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ICHABOD ROSS.
November 15, 1779.
C AME to the plantation of the subscriber, near the Scotch Plains meeting-house, the 10th instant, a bright bay mare, about 14 hands high, 3 years old ; has a star in her forehead, and is shod before. The owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges, and take her away.
HEZEKIAH STITES.
B Y virtue of an act of assembly of this State, passed at Trenton, the 31st May last, intitled "An act for "vesting the estate of William Alexander, Earl of "Stirling, within this state, in trustees, to discharge by the "sale thereof, or of as much as may suffice, the debts and "incumbrances affecting the same, and to convey to him the "remainder, if any there be;" will be sold on the 15th day
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of December next, at the house of Mr. John Britton, tavern-keeper, at Baskenridge, and the succeeding days by adjournment, if necessary, thirty-two lots of excellent swamp and ridge land, situate in the Great Swamp, in Morris County, adjoining the lots in the said swamp sold by the said trustees on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of October last. The lots in general contain from 50 to 100 acres, and are laid down in a map in the lands of Daniel Cooper, jun. Esq; at Long-Hill, near Baskenridge, who will shew the premises to any person inclining to purchase. A two rod road is laid out through the middle of the swamp, by which easy access may be had to every lot. The map of the whole will be put on record in the county of Morris, for the benefit and security of the purchasers. RICHARD STEVENS, JOHN MEHELM.
New-Jersey, Nor. 8, 1779.
TOLEN out of the pasture of the subscriber, on the 4th instant, a black mare, about 14 hands high, well set, in good order, carries her head low, and nose out, hind legs something crooked, shod before, a small star in her forehead, trots and canters but indifferently .- Whoever takes up said mare and thief, so that the owner may get the mare, and the thief be brought to justice, shall receive One Hundred Dollars Reward, or fifty for either, paid by
SAMUEL HAINS.
N. B. The thief left, at the same time, a. stout bay mare, with a star in her forehead, carries well, trots and canters, and appears to have suckled a colt this season. The owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges, and leave her until I find mine; unless he is contented with the swap, which, if so, I am. S. H. Baskenridge, Nov. 8, 1779.
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ROBERT EASTBURN,1 At New-Brunswick, has for sale, A quantity of good SALT .
JOSEPH CURTIS,
HAS FOR SALE IN MORRIS-TOWN;
A
New windsor sulkey, made on the lightest construc- tion, with harness compleat; a light two-horse waggon and a slay, both without harness, and the worse for wear; an able draught horse, six years old, in good order; a pair of small silver mounted pistols, with holsters ; a second hand desk, a new mahogany desk and book case, about two hundred volumes of books, mostly new, among which are some of the works of Harvey, Dod- ridge, Rowe, Pope, &c. Rambler, Guardian, Tattler, Cla- rissa, Harlow, Family Physician, M'Kenzie on health, Brown's Estimate, Bellisarius, Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences ; Antiquities of Rome, Triumvirate, Baron Fab- ricus's Letters, Guthry's Memoirs, History of Callifernia, Vicar of Wakefield, the Grave, a Poem; Watt's Miscela- nies, Piscatory Eclogues, Art of Speaking, School-Master's Assistant, Croxall's Fables, Cornelius Nepos, Clark's Sal- lust, Justin, and Introduction; Rudimens Rudiments, Military Instructions, a Treatise on Courts Martial, Hay's Magazine, Dryden's Virgil, Italian Copies, a complete table set of burnt china, mint-water.
A good price will be given at the above place for the 2d vol. of the Rambler, 3 vol. of Humphrey Clinker, 2d vol. of Juliet Granville, 1st vol. of Triumph of Benevolence, 2d vol. Progress of Vanity and Virtue, and 1st vol. Attur- bury's sermon's.
N. B. A few casks of French, shore, and rock salt.
1 For a sketch of Robert Eastburn, see New Jersey Archives, 2d Series, III.
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R EFINED BAR IRON, all sorts of NAILS, HOL- LOW WARE, and other castings, to be exchanged in the old way for country produce, at Mount Hope furnace.
Nov. 8, 1779.
To be SOLD at private sale, The beautiful brown bay horse
BOLD TRAVELLER,
H E is of full blood and size. The number of his colts in this country, added to his own beauty, will recommend him as one of the first covering horses. Likewise for sale, a bay gelding. For particulars apply to the subscriber near Bound Brook.
ABRAHAM FREEMAN. Nov. 8, 1779.
To be let at public VENDUE,
On Friday the 26th of November, and entered upon immediately ;
A HOUSE, very convenient for a merchant or mechanic, in a pleasant part of the town of Newark, with a quarter of an acre of land.
ISRAEL BEACH.
Newark, Nov. 8.
-The New-Jersey Journal, Vol. I., Numb. XL., Novem- ber 16, 1779.1
1 Number XLI. and Number XLII. of The New Jersey Journal have not been found.
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TO BE SOLD,
An elegant and commodious Lot, containing near two acres of ground, where on the family of the subscriber lately dwelt, situate near the Market-house in Trenton, fronting about 200 feet on Market street, and commanding a beautiful view of the Delaware for a considerable extent, including the Falls; together with the buildings and im- provements thereon, to wit, a framed dwelling-house, con- taining six rooms on the lower floor and two above, besides the kitchen and other roomy back buildings; a brick build- ing, fronting on the street, well calculated for an office or any public business, having two rooms on a floor, with a fire-place in each, and a cellar under the whole; a large and commodious carriage-house, also fronting on the street; suitable buildings on the rear of the lot for stables and forage houses, with an out-let the back way; two wells of exceeding good water, with a pump in each ; and a large garden, well stored with fruit-trees, asparagus beds, and other conveniences, adapted as well to please the eye as to furnish the table. The purchaser may have possession im- mediately. For terms apply to MAJOR GORDON, in Trenton, or the subscriber in Philadelphia.
CHARLES PETTIT1
N. B. Loan Office certificates of an early date would be preferred in payment, and a suitable advance allowed on them, especially for those bearing date before the first of March 1778.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, November 17, 1779.
1 For a sketch of Charles Pettit, see New Jersey Archives, X. : 133.
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To all whom it may concern.
New- Jersey, ss N OTICE is hereby given that a court of ad- miralty will be held at the house of James Esdall in Burlington, on Tues- day the 21st day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bills of Rufus Gardner, (who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the William, lately commanded by John Brightman ; and of Peter Day, (who as well, &c.) against the brigantine or vessel called the Providence, lately commanded by John Munro, the schooner or vessel called the Mercury, lately commanded by George Campbell, and a negro slave named George, taken on board the said schooner; to the end and intent, that the owner or owners of the said vessels and cargoes, or negro slave, or any person or persons concerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the same should not be condemned, according to the prayer of the said bills.
By order of the Judge
Jos. BLOOMFIELD, Reg. Nov. 6, 1779.
N OTICE is hereby given to all persons who are indebted to the estate of William Hugan, late of Monmouth county, deceased, that they are required immedi- ately to discharge what is due from them; and if others have any demands against the said estate, they are re- quested to present their accounts for payment, on or before the first day of December next, to one of the subscribers. NATH. SCUDDER, 1 Execu- JAMES KIRKPATRICK, S tors.
Freehold, October 11, 1779
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Mr. COLLINS,
N your Gazette, No. 79, I recommended to Congress, &c., the great necessity of laws to regulate trade, as a sure remedy to secure property, encourage industry, and make trade exceeding
easy. All who regard the publick good, more than their own private advantage, do allow it would have been very happy for America, had it been gone into when first recommended from Congress. Happy would it be for the United States to come into it now; it would not only expel from our shores the British savages, but that monstrous off- scouring of America, in which alone they are outdone. Unhappy are the people who suffer those things their friends fear, and their ene- mies wish. I know not a man who is a real friend to his country, that is not for a general regulation of prices ; nor one disaffected wretch, who is not against it :- There needs no better criterion to distinguish our friends from our foes. Is there any thing then that ought to hinder us from making use of the only remedy in our power? It is sometimes that Providence blinds the understanding of those whom it destines to destruction, but God forbid that those at the helm of affairs, should ever not fully and repeatedly consider, or that they should, from any unhappy impulse, scruple or hesitate to stay and to stop the measures that please, and are of so much service to their enemies, and injury to themselves.
Particular accidents have caused States to lose their liberty, but this calamity is generally owing to the decay of virtue. 'A people travel fast to destruction, when individuals consider their interest, as distinct from those of the publick : such notions are fatal to them- selves and country. Miserable Men! of whom it is hard to say, whether they ought to be most the objects of pity or contempt .- Tho' I always reflect with a high pleasure on the integrity and under- standing of my countrymen, which joined with a pure and humble de- votion to the great Author of every blessing they enjoy, will, I hope, insure to them and their posterity, all temporal and eternal happi- ness ; yet when I consider, that in every age and country, there have been bad men, I am constrained to believe, that there are some here, against whom we ought to be upon our guard.
It is needless to numerate the many evils the want of wholesome laws, to restrain the prevailing and enormous vices of the present day, have occasioned; hence we are under the necessity of having com- mittees, vainly endeavouring to do the business of the Legislatures ; hence we have needless petetions, proving in the publick papers, that the depreciation is twenty to one, and thereby causing our enemies to rejoice, and publish it by handbills in the streets of Askelon,* that all would soon be over with America; hence you have given us a publication from the Pennsylvania Packet, in your Gazette, No. 82, the author of which, T. S. tells us, has thought on our finances with some degree of attention, whose plan respecting the loan, is too subtle to deserve a serious refutation. I would inform this author, as well
* City of New York.
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as others, that there are thousands of tenants in this State, (and doubtless throughout America) who pay very high rents, and must likewise pay the land tax, who, in the beginning of these times, had their whole patrimony at interest, have received the whole since in con- tinental money, and their all, which many of them have on loan, is original value. Such plans therefore can only have a tendency to annihilate the remaining value of our currency. In a word, does not his plan, like the Patriot's, require Congress to divest themselves of justice, of virtue, of honour, of fidelity and truth? Are not their plans inconsistent with the resolutions, the dignity and justice of the first assembly on earth? May that august assembly ever look down with contempt upon all and every plan, so derogatory to their honour and resolutions.
These great points of honour no doubt Mr. Addison had in view, when he made the Numedian prince to say,
"Honour's a sacred tie, the law of Kings, "The noble mind's distinguishing perfection ; "That aids and strengthens virtue, when it meets her,
"And imitates her actions, where she is not :
"It ought not to be sported with."1
Which seems to be better spoke than understood by Mr. Addison. The ancients certainly had no notion of honour, as distinct from virtue : moreover, I should be glad to see the performance of those eminent writers, more comportable to the dignity of Congress, and interests of the community at large.
The Legislature of this State, in my opinion, ought to have been taxed the loan itself, instead of the certificates, for which none but the honest man will pay ; besides numbers from Pennsylvania, &c., have put money in the loan here : however, to tax the loan, consequently will have a tendency of destroying the publick fund, while cash remains untaxed : it appears to me, that if the landed man is to pay the tax, or in other words, the farmers, for in this sense, the freeholder and tenant are the landed men, the proprietor will pay no tax for land on lease ; hence the tenant will never be able to purchase a freehold, and the possessor of freeholds now will be obliged to sell to the engrosser and forestaller, who, in all probability, will, according to the present mode of taxation, be able to purchase whole townships. It is true taxes on possessions are levied without expences, but have every other disadvantage ; and because of the enormous unequal division of prop erty, in this case, will always be converted into punishments on in- dustry ; exorbitant taxes, like extreme necessity, destroys industry by producing despair. A disinterested Legislature will observe the point, when the emolument ceases, and the prejudice begins .- There are many advantages can only be secured to our country by agriculture, which is the true basis of national health, riches and populousness : it
1 Tragedy of Cato.
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is impossible to tell from history, (under equitable laws) what will be the effect of agriculture, industry and commerce, urged on by the com- petition of States, united in the same general pursuits, in such a vast extent of country .- America is the theatre where human nature, in all probability, will receive her last and principal literary, civil and mil- itary honours.
It is generally agreed, that property of whatsoever kind, ought to bear its proportional part of the taxes, why then should cash be neglected? I would desire to recommend it to my fellow-citizens and farmers, either through their committees or otherwise, to petetion the Legislatures, praying them to petetion Congress to call in all the money they have emitted once every two or three years, and let it bear a tax of Two-pence per dollar per year, at the least. Let new emissions be ready for exchange, so that the poor may not want their money : here assessing and collecting is easily performed at the same time. I conceive this mode would give credit to the currency, and may be necessary, because of counterfeits, once in three years. This, my countrymen, is a tax easily paid, equal upon all, and can be demanded of none, but what are able to pay: there is no method so equitable and easy as to tax cash, in order to extricate ourselves from so enor- mous a debt; therefore, no trouble too great to accomplish it.
Salus populi Suprema lex.
A FARMER.
Mr. COLLINS,
T Have accidentally [met] with the general orders of our amiable Commander in Chief, of the 29th of July last; an extract from which will, I am per- suaded, be highly agreeable to your readers.
Extract from General Orders.
Head-Quarters, Moore's House, July 29, 1779.
'MANY and pointed orders have been issued against that unmeaning and abominable custom of swearing;1 notwith- standing which, with much regret, the General observes it prevails, if possible, more than ever: his feelings are con- tinually wounded by the oaths and imprecations of the sol- diers, whenever he is in hearing of them.
'The name of that Being, from whose bountiful good-
1 For example, one on August 3, 1776, quoted in Sparks' "Writings of Geo. Washington," &c., IV., 28, note.
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ness we are permitted to exist, and enjoy the comforts of life, is incessantly imprecated and profaned, in a manner as wanton as it is shocking. For the sake, therefore, of religion, decency and order, the General hopes and trusts, that officers of every rank will use their influence and au- thority to check a vice, which is as unprofitable, as it is wicked and shameful. If the officers would make it an unavoidable rule to reprimand, and if that does not do, to punish soldiers for offences of this kind, it would not fail of having the desired effect.'
TRENTON, NOVEMBER 17.
From a New-York paper dated November S, we have ex- tracted the following :
"London, July 24. A commission has passed the Great Seal appointing General Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. to be the sole Commissioner to treat, consult, and agree upon the means of quieting the disorders now subsisting in certain of the colonies, plantations and provinces of North-Amer- ica, and the said commission is dispatched from the Secre- tary of State's office, to be forwarded to the General by the Anna Theresa Packet, now lying under sailing orders at Falmouth, for New-York."
A gentleman from Elizabethtown informs, that the enemy, to the number of 8000, have embarked, and part of them sailed, supposed to be bound to South-Carolina, or the West-Indies.
Count D'Estaing, altho' he has not been successful at Savannah, yet he has made a most powerful diversion in our favour, by keeping the British mercenaries at New- York, and its dependencies, with a train of tories and refugees, constantly harrassed in throwing up various works, and sinking vessels in the Narrows and at the Hook, they being in daily expectation of his arrival there for two months past ; but the vessels which they sunk, have chiefly
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drifted away with the current .- Should Parker's fleet, from the West-Indies, be upon our coast, as is reported, the Count may yet give the tyrant of Britain a blow in that quarter of the world.
On Sunday evening last died in the neighbourhood of this place, THOMAS CADWALADER, Esquire, late an eminent Physician of Philadelphia, in the 72d year of his age, universally regretted by his acquaintances and friends.1
L OST on Wednesday the 10th inst. between Brunswick and Trenton, a BUNDLE of MONEY, containing Three Thousand Dollars. Whoever has found, and will deliver the same to the Printer hereof, or to the Sub- scriber in New-Brunswick, shall be entitled to Two Hun- dred Dollars Reward.
JAMES SCHUREMAN,
Who has for sale, Rum, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, &c.
TO BE SOLD,
A GENTEEL WAGGON, which hangs on springs. Enquire of CHRISTOPHER HOWELL, in Maidenhead, near the five mile run.
SALT.
T URK'S ISLAND and LISBON SALT to be sold in any quantity from one bushel to fifty, for Continental Money, at the Fork of Little Eggharbour. Enquire at Mr. Thorn's. Nov. 4.
1 See New Jersey Archives, XI. : 584; XII. : 293.
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Forty Dollars Reward.
S TOLEN or taken through a mistake, on the 11th inst. out of the house of Robert Norris, innkeeper, Morristown, a silver mounted Hanger, marked thus, on the scabbard; if taken thro' a mistake, it is ex- Wm. Montgomery pected the person who has it, 1776 will send it to Mr. Jacob Hyer at Princeton, the Printer of this paper, or the Owner near Allentown; if stolen, any person who will detect and send it to either of the above-mentioned places, shall be entitled to the above reward, and reasonable charges.
By virtue of sundry writs or processes to us directed will be exposed to sale by way of publick vendue, sundry lands and tenements, late the property of sundry fugitives and offenders, against whom inquisitions have been found, and final judgment entered thereon in favour of the State, viz .- on Thursday the 16th day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, on the premises, will be sold the noted Farm called Bellmont, situate in Hopewell, contain- ing about 560 acres, divided into two farms, on one of which a ferry has been kept, late the property of Daniel Coxe : at the same time and place will also be sold a planta- tion or tract of land in Hopewell, containing about 160 acres, whereon are some improvements, adjoining lands late Daniel Coxe's ; likewise, a lot of about 50 acres in the upper part of Hopewell, both late the property of John Tabor Kempe; also, on Saturday the 18th day of Decem- ber next, will be sold in Flemington, about 10 o'clock in the forenoon, a lot of land of about 30 acres, whereon are some improvements, situate in the swamp in Kingwood township, late the property of Bartholomew Thatcher: at the same time and place will also be sold, three small lots of land, with a dwelling-house and other buildings, situate in Kingwood, late the property of Joseph Merril, unless
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the person to whom the said lots were sold on the 8th day of April last past, doth perform the conditions of the said vendue before the day of sale. Deeds will be made to the several purchasers according to law, and attendance will be given by
NATHANIEL HUNT, - Commis- PETER BRUNNER, sioners.
Hunterdon county, Nov. 15.
PETER CROLIUS 1
H ATH for sale, opposite the printing-office in Trenton, Broadcloths of different colours, rattinets, serges, camblets, hairbines, a neat assortment of chintzes, calicoes, book muslin, lawns, cambrics, plain and figured gauzes, yard wide Irish linens, black mode, white and blue
: The Crolius family is descended from Johan Willem Crollius, who, being a bachelor, from Nieuw Wit (probably Neuwied, near Coblenz, on the Rhine), married Veronica Cortselius, spinster, also from Nieuw Wit, January 30, 1724, in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York ; both were from Germany, but were living within the jurisdiction of that church. He dropped his first name, and after his marriage appears in the records as Willem Crolius, though with many variations, according to the whims or the imperfect hearing of the clerks. William Crolyas, potter, was ad- mitted as a freeman of New York City, March 18, 1728-29. He again had the freedom of the city granted him, October 4, 1737. On the same day the burgher right was also granted to Peter Crolius, potter, probably his brother, of whom, however, we have no further account. Issue :
I. Johannes, bap. Dec. 23, 1733; m. Maria Clarkson. Children : 1. Willem, bap. Dec. 12, 1753; 2. Johannes, bap. Dec. 28, 1755 ; m. Jane Morgan ; he carried on the potter's business left to him by his uncle; he was an assistant alderman in New York in 1799 ; 3. Maria, bap. May 7, 1758 ; m. Garret Van De Water ; 4. Elizabet, bap. Oct. 10, 1762; 5. Feronica, bap. Oct. 1, 1764 ; m. William Sanford ; 6. Ann, bap. Mar. 29, 1767; 7. George Clarkson, bap. Oct. 28, 1770: 8. Clarkzon, bap. Oct. 17, 1773 ; m. Elizabeth Meyers, Oct. 8; 1793 ; he was a potter ; he was an assistant alderman, New York, 1802-3-4.
II. Willem, bap. Sept. 26, 1731. He was a potter in New York. He and his brother John were witnesses to the will of John Remmi, of New York, "Pot baker," Jan. 26, 1762. He was admitted to the burgher right of the city Sept. 1, 1770. He subsequently removed to Middle Brook, New Jersey, perhaps because his sym- pathies were with the Americans, rather than with the British, who were then in possession of New York City. He d. at
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persians, black edgings, sewing silks, Barcelona handker- chiefs, best Kenting handkerchiefs, ribbands, taste, broad and shoe bindings, twist of different colours; gilt, metal, death-head and basket buttons; coloured, white and cotton threads; rice, sugar, alspice, pepper, indigo, snuff and tobacco: shoe, knee and stock buckles, with many other articles too tedious to mention.
Middle Brook in 1779. William Crolius, "formerly of the city of New York, but now of Middle Brook, Somerset county, New Jersey," being "infirm," made his will Jan. 26, 1778, which was proved Jan. 22, 1779. He mentions no wife nor children. He devises to his nephew John, son of his brother John, the rest of the term of the lease of those four lots situate in the outward of the city of New York, leased of George Janeway, with dwel- ling-houses, shops, &c., and all his tools, &c., of the potter's business ; to his brothers John, Peter and George the proceeds of sale of his other house and ground in New York City, near the Moravian Meeting House, in Fare street, and his lot and house in Middle Brook, New Jersey, and the rest of his estate. With a proper recognition of the pending struggle of the Amer- ican people to secure their own freedom, he provided that his slaves Tom and wife Venus and their children should be freed. He appoints as executors his friend George Janeway, and his brothers John and Peter. Witnesses-Robert Manely, Benjamin Harris, Jun., and William Wilcocks .- Liber No. 21 of N. J. Wills, f. 53.
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