The Newport gazette (Newport [R.I.]), 1777-08-21 00:00:00

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1777.
Extracts from Rebel Papers.
PHILADELPHIA, July 22.
Copy of a Letter from General ST. CLAIR to CONGRESS, dated Fort Edward, July 14, 1777.
CONGRESS may probably think it extraordinary that so much Time should have elapsed before they heard from me, after a Step of such Importance as the Evacuation of the Posts that had been intrusted to my Care; but it was not in my Power to write, whilst on the March to this Place. I am sorry to find, that my Letter to Gen. Schuyler, the Night the Evacuation took Place, has not come to his Hands; as, for Want of Mail, though he has doubtless informed Congress of the Matter, he could not then give them the Reasons that induced it. They were these:  "Seeing that the Posts of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence were nearly invested, and having Intelligence, by my Spies, that they would be completely so in 24 hours, when we should be cut off from all Possibility of Succour; that the Batteries of the Enemy were ready to open; and that the Whole of our Encampment, on the Ticonderoga Side, would be exposed to their Fire; considering, at the same Time, the Weakness of the Garrison, that the effective Numbers were not sufficient to man one Half the Works; and that, consequently, the Whole must be upon Duty, which they could not possibly sustain; and that, of Course, the Place, with the Garrison, must inevitably, in a few Days, fall into the Enemy's Hands; I saw no Alternative, but endeavouring to evacuate them, and bring off the Army. Whereupon I called the General Officers together, to take their Sentiments. They were unanimously of Opinion, that the Place should be evacuated, with at the least Loss of Time, and it was accordingly set about that Night, the fifth Instant. After embarking in Boats, as much of our Cannon, Provisions and Stores, as was possible, with the Boats, which were ordered to Skeneateborough, I sent Colonel Long, an active, diligent, good Officer, to take the Command there, with his Regiment and the Lavalids, until I should join him with the Army, which was to march to that Place by Castleton. The Body of the Army reached Castleton the next Evening, 30 Miles from Ticonderoga, and 12 from Skeneateborough; but the Rear Guard, under the Command of Col. Warner, which, with the Stragglers and infirm, amounted to near 1200, stopped short of that Place six Miles, and were next Morning attacked by a strong Detachment the Enemy had sent to hang on our Rear, and retard our March. Two Regiments of Militia, had left us the Evening before, and had halted about two Miles from Col. Warner, who immediately ordered to his Assistance; but to my great Surprise, they marched down to me. At the same Time, I received information that the Enemy were in Possession
of Skeneateborough, and had cut off our Boats and armed Vessels. This obliged me to change my Route, that I might not be put betwixt two Fires, and at the same Time be able to bring off Col. Warner, to whom I sent Orders, if he found the Enemy too strong to retreat to Rutland, where he would find me to cover him, that Place lying nearly at an equal Distance from both. Before my Orders reached him, his Party was dispersed, after having, for a considerable Time, sustained a very warm Engagement, in which the Enemy suffered so much that they pursued but a small Distance. Our Loss I cannot ascertain, but believe, it does not exceed 40 killed and wounded. About two Hundred of the Party have joined me at Rutland and since, but great Numbers are still missing, and, I suspect, have got down into New-England, by the Way of Number IV. After a very fatiguing March of seven Days, in which the Army suffered much from bad Weather and Want of Provisions, I joined General Schuyler on the 12th Instant.
It was my original Plan to retreat to this Place, that I might be betwixt General Burgoyne and the Inhabitants, and that the Militia might have something to this Quarter to collect to. It is now off-hand, and the Militia are coming in, so that I have the most sanguine Hopes that the Progress of the Enemy will be checked, and I may yet have the Satisfaction to experience, that although I have lost a Post, I have eventually saved the State.
Perhaps I may be censured, by those who are unacquainted with the Situation I was in, for no sooner calling the Militia to my Assistance. I think I informed Congress, that I could not do that for Want of Provisions; and as soon as I got a Supply, I did call for them, & was joined by near 700 the Day before the Evacuation, but they came from Home so ill provided, that they could not, nor did not, propose to tarry with me but a few Days. The two Massachusetts Regiment of Militia likewise, which composed Part of the Garrison, gave me Notice that their Time expired in two Days, and they intended to go Home. In vain did I beg of their Officers to exert every Influence they had over them; and, from their subsequent Behaviour, I am fully persuaded the Officers are most to blame. They kept with me, however, for two Days on the March; but their Conduct was so licentious and disorderly, and their Example beginning to affect the Continental Troops, I was constrained to send them off.
BOSTON, August 11.
To the PRINTER.
Be pleased to give the inclosed Letter, which I have just received from Brigadier General St. Clair, a Place in your next Paper. With the Candour and Ingenuity becoming a Man of Honour, he acquits Major Gen. Schuyler of having ordered or been privy to the Evacuation of Ticonderoga—a Charge which, it seems,
has gained Credit without Proof, and found zealous Advocates, though unreported by Truth.
I am, Sir, Your humble Servant, JOHN JAY.
Moses's-Creek, July 25, 1777.
SIR,
GEN. Schuyler was good enough to read me a Part of a Letter he received from you. I cannot recollect that any of my Officers ever asked me the Reason for leaving Ticonderoga, but as I found the Measure was much decried, I have often expressed myself in that Manner, "that as to myself I was perfectly easy; I was conscious of the Uprightness and Propriety of my Conduct, and despised the vague Censure of an uninformed Populace." But had no Allusion to Orders from General Schuyler for my Justification, because such Orders never existed.
The Calumny that has been thrown upon Schuyler, upon Account of that Matter, has given me great Uneasiness. I assure you, Sir, there never was any Thing more cruel and unjust; for he knew nothing of the Matter, until it was over, more than you did at Kingston. It was done in Consequence of a Consultation with the other General Officers, without the Possibility of Gen. Schuyler's Concurrence; and had the Opinion of the Council been contrary to what it was, it nevertheless would have taken Place; as I knew it would be impossible to defend the Posts with our Numbers.
In my Letter to Congress from Fort Edward, in which I gave them an Account of the Retreat, in this Paragraph: "It was my original Plan to retreat to this Place, that I might be betwixt Gen. Burgoyne and the Inhabitants, and that the Militia might have something in that Quarter to collect to; it is now off-hand, and the Militia are coming in, so that I have the most sanguine Hopes that the Progress of the Enemy will be checked, and I may yet have the Satisfaction to experience, that although I have lost a Post, I have eventually saved the State." Whether my Conjecture is right or not is uncertain; but had our Army been made Prisoners, which it certainly would have been, the State of New York would have been much more exposed at present.
I proposed to Gen. Schuyler, on my Arrival at Fort Edward, to have sent a public Note to the Printer, to assure the People, that he had no Part in the abandoning what they call their strong Holds. He thought it not so proper at that Time; but it is no more than I owe to Truth and him, that he was totally unacquainted with the Matter, and should be very glad that this Matter, or any Part of it you may think proper to communicate, may convince the unbelieving. Simple Unbelief is easily and soon convinced; but where Malice or Envy occasions it, it is needlessly obstinate.
I am, Sir Yours, &c. A. ST. CLAIR Hon. John Jay, Esq.

Tuesday last the General Assembly of this State met agreeable to Summons from the Honorable Council.
Same Afternoon the House of Representatives voted to adjourn on Matters of a private Nature, during the present Session.
By a Letter from a Gentleman of the first Character at Philadelphia, by the last Post, it appears, by a Return inclosed, that our Troops were 5,500 strong when Ticonderoga was evacuated.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Head-Quarters, Moses's Creek, dated July 28, 1777.
"We have now at this Place about 3000 effective Continentals, with about 1500 Militia. — We expect General Glover's Brigade here; how strong they are I cannot tell. — Tho' the Enemy's Advance are at Fort Edward, I do not imagine Burgoyne will plunge into the Country before Howe or Johnson makes some Stroke; this will give us Time to collect. Fort Edward is about six Miles from this Place. The Savages have lately acquitted themselves quite in Character; a Couple of Ladies, who chus'd to remain behind the Army, and enjoy Burgoyne's promised Protection, have been scalped and mangled in a shocking Manner. They make nothing of ripping out a Man's Heart, cutting off Hands, Ears, &c."
The Rhode Island Post informs us, that Tuesday last between six and seven Hundred of the Enemy, from Newport, landed on Block Island, so called, near East Greenwich, and took three Prisoners. They were soon attacked, and went off, leaving three dead and two Hessian Prisoners behind them.
We are sorry to acquaint our Readers of the Loss of the Privateer Brig —, of 16 Guns, Capt. John Foster Williams, of this Port, who was chased ashore on the Back of Chatham last Monday Night, by the Midford and two other Frigates, when the Enemy blew her up. We hear all the Hands got safe ashore. — Also of the Loss of the Privateer Schooner Eagle, of this Port, being drove ashore at the Eastward, by the PIRATE D'WEN.
Friday Morning an Express arrived from Providence, with an Account of the Howe Fleet and Army returning together, and it was thought they were intended for the North River; since which we have heard nothing of them.
The following Composition of Blasphemy and Absurdity, is taken from a Boston Paper of the 11th Instant. — It is really surprizing that any Number of Men should have their Understanding so blinded as to receive it with Approbation and Applause. The casting Deacon who wrote it, would stand appall'd should he hear a Volley of unmeaning Oaths uttered by a thoughtless Fellow who made no Pretensions to Religion; but without any Scrupule can blaspheme his Maker by perverting Words which brea'd the Peace and Philanthropy of the Gospel to excite to Murder, Cruelty and Rebellion.
W ANT of Time to write to you several, and the Relation I stand in towards you, as in the military Company, moves me to make bold to include you all in these few Lines to signify to you that my Heart is with those that offer themselves willingly to the Service of God, and his People, in the present Expedition. I know you meet with many Hardships, but I take it as a privilege Part of good Soldiers Skill to endure Hardships well.
Therefore, with this Resolution, Stand to your Arms.
And then put on the whole ARMOUR OF GOD, the Breast-Plate, the Sword, the Girdle, the Shoes, the Shield, the Helmet; and thus, Heads your Arms.
And then be in compos'd Readiness upon all Assaults to put this Armour in practical Readiness, and thus Order your Arms.
And then with Hearts and Hands lifted up to Heaven for Divine Assistance, and thus Point your Arms.
And then in Sense of your own Weakness to bear, rely on God's Strength to enable you, and thus Shoulder your Arms.
And then let your Eye look unto Jesus in every Step of your Progress, and thus March.
And in circumspect Watch, your Loins gird up to a holy Conversation, and Hearts fixed by Faith in God's Covenant, and prepare to every good Work, and thus Make ready.
And then with a single Eye, sincerely aim at the glory of God and the good of his People, and thus Present.
And then with Magnanimity and Zeal not to do the Work of the Lord negligently, and thus Give Fire.
And then leave the Success of your Endeavours, let the Lord do what seemeth him Good, and thus Fall off into your Places and rally.
And so having fought the good Fight, keeping Faith in its Vengeance, till you have finished your Course, and then Lay down your Arms and you shall take up the Prize.
Which will be enough not only to make a Soldier content with his Wages, but afford him an Extacy of Joy and Glory to all Eternity.
And now, Brethren and Fellow Soldiers, quit you like Men, be strong and of good Courage, for the Cause and Interest is God's and therefore the Victory certain, and the Motion of every Shot falls exactly under the Guidance of Divine Providence, without which not a Sparrow, nor a Hair of our Heads shall fall to the Ground. Therefore in all Dangers commit yourselves, and your Care in all Concerns unto him. Be patient in Trials, receive all as from the Hand of God; be careful, direct and circumspect in commanding or obeying, and as far or from God. Watch unto Duty and guard against Sin. Then you may be sure the all-sufficient God will watch over you for Good by Night and Day, and tread down your Enemies, and make you more than Conquerors through Jesus Christ our Lord — Which is and while God assists, shall be the Prayer of him, who is your Affectionate and sympathizing Brother, Companion and hearty Friend.
To the PRINTER of the Boston-Gazette.
Head Quarters, Moses Creek, July 28.
SIR, I T is with Astonishment and Concern that I observe in your late Papers, a Vein of Prejudice against Gen. St. Clair, incurred by retreating from Ticonderoga, equally impolitic, ungenerous and inhuman; for it is impolitic to depreciate the Influence of an Officer high in Command; it is truly ungenerous to put the worst Construction on every Incident attending the Retreat, and it is truly inhuman to slander a Man's Reputation without giving him an Opportunity of Vindication.
If Gen. St. Clair has transgressed, he will surely answer for it at a proper Tribunal; don't then prejudice him or disgrace your Paper with the malicious Insinuation of every talkative Puppy. Be charitable enough to suspend your Opinion for a little Time, and a Scrutiny of his Conduct, which General St. Clair has already claimed, will satisfy you and the Public.
Your Correspondent from Manchester (it pains me to expose an Officer) furnishes you with a gross Misrepresentation; for be assured that I myself ordered his Regiment to strike their Tents one full Hour before a Man removed from Ticonderoga; though it is equally true I could not free the Colonel — I suppose instead of attending the Em-
barkation of the Stores, he was taking off — I am obliged to invalidate the Authority of your "Gentleman of Courtesy and Character, who had the first Opportunity of knowing there were upwards of 4000 Effectives in the Garrison, since the Return of the Army are made to me, and I declare to God and the World, that there was, exclusive of about seven or eight Hundred Militia, who had just arrived, only two Thousand and eighty four Men at the Duty — "Believe me who will."
You observe that "the greatest Number of the Enemy, allowing the Account of those whose Business it is to make it as large as Appearances would allow, could not exceed 6000; it was probably short of that Number." The Malice of this Suggestion Time will evince; I wish we may not find the Enemy one Thousand stronger. The Number of silly, malicious Questions which follow this Observation, are too puerile to be answered.
I join with you in thinking there ought to be an Enquiry after the Arms and Cloaths you mention, for they really never reached Ticonderoga; though your Intimation is on that Head are improperly directed and maliciously pointed.
Believe me Sir, if Virtue or Justice have existence, that the Man who now stands condemned for retreating from Ticonderoga, will e'er long be thanked for the Salvation of near 3000 Men, who, instead of being in Captivity are now oppressing our Enemy.
I am Sir, Your very obedient Servant. JAMES WILKINSON.
FISH-KILL, July 31.
Last Tuesday two Men were taken up and interrupted in their Errand to General Howe. They being both Germans, were recommended to one Freleigh, their Countryman, a Stanch Tory, to direct them the Road. They unluckily made a Mistake, by calling on a Whig of the same Name, who heard their Enquiries, and found out their Errand; thinking it rather unsafe to let them pass without a further Examination, sent them, for that Purpose, under Convoy, to the Commissioners at Poughkeepsie.
NORWICH, July 28.
Extract of a Letter from Moses's Creek, dated July 26.
"We have just had a Bruise with the Enemy at Fort Edward; and in what Lieut. Van Vloten was most inhumanly butchered and scalped. Two Serjeants and Privates were likewise killed and scalped; one of the latter had both his Hands cut off. They took a young Woman, Jane McCrea by Name, out of a House at Fort Edward, carried her about Half a Mile in the Bushes, and there killed and scalped her, in cold Blood. They have killed and scalped another Woman near the same Place.
Major General Arnold, was on a Creditably informed, passed through Albany last Monday, in his Way to join the Northern Army, being so ordered both by the Congress and Gen. Washington; and it is thought is appointed to the chief Command in that Department. "If so, (says a Correspondent) the heroic, magnanimous Spirit, with which that Gentleman is endowed, (though a native of Connecticut, as our Southern Brethren please to stigmatize us) will dictate to him better than delivering up Forts even before they are besieged, as a Southern General is supposed to have lately done, that has caused more Speculation by far than any Surrender since the Commencement of the unnatural War in America, and may be termed the giving up the Key, by which unparalled Devastation will, it is feared, rise, like an Inundation, on our Frontiers."

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. In the House of Representatives, June 21, 1777.
RESOLVED, That each Town and unincorporated Plantation in this Colony, not having such a Quantity of Powder in their public Store, as will furnish the Men borne on the Training-Band and Alarm List, with Half a Pound to each Man, be allowed to purchase at either of the Powder-Mills in this Colony, so much Powder as will make up the Quantity aforesaid, which shall be sold to the Select Men of said Towns, or Committees of unincorporated Plantations, as fast as it can be issued, at the Rate of Five Shillings per Pound; said Select Men and Committees respectively certifying to the Keeper of such Powder-Mill, the Number of Men borne on the Lists aforesaid, together with the whole Powder they have in Stock, Presences being given to the Cost Towns and incorporated Plantations adjoining the Sea, when more apply than can be supplied.
True Copy from the Records of the General Court.
Atrue, JOHN AVERY, Dep. Sec.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. In the House of Representatives, October 28, 1776.
WHEREAS by a resolve of this court of the 24th June last, the keeper of either of the powder mills in this State was empowered and directed to sell to the selectmen of each town in this State at the rate of Five Shillings per pound, as much Gunpowder as shall be wanted in their respective town stocks, to furnish each man on the alarm and train band lists with half a pound weight.
And whereas it is much safer and more convenient for divers towns to send to the Commissary General's store in Watertown for such supplies of powder, than to either of the powder mills.
It is therefore resolved, That the Commissary General of this State be, and hereby is empowered and directed upon such certificate as is prescribed in the resolve abovementioned, to sell and deliver at Watertown to the selectmen of every town, or the committee of any incorporated plantation in this State who shall apply to him therefor, such quantity of Gunpowder at the price of Five Shillings per pound as the keeper of either of the said powder mills was by the Resolve aforesaid to sell.
A true Extract from the Records of the General Court.
Atrue.
JOHN AVERY, Dep. Secy.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. In the House of Representatives, June 19.
RESOLVED, That the overseers of the Powder Mills in this State, be and hereby are directed to deliver to the Selectmen of any Town in this State who may apply therefor, or to their Order, any Quantity of Powder they may request of them; they paying therefor at the Rate of Five Shillings a Pound, provided the same do not exceed half a Pound to each Man in their respective Towns, including the Alarm List, in Addition to half a Pound a Man heretofore allowed to be drawn by them: And the Selectmen are directed to dispose of the same (not exceeding half a Pound per Man) to the Inhabitants of their respective Towns who are not already provided therewith agreeable to the Militia Act of this State, the Overseers of the said powder mills to be accountable to this Court for the Money they receive therefor.
True Copy from the Records of the General Court.
Atrue.
JOHN AVERY, Dep. Sec.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. Council Chamber, July 15, 1777.
ORDERED, That the Select Men and Committees of the several Towns and Plantations within this State, that have not received their several Proportions of Powder, agreeable to the above Resolve of Court, be, and hereby are requested, as they regard the Interest of their Country, to apply for the same, that the Militia may be supplied with Ammunition, according to Law, for the Defence of this and the United States.
A true Copy.
Atrue.
JOHN AVERY, Dep. Sec.
Extract of a Letter from Saratoga Aug. 2.
"We arrived at this Place Yesterday, where we found the chief Part of our Northern Army much distressed by the Retreat. The Indians are all around us, they are very bold, they often kill and scalp Centries and others, in Sight of the Army; they have killed and scalped about 60 Men, Women and Children, making no Distinction between Whigs and Tories. We shall begin our RETREAT to Still Water Tomorrow, as the Enemy are on their March towards us. Still Water is about 25 Miles from Albany."
Extract of a Letter from an Officer of Distinction, dated Manchester Aug. 5.
"I arrived here the 2d Instant. The Militia from the Eastern States are all marching at this Post. I expect in a few Days to advance nearer to Skeneateles and Ticonderoga, which is in some Sort falling into the Rear of Burgoyne's Army. This Movement will oblige him to leave such Detachments to secure the several Posts of which he hath possessed himself and which at all Hazards he must attempt to maintain as will greatly weaken his main Body."
NEW-YORK, July 31.
Last Night arrived here his Majesty's Ship SYREN; on board of which is that noted PIRATE MANLEY, Commodore of the Rebel Squadron. He was taken by a British Man of War, and his Ship sent into Halifax, being so shattered as to render it impossible for her to reach this Port.
A large French Snow, with a valuable Cargo of Wines, and bound to Virginia, taken by the Emerald, arrived also last Night.
Died, last Tuesday in this City, the amiable Governor of his Excellency William Franklin, Esq; Governor of New Jersey.
Died, at Jamaica, Sir Bathurst Knibb, Governor of that Island.
NEWPORT, August 21.
Yesterday sailed on their Cruize his Majesty's Ships Dawson, Flora and Lark.
In the Boston Paper of the 14th Instant, is an Advertisement signed by William Cooper Town Clerk, calling upon all Persons that have Waggons and Carts, to notify him thereof, that the Goods may be removed out of the Town, as they expect daily to be attacked.
The greatest Censurion prevails in every Part of the Country, every one fearing that the Army will soon be amongst them.
The People here a long While been armed with Accounts of large Quantities of Arms, Ammunition, Cloathing, &c. &c. said to be received from France; but what has taken Place at Ticonderoga, has raised a Spirit of Enquiry which may be fatal to Propagators of such infamous Falsehoods.
Col. Marshall Boston, who went with a Regiment to Ticonderoga, has returned Home alone, all his Men having left him.
Died, Captain RANNEY, of the 54th Regiment.
323 IMPORTED, by
STEPHEN DEBLOIS,
A large & compleat Assortment
OF IRONMONGERY Brazier's & Cutlery Wares, Earthen and India Goods, Starch, Soap, Candles, Raisins, Spices, Pepper, &c. &c. &c.
Which will be SOLD, at as LOW a Rate as any in the Town of Newport. Aug. 21, 1777.
For NEW-YORK, to sail the first Convoy,
THE Sloop LADY HOWE, JAMES NIXON Master, lying at Honeymann's Wharf, a prime Sailer, and finds Accommodation for Passengers. For Freight or Passage, apply to said Master on board. Aug. 21, 1777.
To be SOLD, at the Camp on WINDMILL-HILL,
On WEDNESDAY next, the 27th Instant, THE EFFECTS of Captain RANNEY, deceased, of the 54th Regiment; consisting of Wearing Apparel, Camp-Furniture, &c. The SALE to begin at X. o'Clock, A. M. and continue till all are sold.
Aug. 21, 1777.
A LANCET CASE,
Containing Four Lancets, With a broad Piece of Tape about it, and a bar'd BACELONA HANDKERCHIEF, was LOST, on Monday, between NEWPORT and FOGLAND-FERRY. It is requested, if any One should find either of the above Articles, they would be so obliging as to send them to M c Howe, the Printer. July 14, 1777.
Just Imported from New-York, AND TO BE
SOLD by JOHN HOWE, AT THE
Printing Office in Thames-Street.
The following ARTICLES of
STATIONARY:
POST, Wafers, Post-Caps, Red and black Wax, Post, Cake Ink, Letter, Red and black Ink- Cartridge, Powder, Bonnet, and Pewter Ink-Chests, Marble Paper, Ditto Ink-Stands, Quills, Ink-Holder, Account Books, Pencils, Orderly Books, Genteel Scales and Pocket-Backs, Dividers, Memorandum-Books, Slates and Pencils, Pouches and Pounce Pen-Knives, and Boxes, Liquid Blacking. Sards.
Also JACK KNIVES.
WANTED, A GOOD CHAISE-HORSE, warranted. Enquire of the Printer.
August 21, 1777.

Just Imported from LONDON, AND TO BE SOLD, By JOHN M c KINNON,
At the HOUSE where Mr. EDWARD THURSTON lately lived, in the MAIN-STREET, near the FERRY-MARKET, Wholesale and Retail,
SILVER and metal wetches, Repeating ditto, Stone shoeknee, stock and shirt buckles, Garnet, hoop, pearl plain gold fancy rings ear-rings and hair pins, Gold, silver, and foil tissue shirtbuckles, Ditto Seals, lockets and wire ear-rings, Ladies horn combs and wax beads, Pearl drop ear-rings and pins, Tortoise-shell inlaid tooth pick cases & smelling bottles, Cornelian, Intaglio, chrysal and cypher seals, of all sorts, Gold trinkets, Box beam scales, lac-silvered seals gold, quer, and velvet instrument books, Morocco pocket-books, of all sorts, Silver and brass thimbles, Gilt, silver, cornelian, stone and enameled buttons and studs, Powder charges, Marking instruments Children's metal alphabet, Penknives, razors, spears, Garnet beads, Watch springs, Chains, keys, swivels and Plated buckles of all sorts, Ditto bridle and snaffle bits, Blue and black buckles, Block tin, ditto, &c. &c. Gilt watch chains of all sorts. Gilt and plated sleeve buttons, Swords and belts, Irish Mess Beef, and Mose Pork,
Just Imported and to be SOLD, at Mrs. BELL's STORE, in THAMES-STREET,
ENGLISH GOODS, by Wholesale and Retail; viz.
SUPERFINE Stripp'd Camblets, Coarse Cloths, Callimancoes, Durants, Women and Children's Shoes, Irish Linens, Sheetings, Combs, Plated and gilt Buttons, Death's-Head and Champagne ditto, Dowles, Dutch Tape, Cotton Checks, London and Shoe Quality, Ferrotts, Worsted and Silk Knee-Garters, Writing-Paper, Ribbands, Barcelona Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Romals and check Silk Handkerchiefs, Beaver and Lamb Gloves, Men's Silk Thread, Cotton & Worsted Hose, Black, buff, and white Breaches, Pieces, Silk and Hair Twiss, Sewing Silk, Brown Buckram, Fustians, Colour'd and Nun's Thread, German Serges, Wiltons, London Shalloons, Linen Handkerchiefs, Callicoes, Chintzes, Nankeens, Table-Cloths, Cambricks, Piailla Royals, White and spotted Jennetts, Brown Holland, White and black Catgut, White and black figured Gauze, Black Persian, Guano Handkerchiefs, Fancy Waistcoat Patterns, Book and Cassack Muslins, Fans, Hose, Women's black Worsted Mitts, White Cord, Morea Gowns, Lawns, Black Mode, Bengal, Black Pelong Satins
TO BE SOLD, By NATHAN HART,
ALICANT, Red Port, Madeira, Lisbon, Claret, and Fyall Wines; London Porter, Best Hyson Tea, B-hea ditto, Loaf Sugar, Brown ditto, Jar Raisins, Turkey Figs, Jordan Almonds, Currants, English Walnuts, Coffee, Chocolate, Hair-Powder, Poland Starch, Fig Blue, Rappee Snuff, Scotch ditto, Spermacei Candles, Mould Tallow ditto, Durham Mustard, English Tobacco, Florence Oil, Capers, Olives, Anchovies, Mangoes, Pickled Walnuts, Nutmegs, Mace, Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, Rice, Flour, Scotch Barley, Lemons, Lavender, Hungary, Bergamot, and all other Kinds of Perfumes, &c. &c. &c. Pickled Tongues, English Soap, Checks, Linens, Osnaburgs, Sheetings, Raven's Duck, Hemp Stockings, Thread ditto, Shalloons, Tamies, Ribbands, Qualities, Shoe Binding, Buckram, Threads, Buckles, Buttons, Twiss, Writing-Paper, Quills, Wafers, Sealing-Wax, Silk Handkerchiefs, Linen ditto, Cambricks, Lawns, Gauze Aprons, Lawn ditto, Gauze Handkerchiefs, Lawn ditto, Black Plumes, Tape's Pins, Brown Drab, White ditto, Chipp'd Hats, Ink-Powder, Black Lace, Black Edging, White ditto, Crockery, Glass-Ware,
TO BE SOLD, By ISAAC HART,
At his SHOP on the North Side of the GRAND PARADE, and at his DWELLING HOUSE on the POINT, (As CHEAP as at any Shop in Newports) The following GOODS, just Imported, viz YARD-WIDE and 7-8ths do. Cotton Checks, Yard-wide Irish Linens, Fans, 7-8 Thread Laces, Cambricks, An Assortment of Linen Handkerchiefs, Black Barcelona do. Coloured ditto, An Assortment of Lustrings ditto, Ditto Negligee ditto, Barcelona ditto, An Assortment of Scotch Thread, Best White Silk Stockings, White Silk Mitts, Black ditto, Women's Shoes, Hyson Tea, Souchong ditto, With an Assortment of Glass and Earthen Ware, and many other Articles.
LOST, A STONE RING, set in Gold. Whoever has found it, and will bring it to the Printer, shall be handsomely rewarded.
TO BE SOLD, By AGNES NICHOLSON,
In the MAIN-STREET, near the Ferry Market; viz. FINE Turkey Figs, New Raisins, Currants, Pepper, Allspice, Coffee, Poland Starch, Loaf and brown Sugar, Molasses, West-India Rum and Wines, Rice, Inda Mangoes, Pickled Walnuts, Capers, Mustard, Florence Oil, Pipes, Tobacco, Paper, Sermons, preach'd by the Rev. Mr. Inglis and Rev. M. Moore on the Death of the Rev. Dr. Auchm. O'Beirne's Sermon in New-York, Sunday after Gen. Howe took possession of it, and few Days after the great Fire, Quarterly Books, D'Worth's Grammar Children's Books, Pocket-Almanacks, Bengal, Barcelona Handkerchiefs, Variety of Linens Sea-Jackets and Trowlers, Pins, Needles, Hard Brushes for House, Ribbands, &c. &c.
LIKEWISE GAIN's Universal Register with a Plan of the City and Harbour of New-York, an Almanack for the Year 1777, Table of the Weights and Values of sundry Coins, and every other Article necessary in a Book of the Kind
Extraordinary WAGES and ENCOURAGEMENT will be given to an honest, sober SERVANT (white or black) to attend a single Gentleman: If he has lived with an Officer before, so much the better. Apply to the Prisoner hereof, who will give a handsome Price for a few HUMMING BIRDS and their NESTS, if preserved.
Just Imported in the Ship Fanny, James Wignell Master, AND TO BE SOLD, By GEORGE LEYBURN,
on reasonable Terms for Cash, per Package or Piece, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS, &c. &c. &c.
At the Sign of the BUCK, in THAMES-STREET, formerly occupied by Mr. Thomas Green.
RAN from the Ship SISTERS, WILLIAM TRATTLES, Master, EMILY TAYLOR, about 21 Years of Age, low Stature, dark Complexion, brown Hair, often calls himself by the Name of George, and has been seen lately at several Farm Houses a few Miles from Town. Whoever will apprehend the said Runaway, and deliver him with the Proof, shall have ONE GUINEA Reward. WILLIAM TRATTLES
ISRAEL HORSEFIELD, INFORMS the Publick, and his Customers in particular, that he has begun to carry on his Business of TIN PLATE WORKING, in the Ferry Wharf Lane. —Those who will favor him with their Custom may depend on being readily served.
WANTED. A FIFER for the ALARM Galley. Good Wages will be given.