The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-04-24 00:00:00, page 2

are in no wan: either of sailors, or soldiers, or mo
ney: and the orders of our able ministry have been
executed with such dispatch, that our fleet is low in
a condition to pur to sea, and even more numerous
than when it firft failed. The several divisions are
going to their particular destinations, not known at
present: and the brave de la Mothe Piquet com
mands one of them, composed of ten ships of rhe
line, of which the Invincible and the Bretagne of
no guns, make a part. The Marquis la Fayette,
and the Count de Noalle&, who arrived in the Al
liance, after a passage of 32 days, will embark to
morrow for America, in the Emerald frigate."
April 11. A late letter from France mention?,
that, according to advices received there from
England, the Britilh Ministry were much divided
and agitated, after receiving the news of the cap
ture of Lord Cornwallis's army. Report said,
great changes were taking place in Administrati
on; Lord Sandwich would retire, and Admiral
Lord Howe take his place at the head of the Ad
miralty Board: Sir William Howe to be Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland, in the room of the Earl of
Carlifle: Colonel Barre in the room of Lord Ger
maine: and Lord Shelburne to come into the Mi
riftry.
Between the hours 12 and 1 o'clock lad Friday
night a fire broke out in the Paper-Mills in Milton,
owned by Mr. Boies and Mr. McLane which con
sumed the fame, together with the Slitting-Mills,
and a number of other buildings, 7 in all, together
with all the stock. By what means it happened we
cannot learn.
Saturday last arrived here, after a passage of 9
weeks and 3 days, from Holland, the brig Fire-
Brand, Captain I rowbridge—By her we have an
account, —that Holland has entered into an alliance
with France, loan’d her five Millions of Florins on
account of the United States of America; and that
France has engaged to convoy the Dutch trade,
that they may protect their own coasts.
The authentic account we have lately received
of the conclusion of a new treaty between Fiance
and the States of Holland, is very important: It
destroys all idea of a separate peace between Eng
land and that Republick. The treaty with France
has been for some time warmly demanded by the
old Republicans of Holland, and opposed with
r, cry art by tlre British party. Though it has not
yet come to America, we may reasonably fuppole
it contains articles highly interesting to both the
contrasting parties, since upon the foundation of
this treaty, which has been for some time in secret
agitation, we have a certain account that a respec
table fleet of the line, with frigates and transports,
having on board 22 battalions of troops, have late
ly failed from Brest for the Eaft-lndies, under the
orders of the Marquis de Buffy, to defend the fet
tiements of the Dutch and co-operate with their
forces in that quarter.
Several publications in England, prove to a de
monstration, that Britain gained more advantages
since the war by the neutrality of the Dutch than
any other nation, and particularly from the trade
of St. Euftatia; and conlequently that it was
madndfs in the Court of London to act the part
they have done against Holland, and throw that
Republic so completely into the scale of their ene
mies.,
" He took at the fame time the English frigate
Oronooko, a two decker, 16 pounders on the low
er deck; Berbuda, 22, 9 pounders; Stormont, 18;
Rodney, 18; cutter Sylphe; schooner Henry,
(which is arrived at Fort Royal and brought this
news) and eleven private ships of different sizes."
APRIL i.
Extras of a letter from Brest, Feb. 4.
" The capture of Lord Cornwallis has produced
here the most agreeable and lively lenfations, tho'
we were convinced before that we had brave allies.
“ The naval armament commanded by the Count
de Guichen, that failed from this port the 13th of
December, soon met with a violent llorm, during
which Admiral Kernpenfelt took 11 merchant ffiips,
which failed heavily, and were at the distance of
three or four leagues from the men of war. These
lagging vessels were defended by a ship of the line,
the Active, of 74 guns, which fought for an hour
and an half, and gloriously sustained the attack of
the greater part of the English squadron. Our fleet,
dispersed by the storm, returned to this port in the
space of three weeks, a number difmafted, arid some
cf the three-deckers leaky, but without any other
loss than that of the 11 ihips; a ship of 80 guns,
and another or 74, with some tranlports, having
continued their course for Martinico.
" For the publick service, thanks to lieaven, we
T R E N T O N, April 24.
Extract of a letter from Freehold, Monmouth coun
ty, datpd April 15, 1782.
" Last Saturday was brought to this place the
corpse of Capt. Jofliua Huddy, who was about ten
o'clock the day before most barbarously and unwar
rantably hanged, at Middletown-Point, by a party
of refugees.—This murder was attended with so
much deliberate injustice and wanton cruelty, that
the circumstances ought to be preserved and made
publick, not only to call upon the vengeance of his
countrymen to expiate the manes of the fufferer,
but as a fnocking instance of the blackness of that
guilt of which human nature is capable.
Capt. Huddy was one of the bravest of men, a
fit fubjed therefore of cowardly inhumanity.—He
has distinguished himfelf on a variety of occasions,
one instance of which I cannot avoid mentioning:
The summer before last alone and unassisted, except
by a woman, he defended his house against a party
II A RTFOR D, April rh
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Auifterdam,
dated December 21, 1781.
" The latch news with us is the alliance we have
just entered into with France, who will fee our mer
chant fleets fafely convoyed ; that by not being oblig
ed to divide our maritime forces, we may always
have a superior one to the English in these seas, to
which the French, if needful, will add a certain num
ber. We have just lent five millions of florins to
France for America, by which you may suppose that
the result .will be a speedy alliance with your States."
" Nothing can exceed the enterprise lately dis
played by our West-Chester county militia—they
have, in small volunteer parties, in the course of a
few weeks last pall, attacked at different times, the
enemy's fortified polls at Morrifania, and brought
off in the whole, to the amount of near 100 men,
belonging to Delaney's plundering banditti."
The refugee boats from New-York have lately
infefted our river as high as New-Cadle and Marcus-
Hook ; and there is reason to believe they hare
been as far up as Chester, and the chevaux de frize.
Several small fh.dlops have been taken, and one or
two oyster boats have been boarded by them, but
let g° again, as they did not think them worth
manning to fend away.
Yesterday the Hyder Ally, a vessel fitted out for
the protection of this river and its trade, returned
to Chester after a severe conflid with a vessel of su
perior force, which with great gallantry and good
condud, on the part of Captain Barney and his
crew, hac been captured and brought into port.
The particulars of the adion, as far as we have been
able to colled them, are, that a fleet of merchant
men having proceeded down the bay, were met by
an enemy's frigate of 40 guns, with the General
Monk Hoop of war, and Fair American privateer;
the General Monk having 18 nine pounders and
150 men. The fleet endeavoured to return, but
were pursued by the frigate, sloop, and privateer;
the Fair American being engaged with one of the
fleet, and the frigate being at a considerable distance,
gave the Hyder Ally an opportunity to attack the
General Monk singly, which Capt. Barney embrac
ed, and, after a very close and brave attack of about
30 minutes, the General Monk surrendered to her
inferior adversary. The General Monk had 53
men killed and wounded, among whom are most of
the officers; on board the Hyder Ally there were
15 killed and wounded. A brig, one of the fleet,
was taken, and the General Greene left engaged
with the Fair American. The conduct of Captain
Barney has given the greatest fitisfadion, and thews
him truly worthy of the trust committed to him.
The Boston papers contain the articles of capitu
lation of St. Christopher's and Nevis, taken from
the Martinico Gazette of the 28th of February,
1782, the second article of which differs materially
from the second article of the capitulation published
in this paper on the 20th of March, and taken from
a St. Christopher's paper. It is in the following
words: “ Article 2. The regular troops Ihall be
prisoners of war, and transported to England in
good vessels, with provisions for the voyage, but
they shall not serve against the King of France, nor
his Allies, till they are exchanged."
Extract of a letter from Fifo-Kill, April 6.
PHIL A D E LPH I A, April 10.
Extrafl of a letter from Newport, Rhode-I/land,
dated March 26, 1782.
" The Emerald French frigate of 34 guns, ar
rived here this morning. She failed 42 days ago
from Brest, in company with about 150 men of war,
transports, &c. bound to the Weft-Indies. The
men of war confided of about 12 fail of very large
mips."
The circumstances attending the death of the
above-mentioned Philip White, were as follow:
On Saturday, the 30th of March lafl, he was
surprised by a party of our people, and after he had
hid down hb arms, in token of surrendering himfelf
a prisoner, he again took up hia musket and killed
a son of Col. Hendrickson; be was however taken
by our light horse, and, on his way from Colts-Neck
to Freehold, where they were conducing him, he
again attempted to make his efc?pe from the guard,
who called on him several times to surrender, but
he continued running, although often crossed and
recrofled by the light horse, and desired to stop, and
finally, when leaping ii.w a bog, impassable by the
horse, he received a stroke in the head with a sword,
which killed him inftandy. The above fa&s have
not only been proved by the affidavits of our friends
who were present, but by the voluntary and candid
testimony of one Aaron White, who was taken pri
soner with the said Philip.
Capt. Huddy was taken prisoner on Sunday the
24th of March, and kept in close custody, with jus
tice Randolph, out of wliofe'prefence he never was
for half an hour from the time he was taken, until
the hour of his execution, which shews how impossi
ble it was for him to have been concerned in \\ hire's
death, and that they must have known it was so.
To shew their insolence yet further, they left
the following label affixed to the bread of tho un
fortunate Capt. Huddy.
" We the refugees having with grief long beheld
tne cruel murders of our brethren and finding no
thing but such measures daily carrying into execu
tion.
of near seventy refugees for several hours, and wtea
it was in a manner riddled with musket balls, and
in flames about him, he refilled to submit until he
obtained from the allailants fafe and honourable
terms: among the number who were killed, in tin t
encounter was the famous negro Eye, justly much
more to be feared and refpe&ed, as an enemy, than
any of his brcthren-of the fail er complexion.—Capt.
Huddy also commanded the troops at the Block-
House on Tora's river, when it was lately reduced;
he defended it most gallantly against a vast luperio
rity of numbers, until hi} ammunition was expended,
and no alternative was left —1 he refugees, like
their task-masters the Britilh, who employ them io
every kind of infamous business, are always cruel
in success and pitifully mean id adversity. After
the little brave garrison was in their power, they
deliberately murdered five of the soldiers asking for
quarters. From Tom’s river Capt. Huddy, justice
Randolph, and the remaining prisoners, were taken
to New-York, where, fuffering the various progres
sions of barbarity usually exercised upon those who
are defined to a violent or a lingering death, those
two gentlemen, with a Mr. Fleming, were put into
the hold of a vessel. Capt. Huddy was ironed hand
and foot. On Monday last a certain John Tilton,
a refugee, came to him, and told him, “ 1 hat he
was ordered (by the board of refugees, as we sup
pose) to be hanged." Capt. Huddy alked “ What
charge was alledged against him?" Tilton replied,
" That he had taken a certain Philip White, a re
fugee, fix miles up in the country, cut off both his
arms, broke both his legs, pulled out one of his eyes,
and then damned him and bid him run." To this
Huddy answered, “ It is impossible that I coujd'
have taken Fhilip White, I being a prisoner clolely
confined in New-York at the time and, for many
days before he was made a prisoner." Justice Ran
dolph confirmed what Huddy had said, and assured
1 ilton that he could not pofiibly be chargeable with
White's death; upon which Tilton told Mr. Ran
dolph that “He should be hanged next." This
flimfy story, which mud have been created by the
murderous hearts of the refugees, to cloke their
villany, was the only crime charged against Capt.
Huddy, and was the common fubjebt of their con
versation. From the sloop Capt Huddv, with his
fellow prisoners, were put op board the guard drip
at the Hook, and confined between decks till Friday
morning the 12th inst. when some men, Grangers to
the prisoners, came below and told Capt. Huddy
to “ Prepare to be hanged immediately." He again
said “ He was not guilty of having killed White,"
and that “ He should die an innocent man, and in
a good cause ;'' and, with the most uncommon forti
tude and composure of mind, prepared for his end,
and with the Spirit of a true for. of liberty, he wait
ed the moment of his fate, which he met with a
degree of firmnefs and serenity, which struck the
coward hearts of his executioners with admiration
—He even executed his will under the gallows, upon
the head of that barrel from which he was imme
diately to make his exit, and in a hand-writing fairer
than usual.