountholly, at the house
of Zachariah Roffel, on Saturday the tenth day of
January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
fame day; then and there to try the truth of the
facts alledged in the bill of Colonel Samuel Dick,
(who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called
PATTY, her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo,
burthen about fifty tons, lately commanded by Tunis
Mountaine :—To the end and intent that the owner
or owners of the said hoop and her cargo, or any
person concerned therein, may appear and ihew cause,
if any they have, why^he fame should not be con
demned according to the prayer of the said bill.-
By order of she fudge,
BOWES REED, Pro. Reg.
LAMP, TANNER S,
AND
S PERM A CETI OIL,
To be fold by
THOMAS BUBD, Jun.
At Julia-Tewn, in Burlington County, New-Jersey.
December 2,4 th, 1777.
TO BE SOLD,
AVERY good scale beam, ropes and scale dishes
all fit for immediate life, together with eight
fifty-fixes, two twenty-eights, and one fourteen
pound weights. Any person inclining to purchase
the above, may view the fame and know the price,
by applying to the printer hereof. zw*
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
For the Year of our Lord, 1778.
November 26, 17,7.
December 4, 1777.
S' U GA R,
SHOEMAKERS TOOLS,; HALTER S,
PLOUGH-LI NE S, BED-LACINGS
GUN FLINTS and BUCK SHOT,
With a general assortment of
FISHING TACKLE;
ALSO
HEE L S and L A S T 3,
SOLD BY
EDWARD POL E,
Ofefofite the Lower Market, Burlington. 4a *
Twenty-fourth ofthehatb month, 1777,
TWENTY-FOUR DOLLAR:
R E W A R 1).
WAS STOLEN out of the fubferibers ftaUe,
on the 23d of this instant at night, in N t
tingham tpwnfhip, Burlington county, a dun re in
HORSE, fifteen hands high, four years old,n< <t
fprihg, a natural trotter and carries well. And 2 so
on the fame night, was stolen out of the stable of
John Weatherill, in the township and county afo: e
faid, abay MARE, threes years old next spring, about
fourteen hands high, with a small star in her so e
head. Whoever takes up the said horses and returns
them to the fubferibers, |nd secures the thief or
thieves in any gaol, shall have the above reward, or
EIGHT DOLLARS for either of the horses, paid
by either of the fubferibers.
ISAIAH ROBINS.
4w^ JOHN WEATHERILL.
WA S loft on Thursday the 1 3th instant, be
tween Bristol and Newtown, in the conn y
of Bucks, a double cased silver WAT CH, ma -
er's name Benjamin Lamb, London, the number
forgotten-, marked II in a double cypher on the
back of the outvie case, the cypher somewhat wor ^
has a ribbon firing, a brass key much worn, and a
small red Cornelian seal set in silver, with the corn
pafs and fauare in the silver work. Whoever finis
the fame, and will leave it with Mr. Robert Kari
fey in Newtown, Mr. Beffohet in Bristol; Mr. (fare
Wood in Mountholly, or with the printer of this
paper, shall have the above reward.
N. B. If the person into whose pofTefiion it m y
come, should be so ungenerous as not to return if
to either of the above gentlemen, every watchmak r
and others, are requeued to endeavour to expo 1
the villainy. 6 w * tb^
sis published, and ready to be delivered to the
MEMBERS of the LEGISLATURE,
T HE ACTS passed at the late fittings of Gt
-L neral Aflembly, at Haddonfield and Princeton.
from September 20, to October 11, 1777.
N. B. A few copies of the above atts are to b
fold by the printer hereof. - :
q' E Nor fifteen gallons of good old LINSEED
I OIL. Any person having such a quantity for
sale, may hear of a purchaser by conveying a line to
the printer hereof.
W ANTE D,
A quantity of good clean
LAMPBLAC K.
Any person having it for sale, is requested to inforr
the priht& hereof.
A GOOD PRICE AND READY MONEY,
Is given by the Printer hereof, for™
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
' , AND
HOGS BRISTLES
November 20, 1777.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,