The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1783-12-23 00:00:00, page 3

N E W- Y 0 R K, December 3.
Yesterday evening the grand fire-works, in Celebris
tTon of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, between Great-
Britain and the United States of North-America,
were exhibited at the Bowling Green, in the Broad-
Way ; it was introduced with a dove descending with
the Olive-Branch, which communicated the fire to
a Marron Battery.
These magnificent fire-works infinitely exceeded
every former exhibition in the United States. The
prodigious concourse of fpedators alTembled on the oc
casion, exprefled their plaudits in loud and grateful
clangours. The whole was conduced in a manner
that reflects honour on the engineer. The greatest
order prevailed, and the whole was completed without
any unfortunate events. It commenced at fix o'clock,
and closed at seven.
From the Virginia Gazette.
In the HOUSE of DELEGATES,
Thursday, the 4th of December, 1783.
W HEREAS it appears by an o,rder of the King
of Great-Britain, in council, bearing date the
2d day of July last, made under the express autho
rity of his Parliament, that the growth or produce of
any of the United States of America are prohibited
from being carried to any of the British Weft-India
Blands by any other than British fubjedts, in British
built ships, owned by British fubje&s, and navigated
according to the laws of that kingdom: And whereas
this proceeding (though but a temporary expedient)
exhibits a disposition in Great-Britain to gain partial
advantages, injurious to the rights of free commerce,
and is repugnant to the principles of reciprocal inte
rest and convenience, which are found by experi
ence to form the only permanent foundation of friendly
intercourse between states :
In the afternoon a crowded and polite audience was
entertained with exhibitions in publick speaking. The
improvement of the students in this and the other
branches of education taught here, gives the most flat
tering presages of the success of the institution, and
the highest pleasure to the lovers of science and the
ufeful arts.
The New-York Gazetteer of the 17th instant, men
tions the return of seventeen families from Nova-Sco
tia—and that more may be daily expected.
The Legislature of the state of New-York, are to
meet at the City-Hall in the city of New-York, on the
6th day of January next.
On Thursday last at two o'clock in the morning,
departed this life, in the 40th year of his age, after a
very short illness, Dodor DAVID COWELL, a phy
sician of refpedt, and extensive practice in this place;
and the day following, at five o'clock in the afternoon,
his remains were interred in the burying-ground of the
Presbyterian Church, having been attended to the
grave by his relations in mourning ; the trustees, tu
tors and students of the academy in procession, and a
very large concourse of refpeCtable inhabitants of the
town and country adjacent. A confolqtory exhortati
Resolved nemine contradicente, That the United
States in Congress aflembled ought to be empowered
to prohibit British vessels from being the carriers of
the growth or produce of the British Weft-India
Islands to these United States, so long as the restric
tion aforefaid shall be continued on the part of Great-
Britain, or to concert any other mode to be adopted
by the States, which shall be thought effectual to
counteract the designs of Great-Britain with refpedl
to the American commerce.i
Extrafl from the Journal,
JOHN BECKLEY, C. H. D.
TRENTON, December 23.
The owners of the Trenton Academy, at their late
annual meeting, elected the Honourable David Brear
ley, Esquire, Moore Furman, Enquire, Messrs. Stacy
Potts, Isaac Collins, and Conrad Kotts, trustees; the
Hon. David Brearley, Esq. William-Churchill Houston
and James Ewing, Efqrs. visitors of the grammar
school; and Rensselaer Williams, Esq Stacy Potts
and Conrad Kotts, visitors of the English fchool—for
the ensuing year.
On Wednesday the third inflant, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, came on the quarterly examination of
the grammar school at the Academy in this place.
His Excellency the Governor, many of the members
of the Honourable the Council and General Assembly,
the trustees of the institution, and a number of re
fpedable citizens of the town and vicinity were pre
sent. The students acquitted thernfelves to great fa
tisfadion.
BOSTON, December 4.
Last Saturday night, about fix minutes before ti
o'clock, a small fliock of an Earth-Quake was felt in
this and the adjacent towns.
We hear from Weymouth, that last week the fol
lowing melancholy accident happened there :—As a
number of young men were out a hunting, a muf
quet accidentially went off, by the discharge of whicli
one person was considerably Wounded, and another,
by the name of Lovell, instantly killed: In which
event a promising youth, of about 17, was torn from
the enjoyment of his parents and friends, who pun
gently feel the loss.
It is remarked by many people, that most of thej
Irifli linens .imported frace the commencement of the |
late war, and especially for the two last years, are by 1
no means equal in goodness to those formerly brought 1
from thence; we would therefore advise the importersl
to fend to other markets for the article of linens.
The fodoqving nets of the Honourable the Legfuture of }
this state, baie been sassed during the prejent fitting,
•videlicet: |
I. A supplementary a& to the aft, intitled, 'An a&1
fubjedting the proprietary rights and Ihares of propri- §
ety, late belonging to Elias Bland, deceased, to the
payment of debts, and directing the flicriff in his pro-j
ceedings therein.
2. An ad to confirm and establish the testament and ;
last will of James Hamilton, late of Bush-Hill, in the )
county of Philadelphia, of the Commonwealth ofg
Pennsylvania, Esquire, deceased.
3. An ad to regulate the practice of phyfick and §
forgery within the state of New-Jersey.
4. An ad to rcleafe Abraham Chapman from the 1
payment of a sum of publick money and certificates #
taken by robbers.
5. An ad to confirm the charter of the reformed ,
protestant Dutch church of Hilifborough, in the town- ,
ihip of Hilifborough, in the county of Somerset.
6. An ad to annex the several islands, situate in the 1
river Delaware, belonging to this state, to the respec
tive counties and townships to which they lie neareft.3
7. An ad to confirm and establish the testament and;
last will of Samuel Purviance, late of Pitts-Grove, in
the county of Salem, deceafed.§
0. An ad to enable James Parker, one of the Exe
cutors of the last will and testament of Dodor Lewis 3
Johnson, deceased, in conjunction with Bowes Reed, #
to fulfil the purposes of the said will.
9. An ad for the better regulation of juries
10. An ad for incorporating funcry persons as trtif-{
tees of the Presbyterian congregation at Bedminftcr,
in the counties of Somerfit and Hunterdon^
11 An ad to rcleafe Humphrey Wail from the pay
ment of a sum of publick money taken by robbers. ,
12. An ad to amend and confirm the charter of the ,
two united Protestant Dutch Churches of Hackinfack [
and Schralenburgb, in the county of Bergen, and ;
state of New-Jersey.
13. An ad to confirm to Rebecca Elliot, her heirs
and assigns, a trad of land, situate in the county of
Monmouth.
14. An ad for regulating the election of members |
of the Leg^flative-Council and Assembly, Sheriffs and /
Coroners of the state of New-Jersey, and of Delegates'
to represent the said state in the Congress of the United 1
States.l
Is. An ad to dired the agent of forfeited estates inj
the refpedive counties in this hate, to proceed to the 1
file of said estates; and to repeal an ad, intitled, I
' An ad to suspend the sales of real estates whichl
have, or hereafter may become forfeited to, and vested ]
in, this ftate.'
16. An act to enable the owners of Petty's island,
situate in the river Delaware, in the county of Glou-^
cefter, to appoint persons vetted with proper powers
for the well improvement of the said island.
17. An ad to repeal an ad, intitled, ' An ad for|
granting an annual salary to the Secretary of this 1
state, in lieu of his fees on the commissions of Juftices,d
Coroners and militia officers, and to make more pro-|
per provision for defraying the expences of granting|
said commiffions.'
18. An ad for the sale of the estate of Philip French, ]
late of New-Brunswick, in the county of Somcrlet,:
deceased, or of such parts thereof as may be necessary
to fatisfy certain executions levied thereon.
19. An ad to procure an estimate of the sums due 1
the militia and troops who have been raised for the
defence of the frontiers of this state, and to provide
for the settlement of the fame.
20. An ad for railing a revenue of Thirty-one
Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-nine Pounds Five
Shillings per annum, for the term of twenty-five years,l
for the purpose of paying the interest and principal of|
debts due from the United States, agreeably to a re-'
commendation of Congress of the 18th day of April,
1783, and for appropriating the fame.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
^ aft to direß the agent of forfeited estates in the
refpeßive counties, in this State, to proceed to the
sale of said estates ; and to repeal an aft to sus
pend the sales of real estates ukich have, or here
after may become forfeited to, and vefled in, this
State.
WHEREAS the felling of such real estates as
have become forfeited to, and veiled in this
state, would at this time tend greatly to the advan
tage of the publick ; therefore,
Sect. i. Be it enaded by the Council and General
Affcmbly of this State, and it is hereby enaded by the
on, suited to the solemnity of the occafior, was deli
vered at the grave by the Rev. Dr. Spencer.
We hear that among other testamentary dispositions
of his estate, the Doctor has bequeathed one Hundred
Pounds to the United States of America, to be thrown
into the fund for erecting publick buildings at Lam
berton ; — one Hundred Pounds to the College of New-
Jersey, of which be was a graduate ; —and one Hun
dred Pounds to the Academy in this place.
The above is the firfl legacy we recoiled to have
been given to the United States, and is rcfpcrfable for
a perlon of middle fortune. And this, with the others,
shews the donor to have been a patriotick citizen
and a lover of science. His character as a zealous
friend to the liberties of his country in the late revo
lution, and as a ufeful member of the community at
ail times, are well known.
lihthorPy tftte fime, That the nd, intitlcd, 'An ad
to suspend rhe sales of real estates which have, or
hereafter may, become forfeited to and vested in this
Rate,' passed the twenty-sixth day of June, one thou
sand seven hundred and eighty-one, Ihall be, and the
fame is hereby repealed^
2. And be it enacted, That all process, direded
to be issued out of the Court of Common Pleas in
any county in this state, pursuant to the directions of
the tenth leftion of the aft, intitled, ' An aft for for
feiting to, and vesting in, the state of New-Jersey,
the real estates of certain fugitives and offenders, and
for directing the mode of determining and fatisfying
the lawful debts and demands which may be due from,
or made against, such fugitives and offenders, and for
other purposes therein mentioned,' passed the eleventh
day of December, one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-eight, shall in future be ifiued as therein re
quired, excepting that the fame shall be directed to the
agent of forfeited estates which now are, or hereafter
may be, appointed pursuant to an aft, intitled, ' An
act for the more speedy settlement of the publick ac
counts,' passed the twentieth day of December, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, who shall,
immediately upon the receipt of such process, proceed
to advertise, as is therein direfled, the sale of all such
real estates in such county as have been forfeited to,
and vested in this state, and againftwhich final judg
ment has been entered in behalf of the state, previous
to the third day of February, seventeen hundred and
eighty-three, doing and performing, and in all refpefts
conforming thernfelves to the duties enjoined the com
missioners in and by the above-laid aft of the eleventh
day of December, one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-eight, excepting with regard to advertising the
said estates, which shall be one month in the county
where the premises lie, and one month in the news
papers of this state; and also the fame time in force
one of the New-York and Pennsylvania news-papers.
3. AND WHEREAS, from the numerous demands
the inhabitants of the state have on the publick, it is
not only just and reasonable, but would greatly ad
vance the interest of the citizens in general, to receive
state obligations in payment for all such estates, and
also to prolong the time of payment for the fame ;
Be it therefore enffled by the authority aforefaid, That
it shall and may be lawful for the said agents respec
tively, and they are hereby required to receive, in
payment for such estates as they may fell by virtue
of this ad, gold and silver, officers' and foldiers' notes
given for the depreciation of pay, contractors' c rtifi
cates, or colledors' surplus certificates, and shall make
publick proclamation thereof previous to the time of
sale, and shall also insert the fame in all the advertise
ments they may offer to the publick.
4. Ard be it further enabled, That the term of three
months, allowed to the commissioners in and by the
thirteenth fettion of the art for felling said estates, to
pay the money arising from the sales thereof into the
treafuiy, shall be, and the said term is hereby pro
longed to fix months ; and the said agents are hereby
required to pay the money or state obligations, that
they may receive in payment for any such estates, into
the treasury of the state, within fix months after the
fame may be fold. Provided always, That no interest
shall be allowed to the said agents; that may arise on
any such date obligations as they may receive in pay
ment as aforefaid, after the day or time when the said
estates shall be fold.
5. Be it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
all demands made agreeably to the sixteenth fedtion
of the aforefaid aft, passed the eleventh day of De
cember, in the year seventeen hundred and feventy
eight, which provides for the payment of all just and
equitable demands against the offenders whose estates
have been forfeited to, and vested in this slate, pur
suant to the direction of the said a&, which are secured
to the creditors by mortgage, shall have the preference,
and be firft paid bv the treasurer, not exceeding the
amount of tales of the offenders estates against whom
such demand may be made.
Enacted into a law Dec. 16, 1783, at Trenton.
A true copy from the original,
MASKELL EWING, jun. Clerk
of the General Afifembly.
TO'B"E LTT; —
Until the firft of May next,
THE house and lot in Trenton belonging to
Colonel James Thompson, lately occupied by
John Stevens, jun, Esquire. A small tenement ad
joining thereto will be let separately. Possession to
be given immediately. Enquire of the Printer hereof.
December 22, 1783. g w
DiCTo HhreOWELL"
BEGS leave to inform the publick,
that some of the friends of his de
ceased brother have prevailed on him to
fettle in 1 renton, which he proposes doing
the firft of February next, in hopes of giv
ing general fatisfaftion.
I renton, Dec. 20, I^B3. 2w*
Mary James,
THE wife of the fubferiber, has left his habi
tation, declaring that (he will never cohabit
with him again :—1 he publick is therefore hereby
forewarned not to trust her on liis account, he being
determined to pay no debts of her contrasting from
the date hereof. THOMAS JAMES.
December 22, 1783.