The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1780-09-04 00:00:00, page 1

, NFAI -YORK, Au^i^
5 Jd^S PATTISON, Efe; Major-General
of bis Majeffy, Forces, tie. &..^c.
The ADDRESS of the MARINE SOCI
ETY of the City of New-YOrk, in the
Province of New-York, in America, by
Royal Charter eftablilhed.
IMPRESSED with the deepest sense of those
obligations which your exertions, on a
particular critical occasion, conferred on the
public, we cannot repress the grateful sense
we have of your ready acceptance of our ser
vices, and the forming, out of our society,
a company of artillery, to co-operate with his
Majefty's troops in the defence of this city and
garrison.
We were Lippyon that occasion ; (when a
Confidence in your abilities and conduct, dif
fufed a spirit of exertion through all ranks of
men) that an opportunity was given our fo
ciecy of manifesting that zeal for his Majesty's
service, which we are co'nvinced has ever
aftuated the greatest part of our members,
and which we know does equally adnate a
very great part of his Majesty's faithful fhb
jedsin exerting themselves to contribute all
in their power towards the extinction of a
causeless and unnatural rebellion.
It is with the utmost regret we hear that
your ill Rate of health has obliged you to re
linquish the command of this city and garri,
son, in which yon have manifested so cenfpi-
Cuous aiegard for ti j^uun'c' service, s od fa
uniform an attention to the rights and inte
rests of our fellow citizens. ,
Permit us, Sir, to return our most grateful
thanks for the honourable testimony you have
been pleased to give pur most gracious Sove
reign of the zeal and attachment manifested
by the citizens of New-York, in flying to
arms for the protection and security of this
city, and we trust, Sir, that nothing will be
wanting on our part to evince the sincerity of
our declarations, and our loyalty and zeal in
promoting the King's service whenever called
to addon.
We wish you, Sir, an agreeable passage to
Great-Britain, these-establishment of your
health, a happy meeting with your family
and friends,\ and such a reception from our
most Gracious Sovereign, as your long and
faithful fervicesjuftly merit.
Signed by order of the Marine Society,
V. P. ASHFIELD, President.
His EXCELLENCY'S Answer.
Gentlemen,
FULLY confiding in the Citizens of New-
York in ger,er al, I did not hesitate at the
critical time to which you allude, to call for
their assistance, and I mud do the Marine
Society the justice to fay, that they flood
amongst the foremoft to evince the sincerity
•f their loyal profeffions.
The approbation of my conduct from so
ufeful and refpedable a body, founded upon
Abe most benevolent principles, and directed
by the most loyal ones, cannot fail to afford
mea sensible fatisfaftion, and to impress me
with lading Sentiments of gratitude and
esteem.
Accept, Gentlemen, my belt thanks for
the honour of this Address, and be assured,
that I Ihall, upon all occasions gladly declare
the refped, in which I hold the Marine So
ciety of New-York.
JAMES PATTISON, M. G.
New-York, August 28, 1780..
To JAMES PATTISON, Efg; Major-General
of bis Majesty's Forces, and late Commandant
of New-York.
The humble ADDRESS of the Inhabi
tants of NEW-YOR K.
THE Inhabitants of the • city of New-
York, impressed with warm and un
feigned Sentiments of esteem and gratitude,
beg leave to address you on your departure
for Great-Britain : They wish it to be con
sidered, not merely as a compliment paid
from motives of politeness usual on such oc
casions, but as a very sincere testimony of
geir affe&ionate regard.
We are at a loss which most to admire;
A, wisdom and policy of your rephtirns
Flour at gl. 10s. per Ont.
Publish'd February!^ 1780.
A White LOAF, of the fineftF^OUß,
to weigh zib. for 14 Coppeis.
ASSIZE of BREA D. "HIGH-WATER at NEW-VORK,
Monday, September 4, 178%
NEW-YORK
AND
WEEKL Y
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° ''m^ " HUGH GAINE, AT THE BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
'Tilt
Monday, 53 Min. after 1
Tuesday, 44 . Min. after a
Wednesday, 34 Min. after 3
Thursday) 27 Min. after 4
for the peace, fecurl^ %nd^^th of thi ip
-Ihabitants, or, the uniform attention
Ihave paid to their execution, in the advan
tages of which the soldier and citizen have
equally participated.
Under your mild and just administration,
the rigor of military government has been
foftened; public charities have been *-
couraged ; and the Poor, by your fofterng
munificence, have been relieved from indi
gence and distress.
Your zeal and assiduity, in arming tic
militia, and establishing ufeful rules for their
improvement, afforded us an opportunity of
evincing by adion, the sincerity of our pn
feffion# of attachment to the British Conftih
tion : For this proof of your unbounded cc<l
dence, we pray you to accept our warn -1
acknowledgements ; and we doubt noty< ir
condud will be justly estimated and appro^Q
where approbation is indeed applause ^
our most gracious Sovereign.
From your own observation, we cannt
but flatter ourfeivtf, that our characters, $
loyal and affe&iofihte fubjecis to the belief
Kings, will by you be justly delineated ; aid &
from the information you must have receive!
(from your very general acquaintance wi#
Gentlemen of the firft reputation and cha
rader from the several colonies) we do.lt
not you will represent to his Majcfty, that
there are many thoufands,in every of the re
volted provinces, who faltering under tie
iron rod of oppreflion, and lamenting ±
wamt flf a fot-iiybb: vp,ofn.ni?y to
their allegiance, anxioutty pray for that hap
py period when they may again be united,
as Well, in interest as affection with their pa
rent country.
We most cordially with you a fafe and
agreeable passage a speedy recovery of your
health, and a lading enjoyment of every otier
felicity.
Signed at the Requefl, and in Behalf of the
Inhabitants oftbe City of New-York.
D. MATHEWS, May,r.
New-York, August 2S, 1780.
To which the General was , leafed to return be
following Asfwer.
Gentlemen, % '
THE very favourable fentimenti of he
you were pleased to declare son af?r
my entering on the command of this city aid
garrison, afforded me not only. th{. higfeft
fatisfadion, but effectually, feetired, i»y bit
endeavours to promote your intereftCTq wd
fare. The very flattering terms iri i which y,a
express ,our approbation of my fqbfequeit
conduct, in the address you nJw'-honour v re
with, as far exceeds any merit rpWpreted
to, as my feelings on this occasion ' surpass ny
powers to describe them. .
To deviate ai IrtHe as the exigencies.of tfe
times would admit of from the-mode of go
vernment peculiar tC our envied conliituti^,
has been my invariable aim; and happy [
am thus publickly to avow the effehtial sd
and assistance I have received from the M
giftrates, and the ready concurrence of ue
citizens in general, to effect fo.,deferable n
end. To thefercaufes, therefore, tjiuft >e
principally ascribed any public utility the
may have, ariferi from the regulations tht
have been established; and I have grat
pleasure in reflecting upon the Very few 11-
stances where coercive measures became re
ceffary to carry them into execution.
In visiting the public charities of the i
ty, I have experienced the most nleafag
fatisfaftion, from the fulleft conviction of
their being at present under a very meritorious
direction ; and that the funds eUabliffiedrbr
their support, are in such a date as to
promise a further extension of these beneo
lent institutions.
Happy in the firft instance of forming he
militia, lam now much more so in feeing its
improved date, and in experiencing that ay
confidence in the citizens has been so jelly
placed.
From the observations I have made, I
shall ever think myfclf bound to do jvftice to
your characters, as loyal and affeaicote
fubjeds, and hope to convey to the Real
Ear, in the m< It impartial light, the infor
mation I have b=en able to colled, refpe&i? g
the present tas es th# federal revoked po
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Friday, 17 Min. after 5
Saturday, 6 Mi n . after 6
Sunday, „ Min. after 6
Full Moon 13th.
The kind Testimony of your affectionate
regard, so strongly expressed in the language
of the heart, fills me with the warmest emo
tions of gratitude—and the many polite at
tentions I have received, both in my public
and private capacity, will ever demand my
fincere# acknowledgements, and render the
welfare and prosperity of the citizens of
New-York, a constant objeft of roy future
good wiihes.
JAMES PATTISON.
New-York, Aug. 28, 1780.
Extract of a letter, dated Lilbon, June 2|.
" The Spaniards lately made an attempt
" with seven fire ships on some ships of war
" and others lying at Gibraltar, but it was
" so ill conducted by them, that they were
“ all seized by the vigilance on our fide,
" without their being set fire to."
" We have great appearance of peace with
" Spain, Meilrs. Cumberland and 'Huffey
" are at Madrid, much. esteemed by King
"and Council, and. we have daily expresses
" arriving from them for England."
Lass Thurday was 'married by the Revd.
Mr. Badger, Mr. John M'Kown, Assistant
Commissary, to Mils Hampton, d^ghter of
Mr. Jonathan Hampton, Matter Carpenter in
t'' Engineer Department.^
On Thursday the 24th irfft^ departed this
life, >e I&LfrL ^h^fflznd, in the ^?d
yea, of his age, Mr. 'Laurence dues, a tree
holder in Kinderhook diftrid, in the county
of Albany, from which he was banished in
the year 1778, for refuting to take the ex
ecrable oath of allegiance, required by the
.rebels. On Friday his remains were attend
ed by a numerous and refpeftable company of
loyal refugees and inhabitants, to Buffiwick
church yard, an/ here interred.
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Las Frida, Evening arrived here the Roebuck
Packet, Cast, Barnaby, from Falmouth, which
Port be left on the fifteenth of sty, and has
brought the following Particulars, viz.
The London Gazette Extraordinary.
LWHITEHALL, June ffc 1789.
’'f'"" '"°""°6 the ^ari °f Lincoln, Aid
[ ^e'Ctmp to his Excellency General Sir
Herify* (,inton,- Kn& Of-the Bath, arrived at
this ciiceVith the Tailoring dispatch for the
Right H,>n. Lord George Germain.
MT Lord, Charted Town Ma, 13, 1780.
' J#WilL:u®§ ^Qubfe )our ° Lordship with a
repetition of the delays a,id difficulties which
prevei&dferious :operation pnpl thCz^riUrif
March, on which day the landing on (,'tiatles
Town Neck was'effeaed. ~ .
By this time a defrot ws.formed, the Ad
roiral had palled the Bar, and F had the essen
tial affirtance of officers and seamen of the
Royal Navy for my operations.' I was also
strengthened with the corps from Georgia,
under Brigadier Gen. Paterson, which through
a country interfered with rivers, and rendered
more difficult by heavy rains, had advanced,
not unopposed, in the space cf twelve days,
from Savannah to Ashley River.
The passage of Ashley, under the conduct of
Captain Elphinftone, and by the good service
of the officers and sailors of the fleet, was ac
compliffied with order and expedition, and
without resistance on the p^rt of the enemy.
The day Succeeding it the army moved to
wards Charles Town, and on the night of the
ill of April broke ground within 800 yards of
the rebel works.
By the Bth our guns were mounted in bat
tery ; and 1 had the fatisfaftion to fee the Ad
miral pass into Charleftown Harbour, with
the success his fondu& )ferved, though under
a very licavy fire from dullivan's Island.
At this! period we judged it advifeable to
fend the endofed Gammons to the place,
which returned the anlwcr 1 have the honour
to transmit with it.
The batteries were opened the next day.
From their effect we soon observed the fire of
the enemy's advanced works to abate consi
derably ; the attention of the engineers, and
diligence of the troops but encreafing as they
proceeded. A fecund paral el was ccmpleat
ed o&the 19th of April, am secure approach
Wheat per Bushel, 265. od.
Flour, 70s. od+
Brown Bread, 70s. od.
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6d,
New-England do. " 4s. od.
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GAZETTE
. THE
MERCU R Y.
Muscovado Sugar, 51/10S.1
Single refin'd ditto, is. ,d. 1
Molasses, - as. 6d,1
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, 81. 10s.I
foreign ano iDomemefc
es opened to it. We were now within 4,
yards of the place.
My communications had hitherto required
the greatest attention. They had been chofeu
from Perreneau's landing in Stono River
across the Wappoo, and by final! inlets,
leaving only a mile of land carriage into the
part of Ashley River, opposite our camp.
Works for the protection of the stores and
Whipping in Stono, others on the communica
tion, arid several redoubts and batteries on
Ashley, were the labours necessary to give fe.
curity in so important a point.
The presence of the fleet in the harbour re
lieving me from apprehension on that part, and
the Admiral taking to himfelf the defence c<
Fort Johnson, I was able to detach 1400 men
under Lieut. Col. Webster, of the 33d regi
inent, to break in upon the enemy's remaining
communication with the country.
Our success bik for this measure would have
been incomplete, as I had reason to fear a
naval force could not be got into Cooper's
River, nor corifequently the place to be totally
invested.
Your Lordship will observe, that Colonel
Webster had, ih the execution of his orders,
rivers to crofe, and other difficult operations
to effe&, in presence of a very superior caval
ry, which might harass him much. It was
therefore of the utmost importance to strike
at this corps, and, as suddenly as poffibie, to
seize the principal passes of the country.
The furprize and defeat of th?colle{teca
,?rr "*'° m^A;_ cf cbe , ^-^ ahtß&gpoltei
fag Biggin's Bridge over Cooper by Lieut.
Colonel Tarleton with the horse, the Legion;
and Major Ferguson's detachment, gave the
command s of.the country to Colonel Webster,
threw into his hands great supplies of provi
sions, and enabled him to take a post near the
head of Wandoo River, forbidding by land
all further access to the town from Cooper to
the inland navigation, An armed naval force
which the Admiral sent into Servee Bay, and
another Rationed in Spencer's Inlet, com
pleted the investiture to the fee.
A considerable reinforcement joining me
from New-York the 18th of April, I immedi
ately strengthened the corps beyond Cooper
River which, thus augmented, I requefled Lieut.
General Earl Cornwallis to take under his
command.
On the 6th of May the thjrd parallel was
completed close to the edge of the rebel canal,
and a ship carried to the dam, which contain
ed its water on the right, by which means 4
great part was drained to the bottom.
We could now form juster opinions of the
defences of the town towards the land, which
extended in a chain of redoubts, lines and
batteries, from Ashley to Cooper. In front
of either flank of the works, swamps, which
the canal connects, ooze to each river; be
twixt these impediments and the place are two
rows of abatis, various other obdrudions,
and a double picketted ditch; a horn work
H masonry, which, during the liege, the ene
my closed as a kind of citadal, ftrengthenea
the center of the line and the gate, where the
fame natural defences were not found as near
er the water; eighty pieces of cannon or
mortars were mounted in the extent of these
lines.
On the 6th of May our batteries were read,
in the third parallel.
New and very forcible motives now pre
vailed to induce the place to capitulate. Ad
miral Arbuthnot had landed a force of feame#
and marines on Sullivan's Island under Capt-
Hudson, to whom, on the threat that fhi,s
ihould batter the fort, the garrison delivered
themselves up on terms.
Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis had
been no less fecccfiful in the country. The
cavalry under Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton
had again the good fortune which conduct and
gallantry deserve, and overtook at the Santee
a body of horse the enemy had, with infinite
difficulty, collcßed together. They were most
spiritedly charged, and defeated. Most of the
riders fled to the morales, or threw themselves
into the river, from whence few can have ex
tricated themselves. Fifty or sixty men were
killed or taken, and every horse of the corr
with the arms and appointments, fell into
hands.
Although, in a second correspondence
the enemy firiicited, they had Shewn in
IFine Salt, as.
Coarse Salt, is.
Indian Corn perßu. 10s.<
Coffee, is.<
[Chocolate, ' 265. per I