The New-York journal, and weekly register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1787-03-01 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register.
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—EVEN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE! Thompson's Liberty.
NUMB. 9, of VOL. XLI.]
THURSDAY, March 1, 1787.
[Total NUMB. 2104.]
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the eighteenth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq., Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Aaron Smith, and Abner Smith, executors of Jacob Smith, late of Smith-Town, in the county of Suffolk, yeoman, deceased, have by their petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Jacob Smith, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioners had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Jacob Smith, as far as they could discover the same; and that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of their said testator was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said Aaron Smith, and Abner Smith, have delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Jacob Smith, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the 5th day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Jacob Smith died seized, should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3 6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the nineteenth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq., Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Vanbaclah Robins, administrator of Nathaniel Brown, late of Huntington, in the county of Suffolk, yeoman, deceased, hath, by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Nathaniel Brown, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Nathaniel Brown, as far as he could discover the same; and that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of his said intestate was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said Vanbaclah Robins, hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Nathaniel Brown, do appear before him at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the sixth day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Nathaniel Brown died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3—6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the twenty-first Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq., Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Daniel Green, administrator of Samuel Green, late of South-Hempstead, in Queen's county, yeoman, deceased, hath by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Samuel Green, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state; that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Samuel Green, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of his said intestate was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said Daniel Green, hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Samuel Green, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the sixth day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Samuel Green died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3—6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
Seventy Pounds Reward.
A MOST wicked attempt having been made the night before last, to set fire to the house and buildings occupied by LEMON-TIS NOE, in the Dockward of this city; the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonality of the city of New-York, in common council convened, in order to promote a discovery, DO hereby offer a reward of Seventy Pounds, to be paid to any person who shall discover and prosecute to conviction the perpetrator or perpetrators of this horrid and dangerous act. 3— Feb. 14, 1787.
To be DISPOSED of at PUBLIC SALE, The following well improved FARMS, BEING part of the subscriber's lands in the county of Hunterdon, and state of New-Jersey, viz. in the townships of ALEXANDRIA.
   Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.     No. 78. 235. No. 74. 103.   92. 226. 102. 273.   83. 111. 103. 325.   89. 213 8-10. 104. 174 7-10.   150. 241 5-10. 115. 208.   75. 274. 112. 192.  
   BETHLEHEM.   Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.     No. 116. 238. No. 134. 256.   124. 226. 135. 138.   130. 149. 136. 291.   132. 247. 137. 181.   133. 190.  
   LEBANON.   Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.     No. 6. 189 8-10. No. 11. 202.   8. 244. 12. 274.   9. 236.  
   TEWKSBURY.   Lots. Acres. Lots. Acres.     No. 20. 178 7-10. No. 41. 380.   21. 179. 42. 257.   19. 385. 45. 185.   24. 275 4-10. 46. 220 6-16.   38. 93. 49. 140.   39. 187. 61. 238.   40. 230. 150. 119.  
The above farms are situated in a pleasant country, thickly inhabited, about thirty-five miles from Trenton, and about thirty from New-Brunswick, improved with houses, barns, orchards, meadow-ground, &c. The soil in general excellent for wheat and all kinds of summer grain; plentifully watered by never failing streams. The air uncommonly pure and healthy. A number of Grift-mills at convenient distances. The title clear and indisputable.
The terms of sale are as follows:—One third part of the purchase money to be paid on or before the fourth day of April next, when the possession of the premises, and a good and sufficient deed, with an absolute warrantee, will be given by the subscriber, on the purchaser's executing bonds, and a mortgage, if required, on the premises, for the remaining two third parts, to be paid in two equal annual payments without interest.
Interest will be allowed on money advanced before the payments become due.
The Sales of the Lots in the Township of ALEXANDRIA, to commence on Monday the twenty-sixth day of March next, at the house of Mr. Elisha Bird, and to be continued there the next day.
In the Township of BETHLEHEM, on Wednesday the 28th, at the house of Mr. Henry Compton.
In the Township of LEBANON, on Thursday the twenty-ninth, at the house of Mr. Peter Apper.
In the Township of TEWKSBURY, on Friday the thirtieth, at the house of Mr. Arthur Henry; and on Saturday the thirty-first, at the house of Mr. Aaron Dennis.
Farther information respecting any of the above FARMS may be had by calling on the subscriber, at his house in the said township of Lebanon; where he will be ready to treat with any person inclined to purchase at private sale.
The Paper Money of the state of New-York, as well as that of New-Jersey, will be received in payment.
JOHN STEVENS. Feb. 19, 1787. 3—7
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the twenty-first Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq., Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Catharine Codwise, administratrix of Christopher Codwise, late of the city of New-York, grocer, deceased, hath by her petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Christopher Codwise, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Christopher Codwise, as far as she had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of her said intestate was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said Catharine Codwise, hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Christopher Codwise, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the seventh day of April next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Christopher Codwise died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 3—6 THOMAS TREDWELL.
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD by HUGH GDINE, At his Book Store and Printing-Office, at the Bible in Hanover-Square, wholesale and retail, AND BY JOHN R. GAINE, At his Book-Store, almost opposite the Merchant's Coffee-House, in Water-Street; Gaine's Universal Register, OR Columbian Kalendar,
For the YEAR, 1787. Being the Third after Leap Year, and the Twelfth of American Independ. after the 4th of July.
CONTAINING ARTICLES of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the Thirteen United States. The different Treaties between his Most Christian Majesty and the United States.
A Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the King of Prussia and the United States. The Definitive Treaty between Great-Britain and the United States.
An Account of the principal Towns, Soil, Climate, Produce, Trade, Boundaries, Courts, Duties, Constitution and Government, with the Names of most of the Civil Officers in the different States on the Continent of North-America.
Rules for reducing the Currencies of the United States into all the others, and into English Money; and English Money into the different Currencies of the said States.
Tables of Depreciation for most of the States, as well as that established by Congress.
Tables of Lottery, at 5, 6, and 7 per Cent.
A better Table of Roads than any printed for some Time.
A table of the Rates at which Dollars pass in the several United States.
The Time of the Arrival and Departure of the Posts from the City of New-York, for every Part of the Continent.
The Names of the Directors of the Bank in this City, with their Rules and Regulations.
The Names of the Clergymen of every Persuasion in this City, with many other Things necessary to be known by every Person, as well Residents as Strangers; the whole, containing more in Quantity than any Book of the Kind ever published in America.
Some of them are bound up in the Manner of Pocket-Books, to contain Money. 2—4
THOMAS SMITH, BOOT and SHOE MAKER, AND LEATHER CUTTER, Queen-Street, No. 179, Corner of Beekman or Chapel Street.
SELLS all sorts of Boots and Shoes at the following prices:
   £. s. d.     Mens belt boots, town-made, warranted, 2 8 0   Common ditto, ditto, ditto, 2 4 0   Mens shoes, best sort, ditto, ditto, 0 12 0   Ditto shoes, strong ditto, from 8f. 0 9 0   Womens satinet, or callimanco shoes, 0 11 0   Ditto, leather ditto, 0 8 0  
Boys, girls, and childrens shoes of all sorts.
English boot-legs, bend-soals, and country leather of all sorts, cheap for cash.
Black-ball of excellent quality for cleaning of boots and shoes, wholesale and retail.
A quantity of mens strong floes, fit for country store-keepers, or the southern trade, and will be exchanged for tanned leather, or raw hides.
Wanted, North-American BANK-BILLS.
CLAIMS against the United States. Office of Accounts, Marine Department, New-York, Jan. 1, 1787.
ALL persons having claims against the United States for services performed, or articles supplied in the Marine Department, are hereby notified, that unless their accounts are speedily sent to this office, they will be precluded from any settlement, as a day will shortly be fixed, after which no claims will be received.
BENJAMIN WALKER, Commissioner.
The several Printers throughout the United States, are requested to insert the above in their papers. 3
Just received from PHILADELPHIA, And to be Sold by ELIZABETH HOLT, No. 25, WATER-STREET, Price 3 Dollars,
The Lyric Works of Horace, Translated into English Verse:
To which are added, A Number of Original Poems.
THIS Translation of the Odes, Epodes, and secular Poems of Horace, is the first Work of that Nature ever attempted in America.—The five Books, together with every particular Ode and Epode, are addressed to many distinguished, civil and military Characters among us.
The above Work is the Production of a young Gentleman, a Native of America, and late an Officer of Rank in the American Army. 2
VELLUM and PARCHMENT, ALSO, Blanks of all Sorts, SOLD at this PRINTING-OFFICE.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the fourteenth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq., Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Mary Brown, administratrix of Elijah Brown, late of Southhold, in the county of Suffolk, yeoman, deceased, with his will annexed, hath by her petition presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Elijah Brown, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Elijah Brown, as far as she could discover the same; and that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of her said testator was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said Mary Brown, hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Elijah Brown, do appear before him at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the twenty-ninth day of March next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Elijah Brown died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. THOMAS TREDWELL.
By the honorable JOHN SLOSS HOBART, Esq., one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of Benjamin Hildreth, jun. of the city of New-York, distiller, to appear (if they or any of them think proper) before the said judge, at his chamber situate in Crown-Street, in the said city, on Friday the second day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon of the same day, to show cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the estate of the said Benjamin Hildreth, junior, should not be made, and be thereupon discharged, pursuant to the mode prescribed and directed in and by an act of the legislature of the state of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 19th of April, 1786.
BENJAMIN HILDRETH, Junior. Dated this 9th day of February, 1787. 2—4. Petitioning creditor, BENJAMIN HILDRETH.
THIS DAY, Is dissolved, the CO-PARTNERSHIP of MING and UTT.
ANY Persons, having Demands against said Co-partnership, are desired to furnish their accounts for settlement, and those indebted are likewise desired to make speedy payment to either of the said partners, that they may be enabled to pay off all just demands against them. MING and UTT. New-York, Feb. 12, 1787. 2—4
To be Sold, at Private Sale, THE House No. 21, Greenwhich-Street, opposite the Air Furnace, near the North-River, with the lease of the two Lots whereon said House is built, of which forty-six years are unexpired.
The above House is a noted stand for a tavern; containing three rooms on each floor; stabling for horses; subject to forty shillings each lot per year ground rent.
The House rents for 35 pounds per annum. For further particulars, enquire of Mr. JONAS UTT, on the premises, or the Printer hereof. New-York, Feb. 12, 1787. 2
Mr. RUSPINI, SURGEON DENTIST,
FINDING his engagements abroad in the morning are attended with very great inconvenience, begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that for the future he means to attend at his rooms, No. 42, Hanover-Square, from seven o'clock in the morning till twelve o'clock at noon, where he may be consulted upon all complaints incident to the Teeth and Gums, and the most effectual method of preserving them in a healthy and beautiful state to extreme old age, and the remainder of the day he will attend his patients abroad.
N. B. Ruspini's Dentifrice, Powder, and Tincture to be had at his rooms, No. 42, Hanover-Square, and of Messieurs Berry and Roger, No. 35, Hanover-Square.
Also, Ruspini's most extraordinary Styptic Solution, which has been found so efficacious in all kinds of Hemorrhages to be had at the above places. Jan. 25, 1787.
TO BE SOLD, And Possession given immediately, A twelve years Lease of
THAT very convenient HOUSE, No. 2, in WATER-STREET, being one of the best Stands for Business in this City. The House is convenient for a Family.—For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises. JACOB HALLET. 2101—

MISCELLANY.
HOUSE of ASSEMBLY.
Saturday, Feb. 17, A.M.
THE house met pursuant to adjournment. General Malcom, agreeable to the notice he had given, moved for the following resolutions.
Mr. Jones thought the resolution, as it stood, was rather improper, he made some observations for its amendment. Several other gentlemen made remarks on the resolution; it was at length amended and agreed to as follows:—
Resolved (if the honorable the senate concur herein) That the delegates of this state, in the Congress of the United States, be, and they hereby are instructed to move in Congress for an act, recommending to the states composing the union, that a convention of representatives from the said states, respectively, be held, and meet at a time and place to be mentioned in such recommendation, for the purpose of revising the articles of confederation and perpetual union, between the United States of America; and reporting to the United States in Congress assembled, and to the states respectively, such alterations and amendments to the said articles of confederation, as the representatives met in such convention shall judge proper, and necessary to render them adequate to the preservation and government of the union.
On motion of Mr. Taylor, the house went into a committee of the whole, on the tax bill.
Mr. Doughty in the chair.
Mr. Hamilton observed, that as the present bill exhibited a new system of taxation, it might be proper to enter into some explanation of its principles. It was agreed on all hands, that the system heretofore in use was full of defects; both in the view of equality among individuals and of revenue to the state. From the legislature to the assessors, all was conjecture and uncertain. To begin with the legislature,—what criterion could any man possibly have by which to estimate the relative abilities of the several counties; for his part, he had thought maturely of the subject, but could find none. The whole must be either a business of honest guessing, or interested calculations of county convenience, in which each member would endeavor to transfer the burthen of his county to another. The same thing must happen in the subdivisions among the districts by the supervisors; and a still more striking manner in the apportionment of the tax to individuals by the assessors. How can they possibly ascertain the comparative abilities of individuals?—appearances more than realities must govern. The merchant or factor, who has a large store of goods, for which, perhaps, he owes more than the amount, will pay much more than a man of less apparent gains, though ten times as much property. This he mentioned by way of example. The same thing happened among other orders of the society. To-day assessor (my friend) taxes me at ten pounds. To-morrow one less my friend will tax me for four times the sum. Infinite differences must happen from the different degrees of judgement men possess, from their different biases and inclinations—a great inequality results, and all is uncertainty.
Mr. Hamilton quoted sentiments of celebrated Mr. Neckar, disapproving of a practice which puts one citizen so much in the power of another. Equality and certainty, says he, are the two great objects to be aimed at in taxation.
The present bill does not pretend to reach absolute equality. This is impossible—No human plan can attain it—The variety of circumstances to be taken into the calculation, are too complicated to be comprised in any scheme that could be devised.
But the principles of the present bill will approach much nearer to equality than the former system; and it will have the great advantage of certainty. It leaves nothing to discretion—every man can himself estimate what he has to pay, without being dependent on the caprices, the affections, or the enmities of another.
The bill in its present form, is but an imperfect sketch. It is in the power of the committee to make it better. The land tax in particular, may require great alterations—He had not been able to satisfy himself on this part of the plan. All was of course submitted to the discretion of the committee.
One thing only was clear; that we could not fall upon a worse system than the present—any change would be for the better; and time and experience would mature and meliorate it.
The bill was then taken into consideration. On reading the paragraphs much debate ensued; amendments were proposed, and adopted.
It was moved that the committee rise and report, which was agreed to.
The house went into a committee of the whole, on the bill for preventing frauds.
Mr. Harper made some objection to a clause in the bill, because he thought it did not afford a remedy to the settlers of new lands in not enabling them to recover the value of their improvements from the owners of such lands.
Mr. Jones and Mr. Hamilton obviated the objections of Mr. Harper, by explaining the law.
Reported. Adjourned until Monday.
Monday, Feb. 19. The house met pursuant to adjournment.
The bill, entitled, "An act for the prevention of frauds," was read a third time and passed into a law; after which ten petitions were read and committed.
A message from the senate, by judge Ward, with the following resolutions, which were concurred in by the house:—
Resolved (if the honorable the assembly concur herein) that in order to prevent any uneasiness which may arise in the minds of the Six Nations, from misrepresentations of the terms of the mutual agreement and act of cession lately executed between the commissioners on the part of this state, and on the part of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to the land within this state, now held and occupied by the said Indians, it is necessary that the said agreement and act of cession be communicated and explained to them as soon as may be.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, make such communications, in person, or if necessary, by such other person or persons as he shall appoint for that purpose; and that he transmit a copy of the resolutions to the executive of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and express, as the will of this legislature, that a similar communication should be made on the part of the said commonwealth, at such time and place as shall be agreed on by their Excellencies the Governor of this state, and the Governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
monwealth of Massachusetts, and express, as the will of this legislature, that a similar communication should be made on the part of the said commonwealth, at such time and place as shall be agreed on by their Excellencies the Governor of this state, and the Governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Resolved, That this state will provide for the defraying the expence which may accrue on the part of this state in making such communication.
Resolved (if the honorable the assembly concur herein) That his Excellency the Governor be requested to direct the Surveyor-General, or such other person as he may appoint for that purpose, to run out and mark the line commonly called the line of property, as established in 1786, between the Indians of the Six Nations and the crown of Great-Britain so far as the same relates to this state; and that provision be made for defraying the expence attending the same.
Resolved (if the honorable the assembly concur herein) That the commissioners of the land-office be enabled, by law, to grant to George N. Kirkland, and John J. Kirkland, sons of the Rev. Samuel Kirkland, a tract of land of one mile square, in the Oneida country, to begin at the east corner of the land given by them to James Dean; thence running northerly one mile, thence west at right angles with the aforesaid line one mile; thence southerly one mile; thence easterly one mile to the place of beginning, agreeable to their petition. And that his Excellency the Governor be requested, by letter or otherwise, to communicate to the Oneida nation the substance of this and the last preceding resolution.
A number of bills and acts were now read a second time; and the house adjourned until to-morrow.
Tuesday, Feb. 20. The house met pursuant to adjournment.
The bill for the relief of Abraham Lott, was read a third time, and passed into a law.
The bill for the relief of Frederick Wisenfelts, was read a third time, and passed into a law.
The house went into a committee of the whole, on the tax bill, Mr. Doughty in the chair.
That part of the bill, which enacts that a tax be laid on certain instruments of writing in the courts of justice, and which particularly effects the gentlemen of the law, was warmly contested by Colonel's Varick and Hamilton, and Mr. Jones.
Colonel Varick opposed the clause, because it was putting in force that most excellent part of our constitution, which declares, that judges should be independent of the legislature; this, at present, was not the case, &c.
Mr. Jones was in favor of the clause.
Colonel Varick called for a division.
Question, will the house strike out the clause?
Yeas. Messieurs Varick, Denning, Doughty, Strang, Lockwood, Purdy, Schenck, Dubois, Olburn, Thomas. 10.
Nays. Messieurs Vrooman, C. Livingston, Malcom, Hamilton, Bayard, Ray, Bancker, Clark, Harper, Cannon, Parker, Jones, Wyckoff, E. Clark, Paine, Gordon, Fry, Crane, Savage, Martin, Griffin, Rockwell, John Livingston, Thorn, J. Livingston, Tallman, C. Smith, Patterson, Armstrong, Sickles, Cooper, Townsend, Havens, Dewitt, Bachelor, Cantine, Snyder, Powers, Tierce, Taylor, Glenn, Ludington, Brinkerhoff, Bronck.
The question was lost, and the clause remains in the bill.
On that part of the bill which imposes a partial tax on bachelors;—
Colonel Varick moved, that it be expunged for the same reasons he had before advanced.
Mr. Brooks seconded the motion; he saw no reason, he said, why a man should be taxed for the misfortune of being a bachelor.
The question was called for and lost.
On motion of Mr. Hamilton, that part of the bill respecting the impost, was erased.
Considerable time was spent in the consideration of this clause.—It was at length moved, that the committee report, which was agreed to.
A message from the senate by Mr. Morris, informing, that the senate have concurred in the resolution for the delegates in this state, moving that Congress recommend the calling a convention for revising and amending the confederation.
Adjourned until to-morrow.
Wednesday, Feb. 21. The house met pursuant to adjournment, and agreed to the minutes of yesterday.
Mr. Bancker, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of William More, reported, that the prayer of the petition be granted; and that they had prepared a bill for that purpose.
On motion of Mr. Taylor, the report was rejected.
On motion of Mr. Taylor, the house went into a committee of the whole, on the bill for regulating the fees of the officers and ministers of the courts of justice within this state.
Mr. Brooks in the chair.
This subject was warmly debated by Messieurs Taylor, Varick, Purdy, Jones, and Hamilton, for upwards of two hours, and the final vote of the house was not taken this day.
A message from the council of revision was delivered by Mr. Yates, with the following resolution:
That it does not appear improper to the council, that the bill, entitled, "An act for the better securing the liberty of the citizens of this state, and for the prevention of imprisonment," should become a law of this state.
A message from the senate was received by Mr. Peter Schuyler, informing, that the senate have agreed to the law for the relief of Abraham Lott; and another for the relief of Frederick Wisenfelts, and that they had also passed the bill, entitled, "an act for settling intestate estates, and proving wills, and granting administrations," notwithstanding the objections of the council.
The senate also sent for concurrence, the following resolution:
Resolved (if the honorable the assembly concur herein) That his Excellency the Governor of this state, be requested to issue a Proclamation, offering the rewards which have been proclaimed by his Excellency Governor Bowdoin, for apprehending Daniel Shays, of Pelham, and Luke Day, of West-Springfield, in the county of Hampshire; Adam Wheeler, of Hubbardston, in the county of Worcester, and Eli Parsons, of Adams, in the county of Berkshire, all of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, if they shall be found within this state;
and that he give assurance that such reward will be paid by the treasurer of this state, to any person or persons who shall deliver the said Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, or either of them into the custody of any of the sheriffs within this state; and that he further enjoin it on the citizens of this state, not to supply with provisions, arms, or military stores, nor to afford any other aid whatever to any person or persons who shall be found in arms against the said commonwealth.
With this resolution the senate sent a message they had received from his Excellency the Governor, including a letter from Governor Bowdoin, of Massachusetts, requesting his Excellency to issue this proclamation; and to take measures to prevent Shays, or any of his adherents, from having any supplies or assistance from this state: stating, that in a certain part of this state, adjoining Massachusetts, many of our citizens were disposed to encourage them. He gave this intelligence to his Excellency from authority, as a matter which nearly concerned, not only the peace of this, but of the United States.
With the same message, a letter from Governor Cawwell of North-Carolina, was also received, inclosing an act of that state for appointing commissioners to meet in May next, at Philadelphia, for the purpose of revising and amending the federal constitution.
Adjourned until to-morrow.
A plain EXPOSITION of the DAILY PUBLIC SERVICE of the CHURCH of ENGLAND. In a series of Letters.
[Published at the request of a number of the respectable readers of this Journal.]
LETTER I.
LET me beg the favour of you to allow me, in some future numbers of your valuable publication, a place for this and a few other letters. They are drawn up, with a view to recommend to a more general notice and approbation, the many and comprehensive excellencies of the public liturgy of our church. The subject is too important, not to claim the most serious attention of every well-directed mind; nor have I the least doubt but the attempt to do it some little justice, will be highly acceptable to your readers. The undertaking will, I fear, require your indulgence; but I will be as brief in my remarks as possible; and I flatter myself that while they are instructive to those who may not duly have considered the matter in question; they will not be unuseful to the more intelligent. Especially they will shew our regard to the apostle's determination in a like case; and that we are not negligent to put men in remembrance of those things, though they do know them, and are established in the present truth. 2 Pet. 1. 12.
Now since the worship of God is the greatest and most honourable among all the employments of the children of men, from which, as the meanest are not excluded, so neither are the greatest exempted; since the highest amongst men, even they who sit on thrones, must bow before the altars of the Most High, and do never appear in such true glory in the eyes of God and men, as when, like the celestial hierarchy, they fall down, and cast their crowns before the throne; this universal duty, therefore, certainly demands to be performed with the greatest decorum, and set off with the highest order and magnificence.
When king David, the man after God's own heart, delivered instructions to Solomon for building the temple, he gave in charge that it should be exceeding magnificent; and the reason afterwards urged is no less awful than just: For the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. As the house of God, so the worship performed in it should in like manner be exceeding magnificent. For it is a work of a superior and incommunicable nature; it is not a respect paid to our superior, it is not an offering made to our governors; it is not an homage done to our prince: worship, is not for man but for the Lord God.
The temple of Solomon, we read, though in much larger dimensions, was made after the pattern of the tabernacle, Exod. xxv. 9, which was shewed to Moses by God himself in the mount; and thus the christian church is built after the pattern of the Jewish, though of much larger comprehension. Christ the builder was pleased to erect it upon the same plan, and to retain the like essentials. As the entrance into the Jewish church was by circumcision, so the entrance into the christian church is by baptism. As every one who was circumcised, and thereby became an Israelite, was obliged to eat of the passover, Exod. xii. 48, so every one who is baptised, and thereby become a christian, is, in duty bound, to partake of the Lord's supper. These two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper, being ordained by Christ himself, are essential to his church; so that if there be a congregation that calls itself a church of Christ, while it retains not these, we may pronounce of it, that it is none of his.
As in the Jewish church there were appointed three orders in the priesthood, High-priest, Priests, and Levites; so in the christian church are appointed Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in a like subordination; nor is this ecclesiastical government in these three orders, which was instituted by Christ, and planted by his apostles, less essential to the christian church, than the orders in the Levitical priesthood were to the Jewish.
But then, as to the ceremonies of that church, the modes, times and circumstances of worship, the habits of the priesthood, the courses of their ministry, and the vessels of their sanctuary; in a word, all that is for the work of the service in the house of the Lord; all these which were prescribed under the law, are now under the gospel left at liberty, without any particular direction or restraint, but that rule or canon of the great apostle, Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Cor. xiv. 40.
This apostolical canon hath been faithfully observed by those holy men who compiled the form of our established worship. Those wise master-builders, who, at the REFORMATION, had the charge of that great work, contrived all its ceremonies with such significance, placed all its offices in such regularity, and just order, that we may properly take up the boast of Tyre concerning this Sion, and say, that her builders have perfected her beauty.
There are two qualifications, the one absolutely necessary, the other highly useful for the worship of God. The first is, that it be holy; the next, that it be also beautiful. When both these are united, then only we may be said to observe that direction which David delivered to the priests and Levites,
whom he first established into a choir, for the more graceful performance of divine worship; and to worship indeed the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Now both these qualifications we hope to shew are in the most eminent degree contained in our liturgy; that form of common prayer established in our church.
First, Let us turn our view upon the public worship established amongst us, and enquire if it be not suitable to the holiness of that ever-blessed being to whom it is addressed: Let us see, whether all its prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, confessions, absolutions, and whatever else make up the body of our service, are not in themselves perfectly holy, without any remains of superstition or idolatry; and whether they do not all tend at once to sanctify the sincere worshipper, to enlighten his understanding, to purify his will, and to breathe into his soul holy affections.
Before the REFORMATION, when this church was held in vassalage to that of Rome, we confess she was greatly corrupted in her worship with the same idolatries, and copiously to wear the same garb of superstition and error; and this for many centuries, till her chains might be said to be consumed even of their own rust. But at the Reformation, now above two hundred years ago, called by Divine providence, to shake herself from the dust, and loose her neck from the band, this captive daughter (Isaiah li. 1, 2.) arose, and casting away all her idolatrous corruptions, put on in their stead her ancient strength, her beautiful garments, as in the days of her first marriage with Christ. [Continued.]
*** Our worthy Correspondent will please to accept small portions of these Letters until after the present session of the honorable the Legislature.
By His Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esq.
Governor of the State of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS his Excellency JAMES BOWDOIN, Esq. Governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, did issue his proclamation, bearing date the 9th day of this inst. month of February, setting forth, that the general court of the said commonwealth had, on the 4th day of the said month declared, that a horrid and unnatural rebellion had been openly and traitorously raised and levied against the said commonwealth, with design to subvert and overthrow the constitution and form of government thereof, and further setting forth, that it appeared that DANIEL SHAYS, of Pelham, and LUKE DAY, of West-Springfield, in the county of Hampshire; ADAM WHEELER, of Hubbardston, in the county of Worcester, and ELI PARSONS, of Adams, in the county of Berkshire, within the said commonwealth, had been principals in, and abettors and supporters of the said unnatural, unprovoked, and wicked rebellion against the dignity, authority, and government of the said commonwealth; the said proclamation was therefore, at the desire of the said general court, issued for discovering and apprehending the said several offenders above named, so that they might be rendered to justice; and it was thereby declared, that the persons who should apprehend them, should be entitled to receive out of the public treasury for that service, a reward of ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY POUNDS for the said Daniel Shays, ONE HUNDRED POUNDS each for the said Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons; and his said Excellency the Governor of the said commonwealth hath, in conformity to the articles of confederation and perpetual union between the United States, demanded of me, that the said offenders above named, if they shall have fled to this state, be delivered up and removed to the said commonwealth; And whereas the senate and assembly of this state, in order more fully to evince the sense of the government of this state, have requested me to give assurances that the several rewards above mentioned, will be paid out of the treasury of this state, to any person or persons who shall apprehend the said offenders above named, respectively, and deliver them into the custody of any of the sheriffs within this state—I have therefore issued this proclamation, hereby requiring all sheriffs and other officers, and ministers of justice within their respective bailiwicks and jurisdictions, and all other the citizens of this state, to take and apprehend the said Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, if they shall be found within this state, and convey to one of the goals within this state, and deliver them to the keeper of such goal, who is hereby required to receive them, and to keep them in safe and close custody in the such goal, until they the said several offenders above named shall be removed to the said commonwealth of Massachusetts, or until they shall severally, by due course of law, be delivered from the goal to which they shall be respectively committed: and I do hereby offer and assure to the person or persons who shall, within this state, apprehend the said Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, severally, and deliver them into the custody of any of the sheriffs thereof, the respective rewards above mentioned, to be paid out of the treasury of this state: and I do hereby enjoin and require the citizens of this state, not to supply with provisions, arms, or military stores, nor to afford any other aid whatsoever to any person or persons who shall be found in arms against the said commonwealth, as they will answer the same at their peril.
Given under my Hand and the Privy Seal, at the City of New-York, this twenty-fourth Day of February, in the eleventh Year of the INDEPENDENCE of the said state, 1787. GEORGE CLINTON.
A NUMBER of gentlemen of reputation having associated for the purpose of enquiring into the circumstances of persons confined in the goal of this city, for debt, and affording such relief as their necessities require, invite the charitably disposed citizens of New-York, to deposit such sums as they may be willing to contribute for that purpose, in the hands of the Rev. Mr. Rogers, Rev. Mr. Beach, Rev. Mr. Lynn, or Lawrence Embree; and they may rest assured, that the same shall be faithfully applied for that purpose.
*** The several printers in New-York, are requested to insert the above in their respective papers, and continue it so long as shall be deemed necessary to answer the design of its publication.

New-York, March 1.
WOULD it were not so! exclaimed a correspondent, when he beheld the information of Governor Bowdoin to Governor Clinton, from authority, declaring, that, in a certain part of this state, adjoining Massachusetts, many of our citizens were disposed to encourage the rebellious insurgents of that state! but true it must be. Beware my fellow-countrymen, how ye dabble in the smoking waters of treason and rebellion! be forewarned, that the very breath that proceeds from a rebel's nostrils, and the venomous froth from his savage mouth, communicate the infection! an infection, more fatal than the Egyptian plagues—crueller than the raging hydrophobia, from which, with eager steps, ye run. Our correspondent concludes by observing, it must afford a peculiar satisfaction to every friend to good government, that the several branches of the legislature of this state, have so independently, and so expeditiously co-operated with the government of Massachusetts, in the means for detecting those enemies to the common safety—Shays, Day, Wheeler, Lee, and Parsons,—and delivering them into the sacred hands of justice.
His Excellency the president of the state of New-Hampshire has assured Governor Bowdoin, that every effort shall be tried to apprehend the rebels, if any are to be found within the limits of New-Hampshire, that they may be sent to receive the punishment due to their offence.
In our last the public were left in suspense with respect to the success of General Patterson's expedition against the rebels, under one Wiley, at Stockbridge, in Massachusetts. It is now affirmed, in the most positive terms, by letters from gentlemen in the state's army, on the spot, that General Patterson, General Shepard, Colonel Tupper, Captain Buffington, &c. under the command of General Lincoln, have put an end to the rebellion in the counties of Hampshire, and Berkshire. General Shepard ordered Major Wiley, who commanded the party, to disperse his people immediately, or he would fire upon them. Wiley immediately ordered his people to disperse, which they did. Wiley requested General Patterson to promise his exertions in favor of himself and people with the government, that they might be tried for their conduct in this county. The General promised he would, but they must expect nothing more, for he could not give them any other assurances than his own personal recommendation, as he had no authority to do any such thing. I believe the affair has been represented very much to his disadvantage. He had not received any information of their being declared in a state of rebellion. These letters all agree in Wiley's flight to Vermont, and the capture of different parties of rebels almost daily. They all likewise agree in setting the military manoeuvres of the state's officers in a most honorable point of view: the behaviour of General Patterson they particularly emphasize, on account of there having been circulated a number of reports that rather derogated from the honor and applause that was really his due.
We are assured, that, in the late convention of the counties of Lincoln, York, and Cumberland, in Massachusetts, on the subject of petitioning the general court for a separate government, out of 93 towns and plantations only 32 gave a vote—24 in favor of the separation, 8 against it, and 61 neutres. From these circumstances it is presumed, that no material alteration will originate in the government of that commonwealth. This romantic idea is viewed only as a partial hobby-horse of a few noisy individuals, whom nothing less than perfection in government, or a total annihilation of it, will pacify.
Reports were circulating in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, on the 13th ult. that Shays was seen to pass through Bennington (Vermont) with a number of his officers, on his way to Canada.
We learn, that the 11th of February, when the illustrious GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esquire, entered his 56th year, was celebrated in several of the capital cities within the United States.
His Excellency, the venerable Dr. FRANKLIN, entered his 82d year on the 27th of January last.
It is a melancholy reflection, and a subject of the most unfeigned regret to Americans, that our Hibernian friends daily retrograde from the magnanimous principles of virtuous patriots, by espousing the pusillanimous habit of Eiau of old, who parted with his birth-right for a mess of pottage.
A late letter from Ireland mentions, that the volunteers muster stronger than for three years past; that England is trying to effect a union similar to that with Scotland, which will put an end to volunteering, and lay their boasted INDEPENDENCE in the dirt. The people, says this writer, are so publicly corrupt and privately wicked, that I think the English cabinet will carry any measure in the parliament here—for, the PATRIOTS,—as they are called, are almost daily SELLING THEMSELVES.
A correspondent observes,—happening to take up the Morning Post of Feb. 23d ult. on Friday last, at the Coffee-house, I cast my eye over the following paragraph—"The 10th instant, died at Boston, the Rev. Mr. Charles Chauncy, a popular teacher among the faints of the east!" The diction of the paragraph proves the author ignorant of either the public or private character of the venerable Doctor, during his life of piety. If this paragraph was meant as a sarcasm—be it known to Mr. MORTON, that the fame of the Doctor, as a literary personage, and as a benevolent christian, is founded upon too broad a base, and is too extensively established, to suffer the least diminution from his infidel attacks.
A Baltimore paper says:—The public are cautioned against taking a species of light Half Dollars and Quarters, that are now pouring in among us. They pass as Pifreens in the other states, which is their intrinsic value.—They may be distinguished by wanting the pillars on the reverse of the coin.
On Thursday the 15th ult. the following characters were apprehended and committed to jail in Boston, viz. Joseph Smith, Thomas Port, and Barnabus Crucer. They stand charged with having feloniously entered the dwellinghouse of Mr. ADAM HUBLEY, of Philadelphia, on the night of the 17th of November last, and robbing it of certificates to the amount of several thousand pounds, besides other property.
Extract of a letter from Davidson county, in the Western part of North-Carolina, Nash-ville, October 20, 1786.
People who live on these waters have been made very uneasy by a report lately circulated, concerning the designs of the Spanish Court. We are informed that the Spanish MINISTER at New-York has formally proposed to Congress, that they should relinquish all claims to the navigation of the Mississippi, at least for the term of 21 years. Whatever property I may possess in this country, I do not find myself more interested in this question than others of the inhabitants, for every man considers that his all is at stake. The man who takes or destroys one half of your property to-day, may be capricious enough to claim the other half to-morrow. We cannot see any good reason why the Spanish Court should have refused us the navigation of a river which was formerly open to the British. They cannot possibly suppose that the United States alone are more formidable or more dangerous as neighbours, than the same people would have been if they had continued to be part of the British nation, for a part is not usually stronger than the whole. Perhaps they treat us with contempt, and for that reason will not grant us what they never would have refused to Great-Britain:—The supposition is somewhat humiliating, but it is probable. I do not think that Spain ought to be more generous or more just than other nations, and I have been taught to believe that the opinions of Statesmen concerning justice are greatly influenced by the length of their respective swords. The Spanish Minister ought to reason like other politicians, but still I cannot perceive why he thinks it wise to exclude us from the navigation of the Mississippi. The inhabitants of this country contend, that every great river passing through an empire is to be considered as a general gift of Heaven which cannot submit to any monopoly. They say that Spain has no more right to stop our navigation than she has to prevent the sun from shining upon our fields; by this she would prevent our crops from growing and by that she renders them of little use when they are grown.
[The writer of the letter from which the above is extracted is too lengthy for this day's paper. He has taken up the subject at large, and discussed it with apparent justice, and as the topic will probably become of public importance, and may be argued in the first body-politic in the union, we promise the remaining part of the letter next week.]
The legislature of the commonwealth of Virginia (in order to make immediate provision for the sum of ninety thousand dollars in the present emergency of affairs, in compliance with the requisition of Congress of the 21st of October last) have passed a law (to continue in force for one year) enacting, "that after the 10th of January, 1787, an additional duty of six shillings per hogshead on every hogshead of tobacco, passed at and shipped from any public warehouse within that commonwealth, shall be paid to the inspectors of such warehouses, respectively, for the time being, at the time of the delivering out the tobacco for exportation, to be accounted for by the inspectors, and paid into the public treasury at the following periods, to wit the first day of March, the first day of October, and the 31st day of December; for which they will be allowed two and a half per cent."
The house of delegates of Maryland have adjourned to March 20, it is said, after doing those things which they ought not to have done, and leaving undone those things which they ought to have done. The paper money plan has caused a disagreeable variance to exist between the senate and delegates, their bill for emitting paper money having been unanimously rejected by the senate as utterly incompetent to afford relief. The senate expresses a desire to co-operate in some other measures that might be calculated to afford relief, but have not authority to originate them. They regret that the house adjourned without considering the requisitions of Congress in matters of highest import—that no delegates were chosen to meet in convention at Philadelphia in May, next, on commercial matters, &c. &c.
On Tuesday, last week, the house of assembly of Pennsylvania convened pursuant to adjournment.
Accounts from North-Carolina say:—A law has passed which enacts, that no more than one lawyer shall for the future speak for each party, in any Court of the State.
By the same law the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace, out of Court, has been extended to all suits not exceeding twenty pounds.
The sum of $1,080. 13s. 9d. is to be raised by a tax, for the present year, and to be appropriated as follows:
For the civil-list department 16,000. 0 0.—This State's quota of the principal and interest on the French and Dutch loans, to be paid in the year 1787, 46,401. 12 0.—Contingencies, including warrants and drafts unpaid, exclusive of due bills issued in 1786, 11,680. 3 9.—Commissions and insolvencies, 6,990. 3 2.
We learn, that a number of very respectable characters in this city, have in contemplation the establishing an Office to insure Houses from Fire, and that it will soon be carried into execution.
Late accounts from England advise that tobacco is prohibited from being imported into any port in Great-Britain in American bottoms.
By the United States in Congress assembled, February 21, 1787.
Whereas there is provision in the articles of confederation and perpetual union for making alterations therein by the assent of a Congress of the United States, and of the legislatures of the several states; and whereas experience hath evinced, that there are defects in the present confederation, as a mean to remedy which several of the states, and particularly the state of New-York, by express instructions to their delegates in Congress, have suggested a convention for the purposes expressed in the following resolution, and such convention appearing to be the most probable mean of establishing in these states, a firm national government,
Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient, that on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution adapted to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the union.
CHARLES THOMPSON, Secretary.
A correspondent addresses the EDITOR as follows:
SIR,—You will permit me to rejoice with your correspondent of the 24th inst. at the prospect we have of snatching up by the roots such baneful weeds as those atrocious extortioning usurers, who have sucked out the vitals of many of our heretofore creditable citizens, and particularly of the exiles, who, returning to the city with light purses, were taken advantage of, and by their necessities induced to borrow money at the enormous interest of 7 and 8 per cent. per month, and from disappointments obliged to renew their loans upon the same, and sometimes upon more disadvantageous terms, until their whole substance was gone: This was generally accomplished within the twelve months, to the utter ruin of their families, and the disgrace and discredit of the public police of the city, who permitted them with apparent impunity (at least unresisted) to violate a law made for the special purpose of preventing and punishing the enormities daily committed by them.
[This correspondent goes on to compliment the editor of this paper at the expence of his brother types, which neither his modesty nor his independence of spirit, will suffer him to insert.—He adds a number of circumstances which in some measure bear the guise of uncertainty, quite mistaking the genius of this paper, which is, to guard every avenue to the safety of the citizens, exposing the NAMES, at length, of every enemy to justice, of every rank, or denomination (THE CHARGE PROPERLY SUPPORTED) without regard either to fear or emolument, unless it be the satisfactory reflections that may naturally accrue from a consciousness, of having guarded with faithfulness the sacred arsenals of freedom.—Whatever our correspondent may communicate through authoritative mediums shall be officially noticed.]
Our readers were informed, in Journal, No. 2090, by means of a London paragraph, that "Lord DORCHESTER goes to his government ARMED with power to settle any disputes between the Congress and the Canadians, relative to the boundaries fixed on at the conclusion of the late war, &c."—Whether Major BECKWITH, Aide-de-Camp to his Lordship, who arrived in this city on the 17th ultimo, is on private business, on a tour of pleasure, or comes clothed with this important ARMOUR of Sir GUY, has not yet transpired,—the latter, it were to be hoped, is the business of his journey.
MARRIED, on Monday the 12th ultimo, Mr. CHARLES R. WEBSTER, of the city of Albany, PRINTER, to Miss RACHAEL STEEL, daughter of Mr. ASHBELL STEEL, of the city of Hartford.
DIED, on Sunday last, in the 43d year of his age, Mr. JOHN MENNYE, who for several years past acted as a Teacher in this city, in which capacity, he gave the most convincing proofs of extreme diligence and assiduity, and shewed that he was well versed in the most expeditious and easy method of communicating knowledge to those committed to his care. He was esteemed an ingenious mathematician. He was brought up to the printing business, in Aberdeen, the place of his nativity.
POSTSCRIPT.
Received last night.
In the NORTHAMPTON paper, printed yesterday week (February 21) is a copy of an attested intercepted circular letter, from Eli Parsons, dated February 13, to the people of his clan—exhorting them, in the most pathetic terms, to support the internal cause they have undertaken, pointing out the fatal consequences of a failure. He informs, "The first step that I would recommend, is to destroy Shepard's army, then proceed to the county of Berkshire, as we are now collecting at New-Lebanon, in York state, and Pownal, in Vermont state, with a determination to carry our point, if fire, blood and carnage will effect it: therefore we beg that every friend will immediately proceed to the county of Berkshire, and help us to Burgoyne Lincoln and his army: I beg this may immediately circulate through your county."
A paragraph in this paper says:—
Many of the insurgents in this county, appear sincerely convinced of having acted with misguided heads, as a full proof of which, they now readily comply with the duties they owe their country, by depositing their arms and taking and subscribing the oath of allegiance to the state. But there are others still lurking, with fell malice and rancour, to perpetrate some horrid deed, as was exemplified last Saturday evening at Barnardstown, by one Parmater and two others, on meeting Mr. Whitney, of Northfield, and others, in a sleigh, together with a number on horse-back, unprovokedly fired upon them and killed Mr. Walker, of Whately.—The authors of it were lodged in the goal of this town last evening.
In last Thursday's (Boston) Independent Chronicle are a requisition of government, that the collectors of the taxes of 1786, instantly exert themselves to collect, and pay into the treasury, those within 50 miles from Boston in ten days, and those at a greater distance in thirty days from the receipt of this requisition; a compliance will be esteemed proof of their zeal to support the general interest.—A PROCLAMATION, by the Governor, promising pardon to all offenders described in a late act.—Another PROCLAMATION appointing Thursday the 22d day of this inst. March, to be observed as a day of solemn humiliation and prayer throughout the commonwealth, upon consideration of the signal frown of divine providence in suffering a rebellion to disturb its peace and bring its safety into hazard.
Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT by virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, issued out of the court of chancery to me directed, will be sold at twelve o'clock on Friday the sixth day of April next, at public vendue, at the Coffee-house, all that certain LOT of GROUND, situate, lying, and being in the city of New-York, on the north side of Bridge-street, bounded on the north and east by ground of Nicholas Roosevelt, on the south by the aforesaid street, and on the west by the ground of Job Myers.
A particular plan of the Lot, and the conditions of sale, will be exhibited at the time of the sale.
M. WILLET, Sheriff.
New-York, Feb. 27, 1787.
THEATRE.
To-Morrow Evening, March 2d. Will be performed, (Not performed here these 14 Years) A COMEDY, called The Beaux Stratagem, To which will be added A COMIC OPERA, called Rosina, or the Reapers. VIVAT RESPUBLIA.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office in the City of New-York, on the twenty-second Day of February, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
PRESENT, The Honorable THOMAS TREDWELL, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Benjamin Tripp, administrator of James Tripp, late of North-Castle, in the county of Westchester, trader, deceased, hath by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said James Tripp, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said James Tripp, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of his said intestate was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving will respecting real estates;" and the said Benjamin Tripp, hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said James Tripp, do appear before him, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the tenth day of April next, to cause, if any they have, why so much of the estate whereof the said James Tripp died should not be sold, as will be sufficient to debts. 4-7 THOMAS TREDWELL
TO BE SOLD, By way of Public Vendue
On Monday the 12th Day of March (If not before disposed of at PRIVATE) All that elegantly situated
Farm or Plantation
LYING and being in New-York at the fourth side of Staten-Island of one hundred and fifty acres of land, about; of which there is a due proportion, pasture, woodland, and salt meadow. The land is fertile, lies level, is well watered, commands an extensive prospect of Sandy Hook, and the adjacent shores of New-Jersey. The buildings are, a good commodious house containing four rooms on the first floor, a barn, cyder-mill, and sundry other out-buildings for the convenience of the farm. The situation of this place enjoys are numerous advantages, in abundance, can be had at a small distance from the farm.
Any person desirous of purchasing, will be pleased to apply to GOZEN RYERS, Esq. at the north end of the Island, or to the subscriber, residing near Richmond-town, who is ready to treat with them on reasonable terms, and will give a good indisputable title for the same. The vendue will be held at the Rose and Crown tavern, precisely at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon of the said day above appointed, when the conditions will be published by me, LEWIS RYERS. Staten-Island, Feb. 21, 1787. 4-5
To the PUBLIC.
MAJOR PENDLETON'S business calling him to the Southward, the STAGE-OFFICE is removed to HALL'S No. 49, Cortlandt-street, leading from Oswego-Market to Powles-Hook ferry, being the first brick house on the left hand from Broad-Way—where may be had GENTEL BOARDING and LODGING. The Boston and Albany STAGES will start on Monday and Thursday mornings, precisely at five o'clock; those who wish to take seats are requested to apply the evening previous to starting, and leave all extra baggage.
A HACKNEY
will always be ready to convey Ladies and Gentlemen to any part of the town they may please to direct. 4—
HOUSES to LET
MOSES GOMEZ, No. 203, WATER-STREET, has the following Houses to LET, Belonging to the Estate of MATTHIAS GOMEZ, deceased, viz.
THAT elegant HOUSE No. 27, Queen-street, in which Messieurs Roberts and George Service now reside.
TO BE SOLD.
TWO large COPPER STILLs—One containing 1200, and the other 600 gallons, with worms complete for the same.
TO LET.
The following HOUSES belonging to the Subscriber. THE House No. 28, Hanover-Square, in which Mr. John Hiern now resides. The House No. 30, Queen-street, occupied by Mr. Solomon Townsend.
ALSO TO LET,
A VACANT LOT, for one or a term of years, in Hage-street; 45 feet in length, and 21 feet six inches in front, and 19 feet in the rear—As also, either the whole of my STORE, No. 31, Front-street, or the two upper floors; being very fit for a Sail-Maker. MOSES GOMEZ.

POET'S CORNER.
LIPS and EYES.
A TALE.
IN Celia's face a question did arise, "Which were more beautiful, her lips or eyes?"
To Miss
I STRIVE alas! but strive in vain, This hopeless passion to subdue;
ANECDOTE.
WHEN Mr. Garrick was last in France, he happened to be in company with a select
was fondling his child at an open window whence they looked into the street;
company had recovered from their surprise when Mademoiselle Clairon caught Mr. Garrick
CURRENT
AT NEW-YORK.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Items include Wheat, Rye, Oats, Indian Corn, etc.
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Affize of BREAD.
A Wheaten Loaf of fine Flour, to weigh Two Pounds Four Ounces, for SIX-PENCE.
Flying Machine.
THE proprietors of the New Line of Stages respectfully inform the public, that after the 25th day of December, they will start in the following order, viz.
Two waggons will start from Powles-Hook at 3 o'clock P. M. every afternoon, during the winter season, Saturdays excepted.
The proprietors having thus situated themselves, in order to accommodate the public on the different routes, by Newark and Elizabeth-Town Point, and Messrs. Ryerfson and Twiggley, being prepared to co-operate with our line, to convey the passengers who choose to pass by water to and from New-York and Elizabeth-Town Point, they flatter themselves those Gentlemen and Ladies, who favor them with their custom, will be fully satisfied with their accommodations;
The public will please to attend, that the stages will start exactly at the hours proposed, and all delays for passengers will be inadmissible.
ICHABOD GRUMMAN, MATHIAS WARD, JOHN CUMMING, DANIEL MARSH, THOMAS EGBERT, WILLIAM JONES, DAVID HAMMILTON, FRANCIS WITT, CHARLES BESSONET, MICHAEL DENNISON.
New-York, Dec. 23, 1786. 95
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that on application made to me, Richard Varick, Esq. recorder of the city of New-York, by a creditor of John Magoffin, of Hunterdon county in the state of New-Jersey, a debtor residing without this state, I have in pursuance of the act, entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the 4th of April, 1786, directed all the estate real and personal of the said John Magoffin, within this state, to be seized, and that unless the said John Magoffin does discharge his debts within one year from the date hereof, all his estate real and personal so seized will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors.
Given under my hand this 11th day of September, 1786.
81— RICHARD VARICK.
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ELIZABETH HOLT.
New-York, Feb. 15, 1786.
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E. H.
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BARON STEUBEN'S Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops, of the United States;
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WHEREAS Gilbert Ash, of the city of New-York, in North America, joiner, and Mary his wife (for the securing the payment of Thirteen Hundred and Seventy-five Spanish Milled Dollars, at four shillings and six-pence sterling each dollar, or the value thereof in gold or silver, with six per cent. interest for the same, according to the condition of a certain bond bearing date the fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and executed by the said Gilbert Ash, to Daniel Underhill, of the township of Oyster-Bay, in Queen's county, on Long-Island) did, by indenture of mortgage, bearing date the said fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, mortgage to the said Daniel Underhill, all that certain lot or parcel of land situate, lying, and being within the city of New-York, in Montgomery-Ward, fronting King George's-street, now called William-street, to the westward, and Frankford-street to the northward, containing in breadth, at the north end on Frankford-street, twenty-nine feet four inches, at the south end twenty-three feet ten inches, and in length, on the said King George's-street, now called William-street, one hundred feet, and the same length on the easterly side more or less, bounded westward by King George's-street, now called William-street, northward by Frankford-street, eastward by lot number eleven, formerly belonging to Mr. Rynders, but now to David Prevost, and southerly by land of James Van Varck, which said lot, in a plan thereof, is called Number Ten, together also with three dwelling houses, and all the edifices thereon, and advantages to the same then or theretofore belonging, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits of the said premises, with the appurtenances, and all the estate, right, title, interest, dower, claim, and demand, of them the said Gilbert Ash, and Mary his wife:
And whereas, in and by the said indenture of mortgage it was covenanted and agreed, that in case it should so happen, that the said of thirteen hundred and seventy-five Spanish milled dollars, with six per cent. interest for the same, should remain due and unpaid in the whole or in part at the time, and in manner and form in the said mortgage specified, that then, and from thenceforward, it should and might be lawful to and for the said Daniel Underhill, his heirs and assigns, to expose the said lot of land, hereditaments, and premises, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, to sale at public auction, vendue, or outcry, and to dispose of the same to the best advantage, pursuant to the act or acts of assembly of the colony of New-York, theretofore made and published, and to give good and sufficient deeds and conveyances in the law to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, his, her, or their heirs and assigns, and out of the monies arising from the sale thereof, to retain and keep in his or their hands the aforesaid sum of thirteen hundred and seventy-five Spanish milled dollars, or so much thereof as should remain due and unpaid, with the interest for the same, at the rate of six per cent. together with the costs and charges of such sale or sales, rendering the overplus monies, if any there should be, unto the said Gilbert Ash, and Mary his wife, their executors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales, so to be made, were thereby declared to be a full bar and preclusion to any estate or interest which he the said Gilbert Ash, and Mary his wife, their heirs, administrators, or assigns, might have or claim in the premises, or any part of the same, and, to the equity of redemption thereof, as in and by the said indenture of mortgage reference thereunto being had, may more fully and at large appear.
And whereas the whole of the said principal, together with all the interest thereon, is now due and owing to the said Daniel Underhill—These are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the premises, that unless the said thirteen hundred and seventy-five Spanish milled dollars, together with all the interest due, and to grow due thereon, is paid off and discharged, on or before Tuesday the twenty-sixth day of June next, ensuing the date of this notification—all and singular the mortgaged premises aforesaid, will be sold by the said Daniel Underhill, on Tuesday the said twenty-sixth day of June next, ensuing the date hereof, as aforesaid, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon of the same day, at the Merchants Coffee-house in the city of New-York, pursuant to the covenant and agreement in the said indenture of mortgage contained; and also in pursuance of the directions contained in an act of the legislature of the late colony, now state of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of Mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the 19th of March, 1774. Dated this 20th day of December, 1786.
DANIEL UNDERHILL.
94—19 6 m.
N O T I C E.
THE subscriber, administrator, debonon of the goods, chattels, and credits of Joseph Mico, some time deceased, and formerly of the city of London, merchant, requests the respective debtors to the estate of the said Joseph Mico, to make settlement with the subscriber with all expedition, in order to prevent the commencement of legal prosecutions against them.
W. COCK,
Attorney at Law, No. 66, Wall-street. New-York, Jan. 11, 1787. 98
THE Partnership of BROOME and PLATT, is this day dissolved by mutual consent; all persons indebted to them under that firm, or to either of them, or to the late partnership of SAMUEL BROOME and Co. are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, or to Daniel Phenix, Esquire, merchant, No. 32, Water-Street, New-York, who is empowered to receive debts and give discharges.
SAMUEL BROOME, JEREMIAH PLATT.
New-Haven, State of Connecticut. Nov. 18, 1786. 91
The PROPRIETORS of the Old Line of Stages
BEG leave to inform the public that they propose, from the eighth instant, to start their stages from Powles-Hook at three o'clock in the afternoon, every day during the winter season, Saturdays excepted;—to proceed, by the way of Newark, to Mr. Samuel Smith's at Elizabeth-Town the same evening; to set out from thence the next morning at six o'clock for Philadelphia, where they meet the Baltimore stages, and exchange passengers at Mr. J. Thompson's, at the Indian-Queen, in Fourth-street; from thence passengers may proceed to Savannah, in Georgia, in the same line of stages.
As this is the old and most extensive line of stages, careful drivers and good attendance, they trust, will continue the friendship of their old customers, and induce those ladies and gentlemen, who have occasion to travel in stages, to favor them with their custom.—The stage-office is kept in New-York, at the Powles-Hook ferry-house, sign of the ferry-boat, where seats may be engaged, and all baggage from Philadelphia, on freight, will be left at the stage-office, for the convenience of the public.—Those ladies and gentlemen, who wish to take seats, in this line, at Elizabeth-Town, will please to apply at Mr. Smith's tavern, where a stage-office is kept for that purpose.—The price of a passenger is a low as any other stage, from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia, and baggage as usual.
John Merseveau, Joseph Smith, William Hight, Joseph Davis, John Gulick, Gershon Johnson, Robert Stockton,
New-York, January 13, 1787. 98
Fifty Dollars Reward.
THE subscriber's house was broke open last night, and robbed, among other things, of the following CERTIFICATES:—
Table with 3 columns: No., Amount, Description. Certificates No. 8233, 8234, 8235, 8236, 2746, 2747.
Depreciation and Nourie's CERTIFICATES in favor of ditto.—One Final Settlement CERTIFICATE for 800 dollars, in favor of ditto.
Table with 3 columns: No., Amount, Description. Certificates No. 9601, 9662.
A number of Northumberland Militia Certificates, signed John Nicholson, and other agents; the amount not ascertained but supposed to be some Final Settlement Certificates of the state of New-York.
Thirty-four dollars Continental Money of the state of Pennsylvania, and some dollars of the state of New-Jersey.
The above reward will be paid on the recovery of the Certificates, or proportionable thereto.
The gentlemen BROKERS, are particularly requested to stop them, should they be offered for sale.
ADAM HUBLEY.
Philadelphia, Nov. 18, 1786. 90
Ulster County, ss.
By DIRICK WYNKOOP, Esq. first Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Ulster.
WHEREAS on application and due proof made before me, by Edward Wittaker, of Kingston, in the county of Ulster; it has appeared, that John A. D'Lamater, of Twasts Kill, in the county aforesaid, was indebted to the said Edward, in the sum of sixty-five pounds or upwards, over and above all discounts; and that the said John A. D'Lamater, is either departed the state or concealed himself within it, with intent and design to defraud him the said Edward, and other creditors of their just dues, or to avoid being arrested by the ordinary process of law.
I have directed all the estate, real and personal of the said John A. D'Lamater, within the county of Ulster, to be seized; and unless he the said John A. D'Lamater, shall return and discharge his debts within three months after the date of this publication, all his estate, real and personal, within this county, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors, agreeable to the act for that purpose made and provided.
Jan. 18th, 1787. 98 110
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