The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-07-02 00:00:00, page 1

Monday, July 2, 1781.
NE W-YORK
AND
WEEK LY
Sr. Excellent Rer'rn WILHELM Von KNYPHAU
sen, General Lieutenants und Commandeurs en
Chef des in Kneniglich Grofs-Britannifchen
Die hen flehenden Auxiliair Corps FueHthch,
ILffifcher Tiouppen, Ritters derer Fueiftlich
Heffifchen Ordens, etc. etc. etc.
, I LEN und J^den yon denen Fuerftlich
'cher tTrouppen in Nord America defertinen
Unter oofficiers und Geme'.nen so entweder bey denen
Feinden noch dienen, oder fich in deuhn vom Feint'
retfetzten Landen.r och yerborgen haker, wild hier
fourch bel^annt gemacht, dafs fie eiuen Leyen und
Toelligen Pardon erhalten fo'llen, wenn fie fich vor
dem iften Tag des naechft Kuenftigen Monaths
Juny, 1781, bey denen Koenigbehen trooppen einl
Linden, ur.d bey Ilmen Regimentern darauf Stellen
yverden.
Gegeben unter meiner Hand New-Yoik den
11^ April, 1781.
knyphausen.
Auf. Befehl, Sr. Excellentz,
Justin Henrich Motz.
By Order of his Excellency
General ROBERTSON,
lAm'dife&ed and authbrifed to demand and
receive all GROUND REN FS due, or
that may hereafter become due, for Grants
heretofore made by the Corporation of this
City: In cunfequence thereof, Ido hereby
give Notice, that due attendance will be given
at my Office in Pearl-Street, every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday Mornings, between
the Hours of nine and one, in order to receive
the fame; of which all concern'd are requir'd
to & ke Notice.
JOHN SMYTH, City Treasurer.
New-York, March 1, 1781.
By His EXCELLENCY
SIR HENRY CLINTON,
Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the BATH,
General and Commander in Chief of all bis Majesty s
Forces within the Colonies lying on the Atlantic Ocean
from Nova-Scotia to Weft-Florida, include, &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS there are several Deserters from the
British and Foreign Troops under my Command,
who are serving with the Enemy, or are concealed in the
Rebel Country: I have thought fit to issue this my Pro
clamation, offering a free and unlimited Pardon to all
such Deserters, who shall surrender themselves to any of
bis MajeftyT Troops before the firft Day of June next.
And whereas there are many of his Majesty's European
Sub ; eas at this Time serving in the Rebel Army against
their King and Country, who, flung with Remorse, and
sensible of the.Heinou fnefs of such an unnatural Pro
ceeding, woul'd be anxious to return to their Allegiance,
did not their Demerits, before their. Arrival in America,
make them doubtful of meeting with Prote&wn and
Support within these Lines. Ido therefore hereby ^o
mife to all such who shall come in before the above men
tinned firft Day of June 1781, in addition to the Benefits,
Protection and Support, to which they would be entity cd
under any other Proclamations, to pocure for them his
Majesty's most gracious Pardon, for all Felonies and frea
fons (Murd'er excepted) which they have heretofore teen
guilty of, provided they will take up Arms in his Service,
and give their A'ff&nce to the quelling this unnatural
Rebellion against his Government.
Given under my Hand at Head Quarters, in New-Yo 1-,
the tenth Day of April, 1781.
H. CLINTON.
Barrack Mafier General's Office,
Water-street, April 2, 1781.
SUCH "persons as are willing to furnifh the
Barrack Matter General with WOOD fcr
the use cf bis Majesty's troops, to be delivered
either in this city, or at the different posts
upon the island of New-York, or Powley-Hook,
.are requeued to fend their proposals in writing
to this office. And those who have vcffels, and
will employ them in bringing wood to New-
York, will meet with every fufoable encourage
ment, and the money paid them immediately
after its delivery into the magazines.
Hugh Smith, and Co.
Have for SALE, at their Grocery-Store immediately
upon the wharf below the Coffe-Houfe,
MADEIRA, Port, and Lisbon WINES, by
the pipe, quarter cask, or dozen ; Welt-India
rum, and white wine vinegar, by the puncheon or
gallon; old Ccniac braady, London claret, firft qua
lity ; h'fon, foufhong and bohea teas.
They have aifo arrived to them per the Eleonore,
from London, loaf sugar, black pepper, and some
few cases of double Gloucester cheete, in as high
perfection as any ever imported into this city, which
they will dispose of on the lowed terms for cash.
All orders from Gentlemen of the Navy and Army
gratefully teceired, and executed with the utmost
attention and difyatch.
ASSIZE OF BREA D.
By Iris Excellency's Command,
';o hn. smith.
Flour at 41. per Cent.
Published September 29, 1780.
A White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
jH^ tq weigh alb. for 16 Coppers.
•General Pardon.
Containing t^ eathett oyu^
o Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, x^gNOVER-SQUARE.
NEW-YORK, June 27.
IYefterday arrived under convoy, the expect
ed Fleet from Great-Britain and Cork, which
they left the 27th of March; they touched at
Charleftown, and augmented toe British army
under the command of Lord Rawdon in South
Carolina, by landing several battalions of ve
terans, brought from Cork ; immediately af
ter which the noble Lord marched to the assist
ance of Col. Cruger, who commanded at
Ninety-Six: The arrival of this reinforcement
accounts for the retreat of the rebel General
Greene to the Northward —On the paff^ge
the fleet called in the Chefapeak, where the
troops were in excellent health. It is laid Earl
Cornwallis, (after having drove the Marquis
de la Fayette to the mountains, where he was
deferred by the rebel militia) h%d returned to
Richmond, on the north fide of James River;
that his Lordihip's whole army is now mount
ed, anting with great rapidity and decision,
- —A part of the augmentaiori brought
under this convoy is the 3d regiment, Major
General Style's; the 19th Lieutenant General
Gramme's, and the 30th, Lieut. General Parf
low's ; an immense quantity of provisions,
stores, and other necessaries for military oper
ation, were brought by this fleet, which have
been most amply distributed at Charleftown and
portfmouth, in Virginia, and the rest is lafely
conduced to this city.
The fleet left Charleftown on the 7th inst.
when accounts had been received from Col.
Cruger, commanding at Ninety Six, menti
oning his having received the reinforcement
sent to that,poll, which he was then capable
of holding against any force of the enemy.
Jn this fleet arrived the Right Honourable
the Earl of Lincoln, eldest son and heir of
his Grace the Duke of Newc^Ue; Colonel
Watson, of the Guards, and Major Lloyd of
the fl battalion Royal Americans.
On die ^:h of April the Warwick fpuke ;vith IS^r
ih (hip fr^n the Cana/rs to L fben, the crafter of which
informed Cap r @ Elohinftone, that he had foke mh.
Commodore Johriftone's squadron 7 days before all ^p.
On Wednesday night iaft, a party of rebels from. N^w-/
England, with five ? boats and ao/ut fitty men. farmed at
Cranes Neck at Setauke', on Lmg-ifland, and early next
mo ning went to the h-uie of Ca r tain Nathan W ^dhuri,
which after they had plundered with hrec others adj nn
ing of considerable value, carred Captain IVjo^he!! arid
his son -along with them ; fortunately the boats were dis
covered by two Brigs and a Sloop bring in the Sound,
who immediately gave them chace, wmen obuged the
Rebels to run their boats ashore and make their escape to
the woods, leaving their boats afid plunder b< ind them.
By this fortunate circumstance Captairi Woodhull and bis
son were prevented from being carried if and the goods
r- urned to the refpe&ive owners. It is said one Daniel
|.ckf.n from Newark, was the Captain who commanded
tie a'ove party.
On Saturday last Captain Kip, with Lieut. James Kip,
Lieut. Abram Hammond, and betwixt fevinty and eighty
horfeh.en, went to Stanford, upwards of thirty miles
from Mogriffania, where they killed two men, and mor
tally wounded three others whom they left behind them,
but brought offa Captain and 17 privates, some of whom
are wounded ; they are part of General Waterbury's 12
monthsMlitia men. The detachment returned on Sun
day without the 'ofs of a man; Captain Kip had 2 horses
killed in the action. The prisoners were on Monday
lodged in the Sugar -House.
Lit Monday afternoon arrived here the armed barges
Trimmer and Andre, commanded by Captains Turner
and Hetfield, -with two rebel gallies, Dreadnought arid
Hocker, from Philadelphia, which they captured near
the filing banks; the privateer fchooher General Arnold,
Capt. Nealson, of this port, was in chafe of the said
gallics at the time of their being captured.
An authentic account of the proceedings of a body of
Associated Loyalists, under the Board of Directors,
commanded by Captains Hubbill, Ives, Jelfe Hoyt,
and Charles Thomas.t
THE Associators embarked on Sunday the 17th inst.
On board their brig Sir Henry Clinton, and flopp Affoci
itfon, and accompanied by his Majrfty's brig Keppel,
Capt. Steel, 'proceeded actofs theSourdtowards Guilford,
but the wind failing in the night, they were not able to
effect a landing until Monday morning about 7 o'clock,
when they landed about go men on Leet's-Ifland, near
Sachem's Head, where contrary to expectation, they found
the rebels had a tuperior number of men, and had ere&e,d
a biock-houfe well calculated for their defence. The
Affoeiators however, drove the rebels from this post, and
Lkewife from the adjacenthoufes,nxwithftanding a heavy
fire they received fiom thence. The block boufe, two
dwelling houses, and a store boufe were burnt, on account
of the rebels having fired from them, and wounded eight
of the Affociatore. By this time a large number of mili
tia having assembled, it was thought expedient to retreat
to their Dipping, which was effected by the assistance of
their gun-boat, without any other loft than three or four
mulcts belonging to the bounded. Thty then proceeded
as far as Brentford, where they lay until Tuesday morn
ing, when finding the country too much alarmed for a
defeent with so final! a force, they returned t wards the
Long-Bland shore, where, on Wednesday morning, they
Idifeovered seven rebel boats off Setaucket, but being too
Inear the shore to be cut off, the rebels landed, hauled
1 their boats into the woods and then tan off, Captain
HIGH-WATER
THIS
Monday, 9 Min. after 6
Tuesday, 7 Min. after 7
Wednesday, 2 Min. after 8
Thursday, , Min. after 9
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^^^ ^£ : ^^^ A^ &^^
at N EW-YORK, |
W E £ X.
Friday, 54. Min. after 9
Saturday, 47 Min. after to
Sunday, 34 Min. after 11
Full Moon the sth.
T. H E
IHubbil landed with all his force, and in about two hours 4
brought off a very fine twelve oar'd barge, or gun boat,|
Called the General Wooster, with two swivels am a biun
$ derbufs, and fix very good whale-Voats, most of which
I are entirely new. Every method was taken to difeover ;
I the rebels on the shore, but without success. In these
S boats was found a quantity of plunder, supposed to be
worth an hundred pounds. The eight wounded men are :
all likely to recover,
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I^ the Cartaret Packet, Capt. Neivman, and the
Duke of Cumberland Packet, Capt. Dajhvood,|
i arrived on Wedrefday from Falmouth, the for- /;
§mer with the /foil, and the latter with the^
, May Mail, we have the following Advices, viz.|
IFOREIGN NEWS.
Warsaw, March 3!.
f ]""'HE Ruffian troops are in full march toJ
: l quit this kingdom, and the Grand §
§ Dutchy of Lithuania; their Chief General
; Romanzow is aifo preparing to depart.
i Petc'fburgb, March 30. A special order has|
been sent from the Empress to the College cl|
Foreign affairs, which ftri£llv forbids the fupe-?
rior ard fubahern officers of the said College<
1 from frequenting for the future, directly or in |
, directly, the houses of Foreign Mini 'ers, or to^
f receive them at their cwn houses. and carefully
' to avoid conversing on public affairs with,the <
said Minifle-s of their Secretaries, or any other ~
'perlons in their fervjee. T^ete orders have ;
} been communicated to a'l employed in the
t College of Foreign afa'r ; -a,d that no,b may §
% plead ; cr --enee,' each perlon' is obliged to
}ftgn.? pr<™F? t%,conform.f|riai? thereto.|
, Pienro, March It is pretended Lere,'|
/ that a c ff&r' n of arms will.fher.N take place ;
bet%e p n thCbeFigerdf.t power', and that here^g
&ill be a Cong-mfs 'elj to mediate aS ir's, to 1
„ which";;- ch kc will ,'e ferit on the |
pw : t cf'.Great-B^tar, being, it is said, al
ready y, 3fed foptf atpurpofe ; and on the
pier pj France *nc Duk, G'Ch°ifcul.
cfCl 16. The r^urp of the Spanish |
I'i et to Cadz : s fully confirmsd; we df.'learn j
the difa^reeahle news that syn Batch, is re °4
tarred wih his fqua3,nn to Malaga, and tear,
difeootented bt the difobedierce of the princi-|
! pal officers of his squadron, he has resigned the |
# command ofit; and it is pretended that Don
) Cordova will likewise retire for the fame rea- §
;Plague, Aprilify Mr. Adams, who is furhifb-j
fed with full powers to take upon him, in case |
C it is found necessary, the chara&er of Ambaf-|
^ fador from the Thirteen United states of Ame-J
rica at this Court, has presented a note to their
Q Hi^h Mightinesses, through the hands of Mr.J
; Damas, to which, however, it is said, no an-g
, fiver will be returned, as this Republic has not §
{yet acknowledged the independence of the said ,
[ Rates. - §
I Leghorn, April 11. Twoveffels are arrived |
here, the Captains of which fay, they saw the
J English frigate the Enterprize at Minorca, §
Iwhich had juff arrived from Gibraltar, and|
A reports, that the garrison are in good health,
{ and not the lead afraid of the enemy.
The courier who was difpztched to this §
I place by the court of Peterfburgh to the Ruf-|
J fian Vice Admiral on this Ration, has brought
I it is said, positive orders for that squadron to|
?' leave our port. It will put to sea the 16th, §
and we are assured will return dire&ly to 1
I Conftradt.
I Paris, April 17. The prefling want there|
I is for sailors to man the men of war at Brett |
and Rochfort, occasions some of our largeft^
R privateers to be laid up, and their crewspa^ed J
§ over to the King's snips.
I'LONDON,
1 April 17. Sir Andrew Snape Hammond is $
d appointed Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia, in;
the room of Sir Richard Huges, Bart.
{ The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed 1
I Capt. Elphinfton to the command of the Cam-I
I bridge of 80 guns, at Plymouth, in the room g
$ of Capt. Hartwell.§
Mr. Laurens has now the liberty qf walking
I round the ramparts, and other places of the !
I Tower, which he generally does twice a day,
(attended by one of the wardens and enjoys a j
good Rate of health, Mr. La Motte is clofe|
£ confined to his room; owing, it is said, to his |
f having attempted, some time ago, to make hisl
J escape; he has no other oportunity of taking "
I the air than from a balcony belonging to his
! apartment; appears extremely sulky, and does|
I not like to be spoke to.
PRICE C
Wheat per Buflicl, 265.
Flour, 70s.
Brown Bread, 7°'*
Welt-India Rum, ss.
New-England do. 4s.
[No. 1550]
GAZE T T.E:
THE
MERCUR B
U R R RN T,
od.; Muscovado Sugar,
o<L In^rlf.refin'd ditto,
0(1. iMorafles,
6dJ Beef per Barrel,
od.iPork,
ffj^qm wi Dome^ic^
l April ig. Commodore Johnftoh^'s further
! orders are, in case he succeeds against the Cape
;of God Hope, to proceed immediately to the
!ifland of Ceylon, where the Dutch are but
indifferently regarded by the natives, and
f om whence they have all their cinnamon and
other rich spices.
Lord Dunmore 'has received his Majesty's
orders to repair immediately to his govern
ment in Virginia, and has also received a
letter from Lord North desiring, that he would
acquaint the gentlemen of that province, who,
on the rebellion breaking cut, Red to England,
and have had pehfibns from Government,
since their residence here, for 'heir support,
that it is his Majefty'r pleasure they do with
all convenient expedition return to Virginia;
in order to assist government in fettling that
province. These gentlemen are to have the'r
I pensions paid up to the sth of July next, also
a year in advance, abd a free pafl'age.
Extract of a Letter Jrom Plymouth, April 14.
" Bis Mgeßy's ship the Cambridge, of 83
guns, is ordered to be victualled immediate-
April 21. Late on Wednesday evening the
Melfenger, whp was sent near three months
ago to Peterfourgh. arrived at Lord Stormont's
office with dirpatche's from Sir J. Harris to
his L-rdih : p. The above dispatches are of
the most important kind of any that have been
;received during the war, as they contain
nothing ffiort cf the ultimate refolucion of the
IRuffian Court, fefotffibg the alliance; and
I the decided part five means to take with the
I prefect contending powers at war
IBefore the Meffepger left Per^rfourgh, he
was sent for by Sir James Harris into his
room, 'who made use of these particular and
emphatieal words to him—" I hope to God
Iyou will arrive fafein England with the dis
patches you bear ; for the contents of them
are of the'uur.oß consequence to that country."
Yeflerday in the afrern on an exprefi ar
; rived from Jersey, with advice that they had
Ireceived private intelligence from Sr. Malbes;
!that a great number cf troops were embarking
I th&e on board the tranfoorts, and it was i;na
-1 gined that the French had feme intention of
I paying another yifit to that island or to
;Ghernfey.
I 'The Betsey, Coombs; fom New-Yc-k to thd
IWeftern-lflands, is Jojt in the Island of St.
}Michael's.
l April 2y. A duel was fought at ChaFgnonf
I aviilage about 20 leagues S. W. from Paris,
I between Lieut. Col. Sautognac, and an Ame-
Irican Merchant, who had formerly been a ma
! jor in the army, upon the 6th curt., when the
I Cob was run through the heart, and dird.upou
I the foot, and the Merchant wounded in fech
I a desperate manner that he died the fame even
' ing. The rencontre lasted nine minutes;
iThe quarrel was occasioned by thelattej tbow
ling reflexions upon the behaviour cf the Comic
:de Rochambeau.
Extras of a letter from Waterforf, April 16;
I "This day was brought in here a Spanish
I ffiip, called the N. S. Valenze de Alcantaras
I de la Feuiilade, bound from Bayonne to Ca
-Idiz, loaded with warlike stores, taken by the
! Carlisle privateer; but the said privateer bay
-ling received some damage in her rigging in an
I engagement with a French privateer, is put
I into Cork to repair, and then intends to fail
I again on another cruise, having received in
;formation that three ships more were to fail
I from the fame port a few days after the abov^
I prize put to sea.",
I" The following Grips are now at Spithead,
viz. the Vidor, the Brane, the Pripcefi Royd f
the Dedalus, the Saltan, the Sta^ the Dili-
Igent, the Gfe, bound,~±the Magndnime, the
IMaidftone, the Fortune, the Ranger, and the
I Hornet and Lynx Roops "
I The Polly letter of marque, belonging to
I Liverpool, has taken and sent into Beaumaris
I a large Dutch ship from Amsterdam to Bred;
jladen with naval stores.
Admiralty office, April:!:,; !,81.
I Copy of a Letter from Captain Patten, cf kirMd
'je^fs S^i? ''"" Rc^/^, to Mr. SAphens, dated
I Leith Read, l^th infant.
:" I beg you will please to acquaint their
I Lordlhips, that his Mafeity'sfnips Belle Poole
I and Berwick being near the entrance of the
I Firth of Edinburgh, on the 7th of April, at
I day break, we fell in with, and after a short
a&ion took the Callonne privateer, of 32 gun%
and 240 men, commanded by Luke Ryaa,
in NE W-Y O R K.
51. rosqFne Salt, 2s. do.
is. 9d.lC.arfe Salt, 14. do.
zs. 6d/Indian Corn perßu. ros. do.
SI. od.lCoffee, is. do.
31. ios,lChocolate, 265. pel Do.