The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-06-24 00:00:00, page 1

N. B. The Printers of news-papers in the several
, ates are desired to publish the foregoing resolutions,
and to continue the lame in their papers from time to
time, until the drawing of the second class commences.
In CONGRESS, May 19, 1778.
tyHEREAS Congress, by a resolve passed the 19th
day of January last, determined that captive
officers should receive pay, ,as well when on parole
as when in the enemy's possession, for so long time
as they continue to be officers of the United Stales,'
and liable to be called into service upon being releas
ed from their captivity: And whereas divers officers
have been and may be made prisoners, and continue
such beyond the period within which they arc liable
to be called into service ; and as it has been found
that such officers, when released ort parole, are some
times debarred from the pursuit of their former em
ployments, or, being liable always to be recalledin
to captivity at the pleafare of the enemy, arc pre.
Resolved,
THAT the Managers of the Lottery be authorifed
X to employ their Agents in each" State to pay off
the prizes of the tickets fold by them refpe&ively,
and for this purpose to draw on the several Continent
al Loan-Offices for so much of the money anting on
the tales of the tickets, and deposited in such offices
icfpcttively, as they ihall find necessary to pay off
such prizes.
That the several Agents be intruded by the Ma
nagers, previous to the payment of prizes not of the
lowest denomination in each class, to receive the
tickets entitling the possessors to such prizes, give re
ceipts for the fame, and transmit them to the Ma
nagers for their examination, with the names of the
refpetive owners endorsed thereon, and fpecifying
which of the laid prizes are, at the owners request, to
be paid in Loan-Office certificates.
Re/olwed, That the Loan-Office certificates, which
may issue for prizes of the second class of the Lottery
of the United States, ihall b'ear an interest of fix per
centum per annum, any resolution to the contrary
notwithftandihg.
Rejoined, That the Managers be directed forthwith
to prepare and make sale of the tickets of the second
class of the Lottery
That the drawing thereof commence the firft day of
January next, and be completed as soon as may oc ;
and that all the tickets then unfold be the property
and at the rifque of the United States.
JUNE 3.
Ordered, That printed pamphlets, containing lifts
of the prizes drawn by.the adventurers in the firft
class of the Lottery of the United States, be,ranfmit
ted by the Managers to the Affemblics, Commissioners
of the Loan-Offices, Post-Masters and Lottery A
gents, and to every perfori entrusted with the fale-of
ticket, in the several States, for the free inspection of
the several adventurers: And that the 'Printers in
the several States be requeued to publish the whole in
weekly portions.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
From the LEYDEN GAZETTE.
(Translated from the French.)
Upon 2. motion, in the Irish House of Lords, for
an Address to the King and Lord Lieutenant, after
his Lordfllip had delivered a Speech to that House
on the 14th of April last year, Lord Mountmorris, a
very young Nobleman of great abilities and spirit,
rose and said.
My Lords,
IF I rife once more, encouraged by the indul
gence your Lordships have shewn to my youth,
it is not with defigrt to fay a tingle word that
may occasion a debate, or give even the ap
pearance of opposition to the prudent motion ;
but to assure your Lordships that I exceedingly
approve a speech in which there is not a word to en
gage the consent or approbation of the Parliament to
the deferable war beyond sea, to a war which I think
unjust and useless in its beginning, absurd and ridi
culous in the conduct of it, and ruinous and destruc
tive in the issue, unless Providence interpose, and by
its mighty hand save the empire from destruction. I
have the fatisfadion of thinking we are not engaged
in such a war; a war, conducted by a band of va
gabondsand knights errand, on the coasts of America.
Had there been a word with that view in the Speech,
I should immediately have protested against whatso
ever should have been done in consequence of it.•
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. I.]
Y O R K-T O W N.
In CO NGRES S, Dlay 2/1778.
WEDNESDAY, June-24, 1778.^^4 ^
A Letter of the 27th of May from Lord Howe,
and one of the 3d of June from General Clinton,
at Philadelphia, accompanied with three ads of Par,
lament were read.—The letters are as follow:
SIR, Philadelphia, Ma, 27, 1778.*
Li A VIN G, by a packet just arrived from Great-.
Britain, receives the King's commands to trans
mit to the Congress, and the Commander in Chief of
their troops, the copies of two ads passed this session
of Parliament, for quieting the disorders now subsist
ing in these colonics, and preparing the way for the
return of peace, I embrace the earliest opportunity
to forward the inclofed copies of those ads, and of
one other aft relating to the government of the pro
vince of Massachusetts-Bay, for the information of
the Congress thereon; mod sincerely hoping this
communication will be productive of the desired good
effects. I am, with due consideration, Sir,
Tour most obedient Servant,
Henry Laurens, Esq. H OW E.
President of the Congress.
SIR, Head-Barters, Phtiad. June 3, 1778.
J AM directed to transmit to Congress, and the Com
mander in Chief of their troops, printed copies of
three conciliatory ads of Parliament: Let me add
my most sincere withes, that they may produce the
defirabie effect which is hoped from them. I have
the honour to be, Sir, Four most obedient and
Most humble Servant,
Henry Laurens, Esq. H. CLINTON.
Prejident of the Congress.
Ordered, That they be referred to a Committee of
Five.
The Members chosen, Mr. Drayton, Mr. R. H. Lee,
Mr. G. Morris, Mr. Witherspoon, and Mr. S. Adams.
Ordered, That the Committee retire into the next
room, and prepare an answer to l.ord Howe and Ge
neral Clinton's letters.
the Committee, 'appointed to prepare anTwers to
Lord Howe and Gen. Clinton's letters, brought in a
draught, which was read and agreed to, as follows:
M, Lord, Fork-Town, June 6, 1778.
T II AV E had the honour of laying your Lordfhjp's
, letter of the 27th of May, with the ads of the Bri
tilh Parliament inclofed, before Congress; and I am
intruded to acquaint your Lordship, that they have
already expressed their sentiments upon bills, not ef
fehtially different from those ads, in a publication of
the 22d of April last.
Your Lordship may be assured, that when the
King of Great-Britain shall be seriously disposed to
put an end to the unprovoked and cruel war waged
against these United States, Congress will readily at
tend to such terms of peace as may config with the
honour of independent nations, the interest of their
constituents, and the sacred regard they mean to pay
to treaties. I am, my Lord, with all due considera
tion,
row, Lordfoif's most obedient Servant,
HENRY LAURENS,
LordHo^q President of Congress.
vented from entering into such engagements and plans
of business as their necessary support demands:
Refolded, That all officers in the land service of the
United States, who have been or ihall be made pri
soners by the enemy, ihall be entitled to receive the
full pay and rations while in the enemy's possession,
deducting only from their rations such supplies as
they may have received from the enemy, or the Cum
millary of prisoners ; and that all such officers when
admitted on their parole ihall receive their full pay,
without rations, until they ihall be exchanged or dis
charged from their parole, or that a general change
,of circumstances shall render their pay no lo ger ne
cessary for their support, as Congress ihall hereafter
determine,
MAY 2%
Refolded, That it be recommended to the Legi
slatures of the refpedive States, to enact laws for ex
empting from militia duty all persons who have de
serted, or hereafter shall desert, from the British ar
my or navy, during the present war.
That it be farther recommended to the Legisla
tures of the refpedive States, to difqualify, by law,
all prisoners and deserters from anting as substitutes
in the militia during the present war, to render all
such contrasts void, and to authorize any prisoner,
or deserter who may be engaged as a substitute, to
appropriate to his own use all monies by him re
ceived on such agreement.
Extract from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry,
In CONGRESS, June 6, 1778.
THE
JUNE 9.
Whereas doubts have arisen, as to the sum which
shall be paid for the rations, which now may be due
and owing to Officers in the service of these States,
and also as to the vouchers for drawing the fame ;
by reason whereof the intentions of Congress, with
refped to such Officers, are fruftrated:
Resolved, That th°e value of the rations due since
the firft day of last January till the firft. instant, be
estimated at One Third of a Dollar, and that the
Officers do present their accounts to the Paymaster-
General or Deputy Paymaster- General, who shall
adjust and pay the fame. Provided always, That
the said officers shall make oath to their accounts re
fpedively, which oaths the said Paymasters are here
by empowered and direded to administer, and trans
mit the said accounts, with receipts thereon, to the
Treasury. Extraß from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS Congress have received information
and complaints, " That violence have been
done by American armed vessels to neutral nations, in
seizing snips belonging to their fubjeds and under
their colours, and in making captures of those of the
enemy whilst under the protection of neutral coasts,
contrary to the usage and custom of nations." To
the end that such unjuftifiable and piratical acts,
which refle& difhonour upon the national character of
these States, may be # in future effectually prevented,
the said Congress hath thought proper td direct, en
join and command, and they do hereby direct, en
join and command, all Captains, Commanders and
other Officers and Seamen, belonging to any Ameri
can armed vessels, to govern themselves ftri&ly in all
things agreeably to the tenor of their commissions,
and the instructions and resolutions of Congress ; par
ticularly that they pay a faired regard to the rights of
neutral powers, and the ufa§e and cufiom of GiYilUed
SIR, Fork-Town, June 6, 1778.
j HAVE had the honour of laying your letter of the
I 3d instant, with the- ads pf the British Parliament
which came inclofed, before Congress; and I am
intruded to acquaint you, Sir, that they have already
expressed their sentiments upon bills, not essentially
different from those ads, in a publication of the 22d
of April last.
° Be assured, Sir, when the King of Great-Britain
shall be seriously disposed to put an end to the unpro
voked and cruel war waged against these United
States, Congress will readily attend to such terms of
peace as may consist with the honour of independent
nations, the interest of their constituents, and the sa
cred regard they mean to pay to treaties. I ha% the
honour to be, Sir,
Four most obedient and
Moji humble Servant,
, HENRY LAURENS,
His Excellency PreJident of Congress.
Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. Philad.
Published by Order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
In CONGRESS, June 8,- 1778.
yyHEREAS the exportation of provisions from these
States hath occasioned much difficulty in pro
curing supplies for our armies, and, by the capture
of vessels concerned in such exportation, the armies
pf the enemy have been freed from distresses, that
wpuld have greatly embarrassed their operations:
And whereas, for the easy supply of our armies, and
to embarrass and distress the enemy the ensuing cam
paign, it is absolutely necessary an embargo should
be immediately laid, to prohibit such exportations:
And as, from the distance of the States from Con
gress, and the different periods of assembling their
legrflatures, the good end of futh embargo would be
wholly fruftrated, inould Congress not proceed to
impose the embargo: Therefore,
Resolved, That an embargo be, and it hereby is
laid, to prohibit the exportation of wheat, flour, rye,
Indian corn, rice, bread, beef, pork, bacon, live stock
and other provisions, from any of these United States,
from and after the tenth day of June instant, until
the fifteenth day of November next, unless sooner re
voked by Congress. Provided, that this embargo
Ihall not be construed to prevent the taking on board
such provision, as Ihall be necessary for the ftpres on.
ly of any Ihips or vessels of war, or others trading
to and from these States.
Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the
refpeftive States to take the most effedual measures
for carrying the foregoing resolution into immediate
execution.
[Numb.- 30.]