The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-27

northern end ofeCeniral Park. New York
city, witch bore the name of Fort Fisher,
is the only one Of the date which time
has not destroyed or the hard of man re-
moved. OF this one the roof has long
since disappeared, and indeed, II Is wins
to the fact that its first story was9of
stone~and NOT, as was usual. Of wood
that it has deied the mutatioEs Of eighty
five years.
Mention has been made above of the
fact that The New Jersey troops were en-
trusted with the protection OF New York
| city II harbor. .This was because the
State Of New York, with its very large
Canadian frontier and the long line of
New England TO defend, seemed fairly to
have hands fun and to be obliged to rely
principally upon her nearest maritime
neighbor. But 10 accept this charge New
Jersey had again to rely on herself, ex-
cept thirty ssg~unboats,' Of Jefferson's time
only twenty of which were in any sort
of condition for use-New York had no
means of patrolling her own waters.
These s.gunboats,, were in reality only
good sized r~owboats, forty-ive feet in
in length, with a four pound howitzer
mounted in the bows. Their building had
been a hobby Of President Jefferson. who
had caused some hundreds Of them to be
constructed. But whether it would have
been possible to use one of them without
sending it to the bottom at a single dis
charge. viii never be Known. for there
is no record of one having ever been
used anywhere, or even fred off by way
of trial.
It was very hard, indeed, for England.
even after the close Of the Revolution,
and again, even after the declaration OF
the second war, to understand that she
must actually give up her American
colonies. This second declaration Of war
went far toward convincing her that she
must no longer impress American sea-
men. BIZ still she might c~ontrive it in
a different way. Here is an advertise
ment printed in jamaica. in the British
West Indies, April 6, 1Sl3:-
Masters of vessels about to proceed to
England with convoy are informed mar
her of American seamen prisoners OF
war;, to assist in navigating their vessels,
on the usual terms, by applyingyto George
aud agent
OF course the words ION the usual
terms, meant that the American seamen
were to be sold as slaves.
Neither did England understand the
American character, but supposed to the
last that if American soldiers We're not
paid they would desert TO their enemIes
. III OtteliiOtI. OtA " Ills AtAt
bill was spread broadcast throughout New
Jersey. having been first posted at Corn
Nall-on-the-Hudson:Z
All American soldiers who are willing to
quit the unnatural war they are at pres
ent engaged in, will receive at the British
outposts the arrears due them by the
American Government to thu, extent q
five months pay. Nd man shall be re-
qulred to serve against his own country.
(Not signec.o
Dated December p, 1913.
This, Of course. was only offering an
American sfdier a sum the equivalent of
five months pay. If he would desert. AS
there is no record of anybody ever having
embraced the offer. it is useless 10 specu-
late as to what guarantee would have
been exacted Eat the British o~utposts.'
The following random items. which /
nave copied from the files of New Jersey
newspapers, preserved in the State His
terest to New Jersey men, as showing
the personal spirit In which even formal
military orders We're issued
Headquarters, Trenton, August s, 1S12.-
Army. commanding New York City and
its d~efences. having required OF the Gov
ernor of New Jersey a detachment Of 500
men (~oficers and musicians includeeD. TO
rendezvous at Fort Richmond. on Staten
Island. on the 10Th of the current month,
Governor Bloomfield therefore orders
that Major General Ludlow detach $50
men (~officers and musicians lncludedl
from the 5000 men enrolled by general or
ders of the 18th OF hi last conformaple
to the reuuisition of the President OF the
TTqited Sfefes. The commanding officer
Of such detachment viii receive instruc-
tons from Major General Ludlow to re-
port to Brigadier General Armstrong
within Fort Richmond. BY order of the
commandments. James 4. Wilson,
Adiutant General.
The EIizabethtows Troop of Horse is
reuisested TO meet in the Union HAL, IN
ElizabefhtoEn, on Saturday next, the
g4I1 f.acf OF z MO "nfplnClE i'm f-a 04TarnD0-.H
for military improvement. 1t Is hoped
that the spirit Of said company will in
sure the punctual attendance to duty, 50
necessary in the present state OF the
country.-September Z. 1872.
November 16, 1912. Headquarters. New
ark.-Tho Commander-in-Ghief OF New
Jersey Militia. Aren Ogden, n eoHse-
quenee OF d particular communication
Taede to him by the General commanding
in New York and its defences, orders that
al Uniformed companies t~1fougnout tne
fantry or rifiemen, hold themselves ready
at twenty-four hours notice TO take the
field, equipped with one blanket, and four
days provisions, ready looked, ana 70
contract for a suitable number of drivers
and horses, by the day, TO transport thelr
field pieces, apparatus, etc.
In the New Jersey state Journars Of
December s, is an editorial OF which this
Is an extract
Toe much praise cannot be bestowed
upon these young men of New Jersey.Who,
IT This alarming crisis, follow the exinl2js
| Of their sireS of '76. ana feel il their Gury
! 10 rally to the standard Of their ceui-'
try. 1t is TO be hoped that New Jersey
win not permit New York to ontdo her p
| this resnect. but that thousands. 9f 4ier
sons viii be ready TO go forward IN tleir
epuntry's service.
That the State Of New Jersey did not
| permit New York TO Guido her IS apparent
from the report of a banquet in New YORK
CITY. when Mr.. Hamilton, an officer Of the
navy. arrived December % 1sl2, on Tug
way to Washington. with the captured
eoIors of the British frigate Macedonian.
| this toast was drunk Standing
Our sister State. New Jersey, our pioneer
in our second defense of our Union:
The foregoing are sufficient to exhibit
| the character of the notices and editorials
crowded in the early days of the war. But
| we think there is no prouder record in.
this or in any other State than that Of the
New Providence manifesto. contrasting,
| as it does, rather widely with the Iiart-'
| ford convention in Connecticut, which pro-
posed TO Yield Great Britain all her claims
| 10 our ports and to our seamen. rather;
than to fight another war with her, and
| to secede from the union if this PROPOSE
| ton was not carried out.
on the 9Th day of August the following
| notice appeared in the New Jersey State
| Journal and other weekly newspapers.
| and was kept standing until the date Of
| the melting
| part of the State is requested TO attend a.
| meeting to be held at the house Of Isaac
| Potter, in New Providence, on the fifteenth
f5ay Of August. at four o'clock p. M When