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“ According to the' tradition of his -companions,
Mahomet was diltinguithed by the beauty of his
person, an outward gift, .which is'leldom despised,
except by those to whom it has been refufed* Be
iore he fpblte, the orator engaged on his lide, the
affections ot a'public or private audience, They
applauded his commanding presence, his majestic
a ‘P eA i his piercing eye, his gfecious imile, his
flowing beard, his countenance that painted every
feniation of the foul, and his geltures, that en
forced each exprefiion of the tongue. In the fa-,
miliar offices of life, he fcrupnloufly adhered to
the grave ami ceremonious politeness of his coun
try : — His refpedful attention to the rich and pow
erful, was dignified by his , conde’cenfion and affa
bility.to tire pool est citizens of Mecca; the frank
nef ; of his m.-mner concealed the artifice of" his
views; and the habits of com tefy were imputed to
perfonaj friendlhip, or universal benevolence.
His memory was capacious and retentive, his wit
easy apd fecial, his imagination sublime, his judg
.n^ent clear, rapid, and dccifive. He peii'eiled.the
courage both of thought and action; and, altho’
his designs might gradually expand with his success,
the Cuil idea which be entertained of his divine mil
lion, bears the fthmp of an original and superior
genius^ i lie. lon of Abdaliah was educated in the
bbfom of the noblest race, in the ule of the purest
diale<.ft or Arabia} and the fluency of his speech
was corrected anftenhanced by the practice of dis
creet and iea'onable silence.”
The,following account of the Koran is concisely
yet elegantly drawn by Mr. Gibbon :—
“ The communication of ideas requires a fimi
iitm!e-of thought and language : the difeoutfe of
a philosopher would vibrate without effeft on the
ear of a yearant; yet how minute is the difl mice
of their understandings, if it be compared with the
contaft of an infinite and finite mind, with the word
of'God cxprcTed by the tongue or the pen of a
moi tai I Ihe infphation of the Hebrew prophets,
of the apostles and evangelists of Christ, might not'
be incompatible with the exercile of their reafOn
and memory , and the diverfttv of their genius is
flrongly marked in the style and composition of
the books of the Old and New Testament. But
Mahomet was content with a character, more
humble, yet more sublime, of a Ample editor : the
fubftai ce of the Koran, according to himfelf or
his di/ciples, is uncreated and eternal; lubfifting in
the offence of the Deity, and infenbed with a pen
of light on the table of his everlasting decrees.' A
paper copy in a volume of fdk and gems, was'
brought down to the lower Heaven by the angel
Gabriel, who, under the Jcwilh (economy, had m
deed been difp^tched' on the moft' important er
rands ; and this trusty meflenger fnccefiively re
vealed the chapters and ver/es to the Arabian pro
phet. Instead of 3 perpetual and pcrfeft mealpre
of tire divine will, the fragments, oftthe Kohan were
produced at the diferetion of Mahomet; each re
velation'is iuited to the emergencies of his policy
or paflion ; and all contradiction is' removed by
the saving maxim,-that day text of leripture is ab
-1 Op?ted 4»r modified by any fub'lequent pafiagc.'
The word of God, and of the apostle, was diligent
ly recorded by his disciple on palm, leaves and the
shoulder-bones of mutton ; and.the pages, with
out order or conne'ction, were cast into a dom^ftic
chest in the custody. of one of his wives. Two
years’after the death of Mahomet, the sacred vo
lume was collected and published by his friend and
fuccc-flor-Abubeker : the work v^as reviled by the
Caliph Othman, in the. thirtieth year of the Hegi.-
ra ; and the. various ediuons'of the Koran aflmt
the fame miraculous privilege of an uniform and
incorruptible text. In the spirit ofentbufiafm or
vanity, the prophet reds the truth of his million on
the merit of his book,audacioufly challenges both
men and angels to imitate’ the beauties of a lingle
page, and presumes to aflert that Ged alone could
dictate this incomparable performance. This ar
gument .is most powerfully addreiied to a devout
Arabian, whose mind is attuned to faith and rap- '
tufe, whole ear is delighted by the music of founds,
aim whole ignorance is incapable of coinparinv-the
productions of human genius. The harniony°aud
copiousness of style will not reach, in aversion, the
European tnudcl :. he will perule with impatience
the endiefs irmoherent rbaplody of fable, and'
precept, and declamation, which feldbm excites a
lentiment 01 an idea which fbmetimes crawls in
the dust, and is fbmetimes loft in the clouds. The
divine attributes exalt the fancy of the Arabian
milfi.onary ; but his ioftieft ftrainsmuft yield to rhe
sublime simplicity of the book of Job, composed in
a remote age, in the fame country, and in, the fame
language. If the compofitioh of the Koran exceed
the faculties of a min, to what iup.crir. infclligcuce
should we ascribe the Iliad of Ho mat, or the p’hik
lippics of Demosthenes?”
The credulity of the disciples ofMahomct reciv
ed the moft’b'k-trg.vagant impositions aS leered faifts*
tending to epntifni-the.truth of ids miiii'Qn. Thele
degrading examples of human-ignorance, Mr. Gib
bon" thus refiords:—- • "
“ The miflion of the: ahcJelit prophets,'oi Mofcs
atximf Jesus, had been confirmed by many • splen
did prodigies; and Mahomet.was repeatedly urg
ed, by the inhabitants of Mecca mid Medina, to
produce a Imular evidence of his d'lviiie legation ;
to calltiown from heaven the angel, or the volume
of his revelation, to create a garden in the desert;
er, to kindle a conflagration in the unbelieving ci
ty. As often as he is prefied by the dema-itds of
pe Koidlh, he involves himfelf in the obfeure
boast of vihori and prephecy, appeals to .the intet
ual proofs of his doftrine, and fnields himfelf be-'
hind.tne providence of Ged, who refufes those
migns and vvohd^rs, that would depreciate the me
ul of faith, and aggravate the guilt of - infidelity.
:»ut the modest or angry tone 1 of -his apologies
bet) ay bls weakness and vexation ; and theft- paf
.ages ci Ic.'mdal eflabUfh, beyopd fafpicion, thefn.
'■S' Birth atut Education as Maho.met, Tm-
poflur, Mr. Gibbo'n, intM lUfon of the D ecline
awl Fall f the Ro man Em pi re, thy* treats :—.
* 'VI -^OMET,°r more properl y Mahomed,the
!V1 only foil of Abdallah and Amina, was'.bmm
at Mecca, four year: .after the deat^
and two months after the defeat of the Abyffinians,
whose victory w ;i dfl haveintEmlaced into, the Caa
ba, the religiblf 6f the ChrifuatdA ’ln /las early in
fancy, he was ri prived of his father, his ’ mother,
and his granufelacr.; his voefes.-were- tirong and
numerous;. and in the divifiem of rheUnhei itanoe,
the orphan’s finite Was reduced to’ fivUYmnols
and an .-Ethiopian maid-fervlmE At home,and a
broad, in peace ami war, AbU Taleb,- tlie-'-moft re
fpe&able ok his-im-cfes, feak the 'guide and'gnardiaip
of ms youth ; in ims ?->r.h ye«r,he entered .into the
Service of Cadijah, a rich and noble widp-w-pf Mee- ■
ca, who soon rewarded hisfidelity with the' gift of
her hand and fortune. The marriage'contraa,in the
iimple style of antiquity, recites the felßuui. love
bf Mahomet and Cadijab'; de (bribes him as thenioft
accompliihed of the tribe-of Koreifli ; and ftipulatcs
u dowry ofl2 on wees,'pf gold, and ao camels,"
which was supplied by the liberality ofhis tmclc.^-
Ry this alliance, ' e fan of .Abdallah, was .-restored'
to the ftatibn bi his anceftbrsf and the judicious
matron was content with his domcftic virtues, till,
in the 40th year of his age, heaffnmed the title of
a prophet, and proclaimed the religion of the Ko-)
ran. - ' ■- ' ■
L ONDO N, Jief 16.
The fly, to which the late order of Council re
lates, <and which has occalloned so much apprelien
lion, destroys the.wheat in’the blade, and is called
the Hejfian If, as it is supposed to have been con
veyed into America by -the Hefliah troop’S in the
late war. It has already spread many miles across
the country of .America from Albany northwards,
and totally dellroyed ail the wheat wherever it
fettles. The activity of government in prevent
ing the introduction of so baneful an infeed' in this
country does them much credit, and it is to be ho
ped will have the desired effect. It will, however,
have an immediate efieft to raise the price of wheat
in Great Britain, as the ports of Liverpool,Briftol,
&c. depend much upon their fuppjy of that grain
from America ; it will be felt in Scotland, where
the prices of wheat mutt be very high, if the ports
■ continue ihut against the importation of it*
From the Madras Courier of Feb. 20., 1788.
A most Unfortunate accident happened last Sa
turday morning, at the powder-mills near the
. Black-Town : the powder which was in the corn
ing rooms^ while the manufactory was carried on,
taking fire, and the ekplofion being so violent as
to bury between twenty and thirty people in the
ruins. Three or fotlr were dug out alive, but
miserably scorched and bruifad. In an accident so
dreadful, it is yet a very happy confutation to re
fleCt on the fortunate and critical escape of Mr.
Petrie, who, as military itore-keeper, had the con
duct of. this important manufacture, ’and had
brought it to a pitch of perfection unknown in tills
country. He had left the mills only a few miiidtes
before the exploliom
, The loss to the company is inconsiderable as to
the expence ; but important as to the immediate
manufacture, as the apparatus had been just per
- fectly compleated on the English plan, under the
mfpefticn of an able and ingenious German, whom
Mr. Petrie had last year brought from Betigal.
It is supposed that the accident happened from
some particles of flinty fluid being brought from
the press, with the composition into the coining
rooms ; on the floor of which (laid with copper
plates, as a substance perfectly fafe in any cellifion
with powder) it is broke up with brass hammers,
to separate it for the corning-mil), which is work
ed on a brass vertical spindle, by about twenty
hands. In this process it is poflible that fame
flinty or gritty particles may have (truck together,
and communicated fire to the powder. Tins con
jecture, is. confirmed by the relation of one of the"
poor wretches,'dug out.of the ruins, who fays the
tail thing he remembers, was the Lafcars bringing
in the hard cake-powder and throwing it on the
flooi ---and on the instant all was in a blaze. It
is aemarkab]^ that Mi’» Betrie had given repeated
injunctions against the careleflhefs of throwing the
composition on the floor; and had ordered it to
be brought in boxes from the press, and to be tak
en from them, ami .laid down gently. Thp ex
piofion taking a perpendicular direction, from the
smaller refinance above, the damage was confined
to the two corning rooms. Even the ftamping
mjll, then working composition within the diftaned
of a few feet, escaped. Among the persons killed
was the head lervanf of Mr. Petrie, young Vera
Permaui, whole name mid character, both for tal
ents and integrity, delerve to be equally remem-'
bered and regretted ; as an eminent instance, that
the most valuable virtues are not confined to any
country or complexion of mem
BALTIMORE, Sept, 19.
By a respectable gentleman of this town, just
arrived in the brig Trident, from Port-au-Prince,
we have received the following very melancholy
information : That on the 16th of August, a few
ftegrtty bl the Koran. The votaries of MahonieG
are more allured than himfelf, of his miraculous
gilt:,, and their contidefice und credulity encreaie,
as the time and place 6f his spiritual exploits.
„1 hey believe or affirm,, that trees went forth to
meet him; that he vvas’falufed bv-ftone i; that wa
ter gullied from his fingers; that he fed the hungry,
cured the sick, and rafted.the dead; 'that'a beam
‘■ groaned td'hinf.; tlia't a camel cbmplfmed. so
that a Ihoulder of mutton informed him of its bong
poisoned ; and that both animate and inanimtue
nature, were, equally fubj^H to tile apostle of God,
*’ His dieam of a nocturnal journey is fe/ioufly
described as a real and corporeal traufirction. A .
myftenous-animal, the borak, coiweyed him.from-,
the temple .of Mecca.to that of Je.rufalem ; with
his companion Gabriel, h$ fr.iccejliv.ely afeended
thh fevpn: heavens,, .and received,--and;repaid the.
salutations or the patriarchs’, the prophets and the.
angels, in tfieir reflective manlions, . Beyond tijc
-■fevepth heaven,. Mahomet alone was permitted
to proceed; -he palled the veil of unity, approach
ed within two -bo.w-rhots of the throne, and. t. :
A cold, that pierced. him to the heart', When liis
. flioulder was touched by the- hand-of God. Aft or
this familiar, though in-rportant convert
Ugaih defeended to Jerusalem, remounted the bo-'
- rak, returned to Mecca, ktld perforiiied m the
: tenth part of amight the-,journey, of many-tbouland
years. - '•
$ T ^pternber 18.
\ e have happily (fays a correspondent) got rid
of the old confederation, which was emphatically
__ _ ” Sha J’ We be so infatuated as to
n - ° a i natlona l imbecility and con
wi y m C ' UIS I ? Ur federal rulers » who
by alteiaUons of the new system extraft the
mneeand Ipn-it of it, till nothing but the findoiu
of a confutation remains ?. Heaven prevent us
from Inch delusion. 1
S A L• E M, September j 6.
V e hear, that lately a new dwelling-house, al
moll complete, was consumed bvfire in Cape-Ann,
belonging to Mr. David Knights, then absent on..
the Banks. His known character, as peaceable
and industrious, moved the social feelings of nis
townsmen; and to the hpnor of Col. Win. Pipice,
(who geherpufly undertook the lubfeription,) ; hc’
wit h that avidity which he ; generally difeoifers
wnen a favorite objeft is in view,;aiidjiis fellow -
creatures to be benefited, notonly ufed’hif influ
cncp .but his purse, and in a fortnight had the
bunding nearly as complete as.it was before. When
Mr. Knights ' came hoinp, mid was informed of
What had been trafifaft®, ’the big tear of grati-.,
tude flopped utterance—his silence spoke more
than language can express. The poor man is now
nappy I—God reward the charitable 1
“ According to another legend, the' apostle con
founded in a.national aifembiy the malicious chal
lenge of tiie Kormdr. His tefiftlefs word fpilc h
lunder the orb .of the moon : the obedient planet
ftoopedfrom her fiaCion in .the sky, accompliihed
the seven revolutions round the Caaba, laluted
Mahomet in the Arabian tongue, and fuddtmly
contracting her dimenfioas,,entered at the collar,
and iliued forth through the sleeve of 'his fljirt.
Ihe vulgar are. amused with these marvello.is
tales 1. but the gravest of the. Mufulman doctorsj
imitate the modesty of their master, and indulge a
latitude of fai th or interpretation.”
Capt. Thomas Read, in the (hip Alliance, bound
to China, failed from Philadelphia in the month of
June, 1787, and arrived at Canton the 22d day of
December in the fame year, having navigated on a
rout as yet unpractifed by any other fliip. Tak
ing soundings off the Gape of Good Hope, lie fleer
ed to the loifth-eaft ward encircling all the eail
ern and southern iflanjjs of the Indian Ocean, pal
ling the south cape of New-Holland ; and on their
paflage to the northward again towards ,Can
ton, between the latitude of 7 and 4 decrees
-south, and betweep the .longitude of 156 and 262
degrees east, they difeovered a number of islands,
the inhabitants of which were black, with curlpd
or woolly hair : among these islands they had. no
soundings. And about the latitude of. S degrees
north, and in the longitude of ibo degrees °eaft,
they difeovered two other ifltmds, inhabited by a
brown people, with straight black hair; These
islands appealed to be very fertile, and much cul
tivated ; and by the behaviour of the .inhabitants
the snips company.were induced.to believe 'they'
were the tirft difeoveters-^—One of them was na
med Morris island, the other Alliance island. They
did not land on any -of them. These xlilco vcries
■ were made in the month of November.
'lhe officers of the European thips inChina were
astonished to find a veflel arriving at that season
of the year, and with eagerness and plcafhre exa-
Brined the tract of their voyage.
in coasting near New^Huiland, they; had the
winds generally from S. W. and blowing ftrofig,
with a great deal of rain. •
Theyfinfthed their voyage by arriving again
at Philadelphia on the 17th of September, l7sß,
having returned by the usual rout of the European
fllips, until they were in the Atlantic .Ocean.
Extiacis from the Journal of Cong-rcfsz
ThurSjSay, September 1788.
°N a report O fa Committee cohfifting of Mr.
Dane, Mr. Sedgwick, and Mr. Madifon^ to-whom
was referred a motion of the Delegates of’Penn
lyivpma.
; Whereas it appears that the Board .of Treasury
in conformity to the act of Congress of the 6th hme
last, have entered into a contrast .with the Dele
gates of the State of Pennfylvama in .behalf of the
laid State, for the trad of land bounded cast, a
grecabjy to the cefhonpf Weflern territory bv the
» ! Oi J ?^ lkchuie tts and New-York; south, bv
l enMylvania, north and weft, by Lake’--Erie
And whereas the find tract'is entirely ‘ separated
from he other lands of the Weftem territory, o
vei which the j unldiction of the United States ex
tends:, and whpreas under these ci.cutaftances'it
w! 1 be expedient for the Stake of Penufyfoataa to
hold and exercile junldidion over the trad afore
laid—therefore, < ■
iuEsd ay, September q
According to the. order'of the day, Congrefs'
Preceded to the election of three Cortimiflmn-.
ers, pursuant to the. ordinance of the 7th .Vav
1787, and,the ballots being .taken, the two follow!
mg were defied :
Mr. w. Irvine, having been previous nomina
ted by Mr. Amftrong,
Rejolyed That the United States do hereby re
hnqmfli and transfer all their right, title/ and
claim to the government and j u ifdiftion bf the
said tract o land, to the State of Pennlylvania for
n lt IS ? eV ^ y d ^ lal '^ ai >d made known,
that the laws and public acts of the faidftate, shall
extend over every part of the fame traft to all i n .
tents and purposes, as if the fame had been brim
nally within rhe cnarter bounds of the said ftam -
provided b.a. the inhabitants of thefaid tract shall
be maintained mail the r ;, bts and privileges whieh' 1
other citizens « tbp laid state of Pennfylvmima/e'
-- oynay hereafter be ■conflitutiotailiy entitled
It is somewhat. difficult to'give a perfect defcrip
tion qi the confternatiqu of the inhabitants, when
tl’ey Ikw by violence -of. the hurricane, the tops
of their houses carried away, and many of them
laid even with the ground —-those who had the good
fortune tohave their house? fayed from tlie dread
ful iCcne had. them filled with rain, which the ftorrn
blew in from ail quarters. A great part of the
coffee ticos have been blown out 01 the ground : the
sugar fields equally Differed ; and many articles
neccffary for the lubfiftence of the flaves'were loft.
In Heogane no veife Iwas able to keep in the har
bour, and it is not known what became of them.
Ibe sea-coast presents a most gloomy ptofpect,
being covered with drowned people. Tile inha
bitants of Port-au-Prince are apprehensive they
may hear tnat the hurricane has. been general in
the greatest part of St. Domingo.
It was thought this unhappy circumstance would
oe attended with some advantage to our Ameri
can traders, in obtaining permiflion'to provide the
.colony wjth flour during a certain time. Several
petitions were on that occasion, ureiented to the
Intendant; but met with ho success.
In tiie I rident’s paflage from Port-au-Princey
fell in at Cape Nicola Mole, with a ftaop coming
from Cape Francois, by which we had the iatisfec
tion to learn, that the above mentioned hurricane
has done no damage j of any confide ration in that
part.
In lat. 32. long. 75, a fail was difeovered, which
proved to be the wreck of a veflel. The captain
• feppofing that there might be feme people on board,
ordered his boat out, but when he and some of
his sailors had examined the hull,' they perceived
nobody; the fore part of laid veflel was under wa
ter. They were then of opinion that this accident
happened about eight or ten days before 5 -and
from the rigging, they judged it to beau Ameri
can built brig.
N E W-Y OR K, Sept. 26.
Yesterday arrived, the sloop Fanny, .Hallie, from St.
'Croix. , ..
days befoi« be set lad, the fmi role vftti;
clouds of rain, and there was no expectat. 4 of
any tragica. confeqnence; .but about 7 o’clock the
wind role very high, to such a degree, that about
9 o’clock they experienced a most dreadful, hurri
cane, which threatened all the inhabitants, both
in town and country, with great loss. Verv few
vefiels ip, the harbor .escaped . without daijiagp ;
some loft their mall;, others were "overfet/ and
many of them drove ashore. The loss amongrt the
r lunch veilels was very great; but at present we
fnall only give a lift of those belonging to the Uni
ted States, as far as we know, on. tile departure
of.the above gentleman. ■
'The brig Mermaid, Capt. Mackey, of Bd’ftou,
drove aflrore, but got off again.— the brig Hero,
Turner, Norfolk, Virginia, funk—brig "Sfetfey,
1-uckei, Gloucester, 10ft both masts and diove a
fhorer-brig , Jones, Cafco-bay, drove ashore
m pyofeht water— brig getfey, Newbury, drove
to sea— Hoop , Todd, Portfmquth, ditto, dit
to ; and not known what became of'them—floop
Handel; Philadelphia, drove’to sea and loft,
with all the crew, Except the captain, who wai
on fliore—brig -, Good-hue,dfove ath ore two
miles from the, harbor ; many others have fuffer
ed rhe lame fete, the particulars of which.are not
yet known.
To Captains of Veflels, and all persons following
rhe Seo. • ' “
IS RE CO-MME ND ED,
That famous MkDici n£, which was called by the
late Doctor Forpyck, in England,
The Sea Medicine Chest.
V j 11 15 comprized in one BOX of PILLS
' thcci . Ue M the D>feniery, and all kinri of
eluxes.—-Alfo, of.gr £4 t utility in-Malignant Fe
vers,. and other Fevefe.inmdent to tiie human bo
dy at sea, and at the Weft-Indim Islands :—Thev’
may be dependedl pbe infallible, in working a
cure for such disordersdireftions are
with each box, how to ule them.
they are left for Sale at the Printing-Offir- e
By order of the . Propietor, at Five Shillifs, ear-h
box. W ’ eacn
The above PTLLS.are of the fame use on Land
as wed as at Sea. ' . . Sept..Tfe ts *
Ar ri fi Is nt Philadelphia —Ship Polly, William- "
son, from Hull :—Brig Nancy, ‘ Shaw,’ Jamaica;.
< Mai-ia,J-fppkin.s, Boston .jchoower Peggv,
fay, Grenada ; Fortune,' M ; l?amafa, CuXic^A and ’ ‘
Cape Fr ancois ; Zee Lud, St. Jago, ditto, ditto..
AT a meeting ofa number of rofpeftable citi
zens froni ’each of the .Wards in this city, at the .■
City Tayeyn,-om Monday'the jjth. of September
instant, for the purpole <>( taking into confide’ratir.'
oft the Eleftion for Aldermen and Aififtapts, '-to be
held on the 29th itift—The following Gentlemen ,
-were.nominated to the Offices annexed to ttair
names and are earnestly recommended to rhe fifi
frages of the Electors in the 'feverat'Wards.
■ tectAPard— Nicholas Bayard, Aiderman ; Corns'
lius C. Roofevek, Assistant.
_ Mout^ojnerj IFard. —Jia ad Roofevek, Alderman ;
Tobias Van -Zandt, Afliikmt..
• IPeJt-lFard. —Alexander Macomb, Alderman j
James Alner, Affiftaut.
. SoutL-lFard.- —Robert Watts, Alderman; Shmu
el Bard, jun Atmtmt. • •
Do i lifrd. —Peter Eltjng, Aiderman; Wynant
Van Zandt, Affiltant..
N'drili IF.ird.— Wjlltam, Maxwell, Alderman';
■ George Janeway, Amitani.
- Eft-lfard. —John Lawreffcp Esq. Alderman; ■
. James Nicholfpn, Aififtant.
The choice of a refpeftable Magistracy, is at •ail
times an objeft of high-importance t o the Poljci
and dignity of this city ; and is the more particli
, iarly fo r at a junftnre • when it is' expected that rhe
Grand Council of the IJnion,. under the New Con- " '
ftitution, will honot. it with their residence. It is’
hoped that the citizens will -approve of the above
nornination, apd unite their exertions to render it
feccelsful. ■ '.. i
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
On FRIDAY the idth October next, at the Cofe
see-House, at Nil-o’clock,
The Sloop Ranger,
About 30 tons burthen, as she now lies at Cru
ger’s wharf.
■ ' — .»..
' ' ’ At I o’clock,
The Sloop Harriet,
About 2$ tons burthen, lying in the Bafon at;
the Albany Bier; with their tackle, apparel, and
■furniture. Being forfeited to the People of
this State and the Informants, »and fold by vir
tue of a decree of the Court of Admiraltv.
‘ ’ J- GRAHAM, Marffial.
New-York, Sept. 26, 1788..
THE following per finis'are •appointed -Infpeo
tors, in the refpeftive Wards, of the Election, to
be held on the 29th instant, of the feveral-officers
annually elected by virtue of the Charter ofjneor
■ puration of this City; and the following- places
are appointed in each Wald, for holding the laid
Elcftion, viz.
j IFurds. Infpeftirs. VPlaces of Election
South-Ward, William Cock,{The Exchange,
Dock-Ward, Peter Mackie,{The -corner of
, . Abrm.Brinck-.
erhoffs Houle
East-Ward, Jacob Abramfe, Tife Conee-
House,
Weft-Ward, Nicholas Bogert,The pfwega*
Market,
North-Ward, White Mattack, The City-Hall.
Montgomrey- Wm. DePeyfter,lPcck Slip-Mark-
Ward, , ; et, =
Out-Ward, Niph. De Peyfter.lTlie Bull’s Head
I Tavern.
To the Electors of the jf or th-Ward.
Gentlemen, • ■
Your vote's are reguefted on the en
suing Election, for Alderman JOHN
WYLLEf. -
September 23, 1788.
34 Brass kettles,
54 loaves sugar)
10 copper tea kettles,
A quantity of hollow
iron ware)
Several doz. wool cards
A quantity of London
And a number of remnants ofDry Goods, com
mon in the retail line. LOTUS A. GUATlEit,Coh
ftable. , New-York, Sept. 26, 173'8. jt.
William Neilfgn
pTATH received’by the ft i p Elizabeth, Caon
a A Tucker, .from Bristol, which 'he. will fdl
cheap for money dr produce, or at a &dft credit
ftort Pipes in boxes, 6-8 and 7-8 crown
Bristol ware in crates,-quart Bottles in. hampers,
of fa doz. each, an aftortment of Jeans
and Euftians, blue Strouds, Coatings, Nips and
Frizes, Powder, Nails, ^ c . '
Wbs hath alj'afor J\le t
Saljftury pig i- O n, and afqw h^.ftead; -ofhftb
.proof Jamaica .Spirits. ^,>-44
S A L E S at A (J C T I O N,
On WEDNESDAY,Gftobe'r I, At' tiie Cbfffe-hmife
Bridge, atXH o’clock, a-q uantity of JJODj
seized and diftrained fur hfoife'rentj^ *
Mr. John Taylor Gilman, having been npMiiK^
ted by M r . Wingate,. t;.
Ordered, That the eleftion of the third., be post
poned till to-morrow.
Mr. Pick en,
BEGS leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen
ofNew T Yo.rk, that he has opened School at
the City Aflembly-Rocm, Broad-Way, where he
will exert his utmost abilities to merit the appro
bation of his employers* Sept- 26. eod. ts.
PublipJed- by order of ihe Meeting t
NICHOLAS LO W, Chairmau^
Pewter,
17 coffee miljs,
A number of half btilh
‘els, pecks, Si half pecks
Books of different forts.
A quantity of (huff.