The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1781-05-21 00:00:00, page 1

Sr. Excellentz Herrn Wilhelm Von Knyphav
sen, General Lieutenants und Commandeurs en
Chef des in Kneniglich Gross Britannifehen
Dierften ftehenden Auxiliair Corps Fuerftlich,
Htffifcher Trouppen, Ritters derer Fuerftlich
Heffifchen Ordens, etc. etc. etc.
ALLEN und Jedan von denen Fuerftlich Heffi
fchen Trouppen in Nord America defertinen
Unter oofficiers und Gemeinen so entweder bey denen
Feinden noch dienen, oder fich in devon vom Feind
Letfetzten Landen noch verborgen halter, wird hier
durch bekannt gemacht, dais fie einen freyen und
icedigen Pardon erhalten follen, wenn fie fich vor
dem iften Tag des naechft Kuenftigen Monaths
Jony, 1781, bey denen Koeniglichen trouppen cin
fitiden, und bey Ihien Regimentern darauf Stellen
werden.
By His EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON,
Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the BATH,
General and Commander in Chief of all his Majefty s
Forces within the Colonies lying on the Atlantic Ocean
from Nova Scotia to Weft-Florida, inclufire, &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 iffoe this my Pro
clamation, offering a free and unlimited Pardon to all
such Def^ters, who ffiall surrender themselves to any of
his M-jefty's Troops before the firft Day of June next.
And whereas there are many of his Majesty's European
Subjects at this Time serving in the Rebel Army against
(heir King and Country, who, stung with Remorse, and
sensible of the Heinousness of such an unnatural Pro.
ceeding, would be anxious to return to their Allegiance,
did not their Demerits, before their Arrival in America,
make them doubtful of meeting with Proteaion and
Support within these Lines. Ido therefore hereby pro
mise to all such who shall come in before the above men
tioned firft Day of June 1781, in addition to the Benefits,
Protection and Support, to which they would be entituled
un ler any other Proclamations, to procure for them his
Mjefty's most gracious Pardon, for all Felonies and Ttea
fons (Murder excepted) which they have heretofore been
guilty of, provided they will take up Arms in his Service,
and give their Assistance to the quelling this unnatural
Rebellion against his Government.
Given under my Hand at Head Quarters, in New-York,
the tenth Day of April, 1781.
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
JOHN SMITH.
A Number of Boys and Giris, now
in the Foor-Houle, to be bound
Apprentices ! Apply to the Commis
sioners at the Poor-House every Mon
day Afternoon. (4335)
To be SOLD,
A Valuable LOT of GROUND in Dock-street,
✓IA joining Mr. I r aac Low. Breadth of the
I <, font and rear, 27 feet ; length on the westerly
fi ° 'joining Mr. Low, 6612 feet, ditto on the
ca ,rUy tile adjoining Mr. Bayard, 67 fret 7 inches,
%ir : „g;;fh measure. A good ad indifputabk title
will be given, Enquire of the Printer.
By Order of his Excellency
General ROBERTSON,
lAm directed and authorifed to demand and
receive all GROUND RENTS due, or
that may hereafter become due, for Grants
heretofore made by the Corporation of this
City: In corifequence 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 arc'requir'd
to take Notice.
JOHN SMYTH, City Treasurer.
New-York, March 1, 1781.
Just imported in the Eleonoia, and o be fold by
EDWARD GOOLD,
In Hanover-Squafe,
6* RTSH linens well assorted in packages, from 2/6.
to 8/. P er yard; lawn and cambrick handkei
c iefs, bandanoe and fok romalls, a few trunks of
womens neat callimancoe pumps Italian and French
hels, fuftiana and jeans, 7.Bth and 4 4th cotton
checks, 4lb. and 4 12 pins, India nankeens, patent
(hot, British spirits, a few calks cf the belt bladder
fouff, wax candles, fail canvas, oznahrigs, and a
luge assortment of goods suitable to the season.
Gegeben unter meiner Hand New-York den
iiten April, 1781.
KNYPHAUSEN.
Atif. Befehl, Sr. Excellentz,
Inftin Henrich Motz.
Draught Porter, and a few barrels of
Welch ALE,
ASSIZE or BREAD.
Flour at 41. per Cent.
Published September 29, 1780.
A White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
to weigh alb. for 16 Coppers.
N E W-Y ORK
AND
WEEKLY
Monday, May 21, 1781.
General Pardon.
:Containing the catiteff aubtces
g. Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, IN HANOVER-SQUARE.
H A D LE Y's
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VERY NEAT
Mathematical Inflruments,
GERMAN FLUTES and FIFES,
Vellum for Drum Heads,
Nurenberg Salve and Corn Plaister,
DOLLAN D's
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Balsam of Honey, Anderson's Pills,
Powder Flasks and Shot Pouches,
POWDER, and SHOT of different Sizes,
LARGE and SMALL
PIS TO L S,
BEAUTIFUL
Cutteaux de Chafe,
Scented and common Hair Powder,
Belt Sealing Wax, Wafers, and Quills,
Very best Penknives and Razors,
Temple Spectacles of different Sorts,
Horse Whips and Canes,
Tooth Brushes of different Kinds,
Different Sorts of Ink Pots,
GOLD SCALES for the Pocket,
POUNCE, Pounce Boxes, and Ink Powder,
Patent Ink Cake,
Best RED and BLACK INK, With
PAPER
Of all SORTS and SIZES.
Family Bibles, Testaments, Dilworth's
Spelling Books, N. England Primers,
And a Variety of other BOOKS,
Sold by HUGH GAINE.
To be LET,
A Large dry CELLAR: Enquire at No. 3,
A Sloat Alley. f 43 45)
JOSEPH BREWER,
A* his flore in Burling's Slip,
TS now opening for sale on reasonable terms, a good
' aff;rtment of European and Eall India goods Suit
able for the present and approaching season, which
he has imported in tie Defiance, Quebec, and other
late vessels from England.
Benjamin Davis, and Son,
At their dore No. 238, Queen-street, corner of King
theet, have to fell on the lowest terms for call),
BY WHOLESALE,
FOUR hundred gallons choice frefh South Caro
lina ORANGE JUICE,
Choice new rice, pitch, tar and turpentine,
Irish beef, butter,
A number of ihook rum puncheons,
Irish linens, Irish stay ticks, Irish sheeting,
Denmark and diaper table cloths,
3 4th diapers, 3.4 th huckabacks, nankeens,
Oznaburgs, white and brown Russia sheeting,
Ravens duck, brown and white Russia drabs,
Umbrellos, soldiers buckles,
Flanders and Dutch lace, red Morocco skins,
Keyfers Pills in boxes,
Army and Navy cloths, gold and silver lace,
Gold and silver epaulets, hosiery, &c. &c.
The universal history in 25 volumes, and Poftle
thwaite's dictionary in 2 volumes, to be fold at
the sterling cost.
A very fine Bermudian built sloop of cedar and
mahogany, to be fold; or chartered, if applied
for soon. (43 45)
Monday, 45 Min. after 7
Tuesday, 31 Min. after 8
Wednesday, 18 Min. after ,
Thursday, 10 Min. after 10
HIGH-WATER at N EW-Y O R K,
THIS WEEK.
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Friday, 7 Min. after 11
Saturday, 58 Min. after it
Sunday, 46 Min. after 12
New Moon the 23d.
THE
The following Account of the Operations of his Ma
jesty's Forces in Virginia, was received last
1 hurfday Morning by bis Majesty's Ship General
Monk, and publijbed by Authority, in a Gazette
Extraordinary.
ON the 18th of April, the light infantry,
part of the 76th and 80th regiments, the
Queen's rangers, Jagers, and American legion,
embarked at Portsmouth and fell down to
Hampton road; on the 19th they proceeded
up James River to Burwell's Ferry: On the
20th Lieut. Col. Abercrombie with the light
infantry went up the Chickehomany in boats,
Lieut. Col. Simcoe, with a detachment to
York, Lieut. Col. Dundas, with a detachment
landed at the mouth of the Chickehomany:
and Major General Philips and Brig. Gen.
Arnold, landed with part of the army at Wil
liamfburg,where about 500 militia were polled,
who retired upon their approach. The militia
at York crossed the river before the arrival of
Lieut. Col. Simcoe, who made a few prisoners,
spiked and destroyed some cannon, and next
day returned to Williamsburg. On the zzd
the troops marched to Chickehomany ; they
were met on the road, five miles from the
mouth of the river, by Lieutenant Colonel
Dundas, with his detachment. In the evening
the troops, cavalry, artillery, &c. were re im
barked. The next morning they were joined
by Lieut. Col. Abercrombie with the light in
fantry, who had been ten or twelve miles up
the Chickehomany, and destroyed several arm
ed ships, the state ship yards, warehouses, &c.
At ten o'clock the fleet weighed, and proceed
ed up James River to City-Point, where the
troops were 411 landed at 6 o'clock in the even
ing of the 24th. On the 2§th they marched
at 10 o'clock for Petersburg, where they ar
rived at 5 o'clock in the evening, they were
opposed about one mile from the town by a
body of militia under the orders of Brigadier
General Muhlenberg, supposed to be one thou
sand men, who were soon obliged to retire
over the bridge, with the loss of near one
hundred men killed and wounded. Our loss.
was one man killed and ten wounded. The
enemy took up the bridge, which prevented
their being pursued. On the 26th the troops
destroyed at Petersburg, 4000 hogsheads of to
bacco, one ship, and a number of small vessels
on the flocks, and in the river. On the 27th
Major General Philips with the light infantry,
part of the cavalry of the Queen's rangers, and
a part of the Jagers marched to Chefterfield
Court-House, where they burnt a range of bar
racks for 2000 men, also 300 barrels of flour.
The fame day Brigadier General Arnold
marched to Osborn's with the 76th, and 80th
regiments, Queen's rangers,part of the Jagers,
and American legion,where they arrived about
noon ; finding the enemy had a very consider
able force of ships, four miles above Osborn's,
drawn up in a line to oppose them, he sent a
flag of truce to the Commodore, proposing to
treat with him for the surrender of his fleet,
which he refufed with this answer, " that he
" was determined to defend it to the last ex
" tremity ;" General Arnold immediately or
dered down two fix and two three pounders,
brass field pieces, to a bank of the river nearly
level with the water, and within one hundred
yards of the Tempest, a 20 gun state fliip,
which began immediately to fire upon them,
as did the Renown of 26 guns, the jefferfon, a
state brigantine of 14 guns, and several other
armed ships and brigantines; about two or
three hundred militia on the opposite shore,
at the fame time kept up a heavy fire of muf
quetry upon them, notwithstanding which the
fire of the artillery,under the direction of Capt.
Fage and Lieutenant Rogers, took such place,
that the ships were soon obliged to strike their
colours, and the militia drove from the oppo
site shore. Want of boats, and the wind blow
ing very hard, prevented their capturing many
of the seamen, who took to their boats and
escaped, but not without firft scuttling and
fearing fire to some of their ships, which could
not be saved.
Two ships, three brigantines, five (loops
and two schooners loaded with tobacco, cord
age, flour, &c. &c. fell into our hands.—
Four ships, five brigantines, and a number of
small vessels were funk and burnt. On
boardthe whole fleet, (none of which efeaped)
were taken and destroyed, about 2000 hog
fhcadi of tobacco, &c. &c. and very fortu-
NEW-YORK, May 21.
Wheat pet Bushel, 265. od.
Flour, 70s. od.
Brown Bread, 70s. od.
Weft-India Rum, 51, 6d.
New-England do. 4s. od.
PRICE CURRENT, ^ N E W.Y O R K.
GAZETT E:
THE
MERCUR Y.
Mutcovado Sugar, §l. ros.
Single refin'd ditto, is. 9<l.
Molaffei, as. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, 11. 10s.
foreign ana Dcnn^rfc
A considerable magazine of flour and bread
has fallen into the hands of the troops near
Petersburg, and the country abounds with cat
tle. [Tbuffzr tie Gazette]
Yesterday week about 4 o'clock in the after
noon, Colonel Delaney, with about one hun
dred cavalry, and two hundred foot, marched
from Murriffania, and penetrated about thirty
three miles into the country, diftantcne mii^
and a half beyond Croton-River, which they
crossed with great difficulty, from its being
then unusually deep ; the cavalry were obliged
to carry the foot on horseback, and many of
them were forced to fivim: Diiedly after cros
sing the river Capt. Kipp, of the horse, and
Lieutenant Totten, of the rangers, with the
troops under their command, attacked the re
bel Colonel Green, with a number cf conti
nental troops; the Colonel was mortally
wounded, and Major Flag with 12 privates
were killed. One Dodor, with 12 or thirteen
men were taken prisoners. At the fame time
Captain Knapp, of the horse, with a detach
ment under his command, attacked the house
of the Widow Griffin, about half a mile difi
tant from the above, where he took one Ensign
and twenty privates, and killed eight men.—•
On their return Captain Kipp took five militia
men and killed three, without the loss of a
man. Lieutenant Totten was slightly wounded
in the toe, and one private slightly wounded
in the fide. The above service was complete
ly effeded in 24 hours.
Total. 22 killed. 2 wounded. 36 prisoners,
including one Ensign, two Lieutenants, and a
Surgeon on parole.
The above Colonel Green defended Red-
Bank, on Delaware, against Colonel Donop.
N. B. After the rebels bad on a fummbns cost 4
fented to surrender, the, feed out of the iuindo<ws of
a boufe into oubicb they bad retreated, thereby „l d
voting the conquerors to form it.
nately we had not a man killed or wounded that
day, but there is reason to believe the enemy
fuffered considerably.—About five in the af
ternoon, they were joined by Major General
Philips and the light infantry.—The boats
having arrived on the 29th, Major-General
Philips marched with the main body, and
Brigadier-General Arnold proceeded with a
detachment up the river, and met him be
tween Corey's Mills and Warwick.
On the 30th, the troops marched to Man
chester, and destroyed about 1,200 hogsheads
of tobacco. The Marquis de Id Fayette hav
ing arrived with his army at Richmond, op
posite to Manchester the day before, and being
joined by the militia who had been drove
from Peter/burgh, and Will mibur^h, they
were fpedaiors of the confi.giation without
attempting to molest them —The fame even
ing the troops returned to Warwick, where
they destroyed a magazine of 500 barrels of
flour; Col. Cary's fine mills were destroyed in
burning of the magazines.-.— T hey allo
burnr several warehouses, with 150 hog/heads
of tobacco, a large ship, and a brigantine
afloat, and three vessels on the flocks; a large
range of public rope walks, and flore-houfes;
some tan and bark-houses, full of hides and
bark.
Between the iff and 6th the troops fell down
to Hog Island. On the y.h they returned up
the river again, and landed at Branden in the
evening.
On the 9th, the light infantry, and part of
the Queen's Rangers, proceeded in boats, with
2 armed vessels to City Point, where they
landed. The rest of the army were put in
motion for Petersburg, where they arrived late
in the night, after a march of 30 miles.
On the troops leaving Bermuda Hundred,
and going down the river, the Marquis de la
Fayette, with his army, moved towards Wil
liamsburg, and by forced marches had crossed
the Chickahomany at Long. Bridge, when the
fleet returned to Brandon, which retrograde
motion occasioned him to return as rapidly by
forced marches to Osborn's, where he arrived
the Bth, and was preparing to cross the river
to Petersburg when we arrived there, which
was so unexpected, that we furprized and took
two Majors, one Aid de Camp to Baron Steu
ben, the other to Gen. Smallwood ; 1 Captain
and 3 Lieutenants of dragoons, 2 Lieuts. of
foot, a Commissary and a Surgeon, some of
whom had arrived only 2 hours before, with
an intention of collecting boats f.r the Mar
quis to cross his army, but whois since march
ed to Richmond.
Fine Salt, 2s. do#
Cuarfe Salt, is. do.
Indian Corn perßu. 10s. do#
Coffee, is. do.
Chocolate, 265. pet Do.
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