The daily advertiser (New York [N.Y.]), 1787-11-29 00:00:00

The Daily Advertiser.
[VOL. III.]
NEW-YORK: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1787.
[No. 863.]
JERSEY MONEY. A VALUABLE consignment of MANCHESTER GOODS to be sold wholesale, on very reasonable terms, for which Jersey Money will be taken in payment, by JAMES RENWICK, No. 92, William-street, opposite Maiden-lane. N. B. The highest Price given for POT and PEARL ASHES. Nov. 19. 1787.
JUST ARRIVED To HUGH SMITH, No. 22, WALL-STREET, A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low priced IRISH LINEN, Which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for cash. Sept. 15.
Sixty Pipes of MADEIRA, In pipes, hogsheads and quarter-casks, of superior quality, to be landed this day at Cruger's wharf, and to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. 22d Aug. 1787.
FOR SALE BY JOHN DEWINT, Maiden-lane, No. 36. A FEW hds. New-York Rum; ditto St. Croix Rum; a few cases gin; a parcel sugar in hds. writing paper, common and post; sundry articles of Dry Goods; a few boxes hylon and tions tea; 4 barrels gun of lignum vitae; and 2 pot-ash kettles, hat have been a short time in use. Nov. 17.
BOURBON COFFEE, JUST arrived in the Sloop Betsey, Capt. Williams, now landing at Brownejohn's Wharf, and to be sold by LUDLOW and GOOLD. Nov. 23.
SALT-PETRE. A few hundred weight may be had very low of EFFINGHAM LAWRENCE, No. 227, Queen-street, facing the Fly-market. Also a large and general assortment of Genuine DRUGS & MEDICINES, Patent Medicines, Perfumeries, Surgical Instruments, &c. for which Cash, Ginseng, Beeswax, Snake-root, Pot and Pearl-ashes, &c. will be taken in payment. MEDICINE CHESTS complete, with directions. Orange Peas for Issacs. N. B. An APPRENTICE wanted. Oct. 12.
GEORGE POLLOCK, Has received by the Hudson from Dublin, and the Anne and Susannah from Liverpool, A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low-priced IRISH LINEN, Which he will sell on very moderate terms, at his STORE, No. 28, Water-street. POT ASHES and FLAXSEED received in payment. Sept. 13.
JUST IMPORTED, In the ship MERCURY, Captain Grant, TENERIFFE WINES Of a very superior quality, which will be disposed of by the quantity or single Pipe, by JOHN C. SHAW, at his store opposite Van Zandt's wharf. Oct. 12.
GEORGE BARNEWALL & Co. No. 203, WATER-STREET, near the Coffee-house, HAVE just imported, in the ship Providence from London, an assortment of IRISH LINENS, SHEETINGS, DOWLAS and THREADS, low and high priced, which they will sell, on reasonable terms, for cash or short credit. They have also on hand, a variety of PAPER HANGINGS, with festoon and other borders; and zod. and other sized NAILS. July 7.
LINTSEED OIL. A QUANTITY of excellent country made Oil, in good casks, to be sold at No. 35, Little Dock-street, by STORM and SICKLES. 29th Aug. 1787.
Sugars, Cottons, Pimento, Coffee in the Shell, Mustard, and a few puncheons of Rum, &c. &c. JUST imported in the MARIA, Captain Maxwell, from St. Thomas's, landing at Murray's wharf, and to be sold by LUDLOW and GOOLD, Who have also for sale, Cassia, China, Cocoa, Pyal Wine, Gin in cases, Russia Duck, Ticklenburgs, Mahogany and Lignum Vitae; A few Trunks of the most fashionable Buttons, and Waitecoat Patterns; one Hhd. Cotton Wick, &c. &c. Oct. 30.
PORT WINE, Of a superior quality to any ever imported to this place, LANDING this day at Cruger's wharf, out of the Brig St. Justus Villa Nova, from Oporto, for Sale by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. June 19th.
LOT MERKEL, No. 33, Hanover-Square, nearly opposite the Bank, Manufactures and has for sale a complete and general assortment. MUFFS and TIPPETS, of MARTIN and Martin Throat, Swan's Down and real Ermine, Russia and Siberia Squirrel, American Ground Squirrel, Russia Hare and red Fox, Real black Jennet, best Furs, Mock Sable and Mock Ermine. Likewise a large and general assortment of Fur Trimming and Edgings, for Ladies Cloaks, Coats and Habits, Ladies Cloak Linings, Gentlemen's Great Coats lined with Furr, Furr Gloves, &c. &c. *S* The above articles he is now selling on the most reasonable Terms for Cash only. N. B. Orders from the Country executed in the best manner. October 11, 1787.
George and Robert Lewis, & Co. No. 233, Queen-street, In addition to the Goods received by the Betsey and Willton, are now opening for SALE by the Montgomerie, Cape Bunyan, viz. 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 Irish Linens, Dowlas and Sheetings, 4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 fashionable Shawls, Printed Linens and Cottons, 7-8, 3-8, fancy and Chintz Callicoes, Furniture ditto, A general assortment of cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Leno, Lawn, and Black Silk, ditto. Bandanna and Romall ditto, 7-8 and 11-8, plain, corded, striped and checked Lawns, Rich fashionable Waist-coat shapes, Striped and gold barred Tullinett Waistcoating, Florentines and Satins, An assortment of Hosiery, Table Cloths, Clouting-Diapers, &c. &c. &c. Which they are determined to dispose of at their usual low prices for Cash, Notes at a short date, and shipping produce. New-York, Nov. 21, 1787.
FAYAL WINES, OF A VERY SUPERIOR QUALITY, JUST imported from Fayal in the Sloop Cripple, Giles Hollister, master, and for sale on reasonable terms by LE ROY & BAYARD, No. 194, WATER-STREET; Who have likewise Rillon Hand, LINTSEED OIL, in Casks, Dutch; OSNABURGH; FLEMISH SHEETINGS; CARDVIRE; PEPPER in bales. 27th July.
BROTHERS, COSTER and Co. Have for sale at their Store No. 8, Duke-street, Just Imported in the COLUMBIA and the GRACE, from Amsterdam: BOHEA TEA, fresh, and of a superior quality, Sachong ditto, Pepper in Bales, best Holland Duck, Russia do. Raven's Duck, Russia Sheeting, Ticklenburgh Linen, Osanburgh do. Holland Sileha Sheeting, Placilies and Bratanes, Brown Hollandois, Dowlas and Holland Bed-tick, Cambric, black Laces, and silk Hair Ribbons, a neat assortment of Callicoes, black Barcelona, Romall, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Checks and Holland Stripes, Hats, Writing Paper and Slates, Looking Glasses, Frying Pans and Dutch Iron Pots, Dutch Tea Kettles and Brass Kettles, best Claret in small cases for family use, Lintseed Oil and Paints, Holland Geneva, in pipes, in large and small cases and jugs, Dutch Batchels or Flax Combs, &c. &c. 23 Oct. 1787.
Just imported, and for sale by FREDERICK COCKLE, No. 193, Queen-street, PORTER in Casks, Keys, Bracelets, &c. 7-4, 8-4, 9-4 White-wool Cards, Seine Twine, Rose Blankets, Bales, Brushes of all sorts, A small consignment of Jewellery Goods consisting of Gold Rings, Lockets, Seals, Watch. He has also for Sale the following seasonable GOODS, in the Ironmongery Branch:
Warning Pans, Shot Pouches, Shovels and Tongs, Pewter Plates, Gridirons, Dishes, Basons, Copper Tea-Kettles, Quart and Pint Mugs, Tea and Coffee Urns, Tea Pots, Brass Kettles, Water Plates, Copper Sauce-Pans, Brass Candlesticks, Do. Coffee Pots, Spades and Shovels, Bellows, Sheet Iron, Frying Pans, Pound Pins, Fowling Pieces, With an assortment of most other GOODS in the above Branch. N. B. 300 M. NEEDLES, assorted. The above Goods will be sold on very low terms, for Cash, or for the late emission of the State of New-Jersey. New-York, September 19th, 1787.
HILL and OGDEN, No. 41, Great-Dock-street, have just imported by the Grace, from Amsterdam, and for sale on very reasonable terms, for Cash, Notes at short Payments, Pot-ashes, Flax-seed, Bar-Iron, Wheat or Flour, an assortment of the following articles, viz. TICKLENBURGS, osanburgs, German dowlas, Russia diaper, platillas, Britannias, cotton and linen checks, sheetings of excellent quality, white Flemish linen, German stripes and checks, lawns, callicoes, writing paper, &c. They have likewise for sale, coatings, Yorkshire cloths, calimancoes, durants, flannels, Irish linens, &c. Also, IMPROVED FRANKLIN STOVES, cast in the Air-Furnace, at Newark, which, besides being exceedingly neat, are constructed to give more heat into the room, a remedy for smoky chimneys, and more secure from fire than any other. Also, Pot-ash kettles, forge hammers and anvils refined from bog-ore, pig-metal, and approved by many years experience. N. B. Orders are received by them for every kind of hollow-ware and iron-castings, made at said Air-Furnace, and will be executed with dispatch and superior neatness. Oct. 31.
RUSSIA HEMP. A Quantity just imported in the ship WILLIAM, Capt. Whippy, from Hamburg, and for sale on reasonable terms, at No. 20, Peck-Slip, by Murray, Mumford and Bowen, Who have also for SALE, 250 quintals excellent DRY COD-FISH, one half of which is in wooden hogsheads; a few barrels BEEF in good order; Red-wood, a quantity of Molasses, 20 boxes Spermaceti Candles, Raisins in casks, Brained Spermaceti Oil, ground Ginger in barrels, St. Croix Rum and Sugar, York Rum, Hylon Tea, Russia Duck, rod, Nails, Zants Currants, Holland Powder, a quantity of Sheet Cork, pickled Cod-Fish and Herrings, 50 pieces Ravens Duck, 20 barrels Pearl Ashes, Salt Petre, Boston Mackerel, 3000 Dollars in New-York Final Settlement Notes, Wanted immediately one hundred thousand barrel Staves. 15th Sept. 1787.
SADLER and BAILLIE, No. 215, Water-street, Are now landing at the Old-Slip, from on board the Minerva, from Ireland and Teneriffe, which they will sell for Cash, Notes at a short date, Pot and Pearl Ashes, Barrel Staves or Flax-seed; TENERIFFE WINE, in pipes, hogsheads, and quarter casks, Red Port Wine in pipes and quarter casks, Irish Linens, 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 wide, Dowlas 7-8 & 3-4 wide, Sheeting 9-8 & 5-4 wide, Bown Linens of different widths and qualities, Printed Linens, Chintz Patterns for gowns Bed-Tick 7-8, 3-4 and 13-16 width, Towelling and Diaper, from 3 to 10 quarters wide, * * * These Linens have been laid in from the last July market, Black Everlasting, Corduroys and Thickets. Velveteens, Jeans and Jeans, Ribbons, Batteens and Coatings, Carabicks, Leather Shoes and Boots, Stuff Shoes, Blankets and Rugs, Mullin Weymouth Gowns for ladies, in patterns, Silk and linen Handkerchiefs, Men and women's Gloves, Manchester Cotton Checks 7-8, 4-4 & 11-8 wide, A variety of Hard Ware, Indigo, &c.
WILLIAM USTICK, jun. No. 33, Queen-street; HAS just received by the SALY and other late vessels from Bristol, a general assortment of IRONMONGERY and CUTLERY; Amongst which are--Nails, Glass, Paints, Sheet Iron, Sheet Lead, Blistered and Crawley Steel, Anvils, Vices and Beck Irons, Brass Kettles, Iron Pots and Kettles, Frying Pans, Spades and Shovels, Shovel and Tongs, Bellows, Warming Pans, Brats and Iron Candlesticks, hard and soft Waffle Irons, men and boys Scates, long handle hair Brooms, Brushes of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Pen and Jack-knives, Shears and Scissors, wire and Spring Moule and Rat Traps, Jacks, Clocks, Brads, and Screws of all sizes, Locks and Hinges of every kind, Carpenters, Cooper's and Joiner's Tools, &c. &c. He has also for sale Pickled Mackerel, Salmon and Herrings, which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for Cash; also Nails of all sizes, manufactured in this city, and equal to any imported. New-York, Nov. 15, 1787.
To be LET, on reasonable Terms, A GENTLEMAN'S ROOM, near the Coffee-house, very suitable for a single gentleman, or a small family. For particulars enquire at No. 19, Water-street. N. B. BOARDING may be had if required, and a front Cellar. Nov. 17.
FOR SALE by WALTER NICHOLS, No. 4, Beckman-Slip, London particular Madeira in pipes and hds. Lisbon in quarter casks, Choice Port in pipes & hds. Cayenne Cotton by bale, 50 Barrels kiln dried Indian Meal, A quantity excellent Bend Seal-Leather, &c. &c. Nov. 15, 1787.
JAMES SAIDLER Insurance Broker, No. 31, Water-street, two doors from the corner of King-street, BUYS and sells on Commission, all kinds of Public Securities, Goods and Produce, as usual. He has also imported in the Willton, from Liverpool, the America, from London, and left vessels from Europe, a neat assortment of GOODS, consisting of fine brown, mixed, blue drab, and copper-colored Broad Cloths, Coatings, Duffles and Blankets, Flannels and Baizes, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 and 11-8 wide cotton Checks, printed Cottons, Chintzes, Ribbons, Lawns, Lawn Handkerchiefs and Aprons, Satins and Modes, cotton and silk Handkerchiefs, Furring Silks and Twilt, fine and coarse Hats, Morrens, Dyants, Tammies, Callimancoes and Cambric, Table Cloths and Diapers, Writing Paper, and an assortment of HARD WARE, &c. which he will sell on reasonable terms, for Cash, Country Produce, or public Securities. Also, six pair of elegant Brats mounted Fire Dogs, and a few barrels pickled Mackerel and Cod-Fish, in excellent order. Apply as above. N. B. Purchasers of unappropriated and confiscated lands, can be supplied with certificates on the most reasonable terms. Aug. 24.
FOR SALE, A very valuable LOT OF GROUND, situated upon the East River, near the Ship-Yards, bounded by the river upon the South, and by Water-street upon the North, containing 93 feet 4 inches, front and rear, 139 feet upon the West, and 129 feet upon the East sides. A small Plan of the ground is left with the printer, who will direct where to apply. Aug. 24.
STOLE N. FROM the fisherman, living at North-Castle, on the 26th of Sept. ult. a BLACK HORSE, seven years old last spring, pretty well set, fourteen hands and an half high, a natural trotter, has a fear on his buttock partly on the near side, some white hairs in his forehead, a kind of mark round his nose, where it has been galled with the halter when he was a colt. Whoever finds said Horse, so that the owner may have him, shall receive Five Dollars Reward, and Ten Dollars for the Thief, from DAVID LANE. 4th Oct. 1787.
TO BE SOLD, By GEORGE DOUGLASS, At No. 12, Fly Market, FIFTY boxes Caffee Soap, kiln dried Indian meal, 1000 lb. new hops, Quebec patent essence of spruce, Goshen and Jersey butter, in filkins, salt-petred hams, molasses in hds. sugar in barrels, brandy in pipes, Geneva in cases, refined bar iron, neatly drawn, Franklin stoves, eight plate do. Philadelphia make. N. B. Two Dutch Fans for cleaning Indian corn, wheat, &c. to be sold or hired. N. 12.
To be had at LOT MERKEL's Store, No. 33, Hanover-Square, nearly opposite the Bank, TOBACCO for SMOAKING; KITEFOOT of the first quality; ditto of an inferior or ditto larger rolled tobacco, fit for manufactory; fegars, genuine Macuba snuff, ditto rapped of different qualities; gentlemen's gloves, buckskin and beaver, of the first quality. At the above Store the highest price is given for SHIPPING FURS. June 13. f.
G. VERPLANCK HAS FOR SALE, 2 o No. 41, WALL-STREET, on very reasonable terms for CASH, CAMBRICKS, white Plate las, Ivory Combs, Pig-tail Powder, Pepper, Geneva in Cases, Holland Duck, Raven's do. Ruffin Sheeting, Callicoes and Tapes, Dutch Mill Saws, &c. &c. Also, about fifteen tons of Andover PIG-IRON, very cheap. 9th Aug. 1787.
JUST IMPORTED. In the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan from London, and other late vessels from Great-Britain, and to be SOLD on very reasonable terms, by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, the corner of King and Queen-streets.
Collection of BOOKS; A large and choice collection of Books, Among which are, ELEGANT folio family bibles, with near 200 cuts in each; Burkit on the new testament, Brown's self-interpreting bible, 2 vols; Cruden's concordance, Ward's system of divinity, Whitby's commentary, Blair's, Carr's, Erskine's, Boston's, Willison's, Atterbury's, &c. Sermon's; Nelson's festivals, Cullen's, Duncan's, and Hoffman's practice of physic; Van Swieten's commentaries, 18 vols. Boerhaave's aphorism, 6 vols. Smellie, and Hamilton's midwifery; Leake on the diseases of women, 2 vols. Quincy's medical lexicon, Fournier's chemistry, &c. Ainsworth's, Young's, Cole's, and Entick's latin dictionaries; Davidson's Virgil and Horace; Duncan's Cicero, Kene's Lucian; Clark's Cæsar, Homer, Nepos, Eutropius, Brantius, and introduction; Simpson's fables, and Euclid; Hammond's algebra, Stone's Euclid, Love's surveying, Guthrie's and Salmon's geographical grammar; Johnson's, Sheridan's, Ash's, Dycke's, Bailey's, Scott's, Perry's, and Entick's dictionaries; Bennet's christian oratory, Scott on elocution, elegant extracts in verse, do. in prose, Lord Littleton's letters, Klopstock's Messiah, Hutton's mensuration, Hawney's mensuration. Besides the above, a great variety, consisting of History, Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Physic, Surgery, Agriculture, Nautical Books, Dictionaries, Architecture, Novels, Miscellanies, Plays, &c. Also, an excellent assortment of STATIONARY, viz.
Genuine Writing Paper, of different sizes and prices, Ledgers, Journals, Waste, Letter, and Blank Books of all sizes; Receipt Books, Bonnet and Wrapping Paper, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Quills, Slates, lead and slate Pencils, Pe-knives, elegant Shoe Buckles, Message Cards, &c. &c. * * * Commissions from the Country thankfully received, and carefully executed. Nov. 24.
FOR SALE BY ROBERT JOHNSTON, No. 14, Water-street, in the house lately occupied by Colonel Samuel Ogden, A Large and general assortment of IRON CASTINGS, among which are the following, viz. Iron hollow ware of all sizes, Pot-ashes kettles, cast with bottom down, Clock and window weights, griddles large and small Tea-kettles large and small, bake-pans do. do. Cart, waggon, coach and chair boxes, 56, 28, 14 and 7 lb. weights with rings, Mortars and pestles, Pad Irons, Franklin stoves, large and small, Rittenhouse do. do. Ten and six-plate do. do. close stoves with pipes, Sharp's new invented stove grates, Canada stoves for larger rooms, Patent cabootes for ships, with one and two boilers grates and oven, Fire places with jambs compleat, Back places of every dimension, Hibernia, Mount Hope, New Mine and Andover pig metal, Gudgeons and mill irons, Refined and Bloomery bar iron, spike iron, sheethip. Nail rods of all sizes, Iron hoops for hds. and bbs. horse shoes, 20d. 12d. 10d. and 8d. nails, 7 inch, 6 inch and 5 inch spikes, Crowley and blistered steel. The above articles will be sold for cash and country produce, at the lowest prices, and a large allowance made to those who buy to sell again. All orders for wrought or cast iron will be duly attended to, and forwarded, agreeable to pattern, at the shortest notice. Oct. 29.
TOBACCO and SNUFF, Of the best quality and flavor, to be had by Peter and George Lorillard, At their Tobacco and Snuff Manufactory, No. 45, Chatham-street, above the New Goal. PIGTAIL, plug, and cut Tobacco, kitefoot and common smoking; also leaf Tobacco, by the hogshead or smaller quantity. Macuba Snuff at 8/ per bottle, Macaboy Snuff at 4/ per bottle, Strasburgh, Brazil and scented Rapped Snuff at 2/ per bottle, scented Rapped in leads, at 1/9 lb. Rapped not scented, at 1/5 lb. Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff will be exchanged for leaf Tobacco in hogsheads or casks, or Tobacco taken and manufactured on the most reasonable terms. Whoever may want any of the above Tobacco or Snuff, shall receive them good as any on the continent. N. B. Proper allowance will be made to those that want a quantity. 3m Sept. 13.

New-York, Nov. 29.
Last Wednesday sixty one members of the Convention met at the State House, in Philadelphia, and chose for their President the honorable Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg.
From Oswald's Independent Gazetteer. "A correspondent says, his Excellency John Jay (a gentleman of the first-rate abilities, joined to a good heart) who was at first carried away with the new plan of Government, is now decidedly against it, and says it is as deep and wicked a conspiracy as has been ever invented in the darkest ages against the liberties of a free people. In New-York it goes by the name of the gilded trap , and very properly; for when we find men of the first abilities and best intentions at first taken with it, how very artfully must it be drawn up and glossed over; and who will then wonder, that General Washington or any body else should have signed it in Convention. The Governor of New-York is very active against it, and will not call the Assembly, who in that case will not meet these some months; in the mean time the people there will have time to think for themselves on this important subject."
The Hibernian Chronicle , of the 25th of October, 1787 (printed in Cork), contains the following article:---
" Amsterdam, Oct. 4. At four o'clock in the morning of the 1st of this month, the Duke of Brunswick attacked this city, and a vigorous contest was maintained until about six. The posts of Muyden, Diemendam, Duyendrick, Ouderkerk, and that of the Dyke of Haarlem, were assaulted at the same time. The enemy was repulsed from the four first mentioned posts with very great loss. The post of Ouderkerk sustained three different attacks in the space of three hours. Unable to withstand the fire from this place, the enemy abandoned their enterprize, which cost them dear. The post of the Dyke of Haarlem being attacked in two places, and by a superior force, was abandoned almost without resistance, and the auxiliaries, who defended the place, retired without loss. The post of Amstelveen was carried by the Prussians in the afternoon; and it is said it might have been better defended. An armistice for an unlimited time ensued; and each party is to give twelve hours notice before the re-commencement of hostilities. We do not expect that the contention will be renewed, as soon negotiations are began. The number of killed and wounded is not known."
The ship Nantes , Capt. Skinner, from London, is arrived at Annapolis.
Continuation of Extracts from the late Irish Papers.
From the London Gazette.
H A G U E, September 21.
The Prince of Orange arrived here yesterday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and was received by the Deputations from the States General, the States of Holland, the Council of State, and Committees, the Equestrian Order, the Courts of Justice, and the different Colleges. The Deputies of 15 towns were present in the Assembly of the States of Holland yesterday, when they unanimously voted an address to the Stadtholder; and this day they came to a resolution declaring him reinstated in all his rights. It is impossible to describe the universal joy that prevails here among all ranks of people upon this event.
War Office, September 24. It is his Majesty's pleasure that all officers belonging to the regiments in Great Britain, or on foreign stations, do join their respective corps without delay, except such officers as are employed on the recruiting service.
GEO. YONGE.
Whitehall, September 24. It is his Majesty's pleasure that all officers belonging to regiments of Cavalry and Infantry, now serving in Ireland, except such as are employed on the recruiting service, do join their respective corps without delay; and it is his Majesty's further pleasure, that all officers belonging to any of the garrisons in Ireland do repair to their respective posts without delay.
SYDNEY.
Admiralty Office, September 25. My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are hereby pleased to direct, that such Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants of his Majesty's navy and marine forces, as are unemployed, do transmit hither an account of their places of abode, in order to their being sent to when his Majesty's service may require their attendance; and they are so to continue to do the same as often as they may happen to change their habitations.
PH. STEPHENS.
Admiralty Office, September 25. Notice is hereby given to all the Officers of his Majesty's navy and marine forces, who are absent from this kingdom with leave from my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that it is their Lordships directions they return to England within six months after the date hereof; and that in failure thereof they will forfeit all the half pay that may be due to them.
PH. STEPHENS.
H A G U E, Sept. 17.
Their High Mightinesses having ordered their Ambassador at the Court of France to enquire whether that Court had any knowledge of the passage of a great number of French soldiers through the city of Bois-le-Duc, provided with passports all signed by Mr. Esterhazy, General of the French artillery, and with permission to stay one year in foreign countries, the Court of France replied, they knew nothing of it, and that it was not Mr. Esterhazy, General of the artillery, who gave the passports, but Mr. Esterhazy, Governor of that province, who in that quality had a right to give them.
Sept. 21. The States of Holland and West Friesland on Tuesday night last came to the following resolutions:--1. To annul the resolutions by which the Stadtholder had been suspended from exercising his charges.--2. To invite his Highness to repair to the Hague.--3. To restore the command of the garrison of the Hague to his Highness.--4. To annul the commission granted for the defence of the province and city of Utrecht:--5. To send commissioners to the Duke of Brunswick to request of him not to send any troops into this place.
L O N D O N, October 8.
Last night, about a quarter past nine o'clock, the Right Hon. Mr. W. Grenville arrived at his house, at the army pay-office, from Paris, with the ultimatum of the French Court, which we learn is pacific.
On his arrival in town, he sent immediately to Mr. Pitt's house in Downing-Street, but he was absent with the Chancellor at Norwood, in consequence of which Mr. Grenville dispatched a messenger with the particulars of the negotiation.
Yesterday morning, Mr. Potter, one of his majesty's messengers arrived at the Treasury from Berlin, and shortly after Mr. Coats, another messenger arrived. Both of them had passed through several parts of Holland, so lately as Wednesday last; and there were at that time no accounts of the city of Amsterdam having surrendered.
Advices are said to have been lately received, that near 6,000 troops had been sent to the West-Indies by the French government, which they have contrived to send out in small vessels, in each of which were not more than 60 men, and that some attack was meditated against our West-India Islands. The advice is said to have been received by Government from the Governor of Jamaica.
The trade of the Dutch, during the disturbances, has dwindled almost to nothing. In the distribution of this among the neighboring nations, Great-Britain gets the better part.
The cause of the French war, if such an event should take place, will be on account of the Cape of Good Hope and Trincomalee, which the French sometime since possessed, and will refuse to surrender to the Dutch.
The forces the French have at the Cape of Good Hope are 1000 men, supposed to be thoroughly well appointed, and with artillery and stores in the best condition.
No. III.
PUBLIUS has shown us in a clear light the utility, it might be said, the necessity of Union to the formation and support of a navy. There is one point of view however on which he has left the subject untouched---the tendency of this circumstance to the preservation of liberty. Will force be necessary to repel foreign attacks, or to guard the national rights against the ambition of particular members? A navy will be a much safer as well as a more effectual engine for either purpose. If we have a respectable fleet there will be the less call on any account for an army. This idea is too plain to need enlargement.--Thus the salutary guardianship of the Union appears on all sides to be the palladium of American liberty.
PHILO-PUBLIUS.
THE FEDERALIST. No. XII.
To the People of the State of New-York. THE effects of Union upon the commercial prosperity of the States have been sufficiently delineated. Its tendency to promote the interests of revenue will be the subject of our present enquiry.
The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged, by all enlightened statesmen, to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth; and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares. By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate all the channels of industry and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness. The assiduous merchant, the laborious husbandman, the active mechanic and the industrious manufacturer, all orders of men look forward with eager expectation and growing alacrity to this pleasing reward of their toils. The often-agitated question, between agriculture and commerce, has from indubitable experience received a decision, which has alien-
ced the rivalships, that once subsisted between them, and has proved, to the entire satisfaction of their friends, that their interests are intimately blended and interwoven. It has been found, in various countries, that in proportion as commerce has flourished, land has risen in value. And how could it have happened otherwise? Could that which procures a freer vent for the products of the earth---which furnishes new incitements to the cultivators of land---which is the most powerful instrument in increasing the quantity of money in a State---could that, in fine, which is the faithful handmaid of labor and industry, in every shape, fail to augment the value of that article, which is the prolific parent of far the greatest part of the objects upon which they are exerted? It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one, among a multitude of proofs, how apt a spirit of ill informed jealousy or of too great abstraction and refinement is to lead men astray from the plainest paths of reason and conviction.
The ability of a country to pay taxes must always be proportioned, in a great degree, to the quantity of money in circulation and to the celerity with which it circulates. Commerce, contributing to both these objects, must of necessity render the payment of taxes easier, and facilitate the requisite supplies to the treasury. The hereditary dominions of the Emperor of Germany contain a great extent of fertile, cultivated and populous territory, a large proportion of which is situated in mild and luxuriant climates. In some parts of this territory are to be found, the best gold and silver mines in Europe. And yet, from the want of the fostering influence of commerce, that Monarch can boast but slender revenues. He has several times been compelled to owe obligations to the pecuniary succours of other nations, for the preservation of his essential interests; and is unable, upon the strength of his own resources, to sustain a long or continued war.
But it is not in this aspect of the subject alone that Union will be seen to conduce to the purposes of revenue. There are other points of view, in which its influence will appear more immediate and decisive. It is evident from the state of the country, from the habits of the people, from the experience we have had on the point itself, that it is impracticable to raise any very considerable sums by direct taxation. Tax laws have in vain been multiplied---new methods to enforce the collection have in vain been tried---the public expectation has been uniformly disappointed, and the treasuries of the States have remained empty. The popular system of administration, inherent in the nature of popular government, coinciding with the real scarcity of money, incident to a languid and initiated state of trade, has hitherto defeated every experiment for extensive collections, and has at length taught the different legislatures the folly of attempting them.
No person, acquainted with what happens in other countries, will be surprised at this circumstance. In so opulent a nation as that of Britain, where direct taxes, from superior wealth, must be much more tolerable, and, from the vigor of the government, much more practicable, than in America, far the greatest part of the national revenue is derived from taxes of the indirect kind; from imposts and from excises. Duties on imported articles form a large branch of this latter description.
In America, it is evident, that we must a long time, depend for the means of revenue, chiefly on such duties---In most parts of it, excises must be confined within a narrow compass. The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws. The pockets of the farmers on the other hand will reluctantly yield but scanty supplies in the unwelcome shape of impositions on their houses and lands---And personal property is too precarious and invisible a fund to be laid hold of in any other way, than by the impceptible agency of taxes on consumption.
If these remarks have any foundation, that state of things, which will best enable us to improve and extend so valuable a resource, must be the best adapted to our political welfare. And it cannot admit of a serious doubt, that this state of things must rest on the basis of a general Union. As far as this would be conducive to the interest of commerce, so far it must tend to the extension of the revenue to be drawn from that source. As far as it would contribute to rendering regulations for the collection of the duties more simple and efficacious, so far it must serve to answer the purposes of making the same rate of duties more productive, and of putting it in the power of the government to increase the rate, without prejudice to trade.
The relative situation of these States, the number of rivers with which they are intersected, and of bays that wash their shores---the facility of communication in every direction---the affinity of language and manners---the familiar habits of intercourse; all these are circumstances that would conspire to render an illicit trade between them
a matter of little difficulty; and would ensure frequent evasions of the commercial regulations of each other. The separate States, or Confederacies, would be necessitated by mutual jealousy to avoid the temptations to that kind of trade by the lowness of their duties. The temper of our Governments, for a long time to come, would not permit those rigorous precautions, by which the European nations guard the avenues into their respective countries, as well by land as by water, and which even there are found insufficient obstacles to the adventurous stratagems of avarice.
In France there is an army of patrols (as they are called) constantly employed to secure their fiscal regulations against the inroads of the dealers in contraband trade. Mr. Neckar computes the number of these patrols at upwards of twenty thousand. This shews the immense difficulty in preventing that species of traffic, where there is an inland communication, and places in a strong light the disadvantages, with which the collection of duties in this country would be incumbered, if by disunion the States should be placed in a situation with respect to each other, resembling that of France with respect to her neighbors. The arbitrary and vexatious powers with which the patrols are necessarily armed would be intolerable in a free country.
If on the contrary there be but one Government, pervading all the States, there will be as to the principal part of our commerce but ONE SIDE to guard---the ATLANTIC COAST. Vessels arriving directly from foreign countries, laden with valuable cargoes, would rarely chuse to hazard themselves to the complicated and critical perils, which would attend attempts to unlade prior to their coming into port. They would have to dread both the dangers of the coast, and of detection as well after as before their arrival at the places of their final destination. An ordinary degree of vigilance would be competent to the prevention of any material infractions upon the rights of the revenue. A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at small expence be made useful sentinels of the laws. And the Government having the same interest to provide against violations every where, the co-operation of its measures in each State would have a powerful tendency to render them effectual. Here also we should preserve by Union an advantage which nature holds out to us, and which would be relinquished by separation. The United States lie at a great distance from Europe and at a considerable distance from all other places, with which they would have extensive connections of foreign trade. The passage from them to us in a few hours, or in a single night, as between the coasts of France and Britain and of other neighboring nations, would be impracticable. This is a prodigious security against a direct contraband with foreign countries; but a circuitous contraband to one State, through the medium of another, would be both easy and safe. The difference between a direct importation from abroad and an indirect importation, through the channel of a neighbouring State, in small parcels, according to time and opportunity, with the additional facilities of inland communication, must be palpable to every man of discernment.
It is, therefore, evident, that one national Government would be able, at much less expence, to extend the duties on imports, beyond comparison, further than would be practicable to the States separately, or to any partial Confederacies: Hitherto I believe it may safely be asserted that these duties have not upon an average exceeded in any State three per cent. In France they are estimated at fifteen per cent. and in Britain the proportion is still greater. There seems to be nothing to hinder their being increased in this country, to at least treble their present amount. The single article of ardent spirits, under Federal regulation, might be made to furnish a considerable revenue. Upon a ratio to the importation into this State, the whole quantity imported into the United States may, at a low computation, be estimated at four millions of gallons; which at a shilling per gallon, would produce two hundred thousand pounds. That article would well bear this rate of duty; and if it should tend to diminish the consumption of it, such an effect would be equally favorable to the agriculture, to the economy, to the morals and to the health of the society. There is perhaps nothing so much a subject of national extravagance, as these spirits.
What will be the consequence, if we are not able to avail ourselves of the resource in question in its full extent. A nation cannot long exist without revenue. Destitute of this essential support, it must resign its Independence, and sink into the degraded condition of a Province. This is an extremity to which no Government will of choice accede. Revenue therefore must be had at all events. In this country, if the principal part be not drawn from commerce, it must fall with oppressive weight upon land. It has been already intimated that excises,

in their true signification, are too little in unison with the feelings of the people, to admit of great use being made of that mode of taxation: nor indeed, in the States where almost the sole employment is agriculture, are the objects proper for excise sufficiently numerous, to permit very ample collections in that way. Personal estate (as has been before remarked) from the difficulty of tracing it, cannot be subjected to large contributions, by any other means than by taxes on consumption. In populous cities, it may be enough the subject of conjecture, to occasion the oppression of individuals, without much aggregate benefit to the State; but beyond these circles it must in a great measure escape the eye and the hand of the tax gatherer. As the necessities of the State, nevertheless, must be satisfied in some mode or other, the defect of other resources must throw the principal weight of the public burthens on the possessors of land. And as on the other hand the wants of the Government can never obtain an adequate supply, unless all the sources of revenue are open to its demands, the finances of the community under such embarrassments, cannot be put into a situation consistent with its respectability, or its security. Thus we shall not even have the consolations of a full treasury to atone for the oppression of that valuable class of the citizens, who are employed in the cultivation of the soil. But public and private distress will keep pace with each other in gloomy concert; and unite in deploving the infatuation of those councils, which led to disunion.
PUBLIUS.
No. XIII.
To the People of the State of New-York. As connected with the subject of revenue, we may with propriety consider that of economy. The money saved from one object may be usefully applied to another; and there will be so much the less to be drawn from the pockets of the people. If the States are united under one Government, there will be but one national civil list to support; if they are divided into several confederacies, there will be as many different national civil lists to be provided for; and each of them, as to the principal departments, co-extensive with that which would be necessary for a government of the whole. The entire separation of the States into Thirteen unconnected Sovereignties, is a project too extravagant and too replete with danger to have many advocates. The ideas of men who speculate upon the dismemberment of the empire, seem generally turned towards three Confederacies; one consisting of the four northern, another of the four middle, and a third of the five southern States. There is little probability that there would be a great number. According to this distribution, each Confederacy would comprise an extent of territory larger than that of the kingdom of Great-Britain. No well-informed man will suppose that the affairs of such a Confederacy can be properly regulated by a Government less comprehensive in its organs or institutions, than that which has been proposed by the Convention. When the dimensions of a state attain to a certain magnitude, it requires the same energy of Government and the same forms of Administration, which are requisite in one of much greater extent. This idea admits not of precise demonstration, because there is no rule by which we can measure the momentum of civil power, necessary to the government of any given number of individuals; but when we consider that the island of Britain, nearly commensurate with each of the supposed Confederacies, contains about eight millions of people, and when we reflect upon the degree of authority required to direct the passions of so large a society to the public good, we shall see no reason to doubt that the like portion of power would be sufficient to perform the same task in a society far more numerous. Civil power properly organized and exerted, is capable of diffusing its force to a very great extent; and can in a manner reproduce itself in every part of a great empire by a judicious arrangement of subordinate institutions.
The supposition, that each Confederacy, into which the States would be likely to be divided, would require a Government not less comprehensive than the one proposed, will be strengthened by another supposition, more probable than that which presents us with three Confederacies as the alternative to a general Union. If we attend carefully to geographical and commercial considerations, in conjunction with the habits and prejudices of the different States, we shall be led to conclude, that in case of disunion they will most naturally league themselves under two Governments. The four eastern States, from all the causes that form the links of national sympathy and connection, may with certainty be expected to unite. New-York, situated as she is, would never be unwise enough to oppose a feeble and unsupported flank to the weight of that Confederacy. There are obvious reasons that would facilitate her accession to it. New-Jersey is too small a State to think of being a frontier, in opposition to this still more
powerful combination; nor do there appear to be any obstacles to her admission into it. Even Pennsylvania would have strong inducements to join the northern league. An active foreign commerce on the basis of her own navigation is her true policy, and coincides with the opinions and dispositions of her citizens. The more southern States, from various circumstances, may not think themselves much interested in the encouragement of navigation.
They may prefer a system, which would give unlimited scope to all nations, to be the carriers as well as the purchasers of their commodities. Pennsylvania may not chuse to confound her interests in a connection so adverse to her policy. As she must at all events be a frontier, she may deem it most consistent with her safety to have her exposed side turned towards the weaker power of the Southern, rather than towards the stronger power of the Northern Confederacy. This would give her the fairest chance to avoid being the FLANDERS of America. Whatever may be the determination of Pennsylvania, if the Northern Confederacy includes New-Jersey, there is no likelihood of more than one Confederacy to the south of that State.
Nothing can be more evident than that the Thirteen States will be able to support a national Government, better than one half, or one third, or any number less than the whole. This reflection must have great weight in obviating that objection to the proposed plan, which is founded on the principle of expence; an objection however, which, when we come to take a nearer view of it, will appear in every light to stand on mistaken ground.
If in addition to the consideration of a plurality of civil lists, we take into view the number of persons who must necessarily be employed to guard the inland communication, between the different Confederacies, against illicit trade, and who in time will infallibly spring up out of the necessities of revenue; and if we also take into view the military establishments, which it has been shown would unavoidably result from the jealousies and conflicts of the several nations, into which the States would be divided, we shall clearly discover, that a separation would be not less injurious to the economy than to the tranquility, commerce, revenue and liberty of every part.
PUBLIUS.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
By Hugh Smith, THIS DAY, XI o'clock, At the Coffee-House-Bridge, 4 Hhds. Sweet-Corfica Wine; 1 Ditto Claret, 2 Chests Imperial Hyson Tea, 1 Barrel Gum Guiacum.
TO-MORROW,
At the house of the late Mr. Archibald Gamble, No. 16. Wall-street, by order of Mr. David H. Conyngham, Administrator;
A quantity of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Consisting of mahogany dining, card and breakfast Tables, Chairs, Desks and Book-cases, Looking-glasses, Pictures, Carpets, Feather Beds, Bolsters, Pillows, Bed and Window Curtains, Bedsteads, Kitchen Utensils, &c. Also, a quantity of the most fashionable Plate and Glass WARE.
SALES at AUCTION,
TO-MORROW, at X o'clock, At the Auction Room, No. 239, Queen-street, Will commence the sale of
A large assortment of
Watches and Jewellery;
And will be peremptorily sold, they being the property of a person deceased. They consist of the following enumerated articles, and many others too tedious to mention:—
Silver Watches; Stone Shoe, Knee, and Stock Buckles; Gold Rings; Garnet and Pearl Ditto; Watch Seals and Strings; Gold Brooches; Gold and Silver Sleeve Buttons; Locket Brooches; Pearl Stock Buckles; Silver Shoe and Knee Buckles; Stone Sleeve Buttons, set in Silver; Watch Trimmings of all sorts; Plated Salts and Crewits; Silver Tea Spoons; Tortoise-shell Tooth-pick Cases; fine Scissors, with silver cases; Pencil-cases, with glasses; Smelling-bottles; Ladies' Pocket-books, &c. M C FARRAN and DUNLAP.
Will be Sold at the Coffee-House,
THIS DAY, XI o'clock, All that certain Messuage or Dwelling-House and Lot, piece or parcel of Ground, situate, lying and being on the east side of the Fly market, known and distinguished by No. 7, containing in breadth, in front and rear, 24 feet, and in length on both sides, 80 feet, be the same more or less, bounded in front by the Fly-market aforesaid, and in the rear by Fletcher-street, for which an indispensable title will be given.
JOHN F. ROORBACH.
New-York, Nov. 16, 1787. cod
SALES at AUCTION,
By Frederick Jay, THIS MORNING, XII o'clock, Opposite the Coffee-House,
4 Hhds. Port Wine, 6 doz. London bottled Porter, 12 jars Raisins, 1 box dried Sweet Meats, 20 kegs Olives, &c. &c.
TO-MORROW,
X o'clock, at No. 244, Queen-street, A variety of DRY GOODS.
On WEDNESDAY the 5th December, Between 12 & 1 o'clock at the Coffee-House, THOSE three valuable and pleasantly situated LOTS of GROUND , in the Bowry-Lane, containing upwards of seven acres each, only two miles and a half from the city. On one of the Lots are two convenient and well finished Houses, one of them a two story house, and lately occupied by William Seton, Esq.
To be Sold at Public Auction,
On TUESDAY, the 18th December, (If not Sold before at private Sale.)
Two LOTS of GROUND, IN Little Dock-street, joining to Josiah Shippey, and nearly opposite to Nicholas Hoffman's. FREDERICK JAY.
All Persons having demands against the estate of the late ARCHIBALD GAMBLE, of this city, merchant, deceased, are requested to bring in their claims properly attested, for settlement; and all persons indebted to the said estate by bond, note or book debt, are requested to make payment as soon as possible, to the subscriber, who is legally empowered for settling the same.
MATTHEW WETZELL,
At No. 16, Wall-street. Who has for Sale,—yard wide IRISH LINEN in small cakes, well assorted; DOWLAS and CARD-WIRE. Nov. 29. 2w.
IMPORTED
Per the last Ships from London and Amsterdam, and to be SOLD at the Store of
URIAH HENDRICKS,
No. 43, Hanover-square, cheap for cash or produce, the following Goods, viz. BEST bend leather, in fides; boot lasts and vamps, Morocco leather, sheet copper, for sheathing or stills, with bottoms, cocks and rivets, complete; solder and borax, London pewter, Russia, Ravens, and Hollands duck; ozanburghs, fine white and brown Russia sheetings; dippers and owelings; an assortment of best Holland boutique cloths; brass kettles in nests; brass candlesticks, Bath metal ditto. N.B. He will take in pay-cent for any of the above goods, or give cash for, old gold and silver, copper or brass. Nov. 29. 4.
Wanted Immediately,
A NURSE, to attend on a single Gentleman who is sick. She must perfectly understand making soups, Paste, &c. Enquire of the Printer. Nov. 29. 11.
FRANCIS I'ANS,
No. 51, Broad-street, Has received by the Montgomery, collected by the other late arrivals, and has remaining on hand of his former stock, the following general assortment in the FANCY, MILLENNERY, and DRY GOOD Line.
CHINA and lactin ribbons, a great variety of different widths and colors; plain net, c. & c., soutache, silk spotted and striped, black and white gauzes; fancy colored cane hats, yellow and black Leghorn do. per dozen or quantity; black and white skein and ribbon w. & c., wire frames for the latest fashion bonnets; mock point laces; black silk ditto, and edgings; white thread laces and edgings; black fatins and modes; lutestrings, white and colored saracens; chintzes and calicoes; furniture cover plate do. linens and checks; moreens, callimancoes and stuff; silk thread, cotton, and worsted hose; pink, blue, green, and dove colored silk quilts; mullin and cotton shawls; silk, linen, and cotton handkerchiefs; corded dimities, mullin and chintz trimmings; plain and spring d'lawns; plain and striped mullin; lawn and mullin handkerchiefs; fine and common cambrics; black patent net lace; nankeens, umbrellas, artificial flowers, feathers, flannels, baizes, and striped wildbores, sewing silks, threads, &c. &c. all which will be sold on the very lowest terms, for immediate payment.
He returns his sincere thanks to the public in general for their past customs, and solicits a continuance. The Millinery Business will still continue to be carried on in the most extensive manner, with the utmost exertions to give satisfaction; and to enable him to sell off the large stock of gauzes, ribbons, &c. remaining on hand, every article in that line will be charged at the lowest terms possible. Nov. 23. tf.
WANTED,
A CLERK to attend a wholesale and retail Store. He must be middle aged, and well qualified. Good recommendations will be required. Enquire at No. 35, Little Dock-street. Nov. 26. tf.
By order of Benjamin Blagge, Esq. Alderman, and one of the Judges of the Mayor's Court, of the City of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given by the petitioning creditors of Abraham Schenk, an insolvent debtor to all the creditors of the said insolvent, that they appear before the said Alderman, at his office in Beekman-street, in the city of New-York, by the first day of December next, to show cause if any they have, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, for the benefit of all his creditors, and he thereupon discharged, in terms of and pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated the 24th day of November, 1787.
Petitioning Creditors.—James Sadlier, Attorney for James Stokes; Thomas M c Hannan; James Farquhar; Brockhoff Livingston; John L. Roosevelt; Solomon Simpson Administrator to Solomon Meyers; Abraham Polhemus; Daniel Ebbets; Henry TenBrooks.
SALES THIS DAY,
X o'clock, at No. 20, Wall-street, A large and general assortment of seasonable DRY GOODS,
Including superfine, second and coarse cloths, coatings, baizes, and flannels, velvets and corduroys, fatinets, florentines, and lastings, camblets, striped and plain; moreens and taboreens, chintzes and callicoes, Irish and Holland coarse and fine linens and dowlass; plain, striped, checked and spotted lawns; black silk handkerchiefs, Bandanoes and linen check handkerchiefs, men's and women's coarse and fine worsted hose, 10 pieces fine lutestrings, different colors, 100 pair point blankets, 60 rugs, with a variety of other articles suitable to the present season. R. HUNTER.
SALES at AUCTION,
THIS DAY, At the Auction Room, No. 208, Water-street, A valuable assortment of DRY GOODS,
Amongst which are a variety of Silks, Gauzes, Muslins, Lawns, Linens, Checks, Shalloons, Lastings, Wildbores, Camblets, Chintzes, Calicoes, Silk, Cotton, and Linen Handkerchiefs, Dapers, Ribbons, Laces, Ostrich Feathers, Cotton and Thread Hose, Women's Shoes, together with a considerable quantity of other articles; the whole to be sold without reserve.
On MONDAY, the 10th of December, At the Merchants' Coffee House,
In pursuance of an order of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, according to the Act, entitled, "An Act for the partition of lands," passed the 16th March, 1785, a DWELLING-HOUSE and LOT of GROUND, situate and being at the south-east corner of Pearl-street and White-hall-street, and also a DWELLING-HOUSE and LOT of GROUND, situate and being in Whitehall-street aforesaid, adjoining the lot of Thomas Randall, Esq. Oct. 28. 1d.
JOHN REABE, JAMES A. STEWART, } Commissioners JOSEPH HALLETT, } A. L. BLECKER.
To be had at PRIVATE SALE,
Genuine Madeira Wine, in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks, of superior quality, and fit for immediate use—Hyson and Souchong Tea, and a few casks bottled Porter, 6 doz. each, Kenton's best.
Remaining on hand, a few elegant India Shawls, of Camel's hair, to be sold very cheap. A. L. B.
SALES AT AUCTION,
THIS DAY, At the Merchants Coffee-House, Between XI and 1 o'clock, peremptorily,
A considerable number of Lots and Parcels of Land,
Situate in different Parts of the City, particularly in Montgomery and the West wards. The conditions will be made known at the time and place of Sale, and sufficient conveyances given by the executors of the late doctor Barclay. Persons desirous to purchase at private Sale may enquire of JAMES BARCLAY.
TO-MORROW, XI o'clock, At the house of Mrs. Livingston, No. 83, Broadway,
A variety of valuable
Household and Kitchen Furniture:
Also, a quantity of Plate, China, &c. Should the weather prove bad, the sales will be postponed till Monday, 3d Dec.
N.B. The above House to be let immediately, until 1st May next. JAMES BARCLAY.
St. Andrew's Society.
THE Anniversary Festival of the St. Andrew's Society, will be held at the City Tavern TO-MORROW, being St. Andrew's Day, when the Members are requested to attend at half past 11 o'clock.
By order of the President, ROBERT LENOX.
Nov. 26, 1787.
20 Hhds. of St. Croix SUGAR
FOR SALE, by JOZE ROIZ SILVA, at the Old-Slip. New-York, Nov. 5, 1787. tf.
WINDOW GLASS, SHOT assorted, BAR LEAD, MUSKET BALLS in 1 cwt. Boxes, GUN-POWDER, PIPES, NAILS, &c.
Are now Selling, by
SEBRING & VAN WYCK, Albany Pier; WHO continue as usual, a supply of WET GOODS. They have also for sale, common and superfine Flour, kiln dried Indian Meal, Albany Peas, Butter in firkins, and 4000 wt. of very excellent Eastern made Chees. Nov. 15. cod tf.
Excellent French Brandy,
HYSON and GREEN TEAS, for Sale by JOHN DELAFIELD, No. 29, Water-street. Nov. 28. 10t.
TO be landed this day at Cugur's wharf from on board the Portuguese Schooner, N. S. da Camo, Captain Olivera, some pipes of choice PORT WINE, and a parcel of SALT; to be sold by
JOZE ROIZ SILVA.
Nov. 12, 1787. tf.

For LONDON, The SHIP Generous Friends, EDWARD GRAY, master, BURTHEN 350 tons, a British ship, with a Mediterranean Pass, will sail on or before the 13th December, one half of her cargo being ready to go on board, and will take the other on low terms. For Freight or Passage apply to the Master on board, at Jno. Franklin's wharf, or Wm. NIELSON, No. 40, Great Dock- street. Nov. 26.
For Savannah, in Georgia. The Schooner FRIENDSHIP, TITUS CONKLIN, master, WILL sail in a few days, and take Freight or Passengers on easy terms; will touch at Charleston if required. For particulars apply to the Master on board, at Farmer's wharf, near Peck-slip, or at No. 22, in Roosevelt-Street. Nov. 26. 3t.
For LONDON. The Ship Montgomery, James Bunyan, Master, Has good accommodations for passengers, and will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, at Hallett's wharf, or to William Seton and Co. No. 12, Hanover- square. tf Nov. 27.
For CHARLESTON, South-Carolina. The Sloop PEGGY, WILLIAM ELLIOTT, Master, Lying at Rottwright's wharf, having good accommodations for passengers, and will sail in a few days.---For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, or to JOHN JACKSON, 78, Water-street. tf Nov. 6.
For LONDONDERRY. The Ship HUDSON, ROBERT FOLGER, Master, Now lying at Lupton's wharf, has the greatest part of her cargo en- gaged, and will sail in 15 days. For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, or Messrs. MURRAY, MUMFORDS and BOWEN. tf Nov. 6, 1787.
A CAUTION to OWNERS and MASTERS of VESSELS, THAT they beware of rigging which is made of Holland yarn; for it is made in great quanti- ties and exposed to sale, to the hurt of the buyer. It is of such a base quality, that it is not sufficient for cables or rigging of any kind: it is spun and dressed off in such a manner, as makes it difficult for the buyer to know it from the best rope. In order to try its evil quality, let the buyer take a few yards of the end of the rope, and open them into hemp, and if it prove to be short tow, you may take it for granted to be Holland yarn; which is spun of short tow and refuse of the hemp, that is manufactured in- to sail-cloth in Holland. N. B. If it should be enquired who are the pro- moters of this caution, be it known that we are a com- pany of rope-makers, who think it too tedious to insert our names here. tf New-York, Nov. 8.
ALBANY BOILING PEAS, Round and Split, warranted good. For Sale by Zacharias Sickels, Oct. 16. 26w No. 7 New-street.
To be Sold at private Sale, (And immediate possession given to the purchaser.) SIX LOTS of GROUND, each of 25 feet front and rear, and 100 feet deep, in the our ward of the city of New-York, contiguous to the East river, viz. Three LOTS on the South side of Lombard- street, on which is a good Dwelling House, con- taining six rooms and a kitchen; likewise a work- shop and stable, a pump with good water, and a cistern near the door; and three Lots on the north side of Cherry-street. Likewise adjoining the above-mentioned six Lots, is a good wharf, and a slip in it, for the convenience of hauling up timber; which wharf has been long made use of as a ship-yard, and is probably, from its situation and depth of water, as well adapted for the ship building business, as any on the river; and from its local advantages, must be a very im- proving interest to the purchaser. If it is not sold by the 1st of March next, it will then be to let. For terms apply to JOHN ARTHUR, No. 160, Queen- street, Nov. 26, 1787. 2aw. ann.
THOMAS BURLING, CABINET and CHAIR-MAKER, At the Sign of the Chair, near the Chapel, in Beck- man-street, formerly Chapel-street.
ACKNOWLEDGES the many favors received from his friends at the public, and would wish to inform them that he has opened a Ware-Room of MAHOGANY and other FURNITURE, on a more ex- tensive plan than heretofore; and for the conveni- ence of strangers and others, who may resort to, or settle in this city, he means to keep an assortment where they may be supplied on the shortest notice; for it must hurt the feelings of every citizen to ob- serve the daily importations strangers are liable to, in purchasing new furniture at these public vendues. He served his time with Samuel Prince, a conspi- cuous character in his way, and esteemed one of the best workmen in this city; and as he has laid in a stock of the best Mahogany and other Wood, and means to employ the best hands, and tell his work at the lowest rate good work falls at, he flatters himself with being able to give satisfaction to his customers. Bed Chairs for the sick having been much wanted in this city, said Burling has provided some to let. Nov. 10. tf.
FLAX-SEED, Stored, cleaned purchased and sold, at HARTELL and WOODWARD'S FLAX-SEED STORE, lately occupied by Mr. Ja- cob Sary, left by Mr. Nash, between Van Zandt's and Murray's Wharves. tf Oct. 22.
CABLES of any length, and CORDAGE of all sizes, made of Peterburg Hemp, first quality, To be had at the Subscriber's Rope-walk, or at his Store, between Fly-marker Stairs and Burling- slip, on the very lowest terms. Cables spliced with the addition of any length required; Cables or Cordage of any size reduced into yarn, and made into Rope to any dimensions, at a very small expence. HEZEKIAH IVERS, Rope-Maker. July 25th, 1787. tf
NATHANIEL SMITH, Perfumer, from London,
At the New-York Hair-Powder and Perfume Manu- factory, the Rose, No. 187, Queen-street, RETURNS his sincere thanks to his numerous cus- tomers who have so liberally encouraged him, and he assures them he is determined to persevere in selling every article as usual in the Perfumery line of the first quality, and on as low terms as it is possible to afford them.
SMITH begs leave to recommend to ladies, his highly improved Milk of Roses, for beautifying the skin, it is by far the best Cosmetic in the world, be- ing the proprietor of it, he can vouch for its im- mense, for cleansing and clearing the skin from hard pimples, scurf or tan, rendering it quite soft, deli- cate and fair; half dollar and one dollar per bottle, or three dollars per quart. He cannot be answerable for any Milk of Roses but what he prepares himself, with his label upon the bottle; therefore Ladies can- not be too particular in asking for N. SMITH's Milk of Roses; for that as well as many more articles are imported under titles they are not deserving of.
LIKEWISE may be had as above, SMITH's super- fine English white Hair Powders, Pomatums, Wash- Balls, Shaving Soaps and Boxes, Lavender Waters, Essence of Bergamot, Lemon and Lavender; Con- cave Razors, warranted Razor Straps, Powder Bags and Puffs, Rollers, Horn and Tortoise-shell Combs, Black Pins of all kinds. Also, just imported, A beautiful assortment of LONG HAIRS, for Braids, with a variety of Ringlets, for Ladies Curls; Half Drels and Full Drels Cushions, with every o- ther article in the Perfumery business, wholesale and Retail, and for Exportation.
A great allowance to those that buy to sell again. All Orders, from Town and Country, carefully and punctually executed. New-York, September 1, 1787. tf.
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE SIEUR George Charles Fre- DERIC HARTMANN, formerly a Subaltern officer in the Brunswick troops, has had a consider- able inheritance fallen to him in the dominions of Brunswick, his native country. He must present him- self at Brunswick, in order to receive this inheritance, by the 1st of February, 1788, at which else, otherwise he will be cut off from the same.
The place where the said HARTMANN settled in Virginia is not known; all that can be said with certainty, is, that two years after the Brunswick troops left Virginia, that is to say in 1782, the said Hartmann was settled about three miles from the Potomack, near Knowland's Ferry; that he mar- ried a farmer's daughter, who was likewise a wea- ver, and that he took up the same protection. A Col. CLAPHAM, living in the same district, can give some information respecting the said Hartmann. FERONCE DE ROTENCREUTZ. Brunswick, 16th May, 1787.
* * The Printers in the state of Virginia are re- quested to insert this advertisement in their several papers, and those who may be acquainted with the Sieur Hartmann, or the place of his residence, would most oblig him by communicating to him the a- bove information.
FOR SALE,
THAT Valuable Brick House, three stories high, No. 30, situate in Hanover- square, with a back building, also of brick. The premises consist of eight rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen, and a convenient place under the kitchen, that will contain fifteen cord of wood; there is a cement cistern in the yard; and is now let at 130l. per annum.
Also, The House, No. 16, in Water- street, in the rear of the above, which is two stories high, has four good rooms with fire places in each, and a cellar and cellar kitchen; now let at 100l. per annum.
Also, The modern built Brick House, No. 205, the east side of Water-street, three stories high; it has six good rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen, a roomy yard, furnished with a cistern and ash-house. The premises are in complete repair, and are let on lease at 150l. per annum. Eighteen months of the term unexpired.
Also, A large three story Store-House, with a good cellar, situate in Front-street, in the rear of the above; and let on lease, of which four years and a half is unexpired, at 100l. per annum.
Further Particulars, and Conditions of Sale, may be known by application to JOSEPH HALLETT, No. 204, or JOHN DELAFIELD, No. 229, Water- street. New-York, Nov. 23. 2aw. tf.
To be Sold at Private Sale,
THE Farm, Grist and Saw-Mills, whereon the Subscriber now lives, known by the name of Squires-Point, about 37 miles from New-Brunswick, 40 miles from Trenton, 14 from Easttown, in a fine wheat country. The Farm contains 164 acres of good land, on which there is a very genteel house, with four rooms on a floor, a large barn with several small dwelling-houses; the Grist-Mill has two run of stones, in excellent order, and the Saw-Mill almost new, on a never-failing stream of water; also a Negro Man, a complete miller; likewise three Farms, containing 200 acres each, about two miles from the Mills. For further particulars, enquire of Mr. John Ramsay, Mr. Alexander Stewart, Mr. Hay Sevenson, in New-York, or to the owner on the pre- mises. JOHN RAPALJE. Squire's-Point, Sept. 24th, 1787. tf.
Just Published, And to be SOLD by SAMUEL CAMPBELL, (Price FIVE SHILLINGS)
Sixteen SERMONS, on important subjects. By JAMES MUIR, A. M.
Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Bermuda. THESE Sermons have been published under the inspection of the Rev. Dr. Witherspoon, of Princeton; who warmly recommends them to the perusal of all serious Christians.
Likewise, (Price TWO SHILLINGS) Dr. Witherspoon's ADDRESS On the day of Commencement, to the Senior Class, who were to receive the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: Containing the best system of Directions to Young Men, for the Government of their Lives, perhaps ever published in the English language. 59.
MURRAY and SANSOM, Have just imported in the Ship SALLY, Captain Greenaway, from Bristol,
FLAT and Hollow British Earthen Ware in crates, Empty Bottles in hampers, Short and long Pipes, Grind-Stones afforded, And a few casks of bottled Porter. All which will be sold on reasonable terms by the quantity. 2w 2aw Nov. 12.
WHEREAS the Co-Partnership of the House of Henry Arnold Coffer, Bohl Buhlen, Haro Joachim Coffer and Herman Gerard Hammacher, established in this City, under the Firm of BRO- THERS, COSTER and Co. was, on the 20th day of October last, dissolved by mutual consent: all per- sons having any demands against the said House, are requested to furnish their accounts immediately, and those who are indebted to them, will be pleased to make payment to Henry Arnold Coffer, one of the said House, on or before the 31st day of December, or their accounts will, without distinction, be put in the hands of an Attorney; he being fully authorised to settle the same. N. B. The Business, under the Firm of Brothers, Coffer and Co. will in future, be carried on by Henry Arnold Coffer and G. L. Cammann. New-York, Sept. 28, 1787. tf.
IN CHANCERY.
Robert Richardson Crots, et alii, IN PURSUANT versus to a decree George Clinton, Esq. and Nicho- made in the a- las C. Bogart. bove cause, by the honorable the Chancellor, the following premi- ses, late the estate of Cornelia Blau, deceased, will be sold at Public Auction, at the Merchant's Coffee- House, in the City of New-York, on the fifteenth day of December next, at twelve o'clock at noon, of the same day, to wit: All that certain Messuage or Dwelling House and lot of Ground, situate, lying and being in the said City, in Broad-street, nearly op- posite the Exchange; containing in front on the west side, thirty-six feet six inches, and in the rear or east side, thirty-five feet, on the south-side, adjoining the lot now or late of William Milliner, sixty-eight feet, and to the north adjoining the lot now or late of Samuel Francis, sixty feet, be the same more or less; together with all and singular the heredita- ments and appurtenances to the same premises be- longing, or in any wise appertaining. The purchase money to be paid on the delivery of the deed to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, pur- suant to the decree aforesaid; the other conditions will be made known at the time and place of sale, by JAMES M. HUGHES, Master in Chancery. Dated this 20th day of Nov. 1787. tf.
New-York AIR FURNACE.
PETER T. CURTENIUS and CO. have repaired the New-York Air Furnace, and have procured the best workmen, together with the ne- cessary apparatus to carry on the Manufacture of Cast Iron in the completest and best manner.
Casings made in an Air Furnace, are al- lowed by all who are acquainted with the nature of Foundries, to be better than what is made in a Blast Furnace; because, in an Air Furnace, the ware is made out of the softest and best Pig Metal, and, by its being melted a second time, the scoria, or dross, is expelled, and nothing but the pure Metal remains. In a Blast Furnace, the Casings are made out of the first smelting of the crude Ore, and are more or less mixed with dross, which subjects the ware to be rough and spongy, and often full of cold shuts: the differ- ence, in short, is nearly the same as there is be- tween refined and Bloomery Iron.---The ware they have made is allowed, by good judges, to be as light, as smooth, and as good as any imported from Europe. This consideration alone, of the ware be- ing as good as the foreign, is a sufficient inducement, for an American, to give the preference to the manu- factures of his own country; but a more powerful ar- gument for the purchaser to give it a preference is, that it can be afforded cheaper than the imported ware, chiefly owing to a duty of six pounds per ton being laid on foreign casings.
The ware manufactured at this Furnace, consists of the following articles, viz.
Pots and kettles of various sizes, from one to fifteen gallons, tea kettles, pye-pans, skil- lets, griddles, potash kettles and coolers, whaling- kettles, boilers for tallow-chandlers and sugar-works, stoves for sugar-bakers, mill-cases, cast bars for su- gar-works and distilleries, rollers and shears for slit- ting-mills, chimney-backs, hearth and jamb plates, cast agreeable to any pattern that may be sent; close stoves for work-shops, Franklin stoves neatly deco- rated with carved work, Bath stove-grates elegantly ornamented with carvings, ship's cabouzes of the new construction, with bake ovens in them, in which the same fire that roasts and boils the meat, bakes the bread; mill rounds and gudgeons, saw-mill cranks, calcining plates for making pearl ashes, cast iron screws for tilling and paper-mills, fullers plates cast to any size that may be wanted, fash-weights, forge- hammers and anvils, plow-plates, half-hundreds, quarters, fourteen and fifteen pound weights; carts, waggon, coach, phaeton, chair and sulkey boxes, &c. &c. &c.
N. B. Persons who want any backs, or other ware, cast agreeable to particular patterns, will please to send their patterns and orders to the FURNACE, near Mr. Atlee's Brewery, or leave them at the house of PETER T. CURTENIUS, No. 48, Great Dock-street, near the Exchange. Oct. 15. 6w
TO BE SOLD,
A House and Lot of Ground, IN Broad-Way, next door north of the Secretary's Office. The situation is plea- sant and convenient, and in a part of the City which is daily improving. It rents the present year for 35l. One half of the Purchase Money to be paid on signing the deeds, and the remainder at the expiration of the year. Apply at No. 31, John-street. Nov. 24. 2aw tf.
L A N D.
TO be Sold, several LOTS of LAND, lately sur- veyed and laid out by Thomas Palmer, lying and adjoining to the Great Pond, about four miles back of Newburgh, in the county of Ulster. For particulars, enquire of JOHN R. MYER, in King- street. 1D Nov. 8.
C A S H, And the HIGHEST PRICES given, for all kinds of CONTINENTAL and STATE SECURITIES,
PARTICULARLY Bancker's, Barber's, Burrall's, Pierce's and Walker's NOTES and FACILI- TIES, at No. 40, Wall-street, four doors from the corner of Queen-street.
Where are for sale, Excellent old MADEIRA WINE, in pipes or quar- ter-casks, BEEF, PORK, and BAR IRON. July 24.
D A N C I N G.
MR. PICKEN begs leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of New-York, that he has opened his SCHOOL at the City Assembly-Room, Broad-ways, where he will exert his utmost abilities to merit the approbation of his employers. 14th Sept. 1787. tf.
OAKUM, For Sale,
Of the first quality, by the ton or single hundred, at 25 shillings per hundred, gross. Also a par- cel of Paints, Masts and Gaskets, and a quantity of good rigging of different dimensions. Enquire of Francis Basset, Lawrence Embree, Elijah Cocke, Obadiah Seaman, and Elias Nexen.
To be Let until the first of May, THAT pleasantly situated HOUSE, No. 13, cor- ner of Beekman and William-street. For particulars, apply at the premises. tf Oct. 27.
A R O B B E R Y.
IN the evening of Friday the 23d inst. some Villain or Villains, embracing a favorable opportunity, slipped into the shop of John Burger, No. 207, Queen-street, and stole from thence six large Silver Table Spoons, stamped Burger, New-York; about 2 1-2 dozen Tea-Spoons, stamped I. B. 2 Sugar-Tongs, with the same stamps; 3 pair and one odd Shoe-Buckles, not certain of any stamp, except one very large pair with the British Hall stamp, scratch on the bottoms 51; one of the above pair Buckles are old, without chapes, and of a link pat- tern; with, as it is supposed, sundry small articles which were in the same case. No doubt but if it should fall in the way of any well disposed person to make the dis- covery, they will take such steps as to them seem most necessary. Efforts made to the discovery, will be thankfully acknowledged by the Public's very humble servant, JOHN BURGER. New-York, Nov. 27. 3t
SHALER and SEBOR
No. 27 Queen-street, have for sale, A QUANTITY of plated ware, consisting of can- dlesticks, branches, tea caddies, snuffer pans, egg cups, goblets, coffee pots and Muffineers, black table cakes, with knives, forks, and spoons com- plete, fruit stands, paper bottle stands, japanned bread-trays, caddies and snuffer pans, plate warm- ers, brass chasing dishes, cork screws, keel-nuffers, ladlers, brass rings, cloak pins, sleeve buttons, brass table hinges, guns and gun locks, China tea cups, chimney tiles, sets of horse bushes, near mahog- any razor cases, silver watches, elegant steel and git watch chains, trinkets, shirt pins, buckles, rings, pate, shoe, knee, and flock buckles and sleeve but- tons, fine Irish sheeting, fine dyed jeans, Marceilles quilted, silk shaggs, black craped, white and black gazes, muslins, muffs, leepuckers, hababees, hetheroy, barnegore, romalls, corded dimity, and a box of assorted bolting cloths, with a variety of other articles which will be disposed of for cash or shipping produce, at a price much below the sterling cost.
At same place may be had, Madeira, Tenerife, and Malaga wine, by the pipe or quarter cask, Cham- paine of an excellent quality, by the case or dozen, striped duffel blankets, a variety of hard ware, a large assortment of Irish linen, 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4, re- ceived by the Montgomery, are now opening, and will be sold together with the above goods on the lowest terms. New-York, November 27, 1787.
Mr HARDIE,
TEACHER of LANGUAGES, RETURNS his most grateful acknowledgements to his good Friends for their generous patron- age, since he opened a public school. At their re- quest, he wished to introduce the practice of hearing his Latin scholars occasionally read lessons in Eng- lish; but finding it difficult to attend to a variety of branches at the same time, and anxiously desirous to do every thing in his power to promote the progress of the young gentlemen committed to his care, he has taken, as an assistant, Mr. MARTIN, a gentleman educated at the University of Glasgow, who, together with himself, will industriously instruct their scho- lars in the following branches, viz. writing, arch- metic, geography, navigation, and the Greek, La- tin, and English languages, grammatically. Particular attention will be also paid to train up the young gentlemen to a just and graceful mode of elocution; and some time will be daily spent in teaching them orthography. Apply at the school, next door to the Methodist Church, in John-street. Nov. 28.
FENCING SCHOOL.
MR. VILLETTE has the honor to inform the gen- tlemen of this city, that he has opened his School on Golden-hill, No. 37, where that noble art will be taught, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from ten o'clock, A. M. until two.
* * An EVENING SCHOOL is opened for the accommodation of such gentlemen, as cannot make it convenient to attend in the day.
MR. VILLETTE has likewise opened a FRENCH Evening School, from six to eight, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gentlemen desiring to be taught at their lodg- ings, will be waited upon in those hours that will not interfere with his school hours.
Printed by FRANCIS CHILDS, No. 22, Hanover-square.