The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1777-12-24 00:00:00, page 1

Salt, imported or brought into the State, fifteen
per cent, profit to the purchaser from the importer,
and fifteen per cent, profit for every 100 miles, and
three-pence per buKel per mile, land carriage; from
the firft port of delivery.
Every vender of any article, on which allowance
is made for carriage, Kall, previous to his exposing
it to sale, produce to a Justice authentic invoices,
bills of parcels, or accounts of purchase, and swear
to the truth ; and the Justice Kall thereupon deliver
him a certificate, fpecifying the prices at which he
is intitled to fell. —Penalty for offering to make sale
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Es q.
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief,
in and over the State of New-Jersey, and Terri
tories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary
in the fame.
IT is his Excellency's order, that every Cap
tain or Commanding Officer in the militia of
this State, do forthwith make a return of the
number of men in his company, and of their
accoutrements and ammunition, to the Colo
nel or Commanding Officer of the regiment
to which he belongs: And that every Colonel or
Commanding Officer of any regiment belonging to
the brigades of General Heard and Winds, make re
turn of the condition of his regiment to the Brigadier
General of the brigade to which' he belongs; which
Brigadiers are, with all convenient speed, to make
return of the condition of their refpe&ive brigades,
to the Commander in Chief of this State ; and that
every Colonel or Commanding Officer of a regiment
belonging to the brigades of General Forman and
Newcomb, make return of the condition of his regi
ment to the said Commander in Chief.
Given .under my hand at Princeton, the thirteenth
day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's command,
William Livingfon, jun. Secy.
Abfraß of an all, intitled, An aid for regulating and
limiting the prices of fan dry articles of produce, ma
nufacture, and trade ; and to prevent forefalling,
regrating, and engrofing.
BE it enacted, &e. That from and after the
publication of this act, the rates and prices of
the following articles of produce, manufacture, and
trade, bought, fold, or exchanged in any part of this
State, Kall not exceed the sums to them severally
annexed, that is to fay ;
Salt, of home manufacture, sslb. to the bushel,
£ 3 15 o at the works, and 6d per bushel for every
mile of land carriage to the place of sale or consump
tion, for profit and carriage. Bloomary bar-iron,
sixty shillings per cwt; refined ditto, Seventy Kil
lings ; pig-metal, twenty Killings; rolling of iron,
thirty pounds per ton ; open callings, eight-pence
per lb./ Raw hides, seven-pence per lb; foal lea
ther, three shillings per lb; upper leather, five Kil
lings per lb; men's neat leather shoes, common fort
seventeen Killings and fix-pence, and so iii proporti
on ; women's neat leather ditto, common fort four
teen Killings, and so in proportion. Wheat, twelve
Killings per buKel ; Rye, nine Killings ; Indian corn,
seven shillings and fix-pence ; oats, five Killings ;
buckwheat, fix Killings ; wheat flour, thirty-three
Killings per cwt. Hay, firft crop, best, seven pounds
ten Killings per ton; ditto, second crop, best, fix
pounds. Pork, nine-pence per lb ; beef, eight-pence
per lb. Potatoes, four Killings per bushel. Wool,
four Killings per lb; flax, two Killings. Cyder spi
rits, twelve shillings per gallon; grain spirits, ten
Killings per gallon. Butter, two shillings and six
pence per lb ; cheese, one Killing and fix-pence.
Farming labour, and wages of mechanicks, trades
men and handicraftsmen, double what they were in
the year 1775.
. Sugar, imported or brought into this State, ten
per cent, profit to the purchaser from the import
er and ten per cent, profit for every 100 miles from
the firft port of delivery, and so in proportion ; and
one and a half per cent, for every five miles carried
by land from the firft port of delivery. Molasses, ten
per cent, profit, and ten per cent, tor every 100
miles, and one penny per gallon for every five miles
as above.
[Vol: I.}
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
WED N E'S DA Y, December 24, 1777.
Mr. Collins,
IT is observable that at the opening of every cam
paign in the-Spring, the BritiK plunderers, and
their tory emissaries, announce the total reduction of
America before the Wint< •.In the Fall they find
themselves as remote f w^ )eir purpose as they were
in the Spring ; and then we are threatened with in
numerable hosts from Russia and Germany, who will
utterly extirpate us the ensuing Summer, or reduce
us to the most abjeCt submission. They have so beat
this beaten trad, that for the mere fake of variety, I
would advise them to explore a new road ; and not
compel us to nauseate a falKood, not only because
we know it to be one, but for its perpetual repetition
without the least variation or alternity. According
to custom, therefore, the new lie (that is the old lie
reiterated) for next Summer is, that we are to be
devoured bones and all, by 36,000 Ruffians ; besides
foraething or other that is to be done to us by the
King of Prussia. What this is to be, is still a pro
found secret; but as it will doubtless be something
very extraordinary, and it being impossible to conceive
what else lie can do to us, after we are swallowed by
the Ruffians, he is probably, by some political emetic
or other, to bring us up again.—l Kould think, in
common complaisance to human reason, that ab
surdities so gross, and figments so destitute of proba
bility, could only deceive those who chufe to be de
ceived. The Empress of Russia, tho' a sovereign in
pecticoats, knows too well that the true 'riches of a
nation cenfift in the number of its inhabitants, to
fuffer fuch' a number of her fubjeCts to be knocked in
the head in America, for the fake of facilitating the
frantic project of a more Southern Potentate in
breeches, deluded by a blundering Ministry, and the
universal derision of Europe. It is her interest (and
I Kall wonder if ever princes proceed upon any other
principle, before the commencement of the millen
nium) to have America dismembered from Great-
Britain, which mud of necessity reduce the naval
power of the latter, and make Russia a full match for
her on the ocean. And as for the King of Prussia,
considering that there never was any love loft between
him and the family of Brunswick; and that he has
long been jealous of the maritime strength of Britain,
these artificers of fraud might with equal plausibility,
have introduced the Emperor of Japan, as entering
into leagues and alliances with our late maker at
St. James's. It is nothing but an impudent forgery
from firft to last, and merely fabricated to restore to
their- natural Kape and features, the creft-falleri
countenances of the tories; and if possible, to inti
midate the genuine Sons of America. The utmost
they can do, they have already done; and are this
moment as far from any profpea of fubjeCting us to
the dominion of Britain, as they were in the ridicu
lous hour in which General Gage firft arrived in Bos
ton. This is no secret with those who have the ma
nagement of their armies in America, how greatly
without such certificate, fix pounds and the goods
or the value of them; half to the prosecutor and
half to' the poor, to be recovered before a Justice.
Any person who Kall ask, demand, or require a
higher price for any article than herein mentioned,
[this goes to the whole bill] than the prices limited,
shall forfeit fix pounds and the goods; to be reco
vered and applied as aforefaid.
Any person having more of any of the ' articles men
tioned, than is necessary for his family's annual con
sumption, or for carrying on his trade or occupation,
refufing to ' fell the overplus or a suitable part of the
fame, to any person in want for family use, or for
the use of the army ; the person wanting it may ap
ply to a Judice, aho, being fully convinced of the
want and necessity, Kall summon the party to ap
pear, and on refufal to appear, or if on appearing
and examination, it Kall still appear evident to the
Judice that there is such surplus, the Justice shall
iflue his warrant to a constable (or subaltern military
officer if no constable) to take by force, calling as
sistance if heceffary, such proportion of the overplus
as is wanted, and lodge tip money with the Justice ;
to be paid to the owner (deducting fix-pence for the
warrant and five Killingpfor the constable, Ac.) if
called for within one morqh ; if not, to be forfeited
to the State.
Not to affeCt former bargains or contrasts.
Faffed at Princeton, Dec. 10, 1777.
For the New-Jersey Gazette.
T-H E
Resolved, That whenever any expedition, which
may be undertaken either by sea or land, by order or
at the expence of the United States, Kall fail in the
execution; or whenever any important poss, fort or
fortrefs, garrtfoned and defended at the expence of
the United States, Kall be evacuated, or taken by the
enemy, it be an eftabliKed rule in Congress to institute
an inquiry into the causes of the failure of such expe
dition, or into the loss of such post, fort or fortrefs,
and into the conduCt of the principal officer or offi
cers conducting the expedition so failing, or com
manding the post, fort or fortrefs so evacuated, or
taken by the enemy. The inquiry so instituted to be
conduced in such manner as Congress Kall deem best
adapted for the investigation of truth in the respec
tive cases. Extract from the Minutes.
EubUfad by order of Congress,
Chw^ Thomson, Secretary.
In CONGRESS, Nov. 4, 1777.
RESOLVED, That the thanks of Congress in
their own names, and in behalf of the inhabitants
of the Thirteen United States, be presented to Major
General Gates, Commander in Chief in the Nor
thern department, and to Major Generals Lincoln
and Arnold, and the rest of the officers and troops
under his command, for their brave and fuccefsfuf
efforts in support of the independence of their coun
try, whereby an army of the enemy of ten thousand
men has been totally defeated, one large detachment
of it, strongly poked and entrenched, having been
conquered at Bennington, another repulsed with loss
qpd disgrace from Fort-Schuyler, and the main arm,
of fix thousand men, under Lieutenant General Bur
goyne, after being beaten in different actions, and
driven from a formidable post and strong intrcnch
ments, reduced to the necessity of surrendering them
selves, upon terms honourable and advantageous to
these States, on the 17th day of October last, to
Major General Gates; and that a medal of gold be
struck under the direction of the Board of War, in
commemoration of this great event, and in the name
of these United States presented by the President to
Major General Gates. p .
Resolved, That Corgrefs have an high sense of
the merit of Col. Greene, and the officers and men
under his command, in their late gallant defence of
the Fort at Red-Bank, on Delaware river; and that
an elegant sword be provided by the Board of War,
and presented to Col. Greene.
Resolved, That Congress have an high sense of the
merit of Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, and the officers
and men under his command, in their late gallant
defence of Fort Mifflin, on the river Delaware ; and
that an elegant sword be provided by the Board of
War, and presented to Lieut. Col. Smith.
Resolved, That Congress have an high sense of the
merit of Commodore Hazlewood, the commander of
the naval force on Delaware river, in the service of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and of the offi
cers and men under his command, in their late gal
lant defence of their country, against the Britilh
fleet, whereby two of their men of war were de
stroyed, and four others compelled to retire; and
that an elegant sword be provided by the Marine
Committee, and presented to Commodore Hazel
wood. Extract from the minutes,
Charles Thomson, Sec'ry.
In CONGRESS, November 28, 1777.'
soever the nation itfelf may be deluded by the pom
pous accounts of their progress. But whatever be
comes of Old England at last, these Gentlemen are
sure of accumulating immense wealth during the war ;
and are therefore determined to keep up the 'delufion
as long as possible. Burgoyne is the only one of an,
diftinCtion, who has virtue enough to own the truth ;
and I am credibly informed, that he has frankly de
clared —That he was most egregiously deceived in the
Americans —that he had been led to believe they
would never come to baypnetting—that they behaved
with the greatest intrepidity, in attacking entrench
ments —that altho' a regiment of his grenadiers and
light infantry displayed, in an engagement with Col.
Morgan's battalion of rifle-men, the most aftoniKing
gallantry, Morgan exceeded them in dexterity and
generalship—and that it was utterly impossible ever
to conquer America.
H O'RTENTIUS.
[Numb. 4.]