The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-09-01 00:00:00, page 1

Knight of the most honorable Order of the
Bath, General and Commander in Chief,
&c. &c. &c.
Proclamation.
WHEREAS many x Veffels have arrived
and are daily arriving ip this Port with
Cargoes of different Kinds for the Use of His
Majesty's Forces under my Command, and for
the Use of the Inhabitants 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 Proclaihation, appoint
ing ANDREW Elliot, Efq;to be Superintend
ant of all Imports and Exports to and from the
Bland of New-York, Long-Island, and Staten-
Island, (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
said Manifefts,fhall be seized aud forfeited ; and
Published January io, 1777.
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 leave the Port; and any Vessel leaving this
Port (except as above excepted) without hav
ing firtl complied with the Directions herein
before contained, shall be forfeited, together
with the Cargo on board, and the Master lia
ble to Imprisonment: Neither are Vessels in
Ballast to depart the Port wlhout 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 th^fe Channels, I do further direct
that no Vessel or final! Craft whatever, shall
carry from the Bland of New-York to Long-
Bland or Staten-Illand, at one Time, without
Permission from the Superintendant's Office,
any larger Quantities of Rum, Spirits, Sugar,
or Molasses, than one Barrel of each, and of
Salt four Bushels, nor of ary other Kind of
Merchandize more than may be-judged fuffi
dent for the Use of one Family; Under For
feiture of such Vessel or final! Craft, together
wi.h the Goods foa-ad on board, and the Mas-
if any Master of aVeffel, 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
Mailer liable to Imprisonment; and all Rum,
Spirits, Sugar, Molasses, and Salt, imported,
are to be stored at the Expence of the Owners
or Importers, in Warehouses by them to be
provided, under the InfpeClion of the said
Superintendant or his Officers, with whom the
Keys are to be lodged, who will grant Per
missions when the fame or any Part thereof is
fold for the Use cf 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 dire&, 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 Mailer's Name,
and where bound; and all Goods and Mer
chandize found on board any Ship or Vessel
Monday, September I, 1777^
NEW-YORK
AND
WEEKLY
A White Loaf of the fineftFLOUß, to weigh
3 lb. 40Z. for 14. Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 30s. per Cent.
By His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Containing tbe carlicft gathers
^ Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIELE 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 those who
shall presume to aft contrary thereto, any Per
son or Persons who shall give Information to
the Superintendant or his Deputies, cf any
Goods or Merchandize shipped 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 ftriCtly commanded to
pay due Obedience to the Superintendant and
his Officers, in the Execution of their Duty,
as they shall anfiver 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 acting under them, having their Sala
ries appointed as a full Compensation for the
Services required of them, no Fees are to be
offered or. 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, 2^d "July, 1777*
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, That the
Superintendent's-Office is opened in Wa
ter-Street, in the Hotffe formerly occupied by
John Morton, where daily Attendance will be
given from Ten to One o'Clock.
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Superintendant's Office, Nm-Tcrk, Aupft 7, 1777.
By order of Lieu enant^Ger.e=al Sir Henry Clinton, K^gbt
of tbe Mft Honorable Order of tbe Bath, &c. &c. &c.
NOTICE is riven, that no SALT is to be earned
from the Island of Neiv-Tork to Long-Island or
Staten-Ijland, without Permission from the Superin
tend an t's-Offlcr ; and any Vessel or final! Craft
on board of which SALT shall be found, without i'er
miffion as above-mentioned, shall be forfeited, togr her'
with the SALT, and the Matter or Person having the
Direaion of such Vessel or small Craft, liable to
Imprisonment,
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendant.
This Da, is publijbed.
By H. GAINE, in Hanover-Square,
L ET TT R'S
WRITTEN BY
THE LATE RIGHT HONORABLE
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE,
Earl of Cbeflerfeld,
TO
HIS SO N,
PHILIP STANHOPE, Esq;
Late Envoy Extraordinary at tbe Court of Dresden.
TOGETHER WITH
SEVERAL OTHER PIECES,
ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
IW ~sold, FT '
PHILIP KISSICK,
VINTNER AND DISTILLER,
At his house the upper end of Queen-ftrect, between
Peck's-flip and the Fresh-water, the following arti
cles, viz.
CHOICE old Madeira, Teneriffe and Fyal wines;
claret, cherry, Lisbon and red port, choice Jamaica
fpiritr, Wefl-lndia and New-York rum; English, loaf,
and mufeovrdo sugars, mokffes, coffee, tea, chocolate,
corks, pipes, belt Durham muttard, Florence oil ; a large
quantity of all kinds of cordials. French brandy, home
spun brandy and gin, very little inferior to Holland gin or
French brandy. London porter by the hamper or dozen,
a few hams, Weft-India and New-Yo k rum by the hog
fheari, Scotch barley, rice, pork, beef and mackarel by
he barrel, with many other articles too tedious to
entioo.
WHEREAS there is a quantity
of STRAW wanted immediately for his
Majesty's use ; it is rgquefted that the farmers will
thresh their grain directly, and deliver tbe straw,
without delay, at the different magazines established
lor that purpose, for which they will receive payment
agreeable to a former advertisement by Daniel Wier,
Esq; Commissary General.
GEORGE BRINLEY,
Commissary of Forage.
Monday, go Min. after 8 Friday, 40 Min. after 11 Wheat per Bushel, gs. od.
Tuesday, 35 Min. aften 9 Saturday, 24 Min. after 12 Flour, 30s. od;
Wednesday, 19 Min. after 10 Sunday. 7 Min. after 1 Brown Bread, 255. od.
Thursday, 2 Min. after 11 New Moon this Day. Welt-India Rum, 6s. 6J.
New-England do. ss. od.
HIGH-WATER at N
W-YORK, this Week.
THE
BOSTON, August 11.
To the PRINTER.
Be pleased to give the inclofed Letter, which
I have just received from Brigadier General
St. Clair, a place in your next paper. With
the candour and ingenuity becoming a man
of honor, he acquits Major-General Schuy
ler of having ordered or been privy to the
evacuation ofTiconderoga—a charge which,
it seems, has gained credit without proof,
and found zealous advocates, though un
supported by truth.
I am, Sir,
Your bumble Servant,
JOHN JAY.
Mofes's Creek, Ju, 23, 177-7.
SIR,
GENERAL Schuyler was good enough to
read me a part of a letter he received
from you. I cannot recollect that any of my
officers .ever asked me the reason for leaving
Ticonderoga, but as I found the measure was
much decried, 1 have often expressed myKh in
that manner, " that as to nr,felf I was per.
" fcaiy easy ; Iwas confeious of the upright
" nefs and propriety of my conduct, and
" despised the vague censure of an uninformed
" populace." But had no allusion to orders
from General Schuyler for my j unification,
because such orders never exited.
The calumny that has been thrown upon
General Schuyler, upon account of that mat
ter, has given me great uneasiness. I allure
you, fir, thee never was any thing more
cruel and unj \l ; for he knew nothing.of the
matter until it was over, more than you did
at Kingston. It was done in consequence of
a consultation with the other general officers,
without the possibility of General Schuyler s
concurrence ; and had the opinion cf the
Council been contrary to what it was, it ne
vertheless would have taken place, as I knew
it would be impossible to defend the polls with
our numbers.
In my letter to Congress from Fort Edward,
in which I gave them an account of the re
treat, is this paragraph : " It was my original
" plan to retreat to this place, that I might
" be betwixt General Burgoyne and the inha
" bitants, and that the militia might have
" something in that quarter to collect to ; it
" is now effected, and the militia are coming
" in, so that I have the most sanguine hopes
" that the progress of the enemy will be
" checked, and I may yet have the fatisfac
" tion to experience, that although I have
" loft a post, 1 have eventually saved the
" Itate." Whether my conjecture is right or
not is uncertain ; but had our army been made
prisoners, which it certainly avould have been,
the Rate of New-York would have been much
more exposed than at present.
I proposed to General Schuyler on my arri
val at Fort Edward, to have sent a little note
to the printer, to assure the people, that he
had no part in the abandoning what they call
their strong holds. —He thought it not so
proper at that time; but it is no more than I
owe to truth and him, that he was totally
unacquainted with the matter, and I should
be very glad that this letter, or any part of it
you may think proper to communicate, may
convince the unbelieving. Simple unbelief
is easily and soon convinced; but where ma
lice or envy occasion it, it is needless to at
tempt it.
lair, Sir, Tour's, ^c.
A. St. CLA I.R.
Hon. John Jay, Esq;
Tuesday last the General Assembly of this
state met agreeable to summons from the ho
norable council.
Same afternoon the house of Representatives
voted to act on no matter of a private nature
during the present sessions.
By a letter from a gentleman of the firft
character at Philadelphia, by the last post, it
appears by a return inclofed, that our troops
were 5,500 hrong when Ticonderoga was eva
cuated.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at Head
garters, Mofes's Creek, dated July 28, 1777.
" We have now at this place about 3000
effective continentals, with about 1500 mi
litia. We exped General Glover's Brigade
here; how strong they are I cannot tell.—
The enemy's advance are at Fort Edward. I
do not imagine Burgoyne will plunge into
the Country before Howe or Johnfcn makes
[No.
GAZETTE:
THE
MERCUR Y.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK;
Mufcovado Sug^r, 51. 10^
Single refin'd ditto; zs. 2d.
Molasses, is, 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 90s. od.
Pork, 51. ids.
foreign ana Dement.
August 14. A letter from Albany, dated
August 3, lays, " 1 heard from Fort Schuyler,
about 130 miles from this place, that the
enemy about 1000, including tories, regulars,
and Indians, commanded by a Johns >ie
within four hours march of the fv
expect to hearof an attack v^< ?'
have about 700 ca : 1 : /
persuaded will i„"-
of his regiment \.
quarter."
An officer at Albany writes his friend L./e,
thus, " The next time you hear from me [
ihall have conquered, or shall be in the world
of spirits, for we are determined never to
give up the fort while any of us are alive.
And I think there are small hopes for any of
us to surrender, for while they have a number
of savages with them, there will be no Quar
ters given. Burgoyne intimates we ne^d ex
ped no quarters ; I hope it will learn us to
defend our forts, and not run-away and leave
them like children."
The Hon. the Council of Safety of the state
of New-York, " in the name and by the au
thority of the good people of said Bate, did,
on the 30th ult. proclaim and declare George
Clinton, Esq; Governor, General and Com
mander in Chief of all the militia, and Ad
miral of th,e navy of said date.
Extras of a letter from Mies's Creek.
" I fnppofe you have heard of our fhame
ful retreat from Ticonderoga and Mount In
dependence—a fliameful retreat indeed! to
quit such good lines and good camion, in the
manner we did ; for we never dellroyed any
thing, but left the cannon loaded and primed,
ready to turn on ourfclves."
A letter from a gentleman at Albany, fay's,
'' The barbarous savages have received full
liberty from the more barbarous Britons to
murder and scalp all before them, without
regard to either ageor sex. A young woman
(whofc brother I saw this day, who gave me'
the account) was taken out of a cellar, carried
off, and murdered and scalped in fight of the
British army: Five or fix of our regiment
have been killed and scalped. The inhabi
tants from that part of the country are moving
down this way daily. Burgoyne has issued
cut another pompous something (I don't know
what to call it) which may get to your hands
before this. People in this country are much
alarmed, some moving down the country. I
am not in the least concerned about their get
ting here, if we have a commander in which
our men can confide : I don't fay we have not :
But such is human nature if men have tho best
commander in the world, after certain misfor
tunes they will be uneasy and often throw the
blame .upon the commander, when he docs
not deserve it. Generals Arnold and Lincoln
passed thro' this city a few days ago to join
their army, who are excellent men and have
obtained the good will and confidence of our
array."
We ate ferry to acquaint out readers of the
less. of the privateer brig ——, of 16 guns,
Capt. John Foster Williams, of this port, who
was chafed ashore on the back of Chatham
last Monday night, by the Milford and two
other frigates, when the enemy blew her up.
We hear all the hands got fife ashore.—Also
of the loss of the privateer schooner Eagle,
of this port, being drove Thore at the Fail
ward, by the PIRATE Dawson.
Friday morning an express arrived from
Providence, with an account of the Howes
fleet and army returning together, and it was
thought they were intended for the North-
River ; since which we have heard nothing of
them.
some flroke ; this will give us time to collect.
Fort Edward is about fix miles from this place.
The Savages have lately acquitted themselves
quite in character ; a couple of ladies, who
chufed to remain behind the aryny, and enjoy
Burgoyne's proffer'd protection, have been
scalped and mangled in a Blocking manner.
They make nothing of ripping cut a man's
heart, cutting off' hands, ears, &c."
The Rhode-Illand post informs us, that
Tuesday last between 6 and 700 of the enemy,
from Newport, landed on Boston Neck, id
called, near East Greenwich, and took three
prifoncre. They were soon attack'd, and went
off, leaving three dead and two Hessian pri-'
foners behind them.
IFine Salt, tos. od
Coarse Salt, Bs. od
Indian Corn per Bu. 6s. 6d
Coffee, is. gd
Chocolate, 265. per Do.