The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1779-05-10 00:00:00, page 4

^^s Office, ' # ^ E April 28, 1779'
• :& business of ne C.omandant, in civil mat
j ius, will b. raj L&^l on and after the firft
day of Miy at 1 c Ofti e of. Police.
Attendance will be given at eleven o'clock in the
forenoon.
JOHN L. C. ROOME, Secretary,
tothe C< ^mandant.”
JOHN ana AUGU3I US NICDLL,
No. 49. New-Dock, near the Ferry Stairs, fell,
JAMAICA spirits, at 12s. 6d. per gallon,
I Weft India mm, us. ditto,
Geneva, (very belt) ^;. di!^.
Ditto, 16s. diro.
Sherry vine, !!*• ditto.
Ditto ditto 3^ P er do^ en#
Boh a tea, 6s. 6d. per pound.
Loaf sugar, is. yd. ditto.
Ditto (broken) is. 6d. ditto.
Mufeovado sugar, 5 s - for 7 pounds.
Basket salt, ° 3 s - per basket.
AT SAME PLACE,
Portmantuas, at 325. each.
Steel and enamel'd buttons, from 6s. to 10s. per doz.
DOCTOR—DASTUGE,
Number 7, Duke-street,
REturnS his sincere thanks to the Gentlemen and
Ladies of this city, and others, who have been
pleated to honour him with their confidence in his
practice of physic and forgery, and as he intends
shortly to go to Europe, he begs the favour of those
indebted to him 10 pay the fame as soon as prffible,
in oider to enable him to fettle with thole to whom
he is indebted.
TcTH N SLIDL E,
Soap-Boiler, and Tallow-Chandler,
IS Removed di e&fy oppofne General DeLancey's
House, at No. 1, in the Broadway, where may
be had, mould and dipt Candles of the belt Quality
hard and foft fcap. He returns his Thanks to all
his Employers.
s 0 L D,
A NEGRO W£NCH, 15 years old, with a male
fl child 6 months old, that has hud the fmail-pox.
squirefquire of H. Gaine.
Alexander Zuntz
IS removed ft m K ; ng to Queen-street, in the
house of Aldermen Bogart, No. 55, between
Beekman and Peck's-flip, where he fells asfufual,
plated md'hardware, millintry, hosiery and jewel
lery 1 Has also to dispose of, a parcel of excellent
Englilh hams, and a few half dried tongues, very
aeafonable, with a parcel of silk umbrellas, &c. &c.
for cash only.
TWO DOLLARS Reward.
lOST, lalt Thuifday Evening, or on Friday,
_/ a RECEIPT BOOK. Whoever has found
the fame and will deliver it to the Printer hereof
lh.ll receive the above Reward, and the Thanks
of the Owner.\
HALL, and BIRKS,
Have for SAL E, at their Store, No. 977,
Beekman's-Slip,
MOULD and dipt candles, turpentine and white
soap in boxes, hams, ox tongues dried and
pickled, Cheshire and Gloucester cheese of the firft
quality, just imported in the ship Tom; from Liver
pool ; new rice by the tierce, barrel or less quantity,
beef, and oork ; n tierces, barrels, and half barrels.
JOHN PELL,
At No. 181, Qyeen-freet, nearly oppofte Beek
mun's-Slip, bat for SALE,
A Quantity of excellent mould candles, of differ
ent nzes, brown soap by the box, Cheshire
thereof the bell quality, just imported in the ship
Tom, from Liverpool; also, best Irish beef and
pork in tierces and barrels, lamp and train oil in
calks, belt English and American hams, coffee and
brown lugir by tne calk or less quantity, loaf sugar,
belt old Port, claret, Madeira, and Sherry wines
gieen and bohea teas, pepper, chocolate, spirits,
turn, French and Brivifh brandy, Holland geneva
incites, Scotch sours in bottles, large and small
wrapping papei, writing ditto, playing ends, Caitile
soap in boxes, olives, Florence oil, anchovies,
ketchup and walnuts in bottle', pipes by the box,
muhdr s in hog Quads, role butter bv the firkin.
T~() B E LET;
A GENTEEL furnifhed BED CHAMBER,
A with a light CloCt suitable for a single Gen
il nan. Enquire of the Printer.
JOH N TfoUTROYb7
i} EGS leave to inform his friends, and the public
J in general, that he lives t tne Three Tons, on
the north fileof Hempftead Plains, about one mile
from Hericks, wherf gentlemen, travellers, and
others may expe& the best entertainment for them
lelves and th ir horses.
'0 M AS KOAC H,
No. 942, Water-jlreet, near the Fly-Market, has
for Sale,
QID Madeira wine by Fine, hyfon, green, fufoong,'
' the pipe, quarter cajk, and bobea teas,
or dezen. Coffee, chocolate, pepper,
Port and foerry, per ditto Muflard, vinegar, baftet
Rbenfb and claret, per do. salt,
Malmfeyand Fontiniac, per Cinnamon, cloves, ginger,
ditto, Single refined loaf sugar,
Bed London porter, per do. Mufeovado and powdered
Old 'Jamaica spirits, sugar,
Wejl Indra ram, Poland farch, indigo,
French brand, in cases, or Salt in barrels,
p^r gallon, Afmallparcelqueens ware,
R ferry ditto, in bottles, fuels as, plates, dishes,
HA nd Geneva, in cases, mugs,
or !fs, A quantity fine double Glou-
Ouves, capers, trufils, cefer cheefe,juft arrived.
Ce-kins, wallnuts, anebo- Also, some best Yorkfire
vies, hams. &c. I^c.
For GLASGO W,
< ] f a f r Q offers)
^^& TbeShi PJ ENNE ^
'""'" R^ie, Master;
at Cruger's wharf. For
terms, apply to Archibald Wilson, No. 223, Queen
ttree^, or to the Matter on boatd.
Who has for S ALE,
Sundry kinds of protifions, also, Scotch coals
fuiable for (hipping or burning in grates, grape
and round shot I* 6 pounders, with ladles, fpungeq,
ra timers, powder horns, cartorch boxes, hookt
and blocks, also powder by the sample.
A^v person inclined to purchase said ship, if they
apply f°° n a * above, may have her at private Sale.
TAKEN up a few days ago, adrift, a little
JOLLY BOAT. The owner may have her
again, paying charges and proving their property,
bapplying to Hugh Gaine.
-jcfHTTTTOUGHTON,
At bis Store No. 512, three doors weft of the Admi
ral's House, in Hanover -Square, has jufl opened
for sale, of the latef importation from England,
EXCELLEN r fine teas and groceries of various
forts, best London claret in bottles, old Ma
deira, Port, and Sherry wines, Shene's belt bottled
porter, Holland Geneva in cases, old Antigua rum
and spirits, fine French chocolate in rolls, fallad oil
of a peculiar flavour, in flafks, Spemafan ditto, in
quart buttles, spices, pickles, &c. „
N. B. All orders received in writing, will be
paid due attention to, and those who have been
pleated ^'favour him with their commands, he is
much obliged to, (particularly the Gentlemen of
thi ?navy and arttiy).
JOHN GLOVER,
At No. 4. Fly-Market, ^,'° r ("'^%
A Large ufortmentoflndia demities, J 0"
ed ditto, and Dutch cords, with a gene
ral assortment of dry goods, as usual.
The following CHARTS and MAPS
may be had of Hugh Gaine.
A Chart of th: river St. Laurence, containing the
islands of Newfoundland, Cape Briton, St.
John's, Anticofli, &c.
A new and correct Chart of the River St. Lau
rence, with part of the Iftand Anticofti to Quebec.
A Chart of the Haibour of Gafpie, in the Gulf
of St. Laurence.
A Chart of the Harbour of Halifax, in Nova-
Scotia, with Jebu&o-Bay, Cape Sambro, &c.
A Plan of the City and Haibour of Louifburgh.
A Draught of Part of the Spani(h and Mufketo
Shore, and the Bay of Honduras.
A very accurate Dutch Chart nf the Weft-Indies.
Orcades, or, a Geographic and Hydrographic
Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Illands, in eight
Maps.
The English Pilot for the Southern Navigation.
The English Pilot, Part 111.
A very neat and correct Book of Plans of the dif
ferent Bays, Roads, and Harbours in the Mediter
ranean Sea.
JOHN WOODS;
Attorney at Law, and Conveyancer,
INFORMS his Friends and the Publick, That for
the Conveniency of buying and felling Lands,
Negroes, &c. to Advantage, by private Contrast, he
(till continues keeping his Register's Office at No. rzg
at the upper End of Queen-street, where Gentlemen
who with to dispose of their Property, or to purchase,
to lease, or to hire, may have their Business tranfa&ed
with Secrecy, on reasonable Terms, and every Thing
that is registered, will be properly attended to.
And that he constantly attends to execute the
general Business of hisOffice,with the most immediate
Dispatch, and gives that candid (and he hopes) fatis
fa&ory Advice as well in all Cases of Law, as on
Deeds, Wills, and other Writings, which the Publick
hah for fix Months experienced.
Sea-Faring Men, and other Strangers, who
often meet with Difficulty in Matters not altogether
relative t® the Law, will be particularly assisted.
Executors, and Administrators will be
inftru&ed in the regular Execution of their Office,
whereby to avoid that Trouble and Expence which
frequently happens from the Want of Knowledge
therein.
Deeds, Wills, Seamen's Powers, and all
other Writings, drawn effectually to answer the Pur-.
' poses intended. Office Hours from Sun Rife till
9 o'Clock in the Evening.
JOHN KELLY,
T)EGS leave to inform bis friends and she publick
° that the Conveyancing and Notary Public Business
is tranfaaed in all its branches, with expedition, care,
and accuracy, at bis OFFICE, No. 843, Hanover-
Square, three doors weft of Mr. Gaine's, where a
Register is kept for the ease of gentlemen who ebufe
to buy or fell, lease or hire, lands, boufes, negroes, &c.
Also, money lent or solicited for those who may incline
to let or borrow. And Seamens rasills and powers
either drawn or filled up on reafonabk terms.
T OBE BOLD,
At J OHN YOU N G'S,
In Water-Street, No. 937, near the Fl, Market,
a quantity of excellent Chocolate^ manufactured from
the best cocoa, at if. & gd. per pound by the quantity,
coffee at 8d 1-2 per pound.
BEST hyfon, fufhong and bohea teas, loaf
brown and mufeovado sugars, mace, cloves,
cinnamon and nutmegs, ginger, Durham mustard,
ground and whole pepper, How's acid, lime juice in
quarts, basket salt, fpcnnaceti candles mould and
dipt ditto, soap, Poland and common starch, indigo,
corks, Chambers's belt fmoaking tobacco,
currants, &c. &c.
RUN-AWAY from the fubferiber, a negro boy
named JACK. FORTY SHILLINGS re
ward will be given to any person that will take him
up, and FIVE POUNDS if they difeover the har
beurer. If he will return voluntarily, he may de
pend on a sincere pardon. He is a short, thick fel
low, and formerly belonged to Mr. Chrittopher
Blundle, now Port-Matter of New-York.
He had on when he went away (on Monday the
sth inst.) a futtian coat, and waistcoat with fleevts,
both have been frequently washed, so that they are
almost white, thickset breeches, rather large, light
blue broad ribb'd worsted dockings, a pair ot shoes
in grain, one of which is patched on the fide, gold
washed open worked shoe buck es, white metal knee
buckles, white shirt and cambrick dock marked
R. T. cocked hat foxy coloured, and generally
wearing the right hind cock before, chews tobacco,
speaks very good English, ism fhewd sensible negro.
All Matters of transports, privateers, and other
vessels, are hereby forewarned, by this public notice,
not to harbour or employ said Negro, as they may
depend on the utmolt fevaity of the Law being put
in execution against them, by
ROBERT THOMPSON,
No. 908, Water-street.
White Spermaceti Oil,
By the gallon or less quantity; >
Old Zinfed oil, and Painters
• colours, by
THOMAS BARROW, NQ„, Brnd-freet.
HENRY 8t RB,
London Store, Broad-Way,
Intends leaving off Storekeeping the firft day ot
May next, and having on hand the small remains
of a well assorted cargo from London, confining ot
woollens, linens, Manchester goods, fail-cloth, ha
berdashery, and hosiery, a small assortment of cutlery
and hardware, .1 few calks of Crowley's nails,
a few boxes of London crown window glals, will
dispose of the fame to any parson that is inclinable to
puichafe the whole at the London prime col', whicu
Anil be made appear by the bills of parcels from the
most capital t^dets in England. He will ^e good
bills of exchange in payment, or give the fturchaler
three months credit on good security.
If the woollens, nails and window glass are ob
je&ed to he will dispose of the other assortments to
gether at 10 per cent, advance on prime colt.
For fate at said (tore, about 50 dozen of old Lon
don particular Madeira wine, that has been in the
Weft-Indies and London, and near two years in
America, esteemed equal if aot fuperwr to the belt
Madeira in New-York.
Henry Bird begs the favour of those indebted to
him, to discharge the fame in the course of the pre
, lent month, and from those gentlemen in particular
1 ' '-mitt.&d their debts in the month of February
I that ..• „,,^ p : Philadelphia, he expels imroe
anJ Maicn,, ''he m^v not be under the difa
diate paymeid, tha. 'ria w ffi c higher powers
greeable necessity of appl)i.„
or red'efs. """ "
lobe SOLD by
WILLIAM BURTON,
In Water-ilrect, between the Coftce-houfe and Old-flip
bridge, the following article,, viz.
MADEIRA, 1 f S?anifh and French olives,
Red port, ! Pickles of various kinds,
Sherry, and ( $ »Mustard, cheese,
Malaga ) Pearl and common barley,
Hyfon, 1 Rice, soap, starch,
Green, ( T Hair powder,
Sulhong and ('"' Powder and fig blue,
Bohea ) Spermaceti and tallow can-
Single and double refined dies,
sugar, Rappee,
town and mufeovado sugar, Scotch fnuff in bladders and
Sun and jar raifina, bottles,
Prunes, currants, almonds, Pigtail and faffron tobacco,
Preferv'd ginger, citron and Calket salt,
limes, Binnamon,
Jelly, green citron, Nutmegs, mace, cloves,
Tamarinds, Sago, sugar candy,
White wine vinegar, Chocolate,
Pepper and al liice, Black ball and (hoc bruffies,
Ground ginger, Yorklhire hams,
Florenceoil, Split peafe,
India toy, ^Pet-rand (King beer,
Ketchup, anchovies. Corks, &c. &c.
PHILIP KISICK,
Vintner and Disitller,
At thc upper end of Queen-street, has for sale at his
house, No. 125,
VERY fine old Mrdeira Molasses,
wine by the pipe, Single and double efined
quarter calk or dozen, loaf sugar,
Ditto Sherry, Mufeovado sugar by the bar-
Ditto Lisbon, rel or less quantity,
Ditto Teneriffe, Best hyfon and bohea tea,
Ditto red port, Best chethirc and Gloucester
Claret by the dozen, cheese,
London porter by the hpgf- Best caftile soap by the box,
head or dozen, or less quantity,
Taunton ale by the dozen, Common ditto,
English cyder by ditto, Sandlesby the box or lefe*
Old Jamaica spirits by the quantity,
hogshead or less quantity, Scotch barley,
Ditto cane spirits, Spermaceti candles by the
Ditto Wed-India rum, box,
Holland geneva, Mens beaver hats,
French brandy, Shrub, Ozenbrigi,
A neat assortment of home- Corks,
spun Gin and Brandy, Long pipet, pepper,
very little inferior to Hol- Allspice, cinnamon,
land or French, Cloves,
All forts of the best of Cor- Mace,
dials, Nutmegs,
Fresh-baked Ship BREAD.
A Quantity to be fold, by Richard Jenkins,
next Door to the Sign of the Three Tons,
No. 24, John-street.
S HONE's best London Porter, Howe's ge
nuine Acid, and frelh Lime Juice for
Punch ; also, a few Firkins of Rose Butter,
just arrived, to be fold at JOHN YOUNG's,
\between the Coffee-Houfe Bridge and Fly-
Market.
Charles Oliver Bruff,
GOLDSMITH and JEWELLER, 1
The corner of Golden- Hill, fronting Burling's-Slip,
^ucen-ftreet, No. 196, has for sale,
BUFF, black, and Morocco belts, hooks and
carriages for fwordk, has neat steel small swords,
makes all forts of regimental swords; has privateer
cutlasses for sale, guns and pistols for ditto. Also,
to Let, from the firft of May next/ a CELLAR,
under the house where Mrs. B. rrien now lives.
DUMB FISH:
A Quantity of excellent Dumb frilh, to
be fold at private sale, by Duncan,
Barclay, and Co. No. 516, Hanover-Sguare.
FTTr SALE,
By Abraham Wilson,
At the Golden Padlock, in Great- Dock-Street, whole
sale and retail,
GROCERIES, linen drapery, a variety of but
tons threads, hosiery, woollens, ironmonge
ry, cutlery, stationary, looking-glasses, a collection
of buckles, (hoes and pattins, combs, hats, rac
coon furs and hatteis trimmings, copperas, verdi- -
grease, indigo, cotton and candle weak, cotton and
wool cards, sieve bottoms, a few thousands of (hurt
shingles, &c. # •
He gives [ready money for all forts of (hipping
furs and bees-wax.
ANY Person in want of New-York Bills of
Credit to pay off their Loan Office Mo
ney, fh^ll have a handsome Premium for ex
changing a few Hundred Pounds, for Gold or
Silver. Enquire of ^iugh Gaine.
TO be LETT, A front Room, with proper
Fixtures for a Dry-Good Store ; and a BALE
ROOM in the Yard ; also a large Store-Houfefronting
tie Bast-River. Enquire of Hugh Gaine.
TO BE LET,'
A Large dry CELLAR, and front ROO M,
situated on the north tide of Cfterry-ftrer, in
Montgo^ery-ward' ' or conditions, apply to Am-
PLNDNcA , .9, Cherry-ft:eet. *
Notice is hereby given,
rrtdAT on Thursday the 1,5.11 clay of July cert
I is appointed for payment to the efficers and
company of his Majeftiri ship the Ardent, of then
several and refpe&ive fliaies of the net proceeds of
the schooner NELLY and POLLY, captured the
tilt day of March last, by his M^jelly's flip the
Ardent, under the command of Samuel W Clay
ton, El'q; and condemned as lawful prize by the
Court of Vice Admiralty for the province of New-
York, on which day such payment will be mide at
Portsmouth in England, by the fubfciibers, agents
to laid captQiS.
JAMES DICK, of Portsmouth.
FRED. Wm. GEYER, of New-York.
P. S. It is requested that the several efficers and
company of the above ship that now remain in Ame
rica, will please to call on the fubferiber, at No.
fyo, in Hanover-Square, New-York, for their se
veral and refpe&ive (Lares of the above prize on or
before the iotb day of next month, as nothing can
be paid in America for account of faiQ prize after
that day.
FRED. Wm.GEYER.
New-Yoik, April 17, 1,79.
Dr. RY A N's
Incomparable Wormdeftroying
SUGAR PLUMBS,
Necessary to be kept in all Families.
SO exceedingly • d.&d by all People who have had
of them in Great-Britain and Ireland, /or their
'^nfcendent Excellency in the defraying Worms of all
//,. '•'* the Bedies of Men, Women", andCbildren,
kinds boto -*b& Knots in the Duodenum or Gut
by not only breaking, °-''through the fmaUeft
next the Stomach, but :hey y u *'• ro,y a Q
Pafages of the Body, G na purge away „
/?% Humours which are the cause of tlso/epernicious
1 ermin, and the Source of many other Disorders; they
are one of the beJi Purges in the whole World for croft
bodied Children that are apt to breed Worms, and have
large Bellies; their Operation is mild, faje and,lea-
Jant; they wonderfully cleanse the Bowels of all iff
and clammy Humours which so, up the Parts and
prevent the fuxe of Food being conveyed to the Liver
and made Blood, which is often the Case with Children,
and is attended with a hard Belly, finking Breath,
frequent Fevers, Rickets, and a Decay of Strength fr 7
the lower parts: Likewise fettled / hes and Pains tn
the Head, Swellings, old Sores, Scabs, Tetters, or
Breakings-Out, will be perfeal, cur'd, andthe Blood
and Skin reflored to its original Purity, and Smooth
neJs i "'ey purge by Urine, and bring away the Gra
vel, and effeEluaUy cure all Obfrudions of the Urine,
or Ulcers in the Kidneys. They at once firike at the
true cause of the Scurvy, and entirely destroy it, at all
fcorbutick Humors and EffeHs, Root and Branch, so
as never to return again, and what makes them more
commendable is, they are full as agreeable to both tafle
and fight,i s Loaf Sugar; and in their Operation as
innocent as new Milk.
/^" ^ "'" Plumbs cured a great man. Children
of Whooping or Chin-Coughs, and Agues, which Dis
tempers are ver, common and troublesome to Families,
a^tbe Want of theft Plumbs are the Ruin of Many
Children's Confitutions.
Pl “ mb "*^ r£ at Dieuretick, cleaning the Reins
of Slime; it expels Wind, and is a sovereign Medicine
in the Cbdick and griping of the Guts. It allays and
carries off four Vapours which occasion many Disorders
in the Head. „ It opens all Obfruflions in the Stomach,
Lungs, Liver, Reins and Bladder; causes a good Ap
petite ana helps Digestion. It hath been found won
derfully fuccefsful to Jucb Persons as are going into
Chronical Difempers, as Afbmas, Phtbificks, Short
ness of Breath, Dropsies and "ellow Jaundice. Now
I hope all impartial Persons arefaisfed, that the Me
dicine which works upon fab Humours, will almost
teacb any Di,toper, if not too far gone, face Corrup
tion and Putrejaflion are the Fore-runners of all Dis
eases; therefore no better Pbyfick can be taken for all
Ages, Sexes and Confutations, from Infancy to an old
Ag e - Toefe Plumbs are highly fervceable to the Fe
male Sex, from the Age of s 4 to 20 Years, and from
40 to 50. Each Box containing one Dozen of these
Plumbs, Price d Shillings, with Directions. Sold by
Hugh Gaine.
ROSE BUTTER,
Of the firft Q_U A I, I T Y,
IMPOR 1 ED in the lass Veffeis from Coir,
to be SOLD, by REMSON and COW
ENHOVEN, No. g„, in Water-Street.
Benjamin Huggett,
At No. 44, Nassau-street, has for sale on the
most reafonabke terms,
II /TADEIRAj Whole and ground pep-
Sherry, | . per and allpice,
Lilbon, 1^ Mustard,
Teneriffe, Tamarinds,
Port, 1^ Raisins,
Claret, and , Basket salt.
Sweet J Candle wick,
Old Jamaica spirits of Starch, indigo, and fi^
excellent flavour so iblue, n °
punch, Widow Schuyler's best
Good Wed-India rum, chocolate, by the box
Belt Coniac and common or less quantity,
brandy, Green coffee,
Holland geneva, A few very neat tureens,
Common ditto, Long and (hort pipes,
AnniftA and other cor- Roll and paper'd tobacco,
dials, Strong wrapping paper at
Molasses, Bs. 6d. per ream, and
Green and bohea tea, the quantity,
Loaf, lump, powder, and Stuff in bladders,
Mufeovado sugar, Corks, Nails,
Vinegar, Blankets,
Sweet oil, a Coarse and fine salt,
Caftile and white sap. Lime for masons work,
Candles, London porter,
Cinnamon, cloves, mace, A few hundred feet of
arid nutmegs, boards and timber, &c.
LANDED out of the (hip Sally, Capt. Coupar,
from London, in September 1778, a small
PACKAGE, containing a few yards of broad
cloth, blankets, sheets, flockings, &c. Also, now
landed out of the (hip Sully, Capt. Anderson, a
small BOX, the contents unknown. The owners
are requested to call on S: muel Franklin, No. 173,
Queen-street, produce bills of lading, or receipts,
paying charges and take them av»ay.
A few calks of loaf sugar, and ge*d ship bread,
frefh baked, to be fold by said Franklin.
Bowen's Patent SAGO,
TO BE SOLD,
Either by the Keg or Pound, at No.
four Doors below the Main-Gaurd.