The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-07-08 00:00:00, page 3

fc%- Mon-ruth Court-house, when an action com
.,r^r.-eo. We forced the enemy from the field and
encaity^d on the ground. They took a strong post
in dlr ront, secured on both flanks by morasses and
thick woods, where they remained till about twelve
at night, and then retreated. I cannot at this time
go into a detail of matters ; when opportunity will
permit I shall take the liberty of transmitting Con
gress a more particular account of the proceedings
of the day.
I have the honour to be, with great refped,
Sir, your mod obedient servant,
N G. WASHI NGTON.
Tre Honourable Henry Laurens, Enquire,
Prudent of Congress.
rFor his Excellency's third letter, with a return of
the billed and abounded, &, fee the fupplement.]
SIR, Brunf^uick, July 3d, 1778.
]\JOT satisfied with robbing me and the brave men
' under my command ofthe credit due to us wit,
refrea to ithe affair of the 28th, such an attroci^s
attack has been made on my conduct, and so gross
are the injuries I have received, that I have demand
ed a court-martial; which is to be held to-morrow.
The reason that I address this note to you, is, that
a most invidious, dishonest, and falfe relation has
appeared in your paper of July the ift —Imuft there
fore entreat, as you are an honest man, that you
will desire your readers to consider the aforefaid re
lation as a fidion. Before long they (hall have a
minute, just, and faithful account—ln the mean time
I hog you will print this note —and am, Sir,
Your mod obedient servant,
C HARLES LEE.
Mir Isaac Collins.
SIR, July 3d, 1778.
j Desire you will confider this as a poftfeript to the
'note I have already addressed to you, and that you
will request whatever printer is your correspondent
at Philadelphia, to insert the note and poftfeript in
his paper.—To call the affair a complete victory
would be a dishonourable gasconade—lt was indeed
a yery handsome check, which did the Americans
honour. No affair can be more convincing of what
they are equal to ; in a retrogade manoeuvre of near
four mile; no confufion was observable but what arose,
and ever will arise from a monstrous abyfe, which,
if tolerated, will be one day fatal —I mean the liber
ty which individuals, without authority, take to di
re^ and give their opinions. The behaviour of the
whole, both men and officers, was so equally good
that it would be unjust to make diftimftions ; tho' I
confefs it is difficult to refrain from paying compli
ments tr the artillery, from General Knox and Co
lonel OfwaTA down to the very driver. It is difficult
to fay which was the decisive point—it was a battle in
pieces, and by dint of fighting in a variety of places —
in the plain and in the woods —by advancing and re
treating, the enemy were at last fairly worn down.
I am, Sir, yours,
CHARLES LE E.
TRENTO^ July 8.
Extras from General Orders.(
" Head-Quarters, Freehold, June 29, 1778.
" THE Commander in Chief congratulates the<
atmy on the victory obtained over the arms of his
Britannic Majesty yesterday, and thanks most fincere-|
Iy the gallant officers and men who distinguished
themselves upon the occasion, and such others as,
by their good order and coolness, gave the happiest
prefige of what might have been expected had they
come to faion.
“ General Dickinson, and the Militia of this State,
are also thanked for their 'noblcnefs in opposing the
enemy in their march from Philadelphia, and for the
aid which they have given % hfraffiag and impeding
their motions, so as to allow the continental troops
to come up with them.
“ It is,with peculiar pleafute the Commander in
Chief, in addition to the above, can inform General
Knox, and the officers of artillery, that the enemy
have done them the justice to acknowledge that no
artillery could be better served than ours."
Extraa of a letter from a gentleman at Camp, dated ^
.EngUjb-Tow^, June 29/b, 1778.
" I have for two weeks pad been with the militia
of this State, under the command of Major-General
Dickinson. It truly affords me the most heartfelt
pleasure to fee in what numbers and how suddenly
my brave countrymen poured in from every quarter,
to the defence of our glorious caufc.—During the
whole time they underwent the greatest fatigues, se
vere and long marches, without a murmur.—lto every
ikirmiih they behaved, with the greatest spirit, and
appearing always confident of the courage and pru
dence of their General, they obeyed his orders of
every kind with the utmost chearfulnefs and alacrity.
At the drawbridge near Bordentown, when General
Dickinson with great propriety had ordered some
lines to be thrown up, they appeared anxiously to
desire the arrival of the enemy. The continental
troops and great part of the fflilifia had however been
withdrawn, except those of Colonels Philips and
Shreve, who were previously detached to guard a
ford one mile farther up the creek, and only the
three regiments o f ' <■ -^ n
Dike and Wri - Colonels Fredinghuyfen, ^,
^emv append remained, wl^n a party of
> and with gr £ „ ze£ W^ I? $
pair the bridge, which had been cut down—Upon
the very news of their approach, the troops rushed
down with the greatest impetuosity, and a final! party
from one of the regiments which happened to be con
siderably advanced, caused them to retire, after hav
ing killed four and wounded several others. In the
morning the lines were again manned, but the ene
my thought proper to change their rout. This con
dufl'of the militia saved, in my opinion, Trenton
and the country adjacent from rapine and deflation.
l ln short, their conduct during the whole time,, gave
me the most pleasing ideas of the strong love oj liberty
which is natural to the human foul. Surely whilst
the farmers of the country are induced by the mere
fondnefs for freedom to leave all their domeflic con
cerns at this season of the year, and undergo the
hardships of a fsldier's life; to fuffer the , several fa
tigues, and with pleasure face every danger —I fay/
whilst this continues to be the spirit of Americans—
^Americans must and will be free." N
‘ Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Camp, dafeA
July 4, 177?.
'' The Anniversary of Independence has occa
sioned another grand day, far surpassing the feu de joye
at the old camp, which I formerly described to you.
Thty orders were not issued till evening yesterday,
and then not so full as to raise great expectations.
I hare already described to you the situation of my
quarters which commands a view of the bridge and
the opposite Ihore, so that I could fee every jnan as
he passed to the ground. The front line of the army
extended from the redoubt on the height a little
above Brunswick upwards of two miles up the river
on the weft fide; the second line at some distance in
the rear, not quite fo^xtenfive —The park wa§ placed
om the right of the front line at the redoubt, and
upwards of thirty pieces of cannon interspersed at
proper distances throughout the lines. After his
Excellency with his suite had rid round the lines and
returned to his quarters, on a signal given from thence
13 oieces of cannon were fired at the park, which
w&e followed by a running fire of mulketry and
artillery, beginning on the right of the front, through
out the whole of both lines —After this three huzzas
to the perpetual and undisturbed Independence of
the United States of America. The fame round was
performed a second and third time, and exceedingly
well executed every time. My situation being high
and at a convenient distance in front, afforded me a
complete view of the whole, and presented by far
the grandest fight I ever beheld. The running fire of
musketry is grand of itfelf, but the cannon throwing
out their columns of smoke, and adding their founds
at proper distances, made it magnificent beyond de
scription.
" The enemy are laid to be gone from Middletown
a few miles, and it is imagined they will all be out
of the date by to-morrow. —At half palt three to
morrow morning the left wing of our army begins its
march for King's ferry, 70 miles from hence; the
other two grand divisions will follow the 6th and 7th,
leaving Maxwell's brigade and Col. Morgan's corps
(about 2000 to 2500 men) to cover New-Jersey.
" The Court-Martial for the trial of General Lee
fid not get to bulinefs till this morning: As many
rivitneffes will be examined, and the whole taken down
fin writing, it will probably last some time, during
which they are to continue at Brunswick."
, Last Saturday being the Anniversary of the Decla- !
f ration of our Independence, was commemorated at
Princeton with the greatest demonstrations of joy for
our btppy deliverance from tyranny and arbitrary
power, and the glorions profped: of transmitting free
dom and happiness to our latest posterity. At fix
o'clock in the afternoon (a signal gun having been
previously fired„to collect the inhabitants) the so
lemnity commenced by the discharge of thirteen
rounds of cannon, being some of the brass field
pieces taken from General Burgoyne, one ofthe three
conquerors of America. The discharge of the cannon
was fuccesded by three huzzas from a large concourse
of people, all exulting in the opportunity of express
ing their gratulations in being delivered from the
yoke of a mercilels tyrant and his execrable minions.
After this his Excellency the Governor, with such of
the Members of the Legislative Council and Ceneral-
Assembly as were in town, with the Officers of the
Army and Militia, and the Gentlemen of the place,
repaired to the Governor's quarters, 'where they pass
ed the remainder of the day with great feftivity and
decorum, and drank the following toads:
I. The Honourable the Congress.
2. The Free and Independent States of America.
3. His Excellency General Washington.
4. The American Army and Navy.
5. May our Independence endure while the fun shall
shine or the rivers flow.,
6. His Most Christian Majesty, our illustrious ally,
and the magnanimous protestor of the rights of man
kind.
7. May the Confederated States of America be
ever supported by the fame public virtue and patriot
ism by which they were established.
8. Our Ambassadors at the court of Versailles.
9. The State of New-Jersey.
# 10 Our brave and patriotic Militia.
11. All our Officers and Privates engaged in the
battle near Monmouth Court-house, in which we ob
tained a complete victory over the choicest and most
veteran of the enemy's troops.
12. The memory of all the heroes who have fallen
fra defence of African liberty during the w^r 9
tg. May cur example excite the oppressed in ever
part of the woeld to refill the outrages of tyranny llin
and may they be equally fuccefsful in asserting the na-?ne
tural and unalienable rights of mankind. co:
In the evening the inhabitants teftified their joy by
a general illumination of the village., ,t
It is reported that the enemy have all embarked on
board their transports, and failed from Sandy Hook
for the Eastward.
At the Court of Oyer and Terminer lately holden
in the county of Monmouth, the Grand Jury found a
bill of indictment iagainft Cyrenus Van Mater, for
giving information to the enemy, and thereby being
the cause of their taking the Hon. Richard Stock
ton, Esq. and John Covenhoven, Esq. in the month
of December, 1776: Van Mater put himfelf upon
his trial, and the Jufy found him guilty; the Court
thereupon fehtenced him to pay a fine of 3001. and to
fuffer fix months imprisonment. We hear that the
enemy, in their late paflage through that county, re
leased Van Mater; who, after having piloted them
Ithrough his own neighbourhood, went off with them
,to New-York, leaving a large real and personal estate
behind him, which we presume will be forfeited for
his crimes.
On Saturday last a demirep of the city of Phila
delphia was exposed to publick ridicule, preternatu
rally deformed, by an extravagant Head Dress, in
humble imitation of some of our difaffe&ed ladies,
who it seems adopted this offspring of the abandoned
daughters of Britain during their residence in that
city; and still preserve it, as a proof of their attach
ment to the virtuous cause in which they are engaged.
Are they not proper objects of ridicule and aversion,
who can meanly imitate the Manners and Dress of
(women prostitute in the service of men whose swords
are still stained with the blood of their friends and
relations ? 0 tempora, 0 mores !
1 hurlday last the Hon. the Congress met at the
State-House in the city of Philadelphia.
The Hon. Philip Livingston, Esq. late ofNew-.
York, merchant, delegate in Congress from that date,
died a few weeks ago at York-Town, in an advanced
age. His burial was conducted with due honours.
*** Advertisements omitted this (week for want oj
room, to be in our next.
BAY RICHMONDT^ho was removed from his
hand at Long Bridge, upon the approach of the
enemy, is now returned, and covering as usual. zw*
A few chests of TEA, waf^
ranted the firft quality for Bohea, to be fold very
:cheap for calh. Enquire at the printing-office.
Newtown T^wulhip, July 1, 1778.
STRAY'D or stolen from the pasture of Abraham
Slack, a red roan HORSE, stout able bodied,
about 9 years old, 14 hands high, had no shoes on,
a small star, thick mane which lays on the right fide,
and a long switch tail, a natural pacer and has a re
markable crooked nose. Whoever brings the said
horse to Andrew Mac Mean, in Newtown, shall have
TWENTY DOLLARS reward. 3§
STOLEN on the 20th day of June, 1778, from un
der the shed at David Gordon's, in Nottingham
township, in the county of Burlington, and State of
New-Jersey, a dappled grey MA R E, 15 hands high,
shod before, a natural trotter, fix years-old, with an
1 old saddle and bridle. Whoever takes up the said
tmare, and brings her to David Gordon, or to the sub-
Ifcriber, at his plantation in the township and county
^aforefaid, shall receive Twenty iDollars, and all
charges paid. BEN. BILES. gw*
N. B. If the thief is brought to justice, the owner
will pay 30 dollars more.
^WEFfYTroUARri^^
CTRAYED or STOLEN, near English-Town, the
° evening after the battle, a brown MARE, about 14
hands and an half high, no natural marks, branded on
the near shoulder and thigh with a D and an s in the
middle of it; she is something in years. Whoever
secures said mare, so that the owner may get her
again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable
charges, if brought home, paid by me James Stout,
in Hopewell, Hunterdon county. 4w*
July 6, 1778. ' 1
S' TOLEN or STRAYED from the fubferiber at the
camp, 4 miles from Englifhtown, a dark brown.
MARE, full fifteen hands high, four years old last
spring, trots and canters well, has a small star not
plain to be seen, one of her hind feet white above
the fetlock. Whoever takes up said mare, so that
the owner may get her again, shall have THIRTY
DOLLARS reward, and, if stolen, SIXTY DOL
LARS for mare and thief, paid by JOSEPH GREEN,
jun. near Trenton. June 28, 1778. 1 w§
T O BE SOL D,
AN excellent CHAIR or WAGGON HORSE,
near fifteen hands high, handsome and able
bodied, of a bright brown, good carriage and easy
to drive. Inquire of Benjamin Smith, saddler,
in Trenton. 3 w§
Trenton, July 3, 17780
w AS delivered to me the 20th of April last as 2
deserter from General Washington's army, a
certain John Curtis, about 28 years of age; five feet
three inches high, film built; but since fays he is a
servant to Edward Edwards, Lieutenant in the 4th
Maryland battalion: His master is desired to pay
charges and take him away, otherwise he will be fold
for hi@ fees, xw| |JOHN OSBORN, Gaoler