The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-10-23 00:00:00, page 1

IT being the indispensable duty qf all nations,
not only to offer up their supplications to Al
mighty God, the giver of all good, for his
gracious assistance in a time of distress, but
also in a solemn and publick manner to give him
praise for his goodness in general, and especially
for great and fgnal interpositions of his Providence
n their behalf; therefore, the United States in
Congress aiTembled, taking into their consideration
the many instances of Divine Goodness to these
Rates, in the course of the important conflict in
which they have been so long engaged ; the present
happy and promising state of publick affairs, and
the events of the war in the course of the year pow
drawing to a close, particularly the harmony of th^
publick councils, which is so necessary to the suc
cess of the publick cause ; thf perfect union and
good understanding which has hitherto subsisted be
tween them and the^r allies, notwithstanding the
artful and unwearied attempt's of the common ene
my to divide them ; the success of the arms of the
United States and those of their allies, and the ac
knowledgment of their independence by another
European power, whose friendfhip and commerce
must be of great and lasting advantage to these
Rates ; do hereby recommend it to the inhabitants
of these states in general, to observe, and request
the several states to interpose their authority in
appointing and commanding the observation of
THURSDAY, the twenty eighth day of Novem
ber next, as a day of solemn thanksgiving to God
for all his mercies: and they do further reeom
mend to all ranks, to teftify their gratitude to God
for his goodness, by a cheerful obedience to his
laws, and by promoting, each in his Ration, and
by his influence, the practice of true and undefiled
religion, which is the great foundation of publick
prosperity and national happiness.
Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, the ele
venth day of Odober, in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Eighty-two, and of our sovereignty and in
dependence the seventh.
JOHN HANSON, President.
Charles Thomson, secretary.
pUBLICK Notice is hereby
given, to all persons who may incline to con
trad for the supply of rations, that the seven fol
lowing contrasts will be entered into for the year
17 8 3 :
A contrad for all rations which may be issuable
by the United States.
Ift, Within the four eastern states.
2d, Within the states of New-York and New-
Jersey.
3d, Within the state of Pennsylvania.
4th, Within the states of Delaware and Mary
land.
sth, Within the state of Virginia.
6th, Within the state of North-Carolina.
7th, Within the states of South-Carolina and
Georgia.
Proposals for these contrasts will be received as
follows:
For the firft, by James Lovell, Esquire, at Bos
ton, until the firft day of December; for the se
cond and third, at this office, Until the loth day
of November; for the fourth, at this office; for
the fifth, by George Webb, Esquire, of Rich-
Philadelphia, O&ober 16.
By the United States in C ON-
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
Office of Finance.
[Vol. V.]
OCTOBER 10, 1782.
Proclamation.
GRESS assembled.
WEDNESDA Y, October 23, 1782.
mond ; and for the sixth and seventh, by Major-
General Greene, until the firft day of December.
The rations are to cenfift of one pound of bread
or one pound of flour, one pound of beef or three
quarters of a pound of pork, and one jill of rum
to each ration; and one quart of salt, one quart
of vinegar, two pounds of soap, and one pound of
candles, to every hundred rations. The contrac
tors are to issue the rations; and upon large issues
three per cent, is to be added to the flefh, to com
pensate for the wastage in the distribution.
The payments are to be made as follows: The
accounts of the issues for the month of January
are to be made cut by the contractors, and trans
mitted as loon as conveniently may be, after the
close of the month, to the treasury for settlement,
and the amount, which shall be certified by the
comptroller to be due, shall be paid on the firft
I uefday of May. The issues for the month of
February shall, in like manner, be paid for on the
firft Tuesday in June, and in like manner for the
other months; lo that the issues In December 1783,
will be paid on the firft Tuesday of April 1784.
And for the prevention of disputes, in cases
where the ration or any part thereof, shall be in
cre'afed or diminished, the proposals are to contain
the prices of the several component parts of the ra
tion; and the contractors fliall be bound to furnilh
to the several officers the said component parts at
such prices so fpecified, whether the fame be drawn
for by such officers proportionately or disproporti
onately; provided, that they shall not be bound to
issue, in the whole, to any officer, beyond the
amount of the subsistence-money allowed by Con
gress to such officer; and in like manner they shall
be bound to issue to the soldiers, such articles of
the ration, at the said prices, as the commanding
officer for the time being shall order and direct ;
and to the prisoners, such as the person for that
purpose authorized by the secretary at war, shall
order and direst.
BOST O N, October 10.
By the brig Comet, Captain Barnard, who arriv
ed at Providence last week, in 47 days from
Holland, we have the following intelligence, viz.
EAST-INDIA NEWS.
LONDO N, July 29.
INFORMATION has been received by govern
ment, as firft Rated in our paper, from the
East-Indies, with an account of an aftion that has
taken place between the French and English fleets
in that quarter. The intelligence is not immedi
ately official, and received by way of Constantino
ple, but comes through a medium that leaves no
doubt of its authenticity. The purport of it is as
follows: On the 20th of March the French fleet,
under the command of Mons. d'Orves, and the
British under Admiral fir Edward Hughes, the for
mer consisting of 11 ships of the line, besides fri
gates, the latter of 9 fail, exclusive of the Isis, of
50 guns, came to the engagement of Pondicherry.
It continued upwards of fix hours, and was most
desperately maintained on both sides, till one of
the French flrips of 64 guns was towed out of the
line in the most disabled condition. The enemy
still continued the engagement, but at a greater dis
tance, for one hour longer, and then bore entirely
away. The flight of the French was the only
proof of the vidory on the part of the English, the
squadron under-fir Edward Hughes being too much
disabled to attempt a pursuit.—The French, it is
fuppoled, have however been more shattered than
the English, and as they have no port in that quar
ter of the world to retire to for refitting their
ships, nearer than the Mauritius, it is expeded that
several of them will fuffer before they get there,
the passage being both long and dangerous. Not
one ship was taken on either fide, but it was ima
gined that the French ship of the line, which prov
ed to be the Vengeance of 64 guns, and was en
gaged in the action with the Magnanime, also of
64, is too much disabled to be capable of any fur
ther fervicc. The letters which bring this infor-
THE
orders were issued for tinging Te Deum in all the
churches of Madrid, and for general illuminations,
and other demonstrations of joy, for three succes
sive days.
The following is a lift of the French and English
squadrons :n the late engagement off the coast of
Coromandel, the 22d of March last.
/ ENGLISH LIN E.
Magnanime, 64; Worcester, 64; Minorca, 70;
Superb, 74; Hero, 74; Eagle, 64 ; Isis, 50; Sul-'
tan, 74; Exeter, 64; Monmouth, 64; Burford, 70.
FRIGA T E S.
A&ive, 32; Coventry, 28; Seahorse, 24; Juno,
32; Combustion, firefhip.
FRENCH LI N E.
Le Vengeux, 64; Le Severe, 64; Le Brilliant,
68; L'Orient, 74; L'Hanibal, 74; Le Sphinx, 64;
Le Heros, 74; L'Artefian, 64; LUjax, 70; Le'
Fiamand, 54; Le Binaire, 64; La Pouveyoufe, 48.
FRI GAT E S.
La Hinde, 36; Le Ellones, 32 ; La Subtille,
24; La Sylphe, 18; La Diligent, 10; La Pulve
rise, firefhip.
Since the above engagement, it is very probable
the two squadrons have been joined by the follow-
Sailed with fir Bickerton, February 6, 1782.
Gibraltar, 80; Cumberland, 74; Defence, 74;
Africa, 64; Sceptre, 64.
Sailed from Brest, February, 1782.
Le Fendant, 74; L'Argonaute, 64 ; L'Atlas,
94; La Breton (armed en flute) 64; La Blonde, 32.
With this the English squadron will be fupenor
by two fllips of the line; the number of frigates
are nearly equal.
There is an account that the Batavia Dutch man
of war, of 50 guns, after throwing 30 of her guns
overboard, is returned to the Texel, where they
are taking out her other guns and sea stores as fait
as possible, she having received some material da
mage in a violent storm in the North-Seas, which
rendered her incapable of proceeding on her voy
age with the rest of the fleet.
mation add, that the above was certainly the b
fought battle that ever happened in the east. £
Edward Hughes hoisted his flag on board the S
perb of 74 guns, and Captain King had a Cor
modore's pendant in the Exeter of 64.
The advices brought by the Nancy Packet from
Bengal, which arrived on Wednesday last, are cer
tainly not of the most agreeable complexion. Go
vernor Hastings informs the company that their
forces have been extremely harraffed, and much di
minished in number by the frequent skirmishes and
severe service they have undergone in the province
of Bengal, and that though every exertion had
been made, and was then making, for the fake of
establishing a peace with the country powers, that
event did not appear, at the date of his defpatches,
to be in any great forwardnefs nor much to be ex
pected. The Nancy Packet came diredly from
Bengal, without touching on the coast of Coroman
del, so that she brings nothing new from that quar
ter. ,
The last Madrid Gazette has the following ar
ticle: By defpatches which arrived here on the 24th
of June, the court have received the most impor
tant intelligence from the Weft-Indies, Rating, that
his Majesty's forces, commanded by Don Galvez,
had entirely driven the English from their eftabliih
ment, both in the interior parts of Honduras, and
from the very remotest possession they enjoyed in
any quarter of South-America; that the Spanish
commander had had the good fortune to eßablifh a
peace with the Indians who inhabit the country
known by the name of Mofcos and Zinbas, who
have been for upwards of a century in close alli
ance with the Englifli, and have on various occasi
ons done the greatest milchief to the fubjeds of his
Catholick Majesty fettled in those diftrids, and that
an entire and perfect tranquility had been restored
in Peru, and the other revolted colonies of South-
America. This agreeable information was imme
diately communicated to the foreign Ministers, and
[Nomb. 2p.]