The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-08-11 00:00:00, page 1

By His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the most honorable Order of the
Bath, General and Commander in Chief,
&c. &c. &c.
Proclamation.
WH EREAS many Vessels have arrived,
and are daily arrivingin this Port with
Cargoes of different Kinds for the Use of His
Majesty's Forces under my Command, and for
the Use of the Inhabitant! of such Parts of the
^ ovince of New-York as are or may be under
the Protection of His Majesty's Forces; in
order that the Importers may not fuffer by the
Detention of such Cargoes on board Ships, as
well as to prevent any Part thereof from being
clandestinely conveyed to the Rebels : I have
thought fit to issue this Proclamation, appoint-'
ing Andrew Elliot, Esq; to be Superintend
ant of all Imports and Exports to and from the
Island of New-York, Long-Island, and Staten-
Igand, (Transports, Victuallers, and Prizes
excepted): Hereby ordering and commanding
all Masters of Merchant Ships, immediately
on their Arrival to make Entry of the Vessels,
and deliver in proper Manifefts of their Car
goes, on Oath, at the Superintendant's Office ;
and any goods found on board not inserted in the
faidManifefts,fhall be seized and forfeited ; and
if any Master of aVeffd, arriving in this Port or
its Dependencies, as aforefaid, shall break Bulk,
or fuffer the fame to be done,before he has ob
tained a Permission inWriting from the Super
intendant or his Deputy, any Part of theCargo
so landed shall be seized and forfeited, and the
Master liable to Irtiprifonment; and all Rum,
Spirits, Sugar, Molaffcs, and Salt, imported,
are to be stored at the Expence of rhe Owners
or Importers, in Warehouses by them to-be
provided, under the Infpedion of the said
Superintendant or his Officers, with whom the
Keys are to be lodged, who will grant Per
iniffions when the fame or any Part thereof is
fold for the Use of the Army, Navy, or Inha
bitants, such Permissions always fpecifying the
Quantity, and to whom the fame is disposed.
And I do further order and dired, That no
Goods or Merchandize whatever shall be laden
on board any Ship or Vessel (such as are in
•His Majesty's Service excepted) until Permis
sion in Writing is firft obtained from the Su
perintendant's Office, fpecifying the Quantity
and (Quality of the Goods so intended to be
laden, with the Vessel and Matter's Name,
and where bound ; and all Goods and Mer
chandize found on board any Ship or Vessel
for which Permission have not been obtained,
shall be seized and forfeited, together with the
Vessel, and the Master liable to Imprisonment.
And I do further order, That no Ship or
Vessel (such as are in His Majesty's Service
excepted) shall leave this Port or its Depen
dencies, until the Master shall deliver in at
the Superintendant's Office, a Manifeft, on
Oath, fpecifying the Quantity and Quality of
the Goods, and by whom shipped, together
with the Permissions granted for the loading
of the Vessels as above directed; and if it
shall appear to the Superintendant or his De
puties, that no Fraud has been committed,
and the Intention of this Proclamation is fully
complied with, he is hereby directed to grant
a Certificate of the fame, annexed to a certi
fied Copy of such Manifeft, with Permission
to have the Port; and any Vessel leaving this
Port (except as above excepted) without hav
ing firft complied with the Directions herein
before contained, shall be forfeited, together
with the Cargo on board, and the Mailer lia
ble to Imprisonment: Neither are Vessels in
Ballad: to depart the Port without Permission
from the Superintendant, as aforefaid.
And in order that the Inhabitants of Long-
Island and Staten-lfland, may be furnifhed
with Necessaries, and at the fame Time to
prevent Supplies being conveyed to the Rebels
through those Channels, I do further direst
that no Vessel or small Craft whatever, shall
carry from the Island of New-tyk to Long-
Hand or Staten-Island, at one TQe, without
Permission from the Superintendents Office
any larger Quantities of Rum, Spirittyugar,
or Molaffcs, than one Barrel of each, ^d of
Salt four Bushels, nor of any other Kfyf
Merchandize more than may be judged Aft
cient for the Use @ f one Family; under Fo\
feiture of filch Ve^l or final! Craft, together
with the Goods found on board, and the Mas-
Monday, August 11/ 1777.
N E W-Y ORK
AND
WEEKLY
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 30s. per Cent.
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh
3 lb. 4.0 Z. for 14. Coppers, and in the fapie
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
Published January 10, 1777.
Containing tbe carliefl SDt)ices
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, IN HANOVER-SQUARE.
ter or Person having the Direction thereof
shall be liable to Imprisonment.
And as a further security for Obedience to
the Orders herein contained, and as an En
couragement for others to detect tho/e who
shall presume to ad contrary thereto, any Per
son or Persons who fhalTgive Information to
the Superintendant or his Deputies, of any
Goods or Merchandize flipped or imported
contrary to the Tenor of this Proclamation,
so that the Person or Persons offending can be
detected, such Informer or Informers shall be
entitled to one Moiety of the Value arising
from the Sale of the Goods or Merchandize
so forfeited.
All Merchants, Traders, Masters of Vessels
and others, are hereby ftridly commanded to
pay due Obedience to the Superintendant and
his Officers, in the Execution of their Duty,
as they shall answer the contrary at their Peril :
And all Officers civil and military, are requi
red to aid and assist them in all Cases where
the fame shall be found necessary.
The Superintendant, his Deputy, and all
Persons adding under them, having their Sala
ries appointed as a full Compensation for the
Services required of them, no Fees are to be
offered on any account whatever.
'Given under my Hand at Head-Quarters,
in New-York, the 17th July, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
Superintendent's-Office,
New-York, 22d fuly, 1777.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, That the
Superintendent's-Office is opened in Wa
ter-Street, in the House formerly occupied by
John Morton, where daily Attendance will be
given from Ten to One o'Clock.
Superirrtendant's Office, New-trk, Auguji 7.1777.
By order of Lieu erant-Gereral Sir Henry Clinton, Krigbe
of the Mft Honorable Order of the Barb, &c. &c. &c.
NOTICE is given, that no SALT is to be carried
from tie Island of Neva-York to Long-Island or
Staten-ljland, without Permiflion from the Superin
tend an t's-Of flc X ; and any Vessel or final! Craft
on board of which SALT shall be found, without Fe--
mission as above-mentioned, shall be forfeited, together
with the SALT, and the Master or Person having the
Direction of such Vessel or small Craft, liable to
Imprisonment,
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendant.
WHEREAS there is a quantity
of STRAW wanted immediately for his
Majesty's use ; it is requeued that the farmers will
thresh their grain dire&ly, and deliver the straw,
without delay, at the different magazines established
for that purpose, for which they will receive payment
agreeable to a former advertisement by Daniel Wier,
Esq; Commissary Genera 1 .
GEORGE BRINLEY,
Commissary of Forage.
THOMAS B. ATTWOOD,
At his Medicinal store,
In Water-street, eight doors weft of the Coffee-Houfe,
hag for fate a large and general assortment of drugs and
medicines frefh imported, particularly
JESUITS bark,
Rhubarb,
fallap,
Ipecacoanna,
Camphor,
Ophim,
Nitre,
Tartar Emetic,
Manna,
Senna, in powder,
Glauber falls,
Fr.lh Castor Oil,
Oil of Almonds,
Balsam Copaivi,
Sagoe,
Pick'd Isinglass,
Pearl Barley,
Together with most other approved patent medicines.
Marble mortars of all sizes ; a compleat and elegant set
of modern capital instruments; cafrs of needles, steel
trusses, &c. Several medicine cherts fitted up in London,
with printed direaiour, calculated for the u'e of masters
of vessels going to sea, or for gentlemen residing in the
country remote from a praaitioner.
Country and sea orders executed at the jhorteft notice;
Prescriptions made up with the utmost care and exaanefs.
TO B~E SOL~D FT
WILLIAM TONGUE,
At private Sale,
A Few hogsheads of excellent TUB ACCO; also
Liibon, Teneriffe, and Madera WIN E S, in
pipes and quarter calks,
Monday, 43 Min. after 3
Tuesday, 31 Min. after 4
Wednesday, t, Min. after 5
Thursday, 11 Min. after 6
HTGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
Chamomile Flowers,
Syrop de Capillaire,
Freffi tamarinds in
pots,
Refin'd Salt Petre,
Spices,
London Corks,
Ivory black, &c.
Key fer's Pills,
Hyper's Pills,
Anderfoo's Pills,
Lockyer's Prils,
Balsam of Honey,
Turlington's Balsam,
Harlaem Oil,
British Oil,
Bateman's Drops, &c.
THE
Jli^l^i^Bu
Friday, 4 Min. aflfer 7
Saturday, 56 Min. after 7
Sunday^ 53 Min. after 8
Full Moon next Mon.
In Smith-street, nearly opposite Pitt's Statue.
At which may be had, a great variety of Goods, in
almost eve-y branch, bought chiefly of the manufactu
rers, with ready money, and will be fold by wholesale
at a reasonable rate, for prefect pay ; among which are
the following, viz.
ALL widths of Irbit
linens
Irish and Russia Meeting
White and dyed Rufiia drabs
Russia duck and Raven's do.
Ofuabrigs and Tickling
burghs
Table cloths, napkins, and
toweling
Callicoes, chintz and muslins
Cambrics and lawns, diapers
Nankeen and linen flowered
waistcoats, brocades
All colours modes & fattens
White and coloured Marfril
les quilting for ladies petti
coats, and gentlemen's
waistcoats
Ladies fluff petticoats
Women and childrens flays
Wotr.rn and childrens shoes
and pumps
Men and boys neat made
shoes and pumps
Ladies newest fafhioned
gauze caps
Newest fafhioned gauze,with
a great variety of ribbons,
cap laces and edgings
Ladies and gentlemens lea
ther, thread and silk gloves
Hats
Ladies and gentlemens fine
thread and cotton hose
Silk and linen handkerchiefs
Ginghams, Penniafcoes,
Bengals
Clout ngs and huckabacks
Dutch laces, Holland tapes
Scotch and colour'd wax
thread
Pins, needles, thimbles,
combs
Qualities, garterjngs, fringes
Sewing fiiks, ffiirt buttons
Gold and silver fpanglcs and
edgings
Skeleton and covered wire
Black and white lace and
trimmings
Silk, thread, and worsted
breeches patterns
Worsted crewel and canvas
Mens silk, cotton, and wor
ked caps
Superfine, middling, and
coarse broad cloths, fhal
loons, tammies, with but
tons, 01k, and other trim
mings for do.
Fustians, thicksets, jeans,
jennets
Dutch, Polish, and German
cord and cordekures tor gen
tlemens breeches, &c.
Serge denim and serge de
Rome for breeches
White, plain, and corded
dimity for do.
Linen and cotton Manchester
checks
Cotton counterpanes, bed
ticks
Just IMPORTED ft
ROBERT DONALD,
And to be fold at his store in Hanover-Square, opposite
Lord HOWE's,
PORT and sherry wine of the best quality, in bottles;
bottled strong ale, best Irish tierce beef, Irish butter,
double and single refined sugar, barley in barrels and kegs,
best Durham mustard in bottles, white soap and candles,
cordage and fail cloth. A large assortment of silk, thread,
worsted and yarn flockings; men and women's leather
shoes, military shoes, leather boots, leather portmantua
trunks, fuperfine blue, scarlet, bnff, and white broad
cloths, narrow cloth*, frizes, duffles, bea skins and ker
feys, Engliffi blankets, Walloons and trimmings for cloths,
buff and white mill'd plaiding, scarlet and white flannel,
tartans, camblets, and striped tammies, durants and calli
mancoes, silk and thread gauzes. A neat assortment of
ribbons; black, white and coloured Barcelona handker
chiefs, black Barcelona and mode cravats, blaclc mode
flocks, full dressed and morning mode bags, luteftrings,
flowered silks and rich brocades, black and white lace,
ladies fatten and scarlet cloth cloaks and cardinals, ladies
fatten and London callimancoe shoes, India jeans, cor
duets, Dutch cord, figured and griped dimites, jeannets,
black lasting and velverets, bleach'd and brown Russia
drabs, gold and silver lace and epalets, soldiers shirts, Tai
lors jackets, British oznaburghs and fucking. A large
assortment of Irish linens, check and check handkerchiefs,
India chintz, callicoes and printed handkerchiefs, India
muslins, cambricks, plain and long lawns, fine printed
je^n verts, milled Kilmarnock caps, carpets, worsted and
yarn mitts and gloves, men and women's, leather gloves,
shimmy breeches, writing paper; nuns, oznaburghs, and
coloured thread, tapes and garters, pewter dishes, plates,
bafons, porringers and spoons, men's caftor and felt hats,
black feathers. A large assortment of cutlery and hard
ware, crown glass of various sizes, putty, combs and horn
tumblers; Queen's, china, and eon, ware, &c, &c.
D E BLOI S's Store,
Wheat per Bushel, gs. od.
Flour, 30s. od.
Brown Bread, 255. pd.
Welt-India Rum, 6s. 6J.
New-England do. ss. od.
Striped and checked bed fur
niture
White jeans, and ahapeens,
Officers gold epaulets, lace
and fringes
Twisted bullian knots,
fring'd taffeis
Navy and regimental gold
buttons
Saddle cloths
Calimancoes, ruffels, lad
ings, camblets, bays and
flannels
Caffimiers and Wiltons
German fergds, kerfeys
Worsted and hair plulhes
Looking glasses
P^per hangings
All forts of writing paper,
quills, &c.
All forts spices, and black
pepper
Currants
Flask oil, capers, walnuts,
and filberts
Red herrings
Turlington's balsam of life
Stoughton's elixir
Violins, bows, flutes, violin
Wrings, &c.
Variety of china ware
Glass do.
Crates of earthen ware
All sizes of nails, tacks, and
battens
Engliffi and German Reel
Bar, and mill'd sheet lead
Iron dripping pans
All forts of pewter ware
All sizes sickles
All forts Sheffield ware
All forts Birmingham ware
All forts shoemakers tools
All forts fiddlers ware
All forts files and rasps
Brass cabinet ware
Brass chaise and chair nails
All forts flioe brushes
Rag ftonea
Mops
Bek London glue
Corks
Engliffi file leather, wax
and grain ikins, and wax
boot legs
Cod, mackrel, and small
filling lines
Cod, mackrel, and all forts
filhing hooks
White and red lead
Linked oil
Long and Ihort pipes
Sewing, salmon and seine
twine
Time glasses
Ships buntings
Brass scales and weights
Neat sword blades and belts
Sleeve buttons
Angling rods
Hard soap
Lapedary
White and red foils
Window glass.
[No. 1346.)
Ga <7 17 r T T t?-
A Z, E 11E;
THE
ME RCURY.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK..
Mufcovado Sugar, 51. ios.]
Single refin'd ditto, zs. 2d.1
Molasses, is. 6d.1
Beef per Barrel, 90s. od.j
Pork, s]. lOS.1
foreign ano IDomefhcfc
" IX/E " ve American intelligence here as
low down as the ill and 2d ofMarch,
which speaks a language of such despondency
and alarm, as fills the Rebels who have flocked
hither in multitudes from England, with the
flfongeftapprehenfions. The deluded Ameri
cans, throughout the continent, declare their
fufpicicns, that they have been tricked and
imposed upon from the beginning to the end
of the chapter. They alk, why there are not
French and Spanish fleets riding in their har
bours ? Why Temple Bar remains unadorned
with the heads of N and M ? They
look back with horror and compunction at the
happiness they have cast away, and anticipate
the dirtreffes which are in store for them. The
retainers to the Congress here, dread the hriur
of retaliation upon the persons and properties
of their own friends and relations ; for it ap
pears to them more than probable, that Great-
Britain will prevail in the issue, and they
know that it is not in human nature to forgive
the Locking outrages which have been com
mitted by the Rebel inquisitions and their
Ministers.—Thus much of the prefent,-—but
now for a little of the past. I got into my
hands, a few days ago, by dint of manage
ment, (I do not mean such management as
the Electrical Ambassador's) a long letter,
from that crocodile, Smith, of New-York,
in which is a copy of a letter from him to
one Johnson, Governor of the independent
state of Maryland. If I had been presented
with a correspondence of two fiends, inverted
with Provincial commands from Pandemonium
iifelf, I could not have been struck with equal
horror. I shall not enter into the political
detail, but shall confine myfelf principally to
the characters of the above personages, —
Smith abounds in scriptural phrases and com
ments, like himfelf, for we know the man, on
the calamities of the deluded adherents to the
aeteflable tyrant of Groat-Britain ; and when he
mentions some signal distress which has fallen
upon the wretched loyalists, 1 think I have
him before me, I fee the tears gushing from
his eyes with joy. The other writes in a
drain of peculiar hypocrisy. His language is
vulgar beyond belief; he abounds in low
phrases, and frequently mis fpels. There is
something in this mifereant inexpressibly dis
gusting. Take his own word for it, and he
is the very hurfeling of charity and meekness ;
he deplores the punishment which his situation,
as Governor, obliges him to inflict on the heart
malignant foes to American liberty; and he
apprehends the impossibility of going on without
proscriptions and confiscations, in inch a spirit of
gentleness and forbearance ; that, when ore
comes to look at him closely, and t 6 difciver
his foul rankling with ambition, avarice, pride,
and revenge, he assumes the very word shape
of mental deformity. ' It was necessary (fays
' he) to lay doivna rule of circumfpeCtion, that
' our internal enemies (whose infatuation I
' can scarce refrain from weeping at) if they
' made any motions to aid and abet one ano
' ther, or throw out rny seditious whispers against
' the legal established government, should find
' themfe/ves in such situations, that they should
‘ be entirely at the mercy and the rage of the
' people. I have therefore provided worthy
' men to associate with them, and bring them
‘ out, and encourage them to unbosom, that
' we might know who was who. I fear I
' shall be obliged to hurry on the renegadoes
6 estates abroad to pay colts,'—Take this in
proof as my charge against his Excellency T.
Johnson. Your own knowledge will fuppoi t
me in my delineation of the great New-York
lawyer and patriot. Hapless friends and bre
thren who are thus expofdd, for conference
fake, to the sorest evils that can be heaped
upon the head of man, bitter in your portion !
but may he, in his own time, who hath power
to wipe the tears from all faces, turn your
cup of gall into honey, and restore you to the
dwellings of pleasantness and peace ! —Thefe
villains, the French American renegadoes, are
conllautly fupplicd with materials by their spies
in England. A vessel is now in this harbour,
watching for a fair opportunity to set fail for
Baltimore in Maryland. The packets from
London are all put on board. It is aftonilhing,
surely, that none of these packets are inter
cepted, precious would be their contents. I
doubt not in the leaf that they would detest
and bring to punishment more than one traitor,
both from the Senate and Exchange-
LONDON, May 3 f.
Extras of a Letter from Nahtz.
Fine Salt; ips. od
Coarse Salt, gs. od
Indian Cdrn per Bu. 65., 63
Coffee, is. 9.1
Chocolate, z6s. per Do.