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and, instead of infefiing the Northern Parts es this
Province, will probably find it quite a Sufficient Falk
to take Care of themicives at Home. It this Advice
be true, as there is feme Reason to believe it is, the
great Northern Army of Britons, unfwickers,
Canadians, and Indians, will arrive petty early in
the Summer to co eate the Rebels fume new Diversion.
O Sunday last, the 23d ult. the gallant Colonel
Ma^bood (who commanded the 17th Regiment with
such Eclat in tin Affair near Pnncoo^o) with his
Bri^a e, in Q^ft of Forage, fell in with the mam
Body of the Rebels net f; r from Morris Town in
New- Jerfev, and, after a running Engagement with
them in which he drove them several Miles, giving
them the Bayonet as usual, he ordered his Men to
return. The' Rebels endeavoured to form an Am
bjtfcade in die Way our Troops returned j but being
dihuveied, they were warmly attacked fill by a
Vodcr-aml ben immediately by the Bycnet, and
put ;o flight as belote Mil) considerable Lots. The
King's Troops lent one valuable Officer (Captain
Hall T the 4.6 th) and 4 Men killed, and bout 4.0
wounded. Tae ch: I °t this Let's happen'd through
th im e.uou> Brav^y of the Soldie s, who, instead
,cf fl. King a Fence, matched up to it in Front, and
re A A th Enemy's Fire, which indeed they after
was faffi-icv.tlv t avenged. The Brigade returned
wif out father M deflation, conducting the Wag
gons with a v ry large Q^ntity cf live Stock and
Foriceto t' e A my.
The B duh A:m\ in the Jerfrs are in the highest
Heabh ind Spirits, logging only for the Opening of
the Campaign to affect the injured Rights of their
King and Country. They me well-supplied with
every Neceflaty bob of Frovrfr-n and Cloathing.
Since our halt, th. ;B ne Frigate, Captain Fergu
}%, arrived frees Chefape k Bay with five Prizes.
One of them is a fine new Ship laden with above 500
Hog/h^ds of Tobacco, from Baltimore, on the Con
gress's Axeunt as ufaal, and valued at near £ 20,000
Sterling. She had been but a few Hours from the
Harbor, and was taken by the Pielton, Commodore
Hotham, in Company with the B tine.
Eariyin the Beginning of the lift Week federal
Parties e s ;he Rebels crossed the North R ver, and
marched inter the Jerfies. These Worthies have net
yet taken, or even art eke 1 , Fort Indepead. ce ;
and 'tis supposed, from hen Kmwiedge cf the Frv
vifion made for their Entertainment at that PI ce,
they have evidently deferred hei Vilit to another
Opportunity. In the mean Time, the R vag^s they
have committed and are committing in W it Chert 1
County are molt shocking and enorm >us. Whole
Families are driven away from theii H ones, ft ipped
of their Properties, and carried off to >emcte Pi cr.-,
with every Circumstance of Insult and Terror. Bu ,
this is Liberty !
'The epidemical putrid Fever and Small-Pox rib
rage in the Rebel Army, and carry off great Num-
Gentlemen,
I Shall ex,refs my Brother's Sentiments, as well as
my own, in afaring you, that ace receive with ver,
great Satisfaftton this Tefimony oj jour Loyall, to
His Majefy, and of your Regard to bis Commifioners.
We /ball be happy to contribute our Endeavours to
wards accomplishing the Purposes of your humane
Add # -efs, and restoring Peace and Harmony to this part
of His Majefy's Dominions.
A Sloop lately arrived at Philadelphia from St.
Cicix, brought a public Paper which mentions, that
the King Grotes Transport, Kelly, Matter,
who left New-York in November last, with the Fleet
for England, pared in a Gale of Wind with Twfn
ty-ninr of laid Fleet, and by lefing one of his
M^h, bore away for St. Thomas's and from thence
to St. Croix, where he communicated the repeated
SraccefFs st his Majefy's Arms over the Rebels.
This Paper bkewife motions, a MifundeiHanding
between the Dutch and the Swedes at a Settlement
on the Coad of Guinea.
By a Gentleman who came Poffenger in the above
Sloop, we are informed, that a Rebel Privateer pre
suming to hoist Congrtfs Colours, was hailed to by
the Fort to Heike them immediately, or they would
be fired into, they knowing of no such Colours,
which Requisition was complied with. Wealfb learn,
- that Flour was cheaper thsre than in Philadelphia.
, By various Aeciums received from loyal Subjects
about Albany, as wed as through the Channel of the
Rebels themlelves, we have the Pleasure of hearing,
that Sir Guy Carleton has palled the Dikes wan a
Body of Forces upon Sleighs, and t^ken Pollediou
of Ticonderoga. The Rebels have, in Comequence,
ricn required. The Lessons of Peace, Unanimity
and mutual Benevolence, Io Wrongly inculcated by
cur holy Religion, were the constant Subje&s of our
public and private Exhortations. Taught by the
Word of God, and by that Church in the Ministry
of which We serve, to " honour Kings and obey
Maviftrates,” We could not difregud those Doc
trines ourielves, nor forbear to instill them into
others.-—Such were our Principles and Sentiments ;
WE studied to prefer ve a Consistency between them
and our Practice : And W£ gratefully rejoice in the
public and generous Testimony which our Brethren
in England have given us that our Conduct has been
thought deferring of their Approbation.
It would be as painful as it is needless far us to
enumerate the deplorable Effects which have attended
a Departure from those Principles in others. As
Men, WE cannot be insensible to the Diftieffs of
our Fellow Creatures': How then mutt our Hearts be
penetrated, as Chritiians and Clergymen, when We
view the complicated Miseries of those who were en
deared t® us by every social and religions Tie ! We
deeply Ihued with others in the public Calamities ;
yet We almost forget our own private Lrffcs and
Misfortunes in the sympathetic Concern WE feel for
the bufferings of out Brethren around us.
WE anxwufly look forward to that happy Period
when, under the Direction of your Excellencies,
it dhall please God that Peace, with its attendant
Bleflings, (had revisit this Country. R-j being in
our amiable Sovereign's Choice of the Persons dele
gated to execute His benevolent Purpole, and to
complbat what WE firmly believe to be the favourite
Willi of His Heart, the Restoration of Harmony and
Re-eftabiuhment of good Government in His Ameri
can Dominions: WE unite in fervent P:avers to
the fupremc Ruler of the Univeife that yom Endea
vours may be crowned with Success, and that Ho
would make you instrumental in accomplishing this
mold dtfirable Event, by which Millions will be de
livered from Anarchy and Wretch^dnefs, and par
take of that Freedom and Security, both Religious
and Civil, which are the envied Portion of British
Sul,As: That our Roy 1 Sovereign may be blt ffed
with Length of Days and Increase of Felicity : That
all Dilution may be removed from His Subjects, and
no longer f nitrate His gracipus Intentions to pro
mo 1 ''heir Welfare ; That “ Peace and H/ppinefs,
“ Trwh ^nd Justice, Religion and Piety, and all
“ other Virtues may fieu dh under Him," and con
fti mm.c Glory of Hs Reign.
To which his Lordship was pleaftd to return the
following AnAtr.
been driven back with the utmost Consternation,
Greu Numbers cf the poor deluded Pe ple, who
have joined and afterwards left the R bel Army
upon the Expiration cf their Terms of Enlistment,
have contrasted the Camp Danders, and inferably
perished on their Return, The Numbers; who have
died in this Way, are almeft incredible, as the New-.
England Provinces can witnef* by their L ffes in
almost every Family. Their Manner of Lite in the
Rebel-Army is so different from what they have led
at Home, and their Food for the moil Part so ordi
nary and unwholesome, that this Mortality ceases to
be a Wonder.
A Person, lately arrived from Philadelphia in
forms, that near 3000 Men of the Rebvl-A my
'have been carried iff by the raging Dnoruers, in
and about that City ; and that the Inhabitants are
universally in dread of a Peftihnce, as the bummer
approaches.
A few Days since, Mr.S. Bergen, of Long Island,
I being about to purchase a Mufquet from a Sailor
§ who had got it from the Rebels, neither of<them
I fufpeaing it to be loaded, by some Accident it went
§off and flattered the Legs of the intended Puechafer
§ in so dreadful a Manner, that he died through Lots
| |cf Blood before any Assistance could be procured him.
I The vi^ualling Ship, which, was lately call away
; near Sandy Hook, is left ; but almcit the whole of
rher Cargo is lived.
'Tis muneftly horded by many who are anxious for
[the Health of his City, that the intended Vdit of
>the Cellars and other Dep fits 1 Filth by proper
ftPerfons, will not be postponed much longer; as
J some fatal Confequerces may pt flibly attend a Delay
1 of this Measure when theSpring is furtheradvanced.
I Mr. Washington, we hear, has lent his Baggage
ty from Morris Town towards th" Delewaie.
Heath, one of thrir Rebel Generals, and their
, chief Commander in Westchester, has thrown up his
;Cornmiffion in Disgust, and returned to Boften.
I By Accounts from Albany as late as lap Monday, we
^ bear that the Report oj Sir Guy Carleton being arrived
;at Ticonderogafill prevailed, in Consequence of which
seatery sth Man in that County was to' be drafted im
, medtatelv.
Last Monday Evening Lieut. John Cpghlar, of
8 the 7:h, or Engldh Fuzil err, was married by the
^Revd. Dr. Auchmmy, to Mils Margaret Monci icffe, r
; only Daughter to Thomas Moncrieffe, Efe.
On Wednesday Next,
;Will be fold by publick Auftim on the Coffee-Houfe Bridge
I By Bowman and Codner,
A FEW Hogjbeads of Ship Bread, Hams, Cheese,
ll Ginger, Pickles, and other Articles. The Sale
§ begins at Eleven o'Cloch.
And SOLDIERS SHIRTS,
May BE HAD AT
P. MT) A V ITT's Store,
In QU EEN-STREET.
1 To be ffd 'at PURIIC'^UCT^
I By JOHN M'A I)AM and Co.
On the Coffee House: .Brmen
1 On Tuesday Morning at it o'clock,
I A few hogsheads of rum, geneva, and brandy.
On Wednesday,
A variety o! dry goods, ironmongery, &c. Ac.
On Thursday,
A few barrels wlar oil, anu a lew noglheadsof rum.
At private S HL E,
§ Madeira wine, red port, white wine, French liquors,
I cOrer, mobiles, Streights brar dv, excellent piefoe. ,in
I bnx-'t, and a few barrels nt good coffee.
I R -1' A^ElßAand Lisbon Wir-f. s, in hogfh nds, injics
!AVI. and quarter calks, to be SOLD on board the
^ snow hrven Brothers, Cornelius Drmaven, m&- I
4 ter, now lying at Murray's wharr : The wmes are of the ,
$ New-York quality, and them years old,
I A^ O be fold, a likely Negro Wench about ?6 Veers j
|& eld, with two Male Children, on® of than three \
} Years old, and the other 7 Months: She is a tolerable j
;Cook, amtcan do mos Sorts 0, Hou/e Work. For Far-;
I ticolars apply to Hugh Gaine.
K ROW D-E&-
Manufaaurd and fold whob Lie and re&il,
I By RICHARD SPEIGH T,l
C H YMIS T, in Queen-Street,
"™> b e bad foil and hard pomatum,l
V$ lavender wa er, hungary water, oil of lavender,l
walh balls, &c. and a general aff-rtment of drugs and
medicines, as ufuai, on reaf^oable terms.
A. B. A few prose of galiy-pots trom soar ounc sto
one, to be Old at , fame place.
MAJOR DONKIN having receives the following
fume, prefects his compliments to the gentlemen
mat intend fubferibing to this Charity, and req&efts the
favour of them to find in their names and fubicrip ip.,s
by corps, to Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard's boufe in
Maiden Lane, every Thursday, where he will attend,
(if Duty and weather permit) in order hr print them in
the ensuing paper. Thole tubferiptions already received
are as follow, viz.
Brought forward £.119 4 . 6
Gapt. Mrachel, 15th Rep. 1 1 0
Lieut. Allison, - - 0 5 0
Capr. Saix, Ba rack Mal^r, $ 1 0 6
Mr Hope, Purer of theß^verr, ° 5 3
N B. Major Donkin acknowledges Capt. Ball, tit's
letter of the 6h regiment, wherein is fubferibed to be
paid to MeAis.Meyrick,
(Capt. Balfour, 1 1 0 ]
6th QCapt. Lambe, ir o W ith
Regt. , Lt. T.Stanhope Badcock, 1 1 01
( Lt. Wm. Doffcox. rro & Mair.
SI FOLEN, on the evening of Monday the 17th instant,
) a large (Id Portmanteau Trunk ; on it a tin plate,
with Commilfary Johnson imprefftd thereon, secured by a
brass padlock, and filled with shirts, jackets, breeches,
&c. Whoever brings the trunk and contents to llaac
Heron, watchmaker, shall have Three Guineas reward,
withouta question, though the lame reward (unquesti
onably) awaits the person who lhai| difeover the chief;
forjoftice fake.
J 0 H~N~b AVA NJ
Has for sale, at his House, No. 207, in Queen-
St ect, near the Fly-Market, New-York,
✓"CHOICE old Madeira left London bottled Porter,
(j, W ne in Pipes or i:
Bartles,
B ft red Port by the Hog
sh-ad or in Battles
CL tb. he Hogihead or i
80^1,,
Old L %, Wine by the pip
I 01 Quarter C fk,
I O! H ck in Beetles,
] <> .Jamaica Spirits,
Wed-Lidia Rum,
N irz B mdy,
Holland Geneva in Caes,
hers# They have rcaree &iy CWafhing : but little
proper P'rarifion, and no Medicines! Neyer was a
worle Rabble scraped together in a worse Cause, or
under v o ^ Leaders.
Vhale Oil by the Barrel,
Best double rerined Loaf
Sugar,
Single refined Loaf Sugar,|
fvfufeovado ' ugar,
Tyson Tea,
Bohea Tea,
Best gtten C< ffee,
ho CG |ue by the Box or
D zen,
S stile Soap,
Tck Pepper,
viuftard, Iweet Oil. 'I
TEN DOLLARS Rewards,
RUN away, the 16th instant, a Negro man named
Lt/Ui, about 20 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches
L^o, strait made, a gruff look, and speaks like the Weft
India Negroes, 'appears a civil innocent fellow when spo
ken to, wears a short blue codt lapelled, with yellow
metal buttons, white waistcoat and breeches, or white
flannel trowfers, good fltoes and blockings, white ftrirt
and a black silk flock, and commonly wears a white cap
b und with red on his head ; came lately from St. Vin
cents with the 6th regiment. Whoever delivers hina to
the printer, or gives information where he ihay be got
again sh. 11 receive the above reward and chrees paid.
N. B. Any p-rfon harbouring or employing faig Ne
gro. will 61 prosecuted, and a reward of TEN GUIN
EAS paium the person that makes a difeovery of his
being taken our <fthe country.
Backhoufe, Jones, and Backhoufe,
At N 0.36, in Wall-Street,
Have hr SAL E, on redlonable terms,
A FEW barrels of Freeh coffee, Ravens duck, ozen
brigs, dowlas, sweet wine, vinegar, old beaver
bidu ets, wampum, Per and about 200 old boards;
W AN T EI);
AN exceeding neat short RIFLE GUN.
Any perlon having such a oht to difeofe of, may
heal of a purchaser by applying ro Hugh Gaine.i
Just imported in the sloop Peggy, George ;
Keeble, Master, from Antigua,
AND TO BE SOLD BY
THOMAS HIPBURN,I
'At his ft,re in DO£ K-STREET,
Between Burling's-Slip and the Fly-Marker,
A Quantity of
Old Jamaica Spirits of the beftQu^lity, I
In Puncheons, Hogshead, and Quarter Calk:
Allo a few Soldiers Shirts.
JAMAICA" fpi r?ts,
Weft India rum.
Brandy,
Geneva,
Fine Florence oil,
Hvfon and 7
Buhga §
Single refined and 7 ,
Mufrov^o £ SU ^"-
Coffee,
Cheer late,
Mice,
Cloves,
Cinnamon, ;
•Nutmegs,
Propel,
AHi,ice,
Almonds,
Raisins,
GARDEN SE~E D S,
Tobe fold by JANE BLUNDELL,
Near -the Fort, wz,
L' ARLY peafe, marrowfats; winder beans, early
hotfpu*, radish, Early Dutch turnip, yellow Dutch
otto, lattice, garden crefles, ditto whire muft^d, fpir,-
, air, &c,
OUT of a room, a small red leather T RUN K, l
with L veral little articles in it, particularly two
razors, one marked Pa mer, a pewrr Waving box with'
f. au, a /having b ufh, fttap, hone, combes, &c. &c. and
a fraall Morocco leather case, in which is a doubletladed
peen handled penknife, and 'a pair of feiffars marked
Mafo, with a lancet, tweefers, and a silver tooth-pick.
Ary perlon who will deliver the trunk, with the articles
C: ntatned in it when taken away, to the printer hereof,
shall have 1 WO DOLLARS reward, and no qutflicns
21kqd. It ottered to any person for sale, it is nquefted
that the perlon and trunk may be det. f ed,and intelli.
gct.ee pt n to the printer ; upon convi&ion of the party,
: the p,rfon who fthps them, thill receive the two dollars'
jeward.",
be -SOLD or L ET,
^ G 0 0 0 double house, with icven fire places,
£ L '"I * ouble lot of ground, fronting Beckman's
fitotertv-ri^ht fee, and seventy-eight feet oil William
street. with a good stable a d out-hotue, a good well and
cistern. Any person inchnine to purch^fe or hire the
la^e, may apply jo Er :ward Burling, in keekman's-ftreet,
%e s r the pump ano knew the conditions.
" ^ 'Li. old ; 4VERN lately kept by Capt Thomas
^ Doran, on toe dock, near the Fly-maket, is now
revived, where dinners .nd fufpers are drolled on the
fhorte ft notice, and a constant attendance by toe public's
humble lervanis,
LOOSLEY, & ELMS.
N. B. An ORDINARY every day at one
o clock. Fine wiring paper, and fechnd f^l'a cap, car
tr dgt, bonnet, and printing paper, wholesale and retail,
on moderate terms, at the &b v e plie
JU-STTM-P-\
JOSEPH ADAMS,
And to be fold at bis flore on the dock, near the Fly
market, where country chapmen aud others may be
fupphed on the most reasonable terms, for calh only,
viz.
SLOPS, of all Arts, ft: ckirgg, mens hats and shoes,
woolicn caps, tea, loaf and brown sugar, coffee, f ap
eddies, cheese, cut and ffiagg ' tobacco, porter of an ex
cellent quality in cafl;s and bottles, Irish linens, and
Ihe-ting, Hone and earthenwate, Cambridge, Irish anti
Scotch butter, of the belt quality, Duham mudard, ex
cellent white wine vineg r; allo, a few men's wiollenl
gloves, -Weft India rum, &c.
Vv anted, a woman servant, (who can be well recom
mended) for houfhold work, and a lad about ]2 or 14 .§
years of age. al^y emol wm,pt fnr a neellt wrnan,
JAMES SAVTGE7
In Water-ftreer,' five does above Dover-ftrect, has for 1
S A I. E,
/CORDAGE of all sizes, (Jamaica Spirits,.
Qf The bed Lamp Gil, loaf an! Mu'e^v.do Sugar, |
Beef and Pofk, fl-lyifriaid other Teas,
Candles ard hard Soap, CufiLe,
Ship Bread. |Cr-relate. &c.
T-0--B—E Q ;
A NEGRO WOMAN, of a good Cha-'
racier : her Honefly and Sobriety will
be warranted. She is capable of all Manner
of House Work, is a clean Wafner, and a
good plain Cook. Enquire of Hugh Gaine.
OLD,-
A Valuable negro man who has been brought up to
the cooper's trade : He is honest and industrious,
and fold for want of employ. To prevent trouble the
price that will be taken for him is 120 L For particulars
enquire of James Neavin. in King-street,
WHERbA) a box came out in f.me arm'd victu
aller, from Cork, by advice Ihip'd by Mr. Gor
don, commiffafy victualler for the army at said place,
directed to Mr. Olborne Edwards, of the Solebay, to the
care of Capt Botet, or Do&of Idwards, of the 10th
regt Any master of vessel that has the said box, is de
sired to leave it at the printer's hereof, where all charge,
&c. will be prd.
T 0 B E~soT D, I
By John DAWSON,
No. 847, in Harw ver- Square,
Cu rants,
Prunes,
^ T d ?B^,
Powd-rj'
Poland ft rcb,
Caftile Lap,
Corks,
P'pes,
-Cheshire a = d ?~,
r , Cheese,
t^oucefter ) '
P ma-um,
Hole and 7 T L
Sm^kirg f Tobacc °,
Scotch fnuti in bottles,
Madeira,
Cec iPort, and > Wines,
Claret )
Porter and bottled beer,
Turlington's baifam, &c.
1 he rßiycE or Wales ^
Royal American Volunteers
Commanded by his Excellency ' Montfort Browne, i-tq^l
ALL true arid loyal Subjqfte that ate alle and wili%
fl tolerveh s M/fefty King GEORGE the J'
ay Soldiers, for Three Years, or during ti e prefect 01.
heppy Rebellion in America, in Defence of their Lins
and Properties, let them cheerfully join , with those of
their brave and heroick Countrymen already engaged in
the above royal and honourable Corps, in Order that Free
dom may be speedily restored, and Peace and Trarquility
again fl^urilh in these His Majefty'sAmerican Dom -
nior.s.
As a farther Encouragement to such bold Herces who
Aand forth in so noble and just a Cause, each Gentleman
Volunteer shall receive FI VE DOLLARS Daunrv,
when attested ; enter into prefect Pay and free Quarters,
and when they join the above Royal and honourable Bri
gade, now quartered at the famous and plentiful Town
of Flufbiog, on Long-Mandy shall be furnished with
Arms, Accoutrements, and every other Thing necriiary
to compleat a Gentleman S- 1 ter ; and at the Expiration
of the prefect War, each Man fl-all receive too Acres
of valuable Land on the Miffifippi, free from Incumbrance.
G () D save the KI N G.
Places of Reridezvon are opened at Mys rd's Tavern,
near the Whi'e-Half; Mr. Smart's, Little- Dock-fireet ;
Mr. Beck's, Fly-Maket; the Widow Thompson's, op
poftte-the Bottom ot Dover street ; and at Walker's and
Marden's Taverns, Bro:d Way, Nfw-York.---Af Declc
tr's and Rierion's Ferries, Staten-lfland; and at,William
Bett's, the Sign of General Amheitt, at Jamaica, Long
id-nd.
N. B. Bringers will receive, when Recruits are duly
attefled, for each, Two Dollars, as an Encouragement:
for their promoting so glorious a Cause.
TrTTc TTnvTT TTO^T
By Major-General Robert Pigot,
Commanding in NLIN YORK.
I[T7HERE AS by a Proclamation tffued by
VV Mtfoi-Gereral James Robertson, who
lately commanded, in New-York, a City Watch teas
ekabhfhed; and all Fetfons Inhabitants of the said
City were thereby ordered to t; ke their Turn in
Watching ▼ her called on for that Purpqfe.
And whereas the N^ceflity of keeping up the
said Watch, and a pur dual Attendance thereon,
mutt appear evident to every good Citizen ; and it
having been reprefenied yuto me, that feveraJ Fer
fons Inhabitants of this City, altho' duly warned to
take their Turn in Watching, have, notwithftan'ding,
either nerlc&ed of refuted 10 give their Attendance.
I have therefore thought fit to issue this Picela
matiop, hereby requiring all Persons refilling in the
City of New-York,. to take a Part in a Matter so ne
ceflary for the Pitfervation of this City, hereby in
forming all such Persons as rufufe or negl§& to give
their Attendance, that they will be judged unworthy
Inhabitants, and will be ordered to remove accord
inly. And I do hereby require the Persons here
tofore appointed to superintend the said Watch, that
they mike Return to me of all Persons who shall
hereafter refute or negle& to watch when called upon
for that Purpose; in order that they may be dealt
with accordingly.
GIVEN under iny Hand at New-Ymk, this
Twenty -jour!}) Day of February, in the Seven
teenth Year of Hit Majefy's Reign.
I<t. PIGOT.
PROCL AMATIO N,
By Major-General Robert Pigot,
Commanding in NEW YORK.
W' HEREAS there was a. Proclamation ifTued
by Major General James Robertson,
who lately commanded in this City,requiring ail Per
sons coming into the lente, immediately to give ill
their Names ; notwithfianding which, there is Rea
son to believe that there arc many Persons who have
ceme in, and have not complied with the Tenor of the
said Proclamation : I have therefore thought fit ta
ilitie this Proclamation; hereby requiring all Perfens
who have come into this City since the Twenty-se
cond Day of September latt, and are now resident ia
the fame, and have not given in theii Names, to give
tirem in immediately, or they will be treated as Spies.
And I do hereby give Notice, That all Petins
coming into this City after the Date hereof, from ary
Part of the Country poffilUd by the Rebels, w' l 0 - 0
not immediately report themselves to -me, will be
treated in like Manner; and all Persons harbouring—
-01 concealing such Pet fens, v ill be taken into Culku y.
GIBE N under my Hard at New-York, the
Twenty-jourth Day f February, in the Se
venteentb Year oj His Majeifs'Reign.
Rt. Pigot.
PROCLAMATION,
By Major-General Robert Pigot,'
Commanding in NEW-YORK.
"VV' PEREAS from the frequent Fires which
▼ V happened in Chimnits in this City, it was
judged necessary, that certain Persons mould be ap
pointed to infpi& all Chimnies within the fame, and
to fee that all such as required it, flieuld be properly
swept and clean'd.
And whereas John Norris, fokn Burt I.,ng,
John Burns, Dedetick Hyer, David H. Mellows, and
Richard Ebbetts, by Warrants dated the firft day of
December left past, signed by Major-General James
Robertson, were appointed Infpe&crs for the
Purpoles aforefaid ; notwithfranding which Ap
pointment, such Fires kill frequently happen in this
Clty °
and whereas itis represented unto me that mx
,y<fthe Inhabitants not only negle& fending for
Sweeps when their Chimnies require, but alto refute
to luffer th'efaid Infpi&ors cither to view their Chim
nies or to employ the Sweeps when brought to their
Houses, by which this City is often in Danger of
beingdeftroyed.
I have therefore thought fit to issue this Procla
mation, hereby requiring all the Inhabitants of this
City, to permit the said Infye&eis, or either ofthem,
to view their Chimnies whenever they, or either cf
them, shall call for that purpose ; and to cause that
the fame be immediately thereupon swept, in case the
said Infpe&ers, or either of them, shall judge it ne
ceff^,. And Ido hereby ftri&ly er, in and require
the said Infpc&ors to tiiake report to me of all Per
fonseffendirg in the Premifes,in order that they may
be dealt with accordingly.
GYVE N, under my Hand at New-York, this
Twenty-fourth Dry of February, in the Seven
teenth Year oj His Majffs Reign.
Rt. PI GOT.
wanted to hike,
A NEGRO WENCH that can cook and do
hcufe work. For particulars app'y to H. Gaine.
SOME Time in ONober or November lafl, there was
taken by Mistake, or fiolen jrom Franklin'sWbarff,
near the Ne^w-Slib, an Anchor oj about 11 or 1200
groce Weight. Any Person that gives Information
thereof, shall receive 15 Dollars Reward, when the
Anchor is recovered, by applying to Samuil Franklin.