The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-07-28 00:00:00, page 1

Monday, July 28, 1777;
N E W-Y ORK
AND
WEEK L Y
WH E RE AS many Vessels have arrived
and are daily arrivingin this Port with
Cargoes of different Kinds for the Use of His
Majeky's Forces .under my Command, and for
the Use of the Inhabitants of such Parts of the
Province cf New-York as are or may be under
the Protection of His Majesty's Forces; in
order that the Importers may not fuffer by the
Detention of such Cargoes on board Ship 6, as
well as to prevent any Part thereof from being
clandestinely conveyed to the Rebels : I have
thought fit to issue this Proclamation, appoint
ingANDßEW Elliot, Esq; to be Superintend
ent of all Imports and Exports to and from the
Eland ofNew-York, Long-Island, and Staten-
Island, (Transports, Victuallers, and Prizes
excepted): Hereby ordering and commanding
all Masters of Merchant Ships, immediately
on their Arrival to make Entry of the Vessels,
and deliver in proper Manifefts of their Car
goes, on Oath, at the Superintendant's Office ;
and any goods found on board not inserted in the
said Manifefts,fhall be seized and forfeited ; and
if any Master of aVeffel, arriving in this Port or
its Dependencies, a, aforefaid, shall break Bulk,
or fuffer the fame to be done,before he has ob
tained a Permission inWriting from the Super
intendant or his Deputy, any Fart of theCargo
10 landed shall be seized and forfeited, and the
Master liable to Imprifenment; and all Rum,
Spirits, Sugar, Molasses, and Salt, imported,
are to be stored at the Expence cf rhe Owners
or Importers, in Warehouses by them to be
provided, under the Infpe&ioa cf the said
Superintendant or his Officers, with whom the
Keys are to be lodged, who will grant Per
missions when the fame or any Part thereof is
fold for the Use of the Army, Navy, or Inha
bitants, such Permissions always fpecifying the
Quantity, and to whom the fame is disposed.
And I do further order and direct, That no
Goods or Merchandize whatever shall be laden
on board any Ship or Vessel (such as are in
His Majesty's Service excepted) until Permis
sion in Writing is firft obtained from the Su
perintendant's Office, fpecifying the Quantity
and Quality of the Goods so intended to be
laden, with the Vessel and Maker's Name,
and where bound ; and al! Goods and Mer
chandize found on board any Ship or Vessel
for which Permission have not been obtained,
shall be seized and forfeited, together with the
Vessel, and the Master liable to Imprisonment.
And I do further order, That no Ship or
Vessel (such as are in His Majesty's Service
excepted) shall leave this Port or its Depen
dencies, until the Master shall deliver in at
the Superintendant's Office, a Manifeft, on
Oath, fpecifying the Quantity and Quality of
the Goods, and by whom flipped, together
with the Permissions granted for the loading
of the Vessels as above directed; and if it
shall appear to the Superintendant or his De
puties, that no Fraud has been committed,
and the Intention of this Proclamation is fully
complied with, he is hereby directed to grant
a Certificate of the fame, annexed to a certi
fied Copy of such Manifeft, with Permission
to leave the Fort; and any Vessel leaving this
Port (except as above excepted) without hav
ing firft complied with the Directions herein
before contained, fhalfbe forfeited, together
with the Cargo on board, and the Master lia
ble to Imprisonment: Neither are Vessels in
Ballad to depart the Port without Permission
from the Superintendant, as aforefaid.
And in order that the Inhabitants of Lorg-
Island and Staten-Island, may be furnifhed
with Necessaries, and at the fame Time to
prevent Supplies being conveyed to the Rebels
through those Channels, I do further direct
that no Vessel or final! Craft whatever, shall
carry from the Island of New-York to Long-
Island or Staten-Island, at one Time, without
Permission from the Superintendant's Office,
any larger Quantities of Rum, Spirits, Sugar,
or Molasses, than one Barrel of each, and of
Sait four Bulhels, nor of any other Kind of
Merchandize more than may be judged fuffi
cient for the Use of one Family; under For
feiture of such Vessel or small Craft, together
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh
gib. 40Z. for 14 Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 30s. per Cent.
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the most honorable Order of the
Bath, General and Command# in Chief,
&c. &c. &c.
Published ,aminry 10, 1777.
Proclamation.
Containing tbe earlier ^WWc^
By His Excellency
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
Superintendent's-Office,
Ne^-York, 22/ July, 1777.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, That the
Superidtendent's-Office is opened in Wa
ter-Street, in the House formerly occupied by
John Morcon, where daily Attendance will be
given from Ten to One o'Clock.
d,ty &^,qfUfgrentr^ &g^,tyty&&& ito?nV&
Office of Commifary-General, Neux-York, June 12,
1777.
WHEREAS bis Excellency Sir WILLIAM
HOWE, General and Commanderin Chief
of His Majesty's Forces, hath thought fit to order
and dire& Magazines of Forrage to be established,
for the better supplying of the troops under his
Excellency's command: Notice is hereby given to
the several Land-holders, Farmers, and others, upon
YOII Island, Long-Island, and Staten-Island, who
may be able to fppply the said Magazines with Hay,
Straw, Oats, and Indian Corn, that the following
ra es will be paid for the fame, viz.
Good Fresh Hay, at the rate of Five Shillings per
Hundred Weight.
Straw, at Two Shillings per Hundred Weight.
Oats arid Indian Corn, according to its quality.
And for the better encouragement of such persons
to supply the said Magazines, an allowance of One
Shilling per Mile, far every Ten Hundred weight,
will be paid, over and ab ve the price Stipulated
aforefaid, for the carriage of the said Forrage to the
refyeftive Magazines hereafter mentioned, viz.
YORK ISLAND.
King's-Bridge, Martton's Wharf, City of New-
York.
LONG-ISLAND.
Brooklyn Ferry, Hempftead-Harbour, Oyster-Bay,
Great-Neck.
STATEN-ISLAN D.
Cole's-Ferry, Decker's-Ferry.
At which said several places proper persons will be
appointed to receive the fame, to al'cert in the weight
thereof, and to certify the delivery : and upon cer
tificates, afeertaiimg such weight and delivery, being
produced at this Office, the said Forrage will be paid
for immediately.
His Majesty's service requiring these Magazines to
be established as Don as the season will permit, it ri
expended and required that all persons who raise for
rage, do furnifh a certain quantity, proportionable
to the produce of each person refpe&ively.
Daniel Wier,
Commissary General.
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STOLEN or STRAYED
LAST Friday the 18. h infant, in the afternoon,
from Mre. Mortier's house, near Greenwich, a
bright forr:l mare /about 14 1-2 bands high, with a
yellow tailand main, and bald face, about 7 years old,
paces and trots. Whoever will bring the said mate to
Lieut. Col. Clark's house, in John-street, shall receive
four dollars reward and no questions asked.
"MURRAY and BARNET,'
HAVE for sale at their store near Burling's Slip, a
few hogsheads of good MUSCOVADO SUGAR;
also a quantity of LISBON WIFE by the pipe or quarter
calk, a few barrels of excellent COFFEE, and a parcel
of bright and scal'd BRASS WIRE?
with the Goods found on board, and the Mas
ter or Person having the Direction thereof
shall be liable to Imprisonment.
And as a further Security for Obedience to
the Orders herein contained, and as an En
couragement for others to deted those who
shall presume to aft contrary thereto, any Per
son or Persons who shall give Information to
the Superintendant or his Deputies, of any
Goods or Merchandize shipped or imported
contrary to the Tenor of this Proclamation,
so that the Person or Persons offending can be
detected, such informer or Informers shall be
entitled to one Moiety of the Value arising
from the Sale of the Goods or Merchandize
so forfeited.
All Merchants, Traders, Masters of Vessels
and others, are hereby ftriftly commanded to
pay due Obedience to th© Superintendant and
his Officers, in the Execution of their Duty,
as they shall answer the contrary at their Peril :
And all Officers civil and military, are requi
red to aid and assist them in all Cases where
the fame shall be found necessary.
The Superintendant, his Deputy, and all
Persons afting under them, having their Sala
ries appointed as a full Compensation for the
Services required of them, no Fees are to be
offered on any account whatever.
Given under my Hand at Head-Quarters,
in New-York, the 17th July, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
Monday, 48 Min. after 3
Tuesday, 41 Min. aftei
Wednesday, ,37 Min. after 5
Thursday, 32 Min. after 6
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
THE
Friday, 24 Min. after 7
Saturday, 22 Min. after 8
Sunday, 14 Min. after 9
Nezu Moon next Sunday.
Wants to. employ immediately,
JEWELLERS, filverlmiihs, a lappedary, buckle cu'-
J ter, chape forger, filers, cutlers, and razor grinders,
at the Loop at the lower end of Golden-Hill, oppuhte
Burning's Slip, in Queen street, and near the Fly Market.
If there is any of the above branches among the troops
quartered in this city, and can obtain liberty to work,
they will meet with good encouragement.
WANTED, a man, or a small family, to live on a
small farm one mile and a half from this city, Enquire
at the above shop, where there is for sale, double worms
and screw drivers, fit to draw an ounce ball
Just imported in the brig Betsey, and to be
fold by
BRYON CONNER,
At his store in Water-so eet, by the Fly-Market,
EST double Gloucester cheese, porter and port wines,
X) cherry and white ditto, beftwhite sugar, brown
ditto, belt Weft India rum, geneva, brandy, and cordials,
molasses, best French indigo and bohea tea, pepper, soap
and pipes, best English tobacco by the roQ men's and
women's shoes ; fallows jackets, frocks, 'Shifts and trow
fers; Irfh linens, checks and oz ^burghs, Scotch barley
in kegs, with sundry other articles, at the fmalkft pro
fit, by wholesale and retail. ,
—JOH N'D&VA^
Has for sale, at his house No. 207, in Qjva-ftreet,
near the Fly Market, New York,
GEnuine old Madeira,
by the pipe, hogshead,
quarter calk or d zen,
Best red port, by the hogs
head, quarter calk, or d,z.
Claret, by the hogshead or
dozen,
Cherry wine, by the quarter
calk or dezen,'
Lisbon wine, by the pipe,
hogshead, quarter calk, or
dozen,
Sweet wine in bottles,
Arrack in bottles,
Old hock in bottles.
Rhynilh wi e in bottles,
Best champaign in bottles,
Scotch ale in bottles,
Best London bottled porter,
Liverpool ale in bottler,
Bristol beer in ditto,
Scotch porter in do.
French brandy,
Holland geneva,
Old Jamaica Spirits by the by the box,
hog/head or five gallons, Pipes by the box or gross.
Wants Employment,
A Young Man who can be welljetommeaded as a good
Clerk. For Particulars enquire of the Printer.
RUN-AWAY from the tubferiber the 17th ult. a
negro mn named Plymouth, to which he may
add the name of John, having fontetimes assumed that
name. He is about twenty-fix years of age, fond of
dressing his hair high before, has large feet, and is fond
of dress, of low stature, stoops, of very bbek complexion,
and thick lips : had on when he went a % ;y a round hat
with filyer loop and toffel; a thick set coat, waistcoat and
breeches, but may va y hi: dress, having carried other
cioaths with him ;it is apprehended 'be is gone towards
the army; in the lerfie, having lived with Capt. Drewry,
cf the 63d regt, last fail and part of last winter. If any of
the gentlemen of the army should meet with him, it is
requeued they will flop him ; any other person that will
deliver said negro to Mr. Thoma. Lynch, merchant, in
Duke-Street, New-York, to the fubferiber on Staten-
Isl ind, or lodge him where hi? master may have him again,
fh.dl receive five dollars reward. All masters, cf vessels
and others arc forbid carrying rim off, or harbouring him,
at their peril.
TERRENCE KERIN.
~hV ''^ ONDON?'
[^te in 8 Days.)
The Ship Greenwich,
Peter Dalgleifh, Commander,
T>URTHEN 300 Tons, mounting 16
Carriage Guns, 4 and 6 Pounders,
and 40 Men; is an exceeding faft Sailer, and has good
Accommodations for Passengers. Fn r Peffige, apply to
the Captain on board, or to Lee ar,d Wilkihfan, No. 234,
in Q^een-ftreet. July lift, 1777.
Thomas Courtney, and Son,
TAYLORS,
Next door to the golden padlock, Upper-Dock-Street,
HAS for sale a neat assortment of falhionable cloths
and caffimers Likewise for the Navy and Army,
blue, white, green, and scarlet do. do.
All orders duly executed by Thomas Courtney and Son.
ff^AKEN up about a week since, a Pray mare,--y
£ %oever claims the fame, proving their property,
paying charges, may have her again by applying to John
Moremy, living at the farm next to Capt. Clarke's, in
the Bowery.
JUST imported in theEdward, Lawrence; & Hannah,
Wdtfon, from London, and now opening for Sale,
by WILLIAM HERVEY, at the House of Jaco
bus Lefferts, Esq; opposite the Fly Market, a neat Ailort
ment of European and East India Goods, wholesale and
retail, suitable for the Season.
To be fold for Ready Money,
CHOICE Madeira 2/: Teneriffe wines, just imported
in the Edward, Capt. Lawrence, from London,---
Enquire at the house of Mr. Walter Franklin, Cherry
Gardcn-ftieet, or at Mis, Luih's, <Qecn-ffrm<
Wheat per Bushel, 9s. od.
Flour, ' 30s. od,
— rown Bread, 255. od.
Weft-India Rum, Bs. 01.
New-England do. ss. od.
, Weft-India rum ditto,
, Best hyfon and bohea tea,
Cloves, mace and cinnamon,
- Nutmegs, ifingkf,,
, Coffee, chocolate,
r Pepper,
Mustard, fallad oil,
r Double refined loaf sugar.
Single refined ditto,
, Mufrovado sugar,
r Spermaceti candles by the
box or pound,
Mould ditto by the box,
Raisins of the fun by the
keg,
Corks by the hogshead or
gross,
Che/hire cheese,
, single and double Gloucester
chefe,
Cartridge and wrapping pa
per,
Best caftile soap by the box,
Louden made white ditto,
GAZETTE?
THE
MERC UR Y.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufeovado Sugar, , 10$.1
Single refin'd ditto, 2s. 9L
Molasses, 3s. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 90s. od.l
Pork, sl. 10s.
foreign anti Domeffi^.
+ Hienna^ April 26. According to the Ihft ad
vice received from Cremnitz, the most beau
tiful quarter of the town has been reduced, to
alhes by a fire which happened the igth inst.
not one house having escaped some damage,
and there is nothing but the walls remainii ;
of the magnificent town house. Six Persons
were ftifled by the flames, and several others
perished in the flames. John Baptist Charles
Count de Pergen, Lord of Schenftein and
Afhang, present Chamberlain to their Imperial
Majesties, Councillor of the Regency of lower
Austria, and Ancient firft Commiffgry of this
Province, eldest brother of the Prince Bifnop of
Maritoue, and Count Jean Antoina de Pergen,
Minister of State to the Empress Queen, and
Marshal of the States of Lower Austria, died
the 23d infant aged 60 years.
Warfare, April 23. Letters from the fron
tiers of I'urkey advise, that although there
were hopes that the difficulties arisen between
Russia and the Porte would be fettled, yet it
appears by the preparations for war that peace
will not continue long. A quadruple alliance
is also talked off, by virtue of which the King
of Sweden will cede to the King of PruffiaSwe
difh Pomerania, and by way of retaliation
Russia will cede to Sweden the part of Finland
which ffie possesses.
L O N D O N,
May so This morning his Majesty will
review on Blackbeath the four troops of life
and grenadier guards, Lord Robert Bertie will
command the whole, tue Earl of Delaware fill
Hands indisposed.
Letters from Paris mention that Mons. Nec
kar has recommended several plans to the
King, relative to the administration of the fi
nances which have been taken from the propo
falsl on the recommits, from wh'rh it is ima
gined that fed is likely to come in fafhion
again.
Mr. Jenkinfon has laid before the King, at
the earned desire of a person of consequence,
who has considered the matter with great atten
tion, a calculation to prove, that if he fells
the rest of the forefts, as the Enfield chace bill
points out lie will lose at least halfa million of
money by it. This is so well proved, that it
is said to be determined to adopt the new plan.
By a Gentleman lately arrived from Berlin
we are informed, that the King of Prussia is in
perfed health, and that all the faculties ap
pear on every occasion to be in their full vi
gour; and as capable now of undertaking the
condud of a war as ever he was at any former
period.
Letters from Falmouth on Saturday advise,
that the Lively, Capt. Robert Burie, a rich
fliip from Leghorn, of 20 guns, and the Ea
gle, Capt. Nicholls, from Turkey, of 14 guns
have brought under convoy to that port from
Gibraltar, twenty-two fail of merchantmen,
among whom are the William, Crofbie, the
Eagle, Ayton, from Leghorn: the John and
William, Hughes, the Prosperous, Lallow,
from Turkey, and the Ambuscade, Munins,
from Zant.
The ^ffential service done to the above-men
tioned fleet by Capt. Robert Burie, of the
Lively, refteds great honour upon that gentle
man, as well as upon the merchants, who are
now determined to employ in the Mediterrane
an trade only ships of force, and not dirty ves
sels belonging to the natural enemies cf our
countr,, which have been imposed upon them
for months past by her chicanry, and cunning;
and in order, that all neutral vessels may be
intirely excluded from that trade, —the under
writers have agreed, to insure the said armed
vessels at two per cent.—and exhibet to the
world, —the falleft proof,—that Englishmen
will always protest their own navigation.
The French merchants at Marseilles have
imported within these twelve months near
4^0,000 bales of fine wool, from thekirgdoia
cf Morocco and coast cf Barbary.
Mar^ilh, April 16.
BARON de Tort is here at present, but sets
out on Wednesday for Toulon, where he
is to embark on board a frigate of the King's
called the Engagcante, commanded by Baron
Durfort, in order to infped the French esta
blishments in the Levant, and on the conft of
Barbary. The Duke de Noailles, and the
Count and Counters de Teffe are to embark on
board the fame vessel for Italy.
Fine Srit, tor. al
Coarse Salt, Bs. od
Indian Corn per Bu. 6s. 6<J
Coffee, is . 91
Chocolate, 265. per Do.