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party walls. That houses on wharves, there
fore, are more fubjeft to fire than thole
built on the bank. That the fmali lots and
narrow (ire -ts on the wharves spread this
calamity, ^hat every street laid out upon
the water, puts another street farther from
it. That every new grant of a water lot
is therefore an injury done to the proper
ty of thole who live in the interior part of
the town. Thar had the water lots been
granted upon express condition to erect no
buildings on them, the whole town would
have been surrounded on three sides by a
key, extending so far into the water as to
aniW’r the purposes of commerce. That
the proprietors of these wharves, instead of
erecting new ones as they filled up, would
have found it cheaper to cleanse them, That
she labor expended in cleaning the wharves
would have been advantageous to the State,
«v fv bushel of wharf mud producing two
bufn.’ls of grain. — That theapproi
aches to the city would have been, by
means of this quay,rendered more beautiful,
and the inhabitants been blefled with an
healthful and agreeable walk. That the
spree between the houses and the river
would have afforded plat-forms for the erec
tion of batteries, which would have com
manded every parr of the harbor, and ren
dered the cityfecureagainft any attack from
/hipping. That these wharves, being
much lef? extensive than those which are
now ere&ed, the harbor would, in
a great measure, have retained its na
tural size, which would have prevented
that enertafe in the rapidity of the tide
which thefeencroachmentshave occasioned.
Thefepofnions being elhbliflwd, it follows,
that the Corporation have, as I before af
fer red, injured the beauty of the city, dl
minifted its harbors, lefened its security
a^ainf an enemy, expojed it to greater ha
zard from fire, deprived it of water, and
facilitated the progrejs of infection and dif
eafe^, without procuring any equivalen t for
these accumulated evils, unless the trifling
rent they receive from the water lots may
be confide.red as such.
It now remains to enquire what price
they have encouraged the community to pay
for these calamities f This city occupies
about three hundred and fifty acres of
ground ; one hundred of which consist of
lots taken from the water. The wharves
ereded for this purpose, with the repairs
expended upon them,would be cheaply esti
mated at 600,000! one third of which sum
Would have been fufficient for all the pur
poses of commerce, and so that one
million of dollars (as I before alferted) has,
fram the imprudence of rhe Corporation^
in granting water lots without annexing
any restriction thereto, been absolutely
thrown away, or what is much worse, ex
pended to the moll ruinous purposes—a
sum that will appear infinitely larger, if
we confidcr that the greatest part of it has
been drawn from a commercial flock, and
ado to our calculations the profits that would
have resulted from it to the community, had
it been fuff^ed to run in its usual channel.
Far be it from me, Sir, to Genfure your con
dud, or that of the gentlemen of the Cor
poratton, miny of whom I refped. You
found this evil, you did not create it. But,
Sift though you cannot reflore to this city
health, strength, or beauty, ^you
CM prevent their further decrease ; though
ysMUiWKH tdd&m the wealth that has al
f'Mly bion engulohed in the waters, you
caa fvvnt their (wallowing up further
Yot» can Mark a line on the Eaft
fim, bsyond which no houses (hall be
twk 3/ means slon y you will in time
hwe i quay cm ths Eheft river, which will
to its Arem-th and beauty. The
Motxh Rdlfor the rood part in its na
is isc^entiaF to the health,ftrength
fe yof this city that it fhouid remain
D# PhsW fteTly winds in fume measure cor-
P' dicy of our magistrates.
r fey breafhe ffe pyre air of the country ;
f^6Wto us unconramiHated with the
. of fil thy fireets ; they visit us with
fealth ott their wings- -but from the mo
that you carelessly dispose of the lots
OS Cfe NoYth river—-from the moment that
.yos fe-Sdctf ground so valuable there as to
the ^fects, diminish the lots, and
OrOW'd Ftoufes upon houfes-—from that mo-
Wftf yw potfoo the air and tufn these
gales into infectious vapors. It
is Worthy ofte-fled ion too, that the tr?c~
buil.iiogs on the North river wharves
WiFi ^ferlsPy effect the strength of the ci
fy< ffe EilWrt part of the town is in
O?pjtfitre focured by rhe vicinity of
o-d,- a :d the possibility of throwing
tip Works? On its banks that would com-
Otand the fiver—-the North river has no
fOen reiouroe. The Wefte/n branch be-
JOngsto fi trsighboufing State; the river is
Wide; ggd the battery easily palled. At
rs tftay fe tofidered capable of de
iAhOP, 3 fefg s /oofiderable space ber
tWcefi' tfe itosfes that front the Broad-way
Wifefim. this space will be ftil.l
rnore _bv ffe Wharves which the
p/Op'tfefOfg of ifefe houses will build for
ffeif This will afford
iOoti? sos ^fe st diOrr Of batteries in times
0* --tfe feigfe of the hopfgs pn the
A meeting of the New-York Socie
ty for promoting Ufeful Knowledge, will
be held at the Coffee-Houfe THIS EVE
NING, at 7 o’clock, when rhe Members are
particularly requested to attend.
By order of the Society,
BENJAMIN KISSAM, Assist. Sec’ry.
Jan. y, 1788.
bank, and the breadth of the flrects, will
render them little liable to danger from the
fire of an enemy, and will themselves serve
as a defence by overlooking the decks of
vefTels that may approach the batteries be
neath them—--All these advantages will be
loft by extending the houses into the river.
A Angle (hip will then fuffice to lay the
town under contribution; or, beginning
with theWeftfideof the town,tofpread de
solation over the whole. Whereas a mode
rate expence may now put it into a situa
tion to reflft a cpnfiderable armament. A.dd
to these confideratious the waste of labor
or money (which mean the fame thing) ask
whether the circumstances of the country
will juftify you in permitting individuals to
draw 20,000!. a year from tlie trading flock
of the country to fink it in the river.
Put a flop, then, to your improvements,
(as they are absurdly called) upon the
North River. Where (unfortunately) hou
ses are already built on wharves, improve
them as much as poflib’e, but di (courage
the erection of others. Lay out no new
streets, and let Greenwich-street terminate
at Trinity Church. The lots to the South
of this are in the hands of opulent Citizens.
Let them extend their gardens across that
flreet, or let them lay out the whole in one
garden ; by this facrifice to the health of
the city, they will ensure their own, and,
instead of the noxious odors of wharves and
dram (hops, they will, in the midst of a
town, enjoy the pure air of the country.
Few among them are so raftelefs, as to per
mit the fight of wretched houses, fmokey
chimnies, and dirty streets, to fliut out a
view of one of the fined rivers in the world,
and the beautiful fliores that limit its west
ern extent. Be cautious how you exercise
the jpowers with which the Legiflarure
have (perhaps top hafiilyj invested you, or
compel any citizen to throw his money in
to the river. The errors of past adminifira
tions were fins of omijfion, arising from
ignorance. Your disc eminent, and that of
many of your board, deprive you of this
excuse, and bid us toexpeft that you will
seriously apply to remedy the abuses their
errors have oecafioned.
A CITIZEN.
FOR SALE,
165 Barre’s Philadelphia
Superfine FLOUR,
ByJAMES RENWICK,
No. 92, William-street.
Jan. 9. Bt.
PURSUANT to an order made by Jeremiah IVeel,
Efi/aire, ^4lderraan, and one of the Judges o f the
Mayor's Court, in and for the city and county of Neve-
Corf, upon the petition of James Mead, an In solvent
Debtor, and three fourth^ in ttlue of all his ireditors,
Notice is hereby given by the petitioners, to all the Cre
ditors of thefaid James Mead, that they be and appear
before the said Judge, at his office in Brond-ftreet,
in the said city, by the 2lff day of Jai/uary, instant, to
shew cause, if any they have, why an alignment of the es
tate of the said James Mead shpubd. not be made for the
benefit of all his creditors, and the said James Mead
thereupon difeharged, pursuant to the direJiions of an ait
of the Legislature of the State of New-Toth, entitled,
“ Mn act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors," pa fed
the T^th day of Mpril, iy^6. Dated the yth day of
January, 1788. JAMES MEAD.
Petitioning Creditors. Charles Zeigler, jdloheus
Will and, jnn. by Charles Zeigler, his attorney ; Timo
thy Colluis, Edward Moran. tn. &f,
INm. Backhoufe, & Co,
No. 15, Duke-street— have for Sale,
RED PORT WINE,
(JHIPPED bv the Royal Port Company, the quality
O of whole Wines experience has shewn to be su
perior tq any imported into America. ALSO,
OLD MADEIRA,
SHERRY,
’’ENERIFFE,
FAYAL, and
LISBON
And Liverpool
by the Crate.
To be Sold at Private Sale,
THE Farm, Grist and Saw-Mills, whereon die
Subscriber now lives, known by the name of
Squires-Point, about 37 miles from New Brunswick,
40 miles from Trenton, 14 from Eaftown, in a fine
wheat country. The Farm contains 164 acres of
good land, on which here is a very genteel house,
with four t ooms on a floor, a large barn withfeveral
(mail dwelling-houses ; the Grift-Miil hastw® itm of
stones, in excellent order, and the SawyMill almost
new, on a never-failing itream of water; allo a
Negro Man, a comp.le.it'miller; likewise three
Farms containing zoo acres each, about two miles
from the Mills For further particulars, enquire of
Mr. John Ramsay, Mr Alexander Stewart, Mr. Hay
Ste.venfow,in New-York, 01 tothe wnet on the pre
miles. JOHN RAPALJE.
Squire's-Point, Sept. 14111,1787. ts
W A N T E D,
Smith’s History of New-York.
ANY person willing to fell a copy, will
. please to enquire of the Printer.
Jan. 9. jt. eod.
WINES, in p"pes, hog
sheads and quarter casks.
CROCKERY WARE,
Jan. 7. ts.
HUGH GAINE,
At his Book-Store and Printing-Office, at the Bible
in Hanoyer-Squarc, has for bale,
ALL torts of Writing Paper, Dutch and English,
in any quantity, Ledgers, Day-Books and Jour
nals, of every size, and belt paper, Parchment of
the belt fort, by the roll or single skin, Dealing-
Wax, Wafers, and rhe belt Quills and Pens, with
Pounce, Shining-Sand, and almost every thing in
the Stationary line. Likewfe
Bibles of almost every size, Testaments, Spel
ling Books ard Primers, young Man's Companion,
School-Matter’s Affittant, young Clerk’s Vade Me
ciim, Wai ts’s Psalms, &c. wii ha very great varie
ty of Books for country ftnres; Guthrie’s and Sal
mon’s Grammars, Sheridan’s, Jjhnfton’s, Bailey’s
and Penning’s piAionarics, Fisher’s and Cocker’s
Arithmetic; a great variety of Novels, and school
Books in Gieek and Latin, with and without the
translations, bacon’s Abridgment, in 5 vols. with
a num her of Repo; ts and Entries by several eminent
hands, Playing Cards by rhe ozen or single Pack,
Turlington’s Bai^ : of Life, Aaderfon’s and H Op
cr’s Pills, British Oil, Ryan’s Sugar Plumbs, and
a few pounds of excellent Gun-Powder.
Nov- m w &f
ATOTICE is hereby given by SOLO-
MON GOODALE of thecity of New-
York, an Insolvent Debtor, and by all the
petitioning Creditors of the said Solomon
Goodale, to all the Creditors of the said
Solomon Goodale, j:o (hew cause, jf any
they have, before John Wyley, Itfquire, one
of the Aidermen of the city and county of
New-York, and one of the Judges of tfe
Court of Common Pleas cf the city and
county of New-York, commonly called the
Mayor’s Court, by Friday the eleventh day
of January instant, why an assignment of
the estate ot the said Solomon Goodale
(hould not be made, and the said Solomon
Goodale difcharge.d pursuant to the directi
ons of a certain act of the people of the State
of New-York, represented in senate and
affcmbly, entitled “ an for the relief of
insolvent debtors,” pafled the 13th April,
1786. Jan. 7.
On TUESDAY, the 15th instant,
XII o’clock, on the Premises, will be fold,
All that LOT of GROUND, fituaie, ly
ing and being in Broadway, in the Weft
ward of theciryof New-York, beingpart
of the lands commonly called and known
by the name of the Church Farm, and dif
tinguiflred in a map or chart thereof, by
No. 146, and bounded Eafterlyin front by
the Br6ad-way, Southerly by Barelay-ftreet,
Westerly in the rear by part of the lot No.
176, and Northerlv by lot 147; containing
in length on the South fide 11$ feet nine in
ches, on the North fide 117 feet three in
ches, and in breadth in front and re^r 2$
feet.
ALSO,
All that certain lot of ground, situate, ly
ing and being in Barclay flreet, in the Weft
ward of the city of New-York, being part
of lands commonly called and known by
rhe name of the Church Farm, and diftin
guilh^d in a map or chart thereof, by No.
176. bounded Southerly in front by Barclay
flreer, Easterly by the rears of lots No. 146,
No. 147, and No. 148, Northerly in the rear
by lot No. 15 j, and Westerly by lot No,
175 ; containing in length on each fide 75
feet, and in breadth in front and rear 25
feet ; the conditions will be made known
at the time of sale. ROBERT HUNTER.
FOR SAL E,
A Quantity of Inch Boards^
Ditto Scantling,
Ditto Short Shingles,
Pitch-pine (heathing Boards.
Apply at the Lumber Yard on the wharf
above the New-flip, or at No. 49, Cherry
ftreet. JAMES SMITH.
Jan. 1, 1788. 2 m eod
Coffee for Sale.
A few casks of excellent Coffee, just
arrived from Jamaica, and to be fold
cheap for ca(h, or at a (hort c edit, by RI
CHARD YATES, No. 18, Princess street.
Jan. 7. 6 t.
H A Y M A N LEVY,
Has for sale at his Store, No. 7, Duke-street,
A Choice parcel of Northern FURRS, viz.
REEN and OLD COAT BEAVER,
V 7 GREEN & OLD COAT RACCOON,
BEAVER TRIMMINGS,
And MUSK-KATS. Jan. 5. im.
SALES at AUCTI ON,
By Frederick Jay^
THIS. MORNING,
XI o’clock, opposite the Coffee-Houfe,
2 Pipes Wine,
1 Hhd. Sugar,
40 Doz. London Porter,
6 Barrels best Scotch Herring,
6 Kitts of Salmon, of firit quality,
1 Pipe Geneva,
6 Boxes Soap,
2 Casks Indigo,
1 Chest Souchong Tea.
A T PRIVATE SAL E,
A NEGRO WENCH, aged 17 years, a
good cook, can do all kinds of house work,
and is sober and (tridly honest.
SALES ar AUCTION,
CONTENTS-
INTRODUCTION.
Gen. Lincoln’ , letter on the ingrafting of trees,'
Anecdote of the Duke of Gordon,
Advice tomafous, and to hulb mds that h ive fcoid
ing wive-, and wives that h ive peevish hulbands
Principles of government and commeicc,
On bills of rights,
Letier to Dp. Stiles, accounting for the Fortification?
weft ofche Allegany,
Abridgement of Smith’s history of Virginia,
On education,
Letter from Jemima Loveleap,
Floretta, or ttre fountains,
Life of Sir Wm. Jo cs, Kt.
Titus Blunt,on fashion.
Anecdote of a sailor,
Leferfrom Philander, on marriage,
Dr. Dwight’s yaledi&oiy address, &c.
Mr. Pope’s Jetter tn the Bishop of Rochcfter,
Letter from Guy Grumbletoqp,
Cuiofiics,
London review of Dr. Adams’s defence.
POETRY.
Verses on the New Year,
Lydia,
The Vi gin’s Frft love,
The feaions moralized,
On a lady’s rikin g a fly with ^er fan,
The rare adventures of Tom Brainless ; sheying
what his father laid of him ; how he went to
college, and xyhat hp leared theie; how hr took
his degrees and went'to keeping school; bovafi
terwards he became a gieaeman and wo.e a wig,
a”d how any bodvel e may do the fame,
Invocation to ; he Nightingale.
FO' eign intelligence,
American intelligence,
Marriages a- d d-aths.
Subfci iptions aps. a year, Jos for fix months ad
vanced.
Sub'crptions are taken bv Mr LOUDON, Mefe
BERRY and . ROGER ;, M R dODGi, Mr. Si
CAMPBELL, and Mr. T. AL! EN, EvoKiclletS.
Xoik, January x, i;8?.
A collection of ESSAYS, written in favor of th^
NEVE CONSTITUTION,
Fy a CITIZEN of NEW YORK:
Corre&ed by the author, with additions and ala
terations.
CO NDITIONS.
This work wifl be printed on a fine paper an 4
good type, in one handsome volume duodecimo.
The number of pages the volume will con ain,
cannot rightly be afeertained, as the author has not
yet done publi hing, but rhe printers engage todeA
liver then- tbfnbfcribersat the very reafonabie fare;
of Five Shillings for 200 page?, Six Shil ings ;f ayq,
and all above gratis.—The numbers already publisti-’
ed will make more than 200 pages, and the author
does notfeemto be nigh a clqfe.
To render this work more complete, will be added s
without any additional expence,
Philo-Pubiius, and the Articles of the Coh?
vention,
Asagreed upon at Philadelphia, Sept. 17, TySv.
A few copies will be printed on lupei£n§
royal writing paper, p ice Ten Shillings.
tit No money required till delivery.
Subfci iptiensaretaken in by J M 4 LEAN, and Coe
No. 41, Hanover- quare, by the Pi inter I erepf, by
the several Bp.tkfelkrs of the city, and by all 0^
thers entrusted with proposals.
New-York, January r, 1788.
To the People of America.
AMONGST the numerous puilications that hav4
ifilled from the piefs, on the fob est of Federal'
Government, none have attracted the public at ca
tion more than that entitled the FEDER Al IST, undcs;
the fig nature of PUBLIUS: The julthefs of he rea
foning,the force ofthe arguments and the beauty’
of rhe language which diftingtiish'this performance;,
have juftiy recommended it to general applause. *
To attain a competent knowledge of the advan
tages to be derived from adopting the piopofed FE
DERAL CONSTITUTION, i> no doubt the sincere
wish of eve y true friend to his country: This pery
formance being entirely free from pVtv fpirit’and
personal invedivc, is therefore well calculated co
accomplishfo deniable an end.
The avidity with which this writers pieces haV-^
been fought after by politicians and perfohs of eyer^
defcrippon, and the panicula? attention the differ
ent printers throughout the United States have shewfi
them by regnlai insertions in chei papers, a-e con 4
elusive proofs of the luperior excellence of ihis c -
legaist political produdidn. The manner in which
the authot treats and difevffes the controverted parts
of the Constitution, dilplays much mfot mafion^
patridtifm and candor; and can ha dl fail of nieebd
mg with a favorable reception from the oppolers a|
well as die advocates ofcht new fyltcrh oi’Gavern^
merit. ■ J
Undei thisperfualjon, the publishers flatter them®
selves wiJidie countenance and support of the citi
zens of America, to a publication evidently written
to promote their weitare, happinds and prolperit/l
In the Press, and speedily will be publifhed^
The Federalist;
SALES AT AUCTION
THI S DAY, ’
At the AuAion-Room, No. 208 Water-ftreeg^
A large and general affbrtmcmtof
D R Y GOOD S,
To TThTTTrpWArF’s ALE,
Genuine Madeira Wine, in pipes, hhdsj
and quarter casks, of superior quality, and
fit for immediate ufe—Hyfon and Souchong
Tea* A. L. BLEECKER.
To be SOLD Cheap
(For want of emplov,)
A LIKELY healthy NEGRO MAN', this country
born, 2i vearsofage; he is sober and, goo^
nadired, understands country work—drives a car
riage well —is fond to wait on gc-ntie wen, and tak^'
are of-horfes. Enquire of the Pr-nter. Jan 8 . jay/
LAST night about 9 o’clock the fable her
up a STRAY HORSE, wirhfaddic and bj,die,
and having no liable to rpt him in, (aliened hi^
to his door, whe e h? bioke his halter in the pighe
and went off. ’I he owner of said Morse niay have
thefaddle and bridle, by proving his pfop- jty'an^
p’.yingcharges, b? applving to EDWA Al ■ OriANT^
No.jr, Dyes street, near Dyes wharf. Ja. 9 »
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