The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-10-17 00:00:00, page 1

BY HIS EXCELLENCY
William Livingston, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-Genera! and Commanderin Chief
in and over the State of New-Jersey, and Territo
ries thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary
in the fame.
Proclamation.
WHEREAS by my Proclamation bearing
date the third day of August last past,
a reward of two hundred dollars of the
bills of credit issued on the faith of this
State, was promised to any person or perlons who
Should apprehend and secure in any gaol of this State,
any or cither of the following persons or offenders,
to wit, Caleb Sweefy, James O'Harry, John Moody
and Gyfbert Gyberfon: and whereas the said name
of Gyfbert Gyberfon was by mistake inserted in the
said Proclamation instead of that of William Giber
fon, who is the person thereby meant and intended ;—
I have therefore thought fit, by and which the advice
of the Honourable Privy Council of this State, to issue
this Proclamation, hereby promising the reward above
mentioned to any person or persons who shall appre
he#d and secure in any gaol of this State the said
William Gyberfon; and do hereby revoke any re
ward promised for apprehending or fecuriiig the said
Gyfbert Gyberfon.
And whereas in and by a certain Act of the Legis
lature of this State, intitled, " An Ad to prevent
persons from passing through this State without pro
per passports," passed at Trenton the tenth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun
dred and seventy-nine, it is among other things
coasted, that no person or persons whatsoever resid
ing within this State, except the members of the
Legislature and publick officers of government, ihall
be permitted to pass and repafs through any part of
this State, other than the county in which he, flie or
they reside, without having a commission under this
State or the United States, or a certificate from His
Excellency the Governor, or from one of the mem
bers of the Legislative-Council or General Assembly
of the county in which he, she or they reside, or
from one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, or
one of the Judges of the court of common pleas or
Justices of the peace of such county, certifying that
the bearer is an inhabitant of the county of
and a person of good repute and generally esteemed
a friend to the prefect government, as established
under the authority of the people ; in which certificate
shall be inserted the name and rank of the person,
, and the town and county in which he resides; which
certificate shall intitle the bearer to travel in any
part of this State, except near the enemy's lines,
where he shall not be permitted to travel without
some apparent business confident with his rank and
Ration, and the good of the date; and that no per
son or persons whatsoever, not residing in or being
an inhabitant of this State shall be permitted to pass
or repafs through any part of this State, without
having and bolding a commission under the United
States, or without a pass from the Commander in
Chief or other General officer in the army of the
United States, or from the Governor and Command
er in Chief, or one of the Delegates in Congress
for the Rate in which such traveller usually resides,
or of one of the Legislative or Executive Council of
fpch Rate, or being a non-commissioned officer or
soldier, without a pass or furlough from some one
of the officers of the regiment to which he or they
may belong; which commission or pass shall entitle
the bearer to travel into or through this State, while
behaving and conducting as becometh such traveller:
Provided, that nothing in the said A& contained be
taken or construed to extend to the hindering any
person living in the adjoining counties of the neigh
bouring Rates, not immediately in the poffeflion of
the enemy, from palling into the next adjoining
county in this State, having a pass from one Juflice
of the peace in the county to which he or she may
belong, provided such person do not attempt to pass
out of such county without obtaining a permission
or passport, agreably to the directions of the said AT.
And whereas, in order to carry the said Aft into
effeft, it was further enacted, that it should and
might be lawful for any officer of this State, civil or
military, in the presence of two or more witnesses,
in a publick manner to examine all travellers what
soever, and for all innholders publickly to examine
all such as may put up at their houses, and for all
ferry men and drivers of publick Rages to examine
all passengers who may offer or desire a parage, and
to detain and carry before some Justice of the peace
of the county, all such person or persons who, upon
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such examination should not produce a commission,
certificate or pass, authorizing them to pass as afore
faid; and without which by the said ACt, they were
therein before denied permission to pass and repafs
through any part' of this State. And each and every
person taken up and carried before a Justice of the
peace in any county of this State, pursuant to the
directions of the said Act, who arc denied permission
to pass as aforefaid, shall, by such Justice, be either
committed to gaol by a mittimus, there to remain
till duly difeharged, or be obliged to return the di
redeft way to his place of residence, as the said
Justice upon examination of the person apprehend
ed, and hearing the evidence produced, shall in his
diferetion, judge rnoft proper, and the said Justice
of the peace, who shall cause any person to be com
mitted to gaol as aforefaid, or any two Juftiecs of
the peace of the said county shall be, and thereby
are authorized and empowered to discharge from
gaol any such person so apprehended and committed,
who shall prove to the fatisfa&ion of such Justice
or Justices that he ought to be difeharged upon his
paying the costs accrued, on taking up and com
mitting such person, as the fame shall be taxed by
the Justice or Justices: And all persons apprehended
and committed as aforefaid, who shall not appear
to be spies from the enemy, or otherwise guilty of
any capital offence, but shall otherwise be of doubt
ful or suspicious characters, shall be difeharged from
confinement, upon paying the cost as aforefaid, and
also the expence of a fufficient guard to condud or
remove such person or persons out of this State, the
directest or securest way towards his place of residence;
which guard the said Justice or Jultices are required
to procure, upon receiving a sum fufficient to hire
and support the fame, and to give a pass for that
purpose; and that every boatman and ferryman who
shall bring into this State, or over any ferry within
th&fame, any person without a passport as aforefaid,
and every publick innkeeper or other householder
who shall entertain any person not having such pass
port, and all flage-drivers who shall grant a passage
to any such person, every such ferryman, publick
innkeeper, householder and Rage-driver so offending,
contrary to the true intent and meaning, of the said
Ad, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the
sum of twenty pounds, to be recovered in any court
of record where the fame may be cognizable, with
costs of suit, to be applied one pals to the support of
the poor of the township where the offence was com
mitted, and the other half to the prosecutor; and
"all officers civil and military within this State, are
thereby ftri&ly ordered and enjoined to give all
needful aid and assistance for carrying the said act
into execution, as by the said Ad reference being
thereunto had, may appear.
And whereas there is great reason to apprehend
that the enemy employ a number of spies and emis
saries to pass and repafs through this State to coiled
intelligence and for other purposes prejudicial to
the Commonwealth, and that the publick Rage
drivers frequently grant passages to persons not hav
ing the paflports by the said Aft directed, and who
pass and repafs through this State in order to get
into the enemy's lines without the passes for that
purpose directed by another Ad of the Legislature,
and also to carry on an illicit tra'de with the enemy
in defiance of another law of his State, for which
reasons it is become more necessary than ever to carry
the said herein recited Ad into the most rigorous
execution:—l have therefore thought fit hereby to
request all the good citizens of this State who tender
the welfare of their country and the glorious cause
of liberty and independence at this critical juncture
when it is of the utmost importance to prevent all
intercourse with the enemy to exert themselves in
the execution of the said Ad according to the re
fpedive powers and authorities on them conferred
by the fame.
Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Tren
ton, the ninth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
cighty-onc, and in the fixtb year of the inde
pendence of America.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's Command,
Bowes Reed, Sec'ry.
PHILADELPHIA, Od. 3
On the 17th ultimo about forty-two Indians Chiefs
and Warriors, waited upon his Excellency the Mini
ster of France. He offered them various presents,
which they received with great pleafare, and after
having exchanged the following fpeechce, they fat
down to dinner, where they behaved with cheerful
nefs and affability, and expressed by their toasts and
THE
conversation, their great attachment to Congress
and their sincere friendfhip for the French nation.
SPEECH of his Excellency the Minister of France,
to the Indian-Chiefs and Warriors.
Brothers, Sachems and Warriors of the Oneidas,
Tufearoras and Cachnewagues.—
Open your ears and hear what I have to fay to
you, as the representative of your old friend and fa
ther the King of France.
Brothers,
It gives me great pleasure to fee you face to face
after your long journey, J thank the great spirit for
giving us this opportunity of freaking together at this
place: I hope the road will soon be open and freed
from briars and thorns, that you may fafely travel
to and from the great council-fire kindled at Phila
delphia by the United States of America, the friends
and allies of the King your father.
Brothers,
I have no doubt the council-fire will burn bright
er the longer it continues ; and for this end we must all
drive together and heap so much wood upon it that it
will reach the ikies and be seen and felt by all the
nations; giving light and warmth to our friends,
and Rriking our enemies with terror and threatening
their deftruCtion.
Brothers,
As your father and the United States of America
have joined their councils and arms in one common
cause, they have now but one head and one heart;
and they have bound themselves together by a strong
covenant chain, which no power on earth is able to
break. The King your father regards with a sincere
friendfhip all those who take hold of this covenant
chain. He therefore will take particular pleasure in
ihewing his esteem for such faithful friends to the
cause of France and America as those of the Oneidas,
Tufcaroras and Cachnawagues, who have submitted
even to abandon their country, rather than have
their eyes blinded like many of your Indian brethren
by British arts and deceitful practices.
Brother,
I advise you to continue to hold faft this chain of
friendfhip and keep your part of it free from all rust,
making it so bright, that none can look'upon it
whose eyes ape not strong and clear, and th ir in
tentions honest, without being covered with fllame
and confufion.
Brother,
You may rest assured that the King your father
has sent powerful fuccours to the assistance ofhs be
loved friends the United States of America, and from
our joint endeavours with the blessing of God we
have reason to hope for the most prosperous end of
the war. We will then tie our covenant chain to a
mountain, so that it will hold fait forever, and bind
our two nations and all their friends together as long
as the fun and moon endure.
Brothers,
I beg your acceptance of a few articles which I
present as a small token of my esteem, and which
I give to make the countenances of your wife men
cheerful, and fliarpen the tomhawks of your War
riors, that they may fight manfully against our com
mon enemy.•
B rotbers,
I with you a fafe and speedy return to your fami
lies, and I pray the Almighty to cover your heads
with his holy protection, that you and your chil
drens children may fit down under the shade of
your own trees and smoke your pipes in peace, grow
ing to your own grounds like a strong oak which
shall take such deep root that no storm shall here
after be able to blow it down, but all the nations
shall gather under its branches for Shelter, and shall
hang up their belts on its boughs, and being no
more deceived by our enemies shall be ruled b, the
wisdom of your counfellors, as long as the Rars re
main in the Heavens or the rivers flow.
ANSWER of the Indian-Chief, Arara (or Graf,-
hopper) to his Excellency the Miniftcr of France.
Father,
We have heard thy words and we shall repeat
them to our Warriors, to our women and to our
children, and we shall bring them thy presents.
We have seen with joy, the union fublifting be
tween the sons of our father that lives on the other
fide of the great lake, and our brethren the inhabi
tants of the United States.
Father,
We have tied to a mountain of rock the chain that
binds us to thee, nothing is able to break it, and
we shall keep it clean from rust, that it may last as
long as the Rars of the firmament.
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