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Sir W ILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the molt Honorable Order of the
Bath, one of His Majesty's Commissioners
for restoring Peace to the Colonies, General
and Commander in Chief of all His Maje
sty's Forces within the Colonies lying on
the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia to
Weft-Florida, i^lufive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a plentiful Supply of
Vegetables, and of frefh Provisi
ons of all Kinds, will greatly tend
to the Preservation of the Health
of His Majesty's Troops and others; and the
raising large Quantities of Hay, and other
Forage, will very much conduce to His Ma
jesty's Service, as well as be of general Use :
In Order therefore to give all due Encourage
ment to all His Majesty's liege Subjects, so
that they may chearfully exert themselves in
raising foch Supplies, under a full Assurance
of enjoying all possible Protection in so doing,
I have thought fit to issue this Proclamation,
Prictly charging and commanding, that no
Person cr Persons whomsoever, under any
Colour or Pretence whatsoever, presume to
trespass upon any Inclofure belonging to any
other Person or Persons, or to take or carry
away any Produce from the Owner or Owners
thereof, or to break down, destroy, or in any
Manner injure any Inclofure or Fences what
soever, now standing, or hereafter to be ereded,
as they will answer for the fame at their Peril.
And to the End that this Proclamation may be
more ftridly observed, I do hereby further
charge, require, and command all Officers,
Soldiers, and others, to seize and deliver over
to any Officer commanding any Part of His
Majesty's Forces, or to the Provost Marshal,
all such Persons as they shall find anting in Dis
obedience hereto, in order that such Offenders
may be brought to condign Punishment for the
fame ; hereby declaring that any Negled
herein shall be considered and punished as a
Breach of Orders. And I do further charge
and require the commanding Officers of any
of His Majesty's Forces, and Provost Marshal,
from Time to Time to receive into Cullody all
such Offenders as shall be brought to them as
aforefaid, and duly to make Report thereof.
Given under my Hand at Head Quarters,
in New-York, the Twentieth Day of
March, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
By His EXCELLENCY
Sir WILLIAM HOWE,
Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
one of His Majesty's Commissioners for restoring
Peace to the Colonies, General and Commander
in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces within, the
Colonies Iving on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova
Scotia to Weft Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
PROCLAMATION.
M^ 7"HEREAS for the more Speedy and effc&ual
Suppression of the unnatural Rebellion sub
sisting in North-America, it has been thought proper
to levy a Number of Provincial Troops, thereby
affording to his Majesty's faithful and well-dh
pofed Subjects, Inhabitants of the Colonies, an Op
portunity to co-operate in relieving Themselves from
the Miseries attendant onAnarchy and Tyranny, and
in restoring the Blessings of Peace and Order with just
and lawful Government: Asa Reward for the
Promptitude and Zeal wherewith his Majesty's
faithful Subjects have entered into the Corps now
raising, and as a further Encouragement to others to
follow their laudable Example, I do hereby, in Con
sequence of Authority to Me given by his Majesty
promise and engage, That all Persons who have, or
do hereafter, inlift: into any of the Did Provincial
Corps, to serve for two Years, or during the present
War in North-America, and shall continue faithfully
to serve in any of the fiidCorps agreeable to such their
Engagements, shall, after being reduced or disbanded
obtain, according to their refpt&ive Stations, Grants
of the following Quantities of vacant Lands in the
Colonies wherein their Corps have been or shall be
raised, or in such other Colony as his Majesty shall
think fit.
Every Non-commissioned Officer 200 Acres,
Every private Soldier, 50 do.
The fame to be granted to such of the laid Non
commissioned Officers and Soldiers as shall personally
apply for the fimt, by the Governor of the ref
pe&ive Colonies, without Fee or Reward, fubje& at
the Expiration of Ten Years to the fame Quit-Rents
ASSIZE of BREAD. Flour at 30s. per Cent.
A White Loaf of the fineft FLOUR, to weigh
3 lb. 40Z. for 14 Coppers, and in the fame
Proportion for Loaves of a lesser Weight.
Monday, July 7, 1777:
NEW-YORK
AND
WEEKLY
Published January 10, 1777.
Containing the catliefl aobices
By His Excellency
0 Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
as other Lands are fubje& to in the Province within
which they shall be granted, and fubje& to the fame
Conditions of Cultivation and Improvement.
GIVEN under my Hand, at Head Quarters,
in New-York, the lift Day of April, 1777.
W. HOWE.
By His Excellency's, Command,
Robert Mackenzie, Sec'ry.
%ee oj Comm^arj-Generat, Ne^-York, June 12,
1777.
WHEREAS his Excellency Sir WILLIAM
HOWE, General and Commanderin Chief
of His Majesty's Forces, hath thought fit to order
and direa Magazines of Forrage to be established,
for the better Supplying of the troops under his
Excellency's command : Notice is hereby given to
the several Land-holders, Farmers, and others, upon
Yoik-Idand, Long-Inland, and Staten-Island, who
may be able to supply the laid Magazines with Hay,
Straw, Oats, and Indian Corn, that the following
rates will be paid for the fame, viz.
Good Fresh Hay, at the rate of Five Shillings per
Hundred Weight.
Straw, at Two Shillings per Hundred Weight.
Oats apd Indian Corn, according to its quality.
And for the better encouragement of such persons
to supply the said Magazines, an allowance of One
Shilling per Mile, for every Ten Hundred weight,
will be paid, over and above the price Stipulated
aforefaid, for the carriage of the said Forrage to the
refpeaive Magazines hereafter mentioned, viz.
YORK ISLAND.
King's-Bridge, Marlton's Wharf, City of New-
York.
LONG-ISLAND.
Brooklyn Ferry, Hempftead-Harbour, Oyster-Bay,
Great-Neck.
STATEN-ISLAND.
Cole's-Ferry, Decker's-Ferry.
At which said several places proper persons will be
appointed to receive the fame, to aicertain the weight
thereof, and to certify the delivery : and upon cer
tificates, afeertaining such weight and delivery, being
produced at this Office, the said Forrage will be paid
for immediately.
His Majesty's Service requiring these Magazines to
be est blinked as loon as the season will permit, it is
expected and required that all persons who raise for
rage, do furnish a certain quantity, proportionable
to the produce of each person respectively.
Daniel Wier,
Cammiffary General.
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, HALIFAX, June 7th, 1777.
ON Saturday last, was performed here,
the Ceremony of consecrating the Co
lours of the Second Royal Highland
Battalion of Emigrants. Early in the Morn
ing, the Battalion was paraded, armed, and
accoutred, uniformly, in the full Highland
Dress ; and at 7 o'Clock marched with the
Sound of Pipes and Drums, to the Field, behind
the Citadel-hill, where a small Encampment
had been pitched for the Occasion. In one of
the Tents, the Colours as yet unopened weie
deposited, having been properly escorted thi
ther —At Eight, the Colours of the Garrison
were displayed, and Major-General Eyre Mas
sey, commanding his Majesty's Troops in this
Province, arriving, attended with a Number
of Officers, was received with the military
Honours due to his Rank.—The Battalion
after being reviewed, was formed into a Square,
into which the Colours were brought by Cap
tains Pomeroy and Ross, who attended the
General and delivered them to him.—The
General presented them to Major Small, Com
mandant of the Battalion, who thereupon ad
dressed him in Terms of Refped and Gra
titude, for the Honor that was thro' him
now confered by his Majesty on the Corps.—
The Lieutenant Governor, and the Gentle
men of the Navy, military and civil Depart,
ments, were likewise suitably complimented
for honoring the Occasion with their Presence.--
The Rev. Dodor Breynton (affing Chaplain
to the Battalion) devoutly invoking a Bene
diction, proceeded thro' the Ceremony of con
secrating the Colours in due Form ; and pro
nounced an elegant and loyally pathetic Dis
course applicable to the Purpose and to the
unhappy Times. The Sermon being finiflied,
the Colours were delivered by the command
ing Officer to the senior Ensigns, and by them
carried to their Post in the Battalion, where
they were displayed, while the Officers and
Soldiers took this Oath, " We swear that we
“ shall be true, faithful and loyal to his Sa
“ cred Majesty King George the Third, our
“ most Gracious Sovereign —1 hat we shall
" never desert the Colours of this Battalion,
Monday, 25 Min. after 11
Tuesday, 13 Min. aftei 12
Wednesday, 58 Min. after 12
Thursday, 44 .Min. after 1
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
T H E
Friday, 20 Min. after 2
Saturday, 59 Min. after 2
Sunday, 39 Min. after 3
Moon's Firfl £^. next Sat.
" now displayed before us, and that we shall
" defend them at the peril of our Lives. So
" help us God, the terrible Avenger of Re
" bellion and Perjury." This done, the
Commandant addreifed the Battalion in the
following Manner.
" Man is born under Obligations of con
" forming to the Rules of Propriety and Rec
" titude, and with a passion for the Applause,
“ which is due to virtuous A&ions.
" While inferior Profeflions hold out sordid
" Views, as a Spur to Emulation, the Object
“ of the Military is of the most sublime Na
“ ture: To perform great A&ions, in De
“ fence, and Assertion of our King, and Coun
" try's Rights, which will acquire Honor from
" Cotemporaries, and transmit our Names,
" with eclat to posterity.
" Happy those, wh > shall have arrived at
" the exalted Summit ! To gain it, the great
“ est Men have not thought it too much,
“ to facrifice Interest, Tale and Life ; nor is
" it more inacceffihle to private Soldiers,
" (whether as a collective Body, or as Indi
“ victuals) than to Officers.
" In the Hideries of warlike Nations, we
“ find Actions of private Soldiers by Name
" recorded, with Honors and Rewards that
" followed. The antient Bards cf our native
" Country have transmitted to us innumerable
“ Inttances of such, celebrated in the most
" sublime Composition that is to be met with
" in any Language.
" The Gentlemen of this Regiment recol
“ left with Pieafure, many such atchieved
“ under their Eye, on different Theatres of
" the last War. Let the Veterans, who shared
" with them Dangers and Honors, relate Cir
" cumftances to their younger Brother Soldi
“ ers, exulting in the uncommon Happiness
" of returning to the Service, to reap frefh
“ Laurels under the fame Officers.
" Who then does not feel the Influence of
" that divine Spark, which prompts to rife
" above the common Level? Who has not
" Ambition, to transmit his Name with Ap
" plaufe to pollerity ? Who would not be
" proud, ofhaving ascribed to him, a Share in
" any one <,f the Actions of transcendent Bra
" very exhibited under the chief Commanders
f.'in America during the last Campaign ?
" Who does not wish and pant, for an Op
" portunity of Signalizing himfclf in the en
" iiring one ?
" It is of the utmost Importance for mili
" tary Men, to cherish this laudable and na
" tural passion for true Glory, by having
“ constantly in view, their Obligations as
" Men, their Dignity as Soldiers, the Advan
" tages their King and Country exped from
" their Service ; and so many glorious Exam
" ples in their profeflipn. It Should habitu
" ally constitute the leading Principle of even
" their othcrwife most inconsiderable Actions.
" It will lead the Men to Clealinefs, and
" Neatness in Dress, to abstain from Drunk
" ennefs, and every abjed Vice; it will reii
" der them attentive and diligent on Duty,
“ cool and brave in Action, on all Occasions,
" they will be patient, obedient, disinterested,
" and generous.
" Soldiers of this Stamp are the noblest
" Characters in Society—They are equal to
" the grandest Enterprises —They are beloved
" by their Officers, who will never fail to
“ grant them every potable Indulgence ; nor
" is the Gratitude and Generosity of their
“ Country wanting to enable such illufirious
" Ornaments of their Profeffion, after an ufeful,
" and glorious Carreer, to Spend the decline
'• of Life in Tranquility, Ease and Content
" ment. —In these honorable Retreats to re
" collect the Memory of gallant Actions, to
" relate their Circumstances, —To meet at
" Intervals with a Companion of former Dan
" gers, rekindles occasionally youthful Ardor,
“ and affords the purest and molt exquisite
" pleasure, while the Toil and Pain that ac
" companied them are no more.
“ Nor let any Soldier weakly imagine such
" a Character too elevated for his humble
“ Condition and Abilities. Instances of this
" Kind are more frequent, than is general
" ly known, and besides the Inducement
“ of enjoying the fatisfaCtion and acquir
“ ing the Rewards already mentioned, it
“ is undoubtedly attainable with less Pain,
" and fewer Inconveniencies, than attend the
“ Life of dissolute Men, who loft to all Sense
'• of Virtue and Honor, abandon themselves
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" to Drunkenness and Vice—Slovens in Dress,
" —On Duty, careless and treacherous, and
" Cowards in ACtior, therefore constantly the
" Objects of Punishment, and the Cause of
" severe Discipline; To their Officers, a
" Plague, To their Country a Nufance—
'' (such and such only can be) capable cf
" Delertion under the dreadful Guilt of Per
“ jury, others less criminal tho' equally worth
" leL are drummed out of their Regiment with.
" Pain and Infamy—fuch a Life, is a Course
" of Misery and probably the End thereof
" untimely.
" The Arms and Accoutrements of a Sol
" dier, a r e the Instruments of his Defence,
" and cf acquiring the Honor he contends
" for. They are Ornaments to his Person,
'' and without them, there can be no decent
" military Appearance. His Pride and Plea
" sure should therefore always be, to have
“ his Arms in the belt Older, fit for inSlant,
" and certain Execution. It is even natural
" to entertain Esteem, and Affection for them,
" and to with, not to be Separated from them
" in Death. It was a Maxim with the Spar
“ tans, to return from Battle, with, or on,
" their Shields; military Personages have
" been, in ancient Times, buried compleatly
“ armed and accoutred.
" We are not ignorant, of the Attention,
" paid by our own more immediate Anceflors
“ to providing a Variety of excellent Arms.
" It was customary to call them by certain
" Names, expressive of their particular Qua
“ lity, or of the Action in which they had
" been wielded. To celebrate these Qualities
“ and Occasions, in Short, emphatic Poems,
" (that would beggar Translation into any
“ modern Language) and at last to bequeath
" them to the Succeeding Heir with Solemn
“ Injunctions, to make them Instrumental in
" adding to the Atchievements of their Clan.
" Bur,
1 " The Standard, or Colours, are above all
“ Things, the Object of a Soldier's particu
" lar Attention and Attachment. They were
“ held in this Estimation by warlike Nations
" in all Ages. The Romans worshipped and
" fivore by them, and to lose them was to
" incur certain Death. We have Instances in
" antient History, of Commanders in a dcubt
" ful Action, throwing the Colours amongst
" the Troops of the Enemy, relying that the
" Ardor, Courage and Exertion of his Sol
" diers, would instantly redouble, beat the
" Enemy and retake them. In the martial
“ and historical Songs of the most ancient
" and principal Highland Clans, we find the
" fame Notion prevailed. The Standard Beat
“ er (or Fer Bratticb) was considerable in the
" Chieftan's Court, the faireft and most Sightly
“ Person of the Clan.—On public OccafioAs
" he was always attended with a chosen Band,
" and the molt furious Part of the Battle was
" around his Pod.
" Tho' the Colours are not worshipped in
" modern Times, yet this Day's awful, and
“ solemn Ceremony fufficiently evinces, that
“ in every other Respect, they are equally the
" Objects of Veneration—they are the Indg
" nia of the excellent, and amiable Prince's
" Service, we have undertaken of our own
" Country's Cause, which we are never to
" forfake, and of our military Honor, which
" we muff ever preserve. The Colours, in
" Short, represent every Thing that is dear,
" and valuable to a Soldier—At the Sight of
" them, all the Powers of his Soul are roused
" —They are the Post, to which he mull re
" pair and defend while Life remains. To
" desert them, would be eternal Infamy—To
" lose them by such an Accident, as otherwise
" might be even judged unavoidable, is not
"to be excused—When they are in Danger,
" Officers and Soldiers have nothing for it,
" but to save them, or die, which from the
" Oath we have taken, becomes no leffra
" Duty of Religion, than Honor.
“ Penetrated therefore with innate Eager
" nefs for Glory, mindful of their Ancestor's
" Fame- —Emulous of the Luilre of their
" Countrymen, now on Service incited b,
I" the Example of the Services already per-
I" formed, and of the Honor acquired by Cf-
I“ ficers, and Soldiers of this Regiment in
" Quebec, Carolina, and wherever Oppor
" tunities to Signalize themselves, have as yet
“ offered, and finally inflamed with the Fame
" of gallant Anions, exhibited on every Oc
“ cafion by the Troops in general This Re-
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