The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-11-25 00:00:00, page 2

We are well informed that when Lord Howe pa
raded before this harbour with his fleet, and went
off the fame evening, he had like to have paid dear
for his oftentatien ; in returning to New-York he was
in the utmost hazard of running his fleet on shore in
the night at Cape-Cod. The St. Albans of 64 guns,
was actually on shore, and remained so for two days,
when ihe luckily got off. As loon as the struck the
fired a signal gun, which alarmed the other blips of
the fleet, by which means they narrowly escaped.
The family of the Count D'Eftaing is very ancient,
and the only one in France allowed to bear the King's
Arms, with a small diftinrtion denoting a fubjert.
It has enjoyed this extraordinary honor for neat 8,0
years : The oceanoir of its Being conferred was this.
About the year 1000, Philip Augustus, King of France,
was engaged in a war with the Flemings. In a
bloody battle, in which his own force was much
inferior, being only 30,000, while that of the enemy
was 80,000, the King was personally attacked by a
Flemish officer, who was on the point of flaying him
with his lance: D'Eftaing, an ancestor of the pre
f^nt Count, and an officer of rank in the King's army,
perceiving the imminent hazard to which his master
was exposed, instantly rushed between the lance and
l iiu, and receiving it in his own body, fell dead at the
king's feet. Philip was so affected with this instance
of generous bravery, that he ordained that the de
feendents of one who had given his life for the pre
servation of his own, Should for ever wear his arms.
A number of Indian Chiefs and Delegates from the
Penobfeot and Nq^a-Scotia tribes lately waited on the
Count D'Eftaing, and were received on board the
Languedoc, and treated by him with much civility.
It was easy to discover that these Savages had not loft
their former strong attachment and predilection to
the French. They enquired much after the King of
France, whom the Indians almost universally call
their rather; whereas the appellation commonly
given by their sachems to the British King, has been
only that of brother. Among other difeourfe with
the French Admiral, they told him they had heard
a new thing which gave them pleasure; that their
father the King of France had lately entered into a
treaty of friendflrip with the States of America, and
had lent a number of his great flips and best warriors
to support them against the flips and armies of the
King of Britain : But that this report had been often
contradidied by the friends of the latter, who affirmed
that only a few small French vessels had come to
trade with the people of the United States, for the
fake of the very high price they could now obtain :
That not knowing what to rely on, they had come
to fee with their own eyes, and make report to their
brethren on their return. The Count gave them some
handsome presents, sent by them some tokens of
friendship to others ; and gratified them with a par
ticular view of the ships, &c. at which they exprefled
the greater admiration, and went off highly fatisfied.
We hear that Tryon has made three cruzades since
harvest, through Long-Illand, to exart provision and
forage from the landholders and farmers, who have
Sufficiently tailed the sweets of British government ;
but as it commonly happens in military exertions, the
quantity collerted has by no means answered his
expeditions.
The slavish papers in the city of New-York, abound
with ridiculous squibs at our alliance with France.
These filly people had better hold their tongues ; they
LONDO N, August ^o.
PRIVATE letters from New-York give an account
that the King's troops were preparing to leave
that city and embark for England.
Yesterday a cabinet-council was held at St. James's,
at which the Lord, Chancellor, Lord North, Lord
George Germaine, Lord Sandwich, and Lord Town
send assisted ; the council broke up at half past four,
having dispatched an express to Plymouth, for our
fleet to fail immediately to watch the Count d' Or
villiers, who has refitted and put to sea again.
Extract cf a letter from the Hague, dated Augif IX.
" The last letters from Warsaw advise, that there
is no appearance of the continuation of peace between
Kuffia and the Porte ; on the contrary, that a speedy
rupture is expected. The Turks are assembling large
bodies of troops on the frontiers of Poland: and in
case of a war it is apprehended they will begin by
marching them into that kingdom."
According to letters received yesterday from Que
bec, Sir Guy Carleton and his family are on their
palfage home ; and it is thought they will be in town
on Monday, as the ship is almost hourly expected.
It is confidently laid, that Gen. Burgoyne is pre
paring his case for the public's examination.
St. James's, Aug. 21. His Majesty was this day
pleased to order, that the Parliament, which stands
prorogued to Tuesday the firft day of September next,
be further prorogued to Thursday the firft day of
October following.
From a New-York Paper of November 16.
Q_U E B E C, August 6.
Last Thursday afternoon failed for England his
Majesty's ship Montreal, commanded by Stair Dou
glass, Esq. having on board Lieut. General Sir Guy
Carleton, Knight of the Bath, and late Governor of
this Province, over which he has presided since the
27th 01 September, 1766.
Early this morning his Excellency General Haldi
man set out for Montreal, St. John's, &c.
BOSTO N, November 9.
only injure their ewft designs. Tor every American
knows that if this alliance had not been greatly bene
ficial to the States, and equally prejudicial to British
tyranny, such folks would not have been so very
angry at it. Their undisguised rage therefore on this
point, instead of weakening, only tends to strengthen
the treaty. Upon this principle, their scoldings and
witticisms are freely published in American papers,
as they come to hand : And upon the fame principle,
the Proclamation of the British Commiffionera, and
all their ravings against France have an uninterupted
course among us. This is not the only instance, in
which our enemies have worked bard, and fuccefsfully
too, for promoting our glorious cause.
We have good information that General Burgoyne
is on his passage from England, and may be soon ex
petted in America. He has not succeeded in the field,
perhaps he means to try his hand at negociation. It
is not improbable that among other things, he may
bring with him a proper ratification of the convention
of Saratoga, which (not to mention other circum
stances) his own declaration to Congress, that it was
broken, and consequently of no effert, has rendered
indispensably necessary.
Nov. 12. A letter from Norwalk, dated November
sth, fays, " There is nothing extraordinary from
New-York, but that they are still embarking. They
have put their teams and waggons on board, and it
is reported that they are going to Gardiner's-Idand,
to get wood and forage."
Extract of a letter from an officer of diftinclion at
Frederickjbargb, dated November 4, 1778.
" I have the pleasure to inform you that by recent
advices from New-York, it appears that the enemy
have embarked the greatest part of their troops, and
there are strong reasons to apprehend they will leave
this State in a short time. A very short time will
determine this matter; I most seriously with it may
terminate in the speedy removal of the last paw of
British tyranny from our shores."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of veracity, dated
Nezu-York,.October 29, 1778.
'' In the afternoon two men of war and fourteen
transports came to an anchor at the Hook, from
New-York; at t^e fame time twolarge ships appeared
in the Offing. By all the accounts I have been able
to colled these three days past, their embarkation is
almost compleat; and it is now universally believed,
it is tor the Weft-Indies and Halifax. The current
talk at New-York is, that Lord Cornwallis is to com
mand the troops to the Weft-Indies."
Extract of another letter from the fame Gentleman,
dated October 30, 1778.
" The fixtetri fail of flrips I mentioned to be at the
Hook in my letter of yesterday, were afterwards
joined by seven .(loops and schooners, and towards
evening of %Bth— went tn r^ v^n^rAa,. —morning
the windcoming in from the south east, this fleet
returned to the Hook, where they lay until this
morning. Yesterday and the day before, about 80
fail of ships, chiefly transports with troops, fell down
from New-York to Staten-Island. Between 60 and
70 fail lay there before ; so that there appears now
ready for sea, about 150 fail."
A letter from Connecticut, mentions, that a spy
has lately been apprehended at or near Danbury,
who had been through the Count D'Eftaing's fleet,
seen all our works in this quarter, visited every divi
sion of General WafhTgton's army, and was just up
on the point of closing his tour, by a return to New-
York. He was fufperted and pursued, and his horse
tiring, overtaken and secured. 700 guineas in specie
were found concealed in his saddle.
In the violent storm of last week, the wind being
at N. E. though variable, the British fleet under the
command of Admiral Byron, confiding of sixteen fail
of the line, were cruizing near Cape-Cod ; and on
Monday the Somerset of 64 guns, Capt. Ourey, was
cast ashore near the Race, at the head of the Cape.
The ship is intirely loft, and 60 or 70 of the hands
were drowned: The. captain, officers, and the re
mainder of the men surrendered themselves prisoners
of war to the United States. There were about 490
hands on board when the ship went on shore. She
was in company with 5 ether ships about 11 o'clock
the fame day. The prisoners are expected in town
this day.
Monday, Tuesday and yesterday, the firft, second,
and third divisions of German Convention Troops,
marched from Cambridge for the Southward.
The fame days the firft, second and third divisions
British Convention Troops were to take the fame
route from Rutland.
Yefferday fe'nnight the French fleet failed from
the harbour of Bolton.
The price of provisions has within a short time
lowered considerably in Boston.
From the New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury.
New-York, a^tb September, 1778.
HAVING received the following letter from Go
vernor Johnftone at lis departure for England,
I think it my duty to fulfil his intention by publish
ing it for the fatisfartion of those who may desire to
know the reasons that have induced him to suspend
any particular discussion of the charge on which a
late resolution of the Congress refpeding himfelf, is
founded. The intimation contained in this letter
will, in the mind of every person in any degree ac
HARTFORD, November 3.
WORCESTER, Nov. 21.
attainted with his character, have its prop& effects ;
although I am, both by his injunctions and by the
considerations he mentions, restrained, at present,
from giving any particular account of the evidence
entrusted to me. ADAM FERGUSON.
Dear Sir,
1 LEAVE in your possession, complete, indisputable
evidence, that no ad of mine, by word, writing,
message or conversation with any person whatsoever.,
could have been conceived by the member of Con
gress, Joseph Reed, Esq. previous to the 19th of July
last, as an attempt, or as having a tendency, in any
manner whatsoever to corrupt his integrity.
A regard to the faith of private communications,
and an attention to the peace and fafety of innocent
individuals, under the horrid cruelties that are daily
exercised to maintain the present system of govern
ment by the Congress and committees, restrain me
from making this qnd other evidence public. But
when the time shall arrive that may render such com
munications proper, I am perfaaded the world will
applaud my fclf-denial in refufing myfelf the fatisfae
tion of publishing so complete a refutation of the as
persions attempted to be thrown on my character by
the resolutions of the Congress, founded on a species
of testimony that would not affect me, upon any rule
of evidence, on any fair conftrurtion of language.
Another matter I wish the world to know is, that
I do not return to England on account of that pro
ceeding of Congress. The other commissioners as
well as you, and all persons with whom I have lived
in any degree of intimacy here, and all my corre
spondents in England are fufficiently acquainted, that
I had determined to return to London by the meeting
of Parliament, to give my voice and opinion against
yielding to the claim of independency, long before
any such resolves of the Congress had passed. I am,
with esteem and affection, your sincere friend,
New-York, aad Sefet. 1778. GEO. JOHNSTONE.
Nov. 10. On Tuesday last were executed on Rocky-
Hill in this town, David Farnfworth and John Blair,
who were tried and found guilty, at a Division Court
Martial, held at Danbury the xßth uit. for being found
about the encampment of the armies of the United
States, as spies, and having a large sum of counterfeit
money about them, which they brought from New-
York.
Nov. 17. Thursday last the Hon. Major General
Putnam arrived here, and took the command of the
troops in this town.
Last Tuesday the hon. House of Delegates passed a
bill to supply the inhabitants of this commonwealth
with salt upon reasonable terms.
P II lUA 17 I; L rII lA, Nov. 21.
Treasury-Office, Ortober 14, 1778,
Congress having determined that the drawing of
the second class of the lottery of the United States
shall absolutely commence on the firft day of January
next, and that all the tickets then unfold shall be the
property and at the rifque of the said. States :
Refolded, That the Managers be directed to order
each perlon, who on the 31st day of December next,
shall have in his hands any of the tickets for sale on
the public account, to deliver them to the Managers
on that day, or to the Governor or President of the
State is which he resides, who is requested to receive
the fame and sign quadruplicate certificates therefor,
fpecifying the number of each ticket so delivered ;
one certificate to be given to the person of whom he
mayTcueive such tickets, one to be retained by him
felf, one to be transmitted to the Managers, and the
other forthwith sent to the Board of Treasury, to
gether with such tickets, under the seal of the State.
And, that the Managers be further direrted to deli er
to the Board of Treasury, on the said 31st day of
December next, the tickets then in their hands, 0-
gether with an invoice of their numbers, takingc.r
tificates therefor as aforefaid ; and to draw the lott uy
in the place where Congress shall then be fitting.
That all tickets not returned on the said 31st < ay
of December next, either to the Board of Treasury,
the Managers, Governors or Presidents of Council,
as above direrted, shall be considered as purcha rd
by and at the rifque of the possessors of such tick is.
Extract frem the minutes,
EDWARD FOX, Clerk B. T.
The Managers of the lottery acquaint the pubric,
that they are now preparing every necessary in order
to commence drawing, agreeable to the above resolves.
Such persons, therefore, who incline to become id
venturers, are requested to be speedy in their appli na
tion for tickets, which may be had in almost ev ry
town of note in the United States.
The Printerjin the United States are requested te
publish the above, and continue it till theist Janu ry
next.
In General Assembly of Pennsylvania, Fric y,
November 20, 1778.
The order of the day being called for and re d,
the house proceeded (by ballot) to the eledion of
Delegates in Congress for the ensuing year, when he
following gentlemen were chosen, viz. Daniel Rol r
deau, William Clinghan, Edward Biddle, John Ai a
ftrong, William Shippen, the elder, Samuel At e,
and James Searle, Esquires.
Extras frem the minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, jun. C. G. A
This day Edward Biddle, Esq. declined accept n;
a feat in Congress, on account of his bad health.
WILLIAMSBUR G, Nov, 6.