The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-12-08 00:00:00, page 1

Monday, December 8, 1777;
Valentine Jones, m. g.
And Commandant of the city of New-York, &c.
By command of the General,
John L. C. Roome, Sec'ry.
By ORDER of his EXCELLENCY
Sir HENRY CLINTON,
Knight of the most honourable Order of
the BAT H, &c. &c.
WHEREAS a Proclamation, issued from
this Office, bearing Date the 15th In
stant, giving Notice to such Inhabitants of
Long-llland and Staten-Illand, as were in
want of Salt, to cure the necessary Provision
for their Family's Use, the ensuing Winter,
that upon their producing to the Superinten
dant of this Port, or his Deputies, a Certifi
cate from the Justice of Peace next to their
Place of Residence, that they were proper
Persons to be trusted, would be allowed to
carry, from New-York, any Quantity of Salt,
not exceeding three Bushels for a Family.
And whereas it appears that the Mode pointed
out by the said Proclamation, for obtaining
Certificates, is inadequate to the Purposes
thereby intended; public Notice is therefore
hereby given, that such of the Inhabitants of
Long-liland, &c. as Ihall hereafter apply, at
this Office, for the said Quantity of three
Bushels of Salt, must produce a Certificate,
from the Commanding Officer of the King's
Troops, on Long-bland, or from a Field Offi
cer of the Militia of the County in which
they reside, that they are proper Persons to be
trusted, and that such of the Inhabitants of
Stateri-Ifland, as fliall hereafter apply for the
fame Quantity of Salt, mull produce, at this
Office, a like Certificate from General Camp
bell or General Skinner: And in order that
due Attention may be paid to this Proclama
tion, Authority is hereby granted to any Per
son or Persons, to seize all such Salt as they
may discover, on board any Vessel or Craft,
or that may be transporting, by Land, through
any Part or Parts of Long-Inland or Staten-
Island, unless accompanied with a Permission
from this Office; which Salt so seized shall
be the sole Property of the Person or Persons
seizing the fame.
ANDREW ELLIOT, Superintendant.
Superintendant's Office, Nov. 18, 1777.
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AND
WEEKLY
By MAJOR GENERAL
VALENTINE JONES,
COMMANDANT of New-York, &/.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it hath been represented to
me, that the boatmen, and others who
bring fire-wood to this city, exact the molt ex
orbitant prices for the fame ; and that unless
some regulation be made, there will be no
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for a cord of wallnr. wood; and Four Pounds
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And whereas some of the boatmen, and
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the propietors of wood, and their detaining
the fame from the boatmen ; I do hereby order
and dired, that they fell the fame at a rea
sonable price ; and on their refufing so to do
(of which due proof is to be made) their
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persons so refufing will be punished for breach
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THE
By the Ship Gafcoyne, Capt. Walton, in
11 Weeks from London, we have tbe follow
ing Advices, viz.
SMYRNA, July 29.
TH E following event happened here.
On the 27th of latt month, a French
bark, commanded by the Chevalier de Villa
gie, anchored in this port, and the sailors got
into a quarrel with some Venetian sailors,
and about seventy fellows of the fame nation
who infeft this place ; from words they came
to blows, but the presence of the Chevalier de
Villagie, and the soldiers sent by the Mufe
lim, put an end to the dispute for that time.
The Chevalier de Villagie having complained
to the Venetian C'onful, and not obtaining
fatisfadion, it is said he ordered his men to
fire upon the Venetians, if they renewed the
quarrel. Whether this order is true or not,
the dispute arising again be ween the fame
parties, the French fired, which being re
turned, a desperate battle ensued, as they had
got some pieces of cannon ; five or fix were
killed, and many wounded ; among the latter
were some Greeks, who were only fpedators.
This affair has alarmed the town very much,
and particularly the Turks ; luckily the latter
had all gone to their quarters, as it was even
ing ; for if by accident any one of them had
been wounded, things would have been car
ried much further. The French and Venetian
Consuls, at last put an end to the dispute, but
the Cadi and Mufelim require fatisfa&ion, on
account of some Rayas being wounded, and
have demanded the Venetian Vagabonds to
be delivered uj^ which the Consul granting,
some men were sent to seize them, but they
made their escape on board the Venetian ships.
In the mean time the Cadi and Mufelim are
far from being fatisfied, and threaten to fend
an account of this event to the Porte, and it
is imagined nothing but a sum of money will
be able to make the affair up. It is since re
ported, that the Chevalier de Villagie did not
order his men to fire, but that they only said
so to excuse their proceedings.
Berlin, Aug. 16. Charles William de Di
efkau, Lieutenant General and Infpedor Ge
neral of the artillery, died the 14th inst. of
an apoplexy, aged 77 years. He had served
in the Army from 1722, and was in ten bat
tles and nine lieges, exclusive of his service in
Hungary in 1738, against the Turks.
Cadiz, July 11. The Aftrea frigate of war,
which failed from thence on the 20th of
March, after having failed as far as the Line,
was obliged to return to Europe, on account
of a contagious fever, joined to the feurvy,
which bad seized the greatest part of the crew.
Sbe had put on shore almost all her hands.
The ship of war, the Princeffe, which had
escorted to Cape St. Vincent two Dutch ves
sels, with money for Amsterdam, on account
of the Royal Bank of Spain, is also returned,
the fame distemper having broken out on board
her, and. remains at anchor ; and the Galicia
ship of war is appointed to convoy the above
vessels in her stead.
Hanau, Aug. 18. The Princess lately born,
was baptized here the 12th inftartt, by the
name of Wilhelmina. The reigning Langra
vine of Hesse Caffel, and the Princess, spouse
of Frederick, the Hereditary Prince of Den
mark, were godmothers, and the Hereditary
Prince of Darmftadt, and Prince George Wil
liam, of the fame house, flood godfathers.
Marseilles, Aug. 7. Orders have been re
ceived at this place, not to fuffer any vessel to
fail from hence for the islands that are laden
with artillery ; and that if any shall be seized
after the above Order, the ship and cargo are
to be confifcated.
Berlin, Aug. 19. On the loth infeant, a
violent storm of thunder and lightning hap
pened here, such as has hardly ever been re
membered before. In one house the lightning
penetrated through to the cellar, and set it on
fire in two different places, but it was happily
extinguished without any damage, and though
sixty people were in the house, none of them
received any hurt. A Jew in crossing the street
was llruck by the lightning, and loft his hear
ing and the use of his speech, but he recovered
them both in two or three days. Some per
sons were killed, and many dangerously hurt.
Conflantinoph July 17. We have just re
ceived advice, that Prince Meraclius has beaten
Ali Pacha, who commanded an army of
40,000 men upon the Frontiers, in order to
aft against the Persians. For this purpose, it
Wheat per Bushel, 9s. od.
Flour, ,30s. od.
Brown Bread, 255. od.
Welt-India Rum, 6s. 6d.
New-England do. 53. od.
GAZETT E:
THE
MERCURY.
PRICE CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufeovado Sugar, 51. ios.|
Single refin'd ditto, 2s. 2d.
Molasses, 2s. 6d.
Beef per Barrel, 90s. od.
Pork, 51. los.
foreign ano IDomefti^.
was necessary for him to cross Georgia, a Prin
cipality belonging to Prince Heraclius, but
instead of previoully fignifying his intentions
to that Prince, and asking his permission agree
able to the lad treaty of Peace between Russia
and Turkey, he attempted to pass through his
country by force, which Prince Heraclius be
ing apprized of, defended himfclf ~with so
much courage, that the Pacha, after the loss
of upwards of 1000 men, was obliged to give
up his design.
Huffieim Aga, Kisja, who had been depo
sed and banished to Bruffe, has been condem
ned by the Government to lose his head;
which has been executed, after having made
him undergo horrible tortures, to make him
confefs what firms he had amassed by his un
warrantable exactions, under th; authority of
his Master. By this means zgo purses (125,000
piasters) have been recovered, and carried to
the Treasury.
July 20. The objection made by the Porte
againd acknowledging the new Chan of the
Tartars, Sachin Gueray, is, that his election
was not by the free voice of the people, but
in consequence of the political intrigues of
the Court of Russia, whose troops underhand
contributed to the success of his election. —
His own behaviour at the fame time tends very
little to promote his cause; he talks openly,
and in a very elevated tone, of his own inde
pendence, and has written to the Porte in a
very extraordinary manner against Dewlat
Gueray. All this makes a great imprellion
upon the Porte, and retards the idea people
had conceived, that a reconciliation would
soon take place. The Porte demands of Rus
sia, that the Government of Crimea should
be conferred upon a person nominated by the
free voice of the people, according to the
tenor of the Treaty, and likewise that the
troops be recalled from thence ; but this the
Court of Peterfbourg has hitherto absolutely
refufed. The passage of the Ruffian troops,
so long detained here, in the Black Sea, has
also been much infixed on by the Ruffian Mi
nister, together with an indemnification for
their detentions. It has been observed that
in all the late conferences which he has had
with the Minilters of the Porte, the Reis
Effendi has never been present.
Lifon, July 15. The Queen advances hap
pily in her pregnancy; she is now entered
into the fourth month, and her Majesty enjoys
a most perfed state of health. General Count
de Pombadeki, Governor of Viana, has been
dismissed from that charge, with orders to
surrender and juftify himfelf against the com
plaint laid to his account.—The Queen has
put into his Government Don Antonio Gomez
Franca, a Brigadier of her armies, and an
officer of distinguished merit.
LONDO N,
Sept. 4. It appears by the accounts delivered
in at the Cocket-office, at the Mansion-house,
that from the 10th of July to the 23d instant,
there have been imported into the port of Lon
don 37,219 quarters of foreign wheat, and
58,989 quarters of foreign oats, besides a great
quantity the produce of our country. The
Lord Mayor has ordered a full account to be
drawn up for him, that he may lay it before
the next Court of Common Council, in order
that some steps may be taken to oblige the
vessels to unload their cargoes/<
A letter from Hamburgh, dated August 15,
fays, " They write from Berlin, that the King,
who set out from thence yesterday, in order to
make the annual review in Silesia, previously
entered his grand nephew Prince Frederick:
William, eldest son of tbe Prince of Prussia,
who was only seven years of age the 3d inst.
into the Military Career, by appointing him
an ensign in the firft regiment of Guards.
A letter from Lifoon, dated Aug. to, fays,
“ On the 6th instant the mob of this city
assembled to a great number, and invested the
Palace; their general cry was, for tbe punish
ment of the Marquis de Pombal. The King
and Queen appeared at the Palace windows,
and bowed several times to the people, and
sent them a message, alluring them ftrift jus
tice should be done, and desiring them to
disperse as good fubjefts, which they did, cry
ing, " May the King and Queen live many
years to reign over Portugal." Since which
the Marquis has been confined in the Castle of
St. Julian, till an opportunity offers of fend
ing him to the illand of Tenerifft, where h^
is to spend a certain number of years."
Fine Salt, Bs. od
Coarse Salt, Bs. od
Indian Corn per Bu. 6s. 6d
Coffee, is. gd
Chocolate, 265. per Do.
[No. 1363.]