The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1777-04-14 00:00:00, page 3

NEW-YORK, April 14.
The late Prcclamaticn, iffaed by Sir .William
Hcwr, we hear, has been read to, the lerera.l Corps
in the Rebel-Army by their reljeftive Leaders, who
Ihove to Grow them, that the Design cf it was to
lead them to Bondage and Deferhaipn, to alienate
them fom their Allegiance to Mifirurs %hn Flax
cock, Samuel Adams, am! the other Members cf the
Congress, and to bring them out of their present
State of Happiness and Freedom. Many and won
derful were the Speeches made upon this Occasion,
all founded upon an evident Fear, left their poor de
luded Followers should fee and think for themfelvcs.
Their Fear seems to have been just ; for many, in
following' fheir own Sense, have quitted the despe
rate and wicked Cause they have been engaged in,
and have brought in (fame of them at Icaft) two or
three Mufquets apiece, for which they have been
handsomely paid in Silver Dollars Seme whole
Companies have come in, and particularly from the
Northward. A Party of them, who c;me up a few
Days since from Ambey, in order to join tire Royal
Provincials, were akoni/hed to fe any Ships in the
Harbor of New York, as it had been i/duitrioufly
reported among the Rebels, that they were all f-i^d
for England, and that the Troops were to quit the
Colonies, as fcon as frefli Ships could arrive to carry
them Home. Avery few Weeks will convi& these
Impodois of their numberless Falfehcods.
Several Men of War, and above 100 Transports
ary stationed in the North River. The E-ft River
is crouded with Merchantmen, Prize Veflels, and
Ships of all Sorts.
A CorrefpondeM,remarks, that while meft of the
other Sea-Port Towns and Colonics groan under
the Dearness of Provisions, and the common Necef
farits of Life, this City is supplied, at vety little
more than the usual Rate in thio Scafon of the Year,
with every Species cf Food and all Kinds of Cloath
ing and dry Goods.
The Philadelphia Newspapers are fluff'd with
continual falfe Accounts es Skirmishes and other
Exploits of their Raggamuffins in the Jcrfies; in
which they ahvajs obtain meft wands ful znd " ne-
U ver-to-be-heard -of" Vi&ori<s. The following
may serve for 2 Specimen, taken from the Penrfil
rormia Journalcf the 2d cf April. In a Skirmrih,
which is stated to have happened near Quibble-Town
-an the 24th of March, they fay the British " nmjl
“ hare loft feme Men, as they were fern carrying
<c them off in the Time of Action, which happened
" within half a Mile of their Breast-works. We
" had two Rifles broke, but not a Man hurt in
" this Skirmilh ; an evident Proof, that Providence
“ Fields ^jrfl and brave [hey mean themfcha]
46 for w; forced them from an advantageous Wood,
*' where they were posted behind Tree#, ard our
" People entirely expefd in an open Field. The
" Troops that were engaged with ours were Bftl
<s TISH and not H047---Oar whole Party did not
< : exceed ONE and Thirty, end the Enemy not
<< wfs than three hundred Men." —What
Opinion mnft these People have of their Followers,
when they fitppofe them capable es believing such
enormous Fall.hoods as these?
S®me Days ago the Daughter of Mr. ‘Jonathan
^Knsi©£ Rye in Connecticut, was murdered by a
•Party of Rebels near or upon Ladd's Neck. She
wa^ carrying some Cloaths to her Father, in Compa
ny cf two Men who had the Charge cf a Herd cf
Cattle. They were fired upon by the Rebels from
^behind a Stone-Wall. The poor young Woman re
ceived a Ball in her Head, of which the ialbnlly
vhed. The Men tfcaped unhurt: They plundered
&r dead Body of its Cloath;, cut otra of her Fin
gers almost off in order to take a Ring, and left the
Corpfs most indecently exposed in the Highway.
Ouch are the Advocates of this cursed Rebellion !
Yet the Officer (fb called) who commanded the Par
ty, and who is laid to be a Colonel among the Re
bels, gloried in the Exploit, and swore it was better
to kill ene Woman than two Men, adding moreover,
that he would put both Man and Woman to death,
who should prefiuxe to cultivate their Farms or their
Gardens in the Neighbourhood cf Rye in this Spring.
It is reported, that five Battalions of the Rebels
are set out from Providence in Rhode-Inland to op
pose the Descent of Sir Guy Carleton.
The Indians have scalped and killed about 30 of
the Rebels at a Place called Sabbath Day Point on
Lake George ; and we hear that the Six Nations are
afiembling to make an Expedition in order to cure
the New-Englanders, who have caught the Itch cf
rambling towards their Country. Great Bodies of
Indians are likewise expe&ed to come over the Lakes
with Sir Guy Carleton from Canada.
It ia said, that the 10,000 Men, now on their
Taffage from Great-Britain, will lard at Salem and
Marblehead, and from thence effia a Jun&ien with
the Troops that ae to penetrate irtu the Country
from Rhode-Ifland; and that another Body will
march at the fame Time from %w-Yoik into Ccn
xtSicut.
By the last Advices from the Weft-Indies we are
informed, that thole Iflsnds are now tolerably well
supplied with Lumber, &c. fiom the Floridas.
The Ceiberus Frigate, Capt. Simmons, lately de
ftreyed a Fire-Ship, that was fitted out at Provi
dence, to burn the Fleet at Rhode-Ida: d.
Several Merchantmen and Vi&u,llers have ar
rived in the Course of the last Week frem Great-
Britain and Ireland.
The fevered Provincial Corps already raif d, are
mostly clothed, and make a very handfame Ap
pearance. Their Uniform is chiefly Green faced
.with White, and made of the belt Materials.
On Friday last a Party of about 50 Men came into
Town from Weft Jei fey. They fell in with a large
Body of the Rebels, with whom they had a flight
Skirmi/h, in which they killed five of them, without
any Loss to themselves. The whole Country is so
epprefird with the Villainy and tyrannical Proceed
ings cf the Rebels, that the Inhabitants are almost
every where ready to rife, when the King's Troop's
Aid! take the Field.
Yesterday Morning a Brig, loaded w'th Tobacco
and Lieu?, taken by the Thames and Daphne, came
into Port, together with another Prize, and a Vic
tualler from Ireland.
Arrivals. Clrdr, Fletcher ; Ann and Mary,
Templeton; and Betty, McDougal from Cork.
Prudence, Simpson, from London.
Lately died at Newtown, en Lon^-Island, James
Emmit, Esq, who pra&ifed the Law maay Years
in this City with an unblemished Character.
Last Week died at Rniton Landing, in Mew-
Jersey, Cornelius Lowe, E'q; a Gentleman much
esteemed by all who had the Hippintfs to be ac
quainted with him.
JOHN BARROW, Baker,
No. 13, King-firm, has fer Sale,
A QUANTITY of Wvtrr Bread, Butte Eifat, aid
£1 tx€ vi„ lick sixGE&Bai,o,
ADVY RTISE M'ENT.
Pci font, going into , the other Colonies, may be
supplied with any Number of counterfeited Con
gress-Notes, for the Price es the Paper frer Retro.
They are so nearly and exaa.lv executed, that there
is no Rifque in getting them off, it being almofthm
peftbh' to discover, that they are net genuine.
This has been proved by Bills to a very lerge
Amount, which have already been fuccefsfully cir
culated. Enquire for Q. E. D. at the Coffee-Houfe,
from %I P. M. to 4. A. M. during the present
Month.
Just opened for Sale,
At DANIEL 1 MCCORMICK'S
Vendue-House,
A Parcel of 7-8, yard, and apron cotton checks; Irifli
/A linens, jeans, drillings, oznabrigs, Russia Greeting,
Scotch carpets, pound pins, &c. &c.
On Wednesday,
Will be fold on the Coffee-Ifoufe bridge,
A parcel of camblets, durants, ribbons, felt hats, wo
men's leather Ihors, fiik knee garters, needles, fcytlies,
pewter tankards, adzes and,gyn barrels.
TO BE SOLD?
At JOHN M'ADAM, and Co's.
AUCTION ROOM,
To-morrow, at Eleven o'Clock,
A Q^ntity of dry goods published in a catalogue on
Thur Clay last, and postponed on account of the
file $f the effects of the late Capt. Davis. The Lie to
be continued on Thursday, and catalogues published in
time.
On Wednesday, on the Coffee-Houfe bridge,
A quantity of rum, sugar, beef, port, a pipe of Ma
deira wine, and a few dozen @f rifle frocks.
And on Friday, on board the flrip Anna Maria,
at Byvanck's-flip,
A flream cable of about 9 inches, a hawser of 7 inches,
2 top-rriafte, a parcel of junk, and a lone ,boat.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
‘To-morrow,
At the Merchant's Coffee- Hotife will be peremptorily fold,
A Quantity cf
Excellent Raisins and Figs,
A few Boxes of choice Lemmons.
At private Sale,
On board the Brigantine Pully, lying at Beached Wharf,
Lilban Wine of the firft Quality : m Pipes, Ho;fheads and
Quarter Calks; Raisins, Figs, Almonds, Prunes, with a
few Dozen of choice Port Wine.
To-morrow at Eleven o'Clock,
Will be fold at Public Auction, bv
BOWMAN^nd CODNER,
On the Ceffee-Houfe Bridge,
n, ^ USC O'V ADO Sugars, old Weft India Rum,
IVX Sherry Wine in Bottles, Mustard, Beef, Pork,
Oatmeal, Barley, Peafe, Corks, Scap, Garden Spades, one
Hawser, and some Cordage, &c. &C.
N. B. One Thousand Buffiels of coarse Salt may be
had of Bowman and Codner, cheaper than any now fell
ing in this City, if applied for immediately.
A MEETING of the
United Whaling Company,
JS desired at the C< ffee-Houfe, on the Morrow, at 12
o'clock.---Cne of the roaster's is now here, who hath
left part of h's cargo in theWcfi-Indie,,-— wants to receive
the Company's orders for his future conduct, —and oilier
business require their personal attendance.
A Quarterly Meeting of
The MARINE SOCIETY,
WILL be held this evening at the house of the
widow Doran, at 6 o'clock.
By order of the president,
PETER_BERTON, Sccrmry.
Just imported, and to be fokl by
JAMES STEWART,
Ac his Bore at Burling's-Slip, opposite Mr. Rhinelander's
china /hop, the following articles,
Madeira,,
Sherry,
Li /bon.
Port,
Mountain,
Malaga,
Fontinac,l
Canary,;
Claret, London and Iriffi,
Calcavedla,
Fysil in pipes, hog/hrada and
quarter calks,
French brandy,
Pickles in afform&nts,
Brown sugar, ,
MEN's ard women's
worsted hose of dif
terert forts,
Ditto silk and thread ditto,
Breeches patterns,
Woollen caps,
Women's leather ffioes,
Felt hats and caps,
Sherry wine in bottles,
Whale bore,
Salt peter'd hams,
Ditto common d tto,
ANY Perfan having a good Bill of Exchange fur
£. 80 Sterling, or one Bill of £ 3s, and another
of £.42 Sterling, if inderfed by a substantial Person,
may herr of a Purchaser, by applying to H. Gaine.
Just imported, by
MOOR AND NEALE,
And to be fold at their ftote, the corner of Iriffi Greet in
Water-street, on the most rcafonable terms,
A Quantity of choice Barbadoes rum, and old f/irita;
~ A L S O,
JAMAICA spirits,
— Mufeovado sugar,
Women's Greet,
Pound pins cheap by tbd
quantity,
Cordage, and junk fit for
drawing,
Limp oil,
Turpentine varnifli,
Also a new 10 inch cable, 110 fathoms.
A QUANTITY OF
Old Madeira Wines,
Of the firft Quality, are to be fold by the
I Pipe or Quarter Calk, at the Store of
RICHARD SHARPE,
In Water-street, opposite the Mayor's.
—JAME S'S aVa'GE?-
In Water-Greet, 5 doers above Dover-ftrrer, has for file,
Ha:l%
Wiih f&rj ,;hq ^ti^m net h^i# m^uu@acd,
A variety of paints ground
in oil,
Window glass,
Putty,
Spirits of turpentine,
White lead,
Tallow,
Sheet drafts, and
Weft-India pilot, fee, &e.
MuGerd,
Soap, Caftile and common,
I'moaked salmon,
ISalad old,
[Cordage and twine,
La new 13 inch cable,
'An 8 inch ditto, halt worn,
[Parmafan chccf,
Fine white fait,
Mutton hams,
Stationary,
Slops,
Stoughton's bitters,
Window Cl-fa,
Bell lamps, &:<:•
New pork in barrels,
Bohea tea,
Sail du<k No. I to I,
Oznabrigs,
Sheetings,
Garlix,
3-4 Checks,
3-4 Check handkerchiefs,
3-4 Ditto Gripes,
Yard-wide checks,
Drillings,
Pon,d and 4 § pound vies.
'PROPOSALS
To the ARMY, by an OFFICER,
For Printing by Subscription,
HISTORICAL' ACCOUNT
OF THE
WAR in AMERICA.
From the Affair oFLexington.
I. The work t* be bound, and illuilrated with slams,
Ihewing the march of the army, &c.
11. The price to fubferibers, Two Dollars ;---
The money retain d in the hands cf the agents in Eng
land until the work is ready to be delivered; as will
appear in the FuAlc Ahertifer, fix months after the
war is over.
Individuals cut of the army, may pay the fubfeription
into the hinds of Major Moncrieff, at New-Yorii, who
retains the money till the publication, or lepays it to the
fubferiber, if any accident happens to prevent the pub
lication.
"° r lond on,
^',^ft. The Ship Anna Maria,
W ILLI ^ Da, IS , Mailer;
STAVING good Accommoda
-1 ti °nß fol Passengers, and will
—' he fitft Convey. For Passage,
d^wply to the Mailer of the Did Ship,
lying at Burling's-Slip.
N. B. Two Boxes of Medicines to be dlfpcf.d
off. Enquire as above.
For the BENEFIT of tkt Orphans and
Widows of SOLDIERS, Lie. We.
At the Theatre in John's-Street,
Thursday Evening next,
Will be Performed, a COMEDY, call'd,
Rule a Wife and have a Wife.
To which will be added, a Farce, call'd,
Chrononhotonthologos,
, With Additions ;,
And ^w'°g and Dancing.
The Characters by Gentlemen of the
NAVY and ARMY.
BOXES, and PIT, Cne Dollar. GAL
LERY, Four Shillings.
TICKETS to be had. at Hugh Gaine's, Printer,
and at the Coffee-Hetfe.
At M'KE NZIE's Store,
In WATER-STREET, No. 1092,
The Corner of Irish-Street,
Are to be SOLD on the leweft Terms,
SUPERFINE cloths,
Second ditto,
Wiltons, caffimer, and fa
gathies,
Duroys, Walloons, and cal
limancocs,
Durants and tammies,
Iriih linens,
Reedy made foldicrs ffiirts,
A few chintzes,
Scarlet and black silk car
dinals,
White and blsck silk bennets
Waistcoat pieces of different
prices.
Breeches ditto,
Whiteahd colour'd silk hole,
Plain aid ribbed white
thread ditto,
Ditto and ditto, brown ditto,
Chip h&sand fans,
Flowered gauze aprons,
Phin blue, white, pink and
green luteftrfngs,
Rich striped ditto,
Blond lace and velvet ribb@%
Sowing silks and threads,
Tapes and ferrets,
Pins and needles,
Break faft table cloths,
Bedside carpeting,
Coverlids and rugs,
Felt hats, Aborted stationary in ditto.
A frefh Importation
Of the following Patent Medicines and
Perfumery from the original ware houses
In London,
TURLINGTON'S balsam cf life,
Stoughton's bitters,
Walker's Jefuitt drops,
Betton's British oil,
Daffy's Elixir,
Godfrey'g cordial,
Anderton's pills,
Hooper's pills,
Lockyer's pills,
- James's powders,
Essence of peppermint,
London tooth powder,
Tioaure for cleaning the teeth aid the feurvy,
Lavender water,,
Hungary vaster.
The above are warranted genuine, and to be
had of
Richard Speaight,
Chymiif,
In Queen-street, between Burling's and Beckman's
Slips, wholesale and retail,
Where may be had a general assortment of drugs
and medicines, -as usual, and large allowances to
tbofr who buy to fell again.
Medicine chests made up for sea or land service,
on the Iharteff notice.
To" be fold by the Chaldron, or by larger
Quantities,
Some large SEA COAL,
ON board a bug lately arrived from Ghfgow, row
lying at the firft wharf above Beekman's-Slipl---
The coals to be delivered ta the wharf, or at the Grip's
fide.
A- CARGO OF ~
Choice Barbadoes Rum,
qpo be fold on board the Grip Sharpe, lying at Crer
£ mclinc's wharf, eppofne to the erase, by James
Lawrie, mailer, for case or good bills.
; l 0 s™rr—.'
AGOID RING, with seven large diamonds and
eight /mail ones, fitin the Grape cf a Gar ; like
;v.ilc a memorandum bank covered with marble paper,
I with receipts and notes in the Engb/h, Ke/lan, and
IHebrew languages. Likewise a teafaws a house with an
!acquittance upon it for Fify-two Pounds Ten SkiLL^
I currency, figged Benjamin Hildreth. Whoever will
I difeover where the above articles are, so that they may
j be had again, /bail have Five Dollars reward, es Hayrm
I Solomon, at Mr. Hildreth's few h,R, 9,„fi:s Mr,
j Scowl's, St, GewgO.quere,
|Slcfs, hussar cl aks, &r.
jOfnaburghs and fail cloth,
-.Choice old claret in buttles,
jOld hock, ditto,
lOldI Old red port, ditto,
Bel Madeira in bottles,
D,ttr, ditto, in calks,
IBc:lMaimfey Madeira in do.
French white nine vinegar,
India soy and ketchup,
-[Anchovies ard walnuts,
[Cucumbers and French feans
;Eaft-India mangoes, W.
tMuftard in pots and bottles,
fine filled oil,
Parmafan cheese,
/Citron in boxes,
/Merchants books and cepy
I ditto,
,;Folio, pot, and quarto paper,.
'Cabinet furniture, locks,&c.
[lron spades and axes,
d An assortment of turnery
by the calk,
A few calks of hardware, viz.
^Hinges, copper tea kettles,
warming pans, Novels and
tongs, brass cocks, belts,
and loci s of different forts,
hammers, table knives arid
forks, &e.
Aborted medicines in chests,
To be LETT, ^^
(From the firft day cf May rcx°
A LARGE cor.venießt bcufe ia Q^a.^ce,tknh
Robert Cronimdiac lately lie d ; Ms, two hoc Lt
in Watpr-ftrear; wherein Thoraa? Giant, and the'< - 4 %*,
Robinson, lately lived ; like wife a corner hcufe in Kinr
hrest, w.-rrin the tridow Corentu' Ltriy tried, vTh
another koufe next to it. For pdeticuhrsan^uirc of G:-
rard G. Beekman, in Queen-Rues.
N. B> Taken out of the souse of Robert Croramc
line, a chimney locking g!afs,„with re elegant carv'd
frame, painted of a stone colour. Whoever hs it, will
be kind enough to return it to the above Beekman.'
To be SOL D,'
_ LIKELY mulatto wench, about 24 or 2$ years of
a ^% who understands all hiuds of hcufe wv%
and can be well recommended for her henefty and fobrirty.
Enquire of Benjamin Stout, jun. near Peck's Slip.
lATELY itoien out or Mr. Themes Hipbu.Uri
j store in Dock-Great, a feal&in trunk, the maker's
name T. Carkman, Liverpool, containing a number of
books, most or which has Anthon, Warwick's- n?.rn m , in
copperplate on them ; and some with Atexarider Rox
burgh's name. Any perform who will deliver the trunk
with its contents, to Mr. Hugh Gaine, or at Mr. 7Tp
burn's Gore, or leave a line informing where it may be
found, ffiall receive two guineas, and no quefdons alkrJ;
or on conviction of the thief, /hall receive five guineas
rewa-d. Any perfm feeing any of the books offered for
sale, are requested to step them, and give information to
the printer.'.
Wanted on Hire.
AJhue or biack woman cook, who uuderfonds 2nd
writ do house work ; with a good recommcridat'er
may hear of a piece by applying to the Printer
A Yuu^g man who has lived ma-y yeWri/ThTU
fpcaable merchant, Lite cf thisxity, as his buck
keeper, ard can be well recommended, wouL be glad of
an employment in the fame capacity; or in any of the
public offices in this citv ; or as an afliftant to the forage
or commulbry departments, either in rhe ' city or country.
For further p'rlirub,s enquire of the printer.
To be LETT; —-
FARM in r+ewtown, containing about do acres cf
X,l gvod land, a couGderable part of which will mow,
whereon is a good double h^ufe, barn, aut-hewes, and a
very good orchard ; also a negro wench who underfunds
all torts of cewn ry business, or two genteel rooms, with
paftute for a horfc, or two or three cows. Enquire cf
Hugh Gaine.
ALL pertons who haveany demands dgainf/the late
Capt. Halkith Davis, of the /Lip Britannia, ar*
defied to bring their accounts to Philip Millan, on Lord
the laid ffiip; and all tnoic who owe Capt, Davis, b:«
they will pay the fame.
WjrNT'E'D,
A Man servant, for a gentleman going to England.
Enquire of the printer: None read apply but
such as can be well recommenfr.
uN-avay from rue brigantine Wil iam, jamea
M'Ewen, master, an apprentice boy named An
tonio Hories, u Spaniard, born in Mallap, 14 yeais of
age, /hurt but well made, dalle complexion, ard fort hair.
Hid on when be went away, a blue jacket, white drawers,
end an ozenbrigs frock by way of Ain. He is fiiftfed
to be harboured by one mother -Griffiths, 'on Golden-hill,
Whoever takes up the Did boy and brings him to Mr,
Archibald Willtrn, merchant, in Qieen-ffieet, ihaii re
ceive Three Dollars reward,
N. B. All masters of riffth, and other#, ^, fore
warned net to carry off, harbour or conceal the said
apprentice.
TO BE DOL
By HARR Y PETERS,
No. 157, directly facing Peck's-Slip,
A few Firkins of choice Irish
B U TT E R.
A COW and CAL F,
nro be fold; the cow is remarkable for giving milk,
£ and" being in good order ; the calf, which w;s dropt
the 10th itift. is large and ftron. The purchefir mav be
accommodated with hay. Enquire at Mr, Huß's, Nv<
:,5, William Street, near the North Churchy
Five Dollars' R E W A R D,
C rOLEN on Sunday the 6th inflant, out cf a flebb
O opposite to the New Dutch Church, in Nafftu-ftrect,
a bay ftalliorr, near 75 hands high, a fmal| star in hit
forehead, three white feet, one of them very little fo—
has the feratches. Whoever brings the said borfe to
Timothy Huift, in Hanover-Square, /hall receive the
above reward, and no questions aiked.
N. B. The above Gallion is branded on the /boulder
and h'p; 'iis imagined the letters are D Mi
Just imported by
PETER CAMPBELL,,
And te be fold by wholesale, at his Gore on Be?<-
mtn's flip,
ED port in bottles, Iherry in ditto, strong beer in
ditto, breeches pieces, silk flockings, thread do.
werred do. men and women's ffioes, oznabrigs, fail
cloth, printed linen, printed handkerchiefs, flower'd Ilk
do, black Barcelona do. cambricks, sewing silks, nails
from qd. to ^ed. window glass, coarse Iriih linen, Greet
ings, candles and f?ap, hardware, stationary, mutton
bams in boxes, barley in bound calks, one calk glass
ware.
N. B. Mr, Campbell will be found at Meffis.John
McAdam and enmnany's, vendor ft<u%
mil
To COVE R, this Season,
At-the place whereon Abraham Rapaije, deceased, for
merly raided, in New-Town, Long Island,
The beautiful Half bred English Horse,
RAN T E R;
irT'' n °" "'"Blfeven ye-rs of age, near fifteen hands
XT high, of a handfeme dark brown colour, a natural
treter, and perfect master of his other gaits, and is al
lowed by the most competent jo&es, to be a remi&able
well-1 mb'4, and exa& 'proportioned ' hot fc. Ne wa* ^ t
by the poted Partner, 2 horse well known oarthis ifand,
and wh^fe fire w*s the famous Trtse Briton.—lt is need
lei to far more, than that it is well known throughout
this province that the Gook of the True-Briten, has in
general, for goednefs and ferries, fully proved the utility
of the breed.
Ranter will cover at Four-Donars the fafon, or Five
Dollars for 3 colt, and Two Shillings to the groom ; half
tobe paid dowt at the trft cover, the rem/rder at 'be
expiration of the season, for these who chafe to 39 by the
Lafon; those for colts, when th^ mar^s ffiall be judged
19 be wij, f@e^ G^ attendance wi.lbe 6 : ven,