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Barrack Master General's Office,
Water-street, April 2, 1781.
SUCH persons as are willing to furnilh the
Barrack Master General with WOOD for
the use of his Majesty's troops, to be delivered
either in this city, or at the different posts
upon the island of New-York, or Powles-Hook,
are requeued to fend their proposals in writing
to this office. And those who have vessels, and
will employ them in bringing wood to New-
Yprk, will meet with every suitable encourage
ment, and the money paid them immediately
after its delivery into the magazines. £
The Golden Purging SPIRIT of
SCURVY-GRASS.
As it was faithfully prepared only by the Author,
Mr. ROBERT BATEMAN.
THIS famous Golden Spirit radically cures the fcur
vy, a'difeafe which of late years is bec,e
epidemical in these northern regions, that scarce any
person but has, more or left, a Tincture of it.
Its fymotoms are various, as loot teeth, fore gums
and mouth, little spots in the (kin. faintnefs and ftiffncfs
of limbs, (harp pains I'n the legs, arms and other parts,
which are still attended with wearings and indilpofition
to move; the Stomach is depraved, appetite loft, much
crudity, and indfefted matter load- the spleen, and parts
acia-ent, which caufeth ftubburn obftruftions there ;
which by the use of this excellent spirit are removed, and
perfectly cured. , 1
•It has a peculiar property in curing the deeply, expel-
Fog all those acid and four salt humours which so ffiarply
affauh and oppress de sensible parts, and draws from the
remoter parts such as fti<k faft to the mufclei and nerves,
and takes away all dulnefs, ftiffnefs, and mdifpoGuon,
and other symptoms that proceed from thence. It carries
swarf by urine and stool that fcrous watry humdur, which
is the occasion of this disease, strengthening the liver
and other parts, thereby preventing its return afterwards.
It cures the gaut; by extracting out of all parts of the
j(/y those crude and vicious humours which nourish it,
and frees the joints of all other diseases to admiration.
It dibbles the stone and gravel in the reins, kidnies or
bladder, taking away the original cause, and forceth
'"iTcures the green sickness, reftorih'g the maiden blush,
makes the breath sweet, and the body lofty and vigorous.
It opens all oblivions both of liver and spleen,
wafting the hardneft and fuelling thereof. It wonder
full recovers 1 loft appetite, and helps digeftrort,
Itcures griping in the gate, expels wind, out of the
stomach, upwards and downwards.
It is a great preventive of consumptions, roots out
forfeits, and raifeth the patient in a fm 11 time.
It prevents the breeding of worms in children, and
kills them, if already bred.,
Itis of excellent use for tea-faring persons.
In womens distempers it is very beneficial, and to
rhofe that are affiided with the phthifick, it gives great
"'it disposes old ulcers to a speedy healing, even to
admiration. . .
It is very profitable in agues, its operation is by,ftool
and urine (and if the stomach be very full and foul, it
sometimes gives a vomit) gently assisting nature to carry
off all those noxious humours that annoy her. It gives
no disturbance to the body, for griping, torturing or in
flaming the bowels, yet operates so effeaually, that
it leavethtb< body refreshed, and the diseases vanquished ;
and to fay all in a Word, as it takes nothing in the Body
which may conduce to its preservation, so it leaves no
thing in the body which may afford matter to the growth
®f a disease, or endanger a relapse.
SOLD BY H. GAINE.
TO BE- SOLD,
TWO large LOTS of LAND, one situate
at the corner of Stone Street, and the
Broadway fronting on both, and the other
fronting the Broadway, in an exceeding good
stand for befinefs. Proposals in writing will
be received by John Kelly, No. 33, Hanover-
Square, who is empowered to dispose of the
farae,
Imported in the Northumbrian, just arrived
from Brifol, and to be fold by
SALMON and PRICE,
A Quantity of exceeding fine Amber malt,
in good condition, with a few bags of
the very bed hops, some bales of coatings,
duffils, baizes, &C. Calks of military ffioes,
7-8 yard wide low priced Irilb linens, with an
assortment of other goods, suitable to the
season.
WANTED an apprentice to the groce y
business. None need apply but those
who can be well recommended.
New Rose Butter,
OF jbe fitft quality, fopei fine flour, Irish tabbinets,
• cotton, fdk crapes and rigs, bed ticken, furni
ture checks; dimity, (heeling, mens (huts, gold and
fiver watches. Also a few pipes of fine old Ma
deira wine, hohea tea, &c. tor file by
William Backhoufe, and Co.
Monday, October 15,' 178 k.
NE W-YORK
AND
WEEKLY
AS S I Z E of B REA D.
FLOUR at 41. per Ceht.
Published September 29, ^7BO.
A White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
to weigh 21b. for 16 Coppers.
Containing tbe eatliaff abuice^
o Printed by HUGH GAINE, At the BIBLE And CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
Wright Southgate,
No. 41, Hanover-Squire,
Has importec by the late arrivals, a great variety of
European and East-India Goods;
Which he will fell by wholesale and retail at re
duced prices for cash, viz. a general assortment
of silk mercery, confiding of'
nßocaded, plain, ftripec
° and flowered fattins,
Brocaded, plain, charge
' able, and striped lute
flrings,
Tobines, ducapes, man
tuas, taffities and India
Peifians,
Rich modes, perfians, pe
longs and farfenets, all
colours,
Silk handkerchiefs of all
kinds and descriptions,
Silk,- fattin, ruffe<, calli
manco & fluff quilts, 01
al! colours,
Silk, fattin, mbrocco and
(tuff (hoes for women
and children,
Si.k, cotton, thread and
worsted hose, for men,
women, and children,
Silk gloves and mitts,
Gauzes, ribbons, Italian
crapes and flowers,
Ostrich feathers,
Fur, and silk trimmings,
Fringes and taflels,a great
variety,
Black silk velvet, rich fl)
rentines, princes ftuff,
Laces and edgings, of all
kinds,alarge assortment
Ladies days fiflionably
made,of a good quality
Gentlemens Mecklin and
Brudels lace ruffles,
Best beaver hats, with sil
ver and gold loops and
toffels,
Mullins of all forts and
prices,
An assortment of befl London made Saddlery, &c.
om%.^^ m^,^o
Paper Hangings,
A NEW and NEAT ASSORTMENT,
Imported and fold by
THOMAS BARROW,
In Broad-street, near the Main-Guard;
ALSO a great variety of drawing books, and
designs for young practitioners, neat books of
landscapes, flowers, birds, and animals; flowers §
finely coloured ; elegant circular prints of boys, in I
burnished, gold and black frames; final! oval and #
circular frames, in ditto, for drawings and prints; [
The Copper-Plate Magazine,l
In single Numbers;
Virtuofi's Museum, do. or in fetts;l
GARRICK, wtth Shakkspeaii's bust ;I
Large Paper for Drawing,
Red and black chalks, & Swiss crayons, very fine, |
Black and red pencils, | of different colout§,
Steel port crayons, [ Carmine, Prussian blue,
Fine drop lake, Ultramarine blue,
Neat mahogany boxes containing colours prepared ;
Transparent col >urs for maps and plans, &
Belt camel hair pencils,
Ditt) for miniature painting,
Laige and final! common brushes,
Turpentine vatnifh,
Window glals and putty,
London crown glsfs for pi&ures,
LINSEED OIL and Painter's Colours.
A good price will be given for GOLD LEAF, any
person having aquanti v to difpofoof.
For SAL E, by
WILLIAM PERRY,
No. i, Garden-Street, in Smith-Street,
SUPERFINE FLOUR,
Belt pickled Beef for Family Use,
LONDON PORTER,
BRISTOL BEER,
And Cyder in Calks of io Dozen each,
ASSORTED GLASS WARE, ctf.
Oak SHINGLES.
A Parcel to be fold. For farther Particulars
apply to Hugh Gaine.'
WANTED,
AN Apprentice to a Druggist. A Lad of
proper Qualifications will be received
on very advantageous Terms.
Monday, 37 Min. alter ,
Tuefd^y, 25 Min. after 8
Wednesday, 19 Min. after 9
Thursday, 15 Min. after io
HIGH-WATER at N E W-frO RK,
This week.
!Cambricks & clear la vns%
Needle worked aprons & !
handkerchiefs,of muflinl
and lawn,
Black and white patent §
net, and joining thread I
lace, r
India and English chintzes I
Jallicoes & Bengal (tripes 1
I:ifi\ linens, all widths 1
and prices,
Table linen, napkins and
diapers, a large assort
ment, )
Mat feilles quilting,
Stay ticking, and drillings
Brown Hollands, and
brown Scotch linens,
Spriged, plain, & flowered
Scotch lawns, and lawn
handkerchiefs,
Linen and lawn pocket
bankerchiefs, a great
variety,
Morea gown patterns,
Norwich crapes and bom
bazines,
Ruffels, calamancoes and #
printed fluffs, a greatl
variety,l
Miffinets, filverets,brolios
and poplins,
Black and coloured mo
reens, camblets, tam
mies and durants,
Sewing silks, threads,
and tapes,
Ferrets, bindings, Dutch
lace, fans, pins,
Chip hats, bonnet paper,
Velvet collars & bindings,
Ruffled and plain shirts,
s%%^ ^^^
^^^v
ra^^ ^^^^*W€)&*T^
Friday, 10 Min. after 11
Saturday, 9 Min. after 12 1
Sunday, 7 Min. after 1
New Moon Wednesday.
THE
8,. the Swallow Packet, Captain Green,
who Arrived be r e las Turfday Evening, tn
7 Weeks and 3 Days from FALMOUTH, ive
have the following Advices, viz.
BAYONN E, - July 3.
CT-Ihe Cadiz fleet will fail this week,
■ and many people think,its deftina
■ tion is for Gibraltar,imagining that
if it had been to go again ft Minor
ca, it would have failed from Barcelona; but
as the Court have through the whole endea
voured to millead the enemy, that reason fig
nifies nothing.
Cadiz; July 4. There is an extraordinary
bustle in cur port. The preparations for the
projeded expedition employ an incredible
number of people, and the arrival of the troops
and Generals has rendered the city RS alert as
the port. The soldiers are e^ercifed mornings
and evenings, and sometimes exhibit repre
sentations of attacks and defeats. The Com
manders have brought with them the flower of
our nobility, who, eager to diltinguilh them
selves, offer their services without pay.
The Duke de Crillon has no less than 26
Aides de Camp. It is new generally thought
th at an attack is intended on Gibraltar ; every
preparation indftates it. Though the Court
is anxious for the speedy departure of this ar
mament, it is imagined that it cannot be r^ady
to fail before the 25th instant; and it is hoped
that the fleet from Bfeft will have joined us
before that time.
July 6. The French squadron under M. de
Guichhn entered the Bay this day; it consists
of four ships of no guns, one of 80, nine of
74, four of 64, three frigates, and other
fmalier vessels ;' the Majefteux of nd gucs;
and a frigate, arrived on the 3d, „
June 26. The Duke de Crillon arrived here
this day. The troops will be soon embarked,
and from the activity of the commander, will
not remain lqng in the toad. A few days
ago entered this Bay a privateer of 24 guns,
taken by the Proponne.
P- S. As the wind is now favourable, the
convoy are in motion, and in a few hours will
be our of fight.
L ONDO N,
July 24. A private letter from Paris gives
an account of another comet having been
difeovered at eleven o'clock at night, on the
28th ult. by Mons. Mechain; according to
that Astronomer's observation it has no tail,
and the whole of its diameter seems not to ex-|
ceed three minutes.
July 26. Advice is received from Guernsey,
that the Holderneffe privateer has taken and
brought in the St. Beaujelois, a French ffiip
bound from Martinico to Bourdeaux, loadedl
with sugar, cotton, indigo, &c. arid is valued
at ifrOool.
Yesterday an express arrived in town from
Torbay, with advice that a large Dutch ship
was taken by one of the fllips belonging to
Admiral Digby's fleet, and is brought in by
the men on board.
Extract of a letter from Seaford, in Sufex, July 21.
" This morning we had a great firing just
off this port, which continued for three quar
ters of an hour; and ab( ut fix hours after a
large French privateer was brought in, in a
very ftiattered condition ; die is called la Mar
ques Averquerque, mounts 18 guns, nine and
twelve pounders; she belonged to Cherburg,
and was lately fitted out there, was on her
firft cruize. She was taken by the Pallas and
another privateer, which are gone in quest of
another.
We have just received from Tours,inFrance,
the following melancholly intelligence : “ On
the night of the loth instant a most dreadful
storm fell in the neighbourhood of that city.
It was accompanied with the heaviest fall of
Ihail ever remembered; the stones of which
I were of a prodigious size; for in the Qiort
space of half an hour above 39 parishes with
-lin the didrids ofßichelieu, Saumur, and Lau
dun, have been laid waste. The corn fields,
I the vines, and walnut trees are totally destroy-
Icd; several trees were torn up by the roots,
and nothing remains to the destroyed inhabi
tants of the fond hopes they had entertained of
a plentiful harvest. The fame storm has raged
in the province of Poiton, and no doubt will
have proved no left deftru^ive to the neigh
bouring villages.
Wheat per Bulhcl, 265. od.i
Flour,. 70s. od.|
Brown Bread, 70s. od.
Weft-Tndia Rum, ss. 6d.
New-England do. &. °d.
PRICE tU R R R N T, in N EW-Y 6 k K.
G AZET E:
THE
M ERCUR Y.
iMufeovado Sugar, 51. 10s.
ISingle refin'd ditto, is. gd.
Mola/Tes, %s. 6d.
Beef ier Barrel, 81. od.
Pork, 81. 10s.
j^rtibn ana Dom^icfc
IThe firft notice the Dutch had of the war,
and of Commodore Johnfone'sdeparture for
India, was conveyed to them through the in
telligence transmitted by la Motte to the C,drt
of France..
'\ The Dutch fleet, confiftieg of two 74 gun
(hips, two of 68, four of 64, two of 54, one
of 44, with several frigates, having under
their convoy a large fleet or, merchantmen,
failed from the Tcxel to the Northward on
the 19th infant. .
Extrad of a letter from on bodrd bis Majefty'sfoip
Ranger, dated at sea, July 27, 1781.
" We left the Downs, May 14, with a fair
wind ; arrived at Portfmbuth on the i6:h, and
failed frpm thence on tfie 18th, with a &ri±
gale, S. E on a cruise; May 24, passed by
several ships to windward, when, on recon
noitring them; found them to be Dutch mips
from the Capb, confining of seven fail, under
convoy of a 50 gun (hip, 'two frigates and a
(loop, which we thought too much for us to
cope with, being only 32 guns, 24 and |8
pounders, so thought it most prudent to sheer
oil; Saturday the 27th, took a Dutchman,
loaded - with brandy, sugar, chocolate, &c. in
Jat. 4i,,16, lon. 14, 7. which we sent into
Falmouth, after drifting the prifouers. But
now, my friend, comes the account of our
Engagement: June 25, being in lat; 29, 16,
east lon. 32, 18, we descried three fail from
the maft-iiead. At haifcpaft three, P. M. saw
them to be French, two merchantmen, the
other aSO gun frigate. At 4 cut and cleared
away for a&ion„ and getting to windward of
them, we fired a gun at one of the merchant
men, which die returned with a broadf.de.
By this time the frigate being come within
gun ffiot, fired a gun, and ordered us to ftvike
our colours; but paying more regard to our
colours than his (hot, fired a broadside into
him, which carried away his foreman and bow
sprit. At five the affion became d<fyc:ate,
as we had it killed and 19 wounded )ml ng
whom was Mr. Jones our third mate, who had
his leg (hot off, and is since dead). At fix a
fail appeared in the S. E. quarter, bearing
doivn upon us under French colours ; but when
she came to our larboard fide, we found to
our great comfort, it was the Deal Callle, of
20 guns, who, when ffie saw cs, changed her
colours to the standard ofOld England,which,
when the Monfieurs saw, she ffruck to us, a
mere wreck. Having taken possession of her,
found her to be Le Efpertrea, Count de la
Spiffon, who was killed. The merchantmen
were from Dominica, bound to France. We
found her foremaft,bowfpritymizen topmaft,&c.
(hot away; her rigging, both Landing and
running, ffiot all to pieces; her hull damaged
very much, and three (hot between wind and
water. She had 27 killed and 41 wounded,
18 killed by the quarter deck b§ing blown
up. Just before we took poff-ffion, the mer
chantmen separated, but we had the good
lack to come up with and take one, loaded
with sugar, &c. which proved to be L'Amica,
the other that efeared was the Le Trident."
A secret treaty of peace is said to be in agi
tation between our Court and that of Madrid. 1
There-possession of Gibraltar is the foie ohjeft
pf Spawns and for which she offers to cede to
us one of her most valuable settlements in the
South Seas.
July 28. All the European powers are
fencing out reinforcements to their several
fettleihents in the East Indies; a difpofitioa
havi g been difeovered so the inhabitants to
make a general war upon them.
The follpwing ships of the line will be rea
dy to launch about Michaelmas; Goliah of
74, at Deptford; Carnatic 74, at Blackwall;
Ganges 74, and Bombay Cattle 74 $ in the ri
ver; the Irresistible of 74, at Harwich; and
the Polyphemus of 64, at Sheerness.
Yefterdby letters were received from Hano
ver, which mention that his Royal' Higbnefs
Prince Frederick, Biffiop of Ofnaburgh, was
in perfect health.
July 31. Intelligence is received from St.
Maloes, that a squadron, viz. one of 54 guns,
fi%of 28 guns, two of 24 guns, two hoops of
16 guns, and a cutter of 8 guns, will rendez?
vous there by the firft of Anguft for a ficret
expedition. - Two thoafand troops will em
bark with them. Their destination is a pro
-Ifound secret.
I Advice has been received at the India House
I over land, of the fafe arrival of Lord Macart
ney at Madras.
.|Fine Salt, 2s. do.
JCoarfe Salt; is. do.
. Indian Corn perßu. 10s. db,
. Coffee, is. do.
. Chocolate, %6s.pei Do.