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buildings sufficient and convenient for the farm; also a good orchard of the best grafted fruit, of upward of 1000 apple and peach trees, which never fails bearing every year. The whole farm is well watered, and in good fence, the principal part new. It is a pleasant and healthy situation, and in a good neighbourhood. The stock, grain, and utensils will also be sold with the farm or separate, as may best suit the purchasers. If not convenient for the buyer to pay the whole of the purchase money, a bond, on interest, with good security, will be taken for part .- For terms apply to the subscriber, living upon the prem- ises, who will give a good title for the same.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON.
N. B. Said Robertson has for sale, at his farm, about 12 head of horned cattle fit for killing, 20 sheep, and some hogs, a young mare with foal, and a good draught horse. All the above he proposes to sell immediately.
Morris County, Nov. 14, 1780.
To be Sold at publiek VENDUE, IN THE TOWN OF NEWARK,
T HIAT commodious and good new house and other buildings, with about 8 acres of good land, form- erly the property of Lewis Ogden, Esq; Also, a 4 acre lot of land, nearly opposite the tavern of Capt. Pierson, where the sale will begin, and the conditions made known, on Tuesday the 5th of December next, to begin at 10 o'clock, when attendance will be given by
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, The Proprietor.
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New Advertisements, Just published,
And to be sold, wholesale and retail, at the Printing- Office in Chatham,
The UNITED STATES
ALMANACK,
For the YEAR of our LORD
1781.
Containing many articles of entertainment and utility, among which is a Dialogue exhibiting the nature, neces- sity, and importance of Regeneration. By the Rev. Mr. Ogden.
ROCK SALT,
0 F an excellent quality, to be sold for cash; or ex- changed for wheat ; or given for cutting and cart- ing of wood, by John D. Crimsheir, at Bottle- Hill .- He has likewise two horses to part with, fit for saddle or gears; the oldest not exceeding six years; in payment, for one of which, he will accept of good hay .- As farmers are fond of encreasing their stock, he has a healthy, strong wench, and two children, which he will exchange for a wench from eighteen to thirty-five years of age, who understands housework.
I F JOSEPH ROOKE, who came from England in 1776, and who once lived in the service of Major- General Phillips, will call at the Printer's, or at Mr. Thomas Bradford's office, in Philadelphia, he will hear of something very much to his advantage.
November 14, 1780.
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To be Sold at publick VENDUE,
On Thursday the 7th of December next,
A HOUSE and lot of land, (late the property of Daniel Baldwin, now of the subscriber) near the centre of the town of Newark; the house is large and commodious, with four rooms on a floor, an entry and stair-way, lately built and covered with cedar shingles. The lot contains one acre, on which is a good barn and stable, with an excellent well of water, the whole being very convenient for a merchant or tradesman .- The ven- due to begin at two o'clock, P. M. when the conditions of sale will be made known by
ROBERT NIEL. :
A LL persons indebted to the subscriber, are desired to make immediate payment, otherwise they will be dealt with as the law directs; and all those to whom he is indebted, are desired to bring in their accounts for payment.
DAVID CAMPBELL.
New-Providence, Nov. 14, 1780.
BROKE into the pasture of the subscriber on Satur- day the 4th instant, a pair of bright red steers, four years old past, have been worked, and are in good order, marked with a slit in the end of the right ear. Also another red steer, three years old past, with a white face, and a crop out of the right ear. The owner is.de- sired to come, prove property, pay charges, and take them away.
SILAS HAND.
Hanover, November 14, 1780.
-- The New-Jersey Journal, November 15, 1780, Vol. II. Numb. XCI.
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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 the Honourable the Congress by their Proclamation, bearing date the eighteenth day of October last, therein reciting, That, "Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, the Father of all Mercies, amidst the vicissitudes and calamities of war, to bestow blessings upon the people of these states, which call for their devout and thankful acknowledgements, more especi- ally in the late remarkable. interposition of his watchful providence in rescuing the person of our Commander in Chief and the army from imminent dangers, at the mo- ment when treason was ripened for execution; in prosper- ing the labours of the husbandmen, and causing the earth to yield its increase in plentiful harvests; and above all, in continuing to us the enjoyment of the gospel of peace:" Did by the said Proclamation "recommend to the several states to set apart Thursday the seventh day of December next, to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer; that all the people may assemble on that day to celebrate the praises of our Divine Benefactor; to confess our unworthiness of the least of his favours, and to offer our fervent supplications to the God of all grace; that it may please him to pardon our heinous transgressions, and ineline our hearts for the future to keep all his laws; to comfort and relieve our brethren who are in any wise afflicted or distressed; to smile upon our husbandry and trade; to direct our public councils and lead our forces by land and sea to victory ; to take our illustrious ally under
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his special protection, and to favour our joint councils and exertions for the establishment of speedy and permanent peace; to cherish all schools and seminaries of education, and to cause the knowledge of Christianity to spread over all the earth."
I have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of the Honourable Privy Council of this state, to appoint Thursday the seventh day of December next to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer in this state, in pursuance of the said Proclamation of Congress, and for the purposes therein mentioned: And it is hereby recom- mended to the ministers of the gospel of every denomina- tion in this state to perform divine service, and to the people committed to their charge to attend on public wor- ship on that day; and to all the inhabitants of the state to abstain thereon from servile labour and all recreation in- consistent with the solemnity of the festival.
Given under my Hand and Scal at Arms, in Trenton, the seventh day of November, one thousand seven hundred und eighty, and in the fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's command, Bowes Reed, Sec'ry.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
TRENTON, NOVEMBER 15.
By a gentleman of distinction we learn, that a vessel arrived lately at Boston, the Captain of which asserted that he sailed from Brest in company with a French fleet, con- sisting of eight ships of the line, four frigates, and seventy large transports; and that he left them in the latit. of Bermudas, near that Island.
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We also learn that Rodney's fleet sailed from New-York last week, previous to which a very hot press took place there, when many negroes, carmen and refugees were siezed and sent on board the fleet.
We can assure our readers that the Cork fleet, which has been many weeks expected at New-York, has not yet ar- rived; and it is said a number of them have been captured and sent into Brest harbour by a French squadron.
T HE Subscriber takes this method to inform the Pub- lic and country in general, that he has removed from Flemington to the house formerly occupied by William Cleayton, Esq., opposite Mr. Abraham Hunt's, where he has for SALE,
Rum, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, and some DRY GOODS;
Which he will sell as low as the times will admit of. JOHN SINGER. Trenton, Nov. 14, 1780.
State of New-Jersey, Hunterdon county November 13, 1780.
W HEREAS there has been delivered into my cus- tody a certain Negro, who calls himself Thomas Stevens, says he belongs to one John Warren, in Maryland, twenty miles this side Snow-Hill; he is about six feet high, stout and strong. Also a certain John Tal- bert, who says he is a freeman, came from Charlestown, South-Carolina; he is about five feet nine or ten inches high, and a slim fellow. Their masters are desired to come and prove their property, pay charges and take them away, or they will be sold for the same in three weeks.
PETER HIULICK, Gaoler.
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One Thousand Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY,
From the Subscriber, in Princeton, on Sunday evening the 12th instant ;
A NEGRO MAN, named Caesar, about twenty-five years of age, about five feet eight inches high, marked with the small-pox; had on a blue camblet coat worn out at the elbows, a pair of new buck-skin breeches, straps without knee-buckles, old pumps with a hole in one of the toes or a new patch, a small felt hat lopt. Whoever apprehends the said Negro and delivers him to me, shall have the above reward, paid by
JOHN DENTON.
Princeton Nov. 14, 1780.
P. S. There is good reason to believe that he has been advised to go away, any substantial evidence who will dis- cover the fact (if the plot be by a white person) on full conviction, shall have a reward of Six Thousand Dollars; if a black person, Five Hundred. As it is more than probable that there is more people goes to market to Staten- Island than ought; but if any person going there will please to call on Mr. Cubberly and enquire of his negro man Cæsar who it was that advised him to leave his mas- ter, and make a sufficient discovery whereby the subscriber may receive sufficient damage, shall have Ten Guineas or the exchange thereof in Continental money.
The subscriber has for sale, bar-iron, rock and shore -. salt, spelling-books and almanacks by the gross or dozen as low as at Philadelphia, and sundry other kinds of mer- chandize. Also two yoke of fat oxen, with some other fat cattle, to be sold at public vendue on Saturday the 18th instant, between the hours of eight and twelve o'clock in the forenoon, for ready money only; or at private sale, as may best suit the purchaser. Hard money will be most agreeable -- and no person to have the cattle to take them out of the state. J. D.
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T n IIE subscribers desire all those indebted to the estate of Samuel Titus, deceased, to come and pay the just demands thereof, and prevent further trouble. Witness our hands,
Johnson Titus Nov. 14, 1780. Joseph Titus 1 Admini- strators.
John Johnson
C AME to the subscriber's some time in August last, a small black BULL, the points of his horns cut, but no other mark. The owner is desired to come and prove his property, pay charges, and take him away. I have a yoke of working OXEN to exchange for a horse or mare.
RICH. GREEN.
Trenton township, Nov. 14, 1780.
S TRAYED away from the subscriber, off the common of Trenton, a pale red HEIFER, two years old next spring. Any person who will give intelligence of said heifer, shall have a reward of twenty dollars, and all charges paid by
William Smith.
Nov. 14, 1780. .
TO BE SOLD Cheap,
By the subscriber in Hopewell,
F IVE blooded COLTS, one got by old Hector, one ditto by a colt of Bullerock, one ditto by a colt of old Hector and another by old Scipio .- Also cyder spirit and cyder royal by the hogshead or less quantity. TIMOTHY BRUSII.
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A LL persons indebted to the estate of Matthew Davis, late of Newtown, Sussex county, deceased, are re- quested to make immediate payment : Likewise those who have any demands, to send in their accounts properly attested, that they may be settled.
Phoebe Davis, Admstrx. Sam. Linn, Administrator. November 4, 1780.
STRAY MARE.
AS taken up the 25th of August, about half a mile below Tappan-town, a black stray MARE, with a star in her forehead, about 14 hands high, a natural trotter. The owner is requested to prove his prop- erty, pay charges, and take her away.
JACOB KING.
Tappan, Nov. 11, 1780.
Bordentown Stage.
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T IIE boat sets off from the Crooked Billet, in Phila- delphia, on Sunday as usual; on Monday the waggons procced to New-Brunswick, on Tuesday to Elizabeth-Town and returns the same evening to New- Brunswick, on Wednesday to Bordentown, and on Thurs- day the boat returns to Philadelphia.
The subscriber returns his thanks to the Publick for their past favours and flatters himself that his attention to the case and convenience of passengers, and his punctu- ality in forwarding, with the utmost dispatch, all goods that may be sent by his stage, will entitle him to a con- tinuance of their favours.
JOS. BORDEN, jun.
Bordentown, Nov. 7, 1780.
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To be SOLD at public Vendue,
On Tuesday the 5th of December next,
THAT elegant House and Barn, with eight acres of land, in the town of Newark, formerly the property of Lewis Ogden, Esq., now in the possession of Henry Ten Brook, with a lot of four acres opposite Capt. Josiah Pierson's tavern .- The title is indisputable.
The sale to begin at ten o'clock, when the conditions will be made known, and attendance given by
Alexander Robertson.
November 13, 1780.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
T THAT valuable Farm formerly the property of Mr. George Armstrong, within five miles of Morristown, and three from Baskenridge meeting-house, pleas- antly situated, containing 500 acres; one half of which is improved, and well adapted either for grass or grain, the remainder in good thriving young timber; the whole is well watered, and the greatest part in new good fence; an excellent orchard of the very best grafted fruit, containing upwards of 1000 apple and peach trees. It is so well situ- ated that a late frost in the spring never injures it, and yields a plentiful crop every year; 60 acres of good meadow, which produces plenty of good timothy and clover. On the premises is a large convenient dwellinghouse two stories high, four rooms on a floor, with two kitchens and a large cellar, commodious for two families, also a good large barn, stable; eyder-house, and every other building neces- sary for a farm, all in good repair, together with the farm- ing utensils and stock. Apply to the subscriber in Morris county, who will give an indispntable title for the same.
Alexander Robertson. November 13, 1780. -N. J. Gazelle, Vol. III. No. 151, Nov. 15, 1780.
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W ENT adrift on Tuesday night last, a six orred boat, painted blue, with a white streak. Whoever will' bring her to the 54th regiment laying at Paulus Hook, or give information to the printer, shall be hand- somely rewarded.
-The Royal Gazette, November 18, 1780. No. 432.
TRENTON, NOVEMBER 22.
"On the 26th of September last the Rev. Jeremiah Hal- sey, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bedminster, in the county of Somerset and state of New-Jersey, was seized with a fever at the house of Mr. Skillman, in Grigg's- Town, as he was going to attend the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College at Princeton, of which Board he was a Member, and died the second of October following: Ilis corpse was interred at Bedminster; but by reason of several interpositions of Providence, his funeral sermon was delayed till the 2d Sabbath of November then next en- suing; at which time the Rev. Samuel Kennedy preached on that occasion, from Rev. xiv. 13.
"Mr. Halsey was Tutor in the above said College ten years, and nine of these he was eldest Tutor, and taught with reputation and success. He was a man of genius, learning, piety, and real merit; a good divine; an able, faithful minister of the New-Testament. He was a loving tender husband; a kind and faithful friend; and ap- peared to be governed by the holy, benevolent tempers of the Gospel. He was a valuable member of the Presbytery of New-Brunswick : agreeable and useful in society; and had a real concern for the welfare of both Church and State; and his death is indeed a publick loss. He died without issue, and has left a sorrowful widow and a desti- lute congregation."
Monday last a large body of the merchants and traders of Philadelphia met and fixed the exchange of continental money at seventy-five for one; and "that every person, of
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whatever character or description, who shall refuse to re- ceive the said paper money at the exchange settled as afore- said, at the time of payment, or shall demand a higher ex- change, or refuse to sell such commodities for that mode of payment as he or she exposes to sale for specie, shall be ex- posed to the public as an enemy to the independence of America, and to the peace and good order of the city; and every associator will from thence forward restrain from all friendly intercourse and dealings with such person: That any person who shall give or offer more than seventy-five continental dollars for one in specie, shall be immediately reported to the committee as a disaffected and dangerous person, to be dealt with as such."
WANTED,
50 BUSHELS of good WHEAT, and 50 lb. of TAL- LOW-for which Specie, or the exchange in continental, will be given. Enquire at the Printing-Office, in Trenton.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
S TOLEN out of the stable of the subscriber, in Mans- field township, Burlington county, state of New Jer- sey, in the night of the 13th instant Nov. a black STALLION, known by the name of Grover's Black, about 14 and a half hands high, a natural trotter, canters well, 14 years old, very gay, 7-8ths blooded. Also a half blooded bright bay MARE, 15 hands high, five years old last spring, with a star and some collar marks near her withers, a remarkable white spot on her near side between her but- tock and thigh about a span from the root of her tail, a natural trotter, canters well and very gay. Any person taking up the said horse and mare, and delivering them
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to the subscriber, shall be entitled to the above reward, or Five Hundred Dollars for either, and all reasonable charges, paid by
JOSHUA FOSTER.
Three hard Dollars Reward, .
S TRAYED from the plantation of James Emans, in Kingwood, on the 13th day of September last, a black Mare, about 14 hands high, 11 years old past, has a white saddle-mark a little back of the near shoulder, no shoes, had a yoke on, trots and canters, supposed to in- cline towards Monmouth Court-house, where she was bred. Whoever will take up said mare, and deliver her at said Eman's, or to the subscriber, near said courthouse, or send word to either place where she may be had again, shall have Three hard Dollars reward, and reasonable charges, paid by JOHN EMANS.
Nov. 11, 1780.
W HEREAS it has been reported that George Miller, about the 24th of June last, was at my house, and showed me two large bundles of counterfeit money, and told me if I would come and see him, he would let me have enough of such money as that : but I do hereby certify, that I never said the like, nor never knew him to have any of that kind. Given under my hand, this 15th day of November, 1780.
THOMAS PRENTICE.
To all whom it may concern.
State of New- N OTICE is hereby given that a Court Jersey ss.
of Admiralty will be held for the state of New-Jersey, at the house of Isaac Wood, innholder, in Mountholly, in the county of
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Burlington, on Tuesday the nineteenth day of Decanber next, at the hour of ten in the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the Bills of Stephen Decatur, (who as well, &c.) against the brig or vessel called the Rodney, taken at sea on her voy- age from Liverpool to South-Carolina, and lately com- manded by Wignall ; - of Stephen Decatur and Roger Cain, (who as well, &c.) against the brig or vessel called the Rodney, taken at sea on her passage from Plymouth to South-Carolina and lately commanded by William Ribbins; - - - of David Stephens (who as well, de.) against a certain schooner or vessel, Virginia built, burden about thirty tons, taken at sea, no person being on board, loaded with tobacco-against the schooner called the Flying Fish, a re-captured vessel; Of Joshua Studson, (who as well, &c. ) against the schooner or vessel called the John - - - against the sloop or vessel called the Catherine, which said schooner John and sloop Catherine were lately taken by said Joshua Studson, on the south side of Staten-Island, near Prince's-Bay; - - Of Samuel Bigelow, (who as well, &e.) against a certain schooner called the Betsey, a re-captured vessel, drove on the bar at Cranberry-Inlet by distress of weather, formerly be- longing to some inhabitant of the state of Delaware, and said to be ent out of Muskmelon creek by the enemy; and also against Negro Toney, taken on board said schooner Betsey, with their respective tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes : To The End And Intent, that the owner or owners of the said vessels respectively, or any other per- son or persons interested therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the said vessels and their respective tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes, and the said Negro Toney, should not be condemned to the sev- eral captors thereof, and decrees thereon pass, pursuant to the prayer of the said bills.
By order of the Judge,
JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Register.
Haddonfield, Nov. 10, 1780.
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State of New-Jersey, Bergen county, November 13, 1780.
W HEREAS there are Inquisitions found and re- turned in the Court of Common Pleas, held for the county aforesaid, on the fourth Tuesday in October last, against the following persons, to wit, James Marcus Prevost, Garret A. Hoppe, Johannes C. Mejjer. John I. Zabriskie, Harmanus Lutkins, David G. Demarest, Abraham Van Blerkum, Cornelius Dykman, Peter P. Bogert and Wert I. Banta: This is therefore to give No- tice to the aforesaid persons, or any person concerned with or under them, or in their behalf, that if they do not ap- pear at the next Court of Common Pleas, to be holden in and for the county aforesaid, on the fourth Thursday in January next, for to enter a traverse, and give security, according to law, final judgment will be entered thereon, in behalf of the state.
JAMES BOARD - Commrs.
HENDERICUS KUYPER
GARRET LYDECKER
To all whom it may concern,
New Jersey, Monmouth county, ss
BY virtue of an order from the Honourable the Jus- tices of the Supreme Court of this state, I am di- rected to certify the publick, that courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery will be held at Freehold courthouse, in and for the county of Monmouth, on Tuesday the 12th of December next: All Justices of the Peace, Coroners, Constables, and other officers and ministers of Justice in 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 behalf of the state against any offenders in the said
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county, are desired likewise to give their attendance on the day, and at the place aforesaid.
DAVID FORMAN, Sheriff.
Nov. 20, 1780.
TO BE SOLD,
By publick vendue, at Freehold courthouse, in the county of Monmouth,
THE sloop CATHERINE and schooner JOHN, to- gether with their tackle, apparel, and furniture, as
they now lay at Middletown Point, lately captured by Capt. Joshua S. Judson. The sale to be on Friday the first day of December next.
By order of the Judge, ZACH. ROSSELL, Marshal. Nov. 17, 1780. -N. J. Gazette, Vol. III. No. 152. Nov. 22, 1780.
CHATHAM, November 15.
The late meeting of the American and British Com- missaries General of Prisoners has effected the exchange of all our privates at New-York; and it is with pleasure we inform our readers that they may be daily expected.
NEW-YORK, Novembe [r] 15.
An account of the attempt to surprize the rebel guard at Newark, in New-Jersey, by the Refugees, removed from the blockhouse on Hudson's river, to their pres- ent post at Bergen Point.
On the 21st instant at one o'clock in the morning, the party consisting of one hundred men embarked in two flat,
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. and one gun boat, proceeded to Roger's ferry, where they landed and moved towards Newark, with one three pounder, which they posted on an eminence half way be- tween the aforesaid ferry and the town, with a number of vessels, where they left one gun boat to cover their passage over the marsh, should the enemy pursue them .- Captain Thomas Ward (the gallant defender of the block house, on the 21st of July) then advanced at the head of fifty men undiscovered, within 400 yards of the rebel guard house, when the advanced party under Capt. Mac Michael fell in with their patrole, who immediately fired upon him, he charged them, but finding himself flanked by numbers, who had posted themselves in different houses, thought proper to bring up the piece of cannon, which was soon effected by the vigilance of Capt. Housen; until his arrival they maintained their post in the center of the town, though the enemy endeavoured to gall them as much as possible, but a few rounds of grape dispersed them for a little time, but as they were disappointed in their expectation, it was thought most prudent to retreat towards their boats.
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