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By Virtue of the Powers and Authorities to me given, I do prorogue the General Assembly, to meet at Amboy, on Tuesday the first Day of May next, and you are accordingly prorogued.
An Act to revive an Act entitled, Act to prevent Waste from being committed on the common Land allotted to the Patent of Secaucus, in the Corporation of Bergen.
I. WHEREAS in the Fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King GEORGE the Third, an Act, en- titled, An Act to prevent Waste from being commit- ted upon the Common Land allotted to the Patent of Secaucus, in the Corporation of Bergen, was passed by the Legislature of this Colony ; which is expired : And the said Act having been found very advan-
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tageous for the Purposes therein mentioned, and the Reasons for passing it still subsisting,
2. Be it therefore Enacted, by the Governor Coun- cil, and General Assembly, of this Colony of New- Jersey, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the same, That the said Act, entitled, An Act to pre- vent Waste from being committed upon the Common Land allotted to the Patent of Secaucus, in the Cor- poration of Bergen, and every Article, Clause, and Thing therein contained, shall be, and is hereby re- vived, and declared to be in full Force, from and after the First Day of April next, for and during the Term of one whole Year, and no longer, unless the Property of said Lands shall be sooner determined by a due Course of Law, or otherwise; and from thence to the End of the next Session of the Gen- eral Assembly thereafter.
3. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That this Action on or before the First Day of April next, shall be published; and the Cost at- tending the same, be defrayed as in and by the third Section of the said recited Act is directed Passed March 27, 1770.
THIS serves to give Notice, That the House and Ferry Lot of Jacob Van Der Hoof, lying in New- Barbados, in Bergen County, at a Place call'd Pen- ungum, is to be SOLD at private Sale. The said House and Ferry is now in excellent good Order, and hath a great Run of Business. Any Person having a Mind to purchase the same, may apply to Jacob Van Der Hoof, living on the Premises, who will give a good Title for the same.
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Somerset County, RY Order of Philip Van
New-Jersey. Horn, Peter Schenck, and Job Stockton, Esqrs, three of the Judges of said County : Notice is hereby given, to all the Creditors of James Sanders, and William Teple, now in Goal, that they appear at Somerset Court House, on Thursday the 26th of April next at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon of said Day, to shew Cause, if any they have, before said Judges or others, why said Debt- ors should not be discharged, pursuant to an Act of Assembly of said Province of New-Jersey, for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
March 28, 1770.
To the PUBLIC.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Public in general, his Friends and Customers in particular, that he is removed from the House where he kept Tavern, near the Lower Market Stalls, in the City of Burlington, to the House lately kept by David Clay- ton, near the Court House, in said City, where he is provided with good Stabling, and other Conven- iences suitable for carrying on said Business ; and hopes to give general Satisfaction to those who shall please to favour him with their Custom. He returns his hearty Thanks to his Customers for their Fav- ours past, and hopes a Continuance of them in fu- ture, which will be gratefully acknowledg'd, and thankfully remembered by their obliged Friend and humble Servant,
JOHN SHAW.
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To BE SOLD.
At public Vendue on Monday the 16th Day of April next.
PLANTATION lying along Shrewsbury Road, four Miles from Allen-Town, in the Township of Up-
A 1 per-Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, and Province of East New-Jersey ; containing Two Hun- dred and Eighty six Acres of Land, about Thirty or Forty Acres of good English Meadow, and as much more may be made with little Improvement. The Upland is very good for Wheat or other Grain ; the whole well watered and timbered. A two Story House and Kitchen, and a good Well of Water near the Door ; a Barn and other Out-Houses ; two good bearing Orchards, never misses bearing plenty of Fruit every Year. The House standing exceed- ing pleasant ; a Prospect of the Meadows from the Door ; likewise about a Mile from a Mill, and three more Mills, within four Miles, nine Mile to a Land- ing ; likewise very convenient to Meeting, a Quak- ers Meeting House adjoining the Place, and a Bap- tist Meeting about two Miles distance, and a Church and Presbyterian, not exceeding four Miles ; it being a Plantation that belonged to John Clarke, late of Stony Brook, deceased. Any Person inclining to purchase at private Sale. may apply to the under Subscriber, living on the Premises, where the Con- ditions of Sale may be made known by me
WILLIAM CLARKE.
-N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1422, April 2, 1770.
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New-Jersey, \ By Order of the Honourable John Monmouth. Anderson, John Taylor, John War- dell, James Lawrence, Esqrs. four of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said County, that James Everingham, Prisoner for Debt in said Goal, was this twenty-first Day of March, 1770, qualified to his Schedule of his Estate, pursuant to a late act of Assembly, an Act Entitled an Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, made this present Tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, &c. Now this is to give Notice to the Creditors of said Debtor, that they be together at the Court-House of said County, on the 25th Day of April next, to shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Debtor's Estate should not be Assigned, for the Use of his Creditors, and his Body discharged from his confinement, pursuant to said Act.
Monmouth Goal, March 21st, 1770.
-N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1422, April 5, 1770.
Burlington, March 28, 1770.
The Subscriber begs Leave to inform the PUBLIC in general, his Friends in particular, That he has re- moved from the House, where he lately kept TAVERN opposite the Lower Market, to the House lately kept by David Clayton, near the Court-house, in the City of Burlington, where he is provided with every Conven- ience necessary for carrying on said Business, and hopes to give general Satisfaction to those, who may please to favour hiw with their Custom. He returns his hearty Thanks to his Customers for their Favours 9
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past, and hopes a Continuance of them in future, which will be gratefully acknowledged by Their obliged Friend, and humble Servant,
JOHN SHAW.
Province of New-Jersey, March 26, 1770.
WHEREAS a number of the inhabitants of Chester, in the county of Burlington, and also of the township of Waterford, in the county of Gloucester, intend to petition the General Assembly of the said province, at their next session, for a law of the said province, for stopping the tide out of the south branch of Pen- sawking creek, by a dam to be erected across the said creek, from the lower corner of William Wal- lace's land, on the west side, to land of William Rud- row's, on the east side of said creek ; if therefore any of the owners of marsh or meadow on the said creek, above the said William Wallace's lower corner, and to Samuel Burrow's grist-mill, have any objection to the same, they are desired to take notice accord- ingly.
Circuit Courts in New-Jersey are appointed to be held as follows, viz. in the County of Gloucester, April 12; Salem, April 26; Cumberland, April 30, and in Cape-May County, on the 4th of May.
On Saturday Morning the Steer, mentioned in our last to be killed by Geroe and Benjamin Wolper, was weighed at the Stall No. 45, in our Market, as follows, viz. the four Quarters 1394 lb. rough Tallow 225 lb. and the Hide 126 lb. in all 1745 1b.
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Whereas Mary, the Wife of Samuel Thomas, of Waterford township, Gloucester county, hath eloped from her said husband; this therefore is to forewarn all persons from trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting from the date hereof. Witness my hand this third day of April, 1770.
SAMUEL THOMAS.
Gloucester Goal, March 28, 1770.
The Subscribers hereof give this public Notice, agreeable to an Act of Assembly of the Province of New Jersey, lately made, to all their Creditors to meet them before Robert Friend Price and Samuel Harrison, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Judges for the County of Gloucester, at Gloucester, on the 18th Day of April next, and then shew Cause, if any they have, why they should not be discharged from their present Confinement, as the said Act directs.
JAMES SIMPSON, JOSEPH THOMAS, ALEXANDER BENNET.
To be SOLD or LETT, for a Term of Years.
A VALUABLE tract of LAND, in Morris county, at Rockaway, consisting of about 350 acres, 280 where- of is meadow land, 180 acres of the meadow land is well ditched and fenced, about 50 acres well cleared, and 30 thereof well in with timothy grass, and yields about 40 tons of hay. Also about 40 acres of said tract is well cleared, fenced and fit for the plow. There are also on the premises, a good dwelling-
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house, barn, garden, and good grist-mill, and 250 bearing apple trees, of choice fruit. It is a fine situ- ation for raising a stock, for grazing, &c. and has a great advantage of wood range. The meadow can be well recommended for hemp, corn or almost any other kinds of grain. Any person inclining to pur- chase, or rent, may apply to MOSES TUTTLE, on the premises, who will give a good title for the same.
To BE SOLD,
A Plantation in Morris county, New Jersey, about 12 Miles from Morris-Town, containing 700 acres of land, whereof 400 acres are meadow land, 100 acres of said meadow are well cleared, and fit for use, found by several years experience to be extraordinary good for hemp or grass ; equal in culture for hemp to the Maidenhead meadows, or perhaps any others whatso- ever, yielding from 6 to 800 weight per acre ; the chief part of the whole meadow land is well ditched and drained, and may easily be made fit for the plow, or any other use. There is likewise on said premises, about 130 acres of cleared upland in good order, one good dwelling-house, a store-house, overseer's house, blacksmith's shop, corn-house and granary, two good barns, one good new grist mill, a flax or hemp mill (which is capable of dressing 1200 weight of hemp per day, in a better manner than it is possible to do it in the common way by hand) together with sundry out- houses, one iron mine, the neat proceeds whereof is 100.I per annum, about 600 apple trees, of the choicest fruit. The whole plantation is well calculated for grazing largely, having a great advantage of wood
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range. Also, may be had with the premises, 50 or 60 head of horned cattle, and farming utensils of every kind. Any person inclining to purchase, may apply to JACOB FORD, junior,1 on the premises, who will give a good title for the same, and any reasonable payment, as the money is not wanted, and perhaps may not be for a number of years.
To be SOLD, at public VENDUE, on the 16th day of this instant April, or leased for a term of years.
The noted and well accustomed Tavern kept for many years by the subscriber, pleasantly situated, in the center of Shrewsbury town, East New-Jersey, 1 very near the English Church, Friends and Presby- terian meeting houses, two miles from a public land- ing, where there is a great commerce carried on from thence to New-York. The house is very commodi- ous, two stories high, and 4 fire places ; a good dry cellar, large kitchen, and a pantry or milk room ; with many other out-houses and sheds, and stable room enough for 40 horses, a good stone well; a large garden, newly paled, including near half an acre of very rich land; a good bearing orchard, that affords from 30 to 100 barrels of cyder, per year, as the season proves, all in good repair. Also 10 acres of exceeding good meadow, well improved and manured in the best manner, near adjoining thereto. An indisputable title will be given for the whole, and the conditions made known at the day of sale, by
JOSIAH HALSTEAD.
-Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2154, April 5, I770.
1 For notices of Jacob Ford, junior, see N. J. Archives, XII., 665, and N. J. Archives, Second Series, I., 121.
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To BE SOLD, OR LET.
A VERY valuable Farm, in New-Jersey, now in the Possession of Lemuel Bowers, Esq; in Morris County, containing about One Hundred and Sixty Acres, of which Forty Acres is fine English Meadow, . and Twenty more may be easily made: The Re- mainder is good Upland, fit to Produce Wheat or other Grain : There is now on it, a new two Story House, with Brick Chimnies and sash'd Windows, a Kitchen, Barn, and a Store House, under which there is a Cellar. For further Particulars enquire of Abraham Lott, Esq; Treasurer of the Colony of New York, or Mr. Thomas Milledge and Patrick , Darcy in Morris County, near the Premises.
April 9, 1770.
THE Members of the New-Jersey MEDICAL SOCI- ETY, are desired to take Notice, that the next gen- eral Meeting will be held at the House of Mr .. Michael Duff, in New-Brunswick, on Tuesday the first Day of May next. The several Members are particularly requested not to fail attending, as there are some Matters of singular Importance to be at- tended to at that Time. The Society will be opened precisely at Ten o'Clock A. M. if a sufficient Num- ber of Members are arrived. All other Gentlemen of the Faculty, in the Province, are cordially invited to join the Society as soon as may be convenient. .
NATHANIEL SCUDDER, Secretary. March 26.
-N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1423, April 9, 1770.
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New York, April 12. We hear from Bergen, that on Tuesday Night last, about 10 or II o'Clock, the House and Barn of Mr. John Vanhouter,1 of that Place, by some Accident took Fire, and were entire- ly destroyed : We have not heard the Particulars, nor whether any Thing was saved from the Dwelling House or not ; but it is said every Thing in the Barn was destroyed, among which were about a Dozen Cattle and Horses, and 15 or 20 Sheep.
PURSUANT to an Order of the Honourable Joseph Kitchel and Robert Gould, Esqrs, two of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the Coun- ty of Morris. Notice is hereby given, to the respec- tive Creditors of Nathaniel Wilkison, an Insolvent Debtor in the Goal of the County of Morris, that they be and appear at the Court-House in Morris- Town, in the County of Morris aforesaid, on Thurs- day the 26th Day of April Instant, at Nine o'Clock in the Forenoon, to shew Cause, if any they have, why Assignees should not be appointed to the Es- tate of him the said Nathan, and he discharged from his Imprisonment, agreeable to a late Act of the Gov- ernor, Council, and General Assembly of this Prov- ince of New-Jersey, entitled, " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors."
Morris-Town, April 4, 1770.
-N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1423, April 12, 1770.
Capt. Le Cocqe on Sunday the 25th of March, spoke with the ship Nesbit, Capt. Green, for Lisbon,
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all well; he had left the Capes the day before, which then bore N W by W, about 30 leagues, had the wind about N N W, and moderate weather.
The SPRING FAIR at Princeton, will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th and 19th of April instant .- Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1427, April 12, 1770.
To be SOLD by the SUBSCRIBER
Living in Burlington, New-Jersey,
A PLANTATION in Plumstead township, Bucks coun- ty, (3 miles from Reeder's Tavern, in the Durham road, about 30 miles from Philadelphia, containing I23 acres, on which are a tolerable good house, barn and large orchard, 10 or 12 acres of meadow, and near as much more may be made, at a small expence ; now rented to Peter Vickers. A tract ad- joining the same of 123 acres. ... Also a tract in Tinicum township, near Tohiccon creek (3 miles east of the above described land), containing 100 acres. The terms are 41. per acre, and the buyers, on giving good security, with interest, may have 7 years to complete the purchase, paying one seventh of the. money every year.
RICHARD WELLS.
-Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2155, April 12, 1770.
Extract from a Letter-To the INHABITANTS of the Province of MARYLAND.
The inhabitants of the West Jersey (whose magis- trates heretofore had power to determine all matters
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of debt under six pounds) have lately petitioned for and obtained a law, to impower their magistrates (out of court) to hear and determine all matters of debt under ten pound's. Those people, I apprehend, found no ill consequence arising from the largness of their magistrates jurisdiction, or surely they never would have petitioned to have it enlarged. . ..
[signed] A. MARYLANDER.
WHEREAS the stage from Burlington to Amboy, has for some time past been dropt, and the sub- scriber (finding it inconvenient to numbers of people who travel to and from New York, &c. to go the other stages, by reason of their being attended with greater expence, and the travelling more tedious) has again set up a complete stage from Burlington to Amboy, where the best attendance will be given by the waggoner, and the best of entertainment for travellers kept by the subscriber, at the old stage- house, who will be obliged to all gentlemen and ladies travelling to and from New-York, Philadel- phia, &c. to favour him with their custom, as they may depend upon being used in the best manner, and conveyed to their journey's end with the great- est safety and dispatch.
The boat sets off from the Crooked-Billet Wharf in Philadelphia, on Saturday the 28th instant, (when the stage is to begin) and the passengers embark in the waggon the Monday following, and they are con- veyed to Amboy the same day, where there is a boat ready to receive them to carry them to New-York. The waggon returns again on Tuesday to Burling-
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ton, where the boat receives them and carries them to Philadelphia : The boat again sets off from Phila- delphia on Wednesday, and the waggon on Thurs- day, and so to continue. The best attendance will be. given by the Burlington stage boatmen, whose boats have excellent accommodations, and the people ex- tremely careful.
The reason this stage is more commodious and shorter than any other is this, let the wind be in what corner it will, the distance by water is so short, you are always sure of getting to Burlington in one tide.
JOSEPH HAIGHT.
Burlington, April 21, 1770. -Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 171, April 16-23, 1770.
To the PUBLIC.
I The Subscriber, being the Author of a Publica- tion in Mr. Parker's Paper of the 5th of March last, signed TOBIAS FREEMAN, think myself obliged, both by the Principles of Justice and my own Promise, to inform the Public, that upon a Re examination of those Allegations against the Honourable DAVID OGDEN, Esq ; find that I was basely imposed on, by a very false and partial Information ; and am now fully convinced, that I have highly injured him, by affirming, " That he was accused before the Court of taking Fees on both Sides of the same Cause," and insinuating that it could be proved ; and by some other Abuses in that Piece, for which I am extremely sorry, and am heartily willing to do all in my Power to make Reparation : Therefore as an Enemy to
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Slander and Falsehood, gladly embrace this Oppor- tunity to make this public, humble and voluntary Re- cantation ; and humbly hope, as I was not wilful in writing that, or any other Mistake there may be in that Piece ; and as I am now sincere in this Confes- sion, that I may obtain Forgiveness, both from him and the respectable Publick; especially as I look upon it an Honour and Duty, to confess when I am sensibly in the Wrong.
Newark, April 6, 1770.
ISAAC MORRISON.
Newark, April 12, 1770. To THE PUBLIC.
THE STAGE-WAGGONS from Newark to Powles- Hook, will begin on Thursday the 12th of April, and make two Trips a Day, every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ; will set off from Powles- Hook, and from Mr. James Banks, at Newark, two Hours after Sun-rise, meet at Hackinsack-River, ex- change Passengers, and return to the Places, they set off from. In the Afternoon they will set off two Hours before Sun-set, from the above mentioned Places, and perform their Stages as in the Morning. The Price for Passengers as usual, at Eighteen Pence each. 1 .
The Waggons may be had at any Time, that will not interfere with the stated Hours, on proper No- tice, so that one Driver may acquaint the other .- N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1424, April
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New York, April 19. The Public are hereby no-
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tified, that there are now passing amongst us, a Num- ber of Counterfeit Jersey Twelve Shilling Bills, dated December 31, 1763, signed Johnston, Smith, and Skinner. They are printed with common Types, but so badly executed, as to be easily discovered on close Inspection. Twelve Shilling Bills made out of Three Shilling Bills have also appeared in this City lately .- N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1424, April 19, 1770.
RUNAWAY,
About four weeks since, from the subscriber, living in Vine street ;
A Negro Lad, about the age of seventeen years, named SILAS, he is of a yellow cast, and by trade a chimney sweep; he is well set, about five feet high, was lately seen loitering about the streets of the city of Burlington, in company with several negro lads, also chimney sweeps : He had on a homespun jacket, a pair of blue trowsers with his blanket, and is an oily tongu'd chap, very apt to drink. Who- ever will secure the said fellow, and send him to me, shall receive a reward of FIFTEEN SHILLINGS, and all reasonable charges.
ISAAC COATS, Brickmaker. -Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1428, April 19, I770.
NEW-YORK, April 16.
About 10 o'Clock last Tuesday Night, the Barn of Mr. John Vanhouter, at Bergen, near Powles-Hook, in New-Jersey, was burnt down to the Ground, with- out the Knowledge of any Person in the Neighbour-
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hood ; by which. Accident 8 Horses, II Cows and about 30 Sheep were lost. The Flames soon reached Mr. Van Houter's Dwelling-house, which gave the first Alarm, and in a very short Time it was also consumed, and every Thing, except what was below Stairs, entirely burnt. It is imagined, the Barn was set on Fire by Means of some careless Negroes, that went to feed the Cattle with their Pipes in their Mouths, which is too commonly prac- tised in many Parts of this Country.
PHILADELPHIA, April 19.
Friday last Cadry Lacy was tried at the Supreme Court held at Gloucester, in New-Jersey, for the Murder of a Woman in that County, of which he was convicted, and received Sentence of Death .- Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2156, April 19, 1770.
Mr. PARKER,
IT must afford real Pleasure to the Friends of good Order and regular Government, to be informed, that the riotous Disposition which lately shewed itself in some of the People in the County of Essex, is not only suppressed, but there is Reason to believe, totally extinguished ; and that some of the principal Leaders of the late Disturbers of the Peace in that County, are brought to a due Sense of their Folly, and look back with Horror on their late imprudent Conduct. I have obtained a Copy of a Petition to Government, from two of them, which I herewith send you to be published in your Paper, as I think it does Honour to the Petitioners, and may be an use- ful Hint to some Persons in a neighbouring County,
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whose Conduct has been at least equally obnoxious to civil Society.
Yours, S.
New-Jersey, April 10.
To his Excellency WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Esq ; Gov-
ยท ernor and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Province of New-Jersey, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, &c.
The Petition of JOHN DOD, and DAVID DOD.
HUMBLY SHEWETH,
T HAT your Petitioners, now Prisoners in the Goal for the County of Essex, have been convicted in a late Court of Oyer and Terminer, held for said County, in the Town of Newark, of being Parties aid- ing in a riotous Manner, to erect a certain Building of Logs called a Strong Hold or Goal, at a Place called Horse Neck. For this Crime, besides being fined, one a Hundred, and the other Sixty Pounds, your Petitioners are condemned to Imprisonment, one of us four and the other three Months. We are duly sensible of our Faults, that we have conducted ourselves in a very wrong and illegal Manner, con- trary to the Duty we owe to our Civil Magistrates, and the good Government under which we are. We were not apprehensive of the heinous Nature of our Misdemeanour, when we were practising in the dis- orderly and riotous Manner ; but now we are con- vinced, and hope humbled for our foolish and illegal Conduct. We your Petitioners have large young Families, the one of us five, and the other six Chil- dren, the most of them small and unable to take
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