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Billingsgate Chronicle  The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NU MB. 75, of VOL. XLI.]
FRIDAY, December 21, 1787.
[Total NUMB. 2170.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E’EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE! Thompson’s Liberty
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
To the SUBSCRIBERS of the New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, AND THE RESPECTABLE PUBLIC.  THE Proprietor and Editor of the above-mentioned JOURNAL, hereunto subscribed, prompted by the solicitation of a respectable number of his present subscribers—and by means of the generous patronage of a few valued friends, and the public, for which he requests their acceptance of unfeigned thanks—begs leave to communicate to them his intention of printing and publishing a DAILY PAPER, under the title of—The NEW-YORK JOURNAL, and DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
By this publication it is not intended, that the idea of the WEEKLY REGISTER shall be extinct; therefore, the present subscribers, in general, will please to take particular notice, that the THURSDAY’s paper will contain just such kind of matter as usual, in which the choicest pieces, and the fewest advertisements, will be inserted—and that their papers, will of consequence be delivered or sent on, as heretofore, until they severally pay off their arrearages, and stop it, or order their respective names entered upon this new subscription paper.—The Thursday’s paper, alone, will be TWO DOLLARS per annum, as usual.
The particular inducements to this arduous task need not all be enumerated—That the present is a most important CRISIS of the national affairs of this country, must be evident even to the least thoughtful, but more especially so to those who nobly conceive—that the dearly purchased freedom and independence of America is a sacred deposit, to be nurtured, supported, and transmitted, unimpaired, by the present possessors, to millions yet unborn. To this end it is necessary, that the body of the people (who must ever, in free countries, be supposed the supporters of freedom) be well informed of the nature of any government that may be proposed for their adoption; therefore, free discussions on that momentous topic, as well as interesting intelligence from the several quarters of the world, are necessary to be universally disseminated.
By printing only one paper per week, as heretofore, one half of the essays communicated, and all that might be copied from other papers, were, in general, unavoidably neglected: in a Daily paper there will be room for all that may be worthy insertion. In this paper, FREE and IMPARTIAL discussion, that is, decent and well written ESSAYS, on either side of any important public topics, SHALL FIND FREE ACCESS.
As the principal support of a Daily paper is derived from Advertisements, Gentlemen in the mercantile line, and all others who occasionally Advertise, are earnestly requested to prefer this new undertaking, which favor shall be gratefully acknowledged by the strictest attention being paid to correctness and propriety. Advertisements shall be inserted as reasonably as by any printer in the city.
The great expence with which a Daily paper will be attended, at first, is too well known to require any apology for the REQUISITION, on subscribing, expressed in the Conditions, or for the warmth of the solicitations, for the continuation of PUBLIC PATRONAGE, with which the following PROPOSALS are introduced by the public’s greatly obliged,
And very humbly Servant, THOMAS GREENLEAF.
New-York, November 12, 1787.
PROPOSALS,
For altering The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, Into the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
I. THE New-York Journal and Daily Patriotic Register shall be printed on the same paper, form, and type, as the Weekly Register, and shall contain the same quantity of matter.
II. The price, per Annum, will be SIX DOLLARS, one quarter part of which to be paid on subscribing, viz. One dollar and an half: after which quarterly payments to be punctually observed.
III. No subscriber is to discontinue his subscription on any other condition than the payment of arrearage subscription money, and that at the expiration of a quarter.
IV. The Daily Patriotic Register shall be delivered to the subscribers in the city every morning, and sent (as may be ordered) to those out of the city, with the greatest punctuality, they paying the expence of carriage.
Printing-Office, November 19.
THE Editor returns sincere thanks to those gentlemen who have already enabled him to form a very respectable list of subscribers to his paper, upon the plan of the above proposals. His subscriptions having been rapid, has determined him to commence the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register, THIS DAY.—From the favourable disposition of the public, already evinced, he flatters himself with a prospect of speedy and generous ADVERTISING patronage.—He anticipates the pleasure of having it in his power, in a few weeks, to present to the public, a publication that will both serve and be a CREDIT to his country, not withholding a few of its GILDED rays from the public’s ever devoted humble servant,
THE PRINTER.
To the Friends of Science.
IT has long been the universal wish, that the public might be furnished with an accurate Geographical and Topographical Grammar of the United States.
Geographers of foreign countries, not being possessed of the proper materials, and not equally interested in this part of their subject, have filled their accounts of these states with numerous inaccuracies. It is time these inaccuracies were corrected. We are independent of Great-Britain, and are no longer to look up to her for a description of our own country.
Several gentlemen of abilities, have, in detached pieces, gratified the public with ample and accurate descriptions of several parts of the United States; but no collective description of the whole has been attempted, except in a small duodecimo volume, published by the subscriber in 1784, which, though imperfect on account of the infant state of geographical knowledge in America, was well received by a candid public, and an edition of 1500 copies speedily sold.
This encouragement has determined him to publish again on the same subject. For the purpose of collecting more ample and accurate materials than he formerly possessed, he has travelled through all the states, and has been favoured with the communications of gentlemen well qualified to give information on so important a subject; and has likewise established a correspondence with several respectable characters in different states, from whom he has every reason to expect a valuable addition to the materials already collected; yet as all the information that can be obtained on a subject so extensive, varied and interesting, is greatly to be desired, and every man of science may have it in his power to contribute some observations which may be useful, the subscriber will feel himself particularly obliged to any gentleman who will be so kind as to furnish him with answers to all, or any of the annexed enquiries, viz.
 1. The boundaries and extent of the several states, and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal places.  2. Descriptions of the rivers, their sources, courses, lengths, how far navigable, how high does the tide rise—and what fish do they produce. A description of mountains, lakes, harbours, capes, and bays.  3. General face of the country, an account of its animal, mineral, and vegetable productions, or its natural history. What are the evidences to support the opinion that the flat country in the southern and middle states was formerly occupied by the waters of the ocean, and that the land below the hills and mountains has been made since the flood.  4. Natural and artificial curiosities, caverns, caves, &c.  5. State of commerce, manufactures and agriculture, exports and imports, balance of trade. The number of vessels which annually enter at the custom houses in the several sea ports of the United States.  6. Civil divisions of the several states, the number and names of the several districts, counties, and towns, their extent, latitude and longitude, number of inhabitants, and distance and bearing from the capital of the state. Particular descriptions of the principal towns are requested *.  7. Population—from whence are emigrations, to what places, and how numerous. Of what nations are the inhabitants of the states composed, or whence originated—proportion of the slaves.  8. Climate, diseases and their causes—longevity of the inhabitants—what proportion die in infancy.  9. Religion, number of churches of different denominations—by what methods are ministers supported.  10. State of the practice of law and physic.  11. Societies for the advancement of science and humanity.  12. State of literature, colleges, academies, schools and their funds.  13. Characters who have distinguished themselves in the late war by their patriotism.  14. An estimate of the damages sustained in the late war, in the several states.  15. A description of the adjacent Islands.  16. Manners, customs, diversions and dress.  17. Constitution, policy—general account of the laws—what political principles predominate in the several states.  18. Military and marine strength.  19. Public revenue and expences—mode of levying taxes.  20. Indians, their tribes, languages, numbers, characters and dispositions towards the United States.  21. The society of Cincinnati, their laws and influence and the nature and political tendency of their establishment.  22. History.  N. B. The subscriber wishes to avail himself of the advantage of all the most accurate maps, and detached geographical pieces, which have been published respecting the United States; and will thank any gentleman to inform him where they can be procured. Those gentlemen, who may be so obliging as to favor the above design, by communications, are requested to forward them to Messrs. R. Aitken, or W. Spottwood, Philadelphia; Messrs. Spottwood and Clarke, booksellers, Baltimore; Rev. Mr. Keith, Alexandria; the honorable H. Williamson, Edenton, North-Carolina; the honorable D. Ramsay, Messrs. Wright and Co. Charleston; the honorable A. Baldwin and Joseph Clay, Esquires, Georgia; Samuel S. Smith, D. D. Princeton; Mr. Loudon, Printer, New-York; and the Rev. Samuel Austin, or Jedidiah Morse, New-Haven, with their names subscribed, and the places of their residence, that the author may have the pleasure of knowing to whom he is indebted for their friendly assistance.
* This enquiry is made for the purpose of collecting the proper materials for a Gazetteer of the United States, which makes a part of the general plan in view. It is obvious that a book of this kind, compiled from accurate information, would be exceedingly useful. This might easily be done, if one well-informed gentleman, in each town, would spend one half hour for the purpose. In this time the gentlemen might throw together every important circumstance relative to the towns, in which they respectively reside.
Keith, Alexandria; the honorable H. Williamson, Edenton, North-Carolina; the honorable D. Ramsay, Messrs. Wright and Co. Charleston; the honorable A. Baldwin and Joseph Clay, Esquires, Georgia; Samuel S. Smith, D. D. Princeton; Mr. Loudon, Printer, New-York; and the Rev. Samuel Austin, or Jedidiah Morse, New-Haven, with their names subscribed, and the places of their residence, that the author may have the pleasure of knowing to whom he is indebted for their friendly assistance.
JEDIDIAH MORSE.
If the several Printers, in the United States, feel disposed to favor the above design, and will give this Advertisement a place in their respective papers for a few weeks, and will receive and forward to New-Haven, any communications which may be handed them by friends to the design, they may thereby contribute to the public good, and will peculiarly oblige their humble servant.
Philad. Aug. 7, 1787.
J. M.
PRIZE-MONEY,
Of the Squadron under John Paul Jones, Esquire, NOTICE is hereby given to those officers and men of the Frigates Alliance and Bonhomme Richard, who are entitled to a share in the prizes taken by the squadron under the command of John Paul Jones, Esq. that a division has been made of the proceeds of such prizes as were old in France, and that the shares will be paid to his respective claimants, or their legal representatives, on their producing, at this office, sufficient proof that they are the persons, or are empowered by the persons actually entitled to the shares they respectively claim.
Benjamin Walker, Commissioner.
Office of accounts, Marine department, New-York, Nov. 1, 1787.
The Printers in the several states are requested to give the above a place in their papers.
THE UNITED STATES
IN CONGRESS assembled, July 23, 1787. RESOLVED, That all persons having unliquidated claims against the United States, pertaining to the late commissaries, quartermasters, clothiers, or marine department, shall exhibit particular abstracts of such claims to the proper commissioner, appointed to settle the accounts of those departments, within eight months from the date hereof; and all persons having other unliquidated claims against the United States, shall exhibit a particular abstract thereof to the controller of the treasury of the United States, within one year from the date hereof; and all accounts not exhibited as aforesaid, shall be precluded from settlement or allowances.
This Day PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD at this PRINTING-OFFICE, [Price TEN PENCE.]
The Mother’s Catechism.
THIS Catechism is designed for the First, and should be taught to Infants as an Introduction to those Catechisms which are not so easily understood. It is universally recommended by Divines.
New-York RUM
Of excellent Flavour and good Proof, FOR SALE, By Charles Tillinghast, At the DISTILLERY, near the New-Market, in Cherry-street, and nearest to the Ship-Yards. October 3, 1787. 35—m.tb.
WHITE TEETH!
I. Greenwood,
SURGEON DENTIST,
No. 199, Water-street, opposite the Coffee-house, ENCOURAGED by the success of his practice, begs leave to acquaint the public, that he preserves the TEETH and GUMS, by removing an infectious tartar that corrupts them, and renders the natural purity of the breath offensive, this tartar acquires a solidity equal to stone, the corrosive particles destroy the enamel of the teeth, the body of it causes an inflammation in the gums, and by degrees will strip them from the roots of the teeth, and if not removed, force them out of their sockets.—He cures the soreness in the gums, fastens the teeth, extracts, replaces, transplants, and regulates, cleans the teeth and makes them white, substitutes artificial teeth in so neat a manner as not to be perceived from the natural, without drawing the stumps, or causing the least pain; they help mastication, give a youthful air to the countenance, render pronunciation more agreeable and distinct; in a word, as there is nothing more beautiful, and of such real service as a good set of teeth, both natural and artificial are worthy the attention of every one.—His charges are low, to give every person an opportunity of being benefited by him.
Said GREENWOOD will with pleasure attend those ladies or gentlemen, who cannot conveniently wait on him, upon their sending directions.
A FEW copies of that much celebrated work of the late Rev. Dr. CHAUNCY of Boston, “On the Fall, and its consequences” to be had this Printing-Office.
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 thereof.
A Proclamation.
(L. S.) WHEREAS, pursuant to a law of this state the legislature are to meet at Poughkeepsie, in Dutchess County, on the first Tuesday in January next; I have therefore thought fit, by these presents, to proclaim the same, that all persons concerned may be apprized thereof, and govern themselves accordingly.
Given under my hand, and the privy seal, at the city of New-York, this third day of December, in the twelfth year of the independence of the said state, 1787. GEORGE CLINTON.
Furniture Ware-House,
INDIA Paper Hangings,
Striped Satin Hair Cloth, Plain ditto, ditto, Figured ditto, ditto, Wilton Carpets, Elegant Looking Glasses, Fringes, Tassels, Cord, and Laces.
Some of the above articles are just received, and are for SALE, by
William Mooney,
UPHOLSTERER, At his Furniture Warehouse, Nassau-street, where the Upholstery Business is carried on in the most extensive Manner.
A general Assortment of common Paper Hangings.
** Paper Hangings put up in the best Manner, as usual. New-York, November 15, 1787.
Craigie, Wainwright, & Co.
DRUGGISTS, No. 37, Wall-Street, Corner of Hanover-Square, Have imported in the last SHIPS from Europe, A General Assortment of
DRUGS, MEDICINE, and SURGEON’S INSTRUMENTS, which they will dispose of on very reasonable terms, for Cash, Bees-Wax, Snake-Root, Pot or Pearl-Aloes. The following are Part of their Assortment;
  Genuine red Peruvian Bark,  Glauber Salts,    Peruvian Bark,  Opium,    Camphor,  Spanish Flies,    Calomel,  Manna,    Antimony,  Aloes,    Cream of Tartar,  Aqua Fortis,    Flower of Sulphur,  Rorax,    Tartar Emetic,  Gentian Root,    Ipecacuana,  Flowers of Lavender,    Jalap,  Flowers of Camomile,    Rhubarb,  Senna, &c.    Surgeons Instruments.    Pocket Instruments,  Lithotomical ditto,    Dissecting Knives,  Cupping ditto,    Crooked Needles,  Lint,    Teeth Instruments,  Tow,    Lancets,  Sponge,    Mortars, and Pestles,  Pill-Boxes,    Spatulas and Bolus Knives,  Phials,    Amputating Instru-  Gallipots, &c.  
At the same place may be had, a great variety 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.
SALT-PETRE,
Very low, by the hundred, to be had at the above STORE. 37 c.u.
To be sold at this PRINTING-OFFICE, BLANKS of all Sorts.

MISCELLANY.
For the DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
Most sublime, most witty, and most elegant EXAMINER !!
I BOW down before you ; I am vanquished by the ascendency, which your all-powerful, transcendant abilities, have over your obedient, abject slave. Although you have thought fit, in the majesty of your justice, to scourge me with your august displeasure, and severe sarcasms, for presuming to differ from you in opinion ; yet, I have such great confidence in our benevolence and compassion, that I hope to be admitted into your favor ; which is most earnestly desired by me, when I consider that you are not only an eminent writer, but also a most renowned physician, and consequently able to remove the drunkenness, which you say, has attacked your servant.
That you are deeply versed in both surgery and physic, I observe, from the technical terms, with which you have interlarded your third lecture ; and which, I cannot read, without praying, that you would, as you profess pity and compassion for me, take away "the serene gut which obstructs my optic nerves," so that I may thoroughly understand your Solomon Gundy and other high-flown and learned words.
That I may do something to merit your patronage and favor, I will here inform you of divers plans, which (if I enjoy health and live long enough) I intend to execute ; and humbly request your sublimity to acquaint me, whether they engage your approbation.
I purpose to collect from your judicious works, a book of similes, and metaphors ; as a specimen take the following :
Like Solomon Gundy.
Nocturnal glare of the antifederal owl.
Bright sun of the federal dove.
Fixing a pearl into a swine's snout.
Like a diamond thrown into the mud.
Like an elastic ball thrown against the side of a house.
I also purpose to compile a dictionary of Medical terms, from your learned writings ; by what follows, you will observe, I have a large flock of them already.
 Delicate organs. Gutta serena.  Indigested. Optic nerves.  Foul Stomach. Fever.  Very costive. Uncured.  Six discharges. Insected.  Kindly injections. Disorder.  Eyes anointed. 
I furthermore intend, to compose a book of medical observation, and receipt, from your works. For instance,
"Solomon Gundy, composed of raw fish and flesh, is calculated to throw the person who eats it into a fever."
A man of your extensive reading, must well know, that it is the practice in England, to comprise, the beautiful reflections, and striking excellencies of eminent writers, into small volumes, and style them the Beauties of Shakespear, Blair, Johnson, &c. Now as your performances contain many rare, elegant, and uncommon observations, I mean to publish a book, and entitle it---The Beauties of the Examiner. c. g.
Perfection.
The works of a finite being cannot be perfect.
EXAMINER, No. III.
Composition.
The works of a winter, destitute of both genius and information, must
be very dull and stupid, because he has no genius and information.
Idem, something abbreviated.
I hope you will accept these my intentions in good part, and forgive my late impudence, as I have forgiven your severity.
When I revolve in my mind the merits of your writings, I am astonished at your universal knowledge. This is the only exception I have ever known to your profound remark---that the works of a finite being cannot be perfect ; for you seem to be a complete master of the whole circle of human learning.
Your works shew that you are
---A chymist ; for you speak of the absorption of mind.
---A natural philosopher ; for you speak of the elastic ball.
---A logician ; for you speak of analogy, logical justness, argumentative precision, and sophistry.
---A metaphysician ; for you speak of evil, infinity, scepticism, perfection, and blind fate.
---A mathematician ; for you speak of proportion.
---A soothsayer ; for you speak of enchantment and witch-craft.
---A rhetorician ; for you speak of bodge-podge.
---A cook ; for you speak of Solomon Gundy, composed of raw fish and flesh.
---A swine-keeper ; for you speak of ringing hogs snouts.
In short, your productions evince your intimate knowledge of all arts and sciences.
I hope, sir, you will acknowledge I am not so much of a block head, but I can perceive your great abilities ; your accurate discernment ; your comprehensive understanding ; your refined taste ; your retentive memory ; your vigorous fancy ; your lively genius ; your noble invention ; your elegant wit ; your &c. &c.
I have the honor to be,
Most mighty,
Most tremendous writer,
With the utmost devotion, respect, esteem, gratitude, and affection, Your most obedient, most humble, most devoted, and most
profound servant,
DEMOCRITUS.
19th December, 1787.
P. S. Pardon my presumption, in suggesting, that you might cool the fire of Brutus, Cato, &c, by the application of Clysters. I were on the point of knocking a fellow down, for asserting, that you are better qualified to handle a clyster-pipe than a pen.
I am, as above,
DEMOCRITUS.
For the DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
THE FEDERALIST, No. XXV.
IT may perhaps be urged, that the objects enumerated in the preceding number ought to be provided for by the state governments under the direction of the union ; but this would be in reality an inversion of the primary principle of our political association ; as it would, in practice, transfer the care of the common defence from the federal head to the individual members : a project oppressive to some states, dangerous to all, and baneful to the confederacy.
The territories of Britain, Spain, and of the Indian nations in our neighbourhood, do not border on particular states ; but incircle the union from MAINE to GEORGIA. The danger, though in different degrees, is therefore common. And the means of guarding against it, ought in like manner, to be the objects of common councils, and of a common treasury. It happens that some states from local situation, are more directly exposed. New-York is of this class. Upon the plan of separate provisions, New-York would have to sustain the whole weight of the establishments, requisite to her immediate safety, and to the mediate or ultimate protection of her neighbours. This would neither be equitable as it respected New-York, nor safe a
respect to the other states. Various inconveniences would attend such a system. The states to whose lot it might fall, to support the necessary establishments, would be as little able as willing, for a considerable time to come, to bear the burthen of competent provisions. The security of all would thus be subjected to the parsimony, improvidence or inability of a part. If the resources of such part becoming more abundant and extensive, its provisions should be proportionally enlarged, the other states would quickly take the alarm at seeing the whole military force of the union in the hands of two or three of its members ; and those probably among the most powerful. They would each choose to have some counterpoise ; and pretences could easily be contrived. In this situation, military establishments, nourished by mutual jealousy, would be apt to swell beyond their natural, or proper size ; and being at the separate disposal of the members, they would be engines for the abridgment or demolition of the national authority.
Reasons have been already given to induce a supposition, that the state governments will too naturally be prone to a rivalry with that of the union, the foundation of which will be the love of power ; and that in any contest between the federal head and one of its members, the people will be the most apt to unite with their local government ; if in addition to this immense advantage the ambition of the members should be stimulated by the separate & independent possession of military forces, it would afford too strong a temptation and too great facility to them to make enterprises upon, and finally to subvert the constitutional authority of the union. On the other hand, the liberty of the people would be less safe in this state of things, than in that which left the national forces in the hands of the national government. As far as an army may be considered as a dangerous weapon of power, it had better be in those hands, of which the people are most likely to be jealous, than in those of which they are least likely to be jealous : for it is a truth which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are always most in danger when the means of injuring their rights are in the possession of those, of whom they entertain the least suspicion.
The framers of the existing confederation, fully aware of the danger to the union, from the separate possession of military forces by the states, have in express terms prohibited them from having their ships, or troops, unless with the consent of Congress. The truth is, that the existence of a federal government and military establishments, under state authority, are not less at variance with each other, than a due supply of the federal treasury, and the system of quotas and requisitions.
There are other lights, besides those already taken notice of, in which the impropriety of restraints on the discretion of the national legislature will be equally manifest. The design of the objection, which has been mentioned, is to preclude standing armies in time of peace ; though we have never been informed, how far it is desired the prohibition should extend ; whether to raising armies as well as to keeping them up in a season of tranquility, or not. If it be confined to the latter, it will have no precise signification, and it will be ineffectual for the purpose intended. When armies are once raised, what shall be denominated, "keeping them up" contrary to the sense of the constitution ? what time shall be requisite to ascertain the violation ? shall it be a week, a month, or a year ? or shall we say they may be continued as long as the danger, which occasioned their being raised, continues ? this would be to admit that they might be kept up in time of peace, against threatening or impending danger ; and would be at once to deviate from the literal meaning of the prohibition, and to introduce an extensive latitude of constitution. Who shall judge of the continuance of the danger ? this must undoubtedly be submitted to the national government ; and the matter would then be brought to this issue, that the national government, to provide against apprehended danger, might in the first instance raise troops, and might afterwards keep them on foot, as long as they supposed the peace, or safety of the community, was in any degree in jeopardy. It is easy to perceive, that a discretion so latitudinary as this, would afford ample room for eluding the force of the provision.
The supposed utility of a provision of this kind, must be founded upon a supposed probability, or at least possibility of a combination between the executive and the legislative, in some scheme of usurpation. Should this at any time happen, how easy would it be to fabricate pretences of approaching danger ? Indian hostilities, instigated by Spain, or Britain, would always be at hand. Provocations to produce the desired appearances, might even be given
to some foreign power, and appealed again by timely concessions. If we can reasonably presume such a combination to have been formed, and that the enterprise is warranted by a sufficient prospect of success ; the army when once raised, from whatever cause, or on whatever pretext, may be applied to the execution of the project.
If, to obviate this consequence, it should be resolved to extend the prohibition to the raising of armies in time of peace, the United States would then exhibit the most extraordinary spectacle, which the world has yet seen ; that of a nation incapacitated by its constitution, to prepare for defence, before it was actually invaded. As the ceremony of a formal denunciation of a war has of late fallen into disuse, the presence of an enemy within our territories must be waited for as the legal warrant to the government to begin its levies of men for the protection of the state. We must receive the blow, before we could ever prepare to return it. All that kind of policy, by which nations anticipate distant danger, and meet the gathering storm, must be abstained from, as contrary to the genuine maxims of a free government. We must expose our property and liberty to the mercy of foreign invaders, and invite them, by our weakness, to seize the naked and defenceless prey, because we are afraid that rulers, created by our choice, dependent on our will, might endanger that liberty, by an abuse of the means necessary to its preservation.
Here I expect we shall be told, that the militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times equal to the natural defence. This doctrine in substance had like to have lost us our independence. It cost millions to the United States, that might have been saved. The facts which, from our own experience, forbid a reliance of this kind, are too recent to permit us to be the dupes of such a suggestion. The ready operations of war against a regular and disciplined army can only be successfully conducted by a force of the same kind. Considerations of economy, not less than of stability and vigor, confirm this position. The American militia in the course of the late war, have by their valor, on numerous occasions, erected eternal monuments to their fame ; but the bravest of them feel and know, that the liberty of their country could not have been established by their efforts alone however great and valuable they were. War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perseverance, by time, and by practice.
All violent policy, contrary to the natural and experienced course of human affairs, defeats itself. Pennsylvania, at this instant, affords an example of the truth of this remark. The bill of rights of that state, declares, that standing armies are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to be kept up in time of peace. Pennsylvania, nevertheless, in time of profound peace, from the existence of partial disorders in one or two of her counties, has resolved to raise a body of troops ; and in all probability will keep them up, as there is an appearance of danger to the public peace. The conduct of Massachusetts affords a lesson on the same subject, though on different ground. That state (without waiting for the sanction of Congress, as the articles of the confederation required) was compelled to raise troops to quell a domestic insurrection, and still keeps a corps in pay to prevent a revival of the spirit of revolt. The particular constitution of Massachusetts opposed no obstacle to the measure ; but the instance is still of use, to instruct us, that cases are likely to occur under our governments, as well as under those of other nations, which will sometimes render a military force, in time of peace, essential to the security of the society ; and that it is therefore improper in this respect to controul the legislative discretion. It also teaches us, in its application to the United States, how little the rights of a feeble government are likely to be respected, even by its own constitutions : and it teaches us, in addition to the rest, how unequal parchment provisions are, to a struggle with public necessity.
It was a fundamental maxim of the Lacedæmonian commonwealth, that the post of Admiral should not be conferred twice upon the same person. The Peloponnesian confederates, having suffered a severe defeat at sea from the Athenians, demanded Lysander, who had before served with success in that capacity, to command the combined fleets. The Lacedæmonians, to gratify their allies, and yet preserve the semblance of an adherence to their ancient institutions, had recourse to the flimsy subterfuge of investing Lysander with the real power of Admiral, under the nominal title of vice Admiral. This instance is selected, from among a multitude that might be cited, to confirm the truth already advanced and illustrated, by domestic examples;

which is, that nations pay little regard to rules and maxims calculated in their very nature to run counter to the necessities of society. Wise politicians will be cautious about setting the government with restrictions, that cannot be observed, because they know that every breach of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence, which ought to be maintained in the breaches of rulers towards the constitution of a country, and forms a precedent for other breaches where the same plea of necessity does not exist at all, or where it is less urgent and palpable.
PUBLIUS.
American Occurrences.
HALIFAX, November 29.
An act passed the Council and Assembly of this province, prohibiting the importing or passing of base Copper Coin, and making none other current but Tower Half-pence, or such Copper Coin as may, and do legally pass in Great Britain or Ireland. And the same act directs, that every English Crown shall pass current at 5s. 6d. and every such Half-crown at 2s. 6d. and so in proportion for less Divisions of said coin.
SHELBOURNE, Dec. 13.
On Tuesday evening last arrived here from New-York, the brig Elizabeth, Capt. Oyen. On his passage, off Cape Sable, about eight at night, the brig touched on a rock, owing to a very strong current running to the northward, but it is thought she has received no injury.
BOSTON, December 11.
The 23d ult. at Keene, N. Hampshire, one Daniel Gunn, jun. put an end to his existence by hanging himself in a malt house. He has left a wife and four children to lament his unhappy exit. The verdict of the jury was—Insanity.
At Watertown, one day last week, a woman made an attempt to deprive herself of life by cutting her own throat. She was detected in the attempt, and thereby prevented from impiously falling by her own hands. Some are of opinion she will recover.
The supreme executive of this commonwealth has granted a conditional pardon to William Mannig, in case of his voluntary submitting to hard labour, for the term of seven years, at Castle William.
NEWPORT, December 6.
When we consider the extensive powers of the supreme judiciary of this state (says a Freeman) how essential is it to the protection of our lives, our liberties and our properties, that those who compose this court should be men of good abilities, general law knowledge, and inflexible integrity. But if instead of these qualifications their information shall be small, their principles corrupt, or their minds warped by party, prejudice or legislative influence, how dangerous would such a body be. Our lives will be exposed to malicious prosecutions; our heaven born liberty would be but a name, and our hard-earned property would be ravaged by lawless domination. Surely then, freemen who have obtained their rights through so much blood and treasure, cannot be too watchful over this necessary and powerful body, that they may bestow on them the pleasing gratulations of just judges, when justice is their pole star; but when they flagrantly deviate, to make them keenly feel the dire resentment of an injured people.
Our correspondent therefore wishes, that the public may be favoured with an impartial detail of their proceedings at this momentous era, as the questions pending before them are of infinite concern to the well being of this state and every honest citizen.
PHILADELPHIA, December 17.
On Wednesday last, previous to the decision of the convention on the proposed plan of government, recited in our paper of yesterday, the following motion was made by Mr. R. Whitehill, but rejected by a large majority.—“That this convention do adjourn to the day of
next, then to meet in the city of Philadelphia, in order that the propositions for amending the proposed constitution may be considered by the people of this state; that we may have an opportunity of knowing what amendments or alterations may be proposed by other states; and that these propositions, together with such other amendments as may be proposed by other states, may be offered to Congress, and taken into consideration by the United States, before the proposed constitution shall be finally ratified.”
A number of memorials were on Monday last presented to the convention from the inhabitants of the county of Philadelphia, stating the advantages that county enjoys, and requesting it might be offered
as the seat of federal government, in which the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress may be exercised.
That the public may not be deceived by the assertion, “That the ports of the English West-India islands are open to our trade,” we are desired to insert the following extract of a letter from a gentleman in London to his correspondent in this city dated 3d October, which information, we are assured may be depended upon.
“We are assured on the part of government, that orders are sending to the governors of our islands, to use their own discretion in admitting articles from the foreign islands under present circumstances.”
New-York, December 21.
We learn from undoubted authority, that the state of New-Jersey adopted the new constitution, in toto, the day before yesterday; particulars of their debates on this subject are not yet come to hand.
Extract of a letter from Trenton, December 13 1787.
“Our convention met on Tuesday, and by a resolution requested the Rev. Mr. Armstrong to open the business of the day with prayers in greater estimation in New-Jersey than they were held in Pennsylvania, notwithstanding the members of our convention consist, like yours, of gentlemen of different religious sects. John Stevens, Esq. is elected president, and Samuel Stockton, Esq. Secretary of the convention.”
His Excellency the Governor of South-Carolina, has issued circular letters to the members of the legislature, requiring their assembling early in January.
Capt. Manly, of the sloop United States, who arrived here on Wednesday last, from Gnadaloupe, on the 20th ult. spoke with the sloop Endeavour, Mitchel, from Hispaniola, 9 days out, bound to North-Carolina—he had been in 3 fathoms water off Ocracoke Bar, had a hard gale of wind, and split her sails; and was then standing S. E. under the head of her square sail.
Capt. Manly on the 4th inst. spoke the ship Elizabeth of London from Antigua, out 24 days, bound to this port.
By a letter just received from a gentleman of accurate observation and account at Pittsburgh, dated the 24th November last, it appears, that no less than 4200 people passed that place down the Ohio since the first of that month, and that several boats were still preparing to follow them with more settlers; but not a word of any disturbance among the Indians.
The following is the order of procession observed at the proclamation of the ratification, by the convention of Pennsylvania of the proposed plan of government for the United States.
 Constables with their staves.  Sub-sheriffs with their wands.  High sheriffs and coroner with their wands.  Judges of the supreme court, and judges of the high court of errors and appeals.  Attorney general and prothonotary of the supreme court.  Marshal of the admiralty.  Judge and register of the admiralty.  Wardens of the port of Philadelphia.  Naval-officer, collector of the customs, and tonnage officer.  Treasurer and comptroller general.  Secretary of the land office.  Receiver general and surveyor general.  Justices of the peace.  Prothonotary of the court of common pleas, and clerk of the court of quarter sessions.  Clerk of the city court.  Master of the rolls and register of wills.  Affidavit secretary of the council.  Secretary of the Council.  His Excellency the PRESIDENT, and honorable the VICE PRESIDENT.  Members of the council, two and two.  Doorkeeper of the council.  Serjeant at arms, with the mace.  Secretary of the Convention.  Honorable the president of the Convention.  Members of the convention, two and two.  Doorkeeper of the convention.  Provost and Faculty of the University.  Officers of the militia.  Citizens. 
ARRIVALS AT BOSTON.
Sloop Debby, Lomberd, New-York; Schooner Sally, Wheaton, New-York; Schooner Betsey, Freeman, Liverpool.
CLEARED AT BOSTON.
Ship Mary, Goodwin, Virginia; Schooner New-York Packet, Griffin, Connecticut; Schooner Lizard, Holmes, North-Carolina.
ARRIVALS AT NEW-YORK.
Ship Betsey, Salter, Charleston; Schooner Donald, Letty, from Richmond; Schooner Edward, Potter, Shelburne; Brig Hope, Roberts, Boston.
For the DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
THEATRICAL REMARKS.
MARLOW, where true and becoming modesty is to be represented, generally hits the point without any theatrical effort. The maudlin scene, the Angloise sheepishness and bashfulness, were strikingly pictured by his mimic talents.
Hastings' unpointed legs, and forecastle manner, disqualify him for elegant comedy and scenes of sentimental love.
Diggory's voice, humor, and laughter, was overstrained. He must moderate his comic power, if he expects to be heard with applause.
Miss Hardcastle, in the character of a lady, always pleases without any mimic exertion, and is then only herself. In the character of the barmaid, she did not lay aside, sufficiently, her elegance and graces; but we excuse her, when we consider, that she could as soon unfix her head from her shoulders, as displace the grace from her manners. If she had no comic powers, sensibility and passion must pronounce her form delectable, and finished by the graces. Criticism must give her neck the preference to Venus Medicis.
Deux globes arrondi par la main des graces. And the universalist must consider her as an amiable profelyte, because her tucker displays this liberal text, “Heaven open to all men!”
Miss Neville had no feeling in those scenes of passion and sentiment. The managers should undertake the bold promethean task of putting life in the automaton.
You, Charlotte Neville, I give to the devil.
From the United States Chronicle, printed in Providence.
Friend Wheeler,
ACTS of peculiar justice, and humanity, are worthy of commemoration: Such are the doings of the general assembly of the state of Rhode-Island at their last session, in the prohibition of the African slave-trade; it demands not only the acknowledgment of those who were specially intrusted with the care of the remonstrance thereon, for the kind and generous reception they met with from both Houses, but also the applause of all, who are wishing to see a stop put to that scene of wickedness, which hath long wounded, not only the tender feelings of humanity in many excellent men, but the cause of Christianity, both in America and in Europe; where no doubt the knowledge of this Law will soon come. Far may it be from stopping there, but extend as far as the practice of enslaving mankind, of any description or complexion whatever, doth or may exist; and the worthy example be followed by those in power, to the total abolition of every species of slavery, with all the horrid consequences attendant thereon.
A real Friend to the Laws of JUSTICE and BENEVOLENCE.
Continuation of debates in Pennsylvania convention to-morrow.
SUBSCRIPTIONS for this paper (printed every day at Six Dollars, and once a week at Two Dollars per annum) are received, in this city by the Printer hereof, by Mrs. Bradford, at the merchants Coffee-house, and by Messrs Hodge, Allen, Berry & Rogers, and Campbell, booksellers; at Newark by Col. Cummings; at Elizabeth-Town by Mr. Kollock, printer, and Mr. Prentice; at New-Brunswick by Major Egbert; at Princeton by M. Hamilton; at Trenton by Mr. Singer; at Philadelphia by Col. Oswald printer; at Albany by Mr. Lansing, postmaster; at Bolton by Joseph Greenleaf, Esq. &c.
By order of BENJAMIN BLAGGE Esquire, alderman, and one of the judges of the mayor's court of the city of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of James Barnett Porter, an insolvent debtor, that they shew cause, if any they have, by the twenty-seventh day of December instant, before the said alderman, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and he thereupon discharged, pursuant to 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.”
JAMES BARNETT PORTER. Dated New-York, the 20th of Dec. 1787. 70-73 e.d.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of the estate of Samuel Ketcham, jun. deceased, of Murder's Creek, that they produce their accounts to the subscribers for settlement; and all persons indebted to the said estate, are requested to make payment on or before the 1st March, 1788.
JOSEPH KETCHAM, } Administrators. RICHARD ELLISON, } Murder's Creek, near Smith's Cove, December 20th, 1787. 70 f 2w
Masters & Owners of Vessels
Are hereby informed, THAT they may be supplied with cables, large or small of any length, and cordage of all sizes, made of Peterburg hemp, first quality, at Ivers's Rope-walk, at the head of Mulberry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea-Water Pump, on such favorable terms as to merit the attention of any gentleman that would wish to lay out his money to the best advantage. Cables spliced, with the addition of any length required, white rope of every sort for city or country use, hawser lines, deep sea lines, hand lead lines, log lines, houseline, and marline, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Ropemaker.
N. B. The above articles, whether in large or small quantities, will be delivered to any part of the city without expence of carriage to the buyer. New-York, Dec. 7, 1787. 53 e.d.
THEATRE.
By the OLD AMERICAN COMPANY. THIS EVENING, Dec. 21.
Will be performed, A PROSE TRAGEDY,
(Written after the manner of the Gambler , by Mr. Cumberland, Author of the West-Indian , Rational Lover , Battle of Hastings , &c. &c.)
CALLED THE
Mysterious Husband.
To which will be added, A COMIC OPERA, called, The DESERTER.
With the Original Overtures, &c.
The doors will be opened at half after five, and the curtain drawn up precisely at a quarter after six o'clock.
Places in the boxes may be taken at the Box Office, next the Theatre, of M. Ryan, from ten to one, and three to five, where Tickets may be had; and at Mr. Gaine's Book-Store, and Printing-Office, in Hanover-Square.
BOX 8s.—PIT 6s.—GALLERY 4s.
4th M-firs. Hallam and Henry, respectfully inform the public, that in compliance to the wish of many respectable patrons of the Theatre, there will be only two nights performance in a week, viz. Mondays and Thursdays; and on Assembly Week, Monday and Friday.
VIVAT RESPUBLICA.
Sales by the Sheriff.
On MONDAY next,
The 24th inst. at the COFFEE HOUSE, At XII o'clock,
Will be peremptorily SOLD by the SHERIFF, THE fee-simple of those two very valuable ROPE-WALKS, situate in the Out Ward of this city, at present occupied by Messieurs Schermerhorn, Stewart and Jones, and Arnold.
At the same time and place, a number of very excellent LOTS, lying between the E. and W. of Great George Street, and the Bowry Lane.
A particular description of the Lots, and conditions of Sale, will be made known at the time and place of sale.
M. WILLETT, Sheriff. New-York, Dec. 19, 1787. 69 e.d. T
TO BE SOLD, At PUBLIC AUCTION,
On THURSDAY the 27th Instant, At the Coffee-House Bridge, at XII o'Clock,
195 Sides Tanned Leather,
Forfeited to the People of this State,
and the Informants, And SOLD by Virtue of a Decree of the COURT OF ADMIRALTY,
J. GRAHAM, Marshall.
New-York, Dec. 19, 1787. 69 e.d.
By Order of the Hon. RICHARD MORRIS, Esq. Chief Justice of the State of New-York.
EXCELLENT LONDON
POR TER,
TO BE SOLD,
Per Hamper, or Dozen; by
George Miller,
No. 23, Corner of Wall, and Water-Street, 61—e.d.
MARSHALL'S
Porter and Oyster-House,
IS now opened at the corner of
Corlandt and Greenwich-Streets, opposite Powles-Hook Ferry-House, at the North-River—where every exertion will be put in force to render those, who will favor him with their commands agreeable.
New-York, Dec. 19, 1787. 69 e.d.
JACOB REED, jun.
At his OFFICE, No. 20, Queen Street, near the Fly-Market,
BUYS, SELLS, and EXCHANGES,
SECURITIES of the United States, and of this state, and furnishes on the most reasonable terms, such certificates as are receivable on the sales of public lands, and for the arrearages of quit-rents within this state.
Also, certificates that will pay for the lands freely sold, as well as those granted to certain companies, by the United States.
In fact, every transaction, both in the Continental and state FUNDS, negotiated with dispatch, and on the most easy terms.
MONEY EXCHANGES.
The paper money of this state at all times exchanged for specie, which is re-exchanged for paper money, at only half per cent. advance from the giving rate.
New-York, Dec. 13, 1787. 63—e.d.
NOTICE is hereby given by the
petitioning creditors of DANIEL STRANG, of Rye, in the county of West-Chester, and state of New-York, late merchant, an insolvent debtor, to shew cause to the said Chief Justice, at his chamber, situate in Nassau-Street, in the city of New-York, on Thursday, the third day of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, and the said debtor discharged, according to the form of an act of the legislature of the state of New-York, entitled, “An act for the relief of insolvent debtors,” passed the 13th day of April, 1786.
DANIEL STRANG.
Dated this 13th day of Dec. 1787. 65—e.d.

POET'S CORNER.
For the DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER. An ELEGY on the DEATH of a FAVOURITE DOG.
LET other Bards the hero's virtues shine And praise the arts which desolate mankind, Or with the amorous plaintive lore A favorite female flatter or adore;
Affize of BREAD,
As Established December 5, 1787. A Loaf of inspected superfine Wheat Flour to weigh Two Pounds Five Ounces for Six-pence.
HIGH WATER.
This Day, Dec. 21. 5h. 20m. Afternoon.
THOMAS SMITH, BOOT and SHOE MAKER, FEATHER CUTTER, AND CURRIER, Street, No. 179, Corner of Beekman or Chapel Street, Queen-
BEGS leave to inform his friends, and the public, that he carries on the above branches in an extensive manner. He makes and sells the following articles, wholesale and retail, viz.
Table with prices for various types of boots and shoes, including Gentlemen's best boots w. English legs and bend-foles, Gentlemen's best boots turned down tops, etc.
FOR the Encouragement of the PAPER MANUFACTURES in America, the Printer hereof pays CA'H, and the highest Price, for LINEN, and COTTON and LINEN, RAGS
Just published by M. CAREY, In Philadelphia, and now to be SOLD, By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York
American Museum, For NOVEMBER, 1787.
CONTAINING, Objections on the new Federal Constitution. OBJECTIONS to the proposed plan of federal government. By an officer of the late continental army.
Rural Concerns.
5 Address from the Philadelphia society for promoting agriculture. 6 Chinese method of curing ginseng. 7 Tartarian ditto. 8 Instructions for the culture and use of maiz, or Indian corn, as fodder for cattle. By mons. St. John de Crevecoeur.
Medical Essays.
21 On the use of mercurial preparations in the scarlatina anginoso. By Dr. William Currie. 22 Observations on the cause and cure of the tetanus. By Dr. Rush. 23 Letter from Dr. Thomas Bond to Dr. Fothergill, on the use of bark in scrofulous cases.
Law information.
26 Statement of a cause decided in the court of common pleas, Charleston, March 5, 1785. 27 Statement of an important and interesting cause decided in the court of king's bench, London, July 20, 1787. 28 Interesting decision of the court of common pleas, in Philadelphia, August 3, 1787. 29 Law report—Green and Pollard vs. Shaffer. Judgment pronounced, Oct. 7, 1787.
Humour.
30 On the use of butlers. 31 Sufannah Trap's complaint of the badness of the police. 32 On pronouncing dictionaries. 33 Plan for a wax-work legislature. 34 address to Gen. Burgoyne. 35 The old bachelor, No. I.
State and other public Papers.
36 Letter from the Hon. Roger Sherman and the Hon. Oliver Ellsworth, Esqrs. to governor Huntington. 37 Letter from the Hon. Elbridge Gerry, one of the delegates from the state of Massachusetts in the late federal convention, containing his reasons for not signing the new constitution. 38 General Burgoyne's pompous proclamation. 39 Speech of governor Hancock, October 18, 1787. 40 Premiums offered by the board of managers of the Pennsylvania society for the encouragement of manufactures and the useful arts. 41 Resolutions of the assembly of Virginia relative to a paper currency. 42 — of respectable inhabitants of Berkeley county. 43 — of the inhabitants of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 44 — of the freeholders of Frederic county, Virginia. 45 — of the inhabitants of Peterburgh, Virginia. 46 Memorial of the college of physicians of Philadelphia.
Interesting Laws.
47 Act for the receipt of tobacco in payment of taxes. 48 Act for the establishing religious freedom in Virginia. 49 Act to prevent the further importation of slaves into Virginia. 50 Act to prevent the slave trade, and to encourage the abolition of slavery in Rhode-Island.
Resolves of Congress.
51 Resolve relative to the devices and inscriptions of the federal copper coin. 52 — relative to the Indian war in Georgia. 53 — relative to foreign consuls. 54 — relative to the Hon. John Adams Esq. 55 — relative to the chevalier John Paul Jones. 56 — relative to the territorial claim of N. Carolina and Georgia. 57 — relative to a complaint made the Dutch minister.
Miscellanies.
58 An oration delivered at Peterburgh, Virginia, July 4, 1787, in commemoration of American Independence. 59 Account of the late revolution in Sweden. 60 Obs. on the means of extinguishing a fire.
61 Address to the ladies of America. 62 On the use of tobacco and snuff. 63 Account of three volcanos in the moo By W. Herschell. 64 Observations on the numb fish, or torporific eel. By H. C. Flagg. 65 Extract of a letter from the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, to Dr. Stiles. 66 Observations on the leech worm. 67 Letter relative to the devices and inscriptions of American medals. By Col. Humphreys. 68 Extract from an act to punish blasphemers.
Poetry.
69 Epistle to his excellency General Washington. 70 On the death of Col. John Laurens. By Philip Freneau. 71 Prospect of South-Carolina. By the late Dr. Ladd. 72 The man of sorrow. By William More Smith, Esq. The subscription for the American Museum is 18s. per annum, for two volumes, of 624 pages. This Work is also SOLD by Messieurs Berry and Rogers, Mr. Hodge, and Mr. Loudon. New-York, Dec. 17, 1787. 66—e.d.
JUST IMPORTED,
In the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, from London, and other late vessels from Great-Britain, and to be SOLD on very reasonable terms,
By Robert Hodge,
No. 237, Queen-street, the corner of King-street A large and choice collection of BOOKS;
ELEGANT folio family bibles, with near 200 cuts in each, Burkit on the new testament, Brown's self-interpreting bible, 2 vols, Cruden's concordance, Warden's system of divinity, Whistby's commentary, Blair's Carr's, Erskine's, Boston's, Willison's, Atterbury's, &c. Sermon's, Neilson's festivals, Cullen's, Duncan's, and Hoffman's, practice of physic, Van Swieten's, commataries, 18 vols, Boerhaave's aphorisms, 6 vols, Smellie, and Hamilton's midwifery, Leake on the diseases of women, 2 vols, Quincey's medical lexicon, Fourcroy's, chemistry, &c. Ainsworth's, Young's Cole's, and Besides the above, a great variety, Consisting of History, Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Physic, 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. Commissions from the country are thankfully received, and carefully executed. 51—
The PROPRIETORS of the STAGES, Which ply between New-York & Philadelphia, Respectfully inform the PUBLIC,
THAT, after this date, their stage will leave Paules-Hook at three o'clock in the afternoon, and proceed to Elizabeth-Town; and that in order to accommodate passengers, one stage will leave Elizabethtown at day-light; and another stage leaves Newark at eight o'clock, and both stages go as far towards Philadelphia as the weather and roads will permit, during the winter season. December 13th, 1787. 64
To the Afflicted with WORMS.
LATELY received from the western country, and may be had at No. 21, Beekman-street, an extraordinary and never-failing WORM POWDER.—From long experience it has been found, that three doses of these Powders will effectually destroy the Worms, either in children or grown persons. N.York, Sept. 13, 1787. 32—e.d.
A PERSON, perfectly acquainted with MERCHANT'S ACCOUNTS, would be glad of employ, in that line, either in Posting of Books, or adjusting intricate accounts; inquire of the Printer. New-York, October 25, 1787. 38—e.d.
STAGE.
THE subscriber informs the public, and his friends in particular, that he now runs the STAGE from this to RYE, which Mr. HALE formerly ran. This stage starts from Mr. C. BEEKMAN'S, No. 49, Cortlandt-street, on Mondays, and Thursdays, at five o'clock in the morning, and returns on Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at six o'clock in the evening.—As the subscriber has furnished himself with a very convenient new Wagon, and good Horses, for the purpose, he flatters himself, that he shall be able to give those Gentlemen and Ladies, who please to favor him with their custom, universal satisfaction.
N. B. The subscriber likewise keeps a very genteel COACH, with a good pair of HORSES, To LETT; likewise, Horses and Chairs, and Saddle Horses. Any order, left with Mr. Beekman, or at his stable, in Cortlandt-street, will be immediately attended to, by the public's most humble servant, OBADIAH WRIGHT.
Good STABLING for HORSES. New-York, Nov. 27, 1787. 49—e.d.
Morris-Town and Paules-Hook
STAGE.
ON the 14th inst. the subscriber began to run his Stage-Waggon every Tuesday and Friday, from his house in Morris-Town, to Paules-Hook, by the way of Newark, starting at five o'clock each morning. The waggon generally arrives at Jacamiah Smith's, Paules-Hook, about one o'clock of the same day, where it remains until the next morning, nine o'clock, when it returns by the same route, and with all expedition.
The FARE for a passenger, with seven pounds of baggage, is ONE DOLLAR, and the same for one hundred and fifty pound weight. The waggon, on its route to Paules-Hook, stops at Lawrence's tavern, Springfield, where the passengers may breakfast, if they choose; the next stage is at Major Sayre's, Newark, from whence they proceed to Paules-Hook.
N. B. Letters, to be sent by the above stage, may be lodged at Capt. Crane's, a few doors above the Ferry-house, in Cortlandt-street, New-York, from whence they shall always be safely conveyed to the stage. All letters carried free. GEORGE OHARA. Morris-Town, August 28, 1787. 30—
SHRUB.
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.
Garret Rapalje,
BEGS leave to inform his friends, and the public in general; that he hath opened a commission store, at his former dwelling-house No. 2, on the east side of the Fly-Market, where he receives, and disposes of all sorts of merchandise, upon commission. He has very convenient cellars, and excellent store room for wet or dry goods, and the utmost attention shall be paid to the interest of those who may be pleased to favour him with their business.
He has loan-office certificates to sell; and two negro wenches, which can be well recommended. New-York, October 10, 1787. 36—t.f.
ALL persons are hereby forbid to trust any one on my account, without my special order, as I will not pay any debts, otherwise contracted. GEORGE CROOKSHANK Nov. 18, 1787. 45 th. 3w.
TO BE LET, By
Moses Gomez,
A VACANT LOT, for one or a term of years, in Hage-street; 45 feet in length, and 21 feet six inches in front, and 19 feet in the rear.
ALSO,
A VACANT LOT, in Ferry-street, seventy-five feet wide, and one hundred feet long. It faces Cliff and Chapple-streets. The said Lot will be let, either whole or in two separate Lots, as best suits the applicant. MOSES GOMEZ.
FLAX-SEED,
STORED, Cleaned, Purchased, and Sold, at HARTELL and WOODWARD'S Flax-seed store, lately occupied by Mr. JACOB EARLY, last by Mr. Nath, between Van Zandt's and Murray's Wharves. 38—e.d. For SALE, at this OFFICE,
Five Dollars Reward.
STOLEN, on the night of the third instant, out of the house of the subscriber, the following articles, viz. one purple silk gown, two white mullin ditto, two pair of sheets; one old suit of blue and white curtains; and sundry caps, handkerchiefs, and ruffles. The above reward will be given for the thief and goods, by GARRET RAPALJE. New-York, Oct. 10, 1787. 35—m.w.f.
— LETTERS of INTELLIGENCE—occasional PARAGRAPHS—speculative PIECES—ESSAYS, &c.—are gratefully received at this OFFICE— For the greater CONVENIENCE and SAFETY of which COMMUNICATIONS, a LETTER-BOX is placed in the Window. SUBSCRIPTIONS for this PAPER (printed EVERY DAY, at Six, and ONCE a Week, at Two, Dollars per Annum) are also received here—and ADVERTISEMENTS, REASONABLY INSERTED. * PRINTING, in all its Variety, performed with NEATNESS and DISPATCH.