The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1780-06-19 00:00:00, page 1

ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 3 1. tos. few
Cent, Published February 18, 1780.
A White Loaf of the fineRFLOUR, to weigh
3 ib. for Aft Coppers.
By his Excellency
JAMES ROBERTSON, Esq;
Governor and Captain General of the Pro
vince of New-York, Major-General of his
Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &<.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS I am informed that great
WASTE and DEVASTATION is;
committing on the llland of New-York, Long-
Illand, Morrifania, and Staten-Bland, by per
sons who without right or title are cutting down
WOOD S.
To put an immediate Hop to a practice so
deftrudive to the intercit of Individuals, and
eventually so to the King's service, all persons
are ftridly forbid to cut WOOD on any land
that dees not belong to them, unless they have
leave from the owner so to do, and all who
hays been cutting timber on estates of perlons
supposed to be in rebellion, are forbid to Cut
any more on this pretence, but to lay before
me the title and authority on which they have
proceeded, that method and order may be in
troduced, and injustice and devaluation Rop'd.
PRo"c L AMATI O N,
Seiner Excellent^ des Herrn General Lieutenants von
KNYPHAUSEN, Com nandeur won Seiner Ma
jefteet Fruppen auf New-York Ijiand, Long-Inland,
"Staten IJland, und denell dalton abbangenden Poj
ten, &c. ^c. &c.
DENEN Inbabern von L^enderyen und Garden
wird hiedurch alle Aufmunrerung und Schutz
ertheilet um einen retchlichen Vorrath von Getraide,
Foyrage, und Gemuefe anzuziehen.
Wer fich unterftehet Vieh oder andere Produce,
lie mcegen Nabmen haben, wie fie wollen, von L^H
dereyen oderGaerten wegzunehmen,oder zu 1 uinhen;
an Haeufern, Gemuefe, oder ObR-G^iten, und Lxn
dereyen einigen Schaden zu thun ; oder fond, auf
was Art es fey, jemandes Eigenthum unrechtmae
figer Weife anzugreifen, fell, wenn folches gegen
ilin b^wiefen, wird, mit der aeußertten Strenge belteaft
werden.
Diejenigen, welche von Uebertretern diefer Pio--
clamation beleidigt zu feyn glauben, haben lich, wenn
fie Einwohner des Diltridts von New-York find, mit
ihren Klagen an den Comman'anten der Stadt zu
wefiden ; im Fall einer weitern Entfernung aber dem
Commandirenden Officier des naechfteu Poltens von
Seiner Majetet Truppen davont Anziege zu thun,
damit, wenn folche gegruendet, ihnen Gerechngkeit
wiederfahren, und das ncethige remedirt werden
merge.
Gegeben unter meaner Hand im Haupt ^artier aen
eiljten Martz, im Jabr unjers Herrn ein tgujend
fieben hundert und achtzig.
KNYPHAUSEN.
Auf Sr. Excellentz Befehl
Justin Henrich Motz,
F. H. Ober Auditeur.
By his Excellency
Lieutenant-General K.N YPHAUSEN,
Commanding his Majesty's Forces upon New-
York Illand, Long-Island, Staten-Island, and
Fofts depending, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
ENCOURAGEMENT and proteaion is hereby
given to the Possessors of Farms and Gardens
tor the Purpose of railing plentiful Supplies of Grain,
Forage, and Vegetables.
Whatever Pei ton or Persons presume to take away,
or to destroy Cattle, Stock, or other Produce of any
Farm or Garden ; to do any Damage to Houles,
Gardens, Orchards, or Lands; to break down
Fences, or otherwise to injure private Property, shall,
upon Proof thereof, be punished with the Uimolt
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 nearelt Pott of his Majesty's Troops,
in Order, that if well founded, they may obtain pro
per Redreis.
Given under my Hand, at Head-Quarters,
the Eleventh Day of March, One Thou
sand Seven Hundred and Eighty.
KNYPHAUSEN.
. By his Excellency's Command,
JUS FIN HENRY MOTZ,
Chief Judge Advocate, Hess.
TETERLE~N O X,
Late of PHILADELPHIA,
HAS open'd a PUNCH HOUSE, in Water
ftreet, three doors to the eastward of the
Coffee-Houle, at the figure of Capt. Joseph Brant,
of the fix nations; and takes this method of intro
ducing himfelf to his- friends who shall be pleased
to favour him with their good wishes, alluring them
shat it will b^ always his Rudy to plcafe.
Monday, June 79, 1780.
N E W-Y ORK
AND
WEEKLY
Containing (^ luriitu £intHces
1? Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
By JAMES PATTISON, Esq;
Major-General of his Majesty's Forces, Commandant of
New-York, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS in consequence of informations I have
received, that difenveries have been made that
various goods a.d mershand ze, to a ccnfiderable amount,
have of lait, ih violation of the cftablilhed regulations,
been conveyed from this city in a clandestine manner : 1
have therefore thought fr to issue this PROCLAMA
TION, hereby warning all perlons whatever against put
ting on board any ffiip, vefiel, pilot-boat, or other small
craft, goods or merchandize ot any fort : Also all matters
or persons having charge of !hips, veiLUr, pilot-boats, or
other final! crafts, agzinft receiving on board any goods
or merchandize, without peimihion from the offices ap
pointed by 3ir William Howe's proclamation o' th* 17th
July, 1777, and agreeable to the powers and regulations
therein contained.
And I do now hereby ftriaiy forbid all persons from
Gripping, or being concerned in Gripping, or receiving on
board any Veffeis,ony goods or merchandize which are to
be conveyed 10 places not comprehended 10 the powers
lifted in the above mentioned offices, until p^rm-ffion is
th it obtained from the office of police, or a Ipecial licence
granted for the fame, by the commandant.
Any person or persons, who fha)l be convicted before a
court-martial, of having a&cd contrary to the true intent
and meaning of this proclamation, fhali be liable to inch
fines and penalties as the court may adjudge, according
o the nature of the offence, besides the forfeiture of the
'o.ds; of which one half of the net proceeds will be
Applied to th: city funds, and the other halt given as a
auft Award to the perform or persons who shall, by giving
the proper information, bring to. lightinch unwarrantable
practices.
Given under my hand, in the city of New-York, the
fix'eenth day of May, in the year cf cur 1 otg, o.c
thousand leven hundred and eighty, and on the
twentieth year of his Majesty's rct^n.
JAME) PATTISON.
By command of the General,
John L< C. Room*; Sec'ry.
By JAMES PATTISON, Inquire, Major-General of
his Majesty's Forces, Commandant of New. York,
&c. &c. &c.
proclamation.
WHERE .AS it is highly necessary and expedient for
the faiuority of the air and the health ot the
inhabitants, as well as for the lake of that decency and
good order which ought to be observed in every -well
governed city, that the public Greets Should be kept clean
and free from nuisances of every kind.
I have therefore thought fit to itiue this Proclamation,
ftriftly forbidding all persons to throw out or laydown
in any of the Greets, lanes, alleys, docks, flips, open
lots of ground or ruins, (to the southward of Freffi-Water)
from theirdwelling-houfee, stores, stables, yards,.or cellars,
any dirt, filth,garbage, broken ware, or other rubbilh ; but
do hereby order that they regularly cause the fame to be
carried away once in every week, at their own exper.ee, and
thrown into the open lots in the swamp, (near the Jews
burying-ground) which are under water.
And it is further directed, that
( Of the South Ward on every Monday,
lOf1 Of the Dock Ward on every Tuesday,
| Of the East Ward on every Wednesday,
The Inhabit' Of ,o,^o Ward on every
, Thursday,
j Of the North Ward on every Friday,
I And,
LOf the Weft Ward on every Saturday,'
Do cause to be raked together and swept up in heaps on
the Greets before their retpe&ive dwelling houses, Gores
or Gables, all the dirt, dull and filth, which the common
intercourle of this city may occasion, in order that the
fame may be taken away by the public carts employed
for that purpofi.
Any person or persons, who trial! be convicted before
the Police of neglect, or refufal to comply with theft
orders and directions, shall, for every such offence, be
fined at the diictetiou ot the MagrGrates of Police, in a
sum not exceeding Forty Shillings currency, to be paid
into the hangr of the Treasurer of the City Funds, fir
the ule of the poor.
The inhabitants arc also ftriaiy enjoined and required
not to encumber any of the Greets, lanes, alleys, wharf's,
or piers of the city, with any kind of lumber that may
impede the free passage thereof, on penalty of having the
fame removed at the expense of the Proprietor, and being
fined, at the defcretienof the Police,in a sum not exceed
ing Ten Pounds currency for each offence.
And to the end that the salutary intentions of these
a emulations in y be fully anfwer&d, I do hereby nominate
and appoint, William Hill, anting officer under this
Proclamation, with inftruaions to report aw Delinquents
of the Police.
Given under- my hand, in the City of New-York,
the Gxth day of April, in the yeafc of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and eighty, and in
the Twentieth year of his Majesty's reign.
JAMES PATTISON.
By Command of the General,
John L, C. R<ome. Secretary.
BALL and BIRKS,
At No. ,77, Beekman's-Slip,
Have for SALE, on the lo^eft Terms,
7L# riDEIRA, red Fort, and Lijbon Wine, by the
Pipe, farter-cafe, or Dozen-,byfon, green,,
foufoong, and bobea Teas, double and Jungle rtfnea
loaf Sugars, Mufawado ditto, old Jamaica Spirits,
Brand, and Ram 1, the Puncheon or Gallon, Mess
Pork and Beej in Tacts, Barrels and balj Barrels,
Ship Bread, Flour of a good paid,, a f^e/b Afyort
ment of Butter ; Shot from No.\, to 4, avitb a ge-,
neral Afortment oJ Groceries, a Jew Pierces of g,od
Rice, a Pa;cel of damaged Bread and Gatuaal.
Monday, i 8 Min. after it
Tuesday, 6 Min. after 12
Wednesday, 4.9 Min. after 12
Thurlday, 31 Min. after 1
HIGH- WATER at NEW-Y OR K, this Week.
THE
ttA^'^r''T'^T^
G&ii^firo
7#W#^W
^^i^#t
Friday, 10 Min. after 2
Saturday, 48 Min. after 2 1
Sunday, 29 Min. after 3^
Lalt Quarter, the 24th. 1
New-York, May 15, 1780.
By order of the COMMANDANT.
^ XrHEREAS the Superintendent General of the
hospitals, has represented that the patients in
th# General Hospitals, as well as the convalescents be-,
longing to the fame, do daily purchase spirituous liquors
fom the licenced public boufes, to the great detriment
of thrir healths and me fubv-fion of good order and regu
larity: Notice is therefore given, that any perlon or
perlons, who for the future shall bt dete<lted in fehing
spirituous liquors to foldters, coming under the above
deßriMibn, or of fending any into the I.visuals, will b
immediately deprived vt hit, iter, of their licence and be
liable to such punishment asa f urt martial lh<i adj ad t ,c.
And in order that no one Ihall be dereiyed or plead
the mot knowing convalescents from other faldiers, all
thofc who may be allowed to walk abroad as such, in
future, will wear the diftingu fhv.g mark of ar H, made
f blue cloth, and sewed upon a conlpicuous part ot each
arm.
And whereas also. feme patient: have been encouraged
by inhabitants, to fell and dr pole of not only their own
loathing, bur likewise the bedding and utcnlris of the
ho p ; tal; ali perform are hereby cautioned against pur
chasing from Soldiers any ol the above mentioned articles,
as they wall be amenable to a court martial, for tranf
greftons(f this kind.
And whoever fliall give information to Mr. Mallett,
purveyor of the hospitals, of any perlon offending herein,
fha.ll, upon his or her coot A^on, receive a guinea reward.
SIEPHEN P. ADYE, Aide de Camp.
By His Excellency
James Robertson, Esq;
Gafotam General and Governor in Chief, in and .oaer
°ibe Province 0, New-York, and ibe Terriioriepde
pending thereon in America, Chancellor and Ftce-
Admirul of tbejame, and Major-General oj his
Majefy's Forcer.
A PROCLAMATION.
CT^HE King having been graciously pieafed to honour
me with the Care of a Province, where, in along
Refinance, 1 have contrasted an Ederm for tome, and
an Affeaiou for many ot its Inhabitants, I proceed with
great Plcafure to announce his benevolent Intentions.
It is his Majesty's Wiffi; by the Revival of the Civil
Authority, to prove to. all the Colonies aid Provinces,
that fc^ not his Design to govern America by Mili
tary Law, but that they are to enjoy all the Benefits of a
local Lfeifation and their former Constitution.,
To t^ia End I have brought out the Royal Appoint-,
merits fyrformirQ the Council, and Applying the Places
of Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice. And in
Concurrence with the Commander in Chief of the Bri
tiih Forces, who is alio his Majesty s Commissioner for
restoring Peace to the Colonies, 1 fhaii, as speedily as the
public Exigencies will permit, give order for opening the
Cour's of judicature, and convening the Assembly; and
in general proceed to tire Execution of the Powers reposed
in me f^fne free Courle ard complete Re cftablifhm<nt,
both of the bpgiGative and Executive Authority.
I take great Satiela&ion io the Anticipation of that
happy Day, when Relations, friends and Fellow Citi
zens, having drimjffed their gloomy Apprebenfions, Ihail
re-embrace each other, aid return to the Offices, Piea-i
fures, and Employments 0 Peace. Your Country with
your ancient Privileges, wiiltheo participate in auex
tenfive Commerce and be exempted from ail raxations
not impelled by jourfelves. . ..
Until I m:ct you regularly in General Assembly, for
the Restoration of mutual Confidence, and the remedying
of private as well as public Evils, I pledge myLlf to
Men of all Claims, in every Part of the Province, that
it is the companionate Desire of your Sovereign, ami of
the Parent Country, to unite in Atfe&ion as in Lnereft,
with the Colonies planted by her Hand, and which have
long Gouriflied under her Care, —that the Suggestions of
her Intention to impair their Rights and Privileges, are
the Arts of Malice and Fa&:on,--ind that eve y 1.&
nuation made by the domestic Enemies of Great-Britain,
of her bein 6 difpoi-d 10 abandon the Provinces to internal
Anarchy and the Mifchiels of their jarring Intoerts and
Claims, or to the fraudulent and ambitious Views of
foreign, Popifh, and arbitrary Powers (of whom your
Fathers had a wife and virtuous Jealouly) is equally laife
and maticious.
Happy herfelf, under a Constitution which is the En
vy and Admiration of surrounding Nations, the wishes to
include in one cumprehenfivc Syttem of Felicity, ail the
Branches of a Stock, intimately connected by the Ties of
Language, Manners, Laws, Customs, Habits, Intcrcfia,
Religion, and Blood.
1 lament with the ingenuous Th mfaeds ot America,
who are irreconcilable to the unnatural Separarion, so
inauspicious to yourselves, as well as all the rest 01 your
Fellow Suetas in the other Quarters of the World, that
the Few woo have found Means to acquire a Sway in the
Management of your Iffairs, have been averse to every
uniting System of Policy, and fludioully ihunaed the
paths of Harmony arid Peace.
Butit is not my Aim to call them to a hopeleia and
mortifying Review of their Conduct. Can they want
Evidence at this Dav, of the Deteftaaon of rheir Mca
fures, by an increasing Majority of their own Country
men ? And rising every thing to fear from their fix
hauled Patience, 1 warn them to drlift, from any future
Attempts to restrain and seduce the Loyalty of others,
and wifely to provide againlf their Refeatment, by fig
realizing themselves, as heretofore in exciting, so now
in elofing the Scene of their intolerable Calamities.
And I hereby give the strongest Affutances Qf etUaual
Countenance, Proteawn, and Support to al: 1 erfons
who avail themleives or the Proclamation iflued by his
Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, dated at James
Island, the 3d Day of March.
Let's inclined to reproach than to conciliate, to aggra
vate than to forget, even 'h- Guilt-m those, wKo privy
to the repeated Calls of Great-Brnain W Fricudfop,
Wheat per Bushel, 265. od.
Flour, Bos, od.
Brown Bread, 955. od.
Welt-India Rum, ss. 6d.
New-England do. 4s. od.
GAZETTE:
THE
MERCU R Y.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufcovado Sugar, 51. 10s.
Single refin'd ditto, is. gd.
Molasses, zs. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, 81. IOS 6
foreign ana Donufli&
upon Terms adequate to the Desire and Expectation of
their Constituents, yet neverthalefs forbore to 'reveal
them, that they might, with the greater Ease, press the
antient Enmity 01 foreign Foes, to the Aid of their own
Ambition and Avarice, I exhort them to seek an early
Refuge, in the abundant Clemency of the Crown, from
the Perils to which they have exposed themselves, by
Measures fraudulently concerted and tyrannically in
force, and affording by the complicated Miseries they
have roughs upon their Country, and the mighty Ruin
still impending, Irrefiftable Evidence of the Folly and
Malignancy of the Councils, by which its Affairs have
b,en condr&K
Towards redressing the Disorders, arising from the
L'ofs or Want of Charters, I recommend it to all con
cerned, to apply without Delay in the ordinary Course
for Ch rters which shall be granted as soon as Civil Au
thority <akes Place.
As to the public Books of Records, so important to
your Titles and Estates in all Prrs of the Colony, and
formeriy lodged in the Secretary's Ossie, I undc^and
that they were separated from the rest, by the provident
Circumfmlioo of my Pmdeceffor, wh ifrfMerits are
above my Applause, and have often had yours ; and
having been afterwards tent Home for fafe Custody, yog
may rely uporn the ; r being careful!, preserved, and duly
returned as soon as the common T.mqoiik, is restored,
I now call upon every Individual in the Colony, to
ffiew his Allegiance, Fidelity and Patriotism, by afford
ing his Abidance towards accomplishing the King's mod
gracious Design of refloring the Blessings of Peace and
good Government: And they who fhail most diftingWM
themselves by their laudable Efforts for these good Pdr
potes, will :n <ft affurcily best recommend themselves to
the Royal Approbation and Favour,
Given under my Hand, and the Great Seal of the
Province of New-York, in the Citfoof New-
York. the Fist enth D.y of April, One Thou
sand Seven Hundred and Eighty, in the
Twernieth Year of his,Maj :£,% Reign.
JAMES ROBERTSON.
By his Excellency's Command,
Samuel Ba yard, jun. Deputy Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Wright Southgate,
No. S§6, Hanover-Spare,
HAS imported by the lad fleet, an elegant as
sortment of rich silks and fattens, brocaded,
plain, and flowered, the molt falhionable colours and
in excellent order ; armozeens, ducapes, plain,
changeable, and striped luteftrings free from spots
or Rains ; modes, perfians, and farfenets of all qua
lities, black silk velvet, rich Florentines and prin
cefs'ftuffs for gentlemens wear, silk, fattin, ruffel,
calimanco and Ruff quihs of all colours ; ladies
Rays London made, and neatly finished, calimanco
frays andfulteens, silk, fitting Morocco and fluff
Rimes, with French heels, gown trimmings and
fringes, EaR India chintzes, light and dark grounds,
printed mullins, fpriged and book ditto, furniture
calicoes with trimmings,joining thread lace and edg
ings, Irifo linen, Merfailles quilting, sewing silks,
threads, tapes, pins, needles, cap trimmings, gloves,
fc.
' O B$ OL D, UY
Jacobus L. Lefferts,
At bis Store in W ater greet, between Burling's-Jli,
and the Fly-market, three Doors Weft of Philip
Rhinelander's China Store, and next DooP to
Charles White, Brajs Founder, upon the mpft
reafonabVe forms, the following Articles, viz.
ALS O,
A quantity of very excellent
ROSEBUTTE R,
Just imported.
T O BE SOLD,
A Valuable Negro WENCH, that can be well
£2. recommended tor her Honesty and Sobriety,
1 and is a good Ceck. For further Particulars, ap-
I ply to Hugh Gaine.
Madeira, i a
Lisbon, and 1,
Teneiilfe
Wert-India Rum of the
Kelt quality and hi,,l,
proof, by the Hog-
Ihead, barrel or ieis
quantity,
French brandy-in kegs
or by the gallon,
Holland geneva,
Belt London potter, and
Liverpool ale, in bot
tles,
Molaßes in hogflieads or
barrels,
Coarle and fi ^ fait,
Loaf and lump lugars,
Mufcovado ditto,
Mould and dipt candles,
Sweet oil,
Calk railins,
Yorkshire hams,
Caltile fbap,
.[Fine Salt, 2s. d°
. Coarse Sait, is. d^
. Indian Corn perßa. 10s. d*
. Coffee, is. d°
. Chocolate, 265. per Do°
Turpentine do,
B it hyfon, foufhopghn|
bohea teas, ,
Belt green coffee, in bar,
rets or lets quantity,
Chocolate,
Pepper, allspice, ginger,
nutjnegs, cinnamon,
mace, cloves,
Tobacco,
Belt Scotch fivuff in blad
de s and bottles,
Mustard in bottles,
5 Cheshire, double and
frogle Gloucester cheek,
Short aud long pipes,
Split peafe by the keg or
quart,
Rice,
Fig Blue,^
Indigo, copperas, and
alium,
Writing and wrapping
paper,
Wool cards, &c.
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