The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1779-08-30 00:00:00, page 1

By hte EXCELLENCY
Sir HEM<Y CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief of all his
Majesty's Forces within the Colonies laying
on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia
to Welt-Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
PROTECTION and encouragement is here
by given to the possessors of farms and
gardens, to raise plentiful supplies of grain,
provisions, vegetables, and forage. Whatever
person or persons shall presume to take away,
or destroy any part of the cattle, stock, or other
produce of any farm or garden, or do any
damage to the habitations, garden, orchards,
or lands : destroy or br ak down the fences,
shall, upon proof thereof, be molt severely
punished. Complaint is to be made to the
Commandant of New-York, or to the officer
commanding the nearest port of his Majesty's
troops.
Given under my Hand at He^-Qua'ters,
the Eighth Day of March, in the Year
of ou< Lord One Thousand Seven Hun
dred and Seventy-nine.
H CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
John Smith, Sec'ry,
By his Excellency
Sir Henry Clinton, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief of all his
Mdjefty's Forces, within the Colonies laying
on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia
to Well Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Enemy have adopted a
prentice of enrolling
N EG ROES
Among their Troops ; 1 do hereby give No
tice, flat all NEGROES taken in Arms, or
upon any military Duty, fhail be putchafed
for the public service at a stated Price; the Mo
ney to be pa'd to the Captors. x
But I do most ftridly forbid any Person to fell
or claimßight over any NEGROE,theProperty
of a Rebel, who may take Refuge with any
Part of this A-my : And Ido promise to every
NEGROE
Who shall desert the Rebel Standard, full Se
curity to follow within these Lines, any Occu
pation which he shall think prop r.
Given under mv Hand at Head-Quarters,
PHILIPSBURGH, the 30th Day
of JUNE, 1779.
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
John Smith, Secretary.
[The words printed in Italic, in the \qth line of the
above Proclamation have through mijiake y the
printers, been hereto,o»e omitted.)
By Order of the Commandant.
O'HE following prices and assize of bread
£ are to takeplace from and after Friday
the 9th infant, and lo continue until further
orders.
Ship Bread of the belt quality, at gl. ros.
per hundred weight.
All loaf Bread to weigh two pounds each
loaf, for fourteen coppers each.
No Baker or Retailer of Bread shall aft, de
mand, or receive any greater sum, either for
ship or loaf bread than the prices above men
tioned. All bread to be marked as heretofore
directed, and to be made good; such as shall
be found either defective in quality or deficient
in weight, shall be forfeited to the Alras-
House; and any person who shall demand or
receive any more or greater sum than is above
mentioned, either for loaf or ship bread, shall
forfeit five pounds over and above the value
of the bread so fold, the one half to the in
former and the other half to be applied to the
use of the poor of this city.
Andrew Elliot, Superintendant Gen.
David Mathews, Mayor,
Peter Dubois, Magistrate of Police.
Office of Police, July 7, 1779.
WANTED, a faf failing Peffl, mounting
20 Guns, and other -wife well-armed and
manned, to be chartered for the Ijlar.d of Jamaica,
and to return to New-York again. For Particu
lar apply to Hugh Gaine.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at fl. ios. per|
Cent. Pubiifhed July 7, 1779.
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh 1
2 lb. for 14. Coppers.
Monday, August 30, :,„. T HE [No. @)
NEW-YORK GAZETTE:
M E RCUR Y.
foreign and ©omeflUft.
^ Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
-BY
James Pattifon,Efquire
Major-General of his Majesty's Forces,
and Commandant of New-York,
&c. &c. &c.
Proclamation.
WHEREAS it is highly expedient that
further regulations fhauld be established
refpeding the BOATS and SMALL CRAFT
parting to or from this city.
I HAVE THEREFORE thought fit to order
and direct that from and after the Firit Day of
August next, all boats and small craft bringing
PROVISION, FUEL' ,FORAGE or FISH,
to this citv, and other market supplies, mull
have partes from the Office of Police, fpeci
fying the names of the persons, and the places
to and from which they are to p@fs and repafs
Thatevery fuchßOATor SMALLCRA FT
as shall be deteded without such pass, or in
going to or coming from any place or places,
but such as are particularly mentioned in their
partes, will be seized, and the persons found
therein detained, and are to be reported to the
Police, in order that the fame may be laid be
fore the Commandant.
That any person or persons intending to
bring fuppliefrto this city, and who shall obtain
a pass from any of his Majesty's Officers com
manding at Out-Posts, or the commanding
officer on Long-Island, or from the Colonel of
the militia of the county in which they reside,
shall be permitted to bring supplies to this city,
either by land, or in any craft, having a pass
as aforefaid.
That every person or persons difeovered on
board any boat or small craft, coming to or
going from this city, without such pass as
aforesaid, or a pass from the Office of Police,
shall, together with the said boat or small craft,
and the hands thereunto belonging, be detain
ed and reported as abovefaid.
That from and after the publication hereof
all boats or small craft, attempting to pass
from this city after dark, and before gun-fire
n the morning except such as are in his Ma
efty's fervice)will be seized by the guard-boats,
and forfeited, and the persons found therein
imprisoned.
That all boats or small craft that shall be
difeovered parting to this city after dark or be
fore gun fire in the morning (except such as are
in his Majesty's service, or that are coming
with provision, fuel, forage, fiih, or supplies,
for the markets, having passes for that purpose)
will be seized and forfeited, and the persons
found therein imprisoned as abovefaid.
That all forfeitures incurred by virtue of
this Proclamation, shall be divided, one moietv
thereof to the person or persons making the
seizure, and the other to be paid into the hands
of John Smyth, Equire, Treasurer of the city
funds for the use of the poor.
Any person or persons offending against this
Proclamation, mav depend on being punished
with the utniuft rigor.
Giv°n under mv Hand in the City of New-
York, the Twenty second Day of 'July,
1779, a "^ '*" ^ Nineteenth Year of his
MfJly't Reign.
JAMES PATTISON.
& Command of the General,
John L C. Roome, Sec'ry.
gceoo ^ <xx>gcoco ^ °°°° 0 hem?Q corn ^ good ^ comemo^
Office of Police, fitly 27, 1779.
AN Y person or persons that may in
cline to contrast for the cleaning the
Greets of this city, under the immunity of an
exclusive right to take all the manure and rub
bilh for their own ufe,are desired to give their
proposals to the Office of Police on or before
the 15th of Auguft' next, together with such
regulations and reftriaions as they mav think
necessary, to enable them properly to execute
such an undertaking, chat the fame may be
laid before the Commandant, and with his ap
probation, terms &f agreement entered into.
'""' 4 dijereet, middle-aged Woman,
that can be well recommended, can Jew
and iron, and will take care of 3 or q. Children.
None need apply but such as can bring an unexcep
tionable Character. For Particulars apply to
Hugh Gaine.
Monday, T 4.3 1 Min. after I
Tuesday, 24 Min. afte it
Wednesday, 8 Mtn. aftei x
Thursday, 54 Min. after 1
HIGH-WATER atNEW-YORK, this Week.
Friday, 47 Min. aftej 3
Saturday 44 Min. a ftci 3
Sunday. 42 Min. after 4.
Last Quarter, Sept. 3.
NEW-YORK, August 25.
Lad Monday nig^t, after ten o'Clock, ar
rive! fom on board his Majesty's ship Russel,
°'7+ s un s. Captain Drake, off Sandy-Hook,
Major Drummond, firft Aid-de Camp to his
Excellency General Sir Henry Clinton, Col.
Hope, and William Bayard, Esq; &c. &c.
The Ruffe! parted with the grand fleet from
England, under the command of Vice-Admi
ral Arbuthnot, Friday fe'night, too leagues
to the eartward, all well; and from the fa
tourable winds since that time, they may be
expelled ?t the Hook in the space of twenty
four hours. Major Drummond brought dis
patches for the commander in Chief, which
were immediat.ly forwarded to his Excellen
cy in the country.
NEW-YORK, August 26.
In our lad we mentioned the arrival of his
Majesty's ship Ruffe!, at the Hook. On
Tyefday ihe eame up and anchored in the
North River ; she is. a very fine 74. gun ship,
(heathed with copper, and has on board
400,0001. sterling, for the use of the royal ar
my : On her passage in the fleet under the
command of Vice-Admiral Arbuthnot, about
a month ago, the came up with the Ariadne,
a copper bottomed frigate, esteemed one of the
fafteft failers in the British Navy, after a
chace of four hours. Vice Admiral Barring
ton was on board the Ariadne, returning from
the Wert-Indies to Great-Britain.
Yesterday arrived his Majesty's ship Europa,
of 64 guns, Marionet Arbuthnot, Esq; Vice-
Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in
Chief of all his M jetty's ships and armed ves
sels in North-America. Besides the King's
ships the following transports, with the firft
division of troops to join the royal army here,
arrived with he Admiral, vi%.
Grand Duke of Rullia, Holms; Juliana,
Williams; Smyrna, Stainfby; Dilligence,
Wrightfon ; Apollo, Adamson•; Jane,
Bcedwel; Regard, Sollit; Fidelity, Pilmonr ;
Kingrton, Clark ; Ocean, Wills ; James and
William, Boynrew; Lord Mulgrave, Early ;
Rising Sun, Mills; Andrew, Gear; Amity's
Providence, Morfon ; Polly, Jackson ; Ante
lope, Rankin ; Champion, Salmon; Success
Increase, Saunderson; Robert, Moore;
Spring, Bond; Shipwright, Kay; Wife,
Stoenhoufe; Peggy, Fraser; Corsica. ste
venfon; Comora, Randal; Hope, Hyde;
Hannah, Wheatly ; Jenny, Winks'; Eliza,
Bootflour; Ann, Jackson; Swan, Robert
Swan ; Woodlands, Johnson ; True Soldier,
Redlhaw ; Minerva, Sowetly. With the
Houftoun, and Earl Cornwallis, Ordnance
Ships, and the Neptune, Integrity and Hope
well, navy store ships.
The fleets bound for Halifax and Quebec
failed from England with Admiral Arbuthnot,
and were by him dispatched, at a proper di
llance from the coart, for the refpedive places
of their d^ftihation ; the former under the con
voy of the Robufte ,4 guns, Captain Cosby,
and the latter protected by the Defiance, Cap
tain Jacobs, of 64.
Between thirty and forty merchant ships,
richly laden, arrived here yesterday under con
voy of Admiral Arbuthnot; In them several
eminent merchants of this city, and many o
ther respectable persons, came passengers.
Another fleet, with the second division of
troops to serve in America, under convoy of
a Squadron of his Majesty's ships, commanded
by Commodore Hammond, are soon expect
ed.
Same day arrived a flag of truce from New-
London, with 42 prisoners. I hey failed last
Wednesday fe'nnight, prior to which an ac
count was received that the rebel army had
made a violent affair upon ;he British fort at
Penobfeot, but were repulsed with great loss.
After which they sent to Borton for a reinforce
ment,without which they declared it impoffibie
to make any imprefron on the girriibn. In
conlequence of their follicitation the Prisoners
were taken out of a large prison fh ; p in Borton
harbour, in which 300 men embarked for
Penobfedt. The day after she failed an ex
press arrived with intelligence that Sir George
Collier had arrived there and chaced their
fleet up the river, that the capture or deftruc,
tion of it and the loss of their army was con
fidcred as inevitable It was also imagined
that the ship failed from Button to fuccoor
them would fall into the hands ofSir George.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
'Wheat per Bushel, %6s. od.l
I Flour, 80s. od.l
Brown Bread, 95 s * °d.!
Welt-India Rum, „. 6d.;
ft New-England do. «£. od.l
I Mufcovado Sugar, §l. roi.
I Single refin'd ditto, is. §d.
IMolaffes, %$. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.'
IPork, 81. IOS.!
Yerterday afternoon arrived the Schooner
Nancy, Caotain James Cunningham, with
fifty hofheads of tobaco from James's River,
Prize to the fwift, Captain Cocke, of this
port.
On the evening of the 18th inst. Lietit, Col.
Bufkirk, in consequence of intelligence re
ceived ofthe rebels intending to carry off the
forage and grain from the English Neighb air
hood and Bergen, marched with a part of the
4th Bettalion of Ne.v-Jerfey Volunteers, and
about 30 of the garrif>n Battalion from Fow
les Hook, towards the liberty pole, near
which, they lay concealed till fun-rife, when
they observed a confiderab ! e body of rebels
m>ving towards the New Bridge, which in
duce! them to think their design had been
difeovered; they therefore moved into the
main road, where they found themselves in
the center of a column of about 600 rebels,
who were returning from Powles-Hodk; it
being no time to deliberate, they attacked the
enemy with such spirit, that notwithstanding
the superiority in numbers, put them to the
rout, killed five, wounded many, to ? k three
prisoners, and threw them into such cotifufi
on, as obliged them to throw away coats,
i-napfacks, hats, &c. and 30 stands of arms,
which were mostly destroyed; at waich time
freth troops coming to the rebels assistance,
they began to form, and endeavour, by mov
ing on the right and left of the Colonel's par
ty, to surround it, which pointed Out the ne
cessity of pushing fur the height, to gain
which, was a matter of contest for some time,
at about 60 yards distance, when perceiving
the rebels (from the advantage of grouft) were
likely to succeed, the men were ordered to fix
bayonets and advance briskly, which so dis
concerted them, that they immediately wheel
ed to the right and left and let the party con
tinue the rout to Powles-Hook, without far
ther interruption, and without the loss of a
Single man either of the 4th or garrison battali
on. The Conduct ofthe Officers and Privates
of both was such, asjuitly entitled them to
applause.
On Monday morning last, between 12 and
2 oxlock, a party of rebels plundered the
houses cf Col. and Judge Ludlow, at Hemp
ftead Plains; it is fappofed there were up
wards of fifty men, commanded by one AC
pinwall Cornwell, who landed from seven
whale boats on the weft fide of Cowneck, and
proceeded with about 30 of the gang, on this
piratical business. As Col. Ludlow was at
Lloyd's Neck, and the Judge had the precau
tion to Sleep from home, they failed in 01^
part pf their errand ; in the other they button
well succeeded, and by dint of expedition got
offwith their booty.
New-Providence, July 28, I/,,.
" On Information being received about iz pays
past, that the Brig Bellona, of 16 Carriage Guns,
Pendleton, Commander, belonging tp North-
Carolina, was cruizing amongst our Inlands, and
bad captured toe Brig Endeavour, Seto Do ivd,
Mafler, of and for famaicrt, from this Port,
and a small fifoing Schooner belonging to this Port,
the Sloop Dragon, of 12 Carriage Guns, f<,bn
Sturrup, Commander, dad the Sloop Revenge, of
1® Carriage Guns, William Pollard, Commander,
(both belonging here) were immediately well man
ned, and jent out in fearcb of said pri) at the
Expence and Rijk of & Number of the Inhabitants,
who voluntarily and very readily Jubcribed thereto,
after a Cruize of 10 Days having got some Intel
ligence that the said Brig had gone off with her
two Prizes, they returned and landed their Volun
teers, who expressed great Concern in their Disap
pointment of not meeting with said Brig, be?ng
fudy of Opinion, that if thy had fell in with tor
the, would have brought her in here.
--=—■^*s®*2©@#^
FRANCIS HILL,
Has opened a Store two Doors from Captain
Laird's office, Hanover-Square,
And has for S A L E,
E^EEF, pork, rice, bifquet, rum, candles,
> claret in bottles from Ireland. Masts,
yards, fails, landing and running rigging,
blocks, &c. &c.
WAN FED, two or three Rooms, with the
Use of a Kitchen, for a small Family.
Any Person having such to rent, will meet with
a Tenant, by applying to Hugh Gaine.
iFine bait; its. do.
Coarse Salt; is. do.
.Indian Corti p^r3u. ±os. d o.
^Coffefe, is. p'd
IChocolate, i6s.pei 1)0