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TROS TYRIUSQUE NOBIS NULLO DISCRIMINE AGETUR. Virg.
T U E S D A Y, D E C E M B E R 25, 1787.
[Nº 761.]
By 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 thereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
L. S. WHEREAS , pursuant to a law of this State, the Legislature are to meet at Poughkeepsie, in Dutchess County, on the first Tuesday in January next: I have therefore thought fit, by these presents, to proclaim the same, that all persons concerned may be apprized thereof, and govern themselves accordingly.
Given under my Hand and the Privy Seal, at the City of New-York, this third day of December, in the twelfth year of the Independence of the said State, 1787.
GEO. CLINTON.
To be SOLD,
A HOUSE and LOT, No. 11, Little Dock-street, being a capital stand for business, on which is a good dwelling-house with a back kitchen and store-house in the yard. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises.
55 WM. M'KINLY.
N. B. One half of the purchase money to be paid down, and the other at no limited time, just as it may suit the purchaser.
BROTHERS, COSTER, & Co.
Have for sale at their store, No. 8, Duke-street, and just imported in the Columbia and the Grace, from Amsterdam,
BOHEA TEA , fresh, and of a superior quality; Souehong ditto; pepper in bales; best Holland duck; Russia and Raven's ditto; Russia sheeting; Ticklenburg linen; Osnaburg ditto; Holland and Silesia sheeting; Platilljees and Britannies; brown Holland, dowlas and Holland bedticks; cambrics; black laces and silk hair-ribbons; a neat assortment of calicoes; black Barcelona, romals, 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; Linseed oil and paints; Holland Geneva in pipes, in large and small cases, and jugs; Dutch hatchels or flax-combs, &c. &c. 43
Benjamin Halsted,
GOLD and SILVER-SMITH, RESPECTFULLY acknowledges the favours of his friends and customers, and hereby informs them and the public in general, that he carries on his business as usual, at No. 18, Maiden-lane, where all orders will be duly acknowledged and faithfully executed on the shortest notice.
N. B. He sells silver tea spoons for one shilling per doz. 4 1y or tf
Anderson's Scotts Pills.
A fresh supply just received, and to be sold at the Book-store of S. Loudon, No. 5, Water-street. Also, Genuine Harlem Oil in large and small bottles. 56
To be Sold, at Private Sale,
By the Subscriber, an undivided moiety or half part of seven thousand three hundred and seventy-three acres of LAND, being part of lots No. 6 and 12, in the subdivision of lot No. 35—the general division of the tract of land in Ulster County, called the Great or Hardenburgh Patent.
Lot No. 35 is a valuable tract of Land, situated at the Fork of Delaware-river, having Poughkeepsie-tunk-river on the the south-east and the main or northernmost branch of Delaware, on the west and southwest sides thereof.—The land is of very excellent quality, and an indisputable title will be given by Gerard G. Beekman, jun.
Acting executor of the last will and testament of Samuel Van Horne, deceased. New-York, Sept. 6, 1787. 35
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NOAH WEBSTER.
New-York, Dec. 5, 1787. 56
P UBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, the Council and General Assembly of the late colony now State of New-York, passed the 19th day of March 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," that on the eleventh day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, will be sold at the Merchant's Coffee-house, in the city of New-York, to the highest bidder, the fee simple of all those two certain messuages or tenements and lot of land, situated, lying and being in the city of New-York, on the northeast side of Ply-market-street, and running from the land of Jacobus Lefferts, 35 feet and 2 inches, in front to land now or late of George Pollott, thence running northeasterly along the said land now or late of the said George Pollott, 73 feet and 6 inches; thence southeasterly along the land of Richard Norwood, 6 feet and 8 inches; thence northeasterly along the land of the said Richard Norwood, 13 feet and 4 inches, to Fletcher-street; thence southeasterly on the said Fletcher-street, 31 feet and 1 inch, and thence southeasterly on the land of the said Jacobus Lefferts, 86 feet and 2 inches to the place of beginning, with the buildings, rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining. And the reversion and reversioner, remainder and remainders thereof, which sale will be made by virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the second and third days of November, which was in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, for securing the payment of one thousand pounds and the interest thereof, with a power of sale therein contained, from John Byrne, of the city of New-York, merchant, to John Glover of the said city merchant. Deeds of conveyance for the said premises, after the sale will be executed to the purchaser, pursuant to the said power, by
JOHN GLOVER.
New-York, September 10, 1787. 2 31
A GENTLEMAN
LATELY arrived from Ireland, bred in Trinity College, Dublin, experienced some years in the education of youth, and in the course of his practice, has fitted many young gentlemen for that university, in the Greek, Latin and English languages, logic, rhetoric, natural philosophy, history, geography, &c. can bear the strictest scrutiny as to his character and his abilities in his profession.
Any gentleman who may favor him with his commands, by addressing a few lines to G. H. S. at the Printer's of the Daily Advertiser, or at Mr. McCormick's, No. 11, Cruger's wharf, shall be particularly attended to.
N. B. He will engage to fit any boy of approved abilities for any college in less than four years, and can have many to certify he has already done it. 56
To be Sold at Private Sale,
THAT valuable little FARM, near the seven mile stone, between Harlem and Horns Hook, containing twelve acres of good land, on which is a small new dwelling house; near the house is a convenient never failing spring; the situation is pleasant, and affords one of the best prospects of any place near this city. Will be sold on moderate terms, and the payment made easy to the purchaser. Apply to the subscriber, living at No. 40, Little Dock-street, by whom an indisputable title will be given.
OLIVER VANDERBILT.
New-York, October 18, 1787. 42
By order of the Honorable Richard Morris, Esquire, Chief Justice of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of Christian Valkenburgh, an insolvent debtor, to appear before the said Chief Justice, at his chambers situate in Nassau-street, in the north ward of the city of New-York, by Monday the twenty-fourth 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 be discharged, according to the form of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated, this 26 day of November, 1787. 2 53 8 CHRISTIAN VALKENBURGH.
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774; that on the sixth day of March next ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at Public Auction, upon the premises, the fee simple of all that certain messuage or dwelling house and lot of ground, situated and being in the north ward of the city of New-York, on the northerly side of a certain street called and known by the name of Little Queen-street; bounded southerly in front on said street, easterly on the house and ground now or late of Thomas Marston, northerly in the rear on the ground now or late of John Livingston and others, and westerly on the New-Dutch Church yard; the said dwelling house and lot of ground, containing in breadth in front and rear, twenty-three feet and an half, and in length, on each side, ninety-six feet, together with the houses, edifices and buildings thereon erected and being, and all gardens, yards, wells, back sides, ways, paths, passages, easements, profits, commodities, advantages, emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said dwelling house and lot of ground belonging, or in any wise appertaining,—which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-first and twenty-second days of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five (with a power to sell therein contained) from William Bryant, of the city of New-York, Doctor of physic, to Alexander Leslie, late of the city of New-York aforesaid peruke maker, assigned to the subscribers, who will thereupon execute deeds of conveyance to the purchaser, pursuant to the power in the said mortgage and the act aforesaid.
WILLIAM DAVIS, JAMES STRACHAN, JAMES MACKENZIE,
By their Attorney, Charles Smith. 2 27 6m
By order of the Honorable Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to David Greame, George Jackson, Arthur Forrest, Richard Willis, the Rev. Thomas Dampier, John Elwes, and Richard Willis aforesaid, in trust for Mary the wife of William Croftes, John Elwes in his own right, Patrick Crawford and Gilbert Mealon, executors of James Crawford, deceased; Hutchinson Mure, Robert Mure, and Richard Atkinson, joint partners, John Duvall, William Robertson, Neal Ward, Mary Sleach, Lucy Sleach, William Berry, Peter Hafenclever and Charles Croftes, late partners with Andrew Seaton (who is become bankrupt) under the file or firm of Hafenclever, Seaton and Croftes; also the said Andrew Seaton, the said William Robertson, Miles Nightingale, and the said Richard Willis, as assignees of the estate and effects of the said Andrew Seaton, under the said commission of bankruptcy, and the said Peter Hafenclever in his own right, now or late associated in a company generally known by the name, firm and description of the American Iron Company, or Ringwood Company, absent debtors, and to all others whom it doth or may concern; that upon application and due proof made to the said Chief Justice, pursuant to a statute of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the 4th of April, 1786, he the said Chief Justice hath issued his warrant to the Sheriff of the county of Westcheffer, commanding him to attach, seize, take, and safely keep, all the estate as well real as personal of the said American Iron Company, or Ringwood Company, composed of the said several persons as aforesaid, absent debtors of what kind or nature soever, and every or any part or parcel thereof in whatever part of his bailiwick they can be found with all evidences, books of accounts, vouchers, and papers relating thereto: And that unless they the said several persons composing the said American Iron Company, or Ringwood Company as aforesaid, shall return and discharge their debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, all their estate, real and personal, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of their creditors.—Dated at the city of New-York, the tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1787. 2 31
Ten Guineas Reward,
RUN away from Wall and Tardy, of Cape Francois, a Negro Man, named Benjamin, stamped on both breast, Lefevre, aged about 25, 5 feet 5 inches high, has a large beard; and is by trade a blacksmith; speaks English and Creole French—it is supposed he secreted himself on board some American vessel bound to the continent.—Whoever will secure said negro man, and deliver him to Messrs. Murray, Mumford and Bowen, merchants, in New-York, will be entitled to Ten Guineas, paid on delivery of said slave. Cape Francois, Sept. 25, 1787. 51 2m
P UBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, the Council and the General Assembly of the late colony, now State of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates;" that on Friday the fourth day of April next, will be sold at the merchants coffee-house in the city of New-York, to the highest bidder, the fee simple of all that certain farm or tract of land, which Joseph Harris, late of Dutchess county, formerly possessed, lying within the said county of Dutchess, in the patent commonly known by the name of the Nine-Partners, being bounded as follows; beginning at a black oak tree, it being the northeast corner of Job Meeks's farm, the northwest corner of Jeremiah Conkle's farm, and the southeast corner of the said Joseph Harris's farm, from thence the line runs north thirteen degrees, west to the farm now or late in the occupation of Richard Gray, being the south line of the Little Nine-Partners, from thence the line runs west on the south line of the said Little Nine-Partners, to the northwest corner of said farm, and the northwest corner of Amenia Precinct, from thence south thirteen degrees east to a walnut sapling, it being the northwest corner of the farm, now or late of Moses Harris, from thence east to the first mentioned bounds; containing eight hundred and 63 acres & 20 rods of land or thereabouts, with the buildings, rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversioner, remainder and remainders thereof; which sale will be made by virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-first and twenty-second days of November, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, for securing the payment of one thousand pounds (with a power of sale therein contained) from Brinton Paine of Dutchess county, Esq. to Augustus Van Cortlandt. Deeds of conveyance after the sale will be executed to the purchaser pursuant to the said power by
AUGUSTUS VAN CORTLANDT.
Sept. the 24th 1787. 2 35 6m
Gouverneur, Kemble & Co.
Have imported and now for Sale at their Store No 26, Front-street, either for cash, short credit, or in barter for country produce, on the most reasonable terms, viz.
Muscovado sugar in hds. and barrels, Linseed oil in casks, Windward island rum & Jamaica spirits, An assortment of cordage and cables. Old French Brandy in pipes & quarter casks, Holland duck, Old sherry wine ditto, Russia duck, Teneriffe wine ditto, Ravens duck, Holland gin in pipes and cases of high proof, Russia sheetings, Black pepper in bales, from 100 to 400 lbs. Russia drillings, A quantity of Spanish salted dried hides, Oznabrige, Lisbon salt, Ticklenburghs, Writing-paper, Dutch copper tea-kettles London porter in hampers and casks. 47
That valuable Brewery and Malt-House,
lately in the possession of Samuel Atlee, situated on the banks of Hudson's river, in Greenwich-street, to be Sold or Let—if sold, the terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser. Enquire at No. 59, Maiden-lane. 56
HOGS BRISTLES.
WANTED by the Subscribers a quantity of Hogs Bristles, for which two shillings per pound will be given, provided they are dressed clean; those in the rough, one shilling and three pence per do. the subscribers having erected a BRUSH MANUFACTORY, at No. 4, Peck-slip, where they propose carrying on the brush-making business, in all its various branches. Store-keepers and others may be furnished on as low terms as any imported, to which they hope the preference will be given them, as the work is equally good, if not better. They will warrant their work not to fail till worn out by use, and flatter themselves with an expectation of getting a sufficient supply of this country bristles, that they may not be under the necessity of importing their stock from England. The farmers, by being careful in the season of killing, may save sufficient to supply them in this business. Country store-keepers would be the most proper persons to collect them.
Those who will please to undertake the collecting them, will meet with a ready sale, and be a means of promoting a very useful branch of business which may be carried on in this State, and put a stop to the importing that commodity. The least favor will be gratefully acknowledged by 43 am ANANIAS COOPER, & Co.
Wm. Backhouse & Co.
No. 15, Duke-street, have FOR SALE, RED Port Wine, shipped by the Royal Port Company, the quality of whose wines, experience has shown to be superior to any imported into America.
A L I S O, Choice Faya Wines four years old, Madeira, Lisbon, Teneriffe, & Malaga } W I N E S. Liverpool Crockery Ware, twenty quarter casks old SHERRY WINE, to be sold cheap for cash. August 14. 2

IT was a thing hardly to be expected, that in a popular revolution the minds of men should stop at that happy mean, which marks the salutary boundary between Power and Privilege, and combines the energy of government with the security of private rights. A failure in this delicate and important point is the great source of the inconveniences we experience; and if we are not cautious to avoid a repetition of the error, in our future attempts to rectify and ameliorate our system, we may travel from one chimerical project to another; we may try change after change; but we shall never be likely to make any material change for the better.
The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defence, is one of those refinements, which owe their origin to a zeal for liberty more ardent than enlightened. We have seen however, that it has not had thus far an extensive prevalence: That even in this country, where it has made its first appearance, Pennsylvania and North-Carolina are the only two States by which it has been in any degree patronized: And that all the others have refused to give it the least countenance; wisely judging that confidence must be placed some where; that the necessity of doing it is implied in the very act of delegating power; and that it is better to hazard the abuse of that confidence, than to embarrass the government and endanger the public safety, by impolitic restrictions on the legislative authority. The opponents of the proposed Constitution combat in this respect the general decision of America; and instead of being taught by experience the propriety of correcting any extremes, into which we may have heretofore run, they appear disposed to conduct us into others still more dangerous and more extravagant. As if the tone of government had been found too high, or too rigid, the doctrines they teach are calculated to induce us to depress, or to relax it, by expedients which upon other occasions have been condemned or forborne. It may be affirmed without the imputation of invidiousness, that if the principles they inculcate on various points, could so far obtain as to become the popular creed, they would utterly unfit the people of this country for any species of government whatever. But a danger of this kind is not to be apprehended. The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken if experience has not wrought a deep and solemn conviction in the public mind, that greater energy of government is essential to the welfare and prosperity of the community.
It may not be amiss in this place, concisely to remark the origin and progress of the idea which aims at the exclusion of military establishments in time of peace. Though in speculative minds it may arise from a contemplation of the nature and tendency of such institutions, fortified by the events that have happened in other ages and countries; yet as a national sentiment it must be traced to those habits of thinking, which we derive from the nation from whom the inhabitants of these States have in general sprung.
In England for a long time after the Norman conquest the authority of the monarch was almost unlimited. Inroads were gradually made upon the prerogative, in favor of liberty, first by the Barons and afterwards by the people, till the greatest part of its most formidable pretensions became extinct. But it was not till the revolution in 1688, which elevated the Prince of Orange to the throne of Great-Britain, that English liberty was completely triumphant. As incident to the undefined power of making war, an acknowledged prerogative of the crown, Charles II. had by his own authority kept on foot in time of peace a body of 5,000 regular troops. And this number James II. increased to 30,000; which were paid out of his civil list. At the revolution, to abolish the exercise of so dangerous an authority, it became an article of the bill of rights then framed, that "the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless with the consent of Parliament, was against law."
In that kingdom, when the pulse of liberty was at its highest pitch, no security against the danger of standing armies was thought requisite, beyond a prohibition of their being raised or kept up by the mere authority of the executive magistrate. The patriots, who effected that memorable revolution, were too temperate and two well informed, to think of any restraint on the legislative discretion. They were aware that a certain number of troops for guards and garrisons were indispensable, that no precise bounds could be set to the national exigencies; that a power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government; and that when they referred the exercise of that power to the judgment of the Legislature, they had arrived at the ultimate point of precaution, which was reconcilable with the safety of the community.
From the same source, the people of America may be said to have derived a hereditary impression of danger to liberty from standing armies in time of peace. The circumstances of a revolution quickened the public sensibility on every point connected with the security of popular rights; and in some instances raised the warmth of our zeal beyond the degree which coincided with the due temperature of the body politic. The attempts of two of the States to restrict the authority of the Legislature in the article of military establishments, are of the number of these instances. The principles, which had taught us to be jealous of the power of a hereditary monarch, were by an injudicious excess extended to the representatives of the people in their popular assemblies. Even in some of the States, where this error was not adopted, we find unnecessary declarations, that standing armies ought not to be kept up in time of peace WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATURE—I call them unnecessary, because the reason, which had introduced a similar provision into the English bill of rights, is not applicable to any of the State Constitutions. The power of raising armies at all, under those Constitutions, can by no construction be deemed to reside any where else, than in the Legislatures themselves; and it is superfluous, if not absurd, to declare that a matter should not be done without the consent of a body, which alone had the power of doing it. Accordingly in some of those Constitutions,
and among others in that of the State of New-York; which has been justly celebrated both in Europe and in America as one of the best of the forms of government established in this country, there is a total silence upon the subject.
It is remarkable, that even in the two States, which seem to have meditated an interdiction of military establishments in time of peace, the mode of expression made use of is rather cautionary than prohibitory. It is not said, that standing armies shall not be kept up, but that they ought not to be kept up in time of peace. This ambiguity of terms appears to have been the result of a conflict between jealousy and conviction, between the desire of excluding such establishments at all events, and the persuasion that an absolute exclusion would be unwise and unsafe.
Can it be doubted that such a provision, whenever the situation of public affairs was understood to require a departure from it, would be interpreted by the Legislature into a mere admonition, and would be made to yield to the necessities or supposed necessities of the State? Let the fact already mentioned with respect to Pennsylvania decide—what then (it may be asked) is the use of such a provision, if it cease to operate, the moment there is an inclination to disregard it?
Let us examine whether there be any comparison, in point of efficacy, between the provision alluded to and that which is contained in the new Constitution, for restraining the appropriation of money for military purposes to the period of two years. The former by aiming at too much is calculated to effect nothing; the latter, by steering clear of an imprudent extreme, and by being perfectly compatible with a proper provision for the exigencies of the nation, will have a salutary and powerful operation.
The Legislature of the United States will be obliged by this provision, once at least in every two years, to deliberate upon the propriety of keeping a military force on foot; to come to a new resolution on the point; and to declare their sense of the matter, by a formal vote in the face of their constituents. They are not at liberty to vest in the executive department permanent funds for the support of an army; if they were even incautious enough to be willing to repose in it so improper a confidence. As the spirit of party, in different degrees, must be expected to infect all political bodies, there will be no doubt persons in the national Legislature willing enough to arraign the measures and criminate the views of the majority. The provision for the support of a military force will always be a favorable topic for declamation. As often as the question comes forward, the public attention will be roused and attracted to the subject, by the party in opposition: And if the majority should be really disposed to exceed the proper limits, the community will be warned of the danger, and will have an opportunity of taking measures to guard against it. Independent of parties in the national Legislature itself, as often as the period of discussion arrived, the State Legislatures, who will always be not only vigilant but suspicious and jealous guardians of the rights of the citizens, against encroachments from the Federal Government, will constantly have their attention awake to the conduct of the national rulers, and will be ready enough, if any thing improper appears, to sound the alarm to the people, and not only to be the voice, but if necessary, the arm of their discontent.
Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution. An army so large as seriously to menace those liberties could only be formed by progressive augmentations; which would suppose, not merely a temporary combination between the Legislature and executive, but a continued conspiracy for a series of time. Is it probable that such a combination would exist at all? Is it probable that it would be persevered in and transmitted along, through all the successive variations in the representative body, which biennial elections would naturally produce in both houses? Is it presumable, that every man, the instant he took his seat in the national Senate, or House of representatives, would commence a traitor to his constituents, and to his country? Can it be supposed, that there would not be found one man, discerning enough to detect so atrocious a conspiracy, or bold, or honest enough to apprise his constituents of their danger? If such presumptions can fairly be made, there ought to be at once an end of all delegated authority. The people should resolve to recall all the powers they have heretofore parted with out of their own hands; and to divide themselves into as many States as there are counties, in order that they may be able to manage their own concerns in person.
If such suppositions could even be reasonably made, still the concealment of the design for any duration would be impracticable, it would be announced by the very circumstance of augmenting the army to so great an extent in time of profound peace. What colorable reason could be assigned in a country so situated for such vast augmentations of the military force? It is impossible that the people could be long deceived; and the destruction of the project and of the projectors would quickly follow the discovery.
It has been said that the provision, which limits the appropriation of money for the support of an army to the period of two years would be unavailing; because the executive, when once possessed of a force large enough to awe the people into submission, would find resources in that very force sufficient to enable him to dispense with supplies from the votes of the Legislature. But the question again recurs: Upon what pretence could he be put into possession of a force of that magnitude in time of peace? If we suppose it to have been created, in consequence of some domestic insurrection or foreign war, then it becomes a case not within the principle of the objection; for this is levelled against the power of keeping up troops in time of peace. Few persons will be so visionary, as seriously to contend, that military forces ought not to be raised to quell a rebellion, or resist an invasion; and if the defence of the community, under such circumstances, should make it necessary to have an army, so numerous as to hazard its liberty, this is one of those calamities for which there is neither preventative nor cure. It cannot be provided against by any possible form of government: It might even result from a simple league offensive and defensive; if it should ever be necessary for the confederates or allies to form an army for common defence.
But it is an evil infinitely less likely to attend us in an united than in a disunited state; nay it may be safely asserted that it is an evil altogether unlikely to attend us in the latter situation. It is not easy to con-
ceive a possibility, that dangers so formidable can assail the whole Union, as to demand a force considerable enough to place our liberties in the least jeopardy; especially if we take into our view the aid to be derived from the militia, which ought always to be counted upon, as a valuable and powerful auxiliary. But in a state of disunion (as has been fully shown in another place) the contrary of this supposition would become not only probable but almost unavoidable.
PUBLIUS.
IT has been urged in different shapes that a constitution of the kind proposed by the Convention, cannot operate without the aid of a military force to execute its laws. This however, like most other things that have been alleged on that side, rests on mere general assertion; unsupported by any precise or intelligible designation of the reasons upon which it is founded. As far as I have been able to divine the latent meaning of the objectors, it seems to originate in a pre-supposition that the people will be disinclined to the exercise of federal authority in any matter of an internal nature. Waving any exception that might be taken to the inaccuracy or inexplicitness of the distinction between internal and external, let us enquire what ground there is to presuppose that disinclination in the people? Unless we presume, at the same time, that the power of the General Government will be worse administered than those of the State governments, there seems to be no room for the presumption of ill-will, disaffection or opposition in the people. I believe it may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will commonly be proportioned to the goodness or badness of its administration. It must be admitted that there are exceptions to this rule; but these exceptions depend so entirely on accidental causes, that they cannot be considered as having any relation to the intrinsic merits or demerits of a constitution. These can only be judged of by general principles and maxims.
Various reasons have been suggested in the course of these papers, to induce a probability that the General Government will be better administered than the particular governments: The principal of which reasons are that the extension of the spheres of election will present a greater option, or latitude of choice to the people, that through the medium of the State Legislatures, which are select bodies of men, and who are to appoint the members of the national Senate, there is reason to expect that this branch will generally be composed with peculiar care and judgment: That these circumstances promise greater knowledge and more extensive information in the national councils: And that they will be less apt to be tainted by the spirit of faction, and more out of the reach of those occasional ill humors or temporary prejudices and propensities, which in smaller societies frequently contaminate the public councils, beget injustice and oppression of a part of the community, and engender schemes, which though they gratify a momentary inclination or desire, terminate in general distress, dissatisfaction and disgust. Several additional reasons of considerable force, to fortify that probability, will occur when we come to survey with a more critical eye, the interior structure of the edifice, which we are invited to erect. It will be sufficient here to remark, that until satisfactory reasons can be assigned to justify an opinion, that the federal government is likely to be administered in such a manner as to render it odious or contemptible to the people, there can be no reasonable foundation for the supposition, that the laws of the Union will meet with any greater obstruction from them, or will stand in need of any other methods to enforce their execution, than the laws of the particular members.
The hope of impunity is a strong incitement to sedition—the dread of punishment—a proportionately strong discouragement to it—will not the government of the Union, which, if possessed of a due degree of power, call to its aid the collective resources of the whole confederacy, be more likely to repress the former sentiment, and to inspire the latter, than that of a single State, which can only command the resources within itself? A turbulent faction in a State may easily suppose itself able to contend with the friends to the government in that State; but it can hardly be so infatuated as to imagine itself a match for the combined efforts of the Union. If this reflection be just, there is less danger of resistance from irregular combinations of individuals, to the authority of the confederacy, than to that of a single member.
I will in this place hazard an observation which will not be the less just, because to some it may appear new; which is, that the more the operations of the national authority are intermingled in the ordinary exercise of government; the more the citizens are accustomed to meet with it in the common occurrences of their political life; the more it is familiarised to their sight and to their feelings; the further it enters into those objects which touch the most sensible cords, and put in motion the most active springs of the human heart; the greater will be the probability that it will conciliate the respect and attachment of the community. Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind. A government continually at a distance and out of sight, can hardly be expected to interest the sensations of the people. The inference is, that the authority of the Union, and the affections of the citizens towards it, will be strengthened rather than weakened by its extension to what are called matters of internal concern; and will have less occasion to recur to force in proportion to the familiarity and comprehensiveness of its agency. The more it circulates through those channels and currents, in which the passions of mankind naturally flow, the less will it require the aid of the violent and perilous expedients of compulsion.
One thing at all events, must be evident, that a government like the one proposed, would bid much fairer to avoid the necessity of using force, than that species of league contended for by most of its opponents; the authority of which should only operate upon the States in their political or collective capacities. It has been shewn, that in such a confederacy, there can be no sanction for the laws but force; that frequent delinquencies in the members, are the natural offspring of the very frame of the government; and that as often as these happen they can only be redressed, if at all, by war and violence.
The plan reported by the Convention, by ex-
tending the authority of the federal head to the individual citizens of the several States, will enable the government to employ the ordinary magistracy of each in the execution of its laws. It is easy to perceive that this will tend to destroy, in the common apprehension, all distinction between the sources from which they might proceed; and will give the Federal Government the same advantage for securing a due obedience to its authority, which is enjoyed by the government of each State; in addition to the influence on public opinion, which will result from the important consideration of its having power to call to its assistance and support the resources of the whole Union. It merits particular attention in this place, that the laws of the confederacy, as to the enumerated and legitimate objects of its jurisdiction, will become the SUPREME LAW of the land; to the observance of which, all officers legislative, executive and judicial in each State, will be bound by the sanctity of an oath. Thus the Legislatures, Courts and Magistrates of the respective members will be incorporated into the operations of the national government, as far as its just and constitutional authority extends; and will be rendered auxiliary to the enforcement of its laws.* Any man, who will pursue by his own reflections the consequences of this situation, will perceive that there is good ground to calculate upon a regular and peaceable execution of the laws of the Union; if its powers are administered with a common share of prudence. If we will arbitrarily suppose the contrary, we may deduce any inferences we please from the supposition; for it is certainly possible, by an injudicious exercise of the authorities of the best government, that ever was or ever can be instituted, to provoke and precipitate the people into the wildest excesses. But though the adversaries of the proposed constitution should presume that the national rulers would be insensible to the motives of public good, or to the obligations of duty; I would still ask them, how the interests of ambition, or the views of encroachment, can be promoted by such a conduct?
PUBLIUS.
* The sophistry which has been employed to show that this will tend to the destruction of the State Governments will, in its proper place, be fully detected.
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 13.
A correspondent wishes us to make known his intentions, should the bill prohibiting the importation of spirituous liquors pass into a law, viz. That he will furnish a genteel hulk, and moor her opposite this town, which shall be divided and sub-divided into comfortable apartments, for the reception of gentlemen and others, who like more or less of the good things of this life; and will also have a boat ready at hand.—He is a person of property and proposes to sell cheap, as nothing more than his determination to gratify his own appetite, in a moderate degree, while he can compass the cash, induces him thus to offer his services, should they be wanting, to his friends and others, who may depend on the best of spirituous liquors, via Maryland.
New-York, December 25.
On the 20th inst. the second Public Examination was held in ERASMUS HALL at Flat-Bush, a committee of the Honorable the Regents of the University, and a number of other Gentlemen attended, and were all highly pleased with the progress of the youth, and the growing reputation and usefulness of that Seminary.
For the information of parents, it is proper to notify, that the Hall will be supplied in the course of this winter, or at farthest by the spring, with more teachers; when the classical and English departments will be fully and separately taught. The first department comprehends the Latin and Greek languages, to which geography is annexed. The last, comprises reading and speaking English, writing and arithmetic, with book-keeping. The French language will also be taught, and young gentlemen who chuse to be assisted in some particular branches of study beyond the established departments, will be attended to by the teachers.—These advantages, together with the healthy and convenient situation of that pleasant village; the cheapness of tuition, which is but 30s. a quarter; and of board which can be obtained for £20 per annum, cannot fail of recommending Erasmus Hall to parents. As there are many who have already expressed their intention of sending their children in the spring, it would be well for such to engage lodgings for them soon, which may now be obtained in very decent and worthy families near the Hall.—The greatest attention is constantly paid to the morals of the children, and unremitting exertions will be made by the Trustees, Principal and Teachers to bring this new institution forward, and render it more extensively useful.
On Friday last, Marinus Willet, Esq. was elected Alderman of the East-ward of this city.
Last Friday night a melancholy accident happened on board a Bermudian sloop in this harbor, by the people imprudently placing a pot of charcoal in the cabin, and shutting it up when they went to sleep, which had nearly suffocated the whole of them. The Captain (Harriot) and cabin boy died in consequence of it.
On Friday last sailed, his Most Christian Majesty's Packet De la Europe, Captain Fournier, with the mail for Havre de Grace: This Packet, at her departure, was manned, armed, and appointed as in time of war.
The Schooner Adventure, Justice, from this port to St. Eustatia, was lost with all her cargo on the Anegado, on the 23rd of October last in a storm.
The Little John, Captain Briggs, from Copenhagen, has arrived at Newport, Rhode-Island, after a tedious passage of 90 days.
We learn from Boston, that a General Court-Martial is ordered to be held at the sign of the Bunch of Grapes, yesterday, Dec. 24, at 10 o'clock, A. M. to enquire into the conduct of Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Barrington, of the Boston regiment, and first division of the militia of that Commonwealth, on charges exhibited against him by Colonel John May of said regiment.
We also hear from Boston, that a Court-Martial was held at Dorchester, on Monday the 17th inst. for the trial of Captain James Pope, Lieutenant Capen, Lieutenant Swan, and Ensign Smith, all of the third regiment, Infatigants.

The Convention of Delaware have agreed to the cession of a district in that State to Congress, not exceeding ten miles square, with the right of exclusive legislation, for the seat of the Federal Government, to be chosen by them (if accepted) in such part of the State as they may think proper.
Colonel John E. Howard, Joshua Seney, David Rofs, Benjamin Contee, and William Harrison, Esquires, are chosen Delegates to represent the State of Maryland in the Congress of the United States.
From a late Boston paper.
By a late Halifax paper it appears, that on the 5th ult.—Pope-day—the government of Nova-Scotia, received in form, Prince William Henry, of England. As if they intended a farcical on the coarseness of his Highness's manners, they spread a carpet from the place of his landing to the government-house, and to the ball-room, for his Highness to walk upon. On this occasion, the troops were drawn up to receive him, and passing through lines of uncovered troops and citizens, oh! Strange to tell, he 'graciously returned the salute of the officers, by pulling off his hat?' An humble address was then presented to his Highness, in answer to which he says, 'by his future exertions when placed in command,' he will prove his gratitude for the favors conferred upon him.' Now—hereby hangs a tale—On the quarter-deck of his Highness's ship is fixed a large iron box, through which are a number of small apertures. This box is intended as his Highness's coat of mail, to defend his royal person in a fight or chase, from those fancy no respectors of persons, the Gaulish and American mouquet balls: The holes are made for his Highness to peep through, to discover the time to go below; the said box not being cannon proof. Now, this being a fact, how great his Highness's 'exertions' may be, is left for the world to determine. However, prudence is a good thing in a commander.
To return; after this, an elegant ball. By the way, we wonder his Highness went to it as from the above anecdote he does not appear fond of balls; and a supper was given him at which his Highness very condescendingly (so says the writer of this account) danced and eat, and eat and danced, to the general joy of his most devoted slaves; who to encourage their Prince, in a window opposite to the ball room, exhibited a transparent representation of a sea-fight, in which to be sure, the fleets of France and Spain were beaten; and over which to shew his Highness their knowledge in the classics, was the following apropos motto, Punica fides Bourbon . Ætius tells us of a similar event; a lion and a man long contended for superiority; to determine the dispute, the latter shewed the former a piece of sculpture, representing a man striding on a lion. There, he exclaims, is an undeniable proof of our superiority. Not so fast, says Leo, had a lion been the sculptor, he had represented the king of beasts striding on the man.—After the ball was over, his Highness obligingly went home, and a few days after returned to Europe, where, no doubt, in the war between our allies and his father's nation, his iron box may be of singular service—it will discover his prudence, and shew to the world, that his Highness, as however appears by his writings, is no stranger to maxims, and that he very well knows, in all cases, 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of remedy.'
Last Wednesday evening departed this life, in the 88th year of his age, Mr. ABEL HARDENBROOK, sen. a worthy and respectable citizen, and his remains were decently interred on Saturday evening, in the Old Dutch Church, attended by a number of his acquaintance.
Died, on the 22d inst. in the 51st year of his age, Mr. GERARD DE PEYSTER, a very worthy and respectable citizen—His remains will be interred this afternoon, in the family vault, in the New Dutch Church-yard.
Arrivals since our Last.
Sloop Philadelphia and N. Y. Packet, Albertson, Philadelphia. do. Dolphin, Carhart, do. Christene, Thomas, do.
Messrs. LOUDON,
FEW subjects of late have more frequently employed the conversation of the town, than the STAGE. Perhaps it would be better if fewer advocates appeared or troubled themselves about it; among the number of whom the writer of these remarks may probably be reckoned. The stage has been to the author what mercury has been to the chymist—a splendid but fugitive subject; adepts may labor to fix it, but it will always elude their diligence and skill. I shall, however, make one more attempt to set this subject upon fair grounds, by confining it to principles of equal liberty, about which our neighbours in Pennsylvania make so much noise. All faithful guardians of the people's rights should ever be firm in the support of the Liberty of the Press, and of the people's right to speak and publish their sentiments. Ergo, prohibit the liberty of public speaking, i. e. theatrical representations. In the same manner those guardians argue, when they acknowledge the morality and instruction contained in the works of Shakespeare, and several other dramatic writers, whom they profess to admire exceedingly in their closets, but forbid upon the stage. If we are agreeably entertained and instructed at the perusal of those works, shall we be less considerably affected and interested, to see them animated into action by the illusions of the Theatre, conducted by the judgment of a feasible manager? But there are also another species of enemies to public representations: Many a tyrant's heart has trembled at seeing his cruelty exposed; many a hypocrite has felt a pang; even milers have been known to blush, and reformations been effected from the stage.
That there are exceptional things in many plays, I don't pretend to deny, but this objection is no sooner made than remedied; how easy for the manager to omit those parts. Happy would it be for mankind, if the faults of other places could be as easily cured—The Pulpit, Bench, and Senate! how oft have they been prostituted to the vilest purposes? How trifling the possibility of danger from the stage, to the deep wounds that have been given to the peace of mind and happiness of thousands, from the tongue of the canting hypocrite, the treacherous politician, and all the base disturbers of the commonweal.
The illiberal abuse that has been levelled at the Theatre through the channel of some of our newspapers, seems to have met with nothing but silent
contempt; and only serves to make us lament that, that great blessing of every free country the liberty of the press , should be converted into a channel of licentiousness and cruel defamation. If the subject is worthy of criticism, let it have fair play, and let us speak of the performers as they deserve.
As a manager, Mr. Hallam appears to possess understanding sufficient to insure us from ever being insulted with improper exhibitions, and as an actor he is certainly far above mediocrity. His voice is well calculated for the recitation of tragedy; his figure and action engaging; and he discovers much feeling and judgment in general. But in no department does he prove his judgment more, than in the choice of Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Sewell to fill the characters, they have appeared in. The former being already allowed to be a capital singer, the latter still more promising. Mrs. Sewell's whole appearance and deportment testify a polite education, and although she was visibly agitated by the terrors of a first appearance (in Louisa last Friday evening) yet she collected her powers in such a manner as those only, who have been instructed in genteel accomplishments, can sustain. Moralists and sentimentalists may anatomize and discover the faults and virtues of actors; but, in my opinion, the public have no concern with the inmost recesses of their hearts; or by what means they have been introduced on the stage, whether from choice, advice, or circumstances of distress: When they once become candidates for public approbation, calumny too often attacks their weak side.
To a lover of harmony, the entertainment of the Defter must be extremely agreeable, and the character of Louisa peculiarly interesting, especially when performed by a lady to whom it seems so well adapted. Mrs. Sewell's figure is elegant, her countenance agreeable and expressive, her elocution capable of high improvement, her understanding and judgement promising, and her feelings are alive to all the fluctuations of extreme sensibility. This is still more demonstrable from the melody of her voice, which, altho' it has attained its full force and is of great compass, yet affords the most delicate and sweet tones. Her style of singing is entirely divested of the unnatural peculiarity of the Italian method, and she has great command.
I wish the instrumental performers had executed their parts better. Most of the music of the Defter being in a minor key, exhibits a sweetly-pleasing melancholy, that exactly corresponds with, and echoes the sense of the words. Had the band only transferred in the 5th part of a note, we should have felt less pain for Mrs. Sewell, whose ear must have been greatly hurt at some passages. To give pain to a breast inhabited by the softer virtues of humanity, is cruel; especially when every power is exerting to please and gratify a delighted audience.
BENEVOLUS.
THE General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the city of New-York, are hereby notified, that their annual meeting will be held on the first Tuesday in January next, at the house of Mr. Walter Hyer, inn-keeper, at ten o'clock A. M. of which the several members are requested to take particular notice, as an election of officers for the ensuing year will then take place, and several other matters be laid before them.
By order of the General Committee, JOHN CAMPBELL, Chairman.
To be SOLD,
And immediate possession given; THAT very valuable FARM, lately occupied by William Dyckman, deceased, of York island; containing by estimation, 250 acres; great part of which is meadow-land, both salt and fresh; there are on said place, a good commodious dwelling-house, barn and other out-houses, in good repair; a young orchard, &c.—This farm is pleasantly situated between Hudson's and Harlem-rivers, on the post-road, about one mile from Kings Bridge. It is an excellent stand for public business, and convenient for fishing. Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms by applying to William Dyckman, on the premises, or Jacobus Dyckman, near Dobbs's Ferry. An indisputable title will be given for the same.
Executors. Jacobus Dyckman, Michael Dyckman, William Dyckman, Evert Brown, Jacob Vernilyea.
York-Island, Dec. 22d, 1787. 61
Farms of LAND to be Sold,
THE first is situated in the Borough, town of Westchester, at Frogs-neck, joining the East-river, and contains about 150 acres of Land; this farm was formerly the property of Enoch Hunt; the land is excellent and the situation delightful, only 18 miles from New-York.
The second is situated in the manor of Cortlandt, about two miles and an half south of the Presbyterian Church, at Crompond, and is about the same distance from the Quaker Meeting-house; it contains 205 1/2 acres of land under excellent improvement, and now in possession of Joseph Smith the elder.
Also, a Farm situated at Singling, in the manor of Philipsburgh, two miles from the landing, containing 100 acres of the best kind of land, both for grain and grass—at present occupied by John Orier. For particulars apply to the subscriber, living at Croten, near the Ferry, who will furnish indisputable titles for either or all of the above farms.
Pb. V. Cortlandt.
Manor of Cortlandt, Dec. 19, 1787. 60
TO BE SOLD,
Two Fine Milch COWS, And a Calf. Enquire at No. 31, Fair-street. 54
Just Published and to be Sold at the Book-Store of S. LOUDON,
An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking, calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth, and also to instruct them in the geography, history and politics of the United States.—Also, Introduction to the History of America; designed to instruct American youth in the elements of the history of their country—with a correct Map of the United States of America.
Fifty Pounds Reward.
A Burglary and Robbery.
TO all honest and well disposed people: This is to give notice, that the subscriber being in public office, as collector of the township of Augh-quacknock, in the county of Essex, and State of New-Jersey;—his dwelling house was beset and violently broke open on the night of the 30th of November, 1787, by a set of armed ruffians, who put the subscriber and his family in great terror and danger of their lives; and after treating him with much violence, robbed him of a large sum of money in gold, silver and paper currency, belonging to the public and the subscriber, as also one silver tea-pot marked PHP, one silver sugar-dish unmarked, one silver milk-pot unmarked, twelve silver table-spoons marked HP, four silver tea-spoons unmarked, one silver watch, a small piece of the face broke out, with a silver chain and silver seal engraved with the letters R. M. W. one silver snuff-box marked on the fore part of it M. B. one pair silver knee-buckles, and one silver flock-buckle; as also four gold rings, and one gold locket used for womens beads, together with sundry other articles belonging to the subscriber. It is earnestly hoped, that all honest and well disposed people will use their best endeavors to apprehend the said robbers, so that they may be brought to justice: And the subscriber hereby engages to pay the above reward to any person or persons, who will apprehend all or either of the said robbers, so that they be convicted of the said robbery, and he recover his lost property, or twenty-five pounds for the said robbers, or either of them on conviction, together with all reasonable charges attending the apprehending and bringing to justice, all or either of the said ruffians.
HESSEL PETERSE. Wezel, Essex County, Dec. 4, 1787. 57 4
J. SHIPPEY and Co.
No. 43, Little Dock-Street, corner of Coenties-Slip, have for sale on reasonable terms for cash, JAMAICA spirits, West-India rum, French brandy, Holland Geneva in large and small cases, Madeira, Lisbon and Teneriffe wines, Batavia arrack in bottles, bohea tea, chocolate, black pepper, indigo, linseed oil in casks, wool cards, flutes and pencils, Holland pots and kettles, American do. Indian kettles, waggon boxes, share moulds, iron axes, grindstones, Sweets and American bar iron and cart tire, Holland gun powder, snuff in bladders, corn fans, white-wash brushes, boenders, long and short corks, coarse and fine salt, hops. Also, 200 barrels kiln dried Indian meal. 45
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
ON the 31st day of January ensuing, at the Merchants Coffee-house, in this city, a valuable tract of Land, situated in the Nine Partners patent, on the bank of the North-river, about four miles above Poughkeepsie, containing 517 acres of good Land, being the southernmost half of water lot No 6, adjoining Crook's land. The tract is intersected by several good brooks, is partly wood and partly cleared land, has four tenements thereon, the post road to Albany and three other roads passing through the tract. It is situated in a populous and good neighbourhood, and advantageously for the carrying on any business. To make the terms easy to the purchaser, one quarter part of the purchase money will be required on the delivery of the conveyance, and the remainder on good security. The whole tract will be sold together or in parts as may best suit the purchaser; and an indisputable title given for the same. Any person who may wish to purchase at private sale, will apply to ELLSIE EVERSON, No. 4, Burling-slip. 2 60 12
BY order of the Hon. Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the State of New-York:—Notice is hereby given by the petitioning creditors of Daniel Strang, of Rye, in the county of Westchester and State of New-York, late merchant, an insolvent debtor, to shew cause to the said Chief Justice at his Chamber, situated in Nassau-street, in the city of New-York, on Thursday the 3d day of January next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, and the said debtor discharged according to the form of 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.
Daniel Strang. Dec. 13, 1787. 59 5
To be Sold at Public Auction,
ON Wednesday the 2d day of April, 1788, if not disposed of before; a DWELLING HOUSE consisting of three rooms, a kitchen and cellar, together with twenty acres of cleared land, situated between Hackensack and the New-bridge, about two miles and a quarter from the former, and one quarter from the latter: It has an excellent orchard, and some meadow; is an excellent stand for a merchant or tradesman. For particulars enquire of John Van Buskirk, at Kinnicameck, or Lawrence Roome, fadler, living in Broad-way, No. 40, New-York. 2 57
To be SOLD,
Or exchanged for property in or near this city; A FARM containing about two hundred acres, a new grit-mill, a new large barn, a large commodious dwelling house, a new ditto smaller, with several out buildings; situated within three miles of Peek's-Kill, and one mile and a half from Lavinus's landing, on a public road where business in a store may be carried on extensively, and all sorts of grain purchased. For particulars enquire of GEORGE DOUGLAS, jun. merchant, in New-York, or to PETER CORNE, on the premises. 59 8
Five Dollars Reward,
RUN away on the 28th of last month, in a small white bottom skiff, a Yellow Man Slave, named Tom, about 22 years of age, remarkably short and thick, he speaks good English; had on when he went away, a coarse home-spun coat with apple-tree buttons, a jacket of the same, and striped trowsers. Whoever takes up and secures said fellow in gael or otherwise, and gives information to the subscriber at Willett's Neck, in Westchester, shall be paid the above reward and all reasonable charges. SAMUEL VAN WYCK.
Westchester, Dec. 6, 1787. 56 4
JOHN BANKS,
MERCHANT TAYLOR,
HAS imported in the Hibernia, Captain Tew, from London, a few European Goods in his way; a few pieces of superfine cloths first quality, Dark blue, merees, Black, Silk florentine, Raven's grey, White silk serge duroy, Bottle green, Gold and silver basket, Garnet, and spangled buttons, Dark brown, French campain basket, London brown, buttons, to match every colour, Bohemian ditto, Mulberry, Cotton and worsted fatinets, Cinnamon, White cloth, and other A few winter vest patterns, colours not mentioned, Buff and white Cashmere, Silver epaulets, 40
With sundry other articles too tedious to mention.
Ladies and Gentlemen who please to favour him with their custom, may depend on being served in the neatest manner, and with the greatest punctuality.
LAND OFFICE.
THE subscriber having at much pain and cost, acquired a knowledge of the situation, circumstances, and properties of the different townships of the State of Vermont, with the proprietors meetings, and taxes which have been levied by each town for several years past; will, on the shortest notice, for a reasonable compensation, give intelligence to any claimants of lands in Vermont, of their situation.
Wm. BLODGET.
N. B. Land bought and sold—maps and drafts of any part of the State done on the shortest notice, with accuracy.
Bennington, Nov. 5, 1787. 52 3m
D O D D S's
Musical Instrument Manufactory, from LONDON, No. 66, Queen-Street.
ORGANS, harpsichords and forte-pianoes, spinnets, forte-pianoes and common guitars, finished in the newest taste. The pianoe-forte is become the most fashionable instrument, and is introduced into almost every polite family in England, and is esteemed a complete accompaniment to the female voice; it takes up but little room, and may be moved with ease, and consequently kept in tune with little attention, and on that account superior to the harpsichord.
Mr. Dodds respectfully informs the gentlemen and ladies, that he manufactures this valuable and delightful instrument equal to any which may be imported, and twenty-five per cent. cheaper. It is well known, imported instruments are greatly impaired by the sea, not one in four, giving perfect satisfaction. Mr. Dodds has made it his study to procure seasoned wood for manufacturing this instrument, and can therefore recommend with the strictest integrity to his customers; but if any instrument should prove in any way defective, he will change it by paying the usual hire for the time retained.
He has for sale, a large assortment of fine toned violins and flutes with all the keys, voice flutes, consort flutes, clarinets, haut-bois, bassoons, French horns, trumpets, fifes proper for the field, fackado-pastorals, caolin harps, books of instructions, and strings for every instrument, pitch-pipes, tuning forks and hammers, ruling pens, mutes in brass and ivory screws, bridges, mufick desks, and a few of the newest songs set to music: These and every article may be had as good and as cheap as in London. A great allowance will be made to dealers in those articles. Instruments sold on commission, taken in exchange, let out, repaired and tuned in the best manner, and on the most reasonable terms. 58
Francis Panton,
No. 38, WALL-STREET.
Has imported in the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, and to be Sold on the lowest Terms for Cash.
AN elegant assortment of tea and coffee urns, inlaid tea trays, waiters to suit, tea cadies, a variety of patent lamps, backgammon tables, wood and ivory chess men, folding and framing chess boards, ladies and gentlemen's dressing boxes, Morocco pouches for travelling, razors and elastic diamond-powder, razor straps, table-knives in mahogany, and shagreen cases; mathematical and teeth instruments, travelling compasses, instruments for marking linen, bubbles for proving spirits, spectacles white and green, with double joints, coglers, reading glasses, cock gaffs, and elastic gaffers, ladies tortoiseshell and ivory nutting shuttles, tambour needles with handles, ladies paste buckles, gentlemen's silver and mourning buckles, pale silver and plated knee ditto, gold and gilt bracelets and wrist buckles, gold and gilt earrings, figures and blank gold cornelian seals, plated and japanned candlesticks, a variety of snuffers, plated gerandoles and cruets, fowling pieces, pistols, small swords, fencing files, sword knots, silk and Morocco sword belts, shot pouches, powder magazines and flasks, fowling nets, gun screws and scrapers, double batted gun-powder, racket and drum battle-doors, shuttlecocks, a variety of silver and other tooth pick cases, plain silver coral, an elegant assortment of the newest fashioned ladies and gentlemen's gilt, steel and silk watch chains and strings, patent spurs, silver plated and steel ditto, folding pocket lanterns with cases, fishing rods, and best Kerby hooks, chair and horse whips, canes and silk strings, boot garters of different sorts, ladies and gentlemen's Morocco pocket-books, thread cases, silk purses, silk, cotton and worsted stockings, knit under waistcoats without a seam, silk, buckskin, Woodstock and thread gloves, double and single cotton night caps, Delefcot's opiate, Hemmer's essence & dentifrice, orange flower and rose water, arquebusade and lavender water, silk, velvet and leather stocks, clothes, hat, shoe and tooth brushes, with a variety of other goods too tedious to mention. Also, gold and silver spangles by the ounce or smaller quantity.
New-York November 27, 1787. 54 16
To be LET,
And immediate possession given,
THE whole or part of a house, furnished or unfurnished, in an agreeable situation. Enquire at No. 61, King-street. 57

ASSIZE OF BREAD. ESTABLISHED in Common Council, December 5th, 1787.—A loaf of inspected superfine wheat flour to weigh 2lb. 5oz. for six pence. A loaf of rye flour to weigh 1lb. 12oz. for three pence.
PURSUANT to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the 4th of April, 1786; notice is hereby given, that we Robert Bowne, John Murray, and John Murray, jun. have been duly appointed trustees for all the creditors of Ebenezer Gearay, the elder, of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut, Ebenezer Gearay, the younger, now or late of Basinghall-street in London, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, Henry Champion of Norwich, in the State of Connecticut aforesaid, Eneas Gearay, late of the city of New-York, merchants, and partners in trade, absent debtors; and we do, pursuant to the directions of the said act, hereby require all persons who are indebted to the said Ebenezer Gearay, the elder, Ebenezer Gearay, the younger, Henry Champion, and Eneas Gearay, by the tenth day of November next ensuing the date hereof, to pay all such sum or sums of money, or other debt, duty or thing which they owe to the said absent debtors; and deliver all effects of such absent debtors, which he, she or they may have in his, her or their hands, power or custody, unto to the said trustees; and all the creditors of the said Ebenezer Gearay, the elder, Ebenezer Gearay, the younger, Henry Champion, and Eneas Gearay, by the first day of May next, to deliver to us the said trustees, or any one or more of us, their respective accounts and demands against the said absent debtors. Given under our hands the 13th day of October, 1787.
ROBERT BOWNE, } Trustees. JOHN MURRAY, } JOHN MURRAY, jun. }
At a Court of Chancery held at the Chancellor's Chambers in the city of New-York, the ninth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
P R E S E N T The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery.
Lawrence Hewlett, James Willett and Leonard Lawrence, Executors of the last will and testament of John Willett, deceased, Complainants.
John Van Lew, Defendant. FORASMUCH as it appears to this Honorable Court, that a bill has been filed therein, by Lawrence Hewlett, James Willett, and Leonard Lawrence, Executors of the last will and testament of John Willett, deceased, mortgagee, against the Defendant, John Van Lew, mortgagor, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned to have been mortgaged by the said defendant, John Van Lew, to the said John Willett—whereupon process of subpoena to appear and answer, hath been duly issued and returned, and that the said defendant, John Van Lew, hath not entered his appearance in this suit, as according to the rules of this court the same ought to have been done, in case the said process had been duly served—and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this court, that the said defendant, John Van Lew, has withdrawn himself out of this State, and cannot, upon due enquiry, be found within the same, so as to be served with the said process, which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause. Wherefore it is ordered, on motion of Mr. Bogert, of counsel for the Complainants, that the said John Van Lew appear to the said bill in three months from the date hereof; and in default thereof, that the Complainants said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said mortgaged premises, or such part thereof as to this court shall appear just and right.—And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in at least two of the public newspapers printed in the State of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively. Extract from the minutes, W. C O C K, Register.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of the late colony of New-York, passed the 19th day of March, 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates:"—That on Saturday the 23d day of February next, will be Sold at the Merchants Coffee-House in the city of New-York, between the hours of eleven in the morning, and one in the afternoon of the same day, by public auction, to the highest bidder or bidders; ALL that certain piece or parcel of Land, situate lying & being in the outward of the city of New-York, being the one equal half of lots number 1242 to 1249 inclusive, as the same are described in a certain map or chart of the estate late the property of James Delancey, Esq. made by Evert Bancker, bounded southerly by Pump-street, westerly by Sixth-street, northerly by lot number 1250, and easterly by the other equal half of the said hereby described lots, sold by the Commissioners of Forfeitures, to Peter Ogilvie: And also, a term of nineteen years from the 27th day of October last, of and in all that certain lot, piece or parcel of ground, situate lying and being in Montgomery Ward, in the said city of New-York, on the north side of Cherry-street, bounded southerly by said Cherry-street, westerly by land now or late of Jane Hamilton, northerly by the lands of the heirs of Albert Herring, deceased, and easterly by land of Jeremiah Leaming, containing in breadth in front and rear, 16 feet 8 inches, and in length on each side, rooflets, subject to an annual ground rent of 20l. in Spanish milled dollars, at eight shillings per dollar, or the value thereof in gold, payable half yearly; which premises and term were mortgaged by John Keating and Ann his wife, to Daniel McCormick, of the city of New-York, merchant, by indenture bearing date the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, to secure the payment of three hundred and forty-two pounds three shillings and four pence, principal, with lawful interest from the twenty-sixth day of February, 1785, and are to be sold by virtue of a power for that purpose, contained in the said indenture.—The conditions will be made known at the day and place of sale. Dated 20th August, 1787.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, the Council and the General Assembly of the late colony, now State of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March, 1774, entitled, "An Act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates;" that on Friday the fourth day of January next, will be sold on the premises to the highest bidder, the fee simple of all the three Tracts of Land, now in the possession of Andrew Miller, lying in the township of Brook-Haven, in Suffolk county, on Nassau-island, and bounded as follows: One tract, on the north by lands belonging to John Woodhull, Esq. on the west by lands belonging to Timothy and Ebenezer Miller, on the east by the fourth road, and on the south by the sheep pasture lots.—Also, one other tract, bounded, on the north by the wading river road, on the west by lands lately belonging to the late Solomon Davis, and on the east by lands belonging to Philip Rod, and southerly by the country road, containing about 2 hundred and fifty acres more or less.—Also, one other piece or parcel of land, already mortgaged to Philip Rod, bounded, southerly by the road, and eastwardly by lands belonging to John Woodhull, westerly by lands belonging to Ebenezer Miller, northwardly by the bank on the found, containing about forty acres be the same more or less, with the buildings thereon, which sale will be made by virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-ninth and thirtieth days of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, for securing the payment of two hundred and thirteen pounds, twelve shillings (with a power of sale therein contained) from the said Andrew Miller, to William Floyd. Deeds of conveyance after sale will be executed to the purchaser pursuant to the said power, by Wm. FLOYD. June 30, 1787.
WESTCHESTER, ss. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that, by virtue of a writ to me directed, issued out of the Court of Chancery for this State, I shall expose to sale at PUBLIC VENDUE, on the seventh day of January next, at two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, at the dwelling-house of John Mandeville, innkeeper, at Peck's-Kill, in the said county of Westchester, a certain farm or parcel of land with the appurtenances, and which, in the mortgage of the same, from William Baily to Philip Schuyler, is described as follows, that is to say: All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the manor of Cortlandt and county of Westchester, being part of river lot, number eight, and begins by a maple tree standing on the west side of the post road, by a mud bridge to the southward of Van Tassel's house; from thence west forty chains to the upper part of a creek, commonly known by the Indian name of Managh; then down along the said creek, as it now runs, to a ditch; from thence along said ditch, about south fifty-three degrees east, to a stake with stones on the upland, it being Francis Lent's northerly bounds of his meadow; thence down along the upland and meadow to a stake standing four chains to the northward of the mouth of the said creek Managh; from said stake north seventy-seven degrees east seven chains; then south fifteen degrees west seven chains and twenty links to a marked tree; then south fifty-one degrees west two chains and fifty links to Hudson's River; then down along the said river about seven chains to a stake with stones; then south sixty-five degrees east about eight chains to Francis Lent's south-west corner; then north fifty degrees east ninety chains to Francis Lent's north-west corner; then about north eleven degrees west to the place where it first began; containing two hundred and sixty-five acres, two roods, in all. Given under my hand the nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
JOHN THOMAS, Sheriff. NOTICE is hereby given according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates;" passed the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774:—That on the 23th day of March next ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be Sold at Public Auction upon the premises, the fee simple of all the one equal fourth part of all that certain messuage and Lot of Ground situate lying and being in Montgomery-ward, in the city of New-York, on the northeasterly side of the slip commonly called Beckman's-slip, and bounded on the front to the street or pier that runs along the said northeasterly side of Beckman's-slip aforesaid, and contains in front 46 feet 3 inches, and bounded on the southerly side by the ground now or late belonging to James Jauncey, and containing in length on that side, 36 feet 3 inches, and in the rear by the lot of ground now or late belonging to George Peterfon, and containing in length in the rear, 36 feet, then bounded northerly 19 feet 6 inches on the kitchen or building lately belonging to Catharine Beckman, then bounded northeasterly by the said kitchen, 10 feet 9 inches, & bounded northerly by the gangway lying between the house hereby granted and release and the house or northerly side thereof lately belonging to the said Catharine Beckman as aforesaid, to the front of the said lot, together with all & singular the privileges, advantages, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said premises belonging or in any wise appertaining; which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the same premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the 9th and 10th days of December, in the year of our Lord 1784, with a power to sell therein contained, from James William Payne, of the county of Dutchess and State of New-York, to the subscribers Thomas Randall, Robert R. Randall, James A. Stewart and Alexander Stewart, and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser pursuant to the said power, by Thomas Randall, Robert R. Randall, James A. Stewart, Alexander Stewart.
New-York, Sept. 21, 1787.
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of Jacob Mordecai, late of the city of New-York, merchant, an insolvent debtor; that on the 7th day of March next, at twelve at noon of the same day, at the merchant's Coffee-house, in the city of New-York, will be made, a division of all the money arising from the estate of the said Jacob Mordecai, which has come to the hands of the subscribers, assignees of said estate, under the act for relief of insolvent debtors, passed the 13th of April, 1786: And further notice is also hereby given by the assignees aforesaid, that Tuesday the 15th day of January next, is appointed for a general meeting of such of said creditors as shall choose to attend, at the house and place aforesaid, to ascertain the debts due to such creditors respectively, according to the directions of said act.
William Seaton, } Surviving Daniel Ludlow, } Assignees. Edward Gould, }
New-York, Dec. 11, 1787. I 57 3m Now in the press, and will with all possible expedition be published in one volume, Octavo.
Debates of the Convention
OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, On the Constitution proposed for the government of the United States of America, accurately taken in Short Hand,
By THOMAS LLOYD. THE price of this work cannot be accurately ascertained, because the quantity will depend altogether upon the arguments used by the Honorable Members of that body—but it is intended to be at the rate of one dollar per 100 pages. Subscriptions are received by the Printers.
*** Several of the editor's friends having supposed a pamphlet printed by Thomas Bradford, entitled "The Substance of a Speech delivered by James Wilson, Esq. &c." was written by him, he conceives himself under the necessity of counteracting any impression such an opinion may have made upon the public, by assuring them he was not the writer, but pledges himself to give that address in the forementioned volume, without mutilation or misrepresentation.
December 3, 1787. 58 6 A Woman with a good breast of Milk, is willing to take a Child in to nurse. Apply at No. 24, James-street. 57 3
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be Sold by the Printers hereof, The Columbian Almanack,
AND EPHEMERIS Of the Motion of the Sun and Moon; the true Places and Aspects of the Planets; the Rising and Setting of the Sun; the Rising, Setting, and Southing of the Moon, For the YEAR of our LORD,
1788: Being Bissextile, or Leap-Year, and the twelfth of American Independence. Calculated for the Meridian of the Middle States, particularly New-York.
Containing also, The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of Days and Nights, Courts, Roads, &c. Together with useful Tables, and Pieces of Instruction and Entertainment, &c. &c.
By ANDREW BEERS, PHILOM. Purchasers can have the above Almanack with, or without, the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION annexed.
Also, may be had at the above place, The NEW-YORK Pocket Almanack, For the Year of our LORD 1788: Containing every thing necessary, and many things convenient in an ALMANACK.
F O R S A L E, On advantageous terms for Cash, or in exchange for a House in New-York:
A Valuable FARM of well improved Land, containing about 130 acres, situate about four miles from Morristown. The farm speaks for itself, on seeing it, will immediately give satisfaction to the Farmer, the Gentleman or Trader, for its prospect: The soil, roads, water, may challenge any for its size—for the many advantages attending it—for raising any kind of produce, or for trade, or a gentleman's seat: Has on it a two story House, cieleo and plastered, with two kitchens, a small Grist and Saw-mill, two out-houses for families, a barn and fowl house, an excellent well of water, springs, a constant running stream of pure water, for washing or bleaching, two orchards, meadows, woods, &c.—Will give every satisfaction to the industrious. For particulars apply to G. Duyckinck, No. 23, at the corner of King and Smith-streets, New-York.
Also, A Commodious Dwelling-House, in Morristown, suitable for a gentleman or merchant, a two story house with wings annexed to it, extends near 100 feet front, a large well fenced court-yard in front, and an out-house for a small family, a barn, a well, all in good order; gardens and a small grass-field, with a few fruit-trees. The house or land is situated in the centre of Morristown—a dry road in the worst of times in the wet season. The whole to be sold on the same terms as above-mentioned.
N. B. The above dwelling-house being empty at present, will be let at a moderate rent to a careful family. 49
Public Auction, if not Sold before at Private Sale,
At the Coffee-house, at twelve o'clock, on Tuesday the first day of February 1788, to be entered upon the first day of May next;
THE pleasantly situated House and Land of the late Ludwyk Bumper, deceased, in the township of Brooklyn, opposite to the city of New-York. As it is so well known to many gentlemen, it needs no further recommendation. For further particulars, enquire of Jacob and Charles Doughty, at Brooklyn, and John Anderson, in New-York, executors, who will give a good executors deed, as the above estate is clear of incumbrance.
Also, to be Sold at Public Auction, on the premises, if not sold at private sale before, on Wednesday the second day of February 1788, two Tenements and eight Lots of Ground in New-York, in Chapel-street,—to be entered on the first day of May 1788. For further particulars enquire as above.
Also, to be Sold at Private Sale, four Lots of Land, lot No. 14, 959 acres, No. 8, 1227, No. 3, 5996, No. 13, 3571 acres, in Hardenburgh's patent, in Ulster County, either in whole lots or in lots of two hundred acres, as will best suit the purchaser.
All persons that have any demands against the above estate, are requested to bring in their accounts to Charles Doughty properly attested, in order to receive payment, by the first of January next; and all those that are indebted to the above estate, are requested to pay their debts, by the first day of May next, or their accounts will be put into the hands of Attorney.
Jacob Sharpe, } Executors to the Charles Doughty, } above estate. John Anderson, }
F O R S A L E, By Robert Johnston,
No. 14, Water-Street, in the house formerly occupied by Col. Samuel Ogden; a large and general assortment of IRON CASTINGS, among which are the following, viz.
IRON hollow ware of all sizes, potash kettles cast with bottom down, clock and window weights, griddles, tea kettles large and small, bake pans, do. cart, waggon, coach, phaeton and chair boxes, 56, 28, 14 and 7lb. weights, finished with rings; mortars and pestles, fad irons, Franklin stoves large and small, Rittenhouse do. ten and six plate do. close stoves with pipes, Sharp's new invented stove grates, Canada stoves close cast for large rooms, cabooses for ships of different patterns, fire places with jambs compleat, back plates of every dimension, Hibernia, Mount Hope, New Mine, Andover pig metal; gudgeons and mill irons, refined and bloomery bar iron, nail and spike rods, iron hoops, horse shoes, sheet iron, 2ed. 12d. 10d. & 8d. nails, Crowley's and blistered steel.—Cash or country produce will be taken in payment, and 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. 41
Robert Bowne,
At his Store, No. 39, Queen-Street, has for Sale,
BOLTING CLOTHS, a compleat assortment of very fine and warranted, of superior quality; he has just received a large assortment of coarse goods suitable for the season, consisting of broad and narrow cloths, plain and twilled coatings, frizes, blue and red long shag duffils, fearnoughts, half thicks, kerseys, German ferges, kendall cottons, long ells, broad and narrow baizes, spotted swanskins, rose and striped blankets, flannels, fatmetes and laftings, shallons and rattinettes, durants and tammies, moorens and calimancoes, common and wild bore, cambelts, tassities, modes and sarenets, black silk handkerchiefs, check linens, &c. &c.
HE HAS LIKEWISE FOR SALE, French burr mill stones, a few pipes best old Madeira wine, Fayall wines, Jamaica spirits, a few bags of coffee, Geneva in quarter casks, Holland powder, dry hides, indigo, pipes in boxes, earthen ware, a few barrels pickled beef and pork. Also, best superfine flour and ship bread of the first quality, may at any time, be had by applying as above. 33
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, oznaburgs, German dowlas, Russia diaper, platillas, Britannias, cotton and linen checks, sheetings of excellent quality, white Flemish linen, German stripes and checks, lawns, calicoes, 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 smoaky chimnies, and more secure from fire than any other. Also, potash 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. 47
F O R S A L E, on Reasonable Terms By Edmund Prior,
No. 195, Queen-street, A FEW bales low priced Broad Cloths, mostly blue; ALSO, A few hogheads of very good Philadelphia made Snuff, and a quantity of Spermaceti Candles. 4