The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-03-03 00:00:00, page 2

Last Friday Se'nnight, as an Apprentice to
Mrs. Eades, Milliner, in Charles-Street, Co
vent-Garden, was taking a Heater out of the
Fire, a Cat flew at her, and bit her Hand
very terribly. She was immediately dressed
by an eminent Surgeon; but her Friends
fearing the Cat, which had been killed, might
have been mad, took her to the Salt-Water,
in which she was dipped the Tuesday follow
ing; notwithstanding which, fne was last Fri
day seized with Symptoms of the Hydro
phobia, and on Sunday fupppftd to be past
Recovery.
Orders were on Sunday dispatched to all
the lea-ports in the Mediterranean, to pre
vent any seamen of Great-Britain from enter
ing into foreign service, and to recall them
' home.
The King of Spain ordered his minister to
inform oar court, that the forces sent by him
to South America were only to o Terve whe
ther the Portuguese should perform their part
of their treaty ; that he had been so often de
ceived by the minister in Portugal, that he
could not truth to his promises.
Lord Cathcart is appointed secretary to the
, embassy at Paris, in the room of Colonel St.
Paul : —Lord Cathcart is said to be a young
nobleman of very promising abilities; he is
brother-in-law to Lord Stormont, and nephew
to Sir William Hamilton; and his father the
late Lord Cathcart was ambaffhdor at Peterf
burgh, so that most of his family on both sides
have been members of the.Cor,/ Diplomatique.
The ten ships of the line lately put into
commission are to form a fleet of ebfervation,
to be in readiness to ad incafe of any emer
gency.
This morning about 53 captains of /hips
waited on the Lords of the Admiralty for pro
tections for :heir sailors, which were imme
diately granted them.
The Maidftone man of war, on her return
from thr fleer to Jamaica took four American
prr ateers, one of 12 guns, one of 14, and
the others of 10 guns each.
Yesterday a Contrast was made for a 'Quan
tity of Linen Cloth fufficient to make Spatter
dashes for 20,000 of the King's Troops now
in America.
The Archbifhoprick of York has been of
fered a second Time to the Bishop of London,
and declined.
Extrafi of a Letter from Chatham.
" Since my last Orders have been received
here for the following Ships to be fitted out
with the greatest Dispatch for the Channel
Service, (exclusive of several Ships which were
before ordered) viz. the Ramillies of 74 Guns,
Cornwall of 74, Augusta of 64, and Stirling
Castle, a fine new Ship of 64 Guns.
" Orders are also received for the Artificers
and Workmen of this Dock-Yard to work
two Tides a Day extra.'
" Yesterday died here, universally esteemed,
in the 77th Year of his Age, Mr. Thomas
Jeys, Porter of this Dock-Yard, which Em
ploy he enjoyed almost 27 Years."
Extras of a letter from Captain John Sm ; th, of
the Chambre, dated at fa, the 27th of Sept.
1776, to & gentleman in Whitehaven.
" We are thus far oh our passage to New-
York ; all well in lat. 39, 42, long. 58. 30, W.
at twelve o'clock this day. Yesterday we met
with a Schooner privateer, and our Commo
. dore, (Capt Elphinftpne of the Perseus) gave
' chace to him, after appointing us Commodore
of the fleet; at fun set we loft fight of them
both, and though we have been running after
the trade, a:d afterwards convoy them from
thence aJ crfacola to England; lam or
dered to acquaint you that their Lordfliips
have fentinftrudions to Vice Admiral Gayton,
et Jamaica, to fend a vessel, as desired, pro
vided it can be spared from the other impor
tant services entrusted to his care."
John Caulfield, Esq; is appointed Lieut.
Col. of the 56th Regiment of Foot.
On Thursday a printed Resolution of the
Lords was palled yp at the several Avenues
leading to the House, wherein it was announ
ced, that Pee'rs'henceforth should not be al
lowed the Privilege of Protection.
Yesterday there was a Levee at St. James's,
fer the firft Time this Winter.
The fame Duy Capt. Balfour, who brought
the last Dispatches from Gen. Howe, was in
troduced by Lord George Germaine to his
Majesty, and had the Honour of a long Con
ference with the King.
The fame Day Earl Temple was at Court.
Extras of a Letter from Dublin, Oa@ber 29.
" His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has
informed the Right Hon the Lord Mayor, by
Letter of the 24th Infi that in Cenfequence
of his Application to the Lords of the Admi
ralty, they have ordered three Sloops of War
and an armed Cutter to cruise in the Chan
nel,' for the Protection of the Trade in this
Kingdom, and to keep a Look-out for the
American Privateers that of late have made
their Appearance on these Coasts."
The Ann, Duncan from Dominica, which
was taken some Time ago by the Provincials,
is retaken, and brought to Portsmouth, under
the Command of Lieutenant Forbes.
Lord Mulgrave is appointed to the Com
mand of his Majesty's Ship Ardent, and the
Hon. CApt. Walfipgham to the Command of
his Majesty's Ship Royal William.
The William, Moore, from Boston, which
is arrived in the Downs, had been taken by
the Provincials, and was afterwards purchased
by the Passengers, that they might proceed to
England.
Thursday Night last there was a warm Press
at Bristol ; near 200 Men were taken into
Custody, but on being taken before the Lord
Mayor, scarce 20 were retained for his Ma
jesty's Service.
-memever niicCTve nave not yet got a fightoLi
either of them."
Capt. Trotter, of the- Society, who arrived
at Liverpool last Monday, spoke, the beginning
of October, with the above-mentioned fchoo-.
ner privateer, and she was then a prize to Cart.
Elphinftone ; he likewise spoke the Hopewell,|
Ayles, belonging to Whitehaven, from the
Bay of Hundoras for London, in lat. 45, long.
36. Capt. Ayles was ffiort of Provision, but was'
assisted by Capt. Trotter, whotook up the
crew of a vessel called the Brayn, from Jamai
ca for London, and who had foundered.
Capt. Trotter, on his passage from Jamaica,
in lat. 37, long. 62, fell in with the Bryons,
Capt. Wilson, belonging to London, having
forunga leak the 26th of September : and
though both pumps were going, they with
difficulty kept her free; Capt Trotter Raid by
the Byrons all that night, and next day ; the
leak still encreafing, the people much fatigued,
and the water gaining faft upon them, all hands
determined to leave her, which they did, and
arrived at Liverpool in the Society ; they were
25 persons in the whole, amongh whom were
Thomas Wallen, Esq; Miss Wallen, Master
Edward Wallen (his nephew a boy, and a
Maid frrvant..
All the drying houses in the Ifte of Mari are
atp:efcnt fully employed, the herring fishery
there, though Ute, has proved very fuccefsful
this season.
Edinburgh, Now. 13. To-morrow, the elec-1
tion of one of the sixteen Peers to represent:
the Peerage of Scotland, in room of the late
Lrd Cathcart, will come on in the Palace of
Holyrood house, when it is expected the Earl
of Caffillis will be unanimously chosen.
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The following Decree was lately sassed by toe
Affembi) 0/ Connecticut to regulate the Prices of
Labor, Provisions and Goods. These Gentle
men paged an Afi of the Jame Sort only in No
vember last, the Futility of which they difeovered
in a few )Days afar its Publication. Ihe Erin,
ciple of the prejent Affair is exactly the Jame as
the lap, and its ConftruAion as palpably wild and
ridiculous However, it may afford the Worthies
tan AmuJemmt at their next Meeting in fading
their prejent Performance, whither they fnt the
other.
An Ad to prevent Monopolies and Oppression
by exceihve and unreasonable Prices for
many of the Neceffarics and Conveniencies
of Life.
4, , HEREAS the rapid and exorbitant Rife
Vw upon the Necessaries and Conveniencies of
Life, in this Day of public Calamity and DArefs,
is chiefly occasioned by Monopolizers, the great Pef
of Society, ,Aoo prefer their own private Gain to
the Inter,ft and Safety of their Country, andwhich.
if not prevented, threatens the Ruin and Destruc
tion of the State; and the Committees from the se
veral States of New-England, have recommend
ed that the Primes of the Nectaries of Lye, be
limited as herein after affixed.
BE it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and ;
Reprefntatives in General Court offmoled, l
and by the Authority of the Jame, That for thel
future the Rates and Prices .hereafter enume-1
rated be affixed and fettled within this State, I
in Manner following, viz. Farming Labor in|
the Cummer Season shall not exceed IMee Sel
lings and Four Pence per Diem, and so in the
ulual Proportion at other Seafuns of the Year,
and the Labor of Mechanicks and Tradesmen
and other Labor to be computed according to 1
the Wages and Cuiloms that have heretofore. I
b>eh adopted and pradifed in the different 1
Parts' of this State compared with Farming }
Labour. Good merchantable Wheat sh 11 notl
exceed the Price of 6s. per Buihel ; good mer-I
,hantable Rye shall not exce d 3s. 6d. per|
Buihel ; good merchantable Indian Corn shall ,
not exceed 3s. per 'Bulhel ; god merchanta-1
ble Wool 2s. per Pound;. Pork from five to ;
seven Score 3d. one Farthing per Pound, fromj
seven to ten 3d. Halfpenny per Pound, and !
all ab ve ten Score 3d. threefarthings; Grass ;
fed Beef of thebeit (Quality not to exceed 245.1
per too Wt. and so in that Proportion for
Stall-fed Bet f, and likewise Beef of an infe
rior (Quality ; raw Hides shall not exceed 3d.
per Pound ; good well tanned Sole Leather
shall not exceed is. §d. per Pound ; good 1
merchantable Salt shall not exceed 10s. per
Bushel; good merchantable Weft-India Rum
shall not exceed 6s. Bd. per Gallon per Hog
shead, ys. 6d. for the single Gallon, and zs.
per Qgart, and foin Proportion for the smaller
Quantities, according to the accuß :med Usa
ges in Retailing, save allowing id. per Gallon
for every ten Miles the fame shall be conveyed
by Land Carriage from the firft Port of Deli
very, for the Colt, Rifque, and Charge of
carrying the fame ; New-England Rum of the
belt Quality shall not exceed 3s. lod. per Gal
lon per Hogshead, 4s. per Gallon by the Bar
rel, and 4s. 6d. by the single Gallon, at the)
Ports and Places where the fame shall be firft(
distilled, exclusive of the Calk, and so in likel
Proportion for smaller Quantities, accordingl
to the old and accustomed Usages of Retailingl
small Quantities, save allowing jd. per Gal
lon for every ten Miles the fame shall be con
veyed by Land Carriage from the Place of
Difillery, for the Colt, Charge, and Rifque
of carrying the fame ; bed Mufeovade Sugar|
shall not exceed 345. per 100 Wt. per Hog-|
Bread, 60s. by the single 100 Wt. and Bd. per I
Pound, at the firft Port of Delivery, allowing |
gd. per 100 Wt. for every ten Miles Land
Carriage the fame may be conveyed from thei
said firft Port of Delivery, to defray the Ex- 1
pence of carrying the fame; Molasses of the;
best Quality shall not exceed 3s. 4d. per Gal-%
lon by the Hogffiead, 3s. Bd. per Gallon by !
the Barrel, and 4s. by the single Gallon, at ;
the firft Port of Delivery, allowing id. per !
Gallon for every ten Miles Land Carriage the j
I fame nfiiy-be conveyed fremthe lirH Port rd
I Delivery, to defray the Expence of carrying
the fame, making the accustomed and usual
Allowances for Molasses of an inferior Qua
lity ; American manufactured Clieefe shall not
exceed 6d. per Pound : Butter of the best
Quality shall not exceed icd. per Pound;
Peafe shall not exceed Bs. per Buihel ; Beans
of the bell Quality shall not exceed 6s. per
Buihel; Potatoes, commonly called Spanilh
Potatoes, of the best Sort, shall not in the
Fall of the Year exceed is. 4d. per Bulhel,
and not at any other Stafon of the Year ex
ceed zs. per Bushel; Men's good Yarn Stock
ings shall not exceed 6s. per Pair, and in Rich
Proportion to. those of an inferior Quality ;
Men's Neat- Leather Shoes of the best common
Sort, shall not exceed Bs. per Pair, and other
Shoes in Proportion, according to their Qua
lity ; salted Pork by rhe Barrel, 220 Pound
Weight in a Barrel, shall not exceed 41. 4s.
per Barrel ; Cotton shall not exceed 3s. per
Pound by the Bag, and 3s. Bd. by the single
Pound ; good Oats shall not exceed zs. per
Bushel ; good well dressed merchantable Flax
shall not exceed red. per Pound ; good Coffee
shall not exceed is. qd. per Pound; good
tryed Tallow shall not exceed yd. Half-penny
per Pound ; good Yard-wide Tow Cloth shall
not exceed zs. 3d. per Yard, and so in Pro
portion according to its Quality ; coarse Li
nens to be computed after the Rate of Tow
Cloth, allowing therefor the reasonable Worth ;
j good Yard-wide striped Flannels shall not ex
j cecd 3,. 6d. per Yard, and other Flannels in
' Proportion, according to their Widths and
) Qualities, and other Woollen Cloths in iike
, Proportion.
I And whereas confiderirg that Goods in ge-
I neral have of late (owing to the unbounded
lAvariceI Avarice of some Persons) been fold at Whole-
Ifale at the exorbitant Advance,of five and fix
§ Hundred per Cent, or more, in addition
• thereto ; which has been the Occiafion of great
I Oppression, especially to th^ poor - Consumer:
! And considering that notv.ithEandirg the great
' Rifque of a Voyage to and from Europe, the
. high Rate of infurauce, the Dihicul y of pro
-Icuring Articles suitable for the Market, the
I Loss up.n these exported, the increaled Ex-,
I pences and Length of me Voyage, and the
i real Necessity of importing many Commodities
I from thence.
IWherefore to corre& and rectify such Exor
,bitances, and yet to allow the Importer a
;reafonable Profit, and also to act in Conformity
Iwith the other New-England States in this
IParticular:
; he it fur th r Enabled by the Authority aforefaid,
§ That the Price of European Goods which have
;been or shall be imported, as also all such
;Goods which have been or shall be brought
I into this State in any Prize Vessel, shall not
1 exceed the following Rates, viz. Woollen
I Goods, coarse Linens, Duck, Tricklinburgh
§ and Ozenbrigs, shall not be Lid by Wholesale
I at an higher Rate than in Proportion of Two
I Hundred and Seventy-five Pounds Sterling
I for what cost One Hundred Pounds Sterling in
I Europe, and not any other Goods, Wares, or
I Merchandize imported from thence or brought
into any Port in this State, in any Prize Vessel,
I shall be fold at Wholesale, ,: an higher Rate
than in the Proportion of Two Hundred and
Fifty Pounds Sterling for what cost One
Hundred Pounds Sterling in Europe, except
ing Warlike and Military stores, the Prices cf
which need not be limited ; and the Retailers
of such Goods shall not fell them at an higher
Advance than 20 per Cent, upon the Whole
file Price.
.And be it father Enabled h, the Anthorif,
aforefaid, That vhofoever FL II contract or
receive for Labour, or vend, fell, or receive
for any of the above enumerated Articles m n re
than at therabove Rate, er Price thereto affix
ed, or for others not enumerated in an unrea
sonable Disproportion thereto (the extraordi
nary Rifque and other special Circumitances
considered) shall incur the following Penalties
and Forfeitures, viz. For any and every Ar
ticle or Articles fold at or under the Price of
Twenty Shillings, a Penalty of Twenty Shil
lings ; and for each and every Article or Arti
cles fold at an higher Price than Twenty Shil
lings, a Penalty of the Price at which they
may be fold ; which Fines and Forfeitures shall
be recovered by Action, Bill, Plaint or Infor
mation, in any Court proper to try the fame.
And the Select Men, Committees of In
fpeflion, Constables and Grand Jurors of the
fcveral Towns, and each or either of them,
are hereby directed and especially required
Briefly to enquire into and due I'rcfentment
make of all Breaches of this Act.
'And that the AH or Law of this State, en
titled, " An AH for punishing and preventing
of Oppression," also an AH made and puffed
by this Assembly at their special Session in
Hartford, in November last, entituled, " An
AH to prevent Monopolies and Oppreflion, by
excessive and unreasonable Prices for many of
the necessaries and conveniencies of Life," be
repealed, and they are hereby refpedively re
pealed and made void.
Ehe following AEvertifement, taken from the
Connecticut Gazette, printed at New-London,
Feb. 14th, yields a firiking Proof, how great the
Difirefs of the Rebels is for Noney, and how
much their late Artifices to procure it by Loans
&c. have failed them. 'Eis new and amusing
enough to Jee a mighty State, such as Connebiicut
pretends to be, fawn,folicit, intreat its Inhabitants)
not only to pay off their Arrears, but to advance
certain Sums of Money, under the Denomination of
Taxes, which are allowed not to be due for
Months to come. The Ireafurer, in his great Wis
dom, lets ts a fruifm or two, in order to influence
the Publick to fart-with their Money ; which pro-;
iably they will confider to be of more Weight and 1
Worth with them, than either his or his 'Mafers, l
Arguments. Wien they part with their ?r:,ri;,
to Jurb Men, it may be eofily expelled that they pare
with it for ever.
r "" HE Treasurer of the State of Connecticut
{ hereby notifies all Constables, and Col
lectors of the Taxes due to this State,, that he
experts they refpeHively pay off their Arreara
ges; otherwise he shall be obliged to iTue out
his Warrants indiferiminately, againit those
who are delinquent. Persons indebted by bond
are desired to difeharge their Obligations.
The refpeHive Sheriffs are direfted to make
Returns of the Executions committed to them,
The prefect Cail for Money is Jb great, that not
withlfanding some Taxes which are granted #%
not payable till May next ; yet the Treasurer ear-,
nefy desires every Friend to this State to exert
himfeif, and readily difehargefaid Rates, that he*
may be able to fatisfy the generous Soldiers
who have keen in Defence of their Country,
and likewise pay off the Battalions now raifo
for the fame noble I'urpofe. Money is the Si
news cf War—^nd to have afull Supply at this
JunHure, js of the last Importance. Without
Money it is imptfible for us to raise a new Army,
the. abjolute Rectyit, of which mud be known to
all. It is hoped that every one vfWfo generonlly
pay his Rates, and the Constables A speedily col
let? and fettle them, that for the future not a sin
gle Order may be refufed at this Office.
Treasury Office, January 27, !777.
BASSETERRE, (St. Kitts) January 4.
'f ^ gentleman from Georgia, who was a ppi
foner there, we learn, that the Indians on the
back Jettlements of South Carolina had committed
some ravages. The Carolinians determined to raise
such a body of men as would destroy them entirety ;
between 15 and 1660 men marched into the lower
towns of the Indians, attacked, defeated and burnt
their towtss.- Fluffed with this fuccejs, they
marched up to the middle towns, and were met by
a greater body cf Indians juf at the Rotat he -Hills,
40 miles higher.than the middle towns. The In
dians then surrounded the Carolinians, and killed
there and in tbdr. retreat to their own Eettkments
780 men : In confluence of 'which the t aropni
ans and Georgians nave laid their in ended attack
on St. Augufline *afde v -Th are forihe ciktornic
that the present Gtwrnor I'udotk, of Georgia,
bad rf/ea his geverimnt, and it was said it
certain! was offered .to three Afferent members of
the provincial congref We likewise are afuffd,
that the Georgia regiment was in the greytef dis
tress for chatbing, that not fix among them but.
wanted some principal garni nt.
BOST O N, February 6.
Several Companies of Soldiers, who have
inlilled during the Continuance of the War,
have marched from this State within these few
Days pad for Ticonderoga, ana-Numbers will
set but shortly.
PhilA' elptiia, February
Extract of a Letter from General Washington
to Congress, dated , January 22, 1777.
“ I baste not hhard from General Heath face
the firing near King abridge last Saturday, which
I carrot account for, vnlef the North River
jbould have been rendered impcffable .by the ice.
Rut the account-of his having jurprized and taken
Fort Independence on Friday lafi, comes so well
authenticated, by diffirent ways, that I cannot
doubt it. It is said that be teck 400 prifmers in
that fort ; and that he inmfed Fort Wdjhinvtcm
on Saturday, which occasioned the firing.
Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, SecretaryN
Tibs waR a brave 3rd well-ce^du&d Erderpri ze:
The only Misfortune is, there is ret one Word of
Truth init.-
NEW-YORK, March 3 .
The f Bowing di tilth and loyal Addiefs of the
Clergy cf the Ci.inch el England, rffrmbled at New-
York, v'zs presented to the Right Honourable Lord
Vifeount Howe, in the Absence of His Excellency
General Howe.
To the Right Honourable Richard, Lord Vis„
count Howe, ot tie Kingdom of Ireland,
AND
To the Honourable Sir William Howe, Gene
rl of His Majesty's Forces in America,---The
King's Cemmifhoners for restoring Peace to His
Majr ft) 's Colonies in North America.
May it plcafe your Excellencies, a
^^yE the Clergy of rhe Church ot England,
, 7 convened in the Ci'y of New-York, beg
Leave to prefrnt your Excellencies with our
unfeigned Congratulations on your Appointment
to the important Offices you fill, and on the^uccefe
with which it hathple%fed Divine Providence so fig
rally to crown the B itifh Fleet and Army since
your Arrival in th ; s Province.
As We yi Idee to none of His Majesty's Subnets
in Loyalty to our Sovereign, or Zeal for the Conib
tution, We should have thought ourselves happy in
an Opportunity of offering to your Excellencies
this Testimony of our Refpe& at an earlier Period:
But driven from our refpeHive Citrus by the R ge
of civil Discord, We waited with Resignation, till
the Measures pursued by your Excellencies
should, under Providence, open the Way to us for
assen, bling together, and difeharging a Duty to
which Inclination and Principle warmly prompted
us.
We take the Liberty to afore your Excellen
cies, that We beheld the Rife and Pregrefs of the
Disorders which have plunged this Continent into its
present calamitous State, with Grief and Disappro
bation. We lamented the Infatuation cf our Fel
low Subj.&s which led them, contrary ta their Duty
and Interest, to adopt such Principles and Measures
as We were convinced would be subversive of our
happy Constitution in Church and State, would
obftru& that Union with the Parent Country on
which our Welfare depended, and be productive of
the mod ruinous Consequences.
Determined to hazard the Loss cf every Thing
rather than violate our religious Principles, or devi
ate from that Allegiance We justly owed to His
Majesty, not only as out rightful S ;vereign, but as
supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England,
We endeavoured to prefeive a heady Conduct, and
to adhere to that Line which was pointed cut to use
cur Confciq.ee, and which the Duties of our Fw