The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1778-04-06 00:00:00, page 3

'NEW -YORK, April 6.
On Friday the 27th ult. arrived here the ship.
M'Kenzie, Alexander Potter field, master; he for-l
merly commanded the Glasgow Packet, a tranfportl
in his Majesty's service, which was taken by the'
rebels, in Spencer's Inlet, near Charleftown, the
21st of July, 177^6 ; and was kept prisoner at the
place last mentioned, until the 16th of October last,
when he was exchanged; after which he resided nine
Weeks in St. Augustine, and then went on board his
Majesty's ship Lizard, Thomas M'Kenzie, Esq;
'commander, who, on a cruize, in company with the
Carrysfort, Capt. Fanfhaw, and Porteus, Capt. El
phingfton, took and lent into Augustine, five prizes :
They also burnt one brig and funk another. Upon
Mr. Potterfield's return to St. Augustine, he had
authentic intelligence, by prifonei s who had escaped
from Charleftown, that in the late conflagration
which happened in that place, 700 houfcs, 15,000
foufhels of salt, and merchandize to the amount of
100,0001. sterling were consumed. The fire was
observed by the crew of the Carrysfort, then in the
effing; and a partial account of it has already been
published in this paper. Of the flrip Alquin Queen
(now the M'Kenzie) together with her cargo, one
of the prizes captured by the Lizard, and condemned
in a Court of Vice Admiralty at St. Augustine, the
gallant Captain M'Kenzie, with the unanimous
consent of his officers and men; made a present to
said Potterfield, in confideratibn of his loss and fuf
ferings among the rebels. Mr. Potterfield and his
friends, here, are happy in embracing the earliest
opportunity, to teftify in this public manner, the
high and grateful sense they have, and shall ever re
tain, of the generosity and exalted, magnanimity
of Capt. M'Kenzie, his officers and men.
The Report we had for a few Days past, of 5000
of the Rebels being at the White Plains, under the
Command of Mr. Putnam, is void of Foundation ;
for five Days ago there were not more than 250 Men
at that Place, under the Command of one Farfans
' from Connecticut ; and we are well assured that Mr.
Putnam is either gone or about setting out for the
Congress, in order to exculpate himfelf for several
Crimes laid to his Charge, such as Lenity to Tories,
granting Flags without consulting Committees, and
for not fending timely Succours to the Relief of Forts
Montgomery and Constitution,• when attacked by
our Troops under the Command of Sir Henry Clin
ton, Generals Tryon and Vaughan.
We hear Mr. M"Dougall is to be President
on the Tryal of Mr. Putnam, which is to be held at
Fish-Kills or Poughkeepsie, and that the whole of
his Conduct during the Time he commanded up the
North-River will be ftri&ly enquired into.
Mr. Lamb we hear is superseded by one Mr. Crane,
mid that he has sent in his Resignation to Congress.
The St. Mary's Packet, Petticrew ; and the Blen
heim, Hagie, are both arrived at Jamaica from this
Port, the latter with a Prize.
His Majesty's Ships the Perseus, Lizard, and Ca
rysfort, have lately taken and burnt 35 Prizes. And
the Hotham Sloop, a Tender belonging to his Ma
jesty's Ship the Preston, within a few Days past has
taken five Prizes coming out of Chencateage, loaded
with Tobacco, Flour, Sugar, Lumber, &c. They
were Part of a Fleet of seven Sail. Three of them
are arrived, and the other two hourly expected.
The Brigantine Bateman, Capt. Harriott, belong
ing to Jamaica, on her Passage from this Port for that
dfland, was unfortunately cast away on the North-
East Side of Heniagua, her Crew and Passengers
were four Weeks and five Days on that defart Island,
^nd mutt have inevitably perished, had they not pro
videntially saved the Provisions and Water belonging
to the Vessel. Mr. Hutchinson, the Mate, was
drowned in attempting to get over to Hifpariiola in
the Long Boat, they who were with him were saved,
rand the Supercargo of the Vessel, with those who
remained with him, luckily meeting with a Convey
ance, arrived fafe at Jamaica.
On the 12th of February the Randolph, Rebel
Privateer, after waiting several Months for an Op
portunity, found Means to escape opt of Harbour,
and went to Sea in a frefh westerly Wind, so Compa
ny with the Volunteer, of 20 Guns, and fix other
armed Brigs and Sloops; several French Merchant
men took the fame Opportunity of pushing out and
proceeding on their Voyages. The whole amounted
to eighteen Sail.
: A few Days ago was married, the Honourable
Captain William Barrington, 'in the seventh
Regiment, to Mil's Teresa Clarke, Daughter
of the late Thomas Clarke, Elq; at Greenwich
near this City.
By Capt. Pearfe from Kingston, in Jamaica, we
Jearn, that Rebel Prizes are daily carried into that
Island, by his Majesty's Ships, and among them are
the following, viz. Sloops Revenge, Catharine, and
Boston; Brig Sally, and Schooners, Unity and
Oxford.
A Schooner Capt Anderson, that failed from
Philadelphia for this Place, last Fall, and was fup
,ofed to be put into Bermuda, is arrived at Jamaica,
Captain Anderson being washed overboard in the
Night.
We have a Report that there has been a Skirmish
between a Party of the King's Troops and the Re
bels, at or near Coryell's Ferry, in New-Jersey, in
which the Latter were very severely handled.
We hear the Rebels are now buly on their new
Fort, at Weft-Point, on Hudson's-River ; and that
they are collecting Teams from molt Parts of the
Country for that Purpole,and thatin the fmalTSpot of
Cortlandt's Manor, they pressed 180 Team of Oxen.
[The little Space of Time between Mr. Deforofrs's
Interment and Monday, prevented bis Character
being inserted in our laft.]
On Thursday the 26th of last Month, departed
this Life, in the 60th Year of his Age,' Elias Des
brosses, Esq; for many Years an eminent Mer-
Qant in this City. By the Death of this worthy
Man, who was much beloved and refpe&ed, the
Community hath lolt a most ufeful Member.
His Condu& through Life was regulated by the
£ri&eft Probity; and he ever supported a fair, un
spotted Character. He was active, Tober and just;
mild, easy and humane; devout, benevolent and sin
cere. No Man had a more feeling Heart for the Dis
tresses, or more interested in the Welfare, of others.
In him the Poor and needy always found a generous
Benefa&or---every Scheme that could be subservient
to the Benefit of Society, a zealous Patron-all who
required his Services, (and their Number was great)
a faithful, steady Friend.
An invariable Adherence to this Line of Conduct,
envinced that it was the Kefult of fixed Principles---
that it flowed from a deep and awful Sense of the Su
preme Being, from a confcrmtivus Regard to the
, We hear two of his Majesty's good. Subjects have
been lately executed at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania,
on a Supposition of their inlifting Men for the King's
Service.
Last Week four Rebels were taken near Bergen by
a Party of Colonel Turnbull's New-York Volun
teers. 4 '
Dictates of his revealed Will, and from an habitual
Piety, which, without any Ostentation, always in
fluenced his Proceedings in every Station. $
An Ornament to the Religious Society, of which
he was a Member ; he was arduous in promoting
its Interest, and indefatigable in his Endeavours to
extricate it from those Embarrassments in which the
present wanton and unnatural Rebellion had involved
it, Nor were his Views for this Purpose, and the
general Good of his Fellow Creatures, confined to
the Term of his own Exigence here : By hi§ last
Will he bequeathed considerable Sums for the Edu
cation and Support of Orphans in the Charity School
of Trinity Church, and for promoting Religion.
In short, few Persons have deserved better of Soci
ety- few have been more justly and sincerely lamented
than Mr. Desbrosses. His Remains were interred
in the Family Vault in Trinity Church-Yard, at
tended by a large Number of the refpe&able Citi
zens, on the Saturday after his Decease.
Last Friday 16 Sail of large Ships, under Convoy
of a Two-Decker, were seen going up'th'e Delaware,
by a Schooner that arrived here from 'Philadelphia
Yetterday: 'Tis supposed to be a Fleet from England
with Troops.
^DUCK and PIGEON SHOT, a great Va
riety to be fold cheap by Hugh Gaine.
§ss[ssssssssss§§ls $$
SALES of the GOODS
Damaged on board the ship Stanley, Capt. Langford,
begins this day on the Coffee-houfe bridge, at 10
o'clock; confining of,'
Likewise a few chests and half chests of
Green and bohea TEA.
The sale will be continued from day to day till
the whole is fold. JOHN M'ADAM, and Co.
Public Außion.
THIS morning at XII o' clock, on Mur
ray's wharf, will be continued the faleof
The (hip Rofiere D'Artois's Cargo,
Condemn'd as prize to his Majesty's ship Galatea,
Consisting of,
Madeira wine, I Paints ground in oil,
Molasses, I Nails,
Coffee, I Salt, &c. &c.
The sale to continue from day to day till
the whole is fold.
On Thursday, I o'clock,
At the Merchant's Coffee-houfe,
The Ship Rosiere D'Artois,
Burthen near 300 tons. Inventory to be
seen at John M'Adam, and Co's, office, and at
the Coffee-houfe.
Public Auction,
THIS morning on Murray's wharf, at 12
o'clock will be continued the sale of the
Snow Le Noir's C AR G O,
Condemn'd as prize to bis Majesty's foip Carjsjort,
Consisting of
Claret in calks and bot- Linnens,
ties,
Brandy,
Green tea,
Olive oil,
Medicines,
Sail cloth,
Cordage, Anchors,
Beefin barrels,
Leather,
Mens flioes,
The Sale to be continued from Day to Day till
the whole is fold.
On Friday at 1 o'Clock, at the Coffee-Houfe,
The Snow Le Noir,
Inventory to be seen at JOHN M“ADAM, and
Co's. Office.
This Morning at XI o'clock,
On Murray's wharf, will be fold
By JOHN M'ADAM, and Co.
A Quantity of
Rum, Sugar, Coffee, &c. &c.
ALSO,
Forty-four Water. Casks.
Public AuElion.
To-morrow, at the Coffee-houfe,
Will be fold, at XII o'clock,
The Snow LU C Y,
NOW laying at Hallet's wharf, burthen 160 tons,
being a remarkable faft sailer, and well fitted for
defence ; has now on board fix carriage guns, with shot
and stores equivalent, fails, cables, and rigging complcat,
nearly new. Inventory to be seen at Templeton and
Stewart'suffice.
On Wednesday, fame place,
10 Half, pipes of excellent Madeira wine,
A quantity of red wine in bottles,
Some iron plates and cart boxes.
Templeton and Stewart,
Have for SALE,
A parcel of Trifli linens in boxes, well assorted,
which they will fell cheap ; likewise a few hogffieads
of molasses, and pipes of Madeira wine,' and some
elegant looking glasses, now opening at their au&ion
room, below the Coffee-houfe.
On Friday next the loth inst.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the Coffee-houfe bridge,
At 1,1 o'Clock,
THE remainder of the cargo of the sloop Le Mardie,
condemn'd as prize to his Majesty's (hip the Otter,
Matthew Squire, Esq; commander, consisting of, lace,
gloves," tapes, stockings, corduroys, needles and pins, silks,
buttons, and sundry other mercery; also fix two pound
ers, mounted on carriages, compleat.
And at XII o'clock, the fame day,
Will be fold at the Merchant's Coffee-houfe,
The sloop LE HARDIE,
With her apparel and furniture, and feme
fine salt in barrels.^
The inventory to be seen at the Coffee-houfe, or by
applyingto THOMAS LUDLOW, Jun,
Rugs,
Blankets,
Broad cloths,
Beaver and caftor hats,
Taffeties,
Gilt buttons,
Sewing silk,
Threads,
Glass,
China, and Earthen
ware,
Soap,
Salt, &c. &c.
Coatings,
Shoes,
Hose.
On WEDNESDAY next,
1 At XI o'Clock,
Will be fold at publick -dupion, by
"Bowman and Codner, ~
At tlieir Auction Office,
HANOVER-SOU ARE,
A Variety of English goods, amongst which are,
English and India callicoes and chintzes, Eng
lish cottons, mens white and brown rjbb'd and plain
thread hose, lawns, gauzes and cambricks, printed
and silk handkerchiefs, ribbons, Irish linens and
Meetings, Mancliefter and Dutch-stripes, mens flioes;
velverets, breeches patterns, &c.
N. B. TO-MORROW, at the Coffee-houfe, two
hogsheads bottled claret, and two calks figs. L
Publick Auction.
This Day and To-morrow,
(If fair leather, otbervife the firJi day after)
Will be fold at the Merchant's Coffee-houfe,
; A "Quantity of damaged b,utter, cheese, loaf su
gar, bottled liquor, rugs, blankets, duffles,
scarlet cloth, tripes and ihaes, &c. Imported in and
damaged on board the /hip Neptune, Capt. Jones,
from Bristol.
JLSO,
20 Calks well assorted nails,
zoo Loaves of damaged loaf sugar.
TO-MORROW,
Five hoglheads of excellent Jamaica spirits, of
superior quality and flavour.
A handsome B OUNTY
TO any young man of loyal principles, who is willing
to serve his Majesty in one of the new railed Pro
;vincial Regiments, will be given, by applying to the
; printer hereof.
K;°K. ~Any person knowing of such a one out of em
ploy, who will fully answer the above intended purpose,
and bring him to the printer hereof, shall receive TWO
DOLLARS for his trouble on the day of inliftment.
Garden Seeds,
To be fold by WILLIAM CORBEY, gardener, at
Mr. James Webb's, in Maiden Lane, near the
Fly Market; the laid fads warranted.
Vendue-House,
A large assortment of dry goods,
jewellery, &c.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
At the CoffeerHoufe,
By BARRAK HAY S,
To-morrow morning,
6 Hoglheads Weft-India rum,
12 Barrels Mufcovado sugar,
iz Kegs of brandy,
20 Firkins of butter,
20. Calks of ship bread,
I Calk of sorted ironmongery,
Abd a large quantity of cut tobacco. ''
On Wednesday,
A large quantity of shop goods.
The sale to continue every morning till the whole
is disposed of.
20 pieces of fuperfine broad cloth, of the firft
quality, red, blue, buff and yellow.
At private SALE,
A compleat set of furniture for a room, with an
elegant carpet.
Will be sold,
At the new Vendue Store,, below the
Coffee-House,
FINE yd. wd. and 7-8 linens,
Superfine lawns,
Cambricks; Callicoes,
Mullins, Broad cloths, &c. &c.
WITH
A few hhds. Weft-India rum,
By P. M'DAVITT.
This DAY,
A Parcel of very neat mahogany furniture, fea
ther beds, looking glasses, &c. &c.
ALS O,
40 Tubs of excellent Gloucester cheese.
To-morrow,
6 Hogsheads of old Jamaica rum,
6 Ditto of Granada rum,
12 Calks of Kenton's bottled porter.
On Wednesday,
8 Barrels Mufcovado, sugars,
I Bale of English bend leather,
.20 Calks of butter,
A parcel of damaged fuftians, corduroys, wo
mens stays, velverets, &c.
On Thursday;
A parcel of cheese, bottled claret, &c.
On FRIDAY,
At Daniel M'Cormick's
^F,HE QUARTERLY MEETING of the
A Marine Society, is to^beTfel^l on
Monday the 13th inst. at the house of the widow
Doran's. The members are requested to attend.
By order of the President, , .
PETER B ERTON, See',y.
To BE SOLD AT
PUBLIC AUCTION,
To-morrow;
PART of the CARGO of the brigST.Jacques,
at Cruger's wharf, confining of a variety of
DRY GOODS.
And on Thursday,
, The remaining part of her cargo, consisting of,
ALSO,
The Brig ST. JACQUES.
By order of the court of vice admiralty for the
province of New-Yerk.
THOMAS LUDLOW, Jun.Marfhal.
BRANDY,
WINE,
TO-MORROW,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
At the Coffee-House,
SYRUP,
RUM.
HUGH GAINE,
Has lately imported from London,
an assortment of
hooks and Stationary,
Amongst which the following may be had at
, his Store in Hanover-Square.
History, &c.
CO MMON prayers of
different sizes, with
the new version of psalms
and conipanion to the al
tar,
Lewis's catechism,
Schoolmaster's assistant,
Bailey's and Entick's dicti
onary,
Salmon's grammar, and ga
zetteer.
Martin's gazetteer,
Reflexions on. America,
Robinson's history of Ame
rica,
Chefterfield's miscellanies, a
most elegant edition in 2
vole. q.to.
Savages's works,
Miss Temple,
Afh's sentiments,
Mrs. Savage's poems,
Repository, 3 vols.
Journey to Paris,
Philario and Clementina,
Moral dialogues,
Incas of Peru,
Life of Petrarch, in z vols.
Spelman's Xenophon,
Ferber's travels through
Italy in the years 1770,
and 1772.
Rowley's poems,
StriXures on military difei
pline in a series of letters,
with a military difeourfe,
in which is interspersed
fonfe account of theScotcb
brigade in the Dutch ser
vice,
Stephen's principals of the
chriftian religion compa
• red with those of all the
other religions.
Beauties of biography, con
taining the lives of the
most illustrious . perfont
who have flourifhed in G.
Britain, France, Italy and
all other parts of Europe.
Fordyce's addresses to young
men,
Lives of the poets,in 41 vols.
Pope's works,
Spectacle de la nature,
Josephus, in 4 vols.
Cockman's Tully transited
into English,
Rollin's ancient history,
Female foeXator,
Adventurer,
Clafficks.
Cole's dictionary,
Schrevelius's lexicon,
Greek grammar,
Latin testament,
Eutropius,
Selefte vetre,
Selecte profanis,
Clarke's introduction,
Erasmus and Cordcri,
Took's pantheon,
Children'sßooks
Giles gingerbread;: :A"
Tom Thumb's folio, _
London crieg,
Lilliputian auCtion',
JOSEPH ROS E,
At his store No. g, the corner of Peck's-flip, has for sale
on the most reasonable terms, the following articles,
-'viz.
Y 7"ERY fine old Madeira
V by the pipe, quarter
calk or dozen,
Lilbon ond Tenetiffe ^ttp^
Red port,7
London porter> in bottles.
Liverpool ale,J
Jamaica spirits,
Weft-India rum of good
quality, and high proof,
Brandy, and cherry-brandy,
Geneva,
An assortment of the belt
cordials, .1
} Molasses in hogffieads, or
less quantity,
Coarse and fine salt,
$ Mufcovado sugar in hogs
heads or less quantity,
Single and double refined
loaf sugar,
Candles by the box or less
quantity,
Caftile and common soap,
Coarse and fine thread,
Pires and needles,
A fine assortment of tape;
Shirt buttons,
Florence oil,
' White wine vinegar,
Hyfon, congo, and bohea
tea,
A very neat assortment of Earthen and Queen's Ware.,
'TT^folT^ Brooklyn Ferry,
CANE sixteen feet moses built boat, one clincher built
, ditto, a sloop's boom 51 feet, and a schooner that
carries about twelve cord of wood, of an exceeding easy
draught of water. For particulars enquire at the ferry
houfe at Brooklyn.
Found the 30th of March,
UPON the ffiore near Red-Hook, a YA W L.—•
Whoever owns the fame, may have her again by
applying to Capt, Horsfield, at Brooklyn Ferry, paying
charges and proving their property.
LETT, .
A Smail ^@ finished house, No. 95, in the um%
part of Qaeen-ftraet, having a kitchen an+cetbr
below, t»,o good rooms, a passage through the house on
the firft fioor, , two handsome chambers and a bed room
'on the second, a good garret and back yard. For terms
apply to Thoma& White, in Wall-street.
TWENTYSHILLINES'R^d,
TO any perlon that will bring to the fubferiber a
LONG BOAT, which went adrift on Sunday
night the 29th of March from Degrufhe's wharf. She
has one gunwale cracked, a finall square fcurtle in her
stern, some pieces of plank out of her bottom, branded
Peter Earl on her stern. Any person that will deliver
the said boat to Joseph Rose, No. 9, corner of Peck's-
Slip, shall receive the above reward. '
Entertaining tables,
Christmas box,
New-Year's gift,
Easter's gift,
Whitfuntide gift,
Lilliputian masquerade,
Lottery books,
Pretty play thing,
Royal battledores,
Royal primers,
Pretty pocket books,
Mother's gift,
Infant tutor,
Valentine's gift,
Golden toy,
Goody two flioes,
Tommy and Nancy Good
will,
Female orators,
Tea-table dialogues,
Juvenile trials,
Hymns for children,
Poetical defcriptibnof beasts,
birds, and flower gardens,
Drawing school,
Juvenile sports,
Picture exhibition,
New riddle books,.
Be merry and wife,
Tables in verse,
Bible abridged,
Poems for 3 feet high,
Hifttfy of England,
Robinson Crufee,
Six peny worth of wit.
Stationary, &c.
Imperial paper for draughts,
Royal and medium ditto,
Demoy and pest ditto,
Gilt ditto for letters,
Plain ditto for letters,
Ledgers,
journals,
Day books,
Receipt ditfo,
Memorandum ditto,
Orderly ditto for gentlemen
of the army,
Bed office quills and pens,
Sealing wax,
Wafers,
left Fnglifh parchment,
Parchment prickers,
Fountain pens,
Pruning knives,
Penknives and feiffars,]
Pocket inkholders,
Ivory letter folders,
Best black lead pencils with
‘ silver cases,
Pounce and pounce boxes,
Letter files for counting
houfes,
Playing cards,
Red tape for tying papers,
Leather fnuff boxes,
Tobacco ditto,
Best razors,
Strops and hones,
Gun screws and hammers,
Powder flafks,
Shot pouches,
Burning and reading glaffer,
Dice boxes,
Men for backgammon tables
Excellent tooth powder,
Anderson's pills,.
Keyfer's pills,
Ryan's fugiir plumbs.
Coffee in barrels or less
quantity,
Chocplate,
Black pepper,
Cloves, mace, nutmegs, and
alfpice,
Cinnamon,
Cut and leaf tobacco,
Mustard in bottles,
Double and tingle Gloucester
chcefe,
Cheshire ditto,
Shot of different sizes,
Short apd long pipes
Writing paper,
Rice by the C wt. or less
quantity,
Barley and oatmeal,
Split peafe,
Raisins and currants,
Ground ginger,
Powder and fig blue.
Starch,
Sad irons,
Frying pans,
Knives and forks,
Pewter spoons,
Padlocks,
Sorted nails,
Tea kettles,
Shovels and tongs.