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NEW-YORK, Sept. 11.
We hear that all the Southern Militia, who Mr. Reed had brought as far as Trenton, in order to join General Washington, and then to make an Attack upon New-York, are returned to their respective Dwellings, and given over the Project.
General Washington's Head Quarters was at the Old Bridge, within 3 Miles of Hackinsack Town, last Satur- day; and we hear his Army is pretty much pinched for Provisions.
His Majesty's Ship the Iris, Capt. Dawson, run a Brig ashore at Egg-Harbour last Thursday, and the Saturday following was left in Chase of a Snow, supposed a. Rebel Privateer.
-The New-York Gazette : and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1508, September 11, 1780.
TO BE SOLD,
A TWO-STORY HOUSE and LOT of LAND, sit- uate at the corner of High or Market-street and Water- street near the public Wharf, and almost opposite the lower Market in the city of Burlington, having four rooms on the lower floor, and four rooms on the upper floor, with large garrets, a good kitchen and piazza, and a well of water in the yard, containing in front of said lot thirty- seven and one half feet, and in depth forty-three feet and one half. For farther particulars enquire of the sub- scriber in Church Alley-who continues selling indigo on commission, and has on hand Carolina indigo in tierces and barrels, and by retail. Also first crop meadow hay,
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which he will deliver in the city or at the meadow. Also, an elegant silver coffee-pot, tankard, waiters, cruet stands, punch ladle, soup spoon, table and tea spoons, &c. THOMAS SHUTE. -The Pennsylvania Packet, September 12, 1780.
On Tuesday, the 26th instant, will be SOLD by public vendue,
The Friendship SALT-WORKS, situate on Great Egg- harbour, two miles to the eastward of Absecon bridge, together with all the buildings, improvements and im- plements necessary for carrying on the business. The works consist of 8 wrought iron pans, viz. 1 boiler, 22 by 16 feet, 3 ditto, 16 by 12 and half feet, and 4 making pans, 16 by 7 and half feet, all lately set up on a new construction, far superior to any other on the continent ; and are capable of making a very considerable quantity of salt, supposed about 100 bushels per day. Also a good dwelling-house, salt-house, store-house and stables, a large covered cistern, 100 feet long, 22 feet wide, and 2 feet deep; the whole erected on a pleasant and healthy point of land. The unexpired term of the lease thereof, and the privilege of cutting wood within one mile of the works, at the moderate price of one bushel of salt for 30 cords of wood, is also for sale. These works are supplied with water from the bay (of the best quality) which is pumped into the cistern by water.
At the same time and place will be also sold, the re- mainder of the company's stock on hand, consisting of a number of horses and waggons, flour, Indian corn, oats and salt provisions, and a variety of household and kitchen furniture, &c. The whole of the works will be sold together or separate, as best suit the purchasers. The sale to continue from day to day until the whole are sold.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, September 13, 1780.
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FOR MRS. CALDWELL'S TOMB. By a Friend. SACRED to the memory of Mrs. HANNAH CALDWELL, consort to the Rev. JAMES CALDWELL, of Elizabeth Town, in New-Jersey, who fell-a victim to her country, on the 7th of June, 1780-aged forty-two years and nine months.
PASSENGER !
Thou treadest o'er the remains of a woman whose fair character, and final catastrophe, merit a monument more durable than brass or marble ; and which will remain indelibly engraven on the breasts of her countrymen, to the last period of recorded time. She was, among her sex, uncommonly distinguished ; exhibiting to the world, thro' the whole course of her earthly race, a bright constellation of the female virtues. With undeviating punctuality, she performed every religious, social, and relative duty : To a numerous offspring, the tenderest of mothers : To her servants and domestics, a kind and indulgent mistress : Of conjugal fidelity and affection, the most exemplary model. But what gave singular lustre to an assemblage of virtues was-that condescending affability, that sweetness of temper, that heaven-born benevolence, which were her characteristic and distinguishing qualities. A serene and placid aspect, joined with the softest accents of expression,
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ever disarmed the resentment of her weapons, and repressed the ebullitions of censure and malevolence. These engaging manners attracted the peculiar love and esteem of her extensive acquaintance, among whom she found not a single enemy. But, as her crowning glory, adding divinity to her graces, she was a SINCERE CHRISTIAN! On that memorable day- (an æra never to be forgotten in the American annals) when the army of the British tyrant entered into this state, and, with merciless barbarity, desolated these fertile fields ;- laid this fair village in ashes ;- violated female chastity ;- and fired even the temple of the deity. This peaceful daughter of heaven, shocked by the tumults of war, retired to her sequestered and hallowed apartment ; here seated, in calm and pensive contemplation, cherishing too a lovely innocent in her own innocent bosom, weeping over the effusions of human blood- deprecating the calamities of her country- and imploring heaven for the pardon of it's enemies, she was (blush ye spirits of their ancestors at the horrid tale !) by the ensanguined hands of a British ruffian,
instigated by malice, cool, deliberate, and infernal- in one fatal moment Dispatched, like her divine Saviour, thro' a path of blood, to her long-wished for NATIVE SKIES !
Leaving an affectionate companion, and nine children, in their tender and unformed years, to bewail their unutterable-their irreparable loss. READER ! If thou art-a man thou can'st not refrain a sigh at her melancholy story. If-of the softer frame, thou wilt drop a tear at the tomb of one who was the boast of thy sex ; and who would have shed a thousand for thee, had her's been thine own hapless fate.
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If -- a lover of thy country thou wilt depart from this spot, consecrated to her dust, filled with external heart-felt HORROR at the execrated name of A BRITON.
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S Y TRAYED out of the several pastures taken for the use of the public, several continental horses branded CA, U S I, U S P, U S C, USM, USY, US, N H, and some with the initial letters of the country they were purchased in, others not branded at all by the pub- lic. All persons who happen to see any of said horses astray, or have any in their possession, are desired to give notice to the subscriber where they are to be found, or, if convenient, to bring them to him at his quarters at Morris Town, and all reasonable charges will be paid by
JAMES ABEEL, D. Q. M. G. Morris Town, September 12, 1780.
MTHE associators for the county of Essex are hereby re- quested to meet at the house of Mr. Samuel Munn, at Orange, formerly called Newark Mountain, the 20th instant, at one o'clock in the afternoon, in order that the managers may lay before them their proceedings, and to consider of some matters of great importance. And as the county labours under great difficulties at this very criti- cal juncture, by being deficient of the usual number of judges of the inferior court, therefore it is earnestly re- quested that the inhabitants of the county in general will meet at the above time and place, in order to nominate some proper persons for said office, and to petition the legislature at their next session for their appointment and commissions.
By desire of the Managers, JOSEPH RIGGS, Dep. Chairman. Vaux-Hall, September 12, 1780.
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Notice is hereby given to the public,
T HAT there is a STAGE WAGON established by JOHN DEGROVE, inn-holder, and ferry-keeper, op- posite New-Brunswick, to go to Elizabeth Town every Tuesday morning, which service shall be performed with the greatest punctuality and at the cheapest rate. Good attendance will be given by the public's humble servant, JOHN DEGROVE.
N. B. Gentlemen may be supplied with horses, or a horse and chair, to go any distance.
August 28, 1780.
James Schureman,
At his STORE in NEW-BRUNSWICK, has for sale, on the most reasonable terms, for cash or country produce, the following articles ;
W EST-INDIA rum, Shore salt,
Muscovado sugar, Indigo,
Best bohea tea,
Writing paper,
Pins and knitingneedles
Coffee, Chocolate,
Dear skins,
Pepper and alspice,
Silk handkerchiefs,
An assortment of earthen ware, &c. &c. September, 12, 1780.
FOR THE NEW-JERSEY JOURNAL.
To the ASSOCIATED LADIES for public donations, in the State of New-Jersey.
LADIES,
I HAVE with pleasure perused the scheme for donations, proposed by you, for the support of the suffering soldiery of this state. The respectable characters which are inserted, command venera- tion ; and whilst I most religiously applaud the patriotism and gen-
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erosity of my country-women, most brilliantly exhibited in this in- stance, I must beg your indulgence to suggest a more proper channel for the display of your benevolence-The impracticability of raising by subscription, and distributing among the soldiery, sums adequate in any measure to their wants, may readily be conceived ; besides, we serve a country, which we hope to redeem from the verge of slavery to the pinnacle of liberty and opulence, able to recompence us fully ; and we deem it below the dignity of a soldier, to receive that support from the hand of charity, which our services have merited, and which our country must reward us with-And tho' it will ever be my duty and inclination to remember, with a grateful heart the kind tender of these fair matrons and maids, I never wish to partake thereof, since the application of it to orphans and children, born with the army, · whose fathers have bled and died in the service, or so far beggered themselves as to be unable to give them proper education, would be far more laudable and beneficial to society. By this scheme many of the rising generation will be rescued from prisons, workhouses, and bawdhouses, and enabled to live creditably, and spend their useful lives in grateful acknowledgments to their matrons and protectresses.
May the inventors and supporters of the foundling hospital be peculiarly blessed of Heaven !- Such an institution may be of the most capital and lasting benefit to the human race .- Such patrons do the poor forlorn babes, which hover in our camp, greatly need. Their cries and groans ascend even to the Heaven's, and call loudly for some kind hand to help them in their wretched situation. It must rend the heart, not callous and obdurate as the fiend of darkness, to see these poor innocent creatures suck from the breast, the contagion of every vice, and daily increase therein as they increase in stature, without any to rest[r]ain or correst them. The instinctive desire of mankind to propagate his specie, dec[1]ines not in any station of life ; it behooves, therefore, those to whom providence has given the means to shield indigent offspring from infamy, and direct their lives to such employments as will be most honourable to themselves, and ad- vantageous for the community .- Perhaps some over delicate and pre- cise reader may snear, and ask who this advocate for bastards and the offspring of truls is? This, thou virtuosi, it behooves thee not to know. Rest contented with being assured he is one who disavows supporting unlawful embraces, and neither has nor wishes to have, while he remains in the service, any children of his own; but one who humanity and the well being of his fellow-creatures, and the in- terest of the republic, induces to plead the cause of indigent desti- tute children, and enforce the advantages of a virtuous education. Let not then a rancorous malice against supposed prostitutes, or an over scrupulous tenacity for virtue, lead your minds and actions from the most praise-worthy exercise thereof .- You may thus wrong the innocent of your sex, or suffer their offspring to plunge into a deeper abyss of guilt and woe. The most effectual method to reform such evils, is to instill into the minds of youth the principles of virtue .- Should any say this would not encourage our youth to turn out with
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alacrity and fervor, and expose themselves in the field at this time, and thereby answer the exigency of the times for which it is de- signed? Let such remember that honour and love are the greatest stimulants to a soldier. The commendations, applauses, and caresses of the fair, from which he received his existence, and careful nursing, in the helpless days of infancy, and upon whom depends the most pleasurable moments of this life, will excite him to action with a greater zeal than any secular reward; and that a competent provi- sion for their children, in case of misfortune, is deemed more im- portant, to the sensible and feeling part, than present self support- You, ladies, have already shewn your love for your country, respect . and compassion for the supporters thereof .- In this you have done well .- It will serve to alleviate the toils of his fatiguing life, and man his arm with fresh strength to combat his and your foe. The recollection of being supported and encouraged by the delicate hands and tender breasts of the fair, will make even cowards bold, and urge forward the valorous soul with impetuosity, which nothing but the salvation of such agreeable and worthy objects can inspire .- Having thus far answered your salutary purpose, let the benevolent design be prosecuted for the lasting benefit of the state .- That the growing generation may rise up and call you blessed .- That with the æra of peace, virtue, modesty, and industry, and every acquired grace, may flow in upon the land, like a mighty torrent, deluging lewdness, pro- phanity, sloth, and every other ruling vice. Should any object to the impracticability of the scheme, a few moments contemplation will lead them to an easy application of it. Our state has very little unsettled lands, it must therefore flourish by manufactures only, and no method will expedite this more than bringing up orphans and in- digent children to business. You will by this means not only have the pleasure of extricating helpless fellow-creatures from infamy and ruin, but the glorious satisfaction of enriching your country, and di- recting the internal police of it to advantage-I fear I have already wearied you-Believe me, however, to be, with every sentiment of respect and esteem,
Your most obedient, Devoted humble servant,
MACHAON. Jersey-Camp, 1st Sept. 1780.
TESTAMENTS, Spelling Books, Primers, &c. To be sold wholesale and retail at the Printing-office in Chatham .-- The highest Price given for Sheepskins, with or without the Wool.
-The New-Jersey Journal, Vol. II., Numb. LXXXII., September 13, 1780.
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TRENTON, SEPTEMBER 13.
This day the Honourable the Legislature of this state meet here according to adjournment.
Last Sunday night week Ensign Fitz-Randolph, of Woodbridge, made another excursion on Staten-Island, and brought off one Anthony Wright, and two other noted tories.
At the Supreme Court held here last week, JOHN JAMES, Keeper of the public gaol, was convicted of having put an Anspach deserter from the Convention troops in irons, and deprived him of the necessaries of life, in order to induce him to give up his hard money, which he effected, by further promising the fellow his liberty and a pass to travel with, which he had actually given him. The Court sentenced him to be turned out of office, pay a fine of ten pounds lawful money, and be imprisoned four months.
CLOCKS and WATCHES MADE, and OLD REPAIRED.
T HE subscriber takes this method of acquainting his former Customers and the Publick, that he has re- moved from the house of Mr. JOHN REYNOLDS to Mr. WILLIAM Roscow's, where he carries on the CLOCK and WATCH-MAKING BUSINESS in all its various branches ; and hopes by his knowledge of and attention to his busi- ness, to give satisfaction to all those who shall please to favour him with their custom.
JACOB MAUS.
Trenton, Sept. 12, 1780.
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To all whom it may concern :
New-Jersey, Middlesex County, ss.
B y virtue of an order from the Honourable the Justices of the Supreme Court of this state, I am directed to certify the Public, that Courts of Oyer and Ter- miner and General Gaol Delivery will be held at Prince- ton, in and for the county of Middlesex, on Tuesday the 17th day of October next ;- All Justices of the Peace, Coroners, Constables, and other officers and ministers of justice of the said county, are hereby desired that they be then and there in their own persons, with their rolls, records, indictments, and other remembrances; and all persons who will prosecute, or can bear testimony in be- half of the state against any offenders in the said county, are desired likewise to give their attendance on the day, and at the place aforesaid
Sept. 11, 1780. JOHN PIATT, Sher.
Wanted immediately,
A SCHOOL-MASTER, in a good neighbourhood, to teach Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. A single man, well recommended, will meet with proper en- couragement, by applying to Mr. Mercer, at Schenck's mills, near Somerset Court-house.
September 12, 1780
A SWORD.
A SWORD was found the 24th of August, on the road from Flemington to Pennington. The owner by proving his property and paying the expence of this advertisement, may have it again by applying at the Post-Office in Trenton.
September 12, 1780.
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Public Notice is hereby given
1 DHAT the owners and possessors of the meadows and marsh lying on both sides the creek Assiskunk, being the most part within the city of Burlington, propose to apply to the General Assembly of the state of New- Jersey, at their next meeting, for a law to stop out said creek at or near the barracks in said city, and to erect other water-works, for the purpose of draining said marsh.
Burlington, Aug. 26, 1780
N OTICE is hereby given to the Publick, that the annual Commencement of the College of New-Jersey will be upon Wednesday the 27th of this month .- On the day preceding the Grammar School will be publicly ex- amined, and in the evening there will be an exhibition by the scholars in the College Hall .- N. J. Gazette, Vol. III., No. 142, Sept. 13, 1780.
New-York, September 16.
Last Wednesday arrived at Sandy-Hook, Sir GEORGE BRIDGES RODNEY, Rear Admiral of Great Britain, with TEN SAIL of LINE of BATTLE SHIPS; &c. an Event which must afford true Joy to every Friend of the British Constitution.
COW-CHACE, Canto III, will be inserted in our next. -The Royal Gazette, No. 414, September 16, 1780.
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NEW-YORK, Sept. 18.
Wednesday last arrived at Sandy Hook, Sir GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, Rear Admiral of England, with the following Ships under his Command.
90 Sandwich, Admiral Rodney,
74 Terrible, . Capt. Ferguson,
74 Russell, . Commo. Drake,
74 Centaur, .Nott,
74 Triumph, Affieck,
74 Culloden,
Balfour,
74 Alcide, Brisbane,
74 Torbay, . . Gideon,
74 Shrewsbury, Robinson,
64 Yarmouth, Jagglesden,
42 La Fortune, Christian.
If General Washington's Army is now short of Provi- sions, what Condition must they be in next Spring, when we [are ] well assured from every Quarter of the Country, that their Crops are at least one fourth worse than they were last year, and a certain Portion of this year's Prod- uce already thrashed out for the Use of the Army, and the Country in General ?
Four Refugees that went over to Secacus last Saturday, took Prisoners three Rebel Officers, and brought them to Town Yesterday Morning.
-The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1509, September 18, 1780.
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CHATHAM, SEPTEMBER 20.
M R. PERIAM intends, God willing, to open his school at Elizabeth-Town, on Monday the second day of October.
Ogden & Canfield, .
Have for SALE, at their STORE in Morris Town, next door to Captain Jacob Arnold's tavern ;
W EST-India rum, Sugar, Pepper,
Ribbons,
Artificial flowers,
Pins,
Tobacco,
Indigo,
Alum,
Darning ditto,
Snuff,
White regimental but- tons,
Hyson and Bohea tea,
Holland gin by the case or bottle,
Rock salt,
Calico,
Ditto buckles,
Linen,
Stock buckles,
Bindings,
Scissars,
Wool cards,
Cambrick,
Lawn,
Bed cords,
White silk gauze,
Black silk ditto,
White & black millinet,
Black mode,
Coarse and fine lawn handkerchiefs,
Ditto Sattin,
Gauze ditto,
Sewing silk,
Fine thread,
Silk handkerchiefs,
Basket buttons,
Durant, Calimanco,
China cups and saucers,
Shalloon,
Writing paper,
Broad cloth,
Gimblets,
Skeleton wire,
Nutmegs,
Cotton wool, &c. &c. &c.
Bonnet papers,
Gun powder,
Needles,
Knitting ditto,
Women's purple and black Mitts,
Knee garters,
Cutteau and pen knives,
Men and womens shoes,
Men and womens crook- ed combs,
Mahair and twist,
Morris-Town, Sept. 19, 1780.
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W HEREAS a number of public wagons and horses are in the possession of different persons in this state, and also, many kinds of public stores left by the army in their various movements from the several places where they have been encamped at: I do hereby request every person or persons having in their possession either wagons, horses, stores or public property of any kind, to give information to the subscriber, or any of his assistants, where the same may be found, that they may be collected at such places as are appointed for their reception-As there is great reason to believe that many stores are con- cealed by persons not friendly to the United States, I hope information will be given who the persons are, that have such stores in their possession, that they may be brought to justice, and the stores recovered.
And all persons having any demands on the subscriber, are once more requested to bring in their accounts for set- tlement, as the same will be paid off as soon as the amount of the debts due is known; it is therefore expected every person will chearfully bring in their demands, and give me an opportunity of closing my accounts without loss of time. JAMES ABEEL, D. Q. M. G.
Morris Town, 19th Sept. 1780.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward.
B ROKE out of the goal of this county, on the night of Monday the 4th instant, a certain Isaac Sweezy, about thirty years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, sandy complextion, and had a scar of a bullet or swan shot in one of his temples .- Also on the night of Tuesday the 12th instant, Caleb Sweezy, jun. John Swan, Thomas Douglass, and Nathan Horton, jun .- Caleb Sweezy, jun. is about six feet high, thirty-two or thirty- three years of age, has a clear skin, and black beard, and altogether a well made, good looking man .- John Swan
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is a small man, of a dark complexion, and about thirty-six years of age .- Thomas Douglass is about six feet high, has black hair and beard, is something ruddy in his cheeks, thick lips, is about twenty-eight years of age .- Nathan Horton, jun. is about twenty-two years of age, quite a small man, rather slender, and of a light complexion .- All of whom were confined on charges of felony for passing counterfeit money. Whoever takes up and secures the above described persons in any goal of this state, or delivers them to the subscriber, shall have the above reward; or one thousand dollars for either of them that shall be so apprehended or delivered to
RICHARD JOHNSON, Sheriff of Morris County. Morris-Town, Sept. 19, 1780.
To be sold at public vendue, on Wednesday the 27th in- stant, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of David Crane, lately deceased, at Connecticut-Farms ; ORSES, young cattle, one cow, and sundry other articles too tedious to mention. Conditions of sale to be made known at the time and place of sale, Connecticut Farms, Sept. 19, 1780.
FOR THE NEW-JERSEY JOURNAL.
An APPEAL to the PUBLIC, in behalf of the cause of TRUTH.
S INCE it is the duty of every member of the community, to en- deavour to promote the good of the common-wealth; I trust a brief essay upon truth may not at this time be amiss. Truth is one of the divine attributes; and consequently infinitely amiable in itself, as are all the divine perfections. In order to illustrate in some measure the excellency of truth, it may be necessary to contrast it with error, and falsehood its opposites. We read in the beginning of Genesis, of the root, and foundation of all our calamities ; viz. our. first parents hearkening to the temptations of Satan the father of lies, and eating of the forbidden fruit, contrary to the divine com- mand ; and thereby have brought upon themselves and their posterity a corrupt nature, vile affections, and appetites, an inclination to and
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