The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-03-29 00:00:00

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 fully seized, prompted by the solicitation of a respectable number of his present subscribers—and be means of the generous patronage of a few value- 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 increasing 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.
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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.
I. THE New-York Journal and Daily Patriotic Register shall be printed on the same paper, form, a d type, as the Weekly Register, and shall contain the same quantity of matter.
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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 copie 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, varied 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 expences—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. Airken, or W. Spotwood, Philadelphia; Messrs. Spotwood 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, at which they respectively reside.
Keith, Alexandria; the honorable H. Williamson, Edenton, North-Carolina; the honorable D. Ramsay, Messrs. Wright 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.
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)
THE American Museum, CONTAINING, Rural Concerns.
MEMOIR on the distillation of perlimona, by Mr. Isaac Bartram, Observations on the raising and dressing of hemp: communicated in the American philosophical society, by Edmund Antill, Laws of Pennsylvania society for promoting agriculture, Premiums proposed by said society. Moral essays.
On contentment, On confidence, On the importance of a good character considered only with respect to interest, On the folly of being anxiously curious to enquire what is said of us in our absence, On the pleasures of reflection.
Characters. Character of an old maid, of a pedantic school-master. Humour. Consolation for the old bachelor; Lecture upon eyes, Lecture upon noses, Instructions for fine ladies, Instructions for fine gentlemen, Speech of a standing member, by the hon. Francis Hopkinson, Esq. Natural History.
Description of the white mountains of New-Hampshire, Description of the grotto at Swatara; by the rev. Peter Miller. Miscellaniés.
Letter concerning chimnies; containing some directions to prevent them from smoking, by Dr. Ruffon. Petition of the people called Quakers, of New-England, Ethelgar; a Saxon poem, Account of the order of procession in Boston, for solemnization of the ratification of the new constitution, Report of the managers of the Pennsylvania society for the encouragement of manufactures, Directions on this reading of history. Politics.
Oration on the anniversary of American independence. By the hon. chancellor Livingston, Letter from the hon. Robert Yates, and John Lansing, Esqrs. to his excellency Gov. Clinton, stating their reasons for not subscribing to the new constitution. Address to the minority of the convention of Pennsylvania, Form of the ratification of the federal constitution by the state of Massachusetts, Form of do. by Georgia, A view of the principles, operation, and probable effects of the funding system of Pennsylvania. Natural Philosophy.
Conjectures concerning wind and water-spouts, tornados, and hurricanes, by Dr. John Perkins of Boston, Observations on the growth of trees downwards. Poetry.
The sea-faring bachelor, by Mr. Philip Freneau, The seasons moralized, by do. The Brandywine, The grey mare the better horse, Evil company, The dying Indian, by Mr. Philip Freneau, Answer to a riddle, To a man of lively, but unequal spirits in conversation.
The printer returns his most grateful acknowledgements to the citizens of New-York, for the liberal encouragement and patronage with which they have honored this publication. Every exertion shall be made to merit a continuance of their favor.
** The delay of the present number, has been wholly occasioned by the negligence of the stage driver at Newark.
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 here, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold. The plates were cut and the impressions taken in London, and there sold (without the pamphlet) at One Guinea each.
To accompany this map, and explanatory of it, with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 67 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled, a Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the Map. By THOMAS HUTCHINS, Esq.
Late Captain and Engineer in the British army, and now Geographer General to the United States of America. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois river, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.
Description of the ILLINOIS COUNTRY. THE Illinois country is in general of a superior soil to any other part of North America that I have seen. It produces fine oak, hickory, cedar, mulberry trees, &c. some dying roots and medicinal plants;—hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten hogheads of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes. A large quantity of sugar is also annually made from the juice of the maple tree; and as the mulberry trees are large and numerous, I presume the making of silk will employ the attention and industry of the settlers, when the country is more fully inhabited than it is at present, and especially as the winters are much more moderate and favourable for the breed of silk worms, than they are in many of the sea coast provinces. Indigo may likewise be successfully cultivated—(but not more than two cuttings in a year) wheat, 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 sown 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, turkeys, pheasants, partridges, &c. such as are seen in the sea coast Colonies, are in the greatest variety and abundance.—In short, every thing, that a reasonable mind can desire, is to be found, or may, with little pains, be produced here. New-York, Jan. 17, 1788. 99 e.d.
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 Velvets, Sarcenets, Peclongs, and Fans, Modes, Linens, Chintzes, Sheetings, and Printed Linens, and Oznabrigs, Cottons, Marseilles Quilting, Fancy Shawls and Fanny Jacket Patterns, Handkerchiefs, A variety of Plumes and Ribbands, Jeans, Jeanets, and Fancy Shoe Bucle and India Dimities, A quantity of Linen and Buttons. 
With a Variety of other Articles, Which he is determined to SELL low, for Jersy (upon the face of the Bill) New-York, or Penna. CASH, PAPER MONEY.

[Continued.]
WENT into a committee on the bill to naturalize the persons therein mentioned:
Mr. Verplanck in the chair.
The committee having gone thro' the bill, and inserted the names of all the persons who have petitioned to be naturalized, rose and reported the same; when it was ordered to be engrossed.
A message was received from the senate with a resolution for concurrence, giving leave to Samuel Brown and others, to bring in a bill at the next session of the legislature, first publishing their intention in one of the new-papers printed at New-York, and another at Springfield, in Massachusetts. The house agreed to this resolution.
A petition of John Sleight, sheriff of Ulster county, praying to be relieved from certain penalties he has incurred; was read and referred to a committee of the whole house, when on the bill for the settlement of the public accounts.
On motion of Mr. Sands, the house went into committee on the said bill, for the settlement of the public accounts:
Colonel Bruyn in the chair.
On motion of Mr. Sands, the following clauses were added to the bill:
One for the relief of Lawrence Kortright, Peter Kettletas, & John J. Meyer, permitting them to discharge a debt due to the state, in public securities:
One for the relief of Sam. Brewster and others, repaying them a sum of money which they advanced in 1777, for the support of the widows and children of soldiers who were killed at fort Montgomery:
One for the relief of Sam. Townsend, late an assistant state agent, to indemnify him for a prosecution which has been commenced against him:
One for the relief of persons improperly taxed in the city of New-York: And
Another for settling an account between this state and Connecticut, relative to cannon.
On motion of Mr. Sands, the name of Henry Sleight was inserted in the clause already agreed to, for the relief of Ten Brook and Wendell.
Mr. Harrison moved for a clause in favour of the estate of Philip Livingston, Esq. deceased, extending to the heirs of that estate the privilege of paying what may be due therefrom to the state in public securities; which was agreed to.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning nine o'clock.
Tuesday, March 4.
The house met pursuant to adjournment.
The bill for raising a sum of money to build a new gaol, and for repairing the court-house in the county of Albany, was read a third time and passed the house.
Before the question was taken, on motion of Mr. Sickles, the mayor and corporation of Albany were inserted among the names of the commissioners who are to carry the said law into effect.
The amended bill for the relief of Wm. Chace, was read a third time, and passed the house.
The bill for vesting the estate of Sarah Anne Delaplaine, in trustees,
was read a second time and committed.
Mr. Brooks from the committee to whom was referred the petition of the inhabitants of King's county, praying that the sum of 200l. may be raised for repairing the roads of said county, reported, that the prayer thereof ought to be granted; and that he had accordingly prepared a bill for that purpose, which he moved for leave to bring in: Leave was given accordingly, and the said bill, entitled, an act to raise money for repairing the roads of King's county, was read a first time, and ordered a second reading.
Mr. Doughty opposed the bringing in of the bill, but he was overruled.
Went into a committee on the tax bill: Mr. Winant in the chair.
The following were the quotas laid on the respective counties:
  New-York, £. 6,100   Albany, 2,950   Columbia, 1,250   Dutchess, 2,550   Ulster, 1,700   Orange, 1,200   Westchester, 1,700   Suffolk, 2,000   Richmond, 450   Montgomery, 800   Washington, 400   King's, 900   Queen's, 2,000   £. 24,000 
The supervisors are to meet on the first Tuesday of September, and the assessors on the first Tuesday of October and the collectors are to pay the money into the treasury on or before the first day of March next; with an allowance in New-York of 8d in the pound, and in all other part of the state 1s.
The committee having through the bill, rose and reported the same, when it was ordered to be engrossed.
A message was received from the senate, that they had passed a bill to prevent frauds, by sales of land purchased from the Indians, without the authority of this state; which was read a first time and ordered a second reading.
Went into a committee on the supply bill: Mr. Sickles in the chair.
Mr. Brooks moved for a reconsideration of the clause respecting the salary to the governor; this being agreed to, he again moved that the governor's salary be 1500l. on which a division was taken:
Affirmative. Messrs. Jones, Cornwall, Niven, Doughty, Wyckoff, Baker, speaker, Van Oden, Frey, Arent, Webster, Savage, Schoonmaker, Cantine, Benson, Graham, Sands, Low, Younglove, Brooks, Clinton, Thomson, N. Smith, Veeder, Winn, Clark. 26.
Negative. Messrs. Carman, Dongan, Winant, Taulman, Sylvester, Paterson, De Witt, Gilbert, Powers, Strang, Bruyn, Broom, Hedges, Osborn, Verplanck, Wisner, Lewis, Drake, Lockwood. 19
A further allowance of 150l. was then made for the incidental charges for administering the government.
The salary of the chancellor was fixed at 500l. and of the judges also 500l.
Mr. Jones moved for an extra allowance to the judges of 16s. per day, while on the circuits. On the question being taken, it was negatived.
Members of Congress to have 24s. per day.
Members of the council of appointment, 16s.
Members of the senate and assembly, 12s. an allowance of a day's pay for every 30 miles distant from home.
Secretary of the council of appointment, 30l. per annum.
To the secretary of the state, for recording laws, engrossing, &c. for every folio of 128 words, 12s. 6d.
To the governor's secretary, 150l. per annum.
To the treasurer, 500l. per annum, and 600l. for the incidental expenses of his office.
To the attorney general, 600l. per annum.
To the adjutant general, 350l. per annum.
To the collector of New-York, 1500l. including all the charges of his office.
To the collector of Sagg Harbour, 50l. also including the expenses of his office.
To the surveyor and searcher of New-York, 250l. per annum.
To the auditor, 350l. per ann.
To the land and tide waiters of the customs, each 10s. per day.
[To be continued.]
D E B A T E S I N M A S S A C H U S E T T S C O N V E N T I O N.
Friday Feb. 1, 1788.
Mr. NASSON's Speech continued.
REPRESENTATION and taxation to be apportioned according to numbers. —This, fir, I am opposed to; it is unequal, I will shew an instance in point. We know for certainty, that in the town of Brooklyn, persons are better able to pay their taxes, than in the parts I represent: Suppose the tax is laid on polls: Why the people of the former place will pay their tax ten times as easy, as the latter; thus helping that part of the community, which stands in the least need of help: On this footing the poor pay as much as the rich. And in this a way is laid, that five slaves shall be rated no more than three children. Let gentlemen consider this; a farmer takes three small orphans, on charity, to bring up; they are bound to him; when they arrive at 21 years of age, he gives each of them a couple suits of clothes, a cow, and two or three young cattle; we are rated as much for these, as a farmer in Virginia is for five slaves, whom he holds for life; they and their posterity, the male and the ones too. The senate, Mr. president, are to be chosen two from each state. This, fir, puts the smaller states on the footing with the larger, when the states have to pay according to their numbers. New-Hampshire does not pay a fourth part as much as Massachusetts.—We must therefore, to support the dignity of the union, pay four times as much as New-Hampshire, and almost fourteen times as much as Georgia, who, we see, are equally represented with us.
The term, fir, for which the senate is chosen, is a grievance—it is too long to trust any body of men with power. It is impossible but that such men will be tenacious of their places; they are to be raised to a lofty eminence, and they will be loth to come down: and in the course of six years, may, by management, have it in their power to create officers, and obtain influence enough, to get in again, and so for life. When we felt the hand of British oppression upon us, we were so jealous of rulers, as to declare them eligible but for three years in six. In this constitution we forget this principle. I, fir, think that rulers ought at short periods to return to private life, that they may know how to feel for, and regard their fellow creatures. In six years, fir, and at a great distance, they will quite forget them,
“For time and absence cure the purest love.”
We are apt to forget our friends, except when we are conversing with them.
We now come, fir, to the fourth sect. Let us see, the times, places and manners of holding elections, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof. No objections to this; but, fir, after the flash of lightning, comes the peals of thunder; “but Congress may at any time, alter them, &c.” Here it is, Mr. president: This is the article which is to make Congress omnipotent. Gentlemen say, this is the greatest beauty of the constitution; this is the all in all. Such language have I heard in this house.—But, fir, I say, by this
power the executive shall put it in and designing men at their pleasure.
The 8th sect. Mr. president. Congress shall have power to lay taxes, duties, imposts, excises, &c.—We may, Sir, be poor; we may not be able to pay these taxes, &c. we must have a little meal, and a little meat, whereon to live; and save a little for a rainy day. But what follows? Let us see. To raise and support armies. Here, fir, comes the key to unlock this cabinet: Here is the mean by which you will be made to pay your taxes? But will ye, my countrymen, submit to this. Suffer me, Sir, to say a few words on the fatal effects of standing armies, that bane of republican governments! A standing army! Was it not with this that Cæsar passed the rubicon, and laid prostrate the liberties of his country? By this has seven eighths of the once free nations of the globe, been brought into bondage! Time would fail me, were I to recapitulate the havock made in the world by standing armies. Britain attempted to enforce her arbitrary measures by a standing army. But, fir, we had patriots then who alarmed us of our danger, who shewed us the serpent, and bid us beware of it. Shall I name them? I fear I shall offend your Excellency? But I cannot avoid it? I must. We had an Hancock, an Adams, and a Warren, our sister states too, produced a Randolph, a Washington, a Greene, and a Montgomery, who lead us in our way. Some of these have given up their lives in defence of the liberties of their country; and my prayer to God is, that when the race of illustrious patriots, shall have bid adieu to the world; that from their dust, as from the sacred ashes of the Phœnix, another race may arise, who shall take our posterity by the hand, and lead them to trample on the necks of those who shall dare to infringe on their liberties. Sir, had I a voice like Jove, I would proclaim throughout the world, and had I an arm like Jove, I would hurl from the globe those villains that would dare attempt to establish in our country a standing army. I wish, fir, that the gentlemen of Boston, would bring to their minds the fatal evening of the 5th of March, 1770, when by standing troops they lost five of their fellow townsmen. I will ask them what price can atone for their lives? What money can make satisfaction for the loss? The same causes produces the same effects. An army may be raised on pretence, of helping a friend, or many pretences might be used; that night, fir, ought to be a sufficient warning against standing armies, except in cases of great emergency. they are too frequently used for no other purpose than dragooning the people into slavery. But I beseech you, my countrymen, for the sake of your posterity, to act like those worthy men who have stood forth in defence of the rights of mankind; and shewed to the world, that you will not submit to tyranny. What occasion have we for standing armies? We fear no foe. If one should come upon us, we have a militia which is our bulwark. Let Lexington witness that we have the means of defence among ourselves. It during the last winter there was not much alacrity shewn by the militia, in turning out, we must consider that they were going to fight their countrymen. Do you, fir, suppose that had a British army invaded us at that time, that such supineness would have been discovered. No, fir, to our enemies dismay and discomfort, they would have felt the contrary: But against deluded, infatuated men, they did not wish to exert their valour or their strength. Therefore, fir, I am utterly opposed to a standing army, in time of peace.
The paragraph that gives Congress power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, claims a little attention; this is a great bulwark; a great privilege indeed; we ought not, therefore, to give it up, on any slight pretence. Let us see; how long is it to be suspended? As long as rebellion or invasion shall continue. This is exceeding loose. Why is not the time limited, as in our constitution? But, fir, its design would then be defeated; it was the intent, and by it we shall give up one of our greatest privileges. Mr. N. concluded by saying, he had much more to say, but as the house were impatient, he should sit down for the present, to give other gentlemen an opportunity to speak.
Judge Sumner, adverting to the pathetic apostrophe of the gentleman last speaking, said, he could with as much fidelity apostrophize! Oh! government! thou greatest good! thou best of blessings! with thee I wish to live, with thee I wish to die.—Thou art as necessary to the support of the political body, as meat and bread are.

...a judge... to the... republic... and said, that would meet... in a comedy for all the dis-... gentlemen in the court... debates had mentioned. He parti-...cularly listed the objections that had been... started; and showed that their removal was... provided for in the proposition: and con-...cluded by observing, that the probability... was very great, that if the amendments... proposed were recommended by this con-...vention, that they would, on the meeting... of the first Congress, be adopted by the... general government.
[To be continued.]
From the FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.
Mr. BAILEY,
HAVING procured the inclosed copy of an... extract of a letter in the hands of a gen-...tlemen in this city, I hand it to you for publi-...cation, together with the following estimate of the... strength of the advocates of the new constitution... in the counties on the eastern side of the Susque-...hannah: which I trust will be allowed as just... and accurate an account as the best information... now had, will admit of, viz.
 In Dauphin county they count 38 friends to the [new system.  Berks do. about 53 do.  Northamp. do. about 1/3 of the county.  Lancaster. do. about 1/2 do.  Montgom. do. about 1/4 do.  Bucks do. about 1/3 do.  Chester do. do do.  Luzerne do. (The state of this little coun-... ty is not known.) 
It is to be observed, that most of those counted... as friends to the new constitution are to be reck-...oned as doubtful or wavering friends, who al-...low great defects, and say that they will not in-...terfere on either side; these are chiefly composed... of that respectable denomination of people called... Quakers; but at the same time it is proper to... remark, that the most of the first characters of... that society are warm in the opposition; and... the Quakers, as a society, have directed their... people not to interfere on either side: this alone... shews a pointed disapprobation of theirs to the... new constitution.
This being established, what danger is there... of a civil war? None! For who would be the... parties in the war? Would a city faction ven-...ture to face the majesty of a free people? No!... like the Carlisle junta, the best man among them... would be, he who had the best pair of heels. And... even in the city and county, we may count a large... third in the opposition, and a very small part of... the two thirds would choose to fight under the... banners of a despotism, to protect the mock fed-...eral faction; whose leaders are the principal... public defaulters!
The idea of a civil war then, must only be... held out by the junta to intimidate the people... from procuring the necessary amendments. But... it cannot have any effect, only upon those who... are really no men at all.
INVESTIGATOR.
Philad. March 17, 1788.
An extract of a letter from a gentleman of ver-...acity in Franklin county to his correspondent... in this city, dated March 2, 1788.
"Every hour the new constitution loses ground... in this part of the state; I find too, from the... information of travellers from the counties adja-...cent to the Delaware, that the most of the inha-...bitants of those counties are with us in sentiment... and that the advocates of this system are con-...fined chiefly within the city, the majority of... whom are under the influence and direction of... the bank. I wish you may write me soon on... the subject."
"In the counties this side the Susquehannah... we are pretty well in unison, determined to op-...pose the chains forged for us by the well-born.—...I shall endeavor to give you some idea of the... situation of the proposed constitution in the coun-...ties this side of the river."
[votaries of the new constitution.
 "In Washington county they count 27 ad-  Westmoreland do. 33 do.  Fayette do. 2 do.  Bedford do. 7 do.  Huntingdon do. 26 do.  Franklin do. 33 do.  Cumberland do. 31 1/2 do.  Northumberland do. very few, number [not yet ascertained.  York do. do. 
"A report having been circulated in your city... that the delegates from Fayette county had voted... against the sense of their constituents, a county... meeting was called, and a numerous concourse... of the inhabitants having assembled at the court-...house, the matter was discussed, and the thanks of... the county unanimously tendered to their dele-...gates: and after much search and enquiry, it... was found that there were two men in the coun-...ty who advocated the system, one of whom had... been promised a colonel's commission in the stand-...ing army. These two men were ashamed to ap-...pear at the meeting."
"I am told that the 33 friends of the well born... in the county of Westmoreland consist of shop-...keepers, packhorse-men, half pay officers, Cincin-...nati, attorneys at law, public defaulters, and... us: and the 31 1/2 in Carlisle (Cumberland... county) are of the same species. Scarce a farmer... is to be found in this country in favor of this... system of military power."
"The season has been so severe, and the snow... so deep, that we have not been able to do any... thing; but when it moderates we shall have regu-...lar county meetings, and appoint proper persons... to meet gentlemen that I understand are to be... nominated by the lower counties; Reading is... talked of for the place of meeting. I wish our... friends in the lower counties would exert them-...selves in forwarding the business as early in... April as possible."
New-York, March 29.
YESTERDAY arrived the sloop Betsey and... Nancy, Jenkins, from Cape Francois; sloop... Endeavour, Cummings, Dominico; sloop Lady... Green, Godfrey, Rhode Island; schooner Nancy,... Stewart, from St. Eustatia.
Extract from the RHODE-ISLAND pro-...ceedings.
After a pretty lengthy discussion of the pro-...priety of submitting it to town meetings, the... vote was finally put; whether it should... be submitted to a convention, chosen as in... the other states; or to the people at large, and... was carried against a convention, by a majority of 28; 15 voting for a convention, and 43 for submitting it to the people at large.
In the course of discussing this question... it was observed; that by the proposed... constitution, the people were called upon... to surrender a part of their liberties; that... they were the best judges what part they... ought to give up. That the legislature... had no legal right to appoint a convention... to alter the constitution: that they... were not deputed for that purpose: that... the citizens of some other states, had by... the means of appointing conventions, been... decoyed into an adoption of the con-...stitution, when it was asserted, at least two-...thirds of the inhabitants of some of the... states that had agreed to it, were against... the constitution: that submitting it to every... individual freeholder of the state was the... only mode by which the true senti-...ments of the people could be collected. It was... replied, that this mode was with-...out precedent on the face of the earth: that all... the United States, except this, had... appointed conventions; and that we ought... to pay some difference to the opinions, at... least of those in the different states who op-...pose the new constitution, if not of those... who wish it adopted; in not one of which... such a motion of this had been made; --...that by meeting in convention the senti-...ments of the best men in the state would... be collected; the different interests would... be represented; the mechanics might there... show how far it would be advantageous... or disadvantageous for their particular in-...terest to have it adopted or rejected; the... farmers; the merchants; might in the... same manner be satisfied: All this would... be lost by meeting in the different towns, in... each of which but one interest, or at... most but two, could be considered.
After the question was decided, Mr. Hazard, Mr. Jolly, and Mr. Sheldon, were appointed a... committee to draft a bill, agreeable to the votes, and lay the same before the house.
The bill for submitting the Federal Constitution to the people at large, reported by the commit-...tee, was taken up for debate; when Mr. Whip-...ple motioned as an amendment, that the people... at large, when the constitution is before them in... town-meeting, have liberty to propose a conven-...tion, which motion was seconded, but the speaker... said, this was contrary to the rules of the house, as... their sense on that subject had been fully taken... the preceding evening by the vote, whether it... should be submitted to the towns or a convention.
Upon this, Mr. Marchant stated a motion in... writing, to this purport: "That when the Fed-...eral Constitution is before the people in town meet-...ing, that any free man or freeholder of the state... may, instead of giving his yea or nay on the ques-...tion, give his voice for calling a convention of... the state, by delegates, to take up and discuss the... subject."
This motion met the same opposition. It was... said, that the sense of the house had been already... taken on the subject. That the people could, if... they saw fit, give instructions to their represen-...tatives in general assembly to have a convention... called, and if there should be a majority of them, no... doubt the house would agree to call one; but... the bill was drawn agreeable to the sense of the... house, and at present there was no need of call-...ing on the people to vote for a convention, it would... be distracting the state, already much convulsed by... parties, and answer no good purpose whatever.
It was replied. That no doubt many persons... in each town in the state could not think a con-...vention chosen purposely to discuss the subject, would... be more eligible than voting singly, either... to adopt or reject the constitution; and would the... house undertake to deprive such of the privilege... of having a convention called? It had been said... it was submitted to the people at large, in defer-...ence to the privileges of the citizens; but if this... mode was adopted, many would be deprived of... their privileges.
After a lengthy and warm debate, the question... was put not, whether the proposed amendment... should be adopted, but, whether the bill should... pass, and was carried by a majority of 30, 49 vot-...ing for the bill and 12 against it. Those who... voted against the bill generally declaring that with... the amendment they would not oppose it.
After the bill was passed, a motion was made... and seconded, that it be amended, but it was lost by a... majority of 20, 16 voting for the motion, and... 66 against it.
[For the act see N. York Journal of March 20.]
From a CORRESPONDENT.
As an individual, and a well wisher to my... country's cause, and to those who espouse it with... fervor, I cannot help rejoicing at the important... discovery (if it be true) of the audacious author... of the CENTINEL. Wreck your brains, oh ye... fraternity of the torturers, that this man may be... treated according to his merits—for has he not... DARED to speak his mind, even though his... sentiments widely differed from those who... fabricated our glorious constitution?—and... shall he not be punished for having thus, with... aggravated affrontery, run counter to the spirit... of this deified piece of workmanship? Yes, my... dear countrymen, if you would support the ma-...jesty of your new government—shut his mouth—...strangle him—thwattle him—thwack him—and... roast him alive—with every other of his frater-...nity, who do not, as every true federalist, pay... all due adoration to this new God, this Savior of... America from low born freedom, and every... of its concomitants.
To A. L. E. Esquire.
SIR, A PARAGRAPH has appeared in two... of the Philadelphia papers, announcing... your arrival in that city from Virginia, and... at the same time, declaring, as from yourself, that... four fifths of the people of the antient do-...minion, were opposed to the new federal consti-...tution. This was contradicted in the papers of... New-York, exculpating you, and casting the... censure on the poor printers who published this... intelligence, as if they were responsible for every... lie and fabrication of the different parties, viz. Feather-als and Anti-Featherals. Now, sir, if you did not mention any thing to justify the information, it is incumbent on you to contradict it, under your own real signature, and not suffer an anonymous scribbler to reflect and dishonor the papers of innocent printers. Thus far, I will venture to assert, that the manuscript was handed to the press by one of your most intimate friends; and until you come forward yourself, and declare it to be false, every candid inquirer will view it as an established fact, and that you have on this occasion played the part of a Janus.
DICK a DICK.
TO BE SOLD, At PUBLIC VENDUE,
On the first of May next, If not sold before at Private Sale, an EXCELLENT FARM, Belonging to ABRAHAM SPEAR, Residing at Bergen-Point, and now occupied by his Son,
SITUATE about five miles north west of the Great Falls, in Bergen county, New-Jersey.
This farm contains 190 acres of land, of which 30 acres are exceeding good meadow, and 40 of thrifty wood-land.
On the farm are situated a stone dwelling, and a log-house, with a convenient barn; also a bearing orchard.
What renders this farm more valuable is, a never-failing run of water, upon which a mill might be placed.
For particulars respecting the farm, enquire of
Barnet Newkerk,
No. 35, Crown-street. New-York, March 28, 1788. 54 t. the 5w.
TO BE SOLD, At PUBLIC AUCTION,
On FRIDAY the 18th Day of April next, At XII o'Clock, at the Merchant's COFFEE HOUSE in the City of NEW-YORK,
The Mills and Farm,
AT Paramus, in Bergen county, state of New Jersey, now in the occupation of Jacob Bumper, and late the residence of Col. James Marc Prevost. The farm contains about two hundred and ninety acres of land mostly of superior quality, of which about one hundred acres are wood. There are two orchards of well chosen apples, and an abundance of choice, and rare fruit of other kinds, a spacious and very convenient dwelling house, large barn and mill-house. The mills are well situate on a lively and never failing stream which runs about three quarters of a mile through the farm, affording several mill seats not to be equalled in that part of the country. The land is otherwise beautifully watered by a variety of springs, and is capable of the most elegant and fanciful as well as profitable improvement at a very small expence. The situation is also particularly advantageous for trade, being at the intersection of two great roads. The most unquestionable title will be given. Enquire of the Printer.
The Creditors of Charles
Williams, deceased, and all others interested in his estate, are requested to take notice, that the surplus of the money which may arise from this sale, after paying the purchase money due from the said Charles Williams, will be applied to the satisfaction of his other debts.
New-York, March 12, 1788 47.c.d.tod.
Twenty Pounds Reward.
WHEREAS the door of St. Peter's church, in this city, was broke open, on the night of Saturday, the 26th inst. by some person, or persons, unknown, the above reward of Twenty Pounds will be paid by the trustees of said church, to any person or persons who may detect, apprehend, and prove to conviction, the party or parties guilty thereof.
New-York, Elizabeth-Town, and Philadelphia
New Stage Line.
THE frequent neglect of business, by some of the proprietors of the former line of stages, has compelled the subscribers, who were concerned, to withdraw themselves, and to join in establishing a new line. By first attention to their business—by keeping their coaches and horses in good order—and by employing none but sober drivers, they hope to merit the favors of the public.
The stage will leave Paules-Hook, every afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Saturdays excepted; the stage boats also ply every day from White-Hall to Elizabeth-Town Point. From Mr. Crane's, at Elizabeth-Town Point, the stage will set out every morning (except Sunday) and run through Bridge town in Raway, Woodbridge, New-Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, and Bristol, to the Indian-Queen in Fourth-street, Philadelphia, in one day, for the moderate price of THREE HARD DOLLARS for each passenger, with the allowance of 14lb of baggage; and all way passengers at FOUR PENCE per mile.
One hundred and fifty weight baggage the same price as a passenger, viz. Four Pence per Mile.
No racing allowed in this line.
JOHN MERCEREAU, JOHN HEARD, CHARLES BASONE TT, WILLIAM KERLIN.
This Day is published, And to be sold by the PRINTER hereof, and by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen Street,
PRINCIPLES OF THE
Latin Grammar,
EXPLAINED in a manner suited to the Capacity of Beginners; with Notes and Observations calculated for those who have made proficiency in the Classics.
By JAMES HARDIE, A. B. Teacher of the GREEK and LATIN Languages, NEW-YORK.
WE, the PRESIDENT and PROFESSORS of COLUMBIA COLLEGE, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify, that we have examined a new publication, entitled "The principles of the Latin Grammar explained, &c." by JAMES HARDIE, and that we find it an accurate and judicious compilation, well calculated for the instruction of youth in the rudiments of the Latin language; and such as may be useful even to those who have made considerable progress therein. We therefore recommend it to all who are intrusted with the care of education, and particularly to the teachers in the different schools of this state.
W. SAMUEL JOHNSON, President, WILLIAM COCKRAN, Professor of Law.
JOHN DANIEL GROS, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Geography, JOHN KEMP, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
To be SOLD, At PRIVATE SALE,
THE pleasant and valuable FARM whereon the subscriber now lives, about three miles from Flushing town, on the public road leading to the plains, containing about 200 acres of cleared and wood land, and 16 acres of good Salt Meadow. On said Farm is a good Dwelling House and Barn, two good Barracks, coin Crib, a Court Yard and Garden in neat pale fence, with a good bearing orchard and other improvements, is remarkably well watered, and within a few rods of a grist mill. If not sold by the 21st day of April next, it will on that day be sold at Public Vendue. The conditions may be known by applying to the subscriber on the premises.
LAMBERT MOORE.
March 21, 1788. 48-e. d. t. 21 a.
ALL PERSONS indebted to the estate of SMITH RICHARDS, an insolvent debtor, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, assignees, appointed according to law. All accounts, or obligations, not discharged by the first day of May, will be put in suit without distinction.
MELANCTON SMITH, JAMES SHUTER.
Government Securities.
CASH, and a generous price, will be given for such as are generally called FINAL SETTLEMENTS, LOAN-OFFICE, those signed by J. Nourie, and INTEREST FACILITIES—Also, those of this State, Connecticut, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Enquire at No. 20, Queen-street.
JACOB REED, jun.
Who also Exchanges and Re-exchanges the Paper Currency of this State, and
SPECIE;
And negotiates on Commission any Business respecting the Public Funds.
W A N T E D,
FOR the use of the Alms-House of New York, 300 cords of OAK WOOD. Any person wishing to contract to supply the same, is requested to send his proposals to the subscribers, by the 25th of April next.
JACOB SEAMAN, ELIJAH COCK.
New York, March 21, 1788. th. 4w.
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.

POET'S CORNER.
L I N E S
Addressed to a FRIEND, on his intended MARRIAGE.
ALTHO' my lips ne'er touch'd the muse's fount, Nor have I slept on fam'd Parnassus' mount; Yet friendship now demands my untaught lays, And daringly I snatch the poet's bays.
And if amidst the gay, the sportive hour, And every joy, which Love and Hymen show'r; —! these lines your friendly smile can gain,
My hopes are crown'd, and I've not writ in vain: Accept this tribute, if the muse offend, Reject the poet; but approve the friend; Happy a vacant hour to employ, In adding mirth, anticipating joy.
Blest is the man, to whose much-envy'd share, Fill'd with rare virtue, falls a beauteous fair; In whom are seen, what rectify the mind, Rare condescension, and a sense refin'd, In whom are plac'd that dignity men prize, Who's chaste and beauteous, and with beauty-wise, And such a man are you, to whom kind heav'n, A beauteous, rare, a virtuous fair has giv'n.
The wealthy fool, of avaricious soul, Perceives no greater bliss than heaping gold; And while the object he pursues is wealth, Few are his friends, and few that with him health, Not him, the loving wife, with glowing charms, Caresse and receives with eager arms, No prattling infants with impatience burn, And anxiously expect his quick return.
Not such your case—for, ready to befriend True merits cause, far greater fates attend— To thee much sweeter prospects now arise! For thee in store much greater pleasure lies! But now mild happiness, by concord led, Expect the transports of your bridal bed— On thee a num'rous progeny await! Willing alike to share the turns of fate.
And when old time shall hover round your head, And when about to mingle with the dead, How will it sooth the mitigaing each pain, To think that in your boys you'll breathe again! Be happy then—nor e'er ungrateful prove, Remember her, who claims your ardent love, On whom each joy, each happiness depend, In whom you view at once, a wife, a friend. Oh! were a' like her, men would be their slaves, And marriage be no more the jest of knaves.
Assize of BREAD.
As Established December 5, 1787. A Loaf of inspected superfine Wheat Flower, weight Two Pounds Five Ounces for six-pence. A Loaf of Rye Flour to weigh One pound Twelve Ounces for three pence.
HIGH WATER.
This Day, March 29. 3h. 9m. Morn.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chamber, in the City of New-York, the fourth Day of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-eight.
PRESENT.
The Hon. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, Esq. Chancellor.
John Leake, assignee of Charity Smith, Complainant, vs. Thomas Rutter, son and heir at law of John Rutter, deceased, Defendant.
Therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said John Rutter; whereupon process of subpoena to appear, and answer, has been duly issued and returned; and that the said Thomas Rutter has not entered his appearance in this suit, as according to the rules of this court the same ought to have been entered, in case the said process had been duly served, and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this court, that the said Thomas Rutter (as the deponent was informed) had left New-Town, in Queen's county, upward of six months ago, and that the said Thomas Rutter, was (as the deponent was informed and verily believed) in or near the state of New-York, but had no permanent place of residence, so that the said deponent was unable to serve him, with the said process, which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause; wherefore it is ordered, on motion of Mr. Lawrence, of counsel for the complainant, that the said Thomas Rutter appear to the said bill, on or before the seventh day of March now next ensuing, and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end, that a decree may be made for a sale of the said premises, or such part thereof as to this court shall appear just and right; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order, within twenty days from the date hereof, be inserted in, at least, two of the public newspapers printed in the state of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively.
Extract from the minutes, 80— 8w: W. COCK, Register.
SHRUB.
Of the very best Quality, by the Hoghead, Barrel, or smaller Quantity, FOR SALE by Charles Tillinghast, At his House, nearly opposite the New-Market in Cherry-street.
A YOUNG married woman with a good breast of milk, would be glad to take a child to nurse.—Enquire at No. 30 Little-George-street. 29 c.d. 1c
JUST PUBLISHED, AND TO BE SOLD, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen-Street, and the other BOOKSELLERS,
Conductor Generalis, OR the office, duty, and authority of justices of the peace, high sheriffs, under sheriffs, coroners, constables, goalers, jurymen, and overseers of the poor. As also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c.
To which are added, several choice maxims in law, &c. compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and several other books on those subjects. By JAMES PARKER, Esq. late justice of the peace in New-Jersey, Now adapted to these United States. By one of the J U D G E S.
The whole alphabetically digested under the several titles; with a table, directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles.
This book is highly esteemed, and very necessary for gentlemen in the commission of the peace; likewise for every other person who would wish to be acquainted with the laws of the land we live in.
At the above STORE may be had, a great variety of BOOKS,
Consisting of HISTORY, Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Physic, Surgery, Agriculture, Nautical Books, Dictionaries, Architecture, Novels, Miscellanies, Plays, &c. &c.
A L S O, A number of very valuable BOOKS;
Among which are, ELEGANT folio family bibles, with near 200 cuts in each, Barkut on the new testament, Brown's self-interpreting bible, 2 vols., Cruden's concordance, Warden's system of divinity, Whitby's commentary, Blair's Carr's, Erskine's, Boston's, Willison's, Aterbury's, &c. sermons, Neilson's festivals, Culen's, Duncan's, and Hoffman's, practice o physics, Van Swieten's, commataries, 18 vols. Boerhaave's aphorisms, 6 vols. Smellie, and Hamilton's midwifery, Leake on the diseases of women, 2 vols. Quincy's medical lexicon, Fourcroy's, chemistry, &c. Ainsworth's, Young's Cole's, and Entick's latin Dictionaries, Davidson's Virgil and Horace, Duncan's Cicero, Kent's, Lucian, Clark's Cæsar, Homer, Nepos, Eutropius, Erasmus, an introduction, Simpson's fluxions, and Euclid, Hammond's algebra Stone's Euclid, Love's surveying, Guthrie's and Salmon's geographical grammars, Johnson's, Sheridan's, Ash's, Dyke's, Bailey's, Scott's, Perry's, and Entick's dictionaries, Bennet's christian oratory, Scott on elocution, elegant extracts in verse, do. in prose Lord Littleton's letters, Klopstock's Messiah, Hutten's mensuration, Hawney's measurer.
Also an excellent Assortment of STATIONARY.
Genuine Writing Paper of different sizes and prices, Ledgers, Journals, Waste, Letter, and Blank Books of all sizes, Receipt Books, Bonnet and Cards, &c. &c. Wrapping Paper, Sealing-Wax, Wafers, Quills, Slates, Lead and slate Pencils, Penknives, elegant Shoe-buckles, Message Books, &c. &c. Commissions from the country are thankfully received, and carefully executed. 51
Just PUBLISHED, and to be Sold at this OFFICE, No. 25, Water-street,
The American Calculator, or Counting-House COMPANION, CONTAINING,
A TABLE, ascertaining the value of sundry coins in gold, as regulated by the Chamber of Commerce in this city, and shewing at one view their value in the several currencies of New-York, North-Carolina, and Great-Britain. A Collection of Tables, shewing, at one view, the amount of any number (under 10,000) of Dollars, French and English Crowns, Half Joes, French and English Guineas, &c. as they pass through the United States A Table of Guineas, as they pass in England and Ireland. Rules for the ready reducing the currencies of the United-States, from the currency of one state into the currency of any other of the United States; and for reducing the currencies of the United-States into sterling, and sterling into the currencies of the said states. Rules for reducing English Money into Irish, and Irish Money into English, according to the par of exchange between both kingdoms. Five different tables of the coins of the United-States of America, agreeable to a resolve of Congress of the 8th August, 1787, viz. a Table of Half Dollars, a Table of Dimes, a Table of Cents, and a table of Mills; calculated to render familiar the proper mode of counting said Money. This Book is intended for the convenience of Merchants, &c. in the United States, by Francis Haley, Accomptant.
Price 1f. 6d. single. The usual discount to Booksellers, and others, who may purchase by the Hundred, Dozen, &c. * * Also may be had of Messieurs Campbell, Reid, Allen, Macgill, and Mills, Bookseller.
TO BE SOLD, For JERSEY MONEY at full Value, Or exchanged for any Property in New-York, or bartered for West-India or DRY GOODS, At Market Price,
A Valuable Farm, SITUATE in Woodbridge township, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles distant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and seventy acres a third part of which is excellent MEADOW; a sufficiency of fire-wood, with a handsome piece of thrifty young timber.
The plough-land equal to any in that part of the country; the whole under good fence.
On the premises is a good house, kitchen, and barn; and an excellent spring of water near the door; to which is added, fifteen acres, or thereabouts, of salt marsh, on the Rariton, about one mile from the farm.
This place is well known by the name of CLAWSON'S FARM.
For terms of sale enquire of Mr. Joseph Bindon, m New-York, or Mr. Benjamin Thompson, near Morris-T.-e.d.
To be SOLD CHEAP, At PRIVATE SALE,
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 over 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.
The beauty of this situation, and its advantages for trade, make it eligible either as a country seat or a place of business. To be sold in three different lots, or the whole together, as may best suit the purchaser; if not sold by the first day of April next, then to be rented. For terms apply to DIRCK LEFFERTS, in maiden-lane, No. 21, New-York, who will give a good title for the fame. The Conditions of payment will be made easy to the Purchaser. If any person wants to view the place, apply to D. Lefferts, he will send a person with him.
Masters & Owners of Vessels,
Are hereby informed, THAT they may be supplied with cables, large or small, of any length, and cordage of all sizes, made of Peteriburg hemp, first quality, at Ivers's Rope-walk, at the head of Mulberry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea-Water Pump, on such favourable terms as to merit the attention of any gentleman that would wish to lay out his money to the best advantage. Cables spliced, with the addition of any length required, white rope of every sort for city or country use, hambro lin, deep sea lines, band lead lines, log lines, house lines, and marine, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Ropemaker. N. B. The above articles, whether in large or small quantities, will be delivered to any part of the city without expence of cartage to the buyer.
AT THE TANNERY,
Near the Fresh-Water Pond, MAY be had of the subscriber, a quantity of excellent SOLE and UPPER-LEATHER, tanned in the English mode, equal to any manufactured in America. He proposes for country dealers, to supply on terms that will enable them to make large profits;—for city consumption, such as will establish the Shoe Manufacturers, and procure them a run of custom—for ships use, as good in quality, as that imported from England, and at a much less price. Cash, Bark, raw Hides or Calve Skins taken in exchange. ISAAC COULTHARD. N. B. A Currier, Master of his Business is wanted immediately—Apply as above. 40 c.d.
TO BE SOLD, At PRIVATE SALE, a Pleasant situated
FA RM, BETWEEN Rack Pond and Fresh
Creek, adjoining the sea, at Shrewsbury, in Monmouth county, in the state of N. Jersey, containing one hundred and fifty acres. The payment will be made easy to the purchaser, and a good title will be given. For further particulars enquire of PETER OGILVIE, at No. 6, Crown-street. New-York, Feb. 13, 1788. 17
THE Proprietors of STAGES, in consequence arise both to the public, and with encouragements only in proportion to their exertions and attention to their business. From the date hereof the fare will be from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia, and from Philadelphia to Powles-Hook, three Spanish milled dollars, and all way passengers four pence per mile, 150lb. of baggage to be the same as a passenger; Printers papers and letters will be conveyed gratis; convenient port-manteaus are provided for that purpose. The Stages leave Powles-Hook at 3 o'clock, P. M. every day for Philadelphia, except Saturday.
JOHN CUMMING, MATTHIAS WARD, THOMAS EGBERT, JOHN GULICK, ROBERT STOCKTON, DAVID HAMILTON, JOS. VANDEGRIFT, MICHAEL DENNISTON.
N. B. Papers, Letters, &c. to be sent to Christopher Beckman's, Cortlandt Street, where the Stage Office is kept. February 19, 1788. 29 c.d.
The AMERICAN MAGAZINE, For February, 1788. Price TWO SHILLINGS.
CONTENTS. Bridgement of the Education—Mode of its laws of nature in French and English, Vindication of the preference women are supposed to have for men of inferior talents. Medical questions. Government—Mr. Jefferson's arguments in favor of an unalterable constitution, considered. Letter III, to Dr. Stiles, describing the remains of fortifications at Musk-ingum; with remarks on the Indian barrows, and the striking analogy between certain customs of the Indians and ancient Britons. Continuation of Smith's history of Virginia.
P O E T R Y.
On the departure of a young gentleman who failed for England sometime since, Lines written by a youth on the death of Mr. of Sharon, New-York. Printed by Samuel Loudon, And Sold by Messrs. S. and R. Campbell, Mr. S. Loudon, Messrs. Berry and Rogers, Mr. T. Allen, Mr. R. Hodge, Mr. T. Greenleaf, Mr. F. Childs, Mr. J. Reid.—Mr. J. Hallings, at Bolton.—Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, at Hartford.—Mr. J. Beers, at New-Haven.—Mr. A. Stoddard, at Hudson.—Messrs. W. Falconer and Co. at Albany.—Messrs. Young and McCulloch, at Philadelphia, Mrs. A. Timothy, at Charleston.
TO BE SOLD, At PRIVATE SALE,
A LOT of LAND, SITUATE on City Island, West-
chester county, about 20 miles up the East-River from New-York. The above Lot contains eight acres of land, and is well situated for a garden spot, for the supply of this city with vegetables, or tavern for the watermen.
On this lot is a small tenement, with one chimney only, and a never failing spring of fresh water. The excellence of this spot is too universally known, to require any particular description.
It was formerly the property of Mr. Gilead Hunt, who, by a deed of gift, conveyed it to Mrs. JEMIMA PELL (widow of the late Joseph Pell, of the Manor of Pelham) by whom a good title will be given.—Enquire at No. 25 Water-street.
To the afflicted with WORMS.
LATELY received from the western country, and may be had at No. 21, Beckman-street, an extraordinary and never-failing WORM POWDER. From long experience it has been found, that three doses of these Powders will effectually destroy the Worms, either in children or grown persons. New-York, Sept. 13, 1787. 32 c.d.
A PERSON perfectly acquainted with MERCHANTS ACCOUNTS, would be glad of employ, in that line, either in Posting of Books, or adjusting intricate accounts. Enquire of the Printer. New-York, October 25, 1787. 38 c.d.
FLAX-SEED, STORED, Cleaned, Purchased and
Sold at HARTELL and WOODWARD, Flax-seed floor lately occupied by Mr. JACO SARY, last by Mrs. Nash, between Van Zandt and Murray's Wharves. 38 c.d.
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