The New-Jersey journal — Chatham, N.J., 1782-01-16 00:00:00, page 3

RECAPITULATION of REMARK.
ABLE EVENTS in the year 1781.
Jan. I. The Pennsylvania line revolt,
3. Arnold lands in Virginia.
4. The Spaniards retake the castle of San
Juan in Nicaragua.
10. Claims of the Pennsylvania line adjufled,
and they return to their duty.
37. Gen. Morgan defeats Col. Tarleton at the
Cowpens, South-Carolina.
20. Gen. Parlons makes a fuccefsful expediton
to Morriffania.
25. Col Lee, surprises Georgetown.
29. The British take possession of Wilmington.
Feb. 3. Sir George Rodney seizes St. Euftatius.
24. The French ship L'Eville of 64 guns, and
two frigates, return from a fuccefsful ex
pedition against the enemy in Chefapeak;
having captured the Romulus of 44 guns,
and several other vessels.
Mar. i. The Confederation of the united flatus
finally ratified.
2. Demarara taken.
11. Commodore Johnftone's squadron fails for
the East-Indies.
12. The Dutch publish their manifesto against
the British.
12. Battle of Guilford court-house.
16. An engagement between the French and
British fleets ofF Virginia.
17. Cornwallis retreats towards Wilmington,
leaving behind his sick and wounded.
Apr. 16. An engagement between Com. Johnttone
and M. Suffrtin, near St. Jago.
19. Gen. Greene arrives before Camden.
23. Fort Watson taken by Gen. Marian.
25. Second battle of Camden.
25. Baron Steuben has a skirmish with the ene
my in Virginia.
27. Count D'Graffe arrives at Martinico with
27 fail of the line, and has an engagement
with Sir Samuel Hood.
May i. Admiral Picquet takes 25 fail of the Eufta
tia fleet on the Engiilh coast.
9. Weft Florida surrenders to Don Galvez.
11. The post of Orangeburgh taken by Gen.
Sumpter.
12. Fort Motte taken by Gen. Marian.
15. C^rnwaßis joins Arnold in Virginia.
To the PRINTER
SIR,
Viz " " " Luxury and Extravagance prevail
* " among a people the final ruin of the state is
inevitable— Let Greece and Rome fuffice for exam
ple, who by frugality and ©economy rose to the fum
^it of glory and greatness; but by luxury and 'ex
travagance plunged themselves in the lowed abyis of
infamy and perdition.— It is o f importance then, my
friends and fellow citizens, that we examihe our own
character—that we route from that lupine negligence
that poffi ffes us ;— banilh every appearance of prodi
gality and excels, and contribute all in our power for
the encouragement of frugality and industry—kind
nature has blclt us with a fertile country, capable (by
a proper management) of producing every necessary
of life—-we ought therefore to encourage our own
wanefadures, and fc&rn to be dependant on foreign
nations .We have of late been so engaged to pur
chase British goods, that we have dared to violate the
laws of our country, and have robbed the state of
more than one half of its circulating medium—by
means of which we now complain of a scarcity of
calh, and many consequent evils— Ie would render
effentia! service to our country should all unite and
agree never to purchase those accursed goods, that
have been illicitly imported—Ye illufbious patriots
of American liberty, who have so nobly exerted your
selves in the cause of freedom! your country calls
you to exert your abilities in convincing the people
of their errors ; and Viewing them in what their true
happiness consists—Ye American fair ones! are call
ed upon to contribute to the public good—your
country demands the exertions of your gentle facul
ties— (torn to let such a trifle as dress, engross your
thoughts while nobler parfaits demand your attenti
on— lay aside (for a while at least) those gaities,
which so ill suit our present circumdances—-wear no
thing but what is mauufaaured in America—this
will give the greatest encouragement to industry —it
will be acting worthy your charming feives and po
fteiity will rife up and call you bluffed.
In fine, let us all encourage mechanic arts and
agriculture—the industrious poor will then find em
ployment; we (ball have a source of riches among
ourselves far preferable to the mines of Peru—inde
pendence and peace will be the reward of our patri
otifm—honour, plenty and happimfs, will crown all
our toils.
BALTIMORE, January 1.
A London paper mentions, that Ad
miral Arbuthnot had earnestly requeued
his Sovereign, that he might have an op
portunity given him of proving the pro
priety of his conduct relative to the naval
rencountre, which happened off the Che
sapeake, the 13th of March last.
Paragraph from a late Martinico Ga
zette :—- " When the English packet left
Falmouth, they had heard of the capture
of Tobago, which was severely felt in
England. The retreat of Sir George
Rodney had struck the nation as with a
thunderbolt; and the last affair, added to
the St. Euftatia anecdotes, had filled the
BOSTON, January 3.
A ship, with a most valuable cargo of English
goods, bound from London to the Weft Indies, was,
a few days finer, sent into pert by the Hendrick pri
vateer of Salem.—.The ship, though furnifhed with
Danish papers, and manned by a Danish crew, is to
gether with her cargo, supposed to be British proper
ty.
Lad Monday, a large prize ship, lately taken by
Capt Neil, in the Fox privateer, of Salem, arrived
from an earfern port, where she had been waiting for
a wind. Her cargo consists of about 300 hogsheads
of rum and sugar, with a considerable quantity of
cotton and coffee.
1, Fort Granby taken by Col. Lee.'
18. British evacuate and burn Camden.
29. Georgetown evacuated by the British.
June 2. Tobago taken by the French.
5. Augutta taken by Gen. Pickens and Col.
Lee.
9. King of Prussia accedes to the armed neu
trality.
10. A reinforcement of troops, money and
clothing arrives at Boston from France.
19. Gen. Greene attacks Ninety-fix.
26. Skirmish between the British and Ameri
can armies near Wiiliamfburgh.
July 3. Gen. Lincoln has a skirmish with the enemy
near Kingfbridge.
6. Gen. Wayne engages the British army in
Virginia.
10, Col. Willet defeats aparty of the enemy at
Correy's town in the date of New-York.
12. The British evacuateNinety-Six.
16. Gen. Sumpter has a skirmish with the ene
my at Monk's Corier.
Abg. 5. Engagement between the Dutch and En
gliih fleets off the Dogger Bank.
16. American govern mentreaffumed in Georgia.
26. Count de Graffe arrives in the Chefapeak
with 28 fail of thelii^.
28. Accounts arrive of t^Tuccefs of Hyder
Ali in the Eaft-lnfies. -'
30. Gen. Washington arrives in Philadelphia.
Sept. 5. Naval engagement off Virginia between
Count de Graffe aid Admiral Graves.
7. Count Barras arrives iithe Chefapeak with 8
fail of the line and captures two frigates.
8. Battle of Eutaw Springs.
12. Tories in North Carolina surprise the Go
vernor and take him prisoner.
13. Arnold burns New London.
19. A Spanish force landson Minorca.
28. General Washington fits down before York
Town, Virginia.
Oft. 3. Fort Slongo on Long-lfland taken by Ma
jor Talmadge.
19. Cornwallis surrenders to Gen. Washington.
24. Col. Willet defeats aparty of the enemy in
Tryon County.
Nov. 1. First directors of the National bank of
North-America chtfen.
6. Loan from France arrives at Philadelphia.
10. Count d'Graffe fails horn the Chefapeak.
15. Col. Mahan makes afuccefsful expedition
to Fair-Lawn, near Charleftown.
20. The British evacuate Wilmington.
26. Marquis Bouille retaces St. Euftatia, and
eftablilhes the Dutch government.
26. St Martin's and Saba retaken by the
French, and their former governments re
eflablifhed.
26 Count de Graffe arrives at Martinico.
26. Gen. Washington returns from Virginia to
Philadelphia.
Dec. 23. Captain Williams makes a fuccefsful ex
cursion to Morrifiania.
people of England with the greatest in
dignation.
An Antigua paper of the firft of last
month, mentions, that it was confidently,
laid that Sir George Rodney was coming
out again to command the fleet on tha^
Ration; and that he had hoiked his flag
on board the Formidable for that pur
pose. That both he and General Vaughan
met with the most gracious and honour
able reception from their Sovereign.
PHILADELPHI A, January 9.
Saturday night the 22d uh. the Palace in the city
of Williamsburg, which is supposed to have been set
on fire by some malicious person, was in three hours
burnt to the ground. This elegant building was for
some time past used as an Hospital, and upwards of
an hundred sick and wounded soldiers were in it when
the fire was difeovered, but by the timely exertions
of a few people, only one perilhed in the flames.
NEW-YORK, January 9.
Last Saturday , arrived here from Cork, a fleet of
twenty five victuallers, convoyed by his Majesty's
ship Qpebeevf 38 guns, commanded by Christopher
Mason, Esq; and the Grana, of 28, by Capt. Forte
feue, they left Cork the 29th of OQ. on the 27. h
of Dec. that part of the convoy defined for Carolina
was sent up to Charleftown, on the 28th they failed
from the bar of that port, and eight days alter, viz.
on the sth of January with the remaining convoy
for this garrison anchored in New York harbour,
they left the Rotterdam and Altha's fleet of victu
allers, store Blips, &c. at Charleftown, where they
had arrived from Co k ten days before the Quebec's
convoy got thither: On the passage Captain Mason
took the Fanfiure brig, Capt Harr from Cadiz, for
Philadelphia laden with wine, silks and salt, and the
Rip St. Lawrence from Havanna to Porto Rico
which were sent for Charleftown; from the Spanish
papers found on board the latter, we learn, that a
frigate and some other armed vessels, with 1500
troops were to be embarked at Havanna on an expe
dition agairift our island of Providence, another squa
dron confiding of a ship of the line of 74 guns, and
a 44 gun frigate were to touch at Porto Rico, and
there take on board troops to oppose the Spanish re
volters in South-America.
CHATHA M, January 16.
Last Thursday morning a detachment of the ene
my, commanded by Capt. Beckwith, made a de
feent on Brunswick ; but the inhabitants being
alarmed before they reached the town, they did lit
tle mifehief, except carrying off the boats of Capt.
Hylar. Our people galled them exceedingly as
they returned down the river. We imagine their
trophies were purchased at an extravagant price.
THE fubferiber, Post-Rider to Sussex, molt
earnestly requests those who are indebted to
him for News-Papers, to fettle the fame immediately,
he having some prefling demands on him for cash.
JACOB BOCKOVEN. 4
December 24, 1781.
To be SOL D,
A STRONG healthy NEGRO BC^
f& about seventeen years of age. Inquire of the
Printer. December 25, 1781.
WHEREAS the fubferiber, last summer, hired
a Matthew Camp as a fubititute in the three
months service, for which, befidcs paying him some
money, he gave him his note for Four Pounds, but 4
as laid Camp deferred before he had fulfilled the
conditions for which the note wife gave, These a t
therefore to forewarn all persons from taking an
assignment of said note, as I am determined not to
pay it. ENOCH PRICE.
Hanover, Morris county, Dec. n, 1781. "
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