The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-03-03 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 52 of VOL. XLIII.]
MONDAY, March 3, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2232.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENS'D REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—EVEN 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.
To the SUBSCRIBERS of the New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, AND THE RESPECTABLE PUBLIC. THE Proprietor and Editor of the above-mentioned JOURNAL, hereunto subscribed, prompted by the solicitation of a respectable number of his present subscribers—and by means of the generous patronage of a few valued friends, and the public, for which he requests their acceptance of unfeigned thanks—begs leave to communicate to them his intention of printing and publishing a DAILY PAPER, under the title of—The NEW-YORK JOURNAL, and DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
By this publication it is not intended, that the idea of the WEEKLY REGISTER shall be extinct, therefore, the present subscribers, in general, will please to take particular notice, that the THURSDAY's paper will contain just such kind of matter as usual, in which the choicest pieces, and the fewest advertisements, will be inserted—and that their papers, will of consequence be delivered—or sent on, as heretofore, until they severally pay off their arrearages, and stop it, or order their respective names entered upon this new subscription paper.—The Thursday's paper, alone, will be TWO DOLLARS per annum, as usual.
The particular inducements to this arduous task need not all be enumerated—That the present is a most important CRISIS of the national affairs of this country, must be evident even to the least thoughtful, but more especially to those who nobly conceive—that the dearly purchased freedom and independence of America is a sacred deposit, to be nurtured, supported, and transmitted, unimpaired, by the present possessors, to millions yet unborn. To this end it is necessary, that the body of the people (who must ever, in free countries, be supposed the supporters of freedom) be well informed of the nature of any government that may be proposed for their adoption; therefore, free discussions on that momentous topic, as well as interesting intelligence from the several quarters of the world, are necessary to be universally disseminated.
By printing only one paper per week, as heretofore, one half of the essays communicated, and all that might be copied from other papers, were, in general, unavoidably neglected: in a Daily paper there will be room for all that may be worthy insertion. In this paper, FREE and IMPARTIAL discussion, that is, decent and well written ESSAYS, on either side of any important public topic, SHALL FIND FREE ACCESS.
As the principal support of a Daily paper is derived from Advertisements, Gentlemen in the mercantile line, and all others who occasionally Advertise, are earnestly requested to prefer this new undertaking, which shall be gratefully acknowledged by the strictest attention being paid to correctness and propriety. Advertisements shall be inserted as reasonably as by any printer in the city.
The great expence with which a Daily paper will be attended, at first, is too well known to require any apology for the REQUISITION, on subscribing, expressed in the Conditions, or for the warmth of the solicitations, for the continuation of PUBLIC PATRONAGE, with which the following PROPOSALS are introduced by the public's greatly obliged,
And very humbly Servant, THOMAS GREENLEAF.
New-York, November 12, 1787.
PROPOSALS
For altering The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, Into the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register. CONCLUSIONS.
I. THE New-York Journal and Daily Patriotic Register shall be printed on the same paper, form, and type, as the Weekly Register, and shall contain the same quantity of matter.
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III. No subscriber is to discontinue his subscription on any other condition than the payment of arrearage subscription money, and that at the expiration of a quarter.
IV. The Daily Patriotic Register shall be delivered to the subscribers in the city every morning, and sent (as may be ordered) to those out of the city, with the greatest punctuality, they paying the expence of carriage.
Printing Office, November 19.
THE Editor returns sincere thanks to those gentlemen who have already enabled him to form a very respectable list of subscribers to his paper, upon the plan of the above proposals. His subscriptions having been rapid, has determined him to commence the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register, THIS DAY.—From the favourable disposition of the public, already evinced, he flatters himself with a prospect of speedy and generous ADVERTISING patronage.—He anticipates the pleasure of having it in his power, in a few weeks, to present to the public, a publication that will both serve and be a CREDIT to his country not withholding a few of his GILDED rays from the public's ever devoted humble servant, THE PRINTER.
To the Friends of Science.
IT has long been the universal wish, that the public might be furnished with an accurate Geographical and Topographical Grammar of the United States.
Geographers of foreign countries, not being possessed of the proper materials, and not equally interested in this part of their subject, have filled their accounts of these states with numerous inaccuracies. It is time these inaccuracies were corrected. We are independent of Great-Britain, and are no longer to look up to her for a description of our own country.
Several gentlemen of abilities, have, in detached pieces, gratified the public with ample and accurate descriptions of several parts of the United States; but no collective description of the whole has been attempted, except in a small duodecimo volume, published by the subscriber in 1784, which, though imperfect on account of the infant state of geographical knowledge in America, was well received by a candid public, and an edition of 1500 copies speedily sold.
This encouragement has determined him to publish again on the same subject. For the purpose of collecting more ample and accurate materials than he formerly possessed, he has travelled through all the states, and has been favoured with the communications of gentlemen well qualified to give information on so important a subject; and has likewise established a correspondence with several respectable characters in different states, from whom he has every reason to expect a valuable addition to the materials already collected; yet as all the information that can be obtained on a subject so extensive, variegated and interesting, is greatly to be desired, and every man of science may have it in his power to contribute some observations which may be useful, the subscriber will feel himself particularly obliged to any gentleman who will be so kind as to furnish him with answers to all, or any of the annexed enquiries, viz.
 1. The boundaries and extent of the several states, and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal places.  2. Descriptions of the rivers, their sources, courses, lengths, how far navigable, how high does the tide rise—and what fish do they produce. A description of mountains, lakes, harbours, capes, and bays.  3. General face of the country, an account of its animal, mineral, and vegetable productions, or its natural history. What are the evidences to support the opinion that the flat country in the southern and middle states was formerly occupied by the waters of the ocean, and that the land below the hills and mountains has been made since the flood.  4. Natural and artificial curiosities, caverns, cascades, &c.  5. State of commerce, manufactures and agriculture, exports and imports, balance of trade. The number of vessels which annually enter at the custom houses in the several sea ports of the United States.  6. Civil divisions of the several states, the number and names of the several districts, counties, and towns, their extent, latitude and longitude, number of inhabitants, and distance and bearing from the capital of the state. Particular descriptions of the principal towns are requested.  7. Population—from whence are emigrations, to what places, and how numerous. Of what nations are the inhabitants of the states composed, or whence originated—proportion of the slaves.  8. Climate, diseases and their causes—longevity of the inhabitants—what proportion die in infancy.  9. Religion, number of churches of different denominations—by what methods are ministers supported.  10. State of the practice of law and physic.  11. Societies for the advancement of science and humanity.  12. State of literature, colleges, academies, schools and their funds.  13. Characters who have distinguished themselves in the late war by their patriotism.  14. An estimate of the damages sustained in the late war, in the several states.  15. A description of the adjacent Islands.  16. Manners, customs, diversions and dress.  17. Constitution, policy—general account of the laws—what political principles predominate in the several states.  18. Military and marine strength.  19. Public revenue and expenses—mode of levying taxes.  20. Indians, their tribes, languages, numbers, characters and dispositions towards the United States.  21. The society of Cincinnati, their laws and influence and the nature and political tendency of their establishment.  22. History.  N. B. The subscriber wishes to avail himself of the advantage of all the most accurate maps, and detached geographical pieces, which have been published respecting the United States; and will thank any gentleman to inform him where they can be procured.
Those gentlemen, who may be so obliging as to favor the above design, by communications, are requested to forward them to Messrs. R. Aitken, or W. Spotswood, Philadelphia; Messrs. Spotswood and Clarke, booksellers, Baltimore; Rev. Mr.
* This enquiry is made for the purpose of collecting the proper materials for a Gazetteer of the United States, which makes a part of the general plan in view. It is obvious that a book of this kind, compiled from accurate information, would be exceedingly useful. This might easily be done if one well-informed gentleman, in each town would spend one half hour for the purpose. In this time the gentleman might throw together every important circumstance relative to the towns, in which they respectively reside.
Keith, Alexandria; the honorable H. Williamson, Edenton, North-Carolina; the honorable D. Ramsay, Messrs. Wight and Co. Charleston; the honorable A. Baldwin and Joseph Clay, Esquires—Georgia; Samuel S. Smith, D. D. Princeton, Mr. Loudon, Printer, New-York; and the Rev. Samuel Austin, or Jedidiah Morse, New-Haven, with their names subscribed, and the places of their residence, that the author may have the pleasure of knowing to whom he is indebted for their friendly assistance. JEDIDIAH MORSE.
If the several Printers, in the United States feel disposed to favor the above design, and will give this Advertisement a place in their respective papers for a few weeks, and will receive and forward to New-Haven, any communications which may be handed them by friends to the design, they may thereby contribute to the public good, and will peculiarly oblige their humble servant. Philad. Aug. 7, 1787. J. M.
Remaining on Hand, And TO BE SOLD,
At this Printing-Office, No. 25, Water-Street,
A Few MAPS,
Of the interior parts of North America, including the lands intended for the NEW STATES, some of which are selling, and others already disposed of by order of Congress.
ORDERS are just received, by the printer hereof, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold. The plates were cut and the impressions taken in London, and there sold (without the pamphlet) at One Guinea each.
To accompany this map, and explanatory of it, with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 67 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled, A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Soto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the Map.
By THOMAS HUTCHINS, Esq.
Late Captain and Engineer in the British army, and now Geographer General to the United States of America. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois river, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.
Description of the ILLINOIS COUNTRY.
THE Illinois country is in general of a superior soil to any other part of North America that I have seen. It produces fine oak, hickory, cedar, mulberry trees, &c. Some dying roots and medicinal plants;—hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten bushels of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes. A large quantity of sugar is also annually made from the juice of the maple tree; and as the mulberry trees are large and numerous, I presume the making of silk will employ the attention and industry of the settlers, when the country is more fully inhabited than it is at present, and especially as the winters are much more moderate and favourable for the breed of silk worms, than they are in many of the sea coast provinces. Indigo may likewise be successfully cultivated—(but not more than two cuttings in a year) wheat, peas, and Indian corn thrive well, as does every sort of grain and pulse, that is produced in any of the old colonies. Great quantities of tobacco are also yearly raised by the inhabitants of the Illinois, both for their own consumption and that of the Indians; but little has hitherto been exported to Europe. Hemp grows spontaneously, and is of a good texture; its common height is 10 feet, and its thickness three inches (the latter reckoned within about a foot of the root) and with little labour, any quantity may be cultivated. Flax seed has hitherto been only raised in small quantities. There has however been enough produced to shew, that it may be grown to the greatest advantage. Apples, pears, peaches, and all other European fruits succeed admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in different parts of this territory. The two latter are worked on the Spanish side of the Mississippi, with considerable advantage to the owners. There is plenty of fish in the rivers, particularly Cat, Carp, and Perch, of an uncommon size.—Savannahs, or natural meadows, are both numerous and extensive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of buffalo, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkies, pheasants, partridges, &c. such as are seen in the sea coast Colonies, are in the greatest variety and abundance.—In short, every thing, that a reasonable mind can desire, is to be found, or may, with little pains, be produced here. New-York, Jan. 17, 1788. 93 c.d.
New-York RUM
Of excellent Flavour and good Proof, FOR SALE, By Charles Tillinghast, At the DISTILLERY, near the New Market, Cherry-Street, nearest to the ship-Yards.
Just published by M. CARY, In Philadelphia, and now to be SOLD, By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York, (By whom Subscriptions are received)
American Museum,
For JANUARY, 1788. CONTAINING, Miscellanies.
ORATION in commemoration of American Independence.
Address delivered by the Rev. Samuel Magaw's. New method of placing a meridian mark, by David Rittenhouse, Esq.
Observations on the aurora borealis—by the Rev. Jeremy Belknap,
Observations and experiments on the sweet spring—by James Madison, Esq.
Method of making fleecy
Letter on marriage,
Antifederal arguments,
Letter to the hon. R. H. Lee.
Salire,
On musical pretenders,
Recipe for an insolvent debtor,
Directions to conduct a newspaper quarrel, according to the best mode now in practice.
Rural Concerns.
Notes on farming—by the hon. C. T. Esq.
Method of making potatoes in Hungary and Poland,
Thoughts on the culture of hemp,
Method of breaking fleeces to the draft in a few days,
On the culture of silk.
Law Information.
Law case—Court of common pleas, Charleston,
Law report—Hay vs. Haldimand,
State and other Public papers.
Valedictory address of his Excellency governor Turnbull,
Resolutions of the legislature of Connecticut,
Letter to governor Randolph,
Letter from do.
Resolutions of the inhabitants of Chowan,
Address of the grand jury of Edenton,
Resolves of the inhabitants of Northampton county,
Report of the deputies of No. Hampton county,
Resolutions of the tradesmen of Boston,
Ratification of the new constitution by the state of Connecticut,
Official notice presented by Mr. Grenville to the Comte de Montmorin,
Answer to the preceding notice.
Natural History.
Observations on a comet lately discovered—by David Rittenhouse, Esq.
Account of a motley coloured or pyed negro girl, and mulatto boy—by Dr. Morgan,
Letter relative to the engraving fruit-trees and the growth of vegetables—by General Lincoln,
Observations on the growth of trees downwards, after the first year.
Some account of the opoponax.
Medical Tracts.
Letter on the fore throat distemper,
Letter on the digitalis purpurea,
An inestimable solvent for human calculi.
Select Poetry.
A poem, addressed to the people of Virginia, on New-Year's day, 1788.
Monitory epistle, addressed to a young lady,
A riddle.
Foreign Intelligence. American do.
TO BE SOLD
For JERSEY MONEY at full Value,
Or exchanged for any Property in New-York, or bartered for West-India or DRY GOODS,
At Market Price,
A Valuable Farm,
SITUATE in Woodbridge township, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles distant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and seventy acres a third part of which is excellent MEADOW; a sufficiency of fire-wood, with a handsome piece of thrifty young timber.
The plough-land equal to any in that part of the country; the whole under good fence.
On the premises is a good house, kitchen, and barn; and an excellent spring of water near the door; to which is added, fifteen acres, or thereabouts, of salt marsh, on the Raritan, about one mile from the farm.
This place is well known by the name of CLAWSON'S FARM.
For terms of sale enquire of Mr. Joseph Bindon, merchant, New-York, or Mr. Benjamin Thompson, near Morris-Town. New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. 99—c.d.
To the afflicted with WORMS.
LATELY received from the western country, and may be had at No. 91, Beckman-Street, an extraordinary and never-failing WORM POWDER. From long experience it has been found, that these dusts of these Powders will effectually destroy the Worms, or her in children or grown persons. New-York, Sept. 13, 1787. 92—c.d.

M I S C E L L A N Y.
D E B A T E S I N MASSACHUSETTS CONVENTION,
TUESDAY, January 22, P. M. [Concluded from yesterday.]
HON. Mr. Bowdoin. Mr. President, on the subject of government, which admits of so great a variety in its parts and combinations, a diversity of opinions is to be expected: And it was natural to suppose, that in this convention, respectable for its numbers, but much more so for the characters which compose it, there would be a like diversity concerning the federal constitution, that is now the subject of our consideration.
In considering it, every gentleman will reflect how inadequate to the purposes of the union the confederation has been. When the plan of the confederation was formed, the enemy were invading us: and this inspired the several states with such a spirit of union, and mutual defence, that a mere requisition of recommendation of Congress was sufficient to procure the needful aid, without any power of coercion. And for that reason, among others, no such power was given by the confederation. But since that reason has ceased, and the idea of danger been removed by the peace, the requisitions of Congress, have in most of the states been little regarded; notwithstanding they solemnly pledged their faith to comply with them.
The non-compliance has compelled Congress to encrease the foreign debt of the union, by procuring further loans, to pay the interest and instalments due on former loans; and in that way to presume the public faith, which had been pledged to foreign powers. It has compelled them in order to prevent the consequences of a breach of faith, as relative to those powers, to enter repeatedly into those ruinous negotiations, by which, "the United States jointly, and each of them in particular, together with all their lands, chattels, revenues and products, and also the imposts and taxes already laid and raised, in the same, or in time to come, to be laid and raised, are for the whole," mortgaged for the re-payment of those loans by instalments, and for payment of the interest on them annually. These debts must be paid bona fide according to contract; or be further encreased by procuring, if procurable, further loans, which ruinous as the measure is, must be continued, unless the states empower Congress to raise money for the discharging those debts. It will not be in the power of the United States, and I am sure it will not be in their inclination, to rid themselves of those debts in the same base and ignominious manner, in which a faction, in one of them, are endeavoring to get rid of their's. To the same cause (a non-compliance with congressional requisitions) are owing the repeated, but necessary breaches of public faith in regard to the payment of the federal domestic debt. And hence as relative to the joint consolidated debt the insufficiency of the public finances and the bankrupt state of the federal treasury; which can never be remedied without empowering Congress to levy adequate duties and taxes. Without such a power, the accumulating debt will never be paid, but by a forcible collection, which our foreign creditors know how, and are able to apply, if unhappily it should be necessary. The several loans, which by the contract
are to be paid by instalments, will in case of the failure of any of the stipulated payments, become the whole of them, immediately payable; and any of the property of any of the states, whether public or private that can be most easily come at, will in that case be seized and applied for that purpose.
This mode of reimbursement or reprisal will be upon the trade and navigation of the United States; and in proportion as ours of this State may be larger and more extensive, than the trade and navigation of other states, we shall be the greatest sufferers. This ruin of our trade will involve it, not only the ruin of the mercantile part of the state, and of the numerous body of mechanicks dependent upon it, but will most essentially affect every other class of citizens, and operate most extensively to the injury of the commonwealth.
These are some of the consequences, certain and infallible, that will flow from the denial of that power to Congress. Shall we then, we of this state, who are so much interested in this matter, deny them that power, a power so essential to our political happiness?
But if we attend to our trade, as it is at present we shall find, that the miserable state of it is owing to a like want of power in Congress. Other nations prohibit our vessels from entering their ports, or lay heavy duties on our exports carried thither; and we have no retaliating or regulating power over their vessels and exports to prevent it. Hence an insufficient demand for the produce of our lands, and the consequent discouragement of agriculture.—Hence, the inability to pay debts, and particularly taxes, which by that decrease are enhanced. And hence as the necessary result of all these, the emigration of our inhabitants. If it be asked, how are these evils, and others that might be mentioned, to be remedied? The answer is short—by giving Congress proper and adequate power. Whether such power be given by the proposed constitution, it is left with the Conventions from the several states, and with us, who compose one of them, to determine.
In determining on this question, every gentleman will doubtless consider the importance of cultivating a spirit of union among ourselves, and the several states. This spirit procured our emancipation from British tyranny; and the same spirit, by uniting us in the necessary means, must secure to us our dear-bought, blood purchased liberty and independence, and deliver us from evils, which unless remedied, must end in national ruin. The means for effecting these purposes are within our reach; and the adoption of the proposed constitution will give us the possession of them. Like all other human productions, it may be imperfect, but most of the imperfections imputed to it, are ideal and unfounded; and the rest are of such a nature that they cannot be certainly known, by the operation of the constitution. And if in its operation it should, in any respect, be essentially bad, it will be amended in one of the modes prescribed by it. I say, will be amended, because the constitution is constructed on such principles, that its bad effects, if any such should arise from it, will injure the members of Congress equally with their constituents; and therefore both of them must be equally induced to seek for and effectuate the requisite amendments.
There have been many objections offered against the constitution;
and of those the one most strongly urged has been, the great power vested in Congress. On this subject, I beg leave to make a few general observations, which ought to be attended to, as being applicable to every branch of that power.
It may therefore be observed, that the investure of such power, so far from being an objection, is a most cogent reason for accepting the constitution. The power of Congress, both in the legislative and executive line, is the power of the people, collected through a certain medium, to a local point; at all times ready to be exerted for the general benefit, according as circumstances or exigencies may require. If you diminish or annihilate it, you diminish or annihilate the means of your own safety and prosperity: which means if they were to be measured like mathematical quantities, would be in exact proportion, as the power is greater or less. But this is not the case: for power that does not teach or is inadequate to the object, is worse than none. An exertion of such power would encrease the evil it was intended to remove, and at the same time create a further evil, which might be a very great one; the expense of a fruitless exertion.
If we consider the objects of the power, they are numerous and important; and as human foresight cannot extend to many of them; and all of them are in the womb of futurity, the quantum of the power cannot be estimated. Less than the whole, as relative to federal purposes, may, through its inefficiency, occasion the dissolution of the union, and a subjugation or division of it among foreign powers. Their attention is drawn to the United States; their emissaries are watching our conduct, particularly upon the present most important occasion; and if we should be so unhappy as to reject the federal constitution proposed to us, and continue much longer our present weak un-energetic federal government, their policy will probably induce them to plan a division or partition of the states among themselves; and unite their forces to effect it.
But however that may be, this is certain, the respectability of the United States among foreign nations our commerce with them on the principles of reciprocity, and our forming beneficial treaties with them on those principles, their estimation of our friendship and fear of loosing it, our capacity to resent injuries, and our security against interior as well as foreign attacks, must be derived from such a power. In short the commercial and political happiness, the liberty and property, the peace, safety and general welfare, both internal and external, of each and all the states, depend on that power: which as it must be applied to a vast variety of objects, and to cases and exigencies beyond the ken of human prescience, must be very great; and which cannot be limited without endangering the public safety.
It will be and has been said, this great power may be abused; and instead of protecting, may be employed by Congress in oppressing their constituents. A possibility of abuse as it may be affirmed of all delegated power whatever, is by itself no sufficient reason for withholding the delegation. If it were a sufficient one, no power could be delegated; nor could government of any sort subsist. The possibility however, should make us careful, that in all delegations of importance, like the one contained in the proposed constitution, there should be such checks
provided, as would not frustrate the end and intention of delegating the power: But would, as far as it could be safely done, prevent the abuse of it: And such checks are provided in the constitution. Some of them were mentioned the last evening by one of my worthy colleagues: but I shall here exhibit all of them in one view.
The two capital departments of government, the legislative and executive, in which the delegated power resides, consisting of the president, vice-president, senate and representatives, are directly, and by their respective legislatures and delegates, chosen by the people.
The president and also the vice-president, when acting as president, before they enter on the execution of the office, shall each "solemnly swear or affirm, that he will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of his ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States."
[To be continued.]
H O U S E O F A S S E M B L Y. Of the State of New-York.
POUGHKEEPSIE, February 12, 1788. [Mr. Benson's Speech Continued.]
HE would ask the gentleman what he believed was the greatest sin? Why no doubt he would say disbelieving, and would not this law effect them that did not believe in revealed religion, though we have nothing to do with them? It was arrogance in any legislature to interfere and make laws to support religion, as the Great Author of our religion has declared that he will take care of it. But it had been said that 'serious people required it; he wished to know how this could be proved; the gentleman had not yet done it. Suppose there was a majority of Jews in the state.—Upon the same principles that this bill would be passed, they might declare that Saturday should be set apart as a day of public worship, under the same restrictions and penalties. Besides the inconvenience respecting the Jews, there were many others that it would effect; when does the Sabbath commence? In New-England, people suppose it to begin on Saturday evening, as did many people in this state. And how was this to be defined? He did not wish to be understood, that he was against the observance of the Sabbath; on the contrary, he supposed it to be the duty of every man. If a man supposes he can consistently labour on that day, do not prohibit him. He wished that gentlemen would confine themselves to fair reasoning, and not to declamation. If, said he, this bill is passed, the constitution will be egregiously departed from. He would say no more on this subject, because it was one of those questions on which every man must decide according to those arguments his own mind would suggest. The question, said he, is, whether you will pass a law to prevent a man from doing what he conscientiously thinks he has a right to do.
Mr. Sylvester replied, that he was confident there could not but be a majority in the house, notwithstanding what had been said. As to defining the Sabbath, there was no mathematician could do it. It was sufficient that a majority of the Christian world had adopted a day, and from which no inconvenience had arisen. As to the constitution being departed from, he could not agree that this bill could have such an operation.
Mr. Jones said, he was yet to learn that anything in the bill militated against the constitution. If it could be made appear, it must be by refinement on refinement; but not a single argument had been yet offered, to convince him that it would in the smaller degree affect the constitution.
The division was then called for. Affirmative. Messieurs Dongan, Benson, Graham, Low, John Livingston. 5.
Negative. Messieurs. Jones, Carman, Cornell, Taulman, Nevin, J. Smith, Sylvester, Baker, Patterson, Dewitt, Gilbert, Strang, Speaker, Frey, Van Ingen, Powers, Webster, Savage, Schoonmaker, Cantine, Hedges, Sands, Verplanck, Younglove, Clinton, Thomson, Lewis, Tompkins, Havens, Drake, Clarke. 34.
Wednesday, February 13, 1788. The house went again into a committee on the bill for the suppression of immorality:
Mr. Hedges in the chair. After some time spent on the bill, the committee rose and reported, that they had gone through and agreed to the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
Then the house adjourned till ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
Thursday, February 14. The house met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Lockwood, from Westcheffer, attended in the house, was qualified and admitted to his seat.
The bill to regulate the exportation of butter and hog's-lard, was read a second time and committed.
Mr. Jones moved for leave and brought in a bill for the better settlement and relief of the poor, which was read a first time and ordered a second reading.
The bill directing the manner of proving deeds and conveyances to be recorded, was read a third time and passed the house.
The bill for the relief of Charles Moore, was read a second time and committed.
Mr. Taulman, Mr. De Witt, and Mr. Gilbert, were appointed a committee to prepare and bring in a bill for the payment of the salaries of the officers of government, and other contingent charges.

On motion of Mr. Thompson, the house went into a committee on the bill to prevent frauds by mortgages, & to secure the purchasers of mortgaged estates, Mr. John Smith in the chair.
The committee went through the bill, when they rose and reported the same; it was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
A message was received from the senate, by Mr. L'Hommedieu, and Mr. Hoffman, that the senate had passed the bill, for raising money by tax in the city of New-York, without amendment; and that they had also passed the bill for the amendment of the law, and the better advancement of justice; and the bill, for dividing this state into counties, to which they had made some amendments: and with a further message, that the senate did not agree to the amendments the assembly had made to the privilege bill.
The amendments to the bill for the advancement of the law, &c. and the bill for dividing the state into counties, the house agreed to; and they receded from their amendments to the privilege bill.
On motion of Mr. Jones, the house went into a committee on the bill for further continuing the office of state auditor:
Mr. Clinton in the chair.
It was agreed to continue that office till the 23d March, 1790, and an indulgence given to those who are in arrears for quit-rents, to pay in the same in certificates; provided it is done before the first of May, 1789.
The committee having gone through the bill, rose and reported the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. Sands moved for leave, and brought in a bill for settlement of the public accounts, and for other purposes therein mentioned; which was read a first time, and ordered a second reading.
The house went into a committee on the bill concerning slaves:
Mr. Hedges in the chair.
The committee having made some progress in the bill, rose and reported the same.
Then the house adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Friday February 15.
The house met pursuant to adjournment. The bill, further to continue the office of state Auditor, was read a third time, and passed the house.
The bill for the suppression of immorality was read a third time and passed the house.
The bill for the better settlement and relief of the poor, was read a second time and committed.
The bill for the limitation of criminal prosecutions, and of actions and suits at law, was read a third time, and passed the house.
A message was received from the senate, that they had passed the bill concerning distresses, and for the more easy recovery and security of rents, and for the renewal of leases, and to prevent fraud by tenants.
Mr. Clinton, from the committee to whom was referred the several petitions respecting leases, obtained from the Indians; reported a state of facts, and produced sundry papers for the information of the house. When, on motion, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the said papers:
Mr. John Smith took the chair.
The report was then again read, as was the copies of two leases, one signed by 47 Indians, and the other by a number of Indian chiefs. [These leases are now unavoidably omitted, but will be inserted in a future paper.]
A letter from the Rev. Mr. Kirkland was then read, giving an account of the treaties with the Indians, in which these leases had been obtained; and setting forth the good order which had prevailed thereat, and that the Indians were perfectly satisfied with the transactions.
After these papers were read, the committee went into the consideration thereof, and were unanimously of opinion, that the leases were not binding on the Indians, as they were contrary to the constitution of the state. They then rose, when the chairman reported the progress they had made, and asked leave to sit again.
The house then went into a committee on the bill concerning slaves:
Mr. Hedges in the chair.
The committee having gone through the bill, rose and reported the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. Tompkins moved for leave and brought in a bill to raise a sum of money in the county of Westchester, for finishing the court-houses and goal of the said county; which was read a first time, and ordered a second reading.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
[To be continued.]
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CARLISLE, February 13. From the CARLISLE GAZETTE.
Messrs. KLINE and REYNOLDS, You will oblige a number of your customers by inserting the following Address in your useful paper, and through it they ask the opportunity of soliciting the concurrence of their fellow citizens. To the Hon. the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met.
The Petition of the Subscribers Freemen of the County of Franklin,
Most respectfully Sheweth,
THAT your petitioners are desirous that order and good government should prevail, and that the constitution of this state should not be subverted nor altered in any other way than is therein provided.
That as the members of your honorable house are all sworn or affirmed to do no act or thing prejudicial or injurious to the constitution or government as established by the convention, by whom the same was framed, they look up to you as the guardians of the rights and liberties therein secured to your petitioners, and pray that they may be protected therein.
That your petitioners are much alarmed at an instrument called a constitution for the United States of America, framed by a convention that had been appointed by several of the states, solely
for the purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and to report such alterations and provisions therein, as should, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the several states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the union, inasmuch as the liberties, lives and property of your petitioners are not secured thereby.
That the powers therein proposed to be granted to the government of the United States are too great, and that the proposed distribution of these powers are dangerous and inimical to liberty and equality, amongst the people.
That they esteem frequent elections and rotation in offices as the great bulwark of freedom.
That they conceive standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and that a well organized militia will be the proper security for our defence.
That the rights of conscience should be secured to all men, that none should be molested for his religion, and that none should be compelled contrary to his principles or inclination to hear or support the clergy of any one established religion.
That the liberty of the PRESS should not be insecure or in danger.
That the right of trial by jury should be secured in civil as well as in criminal cases.
That the government as proposed would be burdensome, expensive and oppressive, and that your petitioners from paying taxes to support a numerous train of officers erected thereby, which would be not only unnecessary but dangerous to our liberties.
That your petitioners observe this proposed constitution hath not been approved of by the Congress of the United States, as directed by the articles of their consideration.
That your petitioners conceive the majority of the deputies of the general convention, who have been appointed by this state, have allumed to exercise powers with which they were not delegated, that their conduct is reprehensible, and that they should be brought to account for the same, as the precedent is highly dangerous and subversive of all government.
And your petitioners desire that the said proposed plan of government may not be confirmed by the legislature of this state, nor adopted in the said United States, and that the delegates of Congress from this state be instructed for the purpose.
And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray.
An Address to the Minority of the late State Convention—From Union Society.
GENTLEMEN, AFTER the most mature and deliberate consideration, we feel ourselves prompted by the most lively glow of gratitude, to tender you our unfeigned address of thanks for your able and spirited exertions in the late convention, in behalf of liberty and your country, and with unwearied assiduity struggling through fatigue and opposition, in support of the unalienable rights of mankind, against the iron hand of despotism, which is the concomitant of slavery and oppression. Though baffled and disappointed in your late glorious contest, in contending for the blessing of freedom—we congratulate you that the happy day is not far off, when your virtuous endeavours will illustriously shine in the annals of fame, and immortalize your names in the historic page. Believe it gentlemen, as a truth, that it will redound to your honor, whose lot it was to fall into an age that asserted common liberty and the rights of your country. That you were possessed of undaunted courage to give it some proofs of it in this critical moment, a blessing which we with all our foes, may be perpetuated to posterity, for as to what concerns ourselves, one day's experience is abundantly sufficient for our comfort and instruction both young and old. Those that are in years will leave the world with less regret, when they shall better understand the advantages that attend liberty, and for those that are growing up, the very example will inflame them with virtuous emulation of treading in the steps of their famous ancestors. Gentlemen, it is with great respect we offer this tribute of our acknowledgments due to your merits.
Signed by order of the society, JAMES STERRITT, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA, February 28. Extract of a letter from Queen Ann's county, Maryland, February 18, 1788.
"Of all the arts practised by the advocates of the proposed system of arbitrary power, that of slopping all real information, and publishing a great deal of misinformation, they have been most successful in. At the time they disposed of having even a respectable minority in the Massachusetts convention (as above three-fourths of the people of that state are in the opposition) these votaries of power were publishing that they would have three to one in the convention; in this manner have they deceived, and by this deception have they obtained considerable success. But they should remember the old proverb: who diggeth a pit shall fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
"By a letter I have from Charleston, it seems they attempted in the lower house what they accomplished in the senate, viz. to present an address of thanks to their federal deputies; but in this they failed, as well as in endeavouring to get the convention called in March. The noted Mr. Lowndes opposed it entirely; however, though there was a majority in that house in the opposition, yet they consented to call a convention, as their sister states had done it.
"Pray is not the people in your state generally opposed to it? Mr. _____ informs me this is the case; and he also tells me, that, except in the city of New York, there were few advocates of it in that state."
New-York, March 3.
IN our paper of Thursday and Friday last, as full an account as could be obtained (through the medium of PRIVATE conveyances) was given of the very interesting proceedings of the CONVENTION of the state of NEW-HAMPSHIRE; since which (by the STAGE) we are favoured with the following AUTHENTIC INTELLIGENCE, viz.
The convention at Exeter, in New-Hampshire, has adjourned to June. The adjournment was moved by the constitutional party, the anti-constitutionalists being 70 to 40. This measure, alone, prevented a rejection of the system; and there is no great probability, that, in June, it will have a greater number of friends than it now has. The anti-constitutional federalists, here, are quite floundered at this event, and are now convinced the plan never can take place without an amendment of it.
The following accounts were also received by the stage, viz.
"The convention of the state of New-Hampshire, on Friday, the 22d ult. brought on the decisive question respecting the new constitution; yeas 51, nays 54. This question being reconsidered, it was then moved for an adjournment, and was carried, yeas 53, nays 51, to meet on the third Tuesday of June next."
The purport of a letter from Providence, state of Rhode-Island, is, That a protest was signed, to be presented to the assembly of that state, which are to meet at Providence this week, impeaching the several states, who have adopted the new constitution, with treason.
A correspondent observes, that the manoeuvre of the New-Hampshire convention, of first adopting and then reconsidering, appears to be an original one; for the motives of which we are left in the dark. Some say, that the MAJORITY were POSITIVELY INSTRUCTED, and that this originated the desire of a further adjournment; peradventure, the INSTRUCTIONS might, in the interim, be COUNTERMANDED. Others say, that the MAJORITY, observing the great vexation of the MINORITY, indulged them, merely to pacify and give more universal satisfaction. May appear the next conveyancers, our accounts will afford some elucidations of these apparent mysteries.
Extract of a letter, February 22d, 1788.
"The convention of New-Hampshire adjourned themselves to the third Wednesday in June, it was motioned by the Federalists and carried by a majority of four."
Extract of a letter, Feb. 22, 1788.
"We find that there is a majority of about five, in the New-Hampshire convention, who are opposed the constitution, but it will be a hard case if those, and many others, cannot be brought over."
Extract from a letter, dated Exeter, New-Hampshire, Feb. 22, 1788.
"After the repeated assurances I have given you of the favorable reception of the new constitution, and the fair prospect of its adoption, by a large majority of our convention, you will be greatly surprised when I inform you, that they have this day adjourned without taking the final question.—Unbounded confidence of success in any undertaking, as it rejects the necessary precaution and slackens exertion, always endangers the object. So confident were we of the prevailing voice in favor of the constitution, that no pains were taken to counteract the intrigues of a few notoriously villainous characters, who were too successful in the dark and dirty business of seducing a great number of the interior towns, by false representation; to fetter their delegates with positive instructions, to vote in all events against the constitution. After discussing the subject seven of eight days, and finding many of the members, who were instructed to the contrary convinced of the expediency and necessity of adopting the plan, and desirous to consult their constituents, the convention agreed to adjourn to June next, when I have no doubt the ratification will take place."
A correspondent has favoured us with the following particular account of the yeas and nays from the several counties which represented the commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the late state convention, viz.
   Yeas. Nays.     Suffolk 34 5   Essex 38 6   Middlesex 17 25   Hampshire 19 32   Plymouth 21 5   Barnstable 7 4   York 6 11   Bristol 10 12   Cumberland 10 3   Lincoln 9 7   Dukes County 2 0   Berkshire 7 15   Nantucket 0 0   Worcester 7 43   Total 187 168  
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THE place which William Provost formerly occupied, which for elegance of situation is perhaps equal to any in the state of New-Jersey; it lies three quarters of a mile from the church of Hackinack, and extends from the river up the road towards Paramus, being intersected by the road leading to the New-Bridge: on the lot next the river is a STONE DWELLING-HOUSE, two stories high in front, and three in rear, having a fine dry cellar, and a dwelling-room underneath on the ground floor (being built on the declivity of a hill) with a large kitchen adjoining: Also, a poultry-house and a new barn; in the rear of the dwelling-house is a beautiful green, ornamented with fruit-trees; between which and the river, lies a valuable piece of meadow, yielding about twenty-four loads of English hay yearly: to the rear of the meadow is a spacious and substantial dock, newly made, on which is a store with a large quantity of ashes, an extraordinary spring and well at the dwelling-house, from which the meadow may be watered: there is also a garden with a variety of the best fruit-trees: on the lot on the opposite side of the road, stands a commodious store, commanding trade of the back country; also a young orchard of good fruit trees. The whole of the place contains about thirty-four or five acres, twelve of which are wood land; the land has been well manured with ashes; the whole of the land enclosed with a new substantial fence.
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IMPROMPTU.
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A Squire and Foots one day went out, To view the country round, In merry mood they chatting loud, Hard by the village pound. Foots from his poke, a shilling took, And said, I'll lay a penny, In this same place, before your face, I'll make this piece a guinea. Upon the ground, within the pound, The shilling soon was thrown; You see, says Foots, the thing's made out, For there's one pound there. I wonder not, says Squire, that thought Should in your head be form'd; For 'tis this way your debts you pay— One shilling to the pound.
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State of New-York, Court of Admiralty, Charles March, Timothy Penny, Abraham P. Mendes, John Thomson, Gad Wells, and others, Libellants.
Sundry goods, Wares and Merchandize, saved out of a vessel having no person on board, by John Shannon and others, and claimed by Gibbon Bourke, John Donnan and the said John Shannon and others, and claimed in part by Daniel M'Cor- mick for Hyem Cohen, and by William Cock for Richard Hall.
WHEREA Charles March, Timothy Penny, Abraham P. Mendes, John Thompson, Matthew Fergo, John Howard, Gad Wells, Sa- muel Eells, and Peter Noyes, junior, as passengers, and Malcom Taylor, and Henry Harris, as mar- ners on board of the brigantine Port-Roseway, have filed a libel in the said court, setting forth that in and with the said brigantine, in a voyage from the is- land of Jamaica to New-London, in Connecticut, on or about the first day of August, in the year 1784, in the latitude of 23 degrees and 30 minutes north or thereabouts, they discovered, and went to a ves- sel with only her foremast standing, and having no living creature on board, and five feet water in her hold; and that they saved and took out of the said brigantine, sundry goods, wares, and merchandise, which were by them brought to the port of New- York, and there sold at public vendue, by order of Gibbon Burke, and John Donnan, of the said city, merchants: And whereas it appears by return of sales of Anthony L. Bleeker, that the said merchan- dize so saved and brought to the port of New-York, consisted of the following articles, viz: Six hog- heads of sugar, the marks & numbers whereof were defaced, one hoghead of sugar marked F. No. 102, one other hoghead of sugar marked WB. No. 185, one other hoghead of sugar, marked F.S. one hoghead of spirits, marked E. [enclosed by a diamond] No. 6, one other hoghead of spi- rits, marked B.E. No. 4, one other hoghead of spirits, marked B.E. No. 5, one other hoghead of spirits, marked B.R. No. 3, one other hoghead of spirits, marked WB. No. 7, one other hoghead of spirits, marked WB. No. 8, and one other hoghead of spirits, marked WB. No. 9, thirteen bales of cotton wool without mark or number, 1 bale of cot- ton wool, marked B. three other bales of cotton wool, marked H. C. fifteen other bales of cotton wool, the marks & numbers whereof were defaced; four whole bales, four half bales, four broken bales, and four bundles of cotton wool, the marks where- of, if any had been, could not be discovered, a quan- tity of logwood, and five hundred and fifty-one feet of mahogany. And whereas, by an advertisement formerly published in one of the news papers print- ed in New-York, the said goods and merchandise were said to have been saved and taken on board of the said brigantine Port-Roseway, on Thursday the 5th day of Aug. 1784. And whereas, Gibbon Bourke and John Donnan, on behalf of John Shannon, master, and Samuel Nesbitt, mate, Malcom Taylor, Martin George, John Harper, Sweeney Wilson and Alexander M'Kenzie, mariners, and Richard Hall, owner of the said brigantine Port-Roseway, have filed a claim in the said court, praying a decree for their proportional shares of the net proceeds of the said goods: and whereas, Daniel M'Corrnick, of the city of New-York, merchant, for and on be- half of Hyem Cohen, of the Island of Jamaica, hath filed a claim in the said court, to the monies which have arisen from the sales of the said cotton wool: or part thereof, after the payment of sal- vage: and whereas William Cock, of the city of New-York, Esq. for and in behalf of Richard Hall, of Shelburne, in Nova-Scotia, as sole owner of the said brigantine Port-Roseway, hath also filed a claim in the said court, praying an allowance for salvage out of the monies arisen by the sale of the said goods, wares and merchandise. And whereas, it appears by the deposition of Wil- iam M'Kenney and Malcom Taylor, two of the persons on board the brigantine Port-Roseway, at the time the said goods and merchandise were so saved and taken on board; that the deserted vessel out of which the said goods were saved, were gene- rally supposed by themselves and others then pre- sent, to have been a brigantine; and it further ap- pears by the said deposition, and the deposition of Sweeney Wilson, which deposition were severally taken in open court, that the said deserted vessel was a stout vessel (perhaps about three hundred tons burthen) had a woman's head, with guard-irons round it, that she had black sides, and yellow mouldings, that she had either three or four ports on each side abaft her chains, that she had a double deck as far as her main-mast, and had deck-beams but no plank on them before her main-mast as part of her lower deck, that she had quarter-barges, but no quarter-galleries, and was plain behind, and that her quarter-deck was raised about three feet above her main-deck. Therefore, pursuant to an order of the said court, public mention and notice is hereby given to all persons interested, or claiming to be interested, in the said goods, wares and mer- chandise, so saved, or any part thereof, to put in a claim in the said court for the same, within one year and a day, from the day of the date of this mo- nition and notice. Dated the eighth day of October, in the twelfth year of the Independence of the state of New-York, and the year of our Lord, 1787.
By order of the court of Admiralty, JONH GRAHAM, Marshal. 36 3m
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FOR SALE,
At the STORE of Mr. Barnt Deklyn,
No. 39, Maiden-Lane, near the FLY-MARKET, the following
GOODS,
Which will be SOLD at the most reduced Prices, to wit.
A VARIETY of Cotton Checks, Mantuas and other Spotted and plain Vel- Gown Silks, verets, Saracens, A variety of Gloves and Peelings, and Fans, Modes, Linens, Chintzes, Sheetings, and Printed Linens, and Osnabrigs, Cottons, Marcellies Quilting, Fancy Shawls and Fancy Jacket Patterns, Handkerchiefs, A variety of Plumes Jeans, and Ribbands, Jeanette, and Fancy Shoe Bucs and India Dimities, Buttons. A quantity of Linen and
With a Variety of other Articles, Which he is determined to SELL low, for Gold (upon the face of the Bill) New-York , or Penn- sylvania PAPER MONEY.
Just PUBLISHED, and to be Sold at this OFFICE No. 25, Water-Street,
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