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The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 32, of VOL. XLII.]
FRIDAY, February 8, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2212.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENS'D 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, hereunto 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 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.
As the principal support of a Daily paper is derived from Advertisements, Gentlemen in the mercantile line, and all others who occasionally Advertise, are earnestly requested to prefer this new undertaking, which favor shall be gratefully acknowledged by the strictest attention being paid to correctness and propriety. Advertisements shall be inserted as reasonably as by any printer in the city.
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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III. No subscriber is to discontinue his subscription on any other condition than the payment of arrearage subscription money, and that at the expiration of a quarter.
IV. The Daily Patriotic Register shall be delivered to the subscribers in the city every morning, and sent (as may be ordered) to those out of the city, with the greatest punctuality, they paying the expence of carriage.
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 interesting, 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, cascades, &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 some well-informed gentleman, in each town would spend one half hour for the purpose. In this time the gentleman might throw together every important circumstance relative to the towns, on 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.
Phila. Aug. 7, 1787. J. M.
Remaining on Hand, And TO BE SOLD, At this Printing-Office, No. 25, Water-Street, A Few MAPS,
Of the interior parts of North-America, including the lands intended for the NEW STATES, some of which are selling, and others already disposed of by order of Congress.
ORDERS are just received, by the printer hereof, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold. The plates were cut and the impressions taken in London, and there sold (without the pamphlet) at One Guinea each.
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 succeed 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 buffaloes, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkies, 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 e.d.
MARSHALL'S Porter and Oyster-House, IS now opened at the corner of Cortlandt and Greenwich-Streets, opposite Powles-Hook Ferry-House, at the North-River.— where every exertion will be put in force to render those who will favor him with their commands agreeable. New-York, Dec. 12, 1787. 63e.d.
Just published by M. CARY, In Philadelphia, and now to be SOLD, By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-Street, New-York, (by whom Subscriptions are received)
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 con-
vention,
Resolves of the house of delegates of the common-
wealth of Virginia,
Resolves of Congress,
Resolve of the convention of Pennsylvania, rela-
tive 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 Die
go 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 tu-
nips,
On the culture of ginseng.
Law Information.
ew 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 Dag-
get, Esq.
Indian anecdote.
Poetry.
The newsmonger's song,
The crisis,
The retort courteous,
Poem on the prospect of seeing the fine arts flour-
ish in America,
The Bachelor.
TO BE SOLD,
For JERSEY MONEY, at full Value,
Or exchanged for any Property in New-York, or
bartered for West-India or DRY GOODS,
At Market Price,
A Valuable Farm,
SITUATE in Woodbridge town-ship, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles distant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and seventy acres, a third part of which is excellent MEADOW; a sufficiency of fire wood, with a handsome piece of thrifty young timber.
The plough-land equal to any in that part of the country; the whole under good fence.
On the premises is a good house, kitchen, and barn; and an excellent spring of water near the door; to which is added fifteen acres, or thereabouts, of salt marsh, on the Rariton, about one mile from the farm.
This place is well known by the name of CLAWSON'S FARM.
For terms of sale enquire of Mr. Joseph Bindon, merchant, New-York, or Mr. Benjamin Thompson, near Morris-Town.
New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. 99—e.d.

From the CHRONICLE of FREEDOM.
It appears from Mr. Martin's detail of the transactions of the federal convention, that an enquiry was made, "what powers were meant to be vested in Congress by the word dictis ?" In answer to this enquiry, the democratic members of that body were informed, that "it was meant to give the general government the power of laying stamp duties on paper, parchment and vellum." The members then proposed "to have the power inserted in express words, lest disputes might hereafter arise on the subject, and that the meaning might be understood by all who were to be affected by it," but to this it was objected; "because it was said that the word stamp would probably sound odiously in the ears of many of the inhabitants, and be a cause of objection." Thus, sir, is the great principle of the proposed constitution disclosed, and the affected brevity of its phraseology proved to be a fraud upon the people. I confess that I have hitherto condemned the obnoxious epithets, which have been applied to the framers and the supporters of this system: for candor, tempted me to believe, that on the important question of national prosperity, every difference of opinion arose, in respect to the means, and not to the end. I was averse, therefore, to band with the odious appellation of conclave, an assemblage of men who had before borne testimony of their attachment to the freedom and independence of their country; nor could the detestable designation of conspirators receive my approbation, while its objects were masked with the possibility of an honorable motive. But when I behold an attempt to impose upon the people, to pervert their honest confidence, and, under a general expression, to introduce a particular evil (an artifice as ancient as tyranny itself) I can no longer deny to truth and justice, the most decided reprobation of so foul a breach of trust—the panic faith, and Italian conclave, have long been proverbial for deeds of perfidy and chicane; it is a melancholy anticipation to an American citizen, that the adage of posterity may perhaps be formed from the federal convention.
The virulent dissensions which agitated that body, the concessions which were reciprocally made by the larger and the smaller states, and the errors that contaminate the projected plan of government, make, indeed, a memorable display of the prevalence of passion, and the imbecility of reason: but they convey no imputation of moral turpitude, or political finesse. Hence, sir, in those respects, though a Washington, or a Franklin, may have erred, the lustre of their characters should suffer no diminution; for their virtues, and not their wisdom (however pre-eminent) acquired and deserved the love and admiration of their country. But they will do well, at this time, to consider, how far it is consistent with their reputations, to labour under the stigma of participating in the daring deception, which Mr. Martin has exposed to the indignation and detestation of the world.
In the late discussion of the proposed constitution, we now discover all the art, and all the iniquity of its advocates. Mr. Washington (that soaring eagle of the plot, whose machinations it will be the object of my future essays to detect) was possessed of all the information, but none
of the candour which will immortalize the delegate from Maryland. From him, not a syllable proceeded, but with an intention to sanctify this heterogeneous offspring of petulance and compromise, which he was expressly appointed to elucidate and explain. His sole employment, however, was to parry the objections which the minority proposed, and, when abandoned by argument, he uniformly had recourse to the character of that illustrious convention, which, he was aware, had been consulted with faction, and disgraced with duplicity. Did he fairly point out the defects which the ingenuity of the opposition could not penetrate? No. Did he amplify the text, and develop the veil of mystery, that hangs upon each sentence of the plan? No. What then is the inference? Mr. Martin has fortunately instructed us. Every power delegated to the Congress must be considered as depicting the genius only, the species being left to the plastic hand of future rulers to disclose, and every word must be considered as containing a latent seed, to generate the noxious weeds of tyranny and oppression.
This constitution, which was fabricated by men acting in passion, and upon interested motives (as Mr. Martin informs us) has, at different times, been called, The best form of government the world ever knew, the instrument of our political salvation, and the work of God. Two of these positions are, indeed, subjects proper for investigation; but the third indicates an enthusiasm bordering upon madness, in which the silly zealot has mistaken blasphemy for praise. I shall not, however, pursue a tract which has already been beaten with all the powers of industry and eloquence: the piece has been elaborately discussed; let us turn for a moment to the actors. In doing this, I shall, for the future, employ the freedom of your press, in addressing a series of letters to Cataline from
CICERO.
From the CHRONICLE of FREEDOM.
To the Freeholders of America.
WHEN important subjects demand discussion, they ought to be treated with coolness and moderation, reason should be alone appealed to, and meet no interruption from passion or prejudice.
Those who contend for the new constitution without amendment think differently, or must condemn their own assertions, for in place of ascertaining how natural rights are secured, or government prudently restrained, they continually exclaim in a tone that assumes authority, "rejection must precipitate into the gulphs of destruction, adoption leads to national happiness and dignity, men whose fortunes are involved may dread an effective administration and join those who under a federal system, would lose an importance dearer to them, than the welfare of their country."
Listen Americans, with caution to declamatory invective, patriotism scorns such language, and recoils from the idea of inflaming prejudice to reduce reflection, the interest of your country requires mental exertion, joined to a manly firmness, that may be compared to the steadiness of time, rises superior to the keenness of death.
Such sentiments exalt human nature, they have acquired one glorious revolution, and must be banished from your breasts, before you can embrace a constitution which does not secure a majority of the states, from local oppression, is open to the en-
croachments of aristocracy, the ambition of an individual.
Happily for America the enlightened wisdom of a Virginia assembly has empowered their constituents, to investigate the truth or falsehood of the above assertions, by enacting that their convention should proceed to a full discussion, and be freed from those fetters, artifice wished to impose, under the specious pretence, of confining debate within the compass of absolute rejection or adoption.
The extent thus opened for speculative enquiry, joined to real magnitude in the object, may be styled enthusiasm or horizon; the eyes of few men's understanding can steadily behold the expression; though poetically just, reduced to common sense, means importance, and instead of superseding the duty incumbent on freeholders, to judge for themselves, renders the neglect of doing so, treason against their country. What man capable of enjoying that liberty Divine Providence gives a common inheritance to mankind, will at such a crisis restrain his mental faculties from examining a temple built by men equally mortal with himself, for the residence of constitutional freedom, despotism may enjoin a silent reverence, free governments command enquiry, and owe existence to that animation enquiry creates. That citizen who feels and avows such a maxim, need not apologize for collecting the following observation on the federal fabric.
Force seems its ruling principle---forts and garrisons are provided for a standing army must follow; the celebrated Dr. Price thus addresses Americans, "God forbid that standing armies should ever find an establishment in America, they are everywhere the grand support of arbitrary power, and the chief source of the depression of mankind, no wise people will trust their defence out of their own hands, or consent to hold their rights at the mercy of armed slaves."
The office of president is treated with levity and intimated to be a machine calculated for state pageantry---suffer me to view the commander of the fleets and armies of America, with a reverential awe; inspired by the contemplation of his great prerogative, though not dignified with the magic name of king, he will possess more supreme power, that Great Britain allows her hereditary monarchs, who derive ability to support an army from annual supplies, and owe the command of one to an annual mutiny law. The American president may be granted supplies for two years, and his command of a standing army is unrestrained by law or limitation.
As to supplies, the term may be shortened; but such a measure implying want of confidence in the first magistrate, will probably be postponed until the hour of danger arrives, and commonwealths be exposed to that hazardous situation, emphatically called death bed repentance. Expectation from such a source may be deemed visionary, and reflection must compel even hope to confess, a mutiny law must owe existence to a general convention, as the mode prescribed by article the 5th---for the president being by the people made commander of an army, is the subject in that command to a legislative body. Pause America---suspend a final affirmation, until you contemplate what may ensue---do not condemn the declaration of Locke, Sydney, Montesquieu, Raynal, whose writings are legacies to the present and future ages, they unite in asserting that annual supplies and an annual
mutiny law, are the chief dykes man's sagacity can raise against that torrent of despotism, which continually attempts to deluge the rights of individuals. You are told impeachment will stem the flood, a legislative body, sixty-five in number, are to march in formidable array, to a tribunal of twenty-six, and summons the commander of an army sworn to obey him, the event can be foreseen, without suspicion of second sight, for anticipation may with confidence announce, that the battle of a mace, hazarded in the mouth of a mortar, would be speedily conveyed, to that bourne from whence no traveller returns."
Had the constitution said, the president can do no wrong, nor shall he be re-elected, corruption in the man might be guarded against by that rotation, which inculcates the idea of certain dissolution, and a council answerable to the people for consenting to, or advising measures, would cautiously give their sanction to a ruler whose official shield, must inevitably revert to dust.
TAMONY.
Virginia, Dec. 20, 1787.
Extract from the DEBATES in the South-Carolina house of Assembly, on the 16th ultimo. [Mr. C. Pinckney's SPEECH continued.]
THEY wisely considered, that though the confederation might possess the great outlines of a general government, yet that it was in fact nothing more than a federal union, or strictly speaking a league founded in paternal and persuasive principles, with nothing permanent and coercive in its construction---where the members might or might not comply with their federal engagements as they thought proper. That no power existed of raising supplies but by the requisitions or quotas on the states, that this defect had been almost fatally evinced by the experience of the states for the last six or eight years, in which not one of them had completely complied; but few had even paid up their specie proportions, others very partially, and some he had reason to believe had not to this day contributed a shilling to the common treasury since the union was formed. He should not then go into a detail of the conduct of the states, or the unfortunate and embarrassing situation to which their inattention has reduced the union: these have been so often and so strongly represented by Congress, that he was sure there could not be a member on the floor unacquainted with them. It was sufficient to remark that the convention saw and felt the necessity of establishing a government upon different principles, which instead of requiring the intervention of thirteen different legislatures between the demand and the compliance should operate upon the people in the first instance. He repeated that the necessity of having a government which should at once operate upon the people and not upon the states, was conceived to be indispensable by every delegation present; that however they may have differed with respect to the quantum of power, no objection was made to the system itself. They considered it however highly necessary that, in the establishment of a constitution possessing extensive national authorities, a proper distribution of its powers should be attended to. Sensible of the danger of a single body, and that to such a council the states ought not to intrust important rights, they considered it their duty to divide the legislature into two branches, and by a limited revisionary power to mingle in some degree the executive in their

proceedings—a provision that he was pleased to find meets with universal approbation. The degree of weight which each state was to have in the federal council became a question of much agitation. The larger states contended, that no government could long exist, whose principles were founded in injustice; that none of the most serious and unanswerable objections to the present system, was the injustice of its tendency in allowing each state an equal vote, notwithstanding their striking disparity. The smaller replied, and perhaps with reason, that as the states were the pillars upon which the general government must ever rest, their state governments must remain; that however they may vary in point of territory or population, as political associations, they were equal; that upon these terms they formally confederated, and that no inducement whatsoever should tempt them to unite upon others; that if they did, it would amount to nothing less than throwing the whole government of the union into the hands of the 3 or 4 largest states. After much anxious discussion, for had the convention separated without determining upon a plan, it would have been upon this point, a compromise was effected, by which it was determined that the first branch should be so chosen as to represent in due proportion the people of the union; that the senate should be the representatives of the states, where each should have an equal weight. Though he was at first opposed to this compromise, yet he was far now from thinking it an injudicious one. The different branches of the legislature being intended as checks upon each other, it appeared to him they would more effectually restrain their mutual intemperances under this mode of representation, than they would have done if both houses had been formed upon proportional principles; for let us theorize as much as we will, it will be impossible so far to divest the majority of the federal representatives of their state views and policy as to induce them always to act upon truly national principles; men do not easily wean themselves of those preferences and attachments which country and connections invariably create; and it must frequently have happened, had the larger states acquired that decided majority which a proportional representation would have given them in both houses, that state views and policy would have influenced their deliberations.
The case with which they would upon all occasions have secured a majority in the legislature, might in times less virtuous than the present, have operated as temptations to designing and ambitious men to sacrifice the public good to private views. This cannot be the case at present, the different mode of representation in the senate will, as has already been observed, most effectually prevent it. The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation was to introduce the influence of different interests & principles, and he thought that we should derive from this mode of separating the legislature into two branches, those benefits which a proper complication of principles is capable of producing, and which must, in his judgment, be greater than any evils that may arise from their temporary dissensions. The judicial he conceived to be at once the most important and intricate part of the system. That a supreme federal jurisdiction was indispensable, cannot be denied. It is equally
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Of the State of New-York. [Continued.]
POUCHKEEPSIE, January 29, 1788. THE house met pursuant to adjournment. The bill to restrain all persons from marrying until their former wives and husbands be dead, was read a third time, and passed into a law. The bill to lay a duty of excise on strong liquors, and for the better regulating inns and taverns, was read a second time, and committed. The house went into a committee on the bill concerning felonies and treasons, and for regulating the proceedings in cases of felony: Mr. Clark took the chair. [This bill occasioned some debate, which we are this day obliged to omit, not having had time to transcribe our notes.] The committee having gone through the bill, rose and reported the same; when it was ordered to be engrossed. A message was received from the senate, by Mr. Peter Schuyler and Mr. Vanderbilt, informing, that the senate had passed the bill for making proceedings on writs of mandamus, and informations in the nature of a quo warranto, more speedy and effectual; and the bill to redress disorders by common informers, and to prevent malicious informations. On motion of Mr. Benion, the house went into a committee on the Governor's speech, and the papers accompanying the same: Mr. James Livingston in the chair. They were severally examined, and the proper orders taken on them: the consideration of the letter from the Secretary of Congress, the resolve of Congress, and the new constitution, were made the order of the day for Thursday. The committee then rose and reported the same. The house went into a committee on the bill for the amendment of the law, and the better advancement of justice: Mr. Hedges in the chair. After some time spent thereon, the committee rose, and asked for leave to sit again. Then the house adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, Jan. 30. The house met pursuant to adjournment. The bill for apprehending and punishing disorderly persons, was read a third time, and passed into a law. Mr. Low, from the committee appointed to consider on the best mode of remedying the evil arising from the counterfeiting the paper currency of the state, reported a bill, which was read a first time, and ordered a second reading. Mr. Jones, in pursuance of a law for revising the laws of this state, moved for leave and brought in a bill for dividing the several counties of this state into towns; which was read a first time, and ordered a second reading. On motion of Mr. Sands, the house went into a committee on the bill to regulate the exportation of flax-seed and lumber: Mr. Bloom in the chair. After some time spent thereon, the committee rose and reported their progress. A message was received from the senate by Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Williams, informing, that the senate had passed the bill concerning prisoners breaking prison, the bill concerning idiots, lunatics, and infant trussees; the bill for the more effectual discovery of the death of persons beyond sea, or absenting themselves, on whose lives estates do depend; and the bill making it felony in such as shall levy and fine, suffer any recovery, acknowledge any deed, recognize, &c. in the name of any other person. The senate sent by the same gentlemen a bill for concurrence, requiring all persons holding offices under the Government to take the oath therein mentioned, which said bill was read a first time and ordered a second reading. The house took into consideration the amendments of the senate, to the bill for regulating the repacking of beef and pork for exportation; and agreed to the same. The house again went into a committee on the bill for the amendment of the law and better advancement of justice: Mr. Hedges in the chair. Some further progress was made in the bill, when the Committee rose and reported accordingly. The bill against buying and selling of offices, was read a third time, and passed into a law. The house went into a committee on the bill for the more regular holding courts of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery in the several counties of this state: Mr. Sands in the chair. After some time spent thereon, the committee rose and reported their progress. Then the house adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
true, that in order to insure the administration of justice, it was necessary to give it all the powers, original as well as appellate, the constitution has enumerated; without it we could not expect a due observance of treaties; that the state judiciaries would confine themselves within their proper sphere, or that general sense of justice pervade the union which this part of the constitution is intended to introduce and protect. That much however would here depend upon the wisdom of the legislature who are to organize it. That from the extensiveness of its powers it may be easily seen, that under a wise management this department might be made the keystone of the arch; the means of connecting and binding the whole together; of preserving uniformity in all the judicial proceedings of the union. [To be continued.]
Thursday, January 31. The house met pursuant to adjournment. The bill concerning oaths of office, was read a second time and committed. The bill to emit new paper money, was read a second time and committed; and The bill for dividing the several counties of this state into towns, was also read a second time, and committed. The house went into a committee on the bill for the more regular holding courts of oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery in the several counties of this state: Mr. Sands in the chair. The Committee having gone through and agreed to the bill, rose and reported the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The House went into a committee on the bill concerning the exportation of flax-seed and lumber: Mr. Wisner in the chair. The committee went through the bill and agreed to the same; then rose and reported accordingly; when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Agreeable to the order of the day, the House went into a committee of the whole, on the subject of calling a convention to decide on the new constitution: Mr. James Livingston in the chair. In this committee, the resolutions were agreed to, which appeared in our paper of Tuesday last. [To be continued.]
American Occurrences. BALTIMORE, Jan. 25. THE brig Betsey, Capt. Wales, inward-bound from Boston, lies in Patapsco-river (froze in) about 7 miles from this town. The sloop George, Capt. Hall, of this port from Charleston, South Carolina, is arrived at Annapolis—and the sloop Polly, Capt. Childs, bound to this port, from Providence, Rhode-Island, is arrived in Patuxent-river. At a meeting of the Delaware Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and for the relief and protection of free negroes and molattoes unlawfully held in bondage, held in this borough, on the 10th inst. the following were duly elected officers of the society for the ensuing year; James Gibbons, Esq. president; James Robinson, secretary; Caleb Seal, treasurer. Acting committee, John Way, Philip Jones, John Inkkeep, Bancroft Woodcock, Thomas Ainger, and Edward Hewes. Counsellors, James Bayard, and George Read, jun. Esq. Those who wish to become members of this society, or inform themselves of its constitution, may apply to the acting committee.
New-York, February 8. A Correspondent from Massachusetts observes, that the years 88, for some centuries past, have been remarkably conspicuous for great events. In 1588 the Spanish armada was destroyed—in 1688 the Revolution in England commenced—and in the beginning of the year 1788, when the Connecticut Convention adopted the new Constitution, the majority consisted of 88. Accounts from London, to the 18th November, via Charleston, South-Carolina, say:—“Yesterday some dispatches were received over land from Lord Cornwallis, in consequence of which a Council was immediately held, at the breaking up of which orders were sent to Lord Hood, at Portsmouth, not to pay off any of the ships under his Lordship's command. Similar orders were likewise dispatched from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Commanders at Plymouth and Chatham.” Accounts both from Paris and the Hague mention a bloody engagement, in which 4000 Russians, having been artfully surrounded in the Cuban by 30,000 Tartars were without distinction massacred. No date, however, is affixed to the event, though it is confidently said that the devoted Russians were under the command, at the time, of General Potemkin, a relation of the celebrated Prince of that name. The numbers in the different States, according to the most accurate accounts which could be obtained by the late Federal Convention, were as follows:   In New-Hampshire, 102,000  In Massachusetts, 360,000  In Rhode-Island, 58 000  In Connecticut, 202,000  In New-York, 238,000  In New-Jersey, 138,000  In Pennsylvania, 360,000  In Delaware, 37,000  In Maryland, 218,000  (including three-fifths of 80,000 Negroes)  In Virginia, 420,000  (including three-fifths of 280,000 Negroes)  In North-Carolina, 20,000  (including three-fifths of 60,000 Negroes)  In South-Carolina, 150,000  (including three-fifths of 80,000 Negroes)  In Georgia, 90,000  (including three-fifths of 20,000 Negroes) 
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POET'S CORNER.
PROLOGUE.
TO THE MAN-MILLINER. FORGIVE me, firs, that I come in thus boun- You know me, ladies,—your old friend, La Flounce : Sov'reign of fancy, regent of the mode, To all your wants and wishes suite commode ; For artificial springs a winter flora, With rouge, that gives the blushes of Aurora: A woman Milliner!—for sure no man Would be a Milliner, or ever can. Horse Milliner, indeed, a man's true trade is; But, saucy grooms, such trappings suit not ladies. Yet men affail our persons sev'ral ways, They make our mantuas, and they make our flays; And tho' to carry-combs we seem to truckle, They friz toupees, and give the locks their buckle. Hence strange reverses rise: and we're betray'd, By turns, their neighbour province to invade; Husbands the distaff take—wives seize the club, At home their patient Hercules to drub: While fir appears so feminine and trim, And madam looks so masculine and grim, You scarce know him from her, or her from him. In changes thus if humbler-ranks should strive, Maid-servants soon will mount the box, and drive; Or else, to reason and decorum blind, Seizing a place unfit for woman kind, With flambeaux in their hands, jump up behind. While footmen, women grown, as now grown fops, Shall darn old hose, sweep rooms, and trunel, mops, Ladies and gentlemen, 'tis your's to night, To end disputes, and set the Sexes right; To check the inroads of the Tyrant Man, And keep within due bounds the Woman's plan. Let me then, as a female envoy, greet ye, And here negotiate a Commercial Treaty! To bid the Men, by some restraining clause, To deal in ribbands, muslin, blond, and gauze; Bid Women too resign the barber's trade, And cease to shave the Guards on the Parade! Equal to Male and Female their compassion, Assert What's right , and laugh it into fashion!
Affixe of BREAD,
As Established December 5, 1787. A Loaf of inspected superfine Wheat Flower. weigh Two Pounds Five Ounces for Six-pence. A Loaf of Rye Flour to weigh One Pound Twelve Ounces for Three-pence.
HIGH WATER.
This Day, February 8. 9h. 52m. Morn.
Just imported in the Jean, Captain Martin, from Glasgow, by
Samuel Campbell,
No. 44 Hanover-square, Corner of the Old-Skip, A large assortment of BOOKS,
Among which are, THE present state of Nova-Scotia, with an ac- count of Canada; Whitaker's vindication of Mary, Queen of Scots, 3 vol. Miss Grenville, a new novel, 3 vol. Maria, or the Generous Ruffian; Alexander's history of women; Bolinbroke's Mis- cellanies; Blair's Lectures, 3 vol. Sully's Me- moirs, 5 vol. Cullen's Practice, 4 vol. New-Edin- burgh Dispensatory; Smith's Cookery; Martin's Young Gentlemen and Ladies Philosophy, 3 vol. A variety of the best Classics now in use.
GULLIVER REVIVED,
CONTAINING singular travels, campaigns voyages and adventures, in Russia, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, and on the Atlantic ocean: Also an account of a voyage into the moon, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animal in that planet, which are here called the human species, by Baron Munchausen; the 4th edition, considerably enlarged.
DR. SPEDIAUR'S PRACTICAL OBSERVA- TIONS on the VENEREAL DISEASE; describing the various symptoms, and method of cure in every different state. The third edition, corrected. Price only five shillings sewed.
N. B. The great demand for this treatise, the account of it giving by the Reviewers, and the large extracts made from it by Dr. Duncan, in his medi- cal commentaries, with the recommendation of se- veral eminent Doctors of this city, has induced the editor to present the public with an American edi- tion of the work, printed correctly from the last London edit. and reduced to less than two thirds of the price.
With a great variety of STATIONARY in particular, pocket-books, ink-holders, paper, blank books, quills, wax, wafers, &c.
N. B. SAMUEL CAMPBELL returns his sin- cere thanks to his customers, and those who have purchased Books or Stationary at his store, and hopes, by his assiduity and attention in keeping an univ- ersal assortment of books, and the reasonable prices he sell at, will insure a further continuance of their favors The European, Political, Edinburgh, and Scots MAGAZINES.
The AMERICAN MAGAZINE For January 1788, sold at this Office, price Two Shillings To be sold at this Office,
OBSERVATIONS, leading to a fair Examination of the Government propo- sed by the late CONVENTION, and to several essential and necessary Alterations.
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be sold, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen-Street, and the other BOOKSELLERS,
Conductor Generalis,
OR the office, duty, and authority of justices of the peace, high sheriffs, under sheriffs, coroners, constables, goalers, jurymen, and overseers of the poor. As also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c.
To which are added, several choice maxims in law, &c. compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and several other books on those subjects. By JAMES PARKER, Esq. late justice of the peace in New Jersey,
Now adapted to these United States. The whole alphabetically digested under the se- veral titles; with a table, directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles.
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NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of John Callen, an insolvent debtor, that they shew cause, if any they have, be- fore the said alderman, at his office, situate in Nassau-street, in the city of New-York, by the 11th instant, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said debtor discharged, pursuant to an act of the legislature of the state of New- York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insol- vent debtors," passed the 13th of April, 1786.
JOHN CASTEN. Petitioning Creditors. James Craven; Frederick Heermann; James B. Porter, by his attorney Gylberk Van new Kuik. Dated Febyary 2d, 1788. 8 10. c.d.
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 the respective claimants, or their legal representa- tives, on their producing, at this office, suffici- ent 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.
A FEW copies of that much cele- brated work of the late Rev. Dr. CHAUN- CY, of Boston, "On the Fall, and its consequ- ces," to be had at this Printing-Office.
FOR SALE, At the STORE of Mr. Barnt Deklyn, No. 39, Maiden-Lane, near the FLY-MARKET, the following
G O O D S,
Which will be SOLD at the most reduced Prices, to wit.
A VARIETY of Mantuas and other Gown Silks, Sarcenets, Peelongs, and Modes, Chintzes, Printed Linens, and Cottons, Fancy Shawls and Handkerchiefs, Jeans, Jeannets, and India Dimities, A quantity of Linen and Cotton Checks, Spotted and plain Vel- verets, A variety of Gloves and Fans, Linens, Sheetings, and Oznabrigs, Marcelles Quilting, Fancy Jacket Patterns, A variety of Plumes and Ribbands, Fancy Shoe Buckles and Buttons.
With a Variety of other Articles. Which he is determined to SELL low, for Jersey upon the face of the Bill) New-York, or Penn- Sylvania PAPER MONEY.
NOTICE is hereby given by the petitioning creditors of John Loof- borough, an insolvent debtor, to all the creditors of the said insolvent debtor, that they do appear be- fore John Wyly, Esq. alderman, and one of the judges of the mayor's court of the city of New- York, at his office in Nassau-street, on Friday the seventh inst. at ten of the clock in the morning to shew cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the estate of the said John Loofborough should not be made, for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said John Loofborough be discharged, pursu- ant to the directions 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.
JOHN LOOFBOROUGH. Dated the 11th day February. 1788. Petitioning creditors. I. Gelson, I. Lufborough, D. H. Mellows, David Henderson, M. Treat, Wm. Snyder, and eight others.
9, 10, and 12.
By Order of the Hon. JOHN SLOSS HOBART, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York:
NOTICE is hereby given to Blair McClenachan, late of the city of Philadelphia, and state of Pennsylvania, merchant, an absent deb- tor, and to all others whom it may concern, that on application to the said judge made by a creditor of the said Blair McClenachan, an absent debtor, as aforesaid; he the said judge, by virtue and in pursuance of the act of the people of the state of New-York, represented in senate and assembly, entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the 4th day of April, 1786— hath directed all the estate, real and per- sonal, of the said Blair McClenachan, an absent debtor, within this state, to be seized, and that un- less the said Blair McClenachan, an absent debtor, as aforesaid, shall return and discharge his debts within one year after the date hereof, all his estate, real and personal, will be sold for the pay- ment and satisfaction of his creditors. New-York, Jan. 28, 1788. 3—e.d.
Masters & Owners of Vessels
Are hereby informed, THAT they may be supplied with cables, large or small of any length, and cord- age of all sizes, made of Peterburg hemp, first quality, at Ivers's Rope-walk, at the head of Mul- berry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea- Water Pump, on such favorable terms as to merit the attention of any gentleman that would wish to lay out his money to the best advantage. Cables spliced, with the addition of any length required, white rope of every sort for city or country use, hambro lines, deep sea lines, hand lead lines, log lines, houseline, and marine, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Ropemaker.
N. B. The above articles, whether in large or small quantities, will be delivered to any part of the city without expence of cartage to the buyer. New-York, Dec. 7, 1787. 58 c.d.
To the Afflicted with WORMS.
LATELY received from the western country, and may be had at No. 21, Beekman-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. New-York, Sept. 13, 1787. 32—c.d.
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, cloathier's, 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 othe- r unliquidated claims against the United States, shall exhibit a particular abstract thereof to the com- ptroller 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 allowance.
S T A G E.
Morris-Town and Paules-Hook 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 route 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 Cortland-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. Just PUBLISHED, and to be Sold at this OFFICE, No. 25, Water-street,
The American Calculator, or Counting-House COMPANION, CONTAINING,
A TABLE, ascertaining the value of sundry coins in gold, as regulated by the Chamber of Commerce in this city, and shewing at one view, their value in the several currencies of New-York, North-Carolina, and Great-Britain. A Collection of Tables, shewing, at one view, the amount of any number (under 10,000) of Dollars, French and English Crowns, Half Joes, French and English Guineas, &c. as they pass through the United States A Table of Guineas, as they pass in England and Ireland. Rules for the ready reducing the curren- cies of the United-States, from the currency of one state into the currency of any other of the United States; and for reducing the currencies of the United-States into sterling, and sterling into the cur- rencies of the said states. Rules for reducing Eng- lish Money into Irish, and Irish Money into Eng- lish, according to the par of exchange between both kingdoms. Five different tables of the coins of the United-States of America, agreeable to a resolve of Congress of the 8th August, 1787, viz. A Table of Half Dollars, a Table of Dimes, a Table of Cents, and a table of Mills; calculated to render familiar the proper mode of counting said Money. This Book is intended for the convenience of Merchants, &c. in the United States, by Francis Healy, Accomptant.
Price 1f. 6d. single. The usual discount to Bookellers, and others, who may purchase by the Hundred, Dozen, &c. ** Also may be had of Messieurs Campbell, Reid, Allen, Macgill, and Mills, Bookellers.
To be Sold at this PRINTING OFFICE, AT THE TANNERY, Near the Fresh-Water Pond.
MAY be had of the subscriber, a quantity of excellent SOLE and UPPER- LEATHER, tanned in the English mode, equal to any manufactured in America. He proposes, for country dealers, to supply on terms that will enable them to make large profits;—for city consumption, such as will establish the Shoe Manu- factories, and procure them a run of custom— for ships use, as good in quality, as that imported from England, and at a much less price. Cash, Bark, raw Hides or Calf Skins taken in exchange. ISAAC COULTHARD. N. B. A Currier, Master of his Business wanted immediately—Apply as above. 40—w.
Just PUBLISHED, and to be SOLD, at
T. GREENLEAF'S
PRINTING OFFICE, No. 25, Water-street, A new, complete, and correct Edition of Baron Steuben's Regulations.
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