The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-07-25 00:00:00, page 1

NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An ad to declare the value of the continental curren
cy, through the several periods of its depreciation,
and to provide for the more equitable payment of
debts.
WHEREAS the citizens of this state have
been, and still may be involved in great
difficulties, on account of the deprecia
tion of the continental money, not
withstanding the laws that have been passed from
time to time to prevent it; and as no rule has yet
been established competent to the purpose, whereby
to fettle and determine the true value of debts and
contracts made and entered into, during the several
periods of the said depreciation ; therefore,
Se&. I. Be it enabled by the Council and General As
sembly of this flute, and it is hereby enabled by the au
thority of the fame, That all debts and contrasts of
what nature soever, made and entered into since the
firft day of January, One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Seventy-seven ; and before the ninth day of June,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty, payable
in the current lawful money of this state ; and all such
as have been made or entered into since the said ninth
day of June,' which ar f ecially payable in the con
tinental currency, or in the bills of credit of the U
nited States, shall be aijufted and fettled, by reduc
ing the amount of all such debts and centrads to their
true value in specie, at the time they were respec
tively made and entered into by the following table
of depreciation.
A table (hewing the depreciation with the value of
one hundred pounds, continental currency, in spe
cie, monthly.
1777. Continental. Specie.
January 1-20 i. e. £ 10c £95 0 0
February 1-10 ,- - - 90 0 0
Marell 2-10 - - - 80 0 0
Anril 3-10 - - - 70 0 0
May 4-10 - - - 60 0 0
June 2 - - - 50 0 0
July 4 - - - 44 8 ic f
August 2, ... 4 o 0 0
September 2| - . - 36 784
O&ober 3 - - - 33 6 8
November 3 - - - 3.3 6 8
December 3 - - - 33 6 8
1778.
January 4 - - - 25 00
February 4 - - - 25 00
March 4 - - - 25 o o
April 5 - - - 20 0 0
May 5 - - - 20 0 0
June 5 ... 20 0 0
July 5 ... 20 0 0
August 5 - - - 20 0 0
September 5 - - - 20 00
October 5 - - - 20 0 0
November 6 - - - 16 13 4
December 7 - - - 14 58f
1779.
January 8 ... 12 10 0
February 10 - - - 10 00,
March 12 - - -° 8 10 0
April 16 . . . 6 50
May 20 - - - 5 00
June 20 - - - 5 00
July 20 - - - 5 00
August 24 ... 4 50
September 24 - - - 4 50
O&ober 30 - - - 3 68
November 36 - - - 215 6,
December 40 ... 2 10 0
1780.
January 42 - - - 275
February 50 - - - 2 00
March 60 - - - 113 4
April 60 ... 113 4
May 60 - - - 113 4
June 60 - - - 113 4
July 60 - - - 113 4
August 60 - - - 113 4
September 60 - - - 113 4
O&ober 75 ... 1 68
November 75 - - - 1 68
December 75 - - . 1 68
1781.
January 75 - - - 1 68
February 90 - - - 1 22,
March 100 ... 1 00
April 120 . . . 0 16 8
May 150 - - - 0 13 4
AND all judges, justices of the peace, jurors and
others whom it may concern, are hereby required tc
[Vol. IV.]
WEDNESDAY, July 25, 1781.
govern themselves accordingly, except where the
debt due, or the value thereof hath been tendered and
refufed ; or where it shall appear that the non-pay
ment thereof is owing to the creditor, or where other
circumstances arise, which, in the opinion of the
court before whom the matter is brought to issue,
would render a determination agreeable to the above
table unjust ; in which cafes' it shall and may be law
ful for the court to award such judgment as to them
shall appear just and equitable : Provided also, That
the officers, and non-commissioned officers and pri
vates who have yielded personal service in the mili
tia, before the palling of the aeft, intitled, " An ad for
the regulating, training and , arraying of the militia ;
and for providing more effectually for the defence and
security of the state," passed the eighth day of Janua
ry, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-one;
arid to whom arrears are due, shall receive the pay
established by the said last recited aft, which shall be
considered in full of bounty, pay and all other allow
ances, by way of fubfiftende granted by any particu
lar ad, any thing in this ' act contained to the contra
ry notwithstanding.
2. And be it further enabled by the authority afore
faid, That the ad, intitled, " An ad for afeertaining
the value of the continental currency in the payment
of debts," passed the fifth day of January, One Thou
sand Seven Hundred and Eighty-one, shall be, and
the fame is hereby repealed, except the fedion re
pealing certain ads therein mentioned ; and that from
and after the passing of this ad, no bills of credit
emitted by Congress on the faith of the United S ates
shall be a legal tender, in the payment of any debt or
demand, in virtue of any law heretofore enaded for
that purpose.
Passed at Princeton, June 22, 1781.
M. EWING, jun. Clk. of Gen. Affem.
BALTIMORE, July 10.
The Honourable Thomas Neilfco, Esq. is eleded
Governor of the state of Virginia—Governor Jeffer
fon, whom this gentleman fucreeds, happily eluded
the enemy's vigilance in their late excuriion to Char
lottefvillc.
PHILADELPHIA, July 18.
Extract of a letter from St. Thomas's, dated May 25.
" I was in hopes to have informed you of a deci
sive adion between the two fleets, but Mr. Rodney
reflecting on the riches he had robbed the 'Statia in
habitants of, thought it better to postpone the acti
on till he had enjoyed or squandered a little of that
ill-gotten pelf; he accordingly run for Barbados,
where he now is ; the French fleet at Grenada, much
superior: Therefore hope they will be adive. To
bago certainly taken ; as is Pondicherry, in the East-
Indies, by Hyder Ally ; the British loft a great many
men, as all were put to the sword, being stormed.
The fleet that failed from 'Statia for England was cap
tured in the channel by the combined fleets. There
is no Congress to be held at Vienna, as reported,
the Dutch would not agree to it ; the cry with them
is war, war, and are active in preparing."
Extrad of a letter from St. Pier's, Martinique, June 9.
" Since the arrival of the French fleet, we have
made a defeent on St. Lucia, attended with no other
consequence than about one hundred prisoners, tak
en by furprize at Gros-Iflet by the French. The mil
carriage of this enterprize was owing to a consider
able reinforcement received there, of which our Ge
neral had no informatian till after his landing, which
obliged him to decline an attack on the garrison.
This expedition has not been altogether fruitlefs, as
they have since taken Tobago, which surrendered at
diferetion. Several large fliips with their cargoes
have by this stroke fallen into the hands of our good
Allies. Reports from different quarters agree, that
our fleet are at Barbados, where they have landed
6000 men. That the inhabitants have refufed to take
up arms, apprehensive of the fame treatment as the
Dutch and Americans met with at 'Statia; that
Rodney was blocked up in a narrow bay by the
French fleet, refilling a surrender of the island, tho'
he had no troops to defend it ; and that the French
had ereded a bomb-battery within reach of his fliips,
which from the best authenticated of these reports
are only seven in number."
Extract of a letter from Standing Stone, Bedford
county, dated July 4, 1781.
" We are continually alarmed by the Savages.
There has been, within a month past, forty-feven in
habitants killed and scalped on Bushy Run, Raccoon
Creek, Frank's Town, and some near Bedford and
Sufquehannah, North Branch, with the help of some
of my good neighbours.—We shall have this week
agood Blodk-Houfe, which will contain thirty men,
THE
besides women and children, which I trust will be a
fafe retreat."
Camp, before Ninety-Six, June 9, 1781.
S I R,
T WROTE your Excellency on the 29th of May, and
A inclofed the capitulation and furreider of the gar
rison of fort Breadnought, and an account of a small
adion at Auguffa. On the sth of rhis instant fort
Cornwallis surrendered. Inclofed is Gen. Pickens's
and Lieut. Col. Lee's report of the capitulation, and
an account of the stores and prisoners.
i The very great exertions that were made by Gen.
Pickens and Lieut. Col. Lee, and the troops under
their command, particularly the legion, deserve the
highest honour, and I hope tfill meet the approbation
of Congress.
Inclofed is Gen. Marian's report of the evacuation
of George Town The cue >y raw have no fortified
.ports either in South-Carolina or Georgia, except
Charles-Town, Savannah and Nine y-Six.
I have the honour to be, with great refpe&,,your
Excellency's most obedient humble fer^ant,
His Excellency NATH. GREENE.
Samuel Huntington, Esq.
Camp in Augusta, June 5, 1781.
S I R,
IN our separate dispatches of last month we com
municated the. events which lead to the siege of'Fort
Cornwallis. From that period the most vigorous ex
ertions have been used, attended with incefint la
bour to advance our approaches with rapidity.
A perfed circu mvallation was nearly completed,
with three issues from it, communicating with the
enemy's foffe. Several batteries were creded, one
near 30 feet high, which gave us entire command of
their works ; and two rifle citadels were formed with
in 30 yards of the parapets In this situation it was
our determination to have forced a lodgement in the
different curtains, from which establishment we might
with readiness and certainty of success have referred
the issue of the contest to the bayonet. The judi- -
cious, vigilant and gallant conduct of the garrison
deprived us of many advantages which we wiih ed to
have seized in the course of our operations, and
which would have tended to have shortened the siege.
At 9 o'clock in the morning proposals were receiv
ed from Col. Brown, which we have the honour to
transmit with the capitulation which took place, and
all other official communications. Returns of the
publick stores, artillery and prisoners are also en
closed.
It is out of our power to do justice to the efforts
of the officers of every rank, and to the chearful pa
tience with which their exertions were supported by
their faithful soldiers. The Colonels Clarke, Har
ding and Hammond, with their militia, were essen
tially serviceable.
Captain Rudolph, with the officers of the infan
try of the legion, have distinguished themselves as
usual. Captain Smith, who commanded the North-
Carolina corps, was specially ufeful by his activity
and attention, and the gentlemen under him behav
ed perfectly soldier-like. We derived every possible
aid from the artillery under Captain Finley, and beg
leave to express our obligations to that gentleman,
his- officers and soldiers.
The legion cavalry have participated fully in the va
riety of service, and have been essentially service
able by the animation and zeal with which they per
formed their (hare of the toil.
Our loss has not been very considerable, and by no
means proportionate to the warmth of the contest.
The amiable and gallant Mojor Eaton fell in our firft
advance; the regret which we feel on this occasion is
very distressing, and can be experienced only by thole
who knew his worth. What adds to our sorrow
and excites our indignation is, that we have reason
to believe that this patriotick soldier fell a facrifice af
ter surrender. A very pointed correspondence took
place on this fubjed between Lieut. Col. Lee, under
whose command the Major was, and Lieut. Col.
Brown ; a further enquiry will now commence, and
atonement shall be made for the impious deed.
Dodor Irvine, of the legion, has the honour to
bear this letter. During the important operations i&
this state, by the issue of which the capital of Geor
gia, with so large extent of territory, is recovered
from its late subjugation ; we have experienced great
utility from this gentleman's zealous exertions, and
take the liberty to recommend him to your particu
lar notice.
We have the honour to be, Sir, with the highest
sentiments of refpeift, Your obedient humble ser
vants. ANDREW PICKENS, Bri. Gen. of militia.
HENRY LEE, jun. commanding con. troops.
Major General Greene.
[Numb. 187.]