The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-12-05 00:00:00, page 4

Just published,
And to be fold wholesale and retail,
At the Printing-Office in Trenton,
The New-Jersey
ALMANACK,
For the Year 1782.
TWO FARMS to be fold, the one on which the
subscriber lives, containing two hundred and
seventy three acres of land, one third of which is
good mowing ground, one third plough land, and
the other third covered with timber of the firft qua
lity: The whole farm is inclofed and under complete
fence and small inclofures. There is on it a good
dwelling-house almost new, two stories high, a large
Dutch barn, barracks, iheds, &c. two large apple
orchards, a number of peach trees, and a large peach
nursery fit to plant out. The other farm joins this
one, and contains one hundred and sixty-three acres,
above one third of which is well timbered wood-land,
fifteen acres of mowing ground, and much more
may be made at an easy expence, the rest good plough
land. There is on this farm a good dwelling-house,
a shop, and an English barn, two good apple orchards
and a number of other fruit trees ; the whole under
good fence. Both farms are exceedingly well water
ed,and are distant twenty-two miles from Elizabeth-
Town, and sixteen from Brunswick Landing, and
will be fold very cheap by the owner,
JOHN SHAW.
Bcrnprd's-Town, Bafkenridge, Nov. 26, 1781. 4W
TO BE SOL D,
The following tracts of LAND, situate on the fouth
branch of Raritan, in Hunterdon county, about
30 milesfrom Trenton, 12 from Delaware river,
and 28 from New-Brunswick, viz.
T OT No. i, containing 150 acres, near one half
-la cleared, about 15 acres of which is excellent
meadow, and more may be made ; the remainder
timber land. There is on it a frame dwelling-house
and kitchen, a large stone barn, a large stone grist-mill
with two pair of stones, two water wheels and every
neceiDry conveniency for merchant and country
buiinefs; also an oil-mill and saw-mill, the whole
being almost new, and stands on the south branch
of Raritan, alarge and constant stream of water.—
There is also a small orchard and sundry small tene
ments, , ...
LOT No. 2, adjoining the above, containing 234
acres, about 100 is cleared, between 40 and 50 acres
of which is excellent meadow, a great part watered,
^ rest timber land; there is a lime kiln and plenty
of good limestone convenient to the kiln, an orchard
of near 200 apple trees, &c.
I,OT No. 3, adjoining lot No. 2, containing 145
acres, one half cleared, the rest wood-land.—There
is thereon a frame house and barn, a small orchard,
and a spring of good water near the door. For terms
fyply to MAHLON TAYLOR, on the premises. 6w
WAS taken up and committed to my charge, for
attempting to go into New-York, and travel
ling without a pass, a certain Negro man, who calls
himfelf Jofep'h, about five feet ten inches high, fays
he formerly belonged to Mrs. Catle, late of Charles-
Town, South-Carolina, but now of New-York;
that for some time pad he has lived with Captain
Mercer, of Philadelphia ; has on a claret coloured
coat, white cloth jacket, leather breeches, worsted
flockings andgood shoes, besides other clothes. —
Any person having a legal claim to said Negro, is de
sired to come on or before the 19th of December
next, prove their property and pay charges, or he
will be proceeded against agreeably to law.
PETER HULICK, Gaoler.
Trenton, Nov. 28, 1781. gw*
To whom it may concern :
State of ) KFOTICE is hereby given, that
New-Jersey, ff. ) a Court of Admiralty will
be held at the house of Gilbert Barton, in Allentown,
on Thursday the 27th day of December next, then
and there to try the truth of the fads alledged in the
bill of Robert Magee, (who as well, &c) againfe
a certain lloop or vessel called the Sally, lately com
manded by John Harman, taken on her intended
voyage, as is said, from Maurice-River to New-
York, loaded with lumber, together with her tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargo : To the end and intent
that the owner or owners of the said vessel, or any
person interested therein, rpay appear and shew cause,
if any they have, why the said vessel, with her tackle,
apparel, furniture and cargo should not be condemned
to the captors thereof, and a decree thereon pass,
according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Register.
Burlington, Nov. 24, 1781.
'IS AACCOLLINS. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Five Shillings
each the firft Week, and One Shilling and Three-pence for every Continuance, and long Ones in Proportion ; and by whom
Essays, and Articles of Intelligence are thankfully received.
CAROLINA CANE,
FOR Weavers Reeds, to be fold wholesale and
retail, by the subscriber, in Hopewell, Hunter
don county. 2* ANDREW SMItH.
Thirty Pounds hard Money Reward.
RUN away from the fubferibers, living near Ra
coon Ford, Orange county, Virginia, on Sunday
the second of September, three Negro slaves, viz.
George, a dark mulatto fellow, about seventeen years
of age, near or quite fix feet high, has a four down
look ; had on and carried with him a white yarn coat
turned up with blue, one pale blue cloth coat, one
striped Virginia cloth coat, one pair of green cloth
breeches, one pair cotton breeches filled in with
thread : —Harry, a black Negro, about the fame age
of George, a low well set fellow, sprightly and quick
spoken; had on an old white coat and a new hunting
ihirt, and an old maccaroni hat : —Charles, a black
negro fellow, about sixteen years of age, sparer than
Harry, has a very pleasant countenance, and speaks
flow; had on a black hunting shirt and an old felt
bat.—He spins well on the foot wheel. We have
reason to believe there wasa white man with them,
who had on a white cloth coat with buttons on each
fide the breast, and a maccaroni hat ; the other parts
of his dress we cannot learn. We will give Five
Pounds reward for each or either of them if taken
up and secured so that we get them again, or Ten
Pounds for each or either of them if brought home
and delivered to us.
JOHN BLEDSOE,
3 || BENJAMIN CRAIG,
JEREMIAH CRAIG.
House of Assembly, May 21, 1781.
A Petition from Jacob C. Zabriikie, of the county
of Bergen, was presented and read, setting
forth that he had in the year 1773, purchased a
small traft of land of William Bayard, of the city
of New-York, and paid for the tame, but that thro'
the negletl of the said Bayard, he had never obtained
a deed, and praying that a law may be palled to
vest in him a title to the said land ;
Ordered, That the said petitioner have leave to
bring in a bill at the next fitting, for the^purpofe of
vesting in him a title to the said land, on giving three
weeks previous notice of his intention to the com
miflioners of the said county, and also advertising
the fame for the like space of time in the New-Jer
sey Gazette or New-Jersey Journal.
Extract from the minutes,
MASKELL EWING, jun. Clerk.
Agreeably to the above order, the subscriber here
by notifies all whom it may concern, his intention
of presenting a bill to the Legislature at their present
fitting, conformable to the prayer of his petition.
3 w|| JACOB C. ZABRISKIE.
New-Barbadoes, county of Bergen, Noy, 13, 1781,
PUBLIC K.'
WHEREAS I the subscriber purchased of Andrew
Ferguson a certain trad of land, marlh and
beach, situate in the county of Cumberland, in New-
Jersey, and received an imperfed alignment on the
back of his deed for the fame, together with a re
ceipt in full for the purchase money, and before a
{efficient deed could be executed for the said land,
marlh and beach, the said Andrew Ferguson died;
and as I have applied to the Legislature ot this date
for a law to confirm to me the title of the said pre
mises, if any person or persons have any objections
why the fame should not be done, they are hereby
notified to attend before the Legislature within four
weeks from the date hereof, and make their objec
tions. THOMAS MASKELL.
Greenwich, New-Jersey, Nov. 5, 1781. 3 w§
TO BE SO L D,
A Likely, healthy NEGRO MAN, about twenty
feven years of age, was brought up in New-
Jersey, and is fit for any farming bulinefs, and capa
ble of tending a grist-mill. Any person inclining
to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the
subscriber, in Monmouth county, near the Court
house. 3 wt WILLIAM FORMAN.
TOBE SO L D, by
Peter Crolius & Anthony Maraquier,
At their STORE in TRENTON;
A large Assortment of Blankets,
AND
ROCK SALT,
With many other articles too tedious to mention.
Writing Paper
To be S OLD cheap for CASH, by
the Printer hereof.
THE owner of the ferry known by the na : f
the Trenton Old Ferry, on the post road
ing to Philadelphia, and where the publick all c ~
has provided the said ferry with the best boat :
ever have been confiruCied for the fafety of transport
ing passengers, horses and carriages, in time of
frefhes, wind or ice, and a number of careful hands
that have nothing else to do but work the boats, and
are always ready on the spot. The ferriages are as
follow, viz.
Waggon and four horses -
Waggon and two horses - - tfgd.
Achair - - - - ^Q
Man and horse - - - 6tf~
A foot person - - - - 31/.
And all other ferriages in Proportion. iw*
T 0 B ~ Ero'L D, *
A Likely, hearty Negro man, 33 years of age,
and a woman about 21 years of age : Also a
Negro girl about 16 years of age; all have had the
small-pox, were born and brought up in New-Jersey,
and are fit for either town or country business : Also
a female Negro child, about four years of age, for
whom Loan-Office Certificates will be received in
pay, or credit given. Enquire of the subscriber in
Builington. 3 wf JACOB PHILLIPS.
WANTED,
At the store of NEIL andPOOL, in Trenton,
A Quantity of good PO RK, for which the
highest price and ready cash will be given. 3+
'FHE fubicribers having furnithed themselves
l with good boats at the new ferry a little above
the Falls, and almost opposite to Trenton, and the
distance being nearly the fame from Bristol to
Trenton to go by this or Colvin's ; all persons who
will please to favour them with their custom, ma v
depend on an easy and fafe passage, at the following
rates, which are as low as they were twenty years
ago, viz.
Waggon and four horses tfd.
Ditto with two ditto - - 3J6Z
Horse and chair - - i/6d.
Man and horse - - - 6d.
A footman - - -^
And all other ferriages in like proportion.
Travellers who come from Bristol the new road are
requested to turn off to the left at the 29 mile stone,
which is about three quarters of a mile from the
ferry—and those from the eastward are to turn to the
right at the market-house in Trenton, which is about
one quarter of a mile from the ferry, where.conftant
attendance is given by the publick's humble servants,
JOHN BURROWS,
GEORGE BEATY.
N. B. Travellers may be supplied with good hay
for their horses, by said Beaty.
10 BE SOL 1), '
By WILLIAM RICHARDS,
At his STORE at Trenton Landing, an assort
ment of medicines, amongst which are the fol
lowing articles :
ANTIMONY, aloes, annifeed, balsam capivi,
calomel, camphire, cream of tartar, cochi-,
neal, Carolina pink-root, flour of brimstone, fly
ftone, glauber and epfom salts, isinglass, jalap,
ipecacuanha, magnesia, liquorish-ball, opium, olive
oil, oil of spike, quicksilver ointment, spirits of
turpentine, &c.—With a complete assortment of
patent medicines.
ALSO to be fold at the fame store, an aflort
ment of Weft-India goods, hard ware, groceries,
&c. as low as can be purchased in Philadelphia,
viz. rum, sugar, tea, coffee, chocolate, molasses,
salts of different forts, cotton, indigo, spices of
every kind, mustard, oatmeal, barley, rice, sago,
allum, copperas, Caftile and English hard soap,
corks, stone, earthen and wooden wa^e, black bot
tles, tar, tobacco, fnuff, whiting, chalk, filing
lines, hooks and swivels of different sizes, chalk
lines, stone lime by the bushel or larger quantity,
oakum, English and Dutch grass feythes, cradling
ditto, iron tea-kettles, waggon boxes, nails, whilky,
geneva in cases, logwood, redwood, verdigrife,
grindstones, mops, Indian corn by the bushel, old
canvas for faddlers, pickled sturgeon, sturgeon,
lamp and linseed oil, lampblack, &c. Also, some
very fine hair powder, &c. &c. &c.
Said RICHARDS buys mustard feed, fire-wood
and several forts of country produce.—He has a
fnallop, with proper stores, and a careful person
to deliver and receive goods, that is always on th
foot. June 13, 1781.
PARCHMENT,'
TO BE SOLD,
By the PRINTER hereof.