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New-York, November 14. We hear from the Frontiers of the Province of New-Jersey, of the 6th Instant. That the Inhabitants are greatly disturbed by the Indians near Col. Van Camp's1 on the River Delaware.
County of Bergen.
N OTICE is hereby given to all Persons, That in the Gaol of Hackinsack, there is a man whose Name is John Lavar, aged about 29 Years, and is to be sold out of the said Gaol for Costs of Suit, which is 14 or 15
1 Col. Abraham Van Campen.
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Pounds, at this Time, and will be sold per Sheriff of said County, for a reasonable Time.
Isaac Kinsland, 1Sheriff of said County.
T AKEN up as a Runaway at Cecaicos, " in the County of Bergen, at the House of Reiner Vangesen, " Esq; on Sunday Morning the 6th Inst: November, an Indian Servant Lad, aged about 16 or 17 Years, is 5} Feet high : Had on when taken up, a Pair of old Tow-Trowsers, a white Flannel Under Jacket, and an old homespun Jacket, middling good Shoes, and a Pair old Leggings, and, as he says, his Name is Ben Jathro, and belongs to William Nicoll, Esq; a Lawyer upon Long-Island. Whoever comes and proves his Property to the aforesaid Indian Servant, at the Gaol of Hackinsack, may have him again, paying all Charges to the High Sheriff of said County.
ISAAC KINSLAND, Sheriff of said County. -The New York Gazette, November 14, 1763.
FIVE POUNDS Reward.
MADE his escape the 8th inst. from the subscriber one of the constables of Penns-Neck, in Salem county, one William M'Groerty, (alias Groves) who was com- mitted on suspicion of felony, he is a taylor by trade, about five feet eight inches high; had on when he went away an old snuff coloured coat with very short skirts, a blue waistcoat, high coloured breeches, black rib'd stock- ings, a good pair of shoes with square buckles in them, and long black hair cued behind. Whoever takes up said Groerty and secures him in any of his majesty's goal and
1 For note on Isaac Kingsland, see N. J. Archives, XIX., 261, note. 2 Secaucus.
3 For a notice of Rynier Van Giesen, see N. J. Archives, XIX., 391, note. For Genealogy of the Van Giesen Family, see History of Pater- son, by William Nelson, I., 264-272.
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gives notice to the subscriber shall have the above reward paid by -
EDWARD MOORE, Constable.
RUN away, last night, from Samuel Hewes, of Green- wich township, in Gloucester county, in the province of West New-Jersey; An English servant man, named James Dobson, about five feet four inches high, of a fair complexion, with a cast in his eyes, a lightish coloured nap coat, with a claret coloured jacket, a pair of new buckskin breeches, new gray stockings, good new Shoes, with two odd buckles in them, with two letters on one of his arms. If any one takes up the said servant, or secures him in any goal, so that his master may have him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS reward, and reasonable 'charges paid by me
SAMUEL HEWES.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry him ·off.
An Extract of a Letter from Capt. Bowers, of Hanover, dated the 6th Day of November, at the Head-Quarters, twelve Miles above Colonel Van Camp's, on the River Delaware, on the Frontiers of the Province of New- Jersey.
SIR,
"I arrived here with my Detachment of 90 Men, by Order of his Excellency William Franklin, Esq; &c. where I found 150 Persons, Men, Women, and Children, who were driven to this Station by the cruel Savages of the Wilderness; of these, fifty at least, lodge every Night in one small Room, in a very uncomfortable and confus'd Manner; in the Morning, they throw what Beds and Covering they have out of Doors in one Heap, which in
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a Sort resembles the Chaos before the Elements were sep- arated from one another. These poor People, it seems (if ever there can be such) are the most proper Objects of our Commiseration, for they have been compelled to quit their little all; their Provisions, their Corn, and in short, their whole Dependance to be devoured and consumed without any Hope of Security: What can ever animate a Christian to unsheath the Sword, and bathe the same in blood, if the Distress of his Brethren by Reason of the inhuman Cruelty of Savages, will not ? And what will not the Noble and Generous deny himself of, that he may rescue such miserable Innocents as are daily presented to our view ? Every Time I see these piteous Objects, and hear their Lamentations, methinks I feel something with- in, that makes me uneasy without Revenge. Two Indi- . ans were seen on this Side the River Yesterday, by Capt. De Pue, to which he was qualified :- and what will be the final Issue of this troublesome Indian Affair, is yet in the Womb of Providence .- O may God grant Repent- ance to his People, that his Anger may be turned away, that we Perish not.
I am, Sir, yours, &c. LEMUEL BOWERS."
Monday last the Revd. Mr. WHITEFIELD set out from this City for Prince-Town .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1093, November 17, 1763.
BOSTON, November 3.
The Surveyor General has appointed FRANCIS HOP- KINSON 1 Esq; to be Collector of the King's Customs at the Port of Salem, in the Province of New Jersey, in the Room of ANDREW DEWAR, Esq; appointed to be Collector of His Majesty's Customs at the Island of Dominica
1 For a sketch of Francis Hopkinson, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, see N. J. Archives, X., 426-8, note.
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GEORGE HARDING
Is removed from Burlington to Mount-holly opposite Mr. Forquer's Tavern, where he still carries on the Trade of Leather dressing and Breeches-making as usual, and hopes for the Continuance of his former Customers Favours. Those who please to favour him with their Cus- tom, may depend on having their Work compleated in the neatest and best Manner, by their humble Servant
GEORGE HARDING.
Run away from the Little Falls on Passaick River, in East-Jersey, on the 24th of October last, one Abraham Williams, a thick set Man, of a sandy Complexion, with red Hair : Had on new Shoes, Buckles, Stockings, Leather Breeches, a red Jacket, and a blue Great-coat, with white Metal Buttons. Took with him a sorrel bald faced Horse about 15 Hands high, paces and trots, with a lofty Carriage. Whoever takes up and secures said Williams, and the Horse, so that the Owner may have Satisfaction, shall have Fifteen Dollars Reward, and rea- sonable Charges, paid by
JAMES GRAY.1 -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1821, November 17, 1763.
New-York, November 21. Tuesday last the Light- House Lottery began Drawing, since which the following Numbers have come up Prizes, viz.
No. 6078, 1000 1. 6847, 500 1. 8550, 500 1. 3268, 500 1. 8238, 200 1. 7566, 200 1. 9219, 200 1. 3936, 200 1. 289, 100 1. 3072, 100 1. 6836, 100 1. 5013, 100 1 .- The New York Gazette, November 21, 1763.
1 James Gray had an iron furnace and forge at Little Falls, where he utilized the water power. Having raised the dam, causing an ex- tensive flooding of the lands above the Falls, the Legislature passed an act in 1772 providing for lowering it. Gray joined the British, in the Revolution, and his property was confiscated and sold by the State.
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LONDON.
Sept. 13. His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Samuel Smith1 and John Ladd, ? Esqrs; to be Gentlemen of the Council for New-Jersey .- The Pennsylvania Jour- nal, No. 1094, November 24, 1763.
RUN-away from the subscriber living at Reedy island, New-Castle county, an apprentice, on Friday the 4th day of November, at the county of Cape May, named David Foster, twenty-one years of age or thereabouts, a well set fellow, down look he has black strait hair, and is a talka- tive fellow of a swarthy complexion; had on when he went away, a red jacket, and a pair of blue trowsers, or red plush breeches, a flopped hat, and a new pair of shoes with broad rimmed brass buckles. Whoever takes up said apprentice, and secures him any of his majesties goals so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS reward if taken in this county, or FIFTY SHILLINGS if taken else where, and reasonable charges paid by
HENRY TUDER, Pilot.
N. B. All Persons are forewarned of entertaining said apprentice .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1094, No- vember 24, 1763.
Philadelphia, November 21, 1763. T O be sold, and enter'd on immediately, a valuable Plantation right opposite and within three Miles of Philadelphia, in the Jerseys, lying on a Branch of New- town Creek. There is about 200 Acres, and only not quite a Third of that cleared; One Half of which is Low-Land Meadow, and more may be made. The Wood-Land is exceeding, and known to be the best timber'd within
1 For a sketch of Samuel Smith, the author of the first and best History of New Jersey, see N. J. Archives, IX., 394.
2 For notices of John Ladd, see N. J. Archives, IX., 395; X., 224.
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many Miles, more being permitted to be cut or sold off of it for this 20 Years past, only what upheld the Fence. There is on said Plantation a Frame House, a Barn, and Stable, a good bearing Orchard, and a constant Spring of good Water within 30 or 40 Yards of the Door. The said Plantation has been an old accustomed Place to raise produce for Philadelphia Market, for above this 40 or 50 Years past; and has, or may, with suitable Industry, pro- duce sufficient to attend said Market every Day in the Year. Any Person inclinable to treat about or for the above Premises, may apply to the Subscriber, living at the Corner of Arch, and Second-streets, opposite to the Sign of the George, and next Door to Thomas Maybury's Store, in Philadelphia, and know the Terms and Title, which is indisputable
JOHN NEWBY.
-The New York Gazette, November 28, 1763.
SIX POUNDS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the subscribers pasture the 7th of No- vember inst. a likely dark bay horse, branded on the near thigh IVH has a star on his forehead, and a snip on his nose, his tail bobed and was shod before, he paces, trots and gallops. Supposed to be stolen by Jacob Johnson, a middle sized, slender made, thin faced man, his nose thin and rising in the middle, his complexion inclining to dark, he is well-dressed, and had a pinchback watch in his pock- et, and is supposed to be gone towards Carolina. Whoever secures the above described horse, and returns him to me, or to Reuben Haines in Philadelphia, shall have THREE POUNDS reward and reasonable charges, and THREE POUNDS for the thief if brought to punishment.
HENRY BURR, Jun. near Burlington.
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Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves, to Salem.
TO BE SOLD,
A Tract of Land, lying in Gloucester county, contain- ing upwards of seven thousand acres, near a landing on Rackoon creek.
Another tract called Alford's neck, lying in Gloucester county, containing 757 acres, being very valuable, as the greatest part is capable of being made meadow. With several other valuable tracts of land in New Jersey, lately belonging to the Honourable John Alford, Esq; Boston, deceased. For terms of sale enquire of Edwin Shippen, jun, in Philadelphia.
Run away at Amboy, Henry Gorman, an Irish servant man lately from Ireland in the Brig Boscowan, a taylor by trade. Had on when he went away a whitish coloured home-spun old coat, a lindsey-woolsey jacket, old white shagg breeches, a coarse felt hat, stutters in speech, espe- cial when drunk, had in his napsack a bluish ticking coat, an old holland flowered jacket, a check shirt and sundry old wearing apparell. Whoever takes up said Gorman and brings him to Philadelphia, to George Davis, merchant, shall receive THREE POUNDS reward and reasonable charges .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1095, Decem- ber 1, 1763.
BURLINGTON, November 16, 1763
The SPEECH of His Excellency WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Esq; Captain General, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Jersey, Chancellor and Vice Admiral in the same.
Gentlemen of the COUNCIL, and Gentlemen of the GEN- ERAL ASSEMBLY,
By the Papers which I shall order to be laid before you,
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you will find that, since your last Sessions, the Indians have commenced fresh Hostilities against the English, and even extended their Incursions to the Borders of this Province. Soon after the first Intelligence of their Dep- radations on the Frontiers of the neighbouring Govern- ments, I directed the Commanding Officer of the Militia in Sussex, being the County most exposed to have his Regiment fitted for Service, so that he might either march the whole, or send Detachments, to any Part that should be attacked, or in danger: He was likewise ordered, in case of Necessity, to call upon the Militia of the other Counties for Assistance. Accordingly when the Indians had begun to ravage the adjacent Part of Pennsylvania, he sent a Detachment to occupy the several Posts which had been fortified on our Frontier during the late War. But as a Party of the Enemy did notwithstanding come over, and destroy some of the Settlers within the Limits of this Province; and as the rest of the Inhabitants of that County were thereby greatly alarmed, and apprehen- sive of Danger, I ordered Ninety Men from the Militia of Morris County to their Relief: And soon after, by the Advice of the Council, I reinforced them with Forty-five Men from the Regiment of Somerset, and directed the Fortifications at the several Posts to be repaired. Had not this Assistance been granted, there is great Reason to believe the Inhabitants would have abandoned their Set- tlements, and that Part of the Country become entirely depopulated, the Consequences of which are too obvious to need mentioning. . I have also empowered, Jon- athan Hampton, Esq; to furnish the Militia which are now, or may hereafter be sent up to the Frontier, with Provisions, and other Necessaries. Both he, and they, place great Confidence in the Honour and Justice of the Legislature of this Province, and expect to meet with a proper Compensation for their Services.
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After all, Gentlemen, I am far from thinking that even if the whole Militia of the Province were sent to our Bor- ders, they would be sufficient to secure effectually so ex- tended a Frontier against the Inroads of Savages. A skulking Party of them will always have it in their Power, notwithstanding all our Care, to steal in unperceived, commit their Outrages, and retire with Impunity. Would you keep the War from your own Country, there is no Way so effectual as to carry it into that of the Enemy. By acting on the Defensive only, you give them almost every Advantage they could desire. They may uninter- rupted assemble together from distant Quarters, settle their Plans of Operations, and take their own Time for carrying them into Execution. But if we were to send Parties of Rangers into their Country, to cut off the Com- munication between their several Places of Residence, surprise them in their Hunting and Fishing, destroy their Corn Fields, bring off their Women and Children, and burn their Habitations, we should, in a little Time, be able to oblige them to accept whatever Terms we might think proper to dictate. In short, if we would fight them in their own Way, we should find that an Indian War would soon be stripped of all its Terrors : And this, were the Colonies united in their Measures, would be a Matter of no Difficulty, as we could then with Ease furnish ten Parties for one that could be furnished by the Enemy.
These having been long my Sentiments' with regard to the Method of conducting a War against Indians, it af- fords me particular Pleasure to have it now in my Power to lay before you a Plan of Sir Jeffrey Amherst's for "putting in Execution such offensive Operations as may "be most effectual for reducing the Savages, and securing "Peace and Quiet to the English Settlements hereafter." For this desirable Purpose, the General makes a Requisi-
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tion of 600 Men, to be raised, cloathed and paid by this Province : Arms, Tents and Provisions he undertakes to supply on the Part of the Crown. They, with the Troops that are to be raised in New York, and such Regulars as can be collected, are to be employed in punishing the Sav- ages to the Northward, while the Forces raised in the Southern Colonies are carrying on their Operations against the Enemy in that Quarter.
The Plan proposed, Gentlemen, appears extremely judicious, and will probably, if well executed, be produc- tive of the most salutary Effects. It will too, I am con- vinced, be a considerable Saving to the Province: For the frequent taking the Inhabitants from their several Em- ploys, marching them to the Frontiers, and maintaining them while there, is attended not only with a great Ex- pence to the Public, but a heavy Loss to the Individuals, who being many of them Masters of Families, their pri- vate Affairs must suffer greatly in their Absence.
Although the People of this Province have had but very little, if any Commerce with Indians, yet I think it advis- able, on the present Occasion, that a Law should be passed forthwith, for making it highly penal to supply them with any military Stores whatever.
I have but little more, Gentlemen, to add on this Head. You must be as fully convinced as myself that, unless dur- ing the War we make these Barbarians feel very sensibly the Weight of our Resentment, any Peace, we may here- after conclude with them, will be but of short Duration. Their seizing upon the Effects, and massacring the Per- sons of the Traders who came among them, upon their own Invitation; their murdering, in cold Blood, the Gar- risons who had surrendered on Promises of Safety and Protection; and their butchering Women and Children, and even Persons who had done them signal Favours,
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are such strong Instances of their Breach of Faith, Treachery and Inhumanity, that they no longer deserve to be considered as in the Scale of human Beings, or in- deed upon a Level with the ravenous Beasts of the Wil- derness.
The Company in the Pay of this Province, which has been long stationed at Niagara, is, as you will see by the Papers communicated to you, greatly reduced. Part of them are now on their Return to the Province, and the General has promised to discharge the Remainder as soon as the Service will admit of it. Some additional Provis- ion there will be a Necessity of making on their Account.
The Re-enacting (and amending, if requisite), the Law for regulating the Militia, is another Matter, that I must recommend to you as absolutely necessary.
Gentlemen of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
As I form my Expectations of your future from your past Conduct, I cannot admit of a Doubt that you will most chearfully raise the Supplies now required. It would, I assure you, be with Reluctance that I should consent to lay any additional Taxes on a People, who have borne so large a Share of the Burthen of the late War, did I not know that their immediate Preservation made it a Matter of Necessity.
Gentlemen of the COUNCIL, and Gentlemen of the GEN- ERAL ASSEMBLY,
You will, perhaps, when you have gone through the several Matters, I have now recommended to you, think it a convenient Season for engaging in the other Business of the Province. If this should be the Case, you may de- pend on finding me ready to co-operate with you in what- ever may be necessary for the Public Service.
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New-York, November 24. We hear several vessels are ashore at Barnegat.
PHILADELPHIA, December I
From Sussex County, in New-Jersey, we have Intelli- gence, that on the 17th Instant Capt. Wesbrook, with II more of the Militia, went over to the Pennsylvania Side, in order to bring off some Cattle and Effects which were left there by Persons who had deserted their Habitations : That about three Miles from the River they were attacked by a Body of Indians, who killed Capt. Westbrook, Will- iam Cartwright, Andreas Decker, Nathaniel Carter, and one Duncan : That six others escaped to Nominac, and a Person of the Name of Whealand is missing, supposed to be carried off, to give an Account of the Situation of the Forces on the River: That a Party of 150 Militia, immediately on receiving the News of this Disaster, went over to Pennsylvania, to bury the Dead, who found the Bodies of five of our Men most inhumanly butchered, and an Indian shaved and dressed in the Mohawk Manner, who was killed in the Engagement, the white Men they brought off and buried, and scalped the Indian : That the Party of Indians were thought, by the Persons engaged, to be upwards of 40 in Number, and 'tis imagined they were apprehensive of the Alarm spreading, and therefore made a precipitate Retreat, as they did not carry off the Indian that was killed, and left the following Things be- hind them, near the Place of Action, viz. about the Quan- tity of a Waggon Load of smoaked Beef and Pork, 12 1b. of Tallow, 2 French Guns, a Mohawk Indian Cap, I Blanket, 2 Belts of Wampum, a Scalping-knife, Looking- glass, Leggings, Moquasens, &c. And that it is the Opin- ion of the Inhabitants on the New-Jersey Frontier in gen- eral, that this Party were on their Way to that Province, and that if they had not been met, as they were, by Cap-
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tain Westbrook's Party, they would have committed great Damage that Evening among the Inhabitants on that Frontier, which it would have been out of the Power of the Guard stationed there to have prevented .- The Penn- sylvania Gazette, No. 1823, December 1, 1763.
The Sloop Success, Capt. Badger from Boston for this Port, is ashore on Squan Beach.
We hear Capt. Cockran from the Granades belonging to Piscataqua, is ashore at Barnagat.
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop Thresh- er, James Bourke, to Salem .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1096, December 8, 1763.
New-York, December 12. Extract of Letter from Capt. Bowers to his Friend in Hanover, in Morris County, dated at Cole's Fort, 32 Miles above Col. Van Camp's, on the River Delaware, on the Frontiers of the Province of New-Jersey, November 20, 1763.
T HE 15th instant I received a letter from ensign Walton, whose station was at the Shepecunck, 8 miles below mine, informing that 15 or 20 men had that morning been killed and scalped opposite to Normanach, 4 miles from the river, in the province of Pennsylvania. I immediately sent two men to get the best intelligence I could of the affair, they returned to me at ten o'clock at night, and reported that only 12 men went out, of which 6 were returned. I then marched with 12 men down to my next station, where I arrived at 2 o'clock in the morn- ing, and at 6 crossed the river with 19 men, and was soon joined by Capt. Denike of Somerset, with 21 of his men, and others, to the number of 105 in all: We marched in Indian file, with advanced guards, till we came to the
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ground where the engagement had been the day before. We found five persons killed, scalped, and butchered in a most inhuman manner, three of whom we buried as well as the time and place would permit; the other two we brought down to Nomanack, and interr'd the same day.
The Persons killed were, Capt. Benjamin Westbrook, William Cortwright, Nathaniel Carter, William Duncan, Andrew Decker, (James Wilding, suppos'd to be made Captive.) These were going, with the six that returned, to a Place call'd Lacawack, forty Miles from the Fron- tiers, to bring down Cattle and Goods that were left when the inhabitants of that place were cut off, which happened about four weeks before. We found one Indian killed in the above engagement, and concealed under the trunk of an old tree, who was pulled out, and soon scalped by a brother of one of the white men that was killed at the same time. We found one Indian gun, two bags of paint, one scalping knife, and a large quantity of dry'd beef strung on sticks, and left in parcels at the place where we found the dead bodies. It appeared to me that the Per- sons killed made a valiant defence, and wounded many of the Indians, by the blood found in many places at a con- siderable distance from where the fight was. By the best intelligences, there must be 40 or 50 of the Savages; a Number one would think, sufficient to dishearten 12 Men.
I am, &c. LEMUEL BOWERS.
-The New York Gazette, December 12, 1763.
BURLINGTON. To his Excellency WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Esq;
Captain General, Governor, and Commander-in-chief in and over His Majesty's Province of Nova Cæsarea, or
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New Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in Amer- ica, Chancellor, and Vice Admiral in the same, &c.
The humble ADDRESS of the REPRESENTATIVES of the said
Province, in GENERAL ASSEMBLY convened.
May it please your EXCELLENCY,
We, his Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Rep- resentatives of the Colony of New Jersey, in General As- sembly convened, sensible of the salutary Effects attend- ing the early Measures taken by your Excellency, for the Defence of the Frontiers, return you our hearty Thanks for the Safety and Protection of the People under your Government.
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