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7. And be it Enaded by the Authority afore
ftid, i hat the Ad, intitled, " An Ad for the fpee
" dy recovery of debts from Six Pounds to 'Jen
" Pounds," pafl'ed the sixth day of December, One
Thoufind Seven Hundred and Seventy-five, and
every clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall
be and the fame is hereby repealed. Provided al
ways, That nothing herein contained shall be tak©n
to extend to the preventing any suits that may have
been commenced under the said law from being pro
secuted to effed.
8. And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid,
That the nineteenth fedion of the said Ad, intitled,
“ An Ad to ered and establish courts in the feve
'" ral counties in this colony for the trial of small
“ causes, and to repeal the former Ad for that pur
“ pole," flrall be and the fame is hereby repealed.
Faffed at Trenton, June 5, 1782.
A tiue copy from the original.
M. EWING, jun. Clerk of
the General Assembly.
damages, which ver%& without costs of suit shall
not amount to inert than Fifty Founds, money
aforefaid, such person so prosecuting shall not reco
ver or have any coR in such suit unless under the
fame exceptions as are exprefled in the Ad, in
titled, " An Ad to prevent adions of Fifteen
“ Founds and under being brought into the Su
" preme Court of this Colony," any law, usage or
custom to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.
, 6. AND WHEREAS in foine particular cases
creditors may be put to difficulty to recover their
just demands, in and by virtue of the directions
herein before contained, from persons poßeiTed of
real estates, and who may not have any goods or
chattels, or but to a Small value; Be it Enacted by
the Authority aforefaid, That if any creditor shall
declare on oath or affirmation, which oath or affir
mation shall be filed in the clerk's office, that he be
lieves the debtor is not pofTeffed of goods and chat
tels fuTcient wherewith to discharge his the said
creditor demand, that then and in such case the
creditor may prosecute his action in the ulual course
of law.
The occasion, Sir, seems to render this commu
nication proper, but the circumstances of the pre
sent time render it also indifpenfible, as I find it just
to transmit herewith to your Excellency certain pa
pers, from the perusal of which your Excellency
will perceive what dispositions prevail in the govern
ment and people of England towards those of Ame
rtfy add what further effects are likely to follow;
Having been appointed by his Majesty to the
command of the forces on the Atlantick Ocean, and
joined with Admiral Digby in the Commission of
Peace, I find it proper in this manner to apprize
your Excellency of my arrival at New-York.
PHILADELPHIA, June 5.
Extras of a letter from His Excellency General
Wellington, to Congress, dated Head-Quarters,
May 10, 1782.
JU ST as 1 am doling these defpatches, a letter
from Sir Guy Carleton is handed me, covering
sundry printed papers, a copy of which, with the
papers, I have now the honour to enclose to your
Excellency, together with a copy of my answer to
him, and I flatter myfelf my conduct herein will be
agreeable to the willies of Congress.
Head-Quarters, New-York, 7th May, 1782.
S I R,
P A R I S, March 5.
The following is a lift of the officers, soldiers,
&c. that composed the garrison of Fort St. Philip:
Staff. Lieutenant-General Murray, Commander
in Chief; Lieutenant-General Draper, second in
command ; Major-General Sydon, commanding the
Hanoverians ; Major Kirolis, Quartermaster-Ge
nera!; Mr. Don, Adjutant-General, nephew to Mr.
Muri ay; Mr. Hamilton, Major of the place ; five
Aids-de-camp, two Colonels, 3 Lieutenant-Colo
nels, and four Majors.
English regiments, No. 51 and 61, 62 officers
and 885 soldiers. Regiments of Prince Ernest and
Goldacher, 55 officers 824 soldiers; artillery, 18
ohicers and 132 soldiers; Corsicans, three officers
and fix soldiers; engineers, five officers and twenty
workmen; ma-ne, thirty officers and 554 soldiers;
one Chaplain, ten Surgeons, two alliltants; 132
women and 17 children; in the whole 3032 heads.
This lift signed by Conelie O'Brien, Brit. Ge
neral.
Ordnance. 222 pieces of cannon in good con
dition ; 13 that may serve in case of need; 132
ufelcfs; there are 17 of brass, the others are iron;
11 mortars, swivels and obuzers, brass, and jo iron.
Sick in the hospital, 1407 men.
I am much concerned to find that private and un
authorized persons have on both sides given way
to those passions which ought to have received the
Rrongeft and most effectual controul, and which
have begot aAs of retaliation, which, without pro
per preventions, may have an extent equally cala
mitous and difhonourable to both parties, though as
it should fe^m more extensively pernicious to the na
tives and settlers of this country.
How much soever, Sir, we may differ in other
refpe&s, upon this one point we must perfectly con
cur, being alike interested to preserve the name of
Englishmen from reproach, and individuals from
experiencing such unneceflary evils, as can have no
effect upon a general decision; every proper mea
sure which may tend to prevent these criminal ex
cesses in individuals, I shall ever be ready to em
brace; and as an advance on my part, I have, as
the firft ad of my command, enlarged Mr. Living
ston, and have written to his father upon the fub
jed of such excesses as have puffed in Neib-Jerfey,
desiring his concurrence in such measures as, even
under the conditions of war, the common interests
of humanity require.
I am further to acquaint you, .Sir, that it was my
intention this day to have sent a similar letter of
compliment to Congress, but am informed it is pre
viously necessary to obtain a pafl'poft from your Ex
cellency, which I therefore hope to receive if you
have no objection, for the passage of Mr. Morgan
to Philadelphia, for the above purpose.
I have the honour to be,
With great refpe&,
Your Excellency's most obedient humble ferv.
(Signed) 'GUY CARLE TON.
His Excellency General Washington,
Head-Quarters, 10th May, 1782.
S I R,
I had the honour last evening to receive your
Excellency's letter of the 7th, with the several pa
pers enclosed.
Ever lince the commencement of this unnatural
war, my conduct has borne invariable testimony a
gainst those inhuman excesses which in too many in-
Rances have marked its various progress.
With refped to a late tranfadion, to which I
presume your Excellency alludes, 1 have ali eady
exprelfed my fixed resolution—a resolution formed
on the most mature deliberation, and from which I
shall not recede.
I have to inform your Excellency, that your re
quest of a passport for Mr. Morgan to,go to Phila
delphia will be conveyed to Congress by the earli
est opportunity, and you may rest assured that 1 will
embrace the firft moment to communicate to you
their determination thereon.
Many inconveniencies and disorders having arisen
from an improper admission of flags at various polls
of<he two armies, which have given rife to com
plaints on both sides—to prevent abuses in future,
and for the convenience of communication, I have
concluded to receive all flags from within your lines
at the post of Dobbs's Ferry, and no where else, so
long as the Head-Quarters of the two armies xe,
main as at present. I have the honour to be
Your Excellency's, &c.
(Signed) G. WASHINGTON.
His Excellency Sir Guy Carleton.
if the like pacifick difpofitior should prevail in this
country, both my inclination and duty will lead me
to meet it with the most zealous concurrence. In
all events, Sir, it is with me to declare, that, if
war must prevail, 1 shall endeavour to render its mi
ferics as light to the people of this continent as the
circumstances of such a condition will possibly per-
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS as
sembled, May 14.
THE letter of the 10th from the Commander in
Chief being read, enclosing a copy of the letter to
him from Sir Guy Carleton, dated Head-Quarters,
New-York, 7th May, 1782.
Resolved, That the Commander in Chief be and
hereby is directed to refufe the request of Sir Guy
Carleton of a passport for Mr. Morgan to bring del
patches to Philadelphia.
Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
N. B. The certain papers transmitted to General
Washington by Sir Guy Carleton, " from the peru
sal of which," he fays, " your Excellency will per
ceive what dispositions prevail in the government
and people of Great-Britain," were only news-pa
pers, votes of the House of Commons for Mon
day the 4th of March, and a printed paper, enti
tled," A Bill to enable his Majesty to conclude a
peace or truce with the revoled colonies in North
America."
June 12. The following articles are copied frori
the South-Carolina Gazette, printed at Barker's-
Ferry, about 30 miles from Charleftown, by Mr,
Benjamin Franklin Dunlap.—
PARKER's-FERRY, April 17.
We have just heard that Captain Wilmot, of the
Maryland line, has taken 3 officers and 9 privates
of the enemy on John's Island. The particular:
have not come to hand, but should there be any
thing interesting in them, the publick will have
them in our next.
In nothing is the cruelty of the British more ap
parent, than in their conduct to those unhappy
Americans, who have given implicit faith th ah
the falfehoods which have with industry been pro
pagated by them. When Lord Cornwallis and
his whole army were taken prifoneis, Admiral
Graves beaten off the Chesapeake bay by the French
fleet, and most of the Englilh islands in the M est-
Indies loft, it might reasonably be imagined,
that the commander of the British troops in
Charleftown would have been happy to have en
couraged the tones to have thrown themselves or
the mercy of their country, and if possible, to have
made their peace. General Leslie, on the contra
ry, in his proclamation, orders them to day in
Charleftown, accompanies his orders with the sever
est menaces, and oromifes them speedy protections
Many persons now in that garrison, lament their
credulity, and curse the author oftheir misfortunes.
May j. Lail Tuesday week, a party of 200
refugees from James's Island, crossed at Wappoo,
and plundered all the inhabitants on Ashley River,
as high up as Mr. Thomas Farr's—one of their
Lieutenants fell into our hands, who, upon en
quiry, we find to be a deserter from the North-Ca
rolina line. The next night another party came
off, and took Mr. John Lining prisoner, carried
him to the island, and after detaining him some
hours released him, with orders to go home; but
two refugees, who were ftatiohed near the Cut,
shot him dead as soon as he landed on the main:
the people in a gaily Rationed for the security of
the pals, feeing the body lay on the ground, sent a
boat on shore, wrapt it up in a blanket, and threw
it into the creek.
The ADDRESS of the Legislature of the State of
NEW-JERSEY.
S I R,
HE high esteem and veneration which the
people of this state entertain for His Most
Christian Majesty, will not fuffer them to be silent
on so auspicious an occasion as the birth of a Dau
phin and Heir to the crown of France. Impressed
with the liveliest sentiments of attachment and gra
titude to that illustrious Prince from whom we have
received such disinterested friendflrip and powerful
fuccour; be allured, Sir, that we are peculiarly
happy in the opportunity which Providence has af
forded us of felicitating him on an event so flattering
to his wishes, and interesting to these states.
Be pleased to present him with our warmest con
gratulations, and assure him of the sincerity with
which we rejoice at every event that not only adds
to his glory and happiness, but which will be the
means of cementing and strengthening the union so
cordially established between the two nations.
Extract from the Minutes,
M. EWING, jun. Clerk.
The following is the Chevalier's ANSWER.
Aux honorables membres de la Legislature de I'Etat
de New-Jerseys.
Messieurs,
JE vais tranfmettre a S. M. les temoignages de
la part que vous avez prise a la naiffance d'un
heriticr de fa Couronne. Je puis vous assurer d'a
vance, qu'elJe fera ties sensible a cette marque de
votre affection et de votre rpfped. L'alliance, qui
unit nos deux nations, est fiintime que les evene
ment heureux, qui arrivent a I'une ou 2 l'autre,
T RENT ON, June 19.
House of Assembly, June 3, 1782.
To the Honourable the Chevalier la Luzerne, Mi
nister Plenipotentiary of His Most Christian Ma
iefty,
The many a&s of cruelty committed by the to
ries, and the nun;berlefs barbarities exercised by
the British upon our innocent friends in this coun
try, are too shocking for the powers of defcripti
on —turn where you will, the dißreffed widow and
fatherless infant pour out their melancholy tali
to wound the feelings of humanity.
Americans resent the insult! Call up the fpiric
of Hamilcar, lead your sons to the altar, and make
them swear enternal enmity to tories and the Bri
tish nation.