The New-Jersey journal — Chatham, N.J., 1782-11-27 00:00:00, page 1

HAGU E, June t.
TH E Academy of Franecker, in Friefland. have
cabled co be executed, to express their joy of
the connexion between the United States of America
and this Republic, a noble display of fire-works, with
an illumination. Over a triumphal arch was read
the following diftich:
" Plus valet una dies, que libera ducitur, a&a quam
male Jub domino Jecula mille jugo."
'' A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty,
Is worth a whole eternity of bondage." Addi^n.
[As this beautiful difich of Addison exprtfes hap
,ily the fame thought, almfl in the fame chords, we
prejent it to out readers iofeari of a truncation ]
To perpetuate the memory of the fame event, a
medal is going to be struck at Lewarden, (the capital
of Friefland) representing a Frieflander presenting
his right hand to Mr Adams, in sign of friendship,
and rejecting with the left the advances made him
by an Englilhman.
LON DO N, July if
The Gazette de France of the 18th ultimo, gives
an account of a phenomenon, not less fatal than it is
in itfelf perhaps unprecedented in the annals of the
world! At a village called Verify, and a rrighbour
ing hamlet of the name of Cnailley, both liquated in
the province of Senonoics, ester feverAl claps of thun
der,an^ crumbling noise somewhat similar to a Hou
tilbon a drum, there fell a form of hail, the stones
of which were as big as a tenner flattened, and bear
ing in the centre a kind of done, rather transparent,
cut in the shape of a diamond, and weighing about
half a pound. Several persons were dangerously
bruised, and all the game and fields destroyed. An
other dorm not so heavy, fell on the second village ;
this was succeeded by so dreadful a shower of rain,
that in less than two hours the inhabitants w^re obli
ged to take refuge in the top £ of Lit boules, whilst
the current below, 150 feet wide, carried off every
thing in its way ; luckily, however, only one man,
^ young fhep'r :rd, loft his life: but the whole coun
try and its environs are laid entirely waste, as ap
pears by the testimonies of the redor and principal
inhabitants. Moll of the cattle were drowned, and
in tome places the hail was a foot deep, and its Rones
near a pound weight.
^uguf 20. On Sunday next the grand attack will
be made upon Gib altar, and upon the event of that
days fi-ing, a judgment may be formed, whether
that gariilon can stand till Lord Howe appears to
relieve it. 1 hat day's firing will certainly be most
violent, in honour of the day, as it will be on the
feaft of St. Louis, the patron of France.
The war, in all probability, * ! ! u r <h •ir the
+^< of Gibraltar, ar ir is , ,
teniron of the house of Bourbon,i .'.-'
of that place with their whr.he
disgrace of our noo- y; | : r;n, tot CTe
white handed beau. A™ Lnitelr :,a
junreer or, &SQ,; C ( tip enu + e of
the oce;&
2 , " e ^re informed tint Parliament will
''' : ' e month of Njimber, for the arf
patoh of bufintfs.
1 ..£ Spaniards are calling cannon before Gibral
: us so immense a size, that they ciuld not be
tian ported by find from any other foundery. They
have borrowed the idea from the Turks, who make
'"' or the largest and heaviest battering cannon in
" e world, and who always call it before the place
tney mean to batter.
An armed Algerine vessel, endeavouring to throw
posifwos into Gibraltar, was attacked by a Spanish
"°^ ; the Agerine fought the ,\oiard: ^roata
. f^^.rr^, p ( ar hx glasses, till both g^pted, and
mu port fora, w^h blood : The San how
ever. ex rica eo h^. If, but the ' l^e fork. The
€ ew were fayed.
YefieHay frvtral imps Td .nd,
w ^ hc °a| b and other ^.. ~ Trifon
at f^bra tar.
The flower of the Spanish nob a + -
their army, their chosen Dried:, th-.< %- § ^ir
St. Anthon,and ever, 'g,,, c , t m,, — ^
at the camp at St. Roca, to norm a and
devour a bale army.
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NEW-JERSEY JOURNA L.
Vol. IV.)
WEDNESDAY, November 27, 1782.
Extra& of a letter Com Cadiz, July 2C:
" Three days ago arrived here, five transports and
A frigate, with French artillery men and engineers
on board; in the frigate came the Count D'Artois,
who serves as a volunteer before Gibraltar, and this
day went out of the harbour for St. Roch, as did al
io 2000 recruits for the Spanish army."
Extraft of a letter from Vienna. August 7.
'• The Emperor, who attaches himfelf no less to
the molt minute particulars of interior police, than he
does to his greater concerns abroad, caused it to be
announced on Saturday lad, the 28th of July, in all
the churches, of this capital, that from that day, the
women mutt not appear there with their heads dres
sed in any lingular or peculiarly elegant mannei;
and that the commissioners would be authorifed to
cause all those who disobeyed this order to quit the
place without any ffpeft of persons.
'• His Imperial Majesty has lately abolished the
penalty of death to criminal. It has been fettled,
that for the time to come, a^ chute who ^^d have
been condemned to die. are to be sent to the house
of correction, where they are to be kept to hard la
bour th^ ^^ of their lives, both men and women, ha
ving their heads Ihaved, and a habit diflinguilbing
them from the tell of the criminals, and chained two
together."
The following melancholy account was received
at the admiralty on ThuTiay evening .—The Swan
fliop of war, being on be. passage to England, was
by a sudden g 11 of wind overfet near the town of
Waterford in Ireland, and in a few minutes went
down, together with her whole crew, which confined
of 130 men, officers included, together with upwards
of 40 naval volunteers, lately faifed in Dublin by
Captain M'Bride; not a I ogle person on board c
leaped this dreadful accident.
We Are ^formed th& h 7/ iTnwe has hoiOeA ^i,
flag on board the Foudroyunt, to go immediately for
the protection of the Baltic fleet, and for that purpose
carries none of the three deck ships with him: so
that we may conclude that the ministry think the as
sistance so fortunately conveyed to Gibraltar will
lave that fortress till his Luralhip returns from the
Baltic.
Auguf 23. Monday last the Portuguese ambassa
dor, attended by Lord G aahim. bij an audience
of his Majesty at Windsor, to make a formal notifi
cation of the Queen of Pc tugal having acceded to
the neutral treaty.
. Politicians differ widely in their c^ir/on refpeT
ing the evacuation of New-York, 2nd the future po
greL of the America war: Ilc Lira a? 1 ^^^
frouSir Gut C.rl%irr cons fr,cwmr. h)
^ e '^r' r '' ' " tor Ire fr b^r^m.ll |c).
Longhis (ticks upon its national faith, by which
America is bound to France, whom fie canr.ee aban
don without dishonour Honour br- 0. be as mind
ful of our national faith. :nd not ffi mefuliy desert
those brave Americas, wh ;fe loyalty made them re
bounce ever, thing for us : gratitude,juftice, honour,
national faith, all bind us .0 the loyalists; nor can
we, without a violation of all thole sacred ties, ac
knowledge the independence of America, without
ftipuiating conditions for those gallant men, who
have so fai foully adhered t), and so bravely com
mitted murder for us.
1 he Cabinet are, without doubt, divided on the
question of the American war, though no member of
it consents to unconditional independence [America
cates but little who consents to her indepcnathce,face
the virtue and bravery of h. rfoas have already e,a
1 feu her in the fuirpoffefon of that inefomablejeiu-
By an engineer, who cam^hemein the vessel which
bought the last difpa chta from Gibraltar, we are
i,formed, <bat botwuhl^rr ng the formidable arenas
lots or France and Spain, and their extravagant
bopts cf a certain capture of that garifon, a rein
s of two thousand men will tender it as un
alizi-ble as ti t fki.ee were to the Titans of old. This
a. ' ^ tCT hin fi «ce that, 'ai" before Council, when
I ,ft "nan n„ nfl, agreed t< tend the otimandr" f^r
evk, enter tm gemll ;.coj^ c-
I'p Ihe fi'llLo cos the Admiralty ha< n: mrfid
40 Ihip of the line, 37 ol which arc uowfoy, aud
the three others are preparing with the utmost expe
dition.
It is with the greatest pleafare we hear, from the
some channel, that nothing can exceed 'he braver,
and alacrity ofthe Governor and his garriton The,
look to nothing but death or glory, during eve
ry danger with a patience and magnanimity which
seem to grow with the difficulties they have to en
counter; the officers and men live on the fame pro
visions, endure the fame hardships, and partake of the
fame relaxations from fatigue, which at some times
is so excessive, that it is looked upon more fatal than
the enemy's bombardments. Thus united we have
every thing to hope, which courage, abilities, and
patriotism can bellow.
A letter from a young gentleman of Di blin, now
nt Cadiz to his father, adviles, that a work is erect
ing by the believers of Gibraltar, whose Rupendout
magnitude will astonish the world -—-1 cis of hat
kind, which in the fciencr of Taf.icks is described
under the term Cavalier, of a perpendicular height
of upwards of one hundred feet, near the marsh. and
is in the form of a orong tower ire adel tht bat
teries of which will overlook all rhe wo>k of the
foitrefs of Gibralt^ on that fide, so as to make the
batteries; efptciafly those of the lower wo k.s, qure
untenable, and at the lame time, by the means of
monstrous Culverines, now casing for the purpose,
so enfilade the fortrefs and tonn on the water fide as
to prevent in a great measure, if not otally, any
vessels lying at the Moles, and the landing of stores
and provisions.
In order to countera& the attack bv sea, it is said
that General Elliot has, with infinite labour, cut vast
holes in the solid rock, which he in ends 'o use as
mortars to throw, not shells, but hones, iron, &c.
upon the gun boats, and floating bareues Thefg
holes ^re in imitation of the ivmerlt Roch M^rt^rt
in th* iftand of Milra, whic: co air fevers o gf.
heads full of stones, &c ant ieu difeharged into
the air there falls a dreadful fh^., cf th^e deadly
materials, that covers the sea ft. th, &ce 0 a quar
ter of a mite, ard coulc net so. ©o,k the beats, or
kill rhe men who should be la j^fo, <ur are as to be
caught in this dreadful fhewt:
The faction of the Amt ityn LoyajifU fora
corrtfponden!) is tuly doploralfc at dihoie 01 ifora
who have been already üblT,c I ^ + me,
thar have been evacuaed/l-a^fo ^ . <, , „
to England, where they o^ d I#. advan
tage, except Te Lcuib, f + Y,s f, om (he
met savage pe:f. cu'iom; ;. ' vs. it will
^'bL:ir;huik # n' is coled, and
1 : • b If re 1 ,:-.a , with the Congress,
that the mg; cf^nt i& : i%; %s, and the b'eft
f ol ^ 7 ^ ' fn America, L-' :'d. .Telex's to
tin mother count . b tl the fob i ,. r fion of the
confutation in 'hatp @f iheuaid has bee ocing
to the mUI unworthy [wl cf the ci zens Vaious
plans have been thoug of tor the relief of iheie de
feiving people, whole eiiates have been seized and
fold by the instruments of the Congress, but bv ma
king th>m the fubjeft of general canvassing, the very
humane purpose is likely to be defeated.
SEPTEMBER 24.
Governor Franklin, whose steady loyalty has feed
red him the refpe& and esteem of government, arri
ved in the last packet from New York This gen
tleman, alarmed at the inftrddions lent to Sir Guy
Carleton and Admiral Digby refpr.&rg the inde
pendence of the colonies, ano fearing that our roini
„ were not truly inform d refpetting the present
diftrefed and Tfaff.&ed hate ofthe province-, c eter
jplqfd to vifi England, and .n lay the wkole'frlly
and lawfully before geve.nmfnt, As Lid Shel
burne iDQ premier, we me? expert the b ft con
(.-Fences from Gnvernc, Fankin's informal ion!
Private advice from the Ehgte particularly mete
tion, that Mr. Ad is has received tnte'lioence front
Amerce 0 great .ih^m.'s &r,d did h among
the pe pie in be north.tn ,'ovi-v^s, whl were aMo
bocly unabieic ~ e taxA bich hd been afief
fed lot the fevvtce us < h e pref Ljear.
Tbe revolt of rirt ef;b,7;& Er:rit>d proving
ces !<,thro,ir^ ^ ret iro a ferm&ng
ihat it no: liMj u -^ i^ACT^ pf.
[Numb. 198.]