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The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 164, of VOL. XLII.]
WEDNESDAY, July 9, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2348.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED' REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE. Thompson's Liberty.
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By JOHN FREDERICK OSTERWALD, A celebrated Divine of Switzerland, Newly translated into English, from the Original LATIN.
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C O N T E N T S.
1. CONCERNING the nature of the Gospel Ministry.
2. The qualifications of a minister of the word of God.
3. Preparation and vocation to the ministry.
4. The Method of Theological study.
5. A general idea of theology.
6. The constituent parts of theology.
Section I. Of Christian Theology.
Concerning the Sacred Scripture.
Chap. 1. Concerning the books which constitute S. S.
2. The attributes of S. S.
3. The use of S. S.
Section II. Concerning God.
Chap. 1. Concerning the existence of God.
2. The attributes of God.
3. The holy trinity.
The first Part of Theology.
Concerning the Time which preceded the Advent of Christ.
Chap. 1. Concerning the creation.
2. Providence.
3. Sin.
4. Decrees.
5. The Antediluvian world.
6. The calling of Abraham.
7. The law of Moses.
8. The prophets.
9. The various state of the Jews.
10. The state of other nations.
The latter Part of Theology.
Concerning the Time subsequent to the Advent of Christ.
Section I. Chap. I. Concerning John the Baptist.
Section II. Concerning Jesus Christ.
Chap. 1. That Jesus is the Messiah.
2. Concerning the person of Christ.
3. His threefold office.
4. His twofold state.
Section III. Concerning the Constitution of the Church.
Chap. 1. Concerning the mission of the Holy Spirit.
2. The Preaching of the apostles.
3. The destruction of the Jews.
4. The calling of the Gentiles.
Section IV. Concerning the Doctrine which is preached in the Church.
Chap. 1. Concerning faith.
2. Repentance.
3. Good works.
4. Promises and threatenings.
5. Justification.
6. Sanctification.
Section V. Concerning the Church.
Chap. 1. What we are to understand by the Church.
2. Church government.
3. Discipline.
4. The various state of the church.
Section VI. Concerning the Assistance to Salvation.
Chap. 1. Concerning internal assistance.
2. External assistance.
3. Sacraments.
4. Baptism.
5. The holy Supper.
Section VII. Concerning a future World.
Chap. 1. Concerning the state of man after death.
2. The end of the world.
3. The resurrection.
4. The last judgment.
5. Life Eternal.
6. Death External.
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By a PLEBEIAN.
WHEREAS RICHARD BAYLIS, of
Goshen, in the county of Orange and late
colony of New-York, for securing the payment of
one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings
and six-pence, current money of the state of New-
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ing date the twenty-fifth day of June, 1771, and
executed by the said Richard Baylis to John Leake,
of the city of New-York, did by indentures of
lease and release, bearing date respectively the
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of June, in the
said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and seventy-one, mortgage to the said John Leake:
All that certain piece or parcel of LAND, situate,
lying and being in Goshen, in the county of Orange,
known by being part of lot No. 6, beginning at
the south east corner of the lands conveyed by
Ebenezer Holly to Josiah Seely, then running
north westerly along said Seely's land, and land of
Ebenezer Holly, to a ditch on the south side of
said Holly's meadow, thence south westerly along
said ditch to Benjamin Gale's lands, thence south-
easterly along said Gale's land and the land of Je-
remiah Coleman to the high way, then along the
high way to the place of beginning; containing se-
ven acres, to have and to hold, the said tract of
land with the appurtenances thereby intended to
be granted, and released; and every part and par-
cel thereof, and the reversion and reversions, re-
mainder and remainders thereof, unto the said John
Leake, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use
and behoof of the said John Leake, his heirs and
assigns for ever.—In which said indenture of re-
lease is contained a covenant, that in case it should
happen that the said sum of one hundred and
fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, with
the interest, or any part thereof should remain due
and unpaid on the 24th day of June then next
ensuing the date of the said indenture of release
then and in such case it should and might be law-
ful for the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns
to sell the said tract of land and premises thereby
granted, or any part thereof, at Public Vendue, or
otherwise, as to him or them shall seem meet to
any person or persons for such sum or sums of money
as might be reasonably bad for the same, and
out of the monies arising by the sale thereof to re-
tain and keep in his hands the said sum of one
hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and
six-pence, and the interest that might be due there-
on, together with the costs and charges of such
sale or sales, rendering the overplus, if any there
should be, to the said Richard Baylis, his execu-

MISCELLANY.
From the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
The WORCESTER SPECULATOR, No. 26. NEXT to him who is without a friend to remind him of his faults, is he, who feels it to be his indispensable duty to perform that no less hazardous than important office. Few indeed will bear this noble act of friendship; and strange it is, a still smaller number will be found sufficiently kind and benevolent, to administer the salutary preventive. When we consider how grateful we must feel ourselves to a spirited friend, who, seeing us just falling from a precipice, should snatch us from the fatal brink, and save our lives at the risk of his own, how can we reconcile with common sense, our being so irritable under the tender and truly affectionate hand of gentle, mild reproof? But alas! self partiality furnishes our apology, at least to ourselves, for all our transgressions; and those things which in others we despise, we approve in ourselves; and even expect that they will be applauded. Profane and unmeaning swearing in others, appears to us in its truly degrading light; but when uttered handsomely by ourselves, it becomes a manly, spirited accomplishment. In like manner, and yet more forcibly, are we impressed with the offensive, debating and fatal practice—in this country too common—of I REPLY—I blush at the very term! When we behold a man, the image of his Maker, reeling and staggering about, senseless and stupid as the beasts that perish, we shrink back from the painful sight—we pity—we despise, and are shocked at the humiliating picture: We go away disgusted, and hug ourselves that it is not so with us. But it too often happens—these powerful remonstrants notwithstanding—that we ourselves fall at last into the same fatal pit, and none are found to prevent us. From a love of society, a disposition to oblige, we at first partake the exhilarating draught, we innocently repeat our civilities, until at length, all powerful habit comes in unobserved to our ruin; and ill habits are always progressive—advancing rapidly from bad to worse.
And now the die is cast—our fate is forever sealed, and we are desperately shunned and avoided by all, a few hardened wretches excepted, who stand ready to avail themselves of our misfortunes, and to rob us, a last, of our estates, and then, when we are become, of all God's creatures, the most to be pitied and detested—mere drunken beggars—they too despise and forsake us. Could one in this last stage of wretchedness, revive from his stupor, and have a clear and just sight and sense of himself and his situation, what would be his language? How bitterly would he accuse his friends, if ever he had any? Would he not, probably, address them in terms like these?—
"When you beheld me plunging headlong to destruction, and carrying down with me the peace and happiness of my amiable faithful wife, and tender helpless children, why did you not, agreeable to your professions of friendship, all the friends, and honestly caution me of my danger? Were you fearful of offending, and of course, of losing my friendship? This was poor indeed! Have you not, by your timidity, to say no worse of you, and by your neglect, lost, not only me, but an innocent family? What proportion could your sufferings have borne, at the moment of reproof, to those which I now feel, and to those which my wretched family has felt a thousand times, when I have returned to them from my unsatisfying, low scenes of surfeiting and revelry? How were their poor hearts torn, and their tender souls gnawed up, when I entered their apartment, uttering in broken accents, foul oaths and profane imprecations?" Let pretended friends answer these questions. No tongue can fully express the sorrows of those to whom these grievous misfortunes have, through a long course of life, been detailed out; none indeed can describe, and few conceive, yet many, too many, are cursed for years, and perhaps during their whole lives, with these calamities, and in the most aggravated degree. Let no one talk of friendship who will not venture forth, at every risk and hazard, to prevent such accumulating ills. What greater satisfaction can friendship itself furnish, than refuses to a generous mind from the reflection of having saved a friend?—Next to him who has a friend at hand, ever ready faithfully to correct his first deviations from the path of rectitude and virtue, is he happy and honorable, who neglects not seasonably to administer the wholesome life restoring antidote.
REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
Extract of a letter from Dublin, March 6.
ON Saturday died Elizabeth Babbington, aged 110. It is remarkable that at the time of her infancy, being an orphan, her mother, Elizabeth Hopson, having received an account of the death of her child, set off to see her before interment; but not arriving until the child was lying in the grave, she insisted upon having a sight of her, and opening the coffin, signs of life appeared in the child. The happy mother took her infant to her bosom, and being at that time engaged as a wet nurse to some neighboring gentleman, immediately offered the breast to her own infant; when, after a few trials, it was able to imbibe some nourishment.
HINTS TO MANUFACTURERS.
To those who manufacture Cloth in their Families for their own use.
A LADY in New-Haven a few weeks past had the materials for a piece of cloth ready for the loom except a small part of the weft or filling. She had heard that the French people in some parts practised picking to pieces and spinning old baize and other loose woollen cloths. The experiment was first tried on some old rags green and red baize she had in the house, and finding that she could procure a quantity of yarn from those materials as easy or easier than from the fleece, her stock was increased by applying to a taylor in the neighborhood for a quantity of small bits of new baize which are thrown away as too small to be of any use. These she found could be worked with equal ease. The cloth was made, and her daughter now has a neat and substantial garment made from materials generally esteemed worth nothing.
Quere.—Are not those old rags worth as much as so much ready dyed wool.
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
MAY 5. B U D G E T.
[CONTINUED.]
MR. FOX observed, that the Minister last year stated it to be unfair to form a calculation of the revenue last year, because amongst other circumstances, there was a suspension of exports and imports from the commercial treaty not having then taken its effect; the same principle of objection existed against taking the present year, as being the more prosperous; the fairer way, and that by which the truth would have been better ascertained, would be to take the average of the last nine quarters; however, he made no scruple to say, that the Minister stated the matter too languidly, when he made choice of what year, & to what periods in that year he thought proper, for the purpose of forming a statement of the revenues of the country; if there were any deficiency apprehended, undoubtedly the most advisable way to make it good, would be by increasing the produce of the existing taxes; which, if found inefficient, painful as the task must be, it was the duty of every Minister to propose new burthens. What we do by peace, France does by millions; the formation of her government did not give her that opportunity of regulating her resources, which the wiser form of our government enjoyed. It was not politic to calculate the increasing prosperity of Great-Britain in a direct ratio with the declining predicament of French finances; it were better to stand on our own ground, and judge from our own domestic circumstances, than to have recourse to such comparative statements—the promise of the House of Commons was, that its income, including the million appropriated to the sinking fund, should not exceed the expenditures, and if the country should happily experience an increasing prosperity in its resources, it should be applied to the further diminution of its debt:—the commutation act, which had failed in the attainment of its object, the Minister had called on those who were its enemies to repeal at the period the act passed; among the many arguments that were urged against it, one not the least significant was the difficulty of repealing it, if on experience it were found necessary; the salutary effects then urged by the supporters of the act were, that it would not only abolish the practice of smuggling tea, but every other article of illicit traffic, among the smugglers; the fact however was, that since the passing of the act, more spirits had been smuggled into the country than was ever known at any previous time.
Mr. Fox then adverted to the right every member of the house possessed to state any circumstance relative to the financial affairs of the country, whenever they were submitted to the consideration of the house, and defended Mr. Sheridans allusion to the effects of the commutation act; this occasioned a short explanation between the Minister and Mr. Fox.
Sir GREY COOPER expressed his surprise at the enormous increase of the navy debt, a sum amounting to 180,000. and which the account stated to be no more than a floating arrear.
Mr. PITT replied, but not to Sir Grey Cooper's satisfaction.
Mr. HUSSEY observed, that there appeared on the face of the account, items amounting to 11,000. which were not of a permanent part of the income; the pleasant picture which the Minister had drawn of the resources of the country, he reflected on with pleasure; but observed, that the balance of trade, a consideration of greater importance than was generally imagined, was more in favour of this country in the year 1773, than in 1787, by the amount of one million of money.
Mr. PITT observed, in opposition to those claims which Mr. Hussey described as being of a temporary nature, that such were the expenses incurred by the late armaments, the demands of the Loyalists, and the sum voted for the discharge of the debts of the Prince of Wales.
Sir W. CUNNINGHAM said, if he had not misunderstood the Minister, he had declared his intention of not levying, this year, any additional burthen on the people, though, at the same time, he had intimated his design of increasing the expence of the distilling licences in Scotland. He assured the house, that since the last act had passed against the Scotch distillers, there had occurred a bankruptcy to the amount of 500,000.
Mr. PITT said, he undoubtedly had signified his intention of increasing the price of the licences to Scotch distillers, a regulation by which that county would be benefited.
Sir WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM begged leave to assure Mr. Pitt, that his constituents would be more thankful by his withholding the benefit he proposed to administer.
A desultory conversation ensued concerning the claim of the public on the East-India Company, for the payment of arrears due to the King's troops in India, and the sums of money which have been advanced in England for their subsistence. The India Company, besides disputing the claim in some degree, make a demand on government for expenses increased during the Manilla war, to the amount of 39,000. together with the sum 260,000. for the maintenance of French prisoners.—The Company have however agreed, to pay the public, on account, 500,000.
Mr. DUNDAS remarked, "that if the public once received that sum, the India Company could not get it back again." This allusion created so much laughter, that it was some time before the house could resume its attention to the more serious observations of the President of the Board of Control on the subject.
Mr. Baring, Mr. Devaynes, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Smith, Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Fox, explained, after which the house adjourned at eight o'clock.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, April 26, to May 1. YESTERDAY morning one hundred of the convicts under sentence of transportation in Newgate were put on board a lighter at Black-Friars, which proceeded with them to the hulks at Woolwich.
The camps which are expected to be formed in different parts of France, during the ensuing summer, are evidently intended to keep down that spirit of liberty which is wakening so fast in every part of the Gallic kingdom.
An officer of rank is arrived at Versailles from prince Potemkin, who made the journey from New Servia to Paris in seventeen days. He brings an account that the Russian army is most plentifully supplied with provisions, and that the accounts spread abroad of a famine in the neighbourhood where it is encamped, are totally false. It was expected that the next dispatches would bring accounts of some important operations of this army, on the opening of the campaign.
The poor rates of this kingdom, according to the returns made by the overseers, &c. of the different parishes, for the years 1783, 1784, and 1785, amount as under,
Table with 4 columns: Year, £, s., d. Rows for 1783, 1784, 1785.
We believe these are the latest returns that have been made, but there is no doubt of their having considerably increased since the above period.
The situation of the French government is at this moment critical in the extreme—but still there is a want of popular spirit to enforce those reforms which the people long for—Parliaments may remonstrate, as they have hitherto done; they may assert a noble and manly objection to arbitrary measures, but while there are 250,000 arguments in military attire, to oppose the efforts of liberty, there can be but few hopes of their prevailing.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman now on board one of the Indiamen at Diamond Harbour, Nov. 8, 1778.
"I arrived safe on board last Thursday morning, having had a very disagreeable trip down, and this morning received your letter, requesting me to "inform you whether you experienced the late storm you have had at Calcutta, and if so, whether we have suffered by it or not."
"Agreeable to your desire "that I will be as accurate and particular as possible in my information," I will give you the best account in my power of the ravages of the storm in this quarter.
"It made its approaches much in the same manner, and became violent about the time you mention, which appears strange, from the many miles we are a under, nearly seventy, if not more.
"Our ship, with five other Indiamen, was driven ashore; in short, every vessel here broke from their moorings, and went adrift at the same instant. I leave you therefore to imagine what we must have felt at such an awful moment fraught with danger which appeared inevitable; and, indeed had it not
been that the wind shifted from the eastward to north-west, probably in a few minutes more we should all have been on the Diamond Sands, and no one left to tell the tale.
"The Indiamen that drove ashore near Fultah were the Rodney, the Princess Augusta, and Minerva.
"The others were driven ashore nearer Diamond Harbour; but our ship and two more have and the others will, no doubt get off; some damaged but not materially.
"You do not mention any thing respecting the fog, which was here so very thick in the morning, that we could scarcely see from one vessel to another.
"The Lord Camden, in drifting ran foul of the Princess Royal, stove in two of her beams, and carried away her quarter and stern galleries, fore-yard, and main-yard. She has, upon the whole suffered very much.
"The Thetis, though she rode out the storm, suffered much, having lost her fore-mast, and being obliged to cut away her main-mast, which eased and kept her otherwise safe from the fury of the gale.
"The Busbridge also rode out the storm, but not without damage.
"A French vessel, which was at anchor, cut away her main and mizen masts, and drifted ashore at Myapoor. She has, however, since got off, without receiving any other material damage.
"Mr. Bolts was unfortunately lost in his own vessel. During the gale he was seen veering away the cable by himself, all his men having deserted him, and leaped overboard, few of whom, however, were saved. The Vessel was suddenly overlet, and that brave man perished in her."
Very great alarm took place yesterday in the city. Several of the first houses in the linen trade have given such indications of tottering as to put the manufacturing and trading part of the town into the utmost confusion. It would be improper, at present, to mention either the houses, or the particulars; but the whole arises from the pernicious effects of speculation, supported by drawing and re-drawing. One house alone is said to be under acceptances for 300,000. and it is suspected there will be bills to the amount of two or three millions unpaid in the city within these six weeks. These failures are likely to draw with them the most extensive consequences; but we trust the whole will be prevented, as there was last night a meeting of the bank directors and bankers, to see if it was possible to avert the calamity. the county of Lancaster it is feared will be much affected by them.
American Occurrences
ST. JOHN, June 17.
IT is with pleasure we inform our readers, that His Excellency Lieut-nant Governor Carleton, returned in good health at Fredericton on Wednesday last from Quebec.
Yesterday arrived the Schooner Charles, Captain Brown, in five days from Halifax.
On the first instant died at Westfield, in King's County, of a lingering and painful illness, Mr. Nathaniel Dickinson, formerly of Pennfield in Massachusetts Bay.
WORCESTER, July 3.
On Sunday morning last the prisoners in the gaol in this town, five in number, made their escape; which they effected by knocking down the gaoler and his attendant, when they went to carry them provision;—they took to the woods, but being vigorously pursued, three of them were soon brought back and recommitted; the others got off, among whom was one who under confinement for burglary.
BALTIMORE, July 1.
We are happy to congratulate our distant readers upon the adoption and ratification of the federal constitution by the states of New-Hampshire and Virginia. The ratification in the former was carried on the 21st ultimo, and in the latter on the 25th. The account of these interesting events was received by the inhabitants of this place with every demonstration of heartfelt satisfaction, and we dare say will give equal pleasure in almost every part of the state. On Saturday evening the artillery were fired from Federal-hill, and some very beautiful fire-works displayed from the Court-house hill, after which a number of citizens partook of an elegant supper at Mr. Grant's. The following toasts were drunk on the occasion.
1. The new constitution. 2. Our sisters New-Hampshire and Virginia, and the other states which have adopted the constitution. 3. The illustrious George Washington. 4. May the virtue of the people remain unshaken, and none but decided friends to the constitution be chosen to put it in motion. 5. A speedy revival of public and private credit. 6. Wise federal laws and well executed. 7. The learning, agriculture, manufactures, and commerce of America. 8. The flag of the United States of America. 9. The Prince who assisted America in establishing independence. 10. May the liberty of America be perpetual.

PHILADELPHIA, July 7.
On Wednesday next a minute and correct account of the procession, in honor of the establishment of the federal constitution, will be published. We shall only observe, that it far exceeded the expectations of all who saw it, and that in the opinion of men of taste, both citizens and foreigners, it has seldom been surpassed in Europe, and never equalled in America.
New-York, July 9.
YESTERDAY arrived sloop Mary, Raliby, St. John's, 8 days; Dolphin, Carpenter, Demarara, 20 days.
By a gentleman who arrived here on Monday from Poughkeepsie, we are informed, that the spirit of warm contention had in a great measure subsided between the parties in Convention, and that cool reasoning instead of angry debate had taken place in that honorable body, and that matters were likely to take a favorable turn. The Convention are now framing their objections to the Constitution for amendments; it is supposed they will be similar to those of Virginia. It is said, this week will nearly complete the important business for which they met.
RICHMOND, State of VIRGINIA, In CONVENTION.
Wednesday, the 25th of June, 1788.
THE Convention, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole convention, to take into farther consideration the proposed constitution of government for the United States; and after some time spent therein, Mr. President resumed the chair, and Mr. Matthews reported, that the committee had, according to order, again had the said proposed constitution under their consideration, and had gone through the same, and come to several resolutions thereupon, which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered in at the clerk's table, where the same were again read, and are as followeth:
WHEREAS the powers granted under the proposed constitution are the gift of the people, and every power not granted thereby remains with them and at their will: No right therefore of any denomination can be cancelled, abridged, restrained or modified by the Congress, by the senate, or house of representatives, acting in any capacity, by the President, or any department or officer of the United States, except in those instances in which power is given by the constitution for those purposes: and among other essential rights, liberty of conscience and of the press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained or modified, by any authority of the United States.
AND WHEREAS any imperfections which may exist in the said constitution ought rather to be examined in the mode prescribed therein for obtaining amendments, than by a delay with a hope of obtaining previous amendments, to bring the Union into danger:
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, That the said constitution be ratified.
But in order to relieve the apprehensions of those who may be solicitous for amendments,
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, That whatsoever amendments may be deemed necessary, be recommended to the consideration of the Congress which shall first assemble under the said constitution, to be acted upon according to the mode prescribed in the fifth article thereof.
The first resolution being read a second time, a motion was made and the question put to amend the same, by substituting, in lieu of the said resolution and its preamble, the following resolution:
Resolved, That previous to the ratification of the new constitution of government recommended by the late federal convention, a declaration of rights, asserting and securing from encroachment the great principles of civil and religious liberty, and the unalienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most exceptionable parts of the said constitution of government, ought to be referred by this convention to other states in the American confederation, for their consideration."
It passed in the negative—Ayes 80—Noes 88.
On motion of Mr. Patrick Henry, seconded by Mr. Theodorick Bland, the ayes and noes on the said question were taken as followeth:
A Y E S.
Edmund Cuffis, John Pride, Edmund Booker, William Cabell, Samuel Jordan Cabell, John Trigg, Charles Clay, Henry Lee (of Bourbon) the hon. John Jones, Binns Jones, Charles Patterson, David Bell, Robert Alexander, Edmund Winston, Thomas Read, Benjamin Harrison, the hon. John Tyler, David Patterson, Stephen Pankey, jun. Joseph Michaux, Thomas H. Drew, French Strother, Joel Early, Joseph Jones, William Watkins, Meriwether Smith, James Upshaw, John Fowler, Samuel Richardson, Joseph Haden, John Early, Thomas Ar-
thurs, John Guerrant, William Sampson, Isaac Coles, George Carington, Park Goodall, John Carter Littlepage, Thomas Cooper, John Marr, Thomas Roane, Holt Richeson, Benjamin Temple, Stephens Thompson, Mason, William White, Jonathan Patterson, Christopher Robertson, John Logan, Henry Pawling, John Miller, Green Clay, Samuel Hopkins, Richard Kennon, Thomas Allen, Alexander Robertson, John Evans, Walker Crockett, Abraham Trigg, Mathew Walton, John Steele, Robert Williams, John Wilson (of Pennsylvania) Thomas Turpin, Patrick Henry, Robert Lawson, Edmund Ruffin, Theodorick Bland, William Grayson, Cuthbert Bullitt, Thomas Carter, Henry Dickenson, James Monroe, John Dawson, George Mason, Andrew Buchanan, John Howell Briggs, Thomas Edmunds, the hon. Richard Carey, Samuel Edmiston, and James Montgomery.
N O E S.
The hon. Edmund Pendleton, esq. president, George Parker, George Nicholas, Wilson Nicholas, Zachariah Johnson, Archibald Stuart, William Dark, Adam Stephen, M. M'Ferran, William Fleming, James Taylor (of Caroline) hon. Paul Carrington, Miles King, Woolish Westwood, David Stuart, Charles Simms, Humphrey Marshall, Martin Pickett, Humphrey Brooke, J. Shearman Woodcock, Alexander Waite, Warner, Lewis, Thomas Smith, Georg eClendinen, John Stewart, William Mason, Daniel Fisher, Andrew Woodrow, Ralph Humphreys, George Jackson, John Prunty, Isaac Vanmeter, Abel Seymour, his excellency governor Randolph, John Marshall, Nathaniel Butwell, Robert Andrews, James Johnson, Robert Breckenridge, Rice Bullock, William Fleet, Burdit Ashton, William Thornton, James Gordon (of Lancaster) Henry Towles, Levin Powell, William Overton Callis, Ralph Wormley, jun. Francis Corbin, William M'Clery, Willis Riddick, Solomon Shepherd, William Clayton, Burwell Bassett, James Webb, James Taylor (of Norfolk) John Stringer, Lyttleton Eyre, Walter Jones, Thomas Gaskins, Archibald Woods, Ebenezer Zane, hon. James Madison, James Gordon (of Orange) W. Ronald, Anthony Walke, Benj. Wilson, John Wilson (of Randolph) Walker Tompkin, William Peache, W. M'Kee, Andrew Moore, Thomas Lewis, Gabriel Jones, Jacob Rinker, John Williams, B. Blunt, S. Kello, John Hartwell Cooke, John Allen, Cole Daggess, Henry Lee (of Westmoreland) Bushrod Washington, hon. John Blair, hon. George Wythe, James Innes, and Thomas Matthews.
And then the main question being put that the convention do agree with the committee in the said first resolution:
It was resolved in the affirmative—Ayes 89—noes 79.
On motion of Mr. George Mason, seconded by Mr. Patrick Henry, the ayes and noes on the said main question were taken as followeth:
AYES.—The honorable Edmund Pendleton, Esq. President. George Parker, George Nicholas, Wilson Nicholas, Zachariah Johnson, Archibald Stuart, William Dark, Adam Stephen, Martin M'Ferran, William Fleming, James Taylor (of Caroline) the honorable Paul Carrington, David Patterson, Miles King, Worlich Westwood, David Stuart, Charles Simms, Humphrey Marshall, Martin Pickett, Humphrey Brooke, John Searman Woodcock, Alexander White, Warner Lewis, Thomas Smith, George Clendinen, John Stewart, William Mason, Daniel Fisher, Andrew Woodrow, Ralph Humphreys, George Jackson, John Prunty, Isaac Vanmeter, Abel Seymour, his excellency Governor Randolph, John Marshall, Nathaniel Butwell, Robert Andrews, James Johnson, Robert Breckenridge, Rice Bullock, William Fleet, Burdit Ashton, William Thornton, James Gordon (of Lancaster) Henry Towles, Levin Powell, William Overton Callis, Ralph Wormley, jun. Francis Corbin, William M'Clery, Willis Riddick, Solomon Shepherd, W. Clayton, Burwell Bassett, J. Webb, J. Taylor of Norfolk, John Stringer, Lyttleton Eyre, Walter Jones, Thomas Gaskins, Archibald Woods, Ebenezer Zane, the honorable James Madison, J. Gordon, of Orange, W. Ronald, A. Walke, Benjamin Wilson, John Wilson, of Randolph; Walker Tomlin, William Peache, William M'Kee, Andrew Moore, Thomas Lewis, Gabriel Jones, Jacob Rinker, John Williams, Benjamin Blunt, Samuel Kello, John Hartwell Cooke, John Allen, Cole Daggess, Henry Lee, of Westmoreland, Bushrod Washington, the honorable John Blair, the honorable Geo. Wythe, James Innes, and Thomas Matthews.
NOES.—Edmund Cuffis, John Pride, Edmund Booker, William Cabell, Samuel Jordan Cabell, John Trigg, Charles Clay, Henry Lee, of Bourbon, the honorable John Jones, Binns Jones, Charles Patterson, David Bell, Robert Alexander, Edmund Winston, Thomas Read, Benjamin Harrison, the honorable John Tyler, Stephen Pankey, jun. Joseph Michaux, Thomas H. Drew, French Strother, Joel Early, Joseph Jones, William Watkins, Merri-
wether Smith, James Upshaw, John Fowler, Samuel Richardson, Joseph Haden, John Early, Thomas Arthurs, J. Guerrant, William Sampson, Isaac Coles, George Carrington, Park Goodall, John Carter Littlepage, Thomas Cooper, John Marr, Thomas Roane, Holt Richeson, Benjamin Temple, Stephens Thompson, Mason, William White, Jonathan Patterson, Christopher Robertson, John Logan, Henry Pawling, John Miller, Green Clay, Samuel Hopkins, Richard Keonon, Thomas Allen, Alexander Robertson, John Evans, Walker Crockett, Abraham Trigg, Matthew Walton, John Steele, Robert Williams, John Wilson, of Pennsylvania, Thomas Turpin, Patrick Henry, Robert Lawson, Edmund Ruffin, Theodorick Bland, William Grayson, Cuthbert Bullitt, Thomas Carter, Henry Dickenson, James Monroe, John Dawson, George Mason, Andrew Buchanan, John Howell, Briggs, Thomas Edmunds, the honorable Richard Cary, Samuel Edmiston, and James Montgomery.
The second resolution being read a second time, a motion was made and the question being put to amend the same by striking out the preamble thereto;
It was resolved in the affirmative.
And then the main question being put that the convention do agree with the committee in the second resolution so amended.
On motion, Ordered, That a committee be appointed to prepare and report a form of ratification, pursuant to the first resolution; and that his excellency gov. Randolph—Messrs. Nicholas, Madison, Marshall, and Corbin, compose the said committee.
On motion, Ordered, That a committee be appointed to prepare and report such amendments as shall be deemed necessary to be recommended, pursuant to the second resolution; and that the honorable George Wythe, Messrs. Harrison, Matthews, Henry, his excellency governor Randolph, Geo. Mason, Nicholas, Grayson, Madison, Tyler, John Marshall, Monroe, Ronald, Bland, Meriwether Smith, the honorable Paul Carrington, Innes, Hopkins, the honorable John Blair, and Simms, compose the said committee.
His excellency governor Randolph reported from the committee appointed, according to order, a form of ratification, which was read and agreed to by the convention.
[For the report see our paper of the 3d inst.] Amendments in the Virginia convention to-morrow.
ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA,
JULY 7.
Brig Eagle, Jameson, Jamaica. Schooner Polly, Thomas, ditto. Schooner Youngman's Endeavour, Toler, N. Carolina. Sloop Fanny, Rea, Virginia. Sloop Delaware, Knox, ditto. Sloop Washington Packet, Hess, North-Carolina.
Married, at Bordentown, Miss CAROLINE MOORE, to BOWES READ, Esq. of Burlington, Secretary to the Governor and Council of the state of N. Jersey.
By the United States in Congress assembled, June 24, 1788.
ON a report of the board of Treasury, to whom was referred a letter of Andrew Duntcomb, Esq. commissioner of the State of Virginia, for settling their accounts with the United States, addressed to his Excellency the Governor of the said state, and dated on the 23d of May last:
Resolved, That the several states be allowed three months in addition to the time limited by the ordinance of the 7th of May 1787, for exhibiting to the district commissioners their respective accounts against the United States; and that three months be added to the twelve months mentioned in the said ordinance for terminating the commission of the said district commissioners.
Resolved, That the several states be authorised to transmit to the account of the treasury, the commissioner of army accounts, and to the general board of commissioners to be appointed in pursuance of the ordinance of the 7th May, 1787, such additional vouchers or other testimony as they may think necessary to support any claim by them exhibited to the respective offices aforesaid; provided the same be transmitted at least six months previous to the termination of the office of the general board as fixed by the ordinance above mentioned.
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
NOTICE.
ALL White and Black-Smiths in the City of New-York, are requested to meet at the City Tavern To-Morrow Evening at 6 o'clock.
JAMES BRAMBLE.
New-York, July 9, 1788. 43— A STABLE & CELLAR, to LET—Enquire of the Printer.
All kinds of Public & State Certificates
BOUGHT and SOLD, At No. 27, WATER-STREET, and every kind of PAPER MONEY, exchanged for SPECIE and re-exchanged:
Also on Hand FOR SALE, A LARGE Sum in Banker's, Barber's, and Loan Office Certificates of this State, such as will purchase Lands at the Commissioner's sale, and pay Quit-Rents—Likewise Final Settlements of this State; any, or all of which will be exchanged for Common Final Settlements, Loan-Office, or Pickering's Notes, and indents at a small difference.
New-York, June 25, 1788. 30—c.d.
BOARDING-SCHOOL.
MRS. SEWELL, presents her respects to her friends and the worthy inhabitants of New-York—begs leave to inform them, that she intends opening a BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL for Young Ladies on Monday next, at No. 89 William-street, where she proposes teaching English, French, Writing, the Gaiter, and every kind of Needlework, on moderate terms. Mrs. Sewell further assures those who please to honor her with the tuition of their daughters, that the strictest regard will be had to their reading with propriety, together with her utmost endeavours to form their minds and cultivate their understanding.
New-York, June 26, 1787. 33—c.d.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Ship JUNO, from Havre-de-Grace, and ships PHILADELPHIA and GRACE from Amsterdam.
And to be SOLD at the STORE No. 194 Queen-street, opposite Beckman's-Ship, By DE LUZE DE MONTMOLLIN, and COMPANY;
A general Assortment of DRY GOODS, Consisting of the following ARTICLES, CHINTZES, Kid Gloves, Calicoes, Ribbons, Lute-strings, Hair Ribbons, Cambricks, Watches, Silk Hose, Umbrellas, &c.
Also, to be sold at the above Store, Handkerchiefs, Persians, and Sarisnets. t.f.
FRANCIS DURAND
No. 15, QUEEN-STREET, Has FOR SALE, imported in the French Packets,
The following ARTICLES, viz: CAMBRICKS, and Superfine French Broad Cloths, Scarlet, Blue, &c. &c. Umbrellas of different sizes, Thread Laces and Edgings, Lyon's quilted Satins, Black Silk Laces, Men's black and white Silk Hose, White and coloured Women's white do. Women's Kid Gloves, Black Modes, yard wide Chintzes, &c. best assorted Ribbons.
AMINIATURE PAINTER,
Lately arrived from FRANCE, Presents his respects to his Friends, and the Public in general, And INFORMS them
That he DRAWS THE MOST STRIKING LIKENESSES OF LADIES and GENTLEMEN, At the lowest Price,
And engages the Painting to be equal to any in Europe.
SHOULD the Likenesses not be approved of, after drawing, they will be taken back. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who will please to honor him with their Commands, will be so kind as to enquire at Mrs. DAVIS's, No. 43, Hanover-Square, opposite Mr. Peter Golet's.
PETER HENRI.
Ladies in the City will be waited on if desired.
New-York, June 9. 17—ed.
Wanted to Purchase
IMMEDIATELY, OFFICER's and Soldier's Military Bounty Rights of Land, both State and Continental—Also, a large Amount in Indents, Final Settlements, and Pickering's Notes, Apply at No. 196, Water-street.
New-York, June 25, 1788. 30—c.d.
Wants a Place,
A MIDDLE AGED MAN, High German by nation, who can procure a good character. He wishes to be employed in a store, or to wait on a single gentleman here, or to go abroad with him. He speaks and writes French and Italian, as well as English, and is a very good calculator. Apply to Mr. CHARLES WOOD, opposite St. Paul's Church.
New-York, 1st July, 1788. 36ed6t
Starch and Hair-Powder,
MANUFACTURED and SOLD by Isaac & John Stoutenburgh, At the corner of Greenwich and Dey Streets, No. 14 Rier.

POET'S CORNER.
MODERN DEVOTION.
To church I went, With good intent, To hear Membrino preach and pray; But objects there, Too heavenly fair, Turn'd eyes and hearts a different way. Miss Patty's fan, Miss Molly's man, With powder'd hair and dimpled cheek; Miss Delia's eyes, That once made prize Of Tomkin, with his hair so sleek. Embroider'd gowns, And play-house tunes, Estrang'd their hearts from heaven too wide: I felt most odd, This house of God, Should all be flutter, pomp and pride. Now pray be wise— No prayers will rise To heaven, where hearts are not sincere— Leave pride at home, Whene'er you come, To pay to heaven your offerings there.
This Day is Published, Embellished with a Plan of the High Court of Parliament, for the TRIAL of WARREN HASTINGS, Esquire,
The American Magazine.
For JUNE, 1788.
CONTAINING, SOLYMA and OSSMIN. Directions for making Pot-Ash. Description of the River Mississippi, by Thomas Hutchins, Esq. Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King of Spain. Anecdote of a Nun. On Vocal Music. History of the Origin of the two Houses of the British Parliament. Life and Amusements of Isaac Bickerstaffe, jun. Letter 7, from Frederick to Felicia. Account of Edward Gibbon, Esq. An Account of Warren Hastings, Esq. Some Account of Mr. Burke. Some Account of Mr. Sheridan. Explanation of a Passage of Scripture. Thoughts on Marriage. Translation of an Original Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth. Letter 4th, from a Gentleman to his Friend. A Memorial and Remonstrance to the General Assembly of Virginia. Letter to a young Gentleman on his Marriage, by Mrs. Thale, now Mrs. Piozzi. Reduction of a luxated Os Brachia. Genuine Letter from a Lady. Answer to the Enquiries of Candidus in our last, by Vindex. On the Petitions near Claverack. Trial of Mr. Hastings, continued. Review of New Publications.
Poetry.
Advice from the Tombs. A Hymn, sung at the public Exhibition in the Greenfield School. Lines addressed to a Lady, on her embarking to visit a Friend. A Rebus. Intelligence. New-York, Printed by S. and J. LOUDON, And Sold by Messrs. S. and R. Campbell, Mr. S. Loudon, Messrs. Berry and Rogers, Mr. T. Allen, Mr. R. Hodge, Mr. T. Greenleaf, Mr. F. Childs, Mr. J. Ried.—Mr. S. Hall, at Boston.—Messrs Hudson and Goodwin, at Hartford.—Mr. L. Beers, at New-Haven.—Mr. A. Stoddard, at Hudson.—Messrs. W. Falconer, and Co. at Albany.—Messrs. Young and M c Culloch, at Philadelphia, Mrs. A. Timothy, at Charleston.
This Day is published, And to be sold by the PRINTER hereof and by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen-street,
PRINCIPLES OF THE Latin Grammar,
EXPLAINED in a manner suited to the Capacity of Beginners, with rules and Observations calculated for those who have made proficiency in the Classics.
By JAMES HARDIE, A. B., Teacher of the GREEK and LATIN Languages NEW-YORK.
Just Published, At Thomas Greenleaf's Printing-Office, No. 25, Water Street. A new, complete, and correct Edition of Baron Steuben's Regulations
FOR THE Order and Discipline OF THE Troops of the United States.
THE Conductor Generalis To be sold at this Office.
Just published by M. CARY, At Philadelphia, and to be SOLD, By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York, (By whom subscriptions are received)
THE American Museum,
For MAY, 1788.
CONTAINING Papers elucidating the rise and progress of the American revolution.
RESOLUTIONS entered into by the house of burgesses of Virginia, relative to the stamp act, May 29, 1765. Resolutions agreed to by the house of assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, relative to the stamp act—Sept. 21, 1765. Address of the house of delegates of the province of Maryland to the governor thereof. Governor's answer. Resolutions agreed to by the lower house of assembly, in the province of Maryland, Sept. 28, 1765. Queries proposed by the chief justice of the supreme court held at Perth Amboy, to the lawyers of said court, relative to the stamp act, Sept. 20, 1765. Extract from instructions of the inhabitants of the town of Plymouth, to Thomas Forster, their representative in the general assembly of Massachusetts bay, October 21, 1765. The American Crisis, No. I.
Speeches and messages of governors of several states.
Message of governor Sullivan to the general court of New-Hampshire. Speech of governor Clinton to both houses of the legislature of New-York. Message from the president and the supreme executive council of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the general assembly of said state. Speech of governor Hancock to the legislature of the state of Massachusetts. Speech of governor Huntington the legislature of the state of Connecticut.
Papers respecting the late private transactions with the Oneida Indians.
Petition of John Livingston and Caleb Benson, to the legislature of New-York. Another petition from the same to the same. Proclamation by gov. Clinton. Talk of the Oneida nations, lately received by the legislature of New-York.
Papers respecting negro slavery.
Petition intended to be presented to the continental convention, by the Philadelphia society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free negroes, unlawfully held in bondage. Petition of a number of blacks to the legislature of Massachusetts. Letter to the treasurer of the London society for promoting the abolition of the slave trade, from the rev. Boucher Nicholls.
Political speculations.
Address to the citizens of the united states. Address to the people of Maryland, from the dissenting members of the late convention of that state. Address to the freemen of South Carolina, on the proposed federal constitution. Said to have been written by Dr. Ramsay. Letter from Dr. Rush to Dr. Ramsay, on the same subject. Address to the members of the convention of Virginia, ascribed to Tench Coxe, esq. Remarks on the conduct of Spain, with respect to the navigation of the river Mississippi. Remarks on ship-building in America. Observations on the probable effects of the late arrest of the French court, respecting the intercourse with America. Extract from a pamphlet, entitled "The true interest of the United States considered." Speech delivered by a clergyman in the state of Massachusetts, on the fourth of January, 1787, relative the late insurrection. Thoughts on crimes and punishments.
Miscellanies.
Description of a most effectual method of securing buildings from fire. Invented by Charles lord viscount Mahon. On the retreat of swallows. Population of the United States. Comparative view of the extent of the United States, &c. On the danger of introducing epidemical disorders, through want of proper precautions. Petition of Daniel Shays and Eli Parsons, to the general court of Massachusetts. Form of the ratification of the federal constitution on by the convention of Maryland. Circular letter, directed to the different courts in the western country. Letter from captain John Sullivan, late of the continental army, to the Spanish minister at New-York. Letter from the same to governor Pinckney. Premiums offered by the society for political inquiries.
Rural concerns.
Method of destroying caterpillars upon trees. Hint on the management of sheep. On the use of mud as a manure. On the culture of carrots. Advantages of the use of oxen in draft, &c.
Poetry.
Mount Vernon. By Colonel Humphreys. The shield of Achilles. By the late Dr. Ladd.
Intelligence.
Foreign. Domestic.
American Printed Books.
This Day is published, and to be Sold, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, the Corner of King & Queen-street, The Miscellaneous Works
OF PHILIP FRENEAU.
Containing his Essays and additional Poems. THIS second volume of our American Author, is replete with the highest sentimental entertainment. Humour, wit, and satire, flow in copious strains.—It requires only to be read to be admired.
Such gentlemen, in this city and state, as honored this vol. with their subscriptions, will be pleased to send for it as soon as convenient.
THE MESSIAH,
Attempted from the GERMAN of Mr. KLOPSTOCK.
TO those who are acquainted with the merits of this work, little need be said to becommend it.—It is calculated to inspire every pious, every virtuous sentiment:—to fill the mind with an awful reverence and love of the Great and incomprehensible GOD and FATHER of all; with the sublimest and most fervent gratitude to our gracious REDEEMER, and a perfect detestation and abhorrence of all vice. In a word, it claims the patronage of ALL who do not blush at owning themselves Christians, and at paying a humble obedience to the King of Kings.
This piece of religious and moral painting has obtained Mr. Klopstock the honor of being esteemed the Milton of Germany, and is considered as having completed what that favorite son of the British muse had left unfinished.—The beauties of the Messiah equal Paradise Lost:—Paradise Regained, though far from being destitute of merit, is universally allowed to fall much below this work, and is acknowledged to be deficient in that unbounded invention, that beautiful machinery, and variety of characters, which distinguish the rigorous efforts of Mr. Klopstock's genius.
The Messiah is formed upon an extensive and important plan, and includes the sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ.
S E R M O N S.
By the celebrated RICHARD PRICE, D. D. L. L. D. F. R. S.
The Triumphs of Temper;
A Poem in six Cantos.
By WILLIAM HALEY, Esquire.
Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his Daughter. Dr. Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion. Sheridan's Rhetorical Grammar. The Charms of Melody.—A new Song Book. Tarver's Travels through the interior Parts of America. Economy of Human Life. Webster's American Selection of Lessons, in reading and speaking. Webster's Institute, first and second Part. Pike's excellent System of Arithmatic. A few Sets of Newton on the Prophecies. Edwards on the Affections. Do, History of Redemption, &c. &c.
Also, J U S T I M P O R T E D,
A number of very valuable
B O O K S,
Consisting of
HISTORY. Surgery, Divinity, Agriculture, Law, Nautical Books, Philosophy, Dictionaries, Mathematics, Architecture, Biography, Novels, Geography, Miscellanies, Poetry, Plays, &c. &c. hayfic,
Also an excellent Assortment of
S T A T I O N A R Y.
Genuine Writing Paper Wrapping Paper, Sealing-Wax, Wafers, of different sizes and prices, Ledgers, Journals, Waste, Letter, and Blank Books of all sizes, Receipt Books, Bonnet and Quills, Slates, Lead and slate Pencils, Penknives, elegant Shoe-buckles, Message Cards, &c. &c. Commissions from the country are thankfully received, and carefully executed. 505— New-York, May 26, 1788.
Philadelphia, June 2, 1788.
To the PUBLIC.
AS the time limited for completing the execution of my scheme for the selling some of my houses and landed interest terminates the 25th of July next, I take the liberty to request those gentlemen who have honored and aided me in the disposal of my tickets, to forward the unengaged tickets, by the safest means possible, so that they may reach me on or before the period above alluded to:—to which end, circular letters will be forwarded to each by the first opportunity.
I here return my most sincere acknowledgment for the countenance given my plan, from gentlemen in most parts of the continent. And though arduous and difficult as the undertaking appeared in its commencement, it gives me the most pleasing satisfaction to add, that it now promises to gratify my most earnest expectations.
20 3w THOMAS PROCTOR.
TO BE SOLD, For JERSEY MONEY at full Value, Or exchanged for any Property in New-York, or bartered for West-India or DRY GOODS, At Market Price,
A Valuable Farm,
SITUATE in Woodbridge township, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles distant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and seventy acres a third part of which is excellent MEADOW; a sufficiency of fire-wood, with a handsome piece of thrifty young timber.
The plough-land equal to any in that part of the country; the whole under good fence.
On the premises is a good house, kitchen, and barn; and an excellent spring of water near the door; to which is added, fifteen acres, or thereabouts, of salt marsh, on the Rariton, about one mile from the farm.
This place is well known by the name of CLAWSON'S FARM.
For terms of sale enquire of Mr. Joseph Bindon, merchant, New-York, or Benjamin Thompson, near Morris-Town. New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. 99—c.d.
Remaining on Hand,
A Few MAPS,
Of the interior parts of North-America, including the lands intended for the NEW STATES, some of which are selling, and others already disposed of by order of Congress.
ORDERS are just received, by the printer hereof, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold. The plates were cut and the impressions taken in London, and there sold (without the pamphlet) at One Guinea each.
To accompany this map, and explanatory of it with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 67 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled, a Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the Map.
By THOMAS HUTCHINS, Esq.
Late Captain and Engineer in the British army, and now Geographer General to the United States of America. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois river, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.
Description of the ILLINOIS COUNTRY.
THE Illinois country is in general of a superior soil to any other part of North America that I have seen. It produces fine oak, hickory, cedar, mulberry trees, &c. some dying roots and medicinal plants;—hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten hogheads of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes. A large quantity of sugar is also annually made from the juice of the maple tree; and as the mulberry trees are large and numerous, I presume the making of silk will employ the attention and industry of the settlers, when the country is more fully inhabited than it is at present, and especially as the winters are much more moderate and favourable for the breed of silk worms, than they are in many of the sea coast provinces. Indigo may likewise be successfully cultivated—(but not more than two cuttings in a year) wheat, tea, and Indian corn thrive well, as does every sort of grain and pulse, that is produced in any of the old colonies. Great quantities of tobacco are also yearly raised by the inhabitants of the Illinois, both for their own consumption and that of the Indians; but little has hitherto been exported to Europe. Hemp grows spontaneously, and is of a good texture; its common height is 10 feet, and its thickness three inches (the latter reckoned within about a foot of the root) and with little labour, any quantity may be cultivated. Flax seed has hitherto been only raised in small quantities. There has however been enough produced to shew, that it may be grown to the greatest advantage. Apples, pears, peaches, and all other European fruits succeed admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in different parts of this territory. The two latter are worked on the Spanish side of the Mississippi, with considerable advantage to the owners. There is plenty of fish in the rivers, particularly Cat, Carp, and Perch, of an uncommon size.—Savannahs, or natural meadows, are both numerous and extensive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of buffaloes, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkies, pheasants, partridges, &c. such as are seen in the sea coast Colonies, are in the greatest variety and abundance.—In short, every thing, that a reasonable mind can desire, is to be found, or may, with little pains, be produced here.
Mrs. WATERS,
HAS removed to Peck-Slip, No. 1, where she continues the business of washing Silk Stockings, and other nice articles, in the usual manner, in which branch she has always given satisfaction.
B L A N K S,
To be Sold,
At this PRINTING OFFICE.
—LETTERS of INTELLIGENCE—occasional PARAGRAPHS—speculative PIECES—ESSAYS, &c.—are gratefully received at this OFFICE.— For the greater CONVENIENCE and SAFETY of which COMMUNICATIONS, a LETTER BOX is placed in the Window. SUBSCRIPTIONS for this PAPER (printed EVERY DAY, at Six, and ONCE a Week, at Two Dollars, per Annum) are also received here—and ADVERTISEMENTS, REASONABLY INSERTED. ** PRINTING, in all its Variety, Performed with NEATNESS and DISPATCH.