The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-07-21 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 174. of VOL. XLII.]
MONDAY, July 21, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2353.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—EVEN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE. Thompson's Liberty.
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OF Christian Theology.
By JOHN FREDERICK OSTERWALD, A celebrated Divine of Switzerland, Newly translated into English, from the Original LATIN.
By the Rev. JOHN McMains.
CONTENTS.
 1. CONCERNING the nature of the Gospel Ministry.  2. The qualifications of a minister of the word of God.  3. Preparation and vocation to the ministry.  4. The Method of Theological study.  5. A general idea of theology.  6. The constituent parts of theology. 
Section I. Of Christian Theology.
Concerning the Sacred Scripture.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the books which constitute S. S.  2. The attributes of S. S.  3. The use of S. S. 
Section II. Concerning God.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the existence of God.  2. The attributes of God.  3. The holy trinity. 
The first Part of Theology.
Concerning the Time which preceded the Advent of Christ.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the creation.  2. Providence.  3. Sin.  4. Decrees.  5. The Antediluvian world.  6. The calling of Abraham.  7. The law of Moses.  8. The prophets.  9. The various state of the Jews.  10. The state of other nations. 
The latter Part of Theology.
Concerning the Time subsequent to the Advent of Christ.
 Section I. Chap. 1. Concerning John the Baptist.  Section II. Concerning Jesus Christ. 
 Chap. 1. That Jesus is the Messiah.  2. Concerning the person of Christ.  3. His threefold office.  4. His twofold state. 
Section III. Concerning the Constitution of the Church.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the mission of the Holy Spirit.  2. The Preaching of the apostles.  3. The destruction of the Jews.  4. The calling of the Gentiles. 
Section IV. Concerning the Doctrine which is preached in the Church.
 Chap. 1. Concerning faith.  2. Repentance.  3. Good works.  4. Promises and threatenings.  5. Justification.  6. Sanctification. 
Section V. Concerning the Church.
 Chap. 1. What we are to understand by the Church.  2. Church government.  3. Discipline.  4. The various state of the church. 
Section VI. Concerning the Assistance to Salvation.
 Chap. 1. Concerning internal assistance.  2. External assistance.  3. Sacraments.  4. Baptism.  5. The holy Supper. 
Section VII. Concerning a future World.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the state of man after death.  2. The end of the world.  3. The resurrection.  4. The last judgment.  5. Life Eternal.  6. Death External. 
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The design of these additional letters, is, more fully to explain and enforce the positions laid down in the former. The author does not aim to foment the passions; his appeal is to the reason of his readers. He wishes every man to examine for himself, and form his own opinion on the merits of the question.
There are very few dispassionate men, who do not wish to see amendments made to this system. The great drift of these additional letters, is, to point out what these amendments ought to be, and to adduce arguments to support them.
It is a matter of small importance, whether these amendments precede or succeed the adoption of the constitution; so that they be made.
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To which is added, by way of postscript, some STRICTURES on a pamphlet, lately published, entitled, "An address to the people of the state of New-York, on the subject of the proposed constitution, &c."
By a PLEBEIAN.
WHEREAS RICHARD BAYLIS, of
Goshen, in the county of Orange and late colony of New-York, for securing the payment of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, current money of the state of New-York, with lawful interest for the same according to the condition of a certain bond or obligation bearing date the twenty-fifth day of June, 1771, and executed by the said Richard Baylis to John Leake, of the city of New-York, did by indentures of lease and release, bearing date respectively the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of June, in the said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one, mortgage to the said John Leake: All that certain piece or parcel of LAND, situate, lying and being in Goshen, in the county of Orange, known by being part of lot No. 6, beginning at the south east corner of the lands conveyed by Ebenezer Holly to Josiah Seely, then running north westerly along said Seely's land, and land of Ebenezer Holly, to a ditch on the south side of said Holly's meadow, thence south westerly along said ditch to Benjamin Gale's lands, thence south-easterly along said Gale's land and the land of Jeremiah Coleman to the high way, then along the high way to the place of beginning; containing seven acres, to have and to hold, the said tract of land with the appurtenances thereby intended to be granted, and released; and every part and parcel thereof, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders thereof, unto the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns for ever.—In which said indenture of release is contained a covenant, that in case it should so happen that the said sum of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, with the interest, or any part thereof should remain due and unpaid on the 24th day of June then next ensuing the date of the said indenture of release then and in such case it should and might be lawful for the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns to sell the said tract of land and premises thereby granted, or any part thereof, at Public Vendue, or otherwise, as to him or them shall seem meet to any person or persons for such sum or sums of money as might be reasonably bid for the same, and out of the monies arising by the sale thereof to retain and keep in his hands the said sum of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, and the interest that might be due thereon, together with the costs and charges of such sale or sales, rendering the overplus, if any there should be, to the said Richard Baylis, his executors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales so to be made by virtue of the said indenture of mortgage should be, and hereby were declared to be a full and absolute perpetual bar, both in law and equity, against him the said Richard Baylis, his heirs, executors, and administrators, and all claiming under him, and of all benefit and equity of redemption of the premises or any part thereof:—And whereas the said John Leake, in and by a certain instrument in writing under his hand and seal duly executed, bearing date the twelfth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, did assign, transfer, and set over unto Coe Gale, of the county of Orange and state of New-York, merchant, the aforesaid bond and mortgage, and all monies due and to grow due thereon, together with all the right, title, and interest of him the said John Leake, of, in, and to the said mortgaged premises:—And whereas the whole of the principal sum, together with a great arrear of interest still remains due and unpaid—These are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the said premises, that unless the said one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, together with the interest due and to grow due thereon, is paid and discharged on or before the sixth day of November next, the said mortgaged premises will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, to be held on the premises, on the said sixth day of November next, at eleven o'clock in forenoon of the same day, pursuant to the directions of a certain 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 nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four. COE GALE.
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MISCELLANY.
By inserting in your useful Register the enclosed piece, you will oblige A CUSTOMER. From the INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER. Printed at Philadelphia. The Citizens of America, Federal or Anti-Federal, are earnestly requested to pay some attention to the following sentiments.
THE proper object of society and civil institution is the advancement of "the greatest happiness of the greatest number." The people as a body, being never interested to injure themselves, and uniformly desirous of the general welfare, have ever made this collective felicity the object of their wishes and pursuit. But strange as it may seem, what the many through successive ages have desired and sought, the few have found means to baffle and defeat. The necessity of the acquisition hath been conspicuous to the rudest mind; but man, inconsiderate that "in every society there is an effort constantly tending to confer on one part the height of power, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery," hath abandoned the most important concerns of civil society, to the caprice and controul of those, whose elevation caused them to forget their pristine equality, and whose interest urged them to degrade the best and most useful below the worst and most unprofitable of the species. Against this exertion, and the principle which originates it, no vigilance can be too sharp, no determination too severe.
"The greatest happiness of the greatest number," being the object and bond of society, the establishment of truth and justice ought to be the basis of civil policy and jurisprudence. But this capital establishment can never be attained in a state where there exists a power superior to the civil magistrate, and sufficient to controul the authority of the laws. Whenever, therefore, the possession of arms becomes a distinct order in the state, and a standing army part of the constitution, we are not scrupulous to affirm, that the end of the social compact is defeated, and the nation called to act upon the grand question, consequent upon such an event.
The people who compose the society (for whose security the labour of its institution was performed, and of the toils its preservation daily sustained) the people, I say, are the only competent judges of their own welfare, and, therefore, are the only suitable authority to determine, touching the great end of their subjection and their sacrifices.
This position leads us to two others, not impertinent on this occasion, because of much importance to Americans.
That the legislative body of the commonwealth, ought to deliberate, determine and make their decrees, in places where the legislators may easily know, from their own observation, the wants and exigencies, the sentiments and will, the good and happiness of the people; and the people as easily know the deliberations, motives, designs and conduct of their legislators, before their statutes and ordinances actually go forth and take effect.
That every member of the legislature ought himself to be so far subject, in his person and property, to the laws of the state, as to immediately and effectually feel every mischief and inconvenience, resulting from all and every act of legislation.
Under appearances the most venerable, and institutions the most revered; under the sanctity of religion, the dignity of government, and the smiles of beneficence, do the subtle and ambitious make their first encroachments upon their species. Watch and Oppose ought therefore to be the motto of mankind. A nation in its best estate, guarded by good laws, fraught with public virtue, and steeled with martial courage, may resemble Achilles; but Achilles was wounded in the heel. The least point left unguarded, the foe enters; latent evils are the most dangerous; for we often receive the mortal wound, while we are flattered with security.
The experience of all ages shews, that mankind are inattentive to the calamities of others, careless of admonition, and with difficulty roused to secure their own liberties, or to repel the most injurious invasions. 'I perceive,' said the great patriot Cicero to his countrymen, 'an inclination for tyranny in all Cæsar projects or executes.' Notwithstanding this friendly caution, not till too late did the people find out that 'no beginnings, however small, are to be neglected.' For that Cæsar who at first attacked the commonwealth with mines, very soon opened his batteries. Encroachments upon the rights and property of the citizen, are like the rollings of mighty waters over the breach of ancient mounds; slow and unalarmed at the beginning; rapid and terrible in the current; a deluge and devastation at the end.
STANDING ARMIES ought always to be an object of serious attention. And as the history of mankind affords no instance of successful and confirmed tyranny, without the aid of military forces, we do not wonder to find them the desiderata of profound statemen, and the grand object of modern policy. What though they subdue every generous
passion, and extinguish every spark of virtue; all this must be done, before empires will submit to be exhausted by tribute, and plundered with impunity.
Amidst all the devices of man to the prejudice of his species, this institution hath proved the most extensively fatal to religion, morals, and social happiness. Founded in the most malevolent dispositions of the human breast, disguised by the policy of state, supported by the lusts of ambition, the sword hath spread havoc and misery throughout the world. By the aid of mercenary troops, the sinews of war, the property of the subject, the life of the commonwealth, have been committed to the hands of hirelings, whose interest and very existence depend on an abuse of their power. In the lower class of life, STANDING ARMIES have introduced brutal debauchery, and real cowardice; in the higher orders of state, venal haughtiness and extravagant dissipation. In short, whatever are the concomitants of despotism, whatever the appendages of oppression, this armed monster hath spawned or nurtured, protected or established; monuments and scourges of the folly and turpitude of man.
Booty and blind submission is the science of the camp. When lust, rapacity, or resentment incite, whole battalions proceed to outrage. Do their leaders command—obedience must follow. 'Private soldiers,' said Tiberias Gracchus, from the Roman rostrum, 'fight and die to advance the wealth and luxury of the great.' 'Soldiers,' said an eminent Puritan in his sermon, preached in this country more than 140 years ago, 'are commonly men who fight themselves fearfully into the mouth of hell, for revenge, a booty, or a little revenue. A day of battle is a day of harvest for the devil.' Soldiers, like men, are much the same in every age and country.
"Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede."
What will they not fight for? Whom will they not fight against?
A very small knowledge of the human breast, and a little consideration of the ends for which we form into societies and commonwealths, discover the impropriety and danger of admitting such an order of men to obtain an establishment; the annals and experience of every age shew, that it is not only absurdity and folly, but distraction and madness.
During several centuries, history informs us, that no monarch in Europe was either so bold or so powerful, as to venture on any steps towards the introduction of regular troops. At last, Charles the 7th of France, seizing a favourable opportunity in 1445, executed that which his predecessors durst not attempt, and established the first standing army known in Europe. Lewis the 11th, son and successor of Charles, finding himself at the head of his father's forces, was naturally excited to extend the limits of his ancestors, in the levies of money and men. Charles had not been able to raise upon his subjects 2,000,000, but the army he left his successor enabled him to levy near 5,000,000. The father established an army of about 1700, which he kept in good order and placed for the defence of the realm; but this army thus disciplined and stationed, enabled the son to maintain "in continual pay, a terrible band of men of arms, which gave the realm (says the historian, Philip de Commines) a cruel wound, of which it bled many years."
How regular, correspondent, and uniform are the rise and progression of military calamities in all ages? How replete with instruction! How full of admonition are the memorials of distant times, especially when contrasted into the view, and held up in comparison with the present?
Charles and Lewis having set the example, all the neighbouring crowned heads soon followed, and mercenary troops were introduced into all the considerable kingdoms of the continent. They gradually became the only military force that was employed or trusted. "It has long been," says the learned Dr. Robertson, "the chief object of policy to encrease and support them, and the great aim of princes or ministers to discredit and annihilate all other means of national activity or defence." Who will wonder at this, who reflects, that absolute monarchies are established and can only be supported by mercenary forces? Who can be surprised, that princes and their subalterns discourage a martial spirit among the people, and endeavour to render useless and contemptible the militia, when this institution is the natural strength & only stable safeguard of a free country? No free government was ever founded or ever preserved its liberty, without uniting the characters of the citizen and soldier in those destined for the defence of the state. The sword should never be in the hands of any but those who have an interest in the safety of the community, who fight for their religion and their offspring, and repel invaders that they may return to their private affairs, and the enjoyment of freedom and good order. Such are a well-regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to protect their property as individuals, and their rights as freemen.
Artful dissemblings and plausible pretences are always adopted, in order to introduce regular troops. Dionysius became the tyrant of Syracuse, the most opulent of all the Grecian cities, by feigning solicitude for the people and a fear of his own person. He humbly prayed only for a guard for his protection; they easily granted what he readily took—the power of plundering by military force, and entailing his sovereignty by a devise of his sword. Agathocles, a successor to the Dionysiad family and to the command of the army, continued the military tyranny, and butchered the enslaved people by hundreds.
Cardinal Ximones who made the first innovation of this kind in Spain, disguised the measure under the pious and popular appearance of resisting the progress of the infidels. The nobles saw his views, and excited opposition in the chief towns of the kingdom; but by dexterously using terror and intreaty, force and forbearance, the refractory cities were brought to compliance. The nobles, thus driven to desperate resolutions by the Cardinal's military movements, at a personal interview were warm and intemperate. When the arch prelate insensibly led them towards a belcony, from which they had a view of a large body of troops under arms, and a formidable train of artillery; "Behold," says he, pointing to them and raising his voice, "the power which I have received from his Catholic Majesty.—With these I govern Castile, and with these I will govern it." Nobles and people discovered, it was now too late for resistance; to regret past folly and dread future calamities was the remaining fate of the wretched Castilians. After the Romans quitted the island of Britain, the first appearance of a standing army was under Richard the second. The suppression of his enemies in Ireland calling him out of England, his subjects seized upon the opportunity and dethroned him.
Henry the seventh, a character odious for rapacity and fraud, was the first king of England who obtained a military band in that kingdom. It was only a band of fifty archers, with the harmless appellation of yeoman of the guards. This apparently trivial institution was a precedent for the greatest political evil that ever infested the inhabitants of Britain. The ostensible pretext was, the dignity of government, the alteration of the constitution, and an encrease of power was the aim of that prince. An early "oppugnation of the king's authority," though no doubt his favorite subalterns would have said it "ill-timed," had easily effected that disbanding of the new raised forces, which being a little while delayed, no subsequent struggles have accomplished.—The wisdom of resistance at the beginning has been repeatedly inculcated by the wise and liberal minded of all nations, and the experience of every age hath confirmed their instruction. But no precept or example can make the bulk of mankind, wise for themselves. Though cautioned, as we have seen, against the projects of Cæsar, the smiles of benignity deceived the Roman commonwealth, till the increase of his power bid defiance to opposition. Celebrated for his generosity and magnificence, his complacency and compassion, the complaisant courtier made his way into the hearts of his countrymen. They would not believe, though admonished by the best of men and first of patriots, * that the smiling Cæsar would slich them out of their liberties, that a native born and bred a Roman—would enslave his country—the land of his fathers—the land of his birth—the land of his posterity. But Cæsar aiming at authority, and Cæsar armed and intoxicated with power, appear in very different characters. He who appeared with the mildness of a fine gentleman, in his primeval state, in an advanced station conducted himself with the sternness of a tyrant. Opposed by a tribune of the people when taking money out of the public treasury against the laws, Cæsar, with an army at his heels, proclaimed "arms and laws do not flourish together." "If you are not pleased, added he, with what I am about, you have nothing to do but to withdraw. Indeed war will not bear much liberty of speech. When I say this, I am departing from my own right. For you, and all I have found exciting a spirit of faction against me, are at my disposal." Saying this, he approached the doors of the treasury, as the keys were not produced, he sent his workmen to break them open.—This is the complaisant Cæsar, renowned for his amiable qualities; by his easy address he deceived, and by his arts enslaved his countrymen, and prepared the way for a second Nero to spoil and slaughter.
Thus far, friend Oswald, whom I once knew as a soldier, fighting for the liberties of his country, have I given you a picture of the evil consequences of STANDING ARMIES; but it is not an original of my own drawing. Looking over a collection of pamphlets, written in the year 1774, I found one on this subject, by Mr. Josiah Quincy of Boston, and it gave me great
* M. T. Cicero.
pleasure to read the sentiments of virtuous Americans at that early period of the contest; but what a change! what a falling off! However, the agreeable feelings of my mind influenced me to make for you the above extract, and should it prove acceptable to one of your readers, my labor will be amply repaid. America indeed is in a most critical situation,
"A wide extensive prospect lies before us,
"But shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon it."
What we shall be, we know not—'tis all experiment nothing certain—much however, depends on our own manners, which are depreciated greatly. We are now free, let us not shackle our posterity, and remember that righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
PHILO-QUINCEUS.
July 10, 1788.
THE WISDOM OF PROVIDENCE: An APOLOGUE.
(From the German of the celebrated Gellert.) DURING the violence of a storm, a traveller implored relief from Jupiter, and intreated him to assuage the tempest. But Jupiter lent a deaf ear to his intreaty. Struggling with the unabating fury of the whirlwind, tired, and far from shelter, he grew peevish and discontented. "It is thus (he said) the gods, to whom our sacrifices are offered daily, heedless of our welfare, and amused with our sufferings, make an ostentatious parade of their omnipotence?" At length, approaching the verge of a forest, "here (he cried) I shall find that succour and protection which Heaven, either unable or unwilling to aid me, hath refused." But as he advanced, a robber rose suddenly from a brake, and our traveller, impelled by instant terror, and the prospect of great danger, betook himself to flight, exposing himself to the tempest of which he had so bitterly complained. His enemy, mean while, fitting an arrow to his bow, took exact aim; but, the bow-string being relaxed with the moisture, the deadly weapon fell short of its mark, and the traveller escaped uninjured. As he continued his journey, a voice issued awful from the clouds: "meditate on the providence as well as on the power of Heaven: the storm which you deprecated so blasphemously hath been the means of your preservation. Had not the bow-string of your enemy been rendered useless by the rain, you had fallen a prey to his violence."
From the NORWICH PACKET, of July 3. LAST week arrived at Fisher's Island, the brig Nancy, belonging to this port, Capt. Robert W----- (a half pay British officer) master, and landed his cargo, consisting of 140 CONVICTS, taken out of the British gaols. Capt. W. it is said, received 5l. sterl. a head from government for this job; and we hear he is distributing them about the country. Stand to it houses, stores, &c. these gentry are acquainted with the business. Quere, whether a suit of T- and F----- should not be provided for Captain W. as a suitable compliment for this piece of service done his country. CENTINEL. New-London, June 30, 1788.
From a late London Paper. The SIMILE.
I HAVE often been at a loss what to compare the human mind to. I am now perfectly convinced that it resembles no other thing so much as a wind mill. — A wind mill?
Yes: The grinding is the exercise of the faculties; the floor is the produce of these; and the clapper is the representative of the tongue. The machinery of the mill is silent until set in motion by the wind:— And genius is inactive un'il impelled by the breeze of passion.
The wind mill, shattered by the storm from its too exalted situation, shall represent the man of spirit borne away by his tempestuous passions, and his air drawn castles, like clouds before the wind.
The empty coxcomb, whose words outrun his ideas, or rather whose words serve only to shew he has no ideas at all, may also be concluded in the same similitudes. The mill never makes more noise than when it is entirely without grist.
But to go still farther, the mill shall not only represent the mind of man, but it shall also include the character.
The tame, the dull, and the insipid, who glide with placid listlessness through life, stand represented

by the mill when gently agitated by a southern breeze.
The malevoli, whose whirl with busy anxiousness through every one, only to destroy the peace, and grind the hearts of those with whom they converse, will find their representative in the mill when strongly agitated by northern winds.
The pernicious eastern gale, acting upon the mill and blasting every thing as it passes, shall stupify the sullen, the discontented, the morose: whilst the breeze, loaded with health and fragrance, temperate and beneficent shall represent the generous and the humane; the Howards and Hanways that dignify human nature.
The mill also—but it is necessary for them to remember that a simile may be carried too far.
PHILANDER.
American Occurrences.
PORTSMOUTH, July 12.
THE fields at present afford a beautiful prospect, and we happy in the anticipation of a plentiful harvest's rewarding the toils of the industrious farmer.
The Rev. Jacob Haven was—consecrated Bishop of the church of Christ in Croyden, in this state, on the 18th ult.
BENNINGTON (Vermont) July 7.
Extract of a letter from a respectable gentleman in New-York, to a gentleman in this town.
"From some conversation had with members of Congress, I learn, that the inhabitants of Kentucky, which amount to about fifty thousand souls, have appointed three commissioners to wait on Congress and request to be admitted into the union as a separate state; They have arrived and made application for that purpose. The southern members are generally in favour of granting their request; but the northern will not consent unless Vermont be admitted to the same privilege. This circumstance demonstrates the importance of your state in the scale of politics; and I think it a period truly interesting to Vermont, as perhaps another may never arrive so favorable for negotiating with the thirteen states in confederation; however your wisdom will be able to direct what measures are most eligible, while I have only the pleasure of communicating the intelligence."
H U D S O N, July 8.
Of all the members in convention none can stand on a more honorable footing than those of Columbia; for after obtaining their election by a very large majority upon anti-federal principles, it is a frequent observation of their constituents. "We have been and are against the constitution, but as we have now representatives in whom we have confidence, should they think proper to adopt we will acquiesce, confident that whatever they do will be for the best." In this confidence the constituents display the true principles of civil government, and the representatives, unfettered by instructions, have a latitude to act their own judgements without the fear of giving offence to the people.
The learned Montesquieu has this sentiment in his preface to the Spirit of Laws, "I beg one favor of my readers which I fear will not be granted me; that is, that they will not judge by a few years reading of the labor of twenty years; that they will approve or condemn the book entire, and not a few particular phrases. If they would search into the design of the author, they can do it no other way so completely as by searching into the work." May not this suggest some hints as to the new constitution?
If the state of New-York should reject the constitution, we shall be like Ishmael every man's hand against us, and our hand against every man.
The spirit of amity and conciliation which prevails in the convention is equally prevalent among the people at large, and all parties show a return of good humour, and a desire of once more becoming a united people.
The state of Vermont is laying on her oars and watching the proceedings of the convention of this state.
New-York, July 21.
AMONG the variety of accounts received from Poughkeepsie, the following, dated on Saturday, is conceived to be the most authentic, concise, and intelligent: On Wednesday judge Hobart moved for an adjournment until the 2d of September,
then to meet at Poughkeepsie. He guarded his motion on this principle, that as a change of circumstances had taken place since the election of the members, it would be proper that they should return and consult their constituents. This motion was opposed by Mr. Lansing, Mr. Bay, and Mr. Harpur, and advocated principally by Mr. Chancellor Livingston, and Mr. Duane.
The question was taken upon it the next day, and there appeared 22 for, and 40 against it. A question of order then arose, which proposal should be first taken up, and it was determined by 41 against 20, that Mr. Smith's first proposition (which contained the conditional articles) should be first considered: Mr. Smith then arose, and after an introductory speech, offered a new proposal, the substance of which was, a censure upon the constitution, a detail of the reasons which should induce the accession of the state—a bill of rights, and explanatory amendments;—the writing a circular letter to all the states, entreating them to join in calling another convention; and a condition, that if a general convention does not take place in — years, then this state shall be at liberty to recede.
We cannot discover the least feature in these momentous debates by which an adequate idea can be formed of its final result; hoping for the peace of the community, all we attempt is faithful narration, leaving our readers to judge for themselves. The convention stands adjourned to this morning.
A Letter from France, dated April 8, furnishes the following Parisian topics: That the Dauphin still continues in a very precarious state; effected by every change of the weather, he is sometimes better, sometimes worse; but in general so weak, that the royal family can't but be under the greatest apprehensions for him. That the ministry were occupied on several alterations to be made in the naval department; for which purpose a new council was appointed under the title of Council de Marine—That the report of some revolution at Petersburg was current at Paris—that some say the Empress is dead; others that she is imprisoned, and that the next heir to the crown has taken possession of the throne, and that the Russian army will be withdrawn from the frontiers of Turkey—That the different parliaments of France were said to be all in motion—that of Toulouse had dismissed the Procureur de Roy, and elected another in his place."
On the 8th of April last died, at Bath, in England, the right honorable Richard Rigby, Esq. a respectable member of the British senate, and one of his sovereign's privy counsellors. This gentleman was justly distinguished, admired and beloved for the firmness of his character, his friendship, hospitality, spirit and animated conversation. In the year 1782 (when paymaster of the British force) he, with great manliness, founded to the British house of commons the annihilation of the American war—and told them a new ministry must be formed, Col. Hale, son of Gen. Hale, Mr. Rigby's nephew, will succeed to the bulk of his immense fortune.
At Dover, Massachusetts, during a thunder shower there, hail descended so severely as to destroy a great number of windows; and many pieces taken up, exceeded an inch an half in circumference.
Arrived at Salem, the brig Hope Captain Lambert, from the Cape of Good Hope, Captain Jonathan Lambert, from the Cape of Good Hope, which place he left on the 23d of April: On his passage home, he touched at St. Helena and St. Bartholomew's.
SHIP NEWS.
Arrivals at NEW-YORK.
 Sloop Dolphin, Basset, Curracoa, in 30 days.  Sloop New-York and Philadelphia Packet, Bird, Philadelphia, in four days.  Ship St. James, Collino, Newry. 
CLEARED.
 Sloop Betsey, Moore, Antigua.  Sloop Leah, Fowler, Digby.  Schooner Betsey, Manchester, St. John's.  Sloop Debb and Anna, Clark, N-Haven.  Sloop Betsey, Chappell, New-London.  Sloop Good Intent, Paynter, Bermuda. 
Arrivals at PHILADELPHIA.
July 18.
 Sloop Molly Bourke, French, St. Croix. 
CLEARED.
 Brig Minerva, Morgan, Philadelphia. 
Arrivals at NEWPORT, (R. I.)
July 3.
 Brigantine Happy Return, Saye, Hispaniola.  Sloop Dolphin, Lock, Massachusetts.  Sloop Betsey, Burlingame, New-York.  Sloop Polly, Child, Maryland. 
CLEARED.
 Sloop Lydia, Gardner, Nantucket.  Sloop Flying Fish, Dyre, Fihing.  Sloop Adventure, Luther, North-Carolina. 
Arrivals at SALEM.
 Brig Pluto, Lee, Cape-Francois.  Fanny, Proctor, Port-au-Prince.  Hope, Lambert, Cape Good Hope.  Schooner Nancy Fairfield, St. Croix.  Polly, Johnson, New-York. 
CLEARED. Brig Adventure, Clarke, Bilboa Schooner Lily, Dunham, ditto Sloop Friendship, Ward, West-Indies List of American Vessels at the Cape from 15th February to the 23d April, 1788.
 B R I G S.  From New-York, a whaler, Captain Gardner.  From Baltimore, bound to the Isle of France, Captain Howling.  From Boston bound to ditto, Captain Gardner.  From China to New-York, Captain Bunker.  From Bombay, to ditto, Captain Ellmes.  From Boston and Goree, to the Isle of France, Captain Cathcart.  From Philadelphia, to Batavia, Captain Cain.  S H I P S.  Canton from Philadelphia, to China, Captain Truxton.  Achea, from ditto, to ditto, Captain Barry.  Ann, from Baltimore, to Batavia, Captain Skinner.  Betsey, from Saco, Captain Storer, bound no further than the Cape. 
A Mail for Pittsburgh will be dispatched from the post office in Philadelphia, on Tuesday next.
The MERCHANTS and TRADERS of this city, who wish to join the GENERAL PROCESSION on Wednesday next, are requested to assemble at the Coffee-House, at eight o'clock on the morning of that day, when the order of march will be fixed, and the signal to move given by the discharge of ten guns.
By Order of the Committee of Arrangement, RICHARD PLATT, Chairman. New-York, July 21, 1788.
Line of Eastern Stages.
THE Public are most respectfully informed, That, after great expence and fatigue, the subscriber, and company, have completed the line of STAGES from this city quite through to Boston. The carriages, which were before heavy and uneasy, are now all hung upon coach-springs, and do not fatigue more than a common coach. The carriage from hence to Fairfield, in particular, is a new, well constructed, easy one, which will render the journey pleasurable, instead of a toil as heretofore.
Having thus completed the line, the subscriber will commence on Monday next, the 21st instant, to run the Stages from NEW-YORK to BOSTON, THREE TIMES A WEEK, and continue it until Nov. 1, from which to May 1 twice a week.
The extraordinary cost which he has been at in completing this great work, which he doubts not will be of no small public utility, as well as private advantage and convenience, he hopes will induce many to patronize him. Any business of consequence that may be wished to be transacted between these two capitals, shall be faithfully executed.
The Stages will start from the General Stage Office, in Cortlandt Street, on the Monday, Wednesday and Friday, of every week, at four o'clock, A. M. and will arrive at said place on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at eight o'clock, P. M. The days and hours of starting and arriving at Hartford and Boston, are the same as at New-York.
The FARE is three-pence lawful money, or four-pence New-York currency, per mile; fourteen pounds of baggage is allowed gratis; one hundred and fifty pounds of baggage pays the same as a passenger, and in that proportion.
The Public's humble servant, LEVI PEASE.
New-York, July 18, 1788. N. B. This being a public affair, Mr. Pease queries, Whether there would be any impropriety in his requesting the several Printers to publish the above, gratis.
Public & State Certificates
BOUGHT AND SOLD, At No. 27, WATER-STREET, And every kind of PAPER MONEY exchanged for SPECIE and re-exchanged: Also on Hand FOR SALE,
A LARGE Sum in Banker's, Barber's, and Loan-Office Certificates of this State, such as will purchase Lands at the Commissioner's sale, and pay Quit-Rents—Likewise Final Settlements of this State; any, or all of which will be exchanged for Common Final Settlements, Loan-Office, or Pickering's Notes, and indents at a small difference.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons who are indebted to Richard Lawrence, of Westchester, an insolvent debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the subscribers, their accounts will be put in suit—and all creditors are desired to bring in their accounts, properly attested, as a dividend is intended to be made the first Monday in September next, provided the creditors accounts are sent in, to
JOSHUA MERSEREAU, or GOZEN RYERS, June 18, 1788. 26—6w.4th.
Starch and Hair-Powder, MANUFACTURED and Sold by Isaac & John Stoutenburgh, At the corner of Greenwich and Doy Streets, North-River.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Ship JUNO, from Havre-de-Grace, and ships PHILADELPHIA and GRACE from Amsterdam, And to be SOLD at the STORE No. 191 Queen-street, opposite Beckman's-Ship, By DE LUZE DE MONTMOLLIN, and COMPANY, A general Assortment of DRY GOODS, Consisting of the following ARTICLES, CHINTZES, Kid Gloves, Callicoes, Ribbons, Lute-strings, Hair Ribbons, Cambricks, Watches, Silk Hose, Umbrellos, &c. Also, to be sold at the above Store, Handkerchiefs, Persians, and Sarfnets. f.
FRANCIS DURAND, No. 15, QUEEN-STREET, Has FOR SALE, imported in the French Packets, The following ARTICLES, viz. CAMBRICKS, and Superfine French Broad Lawns, Cloths, Scarlet, Blue, Umbrellos of different sizes, &c. &c. Lyon's quilted Sattins, Thread Laces and Edgings, Men's black and white Black Silk Laces, silk Hose, White and coloured Women's white do. Women's Kid Gloves, Black Modes, yard wide Chintzes, &c. best assorted Ribbons,
Rooms to Let, EITHER furnished or unfurnished; one of which is a lower front room very convenient for a Lawyer's Office, or a Doctor's shop. —A L S O—
A STABLE & CELLAR, Enquire of the Printer.
Wanted to Purchase IMMEDIATELY, OFFICER'S and Soldier's Military Bounty Rights of Land, both State and Continental—Also, a large Amount in Indents, Final Settlements, and Pickering's Notes, Apply at No. 196, Water-street. New-York, June 23, 1788. 30—c.d.
Wants a Place, A MIDDLE AGED MAN, High German by nation, who can procure a good character. He wishes to be employed in a store, or to wait on a single gentleman here, or to go abroad with him. He speaks and writes French and Italian as well as English, and is a very good calculator. Apply to Mr. CHARLES WOOD, opposite St. Paul's Church. TO LET, Two convenient ROOMS, For the Summer Season, In an elegant HOUSE, and pleasant Situation; at Gravesend, King's County.—Enquire of the PRINTER, or at Dr. Smith's, living in said House.
S H R U B, Of the very best Quality, by the Hoghead, Barrel, or smaller Quantity, FOR SALE by Charles Tillinghast, At his House, nearly opposite the New-Market in Cherry-street.
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 township, 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 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 Benjamin Thompson, near Morris-Town. New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. 99—c.d.
B L A N K S, At this PRINTING OFFICE.

POET'S CORNER.
THE PIG in a POKE, Or, the double Metamorphoses. A TALE.
A FARMER'S lass contain'd a flaw To mend it, he apply'd to law. Dear bought experience told him plain, That law without a fee was vain; And that, to clear his counsel's tone, he Must bribe him or with meat or money. One morn he calls his clown in chief, "Here, take this pig to Eatyour brief," The clown (unlike his wife, they say) Could both be silent, and obey: The pig secured within a sack, At ease hung dangling to his back; Thus loaded, straight to town he went, With many an awkward compliment. A half way house convenient stood, Where host was kind, and ale was good: In steps the clown, and calls to Cæc. "A quart of stout, to wet my whistle!" Eas'd of his load, he takes a chair, And quaffs oblivion to all care. Three artful wags accost the clown, And ask his errand up to town. With potent ale, his heart grows warm, Which, drunk or sober, meant no harm; He tells them plainly whence he came; His master, and the lawyer's name: And, ere the circling mug was drain'd, Shew'd what the prostrate sack contain'd. Whilst two the witless clown amuse, With merry tales, and mournful news, A third removes the sack unseen, And soon sets free the guest within: But, lest our clown the trick should trace, A well fed cur supps up the place. The point, clear'd up of what's to pay, Our clown in peace pursu'd his way, Arriv'd he makes his awkward bow, With many a Wherefore, and As how, "Heaven bless your honour many a year! Look what a pig I've brought you here. The sack uncut without demur, Forthwith out gentle crept the cur, Both stood aghast with eager eyes, And both, no doubt, look'd wondrous wise, The clown, who saw the lawyer foam, Swore 'twas a pig when brought from home: And, wondering at the queer disaster, He then return'd to tell his master." [To be continued.]
This Day is Published, Embellished with a Plan of the High Court of Parliament, for the TRIAL of WARREN HASTINGS, Esquire,
The American Magazine.
For JUNE, 1788.
CONTAINING, SOLYMA and OSSMIN. Directions for making Pot-Ash. Description of the River Mississippi, by Thomas Hutchins, Esq. Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King of Spain. Anecdote of a Nun. On Vocal Music. History of the Origin of the two Houses of the British Parliament. Life and Amusements of Isaac Bickerstaffe, jun. Letter 7, from Frederick to Felicia. Account of Edward Gibbon, Esq. An Account of Warren Hastings, Esq. Some Account of Mr. Burke. Some Account of Mr. Sheridan. Explanation of a Passage of Scripture. Thoughts on Marriage. Translation of an Original Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth. Letter 4th, from a Gentleman to his Friend. A Memorial and Remonstrance to the General Assembly of Virginia. Letter to a young Gentleman on his Marriage, by Mrs. Phale, now Mrs. Piozzi. Reduction of a luxated Os Brachia. Genuine Letter from a Lady. Answer to the Enquiries of Candidus in our last, by Vindex. On the Pettisgions near Claverack. Trial of Mr. Hastings, continued. Review of New Publications. Poetry. Advice from the Tombs. A Hymn, sung at the public Exhibition in the Greenfield School. Lines addressed to a Lady, on her embarking to visit a Friend. A Rebus.
Intelligence. New-York, Printed by S. and J. LOUDON, And Sold by Messrs. S. and R. Campbell, Mr. S. Loudon, Mssrs. Berry and Rogers, Mr. T. Allen, Mr. R. Hodge, Mr. T. Greenleaf, Mr. F. Childs, Mr. J. Ried.—Mr. S. Hall, at Boston.—Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, at Hartford.—Mr. I. Beers, at New-Haven.—Mr. A. Stoddard, at Hudson.—Messrs. W. Falconer, and Co. at Albany.—Mssrs. Young and McCulloch, at Philadelphia, Mrs. A. Timothy, at Charleston.
CELLER to let.
A LARGE convenient Celler, situate in Water-Street, near the Coffee-House, may be hired from this date to 1st of May next.—Enquire of the Printer.
Just published by M. CARY, At Philadelphia, and to be SOLD, By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York, (By whom subscriptions are received)
American Museum,
FOR JUNE, 1788.
CONTAINING, Papers elucidating the rise and progress of the American revolution.
CIRCULAR letter from the speaker of the house of representatives of Massachusetts-bay. Declaration of the rights of the colonists of America. Address to the king of England. Memorial to the house of lords. Poetry. The battle between Swaran and Cuchullin. The happy man. Miscellanies. Remarks on the different ideas of mankind, with respect to the term "business." Laws made in the dominion of New-Haven. Letter from lord Montague to general Moultrie. Reply to ditto. Physical papers. Essay upon the unusual productions of animals. Some account of a horse with a living snake in his eye. The true nature and cause of the tails of comets. Account of the aurora borealis. Conjectures on the causes of the earthquakes of New-England. General reflections on earthquakes. Political squibs. Peter Prejudice's complaint of his taylor. The wheel barrow-men's objections to the new constitution. On punishment of crimes. Considerations on the late law of Pennsylvania, for mitigating the severity of the penal code of that state. Observations on the management of the female convicts in the work-house, Philadelphia. Remarks on the propriety of employing convicts in clearing the navigation of obstructed rivers. Observations on the striking advantages of sentencing convicts to hard labour and solitude. Rural concerns. Observations on silk worms. Letters on the culture of Tatarian oats. Letter on the advantage of introducing the use of small-beer generally into the country. Account of the palma christi. Satiricals. Ne sutor ultra crepidam. Speech on the learned languages. Answer to the preceding speech. The old bachelor. Political speculations. Address to the convention of Virginia. Remarks on the proposed system of federal government. Address to the people of the state of New-York. Public papers. Charge of the mayor of New-York to the grand jury. Petition of the quakers of New-England to the assembly of Rhode-Island.
PRINCIPLES OF THE
Latin Grammar,
EXPLAINED in a manner suited to the Capacity of Beginners, with rules and Observations calculated for those who have made proficiency in the Classics.
By JAMES HARDIE, A. B.
Teacher of the GREEK and LATIN Languages, NEW-YORK.
WE, the PRESIDENT and PROFESSORS of COLUMBIA COLLEGE, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify, that we have examined a new publication, entitled "The Principles of the Latin Grammar explained," &c. by JAMES HARDIE, and that we find it an accurate and judicious compilation, well calculated for the instruction of youth in the rudiments of the Latin language; and such as may be useful even to those who have made considerable progress therein. We therefore recommend it to all who are intrusted with the care of education, and particularly to the teachers in the different schools of this state.
W. SAMUEL JOHNSON, President, WILLIAM COCHRAN, Professor of Languages, JOHN DANIEL GROS, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Geography, JOHN KEMP, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
First Published, At Thomas Greenleaf's
Printing-Office, No. 25, Water-Street.
A new, complete, and correct Edition of
Baron Steuben's Regulations
FOR THE
Order and Discipline
OF THE
Troops of the United States
American Printed Books.
This Day is published, and to be Sold,
By ROBERT HODGE,
No. 237, the Corner of King & Queen-street,
The Miscellaneous Works
OF
PHILIP FRENEAU.
Containing his Essays and additional Poems.
THIS second volume of our American Author, is replete with the highest sentimental entertainment. Humour, wit, and satire, flow in copious strains.—It requires only to be read to be admired.
Such gentlemen, in this city and state, as honored this vol. with their subscriptions, will be pleased to send for it as soon as convenient.
THE MESSIAH,
Attempted from the GERMAN of
Mr. KLOPSTOCK.
To those who are acquainted with the merits of this work, little need be said to becommend it.—It is calculated to inspire every pious, every virtuous sentiment:—to fill the mind with an awful reverence and love of the Great and incomprehensible GOD and FATHER of all; with the sublimest and most fervent gratitude to our gracious REDEEMER, and a perfect detestation and abhorrence of all vice. In a word, it claims the patronage of ALL who do not blush at owning themselves Christians, and at paying a humble obedience to the King of Kings.
This piece of religious and moral painting has obtained Mr. Klopstock the honor of being esteemed the Milton of Germany, and is considered as having completed what that favorite son of the British muse had left unfinished.—The beauties of the Messiah equal Paradise Lost:—Paradise Regained, though far from being destitute of merit, is universally allowed to fall much below this work, and is acknowledged to be deficient in that unbounded invention, that beautiful machinery, and variety of characters, which distinguish the rigorous efforts of Mr. Klopstock's genius.
The Messiah is formed upon an extensive and important plan, and includes the sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ.
S E R M O N S.
By the celebrated RICHARD PRICE,
D. D. L. L. D. F. R. S.
The Triumphs of Temper;
A Poem in six Cantos.
By WILLIAM HALEY, Esquire.
Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his Daughter.
Dr. Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion.
Sheridan's Rhetorical Grammar.
The Charms of Melody.—A new Song Book.
Tarver's Travels through the interior Parts of America.
Economy of Human Life.
Webster's American Selection of Lessons, in reading and speaking.
Webster's Institute, first and second Part.
Pike's excellent System of Arithmatic.
A few Sets of Newton on the Prophesies.
Edwards on the Affections.
Do. History of Redemption, &c. &c.
Also, JUST IMPORTED,
A number of very valuable
BOOKS,
Consisting of
HISTORY. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, hayfic, Surgery, Agriculture, Nautical Books, Dictionaries, Architecture, Novels, Miscellanies, Plays, &c. &c.
Also an excellent Assortment of
STATIONARY.
Genuine Writing Paper of different sizes and prices, Ledgers, Journals, Waste, Letter, and Blank Books of all sizes, Receipt Books, Bonnet and Cards, &c. &c.
Wrapping Paper, Sealing-Wax, Wafers, Quills, Slates, Lead and slate Pencils, Penknives, elegant Shoe Buckles, Message Cards, &c. &c.
Commissions from the country are thankfully received, and carefully executed. 505—
New-York, May 26, 1788.
Philadelphia, June 8, 1788.
To the PUBLIC.
AS the time limited for compleating the execution of my scheme for the selling some of my houses and landed interest terminates the 25th of July next, I take the liberty to request those gentlemen who have honored and aided me in the disposal of my tickets, to forward the unengaged tickets, by the fastest means possible, so that they may reach me on or before the period above alluded to:—to which end, circular letters will be forwarded to each by the first opportunity.
I here return my most sincere acknowledgement for the countenance given my plan, from gentlemen in most parts of the continent. And though arduous and difficult as the undertaking appeared in its commencement, it gives me the most pleasing satisfaction to add, that it now promises to gratify my most earnest expectations.
20 3W THOMAS PROCTOR.
THE PEOPLE of the STATE of NEW-YORK,
By the Grace of God Free and Independent.
To the Sheriff of Queen's County, Greeting:
WHEREAS by our writ we have lately commanded you, that you should cause Thomas Van Wyck, late of Oyster-Bay, in Queen's county and state of New-York, yeoman, to be demanded from county court to county court, until, according to the law and custom of our state, he should be outlawed if he should not appear and if he should appear then that you should take him and cause him to be safely kept, so that you might have his body before our justices of our supreme court of judicature, at the City Hall of the city of Albany, on the last Tuesday of July next, to answer unto William Loines, of a plea, that he render unto him the said William Loines two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine pounds nineteen shillings and eight-pence, current money of New-York, which he owes him and unjustly detains, as he saith: therefore we command you, by virtue of the statute in such case made and provided, that you cause the said Thomas Van Wyck to be proclaimed upon three several days, according to the form of the same statute (one of the same proclamations to be made in your open county court, and one other of the same proclamations at the general sessions of the peace in those parts where the said Thomas Van Wyck inhabiteth, and one other of the same proclamations at or near the most usual door of the church of the town wherein he inhabiteth) that he render himself unto you, so that you may have his body before our justices of our supreme court of judicature, at the City Hall of the city of Albany at the day aforesaid, to answer the said William Loines of the plea aforesaid, and have you then there this writ. Witness Richard Morris, Esq. chief justice at the City Hall of the city of New-York, the eighteenth day of April, in the twelfth year of our independent.
M. KESSON.
Remaining on Hand, 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.
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To accompany this map, and explanatory of it with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 64 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled, a Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Soto, Cherok-ke, 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, teas, 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 grown to the greatest advantage. Apples, pears, peaches, and all other European fruits succeeded admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in different parts of this territory. The two latter are worked on the Spanish side of the Mississippi, with considerable advantage to the owners. There is plenty of fish in the rivers, particularly Cat, Carp, and Perch, of an uncommon size.—Savannahs, or natural meadows, are both numerous and extensive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of 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.
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