The New-Jersey journal — Chatham, N.J., 1782-03-20 00:00:00, page 4

^l, LOVtO:< s
^ "HAVE observed, with much farprize, that a
& certain Metbew Hollenback hath advertised me
in vour paper for not accepting a challenge from
him. Could I believe you were acquainted with
his character, 1 Should be equally furprized at your
permitting so vile a fellow toconvey Scandal through
the channel of year paper. Were the public ac
'quainted with Mathew Hollenback, I should, per
haps, be indifferent as to his peb'ication, or any
other reflections he might caff on my chara^er.
I shall not enter into a detail of the difference
which happened between Hollenbafk and me, but
only animadvert upon the two matters he princi
pally complains of, to wit, My threatning “ to
" horsewhip him without executing the promise,
'' and my refufing to give him gentleman's fatis
-66 faction."
As to my hot horsewhipping him, he most cer
tainly is to blame for it, by not complying with the
condition, which was coming into the fort after I
had forbidden him on pain of that punilhment.
Whether I did right or wrong in not giving him
the fatisfa&ion he speaks of, I shall not determine.
My objections did not arise from a principle of
cowardice, but the meanness of his charader, and
the reluctance I possessed to put myfelf upon a foot
^ng with so notoriously vile and unworthy a person-
Mathew Hollenback was, at that time, a petty fut-.
tier, vending a few pins and drams at the poll
where 1 had the honour to be intrufted with the
command.,
1 believe I never was before called dr esteemed a
coward, and were it necessary, I could produce the
most ample testimonials to the contrary ; it is a
character I so much despise that, however mean and
unworthy a gentleman's notice Hollenback may be,
I am determined even he shall not enjoy that opini
on, as I shall take the earliest opportunity of offer
ing him convincing proofs to the contrary ; and I
have new the profpea of a speedy interview with
the gentleman, being about to be relieved frotn my
command at Wyoming.
If you will afford this a place in your paper, you
will greatly oblige your very humble servant,
Alex. Mitchell, Capt. iff. Jetfey Regt.
March 5, 1782.
To be Sold at public VENDUE,
At the house of the fubferibers, in Mendham town
ship, Morris county, on Thursday the 28th in
fla t.
A FARM, lying in Roxbury Town-
Ship, and county aforefaid, five miles from
Douglafs's tavern, adjoining the Dutch Valley,
containing 250 acres: There are on the premises,
a house, bare, a good bearing orchard, 14 acres of
meadow, and 30 more can be made. The whole
is well watered and timbered. The vendue to be
gin at ten o'clock on laid day, when attendance
will be given, and conditions of sale made known
by Ebenezer Coe,
March 5,1782. Joel Coe.
N. B. At the fame time will be fold a number
of horses and cattle.
To be Sold at public VENDUE,
On SATURDAY the 23d instant,
A LOT of LAND, situate at Bottle Hill, con
taining about 19 acres, on which is a good
dwelhng-houfe, barn, Rabies, &c. convenient for a
tavern, and is a noted good hand for the fame, now
occupied by Mr. William Darling. Poffeftion will
be given the purchaser the firft of April next.
The vendue to be held on the premises, and to be
gin at one o'clock of said day, when the conditions
of sale will be made known by
THOMAS GARDNER.
N. B. All persons indebted to the fubferiber are,
for the lafi time, requeued to make speedy payment,
otherwise they may depend that the Strides! advant
age of the law will be taken. T. G.
March 12, 1782.
"To" be SOLD or LET,
AF A RM, situated at Bottle-Hill, Morris
county, opposite Capt. Darby's, and now oc
cupied by Aaron Carter —Any person wanting
such a place, may agree upon terms by applying to
Matthias Wiiliamfon, fen. in Elizabeth Town.
Said Williamson requests all those that have any
demands on him to call for their due ; and all that
aeindebted to him on bond, bill or book-debt, are
likewise requested to make payment, without fail.
March 12, 1782.
CHATHAM. Printed by SHEPARD KOLLOCK, by whom EiTays, Articles of Intelligence, Adver
tisements, &o are thankfully received and carefully inferred. Sublcriptions taken in at 3/9. per Quarter,
To be Sold ^at public VENDUE,
The 25th instant, at three o'clock in the afterncon,
on the premises,
THE HOUSE and LOT of George King,
deceased, in Morristown, opposite Mr. John
Crane's tavern. It is an excellent Stand for any
fort of bulihefs.—The conditions of sale will be
made known by FRED. KING, Executor.
Morristown, March 12, 1782.
TRAYED or Stolen, from the paliure of Mrs.
Morrison, at Orange, Essex county, about the
"first of November lafl, A BLACK HORSE, about
14 hands high, his right eye out, and lew in flelh.
If any person has taken up said horse, and will re
turn him to the fubferiber at Wardfeffon, shall have
Four Dollars Reward, and all necessary colt.
March 12, 1782. ALPHEUS HEWS.
To be LET tor a Term of Years,
A GOOD FARM, containing 150 acres of
good land, lying in Mendham Township,
Morris county, on the edge of Succafunny Plain:
On said place is a good frame house, two good
frame barns, a good orchard, and good English
meadow, off of which may be cut upwards of 30
tons of hay yearly, with Sufficient plough land.—
For sale—A good frame house and lot of land
adjoining said place, lying by the road fide, suita
ble for a tradesman, or any kind of public business.
Any perlon inclining to rent or purchase as above,
may know the terms by applying to the fubferiber
on the premises. Possession may be had the firft of
April. ABRAHAM DAY.
N. B. Said place adjoins William Young, Esq;
March IZ, 1782.
'BLADDERB.
AN Y person having BLADDERS, more or
less, to dispose of, will receive a generous
price for them by applying to the printer, or to
Daniel Cornock, at the fnuff-mill, in Ward
feffon, where may be had Scotch Snuff of the
bed quality, on the lowed terms. March 5,1782.
WHEREAS a House and let at Bound-Brook,
now in possession of Abraham Tyson, and
belonging to the heirs of Ennes Grabam, deceased,
has been advertised, by Mrs Graham, for sale,
without our approbation ; we, for Sufficient rea
sons, think it proper to poltpone the sale thereof,
andgfoibid any person purchasing the fame.
Walter Bvch a n an, | Executors.
John I homson, J
Hanover, March 5, 1782.
TH E Subscriber is desirous of fettling his ac
counts, therefore gives this notice to all
those to whom he is indebted, either by bond,
book, or otherwise, to come and have the fame dis
charged by the firftof May next, for which purpose
he will give attendance at his house, every Tuesday
and Friday. He likewise desires all those who are
any ways indebted to him to come and difchaige
the fame by the time aforefaid; otherwise they
may expert to be prosecuted as the law direds.
SAMUEL CURRY.
Newark. 6th February, 1782.
LOST, about three weeks since, or taken off of
a mare of the fubferiber on her way home,
who had made her escape from Elizabeth Town,
an almost new SADDLE. Whoever will return
the fame, shall have Two Dollars reward.
JOSEPH MEEKER.
Chatham, March 12, 1782.
^TRAYED or Stolen from the fubferiber, living
, in Amwel township, Hunterdon county, Two
BAY HORSES, one marked with a ft r in the
forehead, curly mane, the off hind foot white, and
a lump on the off fore foot near the fetterlock ; —
the other has a liar and snip, with both fore feet
white, and, above the fetterlock, the hind feet
white also ; they both had short tails. Whoever
secures said horses, so that the owner may get them
again, shall have Ten Pounds reward, and Fif
teen Pounds for horses and thief, and all reasonable
charges paid by GEORGE TROUT.
March 5, 1782.
Wanted Immediately,
A SCHOOL-MASTER, capable of
teaching the English language. Any such,
on application to John Darby, or Ifeac Halsey,
Esquire, at the Scotch Plains, will meet with ge
nerous encouragement. March 5, 1782.
THE Subscriber begs Have to acquaint the public,
that the GRAMMAR SCHOOL which has
been kept for sometime past in the neighbourhood of
Newark, will be removed into that town in April;
wherein, besides the latin and greek languages, are
taught English grammar, competition, and oratory.—
Young gentlemen may be here fitted for college, or
they, who do net choote to go there, may be inkrunt
ed in such branches of literature as are usually taught
in our colleges.
Boarding may be had in the middle of this town,
Very convenient to the School, for seven Killings and
sixpence per week —Tuition will be five pounds per
year.—He will always keep an assistant or other.
They who choose to lend their children here, may
depend upon the greatest diligence tried to forward
them in their education; and all possible care fhHl be
taken of their morals.—He does not purpose to have
any idle or vicious boys in his school, for all that
cannot be reduced, after a short experiment, to indust
ry in their business, and propriety of behaviour, and
that too by no other means of correction than < ountel
and admonition, shall surely be ejected ; therefore all
who apprehend they cannot be sober and industrious,
are advised not to become members of this school.
It is detired that young gentlemen who may be sent
here to begin the latin, should enter at the beginning
of May, August, November or February ; as to others,
who have already begun the languages, they may en
ter at any time. —It is likewise requested that they
would procure Rofs's, or what is commonly called the
Newark grammar.
ALEX. MACWHORTER.
A Proposal, humbly offered to the public for the
inftrudion of inch youth as are not designed for a col
lege-education, and yet with to have their minds fur
nithed with some knowledge of the liberal arts and
Lienees, whereby they may be enabled to read history
and the laws of their country with understanding, and
be formed ufefully to serve in it as legislators or ma
gistrates.
A Philosophical academy shall he opened, to conti
nue four months every winter, beginning about the
middle of November and ending about the middle of
March.
In this academy shall be taught English grammar,
geography, chronology, and the elements of history;
logic, natural philosophy, astronomy, moral philoso
phy, jurisprudence, and rhetoric; this last compre
hending composition, public speaking, and criticism.
Every young gentleman who Shall enter this acade
my, Shall be able to read, and write, and cypher; and
if he is acquainted with trigonometry, or the mathe
matics, the better.
The precise mode of inftruaion is not here mention
ed. It will be partly in le&ures and partly otherwise.
The instructor will take that method which be judges,
according to the nature of each science, is most adapt
ed easily to communicate the fame.
In case the preceding proposal Should be so far ap
proved of by the public, that a Sufficient number of
youth should offer themselves, as to render it worth
while to engagein the undertaking, the fubferiber will
procure globes and maps (as geography Shall be prin
cipally taught by them) and some small pieces of a phi
losophical apparatus, such as may be in his power to
obtain.
Theinftruftion of youth has been greatly marred by
the war. And the high importance of every attempt
to promote literature in this infant government, will
be so readily acknowledged by all, that it is not ne
ceflary to offer a Single word in favour of it.
It would be unbecoming in the fubferiber to fay
any thing in favour of his own abilities or accomplish
ments; and, if the experiment Shall be made, the
public will be the proper judge of them —-The propo
sal being thrown out, may, perhaps, excite some abler
persons, in other parts of the country, to engage in a
Similar plan.—He can affirm that he loves his country,
that he feels a war n attachment to the intend of the
town in which he lives, and a peculiar depute to fee
youth formed for ufefulnets ; and be kno^s no way in
which be can better serve his country, his town, and
the rising generation (next to a faithful difeharge of
the duties of his sacred fun&ion) than by endeavouring
to promote Something of the above nature.
As Soon as proper encouragement fn».ll be given, a
matter to teach the French tongue shall be procured.
ALEXT MACWHORTER.
Newark, March 12, 1782.
THE HOUSE and LOT where the fubferiber
now lives, pleasantly situated in Cla ham,
near the printing-office, and well calculated for a
t r adesman, there being a shop adjoining the house :
There is a good garden, well of excellent water,
aid a new barrack on the prem'fs.
EZEKIEL GILLAM.
Ma r ch §, 1782.
emrammrais^t&v@^^ro^^ <t^^^^a^i
t§+ Two sheets of Paper per
pound, or the highest price in
cash given for clean LINRN or
COTTON RAGS.