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STATE or NEW-JERSEY.
Ai ACT to embody, for a limited lime, I ur
Thousand of the Militia of this ^tate b, volun
tary Enliflment.
WHEREAS the Hon. the Congress, by a
Resolution on the fwenty-fexrh bay
of September lad, for particular Real >ns there
in set forth, earnestly recommend to the se
veral States to furniih General Wajhing^n with
such Detachments of their Militia, as he, off
. special Occasions, may require, to enable
him the more powerfully to co-operate with
the allied Forces under the Command of Count
D'hflaing, againft.thc common Enemy : And
whereas, the Embodying ascertain Part of the
Militia will probably give the most effectual
and speedy Affiltance to the continental For
ces, should the fame be necessary: Therefore,
1. Be it Enacted by the Council and Gene
ral Afembly of thi, State, and it is hereby Enact
ed by the Autborityof—the—Jame, 1 hat Four
Thousand effective Men, none of whom shall
be under the Age of eighteen Years, exclusive
of Field Officers, be immediately enlilled and
properly officered and equipped, to be in con
jfant Readiness to mirch on the shortest No
tice, to any Par < # f this or the adjacent States,
to aid th^ continental and allied Forces ; and
if called into Service, all or any. Part thereof,
by the Governor, on Application of the Com
mander in Chief as afaiefai^, to continue
therein until the Twentieth Day of December 4
next, unless footer difeharged.
2. And be it further Exacted by the
Authority aforefaid, That the said Four Thou
sand Men-shall be formed into four . Regiment,
as fTows : The Couriti^of {Bergen, Morri's,
Somerset and Suffix, to furnish croc Regiment,
to confid of ten Companies on One Hundred
and Eight Men Each, /Officers included, to
be commanded by Col. Henry fandike, Lieut
Col. Benoni Hathaway, and Major Samuel
Meeker. The Counties of Essex, Middlesex and
Monmouth, to furnifh one Regiment, to consist
of ten Companies of One Hundred and Six
Men each, Officers included, to be command
ed by Col. AJber Holmes, Lieut. Col. facob
Crare, and Major Cl^kfon Ejgar. The Coun
ties of Hunterdon and Burlington, to furnifh one
Regiment, to consist of ten Companies of
One Hundred and One Men each, Officers
included, to be commanded by Col. John Tay
lor, Lieut. Col. Jacob Houghton, and Major
Jacob Perkins, and the Counties of Gloucefer,
Salem, Cumberland and Cape-May, to furnifh
one Regiment, to consist of eight Companies
of One Hundred and Two Men each, to
be commanded by" Col. Nicholas Stillwell,
Lieut. Col. Robert Brown, jand Major Anthony
Sharp; and the said Field Officers, of each
Regiment, so enlisted, shall appoint one Ad
jutant, one Surgeon, and one Quartermaster,
to serve with the fame, if called out on Duty.
3. And be further Enacted by the Au
thority afortfaid, That the Field-Officers of
every Regiment of Militia in this State, shall
meet on the 16th Day of October, Instant, at
the Place of holding the annual Eledions in
their refpe&ive Counties, and if there are
more Regiments than one in the County,
shall divide the Captains and Subaltern Offi
cers, herein allotted to the fame, between the
several Regiments therein as nearly equal as
may be in Proportion to the Number of Men
each may contain; and the Colonel or Com
manding Officer of each Regiment shall order
a general Muster or Review, as soon thereafter
as Notice can reasonably be given to his Re
giment ; and this Aft, or the principal Matter
and Design thereof, shall be published to the
fame when met, and also that the Bounty,
herein after-mentioned, will be given to each
ciFedive Volunteer who shall then, or within
fix Days after, enfift for the Term and Purpose
in this A€t set forth : Provided such Volun
teer shall be called into actual Service, and
continue therein until legally discharged.
And provided also, That the Field-Offi
cers be at Liberty to assemble the whole Regi
ment in Review at the fame Time, or by Parts
and at different Times, as the shall judge most
proper.
4. AND WHEREAS it is of the greatest
Importance to have the most spirited and vigi
lant Officers on extraordinary Emergencies,
and as the Field Officers of each Regiment are
most likely to know those who heretofore have,
and are yet desirous to distinguish themselves
in their Country's Service; Therefore be
it further Enacted, That the said Field-
Officers fligll, on or before the said General
Muster or Review, appoint, for the proposed
Service, such and so many Captains and Su
baltern Officers as are allotted or divided to
fuch' Regiment.
5. And be it furthar Enacted, That
every fit able bodied Person who shall, within
the Time above limited, so enlist with any one
of the Officers, appointed by the Direction of
this Aft, (hall be entitled to receive at the
Rate of Forty Dollars by the Month for all the
Time he is actually in the Service, including
the Pay and Bounty allowed to the Militia of
this State when on duty, to be inserted in their
several Payrolls ; which, being properly au
thenticated, (hall be paid by the Paymasters
appointed to pay the Militia of this State :
Provided always, That if any Officer or
Soldier (hall (hamefully abandon his pott, or
de.ertfthe service before he is legallydifcharged,
he shall not be entitled to such Bounty or
Pay, and his Name shall be marked as a De
serter by the Officer certifying such Payroll.
6. And be it further . Enacted, That
r p Prisoner of War or Deserter from the Ene
r.. c. rted; and every Person who shall be
eroded or received into the said Levy, shall,
f.^o th- time of his Enlistment, be amenable
t ec kmc anu Buc'pli ie of War established
(^ t .. 1. i„~i. fe V. Ue Army of the United
States, and shall furnifh and equip himfeif
with a good Musket, fitted with a Bayonet,
a Cartouch Box, Canteen and Knapsack,
which iflod in the Service, without the Fault
of the Owner, shall be paid for as usual.
7. And, in order that each County in this
State .may furnifh their Proportion as nearly
equitable as present Circumstances will admit,
B. it further Enacted, That the Quotas
o^the non-commissioned Officers and Privates
shall. be four Times the Number that were ap
portioned in the A&, intitled, An Aft to em
body, for a limited Time, One Thousand of the
Militia of this State, for the Defence of the Fron
tiers thereof; and that the Captains and Su
baltern Officers be appointed in the fame, as
follows : in the County of Bergen, two Cap
tains, two Lieutenants and two Ensigns. In
the County of Efex, four Captains, three
Lieutenants and three Ensigns. In the Coiin}
ty of Middlesex, three Captains, three Lieu
tenants and three Ensigns. In the County of,
Monmouth, three Captains, four Lieutenants
and four Ensigns. In the County of Somerset,
three Captains, three Lieutenants and three
Ensigns. In the County of Burlington, four
Captains, four Lieutenants and four Ensigns.
In the County of C^ucefter, three Captains,
three Lieutenants and three Ensigns. In the
County of Salem, two Captains, three Lieu
tenants and three Ensigns. In the County of
Cape-May, one Captain, one Lieutenant and
one'Enfign. In the County of Hunterdon, 'fix
.Captains, fix Lieutenants and fix Ensigns. In
the County of Morris, three Captains, three
Lieutenants and three Ensigns. In the County
of Cumberland, two Captains, one Lieutenant
and one Ensign; and in the County of Sussex,
two Captains, two Lieutenants and two En
signs.
"8." And be it further Enacted, That
each and every of the said Captains shall, im
mediately after the Expiration of the Time
for Enlistment herein limited, make return a
Lift of the Name of each Person so enlisted, at
his Place of Abode, to the Cos. or command
ing Officer appointed to command the Regi
ment in which he is to serve; and the said
Col. or commanding Officer shall, immediate
ly after receiving such Returns, transmit a
Lift or Return of the whole to the Governor of
this State, as well the better to enable him to
dired his Orders on this Occasion, should
their Service be required, as that he may
know what Number, and from Parts of the
State, to order the Militia to take their Tour
of Duty, as usual by Classes, should such En
listment be compleat, and that from the End
of the present Session, until the Meeting of
the next Legislature, the Powers given to the
Governor and Privy Council, for ordering out
the Militia, shall be veiled in the Governor.
9. And be it further Enacted, That
if any Field Officer, herein appointed to com
mand any of the said four Regiments, shall
decline to accept such his Appointment, the
Governor shall appoint another of equal Rank>
in the Militia, to supply the Place of each
and every officer declining ; and if any Cap
tain or Subaltern Officer, appointed by Direc
tion of this Ad, shall decline to accept offuch
his Appointment, another of equal Rank in
the fame Regiment shall be appointed to sup
ply his Place, in the fame Manner as herein
before is directed ; and if it should so happen
that a Number of Privates fufficient for the
Command of the Number of Officers in this
Ad mentioned, agreeably to the Resolution of
Congress, shall not enlist and march when
called upon, then, and in such Case, the
Field-Officers of such Regiment shall determine
which and how many of the said Officers shall
be dismissed as Supernumerary.
Passed at Trenton, October 9, 1779.
CALEB CAMP, Speaker.
NEW-LONDON, Oft. 6.
Last Thursday a Schooner with upwards of
ninety hogsheads of rum, and other articles,
arrived at Stonington. Prize to the Shelah,
Capt. Efek Hopkins.
NEW-YORK, Odo. 20.
Saturday Evening, the i6th Instant, died,
universally regretted, in the 49th Year of his
Age, Col. Baron De MINNIGERODE,
Knight of the Order of Merit, and late
Commandant of the 3d Battalion of Hessian
Grenadiers# An Officer of distinguished
Worth, an Honour to his Corps and
Prince ; beloved and esteemed no less by his
native Friends and Troops, than by the
British, who revered his Galantry and
Merit as a Soldier, as they did his social
Virtues, as an amiable and refpe&able Mem
ber of SociETY ! And last Night the Corps
of this brave Officer attended, in solemn
march by the British and German General Of
ficers, the Officers and Soldiers of the Garri
son, the Clergy and a vast concourse of Citi
zens, were deposited in the Lutherian Church
of this City, with every mark of diftindion
and refpeft due to his exalted merit, and ami
able virtues.
Stance fur le mort du brave Colonel de Minni-
gerode, Officier Commandant d'un Batail
lion de Grenadiers Heffois.
L'Armee perd un Soldat intrepide et genereux,
Le Prince un bon Sujet qui fut tres valeureux ;
Egalement eftimeparmi les deaux Nations.
Minnigerode s'en va, et nous le regrettons.
A British Officer.
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Public AUCTIO N.
This Day at 12 o'Clock at the Coffee Houfe,will
be Sold,
3 Hogsheads of Spirits, 6 Barrels Mufeovado
Sugar, and a Parcel of Yorkfeire Hams.
By Thomas Ludlow, jun.
This Morning at r i o'Clpck wT
be Sol ,
At Templeton and Stewards Auction Room,
A quantity of Ibues belonging to a ,"ivateer fate y
returner! from sea,
A parcel of old rigging, different fixes,
A few boxes Manna, &c.&c.
On T UES D A Tat ti o'clock,
7 Pair remaika! Ie hand!>me ngat 3 plunders,
with eight carriages, rammers, bulges, ladies,
worms, bir„ priming wires, &c.
540 Round 3 pound foot',
200 Canndter, do.
14 Half barrels powder by sample,
3 Puncheons rum,
1 New cable, and a parcel old rigging.
At the Coffee-boule, at One 0 clock,
The Sloop INDUSTRY,
Burthen about 80 tons, of an easy draft of
water, a very good vessel, and fails remarka
ble fall, now laying at Hallett's wharf. In
ventory to be seen atthe office of
Templeton and Stewart.
By Bowman & Codner,
This Day, at 12 o'Clock at the Coffee-houfe,
18 Quarter Cases choice Port Wine,
London Quality,
4 Chefs Hyfon Tea, 7 Suits of Colours, and
One Field Bedfead and Curtains compleat.
A Young Man, qualified to aft as a Cook, or a
Footman, wants a Place, out of Livery. For
further Particulars apply at Mrs. Dunkley's, at
No. 56, Maiden-Lane. .
Public Auction.
To-morrow, being Tuesday the 26th of Oaober,
at One o'Clock precisely, on the Premises, will
positively be fold to the higbeft Bidder,
A Moveable Two Story frame House, No. 7,
in Cooper-freet, near the Fly-Market. The'
House has a very good Roof and Floors, and the
Boards and Frame are found. Also an exceeding
good Kitchen now adjoining, but likewise moveable.
The whole mufl be moved off the Lot immediately
after Sale. Farther Particulars may be known in
the mean Time at my Office, No. 940, in Water-
Street.
JAMES INGLIS, Auctioneer.
Public Auction.
This Day, at 11 o'Clock, at the Coffee-Houfe
Bridge, will be fold,
A general Assortment of genteel
House and Kitchen FURNITURE.
Also a curious Iron
ALEMBECK Stove, in One.
JAMES INGLIS.
Public AuElion.
This day, at 12 o'clock, on Wells's wharf, will
be fold,
The masts, spars, standing and running
r iggi n ^' fails, anchors, cables, and materials,
suitable for a brig of about 160 tons burthen.
At the Coffee-houfe, To-morrow,
15 Puncheons of choice old Antigua
rum,
20 Cases of geneva,
12 Barrels of mufeovado sugar,
1000 Foot of oars, and,
A flup s YAWL,
By DANIEL M'CORMICK.
Public Auction.
This Day, at 11 o'Clock precisely, at ^e Navy
Yard, the following damaged Goods,
230 Lindsey Waistcoats, 146 Breeches,
140 Drawers, 220 Shirts, 89 Trowfers,
372 Kerfey Waistcoats, 436 Beds, Blankets,
72 Jackets, Rugs and Pillows.
One o'Clock at the Coffie-Houfe,
The Prize Brig MANILLA,
With all her Tackle and Apparel as Jhe now lies
at Murray's Wharff. r.ljo, the valuable and
fafl-failing
Sloop ROEBUC K,
With all her Guns and Stores as Jhe now lies at the
Old-Slip. At the fame Time,
The Schooner GLASGOW,
With all her Tackle and Apparel, as fa now
lies at Murray's Wharf.
On Tuesday, at the Bridge,
20 Boxes of Soap, 20 Boxes of Candles, 9
Hogsheads & 40 Barrels choice Mufeovado Sugars.
One o'Clock at the Coffee-Houfe,
The Ship difmafled Prize to his Majefly's
Ship Virginia, with all her Materials as fee
now lies at the Wharff below the Coffee- House.
Inventory to be fan at their Office.
A ROBBERY.
TWENTY GUINEAS Reward.
fr Y 'HE above Reward will be given to any
1 Person who shall difeover the Tbief or
Thieves, who broke into the Shop of Robert
Gibb, in Smith-street, on the Night between
Saturday and Sunday, so that he or they may
be tonviaed thereof; or to any Person who
shall difeover where the Goods Stolen are de
posited, 10 that the fame may be recovered.
The following Articles were among the Things
Stolen :
2 Pieces of blue Bed Furniture, and One
ditto, red ; 2 Pieces red Chintz, with Birds
and Grapes on it ; 5 Patterns of India Chintz
for Ladies Gowns, one Dozen Pieces Calicoes
of different Patterns, a Quantity of Women's
Stays and blond and Thread Lace, two Muffs
and Tippets, a Number of Mens and Boys
Hats, and a great many other Articles.
If required, the Informant's Name shall be
kept secret.
Sale by Au&ion,
F O T T N D,
< A^TTuuida. morning, a barrel of TAR,
,_, \t the long bridge joining the Exchange :
Whoever has loit it, by proving their property and
plying the charges shall have it, by applying to Peter
M loony, living opposite the said Bridge.
BE L'E T,
UNTIL the ill of May, a commodious
Dwelling House with nine Acres of
Land, complcatiy fenced in, lying a little to
the Southward of the two Mile Stone, eh the
Bowery Road. For Terms apply to Wil
liam Goodrich.
Just imported in the lalt vessels from England, and
to be fold by
DONALD MAKAY,
HAIR-DRESSER,
No. 141, nearly opposite William Walton's, Esquire,
Queen-Street,
BEST London hair powder feented and plain, by
pound, dozen, or Cwt. hard and foft pomatum,
flraving boxe; and brushes, light tin ditto for camp,
razor and razor straps, Marry 8 playing cards by the
pack or dozen, swan down and silk puffs, with bags
and boxes, racking, dressing and tail combs, ivory
ditto, crooked ditto for ladies and gentlemen, cam
phored marble wash balls, craping, pinching and ru
pee irons, fine double diflilled lavender water, essence
of burgamot and lavender, tooth powder and brushes,
buckle ditto, hair pins single and double, from 2 to
15 inches long, black hair ribbon, cushions, pads,
curls, bra ; d and bows, &c.
William Tongue,
Has for sale, at his (tore, No. 21, in Wall-Street,
next door to Messrs. John M'Adam, and Co's.
AN assortment of woollens, hosiery, hats, cotton
chintz, printed linens and handkerchiefs.
Flour, beef, pork, rum, fait, tobacco, vinegar, and
many other articles.
He also fells any kind of merchandize at public
au&ion, and attends regularly for that purpose to
serve his friends and employers, buys and fells all
merchandize in ,the brokerage way, in the molt ex
tensive, correct and judicious manner, which his con
stant application to business for more than twenty
yetrs past in this city enables him to do, so as to give
general fatisfa&ion, which is his chief ftudv.
Public Auction.
This Day, at the Coftee-Houfe will be fold,
The fuccefsful and faft failing privateer
Schooner Norfolk's Revenge,
Mounting 10 double fortified 3 pounders,
and 4 swivels, with all her warlike (lores, as
she arrived from sea, having had but a four
teen days cruize after a thorough outfit.
Joseph Cary.
For ready Money only,
Leadbetter's
Genuine Spruce Beer,
At his Brewery, No, 29, Duke Street,
N. B. Empty bottles wanted.
E Uli
A Brindled py'd COW, fix Years old. The
owner can have her again, by applying
to Peter Drake, at Little Bloomingdale, pay
ing charges, and proving his property.
A Large and general assortment of dry goods,
consisting ts calicoes, checks, cloaths, flops
and handkerchiefs of all forts, &c. Al'o, rum,
wine, beer, with houfhold furniture, muhagony
bedheads and beeding, tables and chairs ; iikewife
wearing apparel ; also a good aff"tmeni of Carpen
ter's to.ls, and a quantity of : h uQ o aii) in Planke.
For LONDON,
The SHIP
SA LLY,
^We^A^ gHenry Coupar, Commander,
Lying at Cruger's wharf;
HAS neat accommodations for passengers,
fails faft, and will be dispatched with
the firft convoy. For freight or passage, apply
to said Commander, or Samuel Franklin, No.
J 73> Queen-street; who has for sale, Antigua
and Montferat rum of a good quality, a few
tons of chalk, an assortment of callicoes, cam
bricks, lawns, Irish linnens, &c. &c.
ANDREW BRUCE,
At his Store, No. 869, Dock-ftrftt,
IS now opening for Sale, by the Piece or
Package, a neat Assortment of D RY
GOODS, imported in the last Ships from
London. Also, a large Quantity of the very
belt Beef and Pork in Tierces, faperfihe Kiln
dry'd Flour, and a few Kegs of fp lit Peafe.
To be SOL D, by
FOWLER & TREMAINE,
At their Store, No 986, in Water-street, oppo
site the Crane Wharf,
ALL Sorts of SHIP CHANDLERY, with
NAVEL STORES; likewise, some ex
cellent SEINES ready compleated for fifhing;
about eighty empty Molasses Calks, fit for
Cyder.
GReen and bohea teas,
Loaf and mufeova
do sugars,
Coffee, pepper, ginger,
Mustard, split peas,
Barley in kegs, railing,
Tamarinds, citron, ,
India sweetmeats,
Pickles, turpentine soap,
Fig, ounce, and button
blue, by the doz.or left
Indigo, powder blue,
Fine Poland starch, by the
box of 100 weight each.
French white wine vinegar
in bottles,
REBECCA GOMEZ,
At the CHOCOLATE MANUFACTORY,
Corner of Ann and Nassau-street,
HAS FOR SALE
Common cyder vinegar,
for preserving pickles,
at 4s. per gallon,by the
five gallons,
Porter, port,
Claret in bottles,
Florence oil, white fper
maceti oil for lamps,
Mould candles,
Playing cards,
Own manu fa&ured Cho
colate, warranted free
from any sediments and
pure. Great allowance
made to those who buy
to fell again.