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Barrack-Master General's
Office,
Water-Street, April 2, 1781.
SUCH Persons as are willing
to furnifh the Barrack-Matter
General with WOOD for the Use
of his Majesty's Troops, to be de
livered either in this City, or at
the different Posts upon the Island
of New-York, or Powlis-Hook,
are requested to fend their Propo
sals in Writing to this Office—
And those who have Vessels and
will employ them in bringing
Wood to New-York, will meet
with every suitable Encourage
ment, and the Money paid them
immediately after its Delivery into
the Magazines.
Barrack-Office, William-street, 3 lit Mar. 1781.
IT is requested that the Departments Officers
&c. who receive Fuel, will get their Orders
and draw the fame on the following Days.
Engineer, and Quarter Master ) Monday.
General's Department, on § '
Civil Branch of Ordnance, and ) Tuefdav
Com. General's Department j ''
Refugees - - - Wednesday,
Officers whose Regiments are 7 T^rf^v
absent, and Officers Familea j ' ' °
Baggage Guards and recruiting) Fr'dav
Parties - - -,
Detachments - - - Saturday.
, By Order of his Excellency
General ROBERTSON,
lAmI Am directed and authorifed to demand and
receive all GROUND RENTS due, or
that may hereafter become due, for Grants
heretofore made by the Corporation cf this
City: In consequence thereof, Ido hereby
give Notice, that due attendance will be given
at my Office in Pearl-Street, every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday Mornings, between
the Hours of nine and one, in order to receive
the'fame; of which all concern'd are requir'd
to take Notice.
JOHN SMYTH, City Treafmer.
New-York, March 1, 1781.
Police Office, New-York, November ao, 1780.
Quality, Weight, & Price
BREAD,
By Order of the Commandant.
THAT on and after Thursday the 7.3 d instant, all
bread pade of sweet flour of the firft quality, must
pe baked into to^ loaves of two pounds weight each,
and flamped with the initials of the baker's name, and
fold for Sixteen Coppers each Iyaf
And all bread made of merchantable flour of an infe
rior quality, must be baked into round loaves, weighing
two pounds and one half each, damped with the initials
of the baker's name, and fold for Sixteen Coppers each
loaf.
Any baker or retailer of bread, who shall be convicted
of demanding or receiving any more or greater sum than
Sixteen Coppers for each loaf of bread as above men
tioned, ffiall be fined TEN POUNDS for every such
offence.
In order that the above regulations m@y be duly en
forced, Balthafar Creamer, is appointed Infpedor of
Bread, with directions and pev crfconfantly to visit the
several bake houses in this city, and to make seizure of
all such bread, as he may find deficient, either in the
abovementioned qualities, weight, or ftarpp, The
bread seized, to be immediately sent to the city alms
house, for the use of the poor, and report made to the
Police of the cause of seizure, the quantity and the
baker's name from whom it was seized, that the fame
may be published ; and upon conviction of a second of
fiace, that the offender may moreover be fined Fifty
Pounds, and an entire flop put to his baking, if found
guilty of a third offence.
, ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendent General.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
TETER DUBOIS. Mw^ar- of Police.
Most Excellent
Nurenberg Salve,
<OLP PY H. GAINE,
Flour at 41. per Cent.
Published September 29, 1780.
A White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
to weigh zlb. for 16 Coppers.
ASSIZE of BREAD.
Monday, April 9, 1781.
NE W-YORK
AND
WEEKLY
Containing tbe mitefl ^icef
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
New-York, March 9, 1781.
ALL Persons having any Claims or Demands
upon the Estate of the deceased John Grant,
Esquire, late Commiftary and Paymaster to the Royal
Artillery, are desired to bring i'n the fame, to Mr.
James Fraser, at his Office opposite St. Paul's Church,
on or before the 30th April next, in order to receive
Payment thereof: And all Persons indebted to the
said Estate, are requeued to makeimmediate Payment
to Mr. Fraser, lie being properly authoris'd to re
ceive and dircharge the fame.
JAMES FRASER.
HALL and BI RK S,
At No. 977, Beekman's Slip,
Have for file, on the lowest terms,
MADEIRA, red port, and Lhbon wines by the
pipe, quarter calk, or dozen; hvfon, green,
fufhong and bohea teas, double and single refined
loaf sugars, mufeovado ditto, old Jamaica spirits,
brandy and rum by the puncheon or gallon, mess
beef and pork in tierces, barrels and half barrels,
fliip bread, flour of a good quality, a ficih effort
ment of butter ; (hot from No. 1 to 4, with a general
assortment of groceries, a few tierces of good rice,
a parcel of damaged bread and oatmeal.
Bowen's Patent Sagpe Powder,
IMPORTED in the lail Vessels from the original
Patentee at Georgia, and warranted genuine,
by the Hundred, or smaller Quantity ; like^ife, a
ficfh supply of Gum Camphor, Sperma Cacti, &c.
To be had of James Muirson, at No. 223,
Queen-ftieet, nearly facing the upper End of die
Fly-Market. Also Nurenberg Salve.
O^^4^^^^a4s^^^^^^^^,°
'Mr. Gaine,
AFife-Kill Paper of the l^tb of February las
basing fallen into my bands a few days ago, I
found therein a piece worthy the Public Notice;
which I defre you willinfett in your next Paper,
and oblige many fyour readers.
Manor Livingfen, Feb. 9, 1781.
Mr. Loudon,
I HAVE seen my name repeatedly mention
ed in your paper of the firft inst. and my
condud held up to the public view, in a light
very unfriendly to the common cause of my
country, and very different from what I am
confeious I deserve ; my age, and I may add,
without vanity, my eflablifhed character as a
Whig, and my frequent exertions in supply
ing the wants of our army, would be a Effi
cient apology for my fibence^ and juftify my
looking down with contempt upon an unpro
voked and impertinent attack ; but at a time
when the enemy have tried the torce of their
arms and bribes in vain, and place their last
hopes in lowing difeord and coufufion among
us; it becomes the duty of every cordial
friend of American independence, to vindi
cate himfelf from the lealt appearance of
blame, or the most distant imputation of dif
atfe&ipn ; that our bleeding country may, at
this crisis, with precision, diferiminate be
tween her real and pretended supporters ; —
I shall not trouble myfelf to reply ts all the
unworthy insinuations contained in the paper
to which I have referred—there are only two
fads which require any elucidation : The firft
is, that I detained a quantity of salt, that
was lodged in my flore, notwithstanding p®fi
tive orders for the delivery ; to which I have
only to fay, that the salt was deposited in my
fore but not intruded to my care ; Messrs.
Parker and Cooke never applied to me, but
gave the whole management and disposal
thereof to Capt. John Fonda, who when the
demand for the delivery came, was absent,
and by the badness of the ice, detained on
the other fide of the river ; as I had no right
to interfere refpefting its delivery I referred
them to him, as the only proper person to be
applied to upon that head: My refufal was
therefore not owing to low resentment or par
tial motives, which are equally foreign to my
heart, but solely to my having no authority
to direst concerning the salt, nor did any
letter of mine imply any such authority.
The other sass is, that I have flopped a
quantity of afefed wheat, and converted it
to my own use ; —To anfiver which I am under
a necessity of mentioning, what upon any
other occasion might be deemed oftentstion,
but which at present becomes my duty—That
last summer upon the application of the pub
lic, I offered fifty barrels of flour, for which
I received a polite letter, signed by the Hon.
President of the Senate, and the Hon. Speaker
of the Assembly, teftifying their approbation
of my readiness to serve my country, and ex
prefriy exempting me from any further afcf-
Monday, 59 Min. after 9
Tuesday, 53 Min. after 10
Wednesday, 47 Min. after 11
Thursday, 43 Min. after 12
HIGH-WATER at N EW-YOR K,
this week.
THE
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Fricy, 42 Min. after 1
Saturday, 37 Min. after 2
Sunday, 27 Min. after 3
Last Quarter the 15th.
Bxtra&s from Rebel Papers.
A N NAPOL I Sy March 22.
Two of the enemy's Ships now lie off the
mouth of this harbour, where they have been
for several days, imagined for the purpose of
detaining the troops now here, and receiving
runaway Negroes, a number having already
gone on board.
BALTIMORE, March 20.
The enemy's naval force in Chefapeak, by
recent information, amounts to 22 Sail of men
of war, and other armed vessels. Several of
them have been cruising, for feme days pad,
between Pool's iftand, about 27 miles above
our harbour, and Annapolis, frequently in
view of the armed inhabitants, &c. of both
places, for the purpose of intercepting the
transports with the Marquis de la Fayette's di
vifon of Continental troops,,on their passage
down the bay from the Head of Elk; but
though they fuccecded in capturing fix or eight
fmall'veffels from the head of the Bay, laden
with flour, dry goods, and other property to
a considerable amount, they have had the
mortification of failing in their main object,
the Marquis and his division having fortunate
ly arrived at Annapolis, about 12 hours before
the enemy puffed that place, on their way up
the bay.
On Sunday noon two of the enemy's ships
of war lay before the harbour of Annapohs,
about two miles from the town while other
smaller vessels are cruising up and down the
bay. The fame day two cf the latter p.?ftd
the mouth of our river, Handing up the bay.
A few days ago a party of men from one cf
the enemy's vessels in Chefapeak, landed on
the taftern shore, and plundered th^ feats of
the honourable Edward Lloyd and John Beale
Boardley, Esq; of a considerable quantity of
cash, in specie, and other valuables,
PHILADELPHIA, March 28.
On Monday last arrived at Chester his Most
Christian Majesty's frigate Le Hermione, M.
La Touche, Commander, who parted with
the French fleet off our Capes the 19th instant,
by whom we have the following account of an
engagement between the Englifli and French
fleets.
On the 16th instant after a violent fontherly
wind, which had carried the French fleet to
the north-east of Cape Charles, itheing foggy,
the fleet having their larboard tacks on board,
they discovered at day-break a frigate about
two gun fliots to windward; the Admiral had
scarcely made the signal for a chafe, when be
discovered many large vessels in his rear; he
then made no doubt it was the English, who
having beeri informed of his design, and hav
ing had greater advantage of the westerly and
nor;h-weU winds, had arrived almost at |hf
ments of grain, with a request to procure as
many more as poffib'e, as the army was in
great need ; in consequence of which I exerted
myfelf so strenuously, that 1 delivered in July
and August, one hundred and fifty barrels of
Hour more, which took all the wheat I had
gathered for my own use, or could procure ;
some time after this I was upon a visit to my
iron works, where I found my workmen and
family (being eighty in number) entirely
destitute of bread and every fort of grain ; in
this dilemma, after fending in vain to many
persons for affittance, four of my tenants,
with assessed wheat, to the amount of 'about
fifty buihels (more than which was due to me
for rent) happened to pass by ; these from ab
solute necessity, I ordered to bring their wheat
into my llore, and thereby prevented my
workmen from being difchaiged, and deliver
ed my family 'from immediate diltrefs, and this
is the tranfadion for which lam insulted in
your paper.
It is not my inclination nor does it become
my years to enter into a nctdlefs paper-war,
or form ungenerous &?mp?.rifor.s between 0-
thers and myfelf, 1 have something eife to at
tend to, which I judge of more importance,
but lowed it to nr country as well as to my
felf, to wipe off such aspersions as seemed to
be founded upon' fads ; being confeious of the
continued approbation of those, who from
their ftationsin government can best judge of
political merit, and of the confidence and ?.£-
fe&ion of my unprejudiced countrymen.
'ROBERT LIVINGSTON.
PRICE CURRR N T, in N B W - YO R K.
Wheat per Bushel, 265. od.i
Fleur, 70s. od.l
Brown Bread, 70s. od.l
IWelt-India Rum, ss. 6d.
I New-England do. 4s. od.l
[No. 1538]
GAZETT E:
THE
M ER C U RY.
iMufeovado Sugar, 51. ros.i
I Single refin'd ditto, is. pd.l
IMolafles, 2s. 6d.|
Beef per Barrel, 81. od.l
iPork, 81. 10s/
Foreign ano Domenici
fame instant on the coast of Virginia; he im
mediately made the fignai for the line to fe
formed with the larboard tacks on board, the
wind just then blowing from the N. E. the En
glish fleet being about two leagues to the
southward, upon the fame tael: ; at nine o'clock
the fleet put about on the other tack, and half
an hour afterwards the enemy made the fame
movement; at ten o'clock, the wind freshen
ing, the Beet put abouton the other tack, the
enemy continuing on the opposite tack, forc
ing fail, and with the advantage of failing,
which they had over the French fleet, they
were soon in such a position as to be able to
gain the wind; at noon they put about, and
before one o'clock their van was pot more than
half a league from the rear of the French line.
After many well executed manoeuvres on both
lides, the engagement began at half after one
o'clock, and at three quarters after two the
firing ceased on both tides.
The Engtifh fleet being in the rear, and to
the windward of the French fleet, M^nf D.
Allogenes made the signal for the re-eftablifr
ing the line ofbattle with the larboard tacks on
board without having regard to each vessels \
particular place, which was executed in a short
time; he then intended to tack the second
time upon the enemy, who appeared to be
more damaged than himfelf, and were then all
gathered together in a clutter, with their fails a
back, and their rigging very much cut, but
the hgnals made by the Conquerant and the
Ardent, informed him that these vessels, and
particular!) the hill (who had kfciixd far a
long time the lire of three of the enemy's Ihips,
and in tire end was so nearly engaged with her
opposite ship in the line that they appeared to
be aboard each other) had great need of some
immediate repair. The French fleet continued
therefore to rdn on this tack, with a final! fail,
ready to receive the enemy, if they thought
proper to hazard a second engagement; but
they very prudently kept themfclveo in the rear,
and to windward during the rest of the day,
without taking advantage of the fu^eriority cf
the failing of their fleet, which were all shea
thed with copper, to renew the engagement.
Too much praise cannot be given to that
frmnefs and courage which the Captains, offi
cers and crews es the French fleet have fhewii
on this occasion, as also of the troops embark
ed on board them; their valour has flood them
inßead cfa Ep, whic' pthe enemy had more
than them; and if the success of the expedition
had depended on a second attack, the Admi
ral would have looked upon it as certain, in.
spire of the superiority of their forces.
There ought not to be omitted a particular'
circumstance in rhe aftion, which gives the
greater honour to the Romulus. The ship
London, of 90 guns, having endavoured to
break the line, this frigate had the braver, to
keep her wind and fire a broadside into Admi
ral Graves, who likewise difeharged his, but
was obliged to relinquish his design. The Ro
raulus ought to have been funk, from the small
distance they were apart; however, by a sin
gular huppinefb She received no damage!
PHILADELPHI A, March 51.
Intelligence from the Southward.
Head-Quarter!!, Iron Wo:k9, North-'
Carolina, M^ch to, 1781.
SI R,
SINCE 1 hrd the honour of a^dreffing your Excellency
last, thee have been some changes in cur circum
ftanc*s. On the zd, Lieut. Cpl. Lee, with a detachment
of r'fltmen, attacked the advanced of the Bitiffi a:m'y,
under Col. Tarikon, near Allamance, and killed rind
wounded by report, about 30 of them. On the 6th the
British moved down towards High Rock, either with a
view to intercept our flores, or cutest thelight infantry
from the main body of the army, then advanced near
seven miles; but they wrre hanifomcly opposed, apd
fullered confi erably without chewing any thing.
This mar ceuvre occasioned me to retire over the Haw
river, and move down the north fide of it, with a view
to secure our floras coming to the army, and to form a
junction with faeral c^ffidcrable reinforcements of
Carolina and Virginia militia, and one regiment of Vir
ginia eighteen months men on the march from Hilf
borough to High Rock. I effected this bufmefs, and
retired to Guilford Court- House.
Our militia had been upon such a foofe and uncertain,
footing ever since we crofted the Dan, that 1 could at
tempt nothing with confidence, though we kept within
ten or twelve miles of the enemy for several days. The
enemy kept elofe, feymingly determined that we should
gain no advantage of them, without lifquing so nething
of consequence.
I have the honour to be, with great refoeA,
and cheem, your tinoft obedient humble fervant^
NATHANIEL GREENE,.
Hi: Excise, Cental Washington
IFine Salt, an do.
ICoarfe Salt, Is. de.
^lndian Corn perßu. 10$. do.
/Coffee, is. do.
;Chocolate, 26s.pcx Do.