The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-06-20 00:00:00, page 3

may be with us next year. Indeed my dear nephew,
I have so many weighty reasons for pressing your re
turn, that I do not know how to enter into the long
detail by letter. You know I have encouraged your
serving in America as a Paloeftrium, where I thought
you would exercise your body and mind to great ad
vantage ; for knowledge is only to be got by expe
rience; and that philosophy which regards the ttu
dy of mankind, and conduces to the wisdom of
one's future condud, and the tranquility of one's
mind, is best learnt in busy feenes of a&ion, whe
ther military or political. You have likewise paid
your contingent of statute work, to the society of
which you are a member. It now becomes you to
look for other situations, where you may pursue the
fame plan more advantageously for yourfelf and your
country. Credit can be the only motives for your
Monger day where you are, and neither of them can
3e acquired there. 1 will fay nothing on the score
of military attainments, it will not bear an argu
ment, and the wretched condu& of affairs ever since
the commencement of the war, has so depreciated
^s in the eyes of the rest of the powers of Europe,
that your services will not entitle you to further cre
dit, than you gained long since. Your health, my
dearest nephew, is so valuable to me, and the rest
of your family, that it ought to be your duty to
consult there-establishment of it. You ought to
appear at home, and be known here, if you intend
the remainder of your life shall be adive. Here I
could fay much, but will defer it till we meet. You
have got the half pay for your regiment, and there
fore your absence cannot be called a desertion of
their interest. Come then home, my dearest Frank,
as Toon as you can conveniently, and be sure to pay
dition to the SpAnifh Main; such a complete de
ftru&ion from disorders incident to their clime, was
Scarcely ever known before; the scene is elofing for
the present, by an evacuation of St. John's, the
garrison of which place is expelled here shortly,
and I shall then proceed to Jamaica. The cause of
the troops retiring so precipitately to the harbour of
St. John's, was owing to the want of provisions;
they were at the fame time reduced to so few fit
for duty, that little was expeded from their exer
tions, though it was determined to carry the Spa
nifli Dost at the head of the river, which commands
the passage into the lake of Nicaragua. The veflel
is watering, and 1 am obliged to close this sooner
than 1 intended I am, &c."
Copy of a letter from Lord Huntington to Lord
Rawdon.
The mail being to be made up to-night for Charlef
town, I lit down to fulfil my promile of writing to
you by every packet, though I fliould have ever so
little news to transmit to you. I have put my let
ter into the general poft-office, and let it take its
fate. The acquittal of Lord George Gordon, and
the failure of the enterprize against St. Vincent,
form the news of the day. Rodney debarked
Vaughan on the island, where, finding the Ameri
cans had done no damage to the works, and that
they appeared well manned, a council of war was held,
and they re-embarked without the loss of a man. It
is suggested that government did not with to convict
Lord George Gordon, for fear of offending the
Scotch fanatics. As to the war, it is a trial of fltill
with our neighbours and the Americans, whether
we have not the longest purse, and by so much the
longest that we will lee them out, notwithstanding
the wretched condud of our leaders of all denomi
nations. Government have offered thirty odd mil
lions, and we want but thirteen; judge whether
there is a probability of making war, with such a
country as this, to advantage.
Adieu, &c. HUNTINGTON.
Copy of another letter, from the fame to the fame.
Your filter Anna, your brother John, and my
felf, have just finifhed our summer's stay at the park,
where we have wanted nothing but your company,
to make us completely happy. We have had a suc
cession of agreeable friends, who have kept up a con
tinual chearfulnefs for three months, and they have
now all left us, except Mr. and Mrs. Delancey,
who remain with us till next Monday, when we
shall depart from hence, earnestly wishing that you
In your letter, my dear nephew, answer me this
question—ls it your opinion, now that you are bet
ter acquainted with the temper of the southern co
lonies, that our friends in North-America is fuffi
cient to regain and maintain a superiority over the
rebels, if they were properly assisted and supported
by an able and judicious commander and negociator
in chief, which ffiould be sent from this country,
and that without extraordinary military efforts on
our part? We expert news from Lord Cornwallis
every hour.
A New-York paper of the iith inst. mentions the
capture and arrival there of the ship Chatham -
Smith, master, bound from Philadelphia to St. Croix.
From refpedable authority we learn, that a 50
gun ship, and two frigates, have lately arrived at
Rhode-Inland from Old France. They have brought
over a number of recruits, a large quantity of mili
tary stores, and a considerable sum of money.
The Alliance, Captain Barry, with her convoy,
is said to have also arrived at Bolton about the fame
time,
We are informed that the traitor Arnold lately re
turned to New-York from Virginia, and brought
with him a very large quantity of plunder. —The
natural disposition of this wretch for that species of
business, of which he gave notable examples in the
plundering of Montreal and Philadelphia, was so
little relished by us, that it became necessary for him
to change fdes. He hath now placed himfelf among
characters perfectly suited to his own propensity,
and it is hoped such amiable Companions may not be
separated !
In confeqwence of the interruption of the poft
rider between Fish-Kill and Morris-Town, we have
received no eastern papers for three weeks part.
NEW-JERSEY.
An A C T to repeal sundry AEts ref rifling the trade
and commerce of this fate.
WHEREAS the present interest of the state re
quires that all restrictions on trade and com
merce should be taken off, excepting with the ene
mies of this and the United States ; Therefore,
Be it Enacted by the Council and General Affem
bl, of this Jlate, and it is hereby Enabled by the autho
rity of the fame, That the Act, intitled, An AC t to
reflrain the exportation of pitch, tar and turpentine,
and other naval fores, from the Jlate of New-Jersey,
passed the twentieth day of September, one thousand
attention to General Clinton, who has represented
you in his dispatches in the faireft and most honour
able light poflible. Lord Stormont wished me to
inform you of this, and I am fare you will make the
most prudent use of it. lam mighty anxious to fee
you, and have much to fay to you: adieu. I ac
company your lifter to Lord Bagot'^, and lady Char
lotte lalbott's, ffie then will proceed to Ireland,
and I to Berkshire, in my way to London, for the
meeting of the new Parliament, the gift O&ober.
Your's, my dearest nephew, most cordially,
and most unalterably,
HUNTINGTON.
Copy of a letter from Governor Martin to Lord
Rawdon, Watson's plantation, four miles from
Wilmington.
I have, my dearest Lord, fuffered the utmost mor
tification under the apprehensions that the vessel
charged with Lord Cornwallis's dispatches (of whose
departure 1 had no intimation, until after his Lord
fllip's letters were making up) would fail for
Charleftown, without one line from me, to teftify
my unalterable and high iefpe& and esteem for your
Lordihip.
Captain Inglis, of the Delight, whom I have met
with this moment, thinks he may have a possibility
of conveying my warmest and sincerest wishes to
you: but that he cannot find time to enlarge upon
the business of our campaign, which would admit
of long detail. I will not therefore enter upon it
lightly, but reserve myfelf for another occaiion,
which I cannot fail to find soon. Suffice it to fay,
that gallant exploits have been done, which tell
from the thinness of our ranks, which I have little
hopes to fee filled by our friends of their country
men. My Highlanders have hitherto failed.
With a constitution such as mine, so Shattered,
and so worn out, it is a wonder how I have held
together at all. I have such warnings of my age
and infirmities, however, as lay me, independent
of all other considerations, under the necelfity of
seeking aid from my native air, and I shall embark
with Captain Broderick, infinitely regreting, that
1 cannot wait on you, my dear Lord, to receive
your commands, which it will be always my greatest
pride and pleasure to obey. From expreflions in
your Lordship's late letters to Lord Cornwallis, I
am happy to find you looking a-cross the Atlantic
still, tho' sincerely grieved to find, that you have
reasons on the score of health for so doing.-—I
pity Lord Cornwallis from my heart, when 1 con
sider the irreparable loss he must sustain in your
Lordthip. But if my opinion has one grain of
weight, fuffer not, my dear Lord, any considera
tion to prevent you fiom the resolution of going
to England, and save a life so invaluable to your
friends and to your country. —There let me hope
to enjoy the happiness of meeting your Lordship
soon, and to pay that devotion, &c. &c.
JOS. MARTIN.
Lord Rawdon.
TRENTON, June zo#
seven hundred and seventy-seven ; and the A&, irt*
titled, An Ad to prevent engrefing, forefalling and
enhancing the prices of produce, manufacture and mer
chandise within this flute, passed the fifteenth day of
December, one thousand seven hundred and feventy
nine; together with the second, third, fourth, fifth
and leventh fedions of an Ad, intitled, An Ad for
the more speedy and effectual procurement of Jupp lies
for the army of the United States, passed the fourth
day of December, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty, shall be, and the fame are hereby refpeCtively
repealed. Passed at Princeton, June 8, 1781.
M. EWING, jun. Clk. of Gen# Affem.
J^ ACT to repeal sundry Ahls making the bills of
credit issued on the faith of this fate a legal tender,
and for other purposes therein mentioned.
WHEREAS the several compulsory ads hereto
fore passed to support the credit of paper mo
ney, have not answered the good purposes thereby
intended ;
Sebh i. Be it therefore ENAttEb by the Coun
cil and General ffembly of this fate, and it is bereb,
Enacted by the authority of the Jame, That the thir
teenth and fourteenth fedions of the Ad, intitled.
An ACt for efabliJbing a fund for Jinking and re
deeming the proportion of the bills of credit of the Uni
ted Stated, aligned as the quota of this fate, passed
the ninth day of June, one thotifand seven hundred
and eighty, declaring the bills of Credit issued on
the faith of this state, a legal tender in payment of
debts, as of equal value with gold and silver, and
inflicting certain fines and penalties on any person
who Ihall be convicted of making any difference in
favour of, or giving any preference to gold or silver,
compared in value with the said bills of Credit, and
the fupplemeht thereto, passed the fourth day of
January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one,
as alio the eleventh and twelfth fedions of the Ad,
intitled, An Ad for friking the sum of Thirty Thou
sand Pounds in bills of credit, of the denomination of
Seven Shillings and Six-pence and under, and direct
ing the mode for redeeming the fame, palled the ninth
day of January, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-one, be, and the fame hereby arc refpedivel,
repealed#
2. And be it further Enacted by the authority
aforefaid, That in all cases where any person or cor
poration, being a creditor, ftail, before the fiift da,
of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty
two, sue or prosecute for any debt or demand due
by contract, obligation or otherwise, made and en
tered into before the paffiog of this Ad, the defen
dant in luch action may, and he is hereby authorized
to make a tender in open court, in the usual form of
law, of the principal sum due, and the interest there
on, together with the costs which have accrued on
such suit, in the bills of credit issued oh the fai.h of
this state, at their nominal value; which tender in
court, of debt and costs aS aforefaid, shall be, and
hereby is declared to be a full discharge of such debt
and costs : Provided always, That nothing herein
contained shall prevent any creditor from demanding
security of his debtor, where he supposes himfelf in
danger of loosing his debt ; and in such case, if the
debtor shall negled or refufe to give fu fficient securi
ty, he shall be deprived of the benefit of the before
mentioned tender.
Passed at Princeton, June 1,, 1781.
M. EWING, jun. Clk. of Gen. Affem#
ro BE SOL D,
By WILLIAM RICHARDS,
At his STORE at Trenton Landing, an assort
ment of medicines, amongst which are the fol
lowing articles : *
AN I IMONY, aloes, annifeed, balsam capivi,
calomel, camphire, cream of tartar, cochi
neal, Carolina pink-root, flour of brimstone, fly
ftone, glauber and epfom salts, isinglass, jalap,
ipecacuanha, magnesia, liquorish-ball, opium, olive
oil, oil of spike, quicksilver ointment, spirits of
turpentine, &c =-W ith a complete assortment of
patent medicines.
ALSO to be fold at the fame store, an assort
ment of Weft-lndia goods, hard ware, groceries,
&c. as low as can be purchased in Philadelphia,
viz. rum, sugar, tea, coffee, chocolate, molasses,
salts of different forts, cotton, indigo, spices of
every kind, mustard, oatmeal, barley, rice, sago,
allum, copperas, Caftile and English hard soap,
corks, stone, earthen and wooden ware, black bot
tles, tar, tobacco, fnuff, whiting, chalk, filhing
lines, hooks and swivels of different sizes, chalk
lines, stone lime by the bushel or larger quantity,
oakum, English and Dutch grass scythes, cradling;
ditto, iron tea-kettles, waggon boxes, nails, whifky,
geneva in cases, logwood, redwood, verdigrife,
grindstones, mops, Indian corn by the bushel, old
canvas for faddlers, pickled sturgeon, sturgeon,
lamp and linseed oil, lampblack, &c. Also, some
very fine hair powder, &c. &c. &c.
Said RICHARDS buys mustard feed, fire-wood,
and several forts of country produce —He has a
fhallop, with proper stores, and a careful perform
to deliver and receive goods, that is always on the
spot. Juneig, 1781.