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TROS TYRIUSQUE NOBIS NULLO DISCRIMINE AGETUR. Virg.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1787.
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ASSIZE OF BREAD.
A Wheaten Loaf, of fine Flour to weigh 2lb. 10oz. for six pence: a loaf of the Flour to weigh 1lb. 5oz. for three pence.
Monday 24 Min. after 8 | Friday 36 Min. after 11 Tuesday 12 Min. after 9 | Saturday 24 Min. after 1 Wednesday 0 Min. after 10 | Sunday 12 Min. after 1 Thursday 48 Min. after 10
HIGH-WATER.
Monday 24 Min. after 8 | Friday 36 Min. after 11 Tuesday 12 Min. after 9 | Saturday 24 Min. after 1 Wednesday 0 Min. after 10 | Sunday 12 Min. after 1 Thursday 48 Min. after 10
PRICE-CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Wheat per bushel, 3s. at 3d. | West-India Rum, 3s. 9d. Indian Corn, 4s. at 4d. | Muscovado Sugar, 35s. at 70s. Flour, common 43s. superf. 46s. per b. | Single refined do. 1s. 2d. Brown Bread, 20s. 6d. | Molasses, 1s. 11d. at 2s. | Rock Salt, 7s. to 4s. 6d.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY  GEORGE CLINTON, Esquire, Governor of the State of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same.
PROCLAMATION.
L. S. WHEREAS discoveries have been lately made, of FIRE being put in the night-time, by some evil minded persons, to combustible articles in different parts of this city, with evident intention that the same should communicate to, and set on fire, the adjacent houses and buildings; and the Magistrates of the said city have suggested, that the interposition of government may tend to facilitate a discovery of the persons concerned in the aforesaid wicked acts, and have expressed their willingness to give a reward of One Thousand Dollars, upon discovery and conviction of the said incendiaries.
I HAVE therefore issued this my Proclamation, hereby offering the said reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, to any person or persons who shall discover, apprehend, and prosecute to conviction, the perpetrator or perpetrators of the aforesaid wicked and diabolical acts, or either of them; and if the discovery and apprehension of the principal shall be made by any person having been accessory to the said crimes, I do, in that case, hereby promise a full and free PARDON to such accessory, upon the conviction of the principal. And all Officers, Magistrates, and Ministers of Justice, and others, are hereby required to be vigilant, and to use their utmost endeavors to discover and bring the offenders aforesaid to justice.
Given under my hand, and the privy seal, at the city of New-York, this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1787, and of the independence of the said State, the twelfth.
GEORGE CLINTON.
RACHAEL HARDEN,
Living in Beaver-lane, No. 15, leading from Broadway to the North-river.
WOULD inform gentlemen and ladies of this city, that she undertakes washing Silk Stockings, and engages them to be done in the neatest manner, and at a very reasonable price. Those gentlemen and ladies who choose to favor her with their custom, may depend on great punctuality in her business.
A Wet Nurse, willing to go into a Gentleman's house; she can be well recommended, and has a good breast of young milk. Apply at Franckfort-street, near the Swamp Church.
JEREMIAH ROCHE, hereby cautions the public, not to credit in future, on his account, a woman of the name of Mary Chamberlain, who has assumed his name for fraudulent purposes; as he is determined not to pay any debts of her contracting. Sept. 10.
By order of the Hon. Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York:
NOTICE is hereby given to Seth Williams, now or late of Rhode-Island, and to all others whom it may concern; that on application and due proof made to the said Chief Justice, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of this State of New-York entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the fourth day of April, 1786: He hath issued his warrant to the Sheriff of the city and county of New-York, commanding him to attach, seize, take and safely keep all the estate as well real as personal, of the said Seth Williams, an absent debtor, of what kind or nature soever, and every or any part or parcel thereof, in whatever part of his bailiwick the same can be found, with all evidences, books of account, vouchers and papers relating thereto: And that unless he, the said Seth Williams shall return and discharge his debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, all his estate real and personal, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors. Dated at the city of New-York, this 24th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1787.
THE warm and cold baths on the North-river, the foot of Crown-street; those that want to use the WARM BATH, will be pleased to give one hour's notice to the keeper of the baths.
HENRY LUDLAM.
FOR SALE, By Nicholas Hoffman and Son,
No. 12, Little Dock-street; Parcel excellent dried Hides; A few casks of Linseed Oil, 80 pieces Russia Duck, blue mark, 6 by 8 and 7 by 9 Window Glass.
Treasury of the United States;
MAY 14th, 1787.
THE Commissioners of the Board of Treasury of the United States, give notice, That on the 21st day of September next, will be exposed to Sale, at the place where the United States in Congress may hold their sessions—The following Townships and Lots of Lands in the Western Territory, which were surveyed last year, under the direction of the Geographer General of the United States, viz.
FIRST RANGE.
No. 3, containing 4,350 acres.
SECOND RANGE.
No. 1, containing 1,386.
2, 5,434.
3, 2,598.
5, 21,139.
6, 23,040.
7, 23,040.
8, 22,886.
9, 18,644.
THIRD RANGE.
No. 1, containing 6,596.
2, 11,797.
3, 14,482.
5, 23,040.
6, 23,040.
7, 23,040.
8, 23,040.
9, 23,040.
10, 23,040.
11, 23,040.
12, 23,040.
FOURTH RANGE.
No. 1, containing 4,574.
2, 21,350.
3, 23,040.
7, 23,040.
8, 23,040.
10, 23,040.
11, 23,040.
12, 23,040.
13, 23,040.
The admirable quality of these Lands, and the favorable climate in which they are situated, are too well known to need description. The conditions of sale are as follows, viz.
1st. The townships or fractional parts of townships throughout the different ranges, will be sold either entire or in lots in alternate order; that is to say, where a township or fractional part of a township is sold entire, the next will be sold in lots, agreeably to the ordinance of the 20th of May, 1785.
2d. The lands are not to be sold under a dollar per acre, payable in gold or silver, or any of the securities of the United States.
3d. The purchasers are to pay the charges of survey, which are to be eliminated at thirty-six dollars in specie, or certificates as aforesaid for every township; and in the same proportion for fractional parts of townships or lots; this payment to be made at the sales, and in case of failure, the lands to be again exposed to public auction.
4th. One third of the purchase money is to be paid at the time of purchase; and the remaining two thirds in three months after the date of the sale; on which payment a certificate shall be given by the Treasurer of the United States, which shall entitle the person to whom the same is given to receive from the Commissioners of this Board a proper title; provided, that if the second payment is not made at the time above specified, the first payment is to be forfeited, and the land on which the forfeit accrued be again set up for sale.
5th. The plats of the townships will be marked by subdivisions into lots of one mile square or 640 acres, and numbered from 1 to 36; and out of each township, Lot No. 8, 11, 26 and 29, are to be reserved for future sale; Lot No. 16, for the maintenance of Public Schools within the respective townships, and out of every fractional part of a township, as many lots of the same number as shall be found therein. There will also be reserved to the United States, one third part of all gold and silver, lead and copper mines.
Proper maps and descriptions of the lands will be exhibited at the time and place of sale, and the sales will continue from day to day until the whole are sold.
Samuel Osgood, } Commissioners. Walter Livingston, } Arthur Lee, }
FOR SALE, The Brig FRIENDSHIP,
DOUBLE decked, about 435 tons; built at Bermuda, and raised on in front, has made but one voyage since raised on, sails fast, and is exceedingly well found with sails and rigging, having new suits of the principal sails. Will be sold on very reasonable terms, the proprietor having no employ for her.—Also, may be had at the same place, about 40 casks of ROSIN. Apply at No. 7, Broad-street, or to Mr. Isaac Moses.
August 22, 1787. 26
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774; That on Tuesday the 4th day of December next ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be Sold at Public Auction, upon the premises, the fee simple of a Lot of Ground in a certain indenture of mortgage, made between Stephen Sayre, of the city of New-York, in the State of New-York, Esq. of the one part, and Peter Stuyvesant of the same city, Esq. of the other part, described as follows, to wit: All that certain lot of ground situated in the north ward of the said city of New-York, being distinguished as lot No. 7, in a partition made on the 3d day of January, in the year of Lord, 1718, between Abraham De Peyster and Samuel Bayard, and is bounded as follows, to wit: southwesterly in front by Wall-street, southeasterly by lot No. 6, formerly occupied by Lewis Pintard, northeasterly in the rear by ground formerly occupied by James Nevens, and northwesterly by lot No. 8, formerly the property and in the possession of Nicholas Bayard, and contains in breadth in front and in the rear 25 feet, and in length on each side 122 feet, being the lot of ground granted to Nicholas W. Stuyvesant, by two deeds, the one executed by John Cruger, Philip Livingston and nine others, on the 6th of February 1773, and the other by Philip V. Cortlandt, on the 15th day of April 1762; together with all and singular the buildings, passages, lights, easements and all other privileges; profits, commodities, emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said lot of ground and premises, or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining; which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises by indenture of lease and release, bearing date 31st day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1783, and 1st day of January, 1784, (with a power to sell therein contained) from the said Stephen Sayre to the said Peter Stuyvesant; and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser, pursuant to the said power, by
P. STUYVESANT. New-York, May 22, 1787. 2 700 6m
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774; that on the 6th day of March next ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at Public Auction, upon the premises, the fee simple of all that certain messuage or dwelling house and lot of ground, situated and being in the north ward of the city of New-York, on the northerly side of a certain street called and known by the name of Little Queen-street; bounded southerly in front on said street, easterly on the house and ground now or late of Thomas Marston, northerly in the rear on the ground now or late of John Livingston and others, and westerly on the New-Dutch Church yard; the said dwelling house and lot of ground, containing in breadth in front and rear, twenty-three feet and an half, and in length, on each side, ninety-six feet, together with the houses, edifices and buildings thereon erected and being, and all gardens, yards, wells, back fides, ways, paths, passages, easements, profits, commodities, advantages, emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said dwelling house and lot of ground belonging, or in any wise appertaining,—which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-first and twenty second days of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five (with a power to sell therein contained) from William Bryant of the city of New-York, Doctor of physics, to Alexander Leslie, late of the city of New-York aforesaid peruke maker, assigned to the subscribers, who will thereupon execute deeds of conveyance to the purchaser, pursuant to the power in the said mortgage and the act aforesaid.
WILLIAM DAVIS, JAMES STRACHAN, JAMES MACKENZIE, 2 27 6m By their Attorney, Charles Smith.
Paper Hanging Manufactory.
A Large and elegant assortment of Paper Hangings, with festoon borders, is now finished for Sale, at Gerardus Duyckinck, junr's. Store, No. 30, Little Dock-street, or at John Colles's, at the Manufactory in the Lower Barracks, where orders and directions for paper are received—The public now can be supplied with any kind of paper hangings, agreeable to their fancy, plain, green & blue, or any other colour to suit their furniture, may be had at a very short notice. One very great advantage will attend the purchasing of paper hangings manufactured here, is that it can be always matched again; many persons have been obliged to new paper their rooms for the want of a few yards of paper hangings that has been imported, being damaged on their walls; and another very great advantage is, they can be sold much cheaper than the imported paper hangings, and warranted to be equally as good.
Cash given for Old Rope, Linen and Cotton Rags. 87
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, the Council and the General Assembly of the late colony, now State of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy four, entitled, "an act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates;" that on Thursday the first day of November next, will be sold at the merchants coffee-house in the city of New-York, to the highest bidder, the fee simple of all that certain farm or tract of land, which Joseph Harris, late of Dutchess county, formerly possessed, lying within the said county of Dutchess, in the patent commonly known by the name of the Nine-Partners, being bounded as follows; beginning at a black oak tree, it being the northeast corner of Job Meeks's farm, the northwest corner of Jeremiah Conklen's farm, and the southeast corner of the said Joseph Harris's farm, from thence the line runs north thirteen degrees, west to the farm now or late in the occupation of Richard Gray, being the south line of the Little Nine-Partners, from thence the line runs west on the south line of the said Little Nine-Partners, to the northwest corner of said farm, and the northwest corner of Amenia Precinct, from thence south thirteen degrees east to a walnut sapling, it being the northwest corner of the farm, now or late of Moses Harris, from thence east to the first mentioned bounds; containing eight hundred and sixty-three acres and twenty rods of land, with the buildings, rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders thereof; which sale will be made by virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-first and twenty-second days of November, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, for securing the payment of one thousand pounds (with a power of sale therein contained) from Brinton Paine of Dutchess county, Esq. to Augustus Van Cortlandt. Deeds of conveyance after the sale will be executed to the purchaser pursuant to the said power by
AUGUSTUS VAN CORTLANDT. April the 16th 1787. 2 89 6m
At a Court of Chancery, held at the City-Hall of the city of New-York, the 27th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1787:
PRESENT, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery. Joseph Nathan, Complainant.
Israel Phillips, Defendant. FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court, that a bill hath been filed therein, by Joseph Nathan, mortgagee, against Israel Phillips, mortgagor, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said defendant, Israel Phillips, to the complainant, the said Joseph Nathan: Whereupon process of subpoena to appear and answer, hath been duly issued and returned; and that the said Israel Phillips, has not caused his appearance to be entered in this suit, as according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered, in case the said process had been duly served; and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said defendant, Israel Phillips has withdrawn himself out of this State; and that he could not, upon diligent enquiry made by the deponent, be found within the same, so as to be served with the said process, which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint. It is therefore ordered on motion of Mr. Lawrence (on behalf of Mr. Popham of counsel for the complainant) that the said defendant, Israel Phillips, appear to the said bill, on or before the 27th day of June next ensuing, and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said premises in the bill aforesaid mentioned, or such part thereof as to this Court shall appear just and right: And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted, in at least, two of the public news-papers printed in the State of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively. Extract from the minutes. W. COCK, Register.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 13th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1787:
PRESENT, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. Joseph Nathan, Complainant.
Israel Phillips, defendant. IT appearing to this Court, that the order in this cause, made on the 27th of March last past, had been irregularly published: Ordered on motion of Mr. Troup, on behalf of Mr. Popham, that the said order be republished in two of the public newspapers of this State, for eight weeks successively, according to the said order herein first above mentioned; and that the said defendant appear to the said bill, on or before the 15th day of October next. Extract from the minutes. W. COCK, Register.
Theodosius Fowler & Co.
At their Office, No. 164, Water-Street, Buy, sell and negotiate all kinds of Continental, Connecticut and New-York Securities. 97

Copy of a letter from Mr. Eupinus, Counsellor of State in Russia, to Mr. Pallas, Counsellor of the Imperial Colleges at St. Petersburg, in consequence of the communication relative to a Volcano in the Moon, discovered by Mr. Herschell, F. R. S. made to the Imperial Academy of Sciences, by M. de Magellan, member of the same Academy, May 4, 1783.
NOTHING could have given me greater pleasure than the communication which I received from you respecting Mr. Herschell's discovery of a volcano burning in the moon.—However interesting this observation may be to every lover of natural philosophy, it affects me still more particularly, as the fact when confirmed will demonstrate the truth of my conjectures concerning the volcanic origin of the inequalities in the moon's surface, which conjectures were formed in the year 1778, and published in the memoir printed at Berlin, in the year 1781. This memoir is written, as you know, in the German language, which doubtless is the reason why it is yet unknown in other countries: Though I have forwarded a French translation of the same in manuscript to Sir William Hamilton, at Naples, at the time that his Imperial Highness made the tour of Italy, in 1782.
It is with much pleasure I perceive that ideas on this subject perfectly analogous to mine have occurred to professor Beccaria, of Turin, nearly the same time. Thus it appears that three inquiries into natural phenomena have met together; for you are not a stranger, Sir, that the celebrated professor Lichtenberg, of Göttingen, has made the same conjectures. Though it may appear singular that three men so distant from each other should have the same idea at no considerable interval of time,* yet the thing is not so strange as it may seem at first, after the particular descriptions and exact delineations which different philosophers have given within these ten years of the configuration of those inequalities on the earth's surface that have been produced by the eruption of subterraneous fires. The opinion respecting the volcanic origin of the lunar inequalities might be compared to a fruit perfectly ripe, that could not but fall into the hands of him who might accidentally shake the tree.
However, the honor of having first formed this opinion belongs neither to professor Beccaria, nor professor Lichtenberg, nor myself.—We have been anticipated in this respect more than a whole century, by a man whose works are little known or read at present: A man who possessed from nature the most wonderful talents for discovery; but whose powerful imagination continually led him towards new objects, and prevented him from dwelling on them a sufficient time to bring them to perfection: In a word, it is the famous Robert Hook of whom I speak.—When I composed my memoir on the inequalities of the lunar surface, I carefully examined whether any one had fallen upon the same thought before me. My inquiries were then ineffectual: And it was not long after the publication of my memoir that I accidentally discovered the same ideas in this author. In fact, it is not surprising that this author should escape my researches, as no one would have sought intelligence of this nature in the place where I found it; that is to say in his Micrographia, printed at London, in 1655. In the 20th chapter of which work he speaks at large concerning this opinion.
I am very happy, Sir, to communicate to you this circumstance in the history of the progress of human knowledge; because in so doing I render justice to a man whom I am tempted to regard as the first genius in point of invention that has ever existed— redit ad dominum . And in reality, if justice were done to this extraordinary man, it would appear that many very remarkable and ingenious discoveries, which pass for new at present, properly belong to him. Would it not be equitable, Sir, to call the two volcanic mountains that Mr. Herschell has discovered afterwards in that part of the moon, by the name of him who first affirmed the existence of volcanoes in that planet?
I have the honor to be, &c.
EUPINUS.
* It was on the 11th of October, 1772, when the nephew of the late professor Beccaria, discovered a luminous spot on the moon during its total eclipse of that night.
FOREIGN ADVICES.
C O S H I N, (E. Indies) October 26.
We learn from Masulipatam, that every thing between Tippoo and the Mahrattas remains in the same situation as after the engagements.
[In the India papers are several advertisements of sales of the company's bonds in India, and at the bottom of each advertisement, there is a Nota Bene , "That only specie will be taken."]
L O N D O N.
The French and British squadrons in the Indies, may be estimated as under:
French. Two of 74 guns, one of 64, two of 40, one of 28, one of 16.
English. Two floops of 16 guns.
It is a matter of very little consequence says a correspondent, whether the inflammable hero of 1780 be gone to Holland, or to Scotland, or to America; wherever he goes, this country has a happy rid- dance.
A waterman, whose name is Holmes, and who has acquired some property, to shew his disgust against our rulers, and the accumulation of taxes, has hit upon a singular expedient. He has disposed of a small freehold which he possessed in the vicinity of the Thames, and purchased a west country barge, in which, with his wife, and a large family of children, he resides in the most comfortable manner.
Extract of a letter from Amsterdam, dated May 15.
"Three different factions exist in this republic; the Stadtholderian party are those who will repeal the act of suspension, by which the prince of Orange is deprived of the office of Capt. General of Holland, and will have him re-instituted in his former glory and power, without any restrictions.
"The 2d is the Aristocratical, consisting of the old and some of the principal families in Holland, who would willingly depose the Stadtholder entirely, provided that they and their families alone, enjoyed the offices of government; but finding themselves too weak to proceed alone, join with the party of the Stadtholder, against the
"Patriots, who solely for the good of the republic, and the freedom of their country, stand forth to preserve their privileges against the encroachments of an ambitious Stadtholder, and the machinations of intriguing men, who would make of free-men, slaves, and of a free republic, a tyrannical aristocracy. This party is by far the greatest, and in all probability will be triumphant. They with not to depose the Prince of Orange, they only seek to put bounds to his power, and so that while he does a great deal of good, he cannot cause them any evil."
July 5. Yesterday Sir George Augustus Elliot kissed the King's hand at St. James's, and being appointed a British Peer by the title of Lord Hethfield.
A gentleman just arrived from Amsterdam, saw Lord George Gordon there; and thus he describes his conduct and situation. On his arrival in the city, Lord George waited on one of the magistrates, and informed him, "That having been most cruelly persecuted in England, he had retreated to a country very dear to him , as being the land of Protestantism and of liberty." Lord George added, "that, as he had sought an asylum in Holland, he should live as a private citizen, and not by any means interfere in commotions; his employment would be of a religious nature ."—Lord George then took his leave, enquired for the house of Mr. Moses, a Jew, which, having found, he delivered a recommendation letter, written by a Rabbi, in Hebrew. Mr. Moses received Lord George with extreme cordiality, allotted him apartments in his house, where he at this moment resides; and when the gentleman who communicated these particulars quitted Amsterdam, there was every reason to believe, that Lord George was preparing for circumcision, and meant to embrace Judaism. His Lordship associates excessively with people of that persuasion, lets his beard grow, and in every respect, resembles a proselyte. This whimsical incident is a proof of events being produced by causes apparently not bearing the most distant relation; for who could have supposed that the French Ambassador, a Roman Catholic, should have occasioned a Presbyterian to turn Jew? Yet this will be the case if Lord George should commence Israelite.
B E R M U D A, July 21.
Last year some doubts having arisen respecting the navigation of vessels in the West-Indies by negroes, induced some gentlemen of Antigua to send home for the opinion of the attorney and solicitor General, &c. which is as follows:
Case —Whether a British sloop of about 100 tons employed only trading from island to island, in this country navigated by a white master, (a British subject) a white mate ditto, and a white man of the same country, assisted by five black slaves, four of them the property of a British subject, the fifth a foreigner, is navigated according to law, and if liable to confiscation for the same?
Opinion —The case certainly admits some doubt, but when we consider the usage that has constantly prevailed, we cannot hesitate to give our opinion that this ship is not liable to confiscation. The seamen on board are stated to be all British subjects; and in respect to slaves, we conceive that so far as they are comprehended within the navigation acts at all, they must be considered as of the country of their owners, and consequently the proportion of British to foreign is greater than the law requires.
Signed W. WYNE, R. P. ARDEN, A. MACDONALD.
UNITED STATES.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, Sept. 11.
On Saturday last the Court of Common Pleas, gave their opinion in the case of Stoddard and Penhallow, stated in the Pennsylvania Herald of the 22d ult. when Mr. Justice Shippen observed, that it was unnecessary to determine the first and second points (1st. whether Congress had a power at the time of the capture to establish a court with admiralty jurisdiction, and 2dly. whether the discontinuance of the action instituted in the common law court of Massachusetts, was binding on the courts of Pennsylvania) since they were clearly of opinion on the third, that the question was exclusively cognizable in a court of admiralty, and therefore, that the attachments instituted here, in a common law court, must be quashed.
In the case of January and Goodman, determined on Saturday last in the Court of Common Pleas, it was established as a principle, that where there are subscribing witnesses to a note of hand , it is necessary, as in the case of a deed, to produce them upon the trial, or to give some satisfactory reason for their absence; but if there are no witnesses, then proof of the party's hand writing is sufficient. This distinction deserves the attention of the trading part of the community, as the obtaining witnesses to promissory notes has frequently been considered a matter of useful precaution, but it may, we find, be productive of considerable embarrassment.
N E W - J E R S E Y, August 28.
New-York and Pennsylvania have laid a duty on all merchandise brought into their ports, and refuse a drawback on such as we purchase for our own consumption, by which means we pay them more than 40,000. per annum, which they apply to the exigencies of their respective governments. The citizens of New-York, too, since the revolution have, by many mean artifices and misrepresentations to foreigners, checked the flattering prospects we lately had of introducing foreign commerce into our ports. The excise act, which is to take place on the first of October next, will, no doubt, be disagreeable to many, as it gives so great a power to the Collector and his deputies, who, it is reasonable to think, will not be at all times the honest, disinterested men we could wish. In short, an arrant knave, or a notorious cheat, so he is but a freeholder in the county, may, upon giving the security required, be armed with the most exorbitant powers, and harrafs at pleasure the honest, industrious trader. The excise law is doubtless founded on a just and wise principle, but we consider the means to be employed in executing it as
utterly unwarrantable, arbitrary, oppressive and dangerous. This, however, is only one of the evil consequences attending our old prejudice of taking care not to appoint, generally, such members in the Assembly as are supposed to have too much sense . A farmer who by the help of his spectacles, can read his almanack and psalter, is always reckoned qualified for a seat—the silly constituent not considering that those who are too ignorant, intentionally, to do much mischief, will not possibly be ever able to do any good, especially in the difficult and sublime task of legislation.
New-York, September 14.
That the public may not mistake the information lately given of certain free ports being opened in the British West-India islands, it may be necessary to remind them, that the United States, are not included in those powers who are to be benefited thereby—the act establishing them enacting "that Kingston, Savanna-le Mar, Montego-Bay and St. Lucia, in Jamaica; part of St. George's in Grenada; Rosseau, in Dominico, and Nassau, in New-Providence, are opened for the produce of any colonies, or plantations, in America, belonging to, or under the dominion of any foreign European Sovereign, or State, in single decked sloops or schooners, not exceeding 70 tons burthen—from September 1, 1787, to September, 1792."
By letters from Dominica, we are informed, that the King of Great-Britain has purchased the proprietary right to the Bahamas, and has given instructions to the Governor to grant it out, in proportion to the numbers that families consist of.
On Friday last arrived at Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, from England, but last from St. Christopher, a ship of 700 tons burthen, British bottom, for the express purpose of purchasing lumber, &c. for the British West-India islands!
A correspondent remarks that the case of Colonel Farrington, is in some respects similar to that of the celebrated Dr. Dodd. They were both men of good moral character, neither of them intended eventually to defraud the persons whose names they had forged, and as the mal-practices of the one were proved by his own pupil, those of the other have been convicted by his most intimate friends.
The year 1776 is celebrated, says a correspondent, for a revolution in favor of liberty. The year 1787, it is expected, will be celebrated with equal joy, for a revolution in favor of government. The impatience with which all classes of people wait to receive the new federal constitution, can only be equalled by their zealous determination to support it.
We hear that the Convention propose to adjourn next week, after laying America under such obligations to them for their long, painful and disinterested labours, to establish her liberty upon a permanent basis, as no time will ever cancel.
A gentleman who favors the public with his remarks on the means of promoting federal sentiments in the United States, makes this appeal:
"Every part of this federal empire was gained by the sword, by distress, and slaughter—the land, from Georgia to New-Hampshire, has drunk American blood—the blood hounds of the western forests have torn many babes from the mother's breast, many wives from the arms of husbands, scalped and burned them in lingering fires. What American can without horror, indignation and grief, reflect that a fatal delusion may basely throw under foreign dominion, the plains of Saratoga, York-Town, or the Coopers. Here methinks I see every forlorn wretch hang his head, and every brave American clap his hand to his sword, and swear by the aether of all their fellow soldiers, and by their own noble hearts, it shall not be ."
By a private letter from the city of Leyden in Holland, we are informed that, directly after the declaration of the Stadtholder, the inhabitants of the great cities in the several provinces were all roused, and ready to offer life and property in the cause of liberty, particularly at Rotterdam and Amsterdam. In the last town the day after the Stadtholder's manifest, the five Colonels and 60 Captains of the respective regiments and companies of the burghers, presented a request signed by most of the capital merchants and other gentlemen of character, joined with the votes of the citizens in arms (which were in good order ranged at the bam before the city-house) to Burgomaster Hoof just as he was coming out of the Council, wherein they prayed with due respect, that the nine Counsellors should be scraped out of the list, and that nine from respectable citizens should be immediately chosen in their room; they would then say, they in that request notwithstanding their bad conduct, protect their persons, family or property, against all insults, on condition, that they did promote and sign to be satisfied never to meddle themselves with any branch of government, and live quietly and peaceably, which was accepted by them. And they further declared, in the name of the citizens, that in case the States would not sanction this resolution, they as republicans and freeborn Netherlanders, would insist on having it done. Notwithstanding these facts in Rotterdam as well as in Amsterdam, and the little etiquette observed in stopping her Royal Highness on her way to the Hague, there are some who pretend that the King of Prussia will certainly assist the Stadtholder with a hundred thousand regular troops, and twenty thousand black hussars, with death's heads on their bearskin caps, and the King of Great Britain will likewise assist them with a hundred thousand millions, sterling money.
In our last we gave an account of the subsequent melancholy event; but, that being inaccurate, we are requested to insert the following paragraph:
On Thursday the 6th inst. Robert Ward, with seven other men, went with one of the Marshals of this city, who was deputed to take the body of George Berrian, a debtor. By the time they came to the vessel that Berrian was on board of, they discovered Berrian with a musket in his hand, and three other persons prepared with handspikes for his defence; notwithstanding, the Marshal held up the silver oar to public view, and demanded a surrender of Berrian. Isaac Levy, one of the four men, on board the sloop, struck Ward upon the head with his handspike, which instantly put an end to his existence, as he immediately fell overboard. His body was found on the 9th inst.—The verdict of the Coroner's inquest was, that Isaac Levy, was guilty of wilful murder, and that George Berrian, Samuel Stires and John Grant, were severally accessory to the murder.
" Stow, (Massachusetts) August 31, 1787. "
"Yesterday afternoon, a ball of fire, of about six inches diameter, exceeding bright and glowing, passed with great velocity through the Heavens, leaving a train of about 20 degrees in length; next the meteor it appeared like a blaze, and gradually lessened in smoke to a point; no one that saw it could determine whether it fell to the earth or pursued its course; about 8 or 10 minutes after it disappeared, a noise was heard like heavy though distant thunder: It was apparently much above the clouds, and left a body of smoke which settled down in the N. E. and was visible until after sunset—Its course was from S. W. to N. E."
Laningsburgh, Sept. 3.
Died, on Saturday last, Mr. ALEXANDER WEBSTER, a native of Scotland, in the 78th year of his age, who is to be interred this afternoon. This gentleman, before his death, enjoyed the happiness of seeing his son, Col. Webster, advanced, by his patriotism, to the dignity of a Judge in Washington county, and a Senator of the State of New-York.
Extract of a late letter from the Western Country.
"I returned a few days ago from Kentucky. Since my arrival, I have information of a boat coming up Ohio, below the Rapids, and attacked by Indians on both sides. Fourteen men were in the boat, thirteen of whom were killed, and the fourteenth escaped with a wound. The boat was coming from St. Vincent to Pittsburg, laden with furs, which happily were brought off, by a boat coming up immediately after, the Indians being from the spot at that moment, supposed to be gone for horses to convey the spoil away. The same boat was also attacked by a large party, but being well manned, and a fowling piece on board, they sustained no damage. Nothing is more certain than the hostile intentions of many of the savage tribes. The inhabitants some miles about the falls of Ohio, live in continual danger. Post St. Vincent is now a wretched and distressed place. A number of innocent, industrious people, in a famishing condition, obliged to live in fortified places, and in the utmost danger, cultivate only the lois in town. Whilst the troops enlisted by General Clark remained there, the inhabitants were not molested; so much influence had the idea of armed men upon the savages: But these troops were not supported, therefore evacuated the place. Since their departure, the Indians have been more violent. Some time ago, I saw a paper, in which orders appeared to the Commanding Officers on Ohio to remove the troops from St. Vincent, under character of lawless men; I think they might with propriety be called useful men, if not established there by proper authority. Can authority be insensible of the situation of St. Vincent? Will it not be shocking to humanity to hear (what may be expected) of the inhabitants of that town being massacred by savages, when the protection of a few soldiers would almost secure their safety; and if this is not a station vastly more important than any fortified on Ohio, I will submit to all who are acquainted with the western world. It is hoped that some salutary measures will be adopted for St. Vincent; they are citizens of the United States, and virtually claim protection."
Extract of a letter from Osgood, May 13.
"We have nothing here of a public nature worth mentioning, but the attempts of our government to give a new religion, and new laws, to the good people of this country;—and as we have no fancy printers here, to publish the secrets of the cabinets, my information concerning these matters must needs be deficient; so that any relation I can give of them will furnish you with but little entertainment.—Were the Jewish historians to write the History of King Jehu II. they would tell us, in the language of scripture, that "he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord"; that he destroyed the high places and groves appointed for the worship of Baal; that he broke the graven images, with the silver and gold used in that worship, he melted it down, and stamped his own image upon it."—King Jehu, we are told, put the priests and worshippers of Baal to death;—King Joseph, only desires that the Capuchins shall wear black coats, and clean linen, and shave their beards:—These last reformation have not as yet taken place; but the Capuchins expect to receive the fatal orders every day. On the 1st of April, just as they had set down to dinner, they were very much surprised and alarmed at the entry of about fifty barbers, with their balons and other tonsonal apparatus; and the fathers all declared, una voce , they would not part with a whisker, till it was warmer weather. The father Confessor, being more collected than the rest, desired to know by whose authority they came. The barbers said, they understood it was by an order of the magistrates. The father told them, that as it was the first of April, some wicked heretic had made fools of them.
"His Majesty is likely to meet with some opposition to the introduction of his new code of laws.—The States of Brabant have had courage to put the Archduchess and Archduke in mind of the rights of the people. They talk of an oath, which his Majesty took on his accession, to preserve the constitution of the country. The States say, they are the representatives of the people, and sworn to preserve their just right; and that their consciences will not suffer them to submit to the threatened innovations. I will not pretend to say, whether they are in the right or wrong; nor which of the contending parties will gain the advantage in the dispute; but at any rate the state may console themselves, as the man did, who was disputing with one of the Roman Emperors, and gave up the point, though he had the best of the argument. "It was no shame, said he, to be beat in an argument; by one who is master of forty legions."
Extract of a letter from Charleston, dated Aug. 22.
"A few days ago, a negro man (who had a wife and children in town) was set up for sale; but not liking the man who appeared the most anxious to have him, and who was a countryman, he made an objection to him, and declared he would not go in the country from his wife and children.—They paid no attention to his objections, but soon sold him to the countryman, who immediately sent him on board of a boat.—Soon after, they left the wharf, when the negro plunged overboard, and endeavoured to get under the boat, but was prevented, though with great difficulty, by those on board, and brought into the boat again; but before they could tie him, he leaped over the second time, and would have soon buried himself in the watery element, had not a boat from shore prevented him. When he was taken on board again, and tied, he still persisted in his determined resolution of putting an end to his life, the first opportunity; and pre-

bably ere this, he has fought that relief in DEATH, which LIFE when separated from all he held dear, could not afford him. Such are the cruelties, among innumerable others, that Africa's sons experience on Carolina's plains, and which would make humanity herself recoil to hear related."
On Monday the 10th inst. arrived at Philadelphia, the ship Pigou, Captain Sutton, in 45 days from London.
As the people of the Duke of Montrose and the Northumberland East-Indiamen were watering on the Sumatra shore, near north island, in the Straits of Sunda, in the East-Indies, on their passage to England, about noon, five Malays came out of the woods with fowls and fruit, but could not speak English; the third mate of the Northumberland offered rubees for some of the fowls, but they seemed not to know the value, and appeared to be more fond of the buttons on his coat. They staid about half an hour, when three of them returned into the woods, and made a large fire a small distance from the watering place. About two o'clock some of the men belonging to the Montrose went to the place where the fire was, and the other two Malays went also. The men stopped about ten minutes, and then returned safe about 6 o'clock. Having filled all the water, they were getting it down to the boats; but the cooper & the cooper's mate belonging to the Duke of Montrose stopping to gather up some linen that they had been washing, two of the Malays came out of the woods, and stabbed the cooper in the belly, and his mate in the side, then took the linen from them, and ran into the woods again. The cooper died before he got on board the ship, but his mate recovered. The pond that they watered at was at the back of a bank, about 200 yards from the beach, so that the people who were at the beach could not see any thing of it until the two unfortunate sufferers came down, which was too late to look for the savages. It is hoped this will be a caution to others who may stop there in future.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Amsterdam, to his correspondent in Philadelphia, dated June 8, 1787.
"Our situation is deplorable; we are engaged in a civil war, and the Lord knows what will become of us. Several battles have already been fought, in which our burghers gained victory; but the blood of the burghers lost on these occasions cannot be forgotten. Plundering and uproars are all over the seven provinces. Last week the troubles began here and in two nights time forty houses have been plundered or ruined, and among these are two Burgomasters houses; it was a dreadful sight to behold; had you been here, it would have broke your heart to see their fine furniture thrown out of the windows, broke into a thousand pieces and cast into the canals. I have seen several of the houses plundered, and was there from the first to last; but I can assure you, I should not like to see such another scene; it is worse than seeing houses on fire. Last Saturday one of the mob was hanged, and fifty more are in goal; some will meet the same fate. Matters are now come to such a crisis, that they cannot be settled otherwise than by the sword; and by what appears, our union will be broke, and the province of Holland, with two or three more, will become a separate State, fighting against the others as long as possible."
Mr. Andrew Law, some time since a teacher of psalmody in this city, was ordained, in Hartford, to the holy office of the Gospel Ministry, on the 8th inst.
Lately died at his wigwam in Pomachang, near Norwich, old Zachariah, Regent of the Mohegan tribe of Indians, in the 100th year of his age.
Arrivals since our Last. Ship William, Whippel, Hamburg. Brig Edward, Braine, Madeira. Dolphin, Seoven, Cape Francois. Schooner Nelly, —, Carthagena. St. Johns, —, St. Johns. Sloop Betsey, —, Cape Francois. Defiance, Atwater, N. Providence. Ranger, Bennison, St. Johns. Betsey, George, Savannah.
Messrs. LONDON, BEING deeply impressed with gratitude to his Excellency the Governor, the officers of the artillery, and other gentlemen who honored my late son in visiting him while languishing with his wound, which he unfortunately received on the last review day, and interring his remains in a very distinguished manner: I cannot refrain requesting you to insert in your paper, this public acknowledgment of the high sense I entertain of such truly noble and condescending behavior, which not only, in a great degree, alleviates the sorrow for my loss, but fixes in my heart the most lasting respect.
I am, gentlemen, your humble servant, CORNELIUS WEBBERS. New-York, September 12, 1787.
A Law to prevent the erecting or suspending of Signs to project into the streets of this city.
BE it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the city of New-York, in Common Council convened, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, that from and after the first day of October next, no person or persons shall erect or suspend from the house in which he, she or they do or shall reside, any sign or other thing appertaining thereto, or suffer or permit any sign already erected or other thing appertaining thereto, to continue to be erected or suspended to project into any street of this city, beyond the front of the house in which he, she or they do or shall reside as aforesaid; and if any person or persons do erect or suspend any sign or other thing appertaining thereto, or suffer or permit any sign already erected or other thing appertaining thereto, to continue to be erected or suspended contrary to this law, the person or persons so offending, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, the sum of twenty shillings, to be recovered before the Mayor, Recorder or any one of the Aldermen of this city, with costs of suit; the one half of which forfeiture, when recovered, to be paid to the person who shall sue for the same, and the other half to the Treasurer or Chamberlain of the said city for the use of the poor thereof. Published by order of the Corporation, ROBERT BENSON, Clerk.
September 12, 1787. PASTE-BOARD Sold by the Printers.
Craigie, Wainwright and Co. DRUGGISTS,
No 37, Wall-street, corner of Hanover-Square, HAVE imported in the last ships from Europe, a general assortment of drugs, medicines, and Surgeon's instruments, which they will dispose of on very reasonable terms for cash, bees-wax, inake root, pot or pearl ashes.
The following are part of their assortment. Genuine red peruvian bark, peruvian bark, camphor, calomel, antimony, cream of tartar, flower of sulphur, tartar emetic, ipacuanha, julian, rhubarb, glauber salts, opium, Spanish flies, manna, aloe, aqua fortis, borax, gentian root, flowers of lavender, flowers of camomile, fenna, &c.
Surgeons Instruments. Pocket instruments, dissecting knives, crooked needles, teeth instruments, lancets, mortars and pestles, spatulas and bolus knives, amputating instruments, lythotomical ditto, cupping ditto, lint, tow, sponge, pill-boxes, phials, gallipots, &c.
At the same place may be had, a great variety of GENUINE PATENT MEDICINE.
Practitioners and country store-keepers may depend upon being well supplied at the above store.
Medicine chests for shipping, plantations, or iron works, with directions suited to the disorders of the country, are made up on the lowest terms.
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DANCING.
MR. PICKEN begs leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of New-York, that on Wednesday the 19th inst. he will open his SCHOOL , at the City Assembly-Room, Broad-Way, where he will exert his utmost abilities to merit the approbation of his employers. 32
THOMAS MAULE,
No. 10, Hanover-Square, HAS received by the America, from London, and the Ann and Susan, from Liverpool, a variety of FALL GOODS,
Which he will sell on very reasonable Terms, viz. COATINGS , plains, broad-cloths, ferges, blankets, baizes, flannels, tamies, durants, wild-bores, camblets, laffings, fatinees, ribbons, ganzes, modes, fattins, lute-drings, armozenes, taffatics, black persians, florcentines, sewing silk, twill, hosiery, gloves, &c. &c.
September 11, 1787. 32
JOHN GLOVER,
No. 49, Broad-way, HAS imported in the Hudson, from Dublin, a variety of low priced yard wide and 7-8 Irish linens, sheetings and printed handkerchiefs, which he will sell on the lowest terms. Also, a general assortment of dry goods as usual. 32
BY order of the Hon. Alexander Webster, Esq. Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the county of Washington; Notice is hereby given, That on application to him made, by a creditor of Solomon Carver, of the township of Whitehall, in the county aforesaid, an absconding debtor, he has directed all the estate real and personal of the said Solomon Carver, within the county aforesaid, to be seized; and that unless the said Solomon Carver, shall return and discharge his debt, within three months after notice hereof given, all his estate real and personal, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditor. Given under my hand at Hebron, this 15th day of August, 1787. 1 32 ALEX. WEBSTER.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, a yellow dutch Horfe, about eleven years old, 14 hands high, three white feet, a bald face, dark list from mane to tail, square set, natural trotter, and trots fast. Whoever takes up said Horfe, and secures him so that the owner may have him again, shall have half the above reward, and the whole for the thief and horse, with reasonable charges, by me THOMAS WILSON. Rye, King-street, Sept. 4, 1787. 32 3
By order of the Honorable Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to David Greame, George Jackson, Arthur Forrester, Richard Willis, the Rev. Thomas Dampier, John Elwes, and Richard Willis aforesaid, in trust for Mary the wife of William Croffes, John Elwes in his own right, Patrick Crawford and Gilbert Mealon, executors of James Crawford, deceased; Hutchinson Mure, Robert Mure, and Richard Atkinson, joint partners, John Duvall, William Robertson, Neal Ward, Mary Sleach, Lucy Sleach, William Berry, Peter Hafenclever and Charles Croffes, late partners with Andrew Seaton (who is become bankrupt) under the stile or firm of Hafenclever, Seaton and Croffes; also the said Andrew Seaton, the said William Robertson, Miles Nightengale, and the said Richard Willis, as assignees of the estate and effects of the said Andrew Seaton, under the said commission of bankruptcy, and the said Peter Hafenclever in his own right, now or late associated in a company generally known by the name, firm and description of the American Iron Company, or the Ringwood Company, absent debtors, and to all others whom it doth or may concern; that upon application and due proof made to the said Chief Justice, pursuant to a statute of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the 4th of April, 1786, he the said Chief Justice hath issued his warrant to the Sheriff of the county of Westchester, commanding him to attach, seize, take, and safely keep, all the estate as well real as personal of the said American Iron Company, or Ringwood Company, composed of the said several persons as aforesaid, absent debtors of what kind or nature soever, and every or any part or parcel thereof in whatever part of his bailiwick they can be found with all evidences, books of accounts, vouchers, and papers relating thereto: And that unless they the said several persons composing the said American Iron Company, or Ringwood Company as aforesaid, shall return and discharge their debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, all their estate, real and personal, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of their creditors.—Dated at the city of New-York, the tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1787. 2 31
For Charlestown, THE Schooner HENRIETTA,
JAMES STEPHENSON, Master, lying at General Malcom's wharf, Beckman-slip; will sail on Monday next, the 17th inst. For freight or passage apply to the Captain on board, or to ALEXANDER RIDDELL, No. 32, Little Dock-street. September 12. 1
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, the Council and General Assembly of the late colony now State of New-York, passed the 19th day of March 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," that on the eleventh day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, will be sold at the Merchant's Coffee-house, in the city of New-York, to the highest bidder, the fee simple of all those two certain messuages or tenements and lot of land, situated, lying and being in the city of New-York, on the northeast side of Fly-market-street, and running from the land of Jacobus Lefferts, 35 feet and 2 inches, in front to land now or late of George Polliott, thence running northeasterly along the said land now or late of the said George Polliott, 73 feet and 1 inch; thence southeasterly along the land of Richard Norwood, 6 feet and 8 inches; thence northeasterly along the land of the said Richard Norwood, 13 feet and 4 inches, to Fletcher-street; thence southeasterly on the said Fletcher-street, 31 feet and 1 inch, and thence southeasterly on the land of the said Jacobus Lefferts, 86 feet and 2 inches to the place of beginning, with the buildings, rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining. And the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders thereof, which sale will be made by virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the second and third days of November, which was in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, for securing the payment of one thousand pounds and the interest thereof, with a power of sale therein contained, from John Byrne, of the city of New-York, merchant, to John Glover of the said city, merchant. Deeds of conveyance for the said premises, after the sale will be executed to the purchaser, pursuant to the said power, by JOHN GLOVER. New-York, September 10, 1787. 2 31
Sales of LAND by Auction.
At the Merchants Coffee-House in the city of New-York, on Monday the 20th October next, or any time before at private sale—
ONE Lot of 2126 acres within the bounds of the Cats-Kill Patent, distinguished by lot No. 15—This lot has a large stream running through it, with two falls convenient for mills, and a great plenty of the best timber, distant about seven miles from the Cats-Kill landing, on the North-river.
One other lot or improved farm of excellent low land in said patent, containing 147 acres, for some years occupied by Lucy Layman, distant six miles from said landing.
One other wood lot containing 500 acres, contiguous to the above lot and farm.
Also, one undivided fourth part of 800 acres, lying at Batavia, under some improvement, and excellent for grazing, distant miles from said landing.
The above mentioned lands will be sold by the executors of Silverster Salisbury, late of Kingston, deceased. For further particulars, apply to Philip Hoghteling or James Roe, at Kingston, Esopus, or to Elting and Varick, No. 20, 1 Little Dock-street, New-York. August 29, 1787. 28 2m
Choice Irish Mefs Beef in tierces,
Do. Do. Cargo Do. in barrels, JUST RECEIVED by the Brig Friendship, Capt. Paddock, from Cork, and FOR SALE BY WILLIAM NEILSON.
WHO hath received by the brig Hector, from Bristol, and the Brownlow, from Dublin, the following Goods, which he will sell on the best terms for money, or merchantable produce, viz.
An assortment of 7-8 and 4-4 Linens, from 1/8 to 7/6; 9-8 brown and white sheetings, drohedas, printed linens and chintzes, men and boys athlone hats, girls and women's shoes in boxes, calimers and queens cloths, short pipes, Bristol ware in crates, grind stones, quart bottles, 7-9 and 8-10 window glass, very low. Also, Pig and Bar Iron. CASH given for Pot and Pearl Ashes. 24th August, 1787. 26 1m
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
(If not sold before at private sale)
ON Thursday the 11th day of October next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Stephen Hendrickson, Inn-holder, in Poughkeepsie, in Dutchess County,
A VALUABLE FARM, Containing about one hundred and five acres, a considerable proportion of which is good meadow ground. On said Farm are a good Brick House, Barn, and an orchard of the best Fruit-trees: also, a large convenient Grift-mill, with two pair of stones; and a saw-mill, standing on an excellent and never-failing stream of water.—Said Farm and Mills are now in possession of George Frelich, is situated in a good wheat country, and thick settled neighbourhood, about 17 miles from Poughkeepsie landing. Any person desirous of purchasing before the day of sale, can apply to Philip Heart, or Joseph Mabbitt, jun. near the premises, or to Gabriel Wm. Ludlow, or Nicholas Hoffman, New-York. New-York, August 24, 1787. 27 6
Benjamin Halsted,
GOLD and SILVER-SMITH, RESPECTFULLY acknowledges the favours of his friends and customers, and hereby informs them and the public in general, that he carries on his business as usual, at No. 18, Maiden-lane, where all orders will be duly acknowledged and faithfully executed on the shortest notice. N. B. He sells silver tea spoons for one shilling per doz. 4 1y or tf
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be Sold at this Printing-Office, T H E
American Museum,
Or REPOSITORY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN FUGITIVE PIECES, &c. PROSE AND POETICAL. For August, 1787.
TO BE SOLD, One eighth part of the FURNACE INDEPENDENCE,
WITH all the utensils belonging thereto, it is almost new, and its products are worth the attention of any person who may wish to carry on the Nailing Business to advantage—Allo, a Forge, blacksmith's shop, grift and saw-mill, and other out buildings, together with about 700 acres of excellent Land, part of which is under improvement, lying on a fine river, in the town of Winchester, State of New-Hampshire, 85 miles from Albany, and 5 miles from a landing on Connecticut river.—The above will be Sold on easy terms for the purchaser, or exchanged for West-India or dry goods, or property in or near the city of New-York, wild lands on Mohawk or Hudson's river, or public securities. For further particulars apply to Murray, Mumford and Bowen, No. 20, Peck-slip, or Benjamin Thurlar, Langinborough, eight miles north of Albany, east side of Hudson's river, at the sign of the bunch of grapes. New-York, August 3, 1787. 21 6w
PURSUANT to an order made by the Honorable John Sloss Hobart, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of New-York, upon the petition of JAMES WEIR, an insolvent debtor, in conjunction with so many of his creditors as have debts owing to them by the said James Weir, amounting at least to three-fourths of all the money owing by him;—Notice is hereby given by the petitioners, to all the creditors of the said James Weir, that they be and appear before the said Judge, at his chambers in Crown-street, in the said city, by the seventeenth day of September instant, to show cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the said James Weir's estate should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said James Weir discharged, pursuant 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. Dated this 10th day of September, 1787. JAMES WEIR. Petitioning Creditors. Ann Weir, John Bard, James Mead, Archibald Steel, James Carter, W. Cock, Samuel Loucon, Rich. Deleny. 31 2
ELTING and VARICK,
HAVE for sale at their store, No. 20, Little Dock-street, a quantity of the very best flat and square assorted Sweets Bar Iron, a general assortment of ironmongery, cutlery, fadlery, buttons, buckles, Bristol pipes, &c. A few cloths, mullins, calicoes, handkerchiefs, &c. Esopus mill-stones and others of any denomination, procured at a short notice. Flour, flaxseed, pot and pearl ashes will be received in payment for the above articles, and for debts due, and new credit given to those that prove punctual. August 29. 28 2m
Gouverneur & Kemble,
Have imported and now for Sale their Store No 26, Front-street,
Muscovado sugar in hds. and barrels, Geneva in cases, Windward island rum & Jamaica spirit, An assortment of cordage and cables. Old sherry wine in pipes and quarter casks. Holland duck, Old Brandy in ditto, ditto, Russia duck, Lisbon salt, Ravens duck, Black pepper in bales, from 100 to 400 lbs. Russia sheetings, A quantity of Spanish salted dryed hides, Russia drilling, Linseed oil in casks, Oznabrugs, Ticklenburghs, Flemish linen, Writing-paper; Dutch copper tea-kettles Rosin in barrels. 13
Wm. Backhouse & Co.
No. 15, Duke-street, have FOR SALE,
RED Port Wine, shipped by the Royal Port Company, the quality of whose wines, experience has shewn to be superior to any imported into America.
A L S O, Choice Fayed Wines four years old, Madeira, Lisbon, Teneriffe, & Malaga, } WINES.
Liverpool Crockery Ware, twenty quarter casks old SHERRY WINE, to be sold cheap for cash. August 14. 23
FOR SALE,
THAT elegant HOUSE & FARM whereon John Richards formerly lived, situated on Second River, four miles from the pleasant town of Newark—said farm contains one hundred and eighteen acres, with a quantity of excellent meadow, a great proportion of wood-land, a large orchard with good fruit of different kinds, with a barn & out houses complete; suitable for a gentleman or merchant: Should a larger quantity be wanted, the purchaser can be supplied on moderate terms, by applying to the subscriber, at the Albany-Pier, who will give a good title for the same. Wm. BOYD. New-York, August 15, 1787. 2 24 6w

POET'S CORNER.
By a Young STATE PRISONER, the night before his execution.
MY prime of youth is but a frost of cares, My feast of joy is but a dish of pain. My crop of corn is but a field of tares, And all my youth is but a vain hope of gain. The day is past, and yet I saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done.
The Spring is past, and yet it hath not sprung, The fruit is dead, and yet the leaves are green, My youth is gone, and yet I am but young, I saw the world and yet I was not seen. My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun; And now I live, and now my life is done. I sought my death, and found it in my womb, I look'd for life, and saw it was a shade. I trod the earth, and knew it was my tomb, And now I die, and now I am but made. The glass is full, and now my glass is run, And now I live, and now my life is done.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 10th day of March, 1787.
PRESENT, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery. Augustus Van Cortlandt. Complainant.
Jacob Milligan, Defendant. FORASMUCH as it appeareth to this Court, that a suit hath been commenced herein by Augustus Van Cortlandt, mortgagee, against Jacob Milligan, heir at law of John Milligan, mortgagor: Whereupon process of subpoena to answer, hath been duly issued and returned, and the said mortgagee hath not caused his appearance to be entered, as according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered in case the said process had been duly served, and an affidavit hath been made to the satisfaction of this Court; that the said mortgagee is withdrawn out of this State, or could not upon due enquiry be found within the same, so as to be served with the said process. It is thereupon ordered, on motion of Mr. Hamilton, of Counsel for the complainant, that the said Jacob Milligan do appear to the said suit, on or before the tenth day of September next ensuing; and that in default thereof, the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso to the end that a decree be made for a sale of the mortgaged premises, or so much thereof as to this Court shall seem just and right: And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted, in at least, two of the public news-papers, printed in this State, for the term of eight weeks. Extract from the minutes. W. COCK, Register.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 16th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1787.
PRESENT, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery. Augustus Van Cortlandt, Complainant.
Jacob Milligan, Defendant. IT appearing to this Court, that the order made in this cause on the tenth day of March last, had not been published in two of the public news-papers, printed in the State of New-York, for eight weeks successively, according to the terms of the said order. Whereupon it is ordered, on motion of Mr. Hamilton, of Counsel for the complainant, that the said order be republished in two of the public news-papers, printed in the State of New-York, for eight weeks successively, giving time to the said defendant, Jacob Milligan, to enter his appearance, on or before the nineteenth day of October next, or in default thereof, that the said bill be taken pro confesso, according to the order of the tenth day of March, herein before mentioned. Extract from the minutes. W. COCK, Register.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 15th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1787.
PRESENT, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery. Ebenezer Boyd, Complainant.
Elijah Jackson, Defendant. FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court, that a bill has been filed therein, by Ebenezer Boyd, complainant, mortgagee, against Elijah Jackson, defendant, mortgagor, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said defendant, to the said complainant: Whereupon process of subpoena to appear and answer, hath been duly issued and returned; and that the said Elijah Jackson, hath not caused his appearance to be entered in this cause, as according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered, in case the said process had been duly served; and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said Elijah Jackson hath departed out of this State, and could not upon due enquiry, be found within the same, so as to be served with the said process, which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause: Whereupon it is ordered, on motion of Mr. Lawrence, of Counsel for the complainant, that the said defendant, Elijah Jackson, appear to the said bill, in two months from the date hereof; and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said premises, or such part thereof, as to this Court shall appear just and right: And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted, in at least, two of the public news-papers printed in the State of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively. Extract from the minutes. W. COCK, Register.
NOTICE is hereby given (according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late Colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four) That on Thursday the fourth day of December next ensuing the date hereof, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at public auction upon the premises, the fee simple of a certain mansion house, mills, stables and farm in a certain indenture of mortgage made between Cornelius P. Low of the City of New-York, merchant, of the one part, and William Constable of the same place merchant, of the other part, described as follows, to wit, all that certain mansion house, mills, stables and farm or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the manor of Philipsburgh, county of West-Chester and State of New-York, known and distinguished heretofore as the place of residence of the late Frederick Philippe, Esquire; bounded westerly by Hudson's River, southerly by land in the possession of the widow Rich, easterly by land sold to David Hunt, the run of water called saw-mill river and a lot of land in the possession of Archer, and northerly by land sold to Robert Johnson; containing, within said bounds, three hundred and twenty acres, reserving and excepting out of the same two acres, whereon the church stands, two acres whereon Honnes Sherwood the Gardner lives, and about two acres of meadow adjoining to saw-mill river and the road; it being part of the glebe land. Also two lots of woodland No. 12 and No. 13, containing each thirty-three acres; bounded southerly by land sold to Andrew Bortwick, Esquire, easterly by lots No. 16 and No. 17, northerly by lot No. 11, and westerly by the post road, together with all and singular the houses, buildings, ways, waters, water-courses, privileges and appurtenances to the said premises belonging, or in any wise appertaining, which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the eleventh and twelfth days of May, in the year of our Lord 1786, (with a proviso therein contained) from the said Cornelius P. Low to the said William Constable, and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser pursuant to the said power by 1 35 6m. Wm. CO. STABLE. New-York 23d April, 1787.
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed on the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774; that on the 24th day of November next, ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at Public Auction, upon the premises, the fee simple of ALL that certain House and Lot of Ground, situated, lying and being in the city of New-York, bounded southerly to Crown-street, westerly to the ground of Stephen Tippet, northerly to the house and lot of ground belonging to Samuel Johnson, and easterly to the house and lot of ground of the Widow Davis, containing in breadth, in front and rear, 25 feet, and in length 110 feet, be the same more or less, together with all and singular edifices, buildings and improvements thereon, erected and being, and all other the hereditaments and appurtenances to the said messuage and lot of ground belonging—which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the 20th and 21st days of November, in the year of our Lord, 1769, (with a power to sell therein contained) from Henry Dufour, of the city of New-York aforesaid, merchant, and Mary his wife, to Margaret Todd, late of said city, widow, deceased, and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser; pursuant to the said power, by Walter Rutherford and Francis Lewis, executors to the last will and testament of Mrs. Margarete Todd. 1 99 6m. Dated 18th May, 1787.
By the Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Southern District.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that on Monday the 8th day of October next, at Croton Ferry, at the house wherein Joseph De Lazune resides, will be Sold, the equity of redemption in the following Lands, which became forfeited to the people of the State of New-York, by the attainder of Cortlandt Skinner, viz.
1-5 of Farm No. 5, in Lot No. 10, containing 229 acres, in possession of Bonton and Benedict. 1-5 of Farm No. 6, containing 229 and 95 hundredths, in possession of Jo. Benedict. 1-5 of Farm No. 8, containing 228 3-4 acres, in possession of Thos. Hartford. 1-5 of Farm No. 11, containing 200 acres, in possession of D. Brown. 1-5 of Farm No. 12, containing 207 acres, in possession of L. Mead. 1-5 of 200 acres, now in possession of J. Haight. Also, 1-5 of 1-10th of an undivided right of the manor of Cortlandt. The above will be sold only for certificates issued or to be issued by the Treasurer of this State. The vendee to begin at 10 o'clock. Isaac Stoutenburgh, } Commissioners. Philip Van Cortlandt, }
State of New-York, ss. WHEREAS all the real estate of which JOHN ROOMER, late of the Out-Ward of the city of New-York, deceased, died seized, has been sold by an order of Peter Ogilvie, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probates of this State, for the payment of his debts. All persons who have any demands against the estate of the said John Roomer, are hereby notified and desired to produce the same to the said Judge of the said Court of Probates, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the seventh day of December next, when, and where a final settlement and distribution of the said estate will be made. Given under my hand, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, the sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1787. 1 30 6 PETER OGILVIE.
Extract from the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New-York.
IN ASSEMBLY, April 19, 1787. THE petition of David McMaster and others, presented to this House on the 10th ult. was again read, setting forth, that Oliver Delancey, James Jauncey, Goldsborough Banyar, and Peter Remsen, in the year 1770, executed conveyances for sundry lots of land in an undivided tract of two thousand acres, lying on the south side of the Mohawk River, granted to Henry Coby; that several of the conveyances so executed, have never been in the possession of the grantees, who have, nevertheless, sold the lands they possessed; and that the present possessors have paid into the treasury of this State, the proportions of the consideration money which remained due and had become forfeited; that other parts of the said tract of land is possessed by persons who have not purchased, but are solicitous to purchase the title of the people of this State to the same, and praying the interposition of the Legislature in the premises.
Mr. Batcheller, from the Committee to whom the said petition was referred, brought in the report of the said Committee, which was read and concurred in: Thereupon,
Resolved, (if the Honorable Senate concur herein) That Goldsborough Banyar, or the legal representatives of the said Peter Remsen, or the present possessors of the said lots, or any of them, have leave to bring in a bill at the next session of the Legislature, for vesting the title to the said lots herein before mentioned, in the present possessors thereof, upon paying one half of the purchase money of the said lots and parts of lots respectively, into the treasury of this State, and satisfying the said Goldsborough Banyar and the representatives of the said Peter Remsen, for their interest and claim therein, and indemnifying them against the said several persons herein before named, their heirs and assigns; and also for conveying to the present possessors of any other lots or parts of lots in the said tract of land, wherein the people of this State have become interested, by the attainder of the said James Jauncey and Oliver Delancey, such lots and parts of lots upon the like terms.
Provided that a copy of this resolution be printed within six weeks from the passing thereof, in two of the news-papers printed within this State, one in the city of Albany, and the other in the city of New-York, for the space of three months.
Ordered, That Mr. Batcheller deliver a copy of the preceding resolution to the Honorable the Senate.
FRIDAY MORNING, April 20, 1787. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Resolved, That the Senate do concur with the Honorable the Assembly in their said resolution.
Ordered, That Mr. Williams deliver a copy of the said preceding concurrent resolution to the House of Assembly. 1 4 3m
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate office in the city of New-York, on the 29th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1787:
PRESENT, The Hon. Peter Ogilvie Esq. Judge of the said Court:
WHEREAS John Gardiner, jun. administrator of John Calf, late of Southold in the county of Suffolk, joiner, deceased, hath by his petition presented to the said Judge set forth, that the said John Calf was at the time of his death, seized of a real estate within this State, that the petitioner had made a just & true account of the personal estate and debts of the said John Calf, as far as he had been able to discover the same, & that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of his said intestate was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said Judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said petitioner hath delivered to the said Judge the account in the said petition mentioned: Hereupon it is ordered by the said Judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said John Calf, do appear before the Judge of the said Court of Probates, at the Probate-Office in the city of New-York, on the 17th day of October next, to show cause if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said John Calf died seized, should not be sold as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 1 28 4 PETER OGILVIE.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable Peter Ogilvie, Esquire, Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Philip Rockefeller, Peter Philip and Peter Sharp, executors of the will and testament of Christian Philip, late of East-Camp, county of Albany and State of New-York, deceased, have, by their petitions presented to the said Judge, set forth; that the said Christian Philip, was at the time of his death, seized of a real estate, within this State; that the Petitioners have made a just and true account, of the personal estate and debts of the said Christian Philip, as far as they had been able to discover the same, and that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of their said Testator, was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said Judge in the premises, according to the direction of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors, against Heirs, Devisees, Executors and Administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said petitioners have delivered to the said Judge, the account in the said petition mentioned: Hereupon it is ordered by the said Judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Christian Philip, do appear before the Judge of the said Court of Probates, at the Probate-Office in the city of New-York, on the thirtieth day of October next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Christian Philip died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 1 30 4 PETER OGILVIE.
By order of the Hon. Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to Cavelier Jouet, formerly of the Borough of Elizabeth, in the county of Essex, and late province of New-Jersey, an able-bodied debtor, and to all others whom it may concern, that upon application and due proof made to the said Chief Justice, pursuant to an act of the Legislature, entitled, "An act for relief against absconding & absent debtors," passed the 4th day of April 1786, by a creditor of the said Cavelier Jouet; he the said Chief Justice, has directed all his the said Cavelier Jouet's estate real and personal within this State to be seized, and that unless he shall discharge his debts within one year after the publication of this notice, all his estate, real and personal, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors. Dated at the city of New-York, this 31st day of August, in the year of our Lord 1787. 1 28 6
Advertisement.
THIS is to give notice, that there will be Sold at Public Vendue, on Monday the 16th day of October next, at eleven o'clock, on the premises, ALL that valuable LOT OF GROUND, with a good dwelling-house, kitchen, store-house & docks, & sundry articles of household furniture, belonging to the estate of the late Edward W. Kiers, deceased. Possession will be given immediately; 1 half of the purchase money at the time of sale, & the remaining half, by the middle of April following, when a good title will be given by JOHN ROBERT, } Ex'rs. DAVID PYE, JOHN SUFFERN, }
Haverstraw, Aug. 27, 1787. 1 28 3 By order of the Honorable Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of Nicholas Schuyler of the city of New-York, Physician, an insolvent debtor, to appear (if so they or any of them think proper) before the said Chief Justice, at his Chambers in Nassau-Street, in the city of New-York, on Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of September instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, to show cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, for the use of all his creditors, and why the said debtor should not be discharged, according to the form of the act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th April 1786. Dated this 6th day of September, 1787. NICHOLAS SCHUYLER. Petitioning creditors. Rob. Gilchrist, Dan. Hale, Alex. Mc Comb, Har. Schuyler, Thos. B. Artwood, Cuyler. Gansevoort and Co. Ewd. Gritwold, Ph. Schuyler, Lemontis Noe, Mathew Vifcher. John M'Aulay, 1 30
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony (now State) of New-York, entitled "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed on the 19th day of March 1774; that on Friday the fourteenth day of September next ensuing the date hereof, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, WILL BE SOLD at public auction or vendue, at the merchants Coffee-House in the city of New-York, the fee-simple of all that certain dwelling house and lot of ground in a certain indenture of mortgage herein after mentioned particularly, described as follows, to wit. All that certain dwelling house and lot of ground, situate, lying and being within the city of New-York aforesaid, in Montgomery Ward of the same city, on the north side of a certain street commonly called & known by the name of Gold Street; bounded westerly to the house and ground of Robert White, northerly by ground late of Geesie Vander Clif, deceased, easterly to the houses and ground late of Nicholas Kortright, deceased, and southerly by said Gold Street; containing in breadth, in front to said Gold Street and in the rear at each end twenty-three feet and an half, and in length on each side forty-five feet, all English measure. Together with all and singular the edifices, buildings, fences, waters, water-courses, easements, profits, commodities, advantages, emoluments, and hereditaments whatsoever to the said dwelling house and lot, piece, or parcel of ground belonging or in any wise appertaining; which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises duly made and executed by Elijah Miller of the city of New-York, Ship-Wright, and Rebecca his wife to Mary Strange of the said city, widow, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth days of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two, with a power to sell therein contained, for the better and more effectual securing the payment of the sum of 125 pounds, current money of New-York, with lawful interest for the same, according to the condition of a certain bond or obligation bearing date the said twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two, and executed by the said Elijah Miller to the said Mary Strange. Deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser or purchasers pursuant to the said power, by MARY STRANGE. New-York, March 9, 1787. 2 78 52
By order of the Hon. Richard Morris, Esquire, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York: Notice is hereby given by the petitioning creditors of Isaac Micles, an insolvent debtor, to all his creditors, to show cause to the said Chief Justice, at his Chamber, situated in Nassau-Street, in the city of New-York, on Tuesday the 27th inst. why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, and the said debtor discharged, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed 13th April, 1786. Dated this 6th Sept. 1787. 31 4 ISAAC MICLES.
BLANKS,
Sold at this Office.