The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-01-16 00:00:00, page 2

ment of the troops in the service of the United
States, and every such non-commissioned officer and
private ihall furnish himfelf with a good mufketand
bayonet, a cartridge-box, worm, priming wire and
brush, and alio a canteen and kr^plack; and every
perlon who Ihall engage to serve as a horseman,
ihall furnifn himfelf with a good horse, and such
articles of armour and furniture as are necessary
for the equipment of a horseman.
9. And be it further enabled, That no Have
nor any person under the age of sixteen, nor a
bove the age of fifty years, nor any prisoner of
war or deserter from the enemy, being a native of
any part of the British dominions, and not hereto
fore an inhabitant of some one of the United States,
Ihall be entitled, received or admitted to serve in
the levy to be made under this a&; and no perlon
engaged to serve in the said levy ihall be liable to
be taken out of the service for any civil process
other than for the commission of trespass, or for
non payment of damages on recovery had against
him, in case of prize goods.
10. And for the regular supply of the said troops
and of such militia as may be called out for the de
fence of the frontiers of the state, Be it enabled,
That Azariah Dunham, Esq. or in case of his dis
ability, fucli person as ihall be appointed for that
purpose by the Governor or Commander in chief
of the state for the time being, and Privy Council,
fnall be, and he is hereby authorized and empow
ered to contract and agree with some person or
persons for supplying the troops to oe raised as
aforefaid, and to furnish and deliver, or cause to be
delivered to them in good condition, provisions and
forage at a certain ilipulated rate, in specie, for
each ration of provision and forage, and to engage
that such quantity thereof only be delivered in freih
meat at one time, as may not be liable to be spoil
ed and tainted, previous to its consumption; and the
laid Azariah Dunham, or other person anting in his
room as herein before mentioned, shall be, and he
is hereby authorized and empowered to draw from
the treasury of the state from time to time, in spe
cie, such sums as may be neceffiry for the difeharge
of the contrasts by him made for the purpose afore
faid, to be paid to the person so contrasting, on his
producing to him receipts from the Q^artermafter-
Serjeant of the detachment, for the number of ra
tions so furnished, certified by the officer command
ing the fame; and the receipts of the said Azariah
Dunham, or other person appointed in his stead,
Ihall be fufficient vouchers to the laid 1 reafurer in
his settlement with the state; and the said Azariah
Dunham, or other person appointed as aforefaid
shall account every three months with the Auditor
of accounts of this state, for the monies by him
drawn and disbursed for the aforefaid purposes,
under the penalty, in case of neglect or retufal, of
Twenty Pounds, to be recoveied with colls, by the
Treafuier of the state for the time being, on be
half of the state, and applied to the use of the fame.
11. And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the field officer appointed to the command of
the said troops, agreeably to the directions of this
act, shall cause particular and accurate returns tobe
made to him, from time to time, by the officer
commanding the fame, and shall cause the said troops
to be removed, and their stations interchanged at
Jeaft every two months, or oftener, as occasion may
require, or upon representation of the infpeflors
herein after appointed; and, for the prevention of
abuses and irregularities, the said field officer is
hereby required frequently to vilit each of the said
detachments under his command, and to examine
into the conduct and circumstances of the said troops
and the officers commanding them, and to cause
military discipline to be ftridly observed.
12. And, to the end and intent that irregularities
in the condud of the said troops may be checked
in the beginning, Be it enabled. That the repre
sentatives of the several counties wherein detach
ments of the said troops shall be stationed, or those
of them most contiguous to their stations, ihall be,
and they hereby are authorized and directed to in
spect the condud of the said troops in their respec
tive counties, and to make report to the field officer
commanding the fame, fiom time to time, to the
Governor or Commander in Chief of the state for
the time being, and also to the Legislature as often
as shall be requisite.
13. Ard be it further enabled, That if the said
Azariah Dunham, or other person appointed in his
Read, or any other person whatever with whom pub
lick money or publick property shall be entrusted for
the supply of the said troops, in Virtue of this aft,
(hall embezzle the fame, or not pay forward the
monies in his hands into the tfeafury within two
months after being called upon for that purpose by
the Auditor of accounts of this state, he shall be
liable to be prosecuted for the films so unpaid, or the
value of the property so embezzled, with costs, by
the Treasurer on behalf of the state, to be applied
to the use of the fame.
14. And be it further enacted, That the senior or
commanding officer at each poll ihall appoint one of
the Serjeants of his company, who ihall be moil
fuitabie for that purpose, to act as Quartermaster-
Serieant to the fame, who shall distribute the rations
to the said troops, and shall make out daily provisi
on returns for the fame signed by him, and counter
signed by the officer commanding in the said company
or detachment, to be delivered or transmitted to the
field officer appointed in pursuance of the directions
of this aft, to be by him forwarded to the said
Azariah Dunham, or other person appointed in his
Read; or where there is no field officer to be trans
mitted by the said senior officer to the laid Azariah
Dunham, or other person appointed as aforefaid, and
shall also, from timeto time, make out returns and shall
give receipts, indorfed on the said returns, to the
perlbn contrasting for the supply of said troops, for
the quantity of provision and forage furnifhed them
from time to time, and who shall, when thereunto re
quired, account to the perlon or persons herein be
fore appointed as inferiors, for the number of ra
tions by him received and delivered cut monthly,
or oftener if necessary. Provided always, That no
rations ihall be drawn by the said Quartermaster-
Serjeant on account of persons on furlough.
15. And be it enacted, That each commissioned
officer belonging to the said levy shall be admitted
to draw, while in service, two rations, and each
and every non-commißioned officer and private shall
be allowed to receive one ration of provision per day,
and no more; and every person enlisted as a horfe
mar ihall be entitled to receive one ration of provi
hon tor himfelt and one ration of forage for his horse ;
and the said commissioned officers refpe&ively ihall
be allowed for each retained ration granted 10 thole
of the fame rank in the continental service, the sum
of nine-pence, so be paid by the Paymaster of the
county to which they are assigned in this act, on
payrolls properly certified and authenticated.
16. And be it enacted, That the Paymasters of the
militia for the several counties of Bergen, Essex,
Middlesex, Monmouth and Sussex, ihall be, and
they hereby are authorized to draw from the Trea-
surer of the state for the time being, such sums as
ihall from time to time be necessary for the payment
of the troops herein directed to be stationed in their
counties relpedively, and that the Paymaster of the
militia for the county of Cumberland be authorized
to perform the like service for the troops directed to
be raised in the counties of Salem, Cumberland and
Cape-May, and the receipts of the said Paymasters
respectively for the sums so drawn Ihall be fufficient
vouchers to the said Treasurer for so much of the
publick money in his settlement with the state; and
the said Paymasters ihall be allowed for their ser
vices, in this behalf, the fame compensation as they
are entitled to for the performance of the duties of
their immediate appointment.
17. And be it further entitled, That the Governor
or Commander in Chief of the state for the tune
being, shall be, and he is hereby authorized and re
queued immediately on the palling of this ad, to
giant commillions to the persons appointed as officers
in this att, who are not officers of the militia;
which commissions so given shall extend to the pur-
poses of this aft only, and ihall, at the expiration
of the term for which the troops to be railed by
this aft are directed to serve, be considered as null
and void to all intents and purposes.
18. And be it also enabled, That if an, person en
listed as aforefaid shall, through captivity or other
unavoidable cause, lose his arms, accoutrements, or
have his horse taken or killed by the enemy, the
fame ihall be paid for by the state. Provided always,
That no horse taken or killed, or arms or accoutre
ments loft as aforefaid, shall be paid for unlels a
certificate of the fame shall be produced to the
Legislature, under the hand of the officer com
manding at the post or Ration, an appraifement of
the value of such horse, arms or accoutrements, by
two or more judicious and disinterested persons on
oath or affirmation, and also an affidavit of the person
claiming payment, taken before some justice of the
peace, that no fatisfadion has been received for the
fame.
19. And it is hereby further enacted, That the field
officer appointed agreeably to the directions ofthis
act, or the, commanding officer of each detachment
of the said levy, stationed in any county as afore
faid, shall be, and he hereby is authorized and em
powered, as often as the fame may be necessary, to
employ a surgeon or surgeons to attend such officers,
non-commiffoncd officers and privates belonging to
the said detachment, as may be sick or wounded,
and to transmit an account of the expence incurred
in this behalf, properly authenticated by the oath or
affirmation of luch surgeon or surgeons, to the Le
gislature, for their allowance and payment.
20. And for defraying the expence of the govern
ment and of the troops or militia raised or called out
for the defence of the frontiers of the Rate; Be it
Enabled, That there Ihall be afiefled, levied and raised
on the several inhabitants ofthis Rate, and on the lands
and tenements within the fame, the sum of Fifteen
Thousand Pounds in two several payments, to be
assessed, collected and paid into the treasury of the
state at the times and in the manner expressed and
directed in the Aft, intitled, " An Aft to raise the
Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds,
in Money and Certificates, in the State of New
jerfey," passed the twenty-sixth day of December,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-one ; ana
that the said sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds be
raised in the several counties of this state, in the
proportion following at each payment, viz.
By the county of Bergen (exclusive of the townfbip
of Bergen) the sum of Three Hundred Eighty-seven
Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Six-pence Half-penny.
By the county of Essex the sum of Five Hundred
and Forty-five Pounds and Eiglit-per.ee.
By the county of Middlesex the sum of Five Hun
dred and Sixty-nine Pounds thirteen Shillings and
Six-pence Half-penny.
By the county of Monmouth the sum of Seven
Hundred and Thirty-two Pounds Fourteen Shillings
and Ten-pence Half-penny.
By the county of Somerferthe sum of Six Hundred
and Forty-fix Pounds Ten Shillings.
By the county of Burlington the sum of Seven
Hundred and Seventy Pounds Two Shillings and
Eight-pence.
By the county of Gloucester the sum of Six Hun
dred and Nine Pounds Twelve Shillings.
By the county of Salem the sum of Five Hundred.
and Nine Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Five-pence.
By the county of Cape-May the sum of One
Hundred and Fifty-fix Pounds and One-Penny Half
penny.
By the county of Hunterdon the sum of One
Thousand and Fifteen Pounds Fourteen Shillings and
Eleven-pence Half-penny.
By the county of Morris the sum of Six Hundred
and Nineteen Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Two
pence Half-penny.
By the county of Cumberland the sum of Three
Hundred and Thirty-seven Pounds Ten Shillings.
By the county of Suffix the sum of Six Hundred
Pounds. Provided always, That no certificates, nor
any species of money whatsoever other than gold,
silver or copper coin, shall be receivable in difeharge
of the tax laid by this a& or of any part thereof,
by the said collectors, or by constables on distress,
any law, usage or custom to the contrary in anywise
notwitbftanding,
21. And it is hereby further enabled. That each
and every justice of the peace, county collector,
assessor, precinct, township or ward collector, free
holder and constable, and each and every other person
on whom any duty is enjoined, respecting the tax
directed to be raised by the said last recited act, to
which this aft is referred, is hereby required to
perform the like duties accruing or arising under
this act, and shall be vested with the fame powers,
receive the fame fees and rewards, be subject to the
fame penalties, fines and forfeitures for refufal or
neglect of duty, to be recovered with costs, in the
mode therein pointed out, shall be entitled to the
like exemptions, and all vacancies occuring by death,
removal, refufal &r neglect of duty or otherwise,
shall be supplied in the fame manner, and every
person shall have the fame privilege of appeal and
jury, as is therein set forth, and each and every
delinquent shall be subject to the fame punishment,
fine or forf iture,.and the fame mode shall be pursued
for the recovery of such fine or forfeiture, and all
proceedings shall be had thereon as in the said last
recited aft is mentioned, prescribed and directed.
Passed at Trenton, December 29, 1781.
The following account of the taking of St. EuJlatia, is
extracted from the Supplement to the Martinique
Gazette of the 6th December, 1781.
ON the 15th November our little army, composed
of 400 men of the regiment of Auxerrois, 320
ofthe Royal Comtois, 400 c. Dillon's and ofWalfh's,
50 grenadiers of Martinique, and 24 matroffes, em
barked on board the King's frigates the Medea,
commanded by La Chevalier de Girardin; the
Amazon, by M. de Villages, the Galatea, by the
Chevalier de Rocquart; the Corvette Eagle, by Mons.
de Prencuf; the (loops St, Louis and Diligent, and
the schooners Felicity and Charmante; a number of
pilots, from the harbour of St. Pierre, were also
taken on board, in order to create a suspicion that
we were going to meet our naval armament, at this
time expected in these seas, and thereby to conceal
the object of the expedition. The squadron, under
the orders of the Chevalier de Girardin, arrived on
the 2cth to windward of Martinique, where they
cruized two days. In the night of the 22d they
pursued their course, and on the 25th, at nine o'clock
in the evening, arrived off St. Euftatia. The (loops,
with each a frigate's long-boat attending, anchored
with much difficulty at the mouth of Jenkins's Bay,
situated to the N. W. of the island, whilst the frigates
lay too at a little distance. Count Dillon, who was
on board the Diligent, with the cbaffcurs of his
regiment, landed the firft. The furf running high,
the boats were dallied against the rock, and some
soldiers were drowned. Opr intrepid General, with
a part of the Irilh brigade, made good his landing
after some time, with great rifque and danger; hi#
own boat was overfet, but every person on board
was saved. A fafe landing place was, afterwards
discovered, where part of the troops disembarked
with great difficulty. Those firft landed took pos
session of the heights, after climbing up a rock of
between 700 and 800 feet, almost perpendicular
height, the only way by which they could penetrate