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N E W - T O R K, AB^Lft ii.
A Person of Ciedit who arrived in this City on
Tuesday lad from th: Northward informs, that it
was currently reported at Elbrus, that General
Burgoyne had driven the Rebels from Fort Edward,
where he had made many Prisoners : That they pro
p/hd to make a Land at the New City, above. A
lbany : That Lieut, Col. St. Leger, with Sir John
Johnson, were arrived with their Detachments at the
Mohawk River; and that Lieut. Col. Butler, a
Deputy to Col. Johnson, Superintendant of Indian
Affairs, was on his March with the Indians of the
Six Nations to join them, which had created great
Confufion in the Country ; and that the Rebels had
removed the Friends of Government, who were
Prisoners, into New-England.
We are likewise authorized to assure the Public
of the Steadiness of our Indian Allies, and that the
only Indians who with for a Neutrality are fame of
the praying Oneidas, who have been long pra&ifed
upon by a canting Nezu-England M'fanary refi.ling
in that Country.
At the t king of Fort Anne, (which is about
70 Miles from Albany) about 400 of the Rebels
were made Prifoncis. We loft 10 Privates and 3
Indians.
Fott Edward, 56 Miles from Albany, mounts
16 Guns, and wg are told is very accessible, the
Country round being pretty cl 03 and we make not
the leait Doubt, but it, and all the o her Polls of
any Consequence between that and Albany, is this
Day, or loon will be, in the Peff flion of the
Anny under the Command of General Burgoyne,
of which we hope to be able to give our Readers a
more circumstantial Account in our next.
When the Rebels evacuated Ticonderoga and
Mount Independence, they left behind them about
84 Pieces of Artillery of different Bores, several
Thousand Barrels of Provisions, a vast Number of
Horses, Waggens, Teams, and Oxen, and Ammu
nition in great Abundance, hefides '3O Tons of Gun
powder that was taken on board one of their Vessels
in Wood Creek, or South-Bay. Many a good
Ilorfe was fold by the Indians for a Bottle of Rum.
Tile Military Chett, so called by the Rebels, fell
into the Hands of the 9th Regiment : It was a well
hooped Tierce, full of o d Rags made into Paper,
printed and sighed, and about 1500 hard Dollars in
t' e Middle of the Crfk: Many of the Foreign
Troops lighted their Pipes with the 30 Dollar Bills.
The Green Mountain Boys tinder the Command
of Seth Warner, we hear, behaved well, his whole
Pirty, (which conhftd of about 500) being either
killed or taken Piifoners, 25 excepted. Warner
received two Wounds in the Thigh, but was carri
el eff by the Rebes, and got fafe into Caftletown.
In this Bmfh with Warner, between 50 and 60 of
the King's Troops were either killed or wounded,
am >ng them a Major Grant, and some other Officers
killed.
Governor Skeene was well at Skeenriborough
about the nth of July.
Thursday Night la(t Capt. Marshall arrived here
from St. Augulline in 10 Days, where the Garrison,
'confiding of 900 Men, were in high Spirits : The
sth Instant he made the Capes f Virginia, but saw
no Vessels ; aid next Day, being Wednesday, he
wafroff Delaware Bay, where he heard the Report
of about 20 Pieces cf Cannon.
The Brig llinchinbrook, Captain Ellis, in the
King's Service, has few into St. Augustine three
P^zes, one of them a Ship loaded with 1000 Tierces
of Rice; the two others, final! Schooners, with some
few Hogiheads of Sugar &c.
One of the Boats taken in the Sound the Week
before last, belonged to Durum ton,on Lang-Island,
the other was owned by fume Refugees from Con
ne&icut; who were in her when taken : They were
both carried into Fail field.
We hear the Inhabitants of Providence, in Rhode-
Bland Government, are very busy in moving into
the interior Part of the Country.
A poor Farmer, named Andrew Innis, was the
Week before lad, hanged by Order of one of the
Rebel Geneials, near his own House at Second Ri
ver, in Suspicion of being privy to the Defection cf
some of their Soldiers, as they passed that Way on
their Rout to the Southard.
Mr. Washington, we hear, was at Philadelphia
last Wednesday, Mr. Sullivan at Morris Town, the
lame Day, and Lord Stirling at Elizabeth-Town, the
fame Day allo; that Mr. Sullivan had got as far as
Hackinfack, in his Way to the Northward latt Fri
day, but was ordered again to the Southaid, and
that he had taken his Rout that Way for the second
Time.
Accounts from New-Jeifey last Saturday were,
That Geneial Sir William Howe was landed in
Cheefepeak B ;y. in Maryland ; that Gen. Burgoyne
was at or netr Albany ; and thrt Washington was
at German. Town, near Philadelphia.
Friday last departed this Life in the 30th Year of
his Age, the Hon. James Jauncey, Jun. Esq;
Master of the Rolls, and one of His Majesty's Coun
cil for this Province.
Lad Thursday Morning died in this City, in the
:14th Year es his Age, ot a lingering Illness, which
he bore with much Fortitude and Resignation, Mr.
John Martin, Son of Major Martin of the Royal
Artillery; lamented by all who knew him.
*, A Letter from Maryland, signed A. Z. Hull
be in cur next.
The following Letter is taken from a Philadelphia
Paper.
Extrnd of a letter from General Washington,
to Congress, dated camp at the Clove, July
16, 1777.
" Sir—i beg leave to congratulate Congress
on the captivity of Major General Prefcot and
one of his Aids—The Particulars of this fortu
nate event, you will find in the inclofed ex
tract of a letter this minute received from Ge
neral Spencer, which I presume, are at large
in the packet Mr. Greenleaf will deliver.
Lieut. Col. Barton and the final! handful un
der his command, who conducted the enter
prize, have great mem)'
The following Copy cf a Let^from Mr. Washington,
to bis Excellency General \r William Howe, is
extraaWd Jrom the Pennlylva& Packet of the 29th
,SIR, New-Jersey, Wy x 6, 1777.
THE Fortune of War having Nh ro wn Major
Q General Prefect into our Hanck j r beg leave
to pronofe bis Exchange lor that of M\,General
Lee. "This Proportion being agreeable tty. Letter
and Spirit of the Agreement fublifting betty^ us ,
will, I hope, have your Approbation. lam th\more
induced to (x?e& it, as it will not only remoYQe
Ground cf Controversy between us, but m its &
Sequences effect the exchange of Lieut. Col. Canal
bell, and the H.ffon Field Officers, for alike NumN
here® curs of equal Rank in your Pcfl.fli >n.
I mart be obliged by your Answer upon the 3ub
je% assuring yen that Major General Prefcot mail
' be sent in if the proposed Exchange is acceded to,
either on the previous Refe^fement of General Let,
or your Promise that the fame shall immediately take
Place on General Prelcot's Return. I have th ' ho
nour to be, &-. G. WASHINGTON.
To His Excellency Si# William Howe.
Templeton and Stewart,
Will fell on Thursday next, at 12 o'Clock, near
the Coffee-Houfe,
• A Quantity of good
Weft-India RU M.
Public Auction.
At Daniel M'Cormick's Vend. House,
ON Wednesday will be fold 50 pieces of cotton stripes,
a parcel cf Dutch lace, and a quantity of Ihop
remnants.
At private sale,
A few barrels of turpentine, and a small schooner,
now lying at the wharf above Beekman's- flip.
PTP iTI Tc'A u^ tlTTn.
To be fold on Beache's wharf,
To-morrow at 11 o'Clock,
THE cargo of the schooner Liberty ; to continue till
the whole is finished, confining of clay'd and muf
covado sugars, rum, molasses, coffee, &c. &c.
AN D,
On Thursday next,
At 12 o'clock, the schooner LIBERTY: Inventory
to be seen at John M'Adam, and co's office.
Private sale,
The brigantines , ally and Aurora, new lyingin Bur
ling's-Slip; and fchocner Raven, at Murray's wharf:
Inventories to be seen as above.
r^ <HE Queen's Rangers regimental flore was, on the
£ 7th inst. at night broke open, and a trunk with
several other articles taken thcrefnm, belonging to the
officers of the corpt : In order to difeover thi§ villainy, if
any one will give information cf the person or persons
concerned, so that he, fh°, or they may be brought to
juflice, will be entitled to a reward cf FIVE GUINEAS,
to be paid by Capt. Buchanan, at No. 17, in Crown
ftreet, New-York.
New-York, August 9 1777.
DESERTED from his Majesty's drip the Perleus,
the honorable George Keith Elphinftone, com
mander, at this place, on the §th inflant, John Storey,
seaman, about 5 feet 4 inches high, of a brown com
plexion, pitted with the finall-pox, wears his own hair
tied, born at Newcastle in Northumberland. Alio Jimee
Murray, seaman, about 5 feet 8 inches high, of a light
complexion and hair, which he wears ffiort ; b-rn in
London. Whoever will apprehend the said deserters shall
receive TEN GUINEAS reward for each ; or if any
person will give information of them being concealed,
harboured or entertained on board any merchant ffi'p or
transport, or on Shore will be entitled to the firoe reward,
DR~CFP~P-E-D;
IN the ruins between St. Paul's church and the hay
market, a plain flver watch, with a double plain
steel chain, and one red seal set in silver (the impression
a bird.) Whoever brings the said watch to the printer
of this paper, or to Mr. John Cox, at the sign of the King,
in Cooper-street, fhallh-ve Two Dollars reward.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given to all perlons having
any demands on 'lfaac Dodge, Shipwright, to bring
in their accounts, that the fame may be paid ; and all
others who are indebted to Lid Isaac Dodge, are requested
to difeharge the fame.
rr° be fold at private sale, a very fine liaison, five
years old, 15 bands high, well broke and fit for
either fiddle or carriage ; warranted found. Allo a geld
ing 8 years old, very fit for draft or family chair horse,
as he is gentle and well broke, ftcut made, 14 hands high.
Also three milch cows. Enquire of Hugh Gaine.
'JOS E R-I 'ALTTC^
At No. 2 in Water Street, next de or to the Ceffee-
House, has for sale on the most reasonable terms, the
following articles, viz.
BEST old Madeira, as usual ; red port, Sherry, L : lbon
and sweet wines; Antigua and Demerara rum of
the firft quality as to Strength and flavour, by the hog
shead or filler quantity ; old Antig .t rum for gentle
men's present use ; French brandy, arrack, genuine Hol
land's geneva by the case or gallon ; muLovado sugar in
barrels, refined sugar, excellent Liverpool ale, spices,
indigo, coffee, teas, chocolate, pepper, salad oil, mustard,
corks, &c. &c.
— A BTf GTTiTrNTTr
WITH a genteel saddle and bridle, to be hired by
the day, at two dollars; the money to be paid
at the taking away of the horfe.---Enquire of JAMES
WEAR, at the sign of the fun, on Cruger's wharf; who
wants to purchase a negro wench of a good character,
about 12 or 16 years cf age; and to have her one week
upon trial, before he makes the bargain.
BURGLARY.
«%THEREAS in the night between the 30th and
VV 31st of July, a house in this city has been
broke open, in which a wounded Heffinn officer does
lodge, when the following articles were feloniously
tvken out of the fame, viz. 1, a filver-work'd icarf
of an officer, lined with leather ;---2, a blue offi
cer's uniform, also two waistcoats of yellow cloth,
and a pair of breeches ;---3, a pair of silver plated
fours : This is therefore decently to request the pub
lic, that in case any of the articles above-mentioned
should be offi red for sale, or come to their view, the
feller or possessor of the said effe&s, or any part
thereof, may be immediately arrested, and notice
thereof kindly sent to Mr. Kyfch, the Hessian de
puty commissary of stores, living in Dock-Street, at
No. 921.
To be fold for want of employ,
A Mulatto wench about 21 years of age, and child
about 2 years. Enquire of the printer.
Wanted upon Interest,
FIVE or fix hundred pounds ; for which a good mort
gage will be given, Enqui eof the printer.
Wanted immediately for the HiHualling Service,
qr^WENrY or thirty men acquainted with making
Iri/h barrel ftaves, to be agreed for by the thousand,
and received on the Spot. The men are to be set ,to
work on Long-Island. Every necessary protection will be
granted, and a generous price given to loyal fubjeds.—
Fur particulars enquire at J. Saunders's, provincial in
fpe&or of ftaves, or at Mr. John Miller's, opposite the
Commissary General's office, New-York.
ThTD ETR A"WINE.'
A CHOICE parcel of Madeira wine, fit for im
mediate nfe, to be fold very cheap, for ca/h, in
pipes, half pipes, or quarter calks, bv
V. PEARSE ASHFIELD,
In Smith Street, facing Gavd<N Stree t,
WHO HAS ALSO,
A Best English refined sugar by the hundred or smaller
I Mu '- c ovado sugar in barrels, best Taunton ate
I \ults.
plysrs.
g™ With a variety of articles in the silver, jewellery,
hard-ware, and cutlery way, too tedious to mention.'
N. B. At the fame place, case will be given for old gold
and silver, tortoiSe shell and ivory.
Madeira, Red Pert, Lisbon, and other
WI N E S,
'7™° be fold on the most reafo,able terms, by Nicoll,
A Taylor, and Co. at their separate dwellings ; Ni
coll in Little Dock-flr'et, near Coenrits dock, and
Taylor in the house of Mr. Ge/ard-G. Beckman, corner
of Beekman's-flip, Queen-street.
'WILIZaM TO-N^
Broker and Auctioneer, at his Office in
Hanover- Square,
HAS to dispose of, Sperinacete whale oyl by the
barrel, ship bread, floor, oatmeal, beef, pork, nails,
excellent Liverpool beer, best Newfoundland codfifh, fait,
salmon, fine Florence oyl in half chefls, fpermacete caudles
and hard iba, by the box: Sundry drygoods, a set of capi
tal surgeon's inftrumentt, wines, rum, excellent fjirits,
brand, and most 0 her articles as usual.
LONDON, June 2.
Tranflatior. of a MEMORIAL^fa/ed by
Sir Joseph Yorke, to the States General,
on the twenty firft day cf February, 1777.
" QUINCE the commencement of tire unna-
O tnral rebellion, which has broke out in
the English colonies agr inst the legal constitu
tion of the Mother Country, the undersigned
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the King of Great Britain, has had frequent
occasions to address himfelfto your High Migh
tinesses in the name of his Mailer, to engage
them by all motives of national interest, of good
neighbourhood, of friendfhip, and finally of
treaties, to put a flop to the clandestine com
merce which is carried on between their fubjeds
and the rebels. If the measures which your
High Mightinesses have thought proper to take,
had been as efficacious as your assurances have
been amicable, the undersigned would not now
have been under the disagreeable necessity of
bringing to the cognizance of your High
Mightinesses, fads of the most serious ,ature.
" The King hath hitherto borne, with un
exampled patience, the irregular conduft of
your fubjeds in their interelled commerce at
St. Euftatia, as also in America. His Majesty
has always flattered himfelf, that in giving
time to your High Mightinesses to examine to
the bottom this condud, so irregular and so
infufterable, they would have taken measures
necessary to repress the abuse, to restrain their
fubjeds within bounds, and to make them re
fpecl the rights and friendffiip of Great-Britain.
" The complaints which 1 have orders to
make to their High Mightinesses, are founded
upon authentic documents annexed to this Me
morial, where their High Mightinesses will fee.
with astonishment, and 1 doubt not at the fame
time with displeasure, that their new Gover
nor, M. Van Graaf, after having permitted an
illicit commerce at St. Euftatia, hath passed
his forgetfulnefs of his duty to the point of
conniving at the Americans in their hostile
equipments, and the permitting the seizure of
an English veflel, by an American pirate, with
in cannon ihot of that island. And in aggra
vation to the affront given to the English nati
on, and to all the powers of Europe, to return
from the fortrefs of his government, the salute
GEnuire old Madeira,
by he pipe, hogfheud
quarter talk or dozen,
Best red port, by the kogf
head, quarter calk, or doz
Claret, by the hogthead or
dozen,
Che ry wine, by the quarter
calk or dezen,
Lisbon wine, by the pipe,
hogshead, quarter calk, or
dozen,
Sweet wine in bottles,
Arrack in bottles,
Old hock in bottbs,
Rhynifli wine in bottles,
Belt champaign in b ttles,
Scotch ale in bottles,
Best London bottled porter,
Liverpool ale in bottles,
Bristol beer in ditto,
Scotch porter in do.
French brandy,
Holland geneva,
Old Jamaica spirits by the
hogshead or five gallons,
GREEN and white ivo
ry carving, table, and
tiefart ferried knives and
forks
Block ebony, cam-wood,
buck and split bonedkto
Razors, penknives, feiflars,
pocket, butcher and oifter
knives
Flam'd flore, and double
pocket ditto
Horse foffars, ox and horse
fleams
A variety of door, chest and
other locks, hinges, bolt:
and Screws
Shoe kn : ,pers and joiner
pincers
Hand, tenent, ftfh, compaft
ard best wood saws, witl
a variety of carpenterr
rules and compasses
Best awl blades and Shoe
tacks
Carpenters and Shoe ham
mers
Candlesticks, fconces,brafs .
bag locks and sickles
Netting pins, br-ri and iron
Wire affurted
Ho ks and eyes I
Brass drawer handles and
cloak pins
Brass escutcheon pins and
awl haftsi
Just imported in the very last veff-ls hem Lonaon, and
well be difpefed o' Wholesale ard Retail, by
RICHARD SAUSE,
At his Hard-ware Store in Water-street, near the lower
end of the Fly-market, a small but general assortment
of CUTLERY and HARD-WARE, among which
are the following:
Has for Lie, at his hotife No. 207, in Q_zeU-fl:ect,
near the Fly Maiker; .New-York
JOHN DAVAN,
,W^ft-In&i rum ditto,
3cft hyfon and bohea tei,
Cloves, mace and cinnamon,
- Nutmtge, ifirigbfi;
Coffee, chocolate,
iPepper,
Mustard, fallad oil,
r Double refined loaf sugar,
Single refined ditto,
, Mufeovado sugar,
r Spermaceti candies by the
box or pound,
Mould di'to ty the box,
Raisins of the fun by the
k e g,
Corks by the hogffiead or
^ r d,
Cheshire cheese,
, Single and double Gloudeßer
chefe,
Cartridge and wrapping pa
per,
Best caftile soap bv the box,
London made white ditto,
by the box,
Pipr sby the box or grofe.
Hungers half do. and twig
whips
Gilt, plated, pinchbeck,
Peel and common shoe,
knee, and stock buckles
Metal coat and vest buttons
Silver top'd cruit frames
Shaving boxes and br flies
Powder machines, bags and
down puffs
Tooth, buckle and shoe
brushes
4 variety of low priced poc-.
ket books
Enamelled, japanned, fnuff
and tobacco b«es
Edweczers, black hair pins
and key swivels
? eeble, cypher, silver and
common sleeve buttons
Flat, gilt, graved maffi seals
and triarge do. in silver
Sail palms, white and brass
thimbles
femple fpeaaclcs, pocket
looking glaffcs, and
pinching irons
Brass scales, and steel yards
Gilt links, silver and metal
Are clasps
Razor strops, tea tongs and
double worm girhblets,
Buckling and common horn
combs
Pocket ink pots and steel
of a rebel flag. In return to tbe amicable
representations Made by the president of the
neighbouring island of St. Chrillopher's, on
thelc fads of notoriety, M. Van Graaf has
answered in a manner the most vague and unfa
tisfadory, refusing to enter at ail into 'the
fubjed, or ihto an explanation of the matter
with a Member of his Majesty's Council of St
Christopher's, dispatched by the Preffdent for
that purpose to St. Euftatia,
" After exhibiting the documents annexed,
nothing remains with me but to add, that the
King who had read them, not with less sur
prise than indignation, hath ordered me to
expressly demand of your Irigh Mightinesses,
a formal disavowal of the salute by Fort Grange,
at St. Euftatia, to the rebel fliip, the difmiffion
and immediate recall of Governor Van Graaf,
and do declare further, on the part of his Ma
jesty, that until that fatisfadion is given, they
are not to exped that his Majefly will fuffer
himfelf to be amused by mere assurances, or
that he will delay one instant to take such mea
sures as he hall think due to the interests and
dignity of his Crown.
(Signed) JOS. YORKE.
Given at the Hague, Feb. 21, 1777,"
Cofy of a MEMORIAL delivered under th
orders of the States General, to the King
of Great Britain by the Envoy Extra
ordinary and Plenipotentiary from their
High Mightinesses*.
SIRE,
“ It is with the m6ft profound refpe&, that
the under signed Envoy, Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary, of their High Mightinesses,
in consequence of the orders whicn he hath
received, hath the honour to represent to your
Majesty that the memorial which your Ambas
sador hath patented to their High Mightinesses
on the 21st of last month, hath touched them
very sensibly ; and that they find themselves
obliged to make complaint of the reproaches
which are contained in it, hs if their High
Mightinesses were to be suspected efa will and
intention of amu£ # ,g your Majefly by amicable
assurances, which they have talfified by their
a&s; also of the menacing tone which reigns
in that memorial, and appears to their High
Mightinesses too highly drained, beyond that
which is the accorded and accustomed man
ner, and that ought to take place between
two sovereign and independent powers, and
especially between two neighbouring powers,
which iiave been of so many years continuance,
united by the ties of good harmony and mutual
friendffiip.
" Their High Mightinesses trust that on all
occafu nb and particularly in respect to the
unfortunate troubles cf your Majefly's Colonies
in America, they have held a conduct towards
jour Majesty, which has been expected from a
good neighbour, an,d a friendly and affectionate
power.
" Their High Mightinesses, Sire, hold
your Majesty's friendffiip in the highest estima
tion, and wish to do every thing in their power
(as far as the honour and dignity of their Rate
will permit them to .go) to cultivate it still
more and more; but they cannot at the fame
time so far restrain themselves, as to disguise
the very poignant sensation, with which that
memorial hath impressed them.
" It is alone from the motive of demonstra
ting to your Majesty every possible regard, and
to prove that their High Mightinesses will nor
neglect any thing, which may serve to investi
gate properly the truth of the fads, from,
whence the complaints made to them seem to
have arisen, that they have resolved to institute
an enquiry in a manner the most summary,
and cut off all trainings of delay.
" Fo this end their High Mightinesses, pass
ing by the ordinary and usual form in like
cases, requiring a report in writing from their
officers and others employed in their colonies,
have already dispatched their orders to the
Commandant of St. Euftatia, to render him
felf within the Republic without delay, and as
soon as possible, to give the necessary informa
tion of all that has passed within the island cf
St. Euftatia, and that which hath come to his
knowledge relative to the American Colonies
and their vessels, during the period of his com
mand, and to lay his condud, touching that
matter, before the Eyes of their High Migh
tinesses.
" The under-signed is charged by his orders
to bring,he information of this resolution to
your Majesty, as also that their High Mighti
nesses make no difficulty of disavowing, in the
most express manner, every atl or mark of
honour which may have been given by their
officers, or by any of their fervaots, to the
vessels of your Majesty's colonies of North-
America, or that they may give hereafter, so
far as those a^s or marks of honour may be of
such a nature, as that any can conclude from
them that it is intended thereby, in the least
degree, to recognize the independence of those
colonies.
" The under-signed is also further charged
to inform your Majesty, that their High
Mightinesses have, in consequence, given their
orders to their Governors and Councils in the
Weft-Indies, and have enjoined them afrefn,
in the strongest terms, to observe exadly the
placards and orders against the exportation of
military Lores to the American colonies of
your Majesty, and to fee them executed most
rigorouily.
(Signed) WELDEREN.”
Dated London, March 26, 1777.
* This is the answer to his Majesty's complaints
made to the States in the preceding memorial. Dis
daining the Spirit and manner of the complaint, they
passed by the Ambassador (Sir Joseph Yorke), and
also the Secretary of State (Lord Suffolk), and com
manded their Minister at London to ad tress himfelf
dire&ly to the K.ng, and to deliver their answer into
his own hands.