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(engagement, but (from the difpofcions ot the
enemy, who, notwithstanding their superiority
in numbers used every artifice to avoid one)
it was found impracticable to bring more than
a part of our line into adion, we are informed
that the two Admirals, in the London of 98,
and the Ville de Paris oft 10 guns, were fierce
ly opposed to each other, the Shrewsbury of
commanded by Capt. Mark Robinson, and
the Intrepid of ,64, by Captain Molloy, were
two others principally engaged on our fide,
several of the enemy's flips were beat out of
the line, when the affair was over 'tis said the
French pushed back again for repossession of
the Bav, but this purpose Admiral Graves ef
fectually defeated,and sent off the whole French
fleet, which by the last advices had retired up
wards of 30 leagues to the southward of Cape
Henry, and the British fleet in fight of them,
so that another contelt for the sovereignty of
the American leas, is hourly expected between
these great naval armaments. The French left
their anchors (with buoys) on their sudden de
parture from Chefapeak, which were after
wards cut away by Captain Duncan in the
Medea, and Captain Dawson in the Iris. One
French ship of 64 guns, or armed en flute, with
three frigates, 'tis said, were left in Y orkriver,
to aid the Marquis la Fayette, and co operate
with Mr. Washington, should he move down
to Virginia. In the above Ikirmifh Captain
Mark Robinson was very dangerously wounded
in the leg, 'which disabling him from Service,
the Shrewfbury is now commanded by Captain
John Colpoys: There are hopesof Captain
Robinson's recovery. It is an indisputable
f a & that the French fleet were four days to
windward of the British, with a superiority of
five ships of the line, and during that space
their Admiral never ventured to attack Ad
miral Graves, who was ever ready to give him
battle.
For genuine particulars of the above event
we entreat the patience of our readers until we
are possessed of a more accurate and authentic
detail, which we hope soon to produce from
authority.
A Philadelphia Paper of the itth Instant.
makes the Fleet under the Count de Graffe,
in the Chefapeak to amount to 27 Sail of
the Line ; but takes Care not to mention the
Names of any of them: If it is so very large,
is it not furprizing they Should avoid coming
to an Action with Admiral Graves, who we
may suppose at tnis Day has not more than
20 ships of the Line under his Command !
We have Reason to think that the Quebeck
Fleet from London, as well as those that went
under Convoy from this Port for that Place,
have eluded the Vigilance of the Enemy's
Creizers, as we have no Account of any of
them being yet arrived in those Ports.
The Rev. Mr. Zublee, formerly a Member
of CongreL for Georgia, died lately in the
57th Year of his Age.
General Thbmpfon, in the Service of Con
gress also, formerly a Prisoner within these
Lines, likewise died lately in Pennsylvania.
A few Chests of best EnglishHyfon, Congo,
Sufhong, and Bohea Teas, to be fold. Enquire
of Hugh Gaine.
Best Hair Powder at 2$ per lb. Turlington's
Balsam, Balsam of Honey, Hooper's and An
derfon's Pills, Daffy's Elixe^moft excellent
Corn Salve, Stoughton's Bitters, fold by Hugh
Gaine. Also, the new Manual Exercise, and
the Articles of War.
BOOKS,
Sold by H. GAINE;
GOLDSMITH'S Hi,or, of England, 4 Tols Gold
fish's Grecian H^ory, 2 Toh. Cheferfeld's
Miscellaneous Works, 4 Tols. Cheflerfield s Letters,
4 Tois. Ancient and prefect fate of England, Totek
neffe's Year's Courney through France and Part of
Spain, De Lolme's Account of the Englijb Confutation,
Ballard's Memoirs of British Ladies, Coxe's Sketches
of the natural, civil and political fate of Swifferland,
Literary Hi, or, of the Troubadours, Collinso n's Beau
ties of British Antiquities, Watkinforis phiiofopbieal
Survey of the South of Ireland, Hi,or, of Modern Eu
rope, with an Account of the Rife and Fall of the Ro
man Empire, Abbe Millot's Elements of General
Hilory, 3 Tols. Refleaions on the Rife and Fall of the
driest Republics, Hiforical Memoirs, Terence's Co
.foies, tranced into familiar blank Terje, Essay on
fermfo, Campbell's Lives of the Britifo Admirals,
Sales by Au&ion.
By Child and Harrison,
THIS DA Y,
At the Coffee House,
AL"g e petnaugre, o schooner with lee boards,
carries ten cord of wood, and draws only foul
feet water when loaded.„
N. B. The said schooner lays at Coenties Dock.
Any person inclining to ptucnafe at private file, may
apply to Child and Harrison, No, 35,/ Wal-Street.
Sales by AUCTION,
To-morrow, 11 o'Clock, near the Bridge,
By Child and Harrison,
z Pines old London Particular Madeira Wine,
$ Pipe of Brandy,
4.Hogsheads old Jamaica Spirits,
zo Dozen old Hock in Cases 5 Dozen each,
20 Dozen of Claret in do. do.
3 Boxes fine Spermaceti Candles,
10 Boxes of Mould Candles,
I Chest choice fine Hyfon Tea,
2 Do. Sufhong and one Do. Bohea.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 17.
The following
PRINTED GOODS, &c.
The greater part of which are perfectly fuit
abl~ to the approaching season.
PUBLIC ^UCIIO N.
Next Wednesday. beginning at 10 o'Clock,
Sale by Au&ion,
By Bowman and Codner r
This Day, at the Coffee House, will be fold,
A quantity of the very belt live feathers in
sacks of about 100 lb. each.
On WEDNESDAY next,
At the Bridge opposite the Coffee-
House,
A parcel of pots and kettles,
Four hogSheads of claret,
A parcel of window glass,
A quantity of white lead, &c.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
TO-MORROW,
it o'clock at the Bridge will be fold,
A box of Shoes, consisting of
Satten, fattinet, velvet, para^ on, leather and
calimanco, of different colours.
A bale, containing,
Printed linens, IriSh ditto, linen handker
chiefs, diapers, &c.
50 boxes mould candles,
20 ditto soap.
Templeton pnd Stewart.
NEW ROSE
May Butter,
just imported from Co k, and felling by
JOHN PE LL,
At No. 191, Queen-Street, who has also for file,
MESS beef and pork, English and American
frefh flour,mould and dipt candles, barrels &
halt barrels Scotch red herring, white wine vinegar,
pigs tongues in kegs, loaf and mufeovado sugar,
turpentine soap, Madeira, port and claret wines,
Cheshire cheese, bohea tea, chocolate, olives, capers,
anchovies, ge king ard walnuts, playing cards,
pipes of different lengths, Durham mustard loose
and in bottles, Holland geneva, old rum, barley,
Poland Starch in boxes and calks, fine and military
(hues, velvet coiks, ' c. &c.
Imported in the Northumbrian, just arrived
from Bristol, and to be fold by
SALMON and PRICE,
The corner of Smith and Duke-Street,
A Quantity of exceeding fine Amber malt,
in good condition, with a few bags of
the very belt hops, some bales of coatings,
duffiis, baizes, &c. Calks of military shoes,
7 8, yard wide low picej Lift liners, with an
aff,rtment of other goods, suitable to the
season. [6162]
Imported in the (hip Northumbrian, from
Brift I and to be fold by
William Perry,
No. 1 Garden street, in Smith street,
Bristol beer.)
London Porter, > In calks of ten dozen,
And Cyder,j
Belt pickt Beef in Barrels,
Crates assorted, Glass Ware,
Bar and bolt Iron, Englilh faggot Steel,
Linseed Oil.
Qa For BRISTOL,
To fail with or without convoy,
'" e Ship Northumbrian,
Solomon Chapman,
MASTER;
A FAST failing stout vessel, mounts twelve ,
A pounders between decks, men answerable ;
and will be leady to take in, in fix days. For
freight or puffage apply to the mallei on board, at
Brownejohn's wharff, or to Edward Goold, Hano
ver-Square. A few firkins of new butter to be fold
on board said (hip.
Just imported,
By Uftick and Hartfoorne,
In the Northumbrian, from Bristol, and to be fold,
wholesale and retail, on the lowest terms, at
their store, at the sign of the Lock and Key, in
Queen-Street, between Builing's and Beekman's
Slips, a largeand general assortment of
IRONMONGERY and cutleiy, among which
are, tteel plate, mill, pitt, cross-cut, hand, and
other saws ; carpenters, joiners, and coopers tools ;
blacksmiths anvels, beck irons and vises, bar iron,
and steel ; cart and waggon boxes, iron pots and
kettles, bras kettles, grid irons, frying pans,
German and iron coffee mills, sheet lead, 4 and
4 and 1-2 pound pins, a large aflortment of files,
nails and spikes, clout and hob nails, brads and
tacks, of every size, fyths, locks and hinges, a
great variety ; knives and forks, penknives, cut
teaus, taylors fhea s womens and (hop feiffars,
horse fefors and brushes, curry combs, and niaue
combs, fp.des and (hovels, and a great variety of
other articles too tedious to mention^
They have likewise a few chests of hyfon, and
bohea tea to dispose of.
By James Inglis,
At his Office in Vater Street, No. 33.
A very large and xtenfive variety of
Woollen, linen, cotton, silk,
worsted, and
Public Auction.
To-morrow,
At the Coffee-Houfe,
will be fold,
100 barrels fine frelh Hour, just imported.
Cuningham and Wardrop.
Public Auction,
At the Coffee-Houfe, this Day,
12 Puncheons of high proof Jamaica Spirits.
T O-M ORRO W,
6 Hogsheads of genuine Holland Geneva,
20 Boxes of London made Turpentine Soap,
And a few Barrels of Mufeovado Sugars.
By Daniel M'Cormick.
SOLD,
50 firkins excellent frefh butter,
80 white oak shaken hogflheads, with
heading,
A parcel of muskets, cartridge boxes,
Sails, &c. &c.
TO-MORROW,
60 boxes London m^uld candles,
4 bales of broadcloths,
And fuperfine beaver coatings.
This day, for the benefit of the Un
derwriters,
On Brafher's wharff,
A parcel of RiGGiNGand Spars,
From on board the ship Alexander, dam
aged and rendered unfefviceable, in conse
quence of an engagement at sea during her
passage from Glasgow, to this port.
To-morrow, on Murray's wharff,
A parcel of Sails and a Boat,
Belonging to said th:,, a^d damaged as a
bove. Particulars of the whole to be seen at
the Wardens of the port, and nu r ffice.
—f~H~IS DAY,
At XII o'Clock precisely, will be fold in the
Street opposite the Merchant's Coffee-Houfe,
18 PUNCHEONS f
ANTIGUA RUM.
In quality superior to'any imported into New-
York for many Years, and is now between
4 and 5 Years old.
By P. M'DAVITT.
Public Auction.
THIS DHi:
At-io o'cl >ck, at HENRY GUESI 's Audion
Room, No. 32, in Wall street, below the
Coffee-Houfe, will begin the sale of an
affrrtmert of
Seasonable DRY GOODS,
Among which are fuperfine cloths, camblets,
callimancoes, linnens, handkerchiefs, hats,
hose and Shoes,a great variety of ribbons,laces,
and millenary made up, with a quantity of
hardware, feme neat hangers, plated buckles,
&c &c.
Public Auction,
By TAYLOR and BAYARD,
This day at the Coffee House will be fold,
Between 11 and 12 o'clock,
40 hampers of Gloucester, and
Cheshire Cheese.
To be fold at Public Audiori,
This DAY at Eleven o'Clock, on
• Hallet's Wharff,
A quantity of
Flour, Beef, Pork, and Porter,
Being a part of the brig Maria's cargo.
By order of the Court of Vice Admiralty.
Thomas Ludlow, jun.
Marfbal.
Amory's Tavern.
THE HOUSE and GARDENS in the possession
of the Subscriber, pleasantly situated in Great
George-Street, oppefite the Artillery Park, will be
LET from the firft day of Odober next; furniture
Efficient for carrying on the business, will be fold.
The situation and convenience of the house and ga~-
dens are so well known as to render a further de
scription unnecessary. Apply to the Subscriber on
the premises. JOHN AMORY.
--The CREDITORS
OF Mr. John Stoughton, are desired
to meet this evening, at 6 o'clock, at
the Coffee-Houfe.
M°7t hofSe P t.r7Blj
THE 7th of July latt an express from the Keppel
(loop left a bay HORSE at the house of Capt.
Nicholas Ludlum, at Jamaica, on Long-Bland, for
which no owner has yet appeared. The person to
whom he belongs may have him again, proving his
property and paying charges, by applying to fiid
NICHOLAS LUDLUM.
ONE GUINEA Reward.
DESERTED the nth inst. out of the hospital
on Golden-Hiil, a Mulketeer of the German
Brunswick troops, named CHRISTIAN
SCHRO-C K, 18 years of age, of a short and
well set stature, brown hair and is a little marked
with the small pox, is knee knocked, flutters in his
fpeeck, he left his regimentals when he went away.
Whoever takes up, secures and brings the said de
serter to the fubferiber, living in Beekman's Itreu,
No. 34, (hall have the above reward by me,
DE MAIBOM, Major of
the German Brunswick Dragoons.
LONDON PORTERS
Of the best Quality, in Hoglheads, brewed
by PARKER and CURTIS, to be fold
By Mackie and Cumming,
No. 29, nearly opposite the Coffee-Houfe, in
Water-Street,
By M'Adam, Watson, and Co.
THIS D A Y,
XI o'Clock at the Bridge, will be
Public Auction.
Q<> exceeding valued by au People lubo have bad
3 of th'em in Great Britain and Ireland, Jor their
trahfeendent Excellency in the defraying, Worms oj all
kinds both in the Bodies of Men, Women, and Chddren,
by not only breaking the Knots in the Duodenum or Gut
next the Stomach, but they pass through the fmaUeft
Pafages of the Body, and purge away the ropy and
illmy Humours which are the cause of those pernicious
Vermin, and the source of many oth°r Disorders; they
are one of the bes Purges in the whole World for gross
bodied Children that are apt to breed Worms, and nave
large Bellies; their Operation is mild, faje andplea
fant ; they wonderfully cleanse the Bowels of all fiifl
and clammy Humours which fop up the Parts and
prevent the Juice of Food being conveyed to the Liver
and made Blood, which is often the Case with Children,
and is attended with a hard Belly, finking Breath,
frequent Fevers, Rickets, and a Decay of ftrengtb in
the lower parts: Likewise fettled Aches and Pains in
the Head, dwellings, old fores, scabs, "Tetters, or
Breakings-Out, will be perfectly cur'd, and the Blood
and skin refored to its original Parity, and fmodtb
ne/s; they purge by Urine, and bring away the Gra
vel, and esf equally cure all Obfruffions of the Urine,
or Ulcers in the Kidneys. They at once frike at the
true cause of the feurvy, and entirely defray it, at all
fcorbutick Humors and EffeEls, Root and Branch, so
as never to return again, and what makes them more
commendable is, they are full as agreeable to both tafe
ahd fight, as Loaf Sugar; and in their Operation as
innocent as new Milk.
I have by these Plumbs cured a great many Children
of the Whooping-Cough, and Agues, which Dis
tempers are very common and troublesome to Families,
and the Want of these Plumbs are the Ruin oj Many
Children's Conflitutions.
The Plumb is a great Dicuretick, cleaning the Reins
of Slime; it expels Wind, and is a sovereign Medicine
in the Cbolick and griping of the Guts. It allays and
carries of four Vapours which occasion many Disorders
tn the Head. It open^al!Obfructions in the Stomach,
Lungs, 'Liver, Reins and bladder; causes a good Ap
p^far and helps Digestion. If hath been found won
derfutly fuccepful to Jucb Persons as are going into
Chronical Difempers, as Afbmas, Pbtbifcks, Sbort
nefs oj Breath, Dropfes and Yellow Jaundice. Now
I hope all impartial Persons arefatisfed, shat the Me
dicine which works upon fuels Humours, will abnef
teach any Difiemper, if not too far gone, foue Corrup
tion and Putrejaflion are the Fore-runners of all Dif
eajes; therefore no better pbyfick can he taken for all
Ages, Sexes and Confituticns, from Infancy to an old
Age. Sold By HUGH GAINE.
And therefore highly necessary to be kept in
all Families
NATHANIEL €PIIC
Late of the House of Duncan, barcljy, ahrtCe 4
pRE^ENTS his icfyetitul cbtyln^ents h hi#
' friends in particular, and the public, ih gyre al.
begs leave to return them his (irt'e^e ficko^ dye
merit's for their favours, while a parire in the
above house ; And as he has now dpenel a Lhcehced
Auction Room, at No. 35, in Water-Street, near
the Fly-Market, (fbmerly Smith's Tavern) tinker
the firm of Child and Hirj oh, hopes his conou&
wi|| merit a continuance of their Avoirs.
N B. Proper ftoes are prepared for the recep
tion of all kin s of Me chandize.
WANTED to rent till the firitcf Miv nx,
or longer, and to enter at the firft of Oft>-
ber, a final! neat DWELLING HOUSE, in a re
tired part <f the city, for which a generous rent
will be given. A ply to Mr. John Kelly, notary
public, Hanover-Square, who will also give a hand
some gratuity for removal.
A Jovereign Cure may be found for the
Whooping-Cough,
By the U)e of Dr. RYA N's
Incomparable Worm destroying
SUGAR PLUMB S,
The Golden Purging SPIRIT of
SCURDY- GR^SS.
As It was faithfully prepared only by the Author,
Mr. ROBERT BATEMaN.
CTtHIS famous Golden Spirit radically Cures the feur
g vy, a disease which of late years is become so
epidemical in these northern regions, that scarce an,
person but h^s, more or left, a Tincture of it.
Its symptoms are various, as loose teeth, fare gums
and mouth, little spots in the (kin faintnefs and ftiffhefs
of limbs, ffiarp pains in the legs, arms and other parts,
which are still attended with weariness and indisposition
to move; the Stomach is depraved, appetite loft, much
crudity, and indigested matter lead the spleen, and parts
adjacent, which caufeth ftubborri obllru&ions there j,
which by the use of this excellent fpitit are removed, and
perfectly cured.
It has a peculiar property in curing the dropsy, expel
ling all those acid and four fait humours which so ftarply
affanlt and oppress the fcnfible parts, and draws from the
remoter parts such as flick faft to the muscles and nerves,
and takes away all dulnefs, ftiffnefs, and indifpoStion,
and other symptoms that proceed from thence, xt carries
away by urine and stool that serous watry humour, which
is the occasion of this disease, strengthening the liver
and other parts, thereby preventing its return afterwards.
It cures the gout, by extending out of all parts of ths
body those crude and vicious humours which nourish it,
and frees the joints of all other diseases to aomiration.
It diffoles the stone and gravel in the reins, kidnibs or
bladder, taking away the original cause, and forceth
urine.
It cures the green sickness, restoring the maiden bluffi,
makes the breath sweet, and the body lusty and vigorous.
It opens all obfbuAions both of liver and spleen,
wafting the hardness and swelling thereof. It wonder
full recovers a loft appetite, and kelps digestion.
It cures griping in the guts, expels wind, out of the
stomach, upwards and downwards
It is a great preventive of consumptions, roots out
forfeits, and raifeth the patient in a fmII time.
It prevents the breeding of worms in children, and
kills them, if already bred.
It is of excellent sfe for fea-faring persons.
In womens distempers it is very beneficial, and to
those that are afflicted with the phthifick, it gives great
relief.
It difoofes old ulcers to a speedy healing, even to
admiration.
It is very profitable in agues, its operation is by stool
and urine (and if the stomach be very full and foul, it
sometimes gives a vomit) gently affixing nature to carry
off all those noxious humours that annoy her. It gives
no disturbance to the body, for griping, torturing <r in
flaming .he bowels, yet operates so effeduadv, that
it leaveth the body refreshed, and the dife'afes vanquished ;
and to fay all in a Word, as it takes nothing in the Rod,
which may conduce to its preservation, so it leaves no
thing in the body which may afford matter to the growth
of a disease, or endanger a relapse.
SOLD BY H. CAINE,