The New-Jersey journal — Chatham, N.J., 1782-08-28 00:00:00, page 3

A A NV, (NevV/York, July A
The following depeftion was mrfde by James Bob
terfield and John Ehown, who have made their
escape from the enemy in Canada, and just dri
ved in this citv.
Albany, if.
JAMES BUTTERFIELD and John Brown, of
lawful age, depole and fay, upon the holy Evan
gelid of A mighty God. that the, the deponents were
confined with a number of other prisoners on an
illand forty five miles f om Montreal op the ri^ .
St. Lawrence. That on the 14th' of February i^j
a cerain'Anthony MfAipbin, a lieutenant in the Ur
ba tarion of the corp, commanded by' fir John John-
Rohe, took the command of thtfgua r d <n the inland.
I hat a cay or tw.: after he intimated his withes of
having feme pretence for wreaking his vengeance bn
the damned lebe sty he called the prisoners) so the
injuries, as he laid, bis family had received by the
war. 1 hat the third day after became to the island,
dne of the prisoners passing by the quarters of the
laid M'Alpmn, he required him to remove the snow
from his doer, who answered, be was no gentleman's
fetvant, but a prisoner of war: M'Alphin drew his
bayonet, put it tothe prisoner's bread, and swo r e he
would run him through, onlefs he immediately did
as was «pe!bd, the prisoner pe filling in his refu
fai, M'A:phin called tor the guard, and had the pri
soner 3 legs bound together, irons put on his hands,
and confined to an openafh hou'e, wherein the snow
was mid-teg cerp; M'Alphin then sent for another
of the prisoners and ordered him to remove the snow
from his door, the prisoner taking the spade in his
hands, and shewing a wiliingnels to do it, he dif
sniffed him to his barra ks. The prisoners now
finding that.it was M'Alphin's intention merely to
degrade them, refolded, if he again gave the like or
ders, not to cD, h'm. Accordingly when .he order'*
ed another prisoner to do the like, he refo fed ;
Whereupon M'Alphin had him carried to bis rocm,
gaggen by putting an iron in his mouth, beat fevetely
with a walk ng :uck, then put in irons, and placed
in the a(h-houf„ and thus he proceeded on, nearly
in this manner, until he got 21 of the prisoners in
the alh house, ironed- by # the bdnl, two, three or
four together; wher&,they remained two days arid
three nights without any allowance of victuals or
drink, and without fire tho' the weather,.^ extreme
cold. That after that time was expired, M'Alphin
ordered the prifonets Trom the a&houfe; by two,
* T ",°'- '^ ^ they were handcuffed together, t?
*4he goard-houfe ; and then allied them if they wotild
(h vel snow, and Iwore that if he could not starve or
freeze them to if, he would flog them to it. He
then be^n with che Albright; a-ccntinental folder
who rcceNedJfom him about a hundred strokes with
a heavy walking flick, near two inches thick, by
which his body was beat to a jelly ; in consequence
whereof he remained confined tn his barracks for
near two months. M'Alphin then proceeded to the
punishment of the rest of the prisoners; feme of
whom were cruelly beat, others hung up neck and
heels, and fuff led to remain in that situation till
nearly Wrangled, and then co down. This business
being ended about ten Tele# at night, MAlphiri
retired to his quarte^and sent for one Charles Grao
defon, a continental foxier, who touid play on the
violin. M'Alphin oidfred him to play, the prisoner
refuled, he was then ordered to the guard house,
where he rcceihdTx y-five lashes on the bare back,
and was then relcaftd.
And th fe deponents further fay, that M'Alphin
said, in the hearing of the prisoners when in irons,
that the pleasing day was now arrived, which he had
been waiting for near four years, and he wished they
would rife againll him, that he might order the guard
to fire on them.
And these deponents further fey, that in April
lad, about nine o'clock at night, the guard designed
to way-lay one Pu man, a prisoner, wfh an intend
on of posting him to death, but through mistake, took
another person in his stead, and upon finding it was
not Putman, they Buffered him to go off. Complaint'
being made of this attempt to lieutenant Coffin, then
commmdtngbh the island, no notice was taken of it.
And these deponents further fay, that in general
the prifo^rs were badly fuppfied with provision,
and were used with the utmost feverty and the molt
wanton cruelty, and further these deponents fay not,
JAMES BUTTERFIELD.
JOHN BROWN.
Albany, ^ ijhz.
Sworn before me, *
AB'M TEN ^OCK^Mavor.
fish Kill, August 22.
°' a letter from ^Albany, dated August 17.
I he enemy to the westward have been silent for
about a fortnight. An extraordinary affair, howe-
ver, has happened ;-,hree persons have lately gen
taken, who had the following inftru&ions:
By Major John Ross, Esq; commanding the garrf*
/Ton of Ofwegoj
INs/r r ucTfo n s.
' You are hereby ordered to proceed to the fron
tiers, in order to precure intelligence on the prol'pett
of an accommodation between Gre^t-Britain and
A^^^-; aed should it forttfssteh^p happen, you
^"^^ ;the earliest oppor&@t,tq make me ac
•Tuiffi it; inorder that T may 6fe my endea
vjbrs to avert, as much as foffib e, any further hotti
lities againll the frontiers. It is a tedious profpeft
that I have in this remote place of Knowing the event
of affairs from Head-Quarters, wherefore much dili
gence is recommended to you on this occasion.
John Ross, Major."
PACKER'S FERRY, (South Carolina) June 19. ,
On Thursday last Capt. Clark fell in with a party of
50 or 60 Indians, (being p6rt of 5 or 6 0) who Were
coming to disturb toe frontier inhabitants of Georgia,
arid after a final! dispute, killed 3 and one white man,
and took two white men prisoners. One of the white
men was an inhabit nt of the state of South Carolina
and a notorious murderer.
We,have the pleasure to inform the public from au,
tiority, that General Marion permitted the heads of
the people on Little Pedee to have an interview with
him on the kith init. in consequence whereof; they,
athamed of the impropriety, foby and rafhneh of their
own conduct, as wel as thoroughly convinced' of the
numberlels deceptions and (elfifh designing artifi es of
the British, t 6 whom they bad been so long such evi
dent dupes and catfpaws, have dtfir d to oe received
again into the favour bi their country, which has been
granted them on conditions which will speedily be
made public.
B A° L T IMO R E, August t 3.
Hit Most Christian Majesty's frigate the Emerald,
is arrived in York river, Virginia from Boftoh. She
has takeh and brought in with her an aimed brig of
t6guns, belonging to the British navy, under the
command of Capt. Napier.
Loss of the Bririfh navy curing thewar; extras,
ed from the Political Magazine, for January, 1782.
——" In the cdhrfe of the war we have loft four
fhtps of seventy-sour guns; three of seventy ; four
of lixty four; two of forty-two; ten of thirty-UVo;
ten of twenty • eight ; twelve of twenty; and eight
sloops, &e. Taken by the enemy, one of sixty-sour ;
one of fifty ; two of forty four; thrteof thirty two;
three of tweey.eight; fz ^f fyMty; a?d ten
sloops, &c."
PHILADELPHIA, Avgust 20.
The Earl of Cork, in a letter from Florence, writ
ten in the year 1755, makes the following observa
tions (which a cortefpondem fays, he thinks is pro
phetical) “ The bull of empire may hereafter roll
westward, and may flop in America; a world Un
known when Greece was in its meridian glory; a
world that may five the tears of some future Alex
andef."
CHATHA M, August 28,
the French troops, we are told, are on their
march this way ; and, it is said, the allied army,
most of which is in motion, will form a grand camp
near the White Piauisi
Last Saturday the Britiffi fleet arrived on this
toast from the Weft Indies. Letters from New-
York fay they retook Penfacula in their way to
this continent.
The refugees at New-York have loft all hope
that the subjugation of this country will ever be
accomplished, and, as their dernier resource, are
going off in shoals to the Weft-Indies, Canada;
&c.
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LAW BOOKS,
A VERY HANDSOME COLLECTION,
To BE SOLD,
SHOULD any gentleman of the profeffiori in
cline to supply himfelf; he might, very proba^
bly, be suited by applying to Mr. Joiin'Millrr, :.,
Elizabeth Town.—Affc, a number of latin and
sermon books. August 26, 1782.
tyHEREAS Sarah my wife has eloped from my
bed and board : This is therefore to forewarn
all persons not to trust her on my account as
I will not pay any debts of her contrasting from
the date hereof. Samuel Ballard,
adrift 27, ift.
ISAAC LEWH.
J* NFO RMS the publick that be has opened
a fijop at Newark, where be carries on the clock
and watch maker's business in its different branches—
Like^ife ail kinds of Silver Smith's work and eng ^>-
ving in the belt manner.—Any Ladies or Gentledel
who please to favour him with their custom, may de
pend on beng served with expedition, and upon rea
ionab e terms, ..
August 27, 178%.
Will he fold, for ready ca/b, at publick vendue, on Friday
next at the boufe oj Mr. facob Briant, inn-keeper; neaf
Springfield -, -
A NEGRO,an, a likely young Negro wen.ch, hor
ses, cow^oung cattle", an aflortment of hou e~
hold, furniture ;—taken in execution, &c. The ven
due to begin at ten o'clock in the morning of said
day, ^nd attendance given by < v
, s. Noah Marsh, Sheriff:
Essex County, August 23, 1782.
TAKEN up by the fubferiber the iotp ultimo, #
red roan marccolt, two or three years old, bran
ded on the near Ihouldec and thigh with the, letter S.
The owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay,
charges, and take her away.,
WILLIAM DENMAN.
Springfield, August 27, 1782. ^
One Dollar Reward.
RAN-AWAY from the fubferiber, on Sunday th&
16th ultimo, a feryant lad named CHARLY
CONWAY, about eighteen years of age, about fives
feet two or three inches high. Whoever takes up said
lad, and returns him to his master, fh%ll have the:
above reward paid by
CHARLES DRAKE.
Roxbury, Morris County, August 27, 1782.
To be Sold at Publick VENDUE,
On Friday the Sth of September next, at the boufe of
Nathaniel Ball at Connecticut Farms;
TV . O new light wagons compleat for running; a
horse, a mare with foal, a good feather bed, a
number of good axes, several pair of new steelyards,
one of Lyon's tinging or note books, young cattle
household furniture, &c. ^.—-Conditions wi 1 be
made known on the day of Tale, and attendance given
by Nathaniel Ball,
Aaron Ball,
N. B. Any person inclining to purchase may view
the wagons at Aaron Bail's near Lyon & Farm.
August 27, 1782.
AL L persons indebted to the estate of John
Cobb, fen, deceased, are once more desired
to discharge the fame without farther notice :
Their speedy compliance will prevent trouble.
John Salter, )
. + - Clisby Coob. j
N,B. Attendance will be given at the house of
Mr. John Salter.
Pequanacfo August 27, 1782.
AL L persons who are indebted to the estate o
Captain Peter Dickerson, late of t h<
county and township of Morris, deceased, ^e de
fired co discharge the fame immediately, to enable
the fubferibers to discharge the demands againf
said estate; and all those who have any demand:
bn the estate are desired to fend them in for fettled
ment. Attendance, for the above purposes, wil
bd'given at the house of John Crane, in Morrii
Town, the four succeeding Wednesdays from thi
date hereof. Jonathan Dickerson, Executor.
Sarah Dickers^, Executrix.
Morriftowh, August 26, 1782.'
TH E public are iafi rmedfthat the distillery of
the late Thomas Brown; of Newark," is put Lx
excellent order by the fubferibers, and is flow ready
to receive liquors for distillation as ufeal. These
who favour them with their custom may depend
Upon evey endeavour being afed to give general
fathfa&idn,
Sarah drown, Executrix/
Nathaniel Willis; Executor.
Newark, March 20, 1782.
AN Y person having BLADDERS, more or
left, to dllpofe of, will receive a generous!
price for them by applying to the printer, or td
DANIEL CorFock, at the fnuff-mill, in Ward
feffon, where may be had Scotch Snuff of the
best quality, on the lowest terms. March §, t,^