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State of New-Jersey. To be sold, by way of publick ven- Hunterdon County. due, on Saturday the 26th day of June next, at the House of Andrew Mershon, inn-keeper, in Hopewell, a tract of woodland, containing about 300 acres, well timbered, laid out in lots of 20 acres each, situate in the township of Hopewell, joining Belmont Farm: Also a small Messuage lying contiguous thereto, containing about 16 acres, with some improvements thereon, now in the tenure of Michael Moore: Also one other lot lying near to the said Andrew Mershon's, con- taining about 11 acres, with some improvements, in the tenure of William Price: Likewise about 30 acres of exceeding good woodland, lying near to Trenton on the Scotch road: Also at the same time and place will be sold a lot of good woodland, situate in the upper part of Hope well, joining land of Benjamin Parke, and others, con- taining upwards of 20 acres; all late the property of Daniel Coxe. And on Monday the 28th of June, will be sold at Flemington, a lot of land containing about 32 acres, lying contiguous to the said town, with some im- provements thereon, late the property of Joseph Smith, And on Tuesday the 29th of June, will be sold at the house of Colonel Abraham Bonnel, in Bethleham, a plantation situate in the said township, on Musconetcung mountain,
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containing about 230 acres, with a log tenement thereon, a small piece of meadow and an excellent orchard: Also two plantations lying near Squires point, in the township of Lebanon, with some improvements thereon. And on Saturday the 3d of July, will be sold on the premises, a small meadow lot in the township of Hopewell, near to John Snook's mill; late the property of Daniel Coxe. Vendues to begin on the respective days at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
Attendance will be given and conditions of sale made known by
JARED SEXTON, NATHANIEL HUNT,
Commis-
PETER BRUNNER, sioners. May 24, 1779.
-The New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. II., No. 77, Wednesday, May 26, 1779.
PHILADELPHIA, May 26.
We learn from Great Egg Harbour, that on Friday last a brig of 16 guns, from Jamaica for New-York, with about 160 hogsheads of rum, &c. on board, was drove ashore near that place, when the crew, to lighten her, threw three or four guns overboard, and started about 14 hogsheads of rum; but being boarded by people from the shore, she was taken proper care of, is since got off, and part of her cargo landed.
Greenwich, May 21, 1779.
Whereas sundry wearing apparel, in a portmanteau, was found in Roxbury township, Morris county, New-Jersey, in April last, supposed to be stolen and concealed in the
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woods by a certain John Harris a deserter from the first Jersey regiment, containing the following articles, viz. a scarlet coat, with silver buttons marked No. 7; one buff and two half silk streaked jackets; one pair of linen breeches and two pair of silk stockings.
Whoever has lost the above described apparel, on prov- ing his property and paying charges within three months from the above date, may have them again, by applying to the subscriber in Greenwich, Sussex county, and State aforesaid, otherwise they will be sold at public vendue, to defray the charges.
MATTHIAS SHIPMAN. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 26, 1779.
NEW-YORK, May 31
General Washington lay at his Camp at Middlebrook, New Jersey, last Thursday .- The New-York Gazette : and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1441, May 31, 1779.
New-Jersey, May 27. To be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE,
At the house of Col. Nicholas Stillwill, on Cape May, on Monday the seventh day of June, as she now lies stranded on Peck's Beach,
The HULL of the Letter of Marque Brig DELIGHT. And at the same time and place will be sold, the CARGO of said brig, consisting of eighty puncheons of good West- India rum, about one ton of gun-powder, a number of small arms, and two or three tons of cannon ball; together with the great guns, cables, anchors, sails, rigging and furniture of said brig,
By order of the Court of Admiralty.
JOSEPH POTTS, Marshal.
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New-Jersey, Fifth Month 26, 1779.
Whereas Judah Clemens of Waterford township, in the State of New Jersey, is frequently deprived of the use of his reason, this therefore is to inform all persons thereof, and to forewarn them not to credit him, or to purchase from him any part of his estate, either real or personal, his being in the above unhappy situation rendering him incapable of transacting his business. Tavern-keepers in particular are requested not to supply him with liquor .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 2, 1779.
TRENTON, June 2.
At a Joint Meeting of the Council and Assembly, on Tuesday the 25th ult. William Churchill Houston,1 Esq; Member of the General Assembly for the county of Somer- set, was elected one of the Delegates to represent this state in Congress .- And on Friday last Robert Friend Price,2. Esq; was elected a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace; John Wilkins, Jun. Esq; Judge of the Court of Common-Pleas; and Mr. Thomas Tabor, a Justice of the Peace, all of and for the county of Glou- cester.
On the 29th ult. the brigantine Delight, Captain James Dawson, from Tortola to New York, mounting 12 guns, with 29 hands, came ashore in a fog on Peck's beach on Cape May. Her cargo consisted of upwards of 80 hogs- heads of rum, some sugar, &c. Soon after she came ashore, our militia took possession of both vessel and cargo, and sent off the crew under guard to Philadelphia. By a letter found on board the above brig, we learn that the inhabit-
1 For a sketch of William Churchill Houston, see New Jersey Archives, 26:288. .
2 A sketch of Robert Friend Price will be found in New Jersey Archives, 20:154. 1
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ants of Tortola had lately suffered much by an uncommon drought, no rain having fallen there for upwards of two months.
We are informed that a County-Meeting is to be held to-morrow, at the Court-house in Somerset, for the purpose of considering the present situation of public affairs; and for instructing their Representatives in the Legislature, upon certain subjects of the highest importance to the welfare of the State.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
Ran Away on the thirteenth of June, 1778, from the subscriber, living in Hardwick, Sussex county, New- Jersey, a Negro Wench named NANNY about twenty- two years of age, thick built, of a yellowish complexion and pretty long hair : had on when she went away, a white linen short gown, a pale blue flannel petticoat, an old striped lincey ditto, pale blue stockings, and leather heeled shoes. Whoever takes her up and secures her in any gaol, so that I can get her again, shall receive the above reward, and if brought home all reasonable charges, paid by THOMAS HUNT.
N. B. She had two bonnets with her, one black and the other white.
-The Pennsylvania Packet, June 3, 1779.
Yesterday being HIS MAJESTY's BIRTHDAY, an elegant Entertainment was given by his Excellency Gen- eral Tryon, at which were present the Governors of New- Jersey1 and North Carolina, and Members of his Majesty's Council for the Province of New-York, the Judges and other Officers of Government.
1 William Franklin, the expelled Royal Governor.
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The following Toasts were drank on the Occasion :
1. The KING.
2. The QUEEN and Royal Family.
3. The LANDGRAVE of Hesse.
4. The Foreign Powers in Amity with Great-Britain.
5. The Army and Navy.
6. The Commander in Chief, and Success to his Majesty's Arms.
7. His Majesty's Ministers.
8. Governor Tryon, and a speedy Restoration of the Government of New-York.
9. Governor Franklin, and a speedy Restoration of the Government of New-Jersey.
10. Governor Martin, and a speedy Restoration of the Government of North Carolina.
11. Unanimity and Firmness to Great-Britain.
12. The Navy and Army at St. Lucia.
13. General Haldimand, and our Friends in Canada.
14. General Knyphausen and the Hessian Corps under his com- mand.
15. General Prescot, Garrison and our Friends at Rhode Island.
16. General Prevost, and our Friends in Georgia.
17. General Campbell, and our Friends in Florida.
18. General M'Lean, the Garrison and our Friends at Halifax.
19. The COMMANDANT of New-York.
20. Mr. MATHEWS the MAYOR, and Loyal Citizens of New- York.
21. The LOYALISTS on the Continent of America.
22. Success to the Exertions of the Refugees.
23. JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN.
24. A speedy Suppression to Rebellion.
25. A happy Restoration of Civil Government in His Majesty's Colonies.
26. A speedy arrival to Admiral Arbuthnot and the Fleet under his command.
27. CHURCH AND STATE.
-The Royal Gazette, No. 280, June 5, 1779.
NEW-YORK, June 7.
Col. Buskirk, suspecting there were some Spies and Robbers, near his Post at Howbuck, on Friday the 4th In- stant, that Night ordered out a small Number of Men, who,
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about 3 o'clock the same Morning, discovered a Party of Rebels in a Rye Field in the English Neighborhood, two of whom they took Prisoners, one of them named William Wirts,1 the other Henry Bastion, both noted Spies and Robbers, the former having followed the Business a con- siderable Time, and pretends to belong to the Militia.
We hear that the greatest Part of Washington's Army have left their Camp at Middlebrook, and are marched towards Tappan and Haverstraw, on the West Side of Hudson's River .- The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1442, June 7, 1779.
CHATHAM MAY 8.
The 2d New Jersey regiment, commanded by Col. Is- rael Shreve,2 which has been quartered at New-Ark since last Fall, having received Orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's warning, and it being supposed that they will soon be ordered away from this station, a number of the principal inhabitants of the town gave an elegant entertainment to the officers of the regi- ment, and appointed Doctor William Burnet, jun. to pre- sent to the Colonel the following address, in testimony of their approbation and esteem.
To Col. ISRAEL SHREVE, commanding the 2d New- Jersey regiment.
D EEPLY impressed with a grateful sense of the ob- ligation the inhabitants of this town are under unto you, Sir, and the other officers of the 2d New-Jersey regiment, permit me in the name, and by order of a com- mittee appointed for that purpose, to assure you that we shall always retain the warmest sentiments of gratitude
1 William Werts, private, of Bergen, was wounded in April, 1780.
2 A note on Col. Israel Shreve is printed in New Jersey Archives, 2d Series, 1:103.
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and respect for the great attention you have paid to the welfare, peace, and safety of the town, during your com- mand here.
The great regularity and good order that has been main- tained among the. troops, their respectful treatment of the inhabitants, and the constant harmony that has subsisted between them and the soldiery, we are sensible, has been greatly owing to the prudence, diligence, and care of their officers.
As your vigilant conduct here must have gained the ap- probation of the Honourable Congress, and his Excellency the Commander in Chief, we doubt not, if it was confident with the more general public good, but you would be con- tinued longer on this station, which would give great pleasure and be no small security unto us.
Since it is otherwise, we silently submit, and are happy in this opportunity of expressing the great satisfaction we have had in your behaviour among us; and wherever divine Providence may call you, we most ardently wish you may be useful and happy, and gloriously instrumental in the salvation of your country.
By order of the Committee,
WILIAM BURNET, jun.1
To which the Colonel was pleased to return the follow- ing ANSWER.
GENTLEMEN,
The honour you have given me and my regiment, in your polite address, affords the most heartfelt satisfaction. -The good and virtuous only have the power of doing it.
Permit me to say that your virtuous and vigilant exer- tions in the cause of your country, has left me little more to do than enforce your good designs.
If we leave you, we leave you with regret; and when-
1 A sketch of Dr. William Burnet, jun., is given in New Jersey Archives, 2d Series, 1: 452.
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ever it may be our happy lot to meet you again, we trust. our conduct towards the good citizens of this place, will convince them how desirous we are of their respect and. regard.
By desire of the officers of the 2d Jersey regiment. ISRAEL SHREVE, Col.
After dinner the following patriotic toasts were drank,. and the day was spent with agreeable festivity and mutual satisfaction and joy :
1 The United States of America; 2 The Congress ; 3 His Excellency General Washington; 4 The army and navy; 5 The King and Queen of France and all our foreign allies ; 6 Doctor Franklin and our Ambassadors at foreign courts ; 7 The Governor and State of New Jersey; 8 The memory of all those worthies who have gloriously fought and bled in defence of their country; 9 The glorious mi- nority of the British parliament; 10 The friends of free- dom throughout the world; 11 May the glorious example of the first asserters and defenders of American freedom be always hallowed by their posterity; 12 A speedy, honourable, and lasting peace ; 13 May the American fair never give their hearts or hands to any but those who have virtue and courage to defend them.
Last week a Mr. Zedwich, formerly a Lieut. Col. in our service, was taken up at Roxbury, in Morris County, endeavouring to get to the enemy. This traitor, in 1776, was detected of holding a correspondence with Capt. Van- derput of [t]he Asia man of war; for which he was sentenced by a court-martial, to remain a prisoner during the contest, and was sent to Reading, in Pennsylvania, where he had his parole, and this is the third time he has violated what a gentleman would deem sacred .- The strat- agem he made use of to facilitate his escape was to disguise himself in woman's clothes, and forge a pass of a militia
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Colonel at Reading. He was, on Friday last, sent in irons to headquarters.
We hear that the noted Clove gang of villains are taken up and properly secured. One of them was killed and another badly wounded. They made some useful dis- coveries. Some of their stolen goods are found. We hope to give a particular account of this affair in our next.
TO BE SOLD, By G. DUYCKINCK At Morris Town,
A Complete assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, and patent ditto. Also, Decanters and wine glasses, china, japaned ware, servers, waiters, trays, bread baskets, mahogany ware, servers, waiters trays; pictures a complete assortment, paper hangings ditto, jewellers stones ditto, watch trinkets, hat linings, variety of brass double and single branches, malt and painted table cloths, # painters, limners, and dyers colours, &c. belong- ing to the branch; } window glass of different sizes.
N. B. Those marked thus # are only sold by way of barter for any kind of produce for family use.
JOHN THOMPSON,
At Bottle Hill, has just come to hand for sale,
F LOWERED and sprigged black mode, gauze aprons and handkerchiefs, a neat assortment; black, white, plain, and spotted gauze; catgut, black, blue, and cloath coloured sewing silks; fine white thread, writing paper and white lace.
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THIS is to give notice to the gentlemen of the army, and to the public in general, that the subscriber's son, Oliver Taylor, is called a lunatic by all who know him, has frequently run away from his father and inlisted in the army, and cost him a great deal of trouble and expence to buy his discharge, or rather to repay the bounty that he has spent foolishly: This is to desire that no gentleman soldier, or any other person, will inlist the said Oliver, as I shall not buy his discharge, nor pay any debts of his contracting, as he has been discharged by four several Colonels, as soon as his bounty has been spent, he being of no further use.
DANIEL TAYLOR, sen.
New-Ark, May 10, 1779.
TO BE SOLD,
At public vendue, on Thursday the 20th instant, at the house of the subscriber in Elizabeth-Town,
H ORSES, cows, a very neat riding chair with har- ness complete, farming utensils household goods and furniture .- Vendue to begin at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when the conditions of sale will be made known, and due attendance given by
DAVID THOMSON.
TO BE SOLD,
At public vendue, on Monday the 23d inst. by John Hamilton and Ellis Squire, at New-Providence,
A Good set of gun-smith's tools, joiner's ditto, sun- dry hay rakes, men and women's shoes, one ox. cart, washing tub, iron pot, broad-axe, narrow ditto, and sundry other things. The vendue to begin at. 1 o'clock.
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TO BE SOLD,
At vendue at Morrell's store in Chatham, on Saturday the 22d inst. to begin precisely at 2 o'clock.
THREE young new milch cows, one very neat fowling piece, with bayonet and cartouch box, 4 or 5 bar- rels. of racked cyder, half gallon and quart bottles filled with vinegar, two very good coats but little the worse for wear, two pair of breeches, one cloth jacket, one silk ditto, ten or twelve yards of fine bath coating, one piece of buckram, a number of ox chains and other farm- ing utensils, salt pork, empty quart bottles, chalk, ground ginger, tallow and candles, white and yellow buff-ball one wheel, compleat set of china tea-cups and saucers, a few tea pots and other earthen ware indigo by the pound or hundred, razors and soap, one new curb bridle, maps and pictures, mohair buttons, six or eight feet of new tin funnel, flax, cedar washingtubs, milk kealkers and pails, one tea-kettle, one large brass kettle, wine glasses, very curious worked pocket book, three or four tables, a num- ber of weaver's reads, powder horns filled with powder, a case of bottles, four yards of callico, one new pye-pan, with a variety of other articles by
JACOB MORRELL.
W AS found some time ago, by a servant in New- Ark, a SWORD mounted with pinchback. The owner by applying to the subscriber, and paying the charge of this advertisement, may have it again JOHN BURNET.
A NY person having a good riding CHAIR to dispose of, may hear of a purchaser by applying to the printer of this paper. 1
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W HEREAS several persons in this state who were formerly employed in the waggon department, and others now in the service, have in their pos- session waggons, horses, tents, waggon covers, forrage bags, &c. &c. which they make use of as their own property; I do hereby give this public notice to all persons who have any stores in their possession belonging to the public that they do immediately deliver the same to the subscriber in Morris Town, or give notice to the nearest Quarter- Master where such stores are that they may be collected. Should any stores be found in the possession of any person or persons whatsoever, after the first of June, they may depend upon being prosecuted for the same-Any person who will inform the subscriber of any public stores in possession of any individual, after said first day of June, shall be well rewarded by
JAMES ABEEL, D. Q. M. G.
CHATHAM, JUNE 8.
On Saturday last Lady Washington set out from Troy 1 on her way to Virginia.
Last week the whole of the army under the immediate command of his Excellency General Washington, left their barracks and proceeded towards the North River.
Last week one Lawrence was detected at Second-River enlisting men for the British service, who afterwards made his escape, while our people were endeavouring to save the papers which his wife threw in the fire. His enlisting roll was saved, by which means thirteen of the inhabitants, who had enlisted, were apprehended, and safely lodged in Morris Town gaol.
1 In Morris county, N. J.
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JAMES THOMPSON,
At CANOE-BROOK, has just come to hand the following articles, which he will sell as cheap, for cash, as the times will admit of, viz.
B LACK mode and pealing, black and white spotted and plain gauze, black and white gauze handker- chiefs, plain and flowered lawn, black and white catgut, silk gloves, fine thread, sewing silk, black ribbon, skeletons, camblets, apron tape, fans, beads, bonnet paper, snuff, bohea tea, indigo, sleeve buttons, fine and coarse combs, Dilworth's spelling-books, queen's ware teapots, pins and needles, knitting-needles, alum brimstone, pigtail tobacco, hard soap, flints, powder and shot.
S YTRAYED from the subscriber, about 5 weeks ago, - twelve HOGS, all of them are white, some with yokes on, about a year old, but small of their age .-- Whoever will give information of said hogs, so that the owner may get them again, shall have Twenty Dollars reward.
GIDEON HEDGES, senr. Hanover, June 7, 1779.
TOLEN out of the house of the subscriber, the 1st of may, a large pair of silver buckles, marked with I P on one side, and D C on the other .- Whoever will apprehend the thief, so that the buckles may be had again, shall have Forty Dollars reward, or Thirty Dollars for the buckles alone.
DANIEL CORY.
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C AME to the house of the subscriber living at Vaux- hall, the 6th inst. a black HORSE, about 14 hands high, market G F on his left thigh-The owner may have him again by applying to the subscriber and paying charges.
ELIAKIM LITTLE.
D ESERTED from Capt. Doughty's company, Col.' Lamb's regiment of artillery, MICHAEL ROE;
he is about 6 feet high, dark complexion, short black hair, grey eyes, full faced, about 20 years old; had on when he went off a short jacket and overalls.
Also, BEZELIEL ACKLY; he is about 25 years old, brown complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes; had on, when he deserted, a black regimental coat, hat, and a pair of overalls .- Any person that shall apprehend said deserters, and deliver them to the commanding officer of the regiment, at the park of artillery, shall be entitled to a reward of Twenty Dollars for each, with necessary expenses attending the same.
THOMAS THOMPSON, Capt. Lieut. Art.
D ESERTED from the Park of Artillery this morn- ing, WILLIAM HELNIT, matross in Capt. Mott's company, Col. Lamb's regiment of Artillery ; he is about five feet five inches high, stout built, fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes, blooming cheeks, between twenty- two and twenty-six years of age, his hair is short and curls; was whipt the 14th instant for theft, which his back now shews sufficient proof; he is suspected of hav- ing stole from a man in the neighbourhood of the Park, last night, about two thousand dollars, of course he has plenty of money ; he had the regimentals of the Artillery on, but its likely he has changed his clothes. Any person
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that shall apprehend said deserter, and deliver him to the commanding officer of the battalion at the Park of Artillery, shall be entitled to Fifty Dollars reward, with necessary expenses attending the same.
GERSHOM MOTT,1 Capt. of Artillery.
Park of Artillery, Pluck'emin, May 28, 1779.
0 NE dozen of good SHEEP to be let out at the com- mon custom by
JOHN BLANCHARD.
S TRAYED or stolen from a pasture near the Ar- tillery-Park, Pluck'emin, on the night of the 23d inst. a brown horse, near fifteen hands high, well made, has a streak of white in his face, and a small spot next above the hoof of one of his hind feet, is high withered,
1 Gershom Mott was one of the most daring agitators in New York in the ten years preceding the Revolution, serving on a committee appointed Oct. 31, 1765, to organize the Colonies to form a confederacy, the better to resist the aggressions of the British Ministry. This was the second committee of the kind in America. He was an active member of the Sons of Liberty of New York. At the beginning of the Revolution he received a commission, June 28, 1775, as Captain in McDougall's 1st New York Regiment. He accompanied Montgomery's ill-fated expedition to Quebec, in 1775, and was placed under arrest for abandoning a mortar battery at the siege of Fort St. Johns, on the Richelieu river, but was promptly restored to his command, and did good service at Quebec until the retreat in April, 1777. On Jan. 1, 1777, he was commissioned Captain 2d Continental Artillery. On returning as far as Albany he was assigned to duty as a recruiting officer, and had much friction with Gen. Gates. Being highly esteemed by Col. John Lamb, of the New York Artillery, the latter took much pains to secure his promotion to be Major of his regiment, but without success. He was in command at Fort Constitution, with a handful of smiths and other artificers, when Forts Montgomery and Clinton were captured by the British, and thereupon was obliged to evacuate that fort October, 1777. He continued in the service until June, 1783 .- N. Y. Rev. MSS .; Life and Letters of John Lamb; The Sons of Liberty in New York, by Henry B. Dawson, p. 105; Memorial Hist. City of N. Y., II., 367, 371, 375; Bancroft's Hist. U. S., V. (8vo., 1852), 352 ; VIII., 206; Heitman's Register, 303.
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