The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-01-23 00:00:00, page 3

BALTIMORE, Jaauary i.
A London paper mentions, that Admiral Arbutin
not had earnestly requested his sovereign, that he
might have an opportunity given him of proving the
propriety of his conduct, relative to the naval ren
countre which happened off the Chesapeake the 13th
of March last.
The paper also mentions the death of the c^jrat-
Count d'Estaing, in France, on tbr 26th of
iguft; and that it was occasioned b^ a wound he
reived in an engagement in Georgia, which broke
_ it afrefh, and turned to a mortification.
Paragraph from a late Martinico Gazette: “ When
the English packet left Falmouth they had heard
of the capture of Tobago, which was severely felt
in England. The retreat of Sir George Rodney
had struck the nation as with a thunderbolt; and
the last affair, added to the St. Euftatia anecdotes,
had filled the people of England with the greatest
indignation
An Antigua paper of the firft of last month, men
tions, that it was confidently said that Sir George
Rodney was coming out again to command the fleet
on that Ration, and that he had hoisted his flag on
board the Formidable for that purpose. That both
he and General Vaughan met with the most gracious
and honourable reception from their sovereign.
The fame paper advises, that “ that mifehievous
American, the Hoiker, had been on the coast of
Antigua for some time past; that (he had taken
several prizes within a fortnight;amongft others, the
schooner Flying-Fish, Capt. Davis, from Berbice,
belonging to that idand."
The Demarara fleet failed from St. Kitts for
England on the 28th of November last, under con
voy of several vessels of war.
The celebrated privateer Holker, is arrived at
Martinico from Philadelphia, v ith three prizes (one
of them an English schooner privateer from An
guilla) all which ffie took in a short cruize of 33
days.
For amending the Ordinance, ascertaining cybat Cap
tures on Water Jball be lawful.
WHEREAS there hath been great variance in
the decisions of several maritime Courts with
in the United States, concerning the pretentions of
vessels claiming a share of prizes, as being in fight
at the time of capture ; some having adjudged that
the mere circumstance of being in fight was a fuffi
cient foundation of title, while others have required
proof of a more active influence : And whereas this
inconvenience hath arisen from the want of an uni
form rule of determination in such cases :
Be it therefore ordained by the United States in
Congress assembled, that no share of any prize shall
be adjudged to a vessel being in fight at the time of
capture, unless the said vessel shall have been able,
at the time when the captured vessel struck, to throw
a shot as far as the space between herfelf and the
captured vessel; and that every vessel coming in aid
of the captors, which shall have been able at the
time when the captured vessel struck to throw a foot as
aforefaid, and shall have been duly authorifed to
make captures, shall be entitled to share according
to the number of her men, and the weight of her
metal; provided that nothing herein contained shall
be construed to affed any agreement which shall have
been previously made between vessels cruising in
consort.
And be it further ordained by the authority afore
faid, That whensoever an armed vessel belonging to,
and commissioned by the enemy, shall be captured
by any armed.veffel belonging to the United States,
and duly authorifed to make captures, the net pro
ceeds of the fates of the captured vessel, and of her
rigging, tackle, apparel and furniture, shall be
adjudged to the captors, and where a cargo shall be
on board such captured vessel, one moiety of the
net proceeds of such cargo shall be adjudged to the
United States, and the other moiety to the captors.
And be it further ordained by the authority afore
faid, That upon the capture of any vessel belonging
to the enemy, and laden with malts or soars, by an
armed vessel belonging to the United States, and
duly authorifed to make captures, the net proceeds of
e sales of such captured vessel and her cargo shall
adjudged to the captors.
This ordinance shall take effect, and be in force
>m and after the last day of February next.
DONE by the United States in Congress assembled,
the eighth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty
tzuo, and in the firth year of our independence.
JOHN HANSON, Preiident.
Attefl. Charles Thomson, Sec'ry.
id-barters, Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 10, 1783.
O R DE R S.
S it is expelled, that in the course of the pre-
L sent winter many of the officers and men, be
longing to the army of the United States, will be
Admiral Hood, with 14 (hips of the line, is ar
rived at Barbadoes from New-York.
PHILADELPHI A.
AN ORDINANC E,
' n lagged with leave of absence from their corps for
a limited time: And as it is absolutely necessary the
ftriftcft punctuality should be observed, in returning
at the expiration of the time for which their fur
loughs are granted; the Commander in Chief has
thought proper, thus early in the season, to lignify
his fixed determination to all concerned, that every
officer or soldier, who shall absent himfelf beyond the
limitation of his furlough (unless he shall be prevent
ed from returning by some inevitable misfortune, or
other casualty, which shall be deemed a fufficient
reason for his detention) shall for such conduct be
brought to trial before a Court-Martial.
Upon the return of any officer, who may have
violated this order, by absenting himfelf beyond the
time of his furlough, report is immediately to be
made thereof to the. Adjutant- General or Deputy
Adjutant-General, who is to represent the fame to
the General or commanding officer, that the neces
sary steps may be taken, without delay. The mode
of proceeding against absent officers, as pointed out
by a resolution of Congress, is to be invariably pur
sued. Soldiers are also to be tried and punished in
the most summary manner, if they will be guilty of
a crime so injurious to the publick service, as well
as to the interests and feelings of their brother sol
diers, who may, in confequehce of the long absence
of such delinquents, be unavoidably debarred the
gratification of visiting their friends before the open
ing of the campaign.
The General, however, cannot but hope, by tak
ing the precaution of canting this publick notice of
his intention to be given to the army, the disagreea
ble con sequences will be prevented, which might
otherwise have taken place; for he is persuaded,
whoever will give himfelf the trouble to reflect, will
find, that as great indulgences as are confident with
the publick good, a^d justice to individuals, are
granted in the firft inffance; that, as a certain
number of officers and men must be constantly kept
in camp, every trefpafc upon those indulgences is an
aft of injustice to the individual who is detained in
consequence of it, and probably in the ifiue to the
publick; that the most pointed exadnefs is indispen
sably requisite in all military affairs, events unknown,
and frequently of the greatest magnitude, depending
upon it; and that those men who have attached
themselves to the service of their country should
confider, that the publick has a constant claim upon
their services, which can only be dispensed with
under certain circumstances, and for definite periods,
of which those intruded with the regulation of the
army must be supposed to be the most competent
judges.
No officer or soldier is to be permitted to be ab
sent on furlough after the 10th day of April next,
on any occasion whatever.
The mullers of the army are, with all possible
expedition; to be completed to the 31st day of De
cember last inclusive; after which period they are to
be taken regularly at the end of every month, and
the rolls transmitted to the pay office without delay,
agreeable to a resolution of Congress, of September
25, 1780.
EDWARD HAND, Brigadier
and Adjutant General.
N B. The printers in the several States are re
quqfted to publifli the above.
Died the 15th ult. Mary, the wife of the Rev.
John Hanna, of Alexandria, in West-Jersey.—
On the 17th her remains were interred in thebury
ing ground of his church, when a sermon, from
Psalms xvi. 11, was delivered to a very numerous
audience.—She was highly favoured of God witli
a living and examplary piety, and much indebted
to his divine goodness for that sweetness and steadi
ness of temper, that pleasantness and gravity in re
ligion, united to a good understanding and the
benevolence and liberality of her heart, which made
her death a real loss in every relation she sustained,
as an indulgent, gentle mistress, a kindand constant
friend, a tender parent, a loving wife, and a sincere
chriftian. She viewed approaching death with
great composure, and met it with fortitude, sup
porting to the last moment the plainest marks of
one whom “ God the Saviour shall present fault
let's before his glory with exceeding joy." Jude
xxiv. 25.
At PUBLICK SALE, or MONDAY the fourth
day of March next,
AVERY valuable FARM in Greenwich township,
Suflex county, date of New-Jersey, adjoining
the Mufconetcung Creek, near Robert Johnson's
forge and mill : The land is very good for raising all
forts of grain a? I exceeding line for pasture. There
is on the premises a gond bearing orchard, besides a
young one planted last spring : also some good mea
dow and more may be made. The whole in good
fence, and wood in proportion to the land. Any one
inclining to view the land before the day of sale may
fee it by applying to William M'Cullough or Jacob
Piatt, and an indisputable title will be given by
BENJAMIN M'CULLOUGH.
N. B. The farm contains 243 acres. 6w st
T O BE SOLD,
TRENTO N, Jan. 23.
THE plantation whereon Thomas Silverthorn
now lives, in Sussex county, containing 213
acres, 150 whereof are meadow land —for which
good merchantable bar-iron will be taken in pay
ment. For terms apply to the printer.
WIT T AND LOTT,
HAIR-DRESSERS,
BEG leave to acquaint the publick, and their
friends in particular, that they have entered into
partnership.—All ladies and gentlemen that will
please to favour them with their custom may depend
on their utmost endeavour to give fatisfa&ion. They
have for file hair pins, powder and pomatum.
The fubferiber likewise begs leave to inform the
publick in general that he keeps a house of enter
tainment for man and horse, at the sign of Alexan
der the Great, in the house formerly occupied by
Captain Clunn, in Trenton, where all persons fa
vouring him with their custom may depend on his
utmost exertions to give entire fatisfa&ion, by the
publick's most obedient humble servant,
FRANCIS WITT.
N. B. A small house and lot to be let, enquire as
above.
Trenton, January 21, 1782. 3 w t
r I 'HIS is to notify the publick, that I the sub-
I scriber do intend having the following loan
office certificates renewed by Mr. Borden, which
were in my possession and destroyed by the enemy at
New-London, on the 6th of September last, viz.
No. 7140 and 7141, for 200 dollars each, and No.
665, for 600 dollars, issued from Mr. Borden's office,
in favour of Mr. Isaac Cox, of Philadelphia, and
dated 24th January, 1778. Any person having ob
jections to the renewal of the above certificates,
agreeably to an aft of the Honourable the Continen
tal Congress, are desired to exhibit the fame within
fix weeks from the date hereof.
RICHARD THROCKMORTON.
Trenton, January 23, 1782. 6w| _
For the use of the troops, &c. stationed at Bur
lington and the post of Trenton,
BEEF, pork, mutton and whifky, for which a
generous price and cash will be given, by the
publick's most obedient servant,
JAMES THOMPSON.
Trenton, January 22, 1782.
T O BE~S O L D,
ONE thousand acres of excellent limestone land,
lying in Frederick County, in Virginia, about
ten miles from that flourifhing town of Winchester.
For terms apply to the fubferiber, near Pitt's-Town.
3W MAHLON TAYLOR.
ALL persons indebted for articles purchased at
the vendue of the estate of James Jackson, late
°f Upper-Freehold, deceased are hereby requeued
t° n \ a ''e payment to Joseph Lawrence, Esq. who
will fettle and receive the (ami, and that within one
month from the date hereof, otherwise they may ex
pedl to be prosecuted as the law directs ; and all
persons having any demands against said estate, are
hereby requested to bring in their accounts, properly
attested, to the fubferiber, at his house near Prince
ton, that the fame may be fettled and discharged.
EZEKIEL SMITH.
January 15, 1782. jwf
to BE SOLD,
A LOT of meadow land, generally known by the
name of Wood's-Island, containing about fix
acres mowable, of the bed kind cf grass ; the foil
is equal to the best bank meadow, with this material
advantage, that there is no neceflity for banks or
drains. Also between twenty and thirty acres of
out-lands, flats, &c. adjoining, and will be fold
with the above or separate, as may best suit the pur
chaser. And likewise about forty acres of wood
land, three miles distant from Trenton, and two
miles and an half from a good landing on Watson's
Creek. For terms apply to JOHN WATSON.
Nottingham, Burlington county, Jan. 10, 1782. 3+
\ty HEREAS Mary Snyder, my wife, has eloped
from my bed and board, and has robbed my
house of sundry articles, and has been guilty of
lodging with other men : This is therefore to caution
the publick not to harbour her nor any of her effects
at their peril, in this state, or they may expert to be
prosecuted agreeably to the laws of the date. Ilike
wife caution the publick not to trust her on my ac
count, as I am determined not to pay any debts of
her contracting from the date hereof. Dec mber 26,
1781. PETER SNYDER.
Sussex county, township of Wantage, State of
New-Jersey. 3w §
TO BE SOLD,
A LOT of land with three houses thereon,
fronting the street, in Newtown, Buck's
county, in the state of Pennsylvania, suitable for
merchandizing or any tradesman. For terms apply
to the fubferiber, living on the road leading from
Jones's ferry to said Newtown, &c.
LAMB. TORBET.
TO BE SOLD,
WANTE D,