The New-York packet (New York [N.Y.]), 1787-07-13 00:00:00

The New-York Packet.
TROS TYRIUSQUE NOBIS NULLO DISCRIMINE AGETUR. Virg.
F R I D A Y, J U L Y 13, 1787.
[Nº 714.]
ASSIZE OF BREAD. A Wheaten Loaf, of fine Flour to weigh 2lb. 4oz. for six pence: a loaf of Rye Flour to weigh 1lb. 2oz. for three pence.
H I G H - W A T E R. Monday 52 Min. after 10 Tuesday 40 Min. after 11 Wednesday 28 Min. after M Thursday 16 Min. after 1
PRICE-CURRENT, in NEW-YORK. 1 Wheat per bushel, 3s. at 8f. 2d. West-India Rum, 3s. 9d. Beef, per barrel, 60s. 6d. 2 Indian Corn, 4s. at 4f. 3d. Muscovado Sugar, 50s. at 70f. od. Pork, 8s. 6d. 3 Flour, common 40s. superf. 46s. per b. Single refined do. 1s. 2d. Fine Salt, 2s. od. Brown Bread, 20s. od. Molasses, 1s. 11d. at 2s. Rock Salt, 7s. to 8s. 6d.
THE warm and cold baths on the North river, the foot of Crown-street; those that want to use the WARM BATH, will be pleased to give one hour's notice to the keeper of the baths. 2 9 3m HENRY LUDLAM.
FOR SALE, By DAVID GELSTON, No. 52, Water-street. A Quantity Spermaceti oil and whale bone, Beef and pork, 200 barrels herrings, Linseed oil, Beef hams, Gun powder, Rum, sugar, Indigo, Pipes, Brimstone, Bar iron, &c.
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony (now State) of New-York, entitled "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for the securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed on the 19th day of March 1774, that on Friday the fourteenth day of September next ensuing the date hereof, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, WILL BE SOLD at public auction or vendue, at the merchants Coffee-House in the city of New-York, the fee-simple of all that certain dwelling house and lot of ground in a certain indurement of mortgage herein after mentioned particularly, described as follows, to wit: All that certain dwelling house and lot of ground, situate, lying and being within the city of New-York aforesaid, in Montgomery Ward of the same city, on the north side of a certain street commonly called & known by the name of Gold Street; bounded westerly to the house and ground of Robert White, northerly by ground late of Geesie Vander Clift, deceased, easterly to the houses and ground late of Nicholas Kortright, deceased, and southerly by said Gold Street; containing in breadth, in front to said Gold Street and in the rear at each end twenty-three feet and an half, and in length on each side forty-five feet, all English measure. Together with all and singular the edifices, buildings, fences, waters, water-courses, easements, profits, commodities, advantages, emoluments and hereditaments whatsoever to the said dwelling house and lot, piece, or parcel of ground belonging or in any wise appertaining; which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises duly made and executed by Elijah Miller of the city of New-York, Ship-Wright, and Rebecca his wife to Mary Strange of the said city, widow, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth days of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two, with a power to sell therein contained, for the better and more effectual securing the payment of the sum of 125 pounds, current money of New-York, with lawful interest for the same, according to the condition of a certain bond or obligation bearing date the said twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two, and executed by the said Elijah Miller to the said Mary Strange. Deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser or purchasers pursuant to the said power, by MARY STRANGE. New-York, March 9. 1787. 2 78 52
THIS DAY PUBLISHED, And to be sold by the Printers hereof, (In a neat bound and lettered pocket volume) (Price 6s.)
THE UNIVERSALIST. In Seven Letters to Amyntor. In adamant chains shall death be bound, And hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound— The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away, But fix'd his word, his saving power remains, Thy realm forever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns.
Board of Treasury of the United States, May 17th, 1787. The United States in Congress having directed the Commissioners of this Board, to take the most effectual measures, for settling the accounts of the secret and commercial Committees of Congress.
Notice is hereby given, THAT the accounts of the said Committees, having been arranged, as far as the materials furnished by the respective parties, will enable them to proceed in that business; it has become necessary to adopt immediate measures for closing these transactions. All persons therefore, who have received public money from the general Treasury, in pursuance of engagements entered into with the secret and commercial Committees of Congress, and who have not accounted for the same, are hereby required, to render and adjust their respective accounts within three months, computed from the present date; at the expiration of which time, proceeds will be commenced against such as neglect this notice. 2 98 3m
SAMUEL OSGOOD, WALTER LIVINGSTON, } Commis- ARTHUR LEE, } sioners.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, the Council and the General Assembly of the late colony, now State of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, entitled, "an act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates;" that on Thursday the first day of November next, will be sold at the merchants Coffee-house in the city of New-York, to the highest bidder, the fee simple of all that certain farm or tract of land, which Joseph Harris, late of Dutchess county, formerly possessed, lying within the said county of Dutchess, in the patent commonly known by the name of the Nine-Partners, being bounded as follows; beginning at a black oak tree, it being the northeast corner of Job Meeks's farm, the north-west corner of Jeremiah Conklen's farm, and the southeast corner of the said Joseph Harris's farm, from thence the line runs north thirteen degrees, west to the farm, now or late in the occupation of Richard Gray, being the south line of the Little Nine-Partners, from thence the line runs west on the south line of the said Little Nine-Partners, to the northwest corner of said farm, and the northwest corner of Amenia Precinct, from thence south thirteen degrees east to a walnut sapling, it being the northwest corner of the farm, now or late of Moses Harris, from thence east to the first mentioned bounds; containing eight hundred and sixty-three acres and twenty rods of land, with the buildings, rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders thereof; which sale will be made by virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the twenty-first and twenty-second days of November, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, for securing the payment of one thousand pounds (with a power of sale therein contained) from Brinton Paine of Dutchess county, Esq. to Augustus Van Cortlandt. Deeds of conveyance after the sale will be executed to the purchaser pursuant to the said power by AUGUSTUS VAN CORTLANDT. April the 16th 1787. 2 89 6m
Public Securities. CASH and the highest price given for all kinds of PUBLIC SECURITIES. PARTICULARLY Final Settlement Certificates, Facilities, Nourse's, Pickering's, Bancker's and Barber's NOTES. Apply at No. 40, Wall-street, four doors from the corner of Queen-street. 2 700 6m
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774. That on Tuesday the 4th day of December next ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at Public Auction upon the premises, the fee simple of a Lot of Ground in a certain indurement of mortgage, made between Stephen Sayre, of the city of New-York, in the State of New-York, Esq. of the one part, and Peter Stuyvesant of the same city, Esq. of the other part, described as follows, to wit: All that certain lot of ground situated in the north ward of the said city of New-York, being distinguished as lot No. 7, in a partition made on the 3d day of January, in the year of Lord, 1718, between Abraham De Peyster and Samuel Bayard, and is bounded as follows, to wit; southeasterly in front by Wall-street, southeasterly by lot No. 6, formerly occupied by Lewis Pintard, northeasterly in the rear by ground formerly occupied by James Nevens, and northwesterly by lot No. 8, formerly the property and in the possession of Nicholas Bayard, and contains in breadth, in front and in the rear 25 feet, and in length on each side 122 feet, being the lot of ground granted to Nicholas W. Stuyvesant, by two deeds, the one executed by John Cruger, Philip Livingston and nine others, on the 6th of February 1773, and the other by Philip V. Cortlandt, on the 15th day of April 1762, together with all and singular the buildings, passages, lights, easements and all other privileges, profits, commodities, emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said lot of ground and premises, or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining; which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises by indenture of lease and release, bearing date 31st day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1781, and 1st day of January, 1782, (with a power to sell therein contained) from the said Stephen Sayre to the said Peter Stuyvesant; and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser, pursuant to the said power, by P. STUYVESANT. New-York, May 22, 1787. 2 700 6m
THE partnership of Fell and Graham, being this day dissolved by mutual consent; all persons having any demands against them, will please to call at their Store, No. 2. Cruger's-wharf, for payment; and all those indebted to them, are requested speedily to discharge their accounts. The business in future, will be carried on by John Graham, who has for Sale, a quantity of West-India Goods, Teas, Brandy, Wine, &c. &c. Also, a quantity of fresh Flour, Beef and Pork in barrels, Butter in firkins, a few salt peter Hams, &c. July 2, 1787. 12
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1787.  P R E S E N T, The Hon. Robt. R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery.
Abraham Lott, Complainant. vs. Timothy Cattles, Defendant.  FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court, that a bill hath been filed therein, by Abraham Lott, complainant, against Timothy Cattles, defendant, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said defendant, Timothy Cattles, to the complainant, whereupon process of subpoena to appear and answer hath been duly issued and returned; and that the said defendant, Timothy Cattles, hath not entered his appearance in this suit, as according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered, in case the said process had been duly served, and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said defendant, Timothy Cattles, is withdrawn out of this State, or could not upon due enquiry, be found within the same, so as to be served with the said process, which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause. Whereupon it is ordered, on motion of Mr. William S. Livingston, of counsel for the complainant, that the defendant, Timothy Cattles, appear to the said bill, on or before the first day of next term; and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said premises, or such part thereof, as to this Court shall appear just and right: And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in at least, two of the public news-papers printed in the city of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively.
Extract from the minutes. 2 99 16 W. COCK, Register.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1787.  P R E S E N T, The Hon. Robt. R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery.
Abraham Lott, Complainant. vs. Benajah Strong, Defendant.  FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court, that a bill hath been filed therein, by Abraham Lott, complainant, against Benajah Strong, defendant, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said defendant, to the said complainant, whereupon process of subpoena to appear and answer hath been duly issued and returned; and that the said defendant, Benajah Strong, hath not entered his appearance in this suit, as according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered in case the said process had been duly served, and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said defendant, Benajah Strong, is withdrawn out of this State, or could not upon due enquiry, be found within the same, so as to be served with the said process, which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause: Whereupon it is ordered, on motion of Mr. William S. Livingston, of counsel for the complainant, that the said defendant, Benajah Strong, appear to the said bill, on or before the first day of next term, and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said mortgaged premises, or such part thereof as to this Court shall appear just and right: And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in at least, two of the public news-papers, printed in the city of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively.
Extract from the minutes. May 16, 1787. 2 99 16 W. COCK, Register.
THE partnership of J. and L. Bleecker, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, all persons who have any demands against them, will call at the office of Leonard Bleecker, No. 186, Water-street, for payment, and those indebted to them, are requested speedily to discharge their accounts as they wish to close their books. N. B. The certificate business is still pursued by them in a separate manner, viz. by John Bleecker at his office No. 108, Queen-street, and by Leonard Bleecker at the late office of J. and L. Bleecker No. 186, Water-street. Now-York, May 7, 1787. 95
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1787.  P R E S E N T, The Hon. Robt. R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery.
Abraham Lott, Complainant. vs. Samuel Tuttle, Defendant.  FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court, that a bill hath been filed therein, by Abraham Lott, complainant, against Samuel Tuttle, defendant, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said defendant to the said complainant; whereupon process of subpoena to appear and answer hath been duly issued and returned; and that the said defendant hath not entered his appearance in this suit as according to the rules of this Court the same ought to have been entered in case the same process had been duly served, and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said defendant, Samuel Tuttle, hath withdrawn himself out of this State, or could not upon due enquiry be found within the same so as to be served with the said process which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause: Whereupon it is ordered, on motion of Mr. William S. Livingston, of counsel for the complainant, that the said defendant, Samuel Tuttle, appear to the said bill, on or before the first day of next term, and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said mortgaged premises, or such part thereof as to this Court shall appear just and right: And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in at least, two of the public news-papers printed in the city of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively.
Extract from the minutes. 2 99 16 W. COCK, Register.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1787.  P R E S E N T, The Hon. Robt. R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In Chancery.
Abraham Lott, Complainant. vs. Elijah Hurd, Defendant.  FORASMUCH as it appears unto this Court, that a bill hath been filed therein, by Abraham Lott, complainant, against Elijah Hurd, defendant, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said Elijah Hurd, to the said Abraham Lott, whereupon process of subpoena to appear and answer hath been duly issued and returned; and that the said defendant hath not caused his appearance to be entered in this suit, as according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered in case the said process had been duly served, and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said defendant, Elijah Hurd, is withdrawn out of this State, or could not upon due enquiry, be found within the same, so as to be served with the said process which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause: Whereupon it is ordered, on motion of Mr. William S. Livingston, of counsel for the complainant, that the defendant, Elijah Hurd, appear to the said bill, on or before the first day of next term, and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said premises, or so much thereof, as to this Court shall appear just and right: And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in at least, two of the public news-papers printed in the city of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively.
Extract from the minutes. May 16, 1787. 2 99 16 W. COCK, Register.
FOR SALE, The House and Lot of Ground, No. 41. Roosevelt-street, now in the occupation of Captain Peter Wynkoop: The house is commodious, two stories high, four rooms with fire places, and two bed rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen. The lot is 25 feet in front and rear, and 100 feet in length. Also, a Lot of Ground bounded front on Fair Street, and on the rear on Ann-street, 25 feet wide front and rear, and 116 feet in length, on which is a small dwelling-house and stable. For terms apply to DAVID WOLFE, No. 13, Fair-street. 3

THAT all persons concerned in the execution of the following Law, may be informed of their duty, the Mayor of this city hath directed it to be published in the several newspapers of this city.
"An Act to prevent the bringing in and spreading of infectious distempers in this State," passed the 4th May, 1784.
Whereas the ports of this State are now open to vessels coming from any foreign parts, by means whereof many infectious distempers may be brought into this State; in order as much as possible to prevent the same,
Be it enacted by the people of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all vessels of whatever kind they may be, having on board any person or persons infected with the yellow fever, or any other contagious distemper, or coming from any place infected with such contagious distempers, shall not come into any of the ports or harbours of this State, or nearer to the city of New-York than the island commonly called Bedlow's island, and shall be obliged to perform quarantine there, or in such other place, and for such time, and in such manner, as the Governor or person administering the government for the time being, or in his absence, from the said city, as the Mayor thereof shall think proper to direct and appoint; and that during the time of such quarantine, no person or persons whatsoever, nor any goods or merchandise whatsoever coming or imported into such vessels shall come or be brought on shore, unloaded or be put on board of any other vessel within this State, or the neighbouring States of New-Jersey or Connecticut, until such vessel, persons, goods, and merchandise shall respectively be discharged from such quarantine, by an order from the Governor or person administering the government for the time being, or in his absence from the said city from the Mayor thereof; and all masters or commanders of such vessels, and all others who shall presume to put on shore, unload or put on board any other vessel as aforesaid, any persons, goods or merchandise, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, having first had notice thereof, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred pounds current money of this State.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several Branch Pilots, and their respective deputies, belonging to this State, shall use their utmost endeavours to hail every vessel coming into this State from sea, and shall ask and demand of the master or commander of every such vessel, whether he has on board any person or persons sick or infected with the yellow fever, or any other contagious distemper, or whether such vessel comes from any place where infectious distempers prevail, and being answered in the affirmative, shall immediately give notice to the commander of such vessel of the penalty aforesaid, and forbid his going any further with his vessel than Bedlow's island, and that he is to anchor his vessel there until he shall have further directions from the Governor or person administering the government for the time being, or in his absence from the said city, from the Mayor thereof; and shall also forbid such commander from putting on shore any person who belonged to, or performed the voyage in such vessel, and from unloading or putting on board any other vessel, any person or persons, or goods and merchandise out of his said vessel, under the penalty aforesaid; and any Branch Pilot or such deputy, neglecting his duty therein, shall respectively forfeit the sum of fifty pounds for every offence; and if any person or persons shall come on shore from such vessel (unless first permitted and licenced by the Governor or person administering the government for the time being, or in his absence from the said city, by the Mayor aforesaid) it shall and may be lawful to use all necessary force and constraint to compel such person or persons to return on board the said vessel, or to dispose of him or them in some suitable place, in order to prevent the infection from spreading.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the commander of any vessel, having any person or persons on board, sick or languishing under any of the aforesaid distempers, or coming from any place infected therewith, shall not make a true discovery thereof, when thereupon required as aforesaid, such commander shall forfeit the sum of two hundred pounds for every such offence; and the Governor or person administering the government for the time being, is hereby authorised and empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of Appointment, to appoint a Physician to inspect all vessels, which may have on board any person or persons infected with a contagious distemper; and it shall and may be lawful to and for such Physician, and he is hereby authorised and required to enter on board all and every vessel and vessels coming into this State under the circumstances aforesaid, and there to make strict search, examination and enquiry into the health, state and condition of the master, passengers and mariners of such vessels respectively, and to report his discovery and opinion thereupon, without delay, to the Governor or person administering the government for the time being, or in his absence from the city of New-York, to the Mayor of the said city; and if any person or persons whomsoever, shall presume to hinder or obstruct the said Physician in performing the duties required of him by this act, such offender shall forfeit for every such offence the like penalty of two hundred pounds lawful money aforesaid; and the said Physician shall be entitled to, and shall receive from the commander of every vessel to be visited by him in pursuance of this act, the sum of twenty-eight shillings for his service in making such examination, and reporting thereupon.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be, and is hereby made the duty of the Master and Wardens of the port of New-York, to give their utmost aid and assistance in carrying this law into effect, and in their own names to sue and prosecute for all the penalties, which shall arise, accrue or become forfeited, by virtue of this act; and to apply the same for the use and support of the Light-house established at Sandy-Hook for the security of commerce.
FOREIGN ADVICES.
L O N D O N, April 20. Letters from Landshuth, a considerable city in Lower Bavaria, mention the establishment there of a kind of inquisition, which at this day of general toleration, may be looked upon as a phenomenon.
The Missionaries appointed by that bloody tribunal not only ransack the houses in search of immoral books, but summon before them, and punish in an arbitrary manner, every one whom they suspect of holding any opinions contrary to the established religion. It is devoutly to be wished so cruel a monster may be crushed in its very cradle.
A most remarkable story is now current at Portsmouth, and which at the same time is told, upon what they call indisputable authority; that is the authority of the persons themselves—Dr. Meggs, a physician in considerable practice, had occasion to attend a family in the Isle of Wight.—Being detained until a late hour, he took a bed at the house; but after tumbling about for some hours, he rose, and rung up the servants—he told them he had tried in vain to sleep, but that his imagination was haunted with the idea that his wife and child was murdered. No persuasions could prevail on him to stay. He set off.—It was a blowing night, and it was with great difficulty that he could procure the boatman to take him over. He however arrived and knocked at his door. His wife opened it. He eagerly enquired if all was well.—If the child was safe—and why she had opened the door? She said the child was perfectly well; and she had opened the door because the servants would not come—they had behaved very impertinently to her.—He called one of them, and questioned her as to her conduct. She gave him some pert answers, but at length falling on her knees, she said that he had come home providentially, for she and her fellow servants had resolved to murder their mistress and the child, that they might plunder the house. The servant made the same confession in the morning, upon oath, before a magistrate.
An authentic letter from Gaintes, in France, the capital of Saintonges, relates a fact, which is a fresh proof that many things are true which in appearance are hardly probable. It is therein said, that about eight months ago a marriage took place in that city, after the usual forms, between one Francis Suire and Mary Besion. It has come out since that the latter, though educated and brought up as a girl, and it is said, in a perfect ignorance of her real sex, was in fact a man. The affair being brought before the Official, or President of the Bishop's Court, and the fact fully established, a sentence was given, which does great honor to those feelings of humanity hitherto so foreign to Ecclesiastical Courts of justice. By the award, the illegality of the contract is simply pronounced null and void, and the parties permitted to make each, on his own account, a more suitable match.—In former times, such an abuse of a ceremony, which in Roman Catholic countries is considered as a sacrament, would have kindled the sacred pile to consume those unfortunate wretches, whose ignorance alone was humanely deemed by the reverend judge the sole cause of so strange an alliance—yet eighteen months passed in such wedlock!—There is room for meditation.
April 27. Yesterday General Arnold and his lady were at Court at St. James's, and took leave of their Majesties previous to their return to America.
Authentic letters from Madrid mention an Assembly of the Cortez, or States of Spain, being soon expected to take place in that capital. The King's commands are already issued therefor.
UNITED STATES.
A L B A N Y July 7.
Wednesday morning the 4th inst. was announced by the drums and fifes of the "Independent Artillery Company" of this city, commanded by the Hon. John Lansing jun. and at sunrise thirteen platoons of musketry were fired at the parade in State-Street. At 10 o'clock the company paraded, completely uniformed and equipped, and marched through the city to the seat of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Esq. where they were received and entertained with the utmost politeness and hospitality—after firing a salute, the company returned—and at 12 o'clock escorted the Hon. Corporation to the fort, and fired thirteen cannon, thirteen platoons of musketry, and a feu-de-joye.
The martial appearance together with the military conduct of the company, in their different firings and manœuvring, were such, as gained them deserved applause, and could not be excelled by any regular corps whatever.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, July 7.
The twelfth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, was celebrated here on Wednesday last, with that heart-felt satisfaction the auspicious event dictated and inspired.
Early in the morning the Light-horse, Artillery, Light-infantry, together with Col. Will's battalion of Militia, assembled on the Commons; and, after performing various evolutions &c. fired a feu-de-joye . The Train of Artillery fired salute of the United States with three times thirteen rounds. The officers of the Militia, and the corps in uniform, then attended the State Society of Cincinnati, who met at the State House, and marched in procession, with accompaniments of music from martial instruments, and ringing of bells, to the new Reformed Calvinist Church, in Race-street, where an Oration, well adapted to the occasion, was delivered to a very numerous and crowded auditory, by James Campbell, Esq.
New-York, July 13.
Extract of a letter to the Honorable B. H. dated at Nashville, in Davidson County, May 1, 1783.
"On the 1st of Oct. last, I took the liberty of taxing your patience, by complaining of a strange report, that had engaged, and continues to engage a great share of our attention on the Western Waters. We are told, that the court of Spain claims not only the exclusive navigation of the Mississippi, but a great part of our western territory; all that is on this side of the Appalachian mountain, and southward of a right line drawn from the mouth of the great Kenhawa to Lake Michigan. Is it possible, that men who are awake, and in their sober senses, should retain the impressions of such evanishing dreams? Their perseverance in such claims does not well accord with the flattering hopes you gave us in the last
summer, when you said that all would go well in the course of a year, since a Spanish Minister had come over to America, to settle with Congress any differences that might subsist between the two nations. You must admit that there is something in this Spanish claim, that cannot be penetrated by the eye of a common citizen—a plain man, who has not travelled through the labyrinth of politics, and you will oblige me greatly, if you are so good as to inform me, what are the reasons that Spain gives for refusing to let us enjoy the navigation of the Mississippi, provided she has condescended to give any reason at all, besides the old royal argument, SIC VOLO .
"I would not be understood as speaking disrespectfully of foreign courts, or of sovereigns; but it is impossible for me to suppose that the crown of Spain can justify its claim by any better argument than simple volition, when to the plainest understanding, every argument, natural, moral and artificial, seem to be clearly on the other side. It is very natural that we should be allowed to carry our produce to market by help of those large rivers which pass through our country; and the admission of such a claim might promote the happiness of thousands, and eventually might prevent the loss of many lives. We are not to learn, that nation towards nation are seldom influenced by their opinion of what is right, but artificial barriers or treaties are respected by all civilized nations, while they are desirous to preserve peace. Now it is certain, that so far as treaties or charters can extend, we have a clear and indisputable right to the navigation of the Mississippi.
"The original limits of Carolina, according to a charter granted in 1662, by Charles II. to Clarendon and others, and confirmed in 1664, extended from the 29th degree of latitude, which includes the mouth of the Mississippi, and westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The claim of Great-Britain to the navigation of the Mississippi was afterwards interrupted; but it has been fully established by succeeding treaties.
"By the 7th article of the definitive treaty of peace between Great-Britain, France and Spain, signed at Paris, 10th of February, 1763, it was agreed, "That the confines between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty and those of his Most Christian Majesty (on the continent of America) shall be fixed irrevocably, by a line drawn down the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence by a line drawn down the middle of this river and the rivers Moure-pas and Pancharchain, to the sea. And for this purpose, the Most Christian King cedes in full right, and guarantees to his Britannic Majesty, the river and port of Mobile, and every thing which he possesses, or ought to possess, on the left side of the river Mississippi, except the town of New Orleans, and the island in which it is situated, which shall remain to France. Provided that the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally free, as well to the subjects of Great-Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of the river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth.—It is further stipulated, that the vessels belonging to the subjects of either nation shall not be stopped, visited or subjected to the payment of any duty whatsoever."
"Some time after the signing of this treaty, the property of the island of New Orleans was transferred by France to the crown of Spain, but the indisputable right of navigating the Mississippi continued to remain with the subjects of Great-Britain. During the late revolution, the chief towns in West-Florida were conquered by the arms of Spain, and at the peace that province was ceded by Great-Britain to the crown of Spain, but the navigation of the Mississippi has never been ceded to Spain, either directly or indirectly; on the contrary, it has expressly been ceded to the United States, and Spain has admitted of the cession.
"In the 9th article of the treaty of peace and friendship between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, signed at Paris on the 3d of September, 1783, it is agreed, that "the navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great-Britain, and the citizens of the United States." It cannot be pretended, that Spain was ignorant of the purport of this treaty, for preliminary articles of peace between Great-Britain and the United States had been signed on the 30th November, 1782. One of those articles is in the very words that have been repeated, but the preliminary articles between Great-Britain and Spain were not signed till on the 20th January, 1783. By the 5th article of the treaty of peace between Great-Britain and Spain, that was signed at Versailles 3d September 1783, we find that "His Britannic Majesty, likewise, cedes and guarantees in full right to his Catholic Majesty East Florida, as also West-Florida."
"There is not a word in this article, nor in any other part of the treaty, concerning the navigation of the Mississippi; nor was it possible for Great-Britain to yield the exclusive navigation of that river to the subjects of Spain, without being guilty of a breach of faith, for she had lately granted the full and free use of those waters to the citizens of the United States. On the whole, I do not think that there ever was any claim founded on treaties more indisputable and clear, than the claim of the United States to the navigation of the Mississippi.
"By the treaty of Paris in 1763, France cedes the navigation of the river Mississippi in the most explicit terms to Great-Britain; by the late treaty of peace, Great-Britain cedes the same right of navigating that river to the United States; and Spain, in her treaty of Versailles in 1783, expressly admits that Great-Britain had a right to the navigation of the river; for in the 2d article of that treaty it is declared, that "The definitive treaty of Paris of 1763, between Great-Britain, France and Spain is to serve as a basis and foundation to the peace." Consequently it is agreed, that Great-Britain shall preserve whatever she had obtained by the former treaty, except the particulars which the now cedes to Spain; but she does not cede the exclusive navigation of the Mississippi along with East and West-Florida, and consequently the cession she had made of the navigation of this river to the United States is fully confirmed. Here then it would be natural for us to conclude, that the navigation of the Mississippi is open to the citizens of the United States, since the letter and spirit of every treaty on this subject declare, that it shall be open. But there is one title remaining, and that title appears to be vested in the crown of Spain. She is supposed to
have the longest sword. She has taken possession of the river, and in contempt of arguments and treaties she continues to hold it by force. Is not this a true state of the question? Does not Spain admit that she despises the treaty, and that she is now acting towards us as a hostile nation? In this view every man on the Western Waters considers this subject, and we readily admit that this single argument of Spain must be considered as good and conclusive, while it retains its present force; but we are fully assured, that it must lose of its weight in every succeeding year: and we see that the time is fast coming, when every argument will be on our side. The Lex ultima Regum , the rule by which Kings are governed, the long sword, or if you please the short rifle, will presently be a conclusive argument in our favor. We shall not fail to use it. Spain has set us a fair example. She has not been delicate on this head. She has seized the property of our fellow citizens, and converted it to her own use. Perhaps I shall be told that Spain is a powerful nation; that in case of a rupture, she can oppress the United States, and crush their commerce. I am not to learn, that the United States will not go to war with Spain, for the sake of Mississippi. People who live on the sea coast have too much at stake; they are too much exposed to the insults of a Spanish fleet, and too little interested in our happiness ever to enter seriously into this dispute. You may remonstrate against the encroachments of Spain, but all your efforts will terminate in a harmless war on paper. Who do you think will be the chief sufferers by those cautious policies, by such a sacrifice of our privileges and property, to the mere indolence of nature, and the love of ease? Let us trace this dispute a few years in its natural progress. Formerly said, that we are strengthened by the addition of 2000 sensible inhabitants every year.
"When I stated the number at 2000, I was greatly below the mark. To such accessions you must add the natural increase of citizens in the country where the soil is fertile, the climate healthy, and where men are tempted to marry early in life. In the space of ten years we shall muster at least 60,000 men, capable of bearing arms. Is it probable, that at such a period we shall suffer our lands to lie without cultivation, or our produce to perish on our hands, from the want of a river by which that produce may be carried to market? Is it probable we should suffer a few Spanish soldiers to seize our boats? I think not. What when must happen? We can hardly forget this loss of property, especially as it was taken from us by force. The Spanish colonists may also have some boats, merchandise or silver; we shall count the interest, and shall not fail to repay ourselves by a friendly reciprocity of good offices. Spain may possibly remonstrate against such proofs of a good memory, and the United States in Congress may reply, that they cannot refrain those disorderly woodmen. You may be told in reply that you shall be answerable for their conduct. This would be a serious and critical period, and you had best consider how you will conduct yourselves in such a case. To send an army across the mountain to punish your brethren for defending their property, would be the beginning of a very unnatural war. A war that could neither be profitable nor pleasant, and assuredly it would not be honorable. Quixotism itself would hardly attempt such a measure. However the Spaniards would probably begin with you, because you are at hand, and you have much to lose, but we have not any thing, except our houses, cattle and lands; to this short inventory may possibly be added a considerable number of unpolished citizens, whom the Spanish negotiators would count as worse than nothing. It is possible, however, that Spain may pursue other measures, for we are told that she has others in contemplation. Perhaps she may send troops up the river, and endeavour to establish posts on the Terrebonne, or on some other water of the Ohio. This is a step that we look for. It would naturally bring on a serious discussion of territorial claims; or you may rather be pleased to call it an experimental enquiry concerning the meaning of treaties and the rights of men. There may be a great deal more involved in this question, than people are apt to suspect. During the progress of the enquiry, we may possibly discover, that the claims of Spain to certain territory beyond the Mississippi are not well founded. Be it remembered, that Spain asserted her claim to that country two hundred years ago, in the presence of unarmed savages, and nobody since that time has taken the trouble to examine her title deeds. I have formerly observed, that statesmen are not usually guided by the most obvious rules of justice; but when you have reviewed the several treaties that I have just mentioned, and when you have considered what will be the probable operation of those arguments that are commonly used to explain treaties, you will allow me to express my surprise, that Spain should put so much at stake for so trifling an object. That she would forfeit the reputation of good faith, and hazard other things that are more substantial for the mere pleasure of distressing a few honest planters, who are only desirous to paddle their canoes up and down the Mississippi."
The Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, was celebrated on the 4th inst. in Trenton, in the following manner:
At nine o'clock the light infantry company, commanded by Captain Hanlon, completely equipped and in full uniform, waited upon his Excellency the Governor, who had arrived in Trenton the evening before, from the Grand Convention, on his way to his seat in Elizabethtown, and presented him with the following address:
May it please your Excellency, While we celebrate the joyful Anniversary of Independence, it is impossible to forget or suppress the gratitude we owe to those Heroes and Patriots, whose exertions and councils achieved so glorious an event. As a distinguished personage in that number, permit the Light-Infantry Company of Trenton, to congratulate Governor Livingston on this happy occasion, and while you, Sir, are planning public measures for the good of our country, we pray you to accept our cheerful services to execute them.
To which his Excellency returned the following answer:
Gentlemen, I am much obliged to you for your congratulations on this joyful occasion, and the polite tender of your services. The present day naturally recalls to our minds an event that ought never to be forgotten, and the revival of the military spirit amongst us, affords a happy argument of our determined resolution to maintain under the auspices of Heaven, that glorious independence, the anniversary of

which it has pleased God to preserve our lives this day to celebrate.
W. S. LIVINGSTON.
After presenting their address, the Light Infantry Company waited upon the Cincinnati, when they proceeded to the Presbyterian Church.
At 11 o'clock divine service was performed, and an animated discourse, commendatory of the manners necessary for the happiness and stability of a republic, was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Armstrong to a crowded audience, from Proverbs xiv. 34.— Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
The Massachusetts State Society of the Cincinnati, at their late meeting, elected the following gentlemen officers for the ensuing year, viz.—Hon. Major-General Lincoln, President; William Eustis, Esq. Vice President; Thomas Edwards, Esq. Secretary; General Henry Jackson, Treasurer.—General Knox, General Brooks, General Jackson, General Hull, Dr. Eustis, Delegates to the General Meeting in May next.
The Connecticut State Society of the Cincinnati, on the 4th inst. elected the following gentlemen, officers for the ensuing year, viz.
Col. Wadsworth, President; Col. Wyllis, Vice-President; Col. Trumbull, Secretary; Col. Huntington, Assistant-Secretary; Col. Grosvenor, Treasurer; Col. Talmadge, Assistant-Treasurer.—Major-General Parsons, Col. Wadsworth, Col. Humphreys, Col. Trumbull, and Major Judah, Delegates to the General Meeting in May next.
ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST Schooner Prince and Liberty, Prince, Cayenne. Sloop Polly, Newbern.
This Day is Published by the Editor, And to be Sold at the Printing-Office No. 5, Water-street,
New-York Directory.
CONTAINING NAMES of the citizens, their occupations, and places of abode. Officers of the State. Officers in Chancery. Officers of Supreme Court. Officers of Court of Probates. Officers of Court of Admiralty. Commissioners of State accounts. Officers for City and County. Lawyers and Attorneys. Notaries Public. Chamber of Commerce. Officers of the Port. Land and Tide-Waiters. Branch Pilots. Surveyors. Guagers. Weigh-Masters. Inspectors of Flour. Packers and Cullers of Flour. Measurers of Boards and Timber. Measurers of Grain. Measurers of Lime, Gold and Silver-smith Society. Assessors. Commissioners of Alms-House and Bridewell. Commissioners of the Hospital. Officers of the Bank. Rules observed in the Bank. Marine Society. Society for promoting the Manumission of Slaves. Mutual Assurance Company. Officers of Columbia College. German Society. Society for promoting useful knowledge. Ministers of the Gospel. Commissioners for adjusting the public Accounts. Loan Officers of the United States. Grand departments of the United States. Stages. Durable goods &c. &c. &c.
On account of several unforeseen accidents, the Editor has been unable to publish his New-York Directory , before this period.—He has industriously endeavoured to procure a complete catalogue of the names, occupations, and places of abode of the inhabitants of this City; and flatters himself, that it is the most complete of any yet offered to the Public.—The utility of a publication of this nature must be so obvious, as to render observation unnecessary; the Editor, therefore, hopes that a generous public will encourage his undertaking, which will enable him to compile his next Directory with accuracy and dispatch.
Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of Jedediah Rogers and Matthias Woodruff, insolvent debtors, now confined in the common gaol in and for the county of Morris and State of New-Jersey; that they be and appear before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the said county, on Monday the 6th day of August next, at the Court-house in Morristown, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, and shew cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the said insolvent's estate should not be made, and they be discharged from their confinement, agreeably to the several acts of the Legislature, in such case made and provided. Dated July 7, 1787.
Jedediah Rogers, Matthias Woodruff.
A FARM and GRIST-MILL.
To be sold at private sale, and possession given on the first of May next, or sooner if required; A FARM situated in the township and county of Orange, in this State, containing seventy acres, of which a great part is meadow, some wood land, the rest a fertile tillable soil. There are on the premises a good large and very convenient stone house, with a kitchen adjoining, a large Dutch barn and other conveniencies for cattle and horses.
The mill which is of the overshot kind, is in good order, having lately been rebuilt. Rands upon the edge of the river, and has one pair of stones, which are supplied from never failing springs in the dryest seasons. A good orchard of 80 bearing apple trees, besides a variety of other fruit; several valuable quarries of stone, which from the easy conveyance to New-York by water for building and other purposes, are worked to great advantage.
Beside these real and solid advantages, the healthy and beautiful situation of the place renders it at least equal to any upon the Hudson, and suitable either as a country seat or place of business. The distance 30 miles from New-York, on the western banks of the Hudson river, and fronting the Tappan bay, commanding a beautiful prospect of upwards of 20 miles of the river, and the numerous vessels which pass to and from New-York; plenty of various kinds of fish and crabs in their seasons, which are taken with little trouble. A good sure and indisputable title will be given by the subscriber, who has also to dispose of, a negro man, that understands farming, is a good miller, of an excellent character and disposition, with his wife and three male children. For further particulars apply to RALPH THURMAN , Niall, Orange town-ship.
July 11, 1787. 1146
Sales at Auction.
THIS DAY , at 10 o'clock, At No. 221, Queen-street, near the upper end of the Fly-Market,
An assortment of Dry Goods, consisting of Linens, Stockings, Callicoes, Gauzes, Silks, &c. &c.
JOHN RAMSAY.
Public Auction.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock, by JAMES INGLIS , At his Commission Store, No. 21, Wall-street, Will begin the Sale of a neat assortment of Dry Goods, the greater part of which are suitable to the summer trade, to which will be added a parcel of mens Beaver Hats, for jersey money.
At PRIVATE SALE, Prime Muscovado sugar in barrels, a nice assortment of looking glasses, best Rancio wine in small cases, Carolina indigo, pickled cod-fish, best bottled porter, two eight day clocks, a new riding chair.
A L S O, A variety of mullins, some very rich square mode and other silks, silk hose, with many other articles, all very cheap for each.
D O O D S's
Musical Instrument Manufactory, from LONDON ORGANS , harpsichords and forte-pianos; spinnets, forte-piano and common guitars, finished in the newest taste. After trial of any of those instruments, if they should not be approved of, they may be exchanged by paying the usual hire for the time.
He has just imported a large assortment of fine toned violins, and strings from London, which will be sold very cheap, great allowance will be made to dealers in those articles.
Violins, clarionets and hout-boys; flutes, and a good assortment of fifes; stickado-pastorals, pitchpipes, tuning forks, hammers and ruling pens; books of instruction, blank books and ruled paper. Also, a few of the newest and most favorite songs, set to music—These and other articles may be had as good and as cheap as in London—Instruments taken in exchange; and any gentleman or lady may be supplied with any quantity of strings for the above instruments, by describing the note or number, without being at the expence of whole sets; likewise every other article pertaining to the above instruments. Instruments repaired and kept in tune; also, instruments let out upon moderate terms.
Thomas Burling,
CABINET and CHAIR-MAKER, At the sign of the CHAIR , near the Chapel, in Beckman-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 Warehouse of Mahogany and other Furniture, on a more extensive plan than heretofore; and for the convenience 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 observe the daily impositions strangers are liable to, in purchasing new furniture at these public vendues.
He served his time with Samuel Prince, a conspicuous 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 sells as 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.
ALL Persons that are indebted to the estate of Elias Desbrosses, late of the city of New-York, merchant, deceased, by bond, note or book debt, are requested to make payment to the subscriber, by the first day of September next, as all accounts without dismission unsettled by that time, will be put into the hands of an attorney.
JAMES DESBROSSES, Executor. New-York, Queen-street, No. 9, May 30, 1787.
ALL Persons that are indebted to the estate of William Butler, late of the city of New-York, merchant, deceased, by bond, note or book debt, are requested to make payment to the subscriber, by the first day of September next, as all accounts without dismission, unsettled by that time, will be put into the hands of an attorney.
JAMES DESBROSSES, Executor. New-York, Queen-street, No. 9, May 30, 1787.
All persons having any lawful demands on the estate of Mr. Charles Keeling, late of the city of New-York, deceased, are desired to bring them in to the subscriber for settlement; and all those indebted to the estate of the deceased, are desired to pay the same as soon as possible, that a speedy settlement of every thing relating to the said estate may take place.
Catharine Keeling, Administratrix.
Theodosius Fowler & Co.
At their Office, No. 164, Water-Street, Buy, sell and negotiate all kinds of Continental, Connecticut and New-York Securities.
FOR SALE,
The following Lots or Parcels of Land, pleasantly situated at New-Windsor, on Hudson's River, in the county of Ulster, being about sixty miles from New-York, viz.—Lot No. 15, being a water lot, containing 83 feet in breadth, and runs thence in length from a certain street called Water-street, south 57 degrees east to the channel of Hudson's River aforesaid; there is on said lot, a commodious dwelling-house, being the best stand for public business in New-Windsor, with a convenient cellar kitchen and four rooms on a floor, with a dock and store-house, stables and other out-houses—Lot No. 78, containing ten acres, mostly meadow, and in good fence; there are on said lot, a considerable number of bearing apple trees—the northerly half of lot 76, containing five acres, chiefly meadow-land, in good fence—And lot No. 101, containing nine acres of wood-land, being about one mile from New-Windsor.
Also, the following Three Lots of Land, Being the property James Jackson, jun. viz.—Lot No. 67, adjoining the meeting-house at New-Windsor aforesaid, being in length four chains and fifty-two links, and in breadth two chains and forty-three links; there are on said lot, a small dwelling-house, orchard and a good barn, the whole being in good repair—Lot No. 105, containing nearly three acres of wood-land, and joins the aforesaid lot No. 101—And lot No. 96, containing five acres and six tenths of an acre, being partly meadow and partly wood-land, and adjoining the lands formerly owned by His Excellency Gov. Clinton.—Any person wishing to purchase the whole or any part of the above described premises or lots of land, can have a view of the same, by applying to Mr. James Jackson, jun. living on the premises, or to the subscribers in Neely-Town, who will give an indisputable title for the same.
WILLIAM JACKSON, JAMES JACKSON, jun. April 26, 1787. 93
TO BE SOLD,
THE LANDS belonging to the estate of the Hon. Cadwallader Colden, Esq. deceased, late Lieutenant-Governor of the then Province, now State of New-York, viz.
FIVE several tracts or parcels of land, on the north side of the Mohawk river, about 48 miles above Schoharie, granted by letters patent in the year 1738, to Patrick M'Clanthy and Andrew M'Dowell, and distinguished in the map annexed to the said letters patent by the names of lots No. 10, 16, 17, 25 and 37, containing in the whole, 3710 acres of land, and the usual allowance for highways.
SIX THOUSAND acres being six undivided thirtieth parts of a tract of 30,000 acres, situated between the Coequenaugh branch of Delaware river, and the Susquehanna river, in the county of Montgomery, formerly of the county of Albany.
TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND acres in one tract, being part of a tract of 40,000 acres, granted to Stephen Skinner and others, situated in the said county of Montgomery, to the westward and southward of Turlock and Cobus Kill settlements.
ALSO, fifteen Lots containing each 234 acres of a tract of land situated on the north side of the Sachendaga, or west branch of Hudson's river, and erected by the letter patent, by which the same was granted into a township by the name of Dartmouth, and which fifteen lots are distinguished in the division of the said tract by lots No. 13, in the first range of lots No. 1, No. 2, No. 11, No. 12 and No. 13; in the second range of lots No. 1, No. 11, No. 12 and No. 13; in the third range of lots No. 1, 2 and No. 3; in the fourth range of lots, and No. 10 and No. 11; in the tenth range of lots.
N. B. These 15 lots were not a part of Gov. Colden's estate at the time of his decease.
For terms apply to the Subscriber, living at Coldengham, in the county of Ulster, or to Richard Harrison & John Lawrence, Esquires, Attorneys at law, New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given, that all the above described lands, or any part thereof that is not sold before the 13th day of October next, will on that day, at one o'clock in the afternoon, be exposed to Sale at Public Auction, at the Merchants Coffee-House, in the city of New-York and peremptory muck off to the highest bidder.
CADWALLADER COLDEN, Executor. 98
JOHN GLOVER,
Is removed from No. 71, William-street, to No. 49, Broad-way, near the Olwego market, and bath for sale, a general assortment of DRY GOODS , wholesale and retail, which he will sell low for cash; consisting of
BROADCLOTHS , ratinefs and shalloons with trimmings, Moreens, durants and tammies, Chintzes and calicoes, Printed linens and chintz ditto, a variety, Fustians, jeans, corduroys and velverets, Irish linens and sheetings, Wide and narrow checks, Ruffles and callimancoes, Satinets and lastings, Silk and other handkerchiefs, Mades, fatters and peelings, Brocades and lutestringf, Persians and sarconets, Gauzes, cambricks and lawns, Mullins, shawls, corded dimities and dutch cord, Hosiery of all kinds, Mens, boys and childrens hats, Ladies black and brown ditto, Black and white ostrich feathers, Coloured and black ribbons, Mens and womens shoes Bedticks, diapers and tablecloths Mens and womens gloves, Sewing-silks, pins, threads, tapes, &c. With a variety of other articles. 94
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that we the subscribers, commissioners, appointed by an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "an act for the more easy partition of a tract of land called the Oneida Purchase," passed 11th April, 1787, will meet on Tuesday the 17th day of July next, between the hours of ten and twelve in the forenoon, at the house of John Simmons, innkeeper, situated in Wall-street, in the city of New-York; to cause the several lots, into which the said tract is divided, to be ballotted for pursuant to the directions of the said act; at which time and place, all persons interested in the said tract are required to attend. Dated this 12th day of June, 1787. 6 t 17 Jul.
EVERT BANCROFT, JOHN RAMSAY, THOMAS RANDALL.
Mutual Assurance Company.
For insuring HOUSES from LOSS by FIRE in New-York.
WHEREAS the insuring of houses and other buildings from loss by fire, has been found of great and public utility wherever it has been practised; and although societies, have been instituted in different places, yet none have hitherto been formed in this city for that laudable and beneficent purpose.
A number of respectable citizens, as well for their own mutual security as for the common security and advantage of their neighbours and fellow-citizens, with the view of promoting the insurance of houses and other buildings from loss by fire, upon the most equal terms, and without any views of private or separate gain or interest, have established a company by the name of
The Mutual Assurance Company, For Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire in New-York.
The utility of an institution in its purpose so laudable, cannot fail to attract the notice of every citizen being of so great importance to the security of property and the happiness of families, that it is presumed that no person of prudence will be found to neglect it.
The office is now opened at No. 57, King-street, where such persons as incline to insure their houses and other buildings, may, on application, receive every necessary information.
JOHN PINTARD, Secretary. The Directors will be pleased to take notice, that their next meeting is to be at this office, the 10th of July, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. 8
ALL Persons who are indebted to the late copartnership of Wickham and Sickles, are informed, that unless payment is speedily made to the subscriber, prosecutions will be commenced against them, by
W. COCK, Atty. at Law. New-York, June 7. 4
By order of the Hon. Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York:
NOTICE is hereby given to Seth Williams, now or late of Rhode-Island, and to all others whom it may concern; that on application and due proof made to the said Chief Justice, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of this State of New-York entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors, passed the fourth day of April, 1786." He hath issued his warrant to the Sheriff of the city and county of New-York, commanding him to attach, seize, take and safely keep all the estate as well real as personal, of the said Seth Williams, an absent debtor, of what kind or nature soever, and every or any part or parcel thereof, in whatever part of his bailiwick the same can be found, with all evidences, books of account, vouchers and papers relating thereto: And that unless he, the said Seth Williams shall return and discharge his debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, all his estate real and personal, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors. Dated at the city of New-York, this 24th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1787. 75
To be Sold at Public Auction, At the Coffee-house, on Monday the 3d September next, for the benefit of the creditors of Joshua Isaacs.
All that Tract of Land lately granted to the said Joshua Isaacs, situated in the county of Albany, on the west side of Hudson's river, on the east of Schoharie Kill, and west of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, beginning at a hemlock tree, standing in the southeast bounds of a tract of land granted to Captain Edward Clark; and in the northeast bounds of a tract granted to Henry Heeger and others, and running thence along the said Clark's land to a tract granted to William Baugh, then along the same to a tract granted to William Wood, then along the same to a tract granted to John Morin Scott and others, then along the same to a tract granted to Davis Buffington and others, then along the same to the said tract granted to Walter Butler, then along the same to the said tract granted to Henry Heeger, then along the same to the place of beginning, containing 4549 acres, with 5 per cent allowance for highways.
To be sold in allotments according to a map thereof, which will be exhibited at the time of sale, and in the interim may be seen at No. 14, Hanover-square. The terms of sale will be made known, and conveyances granted by the assignees of Joshua Isaacs.
By order of the assignees, JAMES BARCLAY. New-York, July 3, 1787. 112
V E N D U E.
JAMES INGLIS,
Licensed Auctioneer and Commission-Merchant,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public in general, that he has now opened his business, at No. 21, Wall-street, and opposite the Coffee-House Bridge; where he is ready to receive, and has every kind of roomy convenience for storing all sorts of wet and dry goods, and for selling them by public auction or private sale.—Having set aside every other pursuit, he means constantly to devote his whole attention to the Commission Business, and hopes, at all times, to shew himself fully sensible of his duty and his interest, by ready exertions for the benefit of his employers, and in every respect so to conduct his business, as to make himself useful to the public in the line of his profession.
N. B. Cash will always, when necessary, be advanced to the owners, upon unlimited goods being deposited for sale. 702
Benjamin Halsted,
GOLD and SILVER-SMITH,
RESPECTFULLY acknowledges the favours of his friends and customers, and hereby informs them and the public in general, that he carries on his business as usual, at No. 18, Maiden-lane, where all orders will be duly acknowledged and faithfully executed on the shortest notice.
N. B. He sells silver tea spoons for one shilling per doz. 4 1/2

NOTICE is hereby given (according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late Colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchase of mortgaged estates," passed the nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four) That on Thursday the fourth day of December next, ensuing the date hereof, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at public auction upon the premises, the fee simple of a certain mansion house, mills, flables and farm in a certain indenture of mortgage made between Cornelius P. Low of the City of New-York, merchant, of the one part, and William Conable of the same place, merchant, of the same place, of the other part, described as follows, to wit, all that certain mansion house, mills, flables and farm or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the manor of Philipsburgh, county of West-Chester and State of New-York, known and distinguished heretofore as the place of residence of the late Frederick Philips, Esquire; bounded westerly by Hudson's River, southerly by land in the possession of the widow Rich, easterly by land sold to David Hunt, the run of water called saw-mill river and a lot of land in the possession of—Archer, and northerly by land sold to Robert Johnson; containing, within said bounds, three hundred and twenty acres, reserving and excepting out of the same two acres, whereon the church stands, two acres whereon Honnes Sherwood the Gardner lives, and about two acres of meadow adjoining to saw-mill river and the road; it being part of the glebe land. Also two lots of woodland No. 12 and No. 13, containing each thirty-three acres; bounded southerly by land sold to Andrew Boffwick, Esquire, easterly by lots No. 16 and No. 17, northerly by lot No. 11, and westerly by the post road, together with all and singular the houses, buildings, ways, waters, water courses, privileges and appurtenances to the said premises belonging, or in any wise appertaining, which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the eleventh and twelfth days of May, in the year of our Lord 1786, (with a proviso therein contained) from the said Cornelius P. Low to the said William Conable, and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser pursuant to the said power by
1 85 6m. Wm. CONSTABLE. New-York 23d April, 1787.
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchase of mortgaged estates," passed on the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774; that on the 24th day of November next, ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at Public Auction, upon the premises, the fee simple of ALL that certain House and Lot of Ground, situated, lying and being in the city of New-York, bounded southerly to Crown-street, westerly to the ground of Stephen Tippet, northerly to the house and lot of ground belonging to Samuel Johnson, and easterly to the house and lot of ground of the Widow Davis, containing in breadth, in front and rear, 25 feet, and in length 110 feet, be the same more or less, together with all and singular edifices, buildings and improvements thereon, erected and being, and all other the hereditaments and appurtenances to the said message and lot of ground belonging—which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the 20th and 21st days of November, in the year of our Lord, 1769, (with a power to sell therein contained) from Henry Dufour, of the city of New-York aforesaid, merchant, and Mary his wife, to Margaret Todd, late of said city, widow, deceased, and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser; pursuant to the said power, by Walter Rutherford and Francis Lewis, executors to the last will and testament of Mrs. Margaret Todd.
1 99 6m. Enquiry for GEORGE SMITHER, an Englishman.
WHEREAS the said George Smither, about 20 or 22 years ago, being then a young man, in a declining state of health, left England to seek for employment in some part of North-America, & has never been heard of since. This is to give notice, that if the said George Smither is living, and will apply to Timothy Hurst, merchant, in New-York, or to Stephen Lowdell, Esq. in Queen-street, in Southwark, or Mr. Belfour, attorney at Surgeon's Hall, in England, he will hear of something to his advantage; and if he is dead, and any person will give information and furnish proof of his death, to either of those persons, they shall be properly rewarded for their trouble. Dated this 18th of April, 1787.
TO BE SOLD, The Stage Tavern at Clermont, Manor of Livingston, situated on the post road leading from New-York to Albany; is excellently adapted for carrying on the business of the stage and tavern, and is at present universally frequented by travellers. Any quantity of land will be annexed, the terms of payment made easy and the time of entry convenient to the purchaser. For further particulars apply at Clermont to
1 13 3 D. WILSON. N. B. The above tavern is at present carried on by Samuel Alling, who informs the public, that he is amply supplied with every necessary for the accommodation of travellers. July 1, 1787.
FOR SALE, By Nicholas Hoffman and Son, No. 12, Little Dock-street; Parcel of excellent dryed Hides, A few casks Linseed Oil, 20 pieces Russia Duck, blue mark, 5 by 3 and 7 by 9 Window Glass.
To such of the proprietors of lands in the pante of Wawayanda, in the county of Orange and State of New-York, who were interested in the lands, disputed between the patents of Wawayanda and Cheescocks.
WHEREAS Robert Yates, Colubrow Banyar, Samuel Jones, and John Haring, Esquires, being the major part of the Commissioners, elected and appointed, in virtue of an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An Act to settle and finally establish the line or lines of division, between the patents of Wawayanda and Cheescocks, in the county of Orange," have by virtue of another act, of the said Legislature, passed 17th April, 1786, entitled, "An Act to explain and amend an act, entitled an act to settle and finally establish the line or lines of division, between the patents of Wawayanda and Cheescocks, in the county of Orange, passed 17 March, 1783, by a certain instrument, under their hands and seals, dated the twelfth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, audited and settled all the accounts exhibited to them, of the costs, charges and expenses accrued or arisen in the management of the said controversy, on the part of the said patent of Wawayanda, and in preparing to produce their claims to the lands in controversy, and did determine the amount thereof, to be the sum of two thousand eight hundred and fifty eight pounds sixteen shillings and two pence; and have divided the whole amount thereof into thirteen equal parts, each of which amounts to the sum of two hundred and nineteen pounds eighteen shillings and two pence; and did thereby certify, that each of the original rights of the said patent of Wawayanda, which did formerly belong to John Bridges, Lancaster Symes, John Cholwell, John Merritt, Cornelius Christie, Dirck Vandenberg, Daniel Hossan, Peter Matthews, Benjamin Ake, Hendrick Ten Eyck, Philip Rokeby, Christopher Denn, and Samuel Staats, is chargeable with one thirteenth part of the said whole sum, of two thousand eight hundred and fifty eight pounds sixteen shillings and two pence; and did thereby appoint the same to be paid on the thirtieth day of July, then next ensuing, according to the direction of the said act entitled, "An Act to explain and amend an act, entitled, an act to settle and finally establish the line or line of division, between the patents of Wawayanda and Cheescocks, in the county of Orange," passed the 17th March, 1783; And in case the present proprietors of the said thirteen original rights, or any of them who were interested in the lands disputed between the said patents, should refuse or neglect to pay their respective proportions, of the money chargeable on the same as aforesaid, at the time thereby appointed for the payment thereof, the said Commissioners abovenamed, did thereby fix and appoint the fourth day of August, then next ensuing, for the sale of so much of lands, tenements and hereditaments in the balloted lots of such proprietor or proprietors, whose proportions of the said audited accounts, should remain unpaid, as should be necessary to pay his, her, or their respective proportions of the sum of money chargeable on the original rights under which his, her or their title is derived, together with the charges of such sale; Now Therefore,
1 2 8 EVERT BANCKER, WILLIAM WICKHAM, HENRY WISNER, WILLIAM THOMPSON.
By the Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Southern District.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that on Wednesday the first day of August next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of David Hunt near the Lower Mills in the Manor of Philipsburgh, will be sold at public vendue, all the estate, right, title and interest late of Frederick Phillips Esq. in the following lands situate in the said Manor, viz. acres.
No. 1. The farm late in the possession of Moses Miller containing 133 No. 2. The farm late in the possession of Caleb Archer. 179 No. 3. The farm late in the possession of Wm. Unde hill. 360 No. 4. The farm late in the possession of Doctor Bailey, situate at New-Rochelle. 149 Also the moiety, or undivided half of a farm of 110 acres, situate in the manor of Cortlandt, late the property of Lewis Palmer. And on Monday the 16th of August at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Coffee-house in the city of New-York, will be sold, a number of lots situate in the out ward of the said city, and on the estate late the property of James De Lancey; many of them fronting the Bowery-lane—map to be seen at the Commissioners-office.
Also a lot of ground situate on the westerly side of New-street, late the property of Oliver De Lancey, Esq.
Also a lot situated on the northerly side of Bridge-street, late the property of William Bayard, Esq. All the above lands will be sold only for certificates issued or to be issued by the Treasurer of this State.
ISAAC STOUTENBURGH, } Commissrs. of 1 91 PH. V. CORTLANDT, } Forfeitures.
TO BE SOLD, A healthy smart young NEGRO WOMAN, twenty years old; she is qualified for doing any kind of work in a family, washing, ironing and cooking. She is exceedingly attentive to children. Enquire of the Printers. July 9, 1787.
1 3 3 JOHN BLEECKER gives ready money for all kinds of Continental and State Certificates, at his Auction-Room and Commission Store, No. 198, Queen-street, where all kinds of Merchandise will be thankfully received, and sold on commission.
Extract from the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New-York.
IN ASSEMBLY, April 19, 1787. THE petition of David M c Master and others, presented to this House on the 10th ult. was again read, setting forth, that Oliver De Lancey, James Jauncey, Goldsborough Banyar, and Peter Kempen, in the year 1770, executed conveyances for sundry lots of land in an undivided tract of two thousand acres, lying on the south side of the Mohawk River, granted to Henry Colsby; that several of the conveyances so executed, have never been in the possession of the grantees, who have, nevertheless, sold the lands they possessed; and that the present possessors have paid into the treasury of this State, the proportions of the consideration money which remained due and had become forfeited; that other parts of the said tract of land is possessed by persons who have not purchased, but are soliciting to purchase the title of the people of this State to the same, and praying the interposition of the Legislature in the premises.
Mr. Batcheller, from the Committee to whom the said petition was referred, brought in the report of the said Committee, which was read and concurred in: Thereupon,
Resolved , (if the Honorable Senate concur herein) That Goldsborough Banyar, or the legal representatives of the said Peter Kempen, or the present possessors of the said lots, or any of them, have leave to bring in a bill at the next session of the Legislature, for vesting the title to the said lots herein before mentioned, in the present possessors thereof, upon paying one half of the purchase money of the said lots and parts of lots respectively, into the treasury of this State, and satisfying the said Goldsborough Banyar and the representatives of the said Peter Kempen, for their interest and claim therein, and indemnifying them against the said several persons herein before named, their heirs and assigns; and also for conveying to the present possessors of any other lots or parts of lots in the said tract of land, wherein the people of this State have become interested, by the attainder of the said James Jauncey and Oliver De Lancey, such lots and parts of lots upon the like terms.
Provided that a copy of this resolution be printed within six weeks from the passing thereof, in two of the news-papers printed within this State, one in the city of Albany, and the other in the city of New-York, for the space of three months.
Ordered , That Mr. Batcheller deliver a copy of the preceding resolution to the Honorable the Senate.
FRIDAY MORNING, April 20, 1787. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Resolved , That the Senate do concur with the Honorable the Assembly in their said resolution.
Ordered , That Mr. Williams deliver a copy of the said preceding concurrent resolution to the House of Assembly.
1 4 3m
ADVERTISEMENT. WHEREAS the subscriber some time since, has been concerned in trade with Thomas Rowe, of New-Mi-ford, in Connecticut, and others, viz. John Gove, Peter Sherman and Roswell Ransom, all of Connecticut aforesaid. And whereas all those copartnerships have long since been dissolved, that of his and Rowe, known by the firm of Nickelson and Rowe (in which all the others were comprehended) by mutual consent and agreement, August 30, 1785, as appears by our advertisement of that date; whereby the settling all the matters of the said copartnership devolved upon the subscriber; and whereas the said Rowe, Sherman, and Ransom, have thought fit to combine together, assisted by mischievous persons, inimical to the subscriber, in order to defraud him of several thousand pounds of his property, in the hands of those late partners, by giving and receiving fraudulent discharges, and transferring property &c. &c. and still using every undue measure in their power to do him all mischief possible, he has reason to suspect that they have run him in debt since their several dissolutions on their old firms: And whereas he give firm, and obtained the credit (for the whole of those companies) in this city, he begs leave to notify his friends, and every one of them, that have any accounts, bonds or notes unsettled, against either of the firms of Nickelson and Rowe, John Gove and Co. Peter Sherman and Co. Roswell Ransom and Co. or Ransom and Nickelson, to bring in their said demands by first of August next (scaled up) to Mr. Loudon the Printer hereof, who is authorized to receive the same, in order to transmit them to the subscriber for settlement, and that the creditors may receive their respective balances as soon as may be.
And this is to notify all whom it may concern, not to trust any person or persons, that may appear to purchase goods or merchandise on account of either of the aforesaid firms, for they have been nearly two years all dissolved, as he will pay no regard to any such contract after the date hereof.
ANGUS NICKELSON. New-York, June 19th, 1787.
SALE AT AUCTION, On Tuesday the 17th instant, at 11 o'clock, at the Coffee-house bridge.
1 Large Cable, 1 Bag Coffee, 3 Small do. 7 1-2 pieces Irish Linens. 1 Cask Wine, And sundry other articles, forfeited to the people of this State and the informants, and sold by order of the Court of Admiralty, pursuant to a decree of the said Court.
J. GRAHAM, Marshal. July 3, 2 11 4
TO BE SOLD, A BRIGHT bay Horse fifteen hands high, fit for carriage or the saddle; is eight years old, and may be seen at Mr. Henry Dawson's, Brooklyn.
707 ALL persons having any demands against the late Doctor WILLIAM FARQUHAR's estate, are desired to send their accounts; and those indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to JAMES FARQUHAR, Executor. June 12, 1787.
JUNE MAGAZINE.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED (PRICE TWO SHILLINGS)
And to be Sold by Samuel Loudon, No. 5, Water-Street, & Berry and Rogers, No. 35, Hanover-Square,
The Columbian Magazine,
OR Monthly Miscellany,
FOR JUNE, 1787.
EMBELISHED WITH
I. A plan of a new machine for raising water by wind.
II. The armorial bearings of the States of Pennsylvania and New-Jersey.
CONTAINING,
THE Foresters: an historical Romance—Thoughts on generation—Treatise on religion (continued)—The Triller, No. 2—The complaints of a faithful servant—The mystery of creation, evidence of a Deity—Account of a new machine for raising water by wind—Useful articles selected from Mr. Cutler's account of vegetable productions in America—Directions for preserving threshed wheat from the weevils, and other insects when lodged in granaries—Benedict's letter upon matrimonial happiness—The history of an interesting law case—The analogy between the respective forms of government and the origins of the several States of North America—The state of slavery in Virginia and other parts of this continent—A remarkable instance of sympathy between the mind and the body—Constantia; or, unexampled magnanimity: A novel—Merlin's prophecy of the American revolution—A Latin letter written by a private soldier—The armorial bearings of the State of Pennsylvania—The armorial bearings of the State of New-Jersey—The marriage ceremonies of different countries compared, in order to show the superiority of our own—The history of Savonarola the celebrated Impostor—A curious instance of bribery amongst the Romans, and the severity of its punishment—Private anecdote of James I. and two Bishops—An account of the celebrated Chevalier de Bayard—Curious instances of the tale of royal favor in England—Penelope herosim exemplified in the conduct of Maria Pacheco, the widow of the brave John de Padilla—A remarkable memorandum respecting the legislative independence of the State of Massachusetts, while a British colony—The effects of Chivalry upon the manners of Society—Character of Governor Trumbull—Do. of General Heath—Do. of Mr. Samuel Adams—Do. of Anthony Benezet.
The Columbian Parnassiad.
An ode addressed to Felix Bruns. Verses presented to a lady on the morning of her marriage, with the wedding ring. Pleasure and pain, a fable. Epitaph written in a church-yard. Verses written while a lady's picture was drawing at Mr. Peale's. Epitaph on a young lady who died at the age of 15 years. Epigram on a debauchee. Italian sonnet on General Washington. Verses addressed to a young lady of Philadelphia. Kirby, the toast; a new song. Lines written at Bethlehem, June 1787. The resolution. Stop thief! or the stolen heart. Intelligence. Bankrupts. Marriages and deaths.—To which is prefixed a Meteorological Table for the month of May, 1787.
Philadelphia: Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Clift and Trenchard.
And Sold by the principal Booksellers in the United States.
The proprietors, in order to promote the utility of the Columbian Magazine, and to accommodate their literary friends, respectfully inform the public, that for the future, letters addressed to the editor, will be received and punctually forwarded by the different publishers of the magazine throughout the United States. This regulation, it is hoped, will induce the learned and ingenious, however remotely situated, to contribute to the support of a work which is so well calculated for the communication and the advancement of human knowledge, and which may be happily employed to improve the manners, and encrease the enjoyments of social life.
In the conduct of this undertaking, every communication will be received with respect, and considered with impartiality;—and, though nothing will be admitted which can in the least degree be offensive to morality and delicacy, nothing will be rejected, which, by the care and industry of the Editor, can be rendered worthy of the public attention.
The Proprietors think it proper, thus early, to communicate to the public, their intention of annexing an accurate map of the State of Pennsylvania to the magazine for September next. The expence attending the survey and engraving, will render it necessary, however to encrease the price of that valuable number to non-subscribers; but the permanent patrons of this work, will receive it upon the usual terms.
13 3
Gouverneur & Kemble,
Have imported and now for Sale at their Store,
No 26, Front-street,
Muscovado sugar in hds. and barrels, Geneva in cases, and assortment of cordage and cables. Windward island rum & Jamaica spirits, Holland duck, Old sherry wine in pipes and quarter casks. Russia duck, Old Brandy in ditto, ditto, Ravens duck, Lisbon salt, Russia feathers, Black pepper in bales, from 100 to 400 lbs. Russia drilling, A quantity of Spanish salted dryed hides, Oznabrigs, Linseed oil in casks, Ticklenburghs, Flemish linen, Writing-paper, Dutch copper tea-kettles, Resin in barrels.
TO BE SOLD,
ON advantageous terms, a good new two story HOUSE, in Cherry-street, No. 25; it has a cellar under the whole, on a 21 years lease, a good stand for business, and suited for two families. For terms apply on the premises, or to the Printers hereof. Part of the money to be paid down, and a convenient time given for the remainder.