The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1780-04-10 00:00:00, page 1

Monday, April 10, 1786.
NE W-Y ORK
AND
WEEKLY
IT is the Commandant's Order, That the
Rents ordered by the Commander in Chief
to be collefted for the Use of the Poor, &c.
due the firft Instant, be immediately paid to
John Smyth, th&City Treasurer, and that
in future those Rents be paid halfyearly, with
out further Notice. Attendance will be given
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Morn
ings, in each Week, until iz o'Clock at the
Treasury in Pearl-Street, to receive the fame.
Office of Police, Andrew Elliott,
igth Nov. 177% D. Mathews,
Peter Dubois.
By Order of the Commandant.
NOTICE is hereby giyen, in order to prevent
Gunpowder getting into improper hands, that
from and after this date no Gunpowder is to be fold
at Public Vendue without a License having been firft
obtained for that purpose from the Office of Police.
Licenses will only be granted for such Gunpowder
as may be fold by order of the Court of Admiralty
for the benefit of the captors.
All owners of Gunpowder, and Vendue-Mafters,
that may in future fell Gunpowder by the above li
censes, are hereby ordered not to deliver any Gun
powder to the purchaser till he shall produce a cer
tificate from the Office of Police that he has made
oath that the fame is intended for retailing to the
inhabitants, or for the use of armed vessels, or for
such other purposes as may be approved of; Mer
chants and Vendue-Mafters are desired to retain in
their hands the certificates as vouchers for their hav
ing complied with this order, and any transgression
will fubje& them to fine and punishment.
ANEREW ELLIOT, Superintendent-General.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
PE TER DUBOIS, Magistrate of Police.
Seiner Excellent^ des Herrn General Lieutenants von
KNYPHAUSEN, Commandeur von Seiner Ma
jefet Truppen ms New-York Ij'land, Long iJlana,
Staten Island, und denen davon abbangenden Poj
ten, &c. ^c. i^c.
DENEN Inhabern yon L^enderyen und Gerten
wird hiedurch alle AufmunterUng und Schutz
erthedet uni einen reichlichen Vorrath von Getraide,
Fourage, und Gemuefe anzu,zieben.
We^ fich unterftehet Vieh oder andere Produce,
fie mcegen Nihmen haben, wie fie wollen, Von L^n
dereyen oder Gerten wegzunehmen,oder zu rumiren ;
an Haeafern, Gemuefe, oder Obft-Gserten, und La:n
dereyen einigen Schaden zu thun ; oder font, au
was Art es fey, jemandes Eigeothuni unrechtmae
f^er Weife anzugrefen, fop, wenn filches gegen
jh°n bewiefen wird, mit der aeuflerften Strenge beftratt
werden.
Diejenigen, welche von Uebertretern diekr Pro
clamation beleidigtzn fey n glauben, haben fich,wenn
fie Einwohner des Dirtri&s von New-Yoik find, mit
ihren Klagen an den Common bnten der Stadt zu
wenden ; ins Fall einer weitern Entfernung aher dem
Commandirenden Office de. ^chrten Pollens von
Seiner M fcftaet Tiuppen davont Anziege zu thun,
damit, wenn folche gegrrtendet, ihnen Gerechtigkeit
wiederfahren, und das noetiiige remedirt werden
merge.
Gegeben unter meiner Hand im Haupt Quartier den
eiljten Meert%, im Jahr unfers Herrn ein taujend
fieben bundert und achtzig.
KNYPHAUSEN.
Auf Sr. Excellentz Befehl
Justin Henrich Motz,
F. H. Ober Auuiteur.
ENCOURAGEMENT and protection is hereby
given to the Possessors of Farms and Gardens
for the Purpose of raising plentiful Supplies of Grain,
Forage, and Vegetables.
Whatever Per son or Persons presume to take away,
or to destroy Cattle, Stock, or other Produce of any
Farm or Garden; to do any Damage to Houses,
Gardens, Orchards, or Lands; to break down
Fences, or otherwise to injure private Property, shall,
upon Proof thereof, be punished with the Utmost
Severity.
Any Persons who may think themselves aggrieved,
by a Non-Observance of this Proclamation, will,
« if Inhabitants of New-York Diftri&," make their
Complaints known to the Commandant of the City ;
if in Situations more remote, to the Officer com
manding the nearest Post of his Majesty's Troops,
in Order, that if well founded, they may obtain pro
per Redrels.
Given under my Hard, at Head-Quarters,
the Eleventh Day of March, One Thou
sand Seven Hundred and Eighty.
KNYPHAUSEN.
By his Excellency's Command,
JUSTIN HENRY MOTZ,
Chief Judge Advocate, Hess.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at gl. 10s. per
Cent. Published February 18, 1780.
A White Loaf of the fineftFLOUß, to weigh
%lb ° '° r *6 Coppers.
By his Excellency
Lieutenant General KNYPHAUSEN,
Commanding his Majesty's Forces upon New-
York Blind, Ling-Bland, Staten-Bland, and
Polls depending, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
PROCLAMATION,
Containing tk eatUett aobteef
^ Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, IN HANOVER-SQUARE.
In Order that the above Regulations may be
duly enforced, Jeronimus Alstyne, is ap
pointed Infpe£tor of Bread, with Directions
and Powers constantly to visit the several Bake
Houses in this City, and to make Seizure of
all such Bread as he may find deficient, either
in the abovementioned Qualities, Weight or
Stamp. The Bread seized to be immediately
sent to the City Alms-Houfe,forthe Use of the
Poor, and a Report made to the Police of the
Cause of Seizure,the Quantity,and the Baker's
Name from whom it was seized, that die fame
may be published; and upon Conviction of a
second Offence, that the Offender may more
over be fined Fifty Pounds, and an entire Stop
put to his Baking, if found guilty of a Third
Offence.
Monday, 44 Min. after 1
Tuesday, 42 Min. after 2
Wednesday, 41 Min. after 3
Thursday, 40 Min. after 4
THE Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's
' Treasury, having ordered me to collect and
receive the Duties upon all dutiable Prize Goods
that have been condemned at the Port of New-
York ftnce October 1776. Ido hereby require all
Agents, as well those of his Majesty's Snips of
War, as of Privateers, Letters of Marque, &c.
that they do immediately call at the Superinten
dent's Office in Water street, and pay, agreeable
to the Directions of the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury, all such Duties arising from dutiable
Prize Goods that have been condemned to such of
his Majesty's Ships of War, Privateers, Letters of
Marque, &c. for which they a&ed as Agent;
and that they do in future before Condemnation
of any dutiable Prize Goods, mak^ a Return to
the Superintendent's Office of all such dutiable
Prize Goods, that the fame may be weighed and
gauged. The Accounts which the Judge of the
Admiralty has desired the different Agents to
make out and deliver to me, mult be sworn to
before David Mathews, Esq; the Mayor.
ANDREW ELLIOT.
New-York, September 10, 177,.
By Order of the Commandant,
THAT on and after Monday next, the
20th instant, all Bread made of sweet
Flour, of the firft Quality, muff be baked in
to long Loaves of two Pounds each, stamped
with the Initials of the Baker's Name, and
fold for Fourteen Coppers each Loaf.
And all Bread made of merchantable Flour,
of an inferior Quality, must be baked into
round Loaves, weighing two Pounds and one
Half each, stamped with the Initials of the
Baker's Name, and fold for Fourteen Coppers
each Loaf.
Any Baker or Retailer of Bread, who shall
be convicted of demanding or receiving any
more or greater Sura than Fourteen Coppers
for each Loaf of Bread as abovementioned,lhall
be fined Ten Pounds for every such Offence.
*, A few Chests of the best
SUSHONG, CONGO, & HYSON
TEAS, to be fold. Enquire of H.
Gain e.
THE Commissioners and Governors of the
Royal Hospital tor Seamen at Greenwich,
having empowered me, by Commission, to receive
forfeited and unclaimed Shares of prized Bounty
Money within the Province of New-York, accord
ing to sundry Ads of Parliament.
I do hereby call upon all Perlons, that are or
have been concerned in Agency for Prizes con
demned at the Court of Vice Admiralty at New.
York, to account and pay to me such Sum or
Sums OfMoney as may be remaining in their
Hands at the Expiration of three Years from the
firtl Diltribution, which then becomes due and
payable to the Use of Greenwich Holpital, accord
ing to the Intent and Meaning of the laid Afts.
The Form and Manner in which the Agents
are required to make tip their Accounts is lodged
at the Superintendent's Office, in Water street,
for their Infpedion.
ANDREW ELLIOT.
New-York, tyb March, 1780,
Superintendent's Office.
BREA D.
Turlington's genuine Raijam,
AnderJon's Pills, Hooper's Fills, to
be fold by HUGH GAINE. .
* Police-Office, Nezu-York, 13th March, 1780.
Quality, Weight, and Price of
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this WEEK.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superin. Gen.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor,
PETER DUBOIS, Magistrate of Police.
THE
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iROBI^
Friday, 29 Min. after 5
Saturday, 21 Min. after 6
Sunday, 9 Min. after 7
Full Moon, 18th.
OLD Madeira wine
by the pipe quarter
c^fk, or dozen,
Port wine by the pipe,
hoofhead, quarter-calk,
or dozen,
Claret and Mountain do.
by the dozen,
Malmfey do. per gallon,
London porter per dozen,
Taunton ale per do.
Brirtol beer per do.
Engiifh cyder per d®.
Old Junaica spirits by the
puncheon yr gallon,
Welt-India rum per do.
French brandy in cases or
per gallon,
Holland geneva in cases
and jugs,
Rafberry brandy in bot
tles,
Sherry do. per gallon,
N. B. A few pipes choice port wine, Lifoon wine
in quaner-cafks, and some bottles of old arrack,
f oIFN p- L,
At Number 181,
Queen-ft/eet, nearly opposite Beekman's flip, has for
sale, belt new Rose butter, of the firft quality, by
the last vessels from Cork : Also,
n^EST-INDIA RUM
" Tenerifemine
French brandy
Best broaun joap
Mould and dip'd candles,
q, the firft quality
A quantity of frefb made
chocolate
&ffee and rice
ALSO,
A general assortment of seasonable
DRY-G 00D S,
Wholefaie and Retail. ts.
Gault and Shaw,
No. 29, Queen-Street, corner of Burling's-Slip,
Havefor file, wholesale and retail,
MADE (hirts, coarse
and fine, |
Irith lumens, 3-4 wd. 7-8
wds. and yard wides,
Cotton checks,
Callicoes and chintzes.
Printed linens and cot
tons,
Lungee, new silk ands
cotton romals,
Flowered and spotted
bandanoes,
Black Barcelona hand
kerchiefs,
Linen and cotton, do.j
Russia Meeting, white and;
brown,
Ruflia toweling.
Drillings and duwhfs,l
Table cloths, of differ-!
ent fixes,
Check Ihirts,
MOuld and dipt can
dles,
Caltile, and brown soap,
Mess beef and pork, in
tierces, barrels, and
half barrels,
HAMS,
Coffee, tea, and chocolate
Loaf sugar.
Old Madeira, and Port
wines,
James and Harry Peters,
Have jor sale, at their fore the corner of Peek's-
Slip, facing ^ueen-fireet, the following articles,
viz.
N. B. A neat assortment of hardware, London
claret in cases, do. porter in bottles, old Welt-India
pirits, &c. &c.
As ordered by his MAJES FY, in 1764..
Together with Plans and E<plar ations of the
Method generally pra^if-d at Reviews and
Field Days,
FOR SALE,
At THOMAS Roach's,
No. 942, Water -street, near the Fl,-Market,
The following A RTICLES:
c This Day is Published,
AND TO BE SOLD BY
HUGH GAIN E,
T H E
MANUAL EXERCISE,
Wheat per Bushel, 265. od.
Flour, 80s. od.
Brown Bread, 955. od.
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6d.
New-England do. 4s. od.
Befl indigo
H)fon, Soufbong, and
Bobea Teas
Brimflone and copperas
Powder and foot
Bar lead
A quantity of fuperfine
Flour, and frefb baked
Ship Bread, ^c. ^c.
Nankeens, yellow and
Iwhite,
Coatings andcoarfe doth,
Jeans, firkians- and Gor-
Idurcys,
Silk, thread, cotton, and
iworked hole,
[Men's blue silk gloves,
Ditto Doe ikin and Lamb
skin, do;
Oznaburgs,
Ribbons,
Strip'd drugged,
Jackets and tiowfers,
'Hyfon, ")
/Green, ItfAS
Suffiong, >
And bohea J
^Single refined sugar,
rallile and turpentine
fosp, in boxes.
Pepper, mustard, wall
nuts, and anchovies,
Old spirits and rum,
Hollands geneva,
London porter,
Superfine flour,
Smoaked and pickled
tongues,
Lamp, and train oil,
RICE,
A few hoglheads of old
spirits, &c..
Fine hyfon, green and
bohea TEAS,
Coffee, chocolate, pepper,
alfflce, vinegar, oil,
Basket salt, fmoaking to
bacco,
Ginger, cloves, cinnamon
Single and double refined
loaf sugar,
Powdered and mufeevado
do.
Poland starch, indigo,
Caltile soap by the box or
le's,
A few boxes of choice
lemons,
Corks, fealing-wak,
Rose butter in firkins and
kegs, lately arrived,
Some queen's ware, plates
bowls, batons and mugs,
Also, a parcel of double
Gloucester cheese, just
received, &c. &c.
[No. i4B6]
GAZETTE:
THE
MERCU R Y.
PRIC^ CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
;Mufeovado Sugar, 5 1. ro s.
I Single refin'd ditto, is. ,d.
IMolaffes, 2s . 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. o d.
Pork, 31. ios ;
foreign anb DomelUcL
By Order of the Commandant.
'The following RATES are established for Ferri
ages, between this City and Brooklyn.
FOR transporting every person from the city of
New-York, to Long-island, or from Long-
Island to New-York, 6d.
For every Horse or Beast, 2s.
Forevevry live Calf, Hog, Sheep, or Lamb, 6J.
For every dead Calf, Hog, Sheep, or Lamb, 6d.
For every Barrel of Rum, Sugar, Molasses, or
other full Barrel, i s , 6d.
For every empty Barrel, 6d.
Fur every empty Pipe or Hoglhead, is. 6d>
For every Beall's Hide, 6d.
For every undrefled Calf, Sheep, or Deerlkin, 2d.
For every Pail of Butter, 4 d.
For every Firkin or Tub of Butter, 9 d„
For every Bushel of Salt, Wheat, Grain, Seeds,
or any other thing fold by Buffiel, 4^
For every full Pipe or full Hogshead, Bs.
For every Board of one Inch, or one Inch and an
for every Waggon, g s+
For every Pair of Cart Wheels,
For every Cupboard, Ptefs for Cloaths, or
Writing Delk,
For every full Trunk or Chest, 2S. 6d.
Forevery empty Trunk or Chest, is.
For every half Barrel of Flour, or any other
half Borel, 6d ?
For every Barrel of Bread, Is.
For every Bag of Bread or Meal, gd.
For every Gammon of Bacon, Turkey or Goofe,id,
For eveiy Dozen of Eggs, jd.
For every Dunghill Fowl, Brant, Duck, Heath,
Hen, or Ribit, x J,
Fer every Dozen of Pigeons, Quails, snipes, or
any kind of finaller Birds, %<L
For every Hundred Weight of Iron, Steel,
Shot, Pewter or Lead, and of Iron, Copper or
Braft Kettles, &c, xs .
For every Hundred Weight of Gun Powder, 2s. 6L
For every Scythe or Sith, jrl.
For every Fbk'm of Soap, ^d.
For eveiy Cheese, z d.
For every Coin Fan, 6d.
For every Hundred of Shingles, is. 6d.
For every Cedar Bolt,
For every common Bag of Cotton Wool, id.
For every Bale of Cotton Wool or Hops, 3s.
For every Coach,
For every Phaeton, gs.
For every Chajfe or Chair, s s.
For every single Sleigh, 3 s.
For every double Sleigh,
For every Piece of Ozenbrigs, 4 d.
For every Piece of Blankets or Duffils, as.
For every Piece of Cotton, Penniftone, Flan
nel or Frize, 6d,
Fer every Piece of Broad Cloth, Kerfey,
Strouds, Half thicks and Diuggets,' 6d.
For every Piece of Duroys, Callimancoes,
Shalloons, or other ftuff, and for every
Pece of Garlix, Holland or other Linen, ado
For every Hundred of Filh (called Sheeps-head)
4s.
For every Hundred of Bass or Shad, as.
For every Dozen of Perch, al
For evety Handled Weight of Copperas,
Allum or Brimflone, is e
For every half Dozen of Wool Cards. 2 f,
For every Saddle without a Horse, 3 d.
For every Cale with Bottles, 6d.
For every Looking Glass to Two Feet high
and upwards, 6d
For every Hundred Weight of Rice, ^j.
Articles not enumerated in Proportion to their Bulk,
If any Ferryman shall alk, demand, or receive any
more, or greater sum for Ferriage, than is dire&ed
to be taken by the aforegoing Rates, report thereof
is to be made to the Officers of the Police, in order
that the Offenders may be brought to punishment.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendant Gem
D. MATHEWS, Mayor.
PETER DUBOIS, Magistrate of Police.
Office of Police, Jan. 12th, 1780.
To be Sold,
AVery good house in Chapel-lh eet, adjoining
the Etfate of Ms. Totten, row in the Tenure
of Mr. Thomas Knox ; the house has five Iquare
ro®ms, and five fire places, and a good cellar, the
lott is twenty-five-feet wide, 100 deep, a good well
and pump in the yard, a new brie k smoke house, &c,
the whole in good fence and good repair. Enquire
of the Printer.
IMPORTED in the Ship Mildred, Captain
Smith, just arrived from London, a ver,
neat Affortmentof Spring and Summer Goods,
which will be fold on reasonable Terms
By JOHN ELLIS, and Co.
No, 954, Water-Street, 3 Doors from Bur,
iinffeSlip#l
70 Crates of Queen's-Ware,
Just imported, and to be fold by
Hugh and Alexander Wallace.
iFine Salt, is. d@
Coarse Salt, zs. do
Indian Corn perßu. 10s. do
Coffee, is. do
Chocolate, 265. pet D°*