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JOHN PIATT.
Middlesex, Six Mile Run, Dec. 10, 1781.
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fa the 4th or 5th instant, a steel mounted pistol. Whoever has Round the same and will bring it to the printer, shall receive Three Hard Dollars reward. Dec. 10, 1781.
BE IT REMEMBERED, that I Martin Long, of New-Hanover, add county of Burlington, do hereby acknowledge and confess that, watrary to the principles of honesty and truth, I did endeavour to lajure the character of Jacob Phillips, Esq. High-Sheriff of the county of Burlington, by falsely and unjustly reporting that the said Jacob Phillips, Esq. had demanded and taken from me more fees than allowed by law :-- For which report and misrepresentation, in this publick man- ber. I do beg his pardon, and am fully convinced of the justness and uprightness of his behaviour to me at all times, and the baseness of my own intentions. In testimony of which, I publish this in the publiek New-Jersey Gazette-Witness my hand at Burlington, Decem- ber 3, 1781. MARTIN LONG.
WILLIAM INNES
Acquaints the publick, and also his customers, that he has begun brewing, and has beer for sale, which he hopes will give satisfaction, at the current prices.
N. B. All persons who have casks of his are earnestly requested to return them, or pay the worth of them.
Burlington, Dec. 3, 1781.
WILL BE SOLD.
In pursuance of the direction of the last will and testament of Robert
Priest, deceased, late of Windsor, in the county of Middlesex, New-Jersey, on Monday the 24th of this inst December ;
All that valuable plantation, situate, lying and being near Princeton, whereon the said testator lately dwelt, containing about 156 acres of land, part thereof good meadow, and more may be made. There is on the premises a frame house and kitchen, barn and other convenient- outhouses, a young bearing orchard in its prime: The whole in good fence, is well watered, and hath a sufficient quantity of excellent timber.
Also will be sold at same time, all the personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of an eight day clock, feather beds and bedding. looking glasses, and a variety of household and kitchen furniture too tedious to enumerate : A large quantity of hay, flax, Indian corn in the crib, wheat, rye and oats in stack, and about 16 acres of green wheat in the ground, together with all the horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, &c. The vendue will begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, on the premises, where attendance will be given, and the conditions made known by
December 11, 1781.
EZEKIEL SMITH, Executor.
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The publication of the following extract, (part of which was omitted in our paper of the 28th of November, through a mistake) of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania passed the 5th of April, 1781, and now in force, we apprehend will be useful to the citizens of New-Jersey.
Sect. 5. Be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of October next all flour casks shall be made of good seasoned material, well made and tightened with ten hoops sufficiently nailed with four nails in each chine hoop, and three nails in each upper bilge hoop, and of the following dimensions, viz. the staves to be of the length of twenty-seven inches, but of dif- ferent diametres at the heads, according to their numbers, that is to say, casks number one shall be of the diameter of eighteen inches at the head, casks number two sixteen inches and an half, and cash.s number three fifteen inches and an half; that every miller or boulter of flour and baker of bread, for transportation out of the state, shall provide and have a distinguishable brand-mark which he shall cause to be entered with the clerk of the Quarter-Sessions for the county where he doth reside, together with his name and place of abode, under the penalty of the sum of five shillings, for every day during which he shall have exercised his said business of a miller, boulter or baker, without such entry ; for the making of which entries the said derk shall be intitled to the sum of one shilling each ; and that every miller, or boulter of flour or baker of broad shall, with his said mark, brand each and every cask of flour, or bread before the same shall be removed from the place where the same was boulted or baked ; and every miller or boulter shall also brand every cask of flour according to the respec- tive diameters above specified, with the said numbers, one, two or three, and with the weight respectively, under the penalty of one shilling and six-pence for every barrel of four not hooped and nailed as aforesaid, and for every cask of flour or bread so removed and not branded as aforesaid.
Seet. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said millers or boulters shall put in the cask number one, the full quantity or weight of two hundred and twenty-four pounds of flour, in the cask number two, the full quantity or weight of one hundred and ninety-six pounds, and in the casks number three the full quantity or weight of one hundred and sixty-eight pounds of flour; and that if any miller or boulter shall use or pack with flour any other casks than of the three several sizes and dimensions aforesaid, he shall for- feit to the purchaser thereof the value or charge of such cask in his account ; and that if any miller or boulter shall pack any casks of the said sizes or dimensions, with a less quantity of flour than is above specified, for the same respectively he shall forfeit the same casks and flour.
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From the New Jersey Gazette, Vol. IV., No. 208, Dec. 19, 1781. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.
Extract of a letter from New-Jersey, dated Dec. 10, 1781.
"The packet arrived Thursday last from Britain, in eight weeks, which puts, as yet, a stop to the fleet's sailing. The officers that held com- misstous under Lord Dunmore, were ordered on shore with their baggage, Wat were bound to Europe.
"His Lordship is daily expected at New-York with his suite, civil and military, to take the reins of the government of Virginia .- Its truly Laughable. Admiral Rodney and General Vaughn were not arrived in England : they were in different ships, but the Admiral took care to have the rash with him; it's thought in New-York, that they are taken and carried into France. Since the arrival of the packet, they won't suffer offe of their publick papers to come out, however you have the latest and the only one since.
"Governor Johnstone is arrived in England, and carried in six Dutch Cast-India ships homeward bound, which I am sorry for."
After an attentive perusal of Lord Cornwallis's letter to Sir Henry Clinton, containing the account of the reduction of his posts and army, in Virginia, I think the following observations are equally just and natural.
1. That his Lordship is no General -- This is evident, 1. From the nature of the posts he occupied. 2. From the structure of his works. 3. From his presuming it practicable to escape to New-York by land. 4. From his neglecting to obtain earlier intelligence of the approach of General Washington at the head of the allied army.
1I. Ilis Lordship is no Soldier .- This is evident, 1. From his neg- leeting to attack the Marquis of Fayette and the French troops, before the arrival of General Washington. 2. From his evacuating his out posts at the approach of the French grenadiers. 3. From his not. daring to make a sortie, by which means he might have injured our works, and protracted the siege for several weeks.
III. His Lordship is no Politician .- This is evident, 1. From his neglecting to take notice of the conduct of the German troops during the siege. This unpolitic omission will probably be resented by large and immediate desertions from the German corps who are now in captivity among us. 2. From his account of the strength of the American army. The powers of Europe must soon see the impos- sibility of conquering America, when they perceive from Lord Corn- wallis's letter, that only one of our armies consisted, after a war of near six years of 8000 regulars and 5000 militia-men.
IV. ITis Lordship is no Gentleman .- This is evident from his un- grateful silence as to the noble and generous conduct of General Wash- ington and the American officers to him and his army after the capitulation.
The magnanimity, humanity and politeness of the Commander in Chief of the American armies would have extorted expressions of gratitude and respect from an Indian savage, a Tartar or a Turk. A British General and an English nobleman, is the only human being that could have treated such superlative virtue with such sullen dis- respect.
A SUBALTERN.
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TRENTON, Dec. 19.
Extract of a letter from Elizabeth-Town, Dec. 1, 1781.
"Mr. Caldwell has left nine small children in a very' helpless and unprovided state, to mourn a loss that cannot be made up to them, and to make trial of the benevolence and humanity of others, to whom - they have a just claim from the greatness of that of their father. It is perhaps scarely paralelled in history that a husband and wife who maintained such blameless characters, should have met with so similar and cruel a fate .- It is but about 17 months since Mrs. Caldwell, one of the most amiable of women, was shot by a British soldier, when the enemy came out to Connecticut Farms, as she was sitting in her house with her two infants by her side. It may be truly and justly said, that the tragical death of Mr. Caldwell will be a very great publick loss, and is justly lamented by every friend to his country, and though he filled, with great approbation, several publick offices since the present war, which have enriched many less deserving than himself, yet he left little more than will pay his debts ; and what is doubly hard, he has no connections in this county to whom his helpless orphans can look to for assistance in this day of adversity. Publick subscriptions have been opened for their relief, which it is hoped will meet with generous encouragement."
By a gentleman from Elizabeth-Town we are informed, that on Saturday last a fleet of upwards of one hundred sail, under convoy of three or four ships of the line and two frigates, sailed from New- York for England, on board of which Lord Cornwallis, General Arnold, and a great number of inhabitants took their passage.
Thursday last was observed as a day of thanksgiving, agreeably to the Governor's proclamation of the 12th ult.
At the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, lately held in the county of Monmouth, John Thomson and Joshua Peirce were convicted of horse-stealing and robbery, and Richard Bell of robbery, and were all sentenced to the executed on Saturday last. We hear that Thomson and Bell were executed accordingly, but that Peirce was respited for a few days. These fellows belonged to a band of villains who have committed so many murders and robberies in the county of Monmouth, and whose principal lodgment is on Sandy- Ilook.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.
Head-Quarters, Trenton, Dec. 14, 1781. At a General Court Mar- tial, whereof Colonel Silvanus Seely was President, held at Chatham, the twenty-third day of October last, by order of His Excellency the Governor, and continued by several adjournments, Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Crane was tried upon the following charges :
1st. That he traded with the enemy when commanding officer at Elizabeth-Town, in the year 1750.
2nd. That he allowed others to trade with the enemy whilst com- manding officer at the same place, in the year aforesaid.
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3d. That he was so disguised with liquor when on Staten-Island, under the command of General Dickinson, as to be wholly unfit for duty, and also at other times, when commanding officer at Elizabeth- Town, in 1780.
4th. For unofficer like behaviour in an attack of a party of refugees Grar Elizabeth-Town, with a superior force under his command.
The Court having maturely deliberated upon the evidences, are of opinion, and do justly find, that Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Crane is guilty of the first and second charges, and also of the latter part of the third charge, and that the said Colonel Crane is not guilty of the hrst part of the third charge, nor of the fourth charge. .
And the Court do sentence the said Lieutenant-Colonel Crane to be publickly reprimanded by His Excellency the Governor.
By the same Court-Martial was tried Captain Isaac Gillam. upon the following charges :
Ist. For neglect of duty in a variety of instances. 1. In staying a great part of his time since his late appointment in the twelvemonth's service of the state, at home. 2. In going home and continuing there several days and nights when he knew that a number of vessels were coming up Newark Bay, towards Newark, and had got to the mouth of the river. 3. In drawing provisions for himself and men without having the proper necessary returns, or knowing how many men he had on duty, or in town. 4. In not calling the muster-roll, or knowing who appeared on the parade and did duty. 5. In not sending out patrols or placing centries, and not visiting them when placed.
2d. For giving unnecessary and unreasonable furloughs to his men.
3d. For not supporting authority and discipline in his company.
4th. For ungentlemanly and unofficerlike behaviour to Lieutenant Burnet.
5th. For giving permissions to a number of persons to go into and return from the enemy's lines.
6th. For encouraging, protecting and supporting the illicit trade and intercourse with the enemy, and for the sake of a bribe, releasing and discharging a large quantity of goods seized by some of his men, on the way from the enemy's lines, by which means the state is deprived of a considerable sum of money, and the punishment of the offenders evaded.
Tth. For leaving his company when on its march to Dobbs' Ferry, in the month of August last, without permission.
Sth. That before and on the march of the said company to Dobbs' Ferry, the said Captain Gillam did begin and excite a mutiny ; and that at the same time and place he did join in a mutiny, and that also knowing of an intended mutiny, he did not without delay, give information thereof to any superior or commanding officer, nor en- deavour to suppress the same.
The Court having maturely considered the evidence offered on the several charges against Captain Isaac Gillam, do find him of the first charge guilty in the fourth instance.
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Second ditto
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Third ditto not guilty Fifth ditto not guilty
Of the second charge not guilty
Third ditto guilty
Fourth ditto
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Fifth ditto guilty
Sixth ditto
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Seventh ditto
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Eighth ditto guilty
And it is adjudged by the same Court that the said Captain Isaac Gillam be deprived of all and every military commission which he holds in the service of this state.
And by the same Court Martial was tried Lieut. John Burnet, upon the following charges :
1st. For disobeying the orders of Captain Isaac Gillam, his superior officer.
2d. For giving the soldiers of the said Captain's company strong liquor to induce them to sign a paper which tended to encourage a mutiny.
. 3d. For ordering the said soldiers to mutiny.
4th. For neglect of duty in suppressing the illicit trade with the enemy.
5th. For refusing to deliver up the muster roll to Captain Gillam.
6th. For abusing the character of the said Captain Gillam.
The Court having considered the evidence, do find Lieutenant Burnet of the
First charge guilty
Second ditto
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Third ditto not guilty
Fourth ditto not guilty
Fifth ditto guilty
Sixth ditto not guilty
And the said Court do sentence the said Lieutenant John Burnet to be cashiered.
The Governor having duly considered the evidence produced to the said Court Martial, and the several sentences and acquittals of the same, approves of and confirmed the sentence and adjudication of the said Court against Captain Isaac Gillam, (whose several offences do not admit of the least palliation, and with which he could not have imagined that any officer of the militia of this state would have stained his character or disgraced his country ) and orders the same to take place accordingly.
Relative to the sentence passed by the said Court on Lieutenant-Col- onel Jacob Crane, he thinks it more favourable than an officer of his rank had reason to expect for so atrocious a crime as that of trading with the enemy, and allowing others to trade with them (an offense not only extremely injurious to his country, which has reposed so great confidence in him, but which it was an essential part of his duty and a grand object of the post he occupied, to suppress) and for which,
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as well as for the other offence proved against him, he is here pub- itekly reprimanded.
With respect to the sentence passed by the said Court on Lieut. John Burnet, it is with great regret that the Governor finds that an officer who has distinguished himself for his zeal and activity in the service of his country, should so far forget the absolute necessity of maintaining subordination and discipline as to disobey the orders of bis superior officer, and whatever allowance may be made for the precipitation of youth, or personal provocations offered, the publick in- terest indispensably requires so pernicious an example to be uniformly discountenaneed, and he therefore approves of and confirms the sen- tence passed by the said Court Martial on the said Lieutenant John Burnet, and orders the same to take place accordingly.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
JOHN SINGER,
Has for sale, at his store opposite Mr. Abraham Hunt's in Trenton, the following articles :
Scarlet broad cloth, Blue and green ditto, Brown, blue and flesh coloured velvet, Brown and white coarse cloths, Blue and crimson baize, Brown and scarlet serge, Checks and stripes, An assortment of calicoes and chintzes, Silk and linen handkerchiefs, Gauze ditto, Cam- bricks and lawns, Black and white laces, Black and white striped and spotted gauze, Brown & narrow ribands, Black satin and mode, Ell- wide persian, Pelong and mantuas, Pink and white sarcenets, Pins and threads, Sugar and tea, Pepper, Copperas, indigo, Cotton, Shoe buckles, and some hard ware, Snuff and tobacco, Holland gin.
With sundry other Goods.
WANTED,
As a house-keeper, a sober, industrious middle aged woman, who understands country business, to live within nine miles of Philadelphia. Any person who can bring a good recommendation, may hear of good encouragement by applying to the printer. Also wanted to purchase or hire, a negro man and wife, or a negro man and girl separate, who understand country business. Apply as above.
Gloucester county, New-Jersey, Waterford township, Dec. 10, 1781.
On the night of the 17th of November last the shop of the sub- seriber, living in Cranberry, was broken open, and the following articles taken therefrom, viz. One bolt of ozenbrigs, containing up- wards of forty yards, one piece of fine yard-wide linen, one piece of yard-wide mode, two buckskins, two wool hats, one piece of broad stamped riband, a quantity of fine thread, and sundry other articles. Whoever apprehends the thief with the above goods, shall receive a reward of TWENTY DOLLARS in gold or silver, or an equal pro- portion for any part thereof, from WILLIAM SLOAN.
Cranberry, Dec. 12, 1781.
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Run away from the subscriber, on the 18th of March, in the year 1779, an apprentice lad named Joseph Phillips, about 16 years of age. by trade a shoemaker .- Whoever will apprehend the said apprentice and bring him to the subscriber living at Sanpink, near the Dutch Meeting-House, shall receive One Dollar reward, and all reasonable charges paid by WILLIAM DE-HART.
TO BE SOLD.
At publick vendue, on Friday the 28th day of this instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of James Willis, at Cape- May ;
The SLOOP BETSEY, burthen about 40 tons, with her tackle. apparel, furniture and cargo, consisting of flour, wheat and Indian corn. By order of the Judge. JOHN BURROWS, Marshal. Dec. 17. 1781.
TO BE SOLD, BY WILLIAM RICHARDS,
At his Store at Trenton Landing, the following general assortment of Medicines, Groceries, Paints, Dye Stuffs, Frommongery, and Dry Goods, viz.
Antimony, Arg. VIV., Borax, . Bacc. Junip., Bacc. Lauri, Balsam C'apivi, Balsam Peruvian, Balsam Traumatic, Calomel, Camphor, Com- tharides, Cortex. Peru, Crem. tart., Carolina pink root, Elect. Leni- tive, Elect. Theriac., Elix. Asthmatic., . Elix. Vitriol, Flor, Benzoin, Flor. Chamoemel, Flor. Sulphur, Gall. aleppo, Gum. ammon., Gum. Aloes, hepatic, Gum. Aloes. Succotr., Gum. Arabic, Gum. Assafoctid .. Gum. Opium, Hiera. Piera., Ichyocolla, Lap. calam. ppt., Land. liq .. Magnesia. Mere. dulcis., More. Precip, rub., Ol. amygd., Ol. Castorei. 01. Minthae, Ol. Pulegi, Ol. Sassafras, Ol. Vitrioli., Oxymell. seillitie, Barbad. tar, Pulv. jalap, Pulv. Ipecacuanha, Pulv. Rhubarb, Pom- pholix, Sal. ammon., Epsom and glauber salts, Sal. Nitri., Tar- tari. crud., Sal. Nitri. Vol. ammon., Seeds anise., Seeds Card. min., Seeds Carui., Seeds Coriand., Seeds Fenicul., Sperm. ceti., Spir. c. c., Spir. Lavend. com., Spir. Vol. olevs., Spongia, Succ. glycyrr .. Tart. emetic., Tine. cort. Peru .. Tine. Thebaie., Vitriol. alb., Vitriol. Roman, Ung. ex. althea, Ung. ex Basil flav., Ung. ex. Tutty, Manna, Senna, Tamarinds, Liquorice ball, Orange peal, Extract of lead, Swt. spirit. nitre, Wine bitters, Pearl ash, Lancets, Whiting, Anderson's, Hooper's and Lockyer's pills, Bateman's drops, British oil, Balsam of honey, Daffy's elixir. Godfrey's cordial, James's fever powders, Turlington's balsam, Paulianis American balsam, White and red lead, Spanish brown, Venetian red, Yellow oker, Prussian blue, Verdigrise, Litharge .. Rose pink, Spanish white, Vermillion, Brasiletto, Ground red wood, Log wood, Allum, Copperas, Madder, Fine old spirits, West-India rum, Tassia, Whisky, Geneva, French and cherry brandy, Molasses, Loaf. Imp. Muscovado and Spanish sugars, Raisins, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Rice, Sago, Scotch, French and pearl barley, Oatmeal,
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Sugar candy, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, Alspice, Ginger, Pepper, Mustard, Cotton, Hair powder & pomatum, Fine Mould candles, White and Castile Soap, Ink powder, Indigo and powder blue, Threads, needles & pins, German steel, Iron pots, Waggon boxes, Iron tea kettles, Broad axes, Narrow ditto, Nails and nail rods, Locks of dif- ferent sorts with a good assortment of cutlery, English and Dutch seythes, Cradling ditto, Fishing hooks and lines, Bed cords, Halters und lines, Powder and shot, Window glass, Putty for glazing, Men's shoes, Chalk, Tobacco, Snuff, Fine and coarse salt, Stone lime by any . quantity, Grind stones, Whetstones, Tar, Spirit of turpentine, Oakum, Leather breeches, Linseed and Sturgeon oil, Indian corn, Pickled herrings and sturgeons, Corks of different sorts, Earthen, stone and wooden ware, Oars and poles for vessels, Also An assortment of Dry Goods suitable for the season. And a number of other articles too tedious to mention.
SCHOOL MASTERS Assistants, Newbery's books for children, wafers, quills, &c. to be sold at the Printing Office.
From the New Jersey Gazette, Vol IV., No. 209, Dec. 26, 1781.
FOR THE NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE. "Hominem pagina nostra sapit."
I Have often heard many of the disaffected lament the declaration of in- dependence before the arrival of the British commission, in 1776, upon supposition that the Commissioners were therein charged with power to offer reasonable terms to this country. They are of opinion that the declaration had precluded those Commissioners from making their offers and unnecessarily referred to the chance of war what might have been happily settled and secured by negotiation. On this ground do many at this day endeavour to maintain their principle of neutrality, or active interference with respect to the American cause :- They do not hesitate to acknowledge the validity of the principle on which we petitioned and remonstrated to the King and Parliament of Great-Britain ; they say the grievances were real, and that they ought to have been redressed, but fast that these points were the principal objects of the commis- slon in question, and had America only held back her declaration of in dependence till the arrival of the commission, the powers of the Commis- sioners would have been unfolded to Congress, and the good Intentions of the King made known to us.
In order to countervail these suppositions, for they are nothing more than mere conjectures, you will be pleased to insert in your Gazette, the following parts of Major-General Robertson's examination in the House of Commons of Great Britain, taken from the Parliamentary Register, No. LXXVI. p. 308, 309.
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