The New-York journal, and weekly register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1787-03-08 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register.
HERE TRUTH UNLICENS'D REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE! Thompson's Liberty.
NUMB. 10, of VOL. XLI.]
THURSDAY, March 8, 1787.
[Total NUMB. 2105.]
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office in the City of New-York, on the twenty-second Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Benjamin Tripp, administrator of James Tripp, late of North-Castle, in the county of Westchester, trader, deceased, hath by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said James Tripp, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said James Tripp, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and 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 Benjamin Tripp, 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 James Tripp, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the tenth day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said James Tripp died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 4—7 THOMAS TREDWELL.
TO BE SOLD, By way of Public Vendue, On Monday the 12th Day of March next (If not before disposed of at PRIVATE SALE) All that elegantly situated
Farm or Plantation, LYING and being in New-Dorop, at the south side of Staten-Island, consisting of one hundred and fifty acres of land, or thereabouts; of which there is a due proportion of arable, pasture, woodland, and salt meadow. The land is fertile, lies level, is well watered, and commands an extensive prospect of Sandy-Hook, and the adjacent shores of New-Jersey. On the premises are, a good commodious Dwelling-House, containing four rooms on the first floor, a good barn, cyder-mill, and sundry other out-houses, built for the convenience of the farmer. The advantages this place enjoys are numerous. Scale and shell-fish, in abundance, can be had in their seasons, at a small distance from the farm.
Any person desirous of purchasing, will be pleased to apply to Gozen Ryerse, Esq., at the north side of the Island, or to the subscriber, residing near Richmond-town, who is ready to treat with them on reasonable terms, and will give a good indisputable title for the same. The vendue will be held at the Rose and Crown tavern, precisely at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon of the said day above appointed, when the conditions will be published by me, LEWIS RYERSE. Staten-Island, Feb. 21, 1787. 4—5
To the PUBLIC. MAJOR PENDLETON'S business calling him to the Southward, the STAGE-OFFICE is removed to HALL'S No. 49, Cortlandt-street, leading from Osgoode-Market to Powles-Hook ferry, being the first brick house on the left hand from Broad-Way—where may be had GENTEE BOARDING AND LODGING. The Boston and Albany STAGES will start on Monday and Thursday mornings, precisely at five o'clock; those who wish to take seats are requested to apply the evening previous to starting, and leave all extra baggage.
A HACKNEY will always be ready to convey Ladies and Gentlemen to any part of the town they may please to direct. 4—
Public Notice is hereby given, THAT by virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, issued out of the court of chancery to me directed, will be sold at twelve o'clock on Friday the sixth day of April next, at public vendue, at the Coffee-house, all that certain
LOT of GROUND, situate, lying, and being in the city of New-York, on the north side of Bridge-street, bounded on the north and east by ground of Nicholas Roosevelt, on the south by the aforesaid street, and on the west by the ground of Job Myers.
A particular plan of the Lot, and the conditions of sale, will be exhibited at the time of the sale. M. WILLET, Sheriff. New-York, Feb. 27, 1787. 4—9
TO BE SOLD, And POSSESSION given immediately, A twelve years Lease of THAT very convenient HOUSE, No. 2, in WATER-STREET, being one of the best Stands for Business in this City. The House is convenient for a Family.—For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises. JACOB HALLET.
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At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the eighteenth Day of February, in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Aaron Smith, and Abner Smith, executors of Jacob Smith, late of Smith-Town, in the county of Suffolk, yeoman, deceased, have by their petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Jacob Smith, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioners had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Jacob Smith, as far as they could 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 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 Aaron Smith, and Abner Smith, 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 Jacob Smith, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the 5th day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Jacob Smith died seized, should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3—6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the nineteenth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Vanhacleb Robins, administrator of Nathaniel Brown, late of Huntington, in the county of Suffolk, yeoman, deceased, hath, by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Nathaniel Brown, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Nathaniel Brown, as far as he could discover the same; and 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 Vanhacleb Robins, 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 Nathaniel Brown, do appear before him at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the sixth day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Nathaniel Brown died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3—6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the twenty-first Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Daniel Green, administrator of Samuel Green, late of South-Hempstead, in Queen's county, yeoman, deceased, hath by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Samuel Green, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state; that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Samuel Green, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and 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 Daniel Green, 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 Samuel Green, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the sixth day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Samuel Green died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3—6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
Seventy Pounds Reward. A MOST wicked attempt having been made the night before last, to set fire to the house and buildings occupied by LEMONTIS NOE, in the Dockward of this city; the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonality of the city of New-York, in common council convened, in order to promote a discovery, DO hereby offer a reward of Seventy Pounds, to be paid to any person who shall discover and prosecute to conviction the perpetrator or perpetrators of this horrid and dangerous act. Feb. 14, 1787.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the twenty-first Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Catharine Codwise, administratrix of Christopher Codwise, late of the city of New-York, grocer, deceased, hath by her petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Christopher Codwise, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Christopher Codwise, as far as she had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of her 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 Catharine Codwise, 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 Christopher Codwise, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the seventh day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Christopher Codwise died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3—6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
THOMAS SMITH, BOOT and SHOE MAKER, AND LEATHER CUTTER, Queen-Street, No. 179, Corner of Beckman or Chapel Street.
SELLS all sorts of Boots and Shoes at the following prices:   Mens best boots, town-made, warranted, £ 8 0  Common ditto, ditto, ditto, 2 4 0  Mens shoes, best sort, ditto, ditto, 0 12 0  Ditto shoes, strong ditto, from 8f. 0 9 0  Womens fatine, or sallimanco shoes, 0 11 0  Ditto, leather ditto, 0 8 0   Boys, girls, and childrens shoes of all sorts. English boot-legs, bend-soals, and country leather of all sorts, cheap for cash. Black-ball of excellent quality for cleaning of boots and shoes, wholesale and retail. A quantity of mens strong shoes, fit for country store-keepers, or the southern trade, and will be exchanged for tanned leather, or raw hides. Wanted, North-American BANK-BILLS.
To be Sold, at Private Sale, THE House No. 21, Greenwich-street, opposite the Air Furnace, near the North-River, with the lease of the two Lots whereon said house is built, of which forty-six years are unexpired. The above House is a noted stand for a tavern; containing three rooms on each floor; stabling for horses; subject to forty shillings each lot per year ground rent. The House rents for 35 pounds per annum.—For further particulars, enquire of Mr. JONAS UTT, on the premises, or the Printer hereof. New-York, Feb. 12, 1787. 2—
Mr. RUSPINI, SURGEON DENTIST, FINDING his engagements abroad in the morning are attended with very great inconvenience, begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that for the future he means to attend at his rooms, No. 42, Hanover-Square, from seven o'clock in the morning till twelve o'clock at noon, where he may be consulted upon all complaints incident to the Teeth and Gums, and the most effectual method of preserving them in a healthy and beautiful state to extreme old age, and the remainder of the day he will attend his patients abroad. N. B. Ruspini's Dentifrice, Powder, and Tincture to be had at his rooms, No. 42, Hanover-Square, and of Messieurs Berry and Roger, No. 35, Hanover-Square. Also, Ruspini's most extraordinary Styptic Solution, which has been found so efficacious in all kinds of Hemorrhages to be had at the above places. Jan. 25, 1787.
CLAIMS against the United States. Office of Accounts, Marine Department, New-York, Jan. 1, 1787. ALL persons having claims against the United States for services performed, or articles supplied in the Marine Department, are hereby notified, that unless their accounts are speedily sent to this office, they will be precluded from any settlement, as a day will shortly be fixed, after which no claims will be received. BENJAMIN WALKER, Commissioner. The several Printers throughout the United States, are requested to insert the above in their papers. 2—
To be DISPOSED of at PUBLIC SALE, The following well improved
FARMS, BEING part of the subscriber's lands in the county of Hunterdon, and state of New-Jersey, viz. in the townships of ALEXANDRIA.
 Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.  No. 78. 235. No. 74. 103.  92. 226. 102. 273.  88. 111. 103. 325.  89. 213 8-10. 104. 174 7-10.  150. 241 5-10. 115. 208.  75. 274. 112. 192. 
 BETHLEHEM.  Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.  No. 116. 238. No. 134. 256.  124. 226. 135. 138.  130. 149. 136. 291.  132. 247. 137. 181.  133. 190. 
 LEBANON.  Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.  No. 6. 189 8-10. No. 11. 202.  8. 244. 12. 274.  9. 236. 
 TEWKSBERRY.  Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.  No. 20. 178 7-10. No. 41. 380.  21. 179. 42. 257.  19. 385. 45. 185.  24. 275 4-10. 46. 220 6-10.  38. 93. 49. 140.  39. 187. 61. 238.  40. 280. 150. 119. 
The above farms are situated in a pleasant country, thickly inhabited, about thirty-five miles from Trenton, and about thirty from New-Brunswick, improved with houses, barns, orchards, meadow-ground, &c. The soil in general excellent for wheat and all kinds of summer grain; plentifully watered by never failing streams. The air uncommonly pure and healthy. A number of Grist-mills at convenient distances. The title clear and indisputable.
The terms of sale are as follows:—One third part of the purchase money to be paid on or before the fourth day of April next, when the possession of the premises, and a good and sufficient deed, with an absolute warrantee, will be given by the subscriber, on the purchaser's executing bonds, and a mortgage, if required, on the premises, for the remaining two third parts, to be paid in two equal annual payments without interest.
Interest will be allowed on money advanced before the payments become due.
The Sales of the Lots in the Township of ALEXANDRIA, to commence on Monday the twenty-sixth day of March next, at the house of Mr. Elisha Bird, and to be continued there the next day.
In the Township of BETHLEHEM, on Wednesday the 28th, at the house of Mr. Henry Compton.
In the Township of LEBANON, on Thursday the twenty-ninth, at the house of Mr. Peter Appger.
In the Township of TEWKSBERRY, on Friday the thirtieth, at the house of Mr. Arthur Henry; and on Saturday the thirty-first, at the house of Mr. Aaron Dennis.
Further information respecting any of the above FARMS may be had by calling on the subscriber, at his house in the said township of Lebanon; where he will be ready to treat with any person inclining to purchase at private sale.
The Paper Money of the state of New-York, as well as that of New-Jersey, will be received in payment. JOHN STEVENS. February 19, 1787. 3—7
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the fourteenth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS MARY BROWN, administratrix of Elijah Brown, late of Southold, in the county of Suffolk, yeoman, deceased, with his will annexed, hath by her petition presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Elijah Brown, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Elijah Brown, as far as she could discover the same; and that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of her said testator 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 Mary Brown, 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 Elijah Brown, do appear before him at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the twenty-ninth day of March next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Elijah Brown died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. THOMAS TREDWELL.

MISCELLANY.
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
Thursday, Feb. 22, A. M.
THE house met pursuant to adjournment. The house went into a committee of the whole, on the bill for the relief of persons holding state agent certificates.
Mr. Bayard in the chair. On reading the bill Mr. Taylor moved to strike out the words assistant state agents . This motion introduced very lengthy debates, in which it appeared that there existed a desire to render justice to all parties; but, as matters were circumstanced with respect to these certificates, some insurmountable obstacles were found in their way:—to discountenance speculators was a matter of consequence, but how this could be done, since the law, in this case, makes certificates payable to the bearer, was the paradox; and this seemed a sufficient argument, why a partial relief was unjustifiable. It was finally agreed, that the holders of the certificates in question, be indulged until the 1st of May, and no longer.
Mr. Brooks, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Henry Remsen, and others, praying relief in the payment of certain British debts. Reported, That they have examined into the claims of the petitioners, and the proceedings of former legislatures upon the subject, and find the following facts: That is to say,
That at a very early period the petitioners rendered the most essential and important services to their country; by exchanging gold and silver for the bills of credit, by loaning monies to the public, and by disposing of their goods for the use of the public, at the prices usual in times of peace.
That so early as the month of June, 1775, they were prohibited by resolutions of Congress, and acts of the convention of this state, from making remittances to their creditors in Great-Britain, although at this period, and for the space of fifteen months, afterwards, until they went into voluntary exile on the retreat of our army from this city, they had the means in their hands of making very ample remittances to their British creditors.
That in the definitive treaty of peace, there is an express stipulation, that all debts owing to the British merchants shall be paid in sterling money.
That on application to the legislature for relief, they obtained on the 12th of May, 1784, a joint resolution of both houses acknowledging the justice of their claims, and recommending their case to the United States in Congress assembled.
That Congress appointed a committee to examine into their case, who also reported in favor of the justice of their claim; but lamented that the power of relief was not within the compass of the federal resources. Whereupon they resolved, "that the claim of said memorialists be referred to the legislature of the state of New-York, and that it be recommended to them to make such provision for the memorialists as they may judge proper, in consideration of their merits."
That near the close of the sessions in 1785, a bill was brought in for their relief, but as an adjournment was about to take place before the same could be perfected, the legislature recommended to the British creditors of the memorialists, and to their attorneys and agents in this country, to forbear commencing suits against the said memorialists, or any or either of them for debts contracted previous to the 9th day of July, 1776, until the next meeting of the legislature; thereby affording them a respite from distress, and the legislature a suitable occasion to investigate the subject matter of their memorial, and to grant them that relief which they may justly merit, and the resources of the state admit of.
That in consequence thereof the said agents did forbear prosecuting the petitioners until a few months ago; but that a number of suits are now commenced, and, more about to be commenced, whereby the petitioners will be brought to the brink of ruin.
Whereupon your committee further report, That in their opinion the petitioners are justly entitled to the interposition and relief of the legislature, and that a bill ought to be brought in for that purpose.
The committee submit the following general principles on which the bill shall be founded.
1st. That commissioners shall be appointed to examine into the claims of the several petitioners, what amount they owed to the British merchants at the commencement of the war, whether they were solvent at that period, and to certify the facts as they may find them.
2d. That the treasurer of the state shall receive from the petitioners any public securities made receivable by law, in payment for waste and unappropriated lands, to the amount of the sum the petitioners may respectively owe to their British creditors, exclusive of interest, to be certified by the commissioners aforesaid, and issue in lieu thereof, treasury notes to be paid at such periods as shall be mentioned in the bill.
3d. That in order to provide a fund for making the said payments, a duty be laid upon all goods hereafter imported into this state by aliens; which shall be appropriated for said purpose; as also all monies arising from forfeitures, on importing goods contrary to the laws of this state.
Mr. Taylor then moved to have the petition of Balsian Fisher, and others, of the manor of Rensselaerwick, in the county of Albany, read, which was agreed to.
This petition is in opposition to the petition of Henry Remsen, and others.
Mr. Denning called for the names to be read to discover whether he knew any of the subscribers to it, that he might form a judgment whether there was any thing particular in their case that would give them a claim to the attention of the legislature. He could not, however, he said, see any similarity in the two cases; the petitioning merchants, as well as other merchants, did early step forth in support of the contest with Great-Britain, they received the paper for their merchandise cheerfully, and gave it a credit, and early in 1775 advanced specie for the purpose of procuring arms and ammunition for the defence of the union and of this particular state, for which they received paper, much of which paper funk in their hands and is now in their possession. The claims of the patriotic merchants have been so often debated in the
legislature, that the subject seems exhausted, and their sufferings are so well understood to be peculiar to themselves, that he hoped the house would not hesitate to grant them relief if the means can be pointed out. This is the only difficulty by different resolutions of Congress and of the convention of this state, the merchants were inhibited from making remittance to Great-Britain at an early period, their case is peculiar, therefore hoped the house will agree to the report.
Mr. Brooks was in favor of the merchants and their petition. Several observations fell from different parts of the house. It was at length agreed the report should be withdrawn, and leave given to bring in a bill for the relief of Henry Remsen and others.
The house concurred in the resolution of the senate, requiring the Governor to issue a proclamation to apprehend Shays, Day, Wheeler, and Parsons.
Adjourned until to-morrow. Friday, Feb. 23. The house met pursuant to adjournment.
A message from his Excellency the Governor, by his secretary, was received, covering a resolution of the United States in Congress assembled, of the 21st inst. recommending to this and to the United States, the calling a convention to meet at Philadelphia in May next, for the purpose of revising and amending the federal constitution; which, they shall report to the United States in Congress assembled, and to the states respectively—and when ratified by them, will be adequate to the preservation and protection of the union.
The said message also covered a letter from Simeon Dewitt, Esq. Surveyor General of this state, concerning certain boundaries on the northern part of the same.
Which message, with its enclosure, was referred to a committee of the whole house.
A message from the council of revision, was delivered by the honorable judge Morris—with a resolution of concurrence to a law concerning the election of charter officers in the city of New-York.
A message from the council of revision was read, concurring with the bill for the relief of Abraham Lott.
Also with the bill for the relief of Frederick Weissenfels.
Adjourned until to-morrow. Saturday, Feb. 24. The house met pursuant to adjournment.
Read the third time the bill for preventing and avoiding recoveries of tenants for life by collusion, &c. which was passed into a law.
The bill for giving further remedy, and for regulating the proceeds of actions in assize and other suits at law, was read the third time, and passed into a law.
Three other bills were read; as were twenty-one petitions and memorials, some the first, and others the second time.
Colonel Dubois, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Kinner Lukom, reported, that in the opinion of the committee the prayer of the said petition be granted.
And that a clause be brought into some proper bill which will allow him to receive certificates for the sum of 311. 7s. 7d.
Mr. Jones opposed the report of the committee, unless the house would agree to restore all certificates and paper money which should by any accident be destroyed.
Mr. Paine thought it would be exceeding hard for this man not to have his pay. He had been a good soldier and was entitled to a reward. His certificate has been burnt by accident, as had been fully proved to the committee, and another ought to be granted him.
Mr. Denning observed, that certificates had been granted under similar circumstances.
The question was then called, and the house agreed to the report of the committee.
Colonel Hamilton, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of William Gilbert and others, collectors of taxes for the city and county of New-York, praying to be allowed 6d. in the pound instead of 4d. reported, that the prayer of the said petition ought not to be granted.
The house agreed to the report.
Mr. Brooks, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Henry, McCallen, and Henry, merchants, of the city of Albany, praying the state to assist them in the payment of certain debts, contracted for the public service in Canada, reported, that in the opinion of the committee a bill should be brought in for their relief.
Ordered, That the committee bring in said bill.
The committee to whom was referred the petition of John Goold, a wounded soldier, reported, that the prayer of his petition be granted.
Agreed to the report.
Colonel Hamilton, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Johanna Morris and others, praying a restoration of a forfeited estate, reported, that in the opinion of the committee, if the facts stated in the petition were true, the ordinary course of law is adequate to their relief.
The report was agreed to.
Mr. Paine, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Ford and others, and the counter petition of William H. Ludlow and others, reported, that the prayer of the petition of Jacob Ford and others, ought not to be granted.
Mr. Harper was against the report.
Mr. Patterson was in favor of the report.
Mr. Harper again moved, that the petitions be recommitted, and that more members be added to the committee. Hudson was a town where the court-house and goal would be placed to the most advantage. He was informed, he said, that there was not money enough in the hands of the commissioners, to finish building the goal and court-house at Claverack; and that the building now constructed for that purpose, would be very inconvenient; that the prison was to be a cellar—this surely was not right—it would be to bury our citizens alive.
Mr. Paine wished the business to have a fair investigation.
Colonel Hamilton was of opinion, that the citizens of Hudson ought to be encouraged.
On the question to reject the report, it was carried in the affirmative.
Mr. Townsend, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Henry Remsen and others, signers of paper money lately emitted, praying a further allowance for their trouble, reported, that the prayer of the petitioners ought to be granted. The report was rejected.
Mr. Savage, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of David Stenburg, reported, that the prayer of the petition ought to be granted. The house agreed to the report.
Mr. James Livingston, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Lay, Williams, and others, reported, that the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted.
Report was agreed to. Adjourned until Monday.
Monday, Feb. 26. The house met pursuant to adjournment, when a number of bills were read, of which in their several places of final result.
On motion of Mr. Hamilton, it was resolved, that on Thursday next, the first day of March, both houses by joint ballot would proceed to the election of five commissioners, in conformity to the recommendations of Congress, to meet at Philadelphia in May next, for the sole purpose of revising and amending the federal constitution, and to report the same to the United States in Congress assembled, for their approbation; and which when agreed to will be adequate to the preservation and protection of the union.
Adjourned until to-morrow. Tuesday, Feb. 27. The house met pursuant to adjournment.
A message was received from the council of revision, with the information that the council had agreed to the bill concerning fines and tenements, &c. and to the bill for preventing and punishing of frauds.
A message was received from the senate by General Schuyler, informing, that the senate had passed the bill concerning usury, without amendment.
Mr. Sickles, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of John Fitch, of Bucks county, in the state of Pennsylvania, praying an exclusive privilege in this state, to navigate steam boats, also an exclusive right to construct the same, for the term of fourteen years, reported, that in the opinion of the committee the prayer of his petition should be granted, and a bill brought in for that purpose.
The house agreed to the report. Adjourned until to-morrow.
Wednesday, Feb. 28. The house met pursuant to adjournment.
The bill, entitled, "An act to raise a further sum of money to complete the building of a court-house and goal, in Dutchess county," was read the third time, and passed into a law.
The bill, entitled, "An act to complete the running a certain line of jurisdiction between this state and Massachusetts," was read a third time, and passed into a law.
On motion of General Malcom, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the tax bill.
Mr. Doughty in the chair.
The first enacting clause of the bill which lays a general tax on houses, having been taken into consideration. Colonel Hamilton moved for leave to substitute a clause which he read. After some conversation, and much time spent in the consideration of the same,
The question was taken, whether the committee would agree to the general plan of taxing inhabited houses and other buildings.
A division was called for, when there appeared For the affirmative , Messieurs Vrooman, R. C. Livingston, Malcom, Speaker, Hamilton, Bayard, Ray, Bancker, Denning, Brooks, Harper, Cannen, Parker, Wyckoff, E. Clark, Paine, Gordon, Savage, Martin, Griffin, J. Livingston, Trost, Tallman, Sickles, Dubois, Cooper, Dongan, Canine, Snyder, Powers, Tierce, Taylor, Glenn, John Livingston, Brinkerhoff, Bronck. 36. For the Negative , Messieurs Clark, Jones, Strang, Fry, Crane, Lockwood, Purdy, Thorn, Shenck, C. Smith, Patterson, Hedges, Townsend, Havens, Dewitt, Batchelor, N. Smith, Osburn, Ludenton, Thomas. 20.
It was then taken into consideration, whether the committee would agree to a general land tax; after some time spent thereon, and a provision made that those lands for which patents had been obtained, from the commissioners of the land-office since 1776, should be exempted. The committee agreed that they would proceed in levying a tax on all arable, pasture, meadow, and woodland, within this state.
A message was received from the honorable the senate, by General Williams, with a resolution of nonconcurrence to the resolution of the house for choosing five delegates on Thursday, to represent this state in the proposed convention which is to meet in May next, in Philadelphia; and offering to the house for concurrence a resolution of both houses, by joint ballot on Tuesday next, to proceed to the election of three delegates for the purposes before mentioned.
The house took the same into consideration, and the resolution of the senate was concurred in.
The bill, entitled, "An act for the relief of persons holding state agent certificates," was read a third time, and passed into a law.
Adjourned until to-morrow.
Extract of a letter from Davidson county, in the Western part of North-Carolina, Nash-ville, October, 20, 1786.
(Concluded from our last.)
WE have been told that the emperor of Germany has not the free navigation of the Danube though it runs past his capital, and the mouth of the S—— on the other coast, has been closed by the Dutch. Twenty similar instances of absurdities have been mentioned, but twenty examples of oppression would not reconcile one free man to chains. The day must come when the Emperor of Germany will tell the Turks, as he has lately told the Dutch, that he ought to be suffered to pass out by the mouth of a river, which is navigable in his own dominions. The Spanish Minister is certainly aware that we claim the navigation of the Mississippi, by the treaty of peace, and he ought to know that we should have claimed it by the law of nature, if there had been no such treaty. We now consider the shutting up of the rivers as a palpable injury, and an act of hostility, by which the whole of our prospect is reduced to less than half of its true value. It is natural to suppose that the tempers of men are soured by such conduct, and that we look forward to the time when we shall be relieved from such oppression. It is seldom found that nations submit long to inconveniencies which they are able to remove, even though they have no right to remove them.
Surely there is not any nation that would suffer another to carry away her property, and keep it peaceably while she had the power of reclaiming it. The navigation of the Mississippi is in this very predicament. There is not a man in the United States, at least there is not a man, woman or boy, on the western waters, who does not believe that his claim to the navigation of that river, is as clear and indisputable, as any claim he ever had to a cow or a horse. Such claims are not suffered to perish through the waste of attention. In the prosecution of this claim, we do not expect much assistance from your side of the mountain, nor do we believe that Congress will interest themselves seriously in our behalf. You are not desirous to send colonists to this side of the mountain, because your rents and taxes are better paid while you persuade them to stay; but thousands may come every year, without diminishing your numbers; and they certainly will come without your advice. We shall try to help ourselves. If we are far from Jupiter, it is very fortunate that we are also far from his thunder. The Kentucky settlement can readily turn out ten thousand armed men at a fortnight's warning; and the counties of North-Carolina, on the Western waters, can arm a similar number. It is a moderate computation, that admits the addition of 2000 men every year to our present number; our land is fertile, and we are not in the use of luxuries. Hence it is that we have a great deal of leisure time on our hands; some of this time will presently be employed in a manner that may not be acceptable to the Spaniards. Every man among us is a soldier, and while there is one unfriendly Indian in the woods, the same military spirit must be preserved. You know with what facility a body of men may convey themselves and their provisions down the river in batteaux, and you also know that the capture of New-Orleans, or any other place at which we may point, can hardly be more difficult than the capture of a large bee-tree. I shall readily admit that the reduction of all the Spanish settlements on the Mississippi, would not secure us the liberty of exporting our produce; because Spain having the command at sea, might for many years to come, preserve the navigation of the Bay of Mexico. Be this as it may, we know that men who have been long abused by insults and injuries, generally find a pleasure in the mere opportunity of doing mischief. If we cannot find a passage through the Bay of Mexico, we shall be apt to find some other passage, for a great stream may be checked, or it may be diverted, but it cannot be dammed up.
Many a wise prince has opened the way for his enemies to pass, rather than force him to desperate measures. Let us suppose what will certainly happen, that our people should attempt to open the navigation of the Mississippi; when they come to the mouth of the river, they will find the seas occupied by hostile ships of war. Would it not be natural for them, in such a moment of indignation and disappointment, to turn their eyes towards Mexico, or the colonies that are in that direction. Their silver is said to be plenty, and thither ships cannot come. Men who are accustomed to obscure the march of regular mercenary armies, with all the incumbrance and apparatus of war, would hardly think us serious when we talk of marching 15 or 20,000 men in such a country as this, where the inhabitants have no money, nor any other property, except lands and cattle; but the history of the Tartars, for more than 2000 years, may have taught them with what facility an army of savages can march. I do not say that we are already become savages, but having no large towns, nor fine houses, nor expensive furniture, nor other of the luxuries by which people are usually attached to their houses, and being all of us accustomed to live in the woods, on wild game, we have all the facilities of march that the Tartars had with this remarkable difference in our favor, they always marched to oppress others, we shall march to do ourselves justice.
After a flame shall have been kindled by this dispute, it will be natural for people in some parts of Europe, to wonder that such a cause should have produced such an effect. There are millions of people there who have lived time out of mind on navigable rivers, and neither they, nor their ancestors have ever visited the mouths of those rivers, nor do they complain of the restraint. The reason is plain, they have not been accustomed to navigation, and have no taste for the benefits of commerce. In other parts of the world, men, like trees, merely rot on the spot that gave them birth. Men have seldom much desire for things to which they have not been accustomed, and it is equally true, that men are not easily weaned from their old habits. The Kamtschatdale would be unhappy without his fish, and the East-Indian without his rice, nor would a Dutchman willingly forego the vicinity of water. Now it happens, inconveniently enough for us on the Western Waters, that every one of us has appetites or habits which he brought with him from a distant place. We have lived in maritime countries, and have tasted the benefits of commerce; we know that by exporting certain articles which can easily be produced on our farms, we may buy other articles which may be very desirable, and articles which we cannot easily make. We must, therefore be allowed to export our produce, for when a whole nation has a passion which is not fitted to their situation, they will strive to alter it. If the liberty of trading is not given us, we must take it.
"On the whole, I have considered this question with great attention, and have endeavored to examine all the probable consequences that might arise to Spain from opening the navigation of the Mississippi, and from keeping it shut; but I cannot find a single argument in support of their present conduct. By giving us leave to navigate the Mississippi, and to trade at Orleans, or some other stipulated place, it would naturally happen that Spanish ships would be the chief carriers of our produce; by these means the navy of Spain would be strengthened, and one of their own towns would become respectable and great. Our citizens would be employed in cultivating their lands, exporting the gross produce, and importing luxuries, by which they would be kept quiet at home, and a friendly intercourse would be preferred between the two nations. Let the navigation of those waters be denied us, as they are at present, and he must be short sighted indeed who does not foresee troubles of a very serious nature, and troubles that may not easily, nor quietly be brought to an end. Our present complaints seem to arise from the jealousy of the Spanish Minister, who is afraid to let

as pass through a corner of a very inconsiderable province, left we should in process of time find our way to the silver mines. By preventing us from going in the road that we have a right to travel, we shall certainly be provoked to explore other paths, which to a wise nation are not so desirable. A path which does not lead to such desirable riches as those which are gained by cultivating the soil, the result, though not more profitable nor desirable to us, must be extremely inconvenient to the Spanish nation."
A plain EXPOSITION of the DAILY PUBLIC SERVICE of the CHURCH of ENGLAND.
LETTER I.
[Continued from our last.]
IT is a gross miscalculation to date the beginning of the church of Eng. from the REFORMATION, as then first built, out of the old materials and rubbish of popery: It was a church ancient and glorious, many hundred years before popery began, being planted by the hands of the apostles themselves, as some affirm, upon no improbable conjecture; but as we are assured from history, very near their days: though then indeed the church of Rome herself was renowned for her purity above all other christian churches, and so continued for above three hundred years: and this British church, her contemporary, or early successor, was renowned throughout the world, flourishing under bishops, and a glorious priesthood, till about the seventh century; when the bishop of Rome claiming a supremacy over other bishops, that church of Rome claimed the like over other churches, and from the precedence of an elder sister, went on to usurp the authority of a parent, styling herself catholic, and the mother of them all.
From this period, as she corrupted, herself more and more, so the brought in all her corruptions into the western churches: under which this church, like her other sisters, sat down a contented captive many hundred years, till the great release of the REFORMATION. At that blessed time, and in that great work, our Reformers retained all that was holy, sound, ancient, purged away all that was corrupt, vain, novel, and, as it were, cast the public worship of our church into a new mould, answerable to the primitive form. Our national worship therefore, as now established in the book of common prayer, is pure throughout; not only from the grosser mixtures, but from any alloys or adhesions of popery: God having, to use the prophet's allusion, by the wisdom of the Reformers, not only purged away all her dross, but also taken away all her sin: So that those, who still urge to have our worship more pure, more reformed, are rather to be considered as felonious artists who would eat away the substance, than as lawful and judicious refiners, who would separate and purge off the dross. For when any thing is once perfected, once purified to the standard, all further refinement can be but robbery.
It seems to be but a vain objection which men of this sort urge against our liturgy, that "most of the prayers, and especially the collects are taken out of the Romish breviary or missal, and are used at this day in the standing service of that idolatrous church." But, is not the Lord's prayer frequently found in the same books; and is that therefore become evil? Are not the two sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's supper appointed in the same corrupt books; and are they therefore to be rejected? The apostle's creed is not only used by the church of Rome, but was anciently called the Roman creed: Is that therefore to be renounced? The Holy Bible is in use amongst the papists, and would to God it were a thousand times more so! But is it therefore to be cast away by protestants, as an unclean thing? God forbid! Whatever is in its nature good, whether the creatures, or the ordinances of God, cannot be rendered evil, either by the use of heathens, or the abuse of christians: Indeed, were it otherwise, not only God's Holy Word and sacraments, with all our spiritual food, had long ago been cast out of religion; but even bread and wine, with all our natural supports and refreshments, had been banished out of life.
Besides, these prayers, though used in the Romish worship, are not upon that account to be considered as the compositions of popery: They are of pure antiquity: they have, most of them, been extant in the western church above a thousand years, before the name of popery, or, at least long before the present mass-book, had a being; so that moreover over length of time, which destroys all things that are unground, manifests their perfection by their duration. If again we look into the missal, we there behold them, at least most of them, untouched, unallayed, and shining amidst the superstitions that have grown up about them; like ancient medals amongst ruins, bearing the image and superscription of those holy men, by whom they were first composed.
We may further assert of our common prayer, that as there is no impurity in it, so neither is there any impropriety: Which, indeed, if found either in the matter, language, or manner of our worship, would, we confess, change the offering into an offence. Mal. i. 1. 8.
1st. There is no impropriety in the matter of our worship: All the objections of that kind, and which have been chiefly levelled against the fitness of the hymns of the blessed Virgin, Zachary, and Simeon, have been fully answered and removed; inasmuch, that at the conference at Hampton-Court, 1603, and at the Savoy in 1661, those two public revivals of our liturgy, when it was put to a trial, and it's accusers were had face to face, not one of these hymns was found guilty, neither could they prove those things whereof they accused them: Nor has one prayer or hymn, upon this or any other occasion, been dispossessed, or scarce one verse or sentence erased.
2d. Neither is there any impropriety in the language of our worship: Only as language, which is the cloathing of our thoughts, must of course wax old as doth a garment; so, as a garment some words and phrases of ancient times have been changed into terms suitable to the language of the present times: But this is no proof of impropriety in the sense, which is not changed, but only cloathed anew. This alteration hath, and always must happen even to the word of God itself; which, through the variations of language is forced from age to age to get into new translations, as into new raiment, in order to preserve itself from the low derision, and cruel mockings of the scoffer. For the same reason, and by the same steps, as the Bible, so our liturgy hath reformed it's language, as the church alleges, "for the more perfectly rendering not only
of such portions of holy Scripture as are inserted in it, but also such other passages, which, through the decay of time, became obsolete, or of doubtful signification, and so liable to scorn and misconstruction." Not but that the old language, venerable for it's age, is generally as well retained at the altar, as those who wait at it are for their grey hairs; for ancient language, and ancient men, if they offend not through decay, give a reverence and dignity to that solemn office.
Lastly, As there is no impurity in the matter, nor impropriety in the language; so is there no indecency in the manner of our worship; in the ceremonies and gestures prescribed in our liturgy. Our church, in no part of her service, behaveeth herself unseemly . The postures she uses, whether in prayer or praise, carry on them a significancy and a decency, and beseem and become the action she performs.
Not to mention the dumb and unprofitable, or ludicrous and unseemly ceremonies in the Romish worship or the no ceremony, irregularity, and want of all uniformity and order amongst the sectarists (where every man being left free to behave himself as it seemeth good in his own eyes, appears to observe no other rule than to avoid all rule;) we may observe, that some ceremonies are necessary to the nature of public worship, some conducing to it's beauty, some to edification. Such are those which our church hath retained, being judicious, as she declares, in her choice, "not so much how to please either party, as how to please God, and profit them both."
Had she, in compliance with the papists, retained all, she must have displeased through her pagantry: Had she in compliance with the sectaries abolished all, she must have no less displeased through her deformity. "Wherefore it was, and hath been her wisdom, from the days of her first establishment, to keep the mean between the two extremes;" rather inclining to a decent variety, than affecting a too sordid simplicity, and remembering, with especial regard, that when the daughter of Sion was brought to the king, her raiment was of needlework, wrought about with gold, and diverse colours; and that the king had great delight in her beauty.
This naturally leads me to second particular, The BEAUTY of our public form of worship: which I shall beg to postpone till my next letter; only remarking upon the whole of the present subject, that if any unprejudiced judge, addicted to neither party; any that hath eyes to see, and a heart to understand, will look from one end of the liturgy to the other, will search diligently into all the offices, examine into the substance, language and ceremonies of them, and he will certainly find nothing in either that can justly offend, but must give it his testimony that in all these respects our church worships the Lord with an holy worship. I am, &c.
MR. GREENLEAF, Please to insert the following in your patriotic Journal and, among others, oblige Hortensius.
A few QUESTIONS, addressed To the ORACLE of the LAW.
1st. WHERE was you fir, at the commencement of, and during the late war; what office did you hold under the British crown, and in what manner did you behave while distinguished with a royal commission?
2d. At the conclusion of hostilities, pray how did you ingratiate yourself into the affection and favor of our chief officers of government, and so far delude the inhabitants of Q——'s country, as to get into a station which ought only to be filled by good men?
3d. What were your motives for endeavouring to repeal the discriminating laws (some of which you have effected) taking the part of those miscreants, who like yourself never stopped at a crime while they were sure to be supported by British power?
4th. On a late important question, which concerns the very existence of our confederation, how could you have the presumption to give a vote against that measure on which the happiness of the union depends?
By silence perhaps you was convinced (if your breaf is capable of conviction) that the justice of the plan would admit of no ground on which you might display your oratorial faculties and amazing learning.
In short, what has been your conduct from first to last?
A Tory from principle;—devoid of firmness enough to support your infamous proceedings, and callous to every species of sensibility; you appear in the eyes of your country as an enemy to the liberties of a free people. Although possessed of erudition sufficient to practice in a court of law, yet you are not a statesman. However skilled in a profession which honors you with the name of Index, Oracle, &c. depend upon it, public affairs were never intended to be directed by such a short-sighted, contracted politician.
Answer the above questions, if you are not so hardened as to forget, that you are accountable to a people who are able and ready, at all times, to convict and punish their rulers, when found to transgress and abuse that power which is placed in their hands by republicans. March 1st, 1787. HORTENSIUS.
New-York, March 8.
IT is asserted as a fact, that the legislature of Vermont have lately repealed the law, passed a few years ago, which authorised their Gov. to deliver up any offenders from other States on proper application. The complexion of this business appears very unfavourable to government; as by the repealing of this law they sanction all villains who may fly to them for protection.—Even Shays and his adherents, if they escape may reside under that government without molestation.
On Saturday last, in consequence of information, the legislature passed some private resolutions; and on Sunday his Excellency the Governor, attended by Col. Fitch, Adjutant General of the State; Egbert Benson, Esq. the Attorney General; and Col. Willet, with several other gentlemen, set out for north part of the State. It is expected that the Governor will collect a sufficient force at Kinderhook, and soon put an end to the disturbances which Shays and his adherents have fomented.
AUTHENTIC information from CANADA. By a gentleman who came passenger in the northern stage from Montreal, we learn, that on the 27th ult. Shays, Day, Wheeler, and Parsons, with eight other rebel officers, names unknown, arrived at Ile-aux Noix; and that on the 28th they still remained there, and conversed with him. This gentleman farther says, from his own personal knowledge; that the real distress of the party, in point of finance, obliged Shays to pawn a sleigh, &c. to defray their expences to this last retreat from the vengeance of offended justice. It was said that they intended to continue their route to Quebec.
At Fort Edward, our informant adds, he fell in with six others of Shays's party, one of which was a Captain, who inquired of him, with earnest solicitation, respecting Shays; these men were likewise in a distressed situation. This Captain appeared zealously determined to pursue his infernal purpose of rebellion, and said, that they (meaning the body of insurgents) intended again to return when the leaves put out!
The gentleman who has favored us with the above particulars, cannot admit of the most distant probability, that these rebels to all law and government will receive either protection or countenance from the government of Quebec.
By a letter from a gentleman of character, dated at Kinderhook, the first instant, we are informed, that on the 27th of February there was an action at Barrington, between a detachment of Gen. Lincoln's army and a party of the insurgents, in which four men on each side were killed, and 40, in the whole, wounded. That a Col. Hyde of the state troops, and a Mr. Hamelin of the insurgents, were among the former. Further particulars of the action were not known when the letter was written; but it was reported at Kinderhook, that the state troops kept the field, and the insurgents marched off with some cattle and other plunder which was in their possession before the action.
We are informed from good authority, that there was another skirmish between the government troops and a party of the insurgents on Thursday last, when there were 5 killed in all, and near 50 insurgents taken prisoners.
His Excellency Governor Clinton, and company, was seen to pass through Poughkeepsie, on Tuesday last, in good health, on their expedition to discountenance the least friendly treatment to the rebels of Massachusetts by the inhabitants of this state.
On Monday last the Hon. Legislature passed a Resolution directing the Commissary of Military stores to have four pieces of Artillery put in complete order for public service.
On Tuesday last, by joint ballot of the senate and assembly, the Hon. ROBERT YATES, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, and JOHN LANSING, Jun. Esquires, were chosen delegates to represent this state in convention to be held in Philadelphia, in May next, in compliance with the recommendation of Congress of the 21st. February last.
We hear, that it was proposed, yesterday, in the honorable house of assembly, that the Managers of the Theatre, in this city, pay into the state treasury a tax of Four Pounds for every exhibition.
General GEORGE MATTHEWS is, we hear, elected Governor of the State of Georgia for one Year, agreeable to the Constitution of that State.
The last Worcester Mag. says; This week a great part of Gen. Lincoln's troops passed through this town, on their return home. Gen. Lincoln is still in the county of Berkshire, but is expected to return in a few days.—We learn that a great part of the troops to be raised for the four months service, have already enlisted. A detachment of them, we hear, are to march from this county, this week, for the county of Berkshire.
On the 13th ult. put into Charleston (S. C.) in distress, the ship Friendship, capt. Stewart, from St. Eustatia, bound to Boston.
Extract of a letter from Worcester, March 1, 1787. "The face of our political affairs is much altered, within a few weeks, for the better. I am in hopes, that in the space of a few months the tranquility of the public will be restored on a permanent basis."
The POETICAL PERFORMANCE of BRUTUS—AMERICANUS, &c. &c. are unavoidably postponed this week.
State of New-York, ff.
WHEREAS all the real estate of which Ann Gireaud, late of the city of New-York, deceased, widow, died seized, has been sold by an order of the judge of Probates of this state, for the payment of her debts,—All persons who have any demands against the estate of the said Ann Gireaud, are hereby notified and desired to produce the same to the said judge at the Probate-office, in the city of New-York, on or before the first day of June 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 twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
5—10 THOMAS TREDWELL.
TO COVER, the ensuing Season, At King's Bridge, Westchester County, THE noted strong and powerful dark bay HORSE SAINT GEORGE.
He is fifteen hands high; was got by General Carlton's famous imported horse. Bred by the Duke of Bolton; got by his famous horse Sterling, one of the handsomest horses ever yet foaled, and a very high formed racer. Saint George was out of General Carlton's black Betz, allowed by the best judges to be the handsomest and best saddle mare ever bred in the province of Canada.
The scarcity of money, and the owner's desire to improve this famous breed of horses, are inducements to be as reasonable in his charges as possible—THREE DOLLARS for the season, cash paid as soon as the Mare takes the Horse; Four Dollars if paid within six months after the Mare takes the Horse, in money or any kind of grain delivered at King's Bridge, at cash price; Five Dollars if not paid within nine months; Six Dollars if not paid within twelve months.
Good pasturing will be provided for the reception of Mares, and the greatest attention given.
THEATRE.
To-Morrow Evening, March 9th. Will be performed, A COMEDY, called The Humane Libertine, OR The Two Constantias, To which will be added a FARCE, called High Life below Stairs. VIVAT RESPUBLIA.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the third Day of March, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
P R E S E N T, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS James Lawrence, administrator of Charles Jandine, late of the county of Richmond, gentleman, deceased, with his will annexed, hath by his petition presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Charles Jandine, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Charles Jandine, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of his said testator 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 Charles Jandine, 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 Charles Jandine, do appear before him at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the seventeenth day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Charles Jandine died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts.
5—8 THOMAS TREDWELL. At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the twenty-sixth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
P R E S E N T, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Johan Daniel Gros, and Catharine Paris, executors of Isaac Paris, late of Stone Arabia, in the county of Montgomery, Esq. deceased, have by their petition presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Isaac Paris, 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 Isaac Paris, 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 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 Johan Daniel Gros, one of the said executors, 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 Isaac Paris, do appear before him at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the twelfth day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Isaac Paris died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts.
5—8 THOMAS TREDWELL. By Order of the Hon. RICHARD MORRIS, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the People of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of HENRY SHRUPP, of the city of New-York, an insolvent debtor, to show cause, if any they have, before the said judge, at his chamber, in Nassau-street, in the city of New-York, on Thursday the 29th day of March, 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 said state, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated this 6th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
5—8 HENRY SHRUPP.
HOUSES to LET. MOSES GOMEZ. No. 203, WATER-STREET, has the following Houses to LET,
Belonging to the Estate of MATTHIAS GOMEZ, deceased, viz. THAT elegant HOUSE No. 27, Queen-street, in which Messieurs Roberts and George Service now reside.
TO BE SOLD. TWO large COPPER STILLs.—One containing 1200, and the other 600 gallons, with worms complete for the fame.
TO LET. The following HOUSES belonging to the Subscriber. THE House No. 28, Hanover-Square, in which Mr. John Hiern now resides. The House No. 30, Queen-street, occupied by Mr. Solomon Townsend.
ALSO TO LET, A VACANT LOT, for one or a term of years, in Haze-street; 45 feet in length, and 21 feet six inches in front, and 19 feet in the rear.—As also, either the whole of my STORE, No. 31, Front-street, or the two upper floors; being very fit for a Sail-Maker. MOSES GOMEZ.

POET'S CORNER.
The real Beauties of the following Piece were the Inducements to give it this unseasonable Place.
"Sore pinch'd by wintry Winds,
How many sink into the sordid Hut
Of chearless Poverty!"
BLEAK, o'er the plain, the winds tremendous blow,
Of purest white the fleecy shower descends;
EPITAPH for a DRUNKARD.
At length my friends, the draught of life is o'er;
ANECDOTE.
A COUNTRYMAN, seeing a lady in the street, in a very odd dress, as he thought, says to her, Madam, if I may be so bold, what do you call this?
PRICE CURRENT AT NEW-YORK.
Table with 3 columns: Item, Price. Items include WHEAT, Oats, Indian Corn, Albany Peas, Fine Salt, Packing ditto, Rock ditto, Fine Flour, Common ditto, Bur. Middlings, Beef, Pork, Indian Meal, Rye ditto, Rice, Ship Bread, Muscovado Sugar, Loaf Sugar, Havana ditto, Hyson Tea, Souhong ditto, Bohea ditto, Hams, Butter, Tallow, Coffee, West-India Rum, Spirits, Molasses.
HIGH WATER.
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Affize of BREAD.
A Wheaten Loaf of fine Flour, to weigh Two Pounds Four Ounces, for SIX-PENCE.
A Loaf of like Flour to weigh One Pound Four Ounces, for Four Coppers.
Flying Machine.
THE proprietors of the New Line of Stages respectfully inform the public, that after the 25th day of December, they will start in the following order, viz.
Two waggons will start from Powles-Hook at 3 o'clock P. M. every afternoon, during the winter season, Saturdays excepted. One will proceed by Newark, and one by Bergen-Point, to Major Crane's, at Elizabeth-Town Point.
Two waggons will start from the house of Michael Dennison, at the sign of the George, in Philadelphia, every morning, Saturday and Sunday excepted, at 6 o'clock, for New-York.
The proprietors having thus situated themselves, in order to accommodate the public on the different routes, by Newark and Elizabeth-Town Point, and Messrs. Ryerson and Twiggley, being prepared to co-operate with our line, to convey the passengers who choose to pass by water to and from New-York and Elizabeth-Town Point, they flatter themselves those Gentlemen and Ladies, who favor them with their custom, will be fully satisfied with their accommodations;
The public will please to attend, that the stages will start exactly at the hours proposed, and all delays for passengers will be inadmissible.
ICHABOD GRUMMAN,
MATHIAS WARD,
JOHN CUMMING,
DANIEL MARSH,
THOMAS EGBERT,
WILLIAM JONES,
DAVID HAMILTON,
FRANCIS WITT,
CHARLES BESSONET,
MICHAEL DENNISON.
New-York, Dec. 23, 1786. 95-
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that on application made to me, Richard Varick, Esq. recorder of the city of New-York, by a creditor of John Magoffin, of Hunterdon county in the state of New-Jersey, a debtor residing without this state, I have in pursuance of the act, entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the 4th of April, 1786, directed all the estate real and personal of the said John Magoffin, within this state, to be seized, and that unless the said John Magoffin does discharge his debts within one year from the date hereof, all his estates real and personal so seized will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors.
GIVEN under my hand this 11th day of September, 1786.
81- RICHARD VARICK.
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ELIZABETH HOLT.
New-York, Feb. 15, 1786.
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E. H.
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AN ANSWER to the PAMPHLET published by the honorable JOHN JAY, Esq. containing his correspondence with LEWIS LITTLEPAGE, Esq. This Answer is dated at Warsaw, in Poland, June 1, 1786, and transmitted to the Printer for publication, by LEWIS LITTLEPAGE, Esquire, of Virginia; at present Chamberlain and Secretary of the Cabinet of his Majesty the King of Poland. Printed and Sold by F. CHILDS.
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BARON STEUBEN'S
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WHEREAS Gilbert Ash, of the city of New-York, in North America, joiner, and Mary his wife (for the securing the payment of Thirteen Hundred and Seventy-five Spanish Milled Dollars, at four shillings and sixpence sterling each dollar, or the value thereof in gold or silver, with six per cent. interest for the same, according to the condition of a certain bond bearing date the fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and executed by the said Gilbert Ash, to Daniel Underhill, of the township of Oyster-Bay, in Queen's county, on Long-Island) did, by indenture of mortgage, bearing date the said fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, mortgage to the said Daniel Underhill, "all that certain lot or parcel of land situate, lying, and being within the city of New-York, in Montgomery-Ward, fronting King George's-street, now called William-street, to the westward, and Frankford-street to the northward, containing in breadth, at the north end on Frankford-street, twenty-nine feet four inches, at the south end twenty-three feet ten inches, and in length, on the said King George's-street, now called William-street, one hundred feet, and the same length on the easterly side more or less, bounded westward by King George's-street, now called William-street, northward by Frankford-street, eastward by lot number eleven, formerly belonging to Mr. Rynders, but now to David Prevost, and fourthly by land of James Van Varck, which said lot, in a plan thereof, is called Number Ten, together also with three dwelling houses, and all the edifices thereon, and advantages to the same then or thereafter belonging, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits of the said premises, with the appurtenances, and all the estate, right, title, interest, dower, claim, and demand, of them the said Gilbert Ash, and Mary his wife."
And whereas, in and by the said indenture of mortgage it was covenanted and agreed, that in case it should so happen, that the said of thirteen hundred and seventy-five Spanish milled dollars, with six per cent. interest for the same, should remain due and unpaid in the whole or in part at the time, and in manner and form in the said mortgage specified, that then, and from thenceforward, it should and might be lawful to and for the said Daniel Underhill, his heirs and assigns, to expose the said lot of land, hereditaments, and premises, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, to sale at public auction, vendue, or outcry, and to dispose of the same to the best advantage, pursuant to the act or acts of assembly of the colony of New-York, theretofore made and published, and to give good and sufficient deeds and conveyances in the law to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, his, her, or their heirs and assigns, and out of the monies arising from the sale thereof, to retain and keep in his or their hands the aforesaid sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-five Spanish milled dollars, or so much thereof as should remain due and unpaid, with the interest for the same, at the rate of six per cent. together with the costs and charges of such sale or sales, rendering the overplus monies, if any there should be, unto the said Gilbert Ash, and Mary his wife, their executors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales, so to be made, were thereby declared to be a full bar and preclusion to any estate or interest which he the said Gilbert Ash, and Mary his wife, their heirs, administrators, or assigns, might have or claim in the premises, or any part of the same, and, to the equity of redemption thereof, as in and by the said indenture of mortgage reference thereunto being had, may more fully and at large appear.
And whereas the whole of the said principal, together with all the interest thereon, is now due and owing to the said Daniel Underhill—These are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the premises, that unless the said thirteen hundred and seventy-five Spanish milled dollars, together with all the interest due, and to grow due thereon, is paid off and discharged, on or before Tuesday the twenty-sixth day of June next, ensuing the date of this notification—all and singular the mortgaged premises aforesaid, will be sold by the said Daniel Underhill, on Tuesday the said twenty-sixth day of June next, ensuing the date hereof, as aforesaid, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon of the same day, at the Merchants Coffee-house in the city of New-York, pursuant to the covenant and agreement in the said indenture of mortgage contained; and also in pursuance of the directions contained in 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 the 19th of March, 1774. Dated this 20th day of December, 1786.
DANIEL UNDERHILL.
94-19
6 m.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber, administrator, debonis non of the goods, chattels, and credits of Joseph Mico, some time deceased, and formerly of the city of London, merchant, requests the respective debtors to the estate of the said Joseph Mico, to make settlement with the subscriber with all expedition, in order to prevent the commencement of legal prosecutions against them.
W. COCK,
Attorney at Law, No. 66, Wall-street.
New-York, Jan. 11, 1787.
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THE Partnership of Broome and Platt,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent; all persons indebted to them under that firm, or to either of them, or to the late partnership of Samuel Broome and Co. are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, or to Daniel Phoenix, Esquire, merchant, No. 32, Water-Street, New-York, who is empowered to receive debts and give discharges.
SAMUEL BROOME,
JEREMIAH PLATT.
New-Haven, State of Connecticut,
Nov. 18, 1786. 91-
The PROPRIETORS of the Old Line of Stages,
BEG leave to inform the public, that they propose, from the eighth instant, to start their stages from Powles-Hook at three o'clock in the afternoon, every day during the winter season, Saturdays excepted;—to proceed, by the way of Newark, to Mr. Samuel Smith's at Elizabeth-Town the same evening; to set out from thence the next morning at six o'clock for Philadelphia, where they meet the Baltimore stages, and exchange passengers at Mr. J. Thompson's, at the Indian-Queen, in Fourth-street; from thence passengers may proceed to Savannah, in Georgia, in the same line of stages.
As this is the old and most extensive line of stages, careful drivers and good attendance, they trust, will continue the friendship of their old customers, and induce those ladies and gentlemen, who have occasion to travel in stages, to favor them with their custom.—The stage-office is kept in New-York, at the Powles-Hook ferry-house, sign of the ferry-boat, where seats may be engaged, and all baggage from Philadelphia, on freight, will be left at the stage-office, for the convenience of the public.—Those ladies and gentlemen, who wish to take seats, in this line, at Elizabeth-Town, will please to apply at Mr. Smith's tavern, where a stage-office is kept for that purpose.—The price of a passenger is a low as any other stage, from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia, and baggage as usual.
John Mersereau, Joseph Smith,
William Hight, Joseph Davis,
John Gulick, Gershon Johnson,
Robert Stockton,
New-York, January 13, 1787.
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Ulster County, ss.
By DIRICK WYNKOOP, Esq. first Judge of the Interior Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Ulster.
WHEREAS on application and due proof made before me, by Edward Wittaker, of Kingston, in the county of Ulster; it has appeared, that John A. D'Lamater, of Twafis Kill, in the county aforesaid, was indebted to the said Edward, in the sum of sixty-five pounds or upwards, over and above all discounts; and that the said John A. D'Lamater, is either departed the state or concealed himself within it, with intent and design to defraud him the said Edward, and other creditors of their just dues, or to avoid being arrested by the ordinary process of law.
I have directed all the estate, real and personal of the said John A. D'Lamater, within the county of Ulster, to be seized; and unless he the said John A. D'Lamater, shall return and discharge his debts within three months after the date of this publication, all his estate, real and personal, within this county, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors, agreeable to the act for that purpose made and provided.
Jan. 18th, 1787.
98- 110.
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