The daily advertiser (New York [N.Y.]), 1787-12-28 00:00:00

The Daily Advertiser.
[VOL. III.]
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1787.
[No. 888.]
JERSEY MONEY. A VALUABLE consignment of MANCHESTER GOODS to be sold wholesale, on very reasonable terms, for JERSEY MONEY will be taken in payment, by JAMES RENWICK, No. 92, William-street, opposite Maiden-lane. N. B. The highest Price given for POT and PEARL ASHES. Nov. 19. 1787.
JUST ARRIVED To HUGH SMITH, No. 23, WALL-STREET. A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low-priced IRISH LINEN, which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for cash. Sept. 15.
Sixty Pipes of MADEIRA, In pipes, hogsheads and quarter-casks, of superior quality, to be landed this day at Crugar's wharf, and to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. 22d Aug. 1787.
FOR SALE BY JOHN DEWINT, Maiden-lane, No. 36.
A FEW bds. New-York Rum; ditto St. Croix Rum; a few cases gin; a parcel sugar in bds. writing paper, common and post; sundry articles of Dry Goods; a few boxes hylon and tions tea; 4 barrels gum of lignum vitae; 3 and 4 pot-ash kettles, that have been a short time in use. Nov. 17.
GEORGE POLLOCK, Has received by the Hudson from Dublin, and the Anne and Sulamith from Liverpool, A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low-priced IRISH LINEN, which he will sell on very moderate terms, at his STORE, No. 28, Water-street. POT ASHES and FLAX-SEED received in payment. Sept. 13. tf
JUST IMPORTED, In the ship MERCURY, Captain Grant, TENERIFFE WINES Of a very superior quality, which will be disposed of by the quantity or single pipe, by JOHN C. SHAW, who is here to settle Van Zandt's wharf. Oct. 12. tf
To be LET, on reasonable Terms, A GENTLE furnished ROOM, near the Coffee-house, very suitable for a single gentleman, or a small family. For particulars enquire at No. 15, Water-street. N. B. BOARDING may be had if required, and a front Cellar. Nov. 17. tf
ATTWOOD and TRONSON, Have for sale, at their store, No. 11, Great Dock-street, A general assortment of Swedes and American Bar IRON, CONSISTING of Axe Iron, Cart Tire, Waggon, Chair and Sleigh Tire, mill Irons, and Iron of uncommon square; Steel of all kinds, English Saggot the much esteemed blistered L.O. American blistered and Tub Steel, Anvils of all sizes, Back Irons, Vices, &c. &c. A variety of Castings and other articles, which they will sell low for cash, or country produce. All orders for cast Iron, or wrought Iron for mill work, &c. will be duly received, and executed with dispatch. * * * Bar Iron or any other article, received and sold on commission. A quantity of Albany Pease for sale. Oct. 24, 1787. tf
FOR SALE BY ROBERT JOHNSTON, No. 14, Water-street, in the house lately occupied by Colonel Samuel Ogden. A Large and general assortment of IRON CASTINGS, among which are the following, viz. Iron hollow ware of all sizes, Pot-ashes kettles, cast with bottom down, Clock and window weights, griddles large and small Tea-kettles large and small, bake-pans do. do. Cart, waggon, coach and chair boxes, 56, 28, 14 and 7lb. weights with rings, Mortar and pebbles, ladrons, Franklin stoves, large and small, Rittenhouse do. do. Ten and six-plate do. do. close stoves with pipes, Sharp's new invented stove grates, Canada stoves for large rooms, Patent caboose for ships, with one and two boilers, grates and oven, Fire places with jambs compleat, Back plates of every dimension, Hibernia, Mount Hope, New Mine and Andover pig metal, Gudgeons and mill irons, Refined and Bloomery bar iron, spike iron, sheatop Nail rods of all sizes, Iron hoops for bds. and bbls. horse shoes, 20d. 12d. 10d. and 8d. nails, 7 inch, 6 inch and 5 inch spikes, Crowley and blistered steel. The above articles will be sold for cash and country produce, at the lowest prices, and a large allowance made to those who buy to sell again. All orders for wrought or cast iron will be duly attended to, and forwarded, agreeable to pattern, at the shortest notice. Oct. 29. tf
To be had at LOT MERKEL's Store, No. 33, Hanover-square, nearly opposite the Bank, TOBACCO for SMOOKING; KITEFOOT of the first quality; ditto of an inferior or ditto, large roll tobacco, fit for manufacturers; segars, genuine Macuba snuff; ditto rapped of different qualities; gentlemen's gloves, buck-skin and beaver, of the first quality. At the above Store the highest price is given for SHIPPING FURS, June 12. tf
FOR SALE, GINSENG, LINTSEED OIL, BEEF, PORK, FLOUR, FLAX-SEED, BUTTER, Quintal FISH, MACKAREL, &c. by Storm and Sickles, Dec. 18. tf. No. 35, Little-Dock-street.
MANCHESTER GOODS. Imported in the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, and for Sale on very reasonable terms, By DANIEL TUCKER, & Co. No. 202, Water-street, for Cash or Country Produce only. 7-8, 4-4, and 4-4, 3-8, Cotton Checks, Striped Ticks, Dyed Pillows, Black and Olive Velveteens, low priced; Checked Handkerchiefs, Malabars; Copperplate Furniture Cottons, Black Silk Handkerchiefs, Cotton Thickets, Men's and Women's Beaver Gloves, Romall Handkerchiefs, Fancy Printed Do., 1-2 Dozen cases of Hats, low priced, and well assorted. Dec. 1. tf
TO BE SOLD, A Number of improved FARMS, in the counties of Dutchess, Ulster and Orange; likewise a quantity of unimproved Land in either of the said counties. Apply to J. JOHNSTON, No. 18, Wall-street. Dec. 25. tf
To be Sold at Public Auction, On the Premises, By FREDERICK JAY, On the 10th day of January next.
A FRAME HOUSE, in Chambers-street, now in the possession of Thomas Eagles, being part of the estate of the late Cornelius Swartwout. The above House contains three fine places, is built on a leased lot, six years of the lease unexpired, with a privilege of removing the house at the expiration of the same. Oct. Dec. 25.
To be landed this day at Crugar's wharf from on board the Portuguese Schooner, N. S. da Carmo, Captain Olivera, some pipes of choice PORT WINE, and a parcel of SALT; to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. Nov. 12, 1787. tf
ANY Person having demands on the estate of JAMES YOULE, deceased, are requested to call on the subscriber for payment. And all those who are indebted to said estate are hereby requested to call and discharge their accounts before the first day of January next, or may expect their accounts will be put in the hands of an attorney, for recovery of the same, without distinction; as a settlement of that estate must be made at the time above mentioned. JOHN YOULE, Administrators. Nov. 14. tf. No. 64, Beckman-Street. Who has just opened a fresh and general assortment of
Hardware, Ironmongery, and Cutlery, Which he will dispose of very reasonable by wholesale or retail.
FLAX-SEED, Stored, cleaned purchased and sold, at HARTELL and WOODWARD'S FLAX-SEED STORE, lately occupied by Mr. Jacob Saly, left by Mr. Nash, between Van Zandt's and Murray's Wharves. Oct. 22. tf
WILLIAM USTICK, jun. No. 33, Queen-street; HAS just received by the SALLY and other late vessels from Bristol, a general assortment of IRONMONGERY and CUTLERY; Amongst which are—Nails, Glass, Paints, Sheet Iron, Sheet Lead, blistered and Crawley Steel, Anvils, Vices and Beck Irons, brass Kettles, iron Pots and Kettles, Frying Pans, Spades and Shovels, Shovel and Tongs, Bellows, Warming Pans, brass and iron Candlesticks, hard and soft Waffle Irons, men and boys Scates, long handle hair Brooms, Brushes of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Pen and Jack-knives, Shears and Scissors, wire and spring Moule and Rat Traps, Jacks, Clovs, Brads, and Screws of all sizes, Locks and Hinges of every kind, Carpenters, Coopers and Joiners Tools, &c. &c. He has also for sale Pickled Mackerel, Salmon and Herrings, which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for Cash; also Nails of all sizes, manufactured in this city, and equal to any imported. New-York, Nov. 15, 1787. tf
Turk's Island SALT, Soal Leather and Muscovado Sugar, In Barrels. A Quantity of each, now landing at Peck-Slip. Attendance for the SALE of which, will be given by Murray, Mumford, and Bowen, Who have also for Sale, At No. 20, Peck-Slip,
A QUANTITY of best Petersburg clean HEMP, BOHEA TEA, MOLASSES, BURR FLOUR, BEEF, PORK, HOG'S LARD, YORK RUM, SHEET CORK, CAYENNE COCOA, DRY COD-FISH, RUSSIA and RAVENS DUCK, HOLLAND POWDER, 100 Boxes SPERMACETI CANDLES, COD SOUNDS and TONGUES, in Barrels. A large ANCHOR, weighing 30 cwt. to be sold Cheap. W A N T E D, Forty Barrels PEARL ASHES, thirty barrels WHALE OIL, twelve thousand SUGAR HOGSHEAD STAVES, fifty-five inches long. New-York, December 14, 1787. tf.
FRANCIS PANS, No. 51, Broad-street, Has received by the Montgomery, collected by the other late arrivals, and has remaining on hand of his former stock, the following general assortment in the FANCY, MILLINERY, and DRY GOOD Line,
CHINA and satin ribbons, a great variety different widths and colors; plain net, crape, foulard, silk spotted and striped, black and white gauzes; fancy colored cane hats, yellow and black Leghorn do. per dozen or quantity; black and white skein and ribbon wires; wire frames for the latest fashion bonnets; mock point laces; black silk ditto, and edgings; white thread laces and edgings; black satins and modes; jettings, white and colored tarceners; chintzes and calicoes; furniture coverings; do. linens and checks; moreens, callimancoes and stuff; silk, thread, cotton, and worsted hole; pink, blue, green, and dove colored silk quilts; mullin and cotton shawls; silk, linen, and cotton handkerchiefs; coded dimities, muslinet and chintz trimmings; plain and sprig'd Lawns; plain and striped mullin; Lawn and mullin handkerchiefs; fine and common cambrics; black patent net lace; nankeens, umbrellas, artificial flowers, feathers, flannels, bazzes, and striped wildbores, sewing silks, threads, &c. &c. all which will be sold on the very lowest terms, for immediate payment. He returns his sincere thanks to the public in general for their past custom, and solicits a continuance. The Millinery Business will still continue to be carried on in the most extensive manner, with the utmost exertions to give satisfaction; and to enable him to sell off the large stock of gauzes, ribbons, &c. remaining on hand, every article in that line will be charged at the lowest terms possible. Nov. 23. tf
George and Robert Lewis, & Co. No. 233, Queen-street, In addition to the Goods received by the Betsey and Wilson, are now opening for SALE by the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, viz. 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 Irish Linens, Dowlas and Sheerings, 4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 fashionable Shawls, Printed Linens and Cottons, 7-8, 9-8, fancy and Chintz Calicoes, Furniture ditto, A general assortment of cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Leno, Lawn, and Black Silk, ditto. Bandanna and Romall ditto, 7-8 and 11-8, plain, corded, striped and checked Lawns, Rich fashionable Waist-coat shapes, Striped and gold-barred Tullinett Waistcoating, Florentines and Satins, An assortment of Hosiery, Table Cloths, Clouting-Diapers, &c. &c. &c. Which they are determined to dispose of at their usual low prices for Cash, Notes at a short date, and shipping produce. New-York, Nov. 21, 1787. tf
BROTHERS, COSTER and Co. Have for sale at their Store No. 8, Duke-street, Just Imported in the COLUMBIA and the GRACE, from Amsterdam; BOHEA TEA, fresh, and of a superior quality, Suchong ditto, Pepper in Bales, best Holland Duck, Russia do. Raven's Duck, Russia Sheeting, Ticklenburgh Linen, Osnaburgh do. Holland Silesia Sheeting, Platillies and Breanjes, Brown Hollandois, Dowlas and Holland Bed-tick, Cambric, black Laces, and silk Hair Ribbons, a neat assortment of Calicoes, black Barcelona, Romall, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Checks and Holland Stripes, Hats, Writing Paper and Slates, Looking Glasses, Prying Pans and Dutch Iron Pots, Dutch Tea Kettles and Brass Kettles, best Clare in small cases for family use, Linseed Oil and Paints, Holland Geneva, in pipes, in large and small cases and jugs, Dutch Harkels or Flax Combs, &c. &c. 23 Oct. 1787. tf
SHALER and SEBOR No. 27 Queen-street, Have for sale, A QUANTITY of plated ware, consisting of candlesticks, branches, tea caddies, snuffer pans, egg cups, goblets, coffee pots and Mullineers, black table cakes, with Knives, Forks, and Spoons compleat, fruit stands, paper bottle stands, japanned bread-trays, caddies and snuffer pans, plate warmers, brass chafing dishes, cork-screws, feet snuffers, ladles, brass rings, cloak pins, sleeve buttons, brass table hinges, guns and gun locks, China tea cups chimney tiles, sets of house brushes, near mahog. any razor cases, silver watches, elegant steel and gilt watch chains, trinkets, shirt pins, buckles, rings, paste, shoe, knee, and flock buckles and sleeve buttons, fine Irish sheeting, fine dyed jeans, Marfeilles quilting, black shaggs, black crape, white and black gauzes, mullinets, muffs, teeruckers, babaffies, fiterfoys, barnegore, romalls, corded dimity, and a box of assorted bolting cloths, with a variety of other articles which will be disposed of for cash or shipping produce, at a price much below the Herring cost. A same place may be had, Madeira, Teneriffe, and Malaga wine, by the pipe or quarter cask, Champagne of an excellent quality, by the case or dozen, striped duffel blankets, a variety of hard ware, a large assortment of Irish linens, 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4, received by the Montgomery, are now opening, and will be sold together with the above goods on the lowest terms. New-York, November 27, 1787.
A CAUTION to OWNERS and MASTERS of VESSELS, THAT they beware of rigging which is made of Holland yarn; for it is made in great quantities and exposed to sale, to the hurt of the buyer. It is of such a base quality, that it is not sufficient for cables or rigging of any kind; it is spun and dressed off in such a manner, as makes it difficult for the buyer to know it from the best rope. In order to try its evil quality, let the buyer take a few yarns of the fag-end of the rope, and open them into hemp, and if it prove to be shorwood, you may take it for granted to be Holland yarn; which is spun or short row and refuse of the hemp, that is manufactured into fail-cloth in Holland. N. B. It should be enquired who are the promoters of this caution, be it known that we are a company of rope-makers, who think it too tedious to insert our names here. tf New-York, Nov. 8.
HILL and OGDEN, No. 41, Great-Dock-street, have just imported by the Grace, from Amsterdam, and for sale on very reasonable terms, for Cash, Notes at short Payments, Pot-ashes, Flax-seed, Bar-Irons, Wheat or Flour, an assortment of the following articles, viz.,
TICKLENBURGS, ozanaburgs, German dowlas; Russia diaper, platillas, Britannias, cotton and linen checks, sheetings of excellent quality, which are mishlinen, German stripes and checks, lawns, calicoes, writing paper, &c. They have likewise for sale, coatings, Yorkshire cloths, calimancoes, durants, flannels, Irish linens, &c. Also, IMPROVED FRANKLIN STOVES, cast in the Air-Furnace, at Newark, which, besides being exceedingly neat, are constructed to give more heat into the room, a remedy for smoky chimneys, and more secure from fire than any other. Also, Pot-ash kettles, forge hammers and anvils refined from bog-ore, pig-metal, and approved by many years experience. N. B. Orders are received by them for every kind of hollow-ware and iron-castings, made at said Air-Furnace, and will be executed with dispatch and superior neatness. Oct. 31. tf
JAMES SAIDLER Insurance Broker, No. 31, Water-street, two doors from the corner of King-street.
BUYS and sells on Commission, all kinds of Public Securities, Goods and Produce, as usual. He has also imported in the Wilson, from Liverpool, the America, from London, and last vessels from Europe, a neat assortment of GOODS, consisting of fine brown, navy, blue, drab, and copper-coloured Broad Cloths, Coatings, Duffsels and Blankets, Flannels and Bazzes, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 and 11-8 wide cotton Checks, printed Cottons, Chintzes, Ribbons, Lawns, Lawn Handkerchiefs and Aprons, sewing Silks and Twist, fine and coarse Hats, Moreens, Durants, Tamies, Callimancoes and Camblets, Table Cloths and Diapers, Writing Paper, and an assortment of HARD WARE, &c. which he will sell on reasonable terms, for Cash, Country Produce, or public Securities—Also, six pair of elegant brass mounted Fire Dogs, and a few barrels pickled Mackerel and Cod-Fish, in excellent order. Apply as above. N. B. Purchasers of unappropriated and confiscated lands, can be supplied with certificates on the most reasonable terms.
LOT MERKEL, No. 33, Hanover-Square, nearly opposite the Bank, Manufactures and has for sale a compleat and general assortment
MUFFS and TIPPETS, of Martin and Martin Throat, Swan's Down and real Ermine; Russia and Siberia Squirrel, American Ground Squirrel, Russia Hare and red Fox, Real black Jenet, bell Furs, Mock Sable and Mock Ermine. Likewise a large and general assortment of Fur Trimming and Edgings, for Ladies Cloaks, Coats and Habits, Ladies Cloak Linings, Gentlemen's Great Coats lined with Furr, Fur Gloves, &c. &c. * * * The above articles he is now selling on the most reasonable Terms for Cash only. N. B. Orders from the Country executed in the best manner. October 11, 1787. tf
SALT-PETRE. A few hundred weight may be had very low of EFFINGHAM LAWRENCE, No. 227, Queen-street, facing the Fly-market. Also a large and general assortment of
Genuine DRUGS & MEDICINES; Patent Medicines, Perfumeries, Surgical Instruments, &c. for which Cash, Ginling, Beeswax, Snake-root, Pot and Pearl-ashes, &c. will be taken in payment. MEDICINE CHESTS complete, with directions. Orange Pear for Illness. N. B. An APPRENTICE wanted. Oct. 12. tf
GEORGE BARNEWALL & Co. No. 205, WATER-STREET, near the Coffee-house, HAVE just imported, in the ship Providence from London, an assortment of IRISH LINENS, SHEETINGS, DOWLAS and THREDS, low and high priced, which they will sell, on reasonable terms, for cash or short credit. They have also on hand, a variety of PAPER HANGINGS, with felloon and other borders; and rod, and other sized NAILS. July 7.
JACOB REED, junior, 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 purchases 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 lately 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. Dec. 13. wfm. tf
G. VERPLANCK HAS FOR SALE, at No. 41, WALL-STREET, on very reasonable terms for CASH,
CAMERICKS, white Platillas, Ivory Combs, Pistil Powder, Pepper, Geneva in Cases, Holland Duck, Raven's do. Russia Sheeting, Calicoes and Tapes, Dutch Mill Saws, &c. &c. To be Let from the first of May next, The HOUSE he now occupies in Wall-street, and to be leased for a term of years, a Lot of Ground in Crown-street, near the North-River, and another in Greenwich-street, opposite Rhylander's wharf. tf

The SPECTACLES. ROBIN, who to the plough was bred, And who could neither write nor read, Seeing the good old people use To read with glasses cross the nose, Which they for ever wore about them, And said they could not read without them, Happen'd one day to go to town, And as he saunter'd up and down, Help'd a shop where such like things Hung dangling in a row on strings. It took him in the head to stop, And ask the master of the shop, If he could furnish folks that need With glasses that could make 'em read; Or sell a pair of what d'ye call it, Would fit his nose, and would not gall it, The man his drawer in one hand took, The other ope's a Bible book; The drawer contain'd of glasses plenty From three times one to three and twenty; Some set in horn and some in leather; But Robin could approve of neither; And when an hundred pairs had try'd, And still had thrown them all aside, The man grew peevish, Rob grew vex'd, And swore he could not read the text. 'Not read! Confound you for a fool! 'I'll hang if e'er you went to school; 'Could you e'er read without the help 'Of Spectacles? 'Why no, you whelp; Do people who can walk without, Buy wooden legs to stump about?'
From a Philadelphia Paper.
Messieurs Hall & Sellers, I OBSERVE a gross misrepresentation, both as to opinions and language, in Mr. Spottswood's paper of the 13th inst. of Dr. Rash's speech on Wednesday last in Convention: I shall therefore give you a short account of the substance of it, and hereafter shall, in my printed volume of debates, give you every word of it. Dec. 17, 1787. THO'S. LLOYD.
THE Doctor began by recapitulating the many harsh epithets that had been given to the new Government, by the opposition. Mr. Findlay having, in a debate a few days before said, there was a bright and dark side to every question, and having illustrated it by mentioning the doctrine of predestination, the Doctor applied the remark to the present Government, and said Mr. Findlay had unfortunately chosen the reprobation side of it; but as the darkness of that doctrine was in the human mind only, and not in the doctrine itself, so he hoped the misery and evil Mr. Findlay had discovered in the new Constitution, was in the minds of the members who opposed it and not in the Constitution itself. The Doctor then proceeded to mention several reasons for adopting the new Government. These were derived, 1st. From the influence which the example of a good Government might have upon the nations of Europe, who had already shown a disposition to imitate us in asserting their liberties.
2d. From the effects of good Government in securing liberty, for where there is no law, there could be no liberty. Here the Doctor remarked, that man was naturally an ungovernable animal—That in Europe it had been found necessary to add ecclesiastical and military to civil power, in order to govern him. In America, it would be improper to introduce the first two species of Government; for which reason much higher degrees of civil Government were necessary in this country, than had hitherto been established in the United States.
3d. From the distresses of the country, which the Doctor said had been before enumerated, and which he said originated only in the want of an efficient Government.
4th. From the present state of morals in the country. Here the Doctor shewed the connection between the want of justice and fidelity in Government to individuals, and of individuals to Government, and every branch of moral obligation. From this failure of political obligation arose the want of justice between man and man, the difficulty of borrowing, and the danger of lending money; the oppressions of landlords; the frauds of tenants, and the numerous instances of conjugal infidelity and divorces, &c. among the lower classes of people; and lastly, the deficiency in parishes to pay their ministers agreeably to their subscriptions. This last instance of a failure in moral obligation, the Doctor lamented, as having a melancholy influence upon the happiness of our country—for, said he, where public worship is not maintained, it will be difficult to preserve religion; and where there is no religion, there will be no morals; where there are no morals, there can be no Government; and where there is no Government, there can be no liberty. It is true, said the Doctor, we hear much of the liberality and humanity discovered by our citizens in the establishment of charitable and benevolent institutions; but these are the sorrowful marks of the declension of our country. They prove, that we have
some virtue, but much more vice among us; and if Pennsylvania has been distinguished from her sister States by the number and perfection of these humane institutions, it is only because there is more weakness in the form, and mere corruption in the administration of her Government, than in any of the States in the Union.
After the Doctor proceeded to shew the source of obligation to Government, and asserted from a late writer, Mr. Paley, that it was founded "in obedience to the will of God, collected from expediency," he then mentioned the unanimity of the Convention, the general approbation of the Constitution by all classes of people, and the zeal which appeared every where, in votes and instructions, in favor of the Government, from New-Hampshire to Georgia, as reasons to believe that the adoption of the Government was agreeable to the will of Heaven—for the Vox Populi—Vox Dei —was a truth, when it applied to the feelings of the people. Here the Doctor added, that he believed the same voice that thundered on Mount Sinai, "thou shalt not steal," now proclaimed in our ears, by a number of plain and intelligible providences, "thou shalt not reject the New Federal Government."
The Doctor then proceeded as follows:— "If the forms and degrees of Government are so essential to the preservation of liberty, religion and morals in our country, then, said he, I call upon every member of this Convention to lay his hand on his heart, and to ask himself whether he can, consistent with his duty to his Maker, refuse to assent to the ratification of the proposed Constitution. If there is any man in this assembly, who feels a struggle between the inclinations of his constituents and the dictates of his conscience, let him obey the dictates of his conscience.—It is the voice of God speaking in his heart.—And let him reflect further, that in giving a vote upon this question, he is bound to consult the interests and wishes, not of a particular country, but of the whole State."
"I have no doubt, concluded the Doctor, but a respectable majority will rise to the question of the ratification—but, Mr. President, this will not come up to my wishes. Nothing will satisfy me perfectly, but an unanimous vote. Lord Belhaven, in a speech delivered in the Scotch Parliament upon the subject of the Union, observes very justly, that "unanimity in a wrong measure is often better than division in a right one." Suppose the measure before us should be wrong—unanimity would better enable us to recover from the evils that would arise from it. Think, Sir, of the effects of an unanimous vote upon our sister States.—It would probably check Rhode-Island in her career of iniquity, and produce even paleness and distress at the Court of St. James's. Think, Sir, of its effects upon the State of Pennsylvania.—Let this Constitution be the umpire of all our past disputes.
—Here let us this night bury the hatchet of civil discord, and smoke the calumet of peace together!—When the great question is called, should we be so happy as to see every chair in this assembly deserted, what a triumph would it be of reason and humanity over prejudice and party spirit!—Should this be the case, Mr. President, I should find it difficult to restrain myself by the rules of the house. I should feel myself strongly disposed to run across the room, and take every member of the opposition in my arms. I should think it, Sir, the beginning of a year of jubilee in Pennsylvania."
New-York, Dec. 28.
A new emission of Counterfeit FOUR POUND BILLS are found to be in circulation: They differ from the genuine bills in the following particulars, viz. Under the arms in the counterfeit, the L and figure of 4. are visibly larger than in the true; in the bad there is no. after the L—but in the good there is; there is more space between the words FOUR POUNDS and the upper border in the false than good; in the second line in the true bill the B in bill is directly under the a in Law—in the false it is partly under the L and a—in the fourth line the N in New (in the true bill) is under the h in the—in the counterfeit it is under the letter e in the same word; the space in and under the globe in the arms is greater in the true bills than in the counterfeit; the print in the counterfeit is much deeper sunk into the paper than in the true; the space between the lower border and the L. 4. is considerably larger in the good than false bill; the bottom of the right hand border has a visible stroke drawn under it in the bad, and is very close to the lower border—in the true there is no stroke, but a considerable distance between the side and lower border; the paper on which the counterfeits are printed is both smoother and thicker than that of the good.
The ship Jay, Capt. Randall, bound for Madeira and Canton, cleared out at the Custom-house on Wednesday. We hear from Ludlow, in New-Hampshire, that on the 10th inst. a barn belong-
ing to Mr. Joseph Miller of that town, containing about 150 bushels of grain, and a large quantity of other produce, was accidentally set on fire and consumed. Two small children of Mr. Miller's, unnoticed by any of the family, conveyed some fire to the barn yard, which was filled with straw; it caught immediately, and communicated to the barn. One of the children, a girl about four years of age, ran affrighted before the fire into a stable for shelter, and fell a victim to the flames.
On the 6th instant William Clark, a native of Ireland, was executed at Northampton, in Massachusetts, pursuant to his sentence for burglary. By the House of Delegates of the State of Maryland, Dec. 7, 1787.
The following question being propounded to the House, viz.
WHEREAS the outstanding debts due for taxes, being very considerable, and the levying additional taxes at this present session cannot promote the revenue, by bringing into the treasury any money before the end of the next year: Resolved, that this house will not levy any money this present session of assembly: Ordered, That the same be taken into consideration to-morrow morning.
On reading the order of the day, the question was put, That the preamble of the resolution be struck out: The yeas and nays being called for by Mr. W. Bowie, appeared as follows:—Affirmative 28. Negative 32.
So it was determined in the negative.
Love and Constancy: an Anecdote. A Neapolitan being at work in a field bordering on the sea shore, his wife, who was at some distance from him, was seized by the corsairs of Tunis, and carried on board their vessel.
The Neapolitan threw himself into the sea, swam to the ship, and intreated the Captain to take him in.
The good man well knew he would be sold as a slave, and the consequent hardships and misery he should undergo; but love for the object who had hitherto shared in his labors, and enjoyed with him the fruits of his industry, predominated over all other sensations. While the Turks were astonished at his temerity, he continued supplicating to be taken on board; he told them that the woman they had taken from the field was his wife; "we have" continued he, "long shared happiness, and we can bear misery together; grant us only the consolation of being sold to the same master, is all I ask; deny me that, and one grave will, I trust, soon contain us."
The Turk admiring the man's affection, on their return, told it to the King of Tunis, who being pleased with this singular instance of conjugal fidelity, not only gave them their liberty, but each a place in the palace.
THE FEDERALIST, No. XXVIII. To the People of the State of New-York.
THAT there may happen cases, in which the national Government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied. Our own experience has corroborated the lessons taught by the examples of other nations, that emergencies of this sort will some times arise in all societies, however constituted; that seditions and insurrections are unhappy maladies, as inseparable from the body politic, as tumors and eruptions from the natural body; that the idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law, (which we have been told, is the only admissible principle of Republican Government) has no place, but in the reveries of those political doctors, whose sagacity disdains the admonitions of experimental instruction.
Should such emergencies at any time happen under the National Government, there could be no remedy but force. The means to be employed, must be proportioned to the extent of the mischief. If it should be a slight commotion in a small part of a State, the militia of the residue would be adequate to its suppression; and the natural presumption is, that they would be ready to do their duty. An insurrection, whatever may be its immediate cause, eventually endangers all Government: Regard to the public peace, if not to the rights of the Union, would engage the Citizens, to whom the contagion had not communicated itself, to oppose the insurgents: And if the General Government should be found in practice, conducive to the prosperity and felicity of the people, it were irrational to believe that they would be disinclined to its support.
If, on the contrary, the insurrection should pervade a whole State, or a principal part of it, the employment of a different kind of force, might become unavoidable. It appears that Massachusetts found it necessary to raise troops for repressing the disorders within that State; that Pennsylvania, from the mere apprehension of commotions among part of her Citizens, has thought proper to have recourse to the same measure. Suppose the State of New-York had been inclined to re-establish her lost jurisdiction over the inhabitants of Ver-
mont; could she have hoped for success in such an enterprise without the efforts of the militia alone? Would she not have been compelled to raise, and to maintain a more regular force for the execution of her design? If, it must then be admitted, that the necessity of recurring to a force, different from the militia, in cases of this extraordinary nature, is applicable to the State Governments themselves, why should the possibility, that the National Government might be under a like necessity in similar extremities, be made an objection to its existence? Is it not surprising, that men, who declare an attachment to the Union in the abstract, should urge, as an objection to the proposed Constitution, what applies with tenfold weight, to the plan for which they contend; and, what, as far as it has any foundation in truth, is an inevitable consequence of civil society, upon an enlarged scale? Who would not prefer that possibility, to the unceasing agitations and frequent revolutions, which are the continual scourges of petty Republics?
Let us pursue this examination in another light. Suppose, in lieu of one general system, two or three, or even four Confederacies were to be formed, would not the same difficulty oppose itself to the operations of either of those Confederacies? Would not each of them be exposed to the same casualties; and, when these happened, be obliged to have recourse to the same expedients for upholding its authority, which are objected to a Government for all the States? Would the militia, in this supposition, be more ready, or more able to support the Federal authority, than in the case of a General Union? All candid and intelligent men, must, upon due consideration, acknowledge, that the principal objection is equally applicable to either of the two cases; and, that, whether we have one Government for all the States, or different Governments for different parcels of them; or even if there should be an entire separation of the States, there might, sometimes, be a necessity to make use of a force, constituted differently from the militia, to preserve the peace of the Community, and to maintain the just authority of the laws, against those violent invasions of them, which amount to insurrections and rebellions.
Independent of all other reasonings upon the subject, it is a full answer to those who require a more peremptory provision against military establishments in time of peace, that the whole power of the proposed Government is to be in the hands of the Representatives of the people. This is the essential, and, after all, the only efficacious security for the rights and privileges of the people, which is attainable in civil society.
If the Representatives of the people betray their Constituents, there is then no source left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defence, which is paramount to all positive forms of Government; and which, against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success, than against those of the rulers of an individual State. In a single State, if the persons entrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions or districts, of which it consists, having no distinct Government in each, can take no regular measures for defence. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair. The usurpers, clothed with the forms of legal authority, can too often crush the opposition in embryo. The smaller the extent of territory, the more difficult will it be for the people to form a regular or systematic plan of opposition; and the more easy will it be to defeat their early efforts. Intelligence can be more speedily obtained of their preparations and movements; and the military force in the possession of the usurpers, can be more rapidly directed against the part where the opposition has begun. In this situation, there must be a peculiar coincidence of circumstances to ensure success to the popular resistance.
The obstacles to usurpation and the facilities of resistance increase with the increased extent of the State; provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them. The natural strength of the people in a large community, in proportion to the artificial strength of the Government, is greater than a small; and of course more competent to a struggle with the attempts of the Government to establish a tyranny. But in a Confederacy the people, without exaggeration, may be said to be entirely the masters of their own fate. Power being almost always the rival of power; the General Government will at all times stand ready to check the usurpations of the State Governments; and these will have the same disposition towards the General Government. The people, by throwing themselves into either scale, will infallibly make it preponderate. If their rights are invaded by either, they can make use of the other, as the instrument of redress. How wise will it be in them by cherishing the Union to preserve to themselves an advan-
* Its full efficacy will be examined hereafter.

tage which can never be too highly prized! It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the State Governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against invasions of the public liberty by the national authority. Projects of usurpation cannot be masked under pretences so likely to escape the penetration of select bodies of men as of the people at large. The Legislatures will have better means of information. They can discover the danger at a distance; and possessing all the organs of civil power and the confidence of the people, they can at once adopt a regular plan of opposition, in which they can combine all the resources of the community. They can readily communicate with each other in the different States; and unite their common forces for the protection of their common liberty.
The great extent of the country, is a further security. We have already experienced its utility against the attacks of a Foreign Power. And it would have precisely the same effect against the enterprizes of ambitious rulers in the National Councils. If the Federal Army should be able to quell the resistance of one State, the distant States would be able to make head with fresh forces. The advantages obtained in one place, must be abandoned to subdue the opposition in others; and the moment the part which had been reduced to submission, was left to itself, its efforts would be renewed, and its resistance revive.
We should recollect, that the extent of the military force must, at all events, be regulated by the resources of the country. For a long time to come, it will not be possible to maintain a large army; and as the means of doing this encrease, the population and natural strength of the community will proportionably encrease. When will the time arrive, that the Federal Government can raise and maintain an army, capable of erecting a despotism over the great body of the people of an immense Empire; who are in a situation, through the mediums of their State Governments, to take measures for their own defence, with all the celerity, regularity and system of independent Nations? The apprehension may be considered as a disease, for which, there can be found no cure in the resources of argument and reasoning.
PUBLIUS.
Proceedings of the General Court of New-Hampshire.
In the House of Representatives, December 11, 1787.
VOTED , That the proceedings of the Federal Convention, transmitted to the General Court by Congress, be submitted to a Convention to be chosen by the people, for their consideration and decision.
Voted , That four hundred copies of the Constitution, proposed by the Federal Convention, for the Government of the United States, be forthwith printed, and sent to the several towns in this State, as soon as may be.
Voted , that Mr. N. Peabody, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Wingate, Mr. Badger, Mr. Gove, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Copland, Mr. Whitcomb, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Baker, with such of the honorable Senate as they shall join, be a committee to consider what number the proposed Convention shall consist of, the mode of election, and time and place of meeting, and report thereon.
December 12.
The committee, appointed to consider what number the proposed Convention shall consist of, &c. reported, That the proposed Convention consist of the same number of delegates as the several towns and places are now entitled to send as representatives to the general Court, and to be chosen in the same manner, with this addition, that those towns which, by the present mode of representation, are not classed with any other town, nor entitled to send by themselves, may send one delegate from each town; that the qualifications of the delegates shall be the same as those required by the Constitution for representatives, excepting what is called the exclusion bill shall not have any effect in the choice of delegates; that the Convention meet at Exeter, on the second Wednesday of February next. Signed Ebenezer Thompson, for the committee. Which report, being read and considered, Voted , That it be received and accepted.
Voted , That the delegates to be chosen for the proposed Convention, have the same allowance for their trouble, as the members of the present General Court.
Voted , That Mr. Pickering, Mr. N. Peabody, and Mr. Simpson, with such of the honorable Senate as they shall join, be a committee to prepare a precept, or a resolve, to be sent to the several towns and districts in this State, for the choice of delegates to the State Convention to be held at Exeter, on the second Wednesday of February next, and lay the same before this house.
A RULLESQUE on GENEALOGY. [Translated from the French.]
Two men disputing one day upon their Genealogy, each of them pretended to
be better than the other. "You cannot (says one) compare yourself to me, who am of a thousand times better house than you." "You! (said the other) Had your father, like mine, the first post of the city!" "The first post of the city! (replied the first) was he Governor?" "No." "Was he Judge?" "No, not that yet." "What was he then?" continued the first. "Gate keeper (replied the second) is not that the first post of the city?" "Yes (said the other) but mine preceded the first men of the province; he went before the Dukes and Peers, and before the Marshals of France." "In virtue of what office?" "In virtue of his post," replied the other. "What was, then, that post?" said he. He was a Postillion, said the other. "If my father had taken care, we should have been rich, but he was a fool." "I grant that to be true (said the other) and I see clearly that his office is hereditary." "My father prevented that, (added the son of the Postillion) for before he was Postillion, he was a man of letters." "What call you a man of letters? (replied the son of the gate-keeper) was he Judge Advocate, or Counsellor?" "None of all those, (said the Postillion) he was runner to the Post-Office; call you not that a man of letters?" "True, (said the gate-keeper) but that does not prove the antiquity of your family; whereas I can trace mine farther back than five hundred years." "And I mine, (replies the other) more than eight hundred." That is nothing, (answered the gate-keeper) I can prove my family to have existed before the Deluge." "And I mine from Adam," said the Postillion. "And I mine before Adam," (said the gate-keeper). "You are in the right, (replied the other) the proof is very easy; for before Adam, there were no animals but brutes, and it is very certain that you are descended from them."
** The FEDERALIST, No. XXIX, is received.
For KINGSTON, Jamaica, To stop at PORT MORANT. The BRIG HECTOR, JOHN TUCKER, Master. WILL be ready to take in the list of this month, and sail with all convenient speed. For Freight or Passage apply to D. TUCKER, & Co. No. 202, Water-Street. Dec. 28. tf.
An Apprentice wanted to a Commander of a Vessel,
TRADING principally between New-York and the West-Indies. A smart active boy will meet with a good master, who will pay every necessary attention to him. Apply to the Printer. Dec. 28. tf.
TO BE SOLD, A New Store-House on Lupon's wharf, 16 by 36 feet, three stories high. It is built on a leased lot, nine years of which are unexpired. The proprietor has the privilege of adding one feet front to the building, which, at a small expence, might be converted into a genteel and commodious dwelling-house.
ALSO, TO BE SOLD, A NEGRO LAD, about 17 years of age. For further information enquire of FREDERICK GIRAUD, No. 1, corner of Anne-Street. Dec. 28. 8t. eod.
FIFTY THREE HOGSHEADS JAMES RIVER TOBACCO, ONE BALE OF NUTMEGS, THREE HUNDRED BARRELS FLOUR, To be landed This Day on Murray's and Marston's Wharf, for sale, by WILLIAM SETON, & Co. Dec. 27. 1787. 1w
For CHARLESTON. The SLOOP MARIA, William Elliot, Master. LYING at Bowne's Wharf. For freight or passage, apply to JOHN JACKSON, No. 78, Water-street, or to the Master on board. She will sail on the 6th January. Has good accommodations for Passengers. New-York, Dec. 27, 1787. ed.
By order of the Hon. John Sloss Hobart, Esq; one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of New-York: Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of Jonathan Douglass, an insolvent debtor, that they shew cause, if any they have, before the said Judge, at his chambers, situate in Crown-street, in the city of New-York, by Monday, the fourteenth day of January next, 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. Dated the 26th of December, 1787.
JONATHAN DOUGLASS. Petitioning Creditors. David Noble, Samuel Beach, by their attorney James Reed; William Grinding.
SALES at AUCTION, By Frederick Jay, THIS DAY, X o'clock, At No. 244, Queen-street, a variety of DRY GOODS.
AT PRIVATE SALE, A Gold repeating Watch, cost 30 guineas, A Gold Snuff Box, cost 12 guineas, A false Watch, entire gold, cost 10 guineas, A Tooth-pick Case, cost 15 guineas. Thirty Barrels Indian Meal. Fifty casks fresh imported Rice.
PUBLIC AUCTION, By Hugh Smith, THIS DAY, X o'clock, At No. 22, Wall-street, A seasonable assortment of DRY GOODS.
On TUESDAY next, the 1st of Jan. 1788, Will be PUBLISHED in this City, The American Magazine, A MONTHLY Publication.
CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Gen. Lincoln's letter on the ingrafting of trees, Anecdote of the Duke of Gordon, Advice to masons, and to husbands that have scolding wives, and wives that have peevish husbands, Principles of government and commerce, On bills of rights, Letter to Dr. Seton, accounting for the fortifications west of the Allegany, Abridgement of Smith's history of Virginia, On education, Letter from Jemima Lovecap, Floretta, or the fountains, Life of Sir Wm. Jones, Kt. True Blunt, on fashion, Anecdote of a tailor, Letter from Philander, on marriage, Dr. Dwight's Valedictory address, &c. Mr. Pope's letter to the Bishop of Rochester, Letter from G. Gumbleton, On softies, London review of Dr. Adams's defence.
P O E T R Y. Verses on the New Year, Lydia, The Virgin's first love, The seasons moralized, On a lady's drinking a glass with her fan, The rare adventures of Tom Brainless; shewing what his father said of him; how he went to college, and what he learned there; how he took his degrees and went to keeping school; how afterwards he became a great man and wore a wig, and how any body else may do the same, Invocation to the Nightingale, Foreign intelligence, American intelligence, Marriages and deaths. Subscriptions 20s. a year, 10s. for six months advanced. Subscriptions are taken by Mr. LOUDON, Messrs. BERRY and ROGERS, Mr. R. HODGE, Mr. S. CAMPBELL, and Mr. T. ALLEN, Booksellers. New-York, December 27, 1787.
To all LOVERS of MUSIC.
WHEREAS it is proposed by several musical Amateurs, to establish a musical society, both vocal and instrumental, in this city, those gentlemen who wish to patronize and encourage this undertaking, are requested to meet at the Charity School-room in John-street, No. 29, on Saturday evening, the 29th inst. to consider and adopt some fundamental rules for said society.
THE Public are informed, that the subscriber has removed his OFFICE to No. 66, WALL-STREET, his former place of residence. 24th Dec. 1787. W. COCK.
PURSUANT to an order made by Jeremiah Wool, Esq. Alderman, and one of the Judges of the Mayor's Court in and for the city and county of New-York, upon the petition of Garrit Van Bomel, an insolvent debtor, in conjunction with so many of his creditors as have debts owing to them by the said Garrit Van Bomel, amounting at least to three fourths of all the money owing by him: Notice is hereby given, by the petitioners to all the creditors of the said Garrit Van Bomel, that they be and appear before the said Judge, at his office in Broad-street, in said city, by the 9th day of January next, to shew cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the said Garrit Van Bomel's estate should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said Garrit Van Bomel discharged, pursuant to the directions of an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated this 19th day of December, 1787.
GARRIT VAN BOMEL. Petitioning Creditor. John Mauritius Goetschius, by Charles De Bevois, his Attorney. 3t
NOTICE is hereby given by the petitioning creditors of ISAAC VANDUZER, an insolvent debtor, to all the Creditors of said insolvent debtor, that they do appear before Benjamin Blagge, Esq. one of the Judges of the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, at his office in Beckman-street, on Monday the 31st inst. at 10 o'clock in the morning, to shew cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the estate of the said Isaac Vanduzer should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said Isaac Vanduzer be discharged, pursuant to the directions of an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated the 23rd of December, 1787. ISAAC VAN DUZER.
SALES at AUCTION
THIS DAY At the Coffee-House, at X o'clock 15 Casks Lisbon } W. he. 5 do. Malaga } 3 Chests Superfine Hylson T. 1 Set Mahogany Stuffed Back } Chairs And a very handsome Wilton C. Carpet.
To be had at PRIVATE SALE, Genuine Madeira Wine, in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks, of superior quality and fit for immediate use. Hylson and Souchong Tea, and a few casks bottled Porter, 6 for each, Kenton's best. A. L. BLECKER.
SALES at AUCTION, TO-MORROW, At Messrs. Peck and Hall's Ship-yard, Precisely at XII o'clock. Will be sold ten ton eleven feet live oak and cedar SHIP TIMBER. ROBERT HUNTER.
PUBLIC AUCTION, THIS DAY, precisely at X o'clock, At No. 221, Queen-street, An assortment of Hardware, Ironmongery and Cutlery. Particularly a great variety of elegant japanned ware.
At private Sale, cheap for cash, A variety of Linens, Silks, Calicoes, Muslins, Cambricks, Lawns, Point Blankets, white silk Stockings, and Carolina Indigo, London Mould Candles, Claret, in hogheads and bottles, men's white silk Stockings, and a few boxes best Hylson Tea, a few bbls. of Indigo, &c. JOHN RAMSAY.
SALES at AUCTION THIS DAY, X o'clock, At my Auction-Room, No. 14, Hanover-Square, A large and general assortment of Household and Kitchen Furniture. JAMES BARCLAY.
City of New-York, ss. PURSUANT to an order made by Benjamin Blagge, Esq. Alderman, and one of the Judges of the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, on the petition of WILLIAM CORWIN, an Insolvent Debtor, and a number of his Creditors whose demands together amount to three fourths in value of all his debts; Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of the said William Corwin, to shew cause, if any they have, before the said Alderman on Saturday the 29th inst. December, at his office in Beckman-street, why an assignment of the estate of the said William Corwin should not be made, and he thereupon discharged, pursuant to an act of the legislature, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated 22d December, 1787.
WILLIAM CORWIN. JAMES REED, Assignee. 3t
Just Published By M. CAREY, in Philadelphia, And now to be Sold By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York; (By whom Subscriptions are received) The AMERICAN MUSEUM, For NOVEMBER, 1787.
JUST PUBLISHED, The Columbian Magazine, For NOVEMBER, 1787. To be SOLD by BERRY & ROGERS, S. LOUDON, and R. HODGE. Dec. 28.
PORT WINE, Of a superior quality to any ever imported to this place. LANDING this Day at Cugart's wharf, out of the Brig St. Jeseude Villa Nova, from Oporto, for Sale by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. June 19th tf.
20Hhds. of St. Croix SUGAR For SALE, by JOZE ROIZ SILVA, at the Old-Slip. New-York, Nov. 5, 1787. tf
HUGH GAINE, At his Book-Store and Printing-Office, at the Bible in Hanover-Square, has for sale, ALL sorts of Writing Paper, Dutch and English, in any quantity, Ledgers, Day-Books and Journals, of every size, and best paper, Parchment of the best sort, by the roll, or single skin, Sealing-Wax, Wafers, and the best Quills and Pens, with Pounce, Shining-Sand, and almost every thing in the Stationary line. Likewise Bibles of almost every size, Testaments, Spelling-Books and Primers, young Man's Companion, School-Master's Assistant, young Clerk's Vade Mecum, Watts's Psalms, &c. with a very great variety of Books for country stores, Guthrie's and Saltonstall's Grammars, Sheridan's, Johnson's, Bailey's and Fenning's Dictionaries, Fisher's and Cocker's Arithmetics; a great variety of Novels, and School Books in Greek and Latin, with and without the annotations, Lenton's Abridgments in 5 vols. with a number of Reports and Queries by several eminent hands, Playing Cards by the dozen or single Pack; Turlington's Battle of Life, Anderson's and Hopper's Phil., British Owl, Ryan's Sugar Plumbs, and a few pounds of excellent Gun-Powder. Nov. 5. m w tf

FOR LONDON, The Ship Montgomery , James Bunyan, Master, Has good accommodations for passengers, and will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, at Hallett's wharf, or to William Seton and Co. No. 12, Hanover- square. tf Nov. 27.
FOR MADEIRA, The American BRIG  APOLLO , JAMES TYRE, Master. LYING at Hallett's wharf; a staunch, good vel- sel, well found, and accommodated; will sail in eight days, wind and weather permitting, and returns directly from Madeira to this port. Importers of Wines will find their interest in or- dering them by this vessel. They may not only have them brought at a low freight, but save con- siderably in duties and insurance. For Passage to Madeira, or Freight from thence, Apply to SHEDDEN, PATRICK, and Co. No. 206, Water-street. Dec. 13. tf.
FOR SALE, The Hull of the new BRIG  JOHN B. BURTHEN about 130 tons, a strong vessel, well built of the best materials, and of an easy draught of water. Apply to NICHOLAS LOW, Esq. No. 216, Wa- ter-street, or SHEDDEN, PATRICK, and Co. No. 206, Water-street. Dec. 13. tf.
FOR NEWY. The SHIP  MERCHANT , George Bunker, Master, And the SHIP  ANN and SUSAN , William Chevers, Master. THE former will sail on the 23d current, and the latter, early in January. For Freight or Passage in this ship, or Passage in the former, apply to their Masters, or Wm. NEILSON. Dec. 13. 2w.
FOR CHARLESTON, South-Carolina, The SHIP  BETSEY , Solomon Saltus, commander, WILL sail by the 10th of January. For Freight or Passage, (having elegant accom- modations) apply to the commander on board, at the new long wharf, below the Fly-Market, or to GEO. DOUGLASS, No. 14, Fly-Market,
Who has for Sale, 100 tierces New Rice, 100 boxes Castile Soap, 500 lb. Bees Wax, A quantity of superfine and common Flour in barrels and half barrels, A quantity of Ship Bread, 50 barrels Rye Meal, Cayenne and Jamaica Cotton, Hops in bags, Quebec patent Essence of Spruce, Bar Iron, 50 bbls. Middlings, 50 bbls. Ship Stuff, 20 bbls. Alewives, &c Dec. 24. tf
AN ACADEMY Is opened in Upper Salem, in the county of West- chester, and State of New-York, under the im- mediate inspection of Mr. Amzi Lewis, in a con- venient building prepared for that purpose, - where the learned Languages and all kinds of academical Literature will be accurately taught. The situation is pleasant and healthy. Decent lodgings for Students may be had in the neighbour- hood, on the most reasonable terms; and particu- lar care will be taken to furnish the School with every necessary accommodation. Those gentlemen who send their children to this Academy, may depend on their being treated with paternal tenderness, faithfully instructed in the va- rious branches of Science, and carefully inspected with regard to their moral deportment. As an institution of this kind has been much needed in this part of the country; it is hoped our design will meet with early encouragement, from the friends of Literature. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. Upper Salem, Dec. 8, 1787.
To the CREDITORS of BISSET WEEKS an Insolvent Debtor, NOTICE is hereby given, that a General Meeting, of all such Creditors as shall choose to attend, will be held, on the 11th day of January next, at 5 o'clock in the af- ternoon, at the house of William Marmion, in Nassau- street, to examine and ascertain the debts due to each Credi- tor; and that the next day we will proceed to make a division of all the monies which shall come to our hands of the Debtor's Estate. WHITE MATLACK, Assignees W. ALEXANDER, New-York, Oct. 12, 1787. F 3m.
THIS DAY is Published & to be Sold,  The Universalist, In SEVEN LETTERS to AMYNOR. By WM. PITT SMITH. The Subscribers will be supplied with their Copies only by the Printer hereof. The book will likewise be sold at the Stores of Messrs. London, Hodge, Allen and Campbell.
** The Printer having obtain- ed a Copy of some OBSERVA- TIONS made in the late FEDE- RAL CONVENTION, by a Mem- ber of that Body, the Public may be furnished with them at the printing-office. - Price 2s.
THOMAS BURLING, CABINET and CHAIR-MAKER, At the Sign of the Chair, near the Chapel, in Beck- man-street, formerly Chapel-street. ACKNOWLEDGES the many favors received from his friends and the public, and would wish to inform them that he has opened a Ware-Room of MAHOGANY and other FURNITURE, on a more ex- tensive plan than heretofore; and for the conveni- ence of strangers and others, who may resort to, or settle in this city, he means to keep an assortment where they may be supplied on the shortest notice; for it must hurt the feelings of every citizen to ob- serve the daily impressions strangers are liable to, in purchasing new furniture at these public vendues. He served his time with Samuel Prince, a conspi- cuous character in his way, and esteemed one of the best workmen in this city; and as he has laid in a stock of the best Mahogany and other Wood, and means to employ the best hands, and sell his work at the lowest rate good work falls at, he flatters himself with being able to give satisfaction to his customers. Bed Chairs for the sick having been much wanted in this city, said Burling has provided some to let. Nov. 10. tf.
Dr. RYAN's incomparable Worm destroying  SUGAR PLUMBS, Highly necessary to be kept in all Families, SO exceedingly valued by all people who have had of them in Great-Britain and Ireland, for their transcendent excellency in the destroying Worms of all kinds, both in the bodies of men, women, and children, by not only breaking the knots in the du- odenum, or gut next the stomach, but they pass through the smallest passages of the body, and purge away thoseropy and slimy humours which are the cause of those pernicious vermin, and the source of many other disorders. They are one of the best purges in the whole world for gross-bodied children that are apt to breed worms, and have large bellies; their operation is mild, safe, and pleasant; they wonderfully cleanse the bowels of all it; and clam- my humours which stop up the pores, and prevent the juice of food from being conveyed to the liver and made blood, which is often the case with children, and is attended with a hard belly, stinking breath, frequent fevers, rickets, and a decay of strength, in the lower parts; likewise settled aches and pains in the head, swellings, old sores, scabs, tetter, or breaking out, will be perfectly cured, and the blood and skin restored to its original purity and smoo- thness; they purge by urine, and bring away the gra- vel, and effectually cure all obstructions of the urine, or ulcers in the kidneys. They at once strike at the true cause of the scurvy, and entirely destroy it, and all scorbutic humours and effects, root and branch, so as never to return again; and what makes them more commendable is, they are full as agreeable to both taste and sight, as loaf sugar; and in their operation, as innocent as new milk. I have by these plumbs cured a great many chil- dren of a whooping or chin-coughs, and agues, which distempers are very common and troublesome to fa- milies, and the want of these plumbs are the ruin of many children's constitutions. These plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole mass of blood, carry off all gross, corrupt, and putrid hu- mours, and create a fresh and healthy complexion in such as are affected in any putrid matter. The plumb is a great diuretick, cleaning the reins of slime; it expels wind, and is a sovereign medi- cine in the cholick and griping of the guts; it allays and carries off four vapours, which occasion many disorders in the head; it opens all obstructions in the stomach, liver, reins, and bladder, cau- ses a good appetite, and helps digestion. It has been found wonderfully successful in such persons as are going into chronic distempers, as asthma, pituitous, or shortness of breath, dropsies and yel- low jaundice. Now I hope all impartial persons are satisfied that the medicine which works upon such humours, will almost reach any distemper, if not too far gone, since corruption and putrefaction are the forerunners of all distempers; therefore, no better physic can be taken for all ages, sexes, and consti- tutions, from infancy to an old age. These plumbs are highly serviceable to the female sex, from the age of 14 to 20, and from 40 to 50. Each box con- tains one dozen of these plumbs. - Price Eight Shil- lings, with directions. Sold by H. GAINE, at his Book-store and Printing-Office, in Hanover-Square, Diagnostick signs of Worms.
PALENESS in the face, itching of the nose, hol- lowness of the eyes, grating of the teeth when asleep, dulness, pains and heaviness in the head, a dry cough, itching in the fundament, white and thick urine, unquiet sleep, often starting, loss appe- tite, swelled belly, knawing and biting about the stomach, frightful dreams, extreme thirst, the bo- dy decayed and lean, fits, often vomiting, stinking breath, &c.
Directions for taking them. A Child from 1 to 2 years may eat one plumb, from 2 to 4 one and a half, from 4 to 6 two, from 6 to 8 two and a half, from 8 to 12 three, from 12 to 15, and all above that age may eat four plumbs, one hour or two before up-rising, not to drink during that time, but afterwards drink warm tea, whey, or water gruel; in taking the patient must stay 2 or 3 days betwixt each dose. In ages, the same quantity must be taken, 2, 3, or 4 hours before the fits come on, and be repeated three times. In whooping or chin-coughs, give the quantity above-mentioned. June 1. 3w. tf.
LOST YESTERDAY Morning about 11 o'clock, between St. Paul's and the Tea-wa- ter Pump, a brown Flute Stick, mounted with an ebony head, on the top of which was a white ivory plate; the head is made so as to be screwed off, and in the inside a loose key to fix on the flute, which made it a complete instrument for playing upon; the lower end is mounted with a brass fer- ril. The stick was made in Philadelphia, by a Mr. Anthony, whose name stands on it a little above the mouth-hole. Who- ever has picked it up, and will bring it to No. 33. Broad-way, opposite St. Paul's church, shall receive a reasonable reward. New-York, Dec. 21. tf.
C A S H, And the HIGHEST PRICES given, for all kinds of CONTINENTAL and STATE SECURITIES, PARTICULARLY Bancker's, Barber's, Burrall's, Pierce's and Walker's NOTES and FACILI- TIES, at No. 40, Wall-street, four doors from the corner of Queen-street; Where are for sale, Excellent old MADEIRA WINE, in pipes or quar- ter-casks, BEEF, PORK, and BAR IRON. July 24,
To the Curious. To be seen at Mr. Stevens's Livery Stables, Wall-street, near Pitt's Statue,  Two CAMELS, MALE and female; lately imported from Ara- bia. These stupendous animals are most deserving the attention of the curious, being the greatest natural curiosities ever exhibited to the pub- lic on this continent. They are 18 hands high, have necks three feet eight inches long, a large hump upon their back, and another under their breast, in the form of a pedestal, on which they sup- port themselves when lying down; they have four joints in their hind legs, and they will travel twelve or fourteen days without drinking, and carry a bur- then of fifteen hundred weight; they are remarkably harmless and docile, and will lie down and rise at command. Price of admittance one shilling for gentlemen and ladies, and six-pence for children. Dec. 3. tf.
Fifty Pounds Reward. A BURGLARY and ROBBERY. TO all honest and well disposed people: This is to give notice, that the subscriber being in pub- lic office, as collector of the township of Anghquack- neck, in the county of Essex, and State of New-Jer- sey; - his dwelling-house was burnt and violently broke open on the night of the 30th of November, 1787, by a set of armed ruffians, who put the subscri- ber and his family in great terror and danger of their lives; and after treating him with much insolence, robbed him of a large sum of money, in gold, sil- ver and paper currency, belonging to the public and the subscriber, as also one silver tea-pot marked PH, one silver sugar-dish unmarked, one silver milk-pot unmarked, twelve silver table-spoons marked PH, four silver tea-spoons unmarked, one sil- ver watch, a small piece of the face broke out, with a silver chain and silver seal engraved with the let- ters R.M.W. one silver snuff-box marked on the fore part of it M.B. one pair silver knee-buckles, and one silver stock-buckle; as also four gold rings, and one gold locket, used for women's beads; together with sundry other articles belonging to the subscriber. It is earnestly hoped, that all honest and well dispo- sed people will use their best endeavors to apprehend the said robbers, so that they may be brought to jus- tice: And the subscriber hereby engages to pay the above reward to any person or persons, who will ap- prehend all or either of the said robbers, so that they be convicted of the said robbery, and he recover his lost property, or twenty-five pounds for the said rob- bers, or either of them, on conviction, together with all reasonable charges at ending the appre- hending and bringing to justice, all or either of the said robbers. HESSEL PETERSE. Wenzel, Essex County, Dec. 4, 1787. tf.
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, the corner of King and Queen-streets, A large and choice  Collection of BOOKS; Among which are, 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, Whitch's commentary, Blair's, Carr's, Erskine's, Boston's, Willison's, Atterbury's, &c. sermons; Nelson's festivals, Cullen's, Duncan's, and Hoffman's practice of physic; Van Swieten's commentaries, 18 vols. Boerhaave's aphorisms, 6 vols. Smellie, and Hamilton's midwifery; Leake on the diseases of women, 2 vols. Quincy's medical lexicon, Four- croy's chemistry, &c. Ainsworth's, Young's, Cole's, and Entick's latin dictionaries; Davidson's Virgil and Horace; Duncan's Cicero, Kent's Lucian, Clark's Cæsar, Homer, Nepos, Eutropius, Erasmus, and introduction; Simpson's fluxions, and Euclid; Hammond's algebra, Stone's Euclid; Love's fu- ny, ing, Guthrie's and Salmon's geographical gram- mars; Johnson's, Sheridan's, Ashes, Dycke's, Bailey's, Scott's, Perry's, and Entick's dictionaries; Bennet's christian oratory, Scott on elocution, elegant extracts in verse, do. in prose, Lord Little- ton's letters, Klopstock's Messiah, Hutton's men- suration, Hawney's measurer.
Besides the above, a great variety, consisting of History, Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Physic, Surgery, Agriculture, Nautical Books, Dictionaries, Archi- tecture, Novels, Miscellanies, Plays, &c. Also, an excellent Assortment of  STATIONARY, viz. Genuine Writing Paper, of different sizes and prices; Ledgers, Journals, Waste, Letter, and Blank Books of all sizes; Receipt Books, Bonnet and Wrapping Paper, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Quills, Slates, lead and slate Pencils, Penknives, elegant Shoe Buckles, Message Cards, &c. &c. ** Commisions from the Country thankfully received, and carefully executed. Nov. 24. tf.
Just Published, And to be SOLD by  SAMUEL CAMPBELL, (Price FIVE SHILLINGS) Sixteen SERMONS, on important subjects, By JAMES MUIR, A.M. Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Bermuda. THESE Sermons have been published under the inspection of the Rev. Dr. Witherspoon, of Princeton; who warmly recommends them to the perusal of all serious christians. Likewise. (Price TWO SHILLINGS) Dr. Witherspoon's ADDRESS On the day of Commencement, to the Senior Class, who were to receive the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: Containing the best system of Directions to Young Men, for the Government of their Lives, perhaps ever published in the English language. 59.
TO BE SOLD By GEORGE DOUGLASS, No. 14, Fly-Market; ONE hundred barrels Pulled Sophia superfine Flour, 150 do. common do. 50 half barrels do. do. 3000 lb. Cayenne and Hispaniola Cotton, 8 cwt. Hops, 100 barrels Ship-bread, Pork in barrels, Bar Iron, Old Jamaica Spirits in hds. Dec. 4. tf.
To be Let until the first of May, THAT pleasantly situated HOUSE, No. 13, cor- ner of Beekman and William-street; For particulars, apply at the premises. tf Oct. 27.
For SALE by AUCTION, By Viner Van Zandt, At the Coffee-House, On Tuesday the 15th day of January, 1788, THAT very capital modern built DWEL- LING HOUSE three stories high, si- tuated in Princess-street, late in the posses- sion of Dominic Lynch, Esq. and now oc- cupied by Mr. Simeon Nathan, containing nine fire places, and a spacious hall there is on the same, a spacious store house two stories, coach house and stables for four hor- ses, &c. a well of excellent water and pump. Also, a cistern, together with a large plot of ground now laid out as a garden, with an elegant summer house in the rear. The situation is undeniably a good one the premises in good repair; were erected on a judicious plan, well calculated for the ease and comfort of the inhabitants; and when it is recollected that the House and designed as the residence of the builder, it may be fairly presumed that it is substan- tially and well built; the Compting House and rooms are fitted with peculiar neatness; and on the whole, few houses are better adapted for a town residence. The premi- ses may be viewed preceding the day of sale, with the leave of the tenant; a plan of the ground may be seen, and further parti- culs known of VINER VAN ZANDT, No. 202, Water-street.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, according to an act of the Governor, Council and General As- sembly of the late colony of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March, 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registering of mortgages, and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," that on the 12th day of May next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold at the Coffee-House, in the city of New-York, to the highest bidder, all that certain Lot, or piece of GROUND, situated, lying and being in the South-ward of the city of New- York, and fronting the street formerly called B. ridge- street, and being bounded on the westerly side by the ground now or late of Isaac Depew after, and on the easterly side by the ground now or late of the heirs of Francis Sylvester, deceased, and in the rear by the lot of ground now or late belonging to Thomas and Elizabeth Hunt; the said Lot containing in breadth in front and rear, 24 feet 9 inches, and in length on both sides, 61 feet 6 inches, with the ap- purtenances; which said premises were by inden- ture, bearing date the 25th day of March, 1768, mortgaged by Jane Durham, of the city of New- York, widow to John Leake, for securing the pay- ment of three hundred and twenty-one pounds, with lawful interest for the same. The conditions will be made known on the day of sale, and title given by the subscriber. JOHN LEAKE. New-York, Nov. 9, 1787. 6m f
FENCING SCHOOL. M. VILLETTE has the honor to inform the gen- tlemen of this city, that he has opened his School on Golden-hill, No. 37, where that noble art will be taught, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from ten o'clock, A. M. until two. ** An EVENING SCHOOL is opened for the accommodation of such gentlemen, as cannot make it convenient to attend in the day. M. VILLETTE has likewise opened a FRENCH Evening School, from six to eight, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gentlemen desiring to be taught at their lodg- ings, will be waited upon in those hours that will not interfere with his school hours.
CABLES of any length, and CORDAGE of all sizes, made of Peterburg Hemp, first quality, To be had at the Subscriber's Rope-walk, or at his Store, between Fly-market-Street and Building- slip, on the very lowest terms. Cables spliced with the addition of any length required; Cables or Cordage of any size reduced into yarn, and made into Rope to any dimensions, at a very small expence, by HEZEKIAH IVERS, Rope-Maker. July 25th, 1787. tf.
Genteel ROOMS To be had, furnished or unfurnished, in a plea- sant part of the city, with or without board; also a good front Room for a store or an office. Enquire of the Printer. tm Dec. 8.
A GENTLEMAN LATELY arrived from Ireland, bred in Trinity College, Dublin, experienced some years in the education of youth, and in the course of his practice, has fitted many young gentlemen for that university, in the Greek, Latin and English Lan- guages, Logic, Rhetoric, Natural Philosophy, Hi- story, Geography, &c. can bear the strictest testi- mony as to his character and his abilities in his pro- fession. Any gentleman who may favor him with his commands, by addressing a few lines to G. H. S. at the Printer's of the Daily Advertiser, or at Mr. McCormick's, No. 11, Cruger's wharf, shall be particularly attended to. N. B. He will engage to fit any boy of ap- proved abilities for any college in less than four years, and can have many to certify he has already done it. Dec. 8, 1787.
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