The daily advertiser (New York [N.Y.]), 1787-12-29 00:00:00

The Daily Advertiser.
[VOL. III.]
NEW-YORK SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1787.
[No. 889.]
JERSEY MONEY. A VALUABLE consignment of MANCHESTER GOODS to be sold wholesale, on very reasonable terms, for which Jersey Money will be taken in payment, by JAMES HENWICK, No. 92, William-street, opposite Maiden-lane. N. B. The highest Price given for POT and PEARL ASHES. Nov. 19. 1787.
JUST ARRIVED To HUGH SMITH, No. 22, WALL-STREET, A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low-priced IRISH LINEN, Which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for cash. Sept. 15.
Sixty Pipes of MADEIRA, In pipes, hogsheads and quarter-casks, of superior quality, to be landed this day at Crugar's wharf, and to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. 22d Aug. 1787.
FOR SALE BY JOHN DEWINT, Maiden-lane, No. 36.
A FEW bds. New-York Rum; ditto St. Croix Rum; a few cases gin; a parcel sugar in bds. writing paper, common and post; sundry articles of Dry Goods; a few boxes hylon and tiong tea; 4 barrels gum of lignum vitae; and a pot-ash kettles, that have been a short time in use. Nov. 17.
GEORGE POLLOCK, Has received by the Hudson from Dublin, and the Anne and Savannah from Liverpool, A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low-priced IRISH LINEN, Which he will sell on very moderate terms, at his STORE, No. 28, Water-street. POT ASHES and FLAXSEED received in payment. Sept. 13. tf
JUST IMPORTED, In the ship MERCURY, Captain Grant, TENERIFFE WINES Of a very superior quality, which will be disposed of by the quantity or single Pipe, by JOHN C. SHAW, at his store opposite Van Zandt's wharf. Oct. 12. tf
To be LET, on reasonable Terms, A GENTEL furnished ROOM, near the Coffee-house, very suitable for a single gentleman, or a small family. For particulars enquire at No. 19, Water-street. N. B. BOARDING may be had if required, and a front Cellar. Nov. 17. tf
ATTWOOD and TRONSON, Have for sale, at their Store, No. 11, Great Dock-street, A general assortment of Swedes and American Bar IRON, CONSISTING of Axe Iron, Cart Tire, Waggon, Chair and Sleigh Tire, mill Irons, and Iron of uncommon square; Steel of all kinds, English lagged the much esteemed blistered L.O. American blistered and Tub Steel, Anvils of all sizes, Back Irons, Vices, &c. &c. A variety of Castings and other articles, which they will sell low for cash, or country produce. All orders for cast Iron, or wrought Iron for mill work, &c. will be duly received, and executed with dispatch. * Bar Iron or any other article, received and sold on commission. A quantity of Albany Pease for sale. Oct. 9th, 1787. tf
FOR SALE BY ROBERT JOHNSTON, No. 14, Water-street, in the house lately occupied by Colonel Samuel Ogden, A Large and general assortment of IRON CASTINGS, among which are the following, viz. Iron hollow ware of all sizes; Pot-ash kettles, cast with bottom down, Clock and window weights, griddles large and small Tea-kettles large and small, bake-pans do. do. Cart, waggon, coach and chair boxes, 56, 28, 14 and 7lb. weights with rings, Mortar and pestles, fat irons; Franklin stoves, large and small, Rittenhouse do. do. Ten and six-plate do. do. close stoves with pipes, Sharp's new invented stove grates, Canada stoves for large rooms, Patent caboots for ships, with one and two boilers, grates and oven; Fire places with jam be complete; Back places of every dimension, Hibernia, Mount Hope, New Mine and Andover pig metal, Gudgeons and mill irons; Refined and Bloomery bar iron, spike iron, sheerop Nail rods of all sizes; Iron hoops for bds. and bbls. horse shoes, 20d. 12d. 10d. and 8d. nails, 7 inch, 6 inch and 5 inch spikes, Crowley and blistered steel. The above articles will be sold for cash and country produce, at the lowest prices; and a large allowance made to those who buy to sell again. All orders for wrought or cast iron will be duly attended to, and forwarded, agreeable to pattern, at the shortest notice. Oct. 29. tf
To be had at LOT MERKEL's Store, No. 33, Hanover-square, nearly opposite the Bank, TOBACCO FOR SMOAKING; KITEFOOT of the first quality; ditto of an inferior or ditto; large roll tobacco, fit for manufacturers; segars, genuine Macuba snuff; ditto rapped of different qualities; gentlemen's gloves, buckskin and beaver, of the first quality. At the above Store the highest price is given for SHIPPING FURS, June 23. f.
FOR SALE, GINSENG, LINTSEED OIL, BEEF, PORK, FLOUR, FLAX-SEED, BUTTER, Quintal FISH, MACKAREL, &c. by Storm and Sickles, Dec. 18. tf. No. 35, Little-Dock street.
MANCHESTER GOODS. Imported in the Montgomery, Capt. Banyan, and for Sale on very reasonable terms, By DANIEL TUCKER, & Co. No. 202, Water-street, for Cash or Country Produce only. 7-8, 4-4, and 4-4, 3-8, Cotton Checks, Striped Ticks, Dyed Pillows, Black and Olive Velyerets, low priced; Checked Handkerchiefs, Malabars; Copperplate Furniture Cottons, Black Silk Handkerchiefs, Cotton Thickets, Men's and Women's Beaver Gloves, Romall Handkerchiefs, Fancy Printed Do. 1-2 Dozen cases of Hats, low priced, and well assorted. Dec. 1. tf.
TO BE SOLD, A Number of improved FARMS, in the counties of Dutchess, Ulster and Orange; likewise a quantity of unimproved Land in either of the said counties. Apply to J. JOHNSTON, No. 18, Wall-street. Dec. 25.
To be Sold at Public Auction, On the Premises, By FREDERICK JAY, On the 10th day of January next, A FRAME HOUSE, in Chambers-street, now in the possession of Thomas Eagles, being part of the estate of the late Cornelius Swartout. The above House contains three fine places, is built on a leased lot, six years of the lease unexpired, with a privilege of removing the house at the expiration of the same. Oct. Dec. 25.
To be landed this day at Crugar's wharf from on board the Portuguese Schooner, N. S. da Garmo, Captain Olivera, some pipes of choice PORT WINE, and a parcel of SALT; to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. Nov. 12, 1787. tf
AN Person having demands on the estate of JAMES YOULE, deceased, are requested to call on the subscriber for payment. And all those who are indebted to said estate are hereby requested to call and discharge their accounts before the first day of January next, or may expect their accounts will be put in the hands of an attorney, for recovery of that estate, without distinction as a settlement of that estate must be made at the time above mentioned. JOHN YOULE, Administrator. Nov. 14. tf. No. 64, Beekman-Street. Who has just opened a fresh and general assortment of Hardware, Ironmongery, and Cutlery, Which he will dispose of very reasonable by wholesale or retail.
FLAX-SEED, Stored, cleaned purchased and sold, at HARTELL and WOODWARD'S FLAX-SEED STORE, lately occupied by Mr. Jacob Saffy, left by Mr. Nash, between Van Zandt's and Murray's Wharves. Oct. 22.
WILLIAM USTICK, jun. No. 33, Queen-street; HAS just received by the SALLY and other late vessels from Bristol, a general assortment of IRONMONGERY and CUTLERY; Amongst which are—Nails, Glass, Paints, Sheet Iron, Sheet Lead, blistered and Crawley Steel, Anvils, Vices and Beck Irons, Bials Kettles, iron Pots and Kettles, Frying Pans, Spades and Shovels, Shovel and Tongs, Bellows, Warming Pans, Bials and iron Candlesticks, hand and soft Waffle Irons, men and boys Scates, long handle hair Brooms, Brushes of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Pen and Jack-knives, Shears and Scissors, wire and spring Moule and Rat Traps, Jacks, Clouts, B ad, and Screws of all sizes, Locks and Hinges of every kind, Carpenters, Coopers and Joiners Tools, &c. &c. He has also for sale Pickled Mackerel, Salmon and Herring, which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for Cash; also Nails of all sizes, manufactured in this city, and equal to any imported. New-York, Nov. 13, 1787. tf
Turk's Island SALT, Soal Leather and Muscovado Sugar, In Barrels. A Quantity of each, now landing at Peck-Slip. Attendance for the SALE of which, will be given by Murray, Mumford, and Bowen, Who have also for Sale, At No. 20, Peck-Slip,
A QUANTITY of best Petersburg A clean HEMP, BOHEA TEA, MOLASSES, BURR FLOUR, BEEF, PORK, HOG'S LARD, YORK RUM, SHEET CORK, CAYENNE COCOA, DRY COD-FISH, RUSSIA and RAVENS DUCK, HOLLAND POWDER, 100 Boxes SPERMACETI CANDLES, COD SOUNDS and TONGUES, in Barrels. A large ANCHOR, weighing 30 cwt. to be sold Cheap. WANTED, Forty Barrels PEARL ASHES, thirty barrels WHALE OIL, twelve thousand SUGAR HOGSHEAD STAVES, fifty-five inches long. New-York, December 14, 1787. tf.
FRANCIS TANS, No. 51, Broad-street, Has received by the Montgomery, collected by the other late arrivals, and has remaining on hand of his former stock, the following general assortment in the FANCY, MILLINERY, and DRY GOOD Line; CHINA and satin ribbons, a great variety different widths and colors; plain net, crape, foulard, silk spotted and striped, black and white gauzes; fancy colored cane hats, yellow and black Leghorn do. per dozen or quantity; black and white skein and ribbon wicks; wire frames for the latest fashion bonnets; mock point laces; black silk ditto, and edgings; white thread laces and edgings; black fatins and mouselin de laine, white and colored face nets; chintzes and calicoes; furniture co; perplate do. linens and checks; mousses, callimancoes and stuff; silk thread cotton, and worsted hose; pink, blue, green, and dove colored silk quilts; mouselin and cotton shawls; silk, linen, and cotton handkerchiefs; corded dimities; mouselin and chintz trimmings; plain and sprigged lawns; plain and striped mouselins; lawn and mouselin handkerchiefs; fine and common cambrics; black patent net lace; nankenees, umbrellas, artificial flowers, feathers, flannels, baizer, and striped wildbores, sewing silks, threads, &c. &c. all which will be sold on the very lowest terms, for immediate payment. He returns his sincere thanks to the public in general for their past custom, and solicits a continuance. The Millinery Business will still continue to be carried on in the most extensive manner, with the utmost exertions to give satisfaction; and to enable him to sell off the large stock of gauzes, ribbons, &c. remaining on hand, every article in that line will be charged at the lowest terms possible. Nov. 13. tf.
George and Robert Lewis, & Co. No. 233, Queen-street, In addition to the Goods received by the Batsey and Willson, are now opening for SALE by the Montgomery, Capt. Bunya, viz. 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 Irish Linens, Dowlas and sheetings, 4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 fashionable Shawls, Printed Linens and Cottons, 7-8, 9-8, fancy and Chintz Calicoes, Furniture ditto, A general assortment of cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Leno, Lawn, and Black Silk, ditto. Bandannos and Romall ditto, 7-8 and 11-8, plain, corded, striped and checked Lawns. Rich fashionable Waist-coat shapes, Striped and gold bordered Talian Waistcoating, Florentines and Satins, An assortment of Hosiery, Table Cloths, Clouting-Diapers, &c. &c. &c. Which they are determined to dispose of at their usual low prices for Cash, Notes at a short date, and shipping produce. New-York, Nov. 21, 1787. tf.
BROTHERS, COSTER and Co. Have for sale at their Store No. 8, Duke-street, Just Imported in the COLUMBIA and the GRACE, from Amsterdam; ROSE TEA, fresh, and of a superior quality, Suchong ditto, Pepper in Bales, best Holland Duck, Russia do. Raven's Duck, Russia Sheeting, Ticklenburgh Linnen, Osnaburgh do. Holland Silesia Sheeting, Platilles and Bretanjes, Brown Hollandois, Dowlas and Holland Bed-tick, Cambric, black Laces, and silk Hair Ribbons, a neat assortment of Calicoes, black Barcelona, Romall, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Checks and Holland Stripes, Hats, Writing Paper and Slates, Looking Glasses, Frying Pans and Dutch Iron Pots, Dutch Tea Kettles and Brass Kettles, best Clarce in small cases for family use, Linseed Oil and Paints, Holland Geneva, in pipes, in large and small cases and jugs, Dutch Hatchets or Flax Combs, &c. &c. 23 Oct. 1787. tf.
SHALER and SEBOR No. 27 Queen-street, have for sale, A QUANTITY of plated ware, consisting of can-dlessticks, branches, tea caddies, snuffer pans, egg cups, goblets, coffee pots and Mullineers, black table cakes, with knives, forks, and spoons complete, fruit stands, paper bottle stands, japanned bread-trays, caddies and snuffer pans, plate warmers, brass changing dishes, colicewers, steel snuffers, Cadbury, brass rings, cloak pins, sleeve buttons, brass table hinges, guns and gun locks, China tea cups chimney tiles, sets of house brushes, near mahog any razor cases, silver watches, elegant steel and gilt watch chains, trinkets, shirt pins, buckles, rings, pates, shoe, knee, and lock buckles and sleeve buttons, fine Irish sheetings, fine dyed jeans, Marcellus quilting, silk shaggs, block crape, white and black gauzes, mouselins, muffs, feathered habs, habalies, hicerfoys, barnegore, romalls, corded dimity, and a box of assorted houting cloths, with a variety of other articles which will be disposed of for cash or shipping produce, at a price much below the sterling cost. At same place may be had, Madeira, Teneriffe, and Malaga wine, by the pipe or quarter cask, Champagne of an excellent quality, by the case or dozen, Riped duffel blankets, a variety of hard ware, a large assortment of Irish linens, 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4, received by the Montgomery, are now opening, and will be sold together with the above goods on the lowest terms. New-York, November 27, 1787.
A CAUTION to OWNERS and MASTERS of VESSELS, THAT they beware of rigging which is made of Holland yarn; for it is made in great quantities and exposed to sale, to the hurt of the buyer. It is of such a base quality, that it is not sufficient for cables or rigging of any kind; it is spun and dressed off in such a manner, as makes it difficult for the buyer to know it from the best rope. In order to try its civil quality, let the buyer take a few yards of the fag end of the rope, and open them into hemp, and if it prove to be short tow, you may take it for granted to be Holland yarn; which is spun so short tow and refuse of the hemp, that is manufactured into sail-cloth in Holland. N. B. It should be enquired who are the promoters of this caution, be it known that we are a company of rope-makers, who think it too tedious to insert our names here. tf New-York, Nov. 8.
PORT WINE, Of a superior quality to any ever imported to this place. LANDING this Day at Crugar's wharf, out of the Brig St. Jesuide Villa Nova, from Oporto, for Sale by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. June 14th. tf.
20Hds. of St. Croix SUGAR FOR SALE, by JOZE ROIZ SILVA, at the Old-Slip. New-York, Nov. 5, 1787. tf
FIFTY THREE HOGSHEADS JAMES RIVERTOBACCO, ONE BALE OF NUTMEGS, THREE HUNDRED BARRELS FLOUR; To be landed This Day on Murray's and Marston's Wharf, for sale, by WILLIAM SETON, & Co. Dec. 27, 1787. tf
HILL and OGDEN, No. 41, Great-Dock-street, have just imported by the Grace, from Amsterdam, and for sale on very reasonable terms, for Cash, Notes at short Payments, Pot-ashes, Flax-seed, Bar-Iron, Wheat or Flour, an assortment of the following articles, viz.
TICKLENBURGS, Osnaburghs, German dowlas; Russia diaper, platillas, Brianquias, cotton and linen checks, sheetings of excellent quality, white Flemish linen, German stripes and checks, lawns, calicoes, writing paper, &c. They have likewise for sale, coatings, Yorkshire cloths, callimancoes, durants, flannels, Irish linens, &c.
Also, IMPROVED FRANKLIN STOVES, cast in the Air-Furnace, at Newark, which, besides being exceedingly neat, are constructed to give more heat into the room, a remedy for smoky chimneys; and more secure from fire than any other. Also, Pot-ash kettles, forge hammers and anvils refined from bog-ore, pig-metal, and approved by many years experience.
N. B. Orders are received by them for every kind of hollow-ware and iron-castings, made at said Air-Furnace, and will be executed with dispatch and superior neatness. Oct. 31. tf.
JAMES SAIDLER, Insurance Broker, No. 31, Water-street, two doors from the corner of King-street.
BUYS and sells on Commission, all kinds of Public Securities, Goods &c. Produce, as usual. He has also imported in the Wilson, from Liverpool, the America, from London, and left vessels from Europe, a neat assortment of GOODS, consisting of fine brown, mixt, blue, drab, and copper-coloured Broad Cloths, Coatings, Duffles and Blankets, Flannels and Baizes, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 and 11-8 wide cotton Checks, printed Cottons, Chintzes, Ribbons, Lawns, Lawn Handkerchiefs and Aprons, Satins and Modes, cotton and silk Handkerchiefs, sewing Silks and Twill, fine and coarse Hats, Men's jeans, Durants, Tammies, Callimancoes and Camblets, Table Cloths and Diapers, Writing Paper, and an assortment of HARD WARE, &c. which he will sell on reasonable terms, for Cash, Country Produce, or public Securities.—Also, six pair of elegant brass mounted Fire Dogs, and a few barrels pickled Mackerel and Cod-Fish, in excellent order. Apply as above. N. B. Purchasers of unappropriated and confiscated lands, can be supplied with certificates on the most reasonable terms.
LOT MERKEL, No. 33, Hanover-square, nearly opposite the Bank; Manufacturer and has for sale a complete and general assortment.
MUFFS and TIPPETS, of Martin and Martin Throat,
M. Swan's Down and real Ermine, Russia and Siberia Squirrel, American Ground Squirrel, Russia Hare and red Fox, Real black Squirrel, Vole, Mole, Mock Sable and Mock Ermine. Likewise a large and general assortment of Fur Trimming and Edgings, for Ladies Cloaks, Coats and Habits, Ladies Cloak Linings, Gentlemen's Great Coats lined with Fur, Fur Gloves, &c. &c. *The above articles he is now selling on the most reasonable Terms for Cash only. N. B. Orders from the Country executed in the best manner. October 11, 1787. tf.
SALT-PETRE. A few hundred weight may be had very low of
EFFINGHAM LAWRENCE; No. 227, Queen-street, facing the Fly-market. Also a large and general assortment of
Genuine DRUGS & MEDICINES; Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Surgical Instruments, &c. for which Cash, Ginseng, Beeswax, Snake-root, Pot and Pearl-ashes, &c. will be taken in payment. MEDICINE CHESTS complete, with directions. Orange Peas for Illness. N. B. An APPRENTICE wanted. Oct. 12. tf.
GEORGE BARNEWALL & Co. No. 205, WATER-STREET, near the Coffee-house. HAVE just imported, in the ship Providence from London, an assortment of IRISH LINENS, SHEETINGS, DOWLAS and THREADS, low and high priced; which they will sell, on reasonable terms, for cash or short credit. They have also on hand, a variety of PAPER HANGINGS, with felt and other borders; and rod, and other sized NAILS. July 7.
G. VERPLANCK HAS FOR SALE, at No. 41, WALL-STREET, on very reasonable terms for CASH, CAMBRICS, white Platillas, Ivory Combs, Piston Powder, Pepper, Geneva in Cales, Holland Duck, Raven's do. Russia Sheeting, Calicoes and Tapes, Dutch Mill Saws, &c. &c.
To be Let from the first of May next, The HOUSE now occupies in Wall-street, and to be leased for a term of years, a Lot of Ground in Crown-street, near the North-River, and another in Greenwich-street, opposite Rhynlander's wharf. tf

To the unfledged SONS of the MUSES. I HAVE ye no Scribblers among ye all, To furnish out our Poet's Corner? For shame exert, both great and small, Nor let your Muse suppose you scorn her. Implore the aid of Melpomene; 'Tis if Italia fails you best, Forego the dismal tragic scene, And jocund give the harmless jest.
The fair whose beauties you shall sing With pleasant dimples shall caress ye; And for each little piece you bring, Our little Devils too shall bless ye. Dec. 28, 1787.
P E T E R S B U R G, Dec. 6. We are informed that the General Assembly, finding there appeared a sum of money, amounting to about 15,000l. in the hands of the Treasurer, which was appropriated agreeable to the requisition of Congress, for the purpose of raising a body of cavalry, but which Congress afterwards found unnecessary, have directed that it shall be applied to the purpose of purchasing continental facilities, in order to enable this State to fulfil on their part, the requisitions of Congress, with respect to the domestic debt.
By the last accounts from the Western country, we learn, that the Indians are determined to continue their hostilities on the frontier settlements; and it is feared, that if something is not done to settle a permanent treaty with them, a general Indian war will be the consequence.
B O S T O N, December 20. Last Saturday morning, between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock, a fire was discovered upon the roof of the Lieutenant Governor's house; the shingles being very dry, it is apprehended that it must have been occasioned by some sparks from a chimney a little to the Westward, which had been on fire the same morning. By the immediate attention of the citizens, the fire was speedily and happily extinguished.
Saturday evening last, between 7 and 8 o'clock, four armed foot-pads made an attack on Mr. Caleb Coolidge, as he was on his way from Cambridge to this town. The circumstances of this piece of villainy are nearly as follows:—Mr. Coolidge having come from Providence that day, quitted the stage at Roxbury, where he took a horse to carry him to Cambridge, he having business there, which occasioned his departure from the direct road to Boston. Soon after he left Cambridge, he quitted the horse, and dismissed the boy who came thus far with him to carry the horse back. Thinking himself out of danger, he came along down the road, singly, and on foot, without any interruption, till within about a mile and a half of Charles-river bridge, where he was stopped by a man whom Mr. Coolidge took to be an Irishman: The fellow bid Mr. Coolidge stand, which he did; and on being ordered to deliver his money he hesitated a moment, and the fellow persisting in his demands, Mr. Coolidge, with a stout stick, struck him over the head, which laid the miscreant to the ground. Immediately, as Mr. Coolidge was going away, three other scoundrels, whom he did not suspect were so near, came up and forced from him his watch, pocket-book and cash, to the amount of 233l. with which they made off.
Tuesday afternoon, as Mr. William Gardner was turning a cart, loaded with gravel, down the avenue leading to Mr. White's stable, the wheels falling suddenly into a gutter, projected the shafts forward, one of which struck the said Gardner in his side so forcibly, as to put a period to his existence in a few moments. A striking instance of the uncertainty of human life.
Last evening about eight o'clock, the gaol of this town was discovered to be on fire; but by the usual activity of the inhabitants it was soon extinguished, without any material damage. It was probably set on fire by some of the prisoners, in order to make their escape.
Of 800 persons, who have been employed in the fishing business, the year past, from Marblehead, not a single one has died thro' the whole term.
N E W P O R T, December 13. A correspondent observes, that amongst all the disasters and calamities, to which mankind are exposed, few are more alarming in their nature, or more terrible in their effects, than the midnight fire. How often does it leave an unhappy family divested of the comforts of life, by the irretrievable loss of a house, money and goods, on which their support depended!
As the season is now advanced, when we are subject to dry and boisterous North-West winds, how careful should each family be to keep their Chimnies well swept; inattention here, would argue the greatest absurdity, as it will subject us to the greatest danger: When asleep, on the downy pillow, we may awake, and find ourselves
enveloped in flames. Too often has this town been alarmed by the voice of fire, and frequently by the carelessness of suffering our Chimnies to be full of soot, by which means, they have taken fire, and the blaze from a Chimney, may prove very destructive.
Is reported, that a celebrated Universalist, upon being informed that the Hon. Superior Court, while sitting as a Court of Equity, had received tenders in depreciated paper, at par, to discharge bona-fide specie mortgages, renounced his favorite principles of Universal Salvation, and now firmly believes in the future punishment of the wicked. Where then is the hope of the unjust and the fraudulent?
Last Tuesday night, the house of Mr. Henry Littlefield, of Exeter, together with his barn, cheese house, and all his furniture, were consumed by fire; a girl in the house was burnt to such a degree, that her life is despaired of.
New-York, Dec. 29.
Yesterday failed from this port the Ship JAY, THOMAS RANDALL, Esq. Commander, on a voyage to Madeira, the East-Indies, and Canton;—in her went passenger for Madeira, JOHN MARSDEN PINTARD, Esquire, of this city, Commercial Agent for the United States at that island.
President Sullivan, a tried patriot, has been heard to express himself in nearly the following terms:—“That although he did not doubt New-Hampshire, singly considered, might have framed a better Constitution for herself; yet, when the whole of the 13 States were considered—that it was to unite them, jarring in interests, in politics and prejudices—he was bold to say, the proposed Constitution was one of the best systems of Government ever devised—and that all the objections which have been raised against it are no more than what might be brought against any form of Government whatever.”
We learn from Anchariam, in the Manor of Livingston, that on the 10th instant, John Tucker, (son of Elias Tucker) aged 26 years, had his right thigh amputated, six inches above the articulation of the knee. The operation was performed by Mr. Darius Stoddard, with his usual steadiness, accuracy and dispatch. Mr. Charles D. Cooper secured the arteries with needle ligature, and Mr. L. Wheeler applied the dressings.
What rendered the operation necessary, was a carious ulcer of fourteen years standing.
On examination of the bones of the leg and foot, by Messrs. Cooper and Stoddard, they were found to be carious and rotten in many places.
The character of the Emperor of Germany seems at last to be fixed. He is indefatigable and restless, but easily yields to circumstances, and retreats before vigorous opposition. The late King of Prussia used to say of him, “He always charges, but never discharges.” And even the Flemish boors, we are informed, begin to observe, “His bark is worse than his bite;” yet his Majesty possesses the most amiable qualities of private life.
In England lately, the Rev. Mr. Palmer was robbed by a single highwayman who was riding a very gentle pace, singing “Blow high, blow low;” which he did so well, that Mr. P. stopt his horse to hear it. As soon as the song was over, Mr. P. was riding on, but the highwayman told him he must stay and pay the music, and desired his money and watch, which he directly gave him; it being a large sum, he returned Mr. P. a guinea again, to bear his charges. Mr. Palmer begged hard for his watch, but the highwayman told him, he was at present without one himself, and he wished always to keep time.
From an English Paper. I N S C R I P T I O N In Westminster-Abbey, To the memory of PHILIP, (2d) EARL STANHOPE, Conspicuous for universal benevolence, Unshaken public integrity, And private worth. Deep were his researches In philosophy; And extensive his ideas For his country's good. He was ever a determined supporter Of the Trial by Jury, Of the Freedom of Elections, Of a numerous and well-regulated Militia, And of the Liberty of the Press. On the 7th day of March, 1786; And in the 72d year of his age, He terminated an honorable life, Spent in the exercise of virtue, In the improvement of science, And in the pursuit of truth. In respectful remembrance of him, The above lines are inscribed By his affectionate son, Charles, Earl Stanhope.
Anecdote. A French gentleman who had lodged all his money in the hands of a bank-
er some little time before he stopped payment, had the good fortune to save it by a droll and lucky accident. While he was standing one day at a fruit shop near the Exchange, a gentleman entered, and ordered a desert of fruit of various kinds for his dinner, to the amount of five or six pounds. The Parisian at his departure enquired what great Duke or Lord that was, who had been so profuse in the simple article of fruit; he was answered, that it was Mr. F. the banker. Oh! oh! you say dat, replied the astonished foreigner; begar, den-me go dis minute and take my money from him, or he will eat it all up. He drew out his money immediately, and Mr. F. stopped payment two days after.
MARRIED, at Elizabeth-Town, Captain CYRUS DE HART, to Miss MARY CHITTWOOD, daughter of John Chittwood, Esq. of that place.
The FEDERALIST, No. XXIX. To the People of the State of New-York.
IT has been already observed, that the Federal Government ought to possess the power of providing for the support of the National Forces; in which proposition, was intended to be included, the expence of raising troops, of building and equipping fleets, and all other expences, in any wise connected with military arrangements and operations. But these are not the only objects, to which the jurisdiction of the United States, in respect to revenue, must necessarily be empowered to extend. It must embrace a provision for the support of the National Civil List; for the payment of the National Debts, contracted, or that may be contracted—and, in general, for all those matters which will call for disbursements out of the National Treasury. The conclusion is, that there must be interwoven in the frame of Government, a general power of taxation, in one shape or another.
Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic:—As that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential functions. A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of revenue, as far as the resources of the community will permit, may be regarded as an indispensable ingredient in every Constitution. From a deficiency in this particular, one, of two evils must ensue; either the people must be subjected to continual plunder, as a substitute for a more eligible mode of supplying the public wants; or the Government must sink into a fatal atrophy, and in a short course of time perish.
In the Ottoman, or Turkisn Empire, the Sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives and fortunes of his subjects, has no right to impose a new tax. The consequence is, that he permits the Bashaws, or Governors of Provinces, to pillage the people without mercy, and in turn, squeezes out of them the sums of which he stands in need, to satisfy his own exigencies, or those of the State. In America, from a like cause, the Government of the Union has gradually dwindled into a state of decay, approaching nearly to annihilation. Who can doubt, that the happiness of the people in both countries would be promoted by competent authority, in the proper hands, to provide the revenues which the necessities of the public might require?
The present Confederacy, feeble as it is, intended to repose in the United States, an unlimited power of providing for the pecuniary wants of the Union. But proceeding upon an erroneous principle, it has been done in such a manner, as entirely to frustrate the intention. Congress, by the articles which compose the compact, (as has already been stated) are authorised to ascertain, and call for any sums of money, necessary, in their judgment, to the service of the United States; and their requisitions, if conformable to the rule of apportionment, are, in every constitutional sense, obligatory upon the States. These have no right to question the propriety of the demand; no discretion, beyond that of devising the ways and means of furnishing the sums demanded. But, though this be strictly and truly the case; though the assumption of such a right, be an infringement of the articles of Union; though it may seldom, or never have been avowedly claimed; yet, in practice, it has been constantly exercised; and would continue to be so, as long as the revenues of the Confederacy should remain dependent on the intermediate agency of its members. What the consequences of this system have been, is within the knowledge of every man, the least conversant in our public affairs, and has been amply unfolded in different parts of these enquiries. It is this, which has chiefly contributed to reduce us to a situation, which affords ample cause, both of mortification to ourselves, and of triumph to our enemies.
What remedy can there be for this situation, but in a change of the system which has produced it?—In a change of the fallacious and delusive system of quotas and
requisitions; which, if there can be imagined for a moment, to be in force, but should be pursued by the National Government to raise its own revenues, by the ordinary methods of taxation, authorized in every well-ordered Constitution of civil Government? Ingenious men may declaim with plausibility on any subject, but no human ingenuity can point out any other expedient to rescue us from the inconveniences and embarrassments, naturally resulting from defective supplies of the public Treasury.
The more intelligent adversaries of the new Constitution admit the force of this reasoning; but they qualify their admission between what they call internal and external taxation. The former they would reserve to the State Governments; the latter, which they explain into commercial imports, or rather, duties on imported articles, they declare themselves willing to concede to the Federal head. This distinction, however, would violate that fundamental maxim of good sense and sound policy, which dictates that every POWER ought to be proportionate to its OBJECT, and would still leave the General Government in a kind of tutelage to the State Governments, inconsistent with every idea of vigor or efficiency. Who can pretend, that commercial imports are, or would be alone equal to the present and future exigencies of the Union? Taking into the account, the existing debt, foreign and domestic, upon any plan of extinguishment, which a man, moderately impressed with the importance of public justice, and public credit, could approve, in addition to the establishments, which all parties will acknowledge to be necessary, we could not reasonably flatter ourselves, that this resource alone, upon the most improved scale, would even suffice for its present necessities. Its future necessities admit not of calculation or limitation; and upon the principle, more than once adverted to, the power of making provision for them as they arise, ought to be equally unconfined. I believe it may be regarded as a position, warranted by the history of mankind, that in the usual progress of things, the necessities of a Nation, in every stage of its existence, will be found at least equal to its resources.
To say that deficiencies may be provided for by requisitions upon the States, is on the one hand, to acknowledge that this system cannot be depended upon; and on the other hand, to depend upon it for every thing beyond a certain limit. Those who have carefully attended to its vices and deformities as they have been exhibited by experience, or delineated in the course of these papers, must feel an invincible repugnancy to trusting the national interests in any degree to its operation. Its inevitable tendency, wherever it is bro't into activity, must be to enfeeble the Union and sow the seeds of discord and contention between the Federal Head and its members, and between the members themselves. Can it be expected that the deficiencies would be better supplied in this mode, than the total wants of the Union have heretofore been supplied, in the same mode? It ought to be recollected, that if less will be required from the States, they will have proportionably less means to answer the demand. If the opinions of those who contend for the distinction which has been mentioned, were to be received as evidence of truth, one would be led to conclude that there was some known point in the economy of national affairs, at which it would be safe to stop, and say, thus far the ends of public happiness will be promoted by supplying the wants of Government, and all beyond this is unworthy of our care or anxiety. How is it possible that a Government half supplied and always necessitous, can fulfil the purposes of its institution—can provide for the security of—advance the prosperity—or support the reputation of the Commonwealth? How can it ever possess either energy or stability, dignity or credit, confidence at home, or respectability abroad? How can its Administration be any thing else than a succession of expedients temporing, impotent, disgraceful? How will it be able to avoid a frequent sacrifice of its engagements to immediate necessity? How can it undertake or execute any liberal or enlarged plans of public good?
Let us attend to what would be the effects of this situation in the very first war in which we should happen to be engaged. We will presume, for argument sake, that the revenue arising from the impost-duties answers the purposes of a provision for the public debt, and of a peace establishment for the Union. Thus circumstanced, a war breaks out. What would be the probable conduct of the Government in such an emergency? Taught by experience, that proper dependence could not be placed on the success of requisitions; unable by its own authority to lay hold of fresh resources; and urged by considerations of national danger; would it not be driven to the expedient of diverting the funds already appropriated, from their proper objects to the defence of the State? It is not easy to see how a step of this kind could be avoided; and if it should be taken, it is evident that it would prove the destruction

of public credit, at the very moment that it was become essential to the public safety. To imagine that at such a crisis credit might be dispensed with, would be the extreme of infatuation. In the modern system of war, nations the most wealthy are obliged to have recourse to large loans. A country so little opulent as ours, must feel this necessity in a much stronger degree. But who would lend to a Government that prefaced its overtures for borrowing by an act which demonstrated that no reliance could be placed on the steadiness of its measures for paying? The loans it might be able to procure would be as limited in their extent, as burdensome in their conditions. They would be made upon the same principles, that usurers commonly lend to bankrupt and fraudulent debtors; with a sparing hand, and at enormous premiums.
It may perhaps be imagined, that from the scantiness of the resources of the country, the necessity of diverting the established funds in the case supposed, would exist, though the national Government should possess an unrestrained power of taxation. But two considerations will serve to quiet all apprehensions on this head; one is, that we are sure the resources of the community in their full extent, will be brought into activity for the benefit of the Union; the other is, that what deficiencies there may be, can without difficulty be supplied by loans.
The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation by its own authority, would enable the national Government to borrow, as far as its necessities might require. Foreigners as well as the citizens of America, could then reasonably repose confidence in its engagements; but to depend upon a Government, that must itself depend upon thirteen other Governments for the means of fulfilling its contracts, when once its situation is clearly understood, would require a degree of credulity, not often to be met with in the pecuniary transactions of mankind, and little reconcilable with the usual sharp-sightedness of avarice.
Reflections of this kind, may have trifling weight with men, who hope to see realized in America, the halcyon scenes of the poetic or fabulous age; but to those who believe we are likely to experience a common portion of the vicissitudes and calamities, which have fallen to the lot of other nations, they must appear entitled to serious attention. Such men must behold the actual situation of their country with painful solicitude, and deprecate the evils which ambition or revenge might, with too much facility, inflict upon it.
PUBLIUS.
From the AMERICAN MUSEUM, for November, 1787.
ADDRESS to the LADIES of AMERICA.
I HAVE been often disgusted, my fair country-women, at the many impertinent invectives that have appeared against your dress, of which you only are competent judges. No reasonable man ought to expect that you should attend to advice, which, instead of taking the form of gentle persuasion, assumes the authoritative air of reproach. It is not, therefore, my intention to find fault with you on this score; nor shall I presume, in defiance of your taste, to dictate an absolute rule of conduct: but I may not, perhaps, displease you by showing what has been the origin of many fashions, that you may judge how far the embellishment of your persons, and the delicacy of your minds, are concerned in the adoption of them.
Madame la Comtesse de Borgne lost one eye by the small pox: but the lower part of her face received little or no injury; and she had a fine set of teeth. About the time of her being so far recovered as to lay by her bandage, a new opera, called Panurge in the island of Lanterns, (Panurge dans l'isle des Lanternes) appeared in Paris. The story was taken from Rabelais: and it tended to ridicule the ancient oracles, by making the priest of the temple wear a ludicrous dress, part of which was a hat as large as a tea-table. Madame la Comtesse immediately adopted the expedient of a large hat, and concealed the upper part of her face, while she enjoyed the advantage of a lovely mouth. Thus, although she could not regain her lost eye, she effectually eclipsed that essential part of beauty in all her rivals, who followed the fashion of un chapeau a la Panurge , without suspecting the motive that produced it.
This fashion found its way into England, and reigned some time without alteration; but Lady Betty Denpourie had a bad tooth, which often occasioned a swelled cheek. It was impossible to suffer confinement: and yet the swelling was a deformity she did not wish to expose in public. She therefore inclined the hat till one side touched her shoulder, and produced the double effect of showing a charming profile, and concealing her unfortunate swelling:—The ladies in London now show their faces by halves.
Miss Smart, a young milliner in Tavi-stock-street, "vowed it was a monstrous shame for the men to make such a fuss about
the extravagance of their wives and daughters; when, instead of palaverings and harpings on what they did not understand, they should look at home and spend less money in drinking and carousing at taverns." As a constant memento of this very just reproof, she changed the crown of a hat into a punch bowl, and the ladies now give us a tacit, but useful lesson every time we look at this part of their dress.
Madame la Maréchale de Tison had fine colored hair, and a reddish brown eruption on her head, which appeared in front. With the assistance of her coiffeur, a powder was invented, which so partook of the color of the hair, and of the eruption, as to suit both, and by passing the powder-knife along the edge of the eruption, it appeared like a rim, left to adorn the forehead: poudre a la marechale immediately became the pick of the mode!
Madame la Presidente de la Chauvette, soon after, rendered the color of the powder an unnecessary circumstance. This lady when young, had very strait hair, which was perpetually moist, from a constant perspiration through these capillary tubes. Frizzled and curled heads, were at that time a raging fashion, which she could not follow; she consulted a quack, and procured a drug, that effectually closed all the pores of her head, and to her great joy the hair kept dry, and obeyed the curling irons.
Nature, however, in the course of a few years, asserted her right of punishment, for disobedience, and being thus deprived of a method she had taken, to throw off the superabundant humors, formed such an accumulation of them, as occasioned a continual headache. The faculty were now consulted, and it was determined to encrease the evaporation of the head, by daily lotions of camphorated spirits of wine; for this purpose, a complete tonsure became necessary, and her fine auburn hair vanished in a moment. A tere and a chignon were soon procured from the heads of two unhappy youths who were hanged for crimes, that need not be mentioned, and the Presidente led a fashion, which has produced more profit to the bourreux , than all their other fees put together. As this concealed all sorts of diseases in the head, the marechale de Tison readily adopted the fashion, and as the lotion was necessary in both cases, camphor became an essential ingredient in all compound perfumes.
That celebrated beauty, the Duchess of Rosebank , Vice Queen of Hibernia, has the loveliest neck, &c. that ever woman had, and she used kindly to gratify her admirers, without the trouble of peeping. All the ladies in Dublin, that could do it, followed her example: but as nature has not permitted these advantages to be universal, the fortunate ladies claimed a distinction, under the title of the breast squadron ; and indeed the appearance did great honor to his Most Christian Majesty's first sea-port; for such a squadron would conquer the best manned fleet in the world.
The Duchess of Doadonefir , who long led the ton in England, has lately grown corpulent. She was therefore afraid to imitate the nudity of her beautiful friend, lest, if the usual boundaries were to be slackened, an inundation of charms would deprive her of the command of those lateral protuberances, which, indeed, had lost part of their whiteness, as well as elasticity. She therefore invented an immense covering of gauze, which, while it kept up the external appearance d'une nourrice , enabled her to confine all matters in proper subjection.
Few ladies could naturally rise to this degree of protuberance: the covering, therefore, became indispensable, and the breast squadron was soon enveloped in clouds of gauze. Tall, pallid misses were vastly relieved by this invention, for the fullness of the handkerchief left room for the imagination to suppose an agreeable plenitude below; but the knowledge of the contrary gave rise to a bon mot, and these handkerchiefs were called des fichus trompeurs .
It is remarked by anatomists, that nature is constantly on the watch, either to remedy defects, or to make them less inconvenient, by adapting the other parts of the system, so as to relieve the patient. Thus, when by extraordinary corpulence, the weight of the body is increased, the natural cushion, on which that weight is to rest, is encreased also; and therefore the Duchess of Doadonefir had a pair of posterior, which perfectly defended the os sacrum, when she was seated, and at the same time occasioned a due counterpoise, that kept her centre of gravity within its base when she was erect. But her grace was a little diffident of the extent of her influence: and in order to make herself a certain standard of beauty, she gave Sir J. R. . . . one hundred guineas to paint a lusty Venus rising from her native sea, for which she sat herself as a model.
"As coral red, her pulpy lips, Full as the swelling surge, her hips; As full her bosom heaving strong, Like wave propelling wave along."
The picture was placed in the exhibition at the royal academy, in Somerset-house,
and all the fat ladies in the British court were charmed with it. But the more slender fair were again reduced to the necessity of a succedaneum, and cork-rumps were invented.
[To be concluded on Monday.]
ARRIVED.
At Boston. Three Friends, Peabody, from Hispaniola; and Cumberland, Sandford, from Demarara.
At Newport. Fanny, Garrison, from North-Carolina.
Just received, for sale,
FIFTY-THREE Tierces new RICE, in whole and half casks, 5 barrels INDIGO, different prices; likewise a few Barrels of GROUND-NUTS. Apply to ROBERT GILCHRIST, No. 20, Smith-Street.
Dec. 29.
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FOR SALE,
PORK, Beef, Lard, Tallow, Butter, and other produce; also, a quantity of white and pitch-pine Boards and Plank, pitch-pine Scantling, Cypress and Cedar Shingles, Oak Lath, and several other articles of Lumber. Enquire at No. 8, Little Dock-street, or at the Lumber Yard, North-river.
B. SWARTWOUT & SON.
N. B. A few barrels Spirits Turpentine, and 20,000 Flax-seed Cask Staves and Heading, to be sold low.
Dec. 29.
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TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE PLANTATION, situated on Penn's Neck, within 4 miles of Princeton; containing 300 acres, with a sufficient quantity of meadow, lying on Mill-stone Creek; about 50 acres is excellent good timber land; the remainder as good land for all kinds of grain as any about Princeton; all in good fence. There are on the premises a very good large Dwelling-House, a large Barn, all covered with cedar; a Waggon-House, with out-houses, all in good order; a large orchard, that will produce 100 bush. of cyder a year, with other fruit trees; a very fine well of water at the door. The situation is high, and has a fine prospect of Princeton College. This farm is rendered more delightful and convenient by the contiguous situation of a large branch of Mill-stone river.
Also, A Lot of excellent Wood Land, near the same, containing 58 acres; it lies convenient to divide into two farms, and will be sold separate, or the whole together, as may best suit the purchaser.
Also, The Stone Tavern and Lot of Land in Princeton, known by the sign of the thirteen stars, whereon is a large new Stable, Sheds, &c. all in good order, with a fine well of water at the kitchen door: the house is well known to be very convenient, as it has been kept as a tavern for many years.
Also, A Lot of Land of 12 acres, near this town, which may all be made into meadow.
A good and indispitable title will be given for any of the above premises. For terms apply to the subscriber, at the sign of the College in Prince on.
JACOB G. BERGEN.
Princeton, Dec 5, 1787.
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New-York, Dec. 29, 1787.
Lost on Wednesday Evening last,
SOMEWHERE near, or at the corner of James and Rutgers-street, a SWORD, with a black handle, a brass guard, on one side of the guard is wanting; it had on an old black scabbard.
Also lost on the same evening in the Bowery-lane, an ebony CANE, varnished, the varnish being somewhat worn off, with a copper ferrule and a bone head, the top being broken out, and the rest somewhat cracked. The owner wishing to have it again for antiquity sake: whoever has found the same, or either of them, shall have a reasonable reward. Enquire of the Printer.
An Apprentice wanted to a Commander of a Vessel,
TRADING principally between New-York and the West-Indies. A smart active boy will meet with a good master, who will pay every necessary attention to him. Apply to the Printer. Dec. 28. tf.
By order of the Hon. John Sloss Hobart, Esq.; one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of New-York: Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of Jonathan Douglass, an insolvent debtor, that they show cause, if any they have, before the said Judge, at his chambers, situated in Crown-street, in the city of New-York, by Monday, the fourteenth day of January next, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and he thereupon discharged, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated the 25th of December, 1787.
JONATHAN DOUGLASS.
Petitioning Creditors.---David Noble, Samuel Beach, by their attorney James Reed; William Grinding.
To all LOVERS of MUSIC.
WHEREAS it is proposed by several musical Amateurs, to establish a musical society, both vocal and instrumental, in this city, those gentlemen who wish to patronize and encourage this undertaking, are requested to meet at the Charity School-room in John-street, No. 29, on Saturday evening, the 29th inst. to consider and adopt some fundamental rules for said society.
SALES at AUCTION,
THIS DAY,
At Messrs. Peck and Hair's Ship-yard,
Precisely at XII o'clock.
Will be sold ten ton eleven feet live oak and cedar SHIP TIMBER.
ROBERT HUNTER.
On TUESDAY next, the 1st of Jan. 1788.
Will be PUBLISHED in this City,
The American Magazine,
A MONTHLY Publication.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
Gen. Lincoln's letter: on the ingrafting of trees; Anecdote of the Duke of Gordo; Advice to masons, and to husbands that have scolding wives, and wives that have peevish husbands; Principles of government and commerce, On bills of rights; Letter to Dr. Siles, accounting for the fortifications west of the Allegany; Abridgement of Smith's history of Virginia; On education; Letter from Temima Loveleap; Floretta, or the fountains; Life of Sir Wm. Jones, Kt.; Titus Bimus, on fashion; Anecdote of a tailor; Letter from Philander, on marriage; Dr. Dwight's valedictory address, &c.; Mr. Pope's letter to the Bishop of Rochester; Letter from Guy Grumbleton; Curiosities; London review of Dr. Adams's defence.
POETRY.
Verses on the New Year; Lydia; The Virgin's first love; The seasons moralized; On a lady's striking a fly with her fan; The rare adventures of Tom Brainless; showing what his father said of him; how he went to college, and what he learned there; how he took his degrees and went to keeping school; how afterwards he became a great man and wrote a villa and how any body else may do the same; Invocation to the Nightingale.
Foreign intelligence,
American intelligence,
Marriages and deaths.
Subscriptions 20s. a year, 10s. for six months advanced. Subscriptions are taken by Mr. LOUDON, Messrs. BERRY and ROGERS, Mr. R. HODGE, Mr. S. CAMPBELL, and Mr. T. ALLEN, Booksellers New-York, December 27, 1787.
THE Public are informed, that the subscriber has removed his OFFICE to No. 66, WALL-STREET, his former place of residence.
24th Dec. 1787.
W. COCK.
NOTICE is hereby given by the petitioning creditors of ISAAC VANDUZER, an insolvent debtor, to all the Creditors of said insolvent debtor, that they do appear before Benjamin Dagg, Esq., one of the Judges of the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, at his office in Beckman-street, on Monday the 31st instant, at 10 o'clock in the morning, to show cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the estate of the said Isaac Vanduzer should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said Isaac Vanduzer be discharged, pursuant to the directions of an act of the legislature of the state of New-York, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated the 22d of December 1787. 3t. ISAAC VANDUZER.
Just Published By M. CAREY, in Philadelphia, And now to be Sold By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York, (By whom Subscriptions are received) The AMERICAN MUSEUM, For NOVEMBER, 1787.
JUST PUBLISHED, The Columbian Magazine, For NOVEMBER, 1787. To be SOLD by BERRY & ROGERS, S. LOUDON, and R. HODGE. Dec. 28.
HUGH GAIN, At his Book-Store and Printing-Office, at the Bible in Hanover-Square, has for sale,
ALL sorts of Writing Paper, Dutch and English, in any quantity, Ledgers, Day-Books and Journals, of every size, and best paper, Parchment of the best sort, by the roll or single skin, Sealing-Wax, Wafers, and the best Quills, and Pens, with Pounce, shining-sand, and almost every thing in the Stationary line. Likewise
Bibles of almost every size, Testaments, Spelling-Books and Primers, young Man's Companion, School-Master's Assistant, young Clerk's Vade Mecum, Watts's Psalms, &c. with a very great variety of Books for country stores; Guthrie's and Salmon's Grammars, Sheridan's, Johnson's, Bailey's and Fenning's Dictionaries, Fisher's and Cocker's Arithmetics; a great variety of Novels, and school Books in Greek and Latin, with and without the translations, Bacon's Abridgment, in 5 vols. with a number of Reports and Entries by several eminent hands, Playing Cards by the dozen or single packs, Turlington's Balm of Life, Anderson's and Hopper's Pills, Boitish Oil, Ryan's Sugar-Pumps, and a few pounds of excellent Gun-Powder. Nov. 5. m w & f
This Day is Published, And to be SOLD by WILLIAM ROSS, in Broad-street No. 33, and by the PRINTER hereof, OBSERVATIONS on GOVERNMENT, Including some animadversions on Mr. A. D. A. M. S. D E F E N C E of the CONSTITUTIONS of GOVERNMENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA: And on Mr. DE LOUMER'S CONSTITUTION of ENGLAND. By A FARMER of NEW-JERSEY.

For KINGSTON, Jamaica, To stop at PORT MORANT. The BRIG HECTOR, JOHN TUCKER, Master. Will be ready to take in the last of this month, and sail with all convenient speed. For Freight or Passage apply to D. TUCKER, & Co. No. 202, Water-street. Dec. 23. tf.
For CHARLESTON. The SLOOP MARIA, William Elliot, Master. LYING at Bowne's Wharf. For freight or passage, apply to JOHN JACKSON, No. 73, Water-street, or to the Master on board. She will sail on the 6th January. Has good accommodations for Passengers. New-York, Dec. 27, 1787. ed.
For LONDON. The Ship Montgomery, James Bunyan, Master. Has good accommodations for passengers, and will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, at Hallett's wharf, or to William Seton and Co. No. 12, Hanover-square. Nov. 27.
For MADEIRA, The American BRIG APOLLO, JAMES TYRRE, Master. LYING at Hallett's wharf; a staunch, good vessel, well found, and accommodated; will sail in eight days, wind and weather permitting, and returns directly from Madeira to this port. Importers of Wines will find their interest in ordering them by this vessel. They may not only have them brought at a low freight, but save considerable in duties and insurance. For Passage to Madeira, or Freight from thence, apply to SHEPHERD, PATRICK, and Co. No. 206, Water-street. Dec. 13. tf.
For SALE, The Hull of the new BRIG JOHANN. BURTHEN about 130 tons, a strong vessel, well built of the best materials, and of an easy draught of water. Apply to NICHOLAS LOW, Esq. No. 216, Water-street, or SHEPHERD, PATRICK, and Co. No. 206, Water-street. Dec. 13. tf.
For Newy. The SHIP MERCHANT, George Bunker, Master, And the SHIP ANN AND SUSAN, William Chevers, Master. THE former will sail on the 23d current, and the latter, early in January. For Freight or Passage in this ship, or Passage in the former, apply to their Masters, or Wm. NEILSON. Dec. 13. 2w.
For CHARLESTON, South-Carolina, The SHIP BETSEY, Solomon Saltus, commander, Will sail on the 19th of January. For Freight or Passage, (having elegant accommodations) apply to the commander on board, at the new long wharf, below the Fly-Market, or to GEO. DOUGLASS, No. 14, Fly-Market.
Who has for Sale, 100 tiers New Rice, 100 boxes Castile Soap, 500 lb. Bees Wax, A quantity of superfine and common Flour in barrels and half barrels, A quantity of Ship Bread, 50 barrels Rye Meal, Cayenne and Jamaica Cotton, Hops in bags, Quebec patent Essence of Spruce, Bar Iron, 50 bbls. Middlings, 50 bbls. Ship Stuff, 20 bbls Alewives, &c Dec. 24. tf
FOR SALE, THAT Valuable Brick House, three stories high, No. 30, situated in Hanover-square, with a back building, also of brick. The premises consist of eight rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen, and a convenient place under the kitchen, that will contain fifteen cord of wood; there is a cement cistern in the yard; and is now let at 130l. per annum.
Also, The House, No. 16, in Water-street, in the rear of the above, which is two stories high, has four good rooms with fire places in each, and a cellar and cellar kitchen; now let at 100l. per annum.
Also, The modern built Brick House, No. 205, the east side of Water-street, three stories high; it has six good rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen, a roomy yard, furnished with a cistern and ash-house. The premises are in complete repair, and are let on lease at 150l. per annum. Eighteen months of the term unexpired.
Also, A large three story Store-House, with a good cellar, situate in Front-street, in the rear of the above; and let on lease, of which four years and a half is unexpired, at 100l. per annum.
Further Particulars, and Conditions of Sale, may be known by application to JOSEPH HALLETT, No. 204, or JOHN DELAFIELD, No. 220, Water-street. New-York, Nov. 23. 2w. tf.
THOMAS BURLING, CABINET and CHAIR-MAKER, At the Sign of the Chair, near the Chapel, in Beckman-street, formerly Chapel-street. ACKNOWLEDGES the many favors received from his friends and the public, and would wish to inform them that he has opened a Ware Room of MAHOGANY and other FURNITURE, on a more extensive plan than heretofore; and for the convenience of strangers and others, who may resort to, or settle in this city, he means to keep an assortment where they may be supplied on the shortest notice; for it must hurt the feelings of every citizen to observe the daily importations strangers are liable to, in purchasing new furniture at these public vendues. He served his time with Samuel Prince, a conspicuous character in his way, and esteemed one of the best workmen in this city; and as he has laid in a stock of the best Mahogany and other Wood, and means to employ the best hands, and sell his work at the lowest rate good work sells at, he flatters himself with being able to give satisfaction to his customers. Bed Chairs for the sick having been much wanted in this city, said Burling has provided some to let. Nov. 10. tf.
DR. RYAN'S incomparable Worm destroying SUGAR PLUMBS, Highly necessary to be kept in all Families, SO exceedingly valued by all people who have had of them in Great-Britain and Ireland, for their transcendent excellency in the destroying Worms of all kinds, both in the bodies of men, women, and children, by not only breaking the knots in the duodenum, or gut next the stomach, but they pass through the smallest passages of the body, and purge away thoseropy and slimy humours which are the cause of those pernicious vermin, and the source of many other disorders. They are one of the best purges in the whole world for gross-bodied children that are apt to breed worms, and have large bellies; their operation is mild, safe, and pleasant; they wonderfully cleanse the bowels of all filth and clammy humours which stop up the parts, and prevent the juice of food from being conveyed to the liver and made blood, which is often the case with children, and is attended with a hard belly, stinking breath, frequent fevers, rickets, and a decay of strength, in the lower parts; likewise settled aches and pains in the head, swellings, old sores, scabs, tetter, or breaking out, will be perfectly cured, and the blood and skin restored to its original purity and smoothness; they purge by urine, and bring away the gravel, and effectually cure all obstructions of the urine, or ulcers in the kidneys. They at once strike at the true cause of the scurvy, and entirely destroy it, and all morbid humours and effects, root and branch, so as never to return again; and what makes them more commendable, is, they are full as agreeable to both taste and sight, as loaf sugar, and in their operation, as innocent as new milk. I have by these plumbs cured a great many children of a whooping or chin-coughs, and agues, which distresses are very common and troublesome to families, and the want of these plumbs are the ruin of many children's constitutions. These plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole mass of blood, carry off all gross, corrupt, and putrid humours, and create a fresh and healthy complexion in such as are affected in any putrid matter. The plumb is a great diuretic, cleaning the reins of slime; it expels wind, and is a sovereign medicine in the cholick and griping of the guts; it allays and carries off four vapours, which occasion many disorders in the head; it opens all obstructions in the stomach, lungs, liver, reins, and bladder, causes a good appetite, and helps digestion. It hath been found wonderfully successful to such persons as are going into chronicall disorders, as asthma, phthisicks, or shortness of breath, dropsies and yellow jaundice. Now I hope all impartial persons are satisfied that the medicine which works upon such humours, will almost reach any disorder, if not too far gone, since corruption and purefaction are the fore-runners of all diseases; therefore, no better physic can be taken for all ages, sexes, and constitutions, from infancy to an old age. These plumbs are highly serviceable to the female sex, from the age of 14 to 20, and from 40 to 50. Each box contains one dozen of these plumbs. Price Eight shillings, with directions. Sold by H. GAINE, at his Book-store and Printing Office, in Hanover-Square.
Diagnofick signs of Worms. PALENESS in the face, itching of the nose, hollowness of the eyes, grating of the teeth when asleep, dulness, pains and heaviness in the head, a dry cough, itching in the fundament, white and thick urine, uneasiness, often starting, lost appetite, swelled belly, knawing and biting about the stomach, frightful dreams, extreme thirst, the body decayed and lean, fits, often vomiting, stinking breath, &c.
Directions for taking them. A Child from 1 to 2 years may eat one plumb, from 2 to 4 one and a half, from 4 to 6 two, from 6 to 8 two and a half, from 8 to 12 three, from 12 to 15, and all above that age may eat four plumbs, one hour or two before up-rising, not to drink during that time, but afterwards drink warm tea, whey, or water gruel; in taking, the patient must stay 2 or 3 days betwixt each dose. In agues, the same quantity must be taken, 2, 3, or 4 hours before the fits come on, and be repeated three times. In whooping or chin-coughs, give the quantity above-mentioned. June 1. 3w. tf.
L O S T YESTERDAY Morning about 11 o'clock, between St. Paul's and the Tea-water Pump, a brown Flute Stick, mounted with an ebony head, on the top of which was a white ivory plate; the head is made so as to be screwed off, and in the inside a loose key to fix on the flute, which made it a compleat instrument for playing upon; the lower end is mounted with a brass ferril. The stick was made in Philadelphia, by a Mr. Anthony, whose name stands on it a little above the mouth hole. Whoever has picked it up, and will bring it to No. 33, Broad-way, opposite St. Paul's church, shall receive a reasonable reward. New-York, Dec. 21. tf.
C A S H, And the HIGHEST PRICES given, for all kinds of CONTINENTAL and STATE SECURITIES, PARTICULARLY Banker's, Barber's, Burrall's, Pierce's and Walker's NOTES and FACILITIES, at No. 40, Wall-street, four doors from the corner of Queen-street. Which are for sale, Excellent old MADIERA WINE, in pipes or quarter-casks, BEER, PORK, and BAR IRON. July 24.
To the Curious. To be seen at Mr. Stevens's Livery Stables, Wall-street, near Pitt's Statue, Two CAMELS, Male and female; lately imported from Arabia. These stupendous animals are most deserving the attention of the curious, being the greatest natural curiosities ever exhibited to the public on this continent. They are 18 hands high, have necks three feet eight inches long, a large hump upon their back, and another under their breast, in the form of a pedestal, on which they support themselves when lying down; they have four joints in their hind legs, and they will travel twelve or fourteen days without drinking, and carry a burthen of fifteen hundred weight; they are remarkably harmless and docile, and will lie down and rise at command. Price of admittance one shilling for gentlemen and ladies, and six-pence for children. Dec. 3. tf.
Fifty Pounds Reward. A BURGLARY and ROBBERY. TO all honest and well disposed people: This is to give notice, that the subscriber being in public office, as collector of the customs at Aughquack-neck, in the county of Essex, and state of New-Jersey; his dwelling-house was befit and violently broke open on the night of the 30th of November, 1787, by a set of armed ruffians, who put the subscriber and his family in great terror and danger of their lives; and after treating him with much violence, robbed him of a large sum of money, in gold, silver and paper currency, belonging to the public and the subscriber, as also one silver tea-pot marked PIP, one silver sugar dish unmarked, one silver milk-pot unmarked, twelve silver table-spoons marked HP, four silver tea-spoons unmarked, one silver watch, a small piece of the face broke out, with a silver chain and silver seal engraved with the letters R.M.W. one silver snuff-box marked on the fore part of it M.B. one pair silver knee-buckles, and one silver flock-buckle; as also four gold rings, and one gold locket, used for women's beads; together with sundry other articles belonging to the subscriber. It is earnestly hoped, that all honest and well disposed people will use their best endeavors to apprehend the said robbers, so that they may be brought to justice; And the subscriber hereby engages to pay the above reward to any person or persons, who will apprehend all or either of the said robbers, so that they be convicted of the said robbery, and he recover his lost property, or twenty-five pounds for the said robbers, or either of them, on conviction, together with all reasonable charges attending the apprehending and bringing to justice, all or either of the said robbers. HESSSEL PETERSE. Wozel, Essex County, Dec. 4, 1787. tf.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, from London, and other late vessels from Great-Britain, and to be SOLD on very reasonable terms, by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, the corner of King and Queen-streets, A large and choice Collection of BOOKS;
Among which are, ELEGANT folio family bibles, with near 200 cuts in each; Puffet on the new testament, Brown's self-interpreting bible, 2 vols; Cruden's concordance, Wardlaw's system of divinity, Whitby's commentary, Blair's, Carr's, Erskine's, Boston's, Wilson's, Ackerbary's, &c. sermons; Nelson's festivals, Cullen's, Duncan's, and Hoffman's practice of physic; Van Swieten's commentaries, 18 vols. Boerhaave's aphorisms, 6 vols. Smellie, and Hamilton's midwifery; Leake on the diseases of women, 2 vols. Quincey's medical lexicon, Fournier's chemistry, &c. Ainsworth's, Young's, Cole's, and Entick's latin dictionaries; Davison's Virgil and Horace; Duncan's Ciceron, Kent's Lucian; Clark's Caesar, Homer, Nepos, Eutropius, Brutus, and introduction to Simplicius's fluxions, and Euclid; Hammond's algebra, Stone's Euclid, Love's surveying, Guthrie's and Salmon's geographical grammars; Johnson's, Sheridan's, Ashes, Dycke's, Bailey's, Scott's, Perry's, and Entick's dictionaries; Bennet's christian oratory, Scott on elocution, elegant extracts in verse, do. in prose, Lord Littleton's letters, Klopfstock's Messiah, Hutton's mensuration, Hawney's mensuration. Besides the above, a great variety, consisting of History, Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Physic, Surgery, Agriculture, Nautical Books, Dictionaries, Architecture, Novels, Miscellanies, Plays, &c. Also, an excellent Assortment of STATIONARY, viz. Genuine Writing Paper, of different sizes and prices; Ledgers, Journals, Waste, Letter, and Blank Books of all sizes; Receipt Books, Bonnet and Wrapping Paper, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Quills, Slates, lead and slate Pencils, Pen-knives, elegant Shoe Buckles, Message Cards, &c. &c. ** Commission from the Country thankfully received, and carefully executed. Nov. 24. tf.
Just Published, And to be SOLD by SAMUEL CAMPBELL, (Price FIVE SHILLINGS ) Sixteen SERMONS, on important subjects. By JAMES MUIR, A.M. Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Bermuda. THESE Sermons have been published under the inspection of the Rev. Dr. Witherspoon, of Princeton; who warmly recommends them to the perusal of all serious christians. Likewise, (Price TWO SHILLINGS ) Dr. Witherspoon's ADDRESS On the day of Commencement, to the Senior Class, who were to receive the Degree of Bachelor of Arts; Containing the best system of Dictionaries to Young Men, for the Government of their Lives, perhaps ever published in the English language. 59.
TO BE SOLD By GEORGE DOUGLASS, No. 14, Fly-Market; ONE hundred barrels Pulverized superfine Flour, 150 do. do. common do. 50 half barrels do. do. 3000 lb. Cayenne and Hispaniola Cotton, 8 cwt. Hop, 100 barrels Ship-bread, Pork in barrels, Bar Iron, Old Jamaica Spirits in hds. Dec. 4. tf.
To be Let until the first of May, THAT pleasantly situated HOUSE, No. 13, corner of Beekman and William-streets. For particulars, apply at the premises. tf. Oct. 27.
For SALE by AUCTION, By Viner Van Zandt, At the Coffee-House, On Tuesday the 15th day of January, 1788, THAT very capital modern built DWELLING HOUSE three stories high, situated in Princess-street, late in the possession of Dominic Lynch, Esq. and now occupied by Mr. Simeon Nathan, containing nine fire places, and a spacious hall there is on the same, a spacious store house two stories, coach house a stable for four horses, &c. a well of excellent water and pump. Also, a cistern, together with a large plot of ground now laid out in garden, with an elegant summer-house in the rear. The situation is undeniably a good one the premises in good repair; were erected on a judicious plan, well calculated for the ease and comfort of the inhabitants; and when it is recollected that the House and designed as the residence of the builder, it may be fairly presumed that it is substantially and well built; the Compting House and rooms are fitted with peculiar neatness; and on the whole, few houses are better adapted for a town residence. The premises may be viewed preceding the day of sale, with the leave of the tenant; a plan of the ground may be seen, and further particulars known of VINER VAN ZANDT, No. 202, Water-street.
FENCING SCHOOL. M. VILLETTE has the honor to inform the gentlemen of this city, that he has opened his School on Golden-hill, No. 37, where that noble art will be taught, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from ten o'clock, A.M. until two. ** An EVENING SCHOOL is opened for the accommodation of such gentlemen, as cannot make it convenient to attend in the day. M. VILLETTE has likewise opened a FRENCH Evening School, from six to eight, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gentlemen desiring to be taught at their lodgings, will be waited upon in those hours that will not interfere with their school hours.
CABLES of any length, and CORDAGE of all sizes, made of Peterburg Hemp, first quality, to be had at the Subscriber's Rope-walk, on the site, between Fly-market Stairs and Building-ship, on the very lowest terms. Cables spliced with the addition of any length required; Cables or Cordage of any size reduced into yarn, and made into Ropes of any dimensions, at a very small expence, by MEZELIAH IVERS, Rope-Maker. July 25th, 1787. tf.
Genteel ROOMS TO be had, furnished or unfurnished, in a pleasant part of the city, with or without board; also a good front Room for a store or an office. Enquire of the Printer. tm Dec. 8.
A GENTLEMAN LATELY arrived from Ireland, bred in Trinity College, Dublin, experienced some years in the education of youth, and in the course of his practice, has fired many young gentlemen for that university, in the Greek, Latin and English Languages, Logic, Rhetoric, Natural Philosophy, History, Geography, &c. can bear the strictest scrutiny as to his character and his abilities in his profession. Any gentleman who may favor him with his commands, by addressing a few lines to G. H. S. at the Printer's of the Daily Advertiser, or at Mr. McCormick's, No. 11, Granger's wharf, shall be particularly attended to. N. B. He will engage to fit any boy of approved abilities for any college in less than four years, and can have many to certify he has already done it. Dec. 8, 1787.
THIS DAY is Published & to be Sold, The Universalist, In SEVEN LETTERS to a MINITOR. By WM. PITT SMITH. The Subscribers will be supplied with their Copies only by the Printer hereof. The book will likewise be sold at the Stores of Messrs. Loudon, Hodge, Allen and Campbell. ** A few MAPS of the WESTERN TERRITORY of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Printer hereof. ** The Printer having obtained a Copy of some OBSERVATIONS made in the late FEDERAL CONVENTION, by a Member of that Body, the Public may be furnished with them at the printing-office. Price 2s.
Printed by FRANCIS CHILDS, No. 22, Hanover-Square.