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BY the Executors of ADAM HOOPS, late of Bucks County, deceased, will be sold peremptorily at PUBLIC VENDUE, on the premises, the Ioth day of November next,
A PLANTATION known by the name of Summerseat, situated near (below) the Falls of Trenton, in the county of Bucks bounded eastward by the river Delaware, 29 miles from Philadelphia, and near the post road from that city to New-York, containing 224 acres or there- abouts, of which 125 are cleared and under good fence, including about 40 acres of meadow and two young or- chards. There is a large, commodious and well-finished brick house, a stone barn, stable and coach-house, with several other offices erected on the premises. The situa- tion of this place is one of the most desirable on the river Delaware; the house stands on an eminence, from whence there is a fine prospect of the river, Trenton and Borden- town: It lies at the head of the tide-water, where large shallops load : It is a place famous for rock and perch fishing, and in the season for great quantities of shad, herring and sturgeon. ROBERT HOOPES, who lives on
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the premises, or in his absence, DANIEL CLARK, will at- tend any gentleman who may incline to view the same before the day of sale.
October 14.
Elizabeth Hoops, Executrix.
Robert Hoops 1 Executors. David Hoops
-The Pennsylvania Journal, and the Weekly Adver- tiser, No. 1558, October 14, 1772.
THE Creditors of JACOB HARMES, of Alloway's Creek, are desired to meet me at the House of JOSEPH BURROWS, Esq; in Salem, on Monday, the second Day of November, and bring in their Accounts, in order to receive their equal Dividend; those that fail to meet then, will lose their Share.
SAMUEL OAKFORD, Assignee Allen-Town, New-Jersey, Oct. 10, 1772
The subscriber takes this method to inform the PUBLIC, and his Customers in particular, that he has rented the FULLING-MILL in Allen-Town, and proposes carrying on the Fulling Business in all its various Branches, in a more extensive manner than has been formerly done .- The Public may depend on having their Work done in the most speedy and neatest manner, as the said Mill and Works are all entirely new.
N. B. The subscriber proposes taking Wheat, Rye, Indian-corn, Buck-wheat, or Sifted Ashes as Cash, at the Market Prices.
LUKE STOREY
On the third Instant was interred at Burlington, after a solemn Meeting on that Occasion, ELIZABETH SMITH, in whom were happily united many pious Excellencies, and by a steady Conformity to the divine Will, she be-
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came eminently distinguished; being deep in Council, sound in Judgment, awful her Manners, refined her Sen- timents, and graceful her Deportment. She passed through a large Share, of bodily Affliction with great Patience and Stability, having a Foretaste of that Joy which is unspeakable and full of Glory.
See the glad Soul borne on some Cherub's Wing, Attend the Throne of her celestial King! To claim the promis'd Palm in Jesus' Name, And join in Worship with a Seraph's Flame.
Salem County, West New Jersey, Oct. 10, 1772.
WHEREAS MARCEY ELWELL, my Wife, hath eloped from me, and I am apprehensive that she will run me in Debt; therefore, this is to forewarn all Persons, not to trust her on my Account, as I am determined not to pay any Debts of her contracting, after the Date hereof.
JOHN ELWELL
-- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2286, October 14, 1772.
THE MEMBERS of the NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SOCIETY, are desired to meet on the 10th Day of November next, at the House of JACOB HYER, in PRINCETON .- The Penn- sylvania Chronicle, and Universal Advertiser, No. 302, October 17-24, 1772.
We are obliged to defer the Account of the Com- mencement at Princeton College till our next, for Want of Room.
To be sold at Public Vendue, on Wednesday the 18th Day of November next.
Two valuable Lots of Land, in Sussex County, at the Head of Pequest, in West New Jersey, being Part of
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Brearley's Tract, and the Property of Benjamin Brear- ley, deceased .- Each Lot contains about 197 Acres each, near one Half Meadow Ground, and the Whole unim- proved .- The Vendue to begin at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the House of Elijah Allen, near the said Land, where the Conditions will be made known, by
John Brearley, George Rozell, Executors.
THIS is to inform the PUBLIC, that the Stage from Burlington to Amboy, (formerly kept by Mr. Joseph Haight) is now continued by the subscriber, who has fur- nished himself with complete setts of horses, and a care- ful waggoner; he will be much obliged to all Ladies and Gentlemen 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 greatest safety and dis- patch.
The Boats set off from the Crooked Billet Wharf in Philadelphia, every Sunday morning; and the Passengers embark in the waggons the Monday following, and are conveyed to Amboy the same day, where there is excel- lent accommodations, and a boat ready to carry them to New York .- The waggon returns again on Tuesday to Burlington, where the boat receives them and carries them to Philadelphia .- The Boat again sets off from Philadel- phia on Wednesday, and the waggon on Thursday, and so to continue.
The best attendance will be given by the Burlington stage boatmen, whose boats have excellent accommoda- tions, and the People extremely careful .- All favours will be gratefully acknowledged, by the Public's humble ser- vant,
JOSEPH FOLWELL.
N. B. The reason the Burlington stage is more com-
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modious and shorter than the others, 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 Philadelphia in one tide. -The New-York Gazette, or the Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1540, October 19, 1772.
STRAYED from the subscribers, living at Cohansie- Bridge, on the twenty-fourth day of September last, a Bay HORSE, about ten years old, a natural trotter, with some white spots on his back; also a white spot on his nigh shoulder, marked with the crupper on the back : Bred in Amwell, Hunterdon County, about fifteen miles above Trenton, and was seen going that way with a yoke on. Also, went with him, a black yearling FILLEY, of a large growth, and a natural trotter .- Whoever takes up said HORSES, so that the owners may have them again, shall be well rewarded, and reasonable charges paid, by
Cohansie-Bridge, N. Jersey, ALEX. MOORE,
October 10, 1772. JAMES BOYD,
THREE POUNDS Reward.
BROKE out of Trenton Gaol, the 17th of September last, a Dutchman, named JOHN MIERS, and sometimes calls himself MICHAEL MILLER, about 5 feet 6 inches high, has black hair; had on when he went away a swankin jacket, tow trowsers, old shirt, and a pair of old pumps with plated buckles. Also a Negro man named SAM, about 6 feet high, of a down look, and yellowish complexion; who had on a yellow jacket, tow shirt and trowsers: Said slave was formerly the property of Joseph Golder, but lately purchased by Doctor William Briant, near Trenton. -Whoever secures the said two men in any of his Maj- esty's Gaols, shall receive the above Reward, or THIRTY SHILLINGS for either, paid by JAMES STOUT, Gaoler.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, and the Weekly Adver- tiser, No. 1559, October 21, 1772.
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To be SOLD, by the SUBSCRIBER,
A PLANTATION, situate in the township of Chester, in the county of Burlington, New-Jersey, lying on Rancocus- creek, about 2 miles from the mouth of said creek, 5 miles from Burlington, and 12 from Philadelphia, containing 180 acres of land, 20 whereof are rich mowable meadow, well banked in, besides 5 or 6 acres of clover meadow; there are on said plantation a good dwelling-house, with 4 rooms on the lower floor, and 3 above, a good cellar, paved with stone, a kitchen adjoining said house, and a well of good water at the door, and also a good barn and stables, and other out-houses, a very convenient spring, with a milk-house over the same, very suitable for a dairy ; a large bed of asparagus, a good garden and yard, boarded in, a young thriving orchard, containing 200 apple-trees; also a peach orchard, containing near 100 trees, besides a number of cherry and other fruit trees; about 70 acres of said land cleared, fit for the plough, and very con- venient for raising market truck; the rest is woodland. It is thought the place is very suitable for a country seat, as the purchaser may have the advantage of attending it, either by land or water. There is a grist-mill and saw- mill, within a mile and half of the said land. For further particulars, enquire of the subscriber, living on the afore- mentioned premises.
JOHN ENGLE.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the subscriber, living in Knowlton township, and county of Sussex, in West New- Jersey, Two sorrel HORSES, the one a dark sorrel, about 14 hands high, branded with I. C. on the near shoulder, a heavy well set horse, and natural pacer, with a small star on the forehead, and a snip on the nose. The other a bright sorrel, with a blaze down the forehead, a middling well set horse, about 131/2 hands high, a natural trotter,
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branded with a stirrup iron on the near shoulder. Who- over takes up the said horses, and secures them, so that the owner may get them again, shall have Thirty Shillings reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by me
JACOB CUMMINS
ADDRESS to the INHABITANTS of JAMAICA, and other WEST INDIA ISLANDS, in Behalf of the COLLEGE of NEW- JERSEY.
GENTLEMEN,
IT is unnecessary to begin this Address by a laboured Enconium on Learning in general, or the Importance of public Seminaries for the Instruction of Youth. Their Use in every Country; their Necessity in a new or rising Country; and, particularly the Influence of Science, in giving a proper Direction and full Force to Industry or Enterprize, are indeed so manifest, that they are either admitted by all, or the Exceptions are so few, as to be wholly unworthy of Regard.
In a more private View, the Importance of Education is little less evident. It promotes Virtue and Happiness, as well as Arts and Industry. On this, as on the former, it is unnecessary to enlarge; only suffer me to make a Remark, not quite so common, that, if there is any just Comparison on this Subject, the Children of Persons in the higher Ranks of Life, and especially of those who, by their own Activity and Diligence, rise to Opulence, have, of all others the greatest Need of an early, prudent and well conducted Education. The Wealth to which they are born becomes often a dangerous Temptation, and the Station in which they enter upon Life, requires such Du- ties, as those of the finest Talents can scarcely be supposed capable of, unless they have been improved and cultivated with the utmost Care.
Experience shows the Use of a liberal Education in
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both these Views. It is generally a Preservative from Vices of a certain Class, by giving easy Access to more refined Pleasures, and inspiring the Mind with an Abhor- rence of low Riot, and Contempt for brutal Conversation. It is also of acknowledged Necessity to those, who do not wish to live for themselves alone, but would apply their Talents to the Service of the Public, and the Good of Man- kind. Education is therefore of equal Importance, .n order either to enjoy Life with Dignity and Elegance, or employ it to the Benefit of Society, in Offices of Power or Trust.
But leaving these general Topics, or rather, taking it for granted that every Thing of this Kind is by intelligent Persons, especially Parents, both believed and felt, I pro- ceed to inform the Public, that it is intended to solicit Benefactions from the Wealthy and Generous, in Behalf of a College of considerable Standing, founded at NAS- SAU-HALL, in Princeton, New-Jersey. In order to this it is necessary for me-I. To shew the great Advantage it will be to the Inhabitants of the West-Indies, to have it in their Power to send their Children to approved Places of Education on the Continent of America, instead of being obliged to send them over, for the very Elements of Science, to South or North Britain. 2. To point out the Situation and Advantages of the College of New-Jersey, in particular.
And, as I was never a Lover either of florid Discourse, or ostentatious Promises, I shall endeavour to handle these two Points with all possible Simplicity, and with that Reserve and Decency, which are so necessary where Comparison, in some Respects, cannot be avoided.
On the first of these Points, let it be observed,
That Places of Education on the Continent of America, are much nearer to the West Indies, than those in Great- Britain; and yet sufficiently distant to remove the Temp-
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tation of running Home, and lurking in Idleness. 'This is a Circumstance, which other Things being supposed equal, is by no Means inconsiderable. Parents may hear much oftener from and of their Children, and may even visit them, as is known to have been the Case here, with no great Loss of Time for Business, and to the Advantage of their own Health. They may also much more speedily and certainly be informed, whether they are profiting, and have justice done them, or not, and remove or continue them at Pleasure. The Distance, indeed, is, if I mistake not, well proportioned in all Respects. It is such, as to allow of the Advantages just now mentioned, and yet so great, as to favour the Behaviour and Instruction of the Youth. I have observed in the Course of four Years Experience, that those who came from the greatest Dis- tance have, in general, behaved with much Regularity. Being removed from their Relations it becomes necessary for them to support a Character, as they find themselves treated by their Companions, Teachers, and, indeed, all other Persons, according to their Behaviour. This is so true that if Parents are obliged to place their Children out of their own Families, an hundred Miles Distance is bet- ter than twenty, and so of every other Proportion, till we come to the hurtful Extreme.
Let it be further observed, that the Climate of the Con- tinent of North-America is certainly much more healthy in itself, and, probably, also more suited to the Constitu- tions of those, who have been born in the West-Indies, than that of Great-Britain. Health is the foundation of every earthly Blessing, and absolutely necessary, both to the receiving Instruction in Youth, and being able, in riper Years, to apply it to its proper Use. Parental Ten- derness will make everyone feel the Importance of this to his own Children. And, whether the Observation itself is just or not, I leave to be decided by the Judgment of
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all, who have been in both Countries, and the Information they will readily give to those who have not.
Having touched on these Circumstances, let us try to make the Comparison as to the Substance of the Educa- tion itself. Here, I am sensible, it behoves me to write with the utmost Circumspection, to avoid giving Offence, and that to some this will appear, at first Sight, altogether impossible. I am however not without the greatest Hopes, that I shall be able fully to prove the Proposition I have laid down, without giving any just Ground of Of- fence to Persons of Reflection and Candour. No Man can have a higher Opinion, and not many have a more thorough Acquaintance with the Means of Education, at present, in Great Britain, than the Author of this Address, who was born in the Neighbourhood of, and educated in Edinburgh, and spent the greatest Part of his After-life, in constant intercourse, and great Intimacy, with the Members of the University of Glasgow. He therefore says it, both with Pleasure and Gratitude, that any young Gentleman who is strictly sober in his Behaviour, and who applies with Steadiness and Diligence, has all possible Ad- vantage, particularly in North-Britain, with which he is best acquainted, for improving himself in classic Litera- ture, in every Branch of Science, and especially in the justly valued Knowledge of the Force and Propriety of the English Language, and in true Taste, including all that is usually comprehended under the general Expres- sion of the Belles Lettres. Nay, further, he admits or affirms, that any Gentleman of Fortune, who would give the last and highest Polish to the Education of a young Man of promising Parts, would do well to send him, after his Principles are fixed, and his Judgment a little ma- tured, for a Year or two, to some of the Universities of Great-Britain. But, notwithstanding these Concessions, if they may be so called, it is hoped it will appear, that it
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would be much more to the Advantage of the Gentlemen of the West-Indies to give their Children-their Gram- mar-School and College Education, at least to their first Degree in the Arts, in an American Seminary, if con- ducted by Persons of Ability and Integrity, than to send them to Great Britain; and that for two important Rea- sons; first, the better to secure their Instruction, and sec- ondly, for the Preservation of their Morals.
I. For the greater Security of their Instruction. The Colleges in Britain have by no Means that forcible Motive that we have, not only to teach those who are willing to learn, but to see that every one be obliged to study, and actually learn, in Proportion to his Capacity, The old Foundations have stood so many Ages, have had their Character so long established, and, are, indeed, so well known to be filled with Men of the greatest Ability, that they do not so much as feel any Injury, in Point of Repu- tation, from one or more coming out of College almost as ignorant as they went in. The Truth is, I do not think they ought to lose any Character by it. Every one knows, that it is owing to the Idleness or Profligacy of the Boy, and not the Insufficiency of the Master. When the Num- bers of one Class are from a Hundred to a Hundred and Thirty, or perhaps more and when they do not live in College, how is it possible the Master can keep them to their private Studies, or even, with any Certainty, discern whether they study diligently or not. A good Professor is easily and speedily distinguished by his own Perform- ances, by the Esteem, Attachment, and Progress of the Diligent, but very little, if at all, hurt by the Ignorance of the Negligent. I write these Things to vast Numbers who know them as well as I do; and I could easily pro- duce Gentlemen in America, who have freely and gener- ously confessed themselves to be unhappy Proofs of their Truth. Let not any Body say I reflect upon the Teachers
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for not using Discipline to oblige them to apply. The Numbers are so great, that to try and judge every Neg- lect, would take more Time than they have for their whole Work. To this may be added, that it may very often happen, that the Persons, to whose Charge Boys in early Life are sent from the West-Indies, either are not themselves Judges, or, from their Situation and Business, have few Opportunities of knowing whether they profit or not.
On the other Hand, the young Seminaries in America have their Character constantly at Stake for their Dili- gence, as one or two untaught coming out from us, affects us in the most sensible Manner. As to the College of . New-Jersey in particular, we have seen the Importance of this in so strong a Light, that whereas before we had Half-yearly, we now have Quarterly Examinations, car- ried on with the utmost Strictness, when all, who are found deficient, are degraded to the inferior Class. So impartially have these Trials been conducted, that nothing is more usual, than for those who suspect themselves, especially, if their Relations are near, to pretend Sickness, and avoid the Examination, that they may afterward fall back without the Dishonour of a Sentence. Further, all the Scholars with us, as soon as they put on the Gown, are obliged to lodge in College, and must of Necessity be in their Chamber in Study Hours: Nor is it in the least difficult to discover whether they apply carefully or not. The Teachers also live in College, so that they have every possible Advantage, not only for assisting the Diligent, but stimulating the Slothful.
2. The second Reason for preferring an American Education is, that their Morals may be more effectually preserved. This, by all virtuous and judicious Parents, will be held a Point of the last Consequence. The Danger they run of contracting vicious Habits by being sent to
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Britain, has been often complained of, and therefore, I suppose, is Matter of Experience. If so, it will not be difficult to assign the Causes of it, which may be safely mentioned, because they carry no Imputation upon the Schools or Colleges to which they are sent. They gener - ally are, and are always supposed to be, of great Wealth. The very Name of a West-Indian has come to imply in it great Opulence. Now it is well known that, in all the great Towns in Britain, a Sett of profligate Boys, and sometimes artful Persons, farther advanced in Life, at- tach themselves to such as are well supplied with Money, impose upon their Youth and Simplicity, gratify them in every irregular Desire, and lead them both into Idle- ness and Vice. There are also in every considerable Place in Great-Britain, but especially the principle Cities, where the Colleges are fixed, a constant Succession and Variety of intoxicating Diversions, such as Balls, Concerts, Plays, Races, and others. These, whatever may be pleaded for some of them, in a certain Measure, for those further ad- vanced, every Body must acknowledge, are highly perni- cious to Youth, in the first Stages of their Education. The Temptation becomes so much the stronger, and in- deed almost irresistible, when an Acquaintance with these Things is considered as fashionable Life, and necessary to the Accomplishment of a Man of Breeding. Is it to be supposed that young Persons of great Fortune, when they can be immediate Partakers, will wait with Patience for the proper Time when they may be permitted to view, with Caution, such Scenes of Dissipation? On the con- trary, it may be expected, that they will give into them with all the Impetuosity and Rashness of Youth; and when their Parents expect them to return well stored with classic Learning and Philosophy, they may find them, only well acquainted with the Laws of the Turf or Gam-
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ing-table, and expert in the Use of the reigning Phrases of those honourable Arts.
What Provision is made for preserving and improving the Morals of the Scholars with us, I leave till I come to speak of the Constitution and Situation of the College of New-Jersey. But, before I dismiss this Part of the Sub- ject, I must just repeat, that the two Reasons I have given against a British Education do, and were intended only to conclude against sending Boys in early Life. At that Time they are incapable of reaping the Advantages chief- ly to be valued in a British Education. These are not only hearing and being able to judge of the public Perform- ances of Men of Letters, in the Pulpit, at the Bar, and in Parliament; but being introduced to the Acquaintance, and enjoying the Conversation of Men of Eminence. This is a Favour that would not be granted to Boys, and if granted could be of no Service, but contributes in the highest Degree to the Delight and Instruction of those of riper Years. Experience seems greatly to confirm this, for, as many Boys have left some of the best Schools in Britain with little classic Knowledge, though supported at great Expence, so those who received their first Edu- cation in this Country, and went home to finish it, have seldom returned without great and real Improvement.
In Addition to these Arguments in Behalf of American Colleges, drawn from the Instruction and Morals of the Youth, who are sent to them, I cannot help mentioning one other, which must have great Weight in a View . somewhat different. These Colleges must necessarily, in Time, produce a Number of young Men, proper to under- take the Office of private Tutors in Gentlemens Families. There are some who prefer a private to a public Educa- tion at any Rate, especially in the very first Stages, and some find it necessary, as not being able to support the Expence of sending their Children so early, and keeping
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them so long from Home. Now all, who know the Sit- uation of Things in Britain, must be sensible, how diffi- cult it is to get young Men of Capacity or Expectation to leave their native Country, in order to undertake the Instruction of Gentlemens Children. In this Office there is little Prospect of Increase of Fortune, to ballance the Risk of going to a new and dangerous, or supposed dan- gerous Climate. But those who are born and educated in America will not only increase the Number of such Teachers, but they will have no such hideous Apprehen- sions-of going to any Part of the Continent or Islands. Whatever is done, therefore, to raise and support proper Seminaries in America, will, in Time, be followed by this great and general Benefit, which I have been assured is very much needed in many or most of the West-India Islands .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2287, October 21, 177.2.
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