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those Ministers, would not have taken Pains to wipe off the Aspersion? But it is plain THEY knew the charge was true; the Words were fresh in their Memory, and they could say nothing to vindicate him.
As to the first Article of charge, which he would clear himself of, it is well known, that the constant Course and Tenor of his Preaching was against un- converted and Arminian Teachers ; this was his dar- ling Subject, the Element he lov'd to breath in ; and his Nottingham Sermon is a standing Proof of it, however he may have since shuffled and chang'd Sides (no Man has done it more than he) to serve a Turn.
And as to the other Article charg'd on him, re- lating to Contentions and Divisions, it is certain he did not speak of them, at the Boston Lecture, in the Sense he pretends to explain himself in his Letter ; nor did he make any such Comment on the Words of our Savior, Mat. 10. 34. as he has lately done. On the contrary, it is certain, that when he preach'd the Lecture, he intended to be understood, that Conten- tions and Divisions are the natural and genuine Ef- fects of the Gospel, wherever it is preached. For that he designed to be understood, that Contentions and Divisions, only happen accidentally, thro' the Lusts and Corruptions of wicked Men, and so the Gospel is the innocent Occasions of them (as he now pretends he did) then with what Propriety, with what Face could he bless God with such Contentions, and pray that they might increase ?
The Design of Mr. Tennant in sending down this Letter, and his Dear Friend in publishing it at this
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Time, must, for the present, remain a Mystery. It is probable he intends us another Visit in a short Time, and then the Mystery will be unravelled .- The Boston Evening Post, March 17, 1746. No. 553.
Newport, March 21, 1745, 6. Entred in, Brown and Guest for Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post Boy, March 24, 1746. No. 592.
New-Port, March 28, 1746. Entred in, Hance from Amboy.
Custom-House, Boston, March 29. Entred In, Price from Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post Boy, March 31, 1746. No. 593.
The Governor of New-Jersey's Speech to the General Assembly. Gentlemen of the Assembly,
YOUR Country having made Choice of you, to re- present them, I am in hopes, that it will answer the good Ends of their doing it, and prove beneficial to all concerned in the Issue of your Meeting.
The Situation of Things, both with respect to our- selves and our Neighbours, made the Meeting of you at this time (or indeed sooner had it been practicable) necessary ; and I am sorry to tell you, what you and all that behold me may see, that my ill State of Health would not permit me to meet you at Amboy, as I fully proposed (had I been able) to have done : This was so evident to the Gentlemen of the Coun- cil, at their late Meeting, that they advised me to call you to this Place ; and this being the true Reason of
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my doing so, will, I hope, meet with a favourable Construction.
I need not tell you, that the Support of his Ma- jesty's Government has been long since expired ; and that there is not, nor hath not been for some time past, any Provision for the Officers necessary to ad- minister it ; without which it cannot be done, nor the salutary Intentions of his Majesty's erecting this into a separate Government, be answered.
I have been at the sole Charge of Expresses sent with the publick Letters both to the Southern and Northern Governors, as well as those necessary to be employed in this Government: A Time of War will make Things of this kind more frequent than usual, as it will the oftner Meeting of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Council, and Expresses to summon them, as well as Messengers on other Occasions.
I shall not enlarge upon this Head, further than heartily to recommend to the Gentlemen of the Coun- cil and to you, to agree upon such a Disposition of the Money raised, and solely by the Law that makes it, applied to the Support of the Government, and the Incidents necessary for that Purpose, as will truly answer the Ends of raising it in the Manner it was done; and that without giving just Reason of Com- plaint to any Body, or Room for our Superiours to remark on a different Conduct.
His Majesty's Attorney General will lay before you, an Account of a great Riot, or rather Insurrec- tion, at Newark. This was a natural Consequence of One that was some time before that; and though I did what by Advice of his Majesty's Council they
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judged at that time sufficient to put a Check to an Evil that had too great a Probability of growing big- ger, and to prevent its doing so ; yet (as appears) it was without the Effect intended. So open and avowed an Attempt, in Defiance of the Government, and Contempt of the Laws, if not high Treason, make so nigh Approaches to it, as seems but too likely to end in Rebellion, and throwing off his Ma- jesty's Authority, if timely Measures be not taken to check the Intemperance of a too licentious Multitude ; I therefore recommend this Matter to your most se- rious Consideration.
Gentlemen of the Council and Assembly,
A sincere and hearty Union amongst ourselves, is at all times desirable, and the true Interest of every good Man and Lover of his Country to promote ; as it is the Duty of all to use their Endeavours that it should subsist amongst us, as being the best and firmest Foundation of our Peace and Happiness : But in Time of War, when Dangers threaten, and un- foreseen Accidents often render ineffectual the best concerted Measures ; an Union and Agreement amongst ourselves is absolutely necessary for our Safety ; I do therefore at this critical Juncture recom- mend to you the promoting to the utmost of your Power, an Agreement so evidently necessary for the publick Welfare ; and to discourage every Attempt that hath in the least a contrary Tendency. That some Provision may be made, both for our Defence against our Enemies abroad ; and for our Security at home, by putting an effectual Stop to the Malevolent Attempts against it ; as well as some Provision for
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the Assistance of our Neigbours, when necessary for their Security, or the Preservation of his Majesty's Dominions and Interest. This, Gentlemen, as it de- serves, so I hope it will effectually engage your se- rious Attention and Consideration.
Gentlemen of the Assembly,
What I have said before, has chiefly been with re- gard to ourselves, and the present Situation of our own Affairs; which I hope will not be without having its due Weight of Effect with you.
I have lately received from the Governors of New- York, Boston, and Louisburg, Letters relating to the publick Affairs and Situation of Things at this Junc- ture, in which we are or may be greatly concerned ; I shall lay them before you for your Consideration, which I hope will be adequate to the Importance of the subject Matter of them, especially those of Gov- ernor Clinton and the Governor of Boston, so far as they relate to the likeliest Method of the Defence of all concerned.
Gentlemen of the Council and Assembly.
You have now an Opportunity of doing much Good for the Publick, and I hope no Endeavours will be wanting on either Part effectually to promote it ; and that the Bills you shall agree upon, to propose for my Assent, to be enacted into Laws, may be so justly and judiciously drawn for that Purpose, that I may be under no Difficulty of giving it.
The God of Peace direct your Consultations for the General Good !
LEWIS MORRIS.
- The New York Weekly Post Boy, March 31, I 746.
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New- York, March 31. We have the Satisfaction to hear, that the Ship Ballance, Capt. Gill, who was ashore near Barnagat, as mentioned in our last, is since got off, and got into Barnagat Inlet, without any considerable Damage .- The New York Weekly Post Boy, March 31, 1746.
These are to give Notice, That on Wednesday the 16th Day of April next, at the Borough Town of Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon, in the Prov- ince of New-Jersey, will be held and kept a FAIR for selling and buying of all Manner of Horses, Mares, Colts, Cows, Calves, Steers, Hogs, Sheep, and all other Cattle, Goods, Wares, and Merchan- dizes whatsoever : Which said FAIR will be held and kept the same Day abovementioned, and two Days next following, pursuant to a Clause in a Charter of Privileges lately granted to the said Borough Town of Trenton, for that Purpose.
Philadel. March 27, 1746. -The Pennsylvannia Gazette, April 3, 1746.
New-Port, Rhode Island, April 4. , Entred in, Ogle from Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post-Boy, April 7, 1746. No. 594.
Philadelphia, April 10. 1746.
Whereas Johanna the Wife of John Holder, Mill- wright, late of Trenton in New-Jersey, but now of Derby in Chester County, Pennsylvania, hath refused to come and live with her said Husband, notwithstand- ing his repeated Solicitations and suitable Provisions" made for her Removal, and on his meeting her in
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Philadelphia, not only refus'd to go home with him upon his earnest Invitation, but return'd to Trenton, and took their Child with her against his Will, and without his Consent : This is therefore to caution all Persons not to give her Credit on his Account, for he is determined henceforth to pay no Debts of her Contracting :
And they are hereby farther caution'd not to buy or receive any Household Goods of the said Johanna, without express Licence from her Husband, nor to pay her any Money due by any Contract with him.
JOHN HOLDER. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 10, 1746.
Trenton 24th of the 2d Month 1746. To be Sold or Lett by William Morris, in Trenton,
Sundry Lots of Land, on each Side of Han- over-street, containing 45 feet front, and 147 feet deep or back from said street; and several lots in Queen-street, to be divided as may be agreed on ; also one lot in King-Street, 63 feet front, and 200 feet back, fronting a twelve feet alley: And to be sold by said Morris, one lot in said street, 74 feet front, and 200 back, with a good dwelling house, brick kitchen, store house, and stable ; also one plan- tation in the township of Hopewell, about eight miles from Trenton containing 315 acres of land, good dwelling house, new barn, and stables, with a good orchard, producing some of the best of Cyder.
WILLIAM MORRIS.
. And to be sold by William Morris, and Son, A large well built grist mill, with two pair of stones two
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water wheels, boulting and hoisting by water; the said mill being upon a stream, known by the name of Docher's creek ; which proved so constant, that in all the last summer's drought, there was little or no want of water to keep the same constantly going ; two dwelling houses, store-house, stable, and cooper's shop, all within about a quarter of a mile of a good navigable landing; also a plantation, upon which the above premisses stand, being in the township of Nottingham, in the county of Burlington, containing upwards of 300 acres, with a good dwelling-house, barn, stable, and orchard thereon ; also a consider- able quantity of meadow in grass, with a large quan- tity of good low land, capable of making more. The whole commodiously situated, bounded on Cross- wicks creek, about six miles from Trenton, and two from Crosswicks meeting house.
One pair of the mill stones are the best sort of Dutch cullings ; and the Plantation in good fence. By applying to the subscribers in Trenton, or at said mills, may be better informed. The title indisputable. William Morris, William Morris, jun. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 24, 1746.
To the Author of a Letter in Vindication of Mr. Tennant, published in the Gazette, the 15th Instant. April 24, 1746. Sir,
I HAVE carefully perus'd your Letter, wherein you labour hard to clear Mr. Tennant, from sundry Mat- ters and Things, that he has been charg'd with, in the publick Prints ; and am apt to believe, that no
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other but the Publishers of the Gazette would have Midwifed such a Piece of Scurrility into the World.
As I was reading over your Performance, I soon perceiv'd, by the pompous Egotisms, that you esteem'd your self a Man of considerable Importance, and intended to command uncommon Veneration ; and when I found you rail'd so intolerably against Anonymous Writers, had a full Expectation to see your Name at the Close of your Epistle, but was greatly surpris'd at the Disappointment .--- If it be indispensibly incumbent on all Writers whatsoever, to affix their Names to their respective Works, pray, Sir, how came you to be guilty of so scandalous an
Omission? Ought you not, at least, to tell the World, who gave you a Dispensation, in so important a Case, and what it is that exempts you from the common Obligation? Shall you, with impunity, lurk in your close Recess, and throw out Invectives at other Men, better, and more righteous than yourself? Can that be done with Fitness and Decency by you, which you call malicious Villany in others? Or if you think the Indelible Character gives you such a Licence, you ought, in plain Words, to tell us so :- But if not, I can see no Reason why those odious Characters, which you have with so much Freedom and Virulence bestow'd on the late anonymous Writers, may not with equal Justice, be fixt' on your haughty imperious self, and your anonymous Perfor- mance, treated with the same Pitty and Contempt. Therefore, Sir, you surely, must not take it amiss, if the World think fit, (as you have taught them) to call you a hardy and abandon'd Defamer, an illnatur'd
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and malicious Villain; the greatest Deceiver in the World, and consequently, one who has no Character to lose : For thus you have, obliquely, stigmatiz'd all those whom you are pleas'd to call, The common Fry of Scriblers. And if this, in fact, should happen to be the Case, (tho' you are a Scribler, more Voracious, and of a larger Size,) you must receive it, as no other than your own Mischief returning on your Head, and your violent Dealing with others, coming down upon your own Pate. 'Tis the same Measure you have dealt out to other nameless Defamers, as you call them ; and since you have enlisted in their Company, you can't think it hard to share their Fate. And this Consideration, will, I doubt not, justify me before the World, in turning back the Arrows, even bitter Words, which you have shot out at others, against your self.
It is strange, Sir, you should so far discover your Ignorance and Weakness, in attempting to prove a Negative ; when you were unfurnish'd (as you say) with more proper or other Materials, for so difficult a Task, than the Reverend Name of Mr. Tennant, and your own anonymous Piece of Falshood and Scandal !- Suppose Mr. Tennant, and your venerable self, should deny that he ever deliver'd those Sen- tences with which he has been charg'd, and each of you should repeat the Denial a thousand Times, and that on the word of a Priest ! do you think the world would believe you ?- I tell you, Nay !- And I will tell you further, (who have as good a Right to conceal my Name as you,) that I can produce more than seven Persons, each of whose single Testimony, is, at 22
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least, as Weighty as either Mr. Tennant's or your's, who are ready to make Oath (if properly call'd) that he uttered those very words, which you, with great Confidence, declare he never said. You own you constantly attended Mr. Tennant's Preaching ; but pretend you can find no Traces on your Mind, of such Words deliver'd by him. I beseech you, Sir, to rub your Drowsy Memory, and call in the friendly Assist- ance of your Brethren to refresh it: Some of them, I am confident, dare not deny those Charges .- But however that be, suffer me, Sir, to advise you, since you talk so much of character, instead of vindicating Mr. Tennant, in those Points wherein he has justly offended good Men, to maintain a more tender Regard for your own.
To sum up all in a few Words :- Mr. Tennant is verily guilty, concerning those Things, wherewith he has been charg'd, and will be thought so, by many sober and judicious Men, notwithstanding your con- fident Denial of them ; and in spight of all your Rage and Clamour, those charge's do, and will remain against him, in their full Force and Virtue .- The Bos- ton Evening-Post, April 28, 1746. No. 559.
RUN away from Wessel Tenbrook, living near Rockey-Hill, a Negro Man Slave named Pompee, a tall well set Fellow, about 6 Foot long, and very black ; about 25 Years of Age, speaks good English, and tolerable good Dutch, he is brought up in West- Chester, and lately came from Esopus, had on when he went away a pair of blew Stockings and old Buck-skin Breeches, a linsey woolsey Jacket, and an old white Kersey Coat. Whoever takes up said
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Negro, and brings him to his master at Rockey-Hill, or secures him so that he may be had again, shall have 30 Shillings as a Reward, and all charges paid by, Wessel Tenbrook.
-The New York Evening-Post, May 5, 1746.
Boston. Entred in, Hartwick from Perth Amboy. -The Boston Weekly Post Boy, May 5, 1746. No. 598.
New-York, May 19. Last Saturday arrived here Capt. Roswell, in the Privateer Trinton, from her Cruize ; as soon as she came in the Hook the Man of Wars Barge went on board, and prest 16 of his Men, and so came up in the Harbour. Mr. Brant the Pilot, was a going on board of the Transport Ship with Provisions, and the Insign belonging to one of the Companies of Soldiers was on board of the Pilot Boat, the Privateers Men seeing him took him to be the Captain of the Man of War, they immediately Man'd their Barge and ro'd after the Boat, took her and run her aground, and used the officer very base, by brakeing of his Sword and threw the Hilt in the River, had it not been for some Gentlemen that was pres- ent during this Action, and told them it was not the Captain of the Man of War, they would have brought him on board of the Privateer and kept him till such Time that he sent the Men on shore that was Prest. -But finding their mistake let him go again, and seemed to be sorry for what had happen'd.
Last Thursday arrived at Sandy-Hook, his Majes- ty's Ship Thorington of 40 Guns. She came from Cape Breton in order to convoy thence: the Trans-
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port Ship that sail'd out of this Harbour the first of April .- The New York Evening-Post, May 19, 1746.
New-York, May 19. Wednesday last departed this Life, at Trenton, after a lingering Illness, in an advanced Age, his Excellency LEWIS MORRIS,1 Esq; Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of New-Jersey .- The New York Weekly Post Boy, May 26, 1746.
Mr. Parker.
As several of your late Papers have been almost fill'd with Matter relating to the Proprietors and their disputed Lands in New-Jersey ; I desire you'd give the following short Piece a Place in your Paper, for al- tho' it was not wrote designedly, yet it may fully serve as an Answer thereto, (and ' tis without any &c's) and which tho' it may not be Law, yet 'tis EQUITY and REASON, and therefore ought to be Law, as'tis BETTER than any Law without Reason, viz.
NO Man is naturally intitled to a greater Propor- tion of the Earth, than another ; but tho' it was made for the equal Use of all, it may nevertheless be ap- propriated by every Individual. This is done by the Improvement of any Part of it lying vacant, which is thereupon distinguished from the great common of Nature, and made the Property of that Man, who be- stowed his Labour on it; from whom it cannot after- wards be taken, without breaking thro' the Rules of
1 It would be impossible, in a mere foot-note, to give anything like an adequate sketch of this remarkable man, New Jersey's first Governor separate from New York. See Papers of Lewis Morris, 1847; N. J. Archives, II., 217; XI., 546; XV., passim ; Hall's First Pres. Church of Trenton.
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natural Justice ; for thereby he would be actually de- prived of the Fruits of his Industry.
Yet if Mankind, who were designed by the Al- mighty, to be Tenants in Common of the Habitable Globe, should agree to divide it among themselves, into certain Shares or Parts, the Contract will be binding by the Laws of Nature, and ought, therefore to be inviolably observed. Such a Division has been attempted by the Treaties made between the several Princes and States of Europe, with Regard to the vast Desert of America. But each Prince stipulated, or ought to be understood, to have stipulated, for the general Benefit of the People, under his Government, and not for his particular Profit. The Kings of England always held the Lands in America, ceded to them by Treaties, in Trust for their Subjects ; which Lands, having lain uncultivated from the Beginning of the World, were therefore, as free and as common for all to settle upon, as the Waters of the Rivers are to all to drink of: Yet to prevent the Confusion that would follow, on every Man's being his own Carver ; Governor's were, from Time to Time, appointed by the Crown, to parcel out to the Subjects as much Land, as each could occupy : But the Mischief of it was, that the best Parts, and most commodiously situated, have been granted to a few Particulars, in such exorbitant Quantities, that the rest of the Sub- jects have been obliged to buy it for their Use, at an extravagant Price : A Hardship, that seems as great, as if they had been put under the Necessity of buying the Waters of the Rivers .- The New York Weekly Post Boy, Fune 9, 1746.
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Philadelphia.
We hear from Amboy, that the Assembly of the Jerseys have given Twenty Thousand Pounds towards the Expedition.1-The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 19, I746.
Philadelphia, July 3, 1746.
Run away the 19th of June last, from Hugh Martin, of Lebanon, in the County of Hunterdon, a Negroe Man, named Jack, about 22 Years of Age, short, well made, and pitted with the Small-pox : Had on when he went away, a blue Linsey Woolsey Jacket, Tow Shirt and Drawers, and old Felt Hat. Who- ever takes up and secures said Negroe Man, so as his Master may have him again, shall have Twenty Shillings Reward and reasonable Charges, paid by HUGH MARTIN. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 3, 1746.
From Amboy we learn, that on Saturday last his Honour the President of New Jersey, gave his Assent to the following Bills, viz.
One to encourage the inlisting of Five Hundred Freemen, or well-affected native Indians into his Maj- esty's Service, in the present Expedition against Canada, allowing Six Pounds Proclamation Money, as a Bounty to each Voluntier, and providing amply for their Subsistance. [By this Bill the Persons of Voluntiers are protected from Arrests for Debts under {. 10, to any one Person, and their Goods free from Attachment during the Expedition : A general Pardon is also granted to those who shall inlist and
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serve in the Expedition, for all Crimes by them com- mitted before the 25th Instant under the Degree of Felony without Benefit of Clergy.]
The Other for striking Ten Thousand Pounds, for purchasing Arms, Cloathing and other Necessaries, for the Forces raised in New-Jersey for his Majes- ty's Service .- The Boston Evening-Post, July 7, 1746. No. 569.
Notice is hereby given that Timothy Matlack, is re- moved and settled in Philadelphia, against the Jersey- Market, a little above the Post-Office, in Market- Street, at the sign of the two Sugar-Loves, marked T M in gold letters; where any person may be supplied with European and West-India goods, cheap for ready money or short credit
All Persons indebted to the said Timothy Matlack on bonds, bills, or book debts are desired to come and settle their accounts, and pay their respective debts or they may expect to be proceeded against as the law di- rects.
N. B. Attendance will be given at Haddonfield the second second day in every month during the sum- mer season, in order to settle with debtors.
TIMOTHY MATLACK.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 10, 1746.
Philadelphia, July 10. 1746.
Run away from William Hugg, of Gloucester Town, on the third Instant, a Negroe named William Colson, of middle Stature, Bermudian born, talks very good English, and pretends to be a Sailor. Had on when he went away, an Ozenbrigs Shirt, wide
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Tow Trowsers, a good Calf-skin Pair of Shoes, a new Felt Hat, and is suspected to have stolen a Horse. Whoever takes up said Negroe, and secures him, so that his Master, may have him again, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
WILLIAM HUGG. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 10, 1746.
Philadelphia, July 17, 1746. To be SOLD,
A Plantation, lying on Timber Creek, in the Coun- ty of Gloucester, in the Western Division of the Province of New-Jersey, about 7 Miles from Glou- cester Town, containing 500 Acres of good Land, 80 or 90 of which may be made good Meadow, there is on it a pretty good House, and some other Improve- ments .- The Plantation formerly belonged to Abra- ham Porter, deceased. Enquire of the Owner, Daniel Hingston, on said Plantation, or Joseph Sims, in Front-street, Philadelphia .- The Pennsylvania Ga- zette, July 17, 1746.
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