The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-12-31 00:00:00, page 2

CINCE the arrival of the last courier, the squadron of
° the Chevalier de Fabry is getting in readiness with
redoubled activity. They are embarking in all haste
a number of chests filled with arms, and other effects,
which makes it presumed it will not be long before
that squadron puts to sea.
Vienna, July 11. We learn that the Rates of Hun
gary have resolved to bring into the field 80,000 men,
to be commanded by the Prince d'Efterhazy.
Paris, July 19. Notwithstanding the preliminaries
of a declaration of war, the funds do not fall much.
It is said that Mr. Necker has declared, that whatever
events may happen, he was able to find supplies for
two years to come, without seeking for new means.
Our naval army, which takes up at sea a space of 15
Leagues, has taken on coming out of port, the Digby,
an English frigate of 22 guns, and five privateers,
whichour frigate the Iphigenia has carried into Brest.
Honourable Gentlemen,
A consciousness of having faithfully discharged my
duty, from the moment Congress were pleased to con
fer on me the Presidency to my last adt of resigning
the chair, enhances the value ofthe acknowledgments
with which, after mature deliberation, you have been
pleased to honour me. The former must be my true
support. Your testimonial will transmit honour to my
children.
I entreat you, Gentlemen, accept my moR grateful
thanks, and fuffer me to repeat, that I will perfeverc
in measures for the public good with unabated ardor.
I have the honour to be, with the highest respect,
and under a great sense of obligation, your faith
ful friend and obedient humble servant,
(Signed) HENRY LAURENS.
December 16, 1778.
The Honourable the Congress ofthe
United States of America.
Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
In CONGRESS, December j 6, 1778.
Congress took into consideration the proceedings of
the General Court-Martial on the trial of Major-Ge
neral St. Clair: Whereupon
Rejoined, That the sentence ofthe General Court-
Martial, acquitting Major-General St. Clair with the
highest honour of the charges exhibited against him,
be, and is hereby confirmed.
Ordered, That this Resolution be transmitted to the
Commander in Chief.
Extrari from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
In CONGRESS, December 18, 1778.
W HEREA Sit is represented to Congress, that it
will be more agreeable to adventurers in the
Lottery of the United States, to have the blanks drawn
as well as the prizes, and that the public will thereby
have an opportunity, during the time of drawing, to
purchase the tickets which may remain unfold at the
commencement thereof,
Resolved, That the Manage rs be directed to draw
the blanks and prizes of the second class of the said
Lottery.
Extrari from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
TREASURY-OFFICE, December 19, 1778.
Ordered, That after the firft day of January next
the sale of the said tickets be continued by the Ma
nagers of the Lottery, in the city of Philadelphia, and
in no other place.
In consequence of the above Resolve of Congress,
the Managers acquaint the publick, that after the firft
day of January next, the time the Lottery commences
drawing, tickets will be fold by the Managers at their
office, where the Check Clerk, with a majority ofthe
Managers, will attend, in order that the adventurers
may be assured the tickets bought are not drawn.
The above sale of tickets will be made from eight
o'clock in the morning till eleven, the time the draw
ing commences, and from five till seven o'clock in the
afternoon, and at no other time or place.
[The different printers throughout the States are
requested to continue the above while the drawing
continues.]
the embarkation of five hundred recruits which are
there, and were destined for America. This is the
most authentic proof, that all further designs of con
quering America are totally given up. Thus America
has purchased peace and freedom by that virtue which
in the late reign was our boast. But in the present
reign we are debilitated by luxury, and governed by
Scotchmen.
Extract of a letter from New-York, sane 8.
" A general despondency and diffatisfadion pre
vails throughout the army. General Clinton is hard
pressed on all sides at Philadelphia, and muff soon
evacuate the place, though it cost us dear to get
possession of it. Nor is our situation here much bet
ter, as intense heat, salt provisions, and perpetual
alarms, kill us by inches, and is more fatal than the
sword. In fa&, our numerous army, which was
once the boast of Britain, and might have been the
terror of France, is now reduced to a mere nothing;
and all for what ? To irritate our best friends, and
to make poor Old England a prey to our most inve
terate enemies. A French war we know to our cost
is unavoidable; our armed ships have made so free
with their frigates and merchantmen, in this part of
L ONDO N, July 28.
Last Saturday an express was sent to Ireland, to flop
TOULO N, July 5 .
Job 29. What is the situation and condition of
Admiral Keppel's fleet ? the small pox and gaol dis
temper, are, more or less in every snip of the fleet.
The Viftory, the Admiral's own ihip, has sprung her
fore yard. The Admiral has been obliged to take
the main yard of the Thunderer. There is not a spare
yard, nor mast, on board the whole fleet; though
sent out for ariion. In short, there are no flores in the
yards, nor cordage, nor fails ; notwithstanding such
immense and incredible sums have been expended for
those articles.
From an officer who was in the fort at Cherry Val
ley, Nov. iith, when it was attacked, we have the
following account, viz.
On Saturday night Bth November, an express ar
rived from Fort Stanwix, informing that an Oneida
Indian had acquainted them that he fat in Council in
the Seneca country with the Six Nations, and other
tribes, and that they had concluded to attack Fort
Alden, in Cherry Valley. On Sunday morning a fer
jeant and twelve men were sent on the road by Bea
ver Dam, towards the enemy, tocontinue five days ;
another scout with a non-commissioned officer, and
five men were sent on the road to Springfield, to con
tinue four days: These two roads being the only a
venues from the enemy's country to this place, except
an old Indian path which had been neglected by us ;
at the fame time we sent by the fame roads scouts in
the morning, which returned at night. On Wednes
day the 11th, it rained very hard, the enemy came
by the above-mentioned path, past by two houses,
and lodged themselves in a swamp a small dißance
back of Mr. Wells's house, head-quarters; half past
eleven, A. M. Mr. Hamlin came by and discovered
two Indians, who fired upon him and shot him thro'
the arm ; he rode to Mr. Wells's and acquainted the
Colonel, the Lieut. Colonel, Major and Adjutant be
ing prelent, the two last (the house at this time being
surrounded by Indians) got to the fort through their
fire, the Colonel was shot near the fort ; the enemy,
800 in number, confining of 500 Indians commanded
by Brant, 50 regulars under Capt. Colvill, and ano
ther Captain with some of Johnson's rangers, and
above 200 tories, the whole under Col. Butler's com
mand, immediately surrounded the fort, excluding
several officers who were quartered out of the garri
son and had gone to dinner ; they commenced a very
heavy fire on the fort, which held three and an half
hours, and was as briskly returned ; they were so near
as to call to the fort and bid the damn'd rebels sur
render, which was answered with three cheers and a
When the merchants concerned in the Straits trade,
went to Lord Sandwich to request convoys up the Le
vant, he flatly informed them, be could not furnish
them with any.
the world, that retaliation will certainly follow, and
reprisals be made, whether war is declared or not ;
but hostilities, we are well informed from home, are
resolved on by the French Court, in consequence of
the many ships we have taken. What is to become
of us under such dreadful circumstances, God only
knows ! the profped is truly alarming, and is, I
fear, too jtiftly described in the following lines, writ
ten by as brave, humane, and sensible an officer, as
any in the English army; the fame gentleman who I
told you, predicted the fate of the unfortunate Ge
neral Burgoyne's expedition, and the result of vio
lent, impolitic, and inflammatory proceedings.
" Attend, Britannia's sons, attend to Heaven's decree,
These Thirteen injured States shall independent be ;
Like the fam'd phoenix, from their allies they shall rife,
And tyranny and tyrants equally despise:
The kindred blood we've fpilt, the many towns we
have fir'd,
At length is plainly at our guilty hands requir'd,
Ten thousand dire events the wrath of Heaven pro
claim,
If Britain perseveres, we perish with her fame."
On Saturday the lady of his Excellency Governor
Johnftone, received a letter from her husband, one
of the Commissioners appointed to treat with Con
gress towards eftablifliing peace and re-union between
Great- Britain and her Colonies, purporting, that
the American States would neither treat or hold con
verse with the Delegates of England sent out upon
the occasion, and in consequence thereof the Gover
nor would return the firft opportunity ; giving it as
his opinion that no terms whatsoever, offered by
Great-Britain would be accepted of by the present
Members of the Congress on this fide Independency,
in the ftri& sense of the word.
August 31. Twenty-one is the number of ships, of
whose capture accounts were brought to London 011
Friday last. Of those eight were Archangel ships,
the rest chiefly from Peterfourgh and Norway, and
all laden with naval stores, such as tar, pitch, turpen
tine, hemp, timber, &c. This is a loss inexpressible
at this time, especially as to the ships from Archangel,
from whence no more of such supplies can possibly
be drawn until next summer. And this general mif
chief was occasioned by two small American priva
teers, in the North-Sea, which indeed is like to be
the feene of still further depredations, there being at
present not any ship of war whatever, cruizing in it.
The Levant trade is in the fame deplorable way, as
no convoys are appointed further than Gibralter, and
the French at the fame time entire makers of the Me
diterranean. In consequence of this four rich ships
were taken very lately, and many more are experied
to share the fame fate.
BOSTO N, December 3.
Sec. 7. “ /IND WHEREAS it may in some places
N 1 happen, by reason of the difafferiion
or sordid dispositions of those who may have pro
visions, provender and firewood to spare, thata Suffi
cient supply for the troops or militia, and the horses
belonging to such troops or militia quartered in or
marching through such places, cannot be procured
without compulsory means; Be it therefore
further Enacted, That when it shall so happen
that necessaries for the troops and horses in the service
of the United States cannot be purchased by the pro
per person or persons for that purpose employed, it
shall and may be lawful for any Justice of the Peace
of the county where such case shall happen, on appli
cation to him for that purpose made, to issue an order
or orders under his hand, to such person or persons
employed as aforefaid to procure such necessaries, to
seize and take whatever ihall be wanted for the use
PHILADELPHI A, December 26.
SI R, Nezu-York, Oct. 31, 1778.
AGREE ABI,E to my letter of the 28th instant
per Mr. Keene, I am to acquaint you of my
having received His Excellency the Commander in
Chief's orders to summons all your officers who arc
prisoners at home on their paroles, to repair immedi
ately into New-York ; of which you will take the
most speedy and effectual measures to inform them.
I am, Sir, your most obedient
Most humble servant,
JOSHUA LORING,
Col. Beatty. Com. Gen. Prisoners.
The Gentlemen (a lift of whose names are annex
ed) are required ftririly to comply with the requisiti
ons contained in the above letter. Should any, thro'
great indisposition of body or other unfurmountable<
difficulty, be prevented from returning forthwith a
greeable to their paroles, it is presumed they will
make a proper report as early as possible.
Princeton, Nov.) JOHN BEATTY,
12, 1778. 5 Com. Gen. Prisoners.
Return of Officers at home on Parole, Ori. 12, 1778.
General William Thompson.
Colonels Robert Magaw, Michael Swoop, David
Potter, William Coats, George Matthews, George
Baylor, Nicholas Houfeger.
Lieutenant Colonels Peter Kechlein, Nicholas Lutz,
John Fly, Thomas Ramsay, Thomas Reynolds;
Christopher Green.
Majors Aquilla Giles, Francis Murray, William
Dark, Enoch Edwards, WilliarA Ellis, Oliver Towles.
Brigade Majors Daniel Hammit, Ebenezer Bement..
Captains Edward Bulkley, John Willis, Moore
Fauntleroy, Samuel Fisher, John Spotfwood, Aaron
Chew, Thomas Hewitt, Alexander Baldwin.
Lieutenants Samuel Dodge, John Stotfbury, Wil
liam Cohoon, Jacob Bright, Edward Hall, Henry
Jeans, John Connelly, Peter Wiser, Benjamin Hick
ox, Samuel Willcox.
Enfgns Giles Mumford, Elihu Hall, Andrew
Thompson, Andrew M'Minn, John Spear.
Adjutant Daniel Kennedy.
Deput, Adjutant General Solomon Bush.
Com. Gen. Muflers Gunning Bedford.
Chaplain Cbrdel.
P. S. The Printers in the different states are re,
quested to give this summons an early publication.
We are desired to insert the following feriion of
an ari of the General Assembly of this State, intitled,
An AA for the better regulating the quartering of jol
diers, and furnifoing of carriages, borfes, and other
necefaries for the arm,.
The fort was commanded by the brave Major
Whiting of Dedham, and the two cannon under the
direction of the brave Capt. Hickling, of this town,
who was chief engineer in building the fort, and
whose assistance contributed in saving of it.
difeharge of cannon and mufquetry ; at four, P. M
the enemy withdrew, Capt. Ballard tallied out with:
party, which the enemy endeavoured to cut off, but
were prevented by a reinforcement ; the next day the
made it their whole bufmefs to colled horses, cattle
and fnecp, which they effected, and at sunset left the
place. On Friday morning the fort was reinforcec
by 800 militia. The enemy killed, fcalp'd and mob
barbarously murdered 32 inhabitants, chiefly women
and children, also Col. Alden, and the following sol
diers of his regiment, viz. Robert Henderson, Gide
on Day, Thomas Sherridan, Pelletiah Adams, Sime
on Hopkins, Benjamin Worcely, Thomas Holden,
Daniel Dudley, Thomas Knowles and Oliver Deball.
The following officers were taken prisoners, viz. Lt
Col. Stacey, Liuet. Aaron Holden, Ensign Garret,
Surgeon's mate Francis Souza de Bierve, and 13 pri
vates —burnt 24 houses with all the grain, &c. took
above (0 inhabitants prisoners, part of whom they
rcleafed on going off. They committed the most in
human barbarities on mod of the dead. Robert
Henderson's head was cut off, his scull bone was cut
out with the scalp—Mr. Willis's fitter was ript up, a
child of Mr. Willis's two months old, fcalp'd and
arm cut off—the clergyman's wife's leg and arm cut
off, and many others as cruelly treated. Many of
the inhabitants and soldiers flint out from the fort,
lay "all night in the rain with children, which fufiered
very much. The cattle that were not cafy to drive
they shot. We were informed by the prisoners that
they sent back, that the Lieutenant Colonel, all the
officers and continental soldiers were ftript and drove
naked before them.
TREN T () N, December 31.