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The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 19, of VOL. XLII.]
TUESDAY, January 22, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2197.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE Thompson's Liberty.
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
To the SUBSCRIBERS of the New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, AND THE RESPECTABLE PUBLIC. THE Proprietor and Editor of the above-mentioned JOURNAL, heretofore subscribed, prompted by the solicitation of a respectable number of his present subscribers—and by means of the generous patronage of a few valued friends, and the public, for which he requests their acceptance of unfeigned thanks—begs leave to communicate to them his intention of printing and publishing a DAILY PAPER, under the title of—The NEW-YORK JOURNAL, and DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
By this publication it is not intended, that the idea of the WEEKLY REGISTER shall be extinct; therefore, the present subscribers, in general, will please to take particular notice, that the THURSDAY's paper will contain just such kind of matter as usual, in which the choicest pieces, and the fewest advertisements, will be inserted—and, that their papers, will of consequence be delivered or sent on, as heretofore, until they severally pay off their arrearages, and stop it, or order their respective names entered upon this new subscription paper.—The Thursday's paper, alone, will be TWO DOLLARS per annum, as usual.
The particular inducements to this arduous task need not all be enumerated.—That the present is a most important CRISIS of the national affairs of this country, must be evident even to the least thoughtful, but more especially so to those who nobly conceive—that the dearly purchased freedom and independence of America is a sacred deposit, to be nurtured, supported, and transmitted, unimpaired, by the present possessors, to millions yet unborn. To this end it is necessary, that the body of the people (who must ever, in free countries, be supposed the supporters of freedom) be well informed of the nature of any government that may be proposed for their adoption; therefore, free discussions on that momentous topic, as well as interesting intelligence from the several quarters of the world, are necessary to be universally disseminated.
By printing only one paper per week, as heretofore, one half of the essays communicated, and all that might be copied from other papers, were, in general, unavoidably neglected: in a Daily paper there will be room for all that may be worthy insertion. In this paper, FREE and IMPARTIAL discussion, that is, decent and well written ESSAYS, on either side of any important public topic, SHALL FIND FREE ACCESS.
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The great expence with which a Daily paper will be attended, at first, is too well known to require any apology for the REQUISITION, on subscribing, expressed in the Conditions, or for the warmth of the solicitations, for the continuation of PUBLIC PATRONAGE, with which the following PROPOSALS are introduced by the public's greatly obliged,
And very humbly Servant, THOMAS GREENLEAF.
New-York, November 12, 1787.
PROPOSALS
For altering The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, Into the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
CONDITIONS. I. THE New-York Journal and Daily Patriotic Register shall be printed on the same paper, form, and type, as the Weekly Register, and shall contain the same quantity of matter.
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Printing-Office, November 19.
THE Editor returns sincere thanks to those gentlemen who have already enabled him to form a very respectable list of subscribers to his paper, upon the plan of the above proposals. His subscriptions having been rapid, has determined him to commence the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register, THIS DAY.—From the favourable disposition of the public, already evinced, he flatters himself with a prospect of speedy and generous ADVERTISING patronage.—He anticipates the pleasure of having it in his power, in a few weeks, to present to the public, a publication that will both serve and be a CREDIT to his country, not withholding a few of his GILDED rays from the public's ever devoted humble servant, THE PRINTER.
To the Friends of Science.
IT has long been the universal wish, that the public might be furnished with an accurate Geographical and Topographical Grammar of the United States.
Geographers of foreign countries, not being possessed of the proper materials, and not equally interested in this part of their subject, have filled their accounts of these states with numerous inaccuracies. It is time these inaccuracies were corrected. We are independent of Great-Britain, and are no longer to look up to her for a description of our own country.
Several gentlemen of abilities, have, in detached pieces, gratified the public with ample and accurate descriptions of several parts of the United States; but no collective description of the whole has been attempted, except in a small duodecimo volume, published by the subscriber in 1784, which, though imperfect on account of the infant state of geographical knowledge in America, was well received by a candid public, and an edition of 1500 copie speedily sold.
This encouragement has determined him to publish again on the same subject. For the purpose of collecting more ample and accurate materials than he formerly possessed, he has travelled through all the states, and has been favoured with the communications of gentlemen well qualified to give information on so important a subject; and has likewise established a correspondence with several respectable characters in different states, from whom he has every reason to expect a valuable addition to the materials already collected; yet as all the information that can be obtained on a subject so extensive, varied and interlocking, is greatly to be desired, and every man of science may have it in his power to contribute some observations which may be useful, the subscriber will feel himself particularly obliged to any gentleman who will be so kind as to furnish him with answers to all, or any of the annexed enquiries, viz.
 1. The boundaries and extent of the several states, and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal places.  2. Descriptions of the rivers, their sources, courses, lengths, how far navigable, how high does the tide rise—and what fish do they produce. A description of mountains, lakes, harbours, capes, and bays.  3. General face of the country, an account of its animal, mineral, and vegetable productions, or its natural history. What are the evidences to support the opinion that the flat country in the southern and middle states was formerly occupied by the waters of the ocean, and that the land below the hills and mountains has been made since the flood.  4. Natural and artificial curiosities, caverns, cataracts, &c.  5. State of commerce, manufactures and agriculture, exports and imports, balance of trade. The number of vessels which annually enter at the custom houses in the several sea ports of the United States.  6. Civil divisions of the several states, the number and names of the several districts, counties, and towns, their extent, latitude and longitude, number of inhabitants, and distance and bearing from the capital of the state. Particular descriptions of the principal towns are requested *.  7. Population—from whence are emigrations, to what places, and how numerous. Of what nations are the inhabitants of the states composed, or whence originated—proportion of the slaves.  8. Climate, diseases and their causes—longevity of the inhabitants—what proportion die in infancy.  9. Religion, number of churches of different denominations—by what methods are ministers supported.  10. State of the practice of law and physic.  11. Societies for the advancement of science and humanity.  12. State of literature, colleges, academies, schools and their funds.  13. Characters who have distinguished themselves in the late war by their patriotism.  14. An estimate of the damages sustained in the late war, in the several states.  15. A description of the adjacent Islands.  16. Manners, customs, diversions and dress.  17. Constitution, policy—general account of the laws—what political principles predominate in the several states.  18. Military and marine strength.  19. Public revenue and expences—mode of levying taxes.  20. Indians, their tribes, languages, numbers, characters and dispositions towards the United States.  21. The society of Cincinnati, their laws and influence and the nature and political tendency of their establishment.  22. History. 
N. B. The subscriber wishes to avail himself of the advantage of all the most accurate maps, and detached geographical pieces, which have been published respecting the United States; and will thank any gentleman to inform him where they can be procured.
Those gentlemen, who may be so obliging as to favor the above design, by communications, are requested to forward them to Messrs. R. Aitken, or W. Spotswood, Philadelphia; Messrs. Spotswood and Clarke, booksellers, Baltimore; Rev. Mr.
* This enquiry is made for the purpose of collecting the proper materials for a Gazetteer of the United States, which makes a part of the general plan in view. It is obvious that a book of this kind, compiled from accurate information, would be exceedingly useful. This might easily be done if one well-informed gentleman, in each town, would spend one half hour for the purpose. In this time the gentlemen might throw together every important circumstance relative to the towns, in which they respectively reside.
Keith, Alexandria; the honorable H. Williamson Edenton, North-Carolina; the honorable D. Ramsay, Messrs. Wright and Co. Charleston; the honorable A. Baldwin and Joseph Clay, Esquires, Georgia; Samuel S. Smith, D. D. Princeton, Mr. Loudon, Printer, New-York; and the Rev. Samuel Austin, or Jedidiah Morse, New-Haven with their names subscribed, and the places of their residence, that the author may have the pleasure of knowing to whom he is indebted for their friendly assistance. JEDIDIAH MORSE.
If the several Printers, in the United States, feel disposed to favor the above design, and will give this Advertisement a place in their respective papers for a few weeks, and will receive and forward to New-Haven, any communications which may be handed them by friends to the design, they may thereby contribute to the public good, and will peculiarly oblige their humble servant. Philad. Aug. 7, 1787. J. M.
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THE American Museum,
FOR DECEMBER, 1787. CONTAINING, State and other public papers.
OBJECTIONS of the honorable George Mason to the new constitution. The address and reasons of dissent of the minority of the convention of Pennsylvania. Letter from the Hon. Richard Henry Lee, Esq. to governor Randolph. Dr. Franklin's final speech in the late federal convention. Resolves of the house of delegates of the commonwealth of Virginia. Resolves of Congress. Resolve of the convention of Pennsylvania, relative to offering congress the jurisdiction of a place for the seat of federal government. Resolve of the supreme executive council of the state of Pennsylvania. Resolve of the house of delegates of the state of Maryland. Letter from the Hon. John Sevier to governor Matthews,  — from col. Robertson to governor Sevier,  — from col. Bledsoe to governor Sevier,  — from gen. Cooke, to gov. Matthews,  — from gen. Clarke, to ditto,  — from major Elholm, to major gen. Moultrie,  — from the Hon. William Pierce, to don Diego de Gardoqui,  Reply to the preceding letter, Votes of the members of the protestant episcopal church in Providence, Address of the inhabitants of Northampton, to their delegates in convention, Resolution of the inhabitants of Pittsburgh, Ratification of the new constitution by Delaware, Ditto by Pennsylvania.
Medical Essays.
Observations and remarks on the putrid malignant fore throat, Observations on the bite of a mad dog, Account of a worm bred in the liver, Letter to doctor Franklin on the same subject.
Rural Concerns.
On the culture of trees, To make cyder, On planting potatoes, Receipt for preventing the flies from damaging turnips, On the culture of ginseng.
Law Information.
Law report. Watkeys against Delancey, Law report. Norton against Birch, Law case, respecting a captured vessel, Law regulation.
Miscellanies.
The Federalist, Account of an electrical eel, Recovery of two drowned children, Directions for the recovery of persons apparently dead from drowning, Admiral Pococke's receipt for pickling beef, pork, &c. Exemplary charity, Extract from an oration pronounced by David Dagget, Esq. Indian anecdote.
Poetry.
The newsmonger's song, The crisis, The retort courteous, Poem on the prospect of seeing the fine arts flourish in America, The old Bachelor.
MARSHALL'S
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To accompany this map, and explanatory of it, with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 67 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled, a Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the Map.
By THOMAS HUTCHINS, Esq. Late Captain and Engineer in the British army, and now Geographer General to the United States of America. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois river, and a correct list of the different nations, and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.
Description of the ILLINOIS COUNTRY.
THE Illinois country is in general of a superior soil to any other part of North America that I have seen. It produces fine oak, hickory, cedar, mulberry trees, &c. some dying roots and medicinal plants;—hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten hogheads of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes. A large quantity of sugar is also annually made from the juice of the maple tree; and as the mulberry trees are large and numerous, I presume the making of silk will employ the attention and industry of the settlers, when the country is more fully inhabited than it is at present, and especially as the winters are much more moderate and favourable for the breed of silk worms, than they are in many of the sea coast provinces. Indigo may likewise be successfully cultivated—(but not more than two cuttings in a year) wheat, peas, and Indian corn thrive well, as does every sort of grain and pulse, that is produced in any of the old colonies. Great quantities of tobacco are also yearly raised by the inhabitants of the Illinois, both for their own consumption and that of the Indians; but little has hitherto been exported to Europe. Hemp grows spontaneously, and is of a good texture; its common height is 10 feet, and its thickness three inches (the latter reckoned within about a foot of the root) and with little labour, any quantity may be cultivated. Flax seed has hitherto been only raised in small quantities. There has however been enough produced to shew, that it may be sown to the greatest advantage. Apples, pears, peaches, and all other European fruits succeeded admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in different parts of this territory. The two latter are worked on the Spanish side of the Mississippi, with considerable advantage to the owners. There is plenty of fish in the rivers, particularly Cat, Carp, and Perch, of an uncommon size.—Savannahs, or natural meadows, are both numerous and extensive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of buffalo, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkeys, pheasants, partridges, &c. such as are seen in the sea coast Colonies, are in the greatest variety and abundance.—In short, every thing, that a reasonable mind can desire, is to be found, or may, with little pains, be produced here. New-York, Jan. 17, 1788. 93 c.d.
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MISCELLANY.
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
Of the State of New-York.
POUGHKEEPSIE, January 15, 1788.
[Continued.]
THE house met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Harrison, of New York, appearing in the house, was qualified and admitted to his seat.
Mr. Sylvester from the committee appointed to report an answer to the governor's speech, moved for leave to present one to the house, which was read and committed to a committee of the whole.
A petition from Benjamin Michau, late treasurer of Richmond county, stating that he had in the month of June last been robbed of certain public monies, and praying an allowance for the same, in the settlement of his accounts was read, and referred to Messrs. Brooks, Sickles, and Lewis.
A petition from Bernradus Swartwout, one of the collectors of Dutchess county, praying to be relieved from the losses he has sustained in being robbed of sundry sums of public money, was read and referred to the same committee.
A petition from Wm. M'Clure and 400 others, concerning waste lands, was read and referred to Messrs. Van Orden, Sands, and Bloom.
A petition from John Glenn and others, concerning lands they had purchased from the Indians, was read and referred to Messrs. Thomson, Powers, and Graham.
It was, on motion, made a rule of the house, that in future all petitions which might be presented, should be read on Saturdays.
On motion, it was resolved, that the house would, on Thursday next, proceed to nominate and elect a council of appointment.
The house resolved, that if the senate would concur therein, that in future all bills which might be sent from one house to the other, should be conveyed by two members.
The house then went into a committee of the whole on the following answer to the governor's speech.
Mr. Sands in the chair.
To his Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esq. Governor of the State of New York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same.
The respectful ADDRESS of the ASSEMBLY, in answer to his Excellency's SPEECH.
"WE, the representatives in assembly, being persuaded that a constant representation in the national council, is indispensable to the welfare of the confederacy, we shall therefore proceed to an immediate new appointment of delegates to represent this state in Congress."
"Your Excellency may be assured, that the requisition for the federal services of the current year, shall be complied with, as far as the abilities of the state will admit; and we are happy to find, that the present demands on us, are principally for the arrears due on former requisitions, as we shall thereby have it more in our power to provide for the relief of our own citizens."
"With peculiar pleasure we receive from your Excellency, the information that the federal boundary lines between this state, and the respective commonwealths of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, are finally adjusted and completed. The communities interested are now wholly relieved from apprehensions of the evils incident to controverted territory or jurisdiction: And we shall make the requisite provisions for authenticating and preserving the reports of the commissioners, and other documents of these transactions, and for defraying whatever expenses may have arisen on these beneficial services."
"While, with your Excellency, we contemplate and approve the peaceable and orderly condition of the state, and with great satisfaction, perceive its recovery from the wastes of war; we also regret the prevalence of habits, opposed to that salutary mean of relief, economy: And we trust the inhabitants of these states will discern the propriety of refraining from the use of foreign, and affording every encouragement to the manufacture of our own productions."
"The several communications from your Excellency are highly important and interesting, and therefore claim most serious and deliberate consideration."
The same having been read by paragraphs and agreed to, the committee rose, when it was ordered to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Nevin, the house resolved, that they would, if the senate concurred therein, on Tuesday next, the 22d inst. proceed to nominate and appoint five delegates, to represent this state in Congress until the first of November next.
On motion of Mr. Gansevoort, the house went into a committee on the bill to naturalize Robert Edmundston.
Mr. Nevin in the chair.
The bill having been read and amended, the committee rose and reported accordingly:—it was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Sands the house went into a committee on the bill to regulate the culling of staves and heading.
Mr. Sickles in the chair.
The bill having been agreed to, the committee rose and reported the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
A message was received from the senate by Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Peter Schuyler, requesting the concurrence of the house to a bill they had passed to repeal an act to prevent the destruction of fish in the county of Suffolk---which said bill was read a first time and ordered a second reading.
On motion of Mr. Jones, the house went into a committee on the bill to prevent abuses and delays in actions of replevin.
Mr. Dongan in the chair.
The bill having been considered and agreed to by the committee, they rose and reported the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The bill to empower the justices of the peace in that part of the township of Schenectady therein mentioned, to establish and regulate a night watch; and for other purposes therein mentioned, was read a second time, and committed to the members from Albany county.
Mr. Gansevoort from the committee to whom was referred the petition of the supervisors of Albany county, moved for leave and brought in a bill to empower the supervisors of Albany county or a major part of them to raise pounds for the purposes therein mentioned; which was read the first time and ordered a second reading.
Adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow, A. M.
Wednesday, January 16, 1787.
The house met pursuant to adjournment.
The bill to repeal an act, entitled an act to prevent the destruction of fish in the county of Suffolk, was read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house.
The bill to empower the supervisors of the city and county of Albany, or a major part of them, to raise a sum of money, not exceeding 500l. to repair the court house and goal of the said county, was read a second time and committed to a committee of the whole house.
The bill to avoid unnecessary delays of execution,
The bill for giving further remedy by action of account,
And the bill to naturalize Robert Edmundston, were severally read a third time, and passed the house.
On motion of Mr. Jones, the house went into a committee on the bill for preventing and punishing champerty and maintenance.
Mr. Tillotson in the chair.
The said bill having been read by paragraphs, and agreed to by the committee; Mr. Tillotson reported the same; when on motion, it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
Mr. Sands, from a committee appointed by a former assembly, to examine the accounts of the treasurer, and to report thereon to the house; made a report accordingly, which was ordered to be entered on the Journal.
[This report we shall give at length in another paper.]
On motion of Mr. Taulman, the house went into a committee on the bill for the prevention and punishment of extortion.
Mr. Lewis in the chair.
The committee having agreed to the said bill, rose and reported the same; when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Jones the house went into a committee on the bill for preventing and punishing perjury, and subornation of perjury, and for compelling the attendance of witnesses.
Mr. Patterson in the chair.
The committee having agreed to the bill, rose and reported the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Jones, the house went into a committee on the bill, to prevent forcible entries and detainers.
Mr. Cornwell in the chair.
The said bill having been agreed to by the committee, they rose and reported the same, when the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Sands, the house went into a committee on the bill to regulate the re-packing of beef and pork.
Mr. Taulman in the chair.
After some time spent thereon, the committee rose and asked for leave to sit again.
Then the house adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning.
[To be Continued.]
STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
IN CONVENTION, January 4.
DR. Johnson rose after Mr. Ellsworth, and expressed himself to the following purpose.
My honourable friend has represented to us the miserable state, which we are in with respect to our public affairs. It is a melancholy picture, but not too highly drawn. Our commerce is annihilated; our national honour, once in so high esteem, is no more. We have got to the very brink of ruin; we must turn back, and adopt a new system. The gentleman's arguments have demonstrated that a principle of coercion is absolutely necessary, if we would have a union to answer any beneficial purposes. All ancient leagues have had this principle. Holland has in fact had it. When a Dutch province has neglected to furnish her quota for the national expence; taxes have been levied by an army. It was necessary that each province should be compelled to pay her part. But how was this effected? There was no other way but by force of arms, a method most dangerous to the public tranquillity.
Under our old confederation, each state was bound by the most solemn obligations to pay its proportion of the national expence. If any state did not perform what it had so solemnly promised, it became a transgressor. It did an injury to the other states, to which it had plighted its faith for the performance of what it had stipulated in the articles of confederation. The other states have a right to redress; they have a right by the law of nature and nations to insist upon, and compel a performance. How shall this be done? There is no other way but by force of arms. What is the consequence? This way of enforcing federal decrees leads directly to civil war and national ruin. This was the case with the ancient leagues. The states in confederacy were bound by compact, to bear certain proportions of the public burdens. Some of the states were delinquent; they failed in performing their
disputations. This injurious conduct provoked the other; they had recourse to arms for redress. While they were thus involved in civil war, neighbouring powers took advantage of it, and availed themselves of the forces of a part to subdue the rest. Such is the nature of this kind of confederacies, that the general decrees must either remain without efficacy, or be put in execution by a military force.
The convention saw this imperfection in attempting to legislate for states, in their political capacity; that the coercion of law can be exercised by nothing but a military force. They have therefore gone upon entirely new ground. They have formed one new nation out of the individual states. The constitution, vests in the general legislature a power to make laws in matters of national concern; to appoint judges to decide upon these laws & to appoint officers to carry them into execution. This excludes the idea of an armed force. The power, which is to enforce these laws, is to be a legal power vested in proper magistrates. The force, which is to be employed, is the energy of law; and this force is to operate only upon individuals, who fail in their duty to their country. This is the peculiar glory of the constitution, that it depends upon the mild and equal energy of the magistracy for the execution of the laws. The convention have framed a system of government, and submit it to the wisdom of their country. We address ourselves, not to your passions, but to your reason; we speak as to wise men. Judge ye what we say. As to the old system, we can go no further with it; experience has shewn it to be utterly insufficient. The states are sensible of this; to remedy the evil, they appointed the convention. Though no enthusiast, I cannot but impute it to a single intervention of divine providence, that a convention from states, differing in circumstances, interests, and manners, should be so harmonious in adopting one grand system. If we reject a plan of government which with such favourable circumstances is offered for our acceptance, I fear our national existence must come to a final end.
MONDAY, January 7.
The paragraph which respects taxes, imposts and excises, was largely debated by several gentlemen.
Gen. Wadsworth objected against it, because it gave the power of the purse to the general legislature; another paragraph gave the power of the sword; and that authority which has the power of the sword and purse, is despotic. He objected against imposts and excises, because their operation would be partial and in favour of the southern states. Some other objections were likewise made against this paragraph. In answer to them, Mr. Ellsworth expressed himself nearly to the following effect.
Mr. President, This is a most important clause in the constitution: and the gentlemen do well to offer all the objections which they have against it. Through the whole of this debate, I have attended to the objections which have been made against this clause; and I think them all to be unfounded. The clause is general; it gives the general legislature "power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States." There are three objections against this clause. First, that it is too extensive, it extends to all the objects of taxation; secondly, that is partial; thirdly, that Congress ought not to have power to lay taxes at all.
The first objection is, that this clause extends to all the objects of taxation. But, though it does extend to all, it does not extend to them exclusively. It does not say, that Congress shall have all these sources of revenue, and the states none. All, excepting the impost, still lie open to the states. This state owes a debt, it must provide for the payment of it. So do all the other states. This will not escape the attention of Congress. When making calculations to raise a revenue, they will bear this in mind. They will not take away that which is necessary for the states. They are the head, and they will take care that the members do not perish. The state debt, which now lies heavy upon us, arose from the want of powers to the national government, and the state will not be again necessitated to involve itself in debt for its defence in war. It will lie upon the national government to defend all the states, to defend all its members from hostile attacks. The United States will bear the whole burden of war. It is necessary that the power of the general legislature should extend to all the objects of taxation, that government should be able to command all the resources of the country; because no man can tell what our exigencies may be. Wars have now become rather wars of the purse than of the sword. Government must therefore be able to

command the whole powers of the purse; otherwise a hostile nation may look into our constitution, see what resources are in the power of government, and calculate to go a little beyond us; there they may have a decided superiority over us, and reduce us to the utmost distress. A government which can command but half its resources, is like a man with but one arm to defend himself.
The second objection is, that the impost is not a proper mode of taxation; that it is partial to the southern states. I confess I am mortified, when I find gentlemen supposing that their delegates in convention were inattentive to their duty, and made a sacrifice of the interests of their constituents. If however, the impost be a partial mode, this circumstance, high as my opinion of it is, would stagger my belief in it; for I abhor partiality. But I think there are three special reasons, why an impost is the best way of raising a national revenue.
The first is, it is the most fruitful and easy way. All nations have found it to be so. Direct taxation can go but little way towards raising a revenue. To raise money in this way, people must be provident; they must be constantly laying up money to answer the demands of the collector. But you cannot make people thus provident; if you would do any thing to the purpose, you must come in when they are spending, and take a part with them. This does not take away the tools of a man's business, or the necessary utensils of his family: It only comes in, when he is taking his pleasure, and feels generous, when he is laying out a shilling for superfluities, it takes two-pence of it for the public use, and the remainder will do him as much good as the whole. I will instance two facts, which shew how easily and insensibly a revenue is raised by indirect taxation. I suppose people in general are not sensible, that we pay a tax to the state of New-York. Yet it is an uncontrollable fact, that we the people of Connecticut pay annually into the treasury of New-York more than fifty thousand dollars. Another instance I will mention: one of our common river sloops pays in the West-Indies a portage-bill of £.60. This is a tax which foreigners lay upon us and we pay it. For a duty laid upon our shipping, which transports our produce to foreign markets, sinks the price of our produce, and operates as an effectual tax upon those who till the ground, and bring the fruits of it to market. All nations have seen the necessity and propriety of raising a revenue by indirect taxation, by duties upon articles of consumption. France raises a revenue of 24 millions sterling per annum, and it is chiefly in this way. 50 millions of livres they raise upon the single article of salt. The Swiss cantons raise almost the whole of their revenue upon salt. Those states purchase all the salt which is to be used in the country; they sell it out to the people at an advanced price; the advance is the revenue of the country. In England the whole public revenue is about 12 millions sterling per annum. The land tax amounts to about 2 millions; the window and some other taxes to about two millions more. The other 8 Millions is raised upon articles of consumption. The whole standing army of Great-Britain could not enforce the collection of this vast sum by direct taxation. In Holland their prodigious taxes, amounting to forty shillings for each inhabitant, are levied chiefly upon articles of consumption. They excise every thing, not excepting even their houses of infamy.
The experiments, which have been made in our own country, shew the productive nature of indirect taxes. The imports into the United States amount to a very large sum. They never will be less, but will continue to increase for ages and centuries to come. As the population of our country increases, the imposts will necessarily increase. They will increase, because our citizens will choose to be farmers living independently on their freeholds, rather than to be manufacturers, and work for a groat a day. I find by calculation, that a general impost of 5 per cent. would raise the sum of £.245,000 per annum, deducting 8 per cent. for the charges of collecting. A further sum might be deducted for smuggling, a business which is understood too well among us, and which is looked upon in too favourable a light. But this loss in the public revenue will be over balanced by the increase of importations. And a further sum may be reckoned upon some articles, which will bear a higher duty than the one recommended by Congress. Rum, instead of 4d. per gallon, may be set higher, without any detriment to our health or morals. In England it pays a duty of 4s. 6d. per gallon. Now let us compare this source of revenue with our national wants. The interest of the foreign debt is £.130,000 lawful money per
annum. The expense of the civil list is £.37,000. There are likewise further expenses, for maintaining the frontier posts, for the support of those who have been disabled in the service of the continent, and some other contingencies, amounting, together with the civil list, to £.130,000. This sum, added to the interest of the foreign debt, will be £.260,000. The consequence follows, that the avails of the impost will pay the interest of the whole foreign debt, and nearly satisfy these current expenses. But perhaps it will be said, that these paper calculations are overdone, and that the real avails will fall far short. Let me point out then what has actually been done. In only three of the states, in Massachusetts, New-York, and Pennsylvania, 160 or £.180,000 per annum have been raised by impost. From this fact we may certainly conclude, that, if a general impost should be laid, it would raise a greater sum than I have calculated. It is a strong argument in favor of an impost, that the collection of it will interfere less with the internal police of the states, than any other species of taxation. It does not fill the country with revenue-officers, but is confined to the sea coast, and is chiefly a water operation. Another weighty reason in favour of this branch of revenue is, if we do not give it to Congress, the individual states will have it. It will give some states an opportunity of oppressing others, and destroy all harmony between them. If we would have the states friendly to each other, let us take away this bone of contention, and place it, as it ought in justice to be placed, in the hands of the general government.
But, says an honourable gentleman near me, the impost will be a partial tax; the southern states will pay but little in proportion with the northern. I ask, what reason is there for this assertion? Why, says he, we live in a cold climate, and want warming. Do not they live in a hot climate, and want quenching? Until you get as far south as the Carolinas, there is no material difference in the quantity of cloathing which is worn. In Virginia they have the same course of cloathing that we have. In Carolina, they have a great deal of cold, raw, chilly weather: even in Georgia, the river Savannah has been crossed upon the ice. And if they do not wear quite so great a quantity of cloathing in those states as with us, yet people of rank wear that which is of a much more expensive kind. In these states we manufacture one half of our cloathing, and all our tools of husbandry; in those, they manufacture none, nor ever will. They will not manufacture, because they find it much more profitable to cultivate their lands which are exceedingly fertile. Hence they import almost every thing, not excepting the carriages in which they ride, the hoes with which they till the ground, and the boots which they wear. If we doubt of the extent of their importations, let us look at their exports. So exceedingly fertile and profitable are their lands, that a hundred large ships are every year loaded with rice and indigo from the single port of Charleston. The rich returns of these cargoes of immense value will be all subject to the impost. Nothing is omitted, a duty is to be paid upon the blacks which they import. From Virginia their exports are valued at a million sterling per annum; the single article of tobacco amounts to seven or eight hundred thousand. How does this come back? not in money, for the Virginians are poor to a proverb in money. They anticipate their crops; they spend faster than they earn; they are ever in debt. Their rich exports return in cattles, in drinkables, in wearables. All these are subject to the impost. In Maryland their exports are as great in proportion as those in Virginia. The imports and exports of the southern states are quite as great in proportion as those of the northern. Where then exists this partiality, which has been objected? It exists no where but in the uninformed mind.
[To be continued.]
FOR THE DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER. Letters from a Gentleman in Dutchess-County, to his Friend in New-York. L E T T E R, V. [Continued from this Register of the 15th ult.] January 10, 1788.
DEAR SIR, ALTHOUGH an unavoidable impediment has prevented my corresponding with you, as often as I wished and intended, yet it has not, entirely, deprived me of all opportunity, of revolving the general convention and their proceedings in my mind. In doing which, I always endeavour to divest myself of every prepossession for, or against them, and their conduct, and, as impartially and candidly as I am capable, to view and consider the whole in every possible point of light, in which I can place it.—And, though it is readily granted, that the convention was composed of a number of very sensible men; yet, if we take the retrospect of the time, when it was first proposed, that there should be a general convention, and the design of it; and likewise reflect, that several of the gentlemen who composed the last convention, were also members of the first, as well as members of the
different legislatures which deputed them, besides being delegates to Congress; by all which means they must have had frequent, and great opportunities of learning the sentiments of others with time to read and study the best authors on government, and make up their own minds, on the subject, previous to their last meeting. Shall we find, if we deduct a part of the constitution of this state, some part of the confederation, and the mode of election in Connecticut, &c. from what they have done, that all these combined circumstances, added to four months close application of great abilities and wisdom, which have been so often handled about, have produced any thing adequate to what might reasonably have been expected from such united advantages?—Nay, have they produced any thing but what they ought not to have produced? And, to say no worse of it, have they not descended below the dignity of their characters? Have they not said, "Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the states present, &c." shortly after which, we see, "New-York," and "Alexander Hamilton," annexed to it, as though the state were fully represented by that one deputy, when it had sent three deputies?—And, either forgetting, or in hopes that others would forget, have they not afterwards said, "In convention, Monday September 17, 1787. Present, the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut," "Mr. Hamilton for New-York, &c." By what name ought this to be called? May not some of the wisdom of this world be truly called foolishness? I could very easily imagine, that a gentleman of far less understanding than "Alexander Hamilton," is said to be, would have had modesty enough to wait for further authority, before he set his name to an instrument of such immense importance to the state which entrusted him, and honored him with its interests and commands.
What was this but setting the state and his colleagues at open defiance, and, tacitly, telling the legislature and them, "I want none of your instructions, advice, nor assistance. I better know than you or they what ought to be done, and how to do it. Yes, I know what will suit you all, much better than any body else in the state. I know, that trial by jury, of the vicinage, is a foolish custom, besides frequently embarrassing the judges, it often disappoints the lawyers, and therefore, as I may never have it in my power again, I will now contribute all I can to the abolition of it." If it be true, that actions may speak plainer than words, which, I believe, is a maxim pretty well established, must not the foregoing, or something like it, have been the language or ideas held by that gentleman?
Can the conduct of a man be spoken too freely of, who, unauthorised, has attempted to transfer all power from the many, to the few? Has this state, or, have the United States, expended so much blood and treasure for the sake of exalting one, or the few, and depressing the many? If they have, or, if that was their view, then have they been guilty of an unpardonable offence against God and their country. But it cannot be—that never could have been even in contemplation, with the honest patriots of seventy-six.
The conduct of George Grenville, the Earl of Hillsborough, Lord Mansfield, the Earl of Bute, Lord North, the King and Parliament of Great Britain, as well as that of their adherents, the stamp-masters, &c. in America, has always been canvassed and treated with the utmost freedom, by the friends of this country. Whence then all this reserve and tenderness for a junta of our fellow citizens, who have cast off their allegiance to the United States, and endeavoured to rob us of our best inheritance?
Will it not be said, by the nations of Europe and posterity, that they acted with more spirit and enterprise in robbing us of it, than we have in defending it, though we pretended to know the value of it? Others may do as they please, but, for myself, I am determined to pursue them, with my pen, as long as I can wield it, unless they should make a solemn, public recantation.
Should the new constitution be sufficiently corrected by a substantial bill of rights, an equitable representation, chosen annually, or not eligible under two years, the senate chosen triennially, and not eligible in less than three years afterwards, which, apart from it, becoming a more general object to men of learning and genius, might also be a means of preventing monopolies by a few men or families—separating the legislative, judicial and executive departments entirely, and confining the national government to its proper objects; but, by no means admitting a standing army in time of peace, nor a select militia; which last, is a scheme that a certain head has, for some time, been teeming with, and is nothing else but an artful introduction to the other—Nor ought the militia, or any part of it, I think, to be marched out of the state, without the consent of the legislature, and then, not for more than a certain reasonable time, &c.—leaving the states sovereign and independent with respect to their internal police, and relinquishing every idea of drenching the bowels of Africa in gore, for the sake of enslaving its free-born innocent inhabitants, I imagine we might become a happy and respectable people. And, the conduct of the late general convention, by the violent effort which it has made to prostrate our invaluable liberties at the feet of power, fully evinces the absolute necessity of the most express stipulations, for all our essential rights.
But, should the constitution be adopted in its present form, without any amendment, I candidly think, that we should have been much happier, at least for a number of years, in our old connexion with Great-Britain, than with such an absurd heterogeneous kind of government as the convention have proposed for our implicit adoption. Indeed, at present, there are so many dissentients, and others daily becoming so, in all the states, and with arms in their hands, that I cannot see how it could well be organized, without a force superior to every opposition, and that must, of course, absorb all the resources of ways and means immediately, and would defeat many of its own purposes and promises.
Besides, where is the difference between the people's cutting one another's throats, for their own diversion, or cutting them for the pleasure and aggrandizement of one or a few?—If any, I should prefer the former; that is, for my own diversion, &c. I have no idea of being gladiator to any man or body of men whatever; nor marching 500 or 1000 miles to quell an insurrection of
such emigrants as are proposed by the new constitution, to be introduced for one and twenty years. No, nor of butchering the natives, that a few great speculators and landholders may engross all the best soil for a long, and revive the old feudal system, which I know to be the wish of some of the advocates for the new government.
Is it not fortunate for this state, that the executive is not one of the aristocracy, or we might have been precipitated into measures, perhaps, which would have afforded us ample time for repentance?
If, at any time, I should trespass on your patience, I beg you will please to place it to the account of the general convention, and believe me to be, dear Sir, Your most obedient and
very humble servant, A COUNTRYMAN.
New-York, January 22.
THE arrival in this city of a Minister Plenipotentiary , from his Most Christian Majesty to the United States of America, at this juncture, has caused great speculation, and been productive of a variety of conjectural observations. Whether any of these conjectures are reasonably founded, will not be determined until there shall be unfolded a few more leaves of the American book of fate.
The Peggy and Cary, Anderson, from Guadalupe to this port, is on shore at Rockaway—the cargo and rigging saved; the vessel, it is expected, may be got off.
On the 12th December, Capt. McGill, of the Little Jean, in lat. 36. long. 66, 30, spoke the sloop Sea Flower, Samuel Gregg, Master, from Rhode-Island, for Porto Rico, out 3 days, all well.
On the 14th, in lat. 36. 00. long. 66, spoke a sloop from St. Croix, for this port, out 23 days.
On the 28th, spoke the Schooner Nancy, Robert Stewart, master, in lat. 37. 30. long. 57, 30, for this port.
On the 16th inst. spoke the sloop Lyon Foster, Morris, from Curricoa, for New-London, out 60 days, being then 4 leagues from land, between Sandy Hook and Barnygat.
From the NEW-HAMPSHIRE SPY. CROSS READING.
To be sold on Tuesday next at public auction the present powers of Congress, being insufficient.
One great objection of the anti-federalists—will be called in at 75 for one.
On Sunday morning last was found lying near his own door—
the _____ of the other state, it is said—
the verdict of the inquest was insanity.
A letter this day received which contains—
nothing—will affect the new plan as much as the honorable E. G's reasons.
We hear from Cambridge, Massachusetts—
a large red massiff run mad, being removed from his nest.
The late hurricanes in Worcester county have injured principally—
the federal system in various parts.
In a late ship from Europe came passengers—
proposals for a new mode of government, if this fails.
To sail in all the month of January—
Osborne's New-Hampshire Register.
To be let and entered on immediately, a commodious—
wet nurse—who wishes to take a child.
With pleasure we can announce to the public—a new milch cow for sale.
To cover for the season—
a number of specious arguments against aristocracy.
The difference between anti-federalism and rebellion—
must be omitted for want of room.
Sales by the Sheriff. TO-MORROW, Will be SOLD, at the COFFEE-HOUSE, At XII o'Clock, Two Stage Waggons, One Stage Coach, and Six Horses—Taken by Execution. M. WILLETT, Sheriff. Jan. 22, 1788.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF Hazard and Brewster, BEING dissolved, by the death of
the former;—all persons indebted thereto, whose accounts are due, are desired to make immediate payment, and all who have demands against said partnership are requested to exhibit their accounts for settlement, to the subscriber, at No. 183, Water-street, who will dispose of the remaining stock in trade, consisting of a neat retail assortment of Iron-Mongery, Cutlery, and Sadlery.—Any person inclining to purchase will find the goods an object worth his attention, as they will be sold cheaper than can be imported.—He may be also accommodated with a store properly shelved, with a neat bow window, and in a good stand for the business, JAMES BREWSTER, Surviving Partner.
New-York, Jan. 22, 1788. c.d. till th. 3w.th.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of James Hopkins, an insolvent debtor, that they shew cause, if any they have, before Benjamin Blagge, Esq. at his office in Beckman-street, by the 24th day of January inst. at ten of the clock in the forenoon of the same day, why an assignment of the estate of the said James Hopkins should not be made, and he discharged, pursuant to the directions of an act, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786.
Dated the 17th day of January, 1788. 95 7
All Persons having demands against the estate of Mr. Abraham Houffworth, late of this city, deceased, are desired to present their accounts properly attested to the subscriber—and all persons indebted to the said estate, are requested to make payment without delay. JACOB POZER, Administrator. New-York, Jan. 18, 1788. 95 1

POET'S CORNER.
The celebrated drinking ode of Walter Mapes the genial Archdeacon of Oxford.
I'M fix'd : - I'll in some tavern lie, When I return to dull ; And have the bottle at my mouth, To moisten my dry quill : That the choice spirits of the flics (Who know my foul is mellow) May say, " Ye Gods, propitious smile ! Here comes an honest fellow."
My lamp of life I kindle up With spirits stout as Hector ; Upon the flames of which I'll rise, And quaff celestial nectar. My lord invites me, and I starve On water mix'd with wine ; But at grapes I get it neat, And never fail to thine.
To every man his proper gift : Dame Nature gives complete, My humour is - Before I write : I always love to eat. For when I'm scanty of good cheer, I'm but a boy at best So hunger, thirst, and Tyburn-tree I equally detest.
Give me good wine, my verses are As good as men can make 'em ; But when I've none, or drink it small, You'll say, " The Devil take 'em ; For how can any thing that's good Come from an empty vessel ? But I'll out-ling ev'n Ovid's self, Let me but wet my whistle."
With belly full, and heart at ease, And all the men at home, I grow prophetic, and can talk Of wondrous things to come. When, on my brain's high citadel, Strong Bacchus sits in state, Then Phebus joins the jolly God, And all I say is great.
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THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS assembled, July 23, 1787.
RESOLVED, That all persons having unliquidated claims against the Unit- ed States, pertaining to the late commissaries, quar- termasters, cloathiers, or marine department, shall exhibit particular abstracts of such claims to the proper commissioner, appointed to settle the ac- counts of those departments, within eight months from the date hereof ; and all persons having other unliquidated claims against the United States, shall exhibit a particular abstract thereof to the com- troller of the treasury of the United States, with- in one year from the date hereof ; and all accounts not exhibited as aforesaid, shall be precluded from settlement or allowances.
WHEREAS Nicholas Bayard, Esq. of the city of New-York, by his certain in- denture of lease, under his hand and seal, duly exe- cuted, bearing date the sixteenth day of Septem- ber, in the ninth year of the independence of the United States of America, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, for the consideration therein mentioned, did demise and to farm let unto John Casing, all those three LOTS OF GROUND, No. 279, 280, and 281, situate in the outward, at the corner of Moll street, and Bayard-street, to have and to hold the said three Lots unto the said John Casing, for and dur- ing and until the end and term of twenty-one years from thence next ensuing : and whereas the said John Casing had erected on said three Lots of Ground a dwelling house ; and whereas the said John Casing, on the twenty-eighth day of February, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty- five, by indenture of mortgage, did convey unto John Egberts, of the city of New-York, house, carpenter, all the before mentioned Lots, No. 279 280, and 281, with the buildings thereon erected, to hold for and during the residue and remainde- of the said term of twenty-one years then to come and, unexpired, to secure the payment of fifty pounds, with the lawful interest : NOTICE is hereby given, that in pursuance of an act of the governor, council, and general assembly of the late colony of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- four, entitled, "An act for the more effectual re- gistering of mortgages, and for securing the purchases of mortgaged estates," - the residue and remainder of the term of years yet to come, and unexpired, of, and in the said three Lots of Ground, with the buildings thereon erected, will be SOLD at PUB- LIC VENDUE, to the highest bidder, on the pre- mises, on the twenty-fifth day of February next. - The sale to begin at twelve o'clock. The condi- tion of sale will be made known at the time of the vendue, and a deed executed to the purchaser or purchasers, subject to the proviso, in the said act in favor of other mortgages, judgments at law, and, decrees in equity, prior to the said sale.
JOHN EGBERTS. New-York, August 23, 1787. 1. th. 6m.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons indebted to THOMAS WHITE of the city of New-York, an insolvent debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the sub- scriber, assignee of the estate of the aforesaid Tho- mas White, their accounts will be put in the hands of an attorney ; and all persons having claims against the said Thomas White, previous to his discharge, under the act of insolvency, are required immediately to present their accounts, properly at- tested, to Thomas White, or to JOHN LOVETT, Assignee. New-York, October 16, 1787. 37—1. th. 3m.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons indebted to JAMES MYER, jun. of the city of New-York, an insolvent debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the sub- scriber, assignee of the estate of the aforesaid James Myer, jun. their accounts will be put in the hands of an attorney ; and all persons having claims against the said James Myer, jun. previous to his discharge, under the act of insolvency, are required immediately to present their accounts, properly attested, to the subscriber. JOHN LOVETT, Assignee. New-York, Oct. 16, 1787. 37—1. th. m.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons indebted to PETER BERRIAN, of the city of New-York, an insolvent debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the sub- scriber, assignee of the estate of the aforesaid Pe- ter Berrian, their accounts will be put into the hands of an attorney ; and all persons having claims against the said Peter Berrian, previous to his discharge, under the act of insolvency, are re- quired immediately to present their accounts, pro- perly attested, to PETER BERRIAN, or to JOHN LOVETT, Assignee. New-York, October 16, 1787. 37—1. th. 3m.
PRIZE-MONEY. Of the Squadron under John Paul Jones, Esquire, NOTICE is hereby given to those officers and men of the Frigates Alliance and Bon homme Richard, who are entitled to a share in the prizes taken by the squadron under the com- mand of John Paul Jones, Esq. that a division has been made of the proceeds of such prizes as were old in France, and that the shares will be paid to he respective claimants, or their legal representa- tives, on their producing, at this office, sufficient proof that they are the persons, or are empowered by the persons actually entitled to the shares they respectively claim. Benjamin Walker, Commissioner. Office of accounts, Marine department.
I. Greenwood, SURGEON DENTIST, No. 199, Water-street, opposite the Coffee-house, Performs all Operations incident to the TEETH and GUMS, Transplants and substitutes Artificial Teeth. Attends abroad upon sending Directions.
TO BE LET, By Moses Gomez, A VACANT LOT, for one or a term of years, in Hage-street ; 45 feet in length, and 21 feet; six inches in front, and 19 feet in the rear.
A L S O, A VACANT LOT, in Ferry-street, seventy- five feet wide, and one hundred feet long. It faces Cliff and Chapple-streets. The said Lot will be let, either whole or in two separate Lots, as best suits the applicant. MOSES GOMEZ.
S T A G E.
THE subscriber informs the pub- lic, and his friends in particular, that he now runs the STAGE from this to RYE, which Mr. HALL formerly ran. This stage starts from Mr. C. BEEKMAN'S, No. 49, Cortlandt-street, on Mondays, and Thursdays, at five o'clock in the morning, and returns on Wednesdays, and Satur- days, at six o'clock in the evening. As the subscriber has furnished himself with a very con- venient new Wagon, and good Horses, for the pur- pose, he flatters himself, that he shall be able to give those Gentlemen and Ladies, who please to favor him with their custom, universal satisfaction. N. B. The subscriber likewise keeps a very genteel COACH, with a good pair of HORSES, TO LETT ; likewise, Horses and Chairs, and Sad- dle Horses. Any order, left with Mr. Beckman, or at his stable, in Cortlandt-street, will be immedia- tely attended to, by the public's most humble servant, OBADIAH WRIGHT. Good STABLING for HORSES. New-York, Nov. 27, 1787. th.
Morris-Town and Paules-Hock
S T A G E.
ON the 14th inst. the subscriber began to run his Stage-Waggon every Tues- day and Friday, from his house in Morris-Town, to Paules-Hook, by the way of Newark, starting at five o'clock each morning. The waggon generally arrives at Jacamiah Smith's, Paules-Hook, about one o'clock of the same day, where it remains un- til the next morning, nine o'clock, when it returns by the same route, and with all expedition. The FARE for a passenger, with seven pounds of baggage, is ONE DOLLAR, and the same for one hundred and fifty pound weight. The waggon, on its rout to Paules-Hook, stops at Lawrence's tavern, Springfield, where the pas- sengers may breakfast, if they choose ; the next stage is at Major Sayre's, Newark, from whence they proceed to Paules-Hook. N. B. Letters, to be sent by the above stage, may be lodged at Capt. Crane's, a few doors above the Ferry-house, in Cortlandt-street, New-York, from whence they shall always be safely conveyed to the stage. All letters carried free. GEORGE OHARA. Morris-Town, August 28, 1787.
THE PUBLIC
ARE RESPECTFULLY INFORMED, THAT the subscriber has lately removed from Princeton, New-Jersey, to this city, and now keeps the house lately kept by Tal- mage Hall, No. 49, Cortlandt-Street (commonly known by the Bolton, Albany, and Philadelphia General Stage Office) and has agreed with the pro- prietors of the Albany and Bolton Stages, to make his house the public Stage-house. Those Ladies and Gentlemen, who wish to take passages in either of those Stages, will please to leave their names with the subscriber the evening before the Stage's depart- ure ; gentlemen passengers and others, are informed, that the subscriber keeps a house of entertain- ment, and accommodates gentlemen with boarding and lodging. Every attention will be paid to those who please to favour him with their custom. N. B. The gentlemen of the city are informed, that the subscriber has a large convenient Assembly Room, which he proposes to let during the winter season, or longer if required. CHRISTOPHER BEEKMAN. New-York, Nov. 13, 1787. 51—th.
S T A G E S, Which ply between New-York & Philadelphia,
Respectfully inform the PUBLIC, THAT, after this date, their stage will leave Paules-Hook at three o'clock in the afternoon, and proceed to Elizabeth-Town ; and that in order to accommodate passengers, one stage will leave Elizabethtown at day-light ; and another stage leaves Newark at eight o'clock, and both stages go as far towards Philadelphia as the weather and roads will permit, during the winter season. December 13th, 1787. 6
FLAX-SEED,
STORED, Cleaned, Purchased and Sold at HARTELL and WOODWARD'S Flax-seed store, lately occupied by Mr. JACOB SARLY, last by Mr. Nash, between Van Zandt's and Murray's Wharves. 38—e.d.
To the Afflicted with WORMS.
LATELY received from the western country, and may be had at No. 21, Beckman-street, an extraordinary and never-failing WORM POWDER. - From long experience it has been found, that three doses of these Powders will effectually destroy the Worms, either in children or grown persons. N. York, Sept. 13, 1787. 32—e.d.
A PERSON perfectly acquaint- ed with MERCHANT'S ACCOUNTS, would be glad of employ, in that line, either in Posting of Books, or adjusting intricate accounts. Enquire of the Printer. New-York, October 25, 1787. 38—e.d.
—LETTERS of INTELLIGENCE—occasional PARAGRAPHS—speculative PIECES—ESSAYS, &c.—are gratefully received at this OFFICE.— For the greater CONVENIENCE and SAFETY of which COMMUNICATIONS, a LETTER-BOX is placed in the Window. SUBSCRIPTIONS for this PAPER (printed EVERY DAY, at Six, and ONCE a Week, at Two, Dollars per Annum) are also received here—and ADVERTISEMENTS, REASONABLY INSERTED. * * * PRINTING, in all its Variety, performed with NEATNESS and DISPATCH.