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Monday, July 5, Iff.
N E W^Y O RK
WEE K L Y
Containing ^ catlieft anuices
PARDO N.
By His Excellency
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief, of all his
Majesty's Forces^ within the Colonies lying
on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia
to Wfl-Florida, inclusive, Uc. ^c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the well-known Anxiety of
the Enemy, to keep from the Know
ledge of their Troops every Information,
which might give them a just Idea of their
Situation, may have prevented some Deserters
from this Army, from reaping the Benefit of
my late Proclamations of the 23d of February
and i;th of April last.—l have thought fit to
extend the Term of the said Proclamations,
that the Grace therein offered, of which so
many have already availed themselves, may
be more genrrally known: And I do he
reby ' promise A FREE PARDON to
every DESERTER, who will voluntarily sur
render himfelf to any of his Majesty's Troops
before the FIRST DAY OF AUGUST next.
Given under my Hand at Head-Quarters, in
New-York, the Fourteenth Day of 'June,
1779.
H. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
John Smith, Secretary.
By his EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief of all his
Majesty's Forces within the Colonies laying
on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia
to Weft Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
1 PROTECTION and encouragement is here
i given to the possessors of farms and
gardens to raise plentiful supplies of grain,
provisions, vegetables, and forage. Whatever
person or persons shall presume to take away,
or deftro, any part of the cattle, flock, or other
produce of any farm or garden, or do any
damage to the habitations, garden, orchards,
or lands; destroy or break down the fences,
shall, upon proof thereof, be most severely
punished. Complaint is to be made to the
Commandant of New-York, or to the officer
commanding the neared post of his Majesty's
troops.
Given under my Hand at Head-Quarters,
the Eighth Day of March, in the Year
of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hun
dred and Seventy-nine.
H. CLINTON.'
By his Excellency's Command,
John Smith, Sec'ry.
Office of Police, April 12, 1779.
INFORMATION having been lodged at
this Office, that persons bringing flour
and meJ for sale to this city, have exacted
from the purchasers, premiums for their trou
ble in bringing such flour and meal to market,
in addition to the regulated price; and also that
the retailers of flour and meal in this city, do
ask and receive greater prices than the eftab-
Jifhe'd rates; for the prevention whereof in
future, the inhabitants are hereby call'd upon
to give information at this office of any prac
tices repugnant to the regulations eftablilhed
by the Commandant in his Proclamation of
the 22a of January last, in order that offend
ers may be punished.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendent Gen.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
PETER DUBOIS, Magistrate ofPolice.
By Order of the Commandant. 1
NOTICE is hereby given, that permifli
on will be granted b the Police to any
persons properly recommended, who may in
cline to employ themselves in filhing with
seines or otherwise, any where within the pro
tedion of his Majesty's ships for the purpose
of fuppying the markets of this city.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendent Gen.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayo,
PETER DUBOIS, Magistrate fPolice.
Office 0' Police, April <„ 1779.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 80s. per Cent.
Published 'January 22, 177%
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh
2 lb. for 21 Coppers.
° Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
By Sir GEORGE COLLIER,
Commodore and Commander in Chief of all bis
Majeffs Ships and Fegels employed in Ame
rica, from the North Cape on the Ifand Cape
Breton to the Bahama Islands, and Florida
inclufiue,
WHEREAS many Seamen have been late
ly inveigled from his Majesty's Service
into Privateers, Letters of Marque, and Mer
chantmen, owing often to Drunkenness, and
want of Consideration of the heavy Penalty
attending fneh a Crime, which is Death by
the Sentence of a Court-Martial.
And whereas I have had it represented to me
that several of such Deserters, repenting of
their Offence, are only restrained from return
ing to their Ships through^ar of Punishment.
I hereby think proper to give Notice, that
such Seamen or Marines who will return either
to their own Ship, or if die is not present, to
any other Ship or Vessel of his Majesty's, ac
knowledging their Crime, and claiming tbe
benefit of this Proclamation, shall be pardon
ed their Desertion, provided they give them
selves up within a Kalender Month from the
Date hereof.
And as the King's Service has fuffered ma
terially by Privateers, Letters of Marque and
Merchant Vessels, enticing Seamen to desert,
they are to take Notice, that whatever Ship
or Vessel shall be found to harbour a Deserter,
or in which a Defertcr shall be found, will
have every Man, (except the Commander)
without Exception, impressed for hi; Majesty's
Service, and it is lignified to them, tha the
Excuse of not knowing him to be a Deserter,
will not avail or be received, unless the Proof
is perfectly clear that neither the Owners,
Matter or Mate, knew of his being such.
But if, notwithstanding the Mercy held out
to Offenders who have left their Ships, there
should yet be any so incorrigible as to persist in
their Crime, and not return to the Service,
they may depend upon their being proceeded
against if taken, with the utmost Severity,
and punished with Death, if the Court Mar
tial shall sentence them to it.
Given on board his Majesty's Ship the
Raifonable, off New-York, the 28th
of May, 1779.
GEORGE COLLIER.
By Command of the Commodore.
John Marr, Secry. .
WHEREAS it has been represented to me,
that innumerable Riots and Disturban
ces have happened in the Streets of the City
to the great annoyance and apprehension of
the Inhabitants, by Seamen belonging to his
Majesty's Ship's, Transports, Victuallers, &c.
Notice is hereby Given,
To the several Captains, Commanders,
and Officers in his Majesty's service, and in
theemploy of Government, that they are not,
on any account whatever, to grant leave, or
permit Seamen belonging to their refpe&ive
Ships and Vessels, to be on ffiore after dark ;
and should any so far trangrefs, as to be
found in the Street, after Gun Fire in the
Evening, they will be taken up by the Patroles,
and punished with the Severity, which a
breach of uracis merit).
GEORGE COLLIER.
Raisonable, ofF New-York,
lath May, 1779.
The Managers of the associated LOYALISTS
L O TT E R Y,
With pleasure inform the Public, that such en
couragement has been given in the sale of the
Tickets, as to juftify them in publishing their
intentions to commence
DRAWING
In a very (hurt time.
,# The necessary preparations are now
making for that purpose ; and those who wish
to encourage the Associators, by becoming ad
venturers in this Lottery, are requited to call on
the Managers, for the few Tickets that are
remaining Tickets to be had of V. P. Afh
fu 0 Merchant, and all the Printers in New-
York.
IHIGH-WATER atNEW-YORK, this Week.
Monday, 6 Min. after 2 I Friday, 7 Min. after 5
4 uefday, 47 Min. after 2 Saturday, 59 Min. after 5
Wednefdaygo Min. after 3 Sunday 57 Min. afte, 6
Thursday, 16 Min. after 4 Lalt Quarter the 6th.
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General Pardon.
SR. HochfuerHlichenDurchlaucht des Regie
lenden Herrn Landgrafen zu Hellen
hoechft bedelirer General Lieutenant,on dC^ni
mandeur en Chef des in Kceniglich Grosbrit
tannifehem folde dehenden Auxiliair Corps
Fuerlllich Heffischer Trouppen, Chef eines
Fusilier Regiments und Ritter derer Fuerftlich
Heffifchen Ordens, &c. Ich Wilhelm von
Knyphaufen thue kund, und einem Jeden,
fc es angehet, hietmit zu wiffen:
Nachdem seine Excellentz der Koeniglich
Gros-Britannifehe General en chef, Sir Henry
Clinton, K. B. unterm zgten February diefes
Jahrs, eincn General Pardon suer alle und
Jede Deferteures von der Kceniglichen Armee
erlaffen haberi, welche fich vor dem 1 ten
nechftkuenftigen Monaths May, bey denep
Koenigbchen Trouppen von felbft wieder her
ftellen werden; und !ch dann in betracht,
dafz vielleicht verfchiedne Deferteurs von dem
meinern Commando anvertrauten Corps Fuer
ftlich Heffischer Trouppen der Engleandifchen
fprache unkundig feyn moechten, suer ncethig
finde, felbigen folches in Ihrer Landes Sprache
bekannt zu machen, und vor fie deshalb ob
achgedten Termin zu verlaengern; Als er
theile Ich hiermit alien und jeden vone
Heffischen Corps in Nord-America defertirge
unter Officiers und Gemeinen, auch ,enthftn
welche etwa bey denen Feinden Dieem folc
nommen haben, die aber das fchaendliche
Ver rechen der begangenen meineydigen
D -.. >n bcreuen, und zu der, der Crone
' reunion geleilletcn Eydes Pflicht, und
1 t rchlauchtigllen Landes Fuerflen
' ch r eue unt Guhorfam zuruckkchren
weber , 1c- % fich vor dem 1 ten Tag des
naechft i;er, en Monaths Juny bey der
Kceniglicht ..^ einfinden, ur,d bey ihrcn
Regimentern r f ftellen werden, einen
freyen und voi. in: -en Pardon also und der
geftalt, dafz fie pur von aller Leibes
StrofFe, Condemn I.\ ? m d er Confiscation
Ihres in Helfen habt ten ermcegens befreyet
feyn follen.
Gegeben unter mei, 'j m Havpt-
Q°artier,zu New-York,d # . Nrtii
KNYPH LNV
Auf B^fehl Sr. Lxcellentz.
Justin Henrich Motz, Ober- YedLww
GENERAL PARDO.
Sr. LXCEELENTZ
Ilerrn Wilhelm von Knyph
Fuerftlich Hetlifehen General Lieutenants, ..,
Commandeur en Chef des in Koeni^lkb
Grofz-Britannifchen Dienften ftehendr
Auxiliair Corps FuerlHich Heftfeher Truup
pen, Chef eines Fusilier Regiments, und
Ritter derer Fuerftlich Heffifchen Ordens,
etc. etc. etc.
NACHDEM von Sr. Excellentz dem
Kceuiglich Grfz Britannifehen Gene
ral en Chef, Sir Heny Clinton, K. B. der
vorhin vor die Deferteurs dcr Kceniglichen
Armee erlaffene General Pardon verfatngert
worden, nnd dann durch die allzubekannte fehr
forgfeltige feindiiche Bemuehungen, cine jede,
ihre wahre Lage entdeckende Nachricht, vor
der Wiffenfchaff derer feindlichen Trouppen zu
verbergen, auch verichiedene Deferteurs von
denen Fucrftiich Heffifchen Trouppen in Nord-
America verhindert feyn ifroechten, fich des von
Sr. Excellentz dem Kceniglichen Herrn General
cn Chef so wol, als von mir crlaffcncn General
Pardons zu Nutze zu machen, auf welchen
fchon 10 ir^ft ._ Treue
glyecklich wieder zuruecKgekehret find; So
finde Ic'nfuer ncethig, damit es dello mehr zu
jedermans Wiffenfchaft, auch derer der Eng
la^ndifchen S,rache nicht verftaendigeugeiangen
mcege, den von mir vorhin erlaffenei )und mit
ablauf des Monaths May zu ende gehenden
General Pardon, alles leines Innhalts, tie hier
mit gefchiehet gleichmaeffig zu verleng^rn. Ich
ertheile demnach alien und jeden vor denen
Fuerftlich Heffifchen Trouppen in Norc-Amt.
rica defertirten Unter-Omciers und Ge-meinen
einen freyen und vce[l:gen Pardon, welche fich
fteywrilig bey denen Kcemglich n Trouppen
vor dem Erften Tag d ."• •rLllr.enftigen
Monaths July einfinden, und b r jh -kegi
mentern darauf Hellen werden,
Gegeben unter meiner lla , ^ptru
tier, New-York, den 26,,' A'r-l
KNY IHAUSEV
Auf Befehl Sr. Excellent,
Justin HenriCh ^T vz,r >er „,^„),.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Wheat per Bulhel, 265. od. Mufeovade Sugar, 5 1. ros. Fine Salt, it. Cd
f° ur >, Bos - od Single refin'd ditto, is. gd. Coarse Salt, is. do.
95 " °* ^°^ ^ 2s. 6d.lndian Corn per Bu. ios. do.
Wett-lndia Rum, s s. 61. Beet per Barrel, £l. od.(Coffee, is. Do.
New-England do. 4:. od. Pork, g]„ los., Chocolate, 265. per de.
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GAZETTE:
THE
M ERCUR Y.
Foreign BAD Domeflics.
I NEW-YORK, June 30.
Mr. Thomas Jefferfon of Virginia, one of
their Republican writers, is chosen Governor
of that colony in the room of Mr. Patrick
Henry.
On tbe 18th instant was murdered at Iflip,
Suffolk county, on Long-Island, Morris Sim
mons, a Refugee from Dutchefs couny, who
occupied the farm of one Strong a Rebel This
murder was supposed to have been perpetrat
ed by three villians, who firft wounded him
with a piHol in the knee,ftabbed him in several.
peaces, and then beat his brains out with an
ax. As he lived alone, he was not found till
the next day.
The following is a true relation of the a&i
on between the Deligent Brig,Capt. WallbcofF,
and the Providence, Capt. Hacker, a rebel
privateer. Three or four days after we left
' New York fell in with the continental sloop
'' Providence, with 6 fix-pounders, 6 fours, a
" two's and So men, when an action ensued,
" which lasted from two in the afternoon until
near five, when the Master and Midshipman
being wounded, Boatswain and corporal of
" Marines killed, the whole number killed
" and wounded 29 ; and only three unwound
" ed persons left with the Captain on deck,
" the commander was under a necessity of fur
" rendering the brig, or facrificing the few re
" maining brave fellows without answering a
" py good purpose to his King and country.
^ Ihe Diligent had only three pounders; the
y Hoop wih such superior metal was barricad
ed so as to be impregnable to her grape and ±
mulket ball; on the contrary the brig was
“ vulnerable every where, having only an
" inch deal three feet and an half high, to
cover her people, thro' which the enemy's
musketry puffed as through brown paper."
Capt. Hacker behaved extremely well, riot
permitting , any thing belonging to the officers
and men to be t^ken from them,
rn't'"'" morn ' n g about one o'clock a party
of Rebels from Connecticut landed on Long-
Island, furprized and carried off Mr. Abraham
Walton, Dr. Brooks, and eight more very re
fpedable and loyal inhabitants from Mufketo
Cove.
We are informed by the Extracts of the Cnn
grefs's minutes, dated May 20, that the pro
vince of Maryland have refufed to accede to
tne Confederation of the Rebel States for
r ,.°^ V'" in a series of infractions sent to
their Delagates.
FaH Ihurfday nighta party of about thirty
Rebels came over from Connecticut in three
: :e boats to Cow Neck, Long liland; they
; ^red the house of Mr. Stephen Thorne,
I 'y valuable articles, and at the fame
r ofthem 'grounded the house of Mr.
are'.tone, his son, which they likewise
C ' G . m lately both these gentlemen were
that nig nd, which prevented their be
^'2'" ^L'' aptivi ^ In the house of
'’ tbey f ° und Ca P te Lewis
ma n banished by the rebel
legiflatureft. ~ ?for d, We ft Chester coun
ty; him they rc ^ of such e @ s as th
demagogues had p ~d him to bring with
h % bf ° ke , en ^ < f rom which thev
extracted a boat 7°,ni, Hver, and York
c ^7 ency £ , °^ emifi ^ ^ als o depriv
ed htm of the molt valuable part b f his
mg, but difcainea to acceptof 400 ] ia Cor
grefs dollars, of which they fandhim po ffrf.
fed.'
Last Sunday two Rebel whale Co,, o n
boaid of wlich were 17 men, made their ap
pearance at Hog-llland, near Rockaway, the
militia were soon alarmed and a party was dis
patched in two boats, whilit the others marc'f
ed along shore and secreted themselves among
t^e Bruffi, at the entrance of and along the
creek at which they entered. The Rebels had
scarcely landed, when they observed the two
boats coming into the inlet, on which they
endeavoured to efeape, but finding they were
surrounded and fired on from all quarters,
'"tendered. Some time after three other of
thebaine gentry came rowing along shore, ani
observing their two boats, made into the inlet,
and fell also into the hands of the militia.
These boats were fitted out at Sa) brook, in
Connecticut, with a bral stwo pounder in the
tow of each, and had a commission from Gov.
Dumbull to plunder the inhabitants of Long
and. The prifeners, 41 in number, we;e
br ght to town yeßerday.