The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-04-16 00:00:00, page 3

Fegan and Dean.
To be let from the firft of May next,
T7OR one year, a part of that large and pleasant
l 1 finished dwelling-house in the town of Jamaica,
long-Inland, now occupied by 'Mr. Rochford, tavern
Deeper. For particulars, enquire of Dudley Wal/h,
.and Co. at No, ,5, Wad-Unet,,New.York.
NEW-YOR K, April 16,
We arc informed that Lieutenant-Colonel
Cockburne, ofthe 35th Regiment is appointed
Commandant of St. Euftatius.
Ori Monday last died, Mrs. Mary Blank,
in the 96th Year of her Age, after two Days
Illness. She was remarkably healthy, and
cheerful through the whole Course of her Life.
Last Thursday, Capt. Turner, in the Whale
boat Trimmer, sent in here, a Sloop loaded
with Lumber, which he cut out of Morris s-
River, in the Delaware, the Monday before,
with two fmallcr Vessels that are not yet ar
rived. The 1 Ith Instant, seven Sail were seen
Handing out to Sea from the Delaware, three
of which he took to be Frigates.
Thursday last 3 Party of Rebels frame down
to Bergen and plundered some People that
were bringing Provisions to Market.
The Inhabitants of this Province begin to
talk very freely of their publick Affairs. A
Plebean said the other Day to a Senator, “ We
never can bear the Taxes; our Alliance with
France will be our Ruin; THE People will
rise." The grave Senator replied, Let them
rife; you'll fathe Confluence.
Friday was sent in here by one of bis Ma
jesty's Ships, the Rebel Schooner Amelia,Capt.
Dickinson: She was Part of a Fleet of 32 Sail
of French and Rebel Veflfels, loaded chiefly
with Sugar, Indigo, Coffee, Cotton, &c. bound
from Cape Francois for Philadelphia, under
Convoy of the Rebel Frigates Confederacy and
Deane. She was taken in L^t. 38, 20, and Itft
the King's Ships in Search of her Conforms.
A Sloop belonging to the above Fleet, was
brought into Port Yesterday, by one of his
Majesty's Frigates.
^ Superfine Hair Powder, feented or
ptberwife, fold by the Pound, by H. Gaine,
English Hyfon, Soufhong, Congo, ^nd
Bohea T E A S, to be disposed of by the
Chest only. Enquire of H. Gaine.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
To-morrow, at the Coffee House Bridge will
be Sold,
50 Firkins of Butter of the latest Importation,
4 Half Barrels of Irish Tongues,
0 8 Tierces best new Rice,
10 Boxes of Soap, and ONE Box Green Tea.
12 o'Clpck, on Murray ? s-Wharff,
1 he Remains of the Brig Active's Cargo,
Confuting of
20 Hogsheads choice Molasses,
200 Barrels fopeifine Flour,
A Parcel of Barley.
Cuningham and Watdrop.
At private SALE,
A Quantity of Btitifh and German Oznabrigs,
PUBLIC AUCTION,
By M'A'dam, Watson, and Co.
This DAY, it o'clock on Murray's Wharf,
Will be SOL,
A CARGO of Mufeoyadp Sugar, Coffee,
Rum, &c. &c.
On Tuejday on Murray's Wbarf,
30 Pipes choice old Tenerifte Wine.
12 o'clock on the Wharf next Beekman's-flip,
The remainder of the Brig Squirrel's Mate
rials, consisting of her Anchors, Spars, Hand
ing and running Rigging, Guns, Gunner's
Stores, &c. &c.
On Wednesday,
At the COFFEE-HOUSE,
The Schooner Eagle, and Sleep Portsmouth,
with all their Tackle and Apparel as they now
lie below the Coffee-Houfe. Inventories to be
seen at their Office.
A SUM of MONEY, upon
good security, to let upon
Interest. Enquire of the Printer.
' FO U N D,
A CANE, and 3 small KEYS. Any Per
il son having 101 l such Articles, may get
Information thereof, by applying to H. Gaine.
hr\O be fold on Wednesday next, the 18th Instant,
& on the Premises, at 2 o'Clock, an exceeding
good new House, calculated for a Store, in an ex
cellent Stand for Business, situated next Door but
rone to the Brick Meeting, South Side, in Queen-
Street, above peck's Slip.
By F e g an an d Deane.
TO be fold, on Saturday next, the 21st Instant,
on the Premia's, at 2 o'Clock, a good new two
^tory Bick House, with * good Kitchen and Cellar
and a Yard 60 Feet ir. Length.; has a Ginn for
sowing plank in it, fituMed in Little Dock-Street,
Second door to the co per of Cruger's Dock, No. 29,
jn an exceeding good hand for business, lubjeQ to
,o ground rent.
Also, a quantity of
Timber and Plank,
-Suitable for the navigation, such as bilcftead and
white wood logs, fit for sawing or making pumps,
if not Gid before at private sale.
Fegan and De^n,
IT NEGRO WENCH.
To be fold at Public Vendue,
0,1 THURSDAY next, the 19th infl. at th
COFFEE-HO USE,
ri frier young Negro Wench,
;Ufed to house work, a tolerable good cooc,
walker and ironer.
To be Sold at Vendue,
On Thursday the 19th instant,
THE FARM belonging to Richard Seaman,
very pleasantly situated on the south fide of
Statep-Ifland (formerly the mansion-house and part
of the valuable plantation that did belong to Mr.
Jaquis Poilloin, deceased) containing 190 acres, ex
clusive of the beach and flats,on the front of the said
farm, which will be included in the purchase, on
which comes great quantities of sea-weed (a very
valuable manure.) On said farm is a good house,
barn, and all other necessary out-houses, a very good
apple orchard of above 200 ingrafted trees of the
belt fruit, now in its prime, with most forts of other
fruit trees, common to this country. The natural
advantages of this plantation are so well known, that
it is unnecessary to fay any more on the fubjeft.---
The vendue will be held on the premises, where the
conditions of sale will be made known by
RICHARD SEAMAN.
Garrison Orders,
Eighth April, 1781,
A Number of the Citizens having formed them
selves into Companies, by the names of the
Friendly,Union, Hand in Hand, and Heart in Hand,
Fire Companies, with the very laudable intention of
undertaking every service in their power, in case of
fire, by removing and securing the effe&s of such of
their fellow citizens whose filiation at such time may
require their attention, having provided therpfelves
with the necenaries for that puipofe, and in order to
be distinguished on those dccafions, they will wear
round hats, with black brinks and white crowns. It
is ordered, that no other person or persons (except
such as do belong to the said companies) do presume
to wear at any fire such badge of diftin&ion, on pain
ofimmediate imprisonment, and being tried by a
Court Martial, for breach of public orders,---And
in case of fire, all persons belonging to the said com
panies, and having such badge of diftin&ion, are to
be permitted by all officers and sentinels to pass and
repafs without molestation, apd are also to be ex
empted from handing buckets, or aflilting to work
the engines.
A N excellent STORE and CELLAR, to
be Iff, in Queen-facet. Enquire of the
Printer.
Imported in the last veffcls from London, and to be
SOLD BY
Rogers and Murray,
At their store opposite Beekman-flip, in Queen-street,
the following articles, viz.
ENGLISH duck trom No. I to 8, sewing twine,
lines, bed cords, &c. a large assortment of
brumes, window glass, tin plates, mens shoes by the
trunk, womens ditto by ditto, candles, pearl barley,
(heathing nails and others, Sweed's iron, German
and Crowley's fleel, scythes, neat apdirpns, iron
cheffs, anvils, a quantity of low priced knives and
forks, very low by the package, &c. &c. Likewise
a neat and large set of weights, scales, and a beam
Efficient for any weight to, tyn.
Wanted for a small family, a small house, or a
part of one. Enquire at the above store.
To be fold at Public Vendue,
ON Wednesday the 25th day of April, at the house
of Mr. Rochford, in Jamaica, several lots of
LAND, mollly wood land, containing 29 acres,
more or less, about one ,nile and an half south of
Jamaica, bounded by land belonging to the Widow
Betts, Samuel Doughty, and John Williamson.
And likewise at the fame time, a valuable lot of
Salt Meadow, fruated at Jamaica South, bounded
northerly by meadows lately belonging to Isaac
Rhodes, eaftwardly and Southwardly by the mea
dows of Nicholas Everet, and weftwardly by undi
vided meadows, or the owners not ^nown.
In the mean time, these lots of land may be pur
chased at private sale, by applying to Cary Ludlow,
Esq; near Jamaica,
A capital Stand for Bufinejs.
To be let at an easy rent,
A FRONT shop and cellar, in one of the heft
situations for the dry good or grocery business
in this cuy ; on condition of taking about one thep
fand pounds value in seasonable dry goods, laid in
upon the bed terms. Enquire at No, 167, Queen
ftreet, Also to be L ET, a very good bake-house,
dore-houfe, &c. Enquire as above.
'r7s ITE sol d,'
And Possession given immediately,
AN elegant, large and commodious pew well
built brick double DWELLING HOUSE,
three story high, in a most healthy and delightful
situation, fronting Hudson's River near the College,
in the city of New-York, belonging to Mr. Samuel
Spencer Skinner; a part whereof was intended for a
Sugar-house, and may with very little expence be
converted to that purpose ; a grocery and dry good
store, with fixed Shelves, counters anddrawers, eight
citterns, and a small diltillery; two elegant rooms,
with fire places, on the firft floor of the said dwel
ling house; two rooms equally convenient on the
second floor, and two bed-chambers without fire
places, an equal number of good rooms may easily
be partitioned off on the third floor, with a gariet,
and a convenient cellar; a good new wooden rum
distillery, two dills, one containing seventeen hun
dred gallons, and the other four hundred gallons,
wh ch is a rectifier, two worms, and two tubs, eight
citterns, water-pumps, and other necessary utenfila
for carrying on the distilling business, a pump-house
with several other wooden buildings for melaffes,
&c. A stable and garden, with a most excellent
co!le&ion of fruit trees, large springs of the belt tea
water, which will produce a considerable income
annually from its vicinity to the North-River, and its
convenience for supplying shipping lying in the said
river. And a lot of ground, containing in front 54
feet, in rear 50 feet, and in depth 154 feet, 6 inches,
all well inclofed with a board fence. The proprietor
of the said eiiate is induced to fell the fame, from
his ill state of health, and a desire of quitting business
and returningto Europe. Proposals will be received
by JOHN KELLY, No. 843, HanoyerSquare.
Five Guineas, Reward.
TAKEN-away, last Friday Night, the 13th Inst.
from along Side the Wifk Transport, laying at
Antony's Whaiff, Widget Stonehcufe, Mqfter ; a
Long Boat and Yawl 5 the former is painted Red,
with black and yellow upper Strokes, the Yawl frefh
painted black, with the Ship's Name on her Stern.
The above Reward will be paid to the Per'bn that
delivers the,faid Boat and Yawl to the Captain on
board his Ship at the Commiffary,Wharff;or to M>
Taylor : at Murray's-\Vhur£
PUBLIC AUCTION,
On Tuesday next will begin on Murray's
Wharf, and continue from day to day till
the whole is fold, by TAYLOR and BAY
ARD, between 11 and 12 o'Clock.
THE Sale of the Cargo of the Brigantine
ANN, Captain Webflep, just arrived
from Madeira.
Choice old Port Wine of superior quality and
flavour, Vintage 1775.
Choice old Lisbon Wine, of do.
Choice old Claret, of do.
Madeira Wine best foondon market quality^
French Brandy in Pipes and Cases.
Gin and Annifeed Water in Pipes and Cases.
Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT Thursday the 19th day of this present
month, April, is appointed for payment tn the
officers and company of his Majesty's /hip Raifoc
able, of their several and Tefpeaive Shares of the firft
proporti >n of sundry vessels, &C. taken at Charles
town, in South-Cayolina, on the i?th of May, 1780,
under the command of Vice Admiral Arbuthnot,
and condemned as lawful prizes by the court of
Vice Admiralty for the province of New-York, on
which day such payment will be made by the Sub
scribers, Agents to said captors, and who resides in
the city of New-York.
SAMUEL KEMBLE, 7.
WILLIAM GREENE,
Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT Thursday the 19th day of this present
month, April, is appointed for payment to
the officers and company of his Majesty's sloop
Sandwich, of their several and refp^&ive /hires of
the firft proportion of sundry vessels, &c. taken at*
Charleftown, in South-Carolina, on the ,2th of
May, 1780, under the command of Vice-Admiral
Arbuthnot, and condemned as lawful prizes by the
court of Vice-Admiralty for the province of New-
York, on which day such payment will be made at
the office of Samuel Kemble, ip Wall-Street, New,
York, for
WILLIAM GREEN,
Of his Majesty's fop Royal-Oak, Agent.
Public Notice is hereby giyen ?
THAT Thursday the jgth day of this present
month, April, is appointed for payment to
the officers and company of his Mafc/fys /hip Roe
buck, cf their several and ref?e&ive shares of the net
proceeds of the schooner Mercury, and brigantine
Succ.efs, captured on the 19th of February, and 4th
of M arcb > '7 8 b by his Majesty's fajd fop, under
the command of Andrew Snape Douglass, Esquire,
and condemned as lawful prizes by the court of
Vice-Admiralty for the province of New York, on
which day such payment will be made by the
Subferiber, Agent to said captors, and who resides
in the city of New-York.
SAMUEL KEMBLE.
Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT Thursday the 19th day <f this present
month, April, is appointed for payment to
the officers and company of his Majesty's Ihip Roe
buck, under the command of Andrew Snape pour
giafe, Rq; of their several and refpe&ive /hares of a
proper proportion of the ne; proceeds qf the Brigan
tine Fannv, and schooner Centurion, captured on
tke 18th of February, <7Bl, by his Majesty's fhtps
Raleigh, Roebuck, and Medea, and condemned as
lawful prizes by the court of Vice-Admiralty for
the province of New-Yerk, on which day such pay
ment will be made by the Subferiber, Agent to said
captors, and who reticles in the city of New-York.
' SAMUEL KEMBLE,
Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT Thursday the 19th day of this present
month April is appointed for payment to the
officers and company of his Majesty's ship Camilla,
under the command of John Collins, Esq; of their
several and refpe&ive shares of the net proceeds of
the one-eighth salvage of the sloop Ann, retaken on
the i s th day of July, 1780. by h,is Majesty’s Blips
Virginia, Camilla, Richmond and Raleigh ; on which
day such payment will be made by the I'ubfcnbef,
agent to the laid captor;;, and who resides in the city
of New-York.
_____ _ SAMUEL KEMBLE^
TO BE LET,
A STORE and cellar, No. 4.2, Hanover Square,
lately occupied by Mr. John Caperon. For
particulars apply to Alexander Riddle, and Co.
No. 20, Hanover-Square.
John Rowand, and Go.
Number 5, HANOVERS ARE,
Hav^ for Sale,
RED Port wine in pipes, hogsheads quarter-calks
and bottles, London porter in hogsheads and
bottles, geneva, bohea, congo, foufhong and hyfon
teas, Poland starch, hair powder, fig b^pe, mustard,
sealing wax for wine, mould and dipt .candles,
brown and white soap, glass, Queen's chipa, and
delph ware allotted; oznaburghs, Irilh lindens,
mens and .womens fooes, military shirts, thread
Hockings, ffatjojnaiy, a large assortment of comb,,
&c. &c.
To be fold, by the trunk or box, at a low advance.
At No. 22, GEORGE-STREET,
TRUNKS of silk hosiery, ditto of thread, holier y,
ditto of the mod fashionable gaufe, boxes of
Irish linen ; they are well afiorted.'
A HOUSE to be Let,
With four rooms, a good kitchen, and a large
GARRET. Enquire as above.
— to be Let,
A Large FRONT ROOM, on the second floor,
in Queen Artec Enquire of the Printer,
Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT Thursday the 19th chy of this present
1 month, April, is appointed foe payment to the
officers and co<npany of his Majesty's /hip Virginia,
under the command of J hn Ord, F,fy of their
several and refyaive /hares of a proper proportion
of the net proceeds of the (loop Return, captured on
the 13th of July, 1780, by his Majesty's /hips Vir
ginia, and R'lei^h, and condemned as lawful prize,
by the court of Vice Admiralty for the province of
New-York; ^ allo for said /hips proportion of the
net proceeds of the one eighth salvage of the /loop
Ann, retaken on the 75th of July, 1780, by his
Majesty's ships Virginia, Camilla, Richmond, and
Raleigh, on which day fetch payment will be made
by the Subfciiber, Agent to said captors, and who
reticles in the citv of New York.
SAMUEL KEMBLE.
No Money will be taken at the DorQ
No Children in Laps can ft,
fibly be admitted.
Tickets to be bad of Meffs. Riving ton and Gaine.
Box 8c Pit Bs. Gallery is
Want rex & Regina.
^ b s^^^ ffixn^^h—-,
Wanted for the Theatre?
A copy of the Farce entitled
The Spirit of Contradiction,
For which the Printer will give a handfom* rrr%
public Concert.
THE Subscribers to the Concert, at ^pU^AtE?'^
are defined to take notice, that it will !e-CQin :
pence To-morrow Evening,---and in future be con
tinued every Tuefdey.
DROVE away, from the New-Shp, m Funay
the fi.ft inftafit, a final! PET I'l AUG ER,
without malts or oars. Whoever will b^mg tl^
said craft to the Widow Becket, at the fail flip fhalj
have Five Dollars reward, and all changes paid.
WANT'S employ, a young .man rtiat une,
Hands merchandize, writes a good hand,
has formerly liv'd in a dry good and grocery ftou h
,this city; can be well recommended. For further
particulars, enquire < f t he printer. _
.4 remarkable Cure performed by Ma^edgnts Dv r fr
authenticated b, Sir George Armfege, Bare, of
Kirklees-Hall, in $ Weft Riding in th County Ttyk.
To ^r. NORTON, S>rg€% Golden,Square, London.
SIR,'
JOSEPH WOOMERSLEY, a tenant of miry, zy
J years of age, of the Parijb of Cliftta, bad two
ulcers upon bis left band, each as large as a rtricn
piece, running a /harp bumour, another in dkoyp,five
'in bis right fide, five in bis right ftoulder,five in hi;
right leg, and one over bis left eye, ail easily as large ;
a contrafled knee with a violent inflammation orb ch
deprived bim of the as, of i„ after taking indofix
/billing bottles the hfaunpiafen in his knee Jubfi ref
broke out into an ulcer and gave him the entire me If
it, and by the tinge be had taken ten be was farjeffy
1 /cured, and has remained well ever face. - Tris c^rf
was effe&ed in the, ear 1775.
I am,our mofl humble servant,
Kirklees, GEORGE ARAfTAGE.
25th August, 1780.
I These Drops entirely eradicate the bfrefa tfoefar,
\v,, old fores or ulcers, large blotches or boils, the evil,
, fflulas, piles, pimpled paces, Long Continued infamma
-Ipion of the eyes, bidious cfolic, St. Anthon,' sfr e, four-
I botic gout and rheumatifa, and ever, other dip^fr
arijing from a Joyil.ne/'s of the flood. Tfey perhfa:-
!geftion, amazingly create an affefte, caf as as 4
l rejlorative to &e most reduced cop/Au^cn, 'flu, nay
I be taken in an, season, ewChout the leaf, ewfoement,
I danger of catching cold, ? r rindrance of rifefs ; the
I fafety with whicb they mas be admmfored to chaden,
I infants, and women during pregnane,, is co afoni,
[ on^l encouragement to the timed, uje 0, tb/m,
i Sold b, Hugh Ga,ne.
Theatre.
This Evening, the 16th loftanfi
Will be presented, a TRAGEDY, (never per
formed here) called
Macbeth.
In the fourth A& will be introduced
The original Dance of the /Pitches,
To which will be added, a FARCE not
performed this Season ? called
The King and thg
Miller ofMansfidd,
The Charaders by Gentlemen of the Army.
No Admittance behind the Scenes. -
Tickets to be purchased at the Time of reg&ri* %
Places fur the B 'xes, for which forpofe the tie $
will attend at Mr. BynyanD, next Deor to ti e
Theatre, from 11 o'Clock till 3, every Day alter ihp
Play is advertised.
The Doors to be opened at Five, and §0 begin
precisely at Seven o'Clock.
The Gentlemen who have tahn Prices in tl.
Boxes, are desired to fend their Servants & f / »'• lock,
that they miy he fi%ed before the Doois reopened.
NEW-YoRK, Mere -, - st.
B,WADDINGTON,
^ No. 8, ^EEK-SV REF.U
HAS the undermentioned AgTIC LE &, catadatU
for the approaching Se^fon, that he has imported , o
the last fleet, and running ihips from Env/an^ which
he will fell cn very low terms „ ufad, bj the Pjcfffe
or Quantity, for C ASH:
PR INTEDC^er
and Ciiwzes, a large
colk&ion of the newrft and
most elegant patterns,
Printed Handkerchief* and
Shauls assorted,
IriJb Linens by the case,
A large aflortment of Lun
gee and pulqca: Rome/,
pad Bandano Handker
chief!,
Carridarries, Se;rftckers, and
Limencas,
Book Muffin Handkerchiefs,
Checked andforig^ed Mtfnfi
EaJHndia Cbirra Pgtebe^
a choice collection,
India Taffaties, Lureflrings,
and ell wide Persians, a
great variety of col urs,
Marseilles & Mo:k ^i/rings,
Dutch, Qarraan grid fm a 'l
corded Dittnirro, all
prices;
Coloured and white Jeans,
Fufiians and Corduroys,
9-8 wide flriped Cotton
Hollands,
Brown Holland",
Men and Womens Cotton,
Thread, Silk, and Wor
fttd Hose,
Figured and plain Ribbons,
a very cheap parcel,
Best Superfine cloths v,7.
, white, nvy blue, ^.c
London bro^n
Cafimers, viz^ white (%y
bl% fcaiirt, muAerry,
and done coSur,
White mock fefmere,
Clear Lawns, ^W low Grn :
bricks,
Needle %,N§ and checked
lawns,
Lawn Hardkrrc! ^fs, wah
worked and pla:n h .r.^era
Black Mudtsand Sartins,
English Perliahs,
A forge |flortment of yV'e
and blacK Lace and
Edgings,
Swpe finq white ^d black
Durants.
Men. 4^4 Wofpens Cloven
LtKEwx„,
gaflik Soap, b, the box?
A calk <pn'a'o"rt B'Qck
Pcint, an 4 ground whti^
lead, in fcegfy
Linked Oil,
A box guriou' Fife Fea,
A few calks f Riches
A case contairouf Ityr.egs,
Cloves, Mace, and Cinruj
,1%
A band mill 90 a new ron
flru6b< .n for grinding nr
kind of rrri b calculated
f„- a r aCT - r