The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-06-18 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 146, of VOL. XLII.]
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2324.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENS'D REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE. Thompson's Liberty.
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HARTFORD, April 28.
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A COMPENDIUM
OF Christian Theology.
By JOHN FREDERICK OSTERWALD, A celebrated Divine of Switzerland. Newly translated into English, from the Original LATIN.
By the Rev. JOHN M'MAINS.
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 excellence 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-York, with lawful interest for the same according to the condition of a certain bond or obligation bearing 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 Jeremiah Coleman to the high way, then along the high way to the place of beginning; containing seven 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 parcel thereof, and the reversion and reversions, remainder 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 release is contained a covenant, that in case it should so 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 lawful 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 bid for the same, and out of the monies arising by the sale thereof to retain 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 thereon, 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 executors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales so to be made by virtue of the said indenture of mortgage should be, and hereby were declared to be a full and absolute perpetual bar, both in law and equity, against him the said Richard Baylis, his heirs, executors, and administrators, and all claiming under him, and of all benefit and equity of redemption of the premises or any part thereof:—And whereas the said John Leake, in and by a certain instrument in writing under his hand and seal duly executed, bearing date the twelfth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, did assign, transfer, and set over unto Coe Gale, of the county of Orange and state of New-York, merchant, the aforesaid bond and mortgage, and all monies due and to grow due thereon, together with all the right, title, and interest of him the said John Leake, of, in, and to the said mortgaged premises:—And whereas the whole of the principal sum, together with a great arrear of interest still remains due and unpaid—These are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the said premises, that unless the said one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, together with the interest due and to grow due thereon, is paid and discharged on or before the sixth day of November next, the said mortgaged premises will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, to be held on the premises, on the said sixth day of November next, at eleven o'clock in forenoon of the same day, pursuant to the directions of a certain 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 nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four.
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MISCELLANY.
The following performance is inserted to soften the MOROSE, and to feast the SUSCEPTIBLE heart.
ESSAY ON SENSIBILITY.
Friend, parent, neighbor first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race: Wide and more wide, the overflowing of the mind, Takes every creature in, of every kind, Earth smiles around, with boundless bounty blest, And heaven has stamp'd its image in his breast.
Pope.
COME, dear Sensibility, prime source of pleasure, come!— Let me hold thee to my heart!— mother of humanity, benevolence and pity—What though it is thou that renderest anguish more frequent, that fillest the eye with the sympathetic tear! yet is it not thou that swellest it with the tear of joy, and exhilarates the heart beyond the power of utterance—exquisite sensation—too vast for the pen to describe—However, as my heart delighteth in humanity I will proceed with diffidence.
The tender passions heighten considerably whatever we possess, and impart an edge and delicacy to all our pleasures. From these the fictions of imagination derive their liveliest colourings, and all the flutterings of the pensive heart, their sweetest and loftiest tones. They are the sun that enlightens and warms, the gales that fan, the dews that soften, and the streams that water and refresh the intellectual world.
Sensibility is not a mere constitutional propensity, but as much a virtue perhaps, as it depends as much on culture as any other of our dispositions. It takes its vigor, complexion, and tendency from temper indeed; but temper is the child of education. What is character but a picture of the heart, or the heart but the offspring of indulgence.—To check its first and tenderest emotions is to blast the earliest and sweetest indications of humanity.—The plant that vegetates with most freedom must disclose the richest beauty. Contemplate steadily and seriously the magical scenes of life, and be your temper ever so phlegmatic, you cannot remain insensible to the sweet accesses of compassion. Objects of distress are formed to operate on the mind mechanically; yet, we soften, at the touch of misery, with a pleasure not so much resembling what we feel in the discharge of animal functions, as that which accompanies the performance of our most important obligations. And nothing smothers these generous emotions so effectually, as that pitiful system of selfishness which seems the most conspicuous characteristic of modern manners. The suffering part of mankind are unavoidably overlooked in that fulsome glitter which constantly results from an indiscriminate aspect of things.—Youth absorbs our affections too much in a thousand tender and evanescent anxieties to permit our sharing in sorrows which we have no opportunity of knowing.—Whatever we then see or hear awakens the passions of emulation and pride; and that mind seldom feels which wishes only to shine.
Many are the flattering motives which impel us to realize the figure of a heated imagination. The poor fluttering heart dances with extacy and joy in the prospect of finery and show, and grasps at the tremulous vapor with a frantic enthusiasm.—But surely we are never less susceptible of that improvement which ter-
minates in true worth and permanent felicity, than when most attached to levity and madness. Hence we seldom meet with a feeling heart in a very sanguine constitution—The most exquisite sentiments, and the best feelings, are often found in conjunction with the weakest bodies, just as the softest vibrations of music are commonly the most affecting. Early sufferings mellow our natures, chastise our passions, abate our fondness for life, destroy the petulance of imaginary excellence, inspire a thousand delicacies of affection, and season the heart with tenderness.—It is thus that the frowns of adversity produce habits of humanity, and impregnate the coldest tempers with a glow of sensibility, to which those of a warmer complexion, under a discipline less severe, are generally strangers.
It deserves to be added, that true Sensibility is generally prolific of every virtue, that can exalt the nature or ennoble the manners of a rational being. How amiable the temper that discovers it most, and the character of which it is the foundation. He views not his inferiors in the gifts of nature, or distinctions of fortune, with supercilious indifference or pragmatical contempt. His generosity is the genuine effect of habit and principle, not of impulse and pride; and none of those on whom he confers his obligations, ever feel the debt of gratitude oppressive. He does not prostitute the sacred professions of esteem to gratify the selfish cravings of an inflated heart, but pursues with steadiness and modesty the beauteous and pleasing prescriptions of a mind awake to the best and purest emotions. How agreeable the tear that flutters in his eye, how undescribable the feelings of his heart.—Let them hug themselves in their fancied superiority, who can behold misery without a tear—distress without sympathizing!—Give me, kind Heaven, a heart
“Susceptible to feel of other's woe.” To feel their sorrows, and, if not able to relieve, at least to compassionate, and to
“Enjoy the pleasant pain of sympathy; Wisdom in sable garb array'd, Immers'd in rapturous thought profound; And Melancholly, silent maid, With leaden eye, that loves the ground, Still on thy solemn steps attend. Warm Charity—the general friend; And Pity—dropping soft the sadly pleasing tear.”
CLEMENT,
From the NEWPORT HERALD.
H O N O U R.
“True, conscious Honour is to know no sin, He's well secur'd without that's innocent within.”
Pope.
PERHAPS there is no one vice practised among mankind, which, in its consequences has done greater injury to the cause of virtue, than that passionate desire of honour or fame so prevalent among men. For whatever serves to increase our pride and vanity, debases virtue. I think it is evident, that one consequence of the possession of worldly honour is vanity and pride. Again, whatever destroys that peace and serenity of mind which virtue gives, is injurious to it: I will leave it for the votaries of honour to say, whether this is not one consequence which follows their pursuits: whether, their minds heated an eager in the chase, frequently disappointed and perplexed, do not generally suffer such perturbation and disquietude, as to render them wholly unfit for any virtuous exercise: further, most of the wars and revolutions that have in all ages disturbed the repose of mankind, and spread desolation through the earth, undoubtedly sprang from this restless desire. But, wars, and revolutions in states, have generally been found unfriendly to virtue. Witness, the late revolution in these states, which brought in vice upon us like an overbearing flood, and has, I fear, done more harm by corrupting our morals, than our independence will good by promoting our civil liberties. Hence, this love of fame is found to be destructive to the virtue, the peace, and happiness of mankind.
Although enough has been said to evince to any rational mind the pernicious consequences, as well as extreme folly of a pas-
sionate desire of honour; yet, so long as the following expression is common in every man's mouth, “sacred honour dearer to me than life,” so long as we value the approbation of others so highly, that rather than not gain it, we will act contrary to the dictates of reason; and will dare to offend our God, rather than them, there is but little hope of a reformation of this kind.
We are not only possessed of this desire ourselves, but, what makes the evil worse, we are careful, early to inculcate the same upon our children, whose tender minds are susceptible of almost any impression, thus, they grow up with the love of fame, assimilated, as it were into their very natures, which often leads them to the commission of many crimes. But, if those who are just coming forward into the world, instead of being told, it should be their greatest ambition and care to gain the applause of mankind, and make themselves popular in the world, were convinced that nothing was honourable, that was not virtuous; that, of this, the noise of the world in general must not be adhered to; that, in all their actions they must pay a strict adherence to the dictates of reason, and the will of God, unmindful of what the world may say; might we not then see a favorable change effected? Should we not see less affectation, less servile complaisance, less vile debasement in order to conform to the rumours of others; and more sincerity in modes, more probity in dealings, and in a word, more characters really deserving of being stiled honorable? But, we are early taught to seek the esteem of others, and especially of those above us in life; this gives our minds an early bias in their favor; add to this the blazon of equipage and train of attendants that surround the doors of the great, which flatters our pride, and raises our ambition; these all conspire to make us think favourably of that honour, which bestows such gifts upon its followers; and we soon think the pursuit worthy our own attention. But, could we see the inward state of that man, who has devoted himself to this vain pursuit; our sentiments would be altered, and we should pronounce his lot unenviable and undesirable. We should see him racked with cares, and perplexed with continual fears. His peace of mind and self-enjoyment flown and gone; and in their room perplexing fear, eager anxiety, and cruel discontent, fill and torment his mind. We should see him stand trembling on the pinnacle of fame to which he aspired; while slander's envenomed darts fly thick around him, and infamy's dark gulph awaits his fall beneath. As his honour is a bubble blown up by the uncertain breath of popular applause, some failure in him, or some envious tongue, may cause a blast of ill fame, and soon the feeble form dissolves. Not so the man, who has settled it in his own mind, that nothing is honourable that is not virtuous; and that no object ought to be pursued of which reason and virtue do not approve; and cares not so much how his actions may be interpreted by others, as how they will be approved of by God and his conscience. His mind, like an unruffled sea, is ever calm and serene. The common trivial accidents of life, which disturb and perplex others, have no effect on him. He has but one steady course to move in, and can fear no change. If others censure his conduct, it matters not to him, to them he is not accountable, but to God; and is not troubled at their frowns, nor flattered by their smiles. This is the man, who possesses real worth. And, though he may live in obscurity, yet he is truly honourable and truly great. H.
S H A N D Y I S M.
A FRAGMENT.
SO we went to the coffee-house—just as we had finished our bottle, a leaning man made his appearance. He was surrounded with a multitude of persons who persecuted him with interrogatories—
This person was a captain of a ship in the Negro Trade.
From the conversation which passed between the captain and those that surrounded him, I discovered that the cruelties perpetrated during the voyage, were occasioned, principally, by the overbearing disposition of some slaves, who could not bear with the treatment of their captain.
The captain before me had gone out mate, the crew had been thirty; three only of which returned—
He had a long scroll in his hand. It was a list of the original crew—
Where is my daddy? asked an infant—dead.
My husband? inquired a matron—dead.
My brother? interrogated a girl—dead.
In this manner he ran through the list—One had died of a fever, another had been murdered on shore, several had been killed by slaves who had mutined—
When the friends of the deceased had retired the captain gave his employers an account of his voyage—
Three ships had gone out together—that had taken in their quantity of slaves when a hard gale drove two of them on shore—
One was boarded by the negroes, and the crew massacred.
On board the other a similar attempt was made, but the whites having got command of the small arms, fired into the hold, and made dreadful slaughter. Thus circumstanced, one of the negroes in despair, who had discovered where the powder lay, rushed into the room, set fire to a powder barrel, and blew the vessel to pieces.
The captain ran over these occurrences of horror with a deal of philosophic calmness; but it was not so with his employers, they frequently interrupted his detail with imprecations against the damned blacks.
And why is all this cruelty practised?
That we may have sugar to sweeten tea that debilitates us.
Rum to make punch to intoxicate us.
And indigo to die our clothes—in short thousands are made wretched—nations are dragged into slavery, to supply the luxuries of their fellow creatures.
But I will leave my friend the surgeon—We have shook hands and parted—and I am in a flage, and it is evening—and an old woman sits before me, who often applies a wicker bottle to her mouth, and sleeps and wakes, and sleeps again. She has done so for the last five miles, but seems at present thoroughly composed. So I will have a little chat with her niece—
American Occurrences.
K E E N E, May 13.
A FEW days since one Obid Howard, was committed to the jail in this town, on suspicion of being a person that had, by legerdemain, deprived an honest countryman, at Boston, of a purse of money. He will not confess any part of the crime with which he is charged, but acknowledges, that he hired at Dorchester, the horse which he rode from Boston, and that he has sold the fame. He stands committed till information can be received.
Last Tuesday a Caleb Bull was apprehended and examined before Thomas Baker, and Daniel Newcomb, Esquires, charged with the crime of adultery, and having seduced and carried away a young woman from a neighbouring town—to which he plead guilty. He was committed to the gaol in town, to take his trial at the next supreme court. Said Bull had a wife and four children in the town of Wallingford, Connecticut.
N E W P O R T, June 12.
It is with pleasure we learn, that the PAPER MONEY rapidly appreciates; from present prospects we presume it will speedily be preferred to gold, and silver!
“You villain work!—trouble me no further—I will send you to the house of correction.” I turned my eyes to the street, a poor emaciated figure of a man attracted my attention—one arm was amputated in the late war, he stood bending beneath all the horrors of poverty, distress and despair; by his side was an animal called man; “but surely one of nature's journeymen made him, and did not make him well, he imitated humanity so abominably!” swelled with pride and self-importance, this creature refused a penny to the poor wretch, and by his manner, wished to frown him out of existence. I drew nigh—you have been in the late war? I have, and cruel necessity has forced me, contrary to my inclination, to solicit the benevolence of the world—these were his own words. I gave, and wished like Yorick, I had more to give. Blush human nature!—boast not any more of your dignity, generosity and benevolence, here was one of your citizens, wealthy and of consequence, rejecting the petition of a man whose only crime was misfortune. Was I a horse, I would kick any one who should call me a man.
It seems that the resentment of the British nation towards Americans, is not as yet subsided. A vessel from this port arrived at Cork, at the time the great and mighty Prince William Henry was there, and the Captain having hoisted the American flag (which struck the little hero like a clap of thunder) a boat from him came along side the American, with orders immediately to move her station. The reasons given for the above orders, were, because the American flag was flying!
HARTFORD, June 9.
Last Wednesday afternoon, the body of William Prosser was found in the little river in this city. It is supposed that in attempting to cross on Monday evening in a boat, he fell over and was drowned.
Alexander Picard, a native of France, a corporal in the regiment raised in Canada by general Hazen, about 90 years of age, having been an invalid since the year 1780, and for more than twelve months past, lived as a domestic with colonel Wadsworth, where he conducted with great faithfulness and integrity, and never having shown any signs of uneasiness or discontent (on Friday last)

after dining heartily, retired to his chamber, undressed, and covered himself up, on his bed, and with a razor cut his throat. When he was discovered, the loss of the blood was so great that every measure to recover him proved ineffectual, and he expired in an hour.
PHILADELPHIA, June 16.
The Southern mail, arrived on Saturday last, brought the minutes of the convention of Virginia, dated Saturday, June 7, 1788—which contain nothing interesting except the three following paragraphs:
"The convention then, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole convention, to take into further consideration the proposed constitution of government for the United States; and after some time spent therein, Mr. President resumed the chair, and Mr. Wythe reported, that the committee had, according to order, again had the proposed constitution under their consideration, and had made a farther progress therein; but not having time to go through the same, had directed him to move the convention for leave to sit again."
"Resolved, That this convention will on Monday next again resolve itself into a committee of the whole convention, on the said proposed constitution of government."
"And then the convention adjourned until Monday morning, ten o'clock."
New-York, June 18.
ON Monday arrived here the brig Mary, Robinson, Montego-Bay, Jamaica, in 29 days; brig Mary-Ann, Randolph, St. Thomas, in 22 days.
The ship Henry Capt. McKay, from New-York, is arrived at Londonderry.
Yesterday arrived from CANTON, in China, the brig Columbia, Captain Bunker, in five months and seventeen days.—The above vessel is owned in Hudson.
Also, sloop Jenkins, Cape-Francisco.
Captain Bunker, having met with a gale on his passage, which considerably damaged his vessel, put into St. Bartholomew to refit.
By the ship George, Capt. Hunter, which arrived on Monday, in 47 days from Glasgow, European intelligence was received to the 18th April, the substance of which is reserved for to-morrow's Weekly Register.
Capt. Callahan is every moment expected to arrive at Boston from London; his Excellency John Adams, Esq. is a passenger with Capt. Callahan.
Extract of a letter from Richmond, dated June 6.
"The governor has declared he will support the constitution—he spoke for three hours to day before he sat down."
The following intelligence from Stonington, Connecticut, should convince us of the uncertainty of all sublunary enjoyments, and that in the midst of life we are in death.—On Saturday last, in the afternoon, the house of Mr. Eleazer Brown was struck with lightning and much damaged. His son about 21 years of age, being in the chamber, and a daughter aged 18 in the room underneath, were instantly deprived of life.
A young lady of my acquaintance, thro' an indisposition fashionable with the females, can scarcely gratify her taste with a simple bisquit in a large circle, yet will do honor even to a ham in the pantry. N.H.
ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 16.
Sloop Hannah, Moll, Barbadoes. Resolution, Sparks, Hispaniola.
CLEARED.
Ship Lydia, Zany, New-Orleans.
Brig Missouri, Boys, Bourdeaux.
Schooner Success, Norris, New-York.
Friendship, Hathaway, N. Carolina.
Sloop Exchange, Ballance, ditto.
Lucretia, Jasper, ditto.
Alice, Needham, Salem.
Harriot, Coulton, Charleston and Savannah.
ARRIVALS AT NORFOLK.
Portsmouth, Oldner, Dunkirk.
Juno, Allanby, London.
Mermaid, Allanby, London.
Nancy, Hamilton, Glasgow.
Friendship, Lee, N. Carolina.
Hunter, Foreman, ditto.
Two Sisters, Yellowby, Roanoke.
Katy, Lanier, Philadelphia.
Delaware, Knox, ditto.
Charity, Cole New-York.
William, Seguine, ditto.
Richmond, Seguine, ditto.
Sally, Wagloms, ditto.
Nancy, Stephens, ditto.
Fanny, Ingham, Barbadoes.
A LARGE convenient Celler, situate in Water-Street, near the Coffee-House, may be hired from this date to 1st of May next.—Enquire of the Printer.
FOR THE DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
Mr. GREENLEAF, By inserting the subsequent ESSAY in your DAILY REGISTER, you will much oblige your constant reader, H. J.
CALUMNY.
CALUMNY is the bane of society. This cruel practice aims at the entire subversion of all truth and humanity. Every honest man sets as high a value upon a good name, as upon life itself. Those, therefore, who may justly deserve the name of scandal-mongers, ought to be ranked with the murderer and assassin. Those who take delight in hearing the faults of others, and are more disposed to be credulous on the uncharitable than on the good natured side, evidently shew they are nearly allied to the talebearer.
There is no difference, says Cicero, "between advising a crime, and approving it when committed." It is in scandal as in robbery, the receiver is as bad as the thief. You should always suspect the man that flatters you, and turn a deaf ear to the talebearer, who, by revealing the secrets of others, wants to insinuate into your confidence, and betray you. These are pests of society, and to be shunned by every wise man. They go from house to house, revealing what was spoken in secret, sowing discord, and doing mischief irreparable. Far different is the conduct of the wife; if she can say no good of his neighbour, he will be silent; if provoked, will never answer in opprobrious language; what is trusted to his bosom is sacred, and he seeks to cover, under the vail of oblivion, whatever might be to the prejudice of another. If individuals and societies would realize this golden maxim, "Never to do to others what you would not have others do to you," what great advantages might accrue to both civil and religious societies. It was a maxim of the celebrated Dr. Bœrhaave, never to regard calumny nor detraction (for even Bœrhaave himself had his enemies) nor ever thought it necessary to confute them. They are sparks, laid he, which, if you do not blow, will go out of themselves. The surest remedy against scandal is, to live it down by a perseverance in well doing, and by praying the Deity, that he would cure the distempered minds of those who traduce and injure us. An excellent method this: especially as it keeps our minds contented and unruffled, whilst the hearts of our enemies are overflowing with rancour, envy, and other diabolical passions. It ought to be the study of parents, and all who have the care of youth, to shew them the odious nature of this practice. I cannot forbear observing, that some parents, &c. are faulty in this, viz. by paying particular attention to almost every trifle done in school. They should be very cautious what they say to the prejudice of the teacher, in the presence of their children. They are very happy when their children improve in their education; for this purpose they should endeavour to inspire them with a due regard for their teacher. When they observe any thing faulty in him, they should reprove it with meekness and love, but not in the presence of their children; and what is really commendable they should prudently encourage and applaud. But, if they chuse not this, it would be very prudent of them to remove them from that teacher. When children know their parents are disaffected towards their teacher, they then magnify every trifle. When they cannot get their caprice satisfied at school, they accuse their master, at home, of partiality, &c. nay, almost degrade him below the brutal tribe. Children should not get every thing they ask. It is an infallible way to make child miserable, to satisfy all his demands.
Let justice o'er thy word and deed preside, And falsehoods shun, as a deceitful guide. Ill customs by degrees to habits rise, Ill habits soon become exalted vice. ANTIKATALIA.
June, 14.
CITY-TAVERN.
THE subscriber begs leave most respectfully to inform the public, that he has lately opened the City-Tavern in the Broadway (formerly occupied by Joseph Corre) which he has fitted up in the neatest manner, with every accommodation as well for the entertainment of the various societies and clubs formed in this city, as private companies and single gentlemen. He has stocked his cellar with a variety of the best liquors, and his larder will be constantly supplied with all the delicacies the markets of this city will afford.—The long experience he has had in the public line of business, and the favorable approbation of the respectable public which he has heretofore happily experienced, induces him to hope, that by an obliging and strict attention to his business, he may be enabled to entertain to their satisfaction, such as may be pleased to honor the city tavern with their company.
Entertainments, breakfasts, dinners, suppers, and refreshments, will be provided in the neatest manner, and at the shortest notice, and every attention in his power exerted to merit the patronage of the public.
EDWARD BARDIN.
A few BOARDERS will be accommodated by the year, or shorter time; at a reasonable rate.
N. B. Convenient STABLES that will contain fourteen horses, to let on reasonable terms.
June 14, 1788. 21 1 w. c. d.
Philadelphia, June 9, 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 fastest 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 acknowledgement 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. By Order of the JUDGE OF PROBATES, TO BE SOLD, at PUBLIC AUCTION, On TUESDAY the 1st of July next, On the PREMISES,
The House & Lot of Ground, No. 66, William-Street, Directly opposite the NORTH-CHURCH (Late the Property of Stephen Dwight, Deceased)
THE House is substantially built of Brick, contains six Fire Places—the Rooms well finished—The Stand for Business is equal to any in this City.
N. B. For particulars apply to JOHN ANDERSON, No. 15, Cherry-Street, New-York, June 17, 1788. 23-ed.6t.
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. 42, Hanover-Square, opposite Mr. Peter Goel's.
PETER HENRI. Ladies in the City will be waited on if desired. New-York, June 9. 17-ed.
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. 191 Queen-street, opposite Beckman's Slip.
By DE LUZE DE MONTMOLLIN, and COMPANY, A general Assortment of
DRY GOODS,
Consisting of the following ARTICLES, CHINTZES, Kid Gloves, Callicoes, Ribbons, Lutestrings, Hair Ribbons, Cambricks, Watches, Silk Hose, Umbrellas, &c. Also, to be sold at the above Store,
Handkerchiefs, Persians, and Sarfnets. t.f TO BE SOLD.
At Public Vendue, On the PREMISES The SECOND DAY of JULY next, (If not Sold before at Private Sale)
Two LOTS of GROUND, SITUATE in CHESNUT-STREET,
EACH LOT containing in front and rear, Twenty-five Feet, and in length on both sides, Fifty-Two Feet. The Payments will be made easy to the purchaser, and a good TITLE will be given by the subscriber, PETER OGILVIE. June 11, 1788. 19-ed.
A quantity of Russia Duck, TO BE SOLD BY Solomon Townshend,
Who has removed from Corner of Burling-Slip, a few doors towards the Fly-Market, the opposite side of the way, at No. 211, in Queen-Street.
A. L. S. O. Pig and Bar Iron, Blistered and Crowley's Steel, Anchors, Pot-ash Kettles of superior quality, A few barrels of Curriers Oyl and Blubber. TO LET,
Two convenient ROOMS, For the Summer Season,
IN an elegant HOUSE, and pleasant Situation; at Gravelend, King's County.—Enquire of the PRINTER, or at Dr. Smith's, living in said House.
May 10, 1783. 300 t.1h.&f. gw.
Positively for one NIGHT only, At the CITY TAVERN, On THURSDAY Evening, June 19,
Mr. M'PHERSON (Previous to his joining the Company at Philadelphia)
Proposes to deliver the celebrated LECTURE ON HEADS,
With Alterations and Additions. Occasional Prologue.
Among a Variety of HEADS the following will be exhibited, viz.
American Soldier & Patriot, CONTRASTED WITH
Alexander the Great. An American Married Lady,
With a DISSERTATION ON Courtship and Matrimony.
Old MAID. Old BACHELOR.
Master JACKY the Teatable Critic, and The Head of a Young Lady contrasted.
Young Female Quaker. Modern Fine Gentleman.
A LONDON ALDERMAN, or CITY POLITICIAN, Humourously described.
FREEHOLDERS HEAD, in a State of Innoculation. A LAWYER.
With a HUMOROUS ORATION, in praise of the Law, exemplified in the Case of Daniel against Dishout.
A London Blood, With a Description of his "KEEPING IT UP."
The whole interspersed with Dissertation on the Five Sciences, and Esteem, Gratitude, Friendship, Public Spirit, and Common Sense, &c. &c. &c. Between the First and Second Parts,
A PROLOGUE, In the Character of
A DRUNKEN SAILOR. The whole to conclude with
The Picture of a Play-House. TICKETS at Four Shillings each may be had of Mr. HUGH GAIN, at his Book-Store in Hanover-Square, at Mr. GREENLEAF's Printing-Office, and of Mr. BARDIN, at the City Tavern.
To begin precisely at half past SEVEN o'Clock. 22—m.t.w.&th.
VIVAT RESPUBLICA. FRANCIS DURAND,
No. 15, QUEEN-STREET, Has FOR SALE, imported in the French Packets;
The following ARTICLES, viz. CAMBRICKS, and Suresine French Broad Cloths, Scarlet, Blue, &c. &c. Umbrellos of different sizes, Thread Laces and Edgings, Lyons quilted Sattins, Black Silk Laces, Men's black and white silk Hose, White and coloured Woven's white do. Women's Kid Gloves, Black Modes, yard wide best assorted Ribbons, Chintzes, &c.
Rooms to Let, EITHER furnished or unfurnished; one of which is a lower front room very convenient for a Lawyer's Office, or a Doctor's shop. A. L. S. O.
A STABLE & CELLAR. Enquire of the Printer. New-York, June 6, 1788. 14—
S H R U B. Of the very best Quality, by the Hoghead, Barrel, or smaller Quantity, FOR SALE by Charles Tillinghast,
At his House, nearly opposite the New-Market in Cherry-Street.
Wants Employment. A PERSON who can be useful in keeping a Store, or can be of service in making out, and settling accounts, weighing, delivering, &c. As he is in immediate want of some kind of business, he would accept of almost any employ. He is furnished with good credentials of recommendation.—Enquire of the Printer.
Starch and Hair-Powder, MANUFACTURED and Sold by Isaac & John Stoutenburgh, At the corner of Greenwich and Dey Streets, North-River.
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.

POET'S CORNER.
The following is extracted from an English Magazine of the year 1758, and here REVIVED lest its BEAUTIES be consigned to irretrievable oblivion. ED.
Jenny COWELL's soliloquy on the approach of Term.—Addressed to his Pen. HOR.
SEE Term appears to rule a passive world, And awe the frighted rustic with its train Of wigs, and gowns, and bands. The Jemmy clerk
Close by his master's side stands powder'd, while His client at a distance cringes. Now, Thou dear associate of my busy hours, Whom (since vacation in her sleepy lap Lull'd me to indolence, Circæan queen, Who poisons while she smiles) I have disdain'd, Welcome to my embrace.—Once again Thy presence let me hail.—I greet thee well. Now will I lead thee through the maze of law, Perplexing and perplex'd. The knotty point, And ev'ry quirk and quibble will I shew; And sometimes on huge folio's shaft thou tread With black-brow'd sections hideous. There, in-
tent, The puzzling clause shalt thou transcribe, until Thy pilot flickens. Sussit he shall revive, And speed thy flight to equitable shores. There shalt thou penetrate each deep recess, And labour'd labyrinth of a Bill of Cane. Daring to face tautology. How thick Thy stream will run, respondent to each note Of dull interrogation?—Quickly thence, As time may prompt, and active fancy flow; Thy font I'll purify, and turn its course O'er fairy mountains, and poetic vales. Say! hadst thou rather the Demurrer's bar Erect invincible, than waist my sighs To my Cythera's bosom, and direct Her eyes, those lamps of beauty, where to thine. When Cupid's messenger, how d'st thou fly, Swifter almost than thought; and as I touch, In honour of my love, the Sapphic lyre, Methinks thy feather dances to the tune. But when I bid thee up the heavy hill, Where business sits, to travel, how thy pace Wants quickening! this, and that way dost thou writhe,
Convolv'd, uneasily with the tiresome march. Hold up awhile—for sure is the reward That waits on labour.—Best, oh! bear me then Thro' long succeeding covenants, from tenfe Howsoever devious. Spread thy black'ning cloud O'er this fair face of parchment. Haste—dispatch This cumbrous load of things. On quicker, on And rid me of the business of the term. Then in reward for all thy service past (Tho' gratitude be held a crime) thy plume With gold shall brazier. Safe in silver case Shalt thou recline, from vulgar ken remote, Nor ever visit more the sons of cae, Untels to win respect, and be admird.
Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 1, 1758. W.W.
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS assembled, May 8, 1788.
ON a report of the board of treasury, to whom was referred a motion, of Mr. Carrington.
Resolved, That Congress proceed to the election of two commissioners for settling the accounts of the five great departments, to continue in office one year.
Ordered, That the commissioners of accounts for the quarter-masters, commissary's, hospital, marine and cloathing departments, with the appropriation of the board of treasury, commence suits in behalf of the United States, against all persons in any of the said departments, who stand chargeable with public monies, computed from the present date; and that this order be published in the several states for the period above mentioned.
Resolved, That the said commissioners be directed to continue their unremitting attention to the final adjustment of all accounts which have arisen in the said departments, and to the recovery of all sums for which suits may be commenced; and that at the termination of their commission, they deposit with the register of the treasury all the books and papers of their respective offices, together with a general abstract of the sums due from individuals, in order that immediate measures may be adopted for the recovery of the same.
CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec.
JUST PUBLISHED, AND TO BE SOLD, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen-Street, and the other BOOKSELLERS, Conductor Generalis.
This Book is intended for the convenience of Merchants, &c. in the United States, by Francis Haley, Accomptant.
Price 1f. 6d. single. The usual discount to Bookellers, and others, who may purchase by the Hundred, Dozen, &c.
* * Also may be had of Messieurs Campbell, Reid, Allen, Macgill, and Mills, Bookellers.
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 to the legislature of the state of Connecticut.
Papers respecting the late private transactions with the Oneida Indians.
Petition of John Livingston and Caleb Benfon, 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 war 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 to 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 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 Achiller. By the late Dr. Ladd.
Intelligence.
Foreign.
Domestic.
Just Published, Enlarged, and Improved, And to be SOLD, by S. and J. Loudon, Messrs. Berry & Rogers, Mr. Hodge, Mr. Reid, Mr. S. Campbell, Mr. T. Allen, and Mr. T. Greenleaf, The American Magazine, FOR MAY, 1788. CONTAINING,
LETTERS to and from the late Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.
Original Letters between Frederick and Felicia.
Solyma and Offmin, an Oriental Tale.
Education—Importance of Female Education, with a brief sketch of a plan—The utility of educating young men at home, and of travelling in their native country.
A Hawk and Kite, very remarkable.
An extraordinary Mad Woman.
Account of an Egg laid by a Cock.
On Negro Slavery.
Man and Wife.
Letter 3d from a Gentleman to his Friend.
The Force of Sympathy.
A remarkable Parrot.
A new Discovery of the cause of an accelerated Motion of the Moon, observed by late Astronomers.
The Simile.
Letter 4th from Belzebub.
Receipt to make perpetual Eeast or Barm.
The Owran Outang, a distinct Species of Animals.
The Adventure of the Inn concluded.
Sketch of a momentary Scene from nature.
A Dissertation read before the Philosophical society of New-York.
Remarks on writing and reading, read before the Philological society.
An Instance of extraordinary Memory.
The natural History of the Tea Tree, with an Inquiry into the medicinal Effects of that popular Plant.
The death of Major Andre.
A summa y Account of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq.
Account of the Funeral of William the Conqueror.
Directions given by Richard ad about his Funeral.
Ancient Epitaphs.
Curious Extracts from Ancient Records.
Queries proposed by Candidus, on some apparent contradictions in scripture.
The Fairy's Ring.
Review of new publications.
Letters from the Federal Farmer to a Republican.
Remarks on the proposed plan of a Federal Government, by Aristides.
The Federalist, vol. 2.
On the Cultivation of Aloes.
Anecdote of Marshall Dorling.
P O E T R Y.
To Young Gentlemen.
An Address to the Deity.
Sovereign Love.
Intelligence.
Marriages and Deaths.
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—e.d.
Masters & Owners of Vessels
Are hereby informed,
THAT they may be supplied with
cables, large or small, of any length, and cordage of all sizes, made of Petersburg hemp, first quality, at Ivers's Rope-walk, at the head of Mulberry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea-Water Pump, on such favourable terms as to merit the attention of any gentleman that would wish to lay out his money to the best advantage.
Cables spliced, with the addition of any length required, white rope of every sort for city or country use, hambro lines, deep sea lines, hand lead lines, log lines, house lines, and marline, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Ropemaker.
N. B. The above articles, whether in large or small quantities, will be delivered to any part of the city without expence of cartage to the buyer.
B L A N K S,
To be SOLD,
At this PRINTING-OFFICE.
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
recommend 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 detesta-
tion 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 Re-
gained, though far from being destitute of merit,
is universally allowed to fall much below this work,
and is acknowledged to be deficient in that un-
bounded 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 Rite 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 Arithmetic.
A few Sets of Newton on the Prophesies.
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