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ELIKAM LITTLE.
To be sold at public VENDUE,
At the house of William Cherry, at Morris Town, on Wednesday the 13th of this instant, October; A Weavers furniture, such as a loom, ten or twelve reeds and gears, a feather bed, and sundry other articles too tedious to mention, late the property of Ruben Cherry, deceased. The said vendue to begin at one o'clock on said day, when attendance will be given, and conditions of sale will be made known by
HENRY WADE, Administrator.
W HEREAS public notice has been given in the Tren- ton paper, desiring all persons who have any de- mands against the estate of John Lefferty, de- ceased, to send in their accounts to Bryant Lefferty, near Pluck'emin. This is to give notice, that unless they are sent in by the first day of November next, the accounts will be closed ;- and on the said first day of November next, will be sold, at the house of Mary Lefferty, near Pluck'emin, a number of books in history and law, bed and
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bedding, household furniture of different sorts, a chest of drawers, desk, &c.
BRYANT LEFFERTY, STEPHEN HUNT
Oct. 4, 1779.
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YTRAYED or stolen out of the pasture of Jacob Dunn, at Quibble-Town, a bright bay horse about 14 hands high, six years old, trots and canters, and paces a little; is branded with the letter M on the left thigh, rather higher than common; has some white in his face, and likewise on his feet. Any person that will bring the said horse to Jacob Dunn, at Quibble-Town, or the subscriber, at Flanders, in Morris County, shall receive one hundred dollars reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
DAVID HULL.
September 28, 1779.
ITHE subscriber has a plantation of about 100 acres, well situated, with a good dwelling house, barn, cyder mill and house, 300 bearing apple trees of extraordinary fruit, and a large peach orchard; the whole pleasantly situated, which he will sell at private sale. Also a still with cisterns.
Likewise, at public vendue, on Monday the 11th inst. at 11 o'clock the said day, a mahogany cup-board, cattle, sheep, hay, oats in the sheef, and many other articles.
DANIEL TICHENOR.
EXCELLENT West-India rum by the quantity or small measure, sugar, coffee, German steel, and sundry goods of the grocery kind, to be disposed of for ready cash (no trust) or grain of any kind, tho' oats and rye preferred, at a proportionate price to the goods, by John Hoff, at Mount-Pleasant.
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JOSEPH CURTIS, Has for sale in Morris-Town, a small quantity of the fol- lowing articles, viz.
F RENCH and muscovado sugars, coffee and tea, pep- per, ginger, chalk, rosin, alum, snuff, copperas, indigo, &c .- Also a first rate eight-day clock. Morris-Town, Sept. 28, 1779.
TO BE SOLD, By JACOB HALLETT, At CHATHAM, GOOD Jamaica spirits by the barrel or gallon, plug and pigtail tobacco, pins by the paper, writing and wrapping paper, black pepper, a complete riding chair almost new, a close bodied sulkey, and good packing salt to be exchanged for grain.
Sept. 27, 1779.
To be SOLD, at private sale,
A PLANTATION, containing about 110 acres, 60 of which are good plough land, 19 of meadow, the rest wood, a very good dwelling-house, with four rooms on a floor, and a good well of water near the door, one good waggon horse, and a quantity of grain in the ground, such as wheat and rye. For further particulars apply to William Amos, on the premises, between Scotch Plains and Quibble-Town.
TO BE SOLD, For cash or country produce the old way, Neat RIDING CHAIR, with harness complete. In- quire of Ephraim Sears at Bottle Hill.
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To be sold at public vendue, on Tuesday the 5th of Oc- tober next, at the house of Mrs. Jelf, in Elizabeth Town, the following articles for cash, viz.
OMEN'S silk clothes, a pattern of silk for a gown, W set of curtains, mahogany desk and book case, ditto dining table, large looking-glass, one pair of andirons, one horse cart, a man's saddle, neat pair of plated spurs, an iron bound hogshead, china tea cups and saucers, and many other articles not mentioned. Vendue to begin at 1 o'clock.
AARON DAY ..
TO BE SOLD,
TWO good HORSES, one 8 years old and the other 3, both fit for the saddle or chair, in good order. Two horses will constantly be kept for sale at the house of Obed Denham, at the Short Hills, near Springfield.
A Quantity of excellent SOLE LEATHER to be ex- changed for good raw hides .- A number of the best kind of soldiers large shoes for cash. Leather curried for country produce, by
HENRY GUEST.
N. B. A workman at the curriers business will meet with good encouragement by applying as above. Brunswick, Sept. 28, 1779.
W HEREAS Alice, late called the wife of the sub- scriber, of Bernard township, Somerset county, hath, without just cause, eloped from my bed and board, in my absence, and, by and with the advice and assistance of some evil-minded persons, in a felonious manner, hath taken away my effects to a very considerable amount like a thief, under cover of the night. This is therefore to forewarn all merchants and other persons not
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to trust her on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting from the date hereof.
JACOB WILLIS.
Bernard Town, Sept. 27, 1779.
CAME to the pasture of the subscriber, about the 25th of August last, a very dark brown mare, pretty old,
with no other mark than a large scar on her left buttock near the hip bone. The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay charges, and take her away, otherwise she will be sold to pay charges.
ISAAC WOODRUFF, jun.
Elizabeth Town, Sept. 27, 1779.
Stone House Plain, Essex county, Sept. 27, 1779. YAME to the plantation of the subscriber, the 22d C inst. a brown horse, about 14 hands high, with a blaze in his face, a little white behind his near hind foot, glass eyes, shod before, paces and trots, but most natural to a trot. The owner may, by proving his prop- erty, and paying charges, have him again, by applying to JOHN SPEER.
CAME to the plantation of the subscriber, at Canoe- Brook, the 25th of last April, a black mare, 3 years old, a natural trotter, without brand or mark, 13 hands high. Whoever owns said mare is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges, and take her away.
JOHN OGDEN.
STOLEN from the plantation of Jacob Trimmers, on the 16th inst. an English HORSE, a bright bay, about fourteen hands and a half high, four years old, no brand nor mark, trots and canters well, and carries a very high head and tail, has no white about him, and had a long switch tail when he was taken away .- Any per- son who will secure said horse, so that the owner may get
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him again, shall have two hundred dollars reward, paid by the subscriber living in Roxbury, Morris county.
CALEB SWEZEY, jun. Sept. 27, 1779.
S YTRAYED away from the plantation of the sub- scriber, the 5th inst. a red bull, two years old last spring, no ear mark. Whoever will give informa- tion to the owner, so that he may be had again, shall have thirty dollars reward, and if brought home all reasonable charges, paid by
THADDEUS DAY.
Chatham, Sept. 28, 1779.
ITHE subscriber desires to inform the public, that a FULLING MILL is erecting at Chatham, in Mor-
ris County, which will be ready to go in ten or fifteen days. Those people who are pleased to favour him with their custom, may depend on being served as soon as possible.
NATHANIEL BONNEL. -The New-Jersey Journal, Vol. I. Numb. XXXIV, Oc- tober 5, 1779.
Nassau-Hall, Princeton, New-Jersey, September 30, 1779.
On Tuesday last the Grammar School in this place was publicly examined, in presence of the President and Trustees of the College, and several other gentlemen of letters, when the different classes acquitted themselves much to the satisfaction of all who heard them.
The six following young gentlemen of the first-class were approved and admitted into College as Members of the Freshman Class, John T. Woodford, of Virginia ; John Drayton of South Carolina, William Kennedy, of Philadelphia; Stephen Renselaer, of New York; George Woodruff, and James Rock, of Princeton. Prizes were
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published and contended for by the first Class: (1) in extemporary exercises in Latin Grammar and Syntax ; (2) in reading English with propriety, and answering ques- tions on the Orthography of that language: The first was adjudged to John T. Woodford, the second to John Dray- ton. Prizes were also published and contended for among the inferior Classes: (1) in Latin Grammar and Syntax ; (2) in pronouncing English Orations: The first of these was adjudged to Matthias Baldwin, and the second to Horatio L. Stockton. In the evening the College-Hall was lighted up, and in presence of the Governor of the State, the Trustees of the College, and a numerous assembly of gentlemen and ladies, who had come up to commencement, the six young undergraduates pronounced Orations, John Woodford the Salutatory in Latin, and Stephen Renselaer the valedictory in English, and were heard with universal approbation.
Next day, being Wednesday the 29th, was held the an- nual commencement in College for conferring degrees ; the exercises of which were as follows: After prayers; (1) salutatory latin oration by George Merchant of Princeton, De conjunctione pietatis cum doctrina, sive scientia hu- mana, ut sibi mutuo adjumento sint. (2) English oration by Andrew Bayard of Philadelphia, on the horrors of war. (3) English oration by James Riddle of Pennsylvania on the source of true nobility. (4) English oration by Rich- ard J. Stockton of Princeton, on the principles of true heroism. (5) Latin oration by Matthew McCallister of Pennsylvania, De peregrinatione. (6) Valedictory ora- tion in English, by Aaron Woodruff of Princeton, on affa- bility. After this, the degree of batchelor of arts was conferred on the above six Gentlemen, members of the senior class ; and that of master of arts on Andrew Kirk- patrick, an alumnus of this college. The whole was then concluded with prayer by the President. The company assembled on this occasion was numerous and respectable. They all expressed their satisfaction with the performance
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of the scholars, and the pleasure it gave them to see this seminary beginning to rise from its ruins, and to recover from the desolation it has suffered in the present unnatural war.
The Board of Trustees at their meeting made choice of the Reverend Samuel S. Smith, of Hampden-Sydney in Virginia as Professor of Moral Philosophy.
To THE PUBLIC.
Nassau-Hall, Princeton, New-Jersey.
October 2. 1779.
Notice is hereby given that the vacation of the College will end on Monday the 8th of November, and that of the Grammar-School on Wednesday the 27th inst. Those whose education has been interrupted, may have an oppor- tunity of completing it by entering into any of the classes they shall be found fit for; and they and others are desired to observe that the orders of College will be in every re- spect the same as before, and particularly that no choice or preference will be given them as to the chambers, on ac- count of their standing in the classes, but the time of their residence in the School or College. Neither that circum- stance however, nor any other, will give a preference to those who do not come up at the time the College assem- bles. As there is so universal a complaint of the want of opportunities of educating youth among us at present, it is proper to inform the public, that agreeably to former advertisements the instruction in this School and College has been regularly carried on since the enemy left the State. The Grammar School is numerous and flourishing ; and the difficulties in the way of filling the College are now in a great measure removed. The repairs of the building are in great forwardness, and will go on with out inter- ruption, so that there will be comfortable accommodation for as many as will probably attend this fall. Though the
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number of proper College members last summer did not exceed ten, yet one or other of the Instructors was con- stantly upon the spot. Now another Professor is chosen,1 and a Tutor engaged, so that Parents and Guardians may depend upon the utmost care being taken of the youth. Boarding may be had at the same price as formerly, mak- ing allowance for the state of the currency.
The French language will be taught, and great attention paid to every branch of English education.
JOHN WITHERSPOON. -The Pennsylvania Packet, October 7, 1779.2
New-Jersey, October 1. To be SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE At Greenwich, in the county of Cumberland, on Monday the eleventh inst.
The Prize Brigantine SEA HORSE, with her cargo con- sisting of twelve hundred bushels of salt, ten barrels of sugar, six barrels of loaf ditto, one pipe of wine, ten bar- rels of pork, and a variety of other articles. The Vendue to begin at Ten o'clock.
By order of the Court of Admiralty, JOSEPH POTTS, Marshal.
New-Jersey, October 6 To be SOLD at Public Vendue.
At Chestnut Neck, on Wednesday the twentieth inst. The Schooner DISPATCH; also her cargo consisting of about one thousand bushels of coarse salt, a few hogsheads of molasses, and some tobacco.
By order of the Court of Admiralty JOSEPH POTTS, Marshal. The Pennsylvania Packet, October 9, 1779. -
1 The Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, Professor of Moral Philosophy.
2 Also in the New Jersey Gazette, Vol. II., No. 94, Oct. 13, 1779, where the name of William Ch. Houston is also appended.
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NEW-YORK, Octo. 11.
The Officers belonging to General Sullivan's Army are expected from the Indian Country at Elizabeth Town, in a few days .- The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1460, October 11, 1779.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
R AN away from the subscriber, early this morning, from Mr. John Leary's, at Chatham, a negro man named SCIPIO, about 5 feet 9 inches high, about 35 years old, with flat face and nose, large eyes, and grey hair on his head; he had on a claret coloured short coat, with lappels, a gold lace or old plain hat, short waistcoat, and leather breeches, a pair of shoes without buckles; he had a bundle with him, containing four shirts, a blanket, and a pair of breeches, &c .- Whoever will take up said negro, and deliver him to Capt. Jacob Arnold, at Morris Town, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid by
JOHN BARRERE.
October 11, 1779.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
W AS stolen from the subscriber at Elizabeth Town, on the night of the 7th instant, a very dark brown horse, with a new saddle, and old bridle on him, four years old, about 14 hands high, trots and canters, a small main and switch tail, no brand, nor white mark that I know of, has a lump as large as an egg on one of his hind legs, and no shoes on when stolen. Whoever secures the thief, that he may be brought to justice, shall receive Forty Dollars reward; and for returning the horse, saddle, and , bridle, Sixty Dollars and all reasonable charges paid by PHILIP DURELL, Potter.
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THOSE who expect me to discharge their accounts I against the Quarter Master General's department, must call by Friday next. Those who have not compleated their subscriptions to the continental loan, and do not call by the above time, will be precluded. Sickness hath prevented me attending in the several districts of the county as I proposed; and I cannot employ a person to call for the subscriptions in my behalf, as I have no other fee or reward for my own trouble and expence with the loan, than the pleasure of serving the public.
For those which are commonly called good customers SHOES, I have concluded to give as much as the public allow for two bushels of corn, which at present is 20 dol- lars. On this encouragement I hope our brave soldiers will not be left to suffer for want of shoes.
JAMES CALDWELL.
Springfield, October 11, 1779.
CAME to the plantation of the subscriber, living in New-Providence, the 3d instant, a sorrel horse colt, with three white feet, about 6 months old. Who- ever owns said colt, may, by proving their property, and paying charges, have him again by applying to
GILBERT HEDGES.
To be sold at public VENDUE.
On Thursday the 14th instant, at the house of John High, deceased, at Westfield ;
H ORSES, cows, oxen, steers, young cattle, sheep, hogs, English and salt hay, Indian corn, rye, oats, bees, bar iron, posts, set of carpenter's tools, household goods, flax, farming utensils, &c. &c. Vendue to begin at 10 o'clock, and continue from day to day until the whole is sold. Articles of vendue will be made known, and at- tendance given by
JOHN DARBY and
PHILEMON ELMER 1 Executors.
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Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from out of the pasture of the subscriber, at Bottle-Hill, on the 19th of Septem- ber last, a light coloured sorrel horse, with a blaze in his face, full fifteen hands high, with both his hind feet white, and a bob tail; trots and canters well, but rather slack mounted. He was imported and taken from the British, and had been branded with the continental brand, but hardly perceivable. Whoever will secure said horse, so that the owner may have him again, shall receive the above reward, or Three Hundred Dollars for horse and thief.
ANDREW STOCKHOLM. Chatham, Oct. 11, 1779.
To be SOLD, at private Sale,
THE noted FARM where the subscriber now lives, containing 63 acres of land, situate on a public road, well watered, a sufficient quantity of meadow fit for mowing, and a good stand for public business, a tavern having been kept there for 20 years past. For par- ticulars apply to
DAVID BRANT.
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YAME to the plantation of the subscriber, living at New-Providence, about the middle of September last, a brown yearling heifer, without any mark or brand. The owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges and take her away.
JACOB POTTER.
October 11, 1779.
NAME to the plantation of the subscriber, about the 20th of September last, a large pide cow, with a hallow crop on the right ear, a nick under the same, and two nicks under the left ear .- The owner is desired to come prove property, pay charges, and take her away. GIDEON RIGGS.
Morris Town, Oct. 11, 1779.
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C YAME to the plantation of the subscriber, the 1st in- stant, a dark brown mare, 3 years old, about 13 hands and 3 inches high, well set, neither mark nor brand, natural or artificial .- Whoever owns said mare may, by proving property, and paying charges, have her again by applying to
WILLIAM CALWELL.
Long-Hill, Oct. 11, 1779.
To Be SOLD by
STEPHENSON and CANFIELD,
In MORRIS TOWN,
Opposite Mr. Robert Norris's tavern, for cash or country produce ;
B EST black silk mode, Common do.
Black peelong,
An assortment of ribands,
Do. do. sewing silks,
Black Barcelona handkerchiefs,
Do. cravats,
Check'd silk handkerchiefs,
Do. linen do.
Striped holland,
Stamped calico,
Watch springs,
Sewing threads,
Do. keys,
Wide and narrow tapes,
Coarse and fine combs,
Womens crooked do.
Bed cords and halters,
Do. handkerchiefs,
Fine cambricks,
Alspice, ginger,
Alum, brimstone, indigo,
English pins,
Shoe brushes, men's shoes,
Snuff by the pound or bladder,
Blank books,
Baxter's works,
Oeconomy of human life.
Hyson and bohea tea, October 3, 1779.
Hair and hat pins,
Skeletons,
Barlow penknives,
Knives and forks,
Writing paper,
Shoe and knee buckles,
Sleeve buttons,
Silk and hair twist,
Red and black pocket books,
Buttons
Button moulds and shoe heels,
Silk and thread gauze spotted and with satin stripes, Striped, spotted, and plain lawns,
Best White-Chaple needles, Common do.
Black velvets,
Broadcloth and hunters cloth, Brown sagothy,
Blue sattinet and shalloons,
Buckram, Irish linen,
Window glass 6 by 8,
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Best WRITING-PAPER,
BY THE REAM OR QUIRE,
SPELLING BOOKS,
BY THE DOZEN OR SINGLE ONE,
TO BE SOLD AT THE PRINTING OFFICE.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be SOLD AT THE PRINTING-OFFICE,
POEMS
0 N several OCCURRENCES in the present grand struggle for AMERICAN LIBERTY.1
CONTAINING,
1. A contest between the Eagle and the Crane.
2. A dialogue between Col. Paine and Miss Clorinda Fairchild.
3. St. Clair's retreat and Burgoyne's defeat.
4. The first Chapter of the Lamentations of General Burgoyne.
5. The fall of Burgoyne.
6. The vanity of trusting in an arm of flesh.
7. The tragical death of Miss Jane M'Crea.
8. An answer for the messengers of the nations.
1 By Wheeler Case. Reprinted in 1852 by the Rev. Stephen Dod.
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WANTED,
A s an APPRENTICE in the printing business, a boy about fourteen years old, who can read and write well. Inquire of the Printer.
-The New-Jersey Journal, Vol. I., Number XXXV., October 12, 1779.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of New-Jersey, and Territories there- unto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same;
PROCLAMATION.
W HEREAS some of the militia officers of this State (whose names are, for their own sakes, at present concealed from public cognizance) who have been in captivity with the enemy and were suffered to come home on their parole, to return at the respective times therein limited, are reported by the commissary of pris- oners as violators of their parole: And whereas a conduct so ignominious to the individuals themselves, so dishon- ourable to their country, and so injurious to those gentle- men who were associated with them in misfortune, but have preserved their honour inviolate, deserves the most public disapprobation of government, and requires the most effectual measures to deprive the parties of the bene- fit of their delinquency, and to compel their return .- I HAVE THEREFORE THOUGHT FIT, by and with the advice of the Honourable Privy Council of this State, to issue this Proclamation, hereby strictly charging and requiring
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the said delinquents to return to the enemy, agreeable to their parole, and in all respects to conform themselves thereto, as they will answer the contrary at their peril.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Trenton, the eighth Day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and in the 4th Year of the Independence of America.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's Command, Bowes Reed, Secretary.
TRENTON, OCTOBER 13.
To the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS assembled.
The Representation of the Legislative-Council and Gen- eral Assembly of the State of New-Jersey, on behalf of the said State,
Sheweth,
HAT amidst the promising prospects of an happy issue of the present war, and of the establishment of the glorious freedom and independence of these United States, we feel the most painful anxieties from the state of the continental finances, which threatens not only embarrassment but ruin to the publick measures.
In a crisis so alarming, it becomes freemen not to consume their time in unavailing murmurings and complaints, but to interest them- selves in devising means to remedy the grievance, and if possible, avert the impending mischief. We do not mean to detain Congress upon the causes, to which the great and growing depreciation of our paper currency is to be ascribed, but to express our sense of the necessity of immediately adopting measures to check the increasing evil, and for restoring and rendering permanent the publick credit.
If we calculate for a year to come from the events of a few months past, the increase of prices and publick debts must appear truly alarm- ing ; the latter perhaps will exceed the reach of common computa- tion, and the former rise to the utter destruction of our paper cur- rency. The money ceasing to circulate, and perishing in the hands of the unfortunate possessors, all business must necessarily stagnate for want of a circulating medium, and the inevitable ruin of multitudes, if not of these United States, take place .- To avoid evils so truly de- plorable, we conceive that every possible exertion ought to be made ; and that nothing short of a regulation of prices generally adopted, and effectually carried into execution, will prove sufficient.
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As to the impracticability of this measure, so much urged by specu- lators, monopolizers, and others, whose minds are vitiated and poisoned by similar views of unreasonable gain, and those who wish to ruin our money in order to conquer us in that way, it has not the smallest degree of weight with us; because we are very clear, that it does not exist. If the measure is practicable in one state, it is also in another, and of course may be carried through the union ; and that it is prac- ticable in one state we are sure, because it has been adopted, and carried into execution in the state we have the honor to represent ; And indeed we most sincerely lament the part some of the other states acted on this very interesting and important occasion. Had they come into the regulation, when this state did, and persevered in it as faithfully as this state would have done, our affairs would prob- ably have worn a very different aspect from what they now do, and the debt with which we are saddled, not have arisen to the enormous sum which now appears.
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