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charged unless he shall appear afterwards to
have re-enliffed voluntarily and freely.—The
gratuity of 100 Dollars given by Congress not
to be reckoned as a bounty,or any men detain
ed in consequence of that gratuity. The
Commissioners to be appointed by thePrefident
and Council, to adjust any difficulties which
may arise on this article also.
Fourthly, The auditors to attend as soon as
possible, to fettle the depreciation with the sol
diers and give them certificates Their ar
rearages of pay to be made up as soon as cir
cumllances will admit.
Fifthly, A pair of (hoes, overalls and Ihirt,
will be delivered to each soldier in a few days,
as they are already purchased and ready to be
sent forward,when±r the line shall be fettled.
Those who are discharged to receive the above
articles at Trenton, producing the General's
discharge.
The President hopes that no soldier of the
Pennsylvania line will break his bargain, or go
from the contrast made with the publick, and
they may depend upon it, that the utmost care
will be taken to furnifh them with every ne
cessary fitting for a soldier.
The President will recommend to the Bate to
take some favourable notice of those who en
gaged for the war.
The Commissioners will attend at Trenton,
where the clouthing and the ftorcs will be im
mediately brought, and the regiments to be
fettled with in their order. A field officer of
each regiment to attend during the settlement
of his regiment.
Pursuant to Gen. Wayne's orders of the zd
instant, no man to be brought to any trial or
censure for what has happened on new-year's
day, but all matters to be buried in oblivion.
JOS. REED,
JAMES POTTER.
NEW-YORK, February 12.
The following is an Extract of a
Letter from Stat'en-IJland, dated
Feb. 11, 1781.
" By a late Letter from Virgi
nia we are informed, that Lord
Cornwallis has defeated General
Green, and taken 1600 Prisoners.
This Advice arrived last Evening
from Jersey from a Person who
saw the Letter, and who may be
relied on."
A Rebel Privateer Brig, with a white Bot
tom was cruising within a few Miles of Sandy-
Hook last Saturday Morning, and gave Chafe
to several Craft, but could not come up with
them as they run in Shore.
The Resolve of Congress of the fifth of
January, relative to not exchanging British
Prisoners, inserted in this Day's Paper, has
been productive of much Confufion in Phila
delphia, between those in Power now there
and the Merchants ; the Captains and Mates
of Vessels having absolutely refufed going to
Sea until Matters are adjusted to their Satis
faction. This has had such an Effect on their
Paper Currency that it is depreciated 25 per
Cent, from what it was a Month since.
The three French Men of War that lately
put out of Rhode-Ifland are returned into Port
again.
We hear the Rebel Inhabitants in and about
Hackinfack, have entered into an Association,
and come to an Agreement, That whatever
Property they may lose during the prcfent
War, they will levy the full Value from the
Friends to Government in their Neighbour
hood; and fhou!d the Laws of the Province
be put in Execution againtt them, for any Part
of their Conduct, they in that Case, were de
termined to repel Force by Force.
Extraa of a Letter from Portsmouth, Virginia,
dated June 26.
" The following gentlemen are appointed
at Portsmouth. Lieut. Peter Hunter, Both,
to be Barrack-Master and judge Advocate,
Lieut. Murray, Queen's Rangers, Town-
Major, and Lieut. John M'Donald, 80, to be
Secretary to Brigadier General Arnold.
" Cur animated and very excellent com
mander, having declared a strong disappro
bation of marauding, plundering, and dis
sipation, I am sure never did an army ad with
more perfect decorum in my whole knowledge
and observation ; there was but the following
instance of irregularity, some unfortunate pigs
and sheep came in the way of a corporal and
two privates; they were sentenced to receive
500 lathes each, and the corporal sent to the
right about.
er from the Weft Indies, received at Balti-
Tq ~vland, fays the following British re
ived there, (with to fail of the line)
Royal Regiment; the 3d, or old
be 19th ; the 25th; the 30th ;
the 69th ; the 781 b ; the 80th ;
vas married, Mr. WAD
ient merchant of this city,
3BOSSES, a filler of
ece of the late much
Jerman of this city,
'ie New Jersey
24, 1781.
•Il to the
1780.
'kee
ns
s,
rd
1 ately : which country waste be given them
I by the King over the great water, besides a Iti-
I pulated quantity of good^ for every scalp they
might take. Some of rhe American traders
; were murdered, other confined, and every
preparation making b/ the Tories and Indians
to give a general and unexpected blow to our
defencelefs inhabitants, when Mr. Johh Mar
-Itin, with three other, traders, by the goodness
^ and address of an Indian woman, made their
I escape from the towns. From the traders ac-
Ecounts that have got in, which I am fatisfied
I may be depended on, our warning is but ihort,
I the enemy intending to set out in two or three
I days after they left rhe towns. lam however
endeavouring to raie a foL^ that I hope will
not permit them to advance far in the country,
until fucconrs can be sent from the more inte
rior parts of the slate, where families can be
fafe in the abfehce of the men."
^ Womens STUFF SHOES, and COLO
SHOES, by the Trunk; also CHILDRENS
SHOES, to be fold. Enquire of H. Gaine.
A few Chest, of the best Englilh Hyfon,
Sufong, Congo, and Bohea Teas, to be fold.
Enquire cf Hugh Gaine.,
PUBLICK AUCTION:
Next Wednesday, io o'clock,
By James Inglis,
At bis Office in Water Street, A0. %6
Will begin the SALEof
, A large and general Assortment of
Seasonable Dry GOO D 3.
Sales by Au&ion,
By Bowman and i odner,
TO-MORROW/,
At ii o'clock, at then Office, No. 8, Hanuver-
Squire,
A genual affortmentof
European PIECE GOODS;
Also, hosiery, flues, common and piufh carpets,
green rugs, foirts, mens and womens leather gloves,
hardware, &r.&c.
By Bowman and Codner,
WEDNESDAY next,
Between i and 2 o'clock at the Coffee House,
A leaf? granted by the Church Vestry of this city,
dated August i, 1768 (of which there is about £6
years unexpired) of that pleasantly fitua+ed HOUSE
and lot of land belonging to Mr. Francis M^fchrik,
deceased. The house has four ,corns with fi e places,
two without, and two kitchens, with a ffable, chaise,
and cow house, a good well of water, &c. all in good
repair. The land about two acres, is all improved
as a garden and orchard, well enclcfed wih a board
fence. The whole may be viewed by applying to
Mrs. Ann Marfchaik, admipift anix, on the pie
mifes, and conditions of sale known at their office,
No. 18, Hanover-Square.
A NY person having business to tranfta with Mr.
A William Steppes, who lately failed for Eng and,
are desired to apply to Bowman ard Codner, who
have for sale his remaining deck of Madeira wines,
in pipes, and a quantity of the very best fine fait.
Public Audion.
At the COFFEE-HOUSE,
TO-MORROW, •
TWO THOUSAND BUSHELS of new
FLAXSEED,
Clean and in good Order for Shipping.
6 Puncheons of
JAMAICA SPIRITS,
And three hoglheads of
% Genuine GENE V A.
By Daniel M'Cormick.
rt rHE partnerlhip of Skinner and Terr l
1 was dissolved the 6th November iait.
Alexander Leckie, ,
No. 22. Hanover-Square,
Has imported in the Vigilant, from London, and the
Ruby, from Glasgow, an elegant aifortment of DRY
GOODS, such as
Superfine cloths, caffimers, rattinets, ftockinets, impe
rial ribs, florentines and princess fluffs ; black, blue,
olive and crimfoa velverets; moreens, callimaacoes, fat
ti nets and lastings, scarlet and white flannels, bayfes,
mens fine black and white hats, rae^s fine Rocs and boots,
military shoes, womens best callimancoe and iaibng ihoci,
childrens morocco ditto, a large assortment of black laces,
blend lace, a large and beautiful afforrment of thread laces
and edgings, a great variety of Barcelona, bandano, lan
gee. and romal silk handkerchiefs; a large affotment of
muflios, muslin chintzes, cambricks and lawns, callicoes
and chintzes, furniture callicoes, feathers a^d flowers,
India perfians, fattens, modes,'and farfencts, brocaded silks
and luteftringr, an elegant assortment of ribbons and fair
zes, minionets, flowered aprons, Marseilles quilting, Iri/h
linens, Russia Ihcetings, table cloths and huccabacke.
Mores gowns, a variety of gown and cloak trimming ;
mens white and black Glk hose, womens silk and cotton
hose, mens black silk gloves, womens silk gloves and exits,
chip hats, mens and womens leather gloves, a large allot
ment of buttons, fine cast steel razors and penknives,
Whitechapel needles, pound wire, tapes and bobbins,
white and coloured threads, brown buckrams, Ihirt but
tons, ft wing fiiks of all colours, &c.
Also Madeira wine in cases of fix dozen, cherry brandy,
bHowe's acid, Durham mustard, soap, starch, and hair
I powder.&c.
I r ~r'AKEN up some Time past, a brown
i, Horse and a brown Mare.--The Owners
<are desired to fend for them. If not claimed,
; they will be fold the 20th inst. to pay charges.
I Enquire of the Printer.
I' SUPERCARGO
A Middle aged man, of good character, whose know
ledge of mercantile affairs is very extensive ; would
I be glad to engage as supercargo, either to the Weft-Indies,
Newfoundland, Portugal or Madeira. Security (if re
quired) will be given for any trust reposed in him. Let
ters directed to B. M. and left at the printers, will be
duly attended to.
Public Auction,
To morrow, 11 o'clock, opposite our fore,
will be fold,
THE anchors, cables, spars, fails, running
rigging, blocks, &c. suitable for a vessel
as 50 or 60 tons burthen.—With a SKIF F,
almost new.
Templeton and Stewart.
Who have to dilpofe of at pivte sale,
New Rose BUTTER,
O'the firA , i,alitor,pert eH ; n th? laAveffel' fm^ < n-k,
TO-MORROW,
(If fair Weather)
Will be fold at the Coffee-Houfe,
^TERY old Jamaica spirits—the best in
V town; St. Kitts rum of good quality; a
few hoglheads of London draught porter; 8
pipes of very fine geneva ; 8 pipes of Lisbon
WINE; a quantity of blown soap, candles,
(larch, &c. &c.
I P. M'DAVITT.
For 0 AL E,
MADEIRA WINE, (London quality) fit for
prefect cfe,
NEW ROTE GUTTER, sass quality,
Fine and common Shirts, plain and ruffled,
C: nbrick and N ck Sik Stoc c,
Iriih and Russia (ne tn'„ ^rabs and ravensduck,
Plain, striped and flowered l^wns,
Spriy'd mufl:ns,chintg anc mty handkerchiefs, India
Sik handke chiefs and tafferies,
Soufhong and boliez tea, ,
Silver, metal and gold W A TCH ES,
Water-street, be,^en Su lire and b%km^n's-fl ps,
By William Backhoufe, fr # Co.
Public Police is hereby given,
"^ ''HAT V rd .to th^ 14th da* of this pre::;t
l mo. h Febre ry, ^ appointed 1 ^.a,meet to the
ffi^rs and compare , cf ms Majesty's (hip Iris, of
their several .id rfxfrive+h of chefrft p r opoton of
[ fnndry vcff % broken At Chart flow'd, in South Carolina,
lon the !2u or .lay, 1,80, vedtr the command of Vice
I Admiral Arbuthnot, rise co.damned >s. lawful prizes by
Ithe ecurt of Vice Admiralty tot the province of Nefr
;Yok ; on which cay such payment ^ill be ro^dc ay t e;
fob fell here, a erik to fid captors.,and who tcfide in, the
Icity of New-York.
SAMUEL KEMBLE,?
WILLIAM
Public Notice is hereby given,
^''H AT Thursday the 35th d-y of this ; ref nr month
February, is appointed so: payment teethe officers
and company of his Maj fly's (hip Royal Otk, of their
several and refpeaive shares of the net p-oce^d of the
fchoon,r Chance, brigantine I a h avie, Schooner Chance,
ffiip M rcury, hri.niiae Polly, (loop Industry, bed flrip
Centurion, captured, on the %Bth November, anc 3d, 21st
and 27th December, 1780, by his MajeOy's fad (hip,
under the command of William Swiney. oq; and con
demned as lawful prizes by the court of Vice Admiralty
for the province of New-York; on which day such pay
ment will be made by the fobfcribers, agents to said cap
tors. SAMUEL KEMBLE, of New-York.
WILLIAM GREEN, of his Mfrfty's (hip
To, A oak( wg ents.
ft) SOLD,
And peffeffion given on the firft of May next,
A Two story and a half Dwelling House, in Qaeen
ftreet, in an exceeding good stand for bufioefs, with
a lot es land enclosed with . board fence, being 20 feet in
front on the faic Queers Brest, and 96 feet four nches on
King-street, which is the depth of the Did lot; in thr
rear whereof there ip a fmail tenement, fronting Kirg
ftreet, and a ftablc in the yard.
This situation is one of the most advantageous in this
city for any kind of business, particularly a baker, there
. being plenty of room in the said yard for a bakehcufe,
without incommoding cither the said dwelling house or
tenement. Propofols in writing, wUI be received by John
Kelly, No. 28 Hanov? -fa a<e,
A NEGRO BOY.
r rO-moriow, at 12 o'clock prreifely, will he (eld,
at the Coffee-Houfe, a valuable ne,o boy, hern
in New-York, .bout 8 o' 9 veins old, is very a&ive
and haniv, having been brought up in a „eutecl fa
mily ; fold for no other reason than the want of em
pj?ymer;t& Tbr trie indifyot^bie.
To be Leased,
QEVERAL lots of ground at the North River, on
3 1' e northerly fide of the flip, at the bottom of
ILittle-Queen-Street. The above lots will be among
the firrt situations for business on that fide of the
town, upon the re-e(hbli(hment of civil government,
Also t> LET, fundiy, lots in Murray's-street ; ap
ply at No. 5, Fair-street.
To"b? SO LD;
SEPARATELY or together, two handsome bay
O STALL lONS, belonging to an officer going to
the southward ; the one rising five, the other fix years
old; both found, spirited and gentle; To be hen in
a liable near the mess-room of the 4zd regiment,
Br<,ad street, where a groom will attend from ii till
i o'clock. Apply to the printer.
N. B. If the stallions are fold feparaiety, the
price of the oldest is 40, and of the youngest 30 gui
neas. If fold to: ether, 60 guineas.
To~BE LET;
And poss; ffion given the fitft of May next,
PART of that pleafiint situated dwelling-house of
Philip Kiffick, Queen-ftreety No. T3l, For fur-
Ither particulars, enquire at the premises.
Two large dry CELLERS,
TO be Let : Enquire at No. 47, Little-Dotk
ftreet.
rt LL persons having sny demands against the
I estate of John Hofmer, late of the city of New-
York, merchant, deceased, are requ§fted to fend in
the fame, that they may be adjusted ; and such as me
indebted to the said estate are desired to make fyeedy
payment to the fubferioer. And whereas a new
agent has been lately appointed by the owners of the
privateer Venus, all the concerned therein are hereby
called upon to deliver in their accounts, in order that
the books relative to the late agency may te closed,
as they are now under settlement.
MARY HOSMER,
Administratrix of John Hofmer.
— ^ :
TO be fold, a new Dwelling House at the
Corner of Cherry-Street, near the Ship
IYards; a very good Stand for any Business.
I Enquire of Joseph Amount living on the Premi-
Ifes.
fiPUBLIC AUCTION,
!By Duncan, Barclay, and Co.
f At their Auftion Room, No. 12, Hanover.
Square,
' TO-MORROW the 13th Instant.
I Precisely at 6 o'Clock, in the Evening, will
Ibeginlbegin the SALEof the large and valuable
LIBRARY
I Of the late Dr. Peter Middleton,
I And continued every Evening tilt all „: c fr,\d.
I CataL( ? gu Rs to be had at their ClE^.
Sale by Auction.
I To Morrow at iz o'Chik near the Bridge,
I By Duncan, Barclay, and Co.
SIX Puncheons Oft Weft-lndia Rum fix do.
high proof Jamaica Spirits fix do British
Bandy, 40'dozea fine old Madeira Wine in
I Caft* of Ex dozen four crates' Earthen Ware.
Public Auction,
I By M'/Jdam;.Watfen, and Co.
IhisDAY at it o'clock at the Bridge,
Will be fold,
20 hogsheads 190(100 porter:
10 cases fine Durham Mustard ;,
io cases pickles ;
20 kegs fpiic peas :
vl few bar's cf cork%
~^..' —XT-—^-.t fa==asEa.’^a
Theatre.
This Evening, foe 12th Inft^,
Wih be presented, a Traced, (never performed • <re)
Called,
The firft Part of King. Henry IVth,
With the Humours of Sa John Falltiff.
To which wi l be added, the Farce of the
UPHOLSTERER.
The Charters by Gentlemen of the Army.
No rii&rittance behind the Scenes,
Tickets to be purchased at the Time of r^e^cring
Placer for the Boxes fa;which Purpose the Clerk
will attend at Mrs. Petit's, next Door to the Thea
tre, from it o'Clock till 2, every Day after the Play
is advertised.
The Doors to be opened at Five, and to begin
precisely at Seven o'Clock.
The Gentlemen who have taken Places in the
Boxes, are desired to fend their Servants a' 4 c'.lock,,
that they may be fixed before the Doors arebpened.
N' .B' .The departure of the fleet on Mondi. . ^rt,
deprived the Theatre of several gentlemen who < ere
to have performed that evening; the play of Henr V
the IVth is necessarily postponed for the present, but
is in rehtarf.l, and intended to succeed the INCON
STANT.'
Tee Public is hereby advertised that all out
(landing 1 ickets will be received only this
Night, as a particular set in future will be jffued
fir each Night's Performance.
No Money will be taken at toe Door.
Tickets to be had of Mcffs. Rivington and Gaine.'
VIVANT REX & REGINA.
Io BE SO L 1),
And possession r'ven immeuia _i„
1 LL those two valuable lots of ground frunte
and being on the wharf commonly celled Cru,
§ ger's wharf, the one foutnig Lurie Deck-Street,
I nearly opposite the dwelling house of W Lew, now
■ occupied by Hugh Smith, and Company, and the
I other in the rear thereof, fronting the whari rejoin
a ing the river,.each lot'h.mg in breadth in firm 30
■ feet 6 incurs, and g-Sihs ^an ipch; and in length %
, too feet. On both fronts are celnu4 log and foun-
I datives laid and carried up three feet abrve the street,
!Sufficient ' for the eieftity two or m.:m buihiqgg
theieon; in which Kid cellars are at pefem a con
fl fiderable quantity of bricks, and other materials,
I remains g/cf the buildings which were coefoned in
I the late file. And tikewife the water lot fronting
§ the above mentioned lots, being, of the fame 5* .d^
I of said lots, and in length 200 feet; on part of, bich
1 said waler lot is elected the wharite pier cumme'nly
- called Wells's wharf; the purchaf# therefore will
^ be entitled to the fourth part of the profits arising
d from said wharf er pier.
]Propofols for the fame will be received by Au
{ guftus Van Horne, at No. 6, fronting PhKs-
I street, near Grove Bend's. Ii not dilpofed <1 by
, the firft day of March next, the fame will or iat
§ day be exuofed to public au&ion at the C°ffY H^'e.
I j0 h N frnTNYY;'-"
At No. 3, Ruteerh-ftieet, opposite lawyer Woods's,
^QUEE N-STREET,
Has for sale the following articles, lew for caffi,
If\LD Lilbon wine b, the quarter calker by thegribn,
'old Jamaica spirits and Wert-India rum per g^lon,
I doable arid fiogle refined loaf sugar, mufesvado ditto,
"green and bohea tea, frft green coffee, F^lih ter ".nine
soap, white ditto, choice mould and dipt candles, and a
cu n it* of excellent n w rose butter. erh
i ne Coportuerihip or
LEE and WILKINSON
I TSto be dissolved by mutual consent on the fir&
clay of April next; All persons indebted to them
are requeued to difeharge their re,e&ive balances
Iky that time.
The Buck of Goods now on hand, confining of a
general aflorfm^nt, fulled to the approaching season,
, will be fold on nwch lower terms than any that has
!been difyofed of in this city of late.
To be fold at public vendue,
On the prethifes, on Thu.fday the flrft of March next;
I Hr,HE lease of an elegant store in Litt'e Dock-fleet,
I l corner of Coenties-flip, occupied by Reilly and
§ Holmes. The cemmodioufnefs of the store and fiturtion
§ for bufinefn need* no other recomm ndation. (30 q)
By M'Adam, Watson, ard Co.
- For To ^77717X7
The Ship AUROR A,
/4WM /MOUNTING fix re n gun,, men
,4h.wLg enfwerable; has excellent ?<com
modal: ns tor paffengera ; will fail in ten
day - F r freight or passage, apply to
§ qeffr"%& 'the Captain on board, at Murray's wharty
I or to EDWARD GOOLD, Hanover-Square