The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-03-26 00:00:00, page 3

; O N, March CT
Arrived at Salem 1-aft Wednesday
-e, and brings an account, that
-arrived then' before /he failed, from
'Hi an account that Admiral Rodney
/ HI jf .he line, had anchored off the
^there, and made a demand of all the
A roh, S vanish, and American property;
^ rd being denied, they began to cannonade
t'w forb when the above velfel' flipped her
cable, put out and arrived at the Cape. She
left the fort a,nd British ships smartly canno
naTng each other.—This is all the particulars
we have obtained at present.
Lift of armed vessels driven up Elizabeth
River, near where Arnold is entrenched on a
Deck of lahd&
Charon, 44 guns, Thames 36, Amphi
trite 26, Hope 18, Loyalist 16, Bonette 16,
General Monk 16, Vulcan fire ship, with the
Comtat and, Hussar galleys, carrying two 18
pounders each.
On board one of the prizes lately taken by
Monfi Tilly, up Chefapeak Bay were, 159
Virginia Refugees, with their effects, bound
from Chahleftown to Virginia, to re-establish
themselves at tin ir old habitations.
HARTFO R D, March ig.
The General Assembly of this State have in
their present feflipn, empowered Congress to
impress a duty, not exceeding ; per cent, for
a limited term, upon all goods and merchan
dize of foreign growth and manufacture, im
ported into this State, and upon ail prizes arid
prize goods; provided the other States of the
union, shall adopt the fame measure. The
money colieded by thisimpoft to be appropri
ated to the use of the continent. The happy
consequences of this measure, will be sensibly
felt by those upon whom the burdens of the war
fail heaviest. A considerable sum will be e
ventually railed upon the vain and fuperflu
vus copfumer, while the industrious and frugal
who have a small landed interest, and gene
rally eat, drink and wear of their own growth
and manufaQure, and have little that they
can spare for market, will by their own fru
gality be exempted from bearing the duty, ft
will likewise be a great encouragement to
home manufacture, by enabling the manufac
turers to undersell the importers of foreign
goods, and thus promote induilry which is the
Strength and glory of a date.
NEW-LONDON, March 16.
Monday last the Young Cromwell returned
into port from a cruize,/during which ihe
•captured three prizes.
PHILADELPHIA,
Tuarcb 20. The prize brig Amelia, from
St. Kitts for London, arrived here, brings us
a confirmation of the very important.intelli
gence fefoefting St. Euftatia being taken by
the Britiln fleet on the 3d ult, The particu
lars we learn are, that all the property on the
liland wgs Seized on by Admiral Rodney whe
ther belonging to English, Dutch or American
merchants. That the Dutch Iflapd ofiCurocoa
had also been seized by the Britilh Admiral,
who had sent a number of bis prisoners to St.
Kitts in transports, and that a report prevailed
in the Weft^lndies of the British having cut out"
150 fail of Dutch vessels from the Texel, in
Europe.
Iremthe Pennsy lvan va JoußN al, March 14.
- Saturday morning left arrived here the brig
Hibernia, Captain Collins, in 22 days from
Poft-au-Prir.ee. By this yeffel we learn that
a schooner (belonging to North-Carolina) ar
rived at that port from St Euftatia, which she
left while the British fleet lay off that Bland,
having blocked up a number of American ves
sels then lying there, that the British fleet,
amounting to fix or seven Blips of the line,
and a number of frigates and privateers, ar
rived about the 3d or 4th ult. That while he
was there but one' gun was fired from one of
the men of war, at an American ffiip who had
her colours still flying, and the whole were
drawn up in a line, seeming determined to de
fend themselves, ifpoffible, againit so very su
perior a force. That the Capt. of this schooner
feeing an opening where but .one frigate was
Rationed, refolded to run out to sea, and escape
by that means if he found it practicable, and
accordingly came to fail; the frigate gave
chafe, and he run under the small fort, which
fired on the frigate. He was chafed 9 hours
by a frigate and a cutter, but finally got clear.
The Captain added, th at after he got out to sea
he heard aheavy firing, and saw a great smoke
arise from the Iffan'd. It was said Sir George
Rodney commanded the British fhipi on this
buccaneering expedition.
. The Carolina Captain was qualified before
the French Governor as to the truth of the In
telligence of which the above is the fubßance.
Oar last advices from the southward men
tion, that Lord Cornwallis.had.retreated to
Hillfborough where he had divided his army
foto three divifione; one of which had taken
the route to Salisbury, another towards Pedee,
and a third towards Wilmington, to join the
body that had landed at Cape Fear. That
Governor Nafir and General Cafwell were at
Cross-Creek with a considerable body of mi
litia. General Green was in pursuit cf Lord
Cornwallis, who by cutting down a great num
ber cf trees, as if to throw a bridge over the
Dam, had faddenly retreated, and dole a day's
march of him.
ford Cornwallis never retreats.
March 16. By intelligence received from
the southward, as late as the second of March,
we are informed that Lord Cornwallis evacu
ated Hillfooroifgh on the 26th of .February,
and.moved on the read towards Guilford
curthoufe; on the 28th he crossed the Haw
river, twenty miles below High Rock ford.
General Green was within fix miles of him,
2nd the militia from Virginia and the neigh
bouring dates were joining our army in greatl
numbers.
March 17. Since our last arrived here the
ship Flora, Captain Brewster, and brig Mar-I
quis de la Fayette, Captain Davifon, from |
Port-au Prince- Also 2 prize brig, the Hope,
Miles Lewis late commander, with 60,09 bu
shels of oats from New-York for Charleftown:
She was taken by the letter of 'marque ship
Delaware, Captain Proal, of this port.
NEW-YORK, March 21.
The last accounts from Canada inform us,|
that a body of rebels, from 430 to 500, ha-,,
ving marched from the Illinois with a defign|
of attacking the British post at Ie Detroit (in
which they were favoured by a number of the
difaffefted in that settlement, who had con
cealed goo stands of arms to assist them in the
defeent) were intercepted by a body of troops,'
militia and Indians, and every man of them !
put to death. Their deteded confederates at|
Detroit were sent down under guard to Mon-:
treal.
. Last Sunday rooming a party consisting of )
24 of Col. fames De Lancey's Refugee caval-I
rv, under the command of Lieut. James Kipp,l
attacked a party of rebels at North-C.aftle,
took 12 privates and a Lieutenant, and killed|
three; the others made.their efcape.f
; NEW-YORK, March 24. |
By a Gentleman arrived last night, who left /
Newbern, in North-Carolina, the 3d of this
month, we are informed that Lord Cornwallis
was at Halifax, distant 7g miles from Peters
burg, and his Lordship was moving brilkly to
the northward. This Gentleman paid 4000
dollars per week for bis board at Newbern.
On Thursday night arrived the brig,lnde
pendence, (taken at Charleftown) Capt.-John
Dilworth, from Chefapeak. The followingis
the most accurate account we have been ^ble
to obtain of the n'aval force arrived in the Bay:I
A ship with a poop, fappofed to be the|
French frigate La Surveillance, of 36 guns, /
commanded by Le Chevalier VilleneufCollard, ,
arrived in Chefapeak-Bay on Friday the i6:h,
irft. on her appearance the Swift sloop of war, ;
Captain Graves, went down to reconntit c, j
and making the private signal it was not an-;
fwered. On Saturday the Independence 'and 1
Swift were both appointed to watch her ;.atal
on Sunday morning ihe left the Bay, and flood|
out to sea, firing a gun. On Sunday at Ainfef!
a fleet arrived in Lyhhaye.n-Bay, ranged in a i
line east and weft, confiding of 7 men of war §
of the line, a fh : p reckoned to be of go gun<,|
with bright sides, and her poop painted black, ;
arid three fri^tes; one of the la^eft (hipsbd;
a jury mizen mail, another had a white £,g|
flying at the fore-top gallantmaft head, and ;
the largest (presumed to be of three decks, al-/
though her lower ports were shut) had a red j
flag at the mizen-top oallant^maft head ; 'the !
Independence made them the private signal,
when the whole flftt hoilUd English colours,
but the private signal was not anfwercd,-this §
induced Captain Dilworth (who on Monday|
morning palled within two mites of the fleefri
to leave Chefapeak, and make the bed of hjs|
way for New-York, not apprized that the Bri-;
tiffi fleet was failed in pursuit of Monsieur .
D'Aftouches.
General Arnold, and the troops under his'
command, were in health and had plenty of ;
frefh provisions, and were effh&ually secured ;
by strong works against the rebel militia, which,l
hovered about his post, at about a mile and ;
an half distance.
Lift Monday arrived die ship Portland Vie-j
teller, in 16 weeks from Cork.
NEW-YORK, March 26.|
We hear that the Rebel Troops under the I
Command of the Marquis La Fayatte, def-;
tined for Virginia, embarked in Boats, in order|
to proceed down the Chefapeak with the greater j
Expedition, thinking the Bay was in Poffeffionl
of the French Fleet; but on tte Way, to their ;
very great Surprize, they were prevented pro-'
ceeding by some armed Vessels ordered np the
Bay by General Arnold, and the Marquis with
the greatest Difficulty reached Annapolis IMb
Saturday Week. By the above judicious Ma.
rteuvre of General Arnold, Monsieur and his
Reinforcement will be obliged to march by
Land about 160 Miles, besides crossing g large
Rivers; which in alb Probability will retard
their Operations 12 or 14. Days longer than
they expected.
The Rebels having lately 'taken and carried
away Prisoners to New-Jersey, many of the
Inhabitants of Staten- Island, after plundering.
their Families; it became necessary to con
vince them that the Militia and Refugees, on
that Inland, have it in their Power to retaliate
when they plcafe: A Party therefore of Mili
tia and Refugees, under the Command of Lieut.
Richard Seaman, of the Militia, and Mr. )o
feph Shotwell, a Refugee, made an Incursion
on the zoth instant, at Night, several Miles
into the Country, in the Township of Wood
bridge, brought off two Subalterns trad eleven
Privates of the.Rebel Militia; who acknow
ledged that this Party of Loyalists did riot
plunder any Thing from them.—But it may
not be improper to inform them, and they
cannot but be sensible of the Necessity of a
very different Mode of afting, should they hill
perfill in plundering the Inhabitants of that
On such terms as mail be, agreed upon, and pofßfibn^
g giysn the firlt of May,
npHAT valuable dwelling house, out-houses and
' farm of David Devoor, deceased, near, the five
mile stone, upon the road leading to King's Bridge,
in the out ward of this city, very advantageous for a
tavern keeper or farmer, For tvrros, apply to Samuel
I Brownejohn, . F 'x
I, Sales by Au&iori.
'By Bowman and Conner,
I To-morrow, at 11 o'Clock, at the'C. House,।
10 Barrels of prime Herrings, 10 Boxes
Pipe's, arid 10 Chests Bohea Tea.
: At 12 o'Clock, on Totton and Crofsfield'sj
Wharff, for the Benefit of the In furers,f
A Quantity ofStanding and Running Riggings |
1 1 o'Clock, at the Coffee-Houfe,|
The Schooner RANGER./
Burthen about 50 Tons, with all her Appur-1
tenanccs,, as she lies at Murray's Wharff.
By Bowman and Codner,
On Wednesday next, at their Office, No, 18,1
Hanover-Square,
;A general Afortment of English fcjn?ja Goods
I PUBLICK AUCTION. .
!This Day, at 11 o'Clock, at the Coftee-Houfe [
Bridge, will be Sold,l
116 Puncheon's of old Jamaica Spirits,|
20 Cases of Geneva.
One o'Clock preeifelv, on Seaman's JWharff,l
. the Remainder of the Schooner JEANIE' s ,
- Cargo, corififting of
- Tar, Pitch and Turpentine. - |
- Cuningham and Wardrop.|
PURL IC TUC TYonT I
At the Coffee House, this Morning,|
Wih be fold, . j
THE remaining Stock of LI Q_U QRS|
belonging to the Edate of the late #
Charles NfcolF, confiftingof Madeira, Port and j
Lisbon Wines, old famaica Spirits, French ,
Brandy, Geneva, &c. &£.'
At 12 o'Clock,l
./The S oqp SWALLO 3v,1
BU b ,T : 'EN" about 30 Tons, in cornpleat ,
repair, . .well lound, as fne now lies atl
Peck's dip Deck, and directly: opposite toJ
the s\n of the Swan ; ibe isof a remarkable |
e'afy ! fiughc of Water, and well calculated 4
for" e Blue Point-or River Funnels, Invert-|
tor, co be seen ... de dime of Sale.
"At I o'Clock,
• VMI be fofd opposite the Work-Shop of Mr.|
Thomas- Ming, Cooper, a new and compleat|
Whaleboat, 'with Mart's and Sails, olfo twob
Mails, a Pump,..Spars, and Foresail, belongingg
to a Schn, ner of 60 Tons Bughen.
By Daniel M-Cormick.J
'} LL ferfons having any demands upon|
fl the Theatre, are desired to lend them 1
ipc'ofed, to Mr, HEMSWORTH. Prompter, 1
during the course of this month.
1 WlTw ~t~e b, I
On or before the firft of'MAY,
g.H^U&.QCpT cfa hau r e,in.<nvpart of the town..|
LA net too,!emote from bufmefs, for two tinglej
gfntJem^, sand for wh%h a geneses rent will be|
given. Enqui eo: .the printer.l
f ^lidM&i#CT-%'^ CTTCT^—^ - -fter^toffi^mvre vQ-rwerawrare—p tew-.1
Public Au&ion.
I; TO-MORROW, at to o'Clock,
by By James Inglis,
t At his Office in Water Preet, No. f 6,,
IyjyLL begin the Sale of a most beautiful i
f ft and very extensive Assortment of fea
fanable dry Goods. *
;Theatre.
'This Evening, the 26th Infant,
!, Will be pretented, tie TRAGEDY of .
The REVENGE
I The Parts of Zanga and Doti |
.Carlos, new cast.
To which will be added, a FARCE,
(Never „rformed here) called
Duke and no Duke,|
OR
'Trappolin's Vagaries.,
TheCaaraßers by Gentlemen ot the Army.
No Admittance behind the Scenes.
Tickets to be purchased at tlie Time of refftering'
,Places for the Boxes, foe which P^rnofe the Cle^k i
will, attend at Mr. Bunyan's, next Doer to the ;
Theatre, from 11 o'clock till s; every Day after tho|
]Phybadveftifed.
I Tfte Foors to be opened at Five, .and to begins
Iprecifely, at Seven p'Cl'ock.
3 'The Gentlemen who have taken ° Places m the
Boxes, are defined to fend their Servants at 4. o'Clock,
$ that they may be fixed before th^ Doors are opened.'
I ' No^oney will.be taken at the Door.
I ° Tickets to be Had of Messrs. Rivington and Gaine.
Box Bs. Pit Bs. Gallery 4s.
I VIVANT REX & REGINA,.
' For CHARTER,
W^A^c^ To any part of Great-Britain,
IA or Ireland,
The Brig FONTUS,
[ YJNG at Br„wnejohn's wharf,
j ' An exceeding g,od vessel and
I remarkable faft sailer. Apply to Jacob Watfoo, or
§the mafter^on board.
WANT E D,
I TO '*' by the month or year, a sober, honed and
§'induftrious negro or mulatto man; one that is
I handy in a family, untErftands a little of gardening
and husbandry. Such a one may hear of a .place by
'1 applying toll,Gaine, the printer cf this paper# ctf>
I Public Susilo*.
I This DAY,
I \o Clock, at tbe Cfo&ufc,
Tbe Brig PHOENIX,
Lying at Hallett's Wharf,
The said drig has been libelled in the crn ? t
of Vice Admiralty, as a prize, and it appearirb
in the said court, that raid big did belong ^
some person or performs inhabitants cf the kn^-
dom of Great Britain, and was taken by\ the'
Rebels, and re-taken by. his Majesty’s floh, of
war the Savage, the said brig Phoenix is' or
dered to be fold for the payment of salvage,
no person having appeared to claim her.
By order of the Court of Vice-Admiralty
for the province of New- York.
1 homas Ludlow, jun/
,'Mar.ch- 23. 17,8,., Mmfiul.
Public Auction.
By M'Adam, Watson, and Co,
This day, 1 ro'clock, at the Bridge,
Writ be SOLD,
20 liogfh%ds cf Surinam Moiaffos,
to hogsheads of RUM,
4 hogihea^ old French Brandy,
— le ' es damaged o^naborgs.
This Day, at the Coffee-Houfe,
WILL BE SOLD,
.By TAYLOR and BAYARD,-
Between 12 and 1 o'clock,
6 hrgfheads choice high proof R U M..
,'oTro rr o vz,
At taeir Vendue-Store, between 11 and 1Z
'o'clock,.
Bread cloths, Bath and beaver Coatings,
fouilip handkerchiefs, corduroys, fitted di
^otaies, spotted lawns, cruit hands, bottle
Aiders, fnuff boxes gc &c.
A Houfe lately occupied by Peter Underwood, and
# -now polk ffed by Dominick D>rgharty, front
ing Cruger's wharf, and may be entered the fir ft of
May next. It is.cn le. fed ground; the lease of
which, and farther particulars, mfy be known by
a plying to Edward Reynolds, taylor, on Mutton's
vyharf.
KOGERS audita URRA Y,
HAVE just imported in,th< Nincy,C. pt, Miller,
ftoni London, a varies of . -tic^s in the iron
mongery way, which they have for flue vholefale or
retail, or erfonable terms, a: their store in Queer
hreet. No. ISB, facing Beekman's-"'?, Also by
wholesale only, beftEnghth duck, from No 1 to 8,
: few trunks of 8-iftoland Ilofts's' frs/mer.s do. a
few boxes iz by ro, ri by- 9 , to byS Bby 6 window
glass; Sheathing/nails arJ v th o is. Very low priced
knives and forks and penknives, with a few neat
made iron chests from tC. to 2C. t. 4 wr. each, &c.
Public Audion,
TO-MORROW,
12 o'clock at file Core- House, will be fold,
— NEGRO W^NCH, about 20 yearn
fA old, capable of any kind of House work.
And a likely NEGRO BOY, about 18 years
old, has been tried to work in a ba^e h-mfe i,
very active and smart. A good title wilt be
given to the purchasers. . .
By Fegan and Deane.
1 o be let on realonable terms, or ua
ted on Shares,
^ Lot of good land of about twenty acres, on
Y 1 which is alar:, e dweliing-hou^ and barn, dtu
ate in the township cf.Brooklyn,'& i ut half a mile
drrim the ferry, -at a place celled Tow rHill, bppo'fita
New-York. yVhCTer.inclines to hu;e it, may Apply
to Mfs. Cjctw.G or die [remifes.
A'fiE- partnership of Seaman WiL
lets, & Co, of Westbury, in Queen's County,
Long-Wand, being diffjlve4,,all perlons who have
ariy demands .iwoinhem, aceddhed to. leave their
accounts with J>a Tons and Prior, merchants, 'New-
York ; and those indebted to them are requeued to
niak^ Saw.lent.
For the Use of the Golden Purging
SPIRIT of ^URPZGRZSS:
As it was faithfully prepared only by the Author,
Mr. ROBERT BATEMAN.
I CTWIS famous GiFon Spirit radically exes the tyr,-
g vy, a difeife which of late years is become so
epidemical is these northern! regions, tbat scarce an,
person but has, more o^e less, a Tinaure obit.
' Its fym,toms are variant, as loote tetr, fore & tmrni
and mouth, little fpot+in the (k ; n, fain:aefs and ftitfirefs.
of limbs, ffiarg pains in tbe legs, armianl other parts,
which are still attended with weatirirfs and indhpofitinn
to move; the Stomach is depriv'd, appetite loft, much
cradity, and indigefled matter i.^d the fpteen, and parts
adjacent, which caufeth ftubbom obft&l.j^s there ;
which by the use of this excellent fpizit arc removed, and
perferfUy cured.•
It cures the green fickneb, reftoringthe maiden Wuffi,
makes the breath fweer, and the body lofty and vigorous,
It opens all obftrudiQns both of liver and spleen,
wafting the hardness and fuelling thereof. It wonder
full recovers a loft appetite, and help digestion.
It cares griping in the guts, expels wind, out of the
1 stomach, upwards and downwards.*
I ft is a great preventive of consumptions, roots out
1 forfeits, and raifeth'thepit^ot in a small urne,
I It prevents the breeding of Worms in children, and
;kills them, if already bred. ...
%It is of excellent use forii-faring performs.
I In womens distempers it is very beneficial, and to
I those that are afflicted with the phthificlc, it gives great
I relief.
I I disposes old ulcers to a speedy, healing, even to
?admiration.
It is very profitable in agrees, its operation it b, sos
I and urine (arid if tire fioffiach be very full arid foul, it
j sometimes gives a vrmi) gently affiftiag nature to carry
oft all those noxious ht@ours that annoy her, It gives
, nd disturbance to the body, for griping, torturing or in
flaming the bow@, yet operaates so effectually, that
§ It leaveththe body refreshed, and th, diseases Vanquifhe^;
and to far all in a Word, as it takes nothing in the Body
j which may conduce to its preservation, so it leaves no-,
! thing in the body which my afford matter to the growth
I of a difeafc. or endanger a relapse.
I Sold by Hugh Gaine.