The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1779-11-29 00:00:00, page 2

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NE W - YORK, Nov. 24,
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General ard Commander in Chief of His Majesty's
Forces within the Colonie,, lying on the Atlantic
O^n, fro n Nova-Scotia to Weft-Florida in
clusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the approaching season ieqri:<s
qeverv exertion to obtain immediately a quan
tity of FUEL for the use of this city, as also to se
cure a daily Supply of that article to thole, whole
<ircumftanres will not admit laying in Sufficient
quantities for the winter,
IT IS THEREFORE hereby ordered and di
rerted, That all persons who had permissions granted
hurt for cutting v..;d off certain lands on Long
liland ard 3 a'en-Hland, do immediately bring what
wuvd Urey h-.ve cut to this market. Suck as bare
LO NDO N, Aug. io. 1
Tue plan proposed by the Duke of Nor
thum^eriand and the Midd/efex and Welt-;
mauler Committee, is allowed to be the mod :
c^dtnt^ na! and rTTriidcfl force that can be ;
empb^ed on rie I!.nee of ou + country,. For
in whole hands can arm; be intruded with
more fife, than in the hinds of the inhabi
tants of th; country at large Every man who
prefers himfelf is immediately admitted Or
jnkrud^n; and in case of rinvafton none are
retired to enroll, but iuch as solicit to be ad
mitted volunteers in the Royal Volunteer
Companies, whLh a e mly meant for the pro
tetfion of Middlesex and Wedmiuder.
I he o ditica! world arc cow waiting in an
xious RUpenco for the efv.ct of the Memorial
which Sir Joseph Yrkc hr presented to the
States General. lios Mnnoral contains a
ve r y just ,'d^^ of our or-ten:hnation ; and
though it is addressed particularly to the
States, it,c^acernsev.rv Pbwer in Europe who
has ex-eric. ced the friendship and affidancc of
Grea. Britain in the h : ur cf the'r di^reG;
and it may bejully laid, ° what Power in Eu
rope has not at one time or another felt the
friendly intetpofition @I Great-Britain r Shall it
then be fail ihatwhile that Power is threatened
bv her infidiaus enemy with annihilatin',
and h;or;g yombinaticns are formed for that
puruofe, thole whom flie has, heretofore luc
coured and filched from impending ruin,
menaced from the fame .baneful hands,
ihall l^Twith arms serpfs, forgetful of fa
vours, i&::cn::vc to the interells of Eur%e,
unmindful of the calls of humanity, and fee
the Guardian Angel infulred by that proud
ambition which aims at uwverfal Sovereignty,
and which wishes rodeltroy the balance of the
world! Forbid it Gratitude, —Forbid it Hon
our !
There is no country where an alarm of dan
ger spreads Io locn as in England ; nor is there
a country where danger ir so foen forgotten.
When the public knew that the united power
of the Houfeof Bourbon was going to fall up
on us, they were amazed : the nation seemed
inclined to exert itfelf in an extraordinary „
manner to repel an invasion ; the Parliament
rejected the plan for doubling the militia, left
it should damp the ntymfar ardour of the na
tion. The frit imp;i:twn,of fear is now worn
out; and the people atlarge seem as perfectly
unconcerned as so many facep on Banftcad
Downs.
Erru>? of a Etter, dated atfea, July 20, 1779,
it la: £6, long. 1,, fad the Captain of the
Hope Privateer.
“ On the 7th instant we fell in with a
French privateer of 23 guns ; we saw her ve
ry early in the morning, when there being a
thick haze, the appeared very large, and molt
of the people qu board were of opinion (he
was a St. Domingo, or Martinico man of fix
or 700 tons;burthen—l at firft thought ffie
was a (hip of the linp, but when we came
nearer to'her, for we crouded all the fail we
had to meet her, as (he was landing towards
u^, as soon as 1 could well discern her malts
and yards, 1 was well convinced (lie was no
merchantman, they being too taunt and
square ; I lignified this to my officers and peo
ple, but noting could persuade them from
their opinions ; nothing would serve their
turns but she was a French Weft or East-India
man—l told them my thoughts, and they were,
that foe was a French frigate, or flout priva
teer, and I was right, for in about two hours
time from our firft cilacing her, (he was al-,
410 ft along fife of us, had fired a gun and hoist
ed French colours. We hoisted English, and
poured a broadside into her, when the en
gagement began very fiercely, and continued
for half an hour, when we found we were no
match for her, as several of her (hot were 12
pounders, and ours were but 6's. She had 28
guns, and we had but 20. We supposed her
compliment was igoman, and we had but 104.
The apparent disparity made our men faint
hearted, and we should certainly have given up
the (hip, but that we saw all at once an amaz
ing cloud of smoke arise from her, and after
wards a loud repart; several men appeared
swimming in the water towards us, two cf
which we took u^, who informed us that a
spark of fire had caught a barrel of gun powder
under the quarter-deck, and had blown up a
great part of it, and several men that were on
it, of which they were of the number ; the situ
ation the privateer was in, binifhing all our
fears of bring taken, and we rcfolved to fill
our fails and tland away from her, well know
ing that ihe could not follow us. Weloft three
men killed, and seven woanded, and before
the accident the French had fix killed and
twelve wounded, and two fix pound (hot in
her main mail —lhe was called the Monamis,
and belonged to Bourdeaux, had been out a
fortnight and taken nothing."
LINCOLN'S Letter to the CONGRESS.
Acknowledging the DEFEAT of the
FRENCH and REBELS, in Georgia.
Charleftover, October 22, 1779°
SI R,
In my last of the sth ult. I had the honour
of informing Congress, that Count d'Estaing
was arrived off Savannah.
Orders were immediately given for assem
bling the troops —they reached Zubly's ferry
and its vicinity on the nth, and some were
thrown over—the 12th and 13th were spent in
eroding the troops and baggage, which was
effected, tho' not without great fatigue, from
the want of boats, and badness of the roads
through a deep swamp of near three miles,
in which are many large creeks---the bridges
overthem the enemy had broken down. We
encamped upon the heights of Ebenezer, 23
miles from Savannah, and were there joined
by the troops from Augusta under General
MTntofh. The 14th not being able to afeer
tain whether the Count had yet landed his
troops though several expresses had been sent
for that purpose, we remained encamped.
On the i„h being advised that the Count had
Grfembarked part of his troops, and that he
would that night take poll 9 miles from Sa
vannah, we moved and encamped at Cherokee
hill, 9 miles from the town. The 16th we
formed ajundion before favannah. After re
connoitering the enemy's works, finding the
town well covered, and knowing their deter
mination to defend it, it was deemed neces
sary to make some approaches, and try the
effects of arrtillery. From the 18th to the 23d
we were employed in landing and getting up
the ordnance and (lores ; a work of difficulty,
from the want of proper wheels to transport
them, the cannon being on (hip carriages.
On the evening of the 23d ground was broke,
andon the sth instant thp batteries of 33 pie
ces of cannon and nine mortars were opened
on the enemy, and continued with intervals
tilt the Bth, without the wished effect. The
period having long since elapsed, which the
Count had assigned for this expedition, and
the engineers informing him that much more
time must be spent, if he expected to reduce
the garrison by regular approaches, and his
longer stay being impossible, matters were re
duced to the alternative of railing the siege
immediately, and giving up all thoughts of
conquest, or attempting the Garrifen by as
sault ; the latter was agreed on, and in the
morning of the 9th, the attack was made; it
proved unfuccefsful and we were repulsed with
some loss.
When the Count firft arrived, he informed
us that he could remain on shore eight days
only ; he had spent four times that number,
his departure therefore became indifpenfible,
and to re-imbark his ordnance and stores,
claimed his next attention'; this was com
pleated on the iß;h.
The fame evening having previously sent off
our sick, wounded and heavy baggage, the
American troops left the ground, reached
Zubly's ferry the next morning, re-crossed,
and encamped that night in Carolina. The
French troops encamped on the night of the
isth, about two miles from Savannah ; they
were after 24 hours to re-imbark at Kincaid's
landing.
Our disappointment is great, and what
adds much to our sense of it, is the loss of a
great number of brave officers and men ; a
mong them, the late intrepid Count PolafKie.
Count d'Estaing has undoubtedly the interest
of America much at heart. This he has evi
denced by coming to our assistance, by his
constant attention during the siege, his un
dertaking to reduce the enemy by affauhs,
when he difpared of effecting it otherwile,
and by bravely putting himfelf at the head of
his troops, and leading them to the attack;
in our service he has freely bled ; I feel
much for him, for while be is fufferiag the
distresses of painful wounds he has to combat
chagrin. I hope he will be confided, by an
assurance that, altho' he has not exceeded ac
cording to his wishes, and thole of America,
we regard with high approbation his intenti
ons to serve us, and that his want of success
will not lessen our ideas of bis merit.
I should have enclosed a lift of the killed and
wounded in the last adion, but the Adjutant
General, in whole hands they are, though on
his way, is not arrived in town. But so far
aslcaa remember, the whole amount is 170.
not ffie means of carting it themselves to tin land
ings, are ordered immediately to apply to the Colonel
of the Militia of the Diftrift, who have inftruaions
to employ the neighbouring far rers in that service,
an I to fettle the rates of carting for the fame.
The Colonels of the Militia in the different dis
t i&s are allb empowered to grant peamiffions to ^y
perf>n to cut wood off the above-mentioned lands,
where the intention of the grant has not been com
plied with; and to order the wood that is cut to be
brought to the landings, allowing for the c<run; H
the four, if the owner do not immediate^ make ap
plication for the aflirtance as above directed.
The ample price allowed for Firewood at this
m uket, cuts off svery pretext from the well difomed
proprietors of wood-lands for delaying cutting of
their woods, and therefore all proprietors of 'wuol
hiJs on Long-Jilin I and Staten-Island, are hereby
or lered and required immediately to cut and cart to
the molt contiguous landings, such proportion of
their wßads as will fully answer the intentami mean
ing cf this Proclamation, and prevent the difs,ec
able ne.effity of granting permiffiofas for their woods
to be cut by others, who may be willing to tinner
tike the fame, paying the proprietors the culOmary
price for handing wood.
Civen under my Hand, at Head-Quarters,
Newark, this Twenty-Fourth Day of No
vember, One Tboufand, Seven Hundred
and Seventy-Nine.
H. C LINTON.
By His Excellency's Command,
' John Smith, Secretary.
To which his EXCELLENCY was pleased to
return the following answer.
I Receive with the highest fatisfaaion an Ad
drefsfrom so loyal and refpeaable a bod, of
Gentlemen.
It gives me a hope, that m, most earreft wife,
to protea and derive affiflar.ee, Jrom your exerti
ons, has beenfelt b, ,ou.
The sense I mufl have of the honour you confer on
me is a new motive to m, further efforts to deserve
well of the Refugees, fret I approve of your as
sembling, as your objea mufl certainly be conff ent
with thepublic Good.
A gentleman just arrived from Boston, in
forms, that while he was there,, he saw a person
who had been a prize mailer of a Spanish brig
taken by his Majesty's ship Valiant, about the
4th of Sept, and was ordered for England, but
was rose upon by the people and carried to
America ; which prize-master told him, that
on the 2d of Sept, off Cape Clear, there was
an engagement between Sir Charles Hardy and
the combined fleets of France and Spain, that
the British fleet took § ships of the lire, and
funk ten. The Spanish Admiral went down
along fide the Britannia ; the informant was
on board the Valiant the time of the engage
ment.
From GARRISON ORDERS.
2^d November, 1779.
^"HE Commandant having receiv'd n^n,
I and frequent complaints of the inhabi
tants being ill-treated by officers and servants
quarter'd upon their houses, is sorry to find
himfelf under the necessity of thus publicly
calling upon all officers to confidcr that good
discipline and the duty he owes to the citizens
under his protection, cannot permit him to
Suffer any act of oppression or irregularity to
be praftif'd in this garrison, without Uriel no
tice being taken of it, and therefore trulls
that in future, no cause will be given for fur
ther complaints, and that all officers will pay
due observance to the barrack regulations lately
established for the more just allotmentof quar
ters.
Some Officers having likewise taken upon
themselves to commit citizens to the Main-
Guard, contrary to an order given by Lieut.
Gen. Jones, late Commandant, Major-General
Fattifon now finds it neceffarfy to confirm the
said order and to direct, that no citizen Ihall
be put into confinement, except by authority
from a General Officer, or an Order signed by
a Magistrate of Police, unless in the case of
some violent breach of the peace.
Should Officers receive ill-treatment from
any of the Citizens, they may be fine, upon
representing it through the proper channel, of
meeting with redress, ,
M for CLukfvn writ hive the honour de
livering this ; from his attention and amduity
in service, he has had an opportunity^ rc
mar/Jog each particular 1 ; 1^ his meirt b.^
improved, and enables him to gi~e tie COIT
grelsevc,/ farisHclory information. Idnim
I beg leave to refer them for a minute detail.
I have the honour to be, with the highekie
•ard and erhea;/four Excellency's molt übeci
eut fervent.
B LINCOLN.
Ills Excellency Samuel Huntington, Liq;
Prefdent in Congress.
PuHithed bv older of Congress
CHARLE? THOMPSON, SrcryL
The LOYAL REI OGEES now in this City,
bring fenlib e th.it very important advan
tages might be derived fom their united
charts, and ,heit anting in concert, and be
in^ too numerous to atlemble individually,
have elected Gentlemen,with full powers to
represent them; and those Gentlemen so e-
Etied have met and agreed upon the fol-
Luing fiddled, which has been prefenied
to his Excellency the Commander in Chief.
To his Excellency Sir HENRY CLINION,
K B. General and Commander in Chief of
all his Majetly's Forces laying on the Atlan
rc Ocean from Nova Scoto. to Well Flo
rida, inclufivc, fee. &c. &c.
The humble ADDRESS of the Committee of
his Majelly'sLoyal Refugee from several of
the revolted Provinces in America.
May it pleaje your Excellency,
'HE Loyal Refugees from the several re-
J L volted Provinces of New-Hampshire,
Maffachufets-Bay, Connecticut, Naw-Jerfey,
Pennsylvania, the Three Lower Counties on
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Caro
lina, and South-Carolina, conceiving it to be
of consequence to their interests, families and
estates, to have mutual intercourse with each
other, have appointed a number of Gentlemen
to represent them in Committee for this pur
pose :
Actuated by the highest sense of Loyalty to
our most gracious Sovereign, zeal for his ser
vice, and regard for the constitutional autho
rity of the Parent State, we beg leave to as
sure your Excellency, that we (hall always
esteem it a peculiar duty, by every effort and
influence in our power, to be subservient to
his Majesty's Commander in Chief, in his en
deavours to restore to this deluded country,
the blessing of peace, order, and good go
vernment.
The many marks of favour and attention,
you, Sir, have been pleased to (hew to the Loyal
Refugees, who have been compelled to fly to
your pretedion, have excited in us the deepest
sentiments of gratitude, and will preserve in
our minds the warmest wishes for your happi
ness and prosperity : And we trust our con
dud will always be such as to merit your Ex
cellency's patronage and encouragement.
DANIEL COXE, President.
By Order,
jA. Heyburn, Secretary.
New-York, Nov. 16, 1779.
A Surgeon
IS wanted for trie ohip .#.JLce Letter of
Marque, mounting fixteerrfix pounders,
'and bound toJamaicu. Apply to the Printer.
PUBLIC CITATION.
WHEREAS R. de Miklafevuiecz, a native of
Poland, Ensign in the Hessian Regiment of
Landgrave, has caused a Copy of Difmiffion, as he
calls it, (therein his name is altered into Miklafre
wier,) to be inserted in Mr. Riviogton's New-York
Gazette, of the 30th ult. and disappeared afterwards:
And whereas the Officers, whose names are udder
figned in that copy, upon a judicial enquiry, do not
acknowledge the contents thereof to have ever been
signed by them, but openly declare them to be forged:
The above mentioned R. de MiWafawiecx is there
fore summoned hereby, within a fortnight, time fam
the date hereof, to repair to the said Regiment of
Landgrave, and to juftify himfelf in person for pub
lishing the above mentioned Copy of Difmiffioh, as
well as for abfeondirg from the regiment. In case
of non compliance with which summons within the
time of fourteen days, as aforefaid, he muff expe& to
be prosecuted as, and declared for, a treacherous De
serter, conformable to military law.
Given on LongTgand, this 14^ day gs Novem
ber, 1779. ~
VON KEUDELL, PLUMQCE,
Colonel. \ Judge Advocate.
IT is the Commandant's Order, That the
Rents ordered by the Commander in Chief
to be collected for the Use of the Poor, &c.
due the firft Inftar,t, be immediately -paH to
John Smyth, the City Trcalurcr, ;u.d that
in future those Rents be paid halfye^fTy, with
out further Notice. Attendance will be given
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Morn
ings, in each Week, until 12 o'clock at the
Treasury in Peari-Street, to receive the fame.
Office of Police, Andrew . Elliott,
ijth Nov. 1779, D. MatAews,
Peter Dubois.
DESERVED, from on board the brig
THOMPSON, army viaty'ljer, Hehry
Hunt, Maker, the 17th iartdh^ £DWARI>
GUDDLE, indented servant, about fifteen
years of age; a short Iliff boy, black hair,
broad faced, with a bruised mark upon his
right check. Whoever will apprehend the
said boy, or give information of hua on board
the said brig, lying at the wharf below the
Coffee- Hoofed & ill receive one Guinea reward.
All matters or vessels or others, are fore
warned not to employ him on pain of being
prosecuted to ibe utmost rigour of the law.
Board of Refugees, Nov. 27, 1779.
THE Representatives of the Loyal Refu
gees, from the several Provinces now
in Rebellion, are earnestly requeued to give
their Attendance at the Coifee-noufe, on Tues
day Evening at 5 o'Clock. l
Anthony G. Stewart, President.
Bv Order,
J. Hepburn, Secretary.
Bv fohUB Pattison, ERp
Ma,r-Ger,rr,il of his 'Mp^'s Forces,
CuoimanJ iot of New-York,
etc. arc. &c.
Proclamation.
1 if 7%'ERE AS' the Safety of the City, and
VV the Pr'eiervation of ihe Shipping re
quire theWharves to be kept as clear as foilible'
during the Winter.
It is therefore ordered, that arier :If 1„h
Day of December next, no Velfel be allowed
to lav at or near any Wharff of tai, -City wCh
cat having previeufly ob^ine.ii'ermits from
rhe Superintendent of tire Port, and comiig;
within the fallowing Deferiptions.
Private Ships of War, and trading Velfels,
to have Permits not exceeding to Days, for,
repairing, fitting out, loading and unloading!
Captured Veflels to have Permits for thedii
pofal of their Cargoes, not exceeding 15 Dhys
from the Date of their Condemnation.
All Merchants, Owners and Matters of
such Vessels not employed in the Service of
Government,as intend to winter at New-Yuri;
are hereby ordered to remove their Vessels to
Newtown Creek by the 15th Day cfDecembcr.
Any Person offending against this Proclama
tion, will be fubjedt to one Months Imprifon
inent in the Prpvoft, and to the Payment of
such Fine as shall be adjudged by the Police,
for the Use of the City Funds.
Given under my Hand in toe City cf New-rerk
the 16th Day of November, in the Year of our
Lord 1779, and in the 20tb Tear of bis
Majesty's Reign.
'James Pattifon.
By Command of the General,
JOHN L. C. ROOME, Secry.
By Order of the Commandant.
ILTOTICE is hereby given, in order to prevent
Gunpowder getting into improper hands, that
from and after this date no Gunpowder is to be fold
at Public Vendue without a License having been firft
obtained for that purpose from the Office of Police.
Licenses will only be granted for foch Gunpowder
as may be fold by order of the Court of Admiralty
for tire benefit of the captors.
All owners of Gunpowder, and Vendue-Matters,
that may in future fell Gunpowder by the above li
censes, are hereby ordered not to deliver any Gun
powder to the purchaser till he shall produce a cer
tificate from the Office of Police that he has made
oath that the fame is intended for retailing to the
inhabitants, or for the use of armed vessels, or for
such other purposes as nay be approved of; Mer
chants and Vendue-Makers are desired to retain in
their hands the certificates as vouchers for their hav
ing complied with this order, and any transgression
will fubje& them to fine and punishment.
ANEREW ELLIOT, Superintendent-Genual.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
PETER DUBOIS, Magistrate of Police.
Office of Police, New-York, 13 Nov. 1779.