The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-07-24 00:00:00, page 3

cers and men of ffiips or vessels of war, a bounty
for every cannon and for every man belonging to
Bririfh ships or vessels of war captured by them, be,
and the fame is hereby repealed.
Done by the United States in Congress as
sembled, the loth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Eighty-two, and in the seventh year of
our independence.
Attest. JOHN HANSON, President.
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
July 17. By a gentleman lately, arrived from
St. Croix at Baltimore, we are informed, that
the States of Holland received Mr. Adams, at the~
Hague, on the 19th of April last, in all form, and
on that day, by a manifefto, declared America in
dependent ; that no offers from Qreat-Britain could
procure other answer, than that they were deter
mined to carry on a vigorous war; and in conse
quence, had begun by capturing one 74 gun ship
and two small armed vessels, with their convoy of
transports, having Hessians on board, all of which
they carried into Norway. l
Extraft of a letter from Fort-Pitt, June 15, 1782.
" A party of volunteers, to the amount of 400,
under the command of Colonel William Crawford,
formed a plan of furprizing the upper town of San
dusky. We marched the 24th of May from the
Mingoe Bottom, on the Ohio river, with the ut
most precaution and secrecy through the woods,
but were unfortunately difeovered by some fkuiking
Indians on crossing the Mufleingham river. Not
withstanding our small numbers, we continued our
march, and met the enemy on the 4th of June, in
the plains of Sandulky, a few miles from their
town, where they had had fufficient time to collect
their own forces, and alarm the adjacent nations. A,
hot action ensued, which laded from 40'clock, P. M.;
until sun-set. Both parties obstinately contended
for an advantageous piece of ground, from which
-^f war or a privateer, by any of the veffcls of war
^f the United States of America, the whole of the
•property condemned shall be adjudged to the cap
tors, be and the fame is hereby repealed; and that
in all such cases of capture the whole of the pro
perty condemned shall be adjudged to the use of the
captors, if the vessel taken shall be of equal or su
perior force to the vessel making the capture: if
otherwise, one half only shall be adjudged to the
captors, and the other half to the use of the Unit
ed States, and shall, after condemnation, be so ap
propriated, unless the United States in Congress
assembled, in reward of distinguished valour and
exertion, shall otherwise specially direct
And be it further ordained by the Authority a
forefaid, That the resolution of the 15th day of
November, 1776, giving to the commanders, offi-
we drove the enemy, with the loss of several scalps.
We had 5 killed and 19 wounded in this action.
" The firing begun with day-break on the fth,
and continued all day. Our party was so much in
cumbered with their wounded, that the whole day
was spent in their care, in defending our guard,
and in preparing for a vigorous attack the succeed
ing night. In the afternoon a large body of mount
ed rangers, and 200 Shawanefe arrived to their re
lief. As this fuccour rendered the enemy so vast
ly superior to us, and as all their forces lay in a
circuit of about 50 miles, who were hourly pour
ing in numbers, prudence dictated to us a retreat.
This was effected in the morning of the 6th, with
so much regularity, that none of our wounded were
left. The enemy pursued us twenty miles to the
end of the plain,, and attempted to hinder us from
entering the woods. This brought on a hot acti
on for an hour, in which the enemy fuffered so
much, that they never afterwards attempted to mo-
Jest us on our march. We had three killed and
fix wounded in this action. It is impossible for me
to afeertain the loss of the enemy, which was very
considerable. Ours amount, in killed and miffing,
to thirty, among the latter is Colonel Crawford,"
July 20. Last evening the ship St. Helena, Cap
tain Stillwell, and the brigantine Gen.-Gift, Cap-
tain Sharpe, arrived here from I'Orient, which they
left about the beginning of June. The principal
news brought by these vessels is contained in the
following extracts of letters, which confirm the in
telligence given in our paper of Tuesday last, re
fpeding the recognition of the independence of the
United States of America, by the seven united
provinces of Holland.
Extract of a letter from I'Orient, dated June
3,1782-
" lou have, no doubt, long since received the
particulars of Mr. Adams's reception at the Hauge,
as Minister of the United States of North-America.
" The States of Holland have rejected all the
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Nantz, to
his friend in this city, dated May 10.
" The part that the Dutch have taken, in ac
knowledging your independence, has given a turn
to affairs in Europe. Their purse-strings are open
ed in your favour, insomuch as to set on foot a loan
of five millions of florins for America.
" There is no longer a rumour of peace, at least
this campaign, as the British Ministry seem deter
mined to prosecute the war."
Extract of a letter, dated Nantz, May 6, 1782.
" I congratulate you on the acknowledgment of
American independency by Holland ; this will pre
clude every idea of a separate peace, and produce a
general and honourable one."
We hear that on Tuesday last a fleet, consisting
of 34 fail, including 2 frigates, arrived at Sandy-
Hook from Cork, laden with provisions; they
brought in two prizes, names unknown.
ExtraCt of a letter from Peterfburgh, Bth July,
"I have the pleasure to inform you, that the
Dolphin privateer has carried into a fafe southern
port, three prizes, two of their cargoes contilt of
200 puncheons of Jamaica rum, and forty hogs
heads sugar, betides coffee; the other is a Imall
privateer."
TRENTON, July 24.
PURSUANT to the notice in the Gazette of
last week, the inhabitants of this place, and
the country adjoining, met at the court-house on
Friday the nineteenth instant.
Samuel Tucker, Elq. was appointed chairman,
The association to pievent illicit trade and inter
course with the enemy being read and considered,
the 4th article was altered to read as follows:
'We will avoid, as far as possible, all intercourse,
communication and dealings with such as may be
concerned in trading with the enemy, or who may
be jtfly fufpe&ed of being so concerned.'
The whole being then unanimously approved,
was fubferibed by all present.•
A committee of nine was appointed for the pur
pose of carrying the objects of the association into
the most effectual execution, to continue two months,
and to meet for the firft time on Monday the 22d
instant.
The gentlemen elected were, Samuel Tucker,
William C. Houston, Robert L. Hooper, junior,
Esquires, Colonel John Neilfon, Mr. Robert Neil,
Mr. Benjamin Smith, Captain John Mott, Captain
Israel Carle, and Mr. John Reeder.
The committee were authorized to call a general
meeting of the aflbeiators whenever circumstances,
in their opinion, render it necessary.
SAMUEL TUCKER, Chairman.
Monday, 22d July, 1782, the committee met.
Robert-Lettis Hooper, junior, Esquire, was ap
pointed Chairman.
Agreed, that such parts of the laws of the state to
prevent persons from coming into, or travelling thro'
the fame, without proper passports, as may appear
mod immediately necessary, be published in the
New-Jersey Gazette as soon as possible, to the end
that all may be informed thereof.
Resolved unanimously, that it is the duty of all,
and particularly of this committee, and of every
associator, to be vigilant and active in putting the
laws in execution against fufpeded persons and
others, travelling without proper passports; in giv
ing information, assistance and support to those who
are veiled with proper authority, for refti aining and
punilhing such as do not pay proper attention to
the laws, or encourage, in ' the remotest degree,
directly or indirectly, any trade or intercourse with
the enemy: and that the gieateft care ought to be
taken, on the other hand, to avoid every thing in
consistent with prudence, good order, and the laws
of the land, the vigorous execution of which is the
great object of the association.
By order,
ROBERT L. HOOPER, jun. Chairman.
terms for a separate peace, offered them by the new
Ministry of Britain.".
TAKEN up trespassing on the inclofure of the
subscriber, yesterday morning, a roan horse,
low in flefh, a fore back, supposed to be about ten
or eleven years old. The owner is desired to come
prove his property, pay charges, and take him away
in four weeks from this date, or he will be fold for
the fame. FRANCIS WITT.
Trenton, July 22, 1782. 2wf
O'T'HIS day's Gazette, No. 239, begins
another year. The price is continued an
the fame terms as the last year, to wit, the packet
makers, &c. who advance the money within one
month, to pay at the rate of Ten Shillings; and
those who do not, Fifteen Shillings. This differ
ence is made in consequence of the great difficulty
the Printer has experienced in collecting arrearages
for the Gazette since its fiift publication
ISAAC COLLINS.
All packet-makers and others in arrear, are
earnestly requeued to pay off their refpe&ive ba
lances without delay. j. C.
July 24, 1782.
WILL BE SOLD,
ON Thursday the 25th of this instant, at the
house of John Macky, Esq. at Cape-May,
the schooner Albenus, with her tackle, apparel and
furniture, and her cargo, consisting of a few calks
of bottled wine, and a small quantity of several ar
ticles in the grocery way: The vendue to begin at
10 o'clock of said day.
By order of the judge of the admiralty,
James M'Comb, Marshal.
Princeton, 15th July, 1782. iw
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN, on the eighth of this instant, out of
the pasture of the subscriber, near Quaker
town, Amwell, Hunterdon county, New-Jersey, a
bay horse, about seven years old, fourteen hands
and a half high, he has neither brand nor ear mark,
stout body, thick legs, blind of one eye. The above
reward, with reasonable charges, to be paid by the
subscriber for said horse, if delivered to me at my
house. Harbert Trimer.
July 17,1782. iw,
State of New-Jersey, to wit,
1 To all whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a court of ad
miralty will be held at the court-house in
Gloucester, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, on Tues
day the twentieth day of August next, to try the
truth of the fads alledged in the bill of Hope
Willets, who as well, &c. against a certain schoon
er called the Albenus, of the burden of 20 tuns, or
thereabouts, a square sterned vessel, Captain Samu
el Brown, bound from Boston for Ocracock, her
tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, lately taken
off the capes of Virginia by the Britilh vessels,
Warwick and Aftrea, and re-taken off Sandy-Hock
by the armed-boat Black Joke,commanded by the said
Hope Willets ; to the end that the owner or owners
of the said schooner, or any other person or persons
interested therein, may appear and shew cause, if
any he or they have, why the said schooner, with
her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, should not
be condemned to the re-captors, pursuant to the
prayer of the said bill.
ROBERT SING E R,
Begs leave to inform the publick, that he has for
sale (for cash or country produce) at his store in
Trenton :
CY HINTZES,
J Calicoes,
Broad-cloths,
Nankeens,
Linens of all forts,
Black and white gauzes,
Muhins,
Lawns,
Cambricks,
A neat assortment of
ribbons,
Silk and check handker
chiefs,
Modes,
Persians,
Mantuas,
Russia Meeting,
TWO young negroes, the one a girl of seven
teen, and the other a boy of sixteen years
of age: They both have had the small-pox and
meailes, and are remarkably stout and healthy. The
owner would perhaps exchange them for a good
young negro man, who understands plantation work
well, and his wife. For further particulars enquire
of the Printer.
July 19th, 1782. gwf
With sundry @ther articles too tedious to men
tion. 3 m l
By order of the Judge,
Joseph Bloomfield, Register.
Burlington, July 16th, 1782. gw
TO BE SOL D,
Ozenbrigs,
Check,
Jeane,
Caffimer,
Snuff and tobacco, by
the quantity,
Tea and coffee,
White and brown sugar,
Stone ware,
Earthen do.
Sweeping and scrubbing
brushes,
Buckles,
Pocket knives, &c.
Buttons of various forts.
Sewing silk of different
colours.