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CHATHAM, DECEMBER 20.
Last Thursday night a Corporal's guard at Halstead's Point, was surprised by the enemy. They bayonetted one man, carried off four, and one made his escape.
-The New-York Packet, and the American Advertiser, December 28, 1780. No. 195.
BY THE HONOURABLE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF ASSOCIATED LOYALISTS,
A DECLARATION.
F ROM the commencement of the present unnatural re- bellion, it has been often wished that some regular and efficient system was adopted, for employing the zeal of that Class of his Majesty's Loyal Subjects in North- America, who, from their peculiar circumstances, were un- willing to become Soldiers by profession, though ardently inclined to take up arms, and contribute their aid towards
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reducing the rebels. For want of such a system, the spon- taneous exertions of the Colonial Loyalists have been con- fined within limits no ways proportioned to the extent of . their inclination. But, narrow as their sphere of action has hitherto been, they found room to display such courage. and abilities, as fully evinced the propriety and utility of giving further scope to that spirit of enterprize by which they were actuated.
ITis Majesty has therefore been induced to signify his royal pleasure, that a Board be established for embodying and employing such of his faithful Subjects in North- America, as may be willing to associate under their direc- tion, for the purpose "of arraying the sea coasts of the "revolted Provinces, and distressing their trade, either in "co-operation with his Majesty's land and sea forces, or "by making diversions in their favour when they are car- "rying on operations in other parts."
In pursuance of his Majesty's gracious intention, his Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. and Commander in Chief, has been pleased to issue a Commission, under his hand and seal, constituting William Franklin, Esquire, Governor of New-Jersey, Josiah Martin, Esquire, Gor- ernor of North-Carolina, Timothy Ruggles, Daniel Cox, George Duncan Ludlow, Edward Lutwyche, George Rome, George Leonard, Anthony Stewart, and Robert Alexander, Esquires, a BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for the conduct and management of this business.
That zeal which should animate every Loyal Subject of his Majesty, and that sympathetic regard which the Di- rectors feel for their fellow sufferers among the Loyalists of America, have determined them to undertake the execu- tion of the commission. In performing this duty to the best of Sovereigns, they are authorized to assure all those who may become Associators of the following benefits and rewards for their encouragement, viz.
I. That all persons willing and able to bear arms for the suppression of the present rebellion, and who engage to form under the direction of the Board, agreeably to this
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establishment, will be subject to the command of those officers who may be recommended by the Board, and com- missioned by the Commander in Chief, during such term only as they may previously agree upon.
II. That the Associators are to be furnished with such ordnance and stores, small arms and ammunition, as may be judged proper for the service.
III. That they will be supplied with rations of provis- ions when they are going upon service, and during their continuance thereon.
IV. That all captures made by the Associators (when not acting in conjunction with any of his Majesty's land and sea forces) will be their entire property, and distrib- uted among them in such shares as shall be settled by the Board, and specified in the articles of Association.
V. That they are to be furnished by the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships on the North-American station with such shipping, to be manned by themselves, as may be thought necessary for the service, from among the trans- ports or other vessels in his Majesty's pay, and not com- manded by the King's officers.
VI. That their mariners will not be impressed into any other service, during their continuance in the Directors employment.
VII. That the prisoners they take will be exchanged only for such Associated Loyalists as the Board may name for that purpose.
VIII. That the sick and wounded of the Loyalists so associated, will have the help and benefit of the King's hospitals.
IX. That such as may at any time be called to serve the royal army as Guides, will be allowed wages during their service.
X. That such Associator who shall continue to act under the Directors orders, during the rebellion, will receive a gratuitous grant of Two Hundred acres of land in North America.
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ADDED to these advantages, the Directors have also au- thority to declare, that the Commander in Chief has as- sured them, that if experience should point to the utility of any new powers, the Board may firmly rely on his readiness to encourage the zeal of the Associated Loyalists, and on the best endeavours to fulfill the expectations the King is pleased to entertain of their abilities and intentions; and that, being desirous to give them every aid and support in his power, he will be ready to listen to any proposals the Board may judge of advantage to the business his Majesty has been graciously pleased to commit to their direction.
Such encouragements the Board cannot doubt will afford the highest satisfaction to every honest Loyalist within the British lines. Nor can it fail of administering comfort to those now suffering under the iron rod of rebel oppression. These will find, on a junction with their associated brethren, the means of procuring a comfortable support, in- stead of becoming an useless burthen to government.
On the part of the Board, the Directors think proper to declare, that esteeming themselves honoured by the trust re- posed in them, they consider it their indispensible duty to exert every nerve in carrying the design into full execu- tion.
They promise the Associators every attention in their power, and shall deem themselves happy to render them es- sential service. In the recommendation of officers, it will be their aim to comply with the general wish of each par- ticular corps, whenever it can be done consistent with the good of the service.
It will also be an object of their immediate care to put a stop to those distinguished cruelties with which the Colo- nial Loyalists are generally treated, when they have the misfortune of falling into the hands of the Rebels. Should these hereafter, to answer their malignant purposes, en- deayour to avail themselves of their usual distinction of Prisoners of State from Prisoners of War, by which so many worthy Loyalists have already suffered the most igno-
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minious deaths, the Directors pledge themselves to the Asso- eiators to omit nothing in their power, to make the enemy frel the just vengeance due to such enormities.
It is however their fixed determination, and an article of the association, "that the commanding officer of all "parties and detachments of associators, be particularly "careful, that no loyal or quiet inoffensive inhabitants "re-iding among the Rebels, be hurt or molested in person "or property ; and that he shall, by every means in his "power, endeavour to prevent the perpetration of excesses, "barbarities, or irregularities, contrary to the law of arms, "as practised by civilized nations."
And they have likewise provided for the making ef- fectual retribution to such inhabitants, in case they should happen to become sufferers, through the mistakes or mis- conduet of any Associator.
They appeal to that God, who is the searcher of all hearts, to witness the sincerity of their professions, when they de- clare, that they are not actuated by any disposition to pro- long the horrors of war, or to increase the miseries of their country. Their conduct they hope will prove, that they only wish to afford their aid in seating the secret machina- tions of foreign powers, and restoring her to that happy state which she once enjoyed under the British constitu- tion.
Fully sensible of the arduousness of the task the Board has undertaken, and conscious as the Directors are, that their best abilities, though aided by the best intentions, may fall far short of what its importance requires, they will esteem it a particular obligation to be favoured with such plans, or proposals, as any true friend of government may judge proper for the purposes intended by this estab- lishment.
And the Board do hereby call on and invite all those who are willing to demonstrate their loyalty to Ilis most gracious Majesty GEORGE the IIId. to join with them in their endeavours to recover for their country ;- the in-
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estimable blessings of peace, and the friendship and pro- tection they formerly possessed under the government of Great Britain.
Signed in behalf of the Board,
WILLIAM FRANKLIN, President. New-York, December 28th, 1780.
A true Copy, S. S. Blowers, Secretary.
The Pacquets for Long-Island, Staten Island, New- York Island, Powles Hook, and all their dependencies, shall be forwarded as usual.
-The Royal Gazette, December 30, 1780. No. 444.
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From the New Jersey Gazette, Vol. IV., No. 158, for Jan. 3, 1781.
NEW LONDON, December 12.
Last Thursday, Capt. House, in a small schooner privateer fitted from Philadelphia, with nineteen men, arrived here and brought in a schooner from Medeira, bound to New York, with 108 pipes of wine, which he captured near Sandy-Hook. Captain House also took a pilot boat which came out from New York to pilot in the above schooner.
TRENTON, January 3.
On the 12th ult. Col. Frederick Frelinghuysen was returned a Repre- tentative in the Legislative Council for the county of Somerset, in the room of the Honourable Dr. John Witherspoon, elected one of the Delegates to represent this state in Congress.
At the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery lately held at Frechold, in the county of Monmouth, John Farnam and Jonathan Burge were convicted of murder; Robert Paterson of horsestealing ; Henry Sellers of a robbery, and Benjamin Lee of a rape, and all are sentenced to be executed this day. At the same Courts George Williams was convicted of perjury, and sentenced to stand an hour in the pillory ; Daniel Tabor, Jacob Foster, Benjamin King, Obria West, George Tinney, Lewis Morris, John De Bowe, Thomas Cook, William Morris, William Reynolds, Hendrick Brewer, Timothy Russell, William Parker, of Red Bank ; Edward Taylor, mil- ler ; Solomon Wardell, George Williams, Assa Clark, Peter Parker, Jun., Elizabeth Wardell, Silas Woolley and John Smith were sever- ally convicted of misdemeanors; Peter Parker (Snag Swamp) of seditious words; Guisebert Longstreet of a riot ; John Bradshaw of an assault, and John Emmans of gaming.
Mr. Collins,
In Mr. Rivington's Gazette of December 13, is the following remark- able paragraph after the insertion of Dr. Rush's letter to Dr. Shippen, Jun., on his conduct with regard to the military hospitals: "Dr. Shippen may be assured that this republication is not intended to afford the least countenance to his opponent, but to answer (as far as possible) the views alluded to at the top of the preceding column-It is not the pevish cavil of this writer, but the progress and declension of the congressional power that has occasioned its being reprinted in our paper."
Is not this paragraph highly apologetical? And whence proceeds the author's tenderness to Dr. Shippen ? It certainly cannot be dictated by a respect for an officer in a most important trust in the rebel army. The last part of it was rendered unnecessary by the introductory address pre- fixed to it. No extraordinary introductory uncharitableness will lead us to such suspicions as a man much less unpopular would be liable to, under the like circumstances. Yours, &c.
OBSERVATOR.
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The Members of the Trenton Library Company are desired to meet at the House of Renssalaer Williams, Esquire, in Trenton, on Monday the fifteenth Day of this Instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
January 3, 1781.
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
Strayed or stolen, out of the pasture of Abraham Bulmore, on the 22d. of November last, A Young red roan MARE, three years old next spring. neither docked nor branded, a star in her forehead, and on both sides of her neck a small rose. Whoever takes up the said mare and brings her to Abraham Bulmore, in Somerset county near Steel's Gap, or to George Beaty, near Trenton, shall receive the above reward. with all reasonable charges paid by Solomon Davis.
JUST PUBLISHED.
And to be sold, wholesale and retail, by Isaac Collins, at the Print- ing-Offices, in Trenton, a neat edition of The New Testament, printed on a good type, and good paper. At the same place may be had Dilworth's Spelling Books, Primers, &c.
The Price of this Gazette is 2s. 6, paid in Produce at the following rate, wheat 7s. 6. rye Is. 6, buckwheat 2s. 6, Indian corn 3s. 6 per bushel, flax 1s .. wool 2s., butter 1s., and cheese at 6d. per lb. or 3s. Specie, or the exchange thereof in Continental Money at the time of payment per Quarter.
TO BE SOLD,
A likely negro wench, about 17 years of age. Enquire of the sub- seriber at Princeton.
THOMAS WIGGINS.
MIDDLESEX, December 11, 1780.
This day was finished by Richard Herbert the wooden-work of a new constructed pleasure sleigh, remarkable for its strength and beauty. Its construction is entirely new, having been put together without the use of either pin, bolt, screw, rivet, nail, sprig or brad. It contains more than one hundred different pieces of wood, and was put together in forty-five minuits without the use of ax, hammer, or any iron tool.
TO BE SOLD.
A Farm containing three hundred and fifty four acres of land in Kingwood. in the county of Hunterdon, New Jersey, now in the tenure of Joseph Leigh. One Hundred acres are woodland : the rest consists of five lots of about forty acres each, besides ten acres of meadow. There are on it a dwelling-house, a good frame barn and an orchard. It lies in the neighbourhood of Baptist-Town, seven miles
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below Pitts-Town, thirty miles above Trenton, about two miles from several fisheries on the Delaware, and is near several mills and mar- Arts. The terms of sale may be known on application to William Coxe Esq, near Bristol in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, or to the subscriber living in Front Street, opposite the Continental Lottery- Office, in Philadelphia.
JOHN COXE. December 20, 1780.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given,
That the Partnership of Coxe and Furman, and of Coxe, Furman and Coxe, are dissolved. All persons having unsettled accounts with the former, are requested to settle the same with Moore Furman im- mediately and those who have any accounts with the latter are desired to adjust them with Tench Coxe.
WAS STOLEN.
Last night out of the stable of Colonel Smith, of Elizabeth-Town, a Sorrel Horse, fifteen hands high, four or five years old next spring, a star in his forehead, a white upper lip, one white hind foot, small white mark on the near hip; the property of the subscriber. Who- ever apprehends the thief or thieves and horse, so as the owner may have him again, and the villains brought to justice, shall have a reward of One Thousand dollars continental currency or Five Hun- dred dollars for the horse only, and all reasonable charges paid by
JOHN ADAM, Com. Prif.
Elizabeth-Town, Dec. 26, 1780.
TO BE SOLD.
By the subscriber in Trenton, a, well known FARM, lying on School- ey's mountain in Roxbury township, Morris county, joining Casper Eikel, Robert Caiver, Jun., and others, formerly occupied by Henry Dell. The Farm contains about 20 acres, one half meadow, part made, the remainder easy to be made, the soil very good, well watered and pretty good improvements, a good bearing orchard, the situation pleasant, being level, and lying on a public road. The soil formerly belonged to Isaac Decow. Esq. The title is indisputable. Any per- son inclining to purchase may know the terms by applying to
GEO. BEATY. N. B .- Certificates will be taken in part pay and the remainder made easy to the purchaser,
TO BE SOLD
Wholesale and Retail, at the Printing-Office, in Trenton, The New Jersey Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1781. Containing a Variety of useful and entertaining Matter in Prose and Verse. N. B. Great allowance will be made to those who purchase large quantities.
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TO BE SOLD CHEAP.
[For the advertisement of John Bray, see p. 147.]
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.
[For the advertisement of Blackly, see p. 157.]
[For the statement of Jos. Reed, see p. 132.]
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be sold at the Printing-Office in Trenton, The New Jersey Pocket Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1781.
To All whom it may concern:
State of New Jersey, ss.
Notice is hereby given that a Court of Admiralty will be held at the house of Gilbert Barton, innholder, in Allentown, in the county of Monmouth, on Thursday the 25th day of January next, at the hour of ten in the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bill of James Randolph, and Moses Robins, (who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the Brunswick*, Joshua Wooding, late master, lately cast on shore near Barnegat ; . . Of John Plowman, (who as well, &c.) against a certain schooner called the General Clinton, lately commanded by Benjamin Galloway ; .
. Of Samuel Bigelow and Samuel Allen, (who as well, &c.) against a certain vessel or brig called the Dove, taken at sea on her voyage from Tortola to New-York, George Han- nel, late Master ; . .. Of Adam Hyler, (who as well, &c.) against a certain sloop or vessel called the Susannah, lately taken by said Adam Hyler, on the south side of Staten-Island near Prince's bay ; with their respective tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo: To the end and intent that the owner or owners of the said vessels respec- tively, or any other person or persons interested therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the said vessels, and their respective tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes should not be con- demned to the several captors thereof, and decrees thereon pass, pur- suant to the prayer of the said bills.
By order of the Judge.
JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Reg.
Iladdonfield, Dec. 20, 1780.
At the same time and place will be tried, the schooner Flying-Fish and the schooner Saturday-Night, lately captured at sea by David Stevens; and also the schooner John and sloop Catherine, lately taken by Joshua Studson (heretofore advertised) all adjourned over for trial at the last Court of Admiralty.
JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Register.
* This vessel was advertised in the two last papers for trial the fifth day of January next, but is postponed to the twenty-fifth of the same month, agreeable to the above notice.
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[ For the advertisement of Philip Grandin, see p. 146.]
TO BE SOLD,
[ For this advertisement, see p. 159.]
[ Farm manager wanted ; see p. 159.] TO BE SOLD,
[ See advertisement of Samuel H. Sullivan, p. 159.]
TO BE SOLD,
[ See advertisement of printer, p. 154.]
[ See advertisement of William M'Cowen, p. 160.]
A MULATTO SLAVE, [ See advertisement, p. 160.]
Wanted, in Bordentown, a quantity of one and a quarter, and one Inch pine boards, for which the highest price will be given by the subscriber,-who has for sale, a general assortment of merchandise. JOIIN VAN EMBURGII.
December 21, 1780.
TO BE RENTED,
For a term of years, About 60 acres of land adjoining the River Dela- ware, about midway betwixt Neshaminey Creek and Bristol, half of which is thought to be as good meadow land as any on the River, well banked and drained. Above three years ago, the alder with which it was over-run was mostly all scalped off and totally destroyed. The upland consists about one half of it good plow-land, the re- mainder wood and pasture land, well watered by a constant stream. A good sight for a house, commanding a fine view of the River, the Jersey shore, the city of Burlington and borough of Bristol, distant about two miles, and from the great road about half a mile, of which it also commands a prospect. Fishing and fowling here in great plenty.
Also to be sold or rented, a farm of about eighty acres, in West- Jersey, on the Old York road, about two miles from Robertson's ferry, upwards of 50 acres good plow-land with a sufficiency of meadow, the rest woodland, all in good fence; a stone dwelling-house, a barn, orchard, &c. It lays in a thick settled country, the whole of it well watered; it is well adapted by situation for a tradesman, where a tanner formerly lived. It will be sold very cheap, with an undis- puted title, by George Gillispie, near Bristol, or the Rev. William Frazer, in Amwell, or Isaac Decow, Esq., Trenton.
Wanted to purchase, a good farmer negroe, for which a generous price will be given, and the negroe, by good behaviour, may be assured. of the best of treatment. Apply as above.
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| For advertisement of Mrs. Winans, see p. 154.] | For advertisement of Joseph Holmes, see p. 158. ] [ For advertisement of Robert Taylor, see p. 136.] | For advertisement of Stacy Potts, see p. 140.]
From the New Jersey Gazette, Vol. IV., No. 159, of 10 January, 1781.
FOR THE NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
As the manumission of slaves has become a topick of general conver- sation, we beg permission to offer a few sentiments on the subject.
The merits of almost every case of litigation generally turns upon one or two points, In the present instance the question is, we con- ceive, Whether law, justice, and policy warrant the retaining our slaves in their present situation?
That we became legally possessed of them, or that they were intro- duced into this country agreeable to its laws, no one will presume to deny ; and that we cannot constitutionally be divested of them by legislative authority, is, we humbly imagine, as evident as that white is not black, or that slavery is not freedom. Our most excellent con- stitution admits not the subject to be deprived of his life, liberty, or property but by a trial of a jury of his equals: and lest this in- estimable privilege, the glory of freemen, should be infringed on, the constitution expressly. requires that no member of the legislature shall possess a seat in the house, until he has solemnly sworn that he will maintain this immunity inviolate.
It becomes therefore one of the unalterable particulars of our rights, and cannot be relinquished by the guardians of our liberties but at the expense of perfidy, and even of perjury itself. The liberation of our slaves therefore, without the concurrence of their possessors, we apprehend, is an object infinitely further distant from the legal at- tention of our Assembly than are the heavens above the earth.
Whether, as individuals, justice permits the detention of our Negroes, is next to be considered .- The Divine Saviour of men hath been pleased to give a summary of our duty towards each other in a single sentence, viz .. "To do unto others as we would they should do to us:" or "to love our neighbour as ourselves." As we profess to believe in a future judgment, that we shall one day give an account to the Supreme Governor of the world of our actions, it highly con- cerns us to be attentive that they be conformable to the heavenly law. That barbarity to our slaves is repugnant to this law, cannot be controverted ; but whether the divine precept enjoins us to free them or not, is the dispute. Were we in their situation it is more than probable we should pant after freedom; and so does the poor debtor desire a release from his creditor, but the injunction, "to do unto others as we would be done by." does not oblige the latter to
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free the former of the debt, if it hath not been contracted by in- justice. Nor can this command oblige us to liberate our slaves un- less they are sinfully obtained, or are thus held in bondage. If the usages of the nations of Africa justify the foreign and domestick slavery of their captives, they can be purchased and retained without iniquity. But let us suppose our Negroes were stolen from their country ; divested of that natural liberty given to them by heaven, and reduced to vassalage, it may be asked whether the whole of the guilt devolves not on the perpetrators of the deed?
Whether any of the sin rests on those who have purchased of the posterity of the slaves, or inherit them by the gift or will of parents? The people of Africa were formerly and lawfully exposed here to sale as articles of commerce, and it may be queried if in conscience we were bound to enquire whether the Guinea-merchant became more rightfully possessed of his slaves than of his gold dust, or any other commodity of Africa? It is possible an African may part with his liberty for temporary considerations, as many Europeans have ex- changed their freedom, for a few years, for a passage only to America ; and the purchasers of such servants never perhaps thought it incum- bent on them to enquire whether they were stolen or decoyed away by their masters, which we believe was often the case, or received an equivalent for their loss of liberty. We do not conceive that slavery in itself is iniquitous. The Jews were suffered to have slaves; and our very sons are such, that is, perfectly subject to the will of their fathers and at their disposal until they attain the age of twenty-one years, till then they are not free, and what is slavery but an entire submission to the commands, disposal, or will of another? But this vassalage we endure without repining, as we esteem ourselves helpless and incapable of self-government during our state of legal infancy or non-age. It may be said, if our slaves were unjustly obtained it must be unjust to hold them in bondage. We readily grant it would be so for an unjust importer of them, or the heirs of the importer who received them without paying what is deemed an equivalent for the property ; and we freely declare we would not retain a slave under these circumstances, or be instrumental in reducing a freeman to slavery for any consideration. But as the slaves are among us; as the sale of them among ourselves does not cause a farther im- portation of their countrymen, and if it is not disadvantageous to the slave, we are as free to declare we cannot comprehend why, with- out any injustice to him, he may not now be purchased and possessed.
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