The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1778-05-18 00:00:00, page 3

NEW-YORK, May 18.'
Sunday Night the loth infant, two Whale-Boats,
withy Men in each, came to Blue-Point, ana took
from thence 5 Bo^ts that were laying at that Place
loading with Oyfers: They were owned by the fol-,
lowing Persons, viz. Mr. Thomas Myng, Mr.
Emos Underhill, Mr. John Rapalje, Mr. Samuel
Toby, and Mr. Cameron.
This Party was commanded by one Denton from
Koram, on Long-Island, who were all well armed :
They brought their Boats from the North Side of the
Island, and sent their Prizes to New-London : They
put some Women and Children ashore, as also Mr.
Thomas Myng. This last Capture makes no less
than 13 Boats that have been taken about Long-
Island within about 20 Days.
A finall Party of the Rebels were on the Night
of last Sunday Week as far down as Prior's Mills,
and carried away two Negro Men that were coming
to Market with a few Eggs and a small Quantity of
Butter.
They were also down at the fame Place, last Fri
day and Saturday, and carried off fomemore Negroes,
but were pursued by a Party from Powlis Hook,
when they took to their Heels.
On Monday last the Hessian Regiments, under the
Command of Gen. Schmid, viz. that of the Heredi
tary Prince, Prince Charles, Trumbach and Steins,
had a grand Field Day in the Neighbourhood of this
City: Their Manoeuvres confided in an Attack of
an Enemy's Lines, and a Retreat, by which the two
Lines, into which the Troops were formed, relieved
one another, keeping up a continual Fire; they also
passed over a Bridge, with open Force, under a con
tinued Fire from the Artillery and Mulquetry, until
the Troops were formed again in one Line ; all this
though very difficult, was admirably executed, and
to the most perfect Satisfaaion of General Jones, all
the other General Officers, the Gentlemen of the
Army, and an immense Multitude of delighted Spec*
tators.
Captain Wainwright from Bermuda, in Lat. 70,
Lon. 35, about a Week since spoke with his Maje
sty's Ship Experiment, Sir James Wallace, Com
mander, on a Cruize, then five Days out of Phila
delphia, who two Days before fell in with a Part of
the Cork Fleet bound for Philadelphia, all well on
board. Two Days before Capt. Wainwright came
in, he was chafed off ths South Side of Long-Island
by two Privateer Sloops, but luckily got clear of
them.
About the 10th Instant a Party from the Royal
Army at Philadelphia went up the Delaware in
Boats, and destroyed a Number of Ships, Snows,
and some Gallies, that run up to that Place when
Sir William Howe took Possession of Philadelphia :
They then landed on the Ealt and Weft Sides of the
River, took some Prisoners and burnt several Houfts,
among them was Mr. Joseph Borden's on the Ealt
Side, and Mr. Galbright's on the Weft Side.
Another Detachment from the Royal Army, has
been out as' far as the Cross-Roads, which is sixteen
Miles from Philadelphia, where they took 40 Wag
gons loaded with Provisions and Baggage, and killed
and took Prisoners a Body of the Militia that guard
ed the fame.
Several Indians on the Frontiers of Pennsylvania
have informed many of the Inhabitants of that Pro
vince, that as soon as they have got their Corn planted,
they intend to take up the Hatchet in Order to aid
the Great King over the Water, in Consequence of
which, several Families had removed from Wyoming
and Shamokin into many Parts of New-Jersey.
A Number of the Indians on the Frontiers of this
Province lately came down to Albany, in order to de
mand Satisfaction for some of their Brethren that were
killed at Fort Stariwix last Fall : The Answer they re
ceived from the Committee of that Place, was, That
in Case they did not return to their refpe&ive Homes,
the Congress would fend an Army into their Coun
try and deftfoy them Root and Branch : The Indi
ans went off in a violent Rage.
The Inhabitants of Bergen County, in New-Jer
sey, have just received Orders to deliver for the Con
tinental Army the 18th Man in their County ; and
all the Remainder is to be divided into 8 Classes to
hold themselves in Readiness to march at the firft
Beat of Drum where ever they may be ordered.
A French Brig called the Sea Nymph, was sent
into this Port some Time firice, by the Nottingham
Indiaman, which Ship was taken the 6th of March,
and the Captain and Part of the Crew carried into
Philadelphia, where they remained some Time ; and
the Captain on representing to Lord Howe that he
had neither Money nor Friends in that Place, re
quested Permission to coine here, in order to take his
Prizes sent in face our last, are.
The Schooner Lark, from Virginia, with 50 Hogf
heada of Tobacco, taken on Saturday the 9th Instant,
by the Ariel Frigate.
The Friendship, Crarey, from New-London, for
South-Carolina, taken by the Letter of Marque Ship
Rose, Capt. Duncan.
The Sloop Exchange, with Rum and Sugar, taken
by the Ships True -Brothers, Capt. Marshall ; Ship
Elizabeth, Capt. Hunter; and the Antigua Planter,
from the Bay of Honduras, for London : The Ex
change had been taken before by the General Arnold
Privateer.
The French Ship Citizen, from Boston for Virgi
nia, with Salt, &c. taken last Tuesday in Lat. 38, fl,
Lon. 72, by the Tender belonging to his Majesty's
Ship Experiment, Sir James Wallace, Commander.
And
The Sloop Two Sifters, from New-London for St.
Kitts, as a Flag of Truce, by the fame Vessel, but
not yet arrived. And Sir James was left in Chace
of a Ship the 7th Instant, when she separated from
the Tenders 4
l'affage to the Weft Indies, which he effe&ed as soon
as possible after his Arrival; but a few Days ago,
Hyde Parker, Esq; Commander of his Majesty's
Ship the Phoenix, difeovered the said Vessel to be a
Prize belonging to him, taken the 21st of February
last, having sent his First Lieutenant and 7 Men on
board her, but a Gale of Wind coming on they were
Separated, and the^Officer nor none of the Men being
to be found, 'tis imagined they have been put to
Death; and only two of the French Crew being
here, (both Boys) they were committed to Goal
last Friday Night for Examination. They confeffed
when they came into Sandy-Hook, they had been
boarded by an English Frigate some Time before
they fell in with the Nottingham Indiaman.
A Rebel Privateer Schooner made her appearance
off Sandy-Hook last Saturday, and had nigh taken
©ne of our Pilot Boats the fame Day.
We hear Sir William Howe failed from Philadel
phia for Great-Britain a few Daysago, and that there
has been a Skirmish in New-Jersey, near Trenton,
between a Part of the Royal Army under the Com
mand of Sir William Ergn, and the Rebels under
the Command of Mr. Maxwell ; the Event of which
we impatiently wait to hear.
Public Auction.
THIS DA Y,
Upon the Dock, below the Coffee-Houfe,
Will be sold,
14 hogiheads Weft-India rum,
4 chests of tea,
16 boxes of claret,
With some French liquors,
TO-MORROW,
At the Coffee-Houfe, will be fold,
The prize SHIP
GOOD HOPE,
Near 600 tons burthen, almost new, well
found, and a faft sailer. Inventory to be
seen at Templeton & Stewart's office.
On Wednesday, on Murray's wharf,
The prize SLOOP A 1
GENERAL GATES,
With her CARGO, consisting of
the best James's River Tobacco,
and Lumber.
Condemned in the Court of Vice Admiralty,
of this Province.
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Public Auction,
At the Coffee-House, 3 '
THIS DA Y,
10 Puncheons of choice Weft-India rum,
And a parcel of cheese and loaf sugar.
TO-MORROW,
A few barrels of excellent coffee;
Bottled porter and Scotch fnuff in bottles,
Granada rum and kane spirits.,
On Wednesday,
A few barrels of best Mufcovado, sugars,
And some loaf sugar.
On Friday, ' \°.'
Will be SOLD, ,
At Daniel M'Cormick's
VENDUE-HOUSE, [
An assortment of DRY GOODS,
JEWELLERY, &c. _
To be fold at public Vendue,,
To-morrow,
At the Coffee-House,
The Ship FALMOUTH,
As She now lays at Cruger's wharf,
BURTHEN 250 tons, compleatly fitted for
sea, with three months provisions. This
ship is exceedingly well found, and fitted for
close quarters, may mount 4 fix pounders in
the cabbin, and two in the forecaltle. Inven
tory to be seen on board, or at Mr. Daniel
M'Cormick's.
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Public Auction.
At the Coffee-houfe, this Day,
Will be SOLD,
Three puncheons and five„cafcs
OZ/ SPIRITS,
3 barrels of SUGAR,
And ten calks Weft-India Rum.
TO-MORROW,
At the Coffee-House,
A few barrels Mufcovado sugars,
One chest Green Tea,
And a few casks bottled porter.
Public Auction.
On THURSDAY next,
At the Coffee-Houfe, will be fold,
The BRIGANTINE
BETSEY RICHMOND,
Lying at Van Dam's wharf.
Inventory to be seen at John M'Adam and
Company's office.
- L" '
A Likely, healthy, young negro wench,
who understands all kinds of house
work ; can bake, brew, and cook, has had
the small-pox, and will be recommended for
her honesty. For further particulars enquire
of Mrs. Leslie, opposite the play-house.
AVERY excellenfCldLLAß, with a part of a
house, in a good part of the town, to be let.
For particulars, apply to Hugh Gaine.
ANTED, TWO-HUNDRED POUNDS;
for which indisputable Security will be
given. Enquire of the Printer.
TO BE SOLD, -
A STOUT, healthy, young NEGRO
WENCH, who has had the small-pox
and meazles. Enquire of the printer.
W An't 'e ~
A SERVANT that is fit to ad as a Rew
ard in a gun room, in one of his Ma
il's fhip§, fa particulars, apply to the
printer.
The Day before the French Ship left Bolton, a
Prize Brig was carried in there, which was about the
firft Instant, and a Vessel from England fome.Time
before.
Two Ships of 20 Guns, and a Privateer Sloop
were to fail on a Cruize from New-London about
the 24th Instant.
Lately died in Brooklyn Township, on Long-
Island, Mr. John Couwenhoven, Mr. John
Van Dyke,, and Mr. Aeris Remsen.
§<§ A Quantity of black Silk fringed Handker
chiefs, may be had on very good Terms, at Bow
man and Codxer's Au&ion Office, Hanover-
Square.
Public Auction.
At the wharf opposite Mr. Anthony Van Dam's,
1 Will be fold, this day,
23 Calks prize tobacco, of Superior quality,
1400 Feet choice mahogany,
1000 Best white oak hogshead slaves.
To-morrow,
At John Taylor's store,
At the upper end of King-street, nearly opposite Mrs.
Ogilvie's, will begin anty continue from day to day,
until the whole is fold,'
The CARGO of the, ship
De Vrouw Margaretha,
Condemn'd in the court of vice.admira ty as a prize to
his Majesty's Ship the Experiment,
Confiftingof,
Linens,''Millihary,
Blankets, Mercery,
Green and bohea tea, Ironmongery.
This day, between ten and twelve o'clock,
At the Commissary's wharff, along fide of the Snip De
Vrouw Margaretha, will be fold,
Her Cargo of SALT,
Anda parcel of RIGG ING and
_ CABLES.
FOUND, by a gentleman in this city, a
few days since, A LEATHER POCKET
BOOK. Whoever has 101 l the fame, by prov
ing their property, and paying charges, may
have it again by applying to Hugh Gaine. ^
This Day are publiJbed,
By H. G AI N E,
And to be fold at his Book-Store in Hanover-Square,
THE INCAS:
Or,
THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE
EMPIRE of PERU.
'<Tolerate all: Se&s, not as regarding them all
" with an Eye of equal Indifference, but as fuffer
" ring that<which it has pleated God to Suffer, until
" they can be brought info the Path of Truth by
< c the Powerjf /Perfuafion.''
Fenelon's Dictations for the Confeience of a King.
REF IVc TIONS
On the present Combination of the
AMERICAN COLONIES,
AGAINST THE
SUPREME AUTHORITY
' OF ' THE
BRITISH, LEGISLATURE,
And thei? Claim to Independency.
With an Appendix, containing Remarks on the
Trial of John the Painter, and the Advice he gave
to CommiShoner Gambier, as he was carrying to
the Place of Execution.
LETTERS
WRITTEN BY
THE LATE RIGHT HONORABLE
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE,
Earl of Cbejlerjield,
C TO
' HIS SO N, .
PHILIP STANHOP E, Esq;
Late Eyroty Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden.
TOGETHER WITH
SEVERAL OTHER PIECES
ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
I Ruies and Articles
For the better Government of his Majesty's
Horse and Foot Guards,
And all other his
FORCES
In Great-Britain and Ireland,
Dominions beyond the Seas and Foreign Parts,
From the 24th of March, 1777.
Published by his MAJESTY's Command.
T HE
'MANUAL EXERCISE,
As ordered by his Majesty, in 1764,
Together with
PLANS and EXPLANATIONS
Of the Method generally practis'd at
Reviews and Field Days. 1
• The wonderful LIFE, and furprizing
ADVENTURES
Of that renowned Hero
ROBINSON CRUSOE,
Who lived 28 Years on an uninhabited Island, which he
afterwards colonifed.
A Little
LOTTERY BOOK
F OR
CHILDRE N:
CONTAINING
A new Method of playing them into a Know
ledge of the
Letters, Figures, &c.
Embellished with above 50 Cuts,and published
with the Approbation of the Court of Com
mon Sense.
LOS F, Saturday Evening a large Silver
Shoe Buckle between the Ferry Stairs and
Crown Street. Whoever will return the fame
to Hugh Gaine fliall have 12/: Reward.
tfl The Managers and Gentlemen of the
Theatre, from a sense of the distress of those
poor persons, who did not fall within their
original design, purpose to give a PLAY for
that purpose; and accordingly,
On Wednesday Evening will be presented,
The RECRUITING OFFICER.
With a Farce, called
TheMILLER of MANSFIELD.
Tickets to be had & & ufua |Places.
HUGH GAINE,
Has lately imported from London,
an assortment of
Bools and Stationary,
Amongst which the following may be had at
his Store in Hanover-Square.
History, &c.
COMM ON prayers ci
different fixes, with
the new version of psalms
and companion to the al
tar,
Lewis's catechism,
Schoolmaster's assistant,
Bailey's and Entick's didi
onary,
Salmon's grammar, and ga
zetteer.
Martin's gazetteer,
Refleßiorie on America,
Robinion's history of Ame
rica,
Chefterfield's miscellanies, a
most elegant edition in 2
vols. 4to.
Savages's works,
Miss Temple,
Afh's feritiments,
Mrs. Savage's poems,
Repofithry, 3 vols.
Journey to Paris,
Philario and Clementina,
; Mural dialogues,
Incas of Peru,
Life of Petrarch, in 2 vols.
Spelman's Xenophon,
Ferber's travels through
Italy in the years 1770,
and 1772.
Rowley's poems,
.Strictures on military difei
pline in a fefies of letters,
with a military difeourfe,
in which is interspersed
some account of theScotch'
brigade in the Dutch ser
vice,
Stephen's principals of the
chriftian religion compa
red with those of all the
other religions.
Beauties of biography, con
taining the lives of the
most illustrious persons
who have flourished in G.
Britain, France, Italy and
*all other parts of Europe.
'Fordyce's addresses to young
men,
Lives of the poets,in 41 vols.
Pope's works,
Spectacle de la nature,
Josephus, in 4 vols.
Cockman's Tully translated
into Engli/h,
Rollin's ancient history,
Female fpe&ator,
Adventurer,
Clafficks.
Cole's dictionary,
Schrevelius's lexicon,
Greek grammar,
Latin teflament,
Eutropius,
Sele&e vetre,
Selecte profanes,
: Clarke's introdudion,
Erasmus and Corderi,
Took's pantheon,
Children's Books
Giles gingerbread,
Tom Thumb's folio,
London cries,
Lilliputian auftion.
This DAY, ^X %
On Hallet's wharff, will b^ ^^
The cargo of the ship L'Ar.di^
Prize to his Majesty's ship Lizrud,
Consisting of,
Ruin, sugar, molasses, coffee,
brandy, wine, salt, &c.
With a quantity of bale goods,
By P. M'Davitt.
Public Auction.
TO-MORROW,
At the house of Bryan Connor, adjoining the Coffee
houfe, will be fold,
A great variety of prize G OOD S,
Confining of,
Silks, linens, dowlafs, platillas,
Ozenbrigs, broad cloths,
Coatings, checks, (hoes,
Stockings, &c.
h ßy P. M'Davitt.
Speedily will be published,
Lives of the British Admirals,
A.VOR,
MEMOIRS
OF THOSE
ILLUSTRIOUS ^SEAMEN
T 0
Whose INTREPIDITY and CONDUCT, the
English are indebted for the Vi&ories of their
Fleets, the Increase of their Dominions, the Ex
tension of their Commerce, and their Pre-eminence
on tae Ocean.
Interspersed with
The most material Circumstances of N AVAL
HISTORY, from the Norman Invasion to
the Conclusion of the last Wan
By JOHN KENT, Esq;
LONDO N:
Printed for J. Wallis, Yorick's Head, Ludgate-ftreet,
and fold by H. Gaine, New-York, where the firft'
Volume may be seen.
This Work will be printed on a beautiful
Letter and fine Paper, and embellished with
Copper Plate Engraving sos the most remar
kable Sea-Engagements, Maps, &c. &c.
from original Drawings, and executed by
the mod celebrated Artify.
Entertaining tables,
Chriftmab box,':
New-Year's gift,
Eafler's gift,
Whitfuntide gift,
Lilliputian mafqueradc.
Lottery books,
Pretty play thing,
Royal battledores,
Royal primers,
Pretty pocket books,
Mother's gift,
Infant tutor,
Valentine's gift,
Golden toy,
Goody two Shoes,
Tommy and Nancy Good ß
will,
Female orators,
Tea-table dialogues,
Juvenile trials,
Hymns for children,
Poetical description of beasts,
birds, and flower gardens,
Drawing fchuol,
Juvenile sports,
Picture exhibition,
New riddle books,
Be merry and wife,
Tables in verse,
Bible abridged,
Poems for 3 feet high,
History of England,
Robinson Crusoe,
Six peny worth of wit.
Stationary, &c.
Imperial paper tor draughts,
Royal and medium ditto,
Deraoy and post ditto,
Gilt ditto for letters?
Plain ditto for letters,
Ledgers,
Journals,
Day books,
Receipt ditto,
Memorandum ditto,
Orderly ditto for gentlemen
of the army,
Best office quills and pens,
sealing wax.
Wafers,
Best Fnglilh parchment,
Parchment prickers,
Fountain pens,
Pruning knives.
Penknives and feiffars,,
Pocket inkholders,
Ivory letter folders,
Best black lead pencils with
silver cases,
Pounce and pounce boxes,
Letter files for counting
houfes,
Playing cards,
Red tape for tying papers,
Leather fnuff boxes,
Tobacco ditto,
Best razors,
Strops and hones,
Gun screws and hammers,
Powder flafks,
Shot pouches,
Burning and reading glasses,
Dice boxes,
' Men for backgammon tables
excellent tooth powder,
Anderson's pills,
Keyfer's pills,
Ryan's sugar plumbs.