The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1778-03-30 00:00:00, page 1

Monday, March 30, 1778;
TUST PUBLISH ED,
' And to be had at theßtble and Crown,.
-. , . .in Hapover-Square, ~'
Gaine's..
fc'^^fil Register;
American and British : Kalendar,
. tot the Year 177'8/
[Tlufttated with an elegant an accurate Coperplate
Plan of the City of New-York.] )
'CONTAINING,
I. 3 rUE Kalendar; with ,a Table of Coins;
ft th~ Q2.<keCs, General Meetings and a
better Lift of goads than .pbbhffe# in any
other Awranack.
2. A Geneafogica/Liff ofthe Royal' Family - of
• Great-Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Den
'mgrk, Norway, j Sweden, Germany, Poland,
\ Pruflia, Russia, Sardinia, Orange, Italy and:
Turkey.^)l
g. The Extent and Situation of G,reat-Britain,
Ireland, France, Sp^in, Portugal, Denmark,
/Norway, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Prussia,
Turkey, Italy, Orange, Russia and Sardinia,
with the Latitude and Longitude of each King
dom, and their military Establishment in Peace.
. and War..
4. Lift of the Peers of the Blood ofGreat Britain,
Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Vifco.unts and Barons.
5. Archbiffiops and' Bilhops of England, with,the
Sum eacli See is charged with in the King's
Books.
'6. HisMafefty, most hon. Privy Council.
7. Knights of the mod noble Order of the Garter.
8. Knights Champions of the molt hoa. Order of,
the Bath.
q. Knights of the most ancient and most noble
' Order of the Thistle.
xo. His M^jefty's principal Secretaries of State.
11. Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
iz. Lords Commiflioners of Trade and Planta
tions.
x 3, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
High Court of Admiralty,
]c. His Majesty's Poll Maker's General.
i 6. A Lidos bis Majesty's Land Forces, with
their Colonels, Lieut. Colonels, and Time when
railed, &c. &c.
17. A copip|eat Lift of the House of Commons of
Great Britain, with the Towns, &c. they re
profent.
2%. A Lift of the Royal Navy of Great-Britain,
with the Pay of the Officers in each Rate, from
the Admiral to a private Man.
19. Admirals of Great- Britain, and the Places
where they command.
20. Ships of War on the American Station, with
the Names of their Commanders, and Number
of Guns.
21. Treasurer, &c. &c. of the Navy, and the Sa
laries allowed by the Crown.
22. The daily Pay of each Rank in the Horse
and Grenadier Guards, and of his Majesty's
Lind Forces on the British Establishment.
Precedency among Men and Women, as fet
tled by A&s of Parliament and other authentic
Documents.
24. A Table of all the Kings and Queens ofEng
land and Scotland,with the Time they federally
began to reign.
25. Peers of the Blood, Dukes, Earls, Vifeounts
and Barons of Ireland, with the Peeresses by
Creation or Descent.
26. Bishops, Archbishops and Deans of Ireland.
27. Summary of the House of Commons of Ire
land.
28. Bankers of Dublin, Cork, Waterford and
Clonmell.
29. A general Description of America.
30. Enumerated Goods fubjed to Duty in Ame
rica.
General Establishment of all the Provinces on
' the Continent of North-America, containing
the Names of the Council and Aflemhiy of
Nova-Scotia, Canada, New-Hampshire, Massa
chusetts Bay, Rhode-lfland, Connecticut, New-
York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, North-Carolina, S. Carolina, Geor
gia, and both the Floridas ; with the Names of
their Judges, Custom Houte Officers, &c. &c.
and dutiable Goods in each Province.
32. Officers of the Superintendent's Office in
New. York.
33. Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and
Children of Clergymen of the Church of Eng
land.
34. An Account of what Sums have been grant
ed to the different Provinces in North-America,
as far as appears from the Estimates for the
Support of civil Government of each Province,
diftingudhing each Year. And allo of what
Sums have been granted for the Support of the
Provincial Forces in North-America.
35. Staff of the Army under the Command of Sir
William Howe, K. B.
36. General Hofpnal in New-York.
fy. Field Officers of his Majesty's Artillery, Dra
goons, and Ifnantry in North- America.
83. Staff and Field Officers of the Hessian Corps
in North-America,
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh
2 lb. 6 oz. for 14 Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a le,ffer Weight.
JAMES ROBERTSON, M. G.
N E W-Y ORK
r AND
WEEKL Y
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 355. per Cent.
Published February , 1778.
Containing the earlier ^ottictg
^ Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the ^t^^ and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUAR^.
39 . Field Officers, &c. of hisMajefty's Provincial
Troops.
40. Computation of the most remarkable Passages
of the Times, from the Creation to the laid
general Peace.
41. Ettimate of the Counties, Parifhet, Baronies,
Boroughs, Houles, &c. in Ireland.
42. Amount of any Number of Guineas (from 1
to 1000) in New-York Currency.
4.3 Value of Dollars in Sterling Money and New-
York Currency.
44 Directions to be observed by all Masters of
Vessels oh their entering the Poat of New Yot
and Regulations for the Cartmen in the laid
City, as established by the Commandant thereof.
g/^ COOOCOOO©OOO COCOCOOCCeCO ^ coooooceoooc to,cOGOOe% f©gh
The Dialogue, &c. continued.
;I%^ <™ ENTLEMEN,your humble Servant;
lamglad of an Opportunity of con
ferring with You again so egrly. If a few up
right Men, though of different Sentiments,
could be brought together into Conference,
and could keep out the hot and the felf interest
ed,, while they managed thf public Differ
ences for the rest; it is impossible, but that a
speedy End of our public animosities muff
ensue. They would all mehn what is right;
and they would do it. Truth having but one.
Center, their aim would be to meet there;
and if their Undertakings were equal to their
Intentions, which might easily be supposed,
I they must finally concentrate and be agreed.
The Misfortune is, the Contest is got into the
Hands of a Set of Men here, to whose par-,
ticular interests Reconciliation would be Ru
in ; but it would be to the Honor and Advan-
Itage of the Community to let them aside, fince^
the Authors of Diffenfiop 4/e naturally the
last to heal it.
Whig. I am afraid, that the People in
general are more averse to Reconciliation than
ever, from a Persuasion, which some late
Successes have induced, that they shall be able
to keep their Ground.
Tory. Seriously, my Friend, 1 believe those
. Successes, flattering as they appear, will prove
to the Country at large the most solid Misfor
tunes. If they protract the War, a thousand,
frefh Calamities must be incurred ; and God
alone knows what the Event would be. Our
mad Demagogues do not recoiled, that they
are contending with a Power, not easily baf
fled by Misfortunes. It has been observed
of Englishmen, that they seldom fight heartily,
till they have met with a few Rubs ; and then
they begin to shew some of that daring and
intrepid Spirit, for which they are famous all
over the World. In the Beginning of the latt
War, which we drew England into on account
of the Depredations made by the French on
our Back-settlements, you may remember she
made but a poor Figure for two or three Years,
and had received several hard Blows before She
was thoroughly roused. But then file paid off
her Foes with Interest, and made them feel
every where, that She was not to be insulted
with Impunity. And I fancy, in the Upihot,
our bullying Zealots will find to their Cost,
that they have taken a Lion by the Tail.
Whig. Our Leaders have relied on Assist
ance from France for a long Time; but I find
now they are less likely to obtain it than ever.
Eng. The French are too sensible a People
to commit so impolitic a Blunder ; and I have
been aftonilhed at times, how the Folks here
could have been so egregiously gulled, as to
expert any active and determined Help from
them. The French, no doubt, are pleased to
fee us tearing each other to pieces, because it
reduces the Force of the British Empire, and
would cajole your Ringleaders with a thousand
equivocal Promises for that Purpose. But be
fore they will take any decided Part, you may
be assured they will do it upon the Ground of
some positive Interest. Now, what Interest can
the maddest and the vainest American propose,
that will reimburse France for the Twenty or
Thirty Millions She may spend in a War with
Great Britain, or counterbalance the Hazard
and probable Loss ofher rich Well India Illands,
which are always accessible to the superior
Navy of her Enemy ? Will America give her
the exclusive Privilege of its Trade, and fub
jeft herfelfto French Regulations and Decrees.
Admit even that; the next Question will be,
Must not the Balance of Trade be eminently
in Favorof France, as the proper Temptation ?
And in that Case, must not the Balance be
given up by You, and can your Circumstances
possibly allow it? Will the French merchant
Monday, 51 Min. after to
Tuesday, 41 Min. aftei 11
Wednesday, 40 Min. after 12
Thursday, 37 Min. after i
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
&|^Rliß^&W^
Friday, 34 Miri. after 2
Saturday, 32 Min. after 3
Sunday, 27 Mim after 4
Fir, ^ar. the gab.
THE
give Credit, where French Law does hot
prevail ? Will he be such a Fopl, having the
Fraud committed by the Americans upon the
British Merchants before his Eyes, as to en
trust his Property into such Hands? Besides
all. ihefe mercantile Confederations, do you
think, that France and Spain can be so stupid,
as to with for. an independent. Power to dart
up in the Neighbourhood of their owh Colo
nies, so remote from their Controul, and so
expensive to reduce ?- —They would much
sooner wish these Colonies funk into the Sea,
than became such dangerous Rivals. While
they are under British Dominion, the French be
held them indeed connected with a great hostile
Power, but a Power at the fame Time dilated,
if not reduced, by the Connection. They
ihave . long seen with Pleasure, that Great
Britain, like Spain, has been draining herfelf
to eftablifli these Colonies, while she has con
tented herfelf, not only with an Abridgement
of her useless foreign Poiteffions by the last
treaty of Peace, but with the Surrender of
all Louisiana since the Treaty. She has had
the Wisdom to rest her Commerce upon the
Welt India Illands, one of which is of more
solid Advantage to her, than half a Dozen of
these colonies ever were, or ever can be in
the Nature of things, to the Mother Country.
France exhibits to our View one great and
compact Kingdom, mighty without Colonies,
and deriving a quick and energetic Power
from within itfelf, which is her true and her
fafeft Policy. Upon the Terms. Great Britain
ever held,thefe Colonies, they would not be
worth her acceptance. She would essentially
rinjure herfelf by accepting them. It has
been clearly and fully proved, that Great
Britain, to fay nothing of the Loss of Sub
jects and the Expenditure ofßlood, ha&fquan
dered away, in one Shape or other, above one
hundred Millions Sterling upon these Provinces.
And I would aft of any reafdn.able Person,
who has considered the Matter, whether, if
all the Produce of this Country from its firft
Settlement to the present ^ne were brought
together into one Total, it would be worth
near the Money? But, admitting for Argu
ment Sake it were, [till the Bulk of it must
have centered here, or you had never acquired
such a rapid Degree of Extention and Improve
ment, and consequently the Mother-Country
must be greatly out of Pocket.
Tory. We certainly did not know cur own
Happiness, but, like Jefhurun, waxed fat
and kicked. We lived in a Degree of Lux
ury and Ease, scarce known in any other
Part of the World, and might have lived so
ftili, in the happiest and most secure Union
with our Parent State, but for the reliefs
Tempers of some and the diabolical Intrigues
of others. No Rebellion can be pointed out
in History, either more wanton or more
wicked. I never could find a Man, that could
tell me, What ailed him ? I have alked several
of our political Haberdaihers, what Hard
ships, what Oppressions, do you endure ? Who
has wronged You?
Don't ye eat, drink, and Sleep, and do
what you please?
And can a Pope or an Emperor do more
than these?
O, but we may be oppressed, fay they. And
you ma, not, I answered. Pray, tell me, has
Great Britain any Interest in America ? You
have declared, that all her Riches and Strength
depended upon America. Now, if this be
true, would not Great Britain a& like the
Woman in the Fable, who had the Goose
with the golden Eggs, if she were to oppress
her Colonies? Would not Ihe at the fame
time injure herfelf? And would not she in
stantly alter her Plan, upon finding this Con
sequence ? At all Events, when the Oppression
came, and every gentle Mode had been in
effectually tried to remove it, then would have
been the Time to talk of Resistance.—How
ever, my Difeourfe was in vain. The Passions
had been artfully raised too high for Reason.
Sense and Argument were all drowned in the
Cry for Liberty, Liberty; America forever,
Huzza.
Whig. I own, the Appeal on our Side has
been made rather to the Passions of the Mul
titude, than to the Sense of the Discerning.
I believe, much, if not all, this Mifchief
might have been saved by proper Explanations.
Eng. I believe that too, if the Manage
ment of the Matter had net been in Hand&
Wheat per Bufliel, 12s. cd.;
Flour, ' 3§s. o^.;
Brown 'Bread, 20s. "cd.|
Weft-In'dia Rum, 6s. 6d.
New-England do. . ss. od.|
G A ZETTE:
THE
MERCUR Y.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YQRK.
IMufcovado Sugar, 51. 10s.1
! Single refin'd ditto, zs. zd.j
IMolaflfes, 2s. 6d.
IBeef per Barrel, 90s. od.|
!Pork, f,' 51. los.;
foreign anb.bomsfficft.
Since our last a number of prisoners, have
been brought to town, —among the rest a Capt.
Hardy, formerly a master of a vclfel out of
this port, and lately commanding one of the
fire snips in the river Delaware ; also a Capt.
and some privates, captured by a party of the
light horse at Germantown, after killing four
others.
March, Lfo On Saturday last Capt. Tho
mas, with a party of his independent company
of Bucks volunteers, went down the river in.
two Ihadops, as far as Reedy-Island, where
they were attacked by four of the rebel armed
boats ; three of which they beat off, and took:
the fourth, with one prisoner, the rest having
quitted it with the greatest precipitation. On
Wednesday he returned, having landed on tb:
way up, at Penn's Neck, where they took:
two Prisoners, and some provisions.
On Friday Capt? Wigftaff, with part of his
New Jersey independent volunteers, went
down to Penn's Neck, where they were attack
ed by two armed boats from Chrifteen, arid
having nothing but mufquetry on board their
Poop, were.obliged to run her ashore, after
exchanging several shot. After Capt. Wigftaff
had quitted her, the rebels took out the pro
visions, and burnt the fltop. Capt. Wigftaff
proceeded nine miles into the country, and
came down to Raccoon Creek, where he and
his men got on board a sloop, and returned
to town with a quantity of provisions. Du
ring the excursion of this party of Captain
Wigftaff's company, another final! party of
them went over to Billingfport, marched ten
miles into the country, surrounded the house
of a Capt. Cousins, of the militia, took him
and his guard prisoners, and brought them
to town.
rariers and names being industriously conceal
ed. There are also 450 Negroes, men, wo
men and children, ready, as it is thought, to
embark in some of these boats; it being there
cenerally believed and reported that these
ladies and Negroes belong to the Congress and
their Connexions; nor is this an improbable
conjecture, when it is considered that it is im
possible for men who had art and cunning
enough to feducs ^ happiest people on earth
already determined upon Mifchief.. But, 9uo,
Deus wait perdere; prius dementat, is as true now,
as when it was firft written. There is no'
Hope, till the People are cool enough to enjoy
their Senses.—We muftnot, however, remain
too long together for fear of Umbrage. There
fore, Gentlemen, I will bid you,
Adieu!
Wednesday last three persons having gone
about twelve miles from town, were taken,
while in bed, by three of the rebel light
horfe, who had got intelligence of them : On
their way to the rebel head quarters, one of
the light horse men had rode on some diftapce
before the others, when the Lght-horfe man
insulting him with the most opprobrious epi
thets, he watched his opportunity, and {hatch
ing the sword from the fellow's scabbard, he
felled him, with one blow across the neck,
to the ground, and rode off; —the other two
horse-men quitting their prisoners, to assist.
their companion, they also rode off, and all
three have got fafe into town.
Thursday arrived here his Majesty's ship
Experiment, Sir James Wallace ; the Le Brune,
Capt. James Ferguson ; the Dispatch iloop,
Hotham, and New-York armed Hoop ; .with
the following transports, viz. Stag, Britannia,
Unity, Eagle, Flora, Amity, Admonition,
Betsey, with two others whose names we have
not learned: Likewise an Indiaman from
Cork with troops ; and the Alert armed schoo
ner. The fleet from Rhode Island, under the
convoy of the Le Brune, Hotham and York
sloop; they were Joined on their paffagc by
the Dispatch ; and, within the capes cf Dela
ware by the Experiment, and Indiaman.
March 18. We have certain intelligence
that the Congress are building 300 boats at
the Monongehela, a few miles above Fort Pitt,
upwards of one hundred are nearly finished ;
that there are near Redftone' Fort and on the
Monongehela, eighteen women who appear to
be persons of some diftin&ion, with their carria
ges, children, and servants: The firft of them
came about the firft of January, the others
since; who they are 'tis not known, their cha-
Provence's Ferry on the Monongehela, and on.
PHILADELPHIA, March'll?
I Fine Salt, ^ ' *'• °d
<Coarfe Salt; -L. Bs. od
: Indian Corn per By. 7% 0I
[Coffee, as. gd
[Chocolate, 265. per Do.
[No. 1379.]