The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-11-22 00:00:00, page 1

STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An ACt to enable the federal Townftip Colleßors to re
cover the monies from Constables by them received for
taxes.
'™W IT V HEREAS there is no provision
/ made in the laws for railing taxes
W fIA I within this state, for recovering
W " e money from the constables
V V who shall reccivethe taxes of de-
V Unquents, or make sale of the
distresses levied for delinquency in payment of taxes;
for remedy whereof,
Seß. I. Be it Enacted by the Council and Ge
neral Affembl, of this state, and it is hereby Enacted by
the authority "of the fame, That if any constable shall
make default in paying the money by him collected
or received from any delinquent or delinquents in
paying their taxes, or on sale of any diltrefstaken
for such delinquency, or any part thereof, to the
collector of the tow'nfhip, precind or ward, where
such delinquency shall happen, he shall, betides the
penalty imposed by law, be fubjeCt to an action of
debt at the suit of the said Collector for the recovery
of the whole sum received, or any part thereof, with
interest and costs of suit, in any court where the fame
may be cognizable; which action such Colkdor is
hereby authorized and empowered to commence and
prosecute to judgment and recovery in his own name;
and on receiving" the money, shall pay the fame for
ward to the County Collector, under the fame pains
and penalties for negleCt or refufal as by liw he may be
fubjeft to for any other money by him received for
2. And whereas actions may have already been
commenced at the fait of the Collectors of some town
ships against Constables who have made default in pay
ing the monies by them collected for taxes; Be it
therefore Enacted, That all Inch actions shall be carri
ed on and prosecuted to judgment and recovery in the
fame manner as is before directed ; and the said pro
ceedings shall in all refpeCts be as valid as if the said
actions had been commenced and prosecuted as afore
faid, after the paffihg of this aft
Passed at Trenton, October 2, 1780.
<STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An Aft to amend an Act, intitled, An Act to efablifa
Courts in the federal counties in this colony for the trial
ofJmall caufa, find to repeal the former Aht for that
purpose, and to confirm fandr, proceedings of the fuf
tices of the Pe(ice in this state.
WHEREAS by the Act, intitled, An to efla
bliJb Courts in the federal counties in this colony
for the trial of small causes, and to repeal the former
ahifor that purpose, made and passed the eleventh day
of February, one thousand seven hundred and leven
tv-five, all actions to the value of fix pounds procla
mation monev, are made cognizable before any one
Justice of the Peace in this state : And whereas rncon
veniencies do arise in the recovery of debts 01 other
demands, occasioned by the prelent depreciation of
the continental currency ; therefore,
Sea. I. Be it Enaaed by the Council and General As
sembly of this state, and it is hereby Enabled b, the au
thority of the fame, That all actions made cognizable
before a Justice of the Peace by the laid recited act,
when the sum demanded shall not exceed the value
of fix pounds in specie, or the equivalent in continen
tal bills of credit, heretofore emitted by the Congress
of the United States, shall be, and the lame arc here
made cognizable before any one Judice of toe
Peace in any county in this state; anc such Justice
shall proceed in the trial of all such causes, givejudg
ment, and award execution thereon, 111 the fame man
ner as is. directed in and by the before recited aft.
2. And be it further Enaaed b, the Authority ajoie
faid. That all officers and others entitled to fees by
the before recited aft, shall be entitled to receive the
fame nominal sum allowed them for them services by
the said aft, in specie, or the equivalent 111 the afore
faid bills'of credit. n ..,, , , .
% And whereas since the aft, intitled, An ARto
amend an Ad, intitled, An Aft to erect and eflabli/b
Courts in the federal counties in this colon, for the trial
of small causes, and to repeal the former Act far that
purpose, made and passed the eighth day of f^f, one
thousand seven hundred and leventy-nuie, hath been
expired, several actions have been commenced, and
determinations made by the Justices of the Peace a
^reeably to the mode prescribed in the said ad, wheic
by suitors may be greatly injured; Be therefore en
c.aed b, the authority aforeJaid, 1 hat al actions that
have been commenced and determined by any of the
Justices of the Peace in this state agreeably to the di
rections of said aft, shall be, and the fame are here-
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[VOL. lII.]
WEDNESDAY, November 22, 1780.
by declared valid, as fully and effectually as if the said
act had been in force; any law to the contrary in
anywise notwithstanding.
Patied at Trenton, October 3, 1780.
BY lIIS EXCELLENCY
iWilliam Livingston, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief
in and over the State of Ae^w-ferf, and 'Territorie 3
r thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in th e
fame ;
PROCLAMATION.
JT7HEREAS the Honourable the Congress by their
Vv Proclamation, bearing date the eighteenth day
of October last, therein reciting, That ' whereas it
hath pleated Almighty God, the lather of all mer
cies, amidll the viciflitudes and calamities of war, to
bestow bkfiings upon the people of thete hates, which
call for their devout and thankful acknowledgments,
more especially in the late remarkable interposition
of his watchful providence in referring the perlon of
our Commander in Chief and the Army from im
minent dangers, at the moment when treason was
ripened for execution ; in prospering the labours of
the byfbandmen, and cauling the earth to yield its in
creafc in plentiful harvests; and above all, in conti
nuing to us the enjoyment of the gospel of peace:"
Did by the laid Proclamation " recommend to the
feveral' states to let apart Thursday the seventh day of
December next, to be obfei ved as a day of public
thanksgiving and prayer; that all the people may al
femble on that day to celebrate the praises of our Di
vine Benefactor; to confefs our unuorthinefs of the
least of his favours, and to offer our fervent suppli
cations to the God of all grace; that it may pleale
him to pardon our heinous tranigreffions, and incline
our hearts for the future to keep all hi? laws ; to com
fort and relieve our brethren who are in any wife as-
flicted or distressed ; to smile upon our husbandry and
trade ; to direCt our public councils and lead our for
ces by land and sea to victory ; to take our illustrious
ally under his special protection, and to favour our
joint councils and exertions for the establishment of
fpeody and permanent peace; to cherish all schools
and seminaries of education, and to caule the know
ledge of Christianity to fprcld over all the earth."
I have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice
of the Honourable P^vy CouncQof this state, to ap
point Thursday the seventh day of December next to
be observed as a day of public thanklgiying and pray
er in this state, in pursuance of the said Proclamati
on of Congrels, and for tiie purpoles therein menti
oned : And it is hereby recommended to the ministers
of the' gospel of every denomination in this state to
perform divine fervicc, and to the people committed
to their charge to attend on public worship on that
day ; and to all the inhabitants of the state to abstain
thereon from servile labour and all recreations incon
tinent with the solemnity of the fehival.
Given under m, Hand and Seal at Arms, in Trenton,
the seventh da; of November, one thousand seven
hundred and eighty, and in the fifth, ear of the In
dependence of the United States oj° America.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's command,
Bowes Reed, Sec'ry.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
In CONGRE S S, October 4, 1780.
RESOLVED, That the board of war be and here
by are directed to erase from the register of the
names of the officers of the army of the United States
the name of BENEDICT ARNOLD.
November 3.
WHEREAS Congress have received informa
tion, That John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac
Vanwert, three young volunteer militia men of the
state of New-York, did on the 23d of September last
intercept major John Andre, adjutant general of the
Britilh army, on his return from the American lines
in the character of a spy; and, ^otwithttanding the
large bribes offered them for his release, nobly dis
daining to facrifice their country for the fake of gold,
secured and conveyed him to the commanding officer
of the diftrift, whereby the dangerous and traitorous
conspiracy of Benedict Arnold was brought to light,
the insidious designs of the enemy baffled, and the
United States rescued from impending danger.
Resolved, That Congress have a high sense
of the virtuous and patriotic conduct of the said
JOHN PAUI,DING, DAVID WILLIAMS and
ISAAC VANWERT.
THE
[I hefe are the sentiments of a Biiton; what ought
those of an American to be ! de mortuis nil nifi
bonum is the maxim of humanity. The prelent
age must execrate his memory, and the impartial
pen of history will transmit his name,
" Blackening downwards on the lease of time,
" The equal objed of eternal fhame."]
From the London Gazette, July 22.
Admiralty Office, July, 1780.
Extract of a letter from the honourable captain Wald
grave, of his inajefty's ihip La Prudente, to Mr.
Stephens, dated Spithead, July 18, 1780.
On the 4th inflant being on a cruize with the Li
corne in company, at ten o'clock A. M. cape Ortu
gal then bearing south and by weft, distance 25
leagues, the Licorne made a signal for feeing a fail in
the N. W. and a thick fog then dispersing, we disco
vered a large fliip bearing down to us: I immediate
ly made the signal to chafe, toon after which, the
chafe hauling her wind, being then only fix miles di
stance from us, we clearly discovered her to be a
large frigate, which, from her conftruCtion, we con
cluded to be French.
As we had light winds and calms the whole day,
it was half past eleven P. M. ere I found myfelf with
in elofe pistol shot of her. The signals the now made,
both with rockets and lights, convincing me that the
was an enemy, I immediately began to engage her:
and at half past 4 A. M. Ihe hauled down her colours
to his majesty's flrips La Prudente and Licorne.
She proved to be La Capricieufe, a French frigate,
eight days from L'Orient, pierced for 44 guns, but
mounting only 32 ; complement 308 men. She was
launched in March last, meafureda 100 tons, and was
one of the fineft frigates I ever saw.
I am very sorry to fay, that the condition of the
prize was such (as their lordships may ohferve from
the report of the survey) as rendred it impracticable
to escort her to England. Indeed the very heavy loss
I have sustained in the action, and unfortunately hav
ing 20 sick on Ihore, and many on board, made it
abfylutely impoflible for me to give her the necessa
ry afliftance for that purpose ; I therefore, after re
moving the prisoners, set her on fire.
Finding from the condition of my ship, the utter
impossibility of executing my orders, I have therefore
given directions to captain Cadogan, the commander
of his majesty's fliip Licorne, to put them into imme
diate execution.
Notwithstanding our seeming superiority, I hope
the return of the killed and wounded will fufficiently
evince, that my officers and chip's company have ac-
In testimony whereof,
Ordered, That each of them receive annu
ally out of the public treasury two-hundred dollars in
specie, ^r an equivalent in the current money of
these states, diving life ; and that the board of war
be directed to procure for each of them a silver me
dal, on one fide of which shall be a firield with this
inscription, " fidelity," and on the other the fol
lovrg motto, " vincit amor patrije," and for
ward rhem to the commander in chief, who is re
queued to present the fame, with a copy of this re
solution, and the thanks of Congress for their fideli
ty, and the eminent service they have rendered their
country.
ExtraCt from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, secretary.
November 10.
Resolved, THAT the Commissioners of the
continental loan-offices, in the refpeCtive states, be
and hereby are directed to forward to the continen
tal treasury at Philadelphia all such continental bills of
credit as may have been, from time to time, lodged in
their offices, pursuant to the all of Congress of the 18th
day of March lift, having firft cancelled them in the
mode prescribed by the resolution of the firft day of
September lad, that they may be examined and burned.
ExtraCt from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, secretary.
LONDON, June 6.
C™ OVERNOR Hutchinson is now no more: (
^ on Saturday afternoon he dropped down
dead. It is charitable to hope that his fins may be
buried with him in the tomb, but they must be re
corded in his epitaph. His misrepresentations have
added fuel to the unnatural war which has been
kindled against America. Examples are necessary;
and there is reason to with, that all incendiaries
may not escape into the grave without a previous
appearance either at the gibbet or on the fcaffold.
[Numb. 152.]