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Ordered, That the petitioner have leave to present a bill agreeably to the prayer of his petition, at the next sitting of the Legislature, having previously advertised his intentions for at least three weeks in the New-Jersey Gazette.
Extract from the minutes, M. EWING, jun. Clerk.
1 Notice is hereby given, That the subscriber intends to present a bill at the next sitting of the Legislature, for the purposes mentioned in the foregoing extract.
JOHN ELY, Son of George.
TO BE SOLD.
By way of publick vendue, on Tuesday the twenty-third day of Oc- tober instant, and continued from day to day till the sales are over, at the late dwelling-house of Nathaniel Moore, of the township of Hopewell, deceased :
Beef cattle, a yoke of working oxen, an ox cart, milch cows, young cattle, sheep, swine, hay of the first quality, Indian corn, buckwheat,
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green wheat in the ground, cyder, feather beds, bedsteads, household and kitchen furniture, and sundry other articles too tedious to enumerate. The vendu to begin at nine o'clock in the forenoon, when the conditions will be made known and due attendance given by the executors. Those that are indebted to the estate of the deceased, are requested to make payment in one month from this date, and those who have any demands against the estate are also requested to bring in their accounts properly authenticated, by the same time for settlement.
MARY MOORE, Executrix. JOSEPH MOORE. JESSE MOORE. S Executors.
Hopewell, Hunterdon County, Oct. 12, 1781.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
New-Jersey Notice is hereby given, that a Court of Admiralty will ss. be held at the Court-House in Burlington, on Friday the 9th day of November next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bill of William Austin Smith, (who as well, &c.) against the ship or vessel called the Major Pierson, lately commanded by John Richard Wiskall: To the end and intent that the owner or owners of the said vessel, or any person or persons concerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the said vessel and her cargo should not be condemned according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge, JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Register.
October 15, 1781.
At the same time and place will be tried the schooner Polly, libelled by Henry Mursit, qui tam &c. heretofore advertised for trial, and adjourned over at the last Court of Admiralty.
TO BE SOLD,
At publick vendu, on Thursday the 25th day of October instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day.
The ship Major Pierson, as she now lies at Little Egg-Harbour, with her sails and rigging, as per invantory to be seen at the day of sale : Also her cargo, consisting of flour, barley and hops.
By order of the Court of Admiralty, JOHN BURROWES, Marshal. 1
October 15, 1781.
Ilis Majesty's frigate the Carryshort, has taken and brought into Sandy-Hook, a large ship from Boston for Martinico, loaded entirely with masts, some of them large enough for 74's.
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From the New Jersey Gazette, Vol. IV., No. 200, October 24, 1781.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 20.
Extract of a letter from the eastward, Oct. 18.
"The British fleet, in number 99, all got down to the Hook last night. and I expect will sail this day for Virginia. There are 25 line of battleships, some fifties and some forties, with frigates of less force. There are a number of fireships, three or four of which are frigate rigged. and under that disguise expect to be able to grapple as many French line of battle ships, in time of action. Three line of battle ships are also prepared with carcases fixed on barbed irons, which they expect to fire into the sails and rigging, and which, by means of the barbed irons. are to hang and set fire to the ships. There are from four to five thousand troops on board, and I am pretty well assured to be commanded by Sir Henry in person."
TRENTON, OCT. 24.
Returns of the Members of the Legislature received since our last. Essex, Council, Josiah Hornblower, Esq. Assembly, Caleb Camp, Samuel Potter, and Jacob Brookfield, Esquires.
Sussex, Council, Hugh Hughes, Esq. Assembly, William Maxwell, Isaac Van-Campen, and Joshua Sweezy, Esquires.
Salem, Council, John Holme, Esq. Assembly, Edward Hall, Ephraim Lloyd and James James, Esquires.
"On Monday, the 15th inst. a party of refugees from Sandy-Hook, landed at Shrewsbury, in Monmouth county, and under cover of the night, marched undiscovered to Colt's-Neck, near 15 miles from the place of their landing, and took six of the inhabitants from their houses .- The alarm reached the Courthouse between four and five o'clock in the morning of the 16th, when a small number of the in- habitants who were in the village of Freehold and its vacinity, (ac- companied by Doctor Nathaniel Scudder, accidentally in the place that night) went immediately in pursuit of them, hoping either to releive their friends who had been stolen into captivity, or to chastise the enemy for their temerity .-
They rode to Black-Point, the place where the refugees had landed, with all possible speed, fell in with, attacked the rear of the refugee party, and drove them on board their boat; in which skirmish, to the great grief of our party, Doctor Nathaniel Scudder, whilst he was bravely advancing on the enemy, received a wound by a musket ball passing through his head, of which he instantly expired .- Ilis remains were removed from the place of action to his own house, with all the decency and solemnity suitable to so mournful and meloncholy an occasion .- On Wednesday the 17th, a most excellent and affecting sermon was preached on the occasion by the Reverend Mr. Woodhull, from the following words,-"And all Juda and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah," ii Chron. xxxv chap. 24th and 25th verses. After which his remains, attended by the most numerous and respectable cou- course of people ever known on a similar occasion in this county, were interred at the Presbyterian church in Freehold, with the
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honours of war .- Few men have fell in this country that were so useful in life, or so generally mourned for in death .- IIe was a tender husband, an affectionate parent, a sympathetic, generous, real friend, a disinterested, determined patriot, and has since the com- mencement of the war devoted his time, his talent, and a large part of a comfortable estate to the service of his country, and what will add a lustre to the whole, we trust he is the finished christian.
"Thus has this great and good man fell at the prime of life, and in the midst of his usefulness, having left behind him an inconsolable widow, five amiable children, and a very numerous acquaintance to lament his fall."
Died at Burlington, on Friday the 19th instant, Mrs. Catherine Hicks, aged thirty-six years, wife of Isaac Hicks, Esq. of Burlington.
Last Monday afternoon an express from Philadelphia passed through this place on his way to the east-ward; by him the following letter was received. The intelligence is beleived, and is truly great and interesting.
"Philadelphia, Oct. 22, 1781.
"Sir.
"I have the pleasure of congratulating you on the capture of Corn- wallis, and his whole army, on the 17th instant .- The particulars are . not come to hand.
"The President of Congress has just received a copy of Count de Grasse's letter to the Governor of Maryland, sent by water to Annapolis, so that there is no doubt of this fact. The count has taken his troops on board and gone out to meet Mr. Digby-that they may meet is the hearty prayer of, Sir,
"Col Neilson.
Your most obedient servant, SAMUEL MILES, D. Q. MASTER."
From a Philadelphia paper of the 22d instant.
"With the most unbounded pleasure, we can assure the publick, that dispatches have the moment arrived, giving an account of the un- conditional surrender of Lord Cornwallis, on the 17th instant, to our great and magnanimous General Washington." .
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the following negroes have been delivered into my custody, viz. Prince, Folsberg, Jack, William, and Enos Peterson, a mulatto. Their masters are desired to come and prove their property, pay charges and take them away, or they will be sold on the 17th of November next. : PETER HULICK, Gaoler.
Trenton, October 15, 1781.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
New-Jersey Notice is hereby given that a Court of Admiralty will SS. be held at the dwelling-house of Gilbert Barton, in Allen-Town, on Monday the nineteenth day of November next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bill of Captain Adam Hyler,
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(who as well, &c.) against a small cutter lately belonging to the enemy, (name unknown) and also against the schooner Hare, lately commanded by Captain Alexander Thomson, together with their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes, and a variety of articles taken from different vessels of the enemy : To the end and intent that any person or persons concerned therein may appear and shew cause, if any he or they may have, why the said cutter and schooner, with her tackle. apparel, furniture, and cargoes, and the other articles aforesaid, should not be condemned according to the prayer of the said bill. By order of the Judge. JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Register. Oct. 22. 1781.
TO BE SOLD.
On Tuesday the 30th of this instant, at ten o'clock, at the Market- House, in New-Brunswick ; THE SCHOONER HARE, with her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, together with sundry other articles captured and taken out of other vessels, such as mus. kets, swords, cutlasses, pistols, swivel guns, rigging, sails, several negroes, some dry goods, wheat and cheese, &c.
By order of the Judge,
Oct. 22, 1781. J. BURROWES, Marshal.
From the New Jersey Gazette, Vol. IV., No. 201, October 31, 1781.
TRENTON, Oct. 31.
On Saturday last the great and important event of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his whole army, to the combined forces com- manded by His Excellency, General Washington, was celebrated here with every mark of joy and festivity.
The day was ushered in with the beating of drums, and the Amer- ican colours were displayed in various parts of the town.
At 11 o'clock in the forenoon His Excellency the Governor, the Honourable Council and Assembly, with the inhabitants of the town and vacinity, attended divine service at the Presbyterian Church, where a discourse adapted to the occasion was delivered by the Rev- erand Mr. Spencer.
At noon a proper discharge of cannon was fired by the corps of artillery belonging to the town, in the presence of the Governor, Gen- eral Dickinson, the Members of the Legislature and the Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, assembled on the common.
At three in the afternoon, the company repaired to an elegant en- tertainment, at which the following toasts were drank, and severally accompanied with a discharge of artillery.
1. The United States of America.
2. The Congress.
3. The King of France.
4. General Washington and the American army.
5. The Count de Rochambeau and the French army.
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6. The Count de Grasse and the French fleet.
7. General Greene and the southern army.
4. The friends of liberty throughout the world.
9. The memory of Generals, Warren, Montgomery, and all the other heroes who have fallen in the defence of the liberties of America.
10. Peace on honourable terms, or war forever.
11. The great and heroic Hyder Alli, raised up by Providence to avenge the numberless cruelties perpetrated by the English on his unoffending countrymen, and to check the insolence and reduce the power of Britain in the East-Indies.
12. The Governor and state of New-Jersey.
13. The glorious 19th. of October, 1781.
At seven in the evening the company retired, and the rejoicings were concluded by a brilliant illumination.
Every thing was conducted with the greatest good order and pro- priety ; and we mention it with pleasure, that not the least disturb- ance or irregularity happened during the whole festivity. What greatly added also to the joy inspired by this glorious event, was the pleasing recollection of the advantages already reaped from our alliance with that magnanimous Prince whose troops have had so great a share in executing the important enterprise. An alliance now more firmly cemented by the united effusion of French and American blood, in a conquest the more agreeable to both nations, for being obtained by their combined efforts as fellow-soldiers and fellow-victors in the same triumphant cause.
Tuesday se'nnight the Honourable the Legislature of this state met here. -- At the opening of the session the Hon. John Stevens, Esq. was re chosen Vice-President of the Legislative-Council, and the Hon. John Mchelm, Esq. was chosen Speaker of the House of Assembly.
At a Joint-Meeting of the Council and Assembly yesterday. His Excellency William Livingston, Esq. was unanimously re-elected Governor for the ensuing year ;- and John Stevens, jun. Esq. was re-appointed Treasurer.
Princeton, October 29. 1781.
On an occasion so glorious and happy for America as the surrender of the greatest of the British Generals, with a numerous garrison to the arms of the continent, every friend of his country must feel the most sincere and lively joy. The inhabitants of Princeton took the earliest oppertunity to testify their pleasure in this event, and on Tuesday last celebrated it with the utmost festivity. At twelve o'clock most of the reputable gentlemen of the town and several in the neigh- bourhood, met at Mr. Beekman's tavern, and enjoyed the occasion awhile over some good punch and wine. From thence they repaired to the green in front of the house, where the field-piece was drawn out ; and after an address suited to the institution of the day, de- livered by one of the Professors of the College, thirteen rounds were fired. The whole company then partook of a publick dinner, to which several strangers in the place were invited. The following
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thirteen toasts were drank, and the company broke up with decency at six o'clock.
1. United States.
2. The Congress.
3. The King of France.
4. The King of Spain and States General.
5. General Washington and the American army.
6. The Count de Rochambeau and French army.
7. The Count de Grasse and navy of France.
8. General Greene and Southern army.
9. The memorable 16th and 19th of October, and the action of the Eutaw Springs.
10. Our Plenipotentiaries at foreign courts.
11. The Governor and State of New-Jersey.
12. The memory of all who have fallen in this war in defence of America.
13. A speedy peace, and the firm establishment of the independence of the United States of America.
In the evening the town was handsomely illuminated, and thirteen rounds from the militia concluded the rejoicings of the day.
All persons anywise indebted to the estate of Abraham Van-Neste, Esq. late of Millstone, in the county of Somerset, deceased, are de- sired to come and make payments, and all those that have any de- mands against the said estate are desired to bring in their accounts properly attested for settlement.
GEO. VAN-NESTE, ABRM. VAN-NESTE, JACOB TEN-BROOK, REYNEER STAATS, -
Executors. Somerset, October 27, 1781.
Whereas inquisitions have been found and returned in the Court of Common Pleas, lately held in and for the county of Somerset, against the form of their allegiance, and other treasonable practices against the state: Notice is hereby given, that if they, or any other person or persons in their behalf, do not appear at the next Court of Common Pleas to be held in and for said county, and offer to traverse the said inquisitions, or either of them, in such manner as the law directs, otherwise the said inquisitions shall be taken to be true, and judgment final shall be entered thereon in favour of the state.
REOLOFE SEBRING WILLIAM DAVISON S Commissioners.
October 27, 1781.
The associated Whigs of the east precinct of the county of Somer. set, are desired to meet at the house of John Spader, at one o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday the third day of November next.
ABRAHAM VAN NESTE, Clerk.
Somerset, October 22, 1781.
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TO BE SOLD,
At the house of Levi Stout, at Rocky-Hill, Somerset county, on the 0th of November next, the following articles, viz.
Horses, cattle, hogs, a good bed and bedding, household furniture of various kinds, farming utensils, and a waggon and gears. Also a few tons of hay. The vendue to begin at 12 o'clock, when the con- ditions will be made known and attendance given by
LEVI STOUT.
New-Jersey, - By virtue of an order from the Honour- Monmouth county, ss. able the Justices of the Supreme Court of this state, I am directed to certify the publick, that a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery will be held at Free- hold in and for the county of Monmouth, on Tuesday the twenty- seventh day of November next :- All Justices of the Peace, Coroners, Constables, and other Ministers of Justice of the said county, are hereby desired that they be then and there in their own proper per- sons, 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 offender in the said county, are desired likewise to give their attendance on the day and at the place aforesaid. JOIIN BURROWES, JUN. Sheriff. Will be published in a few days, The New-Jersey ALMANACK, For the Year 1782.
From the New Jersey Gazette, Vol. IV., No. 202, November 7, 1781.
TRENTON, November 7.
A letter from an officer of rank in the Jersey line.
Camp at York town Oct. 28, 1781. "Permit me to congratulate you on the success of the allied arms, the fall of the boast of Britain! The flower of its army. The particulars of the surrender of Cornwallis you must have had before this reaches you ; but if I could communicate the pleasure felt on seeing the poor proud British ground their arms, it would give you new and inexpressible sensations.
The allied army was drawn up in two straight lines, facing each other, leaving a space for the British column to pass. The Commander in Chief with his suite on the right of the American line; the Count de Rochambeau opposite, on the left of the French. Lord Cornwallis pleading indisposition, the British were led by General O'Harra, conducted by Gen. Lincoln-Their colours cased, and they not allowed to beat a French or American march.
The British officers in general behaved like boys who had been whipped at school; some bit their lips, some pouted, others cried; their round broad brimmed hats were well adapted to the occasion, hiding those faces they were ashamed to show. The foreign regiments made a much more
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military appearance, and the conduct of their officers far more becoming men of fortitude-I enclose you the orders of yesterday, with a list of their corps as nearly as I can ascertain them."
At Upper-Freehold, on Thursday the 31st of October ult. departed this life, in the 90th year of his age, Robert Lawrence, Esquire, and the next day his remains, attended by a numerous concourse of his friends and acquaintance, were decently interred in the friends burying-ground there. He was bred to the profession of the law, which he practiced in his younger life. was a member of the General Assembly of this state and Speaker of the House upwards of twenty years ; and highly and universally respected for his integrity, abilities and steady attachment to the interests of his country. The present revolution found him beyond the age of business and activity ; but the hoary patriot, even in the last ebbings of life, would rejoice in the success of his countrymen, and pray that he might see their liberty and independence established before he was called to his long home.
Extract of a letter from New-Brunswick, dated October 29, 1781.
"On the 24th inst. Capt. Hyler, of this place, went down with one gun-boat to surprise the Refugee-Town near Sandy-Hook, where the horse-thieves resort. . He landed within three quarters of a mile of the light-horse, but found that they were out in the county of Monmouth stealing horses. The Captain however fell in with six other noted villains, whom he brought off, and they are now lodged in a safe place."
"To the unspeakable loss of a much bereaved and mourning wife and children, died of a tedious sickness on the 9th ult. the Rev. Isaac Stelle, the husband of Mrs. Catherine Stelle, at Piscataway, in East. Jersey, in the sixty-third year of his age .- Ilis remains were on the 11th. instant decently interred in the publick burying-ground in the town aforesaid, on which occasion a suitable sermon was preached the same day, from Luke xii. chap. 43d verse, by the Rov. Benjamin Miller -In him meet the husband -- the father-the neighbour-the christian-the Minister,-the patriot, and friend to mankind .- In a word, such was his amiable endowments, that room is left for liberal to enlarge on the subject -- In his last sickness he manifested a desire to depart and be with his Lord and Master-and so took his leave of the world."
New-Brunswick, October 26, 1781.
This day arrived here official accounts of the surrender of the Earl of Cornwallis, and, as might naturally be expected in a place which so sensibly feels the effects of the present war, occasioned universal joy and satisfaction. In the evening were discharged thirteen cannon, after which a number of gentlemen of the city and neighbourhood, and several strangers, of whom were Sir James Jay, and Richard Stevens, Esq. convened at Marriner's tavern, in order to spend an hour together in festivity and gladness. After supper the company, for the sake of convenieney, withdrew into another room, and having appointed Mr. Kirkpatrick their President, the following toasts were pronounced and drank.
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1. The Congress and the United States of America. 2. Ilis Most Christian Majesty Louis the XVI. 3. The glorious Washington and de allied army. 4. His Excellency the Count de Grasse and the Peruch navy. 5. Ilis Excellency the Count de Rochambeau. 6. Gen- wral Greene and the southern army. 7. The friends of American lib- wy. S. The memorable 19th of October. 9. The memory of the brave who have fallen in their country's cause. 10. May the present revolu- Mon prove a terror to tyranny throughout the earth. 11. May the Ilies of France and stripes of America wave in triumph from shore to shore. 12. Liberty. 13. A speedy and an honourable peace.
The greatest order and decency was observed throughout the whole -- As in the feast of Ahasuerus the King, the drinking was according to the law, none did compel, for it was appointed that they should do according to every man's pleasure. The evening being thus spent, each of the gentlemen drank a good-night to the company in a bumper, and retired.
Mr. Collins,
In your next please to inform Jemmy Rivington that although he tells us, that two ships of Count De Grasse's squadron attempting to force a passage up York river, above Gloucester Point and York-town were obliged to return re infecto-we hear that our illustrious General Is returning north-eastward, crowned with laurels plucked from the brow of Lord Cornwallis, sceunda re gesta.
When British glory once begins to fade, Jemmy no more pursues his wonted trade,
Nor post nor pay can now bring out a word,
E'en Gazette Royal submits to the sword ;
Tho' brib'd to print, his coward heart misgives, Invention fails him-vainly ho strives To forge a falsehood- the authentic tale, Of hosts subdued, terrifies the pale Frightened Rivington, whose well told story Trusts nor honest Whig nor hapless Tory.
Cornwallis taken !--- 'tis no more nor less
Alas! 'tis true "What think you now of Congress?"
An extraordinary ointment for corns, warts, tooth-ache, and pain in the face, scald head, and breaking out in children, for burns or sealds, and where the fever has settled in any part of the human body, to be sold by Mary and Sarah Barnes, in Trenton ; by Thomas Bull- man, in Pennington, and Samuel Throckmorton, in Amwell.
JOIIN THOMSON, At New-Brunswick,
Hlas for Exchange,
A Quantity of State Money. He has for sale, brown and powdered sugar, tea, coffee, pepper, alspice, snuff, tobacco, pipes, &c. &c.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
That there has been taken up near New-Brunswick, on suspicion of going to the enemy, and delivered into my custody, two negro men and one mulatto ;-- one of the negroes calls himself Prince Forsberg .- He
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