The New-Jersey journal — Chatham, N.J., 1782-04-10 00:00:00, page 3

*' When a branch of the thistle gets over the Atlantic
Arid in a new world the root shall be planted,
And when it doth arrive to a degree of perfection
It surely will breed a great infurredion :
In the year seventy and four the root will be polish 11,
And in eighty and fix it will be quite abolish'd ;
The lilly and the thistle in that year will unite,
But the lion and the dun cow will put them to flight,
The eagle will eagerly join in the fray,
But luna will clip both their wings in a day.
O thistle, O thistle thy wounds will be fore, 1
Kirk and kirk government will be no more, }
And you'll be abridg'd of all civil power."j
To ffiew that America has not been wholly desti
tute of oracular sages in past times, I fend you the
following choice words,or prophetical hints of ari il
literate fisherman, who died about thirty years ago
at his habitation a few miles above the mouth of
Sufquehannah. I difeoveked the paper containing
them by mere accident in tumbling over the leaves
of an old book at an irin near that place. If you
think the lines worth inserting in your paper, they
are at your service.
" When a certain great king whole initial is G,
Shall force damps upon paper, arid folks to drink tea;
When these folks burn his tea, and Ilampt papers,
like Rubble,
You may guess that this king is then coming to
trouble.
But When a petition he treads under his feet,
And fends over the ocean an array and fleet ;
When that army half starved, arid frantic with rage,
Shall be coop'd up with a leader whose name rhymes
to cage,
When that leader goes home deje&ed and fad,
You may then be affur'd the king's profpeds are
bad :
But when B and € with their arrtiieb Are taken;
This king will do well if he saves his own bacon.
In the year seventeen hundred and eighty and two,
A stroke he shall get that will make him look blue ;
Ih the years eighty three, eighty four, eighty five;
You hardly shall know that the king is alive ;
In the year eighty fix the affair will be over,
And he shall eat turnips that grow in Hanover;
The face of the lion shall then become pale,
He shall yield fifteen teeth, arid be fheer'd of his tail.
O king, my dear king, you shall be very fore,)
The Stars and the Lilly shall run you on fhore,§
And your lion shall growl, but never bite more." j
From the Martihico Gazette P?^ 9^
A jummary of the Expedition of St. Christopher's.
THE fleet of the king, commanded by the Count
de Graffe, set fail from the Bay of Fort-Royal
the 26th of December, 1781. The land army
composed of 6000 men, under the orders of the
Marquis de Bouille, was embarked in ships of the
line, frigates, and tranfpbrts, as also the provisions,
artillery, and other warlike stores. The firft ob
jed of this armament was Barbadoes, where the
English squadron of 17 ships of the line was repairs
ing: The plan concerted between our Generals
Was to blockade the enemy by sea, while our batten
lies of mortars and cannon of red hot shot, efta
biifhed on shore, might oblige them to weigh an
chor in presence of a naval force much superior to
their own. We tried in vain during a number of
days to beat up the channel of St. Lucia. In these
attempts the British-Lion transport, which waschar
ged with the greatest part of our artillery, fell to le
ward, was difmafted, and obliged to put in at St.
Euftatia, under convoy of the Cato, a ship of the
line, which never left her. The difficulty of get
ring u P the channel, and the loss of this mod valu
able ship from the convoy, laid the fleet under the
meceffity of regaining the bay of Fort-Royal, where
it anchored on the 3d of January.
Deprived of the greatest part of our artillery,
which it was impossible to bring back to windward
without losing a considerable time, our Generals,
abandoned the project of Barbadoes, and turned
their views towards St. Chriftophers, where the Bri
tish Lion might eafi'y be brought.
The armament set fail from Fort-Royal in the
morning of the sth of January, and did not till the
I ith, arrive before Basseterre. It was found that the
enemy had abandoned their batteries on the coast,
and retired to the fortrefs of Brimstone-Hill, dirtant
aboot 5 leagues from Basseterre.—The debarkation
of our troops was made the fame night: They were
assembled in the parade of the town, and formed
into four divisions. At nine o'clock the army be
gan its march to invest Brimstone-Hill. The divi
sion under the orders of the Marquis Duchilleau on
the right, took port at Sandy Point; that which was
commanded by Count de Dillon, ported itfelf on
the left of the former ; the division of the Marquis
de St. Simon, which had on its right that of the
Vifeount de Damas, formed the left of the invest
ment. The Marquis de Bouille, on the izth, efta
blilhed his head-quarters at Sandy-Point, where he
was defirqus of forming an attack independently on
that which the Marquis de St. Simon was to direct
on the fide of Old-Road. On the 13th the trans
ports with provisions and warlike stores anchored,
some at SAndy Point, and others in Old Road. The
flute British Lion, which carried the greater part
of our warlike stores, unhappily split upon the
rocks below Sandy-Point, in the night between the
ijth and 14th. M. D'Albert de Rions, and Chev.
de Medine, who had escorted the transport; came
to the fuccour of the flute with an activity that
merits the greatert eulegiums, and it was owing
to their patriotic zeal that the principle pieces of
our artillery were drawn from the bottom of the sea,
while the General sent to our islands in order to re
place what was loft.
[f he remainder in our next.]
CHATHA M, Apart 10.
The Island of St. Christopher's, lately captured
by our allies, is situated in 17 degrees, go m. lat.
is computed about z§ leagues in circumference.—
It was discovered in . 149$ by Christopher Colum
bus,, whose name it dill bears, and it became the
cradle of the Englifn and French colonies in the
new world. It is well known that the two rival
nations landed there on the fame day in 1625, and
that it was the theatre of their bloody quarrels till
the treaty of Utrecht, when it was ceded to Great-
Britain. The frefhnels and wholefomnefs of the
air, the fertility of the foil, and the particular care
of the inhabitants to give a pleating and ruial afpe&
to their houses, render St. Christopher's a delight
ful abode. It has in it's centre a chain of high
barren mountains, from whence many small rivers
spring, that water and fertilize every part of this
colony. It furnifhed the last year to the mother
country, 20,000 hogsheads of sugar, and to,ooo
hoglheads of rum ; this produce is it's principal
wealth: It's working negroes are computed to be
30,000. All the hope of the English for the de
fence of St. Christopher's, was founded in the re
treat called Brimstone-Hill; where nature had
formed an inaccessible port, to which art had added
new difficulties, unsurmountable to an enemy less
sagacious, less active, and less persevering than the
Marquis de Bouille. Nevis and Montserrat, which
have shared the fate of St. Christopher's, are two
small Tnandej well watered, and very fertile : The,
may yield together. 8 or 9000 hogsheads of sugar.
It is not easy to imagine how much all these
losses must effe& the British commerce, already sha
ken by so many misfortunes, and what sensations
they must produce in England. St. Christopher's
was, next to Jamaica, the most interesting and va
luable island in the eyes of the mother country;
How many times will this fad truth be repeated
within the walls of Westminster, and what a field
must it afford to the opposition !
We hear that one of the assassins who shot the
dragoon, as mentioned in our last, is taken, and
proves to be an inhabitant; he was known b, the
person that was wounded.
By recent accounts from Philadelphia, we learn,
That there has been a naval a&ion between the two
fleets in the Weft-Indies, in which Admiral Rodney
had his fhp blown up; also; that three or four
others of his fleet were derroy:.di
fyT Q%Qify,tyi
GENUINE French BRANDY and Weft-India
RUM, of the firft quality, to be fold cheap
for cash by Joseph Fortin, in Chatham.
April 9, 1782.
PARTNE R,
A BEAUTIFUL, full blooded, bay HORSE,
rising eight years old, full fifteen bands and
one inch high, the property of the fubferiber, will
cover mares the ensuing fealon, at his farm
in Morris county, in the Rate of New-Jersey,
about two miles from Chatham, at eight hard
dollars the season, or the value thereof in any
kind of grain, to he delivered by the firft of Decem
ber next, at the fubfcr ber's house.—— Partner was
got by Old Figure, and his dam Britannia, a full
filter to True Briton, whose pedigree and perform
ances are so well known, that it is needless to give
any further pedigree of Partner, whose size, fliapes,
beauty, courage, and adivity is allowed, by the
belt judges, equal, if not superior, to any horse in
the slate.—Good pasture for mares, and care taken
of them by John Blanchard
April 9,178 Z,
C^ Public Notice is hereby given.
That application will be made to the Honourable
Legislature of this State, at their next meeting, to
pals a law for the more speedy draining off the wa
ter and clearing the obftrudions in the river Pas
saic, and it's several branch s, above what is called
the Little Falls. Morris county, April g 1782.
Teter MACKIE
INTENDS being at the house of Mr. James
Smith, in Morristown, with his books and ac
counts on Tuesday the 23d inttant, where he will
attend from day to day until the Saturday follow
ing; and all persons owing him are requested to
make payment; and thofc indebted to him on book,
which do not at that time difeharge it, or otherwise
fettle the fame, will be sued without further notice.
Elizabeth Town, April 9, 1782.
^'HE fubferiber takes this method to acquaint
A the public he has lately moved to Williams's
Farms, two miles fom Elizabeth Town, where he
carries on the silver-smith's business ; also repairs
watches and clocks.—Thole who please to favour
him with their custom may depend on having their
work done in the belt and molt expeditious manner
by the public's humble servant
AARON LANE.
N. B, The fubferiber means to keep a small as
sortment of silver ware always by him.
April 9, 1782.
AL L Persons having any demands against the
estates of either David Richard or his wife,
deceased, are desired to fend them to the fubferi
ber as soon as possible; and all who are indebted
to said estates are desired to difeharge the fame by
the firft of May, or they Will be dealt with accord
ing to law.
DANIEL CORY, Executor;
Hanover, April 9, 1712.
TAKEN up by the fubferiber, about twelve
days since, A BROWN MARE, with a blaze
face, three White feet, about fourteen hands high,
neither brand nor ear mark. The owneris requeu
ed to come, pay charges, and take her way.
Azariah Crane.
Cranetown, April 9, 1782.
To be Sold at Public VENDUE,
On Monday the 15th instant, at the hodfe for
merly occupied by David Brant, three miles
from Chatham, for calh only;
HORSES, cows, hogs, farming utensils, and
sundry other articles too tedious to mention.
Vendue will begin at twelve o'clock, when attend
ance will be given by John Robarts.
April 9, 1782.
t 0 Resold,
A SNUG warm house, with a good garden
and a Ihop fit for a tradesman, especially a
blacksmith, as there is a coal house at the end'of
the ihop, pleasantly situated near the Old Mill, and
about a mile from Chatham. For particulars ap
ply to Mr. John Leary, fen. or Mr. George Town
ley- April 9, 1782.
To be Sold at Public VENDUE,
On Friday the 19th instant, at the house of the
fubferiber, in Chatham,
Milch cows, young cattle, horses; hogs;
household goods, such as cupboards, tables,
chairs ; cases of bottles, ox cart, sleds, and ploughs;
a complete set of carpenter's and joiner's tools, one
set of turner's ditto, with sundry other articles not
mentioned. The sale will commence at ten o'clock,
when the conditions will be made krown, and at
tendance given by TIMOTHY DAY.
N. B. To be fold, at private sale, a quantity of
seasoned timber for making fpinnihg-wheeb; and
a number of sheep to be let out on Ihares.
April 9; 1782.
To be SOLD at Public VENDUE,
HAT valuable FARM formerly belonging
to William Britton, situated in Hanover,
Morris county, containing hear 100 acres, ft me of
which is excellent meadow, the rest is very good
parture, swamp, plough and wood land ; there are,
on the premises, an excellent dwelling house, with
four rooms on a floor, with a good entry through
the fame, and a pump by the door ; a kitchen, and
a barn. The whole will be fold together, or in
lots, as will best suit the purchasers. The vendue
will be held on the premises, on Tuesday next, the
16th instant, at twelve o'clock, when the conditi
ons of sale will be made known, and an indifputa.
ble title given by William Hamilton,
April 9, I 78&