The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-11-18 00:00:00, page 4

Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY on the evening of the 7th inst. from
Trenton ferry, a likely MULATTO slave, nam
ed Sarah, but since calls herfelf Rachael ; She took
her son with her, a Mulatto boy named Bob, about
fix years old, has a remarkable fair complexion, with
flaxen hair : She is a lusty wench, about 34 years of
age, big with child ; had on a striped linfey petticoat,
linen jacket, flat shoes, a large white cloth cloak, and
a blanket, but may change her dress, as she has other
cloaths with her. She was lately apprehended in the
firft Maryland regiment, where the pretends to have a
husband, with whom she has been the principal part
of this campaign, and passed herfelf as a free woman.
Whoever apprehends said woman and boy, and will
secure them in any gaol, so that their master may get
them again, shall receive the above reward, by apply
ing to ^r. Blair M'Clenachan, of Philadelphia, Capt.
Benjamin Brooks, of the third Maryland regiment, at
camp, or to Mr. James Sterret,in Baltimore.
Oft. 18, 1778. Mordecai Gist. gs
Seventy Dollars Reward.
STOLEN on the 30th ult. from the tail of a wag
gon at Paramus church, New-Jersey, a black
horse, 15 hands high, rising fix years old, has four
white feet, a small blaze in his forehead, and a snip
nose. Whoever takes up and delivers said horse to
the subscriber, near Kingston, in Middlesex county,
and secures the thief, shall have the above reward, or
fifty dollars for the horse only, and reasonable charges,
@aid by Nicholas Brooks.
Nov. 5, 1778. 3§
Has for SALE, at his Store in Mansfield, and county
of Burlington,
JAMAICA spirit, Bohea tea, coffee, loaf sugar,
pepper ; beaver hats ; allum, copperas, camphor,
rhubarb ; an assortment of cotton and linen handker
chiefs ; and a quantity of foreign and continental
SALT. 3
CAME to the plantation of the subscriber, in Chef
terfield township, Burlington county, about the
firft of September last, a middling sized brindle Cow,
has a halfpenny mark on the fide of each ear. She
is supposed to have strayed from the enemy on their
way thro' this State, and probably belongs to some
person residing between Philadelphia and Mount-
Holly. The owner is desired to prove his property,
pay charges and take her away, otherwise Ilie will
be fold. ANTHONY TAYLOR.
October 29, 1778. 4 wf
TO be fold by the subscriber, in Bordentown, Rate
-L of N. Jersey, the following TRACTS of LAND,
&c. lying in Piles Grove, Salem county :
No. I. A plantation on which Dr. John Gray lately
lived, containing 300 acres or thereabouts; on which
are a good frame barn and stables, and an old log
house ; adjoining it is a two story brick house built
by Dr. Gray, which I suppose may be purchased, as
he ownes but one acre of land on which the house
was built.
No. 2. A plantation on which the widow M'Kir
nyno now lives, containing 300 acres, adjoining the
above ; on which is an old barn, a new log dwelling
houfe, a considerable part of it well timbered, and is
very good wheat land.
No. 3. A plantation on which Conrad Adres lives,
containing 90 acres, with an old log house thereon,
And is an excellent good stand for a tradesman.
No. 4. A plantation on which the widow Titus
lives, containing 149 acres, an old log house and barn.
No. 5. A plantation on which Simon Bickler now
lives, containing zoo acres, adjoining the above plan
tation ; the building but indifferent.
No. 6. Containing 400 acres, or thereabouts, ad
joining the glass-house ; on which there is no settle
ment, but is all wood land.
This trad of land lies very high, and at such a dis
tance from the marshy ground, so as to render it as
healthy as any part of this Rate. It will be fold ail
together, or in plantations, as may best suit the pur
chaser. A warranted title will be given by
THE subscriber has removed from Burlington into
the house in Bristol, formerly kept by Mr.
Charles Beffonet, and has laid in a large stock of
liquors of all forts. He purposes keeping of a repu
table Inn, for the accommodation of all genteel tra
vellers, and hopes to give general fatisfa&ion.
Said M'Elroy hath for sale at the above place, Old
Spirits, by the gallon or quart; Rum, ditto; Bristol
Beer, by the dozen ; Taunton Ale ; London Porter ;
Wine ; India Soy ; Pickles.
N. B. A Hostler is wanted. 5*
TRENTON: Printed by Isaac Collins. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Ten Shillings each
the firft Week, and Ei^ Shillings for every Continuance ; and long Ones in Proportion.
Rod and Sheet Iron,
Of all sizes, to be fold by
SAMUEL OGDE N,
Bordentown, Nov. 1, 1778. W. GAMBLE.
A quantity of BRISTOL SALT to be fold. 3*
At Booneton, in Morris County, New-Jersey. 6
To the PUBLIC.
JOHN PO P E,
ARCHIBALD M'ELROY.
A FARM adjoining the fame, about sixty acres ;
having also two excellent orchards just in prime, a
good well of water before the house door, and a
barn, &c.
A FARM at a short distance, about ninety acres,
with two large orchards, a good well at the house,
two barns, a cyder-mill with two presses under co
ver which is constantly employed thro' the season,
being handy to convey the cyder from thence to the
still-house without carting.
Likewise (either with or without the farm) the
fame convenient still-house, with two stills and worms
as good as new, one of 40, the other'of 100 gallons,
with hogsheads and cisterns to contain about 300 bar
rels ; the worm tubs supplied with water from an
upper spring with a gutter without the trouble of
pumping ; eighty or ninety barrels of cyder can be
distilled weekly. It is well supplied every fruit sea
son with as much as can possibly be distilled, and is
now at work ; it has every convenience for stilling of
cyder or grain spirits.
The premises above-mentioned to be fold at private
sale, and will be shewn by the owner at any time
when called on. The purchaser of either place, by
paying one-third of the value, may have any time
that best suits to pay the balance.
He has also for sale, by the quantity,—lndigo, of
the best quality ; copperas ; pepper ; Geneva and ap
ple spirit; Irish linens ; a good mare four years old,
with a spring colt, and one or two good draft-horfes.
September 20, 1778. 6 ||t. f.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Timothy
Ross, late of Pifcataway, deceased, are desired
to come and fettle their accounts without further no
tice ; and all those that have any demands against said
estate, to bring their accounts and have them fettled,
by Thomas Fitz Randolph, Administrator. 2*
STRAYED or stolen out of the paiture of the sub
scriber, the 22d of October last, a bay MARE,
about 10 years old, about 14 hands one inch high,
and with foal. The said mare formerly belonged to
James Parker, Esq.—Whoever takes up said mare,
and gives the subscriber notice, fltail receive Fifteen
Dollars reward, and all reasonable charges.
Millstone, Nov. 2. 2* PETER SCHENK.
For S A L E.
TOHN RAMSAY, at Bottle-Hill, (four miles from
J Morristown) intending soon to remove to Phila
delphia, will dilpofe of the FARM on which he now
lives, about thirty acres. It is remarkable for having
two orchards of the best grafted fruits —of apples,
pears, peaches, plumbs, cherries, mulberries, &c.
a tolerable garden, kitchen adjoining the house, with
a well of good water before the door, barn and other
out-hocfes, &c.
Of the best quality,
And Philadelphia Earthen Ware, consisting of dishes,
bowls, cups, mugs, &c.
TO BE SOLD by John Thompson, at Bottle-
Hill, near Morris-Town.
oa. 26, T 778. 4±
Forty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, in Amwell, on Fri
day night the 2d of October, a dun MARE, 14
years old, trots and paces, has a white mane and tail,
and is not fliod. Any person securing said mare, so
that the owner may get her again, fnall receive
STRAYED or stolen from the fubferiber's Stone
ware Potting Manufactory at Trenton, about the
beginning cf October last, a brown Horse, about 14
hands high, seven or eight years old, marked on the
near hip I E, has a little white on his off hind foot,
and a small star in his forehead ; trots and canters
well. Whoever takes up said horse, and brings him
to the subscriber at the above works, or to Mr. Sa
muel Henry, in Trenton, shall be paid the above
reward and all reasonable charges.
Nov. 3, 1778. 2D BERNARD HANLEN.
Twenty Dollars, and the above reward for the mare
and thief, and all reafopable charges, paid by
Oft. 4, 1778. Elizabeth Beven. 34
CAME to the plantation of the subscriber, the 7th
of October, a brown COW, with a white face,
has a crop on the left ear and a flit in the right. The
owner is desired to prove property, pav charges, and
take her away. JOHN SIMSON.
New-Germantown, Hunterdon County. 2±
For which a good price will be given by Moore Fur
man, Esq. in Pitts-town; John Denton, merchant in
Princeton ; Mr. Benjamin Smith, saddler in Trenton ;
and Mr. John Linton, near the Falls Meeting-house
in Bucks county. 3*
TEN DOLLARS Reward.
ROCK SAL T,
WANTE D,
A quantity of well comb'd
Hogs Bristles,
ALL those men that have deleted from General
Count Pulaski's legion, and will deliver them
felvcs up at the General's quarters at Sussex Qourt
houfe, in New-Jersey, on or before the 19th day of
November instant, 'Fhall have the General's free par
don.--And those who do not return by that time,
shall, if caught, be punished as a general court-mar
tial shall direct, agreeable to the articles of war.
Nov. r, 1778. Chevalier de Kowats,
Col. Command, of the American legion.
f'HIS is to give NOTICE to the delinquents be
longing to the lower or firft regiment of militia,
in the county of Hunterdon and state of New-Jersey,
That, pursuant to the directions in an aft of General
Assembly, passed the nth of April, 1778, a Court of
Appeal, consisting of two magistrates and, one field
officer, to wit, Renfialear Williams and Jared Sex
ton, Efqrs. and Lieut. Col. Houghton, will fit at Pen
nington, at the house of Thomas Bulinan, on Thurs
day, the 12th day of this instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
to hear and determine all such appeals as may be then
and there made by said delinquents refpe&ing the ex
cessive fines (if any) imposed upon them for remiss
ness in duty as militia. The Captains or command
ing officers of companies to whom any delinquents or
appellants belong, will please to attend the said court
at the time and place above fpecified.
Nov. 3, 1778. ' JOS. PHILIPS, Col. 2
To be SOLD by the Subferiber,
A Small FARM, containing between 40. And 50
acres, situated half way between Morristown
and Chatham, on a very public read, nearly opposite
Mr. Stephen Rofe's cyder mill; it has on it a good
house with three rooms cieled, and an entry on the
lower floor, a small building adjoining with a cellar
under it, and one under the house; a barn and
new barl< house, a pond that is never dry, in the
fame lot ; a spring of good water near the house, an
orchard that affords 70 or 80 barrels of cyder, a
garden pale'd in, English and red cherries, peached
and plums ; some wood-land and meadow. The pur
chaser by paying one half the money, and good secu
rity for the rest, shall have an indisputable title from
4 f JAMES TOMPSON.
C 1 RAYED or stolen from a fence near Mr. Potts's
bark house in Trenton, on the 28th of October
last, two dragoon H ORS ES, belonging to General
Pulaski's legion, both branded I. L. one a dark sorrel,
the other a dark brown, each has a blaze face. Who
ever delivers them to Major Gordon, D. QM. G.
in Trenton, shall be handsomely rewarded, and all
reasonable charges paid by
Chevalier de Kowats,
_ Col. Command, of the American legion.
Who has found a saddle with the skirts cut off, sup
posed to be stolen. Any person proving property and
paying charges, shall have it again.
WAS found trespassing in the field of the subscri
ber a few weeks pad, two small horses, one a
black, the other a bay with a star in his forehead.
The owner is desired to appear, pay charges, and
take themaway. ANDREW JOHNSON,
Maidenhead, Nov. 3d, 1778.
SiEFHEN^ON and Company.
Have for sale at their STORE, opposite Capt. Peter
Dickerson's in Morristown,
A GOOD assortment suitable for the ensuing sea-
Y son ; such as, Coarse cloth, shoes, salt, flour by
the barrel, tea, sugar, pepper, coffee, shot of the best
kind, Irish linens,. cotton checks, linen ditto, calli
coes, pelongs, sewing silk, fine thread by the pound
or smaller, Scotch fnuff in bladders, Irish sheeting,
whifKy and apple spirit by the barrel or gallon, pow
der, table linens, buckram, China ware of the befr
fort, best plated buttons, silk twist, basket buttons,
lawn, muslin, cambrick, gauze, silk and pocket hand
kerchiefs, hatters trimmings,fuch as bow firings, round
looping buttons, loops, buttons of the best kind, flat
silk looping; hollow wares of all kind, one brass
kettle that holds 36 gallons, which they will fell on
the lowest terms for Cash or Country Produce.
„J^B. They take York money.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS LOST, on the 12th day of this instant, in
V the afternoon, on the road between Allentown
and Croffwicks, a double Leather Pocket-Book with
a steel clasp, containing a number of valuable writings,
such as notes of hand, loan office certificates, and ac
counts ; which would be of no use to any person be
side the owner, with about nine dollars in money.
Whoever finds the fame, and will leave it with the
Printer of this paper, or fend it to the owner at
Croffwicks, shall have the above reward, paid by
Sept- HP GABRIEL ALLEN.
STRAYED or stolen from near Ehzabeth-Towr,
on Sunday night the 25th of October, a brown
MARE, about 14 hands high, half blooded, very
straight limb'd, a natural trotter, and thin of flefn.
Whoever takes up the mare so that the subscriber gets
her, and the thief is secured, shall have Forty Dol
lars reward, Twenty for the thief and Twenty for
the mare, with reasonable charges, paid by Daniel
Hunt, in Maidenhead. 6*