The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-03-27 00:00:00, page 2

Yeas. Meflrs. Combs, Schenck, Stillwell, R. S.
Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, Cooper, Sheppard.
Mr. Schenck reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
A petition from Kenneth Hankinfon, collector of the
county of Monmouth, was read, setting forth, that
he had received a large sum of money in payment of
taxes in coppers, at twelve to the (hilling, and half
pence as pence ; that the treasurer and loan-officer of
this state refufes to receive the said money in any
other way than that of thirty half-pence or fifteen
coppers to the (hilling.
Ordered, That the said petition be dismissed.
Mr. Walton reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning ten
of the clock.
Tburfday, February 23, 1786.
The house met.
Two messages from the council by mr. Clark.
' Council-chamber, February 22, 1786.
' Ordered,
‘ THAT mr. Clark do wait on the house of affem
' bly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled, ' an
' aft for ereding part of the township of Nottingham,
' in the county of Burlington, and part of the town
' ship of Trenton, in the county of Hunterdon, into
6 a city, and for incorporating the fame by the name
' of " The city of Trenton," and for declaring the
' fame a free city and port for the term of twenty-five
' years," is rejected by this houfe.'
6 Council-chamber, February 22, 1786.
' A petition from the honourable Robert Hoops,
' esquire, setting forth, that the legillature at their last
6 fitting, by their resolution, ordered the treasurer to
' give unto the said mr. Hoops a certificate, certify
' ing that the state of New-Jersey was indebted
6 unto him in the sum of £. 1305 4 6, which certifi
'cate he has refufed to accept, on account of his being
' diffatisfied with the settlement of his demand, and
' praying that the legillature would direst the attor
' ney-general to enter the appearance of the state to
'an action, to be by him instituted, whereby the
' matter may be tried by a jury of the country, was
' read; whereupon,
' Refolded, That the attorney-general of this state be
' authorized, and he is hereby directed, in case the said
6 Robert Hoops, esquire, should commence an action
' for the purpose mentioned in his said petition, to
6 enter the appearance of this state to the said aftion/
Which petition and resolution were read, and or
dered a second reading.
Mr. Nicoll, from the committee appointed for that
purpose, brought in a bill, intitled, ' an aft for alter
ing the place of holding the inferior court of com
mon-pleas and courts of general quarter-sessions of
the peace, in and for the county of Bergen ;' which
bill was read, and ordered a second reading.
Agreeably to the order of the day the bill, intitled,
' a supplement to the aft, intitled, an aft for running
and afeertaining the line of partition or division be
tween the eastern and western divisions of the province
of New-Jersey, and for preventing disputes for the fu
ture concerning the fame, and for securing to the ge
neral proprietors of the foil of each of the divisions,
and persons claiming under them, their several and re
fpedive rights and just claims,' was read a second time.
The petition against the fame from the East-Jersey
proprietors was read.
The council for the West-Jersey proprietors then
proceeded in favour of the said bill, until the houfe
adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
The council for the West-Jersey proprietors proceed
ed in their arguments in favour of the bill before the
house, until the house adjourned till to-morrow morn
ing nine of the clock.
Friday, February 24, 1786.
The house met.
The Council for the West-Jersey proprietors pro
ceeded in their arguments in favour of the bill before
the house ; and, after having gone through the lame,
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
Two messages from the council by mr. Mayhew.
6 Council-chamber, February 24, 1786.
' Ordered,
'THAT mr. Mayhew do wait on the house of af
' fembly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled,
" an aft to vest in John Case, of the county of Sus
-6 sex, his heirs and assigns, all the right and title of
' Joseph Barton, to one hundred acres of land, which
' has been confifcated to this state, situate in New
' Town, in the county of Sussex," is paired by this
'houfe without amendment.'
' Ordered,
' THAT mr. Mayhew do carry to the house of af
' fembly the bill, intitled, 6 an ad for altering the
' time of holding the annual town-meetings in the
' counties of Essex, Middlesex and Somerfet,' with
' the amendments made thereto by this house, and re
' quest their concurrence in the said amendments.'
Which bill, with the amendments, were read, and
ordered a second reading.
The council for the East-Jersey proprietors began
with their arguments in opposition to the bill before
the house.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning nine
of the clock.
Saturday, February 25, 1786.
The house met.
The council for the East-Jersey proprietors proceed
ed until the house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
The council for the East-Jersey proprietors continu
ed their objedions to the bill before the house, until
the house adjourned to Mondaymorning ten of theclock.
Monday, February 27, 1786.
The house met.
The council for the East-Jersey proprietors went
through their objections to the bill before the house,
and then the house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
The council for the West-Jersey proprietors were
heard in reply to the objections made by the council
for the East-Jersey proprietors; and, after having
completed their reply,
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning nine
of the clock.
Tuesday, February 28, 1786.
The house met.
The house resumed the consideration of the bill, in
titled, 6 a supplement to the ad, intitled, an ad for
running and ascertaining the line of partition or divi
sion between the eastern and western divisions of the
province of New-Jersey, and for preventing disputes
for the future concerning the fame, and for securing
to the general proprietors of the foil of each of the
divisions, and persons claiming under them, their se
veral and refpedive possessions, rights and just claims ;'
on the question, whether the house agree to the title
of the said bill ? It was carried in the negative, as fol
lows:
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Nicoll, Garritfe,
A. Clark, Combs, Schuurman, Bonney, Walton, Schenck,
Stillwell, Bunn, Blair, Kelley, Swain, Lambert, Hough
ton, Cook, Starke, .Arnold, Hankinfon, Beardllee,
Longstreet.
Yeas. Messrs. R. S. Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, Cooper,
T. Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall, Whilden, Baker,
Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard.
Ordered, That the laid bill be dismissed.
Agreeably to the order of the day the fpeakcr laid
before the house the draught of a bill, intitled, 'an
aCt to authorize and empower the executors of the
testament and last will of Benjamin Doty, late of the
county of Somerset, deceased, or the survivor of them,
to fulfil the intention of the said testator ;' which bill
was read; and the petitioners in favour of the said
bill were heard, and a person appearing in opposition
thereto was also heard ;
Ordered, That the said bill be read a second time.
Mr. Hall, from the committee appointed for that
purpose, reported the draught of a bill, intitled, 6 an
aft to enable Andre Michaux to purchase a certain
trad of land;' which bill was read, and ordered a se
cond reading.
One petition from the county of Sussex; fix petiti
ons from the county of Burlington; eight petitions
from the county of Somerset; eleven petitions from
the county of Hunterdon; three petitions from the
county of Middlesex; and three petitions from differ
ent parts of the state; all praying that paper-money
may be issued and let out on loan, with a legal tender,
were severally read, and ordered a second reading.
Sundry petitions from the county of Bergen ; a pe
tition from the county of Burlington ; a petition from
the county of Salem ; and a petition from the county
of Hunterdon ; ail remonstrating against the emission
of paper-money, and praying that no such paper may
be emitted, were severally read, and ordered a second
reading.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
One petition from sundry inhabitants of the county
of Hunterdon, and three petitions from sundry inha
bitants of the county of Essex, all praying that paper
money may be emitted and let out on loan, were
severally read, and ordered a second reading.
Agreeably to the order of the day the house resum
ed the consideration of the bill, intitled, ' an ad for
making current £. 100,000 in bills of credit, to be let out
on loan, and directing the mode for finking the fame.'
A motion was made by mr. Schuurman, seconded
by mr. Cooper, to amend the title of the bill by strik
ing out the words, 6 to be let out on loan,' and m
ferting in lieu thereof the following words; 'to be
appropriated towards paying the interest and principal
on the Rate-debt, and to direst the mode for finking
the fame ;' on the question, whether the house agree
to the said motion ? It was carried in the negative, as
follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Nicoll, Schuur
man, R. S. Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, Cooper, T.
Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall, Whilden, Swain, Lam
bert, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard.
Nays. Messrs. A. Clark, Garritfe, Marsh, Combs,
Bonney, Walton, Schenck, Stillwell, Bunn, Blair,
Kelley, Baker, Houghton, Cook, Starke, Arnold,
Hankinfon, Beardllee, Longstreet.
On the question, whether the house agree to the
title of the said bill ? It was carried in the affirmative,
as follows :
Yeas. Messrs. Garritfe, A. Clark, Marsh, Combs,
Bonney, Walton, Schenck, Stillwell, Bunn, Blair,
Kelley, Baker, Houghton, Cook, Starke, Arnold,
Hankinfon, Beardllee, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Nicoll, Schuur
man, R. S. Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, Cooper, T.
Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall, Swain, Whilden, Lam
bert, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard.
Ordered, That the further consideration of the said
bill be postponed.
Mr. Starke, from the committee appointed to ex
amine, and report to the house, such publick laws as
have expired since the last fitting of the legislature, as
well as those laws that are near expiring, reported as
follows, to wit :
An ad to ereft and establish in the several counties
in this state, then colony, courts for the trial of small
causes, and to repeal the former aft for that purpose,
passed February 11, 1785, expires at the end of this
fcffion. JOHN STARKE,
JOSEPH STILLWELL.
A petition from the administrators of the estate of
David Rodgers, deceased, and the heirs of Joseph
Rodgers, deceased, lately proprietors of the ferry
erefted on the weft fide of the Paffaick river, on the
road leading from Newark to the road that leads from
Bergen Point to Paulus-Hook, and a memorial from
Archibald Kennedy by Robert Watts his attorney,
were read, praying that the legislature will not pass a
law on the petition of the trustees of the roads and
ferries leading from Newark to the road that leads
from Bergen Point to Paulus-Hook, agreeably to their
prayer at the last fitting :
Ordered, That the said petitions be read a second
time.
(To be continued,)
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American Intelligence.
B OST O N, March 6.
The gentlemen, fays a correspondent, who have hi
therto been opposed to the impost, have an undoubted
right to the merit of all the very happy effects which
their strenuous exertions to prevent the adoption of
this salutary expedient have already produced. If the
fubjefts of these states are happy and united; if our na
tional credit is maintained; if we have derived those
benefits as a country from the late fortuitous disposi
tion of foreigners to try the fortune of an American
market, and have sustained the luftre of that reputa
tion undiminished in peace, which we had acquired in
the war; if one spirit now animates the different parts
of our confederacy ; and if the power of Congress is
either confirmed or Supported as it ought to be, these
sage politicians in this case, will surely deserve all the
applauses and honours of a grateful country—But if
the reverse is true, nothing but an idea of their having
been hitherto governed in their conduct by motives
the most disinterested, though mistaken, ought to
screen them from the execrations of their countrymen.
The united forces of wit and argument, have been
hitherto displayed to support a measure on which the
honour and prosperity of the federal government of
America has apparently depended. Ail the benefits
we have loft the opportunity of enjoying and every
mifehief which has notoriously arisen from this absurd
policy, were forefeen and prognosticated—But nothing,
except the stern neceflity of the times, could induce
us to a full and liberal acquiefence in a scheme from
which so much good might have been derived, and so
little evil was in reason to be apprehended—The pre
sent situation of America seems to preclude all argu
ment on this important lubjed—We are driven to the
edge of the precipice, and the next step may be ruin
irretrievable. Is there a state in the union with so ma
ny advantages and so few inconveniencies as this ? Are
not the inhabitants numerous, brave and united ? Is
not the country inaccessible from nature and defended
by those whose maiden efforts have checked the arms
and confined the encroachments of a veteran army to the
limits of a capital.—But powerful as we are, our se
parate exertions must be feeble to an extreme again ft
the regular and systematic operations of any enemy
who would less depend on their courage than the
weight and influence which wealth and system will
eternally have in all military operations.—ln the in
fancy of our opposition, enthusiasm was the substitute
of arrangement —But the effects of this principle must
in their own nature be fugitive and inefficient, while
those only of the other will retain their power in eve
ry trying situation, and under all the vicissitudes of
time and accident.—lt is only then upon this falid basis
that we can erect that pretended column of American
greatness, in which law and justice are the pillars, and
peace and fafety, the golden ornaments. —America is
a huge pile, built of various materials. The cement
therefore must be strong in proportion. Our situation
is bad, but not desperate—The seasonable and patriotic
exertion of the court now fitting, may do much in
the restoration of our affairs. In all moments of dif
ficulty, ours should be the post of honour. Our ex
ample will infallibly have its weight in the ruin or
re-establishment of our national character, and it must
never be said, that this state, which was the firft to
unfurl the banners of freedom against the name of Bri
tain, was the last to do justice, and to support the tot
tering interest of America.
The Star, supposed of Salem, New-England, bound
to Marseilles, has been taken by the Algerines; and
two Neapolitan vessels, laden the one with corn, the
other with oil, have been captured by those publick
robbers, The crew of the Star, on perceiving the pi
rate making for her, took to their long boat, and es
caped.
PROVIDENCE, March 9.
On Thursday last the recommendation of Con
gress of the 18th of April 1783, for granting an im
post of five per cent, on all goods imported into this
state for 25 years, was taken up in the lower house
of assembly, and, after a very serious and interesting
debate until Friday afternoon ; —the question was
then put, and the votes flood as follows:
For granting the impost 49
Against it 18
Majority 31
This bill also passed the upper house, and is to
take effeft whenever all the states in the union fhali
have granted the impost to the acceptation of the
United States in Congress assembled.
The question, whether paper-money should be
made in this state, was on Friday evening determined
in the negative, by a large majority—43 being against
the measure, and but 18 for it.
Several petitions were presented to the house,