The New-York journal, and weekly register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1787-06-07 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register.
HERE TRUTH UNLICENS'D REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE! Thompson's Liberty.
NUMB. 23, of VOL. XLI.]
THURSDAY, June 7, 1787.
[Total NUMB. 2118.]
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
BOOKS.
Just opening, from on Board the NANCY, from Glasgow, and the ALEXANDER, from London, a very extensive Assortment of Valuable BOOKS, To be SOLD, at
Samuel Campbell's
New BOOK and STATIONARY STORE,
No. 44, Hanover-square, corner of the Old-Ship;
Among which are the following:
 DR. SPENCE's new system of midwifery, with obstetrical plates,  A new edition of Buchanan's domestic medicine, to which is added a chapter on cold bathing and drinking the mineral waters,  Medical communications, vol. 1st. for 1784, Dr. Bell's system of surgery, vol. 5th.  Swediaur on the venereal disease,  Cullen's synopsis, and practice,  Watson's history of Philip the 2d.  Russell's modern Europe, 5 vols. new edition,  Hawkesworth's collection of voyages, 4 vols.  Smollet's history of England, 7 vols.  Hume essays, 2 vols.  Voltaire's universal history, 4 vols.  De Lome on the English constitution,  With a great variety of STATIONARY; in particular, pocket-books, ink-holders, paper, blank books, quills, wax, wafers, &c. 
N. B. SAMUEL CAMPBELL returns his sincere thanks to his customers, and those who have purchased Books or Stationary at his store, and hopes, by his assiduity and attention in keeping an universal assortment of books, and the reasonable prices he sells at, will insure a further continuance of their favors. The European, Political, Edinburgh, and Scotch
MAGAZINES.
Just published, and to be sold by S. CAMPBELL, BEATTIE's Evidences of the Christian Religion, briefly and plainly stated; an American edition; neatly bound, price three shillings and six-pence. Family worship, and religious and kind affections, explained and recommended by Dr. Hunter, and Dr. McFarlane; sewed, price one shilling.
Furniture Ware-House.
INDIA Paper Hangings,
 Striped Sattin Hair Cloth,  Plain ditto, ditto,  Figured ditto, ditto,  Wilton Carpets,  Elegant Looking Glasses,  Fringes, Tassels, Cord, and Laces. 
Some of the above articles are just received, and are for SALE, by
William Mooney,
UPHOLSTERER, At his Furniture Warehouse, Nassau-street, where the Upholstery Business is carried on in the most extensive Manner.
A general Assortment of common Paper Hangings.
Paper Hangings put up in the best Manner, as usual.
May 3, 1787. 13—
To be SOLD,
A valuable Lot of Ground,
ON which are three Dwelling-Houses, No. 12, 13, and 14, in Ann-street, nearly opposite the North-Church. They will be disposed of, either together or singly, as may best suit the Purchaser; and an indisputable Title will be given. Enquire at No. 75, William-street. New-York, May 17, 1787. 15—
This Day PUBLISHED,
And to be SOLD at this PRINTING-OFFICE, [Price TWELVE COPPERS.]
The Mother's Catechism.
THIS Catechism is designed for the First, and should be taught to Infants as an introduction to those Catechism which are not so easily understood. It is universally recommended by Divines.
R A G S.
FOR the Encouragement of the PAPER MANUFACTURES in America, the Printer hereof pays CASH, and the highest Price, for LINEN and COTTON and LINEN RAGS.
Albany Stages.
THE proprietors of the Albany line of Stages will commence performing the tour in two days on Monday the 16th of April instant.—A carriage will move from Hall's tavern, near the Olsago Market, New-York, and Lewis's in Albany, every Monday and Thursday mornings, precisely at 4 o'clock, and return on Tuesdays and Fridays following: at the same time the price of a passenger will be reduced from four-pence to three-pence per mile—150 weight of baggage the same as a passenger.
The public will please to take notice, that the proprietors will not be answerable for the loss of any baggage whatever.
April 8th, 1787. 11—
The SUBSCRIBER most respectfully informs the PUBLIC and his particular FRIENDS,
An Elegant Coach,
And four excellent HORSES, With a careful Driver, to run, every Day in the Week, from this City to his House at KING'S-BRIDGE.
THIS COACH will start from Hall's, No. 49, Cortlandt-street, precisely at 5 o'clock, A. M. and return to the city the same evening.—Passengers, by leaving a note at Hall's, purporting their desire, the preceding evening, will be taken up from any part of the city, and set down where they shall please to direct.—Every attention will be paid to render the excursion of the company, whether Ladies or Gentlemen, pleasant and agreeable. The price for each Passenger will be only Four Pence per mile.
The subscriber flatters himself, from the consideration of the pleasantness of the road, salubrity of the air, and beautifulness of his situation, commanding a full view of the bridge and Haerlem river (which makes the island) that parties will frequently be induced to make this delightful excursion, and favor him with their commands.
M. WATTLES, Proprietor of the Line of Stages. New-York, April 23, 1787. 12—
To the PUBLIC.
MAJOR PENDLETON's
business calling him to the Southward, the STAGE-OFFICE is removed to HALL's No. 49, Cortlandt-street, leading from Olsago-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.
The PROPRIETORS of the STAGES,
Which ply between New-York and Philadelphia, Inform the PUBLIC,
THAT on the first day of May next they will start one line of stages, from Powles-Hook, every afternoon at 4 o'clock, and proceed to Elizabeth-Town, from whence they will start every morning (Sundays excepted) at four o'clock—and from Philadelphia, every morning (Sundays excepted) at three o'clock.
The Mail Line will start from Powles-Hook and Philadelphia, every morning (Sundays excepted) precisely at nine o'clock.—No delay, after the hours appointed, can be admitted.
The Stages start from Michael Dennison's, corner of Arch and Second-streets, Philadelphia. New-York, April 23, 1787. 12—
For CHARTER,
That remarkable fast sailing SLOOP
Delight,
RICHARD CORKRAN, MASTER,
BURTHEN 60 tons or thereabouts, now lying at Ryker's wharf.—For terms apply to the master on board, or at No. 38, Maiden-Lane. May 10, 1787. 14—
Just Published,
(Neatly PRINTED in two Volumes, and handsomely BOUND)
And to be SOLD, By Robert Hodge,
Who has removed from Maiden-Lane, to No. 237, Queen-street, the corner of King-street; likewise by the other Booksellers,
Dissertations on the Prophecies,
Which have remarkably been fulfilled, and at this time are fulfilling in the world.
By THOMAS NEWTON, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of BRISTOL.
** The publisher, with the deepest impressions of gratitude, returns thanks to the subscribers for their liberal encouragement towards printing this excellent work, which has gone through seven large impressions in London, in a few years, and entreats them to send for their books.
ROBERT HODGE, begs leave
to inform the public, that a considerable number of gentlemen, having given in their names, as subscribers, for the late President Edwards's TREATISE concerning RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS, has put it to the press, and intends to prefix to that Treatise, the life of the author, his religious experiences, &c. which will make a large and interesting volume to the lovers of religion of every denomination—at the low price of Ten Shillings New-York currency, to the subscribers, neatly bound and lettered.
Those who are pleased to encourage this valuable work, will please to send their names to the publisher, within five weeks, that they may be printed in the book.
A L S O,
May be had at the above STORE, a great variety of
BOOKS,
 Consisting of  HISTORY, Divinity, Phyic, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Agriculture, Nautical Books,  Dictionaries, Architecture, Novels, Miscellanies, Plays, &c. Family, Pocket and common Bibles, And small entertaining Books for Children. 
A L S O,
An excellent Assortment of
STATIONARY,
Particularly Writing Paper, and Blank Books of different sizes and prices; Moor's Charts of the Coast of North-America, &c. &c.
N. B. Good American manufactured Spelling-Books, cheaper than any can be imported.
Commissions from the country are thankfully received, and carefully executed. 15—
FOR SALE,
That Valuable Plantation,
Situate near the Great Plains, on Nassau Island, late the Seat of Judge LUDLOW.
THIS place contains near four hundred acres of land, on which there is an elegant two story dwelling-house, and every other building necessary and useful either for a farmer or gentleman; a great variety of fruit-trees in their maturity, &c. &c.
The place is so well known, and so highly recommended itself to those who know it, that a detail of its excellencies is needless; neither can it add to the salubrity and beautifulness of its situation. Its capital improvements, and its contiguity to the city of New-York, and town of Jamaica, greatly augment its real value, and, at the same time, render it one of the most delightful and valuable places in the state.
The terms of sale may be known by applying to URIAH MITCHELL, Esq. near the premises, or to the subscriber, at Coffeen, Orange county, by whom an indisputable title will be given.
ISRAEL WELLS. April 5, 1787. 9 21
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. 31— RICHARD VARICK.
Writing Paper,
BY the Quire, Ream, or larger Quantity, to be SOLD, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, Water-street. 19—
WHEREAS PAULLENZ, of Haerlem Township, in the County of New-York, gardner, and Elizabeth his wife (for the securing the payment of one hundred pounds, in Spanish milled dollars, at four shillings and six-pence sterling each dollar, or the value thereof in gold or silver, with lawful interest for the same, according to the condition of a certain bond bearing date the sixteenth day of April, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and executed by the said Paul Lenz, to John Smith, of the city New-York, baker) did, by indenture of mortgage, bearing date the said sixteenth day of April, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, mortgage to the said John Smith, all that certain messuage, dwelling-house, and three several house lots, tract or parcel of land, contiguous to, and adjoining each other; situate, lying and being in the town of Haerlem aforesaid, and heretofore purchased by the said Paul Lenz, from John Livingston; bounded as follows, easterly and northerly by the land late of Abraham Myer, deceased; southerly by the high-way, and westerly by the land of Peter Waldron, deceased; containing by estimation five acres and a quarters be it more or less; together with all and singular the houses, out-houses, kitchens, stables, buildings, fences, waters, water courses, trees, woods, under-woods, easements, profits, emoluments, privileges, advantages, and appurtenance, whatsoever to the said messuage or dwelling-house, and three house lots, tract or parcel of land and premises belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, both in law and equity of them the said Paul Lenz, and Elizabeth his wife, of, in and to all and singular the said messuage or dwelling-house and three house lots, tract or parcel of land and premises, or any part or parcel thereof with the appurtenances; and whereas in and by the said indenture of mortgage it was covenanted and agreed, that in case it should so happen, that the said sum of one hundred pounds, with the lawful interest for the same, or any part thereof, should remain due and unpaid at the time above mentioned, that then and from thenceforth it should and may be lawful to and for the said John Smith, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, to expose the said messuage or dwelling-house, three house lots, tract, piece or parcel of ground and premises to sale at public auction, vendue, or outcry, and to dispose the same to the best advantage, and to give good and sufficient conveyances in the law to the purchaser, or purchasers thereof, their heirs and assigns for ever; and out of the monies arising from the sale thereof, to retain and keep in their hands the said sum of one hundred pounds, or so much thereof as shall remain due and unpaid, with the lawful interest thereof; and also the costs of such sale, rendering the overplus, if any be, unto the said Paul Lenz, his executors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales so to be made, should be and were thereby declared to be a full bar and preclusion to any estate or interest which the said Paul Lenz, or Elizabeth his wife, their heirs or assigns may have or claim to the said premises, or any part thereof; as in and by the said indenture of mortgage, reference thereto being had, may more fully and at large appear; and whereas part of the said principal and interest is now due and owing to the said John Smith; there are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the premises, that unless the whole of the said one hundred pounds, together with all the interest due, and to grow due thereon, is paid off and discharged on or before Tuesday the third day of October, next ensuing the date of this notification; all and singular the mortgaged premises aforesaid, will be sold by the said John Smith, on Tuesday the said third day of October, next ensuing the date hereof, as aforesaid, at eleven of the clock, in the forenoon of the same day, at the merchants Coffee-house in the city of New-York, pursuant to the directions contained in an act of the legislature of the late colony, now state of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the nineteenth of March, 1774. Dated this 29th day of March, 1787. 8— JOHN SMITH.
HOUSES to LET.
TO BE LET by
Moses Gomez,
And entered into immediately,
THAT elegant HOUSE, No. 27, Queen-street, late in the tenure of Messieurs Robert and George Service. The house is well situated, either for a gentleman, or for any kind of business whatever.—The said house has nine rooms, with fire places in each; three of which are elegantly finished. For further particulars enquire of said Gomez, No. 209, Water-street.
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. New-York, May 3, 1787. 13—
A LARGE quantity of excellent WRAPPING PAPER, to be SOLD by the Printer hereof; superior in quality to, and cheaper than the common brown sort. 40

MISCELLANY.
A late Embarrassment upon the free Circulation of NEWSPAPERS, by Permission of the Post-Masters, gave rise to the following Observation, by a Philadelphia Correspondent.
IT is not more essential to freedom, that the press should be unrestrained in its productions, than that the circulation of its productions should be uninterrupted and universal. That the people may publish their sentiments without fear or controul, would be but an unprofitable right, if the government could so fetter the exercise of it, as to circumscribe, by the influence of taxes and other impositions, the extent of the publication: This would in effect, be granting the power to write, but denying the liberty to read. Nor can it be material whether the evil arises from a stamp-act, which operates directly by thickening the press, or a post-charge, which operates indirectly by impeding the transportation of public prints: the obstruction, whether at the source or in the stream, is equally pernicious; for what odds is it to the parched traveller, whether the heat of the sun has exhausted the spring, or the malice of an enemy has poisoned the current? Upon these principles, recognized by an ordinance of Congress, there has hitherto been no charge for the conveyance of newspapers throughout the continent; but it has lately been said, that a new arrangement is agitated by the postmasters, which will either deny to the printers the only eligible mode of supplying their subscribers, or impose so heavy a tax, that the remote circulation of their papers must be eventually discontinued. Besides the general arguments against this projected measure, something may be urged from the peculiar circumstances of the country. The strong and invidious distinction, which different habits, manners, and pursuits will naturally create between the eastern and southern inhabitants of so extensive an empire, can only be counteracted by the free communication of their opinions and politics, and, at this awful moment, when a council is convened, it may justly be said, to decide the fate of the confederation, would it not be dangerous and impolitic to divert or destroy that great channel, which serves at once to gratify the curiosity, and to collect the voice of the people.
The following very extraordinary Account was published in the Salem Mercury of May 22, dated at London, July 14th, 1782.
ON the 14th of June, last, died in Forton prison, near Portsmouth, Mr. William Hines, an officer of the General Gates private ship of war from Danvers, near Boston; after having, with much patience, and with the most irreproachable conduct, sustained a three-years captivity. He was a man of eminent religion & virtue. Finding death swiftly advancing, he called to him his two sons, Francis and William, the one in the 18th, and the other in the 15th year of his age—and said, "My dear boys, I cheerfully submit to my lot; for it is appointed for all men once to die. I meekly resign unto the providence of God; for I see infinite mercy towards me in this dispensation—Indeed, why should I repine? I shall now speedily obtain that release, which my eyes have often failed me in looking after. Oh! wretched man that I was!—that my faith had almost failed me, as to my temporal deliverance, at the moment my God was about to give me my grand discharge. Who or what shall now confine me? I shall soon be free as a celestial. Farewell, farewell, bolts, bars, and prisons! Adieu, ye dungeons! Adieu ye tents of clay! Welcome, fair day, and liberty! The time of my redemption draweth nigh—but, my dear boys, how shall I bid farewell to you? That final parting, which would have been easy—which would have been blissful, in our cottage at Danvers, gives a pungent grief to my spirits—I leave you, alas! in this abode of sorrow and wretchedness; but I charge you to pray unto God, from this far country—and cry unto him, from this strange land. I hope it will be given to you to revisit the land of your nativity, and to enjoy peace and prosperity, for the days wherein ye have seen evil. Let an high and genuine sense of liberty direct and animate your whole conduct—I give no direction concerning my bones—they, indeed, must lie in this region of oppression and cruelty—O that I had been buried in some part of the American world! then would the clods of the valley have been sweet unto me.—It is done!—My children, weep not for me; but weep for yourselves, and for the slain of your people: if ever you mourn, let it be for the calamities of your country—highly beloved, because greatly injured. Francis, give me thy hand: slender as thine arm is, it may shield thy brother.—The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, bless the lads!
American Occurrences.
ALEXANDRIA, May 24.
By the post from Fort-Pitt, we learn, that on the 9th Instant, near the mouth of Wheeling, the Indians killed three Whites, and took another prisoner: that at the same time, at the mouth of the Fork of Monongalia, there were 15 or 16 more missing who are supposed to be either killed or taken prisoners, as they have not been heard of since.
An edict has just been published in France, dated the 17th of February, 1787, forbidding the use of ceruse, white lead, litharge, or any composition of lead or copper in fining of wines or cyder, on penalty of 1000 livres for each offence, and being sent to work in the galleys for three years.
NORFOLK, M. 30.
A gentleman who came passenger in the Minerva from Ostend, informs, that the sloop Lively Captain Spencer, belonging to Mr. Cruger of New-York, was taken into Ostend, but Spencer, happening to take up, in one of the Coffee-Houses, the identical paper which described the affair in which he was so principally interested, immediately retreated, and set sail for Ireland, where he sold the cargo for 1800l. sterling, and was so fool-hardy as to return to Ostend, where, in consequence of the advertisement, the vessel was seized.—Spencer, it is said, made his escape.
Accounts are received of a most daring piracy and general robbery, committed on the Capt. and passengers of the brig ——, from Baltimore bound to Cadiz. It is requested, for the safety and welfare of the valuable mercantile community, that the different Printers throughout the United States, will pay attention to such atrocious crimes.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.
A few days ago a young man in Chester county being violently afflicted with the tooth-ack, applied to a neighbour for advice, and was recommended to extract the aching tooth and to furnish himself with another from some dead man's skull. He accordingly repaired to Brandywine, and opening the grave of a Hessian who had been killed and buried there; in lifting the head a considerable number of guineas, which had been artfully concealed, fell out of the soldier's hair,—so much to the astonishment and joy of the invalid that he instantly lost or forgot his malady.
As the day for celebrating the anniversary of independence is approaching, a correspondent proposes that, added to the usual mode of celebrating it, a suitable person should be pitched upon in the different villages, counties or townships, to introduce the entertainment of the day with an oration upon some subject connected with the liberty of the government of the United States. Where a clergyman can be had, a prayer suited to the day should precede the delivery of the oration. By these means, rational entertainment and useful knowledge may be blended with the pleasures of the table, and the history of important events, and illustrious characters, may be conveyed in an easy and agreeable manner to posterity.
BOSTON, May 19.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Springfield, dated May 15.
"A gentleman from the northward informs me, that some of the rebel leaders in Vermont are inlisting men for the service of the King of England—they are to serve 3 months, are promised 18s. bounty, and 40s. per month—he actually saw several inlisting papers, with a number of names on each. This may be depended on."
May 28.
Extract of a letter from Barrington, May 22d. "Yesterday returned to camp from Bolton, the hon. Major-General LINCOLN. The regiment under the command of Col. NEWELL, the artillery under Major BROWN, and the light dragoons under Capt. SHELTON, marched about two miles out of town to meet the general. At 11 A. M. the general, attended by the hon. Mr. Sedgwick, late member of Congress, Mr. Prince the commissary of the army, and the sheriff of the county, made his appearance, which was announced by the discharge of seven pieces of artillery.—The general then passed the line of the regiment, receiving the salutes of the officers, the soldiers with arms presented;—having advanced a little in front, he halted, and the regiment having again passed him in platoons, they returned to Barrington. Nothing could evince the affection of the troops, to this good man, more than the emulation which appeared among them to excel, when they were informed they were going to meet the general:—That joy and transport which appeared to visible on each countenance, when they were first informed the general was in the county, now shone with the most exalted splendor when they saw him; nor was the general himself unmoved at these apparent marks of their esteem, but received them with all that paternal affection which marks the good and the brave, and which is justly a characteristic of this worthy man."
May 31. Yesterday, agreeable to the constitution, the gentlemen returned to serve as senators and representatives in general court, met at the state house in this town, and took the oaths, and subscribed the declaration required, before the governor and council for the time being, who then withdrew: The Senate made choice of the hon. Samuel Adams, Esq. for their president; and the house of representatives chose the hon. James Warren, Esq. for their speaker; the governor, council, and house of representatives, were then escorted, by the independent cadets, commanded by SAMUEL BRADFORD, Esq. to the Old-Brick meeting-house, where a sermon, well adapted to the occasion, was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Lyman of Hatfield.
LITCHFIELD, May 28.
The Persons from Sharon, who were imprisoned in our goal last week, on complaint and suspicion of enlisting men, for the purpose of assisting others, in releasing the criminals at Barrington, were examined on Tuesday last, and discharged from confinement; excepting Mitchel, who was remanded to prison for trial at the next Supreme Court, on an indictment for High Treason.
It is reported, and by some credited, that Shays and Co. are collecting a force at Crown-point, and those parts of York state and Vermont, which border on Massachusetts, to renew hostilities against government. We are in doubt respecting its authenticity.
ALBANY, May 31.
We are authorised to inform the public, that peace is again restored in the county of Berkshire; and that the reports which have circulated for some weeks past, that the insurgents, to the number of 6 or 800, had assembled with design of releasing the prisoners in confinement at Great-Barrington, are without foundation.
New-York, June 7.
HOW awful is the mandate of justice! but how necessary, when individuals of a peaceable community renounce all allegiance to those laws which were framed to protect even them from insult and oppression; levy a cruel war upon their fellow countrymen; strive to overthrow the whole administration of public justice; and plunder, captivate, kill, and murder good and peaceable citizens. For these horrid crimes, amounting to high treason against the commonwealth, judgement of death has been awarded against John Wheeler, Henry McCulloch, Jason Parmenter, Daniel Ludington, Alpheus Colton, and James White, six of the leading rebels against the constitution and laws of Massachusetts. The sentence, by the honorable Chief Justice William Cushing, with the
deluded prisoners at the bar, was solemn indeed; and, when these words of the law were uttered, viz.—"You shall go from hence to prison, from whence you came, and thence to the place of execution, and there be each of you hanged by the neck, until you are dead,"—and God Almighty have mercy upon each of your souls—it is said, that the whole audience were more than ordinarily affected.
The charge that was given, by the Chief Justice to the Grand Jury, previous to the above sentence, was very lengthy. In this charge his honor even re-traversed the tragic scenes of the late war to adduce the invaluableness of the American independence; he recapitulated the unwarrantable proceedings of the insurgents from their first murmurings; he mentioned the pains that government had taken to appease them, which they could not do without violating the sacred laws of justice, and public faith, and particularised many of the late acts they had passed; and, from the whole, adduced the absolute necessity of carrying the laws of their country fully into execution, which, he said, was the only security to property, liberty, or life.
The Massachusetts insurgents are not yet willing to abandon their infernal plan of abrogating the wholesome laws of that commonwealth;—but we are happy to hear, that the state of Vermont absolutely discountenance their embodying within her territories.—Mr. Pomeroy (in whose fate the sympathy of every true governmentalist has been engaged) having been detained by the rebels, as a hostage for the exchange of those condemned by the Massachusetts supreme executive, for the crime of high treason, is now enlarged—and, it is also said, that Mr. Joseph Metcalf, who had been captured by a party of rebels, for the same purpose of detention as a hostage, made his escape from them while on their route to Vermont. Thus no impediment intervenes to the making solemn examples of the sentenced rebels—yet, it is whispered, that they are reprieved without day!—It is an undoubted fact, that Mr. Pomeroy's release was precipitated through fear of the civil authority of Vermont, whose magistracy had already issued a warrant, founded upon the spirit of the late proclamation, to apprehend the culprits who seized him.
On the 25th ult. General Lincoln (having returned from the review of the camp at Barrington) ordered the Bolton regiment of militia, together with the independent cadets, light-infantry, and republican volunteers, to be mustered, when a critical inspection of their arms and equipments was made by their respective officers.—By this expeditious return of the General from the west-ward, it is to be presumed, that there exists no immediate apprehensions from the rebel manoeuvres in that quarter.
The commissioners who were appointed by the state of Massachusetts to investigate the causes of the late rebellion in that commonwealth, have made a report to the legislature replete with sentiments of the highest humanity towards the deluded people, and of the purest regard for their country. Except those, who have offended in such a manner that the commissioners could not, without violating their duty, interpose in their favor in any way whatever, few will suffer;—and it is a serious lesson to every state in the union, that among a variety of causes which have been co-operating to produce so much evil in that quarter, public and private debts, and the latter especially, have been deemed the most operative, while an undue use of articles of foreign growth and manufacture, has been the principal cause of this accumulation of debt.
A strict calculation has lately been made in Massachusetts of the number of inhabitants in that state, by which it appears, that exclusive of a considerable portion of persons not rateable, there has been an encrease of 28,000 freeholders since the last calculation in the year 1772, when the amount was 72,000. In so short a period as 15 years, ten of which have been consumed in a destructive war, this seems an almost incredible multiplication of the human species.
By a resolution of Congress, made the 2d ult. Phineas Bond, Esq. is recognized as Consul from his Britannic majesty, throughout the states of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
The Philadelphia papers are crowded with observations on that important subject upon which the Federal Convention are now debating.
One of these paragraphists observes—Such circumlocution and secrecy mark the proceedings of the Federal Convention, that the members find it difficult to acquire the habit of communication even themselves, and are so cautious in defeating the curiosity of the public, that all debate is suspended upon the entrance of their own inferior officers. Though we readily admit the propriety of excluding an indiscriminate attendance upon the discussions of this deliberative council, it is hoped that the privacy of their transactions will be an additional motive for dispatch, as the anxiety of the people must be necessarily encreased, by every appearance of mystery in conducting this important business.
Another favs—It is curious to remark the fanciful opinions that are advanced by the variety of politicians that take this opportunity of fabricating schemes for the continental government; but it is astonishing that some very serious minds should indulge the absurd project of grafting a monarchy (no matter whether the ostensible individual is called king, dictator, or governor) upon the prevailing democratic system. History cannot furnish an instance of a change from a popular government (the restoration of Charles the IId. and the late revolution in Sweden, were but sudden paroxisms) to a regal one, but through the medium of a violent convulsion; and in that case what has been acquired by force, can only be preserved by despotism; for, lays a celebrated tyrant, "crowns got by blood must be by blood maintained." Coolly and deliberately to vest a single person with the attributes of sovereignty would amount to suicide in those who have so nobly acquitted themselves in a contest with monarchical ambition.
It is most undoubted that the several states have deligated their wisdom to this august body, and authorised to act for their several proprietary decisions at an after period—if so, what have we now to do, but hope for the chiefest good, as politically accountable beings—a pure and adequate republican Federal Constitution.—No pains shall be spared to procure the debates and resolutions of the Convention for the inspection of the public as soon as any of them transpire.
On Tuesday, the 22d ult. the Supreme Executive Council of the state of Pennsylvania, appointed General Daniel Halster, a Commissioner for carrying into execution (in conjunction with other commissioners) the late Act of Assembly for ascertaining and confirming to certain persons called Connecticut Claimants, the lands by them claimed, in the county of Luzerne, &c. in the room of the honourable Peter Muhlenberg, resigned.
On the 10th of last month a Resolve was passed in the house of delegates, of Maryland, which runs thus:— "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, and it is hereby declared, That the treaty of peace, made between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, is the supreme Law within this state, and shall be so considered, and adjudged in all Courts of Law and equity, and all causes and questions cognizable by the said Courts respectively, ought and shall be determined according to the said treaty, and the tenor, true intent and meaning thereof."
We hear that NINE states are absolutely represented in Convention at Philadelphia.
At a meeting of the Connecticut Society of ARTS and SCIENCES, on the 9th ultimo, the following gentlemen were appointed to the offices affixed to their respective names, for the ensuing year, viz.—Hon. Oliver Wolcott, Esq. President; Jeremiah Wadsworth, Esq. Vice-President; Rev. Ezra Stiles, D. D. Rev. Nathan Strong, Pierpont Edwards, Esq. and J. Trumbull, Esq. Corresponding Secretaries; and Chauncy Goodrich, Esq. Recording Secretary.
On the 28th ultimo the honorable William S. Johnson, Esq. L. L. D. delegate from the state of Connecticut to Congress, and to the convention now sitting at Philadelphia, was unanimously elected president of Columbia College, by the trustees of that seminary.
Extract of a letter from New-Orleans, May 2, 1787.
"This Government gives great encouragement for raising and securing tobacco—all the last crop was bought for the King, at ten silver dollars per cwt. part of which was sent to Mexico, and part to Old Spain. The Naffes district, notwithstanding the revolutions that have happened there, furnished last year to the amount of 60,000 dollars, and if the place remains annexed to this government, will in a little time treble that sum. It is the only produce that is paid for in hard money: 180 paper dollars are given for 100 heard."
Extract of a letter from Mercer county (in the district of Kentucky) dated February 24, 1787.
"The Indians have been very troublesome on the frontiers of Kentucky, many of the our settlers are moving in very fast. A few days past a company of militia turned out after them, killed seven, and wounded four or five, without the loss of a single man."
Extract of a letter from Samuel Stafford, Esq. to Col. Elisha Porter, High Sheriff of Hampshire county, dated Bennington, May 21st, 1787.
"From certain information I have this day received, and cannot but believe the insurgents that are concealed in this state, and on the borders of Connecticut river, have concerted measures in such a manner as will effectually release the state prisoners now confined at Northampton, unless effectual steps are taken to prevent them. Early on Thursday morning last, the present week, was the time assigned.—The duty I owe to good order and government, induces me to give you this notice.—I do not hesitate as to the truth of my information.—You will doubtless be on your guard, and take such measures as prudence will dictate."
By every information it appears, that the last election act was little understood throughout the state; as many townships have lost their votes, through ignorance of the law; particularly the west ward in New-York, and three precincts in Dutchess county.
In the Irish House of Commons, on the 26th of February, Mr. Arthur Wolfe declared that papers were found in possession of some of the Right Boys, of a very alarming tendency, and that 5000 of them marched through the country with Thirteen American Stripes on their standard, the intention of which, he said, need not be explained to the Members of the House.
It is strange, a correspondent observes, that the rage for commemorating the birth of an insular king should wait itself across the Atlantic.—But, his surprise was increased on being informed, that several of the professed citizens of a FREE STATE, conveyed themselves across a certain river to an adjacent isle, and joined in celebrating an ara on which 'a king of isles' first drew the vital breath. Perhaps, these virtuous citizens conceived, that the Continent, or a populous City, was an improper place to testify their regard for him whose domains are circumscribed by those of Neptune; and therefore repaired to an island, that they might with propriety and safety breathe forth their loyal sentiments at the convivial board, in grateful remembrance of their quondam sovereign!!! [New-York Packet!!!]
We have authority to assure the public, that the report of the New-Jersey Legislature, being about to emit a further sum of paper-money, is entirely without foundation; the legislature of that state being utterly averse to that, as well as every other Rogue-Island measure.
We hear that in consequence of a report circulated in Philadelphia, by the brokers of that city, respecting the intentions of the Legislature of New-Jersey to emit more paper, the currency of that state depreciated last week considerably; but that it has since rose to its former standard.
The legislature of New-Jersey have appointed his excellency Governor Livingston and the Hon. Abraham Clark, Esqrs. additional delegates to the Convention now sitting at Philadelphia.
A variety of extracts, badly translated, from the proceedings of Assembly of Notables, have made their appearance in several papers, with shrewd observations, &c. It is well known that assemblies like this, in a monarchical country, are very uncommon; and, as the royal legislative business, which may originate in this grand Assembly of the Kingdom of France, will doubtless be of the most important nature to that nation, and not a little interesting to the United States, we have hitherto declined publishing them until a correct copy can be obtained, through the medium of the Literary Journals of France, when they shall be carefully translated and given, for the public perusal, in a series of the numbers of this journal.
The Names of Members in Assembly and Senate will be published as soon as they can all be collected.

SHIP NEWS.
The brig Volant, Capt. Motely, has arrived at Salem (N. E.) in 39 days from L'Orient. The Charlotte, Lambert, and Mary Ann, Andrews, are arrived at Alexandria, from London; also, the Alexander, Lightfoot, from Liverpool. The Concord, Smith; Minerva, Hewetson; Douglas, —; Union, —; and Triumph, Dillon; are arrived at Norfolk, from London. The Mayflower, Stillwell, is arrived at Philadelphia, from Cork.
ARRIVALS since our last.
Ketch Boon, Orange, Teneriffe, Brig Recovery, Ithaca, Cape-Francois, — Loyal Britton, Keawick, St. Johns, Schooner Unity, Fossler, St. Croix, Sloop Hetty, Bethel, New-Providence, — Constant Packet, Townshend, Virginia, — Peggy, Little, Curacoa, — Sea-Flower, Conklin, Baltimore, — Polly, Robinson, St. Johns.
MARRIED. —On Saturday evening, the reverend Mr. Beach, Mr. NATHANIEL SHALOR of this city, merchant, to Miss LUCRETIA DENNING, eldest daughter of William Denning, Esq.
Mr. CORBIN WASHINGTON, second son of Colonel John Augustine Washington, and nephew to his Excellency the General, was, on Thursday the 10th ult. married to Miss HANNAH LEE, daughter of the honorable Richard Henry Lee, Esq. of Virginia.
Early on Friday Morning last, the body of the late ALEXANDER CLINTON, Esq. (who unfortunately perished in the North River in March last) was found on the beach near King's bridge, from whence it was conveyed to this city in a boat the same evening.—In the evening, his Excellency the Governor, several other gentlemen (friends of the deceased) and a number of respectable citizens, paid their last respects to the remains of that amiable youth, by attending his funeral from the Fields (where they met the corpse) to the New Presbyterian Meeting-house yard, where his remains were deposited.
We learn from Baltimore, that the bodies of the two unfortunate gentlemen, Mr. JAMES SMITH, and Mr. ELI HOLMES (who were drowned on the 20th inst. during the violent gale which happened on that day) were taken up near the fatal spot, and respectfully deposited in St. Paul's Church-Yard.
"O THOU SUPREME! whose undivided sway, Not Man alone but earth, and seas obey; Whose faithful providence in unseen form, Still "points the whirlwind, and directs the storm!" "If deeply agoniz'd with mental pain, Forgive the mourners that shall dare complain; Sooth the wild workings of affliction's breath, And teach our wishes that thy will be best!"
Died, on the 16th of May at Hampton, Virginia, the brave, facetious and benevolent Commodore JAMES BARRON.
An error of the date of the order of Congress, for erecting a monument to the memory of General Montgomery, has been committed in a number of the newspapers in the United States, this paper, of the 24th, inclusive; our readers, therefore, are desired to correct the said date, from 1785, to 1776.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate Office, in the City of New-York, on the seventh Day of June, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
P R E S E N T.
The Honorable PETER OGILVIE, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Abraham Reynolds, administrator of Eli Mead, late of Haverstraw precinct, in the county of Orange, deceased, hath, by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Eli Mead, was at the time of his death seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Eli Mead, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared that the personal estate of his said testator was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said petitioner hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; thereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Eli Mead, do appear before the judge of the said court of Probates, at the Probate Office, in the city of New-York, on the twenty-sixth day of July next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Eli Mead died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts.
18—21 PETER OGILVIE. By Order of ELIHU MAVIN, Esq. one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Orange, in the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of DAVID MORRISON, of Goshen in said county, farmer, to appear, if they, or any of them think proper, before the said judge, at the Court-house in Goshen, on Saturday the ninth day of June next, at two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, to show cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the estate of the said David Morrison should not be made, and he 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 13th of April, 1786. DAVID MORRISON. Dated the 28th day of May 1787. 18—19
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of SILAS WICKS, an insolvent debtor, that they show cause, before Abraham P. Lott, Esq. at his office, in Maiden-Lane, by the thirtieth day of June inst. why an assignment of the estate of the said Silas Wicks should not be made, and he discharged, pursuant to a law of this state, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated this 4th day of June, 1787. 18—20
SILAS WICKS.
THEATRE.
The Last BENEFIT. Mr. HALLAM's Night, TO-MORROW Evening, JUNE 8th, Will be presented, A COMEDY (Performed but once these fifteen Years)
All in the Wrong;
To which will be added, A COMIC OPERA, in two Acts (Never performed here)
The Deserter.
BY virtue of an act of the legislature, entitled, "An Act for the speedy sale of the unappropriated lands within this state, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 5th of May, 1786, and pursuant to a resolution of the honorable the Commissioners of the Land-Office, A Description of Rifled
Unappropriated Lands,
On the south east side of the River St. Lawrence, will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, at the Coffee-house, in the city of New-York. The sale to commence on Tuesday, the tenth of July next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Maps are filed for inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the State, and Surveyor-General. The fourth and eighth Townships will be sold by single Lots, and the rest by quarters of Townships. Such securities as are ma le receivable by law on the sales of forfeited Lands, will be received in payment; the one quarter of the purchase money on the day of sale, and the remainder within sixty days after.
SIMEON DEWITT, Surveyor-General
18—22 June 4th, 1787.
Mr. RUSPINI,
SURGEON DENTIST to his Royal Highness THE PRINCE OF WALES,
BEGS leave to inform his friends, and the public in general, that he may be consulted as usual, at his house, No. 21, Great Dock-street, upon all complaints incident to the
TEETH and GUMS.
He has received by the ship Favorite, Capt. Coupar, A fresh supply of RUSPINI's DENTRIFICE, POWDER and TINCTURE; Also, RUSPINI's EXTRAORDINARY STYPTIC SOLUTION, which has been found so efficacious in all kinds of Hæmorrhages, both internal and external.
Likewise, Ruspini's
TINCTURE for the TOOTH-ACH, to be had at 1s. and 2s. 6d. each.
New-York, June 7, 1787. 18—
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of JAMES MYER, junior, an insolvent debtor, that they show cause, before Abraham P. Lott, Esq. at his office, in Maiden-Lane, on the fifteenth day of June inst. why an assignment of the estate of the said James Myer, junior, should not be made, and he discharged, pursuant to a law of this state, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786.
Dated this fourth day of June, 1787. 18—19 JAMES MYER, junior.
THE Creditors of
JONAS ROGERS, of Huntington, Suffolk county, are requested to meet at the house of DAVID JONES, at Coldspring, on Friday the 8th inst.
18— By order of the Assignee, June 5th, 1787. ISAAC YOUNGS.
Public Auction.
By William M. Smith, On SATURDAY next, the 9th inst. (If fair Weather) Precisely at One o'Clock, on the Premises,
The following valuable  LOTS of LAND, Lying in and near Corlear's-Hook.
Eleven Lots, 108 feet in length, 25 feet in breadth, Do. Do. 87 feet in ditto, 25 feet in ditto. These Lots command a most beautiful prospect, equal to any in America, and the soil excellent:—They lay in a garden at Corlear's-Hook. In Crown-street, next the Rope-Walk, a corner Lot, No. 1, 100 feet in length, 25 in breadth, with the privilege of the water.
   No. Length. Breadth.     Slughter-House-street, 9. 100 25   Ditto, 10. 100 25   Ditto, 13. 100 25   Ditto, 14. 100 25   Ditto, 17. 100 25   Ditto, 18. 100 25   Middle-street, 10. 100 25   Ditto, 11. 100 25   Ditto, 95. 100 25   High-street, 32. 100 25   Ditto, 33. 100 25   Between Middle and Garden-street, a water Lot. 107. — 25   Corner of Ferry & High-street, Adjoining, 1. 100 25   Running through from Grand-street to High-street, 8 length on the West side, 109, East 97, No. 10. West 86   Ditto, East 73 25   Ditto, 11. West 73 25   Ditto, East 60 25   Ditto, 12. West 60 25   East 47 25  
The last three Lots to be sold together. Posts, with the numbers of the different Lots, are fixed on the premises for the inspection of such as choose to purchase.
A plan of the Lots to be seen, and the terms of sale known, by apply at No. 7, Old-Slip. May 31, 1787. 18
The following  Books & Stationary,
Are to be SOLD, at T. Greenleaf's Printing-Office, No. 25, WATER-STREET, viz.
BOOKS.
   JOHNSON's Diction-ary, 2 vol. Ordnance,   Watt's Psalms & Hymns Spelling Books,   Ditto Psalms, Chauncy's Dissertations   Testaments, on the Fall and its   Mariners Compass, consequences,   Ditto Daily Assistant, Translation of Horace's   The Seaman's Guide, Odes, Epodes, &c. by   Clark's Introduction, on American,   Æsop's Fables, Law's Collection of Mu-   Latin Testaments, sic,   Ditto Dialogues, Constitutions, or Forms   Psalms, of Government of the   Young Man's best Com- several States of Ame-   panion, rica.   Ready Reckoner, The Heidelburgh Cate-   A Description of Rifled chism,   The Mother's ditto, &c.  
STATIONARY.
   BEST Dutch Fools Copy Books with Copies   Cap Writing Pa- Slips,   per, Pounce,   Pot Paper, Ruled and unruled one   Quarto Post, ditto Gilt, Quire Books,   thick and thin, 1. 2. 3 and 4 Quire Day   Blotting Paper, Books,   Slates, Sealing Wax,   Pencils, Wafers,   Pens ready made, Hutchin's Map,   Music Paper, Wrapping Paper very   Parchment and Vellum, cheap,   Ivory Folders, Inkholders, different   Red Ink-Powder, kinds.  
A L S O,
BLANKS of ALL KINDS, And a variety of other ARTICLES not herein Enumerated. 18—
In Can. The REGENTS of the UNIVERSITY of the State of New-York,
JAMES STEWART and ELISABETH his Wife, PURSUANT to a decree of the honorable Court of Chancery, made in the above cause, will be sold at Public Auction, at the Merchant Coffee-house, on Monday, the sixteenth day of July next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, All that certain LOT of GROUND, lying and being on the west side of the Broad-Way, being bounded on the south by the house and lot now or late of Thomas Smith, Esq. on the north by the lots of ground now or late of Peter R. Livingston, James Lounds, and the heirs of Sir Peter Warren, deceased; easterly by the said Broad-Way, and westerly by Hudson's River; containing, in front, along the said Broad-Way, three rods and two feet, and on the west side, along Hudson's River, three rods, three feet, and the fifth part of a foot; in length, on the north side, twenty rods, and half a rod; and on the south side, twenty rods. ALSO, All that certain WATER LOT, situate, lying and being in the rear of the Lot of Ground aforesaid, and contiguous thereto, next to Hudson's River; containing the whole breadth of the Lot aforesaid, forty one feet English measure; and in length, from the rear of the said Lot of Ground, to low-water mark, into Hudson's River; and from thence to extend into Hudson's River aforesaid, two hundred feet, as the said Lots are mentioned and described in a certain Deed, or Indenture of Mortgage, from Richard Shuckburgh, and Mary his wife, to the governors of the college of the late province, now state of New-York, together with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging; and also, all the Estate and Title of the said Richard Shuck- burgh and Mary his wife, &c. of, in, and to the said premises.
A good title will be given to the purchaser, under the decree aforesaid, on the payment of the purchase money, by JAMES M. HUGHES, 16—21 Master in Chancery.
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-third Day of May, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-seven.
P R E S E N T.
The Honorable PETER OGILVIE, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Kessiah Conckling, only acting executrix of Benjamin Conckling, late of Huntington, in Suffolk county, deceased, hath by her petition presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Benjamin Conckling, 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 Benjamin Conckling, as far as she had been able to 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 Kessiah Conckling, hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; thereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Benjamin Conckling, do appear before the judge of the said court of Probates, at the Probate Office, in the city of New-York, on the tenth day of July next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Benjamin Conckling died seized should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts.
16—19 PETER OGILVIE.
To be SOLD, at Public Vendue, On the 20th of June next, that large and commodious  TAN-YARD,
FORMERLY the property of PETER GRIM, but now belonging to SAMUEL ELLIS, lying between George-street, and Frankford-street. The conditions to be known at the time of sale, which will begin at 12 o'clock on the said 20th of June.
New-York, May 31, 1787. 17—19
William M. Smith,
BROKER, and LICENCED AUCTIONEER,  BEGS leave to inform his friends in the city, in the country, and the public, that he has commenced BUSINESS, at his store, No. 7, in the Old-Slip, New-York.—He sells Ships, Houses and Estates, with every sort of MERCHAN- DIZE, on the lowest commissions. He requests their favours, which he hopes to merit by his punct- uality and attention, and that his employers may rest assured, that the property they put in his care to dispose of, is safe.—He has lodged in trust for that purpose, real estate, to the amount of three thousand pounds and upwards. He has for Private Sale, on the lowest Terms, Cables, of all sizes, Indigo, Cordage of all sorts, Soap by the Box, West-India Goods, Earthen Ware, Teas of different sorts. Grain of different sorts, Brandy, Flour of all sorts, Holland Gin, Ship bread, Spices, &c. in the Gro. Beef and Pork cery line, in barrels. With a great Variety of Articles too tedious to enumerate.
Likewise a valuable NEGRO MAN, aged about 25 years, brought up in, and perfectly understands the Baking business. Sold for no fault, but want of employment.
He has for Sale, or to EXCHANGE for equal Value in or near NEW-YORK,
His Capital Mills in Frederickburgh Precinct, rented to Messrs. Cock and Garrison, at £. 200 per annum, five years unexpired, with a few FARMS near the same:—please to apply to Cap- tain James Cock on the premises, who will shew them.
A L S O,
A small neat Farm in Rumbout's Precinct, of about fifty acres, two miles from Wapping Creek Landing.
N. B. An Assortment of WEST INDIA GOODS will be taken in part payment.
L I K E W I S E,
A Convenient Dwelling House, three stories high, with every accommodation, in a capital street for business:—To be Sold or ex- changed for European, East or West-India GOODS. 16—19
IN CHANCERY.
Abraham Emmons, Complainant, vs.
Isaac Valentine, Defendant.
PURSUANT to a decree of the honorable court of chancery, made in the above cause, will be Sold at Public Auction, at the house, of Mr. CA- LEAB HYATT, near Kingbridge, on Saturday the seventh day of July next, at twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, all that certain Dwelling-house, or Tenement, tract, piece, or parcel of GROUND, situate in the county of Westchester, and state of New-York, fronting Hudson's river; bounded westerly in front to the said Hudson's river, nor- therly by land belonging to Edward Meeks, and Thomas Tippet, until it comes to a creek called Yonker's creek, and easterly, in rear, along said Yonker's creek, till it comes to the land belonging to, now or late of Stephen Tippet, and Gilbert Tip- pett, and southerly by land now or late of said Ste- phen and Gilbert, to said Hudson's river; contain- ing about one hundred and forty acres, together with one acre of salt meadow, adjoining Gilbert Tippet's salt meadow, in said county. Also, all those several tracts, pieces, or parcels of LAND and MEADOW, situate in the county aforesaid, that is to say, all that tract of land beginning on the east side of the road leading from Gilbert Va- lentines, to Cortlandt Mills, at a stake fixed as a boundary to lands belonging to the said Isaac Va- lentines, and running from thence south seventy degrees, east along the line of the said Isaac Va- lentines, and forty-three chains and fifty-five links until it strikes the road that leads from Yonker's road, to Abraham and John Vermilyea; thence southerly along the said road, as it runs, until it joins the said Yonker's road, then along the said Yonker's road, northwesterly as the said road runs until it joins a cross road near the Mill-pond, and from thence north- easterly along the said last mentioned Cross-road, as the said Cross-road runs to the place of begin- ning, containing one hundred and twenty-nine acres and ninety-four hundred parts of an acre: and also that piece of SALT MEADOW, on Spitenvelt creek, joining the said Isaac Valentine's land, contain- ing one acre: and also that piece of SALT MEADOW, adjoining said Isaac Valentine's land, and partly opposite the land of Frederick Van Cortlandt, Esq. containing two acres more or less: and also that piece of SALT MEADOW on the said creek, bounded easterly by a ditch, southerly by a ditch, and northerly by the upland, containing five acres, as the tracts, and pieces of land are men- tioned and described in a certain deed of mortgage from Isaac Valentine to the said Abraham Em- mons, and also all the estate and title of the said Isaac Valentine of, in, and to the said premises.
A good title will be given to the purchaser there- for, on the payment of the purchase money, under the decree aforesaid, and further stipulations made known at the time and place of sale.
17—22 JAMES M. HUGHES, May 29. Master in Chancery.
State of New-York, ss.
WHEREAS all the real estate of which Peter De Lamater, late of Pough- keepsee precinct, in the county of Dutchess, tra- deceased, died seized, has been sold by an order of Thomas Tredwell, Esq. late judge of the court of Probates of this state, for the payment of his debts. All persons who have any demands against the estate of the said Peter De Lamater, are hereby notified and desired to produce the same to the present judge of the said court of Probates, at the Probate- Office in the city of New-York, on the third day of September next, when and where a final settle- ment and distribution of the said estate will be made. Given under my hand, at the Probate-Of- fice, in the city of New-York, the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
16—21 PETER OGILVIE.

POET'S CORNER.
THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. A NEW SONG.
WHERE dwells the man that dare suppress The noble freedom of the press. Save he that would attempt the thing On Haman's gallows ought to swing.
The freedom of the press— O how shall I express, This grand important theme! Which unto me doth seem, To be of great and mighty weight Towards the freedom of the State. Ye patriot band of friends! You scarce can guess how much depends; How much depends ye scarce can guess, Upon the freedom of the press.
The freedom of the press, &c. How pleasing to a freeborn soul, To speak, to write without controul, And his internal thoughts express, Whist freedom smiles upon the press.
The freedom of the press, &c. How galling to the freeborn mind, To be by shackles so confin'd, That he his mind dare not express, Because a tyrant rules the press.
The freedom of the press, &c. O Liberty! thou darling thing! For thee I'd write from fall to spring; For thee my warmest thoughts express— May thou for ever rule the press!
The freedom of the press— O how shall I express, This grand important theme! Which unto me doth seem, To be of great and mighty weight Towards the freedom of the State.
THOMAS SMITH, BOOT and SHOE MAKER, AND LEATHER CUTTER, Queen-Street, No. 179, Corner of Beckman or Chapel Street.
SELLS all sorts of Boots and Shoes at the following prices:    Mens best 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 8s.  0  9  0    Womens fatine, or callimanco shoes,  0  11  0    Ditto. leather ditto,  0  8  0    Boys, girls, and childrens shoes of all sorts. English boot-legs, bend-soles, 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 shoes, fit for country store-keepers, or the southern trade, and will be exchanged for tanned leather, or raw hides. ** Wanted, North American BANK-BILLS.
By the Commissioners of Forfeitures, For the WESTERN DISTRICT, PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That by VIRTUE of two certain LAWS of the Legislature of this State, the following Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, FORFEITED to the people of this state, will be Sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, agreeable to the directions of the said laws, to wit.
IN ALBANY COUNTY.
 LOT, No. 71. The rent and reversion of Lot No. 133, formerly in possession of — Gifford. The undivided half of — 17. do. — 43. do. — 161. do. Rent and Reversion, 144, formerly in possession of Nathaniel Lucas. Forfeited by the attainer of Robert Leake, late of the county of Albany, gentleman. The equity of redemption of Lot No. 38, and part of Lot No. 37, estimated at 157 acres, formerly in possession of Charity French; forfeited by the conviction of the said Charity French, late of the district of Scaghticoke, county of Albany, merchant. The equity of redemption of Lot No. 31, together with such lands, parcel of Sahakaneffick, between the northerly and southerly line of the said lot, continuing to the most easterly bounds of Pitts-Town patent; forfeited by the conviction of Henry Ruyter, late of the district of Holick, county of Albany, yeoman. The equity of redemption of Lot No. 176, and all that tract adjacent to the north east of the said lot, estimated 111 acres; forfeited by the conviction of William Rodges, late of the district of Scaghticoke, county of Albany, farmer. All the aforesaid lands are situate on the east side of Hudson's-River, in Pitts-Town, and county of Albany. LOT, No. 4, in the subdivision of Lot No. 1, in the XIXth general allotment of Kayaderosra patent, estimated at 176 acres; forfeited by the conviction of Richard Wragg, late of the district of Saratoga, county of Albany, blacksmith. LOTS, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, in a division of Lot No. 11, each containing 170 acres, in the second allotment of Clifton Park. LOTS, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, in a division of Lot No. 13, each containing 220 acres, in the second allotment of Clifton Park. LOTS, No. 37, and 39, in the 5th allotment of Clifton Park, each Lot estimated at 7 acres; forfeited by the attainer of Oliver De Lancy, a member of the council of the late colony of New-York, Esquire. The undivided fourth part of 2690 acres of Land, situate in the county of Albany, and being such part of the patent commonly called Northampton, lying to the east of the line dividing the counties of Albany and Montgomery; deemed to have become forfeited by the attainer of Guy Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, Esq. The term of the natural life of John Watts, of, in and to Lot No. 9, of the ninth allotment of Clifton Park, estimated at 1007 acres; forfeited by the attainer of the said John Watts, a member of the council of the late colony of New-York, Esq. LOTS, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, each containing 202 acres, in division of Lot No. 21, of the fourth allotment of Clifton Park; forfeited by the attainer of James De Lancy, late of the city of New-York, Esquire. All the estate, right, title, and interest of the people of the state, of, in and to all that certain House and Lot of Ground, situate in Barrack-street, in the city of Albany, and now in the possession of Ann M c Gregor; forfeited by the conviction of Robert Hoaxley, late of the district of the west manor of Rensselaerwyck, county of Albany, distiller. 
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, agreeable to the act of the legislature of the late colony, now state, of New-York, passed the 19th day of March, 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registering of mortgages and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," that on the 16th day of October next, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold, at public vendue, at the house of Johannes Tack, inn-keeper, at Marbletown, in the county of Ulster, the fee simple of all that certain tract or parcel of land and premises, situate and lying on the west side of the Rondout or Coxenkill, in the township of Marbletown and county aforesaid, and now or late in the possession of Frederick Schoonmaker, and sundry other persons tenants under him: beginning at a certain fall on the said kill or creek, where a small Brook empties into the same, being the place of beginning of a certain lot of eight acres of land, which the said Frederick Schoonmaker purchased of the trustees, of the township of Marbletown; thence along the said last mentioned lot north easterly to the lands of Hendrick Koffa, thence along the north westerly bounds of the last mentioned lands, north easterly to the lands of Jacob Snyder, thence along the last mentioned lands westerly to the lands of Isaac Smith, thence along the last mentioned land southerly to the lands of the widow Peter Nelly Sammons, thence along the last mentioned lands to the said Rondout or Coxenkill, thence down the said kill to the place of beginning; containing by estimation four hundred and forty acres of land, be the same more or less; which tracts or parcel of lands with the appurtenances were by indenture of lease and release, dated the 8th and 9th days of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, mortgaged by Frederick Schoonmaker, of the township of Marbletown, in the county of Ulster, to Richard Oliver and Stephen Nottingham, both of the township and county aforesaid, for the payment of five hundred and fifty-five pounds, current money of New-York, in silver and gold, at the rate of eight shillings for a Spanish milled dollar, with lawful interest for the same, on or before the eighth day of March next ensuing the date of the said indenture or release of mortgage.
The conditions of sale will be made public on the day of the vendue, and good and sufficient deeds executed to the purchaser of the same, by
RICHARD OLIVER, and STEPHEN NOTTINGHAM.
Marbletown, March 29, 1787. 9—34
THE SUBSCRIBER , having been duly appointed assignee, in trust for all the creditors of Jonas Rogers , at present of Huntington, Suffolk county, and state of New-York, an insolvent debtor, Doth hereby, pursuant to the direction of an act of the legislature of the state of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within this state," passed the 17th day of April, 1784, require all the creditors aforesaid, to produce to him their several securities, or accounts, against the said insolvent, by the 3d day of July next, that a dividend may be made of the monies and effects which may come to his hands, in the manner directed in and by the act aforesaid.
ISAAC YOUNG.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1787. 7—19
The SALES of the above PREMISES will begin on WEDNESDAY the 27th day of June next, at the house of William Kain, in the west district of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, near the city of Albany, innkeeper, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and will continue from day to day until the sales are completed.
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
In the ROYAL GRANT, situate in the county of Montgomery, on the north side of the Mohawk-river, Kingsland district,
  First Allotment. Lots No. 1, 150 Acres. Forfeited by the attainer of Sir John Jonston, late of the county of Tryon, knight and baronet.  161, 270 do.  162, 320 do.  163, 370 do.  164, 320 do.  165, 270 do.  166, 300 do.  RENT and REVERSION.  Lots No. 33, do. do. Matthias Lements.  49, do. do. Jo. Maldaner.   2d. Allotment. 55, do. do. Law. Growneger. Forfeited by the attainer of Daniel Claus, late of the county of Tryon, Esq.  56, do. do. Jacob Laments.  22, do. do. Jonathan Benfon.  23, do. do. John Wormwood.  25, do. do. George Waffel.  47, do. do. Martin Hayweifen.  69, do. do. Charles Kern.  Lots No. 87, 200 Acres.  88, do. do.  89, do. do.   Third Allotment. 90, do. do. Forfeited by the attainer of Guy Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, Esq.  91, do. do.  92, do. do.  93, do. do.  Lots No. 12, 200 Acres.  14, 350 do.  15, 250 do.  16, 200 do.  17, do. do.  18, do. do.   19, do. do. Forfeited by the attainer of Sir John Johnson.  20, do. do.  21, do. do.  22, do. do.  23, do. do.  24, do. do.  25, do. do.  26, 300 do.  27, 90 do.  28, 310 do.   29, 400 do. Forfeited by the attainer of Daniel Claus.  33, 150 do.  35, do. do.  Lots No. 44, 200 Acres.  79, 150 do.  80, 100 do.  81, 410 do.  82, 200 do.  83, do. do.  85, do. do.   86, do. do. Forfeited by the attainer of Daniel Claus.  90, 250 do.  93, 200 do.  94, do. do.  99, do. do.  100, do. do.  107, do. do.  108, do. do.  111, do. do.  112, do. do.   120, 500 do. Forfeited by the attainer of Daniel Claus.  Lots No. 123, 200 Acres.  124, do. do.  127, do. do.  129, do. do.  130, do. do.  131, 110 do.  132, do. do.  Lots No. 84, 200 Acres.  85, 380 do.   86, 425 do. Situate in the county of Montgomery, and district of Caghnawaga, forfeited by the attainer of Sir John Johnson.  87, 400 do.  Lots No. 88, 400 Acres.  89, do. do.  107, 200 do.  110, 440 do.  Western Allotment of KINGSBOROUGH.  532, 200 Acres.  533, do. do.  542, do. do.  546, 200 Acr.  547, do. do. 
M A Y F I E L D.
Lots No. 84, 200 Acres. Lots No. 88, 400 Acres. Situate in the county of Montgomery, and district of Caghnawaga, forfeited by the attainer of Sir John Johnson.
WESTERN ALLOTMENT OF KINGSBOROUGH.
532, 200 Acres. 546, 200 Acr. 533, do. do. 547, do. do. 542, do. do.
In a Patent granted to Alexander M c Kee, and others, near Cherry-Valley, and county aforesaid.
Lots No. 30, 1000 Acres. Lots No. 35, 1000 Acres. Forfeited by the attainer of Thomas Jones, late one of the justices of the supreme court of the late colony of New-York.
In two certain tracts, by patent granted the 14th of June 1755, near the German-Flats, in the county aforesaid, to Rudolph Stayley, John Jost Herkemer, jun. and others, to wit.
Lots No. 12, 180 Acres, and No. 24, 90 Acres, in North Tract. Lots No. 11, 140 Acres. Lots No. 69, 140 Acres. In South Tract.
Forfeited by the attainer of the said John Jost Herkemer, late of the county of Tryon, yeoman.
O R I S K A R Y P A T E N T, in the county of Montgomery,
Lot No. 9, in 5th allotment, estimated at 460 acres; Forfeited by the attainer of James De Lancy, late of the city of New-York, Esq.
Ten House Lots in Johnstown, on the north side of New-Sacondaga-street.
Twelve Lots, each 100 feet in breadth and 250 feet in length, in the town of Chichinonda, on the north side of the Mohawk-river, situated and laid out between Albert Veeder's and Guy Park.
R E N T and R E V E R S I O N of
Lot No. 62, in the western allotment of Kingsborough, containing 100 acres, formerly in possession of Simon Shreder.
151, 100 acres, formerly in possession of James Croffet.
86, in the eastern allotment, containing 50 acres, formerly in possession of Dr. Adams.
The one undivided thirtieth part of a certain tract of Land of thirty thousand acres, situate, lying and being between the Cookquaha-branch of the Delaware and Susquehannah-rivers, in a patent granted to John Rapelje, and others, in the county of Montgomery; forfeited by the attainer of the said John Rapelje, late of Kings county, Esq.
Lots No. 24, estimated at 475, Acres. On the south side of the Mohawk-river, in Conesjo-
hary district, and in a patent granted the 10th of Febru-
ary, 1762, to Philip Livingston, and others; forfeited
by the attainer of Oliver De Lancy, a member of the
council of the late colony of New-York, Esq.
Lot No. 20, in the patent commonly called Northampton, estimated at 310 acres; forfeited by the attainer of John Watts, a member of the council of the late colony of New-York, Esq.
The undivided fourth part of 1420 acres of land, situate in the county of Montgomery, being part of the patent commonly called Northampton, lying on the west side of the line dividing the county of Albany and Montgomery; deemed to have become forfeited by the attainer of Guy Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, Esq.
The equity of redemption of part of Lot No. 4, in the 3d allotment, estimated at 150 acres; also, the equity of redemption of part of Lot No. 8, in the said 3d allotment, estimated at 190 acres; in the patent of Kayaderosra; deemed to have become forfeited by the conviction of Daniel M c Alpin, late of the district of Saratoga, in the county of Albany, Esq.
J E R S E Y F I E L D, on the north side of the Mohawk-river.
The eastern half of Lot No. 7, 500 acres; forfeited by the conviction of Waldron Blauw, late of the city of New-York, merchant.
The western half of Lot No. 59, 500 acres; forfeited by the attainer of Isaac Low, late of the city of New-York, merchant.
The eastern half of Lot No. 20, 500 Acres. Forfeited by the attainer of Oliver De Lancy;
do. 29, do. do. a member of the council of the late colony of
do. 79, do. do. New-York, Esq.
do. 90, do. do.
The SALES of the above LANDS and PREMISES, which are situate in Montgomery county, will begin on Wednesday the 11th day of July next, at the Court-House in Johnstown, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and will continue from day to day until the sales are completed.
In addition to the monies and public securities, receivable in payment for forfeited lands and tenements, by the 5th section of the act, entitled, "An act for the speedy sale, &c." passed the 18th of May, 1784, and other laws, the following species of certificates are receivable, agreeable to the act, entitled, "An act further to amend, &c." passed the 1st of May, 1786, and the act for the relief of persons who paid money into the treasury of this state, &c. passed 21st April, 1787, to wit.
Certificates issued by William Denning, Esq. Certificates issued by Joseph Bindon, Esq. Certificates issued by Jonathan Burrel, Esq. Certificates issued by John Pierce, Esq. Certificates issued by Joseph Pannel, Esq. Certificates issued by Edward Fox, Esq. and Certificates issued out of any Continental Loan-Office in the United States for monies lent.
All persons that have any claim by mortgage, pre-emption, or otherwise, on any of the above LANDS, TENEMENTS, or HEREDITAMENTS, included in this Advertisement, are hereby required and notified to exhibit the same before the day of SALE to the subscribers.
HENRY OOTHOUTD, } Commissioners of Forfeitures JER. V. RENSSELAER, } for the Western District.
Commissioner's-Office, Albany, May 1, 1787. 14—19
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