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the state sapped to destruction. 'Thou fanciest,' says an admired author,* whose words I recollect exactly, 'that the arts make people effeminate, and thereby oc- 'casion the fall of empires; thou mentionest the ruin 'of that of the ancient Persians, which was the effect of 'their luxury; but this instance is far from being con- 'clusive, since the Greeks, who subdued them, cultivated 'the arts with infinitely more diligence than they did.'
"The ports of Burlington and Amboy are extremely well situate, and both formerly had some trade; the growth of Philadelphia has well nigh deprived the for- mer of its citizens and its shipping; and New - York the latter: the people, in a general way, in both these our capitals, are actually become poorer, everything con- sidered, than formerly; business has languished, and the remaining inhabitants have imbibed too much the spirit of indolence; and in consequence thereof, are but able to raise the necessary supplies for the publick, and support their families reputably. You know beef and pork are our staple; the latter has got a name abroad, and we might long continue to supply the West - Indies with both in our own bottoms, if some feeble attempts, that are now and then made, met with proper encour- agement from the body of the people, and from the leg- islature; but we are obliged to send it all, a trifle ex- cepted, to Philadelphia and New-York, to be shipp'd; by which the exporters have, among many other incon- veniences, to pay the charges of carriage to those places, which sometimes are high, when their own ports are at their doors, and the care of shipping them would be under their eye. Perhaps there would not be a better way to open the sluices of trade here than to lay, for a short limited time, a heavy duty upon everything (the
*Montesquiou's Persian Letters.
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common daily provisions for the market excepted) ex- ported from hence to the provinces of New-York and Pennsylvania, and to advance a bounty upon all mer- chandise of native growth, shipped directly from any port in this province, to other places of this continent, the West Indies, and Europe : Or, if this should be thought too great a stroke, another scheme I would like better, if it were practicable; and the province has upon some occasion shewn, that she has a spirit: A number of the most wealthy farmers and others in each district, might associate themselves, and come under obligation, to vend their produce to certain merchants in the well- situate places for shipping, and to take off all their re- turns at market-price, who should be under like obli- gation to purchase all they brought at the same market- price. Such merchants would soon be found from among ourselves, and from other places, upon the least prospect of success. 'Tis to be hoped, a scheme of this nature would in a measure hinder our shop-keepers and petty-chapmen from purchasing abroad, and thereby prevent great part of our money going out of the prov- ince; as our merchants could afford their imports as cheap or cheaper than others. If a spirit were once raised, and people saw there was money to be got by it, nothing further is necessary; and New-Jersey would in time vie with her neighbours in power, wealth, and all the good arts of life." I am &c.
PHILO-PATRIA. -The New American Magazine [Woodbridge, N. J.], for March, 1758.
To be Let for a term of years, a plantation situated on Timber Creek, about one mile from Gloucester, con- taining about two hundred and thirty acres, whereof about thirty acres are cleared and in fence, and about
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thirty acres of meadow may be made, with little ex- pence, part being already grubb'd ; There is a good two story fram'd house thereon, with an orchard in which is a variety of apple, peach and cherry-trees, the same may be entered immediately, for terms apply to the sub- scriber, on Carpenter's wharf in Philadelphia.
Thomas Wharton.
- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 804, May 4. 1758.
May I, 1758.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Petitioners of Man- ington, in the County of Salem, and Province of West- Jersey, have Leave to bring in the Bill they pray for, the first Monday of the next Sitting of the House of As- sembly of said Province, at Burlington, for the Bank- ing out the Tide, off a certain Piece of Marsh on Man- ington and Salem Creek; and if any Person have any Objections to make they are desired to offer them .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1532, May 4. 1758.
D ESERTED from Captain Moore's Company. belonging to one of the New-York Provin- cial Regiments, the following Persons, viz.
John Belcher, 1 born in New-Jersey, 22 Years of Age, of a brown Complexion, and 5 Feet 10 Inches high.
Whoever takes up and secures any of the above De- serters, and will convey them safe to New-York, shall, besides having all reasonable Charges paid, receive Twenty Shillings Reward for each, paid by,
GERARD G. BEEKMAN. -The New York Mercury, May 8, 1758.
1 Probably of a Belcher family located at the southern erd of the present Greenwood Lake, where a brook flowing northerly into the Lake was a century and a half ago known as "Belcher's Creek."
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DESERTED from the Forces of the lower Counties in Delaware, and from Captain Richard Wells's Company, Richard Grant, a Labourer, born at Squan in the West Jerseys, aged twenty four Years, about five Feet, six Inches high, fair complexion ; brown Hair, well set ; had on, a blue Coat, long skirted, with broad white Metal Buttons ; is supposed to have stolen a Canoe from Little Creek-Hundred, in Kent County, on Delaware, and sus- pected to have gone to Morris's River,1 in West Jersey. Whoever secures said Deserter, and gives Notice thereof to Captain Wells, at Dover, shall receive Tavo Pistoles Re- ward, over and above the Allowance made by Act of Parliament.
RICHARD WELLS.
Dover, May 5, 1758.
All Persons that have any Demands against John Burrough, of Gloucester-County, Senior, are desired to bring in their Accounts, that they may be adjusted: And also, all Persons that have any Demands against the Estate of Samuel and Hannah Par, deceased, are desired not to apply to the Subscriber, one of the Ex- ecutors to the aforesaid Estate of Samuel Par; for, as he never had any of that Estate in his Hands, he will not pay any Legacies or Debts.
May 6. 1758. John Burrough, Senior. -The Pennsylvania Gazette. No. 1533, May II, 1758.
LONDON.
Whitehall, Jan. 28. His Majesty in Council was this Day pleased to appoint Francis Bernard, Esq; to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of New-Jersey, in the room of Jonathan Belcher, Esq; deceased.
1 Maurice River.
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NEW-YORK, MAY 8.
The 17th Regiment of foot, commanded by Colonel Forbes; and the 22d, commanded by Colonel Whit- more, that embarked here about ten Days since, sailed from Sandy-Hook on Wednesday last, with a fair Wind, for Halifax: The whole Fleet consisting of 45 Sail, were convoyed by Commodore Durell, in his Majesty's Ship the Dianna, of 36 Guns; the Devonshire, Capt. Gorden, of 64, the Ludlow Castle Captain Clarke, of 40; Hind, Capt. Bond; and Winchelsea, Capt. Hale, of 20 each, Gramont, Capt. Stott, of 18, Hunter Sloop, Captain Le Fory; and Tyloc Armed Ship, Captain Price, of 16 Guns each .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 805, May 11, 1758.
T O be sold at publick Vendue, in the City of New-Brunswick, on Tuesday the 6th of June, all the Shop Goods and Household Furni- ture, together with two good Waggons, late belonging to Mr. William Symonds, of the said City. The Sale to be continued till the whole is sold. Some Time will be given the Purchasers for the Payment. The New York Mercury, May 15, 1758.
PHILADELPHIA
An ACT for granting to His Majesty a Duty of Ton- nage upon Ships and Vessels ; and also certain Duties upon Winc, Rum, Brandy, and other Spirits, and a Duty upon Sugar, for supporting and maintaining the Provincial Ship of War, for protecting the Tradc of the Province, and other Purposes for His Majesty's Service.
WHEREAS notwithstanding the large Sums of Money already expended by this Province in purchasing, equip-
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ping and fitting out a Ship of War for protecting the Trade thereof, and for annoying His Majesty's Enemies upon the Coast; yet forasmuch as the Supplies here- tofore granted to his Majesty are wholly expended, and it is absolutely necessary that a further Sum of Money, be raised for fitting out and maintaining the said Ship of War, to protect the Trade of this Province, and annoy the Enemy's Privateers, that may infest our Coast in Search of Provisions, or for other Purposes during the ensuing Year; we have freely and voluntarily re- solved to give and grant to His Majesty, for the Uses and Purposes aforesaid, a Duty of Tonnage, and other Rates and Duties herein after mentioned; and do pray that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the Hon- ourable WILLIAM DENNY, Esq; Lieutenant Governor under the Honourable THOMAS PENN and RICHARD PENN, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of Newe-Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Representatives of the Freemen of said Province, in General Assembly met, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Pub- lication of this Act, to the Thirty-first Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty, there shall be laid, raised, collected and paid, a Duty of Tonnage upon all Ships, Sloops, and other Vessels, coming into, or going out of this Province (Shallops and other small Vessels, trading within the River and Bay of Delaware, and along the Coast; as far as Sandy- Hook to the East- ward, and as far as Indian River to the Southward only excepted) that is to say, for every Ton of the Burthen or Contents of any of the said Ships or Vessels, the Sum of One Shilling and Six-pence per Ton, to be accounted, taken and paid, according to the Measure of every such Ship or Vessel. Etc, etc, etc.
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Philadelphia, May 15, 1758.
Deserted from Captain Joseph Ellis's Company, in the New-Jersey Regiment, on the 30th of April last, a certain William Allen, about 5 Feet 7 Inches high, of a dark Complexion, brown Hair, has a Hair Mole on one of his Checks, and is a West Country Man : Had on, when he went away, a light coloured Coat, and Buckskin Breeches. Likewise deserted from the said Company, on the 11th Instant, a certain John Hanna, an Irishman, about 5 Fect 5 Inches high, of a brown Complexion, has bushy Hair, large Nose and thick Lips and had on the Jersey Regi- mentals. Whoever takes up the said Deserters, or either of them and secures them, so that they may be had to join the said Company by the 30th Instant, shall have Six Pounds Reward for each, and reasonable Charges paid by mc
JOSEPH ELLIS, Captain.
Mount Holly, May 5, 1758.
All Persons indebted to the Estate of George Windsor. late of Mount-Holly, Innholder, deceased, are desired to pay their respective Debts by the first Day of July next, otherwise they will be proceeded against as the Law directs : And those who have any Demands against said Estate to bring in their Accounts, that they may be adjusted by me.
DANIEL JONES, Junior, Administrator. -The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 1534, May 18, 1758.
New York, May 22. Extract of a Letter from London, dated March 3, 1758.
"My last was by Captain Power, in a Store-Ship. bound to New-York: having Mr. Bernard, Governor of New-Jersey, on board."-The New York Mercury, May 22, 1758.
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To be sold by DR. JOHN BUDD,1 in Salem, a tract of Marsh, at the mouth of Stone Creek, in the county of Cumberland, containing between 5 and 600 acres. Also a tract of land in Gloucester county, near Michael Fisher's Esq ; containing near 500 acres. Likewise several small tracts of Land, late the property of John Budd, of MOR- RIS COUNTY, deceased. Any person inclining to purchase any of the above tracts, on paying one third of the money doron, may have two or three years to pay the remainder, on giving good security. Indisputable titles will be given by
JOHN BUDD. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1535, May 25, 1758.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner Resolution, Benjamin Stade to Piscataway .- The Penn. sylvania Journal, No. 807, May 25, 1758.
T O be sold at publick Vendue, on Thursday the first of June, at 12 o'Clock, at Coenties's- Market, the Boat Unity, William Thompson, late Master, being one of the Amboy Stage- Boats, with all her Tackle and Apparel, as she now lies on the West Side of Coenties's-Slip.
1 Thomas Budd, Rector of Martosh parish, Somersetshire, England, became a minister among Friends about 1657. His son, Thomas, one of the West Jersey Proprietors, came to Burlington in 1668, where he remained several years, when he returned to England for his family. He came to America again in 1678, with his brothers William, John and James, and their families. The will of Thomas Budd, dated Sept. 9, 1697, names children: John, Thomas, Mary and Rose. The son, John, removed to the present Morris County, where his father had located extensive tracts of land. In his will, dated Sept. 6, 1749, proved 1754, he names children: John. Thomas, William, Berne, Susan and Cath- arine. Of these, John, Thomas and Berne were all prominent physi- cians. Dr. John Budd settled in Salem County, as appears by the above advertisement. Some time after 1771 he removed to Charleston, S. C., where he died in 1791. During the Revolution he served as Sur- geon of a South Carolina Regiment of Artillery .- Wickes's Medical Men of New Jersey, 171-178.
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To be SOLD, A PLANTATION,
Of about 200 Acres of Land, lying on the West Side of Hackinsack River, being Part of the Farm formerly belonging to Peter Fauconier,1 deceased, in Bergen County, (New-Jersey) whereon is a large Brick House, of about 56 Feet front, with two Rooms on a Floor, a
1 Peter Fauconier was a great favorite with young Lord Cornbury, and when the latter was commissioned Governor of New York and New Jersey, in 1702, he at once arranged with Fauconier to supply the troops with clothing. He came to America in the household of the newly appointed Governor, in 1702, and on that account was im- mediately made a freeman of the city of New York, by the corpora- tion, June 27, 1702. He is therein designated "Gentleman." The cloth- ing contract had been transferred to one J. Champante, but Fauconier was appointed one of the commissioners to examine the clothing sup- plied by Champante. It is not surprising to find that his opinion was unfavorable. This led Champante to write to the Lords of Trade. March 22, 1702-3, in self-defence, and in criticism of Lord Cornbury and Fauconier, the latter being characterized as "a Frenchman and a bankrupt here tho' now thought by his Lordship to be the properest manager of Her Majesty's revenue there." Lord Cornbury did indeed regard him as "an excellent accountant," and accordingly selected him, in 1704, to audit Lord Bellomont's accounts as Governor. In 1705 he recommended him for Collector and Receiver General of New York. "He is one of the best accomptants that ever I knew, he is a Man of very great application to and diligent in business, And I have by ex- perience found him a very honest Man, he has been Naval Officer ever since I came into this Province, which he has executed with the ut- most diligence, and has taken pains to acquaint himself very well with the Laws of Trade." Fauconier once rejected a bribe of £50 offered to influence his action as Naval Officer. He was regarded as the "Chief Manager of affairs" in New York, in 1707, by his and the Governor's enemies. There was some trouble between him and the Assembly over £500 which had been paid him for the erection of a fort on the Indian frontiers, but he boldly challenged an inquiry into his accounts, and produced vouchers showing that he had disbursed £2,000 on this account. Being Receiver General of New Jersey also, the Assembly demanded his accounts, in 1709, which he promptly presented, from December, 1704, to December, 1708; but he firmly declined to produce his vouchers, on the plea that they were under the control of the Governor. Gov. Robert Hunter did not have the same confidence in his accounts that Cornbury had expressed .- He was largely interested in real estate speculations, and it was charged that he was a patentee in "all the grants for lands that are good and valuable." He was concerned in extensive tracts in Ulster. Albany and Kings Counties. His familiarity with land patents, and his experience as a collector of revenue, led him to recommend in 1709 the survey of the line between New York and New Jersey. In that year he bought of William Davis a tract of 2,424 acres of land on the east of Hackensack River. Peter Sonmans having secured the Indian deed for the Ramapo tract, Nov. 18, 1709, took out a patent therefor, which on Dec. 10, 1709, he conveyed to Peter Fauconier, Lucas Kierstead, Andrew Fresneau, Elias Boudinot and others. On April 25, 1710, they caused the tract to be surveyed, for 42,500 acres, beginning at the "Big Rock," four or five miles northwest of Paterson, and embracing most of the northwestern portion of the present Bergen County. It is probable that Fauconier settled on the "Ramapo Patent," as it was called, within a few years after the date of this deed, and in the neighborhood of Paramus. To encourage the establishment of a church there he made a written offer, Dec. 26, 1730. to give a site for a Reformed Dutch Church. When the people decided to build they voted that "Peter Fauconier shall have seats for himself and wife for a continual possession for themselves and their heirs." His earliest religious affiliations were naturally with the French Church, in New York. Madelaine Fauconier, his wife, was a witness at a baptism there, Nov. 21, 1703. He had two children (perhaps more) : Madelaine and Theodorus.
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large Garret and Cellar under the whole House, also a new Barn; there is on said Plantation, a fine bearing Orchard containing 200 Apple Trees of the best Fruit, a fine parcel of Pairs, Plumbs, &c. The Land is extraor- dinary for Pasture (it having a sufficiency of Meadow) or Grain, and very well timbered and watered, about half a quarter of a Mile from a Grist Mill, and about two Miles from a publick Landing, whose Boats of seven or eight Cords frequently come up for Wood and other Produce. And also, another Lot of Land, lying by or near the Old Bridge, opposite to the Half-moon Tav- ern, containing two Acres of Up-Land and three Acres of Meadow, whereon is a new Stone House 42 Feet front, two Rooms and a large Cellar, about 40 bearing Apple Trees; the Situation is very convenient for a Tradesman, Shop or Tavern: Any Person inclining to purchase either of the said Places, by applying to Theo- dore Valleau,1 may hear of the Conditions of Sale, who will agree on reasonable Terms and give a good Title for the same .- The New York Mercury, May 29, 1758.
To the Author of the NEW AMERICAN MAGAZINE.
Burlington, May 25, 1758.
Mr. AMERICANUS,
Being at Burlington yesterday, I was a spectator of one
1 P. Valleau was a witness at the marriage, in the French Church in New York, September 29, 1689, of Susanne Valleau to Aman Bonin. He married Madelaine Fauconier, daughter of Peter Fauconier. They had children: 1. Peter Theodorus, born April 28, 1716, baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church at Hackensack; 2. Magdelaine, born August 21, 1718, baptized in the French Church in New York; 3. Susanne, born October 14, 1720, baptized in the French Church, "daughter of Pierre Valleau and of Mdlle Magdelaine his wife." Magdelaine Valleau gave a deed, April 13, 1750, to the Paramus Church, for forty-five acres for a burying-ground, part of the consideration being "three places or seats in the Paramus church that is to say one womans place and two mens places." This burying-ground is known as the "Valleau Ceme- tery," and is still admirably kept, after a lapse of a century and a half. Theodorus Valleau doubtless lived at Paramus. He married Elizabeth Anthony, and had children (baptized at Schraalenburgh or Hackensack): 1. Jan, bap. July 2, 1738: 2. Andries, bap. April 20, 1740; 3. Steven Cummins, b. September 22, 1742; 4. Samuel, bap. December 15, 1745; 5. Jacobus, bap. January 3, 1748; 6. Marytie, bap. August 20. 1749; 7. Magdelene, b. August 12, 1750; 8. Theodorus, bap. January 19. 1751.
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of the most extraordinary storms of hail and rain as perhaps has been seen in America ; at least some very old men said they had never seen one like it. It began to gather in the north, about one o'clock, and continued brewing, as I remember, until about two, now and then threatening with a rumbling thunder. I took notice of the storm as it was gathering, and it appeared to me, as if reverse winds were contending which should rule it .- After several heavy rumbling thunders, a north and by east wind took place, and drove (if it's proper so to say) with fury. At first there came a little rain that was soon after followed by some large stones of hail, which, with the rain, encreased for the space of 8 or 10 min- utes; when appeared to me a most amazing prospect -It seemed as if the whole body of the clouds were fall- ing, half rain and half hail: The street appeared as an- other Delaware, full of floating ice, and the air seem'd a cataract .- I tho't in the midst of it, of Noah's flood. and my ideas made the storm its near resemblance. The thickest of it continued about 15 or 20 minutes more, and then abated gradually .-- After it was over the ground looked as if there fell a snow, and in some places the hail had drifted 6 inches thick, some of which re- mained on the ground until night, notwithstanding it continued warm after the storm. The wind was for the most part at N. by E. and the rain and hail went in a vein of about one mile and a half in breadth, but for some part of the time, seemed to come from every point of the compass .- As soon as the gust was over, I took a walk to see how the fields, &c. had fared, and found a scene of desolation; the rye, flax, and oats, were cut to pieces; the peas, beans, and garden truck, where the storm fell thickest, intirely ruined; the trees appeared as if the caterpillars had been stripping them of their
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verdure; cherries, apples, peaches, and leaves, almost covered the ground in places; in short, it afforded a prospect of a most astonishing sudden change, and I could not but reflect on what dependent mortals we are, how easily He, whose servants the elements are, and who rules all things, could withold or deprive us of the things we daily want, or promise ourselves the enjoyment of; and how naturally and justly ingratitude (judging as a man) might bring chastisements of this kind on us.
Yours, &c. L. H.
Cape May, April 28, 1758.
Patrick Steward, a Scotchman, Practitioner of Phys- ick and Surgery, late of Somerset, in Maryland, who left there four Sons and three Daughters, on the 27th of March last died intestate at my House, in Cape-May, New Jersey, leaving in my Hands some few Assets to be administered: Those having legal Right to the Ad- ministration thereon, are desired to take the same upon them in three Months after Date, and discharge my Bill of Funeral Expences &c, or I shall otherwise be obliged to administer, to reimburse myself according to Law. William Smith.
Forty SHILLINGS Reward
RUN away on the 15th Day of May, Instant, from Adam Leberger, of Pilesgrove in Salem County, in the Western Division of the Province of New-Jersey; a Ger- man Servant Man, named George Leonard Geist, of a middle Size, about twenty Years of Age, full faced, and has yellow Hair: Had on when he went away, a Home- spun light brown Jacket, lined with striped Lincey, a Pair of pretty good Buckskin Breeches, blackish Stock-
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ings, a Felt Hat, and pretty good Shoes. Whoever ap- prehends the said Servant Man, and secures him in any Goal, so that his Master may have him again shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
Adam Leberger.
WANTED,
A Person that understands the Tanning and Currying Business well. A proper Person for that Business, and who can be well recommended may hear of good En- couragement, by applying to Francis Quick, at King- wood, in West New Jersey.
To be SOLD,
The House and Lot of Land wherein Enoch Ander- son,1 Deceased, lately lived; as also several other Lots of Land, situate in Trenton, in the County of Hunter- don, belonging to the Estate of the said Enoch Ander- son. The Titles to the same are indisputable. Any Person or Persons inclinable to purchase the same, or any Part thereof, by applying to John Anderson, in Maidenhead, or to Abraham Cottnam, in Trenton afore- said, may be informed of the Conditions, &c.
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