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New-York. A small Party of the Rebels were on the Night of last Sunday Week as far down as Prior's Mills, and carried away two Negro Men that were coming to market with a few Eggs and a small Quantity of Butter.
They were also down at the same Place, last Friday and Saturday, and carried off some more Negroes, but were pursued by a Party from Powlis Hook, when they took to their Heels.
Several Indians on the Frontiers of Pennsylvania have informed many of the Inhabitants of that Province, that as soon as they have got their Corn planted, they intend to take up the Hatchet in Order to aid the Great King over the Water, in Consequence of which, several Families had removed from Wyoming and Shamokin into many Parts of New Jersey.
The Inhabitants of Bergen County, in New Jersey, have just received Orders to deliver for the Continental
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Army the 18th Man in their County, and all the Re- mainder is to be divided into 8 classes to hold themselves in Readiness to march at the first Beat of Drum where ever they may be ordered.
A Rebel Privateer Schooner made her appearance off Sandy Hook last Saturday, and had nigh taken one of our Pilot Boots the same Day.
We hear Sir William Howe sailed from Philadelphia for Great-Britain a few Days ago, and that there has been a Skirmish in New-Jersey, near Trenton, between a Part of the Royal Army under the Command of Sir William Erskin, and the Rebels under the Command of Mr. Max- well, the Event of which we impatiently wait to hear .- New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, May 18, 1778.
Mr COLLINS,
You are requested, as you esteem and value your own interest and the publick's regard, to insert the following CARD in your next Paper.
THE Military present their compliments to Gen. Howe, or the next in command, and inform him, that as he has, through the malice and influence of some of the Tories, and Enemies of the United States, burnt two dwelling- houses and ten out-houses and stores, belonging to Joseph Borden, Esq. of Borden-Town; and two dwelling-houses and six valuable out-houses, for Col. Kirkbride of Belle- view, in Bucks County, besides robbing them of goods, &c. to a large amount-They, the military, purpose burn- ing the same value belonging to the Tories in their own neighbourhood, who have not spirit enough openly to avow the cause they meanly and clandestinely endeavour to support, by which they would forfeit to the states-but to have special care, that not one farthing more shall be wasted than will fully retaliate-And that it is the deter- mined resolution of the Military to go on in future upon this principle.
To Gen. Howe, &c.
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TRENTON, May 20.
Extract of a letter from Camp,1 dated May 13, 1778.
"We have accounts by various persons, that the enemy have dismounted many of their cannon, and put them on board-that their transports are taking forage aboard- and that 'tis suspected they are preparing for a retreat: -I am of the opinion however that they will not leave Philadelphia till they cannot possibly hold it longer- and perhaps the forage being put on board is only to accomodate the horses of Gen. Howe's family and the refugees who go with him ;- for I am informed by a gentleman, who has been down with a flag, that Gen. Howe will sail in a few days for England."
Friday evening last this town 2 was handsomely illu- minated, in consequence of the important intelligence brought from France by Mr. Deane.3 Princeton has also been illuminated on the same occasion.
Two deserters from our Row-galleys, who went to the enemy some time ago, were lately taken by a scouting party of our troops, in Gloucester county, and were brought to this town # on Monday last. One of them is named John Gilfroy, who was tried yesterday by a Court-Martial, and condemned to be hanged: But his execution is de- ferred 'till the sentence is confirmed by his Excellency the President of the State of Pennsylvania. The other, we hear, is shortly to take his trial at Lancaster.
1 Valley Forge.
2 Trenton.
3 News of the treaty between France and the United States.
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A FEW DOZEN of
ALMANACKS for 1778,
To be SOLD by the Printer hereof.
WAS taken, the 4th day of March last, from the sub- scriber in Mountholly, a new sleigh, branded S. Bud, with a set of harness and swingle-trees, by two persons named Henderson and Humphreys, who call themselves Gentlemen. They are desired to return the same, or let the owner know where he may get them; and any person who will give information, so that he may get them again, shall be satisfied for their trouble.
STACY BUDD.1
May 20, 1778.
THIS is to desire all persons indebted to the estate of John Gordon, deceased, of Somerset county, to make pay- ment unto Samuel Stout, and all those who have any demands against said estate are also desired to bring in their accounts to said Stout, who is empowered to settle the same.
WILLIAM COLLINS.
May 20, 1778.
TO BE SOLD,
ON reasonable terms, an elegant two-wheel'd CHAISE, with steel springs and harness compleat, almost new. Apply to Mr. Joshua Douglas, jun. Roxbury township, Morris county.
1 Dr. Stacy Budd, descendant of Rev. Thomas Budd, of Martosh Parish, Somersetshire, England, was born in 1740. In 1762 he married Sarah Munro, for which he was disowned by the Society of Friends, of which religious body he was a member. He was subsequently reinstated, as his wife joined the Society. He had a large practice, extending for forty miles from Mount Holly, his home, to Tuckerton. Dr. Budd died in 1804.
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FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
SUPPOSED to be stolen or strayed out of the pasture of the subscriber, on Monday the 11th inst. a brown bay HORSE, near 14 hands high, marked on the left buttock with the letters H P; trots and canters well, and carries a fine head. Any person informing the owner, or deliver- ing said horse, so that the owner may have him again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by me
Hillsborough, May 16, 1778. WILLIAM COCK.
JOHN DENTON
Has for SALE, at Princeton, in the Lane opposite the college, the following articles ;
Pepper, ginger, copperas, men's beaver hats, snuff by the bladder, pound, or ounce ; pins, needles, tapes, bobbin, shirt buttons, white and colour'd sewing threads and silks; men's fine shirts; tar by the barrel; fish-hooks; cut tobacco; paste-boards; loaf sugar; women's shoe heels ; Skillington wire; schoolmasters assistants, leather ink stands, spike nails, &c.
ALL PERSONS who are indebted to the estates of John B. Dumont and Ann Van Duyn, of the county of Somer- set, deceased, either by bond, note, or book-account, are desired to make payment by the 25th of June: And all persons who have any demands against said estates, are desired to bring in their accounts to be discharged by us, PETER J. B. DUMONT, PETER H. DUMONT, Executors. PETER DUMONT, sen.
May 8, 1778.
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ALL persons indebted to the estate of RICHARD WIL- KINSON, deceased, are hereby requested to pay their re- spective accounts to the subscriber, at Woodbridge: And those who have any demands against said estate, are desired. to bring in their accounts, properly attested, to the subscriber, at the place aforesaid, that they may be discharged.
JONATHAN BLOOMFIELD, administrator.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Doctor Bern. Budd,1 late of Morris county, deceased, either by bond, bill or book debt, are requested to make speedy payment to the subscriber, or they may expect to be immediately dealt with as the law directs: And all those that have any demands against the said estate, are desired to bring in their accounts, well attested, for settlement.
PHEBE BUDD,2 adm.
May 11, 1778.
Mr. COLLINS,
Should America continue the Land of Liberty, it will probably be the happiest country the sun ever saw. The contemplation of this must animate every generous mind in the cause of Freedom .- I have thrown together a few lines on this subject, and if they are worth publication, you may insert them in your next Gazette.
1 Bernardus Budd, a distant relative of Dr. Stacy Budd, was a man of marked ability. He was one of the founders of the New Jersey Medical Society, but having become involved in a scheme to counterfeit colonial bills of credit, was sentenced to be executed. Owing to his high social posi- tion and that of his associates, all were reprieved on the morning set for their execution. Subsequently, in 1777, he was appointed surgeon of General Wind's brigade, dying of putrid fever three months after his appointment. No stone marks his burial place at Columbia Bridge.
2 Phebe Wheeler Budd, of Morris county, wife of Dr. Budd.
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THE FUTURE GLORY OF AMERICA.
SOON as the lark observes the morning's grey, The first faint glimmerings of the opening day, Upward he springs, to meet the rising light, Hangs in mid-air, and carrols at the sight: So towers the mind, to see the day at hand, And night's dull train withdrawing from our land ; She towers on high and hails the orient ray, The dawn of glory brightening into day : Rapt with the view, forsees the mid-day blaze- Sees distant times, and future scenes surveys.
She sees the time when this New World shall show The giant-strength she bears, and crush the foe; When tyrant Kings shall vex her realms no more, But haughty Britain trembles at her power ; When mad Bellona shall forget to rage, And smiling Peace recalls the Golden Age ; When angel Freedom hastens to our shore, She calls it hers-nor be an exile more.
In this joint reign of Freedom and of Peace, I see the sons of this New World increase ; Numerous as ocean sands I see them rise, Num'rous as stars which gild the winter skies, And westward far their fearless steps they press. And make a Garden of the Wilderness.
See ! in those wilds where now the Savage roams, Or wigwams stand, fair Agriculture comes ! At her approach the forest prostrate lies, And lo! the dwellings of our children rise ; At her command, the golden harvest grows, The desert smiles and blossoms like the rose, And shepherds teach their fleecy flocks to stray Where the fierce panther us'd to prowl for prey. See ! peaceful hamlets deck the rural scene, And towns arise by many a distant stream. I see them rise beside Ontario's flood, Where once huge oaks and ancient poplars stood : I see them glittering in the Ohio's tide, I see them deck the Mississippi's side. I see the time when Industry explores The desert thro', and meets the ocean's shores- Along those shores she bids fair cities smile, And heavy fields reward the peasant's toil, Invites a thousand navies to her strand, Laden with wealth from many a distant land : From Persia's realm's, the boast of former times, From China's coast or India's burning climes.
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What millions swarm (call'd forth by Freedom's ray) From Georgia's groves to Baffin's frozen bay, From where the huge Pacific laves her shore, To where the wild Atlantic's surges roar. To bless these millions, Art exhausts her powers, And lavish Nature empties all her stores ; While Commerce lays her treasures at their feet, And rifles different lands to make them great.
Then shall fair Science feast th' enraptur'd mind With Knowledge yet unpluckt, and Truth refin'd; No more recluse she spreads her hundred doors, And opens all her intellectual stores .- She calls the Muses from their ancient seats, And bids them hasten to her green retreats,- They hasten hither-and they love the glades, Stray thro' the meads and frolic in the shades ; Smit with these virgin scenes, their praise rehearse, And bid them flourish in immortal verse ; To paint their beauties, wake the poet's tongue, And not a grove shall bloom, or river flow unsung.
Some future bard, whom all the Muses love. Shall sing the charms of fair Virginia's grove, Or tune his vocal reed by Schuylkill's side, Struck with the beauties of his silver tide And Susquehanna, as she rolls along, Shall hear her name immortaliz'd. in song.
Here Governments their last perfection take. Erected only for the People's sake : Founded no more on Conquest or in blood. But on the basis of the Public Good. No contests then shall mad ambition raise. No chieftains quarrel for a sprig of praise, No thrones shall rise, provoking lawless sway, And not a King to cloud the blissful day ; But FREEDOM, universal FREEDOM reigns, Nor sees a slave in all her happy plains.
'Twas for these embryo blessings Warren bled. And lov'd Montgomery's daring spirit fled. In their defence brave Nash resign'd his breath, And gallant Mercer nobly frown'd on death. Oh! may their fame which blossoms in the tomb, And this dim view of ages yet to come, Nerve the young warriors arm in Freedom's cause, And edge the sword the noble patriot draws ; Teach him in Freedom's cause, 'tis truly great,
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To bare his bosom to the shafts of fate ; To brave the horrors of the deathful plain, And freely fall, if Heav'n shall so ordain. Then shall his spirit, free'd from mortal cares, Mount to the skies and mingle with the stars ;
Heroes shall kindle at his growing fame, And distant ages venerate his name.
ADOLPHUS. -New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 25, May 20, 1778.
TRENTON, May 27.
The MILITIA of this State are desired to be particularly attentive to signals-as a movement of the enemy is soon expected.
To-day the Legislature of this State are to meet at Princeton, agreeable to adjournment.
Friday last a prize vessel, laden with Irish beef and pork, bound to New-York, was taken by Capt. Anderson and 16 men, in an armed boat, and brought into Tom's River. Several other prizes have also been lately sent into Little Egg-Harbour. Their cargoes are taken proper care of-one of which consisted of a considerable quantity of salt.
Deserters from the British army are daily coming out of Philadelphia-and it remains to be confidently asserted that the enemy are making every preparation to evacuate that city in a short time.
We are informed that a gentleman arrived at Elizabeth- town on Saturday last, from New-York, who brought an account that war had been declared there that day in form, against France-and that a French frigate of 28 guns had been captured and brought into New-York harbour the same day.
We have many corroborating accounts, that the enemy in New-York and Philadelphia have lately been impress- ing refugees, and young men inhabitants of those places, and putting them handcuffed on board their ships.
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It is currently reported that the New Levies or Green Coats,1 and Tories who have fled to the enemy for pro- tection, are all to be sent immediately to the English West- Indies, to defend those islands against the French.
Yesterday twenty-one prisoners were brought to this town under guard, among whom are thirteen sailors, who were taken on board the prize vessels above-mentioned.
By the latest intelligence received from Philadelphia, we learn the enemy intend to retreat thro' this State to New-York .- We are informed the necessary preparations are making for their reception-That the whole militia of this State will be in motion within a few days; and that a large detachment of continental troops are now on their march to join General Dickinson.
HIS Excellency the Governor hereby directs the gentle- men appointed in this State to purchase horses for the cavalry, to apply for payment to Moore Furman, Esq. Deputy Quarter-Master General for this State, at Pitts- Town, who is furnished with cash and certificates for that purpose, producing to him receipts for the said horses from the officers to whom they have been delivered, and proper vouchers for the prices at which the same were re- spectively purchased.
To be sold to the highest bidder, at the house of John Smith, farmer, at Maidenhead, six miles from Trenton, on the 20th of June next, viz.
1 New 12 inch cable, about 120 fathoms in length,
1 Ten and half inch ditto, 110 ditto, almost new,
1 Seven and half inch ditto, 90 ditto, not half worn. shrouds, stays and standing rigging for a vessel of 200 tons .- Also to be sold at Easton, Pennsylvania, on the
1 So called, by reason of their uniform. Many of these loyalists were recruited in East Jersey and formed into companies, not only for foreign but for local service.
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15th of June, a complete suit of sails and running rigging for a brig of 200 tons burthen.1 For particulars apply to Stephen Joseph Roget, at Easton, or to Capt. Maroquiér, at Trenton.
BY virtue of sundry writs of fieri facias to me directed, against the lands and tenements of John Cook, adminis- trator to the estate of Asa Cook, deceased, I have levied and seized on a tract of land in the township of Roxbury, containing about 15 acres, whereon is a house and a quar- ter part of a grist-mill, standing on Black-River about two miles below Thomas Fearcloes mills. Likewise the plantation in Mendham where said Asa Cook, deceased, formerly lived, containing about 50 acres of good land, whereon is a good young orchard, a house and barn with a black-smith's shop, which will be exposed to sail at publick vendue on the premises last mentioned, on Wed- nesday the Sth day of June next, between the hours of 12 and 5 in the afternoon, for ready cash, by
ALEXANDER CARMICHAEL, Sheriff. Morris County. May 18, 1778.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED away in the month of February last, a sorrel COLT, the property of James Ledden, late Waggon-master at Trenton. The above colt has a bald face, three if not four white feet, one wall eye, an undocked tail, and is two years old .- Any person on delivering said colt to the subscriber at Trenton, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
SAM. HENRY.
Trenton, May 13th, 1778.
1 Probably some of the equipment removed from Philadelphia to inland towns during the autumn of 1777, to prevent it from falling into the hands of the British.
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THE Members of the Old Brechan Club, formerly held at Michael Duff's in Philadelphia, are requested to meet at the house of Joseph Douglas, in Crosswicks, New- Jersey, on Monday the 4th of July; when business of the greatest importance will be laid before the society. Every member within reach of this advertisement is earnestly requested to attend.
By order of the President, JOSEPH EMLEN, Secy.
THE ACADEMY which used to be kept in this town will be opened again on the first day of June, by Mr. Joseph Periam, who for several years conducted it with such deserved applause. It will also as usual be under the inspection and quarterly visitation of a number of gentle- men in the town neighbourhood .- Young gentlemen and ladies who have made some little progress in reading, will be taught reading with propriety and gracefulness, oratory, writing, arithmetic, surveying, navigation and mathematical branches in general; also geography and philosophy, besides the Latin and Greek languages,
JAMES CALDWELL, in behalf of the visitors.
Elizabeth-Town, 1 May 18, 1778.
LOST by the subscriber, some time last spring, a State Lottery Ticket, No. 84757. Any person who hath or shall find said ticket, and returns it to the owner, will be handsomely rewarded. The managers of said Lottery are hereby requested not to pay any prize that may be drawn against said number, to any person except the subscriber, DAVID BAKER.
Westfield, East-New-Jersey, 1
May 18, 1778.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me directed, will be exposed to sale by way of publick vendue, the 4th of
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August next ensuing, at the premises, a PLANTATION, situated in kingwood, Hunterdon county, West-New-Jer- sey, bounded by lands of Richard Opdyce, Esq. and others, whereon William Coolbock now lives, containing about 66 acres ; there is on it a good dwelling-house. The vendue to begin at two o'clock, and conditions made known by
JOSEPH INSLEE. Sheriff.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN last night out of the subscriber's stable, a small bay MARE, about 13 hands high, a natural trotter, branded on the near thigh and shoulder with the letters E R. Who- ever takes up said mare, and brings her to the subscriber, shall have Eight Dollars and reasonable charges, and Twelve Dollars for securing the thief.
JONATHAN I. DAYTON.
Elizabeth-Town. May 18, 1778.
PUBLICK Notice is hereby given to all persons having any demands on Joseph Hugg, Israel Morris and Samuel Hugg, for provisions purchased or supplied the Conti- mental army or militia, in West-Jersey or Pennsylvania, since the 28th day of December, 1776, to bring in their accounts, with the vouchers to whom delivered, to the Commissary's office at Mount-holly, in ten days from the date hereof, and as much sooner as possible, in order to have them adjusted. It is hoped that the strictest atten- tion will be paid by all who have demands, as there is an order from the Commissary-General "that all accounts not settled within three weeks from the date, be pre- cluded."
JOSEPH HUGG.
A. C. of Purch.
Mount-holly, May 23, 1778.
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TWENTY hogsheads of West-India rum, fifty pieces Russia sheeting, a few pieces Holland stripes, superfine blue broadcloth in pieces, suitable for regimentals, 2000 weight coffee, table knives and forks, and some excellent Bohea tea in chests, just imported from the East-India warehouse at Amsterdam, to be sold by Peter Stretch,1 at Kennet Square, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, about ten miles from Wilmington, on Delaware .- New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 26, May 27th, 1778.
New-York, June 1. We hear there are a great Num- ber of Flat-bottomed Boats now building, and old ones repairing at Bound-Brook, Elizabeth-Town, and Newark, in New Jersey .- New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, June 1, 1778.
Extracts from his Excellency Governor LIVINGSTON'S Message to the General Assembly of the State of New- Jersey.
GENTLEMEN,
I HEARTILY congratulate you upon the agreeable news we have received from France, since I had the pleasure of meeting you last in this place. The treaties of alliance, and of amity and commerce, between his Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, by which our freedom, sovereignty and independence, are fully recog- nized, ratified and guarantied, and our trade left free and unem- barassed, are so advantageous on our part, and display such generosity and magnanimity on that of our illustrious ally, as cannot but excite in our breasts the most cordial respect for that powerful Monarch, and the deyoutest acknowledgment of that propitious Providence which hath influenced the heart of a foreign Prince to interpose his assistance for delivering us from the bloody prosecution of one so lately our own. As we were at first compelled into a declaration of independence, it was the highest wisdom to solicit a suitable alliance for its security and support. To both these measures we may appeal to the whole world, that we were driven by a tyrannical King, a venal Parliament, and a flagitious Ministry. Indeed the conduct of our oppressors has, thro' the whole course of the war, been so infatuate and remorseless, as if Heaven had deprived them of common sense, as well as Hell
1 For sketch of Stretch family, see New Jersey Archives, 2d Series, Vol. I., p. 516.
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inspired them with all its malice. But their day of national correction is swiftly approaching. Their unparalleled cruelties both in the eastern and western world, have at last enkindled the Divine vengeance; and the judgments of God are now overtaking a nation which has filled up the measure of its iniquity ; and long been the most impious and irreligious of any in Christendom. To chastise her insolence, the force of France and America is now united iu an indissoluble league. How must haughty Britain be confounded at the dreadful news; and curse the fatal consequences of her moon-struck policy? Methinks I see her power and grandeur crumbling into ruin, and all her towering honours levelled with the dust. That decisive influence which she has long maintained in the scale of Europe, is now rapidly verging to sullen impotence : and the mistress of the ocean become the contempt of those very potentates, who lately revered her councils and trembled at her arms. But how speedily soever she may be doomed to final perdition, it is our duty to guard against. the vindictive effects of her expiring struggles. When all the horrors of desperation seize her ; and utterly hopeless of conquest. she determines to rise even above herself, by some signal stupenduous act of barbarity, haring, like the Devil in the apocalypse, great wrath because she knoweth that she hath but short time; she may attempt to desolate what she finds it impossible to subdue. Against such ravage and destruction, to which, we know by experience, it is not beneath her dignity to condescend, it is our interest to oppose the most strenuous exertions. We want only one spirited and general effort to expel her remnant of banditti from the Continent, and forever to emancipate ourselves into compleat and uninterrupted liberty. One campaign more will, in all probability, decide the im- portant contest : And in whose favour it is likely to terminate, is written by the hand of Providence in characters too legible to be mis- understood.
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