The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-06-30 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 156, of VOL. XLII.]
MONDAY, June 30, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2335.]
THE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E’EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE. Thompson’s Liberty.
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
HARTFORD, April 28.
PROPOSALS,
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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 McMANS.
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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REPUBLICAN,
Leading to a fair examination of the system of government, proposed by the late convention, and to several essential and necessary alterations in it; and calculated to illustrate and support the principles and positions laid down in the preceding letters.
The former letters, published under the signature of the Federal Farmer, have undergone several impressions in the different states, and several thousands of them have been sold. They are admitted, by candid men of both parties, to be written with a spirit of moderation and candour.
A number of principles are laid down in them, highly interesting to the people of America, which ought to be more fully illustrated, than the bounds which the author set to himself, in the former letters, would permit.
The design of these additional letters, is, more fully to explain and enforce the positions laid down in the former. The author does not aim to foment the passions; his appeal is to the reason of his readers. He wishes every man to examine for himself, and form his own opinion on the merits of the question.
There are very few dispassionate men, who do not wish to see amendments made to this system. The great drift of these additional letters, is, to point out what these amendments ought to be, and to adduce arguments to support them.
It is a matter of small importance, whether these amendments precede or succeed the adoption of the constitution, so that they be made.
It is hoped, therefore, that gentlemen who are sincere in declaring that they wish for amendments, will unite in turning their attention to the subject, that they may be prepared to accede to such as are proper.—To those who are thus disposed, this publication is recommended.
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The Genuine Information,
Relative to the Proceedings of the
General Convention,
Lately held at PHILADELPHIA, By LUTHER MARTIN, Esquire, Attorney-General of Maryland, and one of the Delegates in the said Convention.
Together with
A L E T T E R
To the Honorable Thomas C. Deye, Speaker of
the House of Delegates;
A N D R E S S
To the Citizens of the UNITED STATES;
And some REMARKS
Relative to
A STANDING ARMY,
AND A BILL OF RIGHTS.
Nullius additus jurare in Verba Magistri. —Horace This excellent Performance ought, for the solid and serious Truths it contains, like the Bible and the Letters of Junius, to be in the Hands of every real Friend to American Liberty.—In the Language of the sacred Law, “Teach them diligently unto thy Children—talk of them when thou sittest in thine House—and when thou walkest by the Way.” Impresses it on their tender Minds, as the first Article of their political Creed, That there is no Government safe with a Standing Army, and there is no Government that is not safe without one. April 23, 1788. 77 c.d. New-York, May 8, 1788. 89—m.tb.&f.
JUST PUBLISHED,
By ROBERT HODGE,
No. 123, Queen-Street, and at
This PRINTING-OFFICE,
An Address to the people of the state of New-York; shewing the necessity of making AMENDMENTS to the constitution proposed for the United States, previous to its ADOPTION.”
To which is added, by way of postscript, some STRICTURES on a pamphlet, lately published, entitled, “An address to the people of the state of New-York, on the subject of the proposed constitution. &c.
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 reversioners, 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 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 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 had 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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The American Calculator, or
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CONTAINING,
A TABLE, ascertaining the value of sundry coins in gold, as regulated by the Chamber of Commerce in this city, and shewing at one view, their value in the several currencies of New-York, North-Carolina, and Great-Britain. A Collection of Tables, shewing, at one view, the amount of any number (under 10,000) of Dollars, French and English Crowns, Half Joes, French and English Guineas, &c. as they pass through the United States. a Table of Guineas, as they pass in England and Ireland. Rules for the ready reducing the currencies of the United-States, from the currency of one state into the currency of any other of the United States; and for reducing the currencies of the United-States into sterling, and sterling into the currencies of the said states. Rules for reducing English Money into Irish, and Irish Money into English, according to the par of exchange between both kingdoms. Five different tables of the coins of the United-States of America, agreeable to a resolve of Congress of the 8th August, 1787, viz. a Table of Half Dollars, a Table of Dimes, a Table of Cents, and a table of Mills; calculated to render familiar the proper mode of counting said Money.
The PROPRIETORS of the New-York and Philadelphia
NEW LINE
***STAGE AND FOUR HORSES.***
STAGES,
Owned by Cumming & Ward, at Newark, and by Michael Dennison, in Philadelphia, RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public, that their Stages leave Powles-Hook every afternoon (except Saturday) at 4 on their route for Philadelphia, proceed by Newark to Elizabeth Town that evening—Leave Elizabeth Town, and Michael Dennison’s, George Inn, Philadelphia, at three o’clock every morning, except Sunday, and drive to Philadelphia and Powles-Hook that day.
On Monday the 21st of April an extra Stage will start for the accommodation of select parties, and those gentlemen and ladies who wish to indulge themselves in the morning, or who fear the bad effects of the early air. This stage will leave Powles-Hook at seven o’clock, and Philadelphia at eight o’clock every morning (except Saturday and Sunday) and proceed with the same speed as the early stage.
The expence of the stage to each passenger will be Three Spanish-Milled Dollars from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia, and Four-pence per mile for all way passengers. One hundred and fifty weight baggage the same as a passenger—Fourteen weight of bag gage gratis.
The expedition, lowness of fare, and certainty of arrival, must convince the public, that this route is preferable to the Amboy, as the journey is performed in half the time.
Letters, Newspapers, &c. left at the New-York, Albany, and Philadelphia stage office, kept by Christopher Beckman, in Courtland-street, New-York, and with Mr. Michael Dennison, at the George Inn, corner of Arch and Second-street, Philadelphia, will be safely conveyed gratis.
 JOHN CUMMING,  MATTHIAS WARD,  THOMAS EGBERT,  JOHN GULICK,  ROBERT STOCKTON,  DAVID HAMILTON,  JOS. VANDEGRIFT,  JOSEPH DAVIS,  MICHAEL DENNISON, 
April 11, 1788. 67 c.d.
New-York, Elizabeth-Town, and Philadelphia
New Stage Line.
THE frequent neglect of business, by some of the proprietors of the former line of stages, has compelled the subscribers, who were concerned, to withdraw themselves, and to join in establishing a new line. By strict attention to their business—by keeping their coaches and horses in good order—and by employing none but sober drivers, they hope to merit the favors of the public.
The stage will leave Powles-Hook, every afternoon, at 3 o’clock, Saturdays excepted; the stage boats also ply every day from White-Hall to Elizabeth-Town Point. From Mr. Crane’s, at Elizabeth-Town Point, the stage will set out every morning (except Sunday) and run through Bridge town in Raway, Woodbridge, New-Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, and Bristol, to the Indian-Queen in Fourth-street, Philadelphia, in one day, for the moderate price of THREE HARD DOLLARS for each passenger, with the allowance of 14wt of baggage; and all way-passengers at FOUR PENCE per mile.
One hundred and fifty weight baggage the same price as a passenger, viz. Four Pence per Mile.
No racing allowed in this line.
 JOHN MERCEREAU,  JOHN HEARD,  CHARL BASONETT,  WILLIAM KERLINE, 
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 Peterburg 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, houle lines, and marline, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Rope-maker.
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.
S H R U B,
Of the very best Quality, by the Hoghead, Barrel, or smaller Quantity,
FOR SALE by
Charles Tillinghaft,
At his House, nearly opposite the New-Market in Cherry-street.

MISCELLANY.
THE NORMAN BACHELOR.
ON the year that ACRE* was taken, a pleasant adventure happened in Normandy. A bachelor of that province had one morning nothing for his dinner but a half-penny loaf. To make his scanty meal the more palatable, he went into a tavern and called for a pennyworth of wine. The master of the house, who was a man of rough and boorish manners, came and presented to the gentleman, with great rudeness, the liquor in a cup; and in handing it to him, spilt near half of it on the floor. To complete his insolence, he observed to him, "you are going to be a rich man, Mr. Bachelor; for liquor spilt is a sign of good luck."
To break out into a rage against so contemptible a brute, would have been beneath a gentleman: the Norman took his measures with better management, and more address. He had still a half-penny remaining in his purse; he gave it to the tavern-keeper, and desired to have a piece of cheese to eat with his bread. The vintner takes it with a sneering air, and goes to the cellar to bring what was required. The bachelor, during the absence of the vintner, goes to the wine cask, turns the cock, and lets the wine run out upon the floor. The other, on his return, finding his wine running out and overflowing the room, quickly makes up to the barrel, and having stopped the cock, rushes upon the Norman, and seizes him by the collar, vowing vengeance for the loss of his wine. The Norman, however, being the stronger, raises the other by the middle, and throws him among the bottles, a great number of which are broken, and proceeds to inflict the merited chastisement, till he is interrupted by the entry of some neighbours.
The affair was notwithstanding carried before the sovereign, Count Henry. The vintner spoke first, and demanded reparation of his damage. The prince, before he condemned the knight, asked him what he had to urge in his defence. The latter then related the affair exactly as it had fallen out, and concluded with saying, "Sire, this man assured me, that wine spilt portended good fortune, and that, having wasted half my measure, he had put me into a fair way to become a rich man. Gratitude demanded a return on my part, and as I did not chuse to be out-done in generosity, I spilt him half a tun."
All the courtiers applauded the conduct and the declaration of the bachelor. The Count himself laughed heartily, and dismissed both parties, saying, that what was spilt could not be gathered up again.
* This town was taken by Philip Augustus, and Richard Cœur-de-Lion in 1191.
† A bachelor meant, in the days of chivalry, a probationary knight, or one between that degree and an esquire. It was also used to signify a poor gentleman, and in that sense it is here to be taken.
‡ It was the custom then to dine at ten o'clock in the morning, and to sup at five in the afternoon. Thus in the story of Lancelot, we hear of a company going out after supper and walking till night.
THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE.
Extracted from BURTON'S Anatomy of Melancholy.
THE following story is told of PHILIP the good Duke of Burgundy. "The said duke, at the marriage of Eleonora, sister to the king of Portugal, at Bruges in Flanders, which was solemnized in the depth of winter, when by reason of unseasonable weather he could neither hawk nor hunt, and was now tired with cards, dice, &c. and such other domestic sports, or to see ladies dance; with some of his courtiers he would in the evening walk disguised about the town.
"It so happened, as he was walking late one night, he found a country fellow dead drunk, snoring on a bulk; he caused his followers to bring him to his palace, and there stripping him of his old clothes, and arraying him after the court fashion, when he awoke, he and they were all ready to attend upon his excellency, and persuade him that he was some great duke.
"The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long; after supper he saw them dance, heard music, and all the rest of those court like pleasures: but late at night, when he was well tipped, and again fast asleep, they put on his old robes, and so conveyed him to the place where they first found him. The fellow had not made them so good sport the day before, as he did when he returned to himself: all the jest was to see how he looked upon it. In conclusion, after some little admiration, the poor man told his friends he had seen a vision; constantly believed it; would not otherwise be persuaded; and so the jest ended."
OF THE POWER OF IMAGINATION.
IN the year 1785, Elijah Barnes, of Buck's county, Pennsylvania, assisted by his people, working in harvest, killed a rattle
nake; and soon after having occasion to go home, took up by mistake his son's jacket and put it on; the son was a stripling, and both their jackets were made out of the same cloth: the old man being warm, did not button the jacket until he got to the house, then found it much too little for him; he instantly received the idea, that he had been imperceptibly bitten by the rattle snake, and swelled from the effects of the poison: he grew suddenly very ill, and was put to bed. The people about him were very much alarmed, and sent for two or three physicians: one of whom poured down his throat a pint of melted lard, another gave him a dose of wild plantain, and the third made him drink hoar-hound tea made very strong; notwithstanding all, he grew worse, and was to appearance on the verge of dissolution, when his son came home, with the old gentleman's jacket hanging like a bag about him. The whole mystery was at once unravelled, and poor Elijah Barnes, notwithstanding his drenches of hog's fat, plantain, and hoar-hound, was well in an instant.
American Occurrences.
BOSTON, June 23.
THE NINTH PILLAR. YESTERDAY noon Mr. Sampson Reed arrived in town from Concord in the state of New-Hampshire, and brought the following letter from the honorable John Sullivan, Esq. president of the convention to his Excellency the Governor, dated, Concord, June 21, 1788.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to inform your Excellency, by favor of Mr. Reed, who is obliging enough to forward this letter, that the convention of this state have this moment adopted the new constitution. Yeas 57, Nays 46. The amendments recommended, nearly the same as in your state.
With every sentiment of respectful attachment,
I have the honor to be, Your Excellency's most obedient Servant, JOHN SULLIVAN.
Yeas, 57 Nays, 46
Majority, 11
His Excellency Governor Hancock.
We are informed, that on Saturday last, about two o'clock, the new constitution was adopted by the convention of New-Hampshire, at Concord in that state; and that the minority declared (seeing they were fairly out voted) that they would use their exertions that their constituents should live easy under it.
NEW-HAVEN, June 25.
On Wednesday evening last, we had hard thunder, and almost incessant lightning, which continued more than an hour. An apple-tree, near the west end of Elm-street, was set on fire by the lightning.
The same evening, Mr. Daniel Curtis, and Mr. Reuben Fairchild (being on the road, about four miles from Stratford, on their way home, to North Stratford) were, with their horses, struck to the ground, by the lightning. Mr. Curtis recovered in a few moments, but found his companion a breathless corpse. They were about a quarter of a mile from a dwelling house, which Mr. Curtis with much difficulty reached, after violent a shock, which he is like to recover. The horses were both killed.
Mr. Fairchild was a son of Capt. Robert Fairchild, late of this city, but now of Frederickburgh, state of New-York. He had received an education at the college in this city, and was a promising young man, about 22 years of age.
RICHMOND, June 19.
The hail which fell on Friday last injured the corn and wheat very considerably in many parts of Henrico county; it was so large as to break a great number of panes of glass in several houses contiguous to this city. A gentleman from Fluvannah informs that it was so large in that county as to kill a number of cattle, beat off the bark of large trees, and totally destroyed the wheat, and most part of the corn, in the direction which it went.
WILMINGTON, June 25.
On Monday last several passengers in the ship Rising Sun, just arrived from Ireland, going ashore at New-Castle, a squall arose, the boat overset, and one Mr. Ferguson was unfortunately drowned.
BALTIMORE, June 17.
"The spider's most attenuated thread
"Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie
"On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze."
On the 26th of May, the Rev. Mr. Thomas Hopkins, between 30 and 40 years of age, at Cedar-Hill, in Charles county, the seat of Dr. B. Fendall, departed this life. This variegated scene (chequered, at best, only with disappointments) he has, we hope, exchanged for a better, where, only, true happiness is to be found.—After a tedious
illness, which wore him gradually away, he became a passive and willing victim of death; the approach of which, he bore with much resignation, becoming the character of a sincere espouser of that blessed doctrine which teaches us to submit, unreluctantly, to the Divine will.
"Rich was his mind in ev'ry art divine,
"And through the paths of science had he walk'd
"The votary of wisdom,"—
His Excellency the Governor and Council have appointed the following gentlemen judges, under the new criminal law, for this county, viz.
Samuel Chase, John Moale, Lyde Goodwin, Thomas M'Clure, Bishop Huntington, Bishop Parsons, and Bishop Gurley. The whole was conducted with becoming solemnity and exemplary order."
HARTFORD, June 23.
"At a Council of Bishops and Delegates convened at Hebron, the 18th inst, the Rev. Samuel Kellogg was consecrated Bishop of the first Church in Hebron, the late charge of the reverend and venerable Bishop Pomeroy. The clergy who officiated on the solemnity, were the Rev. Bishop Lockwood, Bishop Lathrop (who preached a sermon well adapted to the occasion, from 1 Cor. iv. 1.) Bishop Robbins, Bishop Rockway, Bishop M'Clure, Bishop Huntington, Bishop Parsons, and Bishop Gurley. The whole was conducted with becoming solemnity and exemplary order."
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.
Yesterday the following intelligence was brought to this city by Col. David Henley—
"Saturday the 21st instant, the new Constitution was adopted by the Convention of New Hampshire—57 to 46." The bells of Christ Church were immediately set in motion, and the committee of Ways and Means, like sturdy beggars, to solicit money from door to door, to procure an entertainment on the occasion for the well born, and their hungry expectants.
The indignation, says a correspondent, of every real friend to liberty in America, must be roused at the base attempts that have been made by the federal hacks to hurry on the adoption of the new system of power, and to shut the door against examination.—These very attempts have created suspicions and jealousies that those who framed them have secret views, which they wish to hide from the public eye. What, continues our correspondent, could be the views of those who precipitated the decisions in this city, of those who made and countenanced the outrageous attacks on the country members of assembly, at their dwelling, which ought to have been considered as their castle; of those who attempted to shackle and restrain the press? What could be the views of those gentlemen in Boston who countenanced the printers there in shutting up the press against a fair and free investigation of the system in the usual way? Why should some of the members of the general convention fly to their states, and, regardless of a propriety and decency of deportment, precipitate measures for the adoption of a system of their own making? And why should we be forced to receive a scheme of government prepared by a few lawyers, who entertain sentiments and opinions unfriendly to liberty and republicanism, such as Governor Morris, Hamilton, Rufus King, Doctor Johnson of Connecticut, Wilson, &c. without first having an opportunity of examining it with care and caution? And why should the many resign their birthrights into the hands of the few, the well born, as Mr. Adams calls them? Perhaps some of them, like Cæsar, are panting for an Imperial Crown.
But let those violent men now be told, that Americans are entitled to an honest and faithful government; to a government of laws not men; to the freedom of the press and trial by jury of the vicinage, which the new constitution has totally annihilated; and, therefore, it cannot, must not, be established:—nothing, concludes our correspondent, but a declaration of rights in favor of the people at large, founded on the principles of equal liberty, can possibly save this devoted country from internal commotion, for
"The birthright we hold
Shall never be sold,
But sacred maintain to our graves;
Nay, 'ere we comply,
We'll gallantly die,
For we must not, nor will not be slaves."
New-York, June 30.
ON Saturday arrived brig Liberty, Bunker, Whaling; sloop New-York Packet, Wilson, St. Eustatia; and
Yesterday, Schooner New-York Packet, Barnard, Boston; and Sloop —, Coupar, Poughkeepsie.
Accounts from Richmond of the 20th in letters to different persons, seem to agree in the uncertainty that exists with respect to the majority in convention, whether on the federal or antifederal side; it was expected, that the final question would be taken on the 25th viz. last Wednesday; if it was then taken we shall have accounts by to-morrow evening at farthest.
Convention of New-York.
BY a gentleman just arrived from Poughkeepsie we learn, that the Convention of this state had proceeded no further in their deliberations on the new constitution, and the amendments proposed thereto, than that part thereof which relates to the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, excises, &c. The debate on this subject commenced on Tuesday, continued until Saturday, and lies over until Monday for further deliberation. It was principally managed by Mr. Smith, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Chancellor Livingston and Mr. Lansing. The same gentleman also informs us, that the Convention, on Saturday last, had come to a determination to shorten their session as much as possible, by sitting twice a day.
IN CONVENTION, at Poughkeepsie, the following AMENDMENTS have been proposed by the gentlemen whose names are annexed, and are under consideration:
Mr. M. SMITH. Resolved, That it is proper, that the number of representatives be fixed at the rate of one for every 20,000 inhabitants, to be ascertained on the principles mentioned in the 2d sect. of art. 1st of the constitution, until they amount to 300, after which they shall be apportioned among the states in proportion to the numbers of the inhabitants of the states respectively; and that, before the first enumeration shall be made, the several states shall be entitled to choose double the number of representatives for that purpose, mentioned in the constitution.
Mr. G. LIVINGSTON. Resolved, That no person shall be eligible as a senator for more than six years in any term of twelve; and that it shall be in the power of the legislatures of the several states to recall their senators, or either of them, and to elect others in their stead, to serve the remainder of the time for which such senator or senators, so recalled, was appointed.
Mr. JONES. Sec. 4, art. 1. Resolved, As the opinion of this committee, that nothing in the constitution now under consideration, shall be construed to authorise Congress to make, or alter, any regulations in any state, respecting the times, places, or manner, of holding elections for senators or representatives, unless the legislature of such state shall neglect or refuse to make laws or regulations for the purpose, or from any circumstance be incapable of making the same, and then only until the legislature of such state shall make provision in the premises. And that nothing in this constitution shall be construed to prevent the legislature of any state to pass laws, from time to time, to divide such state into as many convenient districts as the state shall be entitled to elect representatives for Congress; nor to prevent such legislature from making provision, that the electors in each district shall chuse a citizen of the United States, who shall have been an inhabitant of the district for the term of one year, immediately preceding the time of his election for one of the representatives of such state.
Mr. LANSING. Sec. 6, art. 1. No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any office under the authority of the United States. And no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either house during his continuance in office.
Mr. WILLIAMS. Sec. 8, art. 1. That no excise shall be imposed on any article of the growth or manufacture of the United States, or any of them. And that Congress do not lay direct taxes, but when the monies arising from the impost and excise are insufficient for the public exigencies; nor then, until Congress shall first have made a requisition upon the states to assess, levy, and pay their respective proportions of such requisition, agreeably to the census fixed in the said constitution, in such way and manner as the legislatures of the respective states shall judge best; and in such case, if any state shall neglect or refuse to pay its proportion, pursuant to such requisition, then Congress may assess and levy such state's proportion, together with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the time of payment prescribed in such requisition.
We learn that a general procession of the mechanics, &c. exhibiting the ensigns of each respective branch, a complete rigged ship, &c. is to take place on Friday next, the ever memorable FOURTH of JULY.
Remember Captain, that getting the anchor apeak on Friday, is portentous of an unsuccess-ful voyage!
❦ SNEER is received and will appear in to-morrow's paper.

By Captain Smith, in the brig Hannah, 32 days from Dublin, and Capt. Lee, in 27 days from London, arrived at Boston, European accounts are received to the 16th of May:—The most material of which are as follows:—
DUBLIN, May 8. The recent failures in England, are computed at eight hundred thousand pounds! this great national misfortune, having proceeded totally from the monopolizing spirit of her people, precludes the most trifling commiseration, though her manufactures and commerce must receive a very great shock from so unexpected an alteration.
LONDON, May 3. By letters from Vienna, dated the 16th of April, we learn, that news had arrived there of general Lascey having passed the Save with his army, and invested Belgrade on every side.
The king of Sweden is expected, in the course of the present summer, to pay a visit to this country.
A letter from Constantinople, dated the 22d of March, mentions that the Mufti or High Priest had drawn up an address to the people under the title of The apparition of Mahomet; many thousand copies of which have been distributed gratis; it is wrote in the finest stile, and strongly exhorts all ranks to unite in crushing those who have set up against the true believers.
The Divan in order to second this, have published a declaration that all Greeks who keep their faith with the Porte, shall be exempt from taxes during the war.
The sums already issued from the treasury, on account of the trial of Warren Hastings, are four thousand pounds, to Mr. Wallis, the solicitor; and three hundred pounds to Sir Peter Burrel.
May 9. While attention is taken up with the sham trial of an East Indian delinquent—the French are carrying on their works at Sherbourg with vigor—augmenting their navy—retrenching their expences, and extending their commerce.
The Turks have not declared war against Poland—a diet of which kingdom is to meet the 30th of September.
The Croats and Austrians suffered great loss in their action at Dubitza—some letters state their loss at 1000 men. The Turks fought with much coolness.
In the several actions before Belgrade, the Turks have generally had the advantage—and have very much thinned the corps of sappers. They direct their vengeance against the Austrians principally.
Holland has concluded a treaty of alliance, &c. with the king of Prussia—with that republic now, what “He wills is fate.”
Extract of a letter from Vienna, March 29. “The Russian army, amounts, it is said, to 65,000 men, who are at present joined to the troops under Prince Saxe Coburg.
“The present war there will be three armies, viz. the grand army, which will be employed in Servia, and other Turkish provinces; another which will act enjointly with the Russians: and the third will be kept on reserve.”
Of the NEW-HAMPSHIRE CONVENTION.
We learn that it met on the day appointed—and that several towns having elected new members in the room of those at first chosen, both delegations had met in the convention. This occasioned some debate on the question, which of the persons chosen were eligible to a seat. The result we have not learnt. [May. Cen.
His Excellency the president of New-Hampshire, commenced his administration by the following address to both branches of the legislature.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, Being elected by the free suffrages of the people of this state, to the office of chief Magistrate, will ever be considered by me, as a fresh mark of that respect and confidence, which I have so often experienced from my fellow countrymen, and which demands my thanks and acknowledgements.
I am sensible of the importance of the station in which I am placed, and shall endeavour, by your assistance and support, to render every service in my power that may contribute to the happiness and prosperity of the state.
The public papers as they come to my hands, shall from time to time be laid before you, and I shall always be happy in making any communications the public good may require.
The perplexed situation of our public affairs in general, is so apparent to every person of reflection that the bare mention of it is sufficient to call forth the exertions of every good citizen in the support of our country. The deranged state of our finances, the almost annihilation of our commerce, are objects truly important. But I look forward with pleasure to the time (which I trust is not far distant) when by the blessing of Divine Providence, we shall be relieved in a great measure, from these and many
other embarrassments, by the adoption of the proposed federal constitution; this will give us a government equal to the great national objects by which only they can be regulated, and by which only we can ever reasonably expect to enjoy peace, liberty and safety.
Gentlemen,
It is needless for me to take up your time in pointing out any particular matters; your wisdom will direct in the necessary business of the state, which will naturally come before you in the course of the present session, which will probably be short.
I shall be always ready to assist in, and concur with, every measure that may be thought just and proper to promote the public welfare and general tranquility of the state.
JOHN LANGDON.
Council Chamber, Concord, June 6, 1788. The Salem Mercury of June 17, says, “On the 7th May last, Capt. Jeremiah Foster, of Beverly, was cast away, in the Ichooner Industry, on Crowkid Island. On the 9th of the same month, he with his crew were taken off by Capt. Francis Tumbler, in a French brig from St. Mark’s bound to Marfeilles; after remaining on board Capt. Tumbler three days, and paying him one hundred and six dollars for his trouble, &c. were taken on board the ship Olive Branch, of London, commanded by Capt. Joseph Leonard, who carried them to Halifax. Capt. Leonard treated them in a most generous and hospitable manner, and when they arrived at Halifax, would receive but three guineas, which he distributed among Capt. Foster’s men.”
NAVAL-OFFICE, BOSTON, JUNE 19—23.
ENTRIES.
Ship Lucretia, Callahan, London. Brig Jenny, Coad, Turks-Island. Baltimore, Smith, Baltimore. Live-Oak, Adams, St. Martins. William, Stoddard, Gaudaloupe. Mary, Campbell, L’Orient. Nautilus, Rea, Isle of Rhe. Hannah, Smith, Dublin. Jane & Eliz. Kavanaugh, Newfoundland. Sloop Betty, Phillips, St. Thomas. Schooner Betty, Moore, Virginia. Mechias, Cowell, Demarara. Swallow, Harnish, Halifax. Sally, Carter, St. Croix.
CLEARANCES.
Brig Alpha, Hall, Philadelphia. Sukeey, Higginson, ditto. John, Ozier, Hispaniola. Schooner Maria, March, Virginia. Fanny, Drew, N. Carolina. St. Croix, Clough, St. Croix. Lively, Medbury, Halifax. Sloop Friendship, Fellows, Hispaniola. Ruamy, Williamson, N. Carolina. Jane and Nancy, Wyatt, Bristol. Manchester, Weymouth, Virginia. St. Croix, Clough, St. Croix. Fanny, Burlington, N. Carolina.
ALLEN’S (N. London) Marine List. Thursday, June 12th.
Arrived, brig Phoenix, Timothy Sage, from Cape de Verd. Sailed, Packet Lady Washington, Culver, for New-York.
Sloop Sally, Edward Chappel, ditto; with whom went passengers a number of respectable ladies and gentlemen. Sloop Governor Parry, Northy, from Barbadoes.
Arrived, brig Daphne, L. Fortune, from Martinico. Brig Katherine, Timothy Parker, Cape de Verd.
Sloop Fanny, Swain, Turks-Island. Brig Alfred, Doane, St. Eustatia. Brig Dolphin, Scovil, Port-au-Prince. Friday, 13th.
Arrived, Packet Juno, R. Niles, from Rhode-Island.
Captain Timothy Sage, on the 28th of April, left the following vessels at the Isle May:
Ship ———, Ambrose, from Rhode-Island. Ship ———, Orne, from Portsmouth. Brig ———, Lunt, ditto. Brig ———, Titcomb, Newbury-Port. Brig ———, Wier, Salem. Brig ———, Colvill, Boston. Brig Patty, J. Lee, at Bonavista, belonging to Hartford.
Touched in here, sloop Old Britain, Stephen Stow, from Milford, outward bound for St. Eustatia.
Sunday, 15th.
Sailed schooner Nabby, Eliha Coit, for Port-au-Prince.
Schooner Peggy, Sylvester Mather, ditto; sloop Kitty, Ingraham, Cape-Francois; sloop Old Britain, Stephen Stow, St. Eustatia; returned and here yet.
Arrived, brig Enterprize, from Rhode-Island.
Monday, 16th.
Sloop Enterprize, from Passamaquoddy. Monday, 16th.
Arrived, schooner ———, Youngs Horton, from Nova-Scotia.
Wednesday, 18th.
Arrived, sloop Polly, Wright, from St. Croix, in 23 days.
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 Guitar, 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.—e.d.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons who are indebted to Richard Lawrence, of Westchester, an insolvent debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the subscribers, their accounts will be put in suit—and all creditors are desired to bring in their accounts, properly attested, as a dividend is intended to be made the first Monday in September next, provided the creditors accounts are sent in, to
JOSHUA MERSEREAU, or GOZEN RYERS, June 18, 1788. 26.—6w.4th.
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.—e.d.
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.—e.d.
A COACH-MAN.
WANTS a PLACE, A YOUNG MAN who has been accustomed to driving a COACH.—Enquire of the PRINTER. June 25, 1788. 30.—e.d. t.f.
EASTERN STAGES.
THE Line of Stages, from Boston, to this Place (after the First of next Month) will be continued from hence, to New-York. —The Proprietors having provided convenient Carriages, good Horses, and faithful steady Drivers; those who wish to have a Conveyance, may depend on having the best Accommodations. New-Haven, June 18, 1788.
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.
T O L E T, Two convenient ROOMS,
For the Summer Season, IN an elegant HOUSE, and pleasant Situation; at Gravefend, King’s County.—Enquire of the PRINTER, or at Dr. Smith’s, living in said House.
EMPTY BOTTLES, WANTED IMMEDIATELY, Enquire at Mr. W. BRADFORD’S, OLD SLIP. New-York, June 20, 1788. 30 e.d.
Starch and Hair-Powder,
MANUFACTURED and Sold by Isaac & John Stoutenburgh, At the corner of Greenwich and Dey Streets, North River. 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.
Just Published, And to be Sold at the Printing-Office, The Heidelbergh Catechism.
A L S O, The Mothers Catechism.
By Order of the JUDGE of PROBATE, T O B E S O L D, at PUBLIC AUCTION, TO-MORROW, the 1st of July, At Three o’Clock, P. M. 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. 16, Cherry-Street New-York, 1788. 23.—ed.6t.
T O B E S O L D. At Public Vendue, On the PREMISES— On WEDNESDAY next, the 2d. of JULY, (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.
WANTED, To COMPLETE a Few FILES. THE NEW-YORK JOURNAL numbers (one of each) 2136, 2210, 2313, and two of 2321.—Whoever can dispose of the above numbers, or any of them, shall receive others, from this date, or the cash, in addition to the thanks of the Editor.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Ship J U N O, 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, Umbrellos, &c. Also, to be sold at the above Store, Handkerchiefs, Persians, and Sarfnets. 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 Lawns, Cloths, Scarlet, Blue, &c. &c. Umbrellos of different sizes, Thread Laces and Edgings, Lyon’s quilted Sattins, 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,
A MINIATURE 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 Golet’s.
PETER HENRI. Ladies in the City will be waited on if desired. New-York, June 9. 17.—ed.
Advertisement.
STOLEN from the subscriber, on the night of the 6th instant, a sorrel ball faced Horse about 14 hands high; natural to a single footed trot, about 7 years old, about one half of his mane cut off on the near side, 3 white feet. It is supposed he is carried by the thief into the Jersies. Whoever will take up said thief and horse, so that the thief may be brought to justice, and the horse returned to the subscriber, shall receive Five Dollars reward, and all reasonable charges, and for the Horse, Three Dollars, and all reasonable charges. It is supposed said horse is stole by one Caleb Ferris, who hath been guilty of such crimes, and it is said he is in the Jersies.
BARABAH PALMER, Greenwich, Fairfield county, state of Connecticut, May 12th, 1723. 15 2w

POET'S CORNER.
S O N G.
The Sentiment borrowed from SHAKESPEARE. YOUNG Damon of the vale is dead, Ye lowland hamlets moan, A dewy turf lies over his head, And at his feet a stone. His shroud, which death's cold damps destroy, Of snow white threads was made. All mourn'd to see so sweet a boy In earth for ever laid. Pale pansies o'er his corse were plac'd, Which, pluck'd before their time, Befrew'd the boy, like him to waste, And wither in their prime. But he will ne'er return, whose tongue Could tune the rural lay! Ah, no! his bell of peace is rung, His lips are cold as clay. They bore him out at twilight hour, The youth belov'd so well: Ah me! how many a true-love show'r Of kind remembrance fell! Each maid was woe--but Lucy chief, Her grief o'er all was tried: Within his grave she dropt'd in grief, And o'er her lov'd-one died.
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. Green- leaf,
The American Magazine, For MAY, 1788.
CONTAINING, L E T T E R S to and from the late Samuel John- son, L. L. D. Original Letters between Frederick and Felicia. Solyma and Ossinin, 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 Astrono- mers. The Simile. Letter 4th from Belzebub. Receipt to make perpetual Eeast or Barm. The Owan Outang, a distinct species of Ani- mals. The Adventure of the Inn concluded. Sketch of a momentary Scene from nature. A Dissertation read before the Philosophical soci- ety 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 In- quiry into the medicinal Effects of that popular Plant. The death of Major Andre. A summary Account of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Account of the Funeral of William the Conquer- or. Directions given by Richard 3d 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 Go- vernment, by Aristides. The Federalist, vol. 2. On the Cultivation of Aloes. Anecdote of Marshall Dorfling. P O E T R Y. To Young Gentlemen. An Address to the Deity. Sovereign Love. Intelligence. Marriages and Deaths.
New-York R U M
Of excellent Flavor and good Proof F O R S A L E, By Charles Tillinghast, At the DISTILLERY, near the New Market in Cherry Street.
I. Greenwood, SURGEON DENTIST, No. 199 Water-Street, opposite the Coffee-House, Performs all Operations incident to the TEETH and GUMS, Transplants Natural, and Substitutes ARTIFICIAL TEETH, And attends abroad upon sending direction.
A C E L L E R to let. 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 Painter.
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. C O N T A I N I N G Papers elucidating the rise and pro- gress of the American revolution.
R E S O L U T I O N S 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 assem- bly, in the province of Maryland, Sept. 28, 1765. Queries proposed by the chief justice of the su- preme court held, at Perth Amboy, to the law- yers 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 Massa- chusetts bay, October 21, 1765. The American Crisis, No. 1. 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 exe- cutive council of the commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, 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 trans- actions with the Oneida Indians. Petition of John Livingston and Caleb Benion, 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 continen- tal convention, by the Philadelphia society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the re- lief of free negroes, unlawfully held in bond- age. 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 dis- senting 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 inter- course with America. Extract from a pamphlet, entitled "The true in- terest 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 vicount 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 constituti- 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 in- quiries.
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 Ame- rican Author, is replete with the highest sentimental entertainment. Humour, wit, and sa- tire, 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 hum- ble obedience to the King of Kings.
This piece of religious and moral painting has obtained Mr. Klopstock the honor of being esteem- ed the Milton of Germany, and is considered as having compleated 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 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 read- ing and speaking. Webster's Institute, first and second Part. Pike's excellent System of Arithmetic. 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 H I S T O R Y. 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, Seal- of different sizes and prices, Wax, Wafers, Ledgers, Journals, Quills, Slates, Lead and Blank Books of Quills, Slates, Lead all sizes, Receipt Buckles, Message Books, Bonnet and Cards, &c. &c. Commissions from the country are thank fully received, and carefully executed. 505— New-York, May 26, 1788.
Philadelphia, June 2, 1788. To the PUBLIC.
A S the time limited for compleat- ing the execution of my scheme for the sel- ling some of my houses and landed interest termi- nates 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 let- ters will be forwarded to each by the first oppor- tunity. I here return my most sincere acknowledgement for the countenance given my plan, from gentlemen in most parts of the continent. And though ar- duous 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.
T O B E S O L D, 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 town- ship, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles dis- tant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and se- venty 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 wa- ter near the door; to which is added, fifteen acres, or thereabouts, of salt marsh, on the Raritan, about one mile from the farm.
This place is well known by the name of LAWSON'S FARM.
For terms of sale enquire of Mr. Joseph Bindon, merchant, New-York, or Ben- jamin Thompson, near Morris-Town New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. 99—e.d.
Remaining on Hand, A Few MAPS,
Of the interior parts of North-America, includ- ing the lands intended for the NEW STATES, some of which are felling, and others already disposed of by order of Congress.
O RDERS are just received, by the printer here- of, 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, Penn- sylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, compre- hending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Chero- kee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The cli- mate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegeta- ble, 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 Pit and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Pa- trick 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 nu- merous, 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 mode- rate 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, teas, 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 hither- to 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 suc- ceed admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in dif- ferent 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 exten- sive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of buffalo, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkeys, 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, H AS removed to Peck-Ship, No. 1, where she continues the business of washing Silk Stockings, and other nice articles, in the usual manner, in which branch she has al- ways given satisfaction.
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