The New-Jersey journal — Chatham, N.J., 1783-01-01 00:00:00, page 2

faterefted freeholders under oath, and, if such va
1 nation does not exceed the sum of Twelve Pounds,
the faidjufticc is hereby authorized and empowered
to try the fame in manner and form as prescribed
in the before recited aft (that part of the said re
cited aft excepted which requires the summoning
of two justices to his assistance) but in every cate
where such valuation (hallexceed the sum ofTwelve
Pounds, the proceedings thereon as to trial, con
demnation, sale and forfeiture of the offenders, shall
be conducted in manner and form as directed in the
before recited aft. Provided always, That in eve
ry case where the offender or offenders shall be ta
ken and secured, the whole of the monies arising
from such condemnation and sale, after deducing
the cotts and charges thereof, shall be divided as
dire&ed in the thirteenth fedion of the said recited
aft; but, if the offender or offenders shall not be
taken and secured, in such case one half the net
proceeds of such sales shall be paid into the hands
of the county collector for the use of the Rate, and
the other half to the captors as aforefaid.
^. AND WHEREAS the secrecy with which
this unlawful andruinous trade is carried on, ren
ders it in most cases impossible to obtain any proof
but from the parties concerned in the seizure ; Be
it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That, from
and after the passing of this ad, any person, not in
famous, upon a reieafe ofintereft duly executed by
him, and produced to the court, shall, on all trials
in crnfequtr.ee of seizures in virtue of this or the
before recited a&, be admitted as a legal witness,
any aw, usage or cullom to the contrary notwith
standing.
9. And be it further enaßed by the authority
aforefaid, That, from and after the passing of this
ad, any perlon duly summoned to give testimony on
trials as aforefaid, who shall neglect or refufe to ap
pear according co such summons, without a reason
able excuse being alledged, shall be liable to pay a
fine of Five Pounds; and any person duly fum
poned to attend as a juror on trials as aforefaid,
who dial! neglea or refufe to attend accordingly,
without reasonable excuse alledged, shall be liable
to pay a fine of Thirty Shillings, for which fine so
incurred the justice is hereby directed to issue ex
ecution, and the fame when recovered, to pay into
the h^nds of the county collector for the use of the
county.
Faffed at Trenton, December 21, 1782.
A true copy from the original,
M. EWING, jun. Clerk of the
General Affembly#
RIVINGTONS's REFLEXIONS ; [Continued.]
Incertus quo fata ferant, quo fiflere detur. Vi^g.
FOLKS may think as they pleafc, but to me it
would seem [dream.
Tnt ou r great men at home have done nothing but
Such t inm ng and twilling and (Lifting about,
And feme getting in, and others turn'd out;
And yet, with their bragging and looking so big,
All they did was to dance a theatrical jig :
Seven years now, and more, we have try'd every plan,
And a ejuft as near conquering as when we be^an,
Great things were expected from Clinton and Howe
But what have they done, or where are they now ?
Sir Guy was sent over to kick op a dust
Who already prepares to return in difgufl
The obje& delusive we wish to attain
Has been in our reach, and may be so again,
But so oddly does heaven its bounties difpence,
And has granted our king such a small ffiare of 'fenfe.
That, let Fortune favour or (mile as (he will,
We are doom'd to drive on like a horse in a mill,
And tho' we may seem to advanceon our rout,
'Tis but to return to where we fat out.
From hence I infer (by way of improvement )
That nothing is got by this circular movement;
And I plainly perceive, from this fa al delay,
We are going to ruin the round about way ;
Some nations like (hips, give up to the gale,
And are hurry'd a(hore with a full flowing 'fail;
So Sweden Submitted c> absolute power,
And freemen were chang d to be (laves in an hour ;
Tnus [ heodoe 10 >n from his grandeur came down,
Forsaking his fubjeds and Corsican crown ;
Bu we—'tis our fate, without ally or friend,
To go to perdition close haul'd to the wind,
I ne case is too plain, that if I stay here
I have something to hope and fomewbat to fear ;
In regard tomy carcase I fhou'dn't mind that—
I can lay " I have liv'd " and have grown very fat;
Have been in my day remarkably fhifty,
And soon, very so% will be verging on fifty.
'Tis time Tor the flat! of the cead to prepare,
Tis time to confider how things will go there;
Some feware admitted to Jupiter's hall,
But the kitchen of Pluto is open to all •
The day is approaching as fall as it can
When Jemmy shall be a mere moderate man,
Shall sleep under ground both summer and winter,
The bulk of a man and the (hell of a printer,
And care not a farthing for George, or his line,
What empires start up or what kingdoms decline.
Our parson last Sunday brought tears from my eyes
When he told us of heaven, I thought of my lies—
To his flock he defcrib'd it, and laid it before 'em
( As if he had been in its Sanctum fandorum )
Recounted its beauties that never (hall fade,
And quoted John Bunyan to prove what he said,
Debarr'd from the gate who the truth fliould deny,
Or “ whofoe'er loveth or maketh a lie."
Thro' the course of my life it has (till been my lot
In spite of myfelf to fay " things that are not,"
And therefore fufpe& that upon my decease
Not a poet will leave me to dumber in peace,
But at lead once a week befcribble th# stone
Where Jemmy, poor Jemmy, lies deeping alone >
Howe'er in the long run these matters may be,
If the scripture is true it has bad news for me—~
And yet when I come to examine the text,
And the learn'd annotations that Poole has annex'd
Throughout the black lift of th-. 4 people that fin
1 cannot once find that I'm mention'd therein;
Whoremongers, idolaters, all are left out,
And wizzards and dogs (which is proper, no doubt,)
But he who fays I'm there, mistakes or forgets—
It mentions no Printers of Royal Gazzettes !
In truth, I have need of a mansion of rest,
And here to remain might fait me the best.—
Philadelphia in some things wcu'd aniwer as well,
(Some tories are there, and my papers might fell)
But then I ffiould live amongftwrangling and ftrife,
And be forc'd to fay credo the rest of my life :
For their sudden conversion I'm much at a loss—
I am told that they bow to the wood of the croft,
And worship the reliques transported from Rome,
St. Peter's toe nails and St. Anthony's comb.
If thus the true faith they no longer defend
I scarcely can think where the madness will end---
If the greatest among them submit to the Pope,
What reason have I for indulgence to hope ?
If the Coegrefs themselves to the Chapel did pass f,
Ye may (wear thaepoor ]emmy wou'd have vofing
mass.
T On the q.tb of November las, the clergy andfe
le& men of Boston paraded through the Jireets after a
crucifix, andjoined in a proteffion in praying for a de
partedfoul out of Purgatory; and for this they gave
the example of Long' ejs, and other American leaders
on a former occajion at Philadelphia,fine of whom
it is said even ewent so far as to sprinkle themjelves
vjith cushat they call holy neater.
Royal Gazette of Dec. I i.inft.
The bumble address and,etition of the Loyal inhabitants
and Refugees, nxithin the Britiih Lines at Ne°w-
York:
May it pleafeyour Majesty,
YOUR Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, in
habitants of New- York, and those who from the
federal provinceshave taken refuge within these lines,
beg leave to make their humble address asd pe ition
to your Majesty on the present important occasion.
Your Majesty's Commissioners for restoring peace
to those Colonies, have communicated to us the un
ex pe&ed information, that Mr. Grenville, invested
with full powers to treat with all the parties at war,
has been directed, in the execution of his commission
at Pa is, to propofeinthe firftinftance t he Independen
cy of the 1 birteen Provinces, —an information which
we have received with inexpressible concern.
Unfeigned sentiments of the warmest affection, and
the meft inviolab e attachment to your Majesty's per
son and government, have led us willingly to hazard
life and fortune, with every thing dear in life, on the
iftue of a contest, in which we were convinced your
Majesty was engaged by the pared motives of jutlice
and humanity, to vindicate the dignity ofyour Crown,
and the elTential rights of your people, in the restora
tion of constitutional harmony and union to the Bri
ti(h empire.
In every stage of this contest we have lamented
the fatal influence of that ground less jealousy, by which
the gracious terms of reconciliation, so often propof
cd on the part of your Majefty,and renewed with ad
ditional marks of Princely condescension, have been
rendered ineffectual.
To the KING'S Most Excellent Majesty.
PHILADELPHIA, December 2 §.
Bis most chriftian Majesty's frigate Dena?, is arrive
ed in our river from Rochford, which place (he left
the gth el November. We hear (he brings an ac
count, that the negoclations for a peace are so far ad
vatctd as to admit of little doubt of that defireable
event shortly faking place.
We can from good authority, inform our readers
that a commission has puffed the great seal of Great-
Britain, authoriGrig Mr# Richard Oswald, cf the ciry
of London, to treat with the United States of Ame
rica, or their commissioners, in the general negocia
tion for a peace at Paris. A copy of this commission
was on Monday morning read in Congress.
Extract of of a letter from Richmond (\ irginia)
December 7.
" Charleflown is evacuated ; a flag is arrived here
in five days, and brings the account—The particu
lars, or whether official, I have not time to learn."
Extras of a letter from London, dated Aug. 31,
2782.
" I flattered myfelf for some months paft.that by
this day, an happy and lading peace would have been
effected between this country and America, as I w< 1
know our present ministry have every wish, and
(hew every disposition for that defireable purpose.
" The independency of America is absolutely a
greed on in council : 1 (as one of the committee cf
merchants trading to America) was told so by lord
Shelburne himfelt a lew days ago,
“ The ports of Calais and Dover are open, and
messengers passing daily, on the purport of a general
co ngrefs meeting for terminating the war, of which
all the powers in*Europe leem to be heartily tired.':
—£
CHATHAM, January 1.
Late European papers mention, That rhe charges
ofSir William Draper againit Gereral Murray, go
into fcveral articles; That he allowed himfelf to be
The mitebJefe of civil difentJon bare been pro
longed and aggravated by the hazards of a foreign
war, in the course of which Great-Britain has had
to contend with a formidable combination of ambi
tious enemies : but, as we gloried in the justice of ner
cause, we trusted that her resources of wealth and
courage were equal to the talk.
We are not unapprifed that persons of much
weight and influence in the ration have received un
'kind impressions concerning us and our fellow loyal
ids without the lines, and have been led to contider
this as an impracticable war. As to the former, we
trust that time and more candid information will yet
secure the good opinion of all our fellow fubjeds in
our favour, and convince the nation at l^ge, that
both in point of numbers and zeal for the Britilh
Government, we are entitled to national attention
and regard ; and, as to the latter, we appeal to the
present Rate of this country, of which we trull your
Majesty will ere now have received a just apd authen
tic representation.
The joy and confidence inspired by the arrival of
Sir Guy Carleton to command your Majesty's army
in America, and by the brilliant victories which have
lately crowned your Majesty's arms in so many quar
ters of the world, had with us effaced the remem
brance of past misfortunes.
The ruinous consequences of Independency began
to be heavily felt throughout the Colonics; the ne
cessity of levying enormous taxes, which the people
proiefted their inability to pay, was openly avowed;
and we had good reason to believe, that in every pro
vince the numbers were daily increaficg, who, not
withstanding their former zeal for a separation, were
already willing this war to terminate not in the esta
blishment of Independency, but in as happy re-uni
on of the empire. We hava therefore been persuad
ed beyond a doubt, that were the system only of a de
fenfive war pwrfued in this country, and the force of
the nation vigoroufiy exerted against our foreign e
nernies, this important part of the British empire
might icon he recovered, on terms of mutual advan
tage to all your Majesty's dominions, and with the
bieHing, of an honourable and lading peace.
But if reafousof rieceffity, to usunknown, do in
deed exist, fufiicient to juflify so great a facrifice as
the making these provinces without reserve indepen
dent of thecrown of Great Britain ; it then remains
for us 10 implore your Majesty 'sattention to this our
earnest and dutiful petition.
That no treaty of peace may finally take effeft in
America, nor the arm, be withdrawn, until full and
{efficient security be had for our future personal fafe
ty, and recitation of cur property ; and some afyluni
prepared for such of us as cannot remain in this
country.