The New-York journal, and weekly register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1787-06-28 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register.
HERE TRUTH UNLICENS'D REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE! Thompson's Liberty.
NUMB. 26, of VOL. XLI.]
THURSDAY, June 28, 1787.
[Total NUMB. 2121.]
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
IN CHANCERY. Abraham Emmons, Complainant, vs. Isaac Valentine, Defendant.
PURSUANT to a decree of the honorable court of chancery, made in the above cause, will be Sold at Public Auction, at the house, of Mr. CALEB HYATT, near Kingsbridge, on Saturday the seventh day of July next, at twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, all that certain Dwelling-house, or Tenement, tract, piece, or parcel of GROUND, situate in the county of Westchester, and state of New-York, fronting Hudson's river; bounded westerly in front to the said Hudson's river, northerly by land belonging to Edward Meeks, and Thomas Tippet, until it comes to a creek called Yonker's creek, and easterly, in rear, along said Yonker's creek, till it comes to the land belonging to, now or late of Stephen Tippet, and Gilbert Tippet, and southerly by land now or late of said Stephen and Gilbert, to said Hudson's river; containing about one hundred and forty acres, together with one acre of salt meadow, adjoining Gilbert Tippet's salt meadow, in said county. Also, all those several tracts, pieces, or parcels of LAND and MEADOW, situate in the county aforesaid, that is to say, all that tract of land beginning on the east side of the road leading from Gilbert Valentine, to Cortlandt Mills, at a stake fixed as a boundary to lands belonging to the said Isaac Valentine, and running from thence south seventy degrees, east along the line of the said Isaac Valentine, and forty-three chains and fifty-five links until it strikes the road that leads from Yonker's road, to Abraham and John Vermilion; thence southerly along the said road, as it runs, until it joins the said Yonker's road, then along the said Yonker's road, northwesterly as the said road runs until it joins a cross road near the Mill-pond, and from thence north-easterly along the said last mentioned Cross-road, as the said Cross-road runs to the place of beginning, containing one hundred and twenty-nine acres and ninety-four hundred parts of an acre; and also that piece of SALT MEADOW, on Spitendevil creek, joining the said Isaac Valentine's land, containing one acre: and also that piece of SALT MEADOW, adjoining said Isaac Valentine's land, and partly opposite the land of Frederick Van Cortlandt, Esq. containing two acres more or less: and also that piece of SALT MEADOW on the said creek, bounded easterly by a ditch, southerly by a ditch, and northerly by the upland, containing five acres, as the tracts, and pieces of land are mentioned and described in a certain deed of mortgage from Isaac Valentine to the said Abraham Emmons, and also all the estate and title of the said Isaac Valentine of, in, and to the said premises.
A good title will be given to the purchaser therefor, on the payment of the purchase money, under the decree aforesaid, and further stipulations made known at the time and place of sale.
17—22 JAMES M. HUGHES, May 29. Master in Chancery.
In Can. The REGENTS of the UNIVERSITY of the State of New-York, vs.
JAMES STEWART and ELISABETH his Wife. PURSUANT to a decree of the honorable Court of Chancery, made in the above cause, will be Sold at Public Auction, at the Merchants Coffee-house, on Monday, the sixteenth day of July next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, All that certain LOT of GROUND, lying and being on the west side of the Broad-Way, being bounded on the south by the house and lot now or late of Thomas Smith, Esq. on the north by the lots of ground now or late of Peter R. Livingston, James Loucks, and the heirs of Sir Peter Warren, deceased, easterly by the said Broad-Way, and westerly by Hudson's River; containing, in front, along the said Broad-Way, three rods and two feet, and on the west side, along Hudson's River, three rods, three feet, and the fifth part of a foot; in length, on the north side, twenty rods, and half a rod; and on the south side, twenty rods. ALSO, All that certain WATER LOT, situate, lying and being in the rear of the Lot of Ground aforesaid, and contiguous thereto, next to Hudson's River; containing the whole breadth of the Lot aforesaid, forty-one feet English measure; and in length, from the rear of the said Lot of Ground, to low-water mark, into Hudson's River; and from thence to extend into Hudson's River aforesaid, two hundred feet, as the said lots are mentioned and described in a certain Deed, or Indenture of Mortgage, from Richard Shuckburgh, and Mary his wife, to the governors of the college of the late province, now state of New-York, together with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging; and also, all the Estate and Title of the said Richard Shuckburgh and Mary his wife, &c. of, in, and to the said premises.
A good title will be given to the purchaser, under the decree aforesaid, on the payment of the purchase money, by JAMES M. HUGHES, 16—21 Master in Chancery.
To be SOLD,
A valuable
Lot of Ground,
ON which are three Dwelling-Houses, No. 12, 13, and 14, in Ann-street, nearly opposite the North-Church. They will be disposed of, either together or singly, as may best suit the Purchaser; and an indisputable Title will be given.—Enquire at No. 75, William-street.
New-York, May 17, 1787. 15—
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate Office, in the City of New-York, on the seventh Day of June, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
P R E S E N T, The Honorable PETER OGILVIE, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Abraham Reynolds, administrator of Eli Mead, late of Haverstraw precinct, in the county of Orange, deceased, hath, by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Eli Mead, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Eli Mead, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of his said testator was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said petitioner hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; thereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Eli Mead, do appear before the judge of the said court of Probates, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the twenty-sixth day of July next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Eli Mead died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts.
18—21 PETER OGILVIE.
State of New-York, ff.
WHEREAS all the real estate of which Peter De Lamater, late of Poughkeepsie precinct, in the county of Dutchess, trader, deceased, died seized, has been sold by an order of Thomas Tredwell, Esq. late judge of the court of Probates of this state, for the payment of his debts, All persons who have any demands against the estate of the said Peter De Lamater, are hereby notified and desired to produce the same to the present judge of the said court of Probates, at the Probate-Office in the city of New-York, on the third day of September next, when and where a final settlement and distribution of the said estate will be made. Given under my hand, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
16—21 PETER OGILVIE.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, agreeable to the act of the legislature of the late colony, now state, of New-York, passed the 19th day of March, 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registering of mortgages and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," that on the 16th day of October next, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold, at public vendue, at the house of Johannes Tack, inn-keeper, at Marbletown, in the county of Ulster, the fee simple of all that certain tract or parcel of land and premises, situate and lying on the west side of the Rondout or Coxenkill, in the township of Marbletown and county aforesaid, and now or late in the possession of Frederick Schoonmaker, and sundry other persons tenants under him: beginning at a certain fall on the said Kill or creek, where a small Brook empties into the same, being the place of beginning of a certain lot of eight acres of land, which the said Frederick Schoonmaker purchased of the trustees, of the township of Marbletown; thence along the said last mentioned lot north easterly to the lands of Hendrick Kofsa, thence along the north westerly bounds of the last mentioned lands, north easterly to the lands of Jacob Snyder, thence along the last mentioned lands westerly to the lands of Isaac Smith, thence along the last mentioned land southerly to the lands of the widow Peter Nelly Sammons, thence along the last mentioned lands to the said Rondout or Coxenkill, thence down the said Kill to the place of beginning; containing by estimation four hundred and forty acres of land, be the same more or less; which tracts or parcel of lands with the appurtenances were by indenture of lease and release, dated the 8th and 9th days of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, mortgaged by Frederick Schoonmaker, of the township of Marbletown, in the county of Ulster, to Richard Oliver and Stephen Nottingham, both of the township and county aforesaid, for the payment of five hundred and fifty-five pounds, current money of New-York, in silver and gold, at the rate of eight shillings for a Spanish milled dollar, with lawful interest for the same, on or before the eighth day of March next ensuing the date of the said indenture or release of mortgage.
The conditions of sale will be made public on the day of the vendue, and good and sufficient deeds executed to the purchaser of the same, by RICHARD OLIVER, and STEPHEN NOTTINGHAM.
Marbletown, March 29, 1787. 9—34
This Day PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD at this PRINTING-OFFICE, [Price TWELVE COPPERS,]
The Mother's Catechism.
THIS Catechism is designed for the First, and should be taught to Infants as an Introduction to those Catechisms which are not so easily understood. It is universally recommended by Divines.
THE FOLLOWING Books & Stationary,
Are to be SOLD, at T. Greenleaf's Printing-Office, No. 25, WATER-STREET, viz.
   BOOKS. JOHNSON'S Dictionary, 2 vol. ADAMS's Defence of the Amer. Constitutions. Watt's Psalms & Hymns Ditto Psalms, Testaments, Mariners Compass, Ditto Daily Assistant, The Seaman's Guide, Clark's Introduction, Aesop's Fables, Latin Testaments, Ditto Dialogues, Platters, Primers, Young Man's best Companion, Ready Reckoner,   STATIONARY. Spelling Books, Chauncy's Dissertations on the Fall and its consequences, Translation of Horace's Odes, Epodes, &c. by an American, Law's Collection of Music, Constitutions, or Forms of Government of the several States of America. A Description of Rifled Ordnance, Confession of Faith The Heidelburgh Catechism, The Mother's ditto, &c.   BEST Dutch Fools Cap Writing Paper, Pot Paper, Quarto Post, ditto Gilt, thick and thin, Blotting Paper, Slates, Pencils, Pens ready made, Music Paper, Parchment and Vellum, Ivory Folders, Red Ink-Powder, Pounce, Copy Books with Copies Ruled and unruled one Quire Books, 1. 2. 3 and 4 Quire Day Books, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Hutchins's Map, Wrapping Paper very cheap, Inkholders, different kinds, Playing Cards, Mezzage, ditto.
ALL KINDS, And a variety of other ARTICLES not herein Enumerated. 18—
BY virtue of an act of the legislature, entitled, "An Act for the speedy sale of the unappropriated lands within this state, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 5th of May, 1786, and pursuant to a resolution of the honorable the Commissioners of the Land-Office, TEN TOWNSHIPS of
Unappropriated Lands, On the south east side of the River St. Lawrence, will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, at the Coffee-house, in the city of New-York. The sale to commence on Tuesday, the tenth of July next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Maps are filed for inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the State, and Surveyor-General. The fourth and eighth Townships will be sold by single Lots, and the rest by quarters of Townships. Such securities as are made receivable by law on the sales of forfeited Lands, will be received in payment; the one quarter of the purchase money on the day of sale, and the remainder within sixty days after.
18—22 SIMEON DEWITT, June 4th, 1787. Surveyor-General
Furniture Ware-House.
INDIA Paper Hangings, Striped Satin Hair Cloth, Plain ditto, ditto, Figured ditto, ditto, Wilton Carpets, Elegant Looking Glasses, Fringes, Tassels, Cord, and Laces. Some of the above articles are just received, and are for SALE, by
William Mooney, UPHOLSTERER, At his Furniture Warehouse, Nassau-street, where the Upholstery Business is carried on in the most extensive Manner.
A general Assortment of common Paper Hangings.
** Paper Hangings put up in the best Manner, as usual. May 3, 1787. 13—
Mr. RUSPINI, SURGEON DENTIST to his Royal Highness The PRINCE of WALES,
BEGS leave to inform his friends, and the public in general, that he may be consulted as usual, at his house, No. 21, Great Dock-street, upon all complaints incident to the
TEETH and GUMS. He has received by the ship Favorite, Capt. Coupar, A fresh supply of RUSPINI'S DENTRIFICE, POWDER and TINCTURE; Also, RUSPINI'S EXTRAORDINARY STYPTIC SOLUTION, which has been found so efficacious in all kinds of Hæmorrhages, both internal and external.
Likewise, Ruspini's TINCTURE for the TOOTH-ACH, to be had at 12/ and 20/ each. New-York, June 7, 1787. 18—
Albany Stages.
THE proprietors of the Albany line of Stages will commence performing the tour in two days on Monday the 16th of April instant.—A carriage will move from Hall's tavern, near the Osgo Market, New-York, and Lewis's in Albany, every Monday and Thursday mornings, precisely at 4 o'clock, and return on Tuesdays and Fridays following: at the same time the price of a passenger will be reduced from four-pence to three-pence per mile—150 weight of baggage the same as a passenger.
The public will please to take notice, that the proprietors will not be answerable for the loss of any baggage whatever.
April 8th, 1787. 11— The SUBSCRIBER most respectfully informs the PUBLIC and his particular FRIENDS, That he has procured
An Elegant Coach,
And four excellent HORSES, With a careful Driver, to run, every Day in the Week, from this City to his House at KING'S-BRIDGE.
THIS COACH will start from Hall's, No. 49, Cortlandt-street, precisely at 5 o'clock, A. M. and return to the city the same evening.—Passengers, by leaving a note at Hall's, purporting their desire, the preceding evening, will be taken up from any part of the city, and set down where they shall please to direct.—Every attention will be paid to render the excursion of the company, whether Ladies or Gentlemen, pleasant and agreeable. The price for each Passenger will be only Four Pence per mile.
The subscriber flatters himself, from the consideration of the pleasantness of the road, salubrity of the air, and beauty of his situation, commanding a full view of the bridge and Harlem river (which makes the island) that parties will frequently be induced to make this delightful excursion, and favor him with their commands. M. WATTLES, Proprietor of the Line of Stages. New-York, April 23, 1787. 12—
To the PUBLIC.
MAJOR PENDLETON'S business calling him to the Southward, the STAGE-OFFICE is removed to HALL's No. 49, Cortlandt-street, leading from Osgo Market to Powles-Hook ferry, being the first brick house on the left hand from Broad-Way—where may be had GENTLE BOARDING and LODGING. The Boston and Albany STAGES will start on Monday and Thursday mornings, precisely at five o'clock; those who wish to take seats are requested to apply the evening previous to starting, and leave all extra baggage.
A HACKNEY will always be ready to convey Ladies and Gentlemen to any part of the town they may please to direct.
THE PROPRIETORS of the STAGES, Which ply between New-York and Philadelphia, Inform the PUBLIC,
THAT on the first day of May next they will start one line of stages, from Powles-Hook, every afternoon at 4 o'clock, and proceed to Elizabeth-Town, from whence they will start every morning (Sundays excepted) at four o'clock—and from Philadelphia, every morning (Sundays excepted) at three o'clock.
The Mail Line will start from Powles-Hook and Philadelphia, every morning (Sundays excepted) precisely at nine o'clock.—No delay, after the hours appointed, can be admitted.
The Stages start from Michael Dennison's, corner of Arch and Second-streets, Philadelphia. New-York, April 23, 1787. 12—
For CHARTER,
That remarkable fast sailing SLOOP Delight,
RICHARD CORKRAN, MASTER, BURTHEN 65 tons or thereabouts, now lying at Ryker's wharf.—For terms apply to the master on board, or at No. 38, Maiden-Lane. May 10, 1787. 14—

Foreign Intelligence.
[European Papers are received by the Ship George, Captain Hunter, arrived on Tuesday, in six Weeks from Glasgow, from which the following Articles are selected.]
PARIS, April 11.
AT this moment the utmost confusion reigns here, owing to a general distrust and want of current cash. The bankers offer 12 per cent. for money to support their credit; and, to add to the calamity, and run on the bank (the Caisse d'Escompte) has already begun. It is no wonder that there should be a temporary and sudden want of confidence between man and man, on the discovery of knavish gambling and other peculations in men of such rank as Calonne, Miromesnil, and Aligre, whose places were nearly in France the same as those of the first lord of the treasury, the lord chancellor, and the lord privy seal, in England. It is much apprehended that many great houses will be ruined by this total stop to credit: you may, therefore, caution your merchants against great operations with this city, till the alarm has subsided.
DUBLIN-CASTLE, April 10.
This day his grace the Lord Lieutenant went in state to the house of peers, with the usual solemnity, and the commons being sent for, gave the royal assent to
An act for granting certain aids, duties, and impositions to his majesty, his heirs and successors, for the time therein mentioned, and for giving effect to a treaty of commerce and navigation concluded between his Majesty and the Moll Christian King.
WHITEHALL, April 17.
The King has been pleased to appoint James Seton, Esq., to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the Island of St. Vincent, in the room of Edmund Lincoln, Esq., deceased.
The King has also been pleased to appoint Arthur Phillip, Esq., to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the territory of New S. Wales.
LONDON, April 17.
A correspondent at Vienna says, that on the 28th of March last, the Emperor caused the following notice to be sent to the French Minister; "That he received with pleasure the French King's declaration of the 19th, of his determined intention to preserve the peace of Europe; but that, as great disputes still subsisted between the Porte and Russia, which had not come to any one point of decision; and a war seemed to him inevitable, from the difference which there was in opinion between the cabinet of the Porte and the people, he declared, in case such event happened, he would remain neuter : however, in the mean time, following the example of the French King, he would use every means to settle all difficulties, if the people were disposed to peace; but should his endeavours prove unfortunate, he should observe a rigid neutrality."
By authentic letters from Vienna we are informed, that on the 29th day of March the Russian troops, supposed to be assistants at a coronation pomp, completely invested the very important fortress Oczakoff, which, it is generally supposed, must surrender very speedily, as the Turks are by no means prepared with provisions, stores, or ammunition. Nothing but a decisive action in favor of the Ottoman army, that may come to its relief, may save the place, in which there are now upwards of twenty thousand Spaniards.
The English governor of Bombay has sent 200 Europeans, and 500 Sepoys, and taken possession of a small island, called Die Garcia , situated 200 leagues north east of the isle of Bourbon; on which island the deceased Count de Buffon had permitted a French family, and some negroes to reside, merely for ascertain to whom it belonged. The English allege they want it for a watering place, though the French suspect they design it for a lodgment of troops, to attack the isles of France and Bourbon. The French ministers have written to our court on the subject, and insist that the troops may be withdrawn immediately.
The parliament of Paris entered on their journals on the 31st of March, the letters which abolish the Droite d'Aubaine; and by which all English subjects, dying in France, are to be considered as natural born subjects.
The Spanish Ambassador is said to have delivered a receipt at St. James's yesterday from the court of Madrid, in answer to requisitions from England on the state of affairs between the British and Spanish settlements in the West-Indies.
The insults offered to the Spanish Consul by the Dey of Algiers, should not be felt by the court of Spain only. It ought to be a general cause to extirpate that nest of pirates from the face of the earth.
Advices have been received from Terceira, one of the Azores, that 14 sail of American ships have lately arrived there, with many articles which were much wanted; and that a regular trade is now established there with the ports of Boston, New-York, and Philadelphia.
On Thursday night a paper was read before the royal society, giving an account of a NEW COMET which was seen the 10th instant at Paris; and also another paper proving that the wolf, the jackal, and the dog are of the same species.
April 24. Affairs in France are still in very great confusion. Monf. de Calonne having asserted, that the cause of the derangements of the public finances was owing to Mr. Neckar, having left a deficiency of upwards of two millions sterling in the treasury, the latter wrote to the former demanding an explanation; receiving no answer, Mr. Neckar wrote to the King, accusing Mr. Calonne, and stating, that in place of a deficiency, he had left a surplus, as a proof of which he referred to an account he delivered to his Majesty in 1781. He further requested to be confronted to M. de Calonne, in the assembly of notables, to justify himself, and added, that though much inferior to his antagonist in the powers of eloquence, yet the voice of justice must prevail. His Majesty refused this request, upon which Mr. Neckar made an appeal to the public in a pamphlet, written with that boldness and freedom which are the characteristics of a republican. Mr. Neckar is a native of Switzerland.
It conveys the language of honest reason and truth. Mr. Neckar was immediately, in consequence of it, banished from Paris.
The people have reason to be satisfied with the disclosure made of the state of finance. They may not understand the calculations of the minister or the counter calculations of his enemies, who endeavour to throw every blame on him, and allow me no merit to the most obvious advantages—but they can understand this plain fact, that the finances of the country are in a better state than they have been any year since the peace; and as a consequence of that, there are new taxes to be imposed.
Orders are given from the war-office, for the 4th, 5th, and 26th regiments, now on duty on Ireland, to be embarked at Cork for Quebec immediately; where shipping are provided for them. Two regiments now on duty in Canada are to come home, so that the reinforcement will be one regiment only; but it is expected a further force will be sent in the course of the summer, as Lord Dorchester has informed the necessity, in the present situation of affairs, of reinforcing all the ports in Canada.
American Occurrences.
PORTSMOUTH, June 19.
WITH satisfaction we inform our readers, that the greatest unanimity grace the proceedings of the legislature of this state. The spirit of party seems to have fled, and the general good appears to be the aim of each and every of the members of that honourable assembly.
BOSTON, June 21.
The house of representatives on Wednesday 13th inst. proceeded to the consideration of the resolve reported by the Committee appointed to consider the expediency of repealing the disqualifying act, &c. for raising a number of troops, not exceeding eight hundred, nor less than five hundred men, to be stationed in the western counties, and for pardoning all persons concerned in the late rebellion, excepting Daniel Shays, Luke Day, and William Smith , of the county of Hampshire; Eli Parsons, Jacob Fox, Perez Hamlin, Ebenezer Cutton, David Dunham, and Elisha Manning , of the county of Berkshire; with the proceedings thereon. And the same being taken up by paragraphs, it was moved and seconded, that the names of six of the excepted persons might be expunged, and the question being put, passed in the negative, 210 voters, yeas 73 only. It was then moved and seconded, that the names of all the excepted persons might be expunged, so that the resolve might operate as a general pardon, and the question being put, passed in the negative, 214 voters, yeas 67 only. It was then moved and seconded, that four of the names of the excepted persons might be expunged, and the question being put, passed in the negative, 214 voters, yeas 94 only. It was then moved and seconded, that the clause limiting operation of a resolve as to persons convicted of crimes, might be expunged, and the question being put, passed in the negative, 210 voters, yeas 81 only.
The consideration of the said report by paragraphs being finished, the question whether the house would concur with the vote of senate in accepting the said report, was determined in the affirmative, by 108 yeas against 100 nays.
WORCESTER, June 20.
A gentleman from the county of Hampshire informs us, that the two prisoners under sentence of death, for treason, who were confined in prison at Great Barrington, in the county of Berkshire, on Friday night last week, effected their escape, having previously found means to intoxicate the guard.
We have received intelligence from the county of Berkshire, that a few days since a number of those men who still remain in arms against this Commonwealth, and hover on the confines of Vermont, made an incursion in the town of New Ashford, and entered the house of Mr. Starkweather, at New Ashford, and robbed him of about 150 dollars in cash, a quantity of beef and pork, and a number of other articles.
It is said, Luke Day was seen a few days since, riding, with a cutlass drawn, through a bye road in the town of Williamson, county of Berkshire; he was pursued and came near being taken, but finally escaped in a wood.
On Tuesday last two companies of the federal train of Artillery, in new and complete uniform, passed through this town. They are from the castle, and bound to the federal arsenal at Springfield.
HARTFORD, June 18.
The following are the heads of the acts passed at the last session of the general assembly of this state.
An act repealing all such acts and parts of acts as are contrary to the treaty of peace.
An act in addition to, and alteration of an act, entitled, an act for regulating fees, and to repeal a certain paragraph of an act, entitled, an act for establishing the wages of the judges of the superior court.
An act in addition to an act, entitled, an act for constituting and regulating courts and appointing the times and places for holding the same.
An act in addition to a law of this state, entitled, an act for constituting and regulating courts and appointing the times and places for holding the same.
An act in addition to, and alteration of an act, entitled, an act for erecting and establishing a new county.
An act for stating the fare of Stratford ferry, over Newfield harbour.
An act in alteration of an act, entitled, an act for regulating ferries.
An act for the encouraging the raising of hemp.
An act in addition to an act, entitled, an act for encouraging and regulating fisheries.
Supplement to the Debates of the General Assembly.
PAPER-MONEY-BILL.
Mr. Gillet of Sharon obtained leave of the house to bring in a bill for an emission of paper money, the day before Mr. Peter Bulkley introduced his tendry-bill. Mr. Gillet promised the house, that he would bring in his bill the next morning. When the next morning came, the tendry-bill was introduced into the house not without many a farcical lacer, and its twin-brother the paper money-bill
was called for. Mr. Gillet perceiving, from the spirit of the house, that his offspring, if introduced, would be doomed to an untimely grave, told the house, he had not finished it. And whatever the cause may be, whether he fancied, that honestly, like a great red dragon, stood before him ready to destroy the paper brat, as soon as it was born; or whether the atmosphere of the state be unfriendly to such fungous births; although symptoms of pain and travail appeared, yet no delivery was effected, during the session of the legislature. The disdain of honest men struck the spirit of paper money with terror and dismay; but it is apprehended, that nothing will so effectually lay both this infernal intruder, and the rebellious spirit of Shavism, as the solid—dark—silent—solemn walls of Litchfield goal.
PHILADELPHIA, June 21.
Monday last the brig Charles, Captain Read, arrived in 59 days from Yarmouth in England. On his passage the 15th ultimo, in lat. 38. 37. long. 22. 28. he spoke with the brig Sally, Captain Robertson, of this port, from Lisbon bound to Faya, 5 days out, all well on board.
New-York, June 28.
BY the George, Capt. Hunter, from Glasgow, we also learn—That
On the 19th April, the committee on Mr. Hastings' trial, reported that Warren Hastings, Esq., is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. The house divided upon the question, when the report was accepted by a majority of 16.
On the 23rd April, Mr. Fox introduced many objections to the much talked of Shop Tax , and was backed by a number of eloquent speakers in the house of commons. They endeavoured to prove it a partial, and consequently an unjust tax, unproductive to the revenue. The chancellor of the exchequer could not, however, be convinced of this, and the motions for a repeal of it, by Mr. Fox, was negatived by a majority of 36.
On Tuesday last arrived in this port his Most Christian Majesty's Packet le Courier de l'Europe, Clement le Fournier, Esq., commander, in 45 days from Havre-de-Grasse.
By this packet later intelligence is received, respecting the assembly of NOTABLES, than by the ship George. We are told by a London paragraph of the 24th of April (See London head) that Monf. Neckar was banished from Paris. But, we are assured, that it is not the fact; Mr. Neckar simply retreated a few leagues and returned.
It is a notorious fact, that M. de Calonne is dismissed, to which account is added, in private letters to a respectable gentleman in this city, the following anecdote respecting him—That while on his expeditious rout through the country, he passed a place of execution, where a malefactor had just received the rewards of his demerits; and, on his arrival, the intelligence of his personage soon buzzed through the numerous crowd, whose rage was so great that it was with difficulty that the police prevented his being absolutely hung upon the gallows, through the two standards of which they passed him and his coach.
We are also assured, that there was the greatest unanimity subsisting in the grand assembly of the Notables immediately after the confusion of M. de Calonne's impeachment had subsided.
Passengers, arrived in the packet from Havre-de-Grasse, are as follows, viz.
Madame Delaforest, lady to the hon. Charles Delaforest, Esq. Vice-Consul-General of his most Christian Majesty to the United States, residing in this city.
Messieurs St. John de Crevecoeur, Consul of France for New-York—Marquis de Lothbiniere, a Canadian Gentleman—Commodore Paul Jones—Norris, of Philadelphia, Esq.—Mumford, of Richmond, Esq.—Breck, Son of the Honorable Samuel Breck of Boston—Holker, Son of—Holker, Esq. of Philadelphia—Rukers, Esq. and his Lady—Miss Betsey Ramlay.
Extrait of a letter from Paris, April 13.
"Versailles is in the greatest confusion; no body is to be trusted; all the King's ministers are disgraced."
"M. de Calonne is ordered not to leave Versailles, where he is now kept in sight. He would have been impeached when in place as minister, but it was thought disrespectful to his Majesty. He is now impeached by M. le Marquis de la Fayette."
"Monf. de Fouquier is named Controllour de Finance, but only to fill up the gap—it is not supposed he can keep it long."
"Le Garde de Sceaux, M. de Maromesnil, is exiled, or confined to his house; and M. la Morgnon named in his place."
"Le Controllour des Batimens du Roi, inspector of the King's buildings, M. d'Angerville, is dismissed; and the first president of the parliament of Paris, M. d'Aligre, is desired to demand his congé; if he refuses he will be instantly prosecuted for mal-administration. M. d'Ormesson is named to succeed him. These are the principal changes."
"M. le Marquis de Vaudreuil, brother to the Admiral of that name, a great favourite of the Queen, wanted the place of Controllour de Batimens du Roi, but he is also in disgrace."
"To give you some little idea of the peculations of the ministers of this country, take the following circumstance:"
"Monf. de Baron d'Aspagrac (brother to the Abbe the great speculator in the funds, sent or ordered to the Bastille a little while ago) was proprietor of the county of Sancerre. This county was represented to his Majesty as a purchase worthy his attention, and what he ought not to let slip. [You must know that a speculation of this kind to a minister is more lucrative than making a Nabob.] The King cannot alienate the crown lands, but he can make an exchange; the Baron would not sell absolutely for money only, but demanded something in exchange, and some money. The county of Sancerre was accordingly estimated at 1,700,000 French livres; one million was paid in money; and for the 700,000 livres, as many different parcels of woodland and meadow, &c. in the different parts of the kingdom, belonging to the King, were to be assigned, as upon investigation by the Nobles, are found to be worth 14,000,000 of livres; so that 90,000 sterling was to have been purchased by his Majesty
with 600,000. you may judge from this sum, what would have been the good will to the minister who made the bargain. During M. de Calonne's administration, nothing has been translated without his being secretly touched. The purchase of L'Orient, from the Prince Guimene, was of the same kind: but the impeachment by Monf. de la Fayette demands a rigorous inquiry into all these matters. It is said, Calonne is a defaulter for 150,000,000 livres—such are the facts and reports of the day."
"In the beginning of the Assemblée des Notables , M. de Calonne foreseeing, from the spirit and vigor of the members, the affair would turn out badly for him, advised the King to sign five lettres des cachets, for as many of the heads; which he refused, by nobly saying, "They were called together to consult for his benefit, and they should debate in all freedom." Lately he had again the audacity to propose to his Majesty to dismiss the Garde de Sceaux, and to sign 32 lettres des cachets for the different notable, archbishops, bishops, &c. &c. It was this last application which decided the King, who most undoubtedly wishes to do what is right; but how is he to do it from whom truth, right, and justice are always hidden? It is even said, that the King did not sign a lettre de cachet against Mirabeau; but that he was frightened out of the town by the minister, who was afraid his abilities would open the eyes of the King and people; for his majesty replied, "No, he would not; that he had written the book with a good intention, and did not deserve punishment." These are noble sentiments, give me leave to tell you, from absolute power."
The following is the Impeachment of M. de Calonne by the Marquis de la Fayette.
"Monseigneur,
"THE King desires us to indicate no particular abuses, but in signing our names; the advice which I gave on Saturday has procured us this permission; I will profit by it, with zeal, impartiality, and liberality, which are in my heart. I have said, that it was necessary to attack the monster of flock-jobbers. His Majesty deigns to assure us, that he does not support flock-jobbing; I had been the interpreter only of the public alarm."
"I proposed, and now propose to the office, that his Majesty be supplicated to order a serious examination, by persons not suspected, of all the gifts of the King, of domains, as well as of the titles of gifts, sales, exchanges, or purchases, which are, or ought to be in the chamber of accounts, so that his Majesty may know the value of those he has made, investigate burdensome contracts which have not been liquidated, and break those wherein he has since his succession to the throne been injured of more than one half. And to support my suspicions by some examples, I have quoted the contract of L'Orient, because the public has been scandalized, in learning that, for the seigneurie of L'Orient and the lands of Chatel, being together worth no more than 180,000 livres a year, the Prince of Guimene has had the principalities of Dombes, estimated at 40,000 livres rent (without reckoning, say they, 800,000 livres, paid to M. de P'Abbepeine, who had obtained possession of it) and the immense sum of 12,500,000 livres, payable in 25 years."
"I have quoted the exchange of the Compte of Sancerre, because I fear it has been paid for by 8000 acres wood, of which 9000, 3 or 500, in the county of Blaisois, are worth of themselves, as it is said, the Compte of Sancerre; and that the public adds to these 8000 acres a great number of lands in different provinces, and a great sum given to M. le Baron d'Espagnac."
"I have the mortification to believe, that the King has acquired, since his accession to the throne, about 700,000 livres of revenue in lands and forests, which he had paid for with about 700,000 livres a year; 50,000 of which, or thereabout, in annuities for lives; and that he has gained on this occasion, either in ready money or engagements to pay it, at stated terms, upwards of 45 millions."
"It is possible I may be deceived, but a great disorder supposes a great depredation."
"I ask why the ministers of finance propose to the King purchases or exchanges, which not being by any means proper for him, can only serve the purposes of particulars."
"I might perhaps ask also, why the King is made to purchase domains, at the same time that it is thought necessary to sell those he has."
"I am not of the King's Council, neither of the Chamber of Accounts, nor one of the Administration of Domains; I cannot, therefore, verify what I indicate; but my patriotism is alarmed, and I solicit a rigorous examination."
"And since the information now given is signed by me, and is to be laid before his Majesty, I repeat with double confidence, the reflection I have submitted to Monseigneur, which is, that the millions which are dissipated are levied by imposts, and that imposts can be justified only by the necessities of the state; that so many millions abandoned to depredation or to avarice, are the produce of the sweat of the brows, of the tears, and, perhaps, of the blood of the people; and that the calculation of the misfortunes which have been caused to compose those sums so lightly and prodigally dissipated; is a frightful one, for the justice and goodness which we know to be the natural sentiments of his Majesty. (Signed) LA FAYETTE."
Extrait of a letter from Paris, April 19.
"Mr. de Calonne is at last driven from his strong hold, and exiled to his estates in Loraine, which he had purchased with the savings of his depredations, for 13,000,000 of livres."
"Amongst the numberless depredations of which he is accused, the following is not the least, either in its nature and consequence; it is now clearly proved, that by the positive orders from the Minister to the mint at Strasbourg, all the new Louis coined in that place are worth 19 livres only—the other three (you know the late coinage is intrinsically worth but 12 livres) have been disturbed to satisfy the raging appetite of the coiners. Several millions have been coined, as you may easily conceive, which has staggered public faith in such a manner, people know not what to take. This will probably occasion a recoining, and Louis be replaced at their former worth."
"It is supposed he has had the address to entangle so many of the first personages about the court in his affairs, that they cannot be examined into without divulging too much, which may account for the diversity of opinions and resolutions concerning him."

"Mr. de Veymerange, Director of the posts, has thought proper to abscond with 30,000,000 of livres, about 1,250,000l. It was reported he had taken the road for England, but the last accounts assert, he was stopped, and is at present lodged in the Bastille."
A correspondent observes, that, having accidentally fallen into a miscellaneous company, on Tuesday last, some of whom had just perused the advertisement of SIGNOR FALCONI, he was highly entertained with the several remarks, of a serious, shrewd, and comic nature that took place. One observed, that the devil had forsaken the confines of Europe, and was to discover his cloven foot to a set of his chosen pupils that evening, at Corne's. Another said, with a sneer, that he was only a lick-penny flight-of-hand man , &c. &c. After long dialogues it was whispered, who would attend?—upon which one averred, that he would not have any thing to do with the devil ; another was anxious to see his grim majesty, if he was to be found, &c. This interview greatly excited my curiosity, continues our correspondent, and I immediately procured a premiere ticket, and attended at Mr. Corne's hall, in the evening. Without tiring your readers, Mr. Printer, with a particular detail of the several feats which Signor Falconi performed, I shall only remark, that I was very agreeably, and surprisingly , disappointed. I found, that he was neither the devil nor a lick-penny flight-of-hand man ,—but a profound student of natural philosophy which creates wonder and surprize. The greater number of his feats appeared to be performed by the several powers of ATTRACTION, REPULSION, and vegetation, enforced by MAGNETISM and ELECTRICITY; all of which the common gad-about mountebanks are as ignorant of, as they are of the principles of perpetual motion.—Mr. Falconi has performed in several parts of Europe, and at the islands, with amazing success, and comes here highly recommended as a person of great natural ingenuity and acquired proficiency. It is most undoubted, that America has never before been visited by so extraordinary a personage; and, to say nothing of the partial good his visit may be productive of, surely to encourage his exhibition by their patronage cannot redound otherwise than to the honor of the citizens of New-York. His performances, on Tuesday evening, though merely his introduction, were universally applauded.
They write from Vermont, that Daniel Shays, L. L. D. alias THE GENERAL, appears to be now quite dispirited and troubled in mind; and the more so, as he finds his friends, on all sides, daily falling off! That he has discovered an inclination to turn state-evidence , and to tell all he knows! That he hath already declared he stands obliged to pay 10 per cent. interest for all the monies lent him, for carrying into execution his proposed plan of rebellion in Mass.—If this be the case, we may venture to foretell there will be important work for the attorneys general in some of the states! A ne exeat writ will probably issue upon the occasion; and, if the fact be fairly proved, national as well as personal debts may, perhaps, at once become cancelled! Mediocris Firma , there is danger in being too great, or too rich: 10 per cent. is to be sure a vast temptation to a monied man.
We hear from Concord, that the two branches of the legislature have elected his Excellency John Sullivan, Esq. to the office of president of the state for the current year, there having been no choice by the people.—They have also appointed the Hon. Joseph Gilman, Ebenezer Thompson, John Pickering, Moses Chase, and — Emerson, Esqrs. to be his excellency's council; Joseph Pearson, Esq. Secretary.—John Taylor Gilman, Esq. Treasurer—and Supply Clap, Esq. Commissary-General.
We learn from Poughkeepsie, that his Excellency Governor Clinton and lady passed through that town on the 17th inst. on their way to the Springs in Columbia county.
From a Philadelphia Paper . It is agreed, says a correspondent, on all hands, that our convention are framing a wise and free government for us.—This government will be opposed only by our Civil officers , who are afraid of new arrangements taking place, which shall jostle them out of office.—If these men are wise, they will be quiet, by which means they may succeed to their old offices—but if they are not, they may, probably, share the fate of the loyalists in the beginning of the late war. In the mean while, the public are desired to be ware of all essays and paragraphs that are opposed to a reform in our government, for they all must and will come from Civil officers , or persons connected with them.
Whatever measures may be recommended by the Federal Convention, whether an addition to the old constitution, or the adoption of a new one, it will, in effect, be a revolution in government, accomplished by reasoning and deliberation; an event that has never occurred since the formation of society, and which will be strongly characteristic of the philosophic and tolerant spirit of the age.
A Boston paper of the 18th inst. says, since our last arrived here, the ship Fair Slave , Capt. Dumora, from Cadiz, in Spain—The Captain on his arrival entered at the Naval-Office, Twelve Thousand Dollars .
DIED,—At Richmond (Virginia) on the 18th instant, after a short indisposition, Mr. JOHN HUNTER HOLT, copartner with Mr. John Dixon, Printer; he was universally respected in the late army as an officer, and in private life as a companion; his death is much lamented by all his acquaintance.
At Portsmouth (N. H.) on the 8th inst. DANIEL FOWLE, Esq; aged 72, original proprietor and publisher of the New-Hampshire Gazette; his remains were respectfully interred, attended by a large number of citizens, the brethren of the type walking as mourners. He was the oldest printer in the United States.
From BRADFORD's Marine List. ARRIVALS since our last. Packet L'Courrier de Europe, — Havre de Grats. Ship George, Hunter, Glasgow. — La Flandre Francaise, Robouet, St. Domingo. Sally, — Gibraltar. Brig Abigail, Nickelson, St. Croix. Mercury, Wav, Newfoundland. Schooner Donald, Lilley, Norfolk. Sloop Tryall, Barnard, Port-au-Prince. Nancy, Pearce, Curacoa.
Affize of BREAD, Established June 20th, 1787.—Flour at 40s. per Barrel. A Wheaten Loaf of fine Flour, to weigh Two Pounds Four Ounces, for SIX-PENCE.—A Loaf of like Flour to weigh One Pound Four Ounces, for Three-Pence.
Signor Falconi, Will have the Honor to give another Representation on Monday Evening next. The Objects which will compose it, though new and different, will be of the same Nature of those of his first Exhibition. One of the most extraordinary Pieces of this Performance will be
The Head of Theophrastus Paracelsus. IT is a Head of solid Gold, of the Size of a Walnut, shut up, Hermetically, in a Chrysal Vessel, and which will answer, by Signs, every Question. It is a new Discovery of the Sympathetical Power of Gold, which has been very much admired by Connoisseurs.
SIGNOR FALCONI begs to be excused for his Silence on the other Objects of this Performance, as he wishes to surprize the Public agreeably.
PUBLIC AUCTION. By William M. Smith, This DAY at XI o'Clock, At the COFFEE-HOUSE BRIDGE, A N elegant Riding Chair Compleat. A valuable Family Horse. A complete Riding Mare, with a Neat Saddle and Bridle. A quantity of Household Furniture, &c. &c. June 28, 1787.
Ten Pounds Reward. STOLEN from the subscriber in Annapolis, on Thursday night, the 14th inst. a large heavy dark chestnut carriage HORSE, branded on one of his buttocks R. W. His flanks was broke open and two saddles stolen therefrom, one a half worn hunting saddle with plated stirrups, the other a black polition saddle, and a snaffle-bridle with plated bit. Whoever secures said Horse and Thief, so that he is convicted thereof, shall receive the above reward, or three pounds for the horse, and reasonable charges, if delivered in Annapolis. A certain Joshua Hunter, a carpenter, who ran off the same night, is suspected of having committed the robbery. BENJAMIN OGLE. Annapolis, June 17, 1787.
The Day-after-To-morrow will be PUBLISHED, At the Printing-Office, No. 25, Water-street, Decorated with a half sheet Engraving, [Price 2s. stuck in blue.]
A NEAT Edition of BARON de STEUBEN's "REGULATIONS for the ORDER and DISCIPLINE of the Troops of the United States," which were adopted by Congress for that Purpose in the late War, and which is now universally made Use of by the MILITIA, in the several States, rendering it necessary that every one of the Commissioned and Non-commissioned OFFICERS of the Militia be possessed of a Copy. Part of this Edition is rendered Conformable to the New-York State Military Establishment. New-York, June 23, 1787.
Extracts from the proceedings of the Society for the relief of distressed debtors for the month of May. FOURTEEN prisoners have been supplied with provisions, for the month, besides nine others who were supplied for one week, and afterwards discharged by their creditors.
The Society, in order to promote the designs of their institutions, find themselves obliged to solicit, more earnestly than they yet have done, the charity of those persons who are willing to consider the poor, and administer to the relief of the hungry and naked.
Donations to the Society are received by the Rev. Dr. Rogers, the Rev. Mr. Beach, the Rev. Mr. Linn, and Mr. Lawrence Embree. A Charity Box will be fixed at the Coffee-House, and one at the City Tavern, to collect monies for the Society.
By the order of the Society, JAMES COGSWELL, Sec'y. New-York, June 18, 1787.
City of New-York, ff.
PURSUANT to an order made by the honorable JOHN SLOSSHOBART, Esq. one of the judges of the supreme court of the state of New-York, upon a petition of Garret Rapalji, an insolvent debtor, in conjunction with a number of his creditors: Notice is hereby given by the said petitioners, to all the creditors of the said Garret Rapalji, to appear before the said judge at his chamber in Crown-street, to show cause, if any they have, by the sixteenth day of July next, why an assignment of the estate of the said debtor should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, agreeable to the prayer of the said petition, and the said Garret Rapalji thereupon discharged, according to the directions, true intent, and meaning of a certain act of the legislature of this state, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the thirteenth day of April, 1786. Dated the 16 day of June, 1787. GARRET RAPALJI.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of SILAS WICKS, an insolvent debtor, that they show cause, before Abraham P. Lott, Esq. at his office, in Maiden-Lane, by the thirtieth day of June inst. why an assignment of the estate of the said Silas Wicks should not be made, and he discharged, pursuant to a law of this state, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated this 4th day of June, 1787. SILAS WICKS.
Mutual Assurance Company, FOR INSURING Houses from Loss by Fire in New-York. WHEREAS the insuring of houses and other buildings from loss by fire, has been found of great and public utility wherever it has been practised; and although societies have been instituted in different places, yet none hath hitherto been formed in this city for that laudable and beneficial purpose.
A number of respectable citizens, as well for their own mutual security, as for the common security and advantage of their neighbours and fellow-citizens, with the view of promoting the insurance of houses and other buildings from loss by fire, upon the most equal terms, and without any views of private or separate gain or interest, have established a company by the name of
The Mutual Assurance Company, For insuring houses from loss by fire in New-York. The utility of an institution in its purpose so laudable, cannot fail to attract the notice of every citizen, being of so great importance to the security of property and the happiness of families, that it is presumed that no person of prudence will be found to neglect it. The office is now opened at No. 57, King-street, where such persons as incline to insure their houses and other buildings may, on application, receive every necessary information.
JOHN PINTARD, Secretary. The directors will be pleased to take notice, that their next meeting is to be at this office, the 10th of July, at six o'clock in the afternoon. New-York, June 15, 1787.
Walter Buchanan, Has removed to No. 217, Water-street, the corner of Water-street and Old-Slip; AND HAS FOR SALE, SEVEN-EIGHT, nine-eight, eleven-eight, and six-fourth plain checkered, striped and spotted lawns; seven-eight and six-fourth striped, spotted, checked and figured leneaus; flowered and needle-worked lawn aprons; flowered and striped bordered lawn handkerchiefs; checks and check handkerchiefs; linens; men and women's stockings; callimancoes; durants; tamies; shallons; callimancoes and chintzes; persians; farinets and modes; ribbons, threads, tapes and bindings, &c. &c. Also, mens strong shoes, beef, pork, indigo, nails and nail rods. All persons indebted to BUCHANAN and THOMSON, or to WALTER BUCHANAN, whose accounts are above twelve months due, are requested to make payment to Walter Buchanan, on or before the 1st of August next, or their accounts will be put into the hands of an attorney without respect to persons. New-York, June 12, 1787.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of ISAAC WHIPPO, an insolvent debtor, that they show cause before ABRAHAM P. LOTT, Esq. Alderman of the city of New-York, at his office in Maiden-Lane, by the eighteenth of July next, why an assignment of the estate of the said Isaac Whippo should not be made, and he discharged, pursuant to a law of this state, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the thirteenth of April, 1786. Dated the eighteenth of June inst. 1787. ISAAC WHIPPO.
At a Court of Probate of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the thirteenth Day of June, in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-seven. P R E S E N T, The Honorable PETER OGILVIE, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Martha Miller, administratrix of Silas Miller, late of Bedford, in the county of Westchester, deceased, hath by her petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Silas Miller, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Silas Miller, as far as she had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of his said testator was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said Martha Miller, hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Silas Miller, do appear before the judge of the said court of Probate, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the sixth day of August next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Silas Miller died seized, should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 19—22 PETER OGILVIE.
A Single MAN, who has been regularly brought up to the Fulling Business , in all its branches, would wish to hire or take a MILL on shares. He has worked in many of the different states, and can be well recommended for his workmanship and fidelity. Any gentleman, that has a Mill to dispose of, may hear of the person by applying to the Printer, or to Mr. Talmadge Hall, No. 49, Corlandt-street. P. S. None need apply unless their Mill is in good repair, and well situated for business. New-York, June 14, 1787.
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD, by Hugh Gaine, At the BIBLE, HANOVER-SQUARE, A DEFENCE of the CONSTITUTIONS of GOVERNMENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. By the Honorable JOHN ADAMS, Esq. Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Court of Great-Britain, And a Member of the ACADEMY of ARTS and SCIENCES at BOSTON. All nature's difference keeps all nature's peace. Pope.
Hugh Gaine, AT HIS Book-Store and Printing-Office, At the BIBLE in Hanover-Square,—has just imported, in the last vessels from LONDON, a large assortment of Books, Stationary, and Jewelry Ware, which he will sell cheap for ready money; among which are the following articles, viz.
BOOKS. A NEW edition of Jacob's law dictionary, Register of common pleas, Crown's circuit companion, Laws of bills of exchange, Buller's nisi prius, Trials per pais, Practice in the king's bench and common pleas, Vernon's cafes, Boote's fiat at law, Law of ejectment, Horfman's conveyancer, Clerk's instructor, Burrow's settlement cafes, Pleadings assistant, Ramington on ejectments, Office of a sheriff, Lilly's abridgment, Hus's practice in chancery, Blackstone's commentaries, Bacon's abridgement, Burrow's reports, Douglas's ditto, Blackstone's ditto, Cowper's ditto, Stubbs and Crown's circuit companion, Sparman and Cook's voyages, Junius's letters, Bellamy's life, Wilton's, Strange's, Atkin's, Raymond's, & Brown's reports, Cicero's epistles to Atticus, Love's surveying, Hammond's and Simpson's algebra, Nicholson's philosophy, Hellamy's lectures, Moor, Atkinson, Wilton, and Robinson's navigation, Seaman's daily assistant, compass and kalendar, Salmon and Guthrie's geographical grams, Brook's Salmon's, and the American gazetteer, Sheridan, Johnson, Bailey, Dyche, and Feuning's dictionaries, Fisher's, Cocker's, and Dilworth's arithmetic, Trader's fare guide, Young man's best companion, Large and small common prayers, Week's preparation for the sacrament, Taylor's life of Christ, Life of God in the soul of man, Bibles of all sizes, and some in very neat binding, Sharp's surgery, Hamilton's midwifery, Greek lexicons, testaments, and grammars, Cole's, Young's, and Ainsworth's Latin dictionaries, Smart's and Francis's Horace, the same in usum delphini, Ovid's metamorphoses, Caesar's commentaries, Virgil delphini, Main's Caesar, Sallust & introduction, Clarke's nepos, Eutropius, Eratosthenes' oration and cordus, Lilly's grammar, Beza's testament, Selecta profanis, Rudman's rudiments, Selecte veteri, London vocabulary, Chevers accident, Lewis and Pemberton's dispensatory, Brooks practice, Cullen's first lines, Haller's first lines of physiology, Thesaurus medicus, Quincey's lexicon, Deafe on wounds, Mead's works, Home's principia, Edinburgh pharmacopoeia, Macquie's chymistry.
Jewelry and Stationary. THE newest fashioned set and plated buckles, for ladies and gentlemen, Extremely neat set knee buckles, ear-rings and bracelets of different sorts, Various kinds of seals, Watch chains and rings, Beautiful pencil & tooth pick cases, Scissars in cafes, Thimbles, Girdle buckles, Cap and hat pins, Watch keys of different sorts, Neat tortoise shell smelling bottles, Enamelled boxes sorted, with mirrors, cork-screws, lancets, buckle brushes of many sizes, Boxes of household furniture for children, Horn dressing combs, Puffs and powder bags, Razors and razor strops, Ivory and wooden chess men, Back gammon tables, men, dice, and boxes, Powder flasks and shot pouches, Shaving boxes of different sizes filled, Several sorts of ink boxes, some of them with locks and keys, Caddys of many kinds, very elegant, Bath tumblers, hand screens, hand glasses, large and small, Loaded cushion boxes, Bottles in wood and leather cases, very convenient for the pocket, Pocket brushes with glasses, Inlaid knitting boxes, Work boxes, Morocco pocket glasses, Pocket powder boxes with glasses, Mortised glass tumblers in cafes, ** Orders from the country executed with care and despatch.
To be SOLD, a Second Hand Forte-Pianino. Enquire of the PRINTER. New-York, June 13, 1787.

POET'S CORNER.
From a London Paper. PROLOGUE, Spoken at the Winchester Theatre, which stands over the City SHAMBLES.
WHOE'ER our house examines, must excuse, The wondrous shifts of the dramatic muse: Then kindly listen, while the Prologue rambles From wit to beef—from Shakspere to the shambles! Divided only by one flight of stairs, The monarch twaggers, and the butcher swears! Quick the transition, when the curtain drops, From meek Morimia's moans, to mutton chops, While for Lothario's loss, Calista cries, Old women scold, and dealers d—n your eyes! Here Juliet listens to the gentle lark; There, in harsh chorus, hungry bull-dogs bark. Cleavers and scymitars give blow for blow, And heroes bleed above and sheep below. While tragic thunders shake the pit and box, Re-bellows to the roar the staggering ox. Cows-horns and trumpets mix their martial tones, Kidneys and kings, mouching and marrow-bones, Suet and figs, blank-verse and blood abound, And form a tragi-comedy around; With weeping lovers, dying calves complain; Confusion reigns— Chaos is come again! Hither your filliards, butchers bring, to weigh The pound of flesh Antonio's bond must pay! Hither your knives, ye butchers clad in blue, Bring, to be whetted by the cruel Jew! How hard our lot, who seldom doom'd to eat, Call a sheep's eye on this forbidden treat; Gaze on Sirloins, which, ah! we cannot carve, And in the midst of legs of mutton starve! But would ye to our house in crowds repair, Ye generous captains, and ye blooming fair, The fate of Tantalus we should not fear, Nor pine for a repast that is so near: Mourners no more, would supperless remain, No pregnant queens for cutlets long in vain!
HUMAN LEARNING. A Moral Tale. DABSCHLIM, king of the Indies, possessed a library so large, that it required a hundred Bramins to revise and keep it in order, and a thousand dromedaries to carry the books. As he had no intention to read all it contained, he commanded his Bramins to make extracts from it, for his use, of whatever they judged most valuable in every branch of literature. These doctors immediately undertook to form such an abridgement, and, after twenty years labour, composed from their several collections a small Encyclopedia, consisting of twelve thousand volumes which thirty camels could scarcely carry. They had the honour to present this to the king, but were astonished to hear him say, he would not read a work which was a load for thirty camels. They then reduced their extracts, so that they might be carried by fifteen, afterwards by ten, then by four, and then by two dromedaries. At last no more books were left than were sufficient to load a mule of ordinary strength. Unfortunately Dabschlim had grown old while his library was abridging, and did not expect to live long enough to read to the end of this master-piece of learning.
The sage Pilpai, his vizir, therefore thus addressed him: "Though I have but an imperfect knowledge of the library of your sublime majesty, yet I can make a kind of analysis of what it contains; very short but extremely useful. You may read it in a minute, yet it will afford you sufficient matter for meditation during your whole life. At the same time the vizir took the leaf of a palm tree and wrote on it, with a pencil of gold, the four following maxims.
1. In the greater part of science there is only this single word PERHAPS : in all history, but three phrases: they were born, they were wretched, they died. 2. Take pleasure in nothing which is not commendable, and do every thing you take pleasure in. Think nothing, but what is true, and utter not all you think. 3. O ye kings! subdue your passions; reign over your selves and you will consider the government of the world only as recreation. 4. O ye kings! O ye nations, listen to a truth you can never hear too often, and of which sophists pretend to doubt. There is no happiness without virtue, and no virtue without the fear of the Gods.
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TO BE LET by Moses Gomez, And entered into immediately, THAT elegant HOUSE, No. 27, Queen-Street , late in the tenure of Messieurs Robert and George Service. The house is well situated, either for a gentleman, or for any kind of business whatever. The said house has nine rooms, with fire places in each; three of which are elegantly finished. For further particulars enquire of said Gomez, No. 203, Water-Street.
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A VACANT LOT, for one or a term of years, in Hage-Street ; 45 feet in length, and 21 feet six inches in front, and 19 feet in the rear—As also, either the whole of my STORE, No. 31, Front-Street, or the two upper floors; being very fit for a Sail-Maker. MOSES GOMEZ. New-York, May 3, 1787. 13
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WHEREAS PAULLENZS , of Haerlem Township, in the County of New-York, gardner, and Elizabeth his wife (for the securing the payment of one hundred pounds, in Spanish milled dollars, at four shillings and six-pence sterling each dollar, or the value thereof in gold or silver, with lawful interest for the same, according to the condition of a certain bond bearing date the sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and executed by the said Paul Lenzs, to John Smith, of the city New-York, baker) did, by indenture of mortgage, bearing date the said sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, mortgage to the said John Smith, all that certain messuage, dwelling-house, and three several house lots, tract or parcel of land, contiguous to, and adjoining each other; situate, lying and being in the town of Haerlem aforesaid, and heretofore purchased by the said Paul Lenzs, from John Livingston; bounded as follows, easterly and northerly by the land late of Abraham Myer, deceased; southerly by the high-way, and westerly by the land of Peter Waldron, deceased; containing by estimation five acres and a quarters be it more or less; together with all and singular the houses, out-houses, kitchens, stables, buildings, fences, waters, water courses, trees, woods, underwoods, easements, profits, emoluments, privileges, advantages, and appurtenances whatsoever to the said messuage or dwelling-house, and three house lots, tract or parcel of land and premises belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, both in law and equity of them the said Paul Lenzs, and Elizabeth his wife, of, in and to all and singular the said messuage or dwelling-house and three house lots, tract or parcel of land and premises, or any part or parcel thereof with the appurtenances; and whereas in and by the said indenture of mortgage it was covenanted and agreed, that in case it should so happen, that the said sum of one hundred pounds, with the lawful interest for the same, or any part thereof, should remain due and unpaid, at the time above mentioned, that then and from thenceforth it should and may be lawful to and for the said John Smith, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, to expose the said messuage or dwelling-house, three house lots, tract, piece or parcel of ground and premises to sale at public auction, vendue, or outcry, and to dispose the same to the best advantage, and to give good and sufficient conveyances in the law to the purchaser, or purchasers thereof, their heirs and assigns for ever; and out of the monies arising from the sale thereof, to retain and keep in their hands the said sum of one hundred pounds, or so much thereof as shall remain due and unpaid, with the lawful interest thereof; and also the costs of such sale, rendering the overplus, if any be, unto the said Paul Lenzs, his executors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales so to be made, should be and were thereby declared to be a full bar and preclusion to any estate or interest which the said Paul Lenzs, or Elizabeth his wife, their heirs or assigns may have or claim to the said premises, or any part thereof; as in and by the said indenture of mortgage, reference thereunto being had, may more fully and at large appear; and whereas part of the said principal and interest is now due and owing to the said John Smith; these are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the premises, that unless the whole of the said one hundred pounds, together with all the interest due, and to grow due thereon, is paid off and discharged on or before Tuesday the third day of October, next ensuing the date of this notification; all and singular the mortgaged premises aforesaid, will be sold by the said John Smith, on Tuesday the said third day of October, next ensuing the date hereof, as aforesaid, at eleven of the clock, in the forenoon of the same day, at the merchants Coffee-house in the city of New-York, pursuant to the directions contained in an act of the legislature of the late colony, now state of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the nineteenth of March, 1774.
Dated this 29th day of March, 1787. 8 JOHN SMITH.
At a Meeting of the Commissioners of the Land-Office of the State of New-York, held at the Exchange in the City of New-York, on Thursday the tenth Day of May, 1787.
PRESENT,
His Excellency George Clinton, Esq. Governor, Lewis A. Scott, Esq. Secretary, Gerard Bancker, Esq. Treasurer, Peter T. Curtenius, Esq. Auditor, and Egbert Benson, Esq. Attorney-General.
RESOLVED, That this board will not in future grant any lands under the water of navigable rivers, unless a map of the adjacent lands and shore, made from an actual survey, be previously exhibited to the board; and which survey shall be made by the surveyor-general, or his deputy duly authorised and appointed, and the map examined and approved by the said surveyor-general. And in order to prevent unnecessary applications for such grants, the party applying is hereby apprised, that due proof will be required, that the advertisements have been published in the newspapers, and put up at the Court-house of the county in which the lands are situated (or if there be no Court-house in the county, then at such place as the board have already or shall hereafter direct) conformably to law; and that the party applying for such grant is the proprietor of the adjacent lands. And further, that no grants will be made, unless in cases where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board, that it is necessary to promote the commerce of the state. And the advertisements must, with respect to the adjacent lands, be fully descriptive. Secretary's Office of the state of New-York, the 10th day of May, 1787.
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original minute, LEWIS A. SCOTT, Secretary.
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FOR SALE, That Valuable Plantation,
Situate near the Great Plains, on Nassau Island, late the Seat of Judge LUDLOW .
THIS place contains near four hundred acres of land , on which there is an elegant two story dwelling-house, and every other building necessary and useful either for a farmer or gentleman; a great variety of fruit-trees in their maturity, &c. &c.
The place is so well known, and so highly recommended itself to those who know it, that a detail of its excellencies is needless; neither can it add to the salubrity and beautifulness of its situation. Its capital improvements, and its contiguity to the city of New-York, and town of Jamaica, greatly augment its real value, and, at the same time, render it one of the most delightful and valuable places in the state.
The terms of sale may be known by applying to URIAH MITCHELL, Esq. near the premises, or to the subscriber, at Goshen, Orange county, by whom an indisputable title will be given. ISRAEL WELLS. April 5, 1787. 9 21
At a Meeting of the Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of New-York, held at the Exchange in the City of New-York, on Monday the 14th Day of May, 1787.
PRESENT,
His Excellency George Clinton, Esq. Governor, Lewis A. Scott, Esq. Secretary, Gerard Bancker, Esq. Treasurer, Peter T. Curtenius, Esq. Auditor, and Egbert Benson, Esq. Attorney-General.
WHEREAS the legislature have directed this board to appropriate a tract of LAND, not exceeding six thousand acres, in or adjoining to the lands set apart for the use of persons entitled to grants for military services, to be divided between such refugees, who, during the late war or since, have come from Canada; and who may be entitled to the bounty of this state, or of the United States, and who are not provided for by any law of this state. Resolved, therefore, That all persons who may conceive themselves entitled to a proportion of the lands so directed to be appropriated as aforesaid, do exhibit and file their claims in the Secretary's Office, on or before the first day of August next, to the end that the board may proceed to a distribution of the said lands. Secretary's Office of the state of New-York, the 14th day of May, 1787.
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original minute, LEWIS A. SCOTT, Secretary. New-York, Feb. 17, 1787.
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