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The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 23, of VOL. XLII.]
SATURDAY, January 26, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2201.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENS'D REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE Thompson's Liberty.
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
To the SUBSCRIBERS of the New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, AND THE RESPECTABLE PUBLIC. THE Proprietor and Editor of the above-mentioned JOURNAL, hereunto subscribed, prompted by the solicitation of a respectable number of his present subscribers—and by means of the generous patronage of a few valued friends, and the public, for which he requests their acceptance of unfeigned thanks—begs leave to communicate to them his intention of printing and publishing a DAILY PAPER, under the title of—THE NEW-YORK JOURNAL, and DAILY PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
By this publication it is not intended, that the idea of the WEEKLY REGISTER shall be extinct, therefore, the present subscribers, in general, will please to take particular notice, that the THURSDAY's paper will contain just such kind of matter as usual, in which the choicest pieces, and the fewest advertisements, will be inserted—and, that their papers, will of consequence be delivered or sent on, as heretofore, until they severally pay off their arrearages, and stop it, or order their respective names entered upon this new subscription paper.—The Thursday's paper, alone, will be TWO DOLLARS per annum, as usual.
The particular inducements to this arduous task need not all be enumerated—That the present is a most important CRISIS of the national affairs of this country, must be evident even to the least thoughtful, but more especially to those who nobly conceive—that the dearly purchased freedom and independence of America is a sacred deposit, to be nurtured, supported, and transmitted, unimpaired, by the present possessors, to millions yet unborn. To this end it is necessary, that the body of the people (who must ever, in free countries, be supposed the supporters of freedom) be well informed of the nature of any government that may be proposed for their adoption; therefore, free discussions on that momentous topic, as well as interesting intelligence from the several quarters of the world, are necessary to be universally disseminated.
By printing only one paper per week, as heretofore, one half of the essays communicated, and all that might be copied from other papers, were, in general, unavoidably neglected; in a Daily paper there will be room for all that may be worthy insertion. In this paper, FREE and IMPARTIAL discussion, that is, decent and well written ESSAYS, on either side of any important public topic, SHALL FIND FREE ACCESS.
As the principal support of a Daily paper is derived from Advertisements, Gentlemen in the mercantile line, and all others who occasionally Advertise, are earnestly requested to prefer this new undertaking, which favor shall be gratefully acknowledged by the strictest attention being paid to correctness and propriety. Advertisements shall be inserted as reasonably as by any printer in the city.
The great expence with which a Daily paper will be attended, at first, is too well known to require any apology for the REQUISITION, on subscribing, expressed in the Conditions, or for the warmth of the solicitations, for the continuation of PUBLIC PATRONAGE, with which the following PROPOSALS are introduced by the public's greatly obliged,
And very humbly Servant, THOMAS GREENLEAF.
New-York, November 12, 1787.
PROPOSALS
For altering The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, Into the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
CONDITIONS. I. THE New-York Journal and Daily Patriotic Register shall be printed on the same paper, form, and type, as the Weekly Register, and shall contain the same quantity of matter.
II. The price, per Annum, will be SIX DOLLARS, one quarter part of which to be paid on subscribing, viz. One dollar and an half: after which quarterly payments to be punctually observed.
III. No subscriber is to discontinue his subscription on any other condition than the payment of arrearage subscription money, and that at the expiration of a quarter.
IV. The Daily Patriotic Register shall be delivered to the subscribers in the city every morning, and sent (as may be ordered) to those out of the city, with the greatest punctuality, they paying the expence of carriage.
Printing-Office, November 19.
THE Editor returns sincere thanks to those gentlemen who have already enabled him to form a very respectable list of subscribers to his paper, upon the plan of the above proposals. His subscriptions having been rapid, has determined him to commence the New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register, THIS DAY.—From the favourable disposition of the public, already evinced, he flatters himself with a prospect of speedy and generous ADVERTISING patronage.—He anticipates the pleasure of having it in his power, in a few weeks, to present to the public, a publication that will both serve and be a CREDIT to his country, not withholding a few of his GILDED rays from the public's ever devoted humble servant, THE PRINTER.
To the Friends of Science.
IT has long been the universal wish, that the public might be furnished with an accurate Geographical and Topographical Grammar of the United States.
Geographers of foreign countries, not being possessed of the proper materials, and not equally interested in this part of their subject, have filled their accounts of these states with numerous inaccuracies. It is time these inaccuracies were corrected. We are independent of Great-Britain, and are no longer to look up to her for a description of our own country.
Several gentlemen of abilities, have, in detached pieces, gratified the public with ample and accurate descriptions of several parts of the United States; but no collective description of the whole has been attempted, except in a small duodecimo volume, published by the subscriber in 1784, which, though imperfect on account of the infant state of geographical knowledge in America, was well received by a candid public, and an edition of 1500 copie speedily sold.
This encouragement has determined him to publish again on the same subject. For the purpose of collecting more ample and accurate materials than he formerly possessed, he has travelled through all the states, and has been favoured with the communications of gentlemen well qualified to give information on so important a subject; and has likewise established a correspondence with several respectable characters in different states, from whom he has every reason to expect a valuable addition to the materials already collected; yet as all the information that can be obtained on a subject so extensive, variegated and interesting, is greatly to be desired, and every man of science may have it in his power to contribute some observations which may be useful, the subscriber will feel himself particularly obliged to any gentleman who will be so kind as to furnish him with answers to all, or any of the annexed enquiries, viz.
 1. The boundaries and extent of the several states, and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal places.  2. Descriptions of the rivers, their sources, courses, lengths, how far navigable, how high does the tide rise—and what fish do they produce. A description of mountains, lakes, harbours, capes, and bays.  3. General face of the country, an account of its animal, mineral, and vegetable productions, or its natural history. What are the evidences to support the opinion that the flat country in the southern and middle states was formerly occupied by the waters of the ocean, and that the land below the hills and mountains has been made since the flood.  4. Natural and artificial curiosities, caverns, cascades, &c.  5. State of commerce, manufactures and agriculture, exports and imports, balance of trade. The number of vessels which annually enter at the custom houses in the several sea ports of the United States.  6. Civil divisions of the several states, the number and names of the several districts, counties, and towns, their extent, latitude and longitude, number of inhabitants, and distance and bearing from the capital of the state. Particular descriptions of the principal towns are requested.  7. Population—from whence are emigrations, to what places, and how numerous. Of what nations are the inhabitants of the states composed, or whence originated—proportion of the slaves.  8. Climate, diseases and their causes—longevity of the inhabitants—what proportion die in infancy.  9. Religion, number of churches of different denominations—by what methods are ministers supported.  10. State of the practice of law and physic.  11. Societies for the advancement of science and humanity.  12. State of literature, colleges, academies, schools and their funds.  13. Characters who have distinguished themselves in the late war by their patriotism.  14. An estimate of the damages sustained in the late war, in the several states.  15. A description of the adjacent Islands.  16. Manners, customs, diversions and dress.  17. Constitution, policy—general account of the laws—what political principles predominate in the several states.  18. Military and marine strength.  19. Public revenue and expences—mode of levying taxes.  20. Indians, their tribes, languages, numbers, characters and dispositions towards the United States.  21. The society of Cincinnati, their laws and influence and the nature and political tendency of their establishment.  22. History. 
N. B. The subscriber wishes to avail himself of the advantage of all the most accurate maps, and detached geographical pieces, which have been published respecting the United States; and will thank any gentleman to inform him where they can be procured.
Those gentlemen, who may be so obliging as to favor the above design, by communications, are requested to forward them to Messrs. R. Aitken, or W. Spottwood, Philadelphia; Messrs. Spottwood and Clarke, booksellers, Baltimore; Rev. Mr.
* This enquiry is made for the purpose of collecting the proper materials for a Gazetteer of the, United States, which makes a part of the general plan in view. It is obvious that a book of this kind, compiled from accurate information, would be exceedingly useful. This might easily be done if one well-informed gentleman, in each town would spend one half hour for the purpose. In this time the gentleman might throw together every important circumstance relative to the towns, in which they respectively reside.
Keith, Alexandria; the honorable H. Williamson Edenton, North-Carolina; the honorable D. Ramsay, Messrs. Wright and Co. Charleston; the honorable A. Baldwin and Joseph Clay, Esquires, Georgia; Samuel S. Smith, D. D. Princeton, Mr. Loudon, Printer, New-York; and the Rev. Samuel Austin, or Jedidiah Morse, New-Haven with their names subscribed, and the places of their residence, that the author may have the pleasure of knowing to whom he is indebted for their friendly assistance. JEDIDIAH MORSE.
If the several Printers, in the United States, feel disposed to favor the above design, and will give this Advertisement a place in their respective papers for a few weeks, and will receive and forward to New-Haven, any communications which may be handed them by friends to the design, they may thereby contribute to the public good, and will peculiarly oblige their humble servant. Philad. Aug. 7, 1787. J. M.
Remaining on Hand, And TO BE SOLD, At this Printing-Office, No. 25, Water-street, A Few MAPS,
Of the interior parts of North-America, including the lands intended for the NEW STATES, some of which are selling, and others already disposed of by order of Congress.
ORDERS are just received, by the printer hereof, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold. The plates were cut and the impressions taken in London, and there sold (without the pamphlet) at One Guinea each.
To accompany this map, and explanatory of it, with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 67 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled, a Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the Map.
By THOMAS HUTCHINS, Esq. Late Captain and Engineer in the British army, and now Geographer General to the United States of America. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois river, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.
Description of the ILLINOIS COUNTRY.
THE Illinois country is in general of a superior soil to any other part of North America that I have seen. It produces fine oak, hickory, cedar, mulberry trees, &c. some dying roots and medicinal plants;—hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten hogheads of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes. A large quantity of sugar is also annually made from the juice of the maple tree; and as the mulberry trees are large and numerous, I presume the making of silk will employ the attention and industry of the settlers, when the country is more fully inhabited than it is at present, and especially as the winters are much more moderate and favourable for the breed of silk worms, than they are in many of the sea coast provinces. Indigo may likewise be successfully cultivated—(but not more than two cuttings in a year) wheat, peas, and Indian corn thrive well, as does every sort of grain and pulse, that is produced in any of the old colonies. Great quantities of tobacco are also yearly raised by the inhabitants of the Illinois, both for their own consumption and that of the Indians; but little has hitherto been exported to Europe. Hemp grows spontaneously, and is of a good texture; its common height is 10 feet, and its thickness three inches (the latter reckoned within about a foot of the root) and with little labour, any quantity may be cultivated. Flax seed has hitherto been only raised in small quantities. There has however been enough produced to shew, that it may be sown to the greatest advantage. Apples, pears, peaches, and all other European fruits succeed admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in different parts of this territory. The two latter are worked on the Spanish side of the Mississippi, with considerable advantage to the owners. There is plenty of fish in the rivers, particularly Cat, Carp, and Perch, of an uncommon size.—Savannahs, or natural meadows, are both numerous and extensive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of buffalo, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkies, pheasants, partridges, &c. such as are seen in the sea coast Colonies, are in the greatest variety and abundance.—In short, every thing, that a reasonable mind can desire, is to be found, or may, with little pains, be produced here. New-York, Jan. 17, 1788. 93 c.d.
To the Afflicted with WORMS.
LATELY received from the western country, and may be had at No. 21, Beekman-street, an extraordinary and never-failing WORM POWDER.—From long experience it has been found, that three doses of these Powders will effectually destroy the Worms, either in children or grown persons. N.York, Sept. 13, 1787. 92—c.d.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the City of New-York, the fourth Day of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-eight.
PRESEN T, The Hon. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, Esq. Chancellor.
John Leake, assignee of Charity Smith, Complainant, vs. Thomas Rutter, son and heir at law of John Rutter, deceased, Defendant.
FORASMUCH as it appears to this court, that a bill has been filed therein by John Leake, assignee of Charity Smith, against Thomas Rutter, son and heir at law of John Rutter, deceased, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said John Rutter; whereupon process of subpoena to appear, and answer, has been duly issued and returned; and that the said Thomas Rutter has not entered his appearance in this suit, as according to the rules of this court the same ought to have been entered, in case the said process had been duly served, and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this court, that the said Thomas Rutter (as the deponent was informed) had left New-Town, in Queen's county, upwards of six months ago, and that the said Thomas Rutter, was (as the deponent was informed and verily believed) in or near the state of New-York, but had no permanent place of residence, so that the said deponent was unable to serve him with the said process, which issued on the filing of the bill of complaint in this cause; wherefore it is ordered, on motion of Mr. Lawrance, of counsel for the complainant, that the said Thomas Rutter appear to the said bill, on or before the seventh day of March now next ensuing, and in default thereof, that the complainant's said bill be taken pro confesso, to the end, that a decree may be made for a sale of the said premises, or such part thereof as to this court shall appear just and right; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order, within twenty days from the date hereof, be inserted in, at least, two of the public newspapers printed in the state of New-York, for the space of eight weeks successively.
Extract from the minutes, 89—8w. f. W. COCK, Register.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons indebted to the estate of Gilbert Ryan, of Huntington, Long-Island, Suffolk county, yeoman, an insolvent debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the subscriber, assignee of the estate of the aforesaid Gilbert Ryan, the accounts will be put into the hands of an attorney; and all persons, having claims against said Gilbert Ryan's estate, previous to his discharge under the act of insolvency, are requested immediately to present their accounts, properly attested, to JOHN ARDEN, Junior, Assignee. 42 m.w.f. 3m. New-York, November 15, 1787.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on the twelfth day of February next, application will be made to the honourable the legislature of the state of New-York, for an act to vest the real estate of Philippe Du Perron, deceased, late an officer in the English service (situate in the county of Washington) in trustees, for the payment of the debts of the said Philippe Du Perron, in equal proportions. New-York, January 11, 1788. 86—f.
Masters & Owners of Vessels
Are hereby informed, THAT they may be supplied with cables, large or small of any length, and cordage of all sizes, made of Petersburg hemp, first quality, at Ivers's Rope-walk, at the head of Mulberry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea-Water Pump, on such favorable terms as to merit the attention of any gentleman that would wish to lay out his money to the best advantage. Cables spliced, with the addition of any length required, white rope of every sort for city or country use, hambo lines, deep sea lines, band lead lines, log lines, houseline, and marine, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Ropemaker.
N. B. The above articles, whether in large or small quantities, will be delivered to any part of the city without expence of cartage to the buyer. New-York, Dec. 7, 1787. 38 c.d.
MARSHALL'S
Porter and Oyster-House, IS now opened at the corner of Cortlandt and Greenwich-Streets, opposite Powles-Hock Ferry-House, at the North-River—where every exertion will be put in force to render those who will favor him with their commands agreeable. New-York, Dec. 19, 1787. 63e.d.
Just PUBLISHED, and to be SOLD, at T. GREENLEAF'S PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, Water-street, A new, complete, and correct Edition of Baron Steuben's Regulations
FOR THE Order and Discipline OF THE Troops of the United States.

NO part of the arrangement, according to some, is more inadmissible than the trial of impeachments by the senate, which is a ternately a member both of the legislative and executive departments, when this power so evidently belonged to the judiciary department. We concur fully, reply others, in the objection to this part of the plan, but we can never agree that a reference of impeachments to the judiciary authority would be an amendment of the error. Our principal dislike to the organisation arises from the extensive powers already lodged in that department. Even among the zealous patrons of a council of state, the most irreconcilable variance is discovered concerning the mode in which it ought to be constituted. The demand of one gentleman is that the council should consist of a small number, to be appointed by the most numerous branch of the legislature. Another would prefer a larger number, and considers it as a fundamental condition that the appointment should be made by the president himself.
As it can give no umbrage to the writers against the plan of the federal constitution, let us suppose that as they are the most zealous, so they are also the most sagacious of those who think the late convention were unequal to the task assigned them, and that a wiser and better plan might and ought to be substituted. Let us further suppose that their country should concur both in this favourable opinion of their merits, and in their unfavourable opinion of the convention; and should accordingly proceed to form them into a second convention, with full powers and for the express purpose of revising and remoulding the work of the first. Were the experiment to be seriously made, though it requires some effort to view it seriously even in fiction, I leave it to be decided by the sample of opinions just exhibited, whether with all their enmity to their predecessors, they would in any one point depart so widely from their example, as in the discord and ferment that would mark their own deliberations; and whether the constitution now before the public, would not stand as fair a chance for immortality, as Lycurgus gave to that of Sparta, by making its change to depend on his own return from exile and death, if it were to be immediately adopted, and were to continue in force, not until a better, but until another should be agreed upon by this new assembly of lawgivers.
It is a matter both of wonder and regret, that those who raise so many objections against the new constitution, should never call to mind the defects of that which is to be exchanged for it. It is not necessary that the former should be perfect; it is sufficient that the latter is more imperfect. No man would refuse to give brass for silver or gold, because the latter had some alloy in it. No man would refuse to quit a shattered and tottering habitation, for a firm and commodious building, because the latter had not a porch to it; or because some of the rooms might be a little larger or smaller, or the ceiling a little higher or lower than his fancy would have planned them. But waving illustrations of this sort, is it not manifest that most
of the capital objections urged against the new system, lie with tenfold weight against the existing confederation? Is an indefinite power to raise money dangerous in the hands of a federal government? The present Congress can make requisitions to any amount they please; and the states are constitutionally bound to furnish them; they can emit bills of credit as long as they will pay for the paper; they can borrow both abroad and at home, as long as a shilling will be lent. Is an indefinite power to raise troops dangerous? The confederation gives to Congress that power also; and they have already begun to make use of it. Is it improper and unsafe to intermix the different powers of government in the same body of men? Congress, a single body of men, are the sole depository of all the federal powers. Is it particularly dangerous to give the keys of the treasury, and the command of the army, into the same hands? The confederation places them both in the hands of Congress. Is a bill of rights essential to liberty? The confederation has no bill of rights. Is it an objection against the new constitution, that it empowers the senate, with the concurrence of the executive, to make treaties which are to be the laws of the land? The existing Congress, without any such controul, can make treaties, which they themselves have declared, and most of the states have recognized, to be the supreme law of the land. Is the importation of slaves permitted by the new constitution for twenty years? By the old, it is permitted for ever.
I shall be told, that however dangerous this mixture of powers may be in theory, it is rendered harmless by the dependence of Congress on the states for the means of carrying them into practice: that however large the mass of powers may be, it is in fact a lifeless mass. Then lay I in the first place, that the confederation is chargeable with the still greater folly of declaring certain powers in the federal government to be absolutely necessary, and at the same time rendering them absolutely nugatory: and in the next place, that if the union is to continue, and no better government is to be substituted, effective powers must either be granted to, or assumed by the existing Congress, in either of which events the contrast just stated will hold good; but this is not all: out of this lifeless mass has already grown an excellent power, which tends to realize all the dangers that can be apprehended from a defective construction of the supreme government of the union. It is now no longer a point of speculation and hope that the western territory is a mine of vast wealth to the United States; and although it is not of such a nature as to extricate them from their present distresses, or for some time to come, to yield any regular supplies for the public expenses, yet must it hereafter be able, under proper management, both to effect a gradual discharge of the domestic debt, and to furnish for a certain period, liberal tributes to the federal treasury. A very large proportion of this fund has been already surrendered by individual states; and it may with reason be expected, that the remaining states will not persist in withholding similar proofs of their equity and generosity. We may calculate therefore, that a rich and fertile country, of an area equal to the inhabited extent of the United States, will soon become a national stock. Con-
gress have assumed the administration of this stock. They have begun to render it productive. Congress have undertaken to do more; they have proceeded to form new states; to erect temporary governments, to point officers for them; and to prescribe the conditions on which such states shall be admitted into the confederacy. All this has been done; and done without the least color of constitutional authority. Yet no blame has been whispered; no alarm has been founded. A great and independent fund of revenue is passing into the hands of a single body of men who can raise troops to an indefinite number, and appropriate money to their support for an indefinite period of time. And yet there are men who have not only been silent spectators of this prospect; but who are advocates for the system which exhibits it; and at the same time urged against the new system the objections which we have heard. Would they not act with more consistency in urging the establishment of the latter, as no less necessary to guard the union against the future powers and resources of a body constituted like the existing Congress, than to save it from the dangers threatened by the present impotency of that assembly?
I mean not by any thing here said to throw censure on the measures which have been pursued by Congress. I am sensible they could not have done otherwise. The public interest, the necessity of the case, imposed upon them the task of overleaping their constitutional limits. But is not the fact an alarming proof of the danger resulting from a government which does not possess regular powers commensurate to its objects. A dissolution or usurpation is the dreadful dilemma to which it is continually exposed.
PUBLIUS.
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Of the State of New-York.
POUGHKEEPSIE, January 18, 1788.
The house met pursuant to adjournment.
The bill to enable the supervisors of the county of Richmond, to raise a sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned;
The bill to redress disorders by common informers, and to prevent malicious informations;
The bill for the more effectual discovery of the death of persons beyond sea, or absenting themselves, upon whose lives estates do depend;
The bill against buying and selling of offices;
The bill for rendering the proceedings on writs of mandamus, or informations in the nature of a quo warranto, more speedy and effectual;
The bill to ascertain the measure of land;
The bill concerning idiots, lunatics, and infant trustees;
And, The bill concerning attain. on untrue verdicts, were severally read a second time and committed.
The bill to prevent abuses and delays in actions of replevin;
The bill for preventing and punishing champerty and maintenance;
And, The bill for the prevention and punishment of extortion, were severally read a third time and passed the house.
The engrossed amendments to the bill from the senate, to repeal the act for preventing the destruction of fish in the county of Suffolk, were, with the said bill, read and passed the house.
A message was received from the senate, by Mr. Van Ness, and Mr. L'Hommedieu, informing that the senate had passed the bill to avoid unnecessary delays of execution; and the bill for giving further remedy by action of account, without amendment; and that they had made some amendments to the bill for the naturalization of Robert Edmundson.
The amendments having been read were agreed to by the house.
The house took up the order of the day, for nominating and appointing a council of appointment.
On calling the roll, It appeared that Mr. Vanderbilt, Mr. Ph. Schuyler, Mr. Hoffman, and Mr. Hopkins, had a majority of votes.
Whereupon the house came to a resolution,
appointing John Vanderbilt, Philip Schuyler, Anthony Hoffman, and David Hopkins, Esquires, a council of appointment for the ensuing year.
Mr. Sands moved for leave, and brought in a bill to regulate the exportation of flour, seed and lumber; and a bill supplementary to the act for preventing the exportation of unmerchantable flour, &amp;c. extending the said law so far as to include rye and buck-wheat meal; the said bills were read a first time and ordered a second reading.
The house adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning.
Saturday, January 19, 1788.
The house met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Havens, from Suffolk county, appearing in the house, was qualified and admitted to his seat.
The bill for preventing and punishing perjury, and subornation of perjury; and for compelling the attendance of witnesses;
The bill to enable grantees of reversions to take advantage of the conditions to be performed by lessees;
The bill to regulate the culling of slaves and heading;
And, The bill to compel joint tenants, and tenants in common, to make partition, and for the more easy obtaining partition of lands in coparcenary, joint-tenancy, and tenancy in common; were respectively read a third time, and passed the house.
The bill, supplementary to the act for regulating the exportation of flour, &amp;c. extending the said law to rye and buck-wheat meal,
And, the bill to regulate the exportation of flax-seed and lumber, were read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house.
A petition from John Broome and 66 others, merchants of New-York; the petition of Thomas and James Arden; of David Smith; of Ludlow and Gould; concerning the impost law of this state;
The petition of James Bunyan, and Matthew Wetzel, respecting the seizure of the ship Montgomery, and 12 packages of linen;
And a petition from a number of merchants of New-York, praying to be excused from the payment of double duties on goods imported in the ship Bristol, of Bristol, were read and referred to Messrs. Welfer, James Livingston, Thomson, Harrison and Benson.
A memorial of John Lake, of New-York, praying to be paid the interest which he stated to be due on a sum of money that had been owing him by a confiscated estate; and which said sum had been paid without interest, was read and referred to Messrs. John Livingston, Tompkins and Jones.
The petitions of Swan Fleming, and of Esau Jobe, referring to petitions presented at a former session, and praying relief in the premises, was read and referred to Messrs. Thomson, Harrison, and Havens.
A petition from Dirk Van Ingen, praying for the depreciation of his pay while in the hospital department, during the late war, was read and referred to Messrs. Graham, Lewis, and Nevins.
A petition from Thomas Dodds, musical instrument maker, of the city of New-York, praying that the importation of musical instruments may be prohibited; and that he may be naturalized, was read and referred to Messrs. Gansevoort, Nevins and Younglove.
Several other petitions from persons praying to be naturalized, were referred to the same committee.
A petition from David Mulford, stating certain losses and hardships he had sustained during the war, and praying relief in the premises, was read and referred to Messrs. Sands, Hedges, and Patterson.
A petition from Peter Tappen, concerning the gaol and court house, in Dutchess county, was read and referred to the members from that county.
A petition from John Francis Purifoy, praying to have the title to certain lands he has obtained from the Indians, confirmed to him, was read and referred to Messrs. De Witt, Brooks, and Arent.
The house went into a committee on the bill concerning apprentices and servants.
Mr. Baker in the chair.
The committee having gone through the same, rose and reported accordingly; when it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The house went into a committee on the bill to enable the supervisors of Richmond county to raise a certain sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned.
Mr. Strang in the chair.
After some time spent thereon, the committee rose, and reported the progress.
The house adjourned till Monday, ten o'clock. [To be continued.]
ALL Persons having demands against the estate of Mr. Abraham Houleworth, late of this city, deceased, are desired to present their accounts properly attested to the subscriber—and all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make payment without delay.
JACOB POZER, Administrator. New-York, Jan. 18, 1788. 95 1

POET'S CORNER.
THE FRENCH PEASANT. A FARCE.
WHEN things are done and past recalling, 'Tis folly, then, to fret or cry, Prop up a rotten house that's falling, But when it's down 'tis let it lie. O patience, patience! thou'rt a jewel, And, like all jewels, hard to find. 'Mongst all the various men you see, Examine every mo her's son; You'll find they all in this agree, To make ten troubles out of one; When passions rage, they heap on fuel, And give their reason to the wind. Hark! don't you hear the general cry? "Whose troubles ever equal'd mine?" 'How readily each slander-by Replies, with captious echo, "mine." Sure from our clime this discord springs: Heav'n's choicest blessings we abuse, For ev'ry Englishman alive, Whether duke, lord, esquire or gent, Claims, as his just prerogative, Ease, liberty, and discontent. A Frenchman often starves and sings, With cheerfulness and wooden shoes: A peasant, of the true French breed, Was driving in a narrow road, A cart, with but one sorry load, And fill'd with onions, sav'ry load! Careless, he trudg'd along before, Singing a Gascon roundelay; Hard by there ran a whimpering brook; Th' road hung shelving tow'rds th' brim; The spiteful wind th' advantage took; The wheel flies up, the onions swim; The peasant saw his fav'rite store, At one rude blast, all put all away. How would an Englishman have sworn, To hear them plump, and see them roll? Have curs'd the day that he was born, And, for an onion, damn'd his soul? Our Frenchman asted quite as well, He stoop'd (and hardly stoop'd) his long; First rais'd the bider from his swoon; Then stood a little while to view His onions, bobing up and down; At last, he shrugging cry'd, "Parbleu." Il ne manq'ici, que du sel, Pour faire du potage excellent.
Affixe of BREAD,
As Established December 5, 1787. A Loaf of inspected superfine Wheat Flour to weigh Two Pounds Five Ounces for Six-pence. A Loaf of Rye Flour to weigh One Pound Twelve Ounces for Three-pence.
HIGH WATER.
This Day, January 26. 12h. om. Morn.
Just imported in the Jeane, Captain Martin, from Glasgow, by
Samuel Campbell,
No. 44 Hanover-square, Corner of the Old-Slip, A large assortment of BOOKS,
Among which are, THE present state of Nova-Scotia, with an account of Canada; Whitaker's vindication of Mary, Queen of Scots, 3 vol. Miss Grenville, a new novel, 3 vol. Maria, or the Generous Ruffian; Alexander's history of women; Bolinbroke's Miscellany; Blair's Lectures, 3 vol. Sully's Memoirs, 5 vol. Cullen's Practice, 4 vol. New-Edinburgh Dispensary; Smith's Cookery; Martin's Young Gentlemen and Ladies Philosophy, 3 vol. A variety of the best Classics now in use.
S. CAMPBELL has this day published, GULLIVER REVIVED, CONTAINING singular travels, campaigns voyages and adventures, in Russia, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, and on the Atlantic ocean: Also an account of a voyage into the moon, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animal in that planet, which are here called the human species, by Baron Munchausen; the 4th edition, considerably enlarged.
DR. SPEDIAUR'S PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the VENEREAL DISEASE; describing the various symptoms, and method of cure in every different state. The third edition, corrected. Price only five shillings sewed.
N. B. The great demand for this treatise, the account of it giving by the Reviewers, and the large extracts made from it by Dr. Duncan, in his medical commentaries, with the recommendation of several eminent Doctors of this city, has induced the editor to present the public with an American edition of the work, printed correctly from the last London edit. and reduced to less than two thirds of the price.
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 Scots MAGAZINES.
To be sold at this Office, OBSERVATIONS, leading to a fair Examination of the Government proposed by the late CONVENTION, and to several essential and necessary Alterations.
JUST PUBLISHED, And TO BE SOLD, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen-Street, and the other BOOKSELLERS,
Conductor Generalis, OR the office, duty, and authority of justices of the peace, high sheriffs, under sheriffs, coroners, constables, goalers, jurymen, and overseers of the poor. As also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c.
To which are added, several choice maxims in law, &c. compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and several other books on those subjects. By JAMES PARKER, Esq. late justice of the peace in New-Jersey,
Now adapted to these United States. The whole alphabetically digested under the several titles; with a table, directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles. This book is highly esteemed, and very necessary for gentlemen in the commission of the peace; likewise for every other person who would wish to be acquainted with the laws of the land we live in. 94
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FLAX-SEED,
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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 DECEMBER, 1787.
CONTAINING,
OBJECTIONS of the honorable George Mason to the new constitution, The address and reasons of dissent of the minority of the convention of Pennsylvania, Letter from the Hon. Richard Henry Lee, Esq. to governor Randolph, Dr. Franklin's final speech in the late federal convention, Resolves of the house of delegates of the commonwealth of Virginia, Resolves of Congress, Resolves of the convention of Pennsylvania, relative to offering congress the jurisdiction of a place for the seat of federal government, Resolves of the supreme executive council of the state of Pennsylvania, Resolves of the house of delegates of the state of Maryland, Letter from the Hon. John Sevier to governor Matthews, from col. Robertson to governor Sevier, from col. Bledsoe to governor Sevier, from gen. Cooke, to gov. Matthews, from gen. Clarke, to ditto, from major Elholm, to major gen. Moultrie, from the Hon. William Pierce, to don Diego de Gardoqui, Reply to the preceding letter, Votes of the members of the protestant episcopal church in Providence, Address of the inhabitants of Northampton, to their delegates in convention, Resolution of the inhabitants of Pittsburgh, Ratification of the new constitution by Delaware, Ditto by Pennsylvania.
Medical Essays. Observations and remarks on the putrid malignant fore throat, Observations on the bite of a mad dog, Account of a worm bred in the liver, Letter to doctor Franklin on the same subject.
Rural Concerns. On the culture of trees, To make cyder, On planting potatoes, Receipt for preventing the flies from damaging turnips, On the culture of ginseng.
Law Information. Law report. Watkeys against Delancey, Law report. Norton against Birch, Law case, respecting a captured vessel, Law regulation.
Miscellanies. The Federalist, Account of an electrical eel, Recovery of two drowned children, Directions for the recovery of persons apparently dead from drowning, Admiral Pococke's receipt for pickling beef, pork, &c. Exemplary charity, Extract from an oration pronounced by David Daget, Esq. Indian anecdote.
Poetry. The newsmonger's song, The crisis, The retort courteous, Poem on the prospect of seeing the fine arts flourish in America, The old Bachelor.
Just PUBLISHED, and to be Sold at this OFFICE No. 25, Water-Street,
The American Calculator, or Counting-House COMPANION,
CONTAINING, A TABLE, ascertaining the value of sundry coins in gold, as regulated by the Chamber of Commerce in this city, and shewing at one view, their value in the several currencies of New-York, North-Carolina, and Great-Britain. A Collection of Tables, shewing, at one view, the amount of any number (under 10,000) of Dollars, French and English Crowns, Half Joes, French and English Guineas, &c. as they pass through the United States A Table of Guineas, as they pass in England and Ireland. Rules for the ready reducing the currencies of the United-States, from the currency of one state into the currency of any other of the United states; and for reducing the currencies of the United-States into sterling, and sterling into the currencies of the said states. Rules for reducing English Money into Irish, and Irish Money into English, according to the par of exchange between both kingdoms. Five different tables of the coins of the United-States of America, agreeable to a resolve of Congress of the 8th August, 1787, viz. a Table of Half Dollars, a Table of Dimes, a Table of Cents, and a table of Mills; calculated to render familiar the proper mode of counting said Money. This Book is intended for the convenience of Merchants, &c. in the United States, by Francis Healy, Accomptant.
Price 1f. 6d. single. The usual discount to Booksellers, and others, who may purchase by the Hundred, Dozen, &c. ** Also may be had of Messieurs Campbell, Reid, Allen, Macgill, and Mills, Booksellers.
To be Sold at this PRINTING-OFFICE, BLANKS of all Sorts.
THE PUBLIC
ARE RESPECTFULLY INFORMED, THAT the subscriber has lately removed from Princeton, New-Jersey, to this city, and now keeps the house lately kept by Talmage Hall, No. 49, Cortland-Street (commonly known by the Bollon, Albany, and Philadelphia General Stage Office) and has agreed with the proprietors of the Albany and Bollon Stages, to make his house the public Stage-house. Those Ladies and Gentlemen, who wish to take passages in either of those Stages, will please to leave their names with the subscriber the evening before the Stage's departure; gentlemen passengers and others, are informed, that the subscriber keeps a house of entertainment, and accommodates gentlemen with boarding and lodging. Every attention will be paid to those who please to favour him with their custom.
N. B. The gentlemen of the city are informed, that the subscriber has a large convenient Assembly Room, which he proposes to let during the winter season, or longer if required.
CHRISTOPHER BEEKMAN. New-York, Nov. 13, 1787 51—th.
THE PROPRIETORS of the STAGES,
Which ply between
New-York & Philadelphia,
Respectfully inform the PUBLIC, THAT, after this date, their stage will leave Paules-Hook at three o'clock in the afternoon, and proceed to Elizabeth-Town; and that in order to accommodate passengers, one stage will leave Elizabeth-Town at day-light; and another stage leaves Newark at eight o'clock, and both stages go as far towards Philadelphia as the weather and roads will permit, during the winter season. December 13th, 1787. 6
Morris-Town and Paules-Hook STAGE.
ON the 14th inst. the subscriber began to run his Stage-Waggon every Tuesday and Friday, from his house in Morris-Town, to Paules-Hook, by the way of Newark, starting at five o'clock each morning. The waggon generally arrives at Jacamiah Smith's, Paules-Hook, about one o'clock of the same day, where it remains until the next morning, nine o'clock, when it returns by the same route, and with all expedition.
The FARE for a passenger, with eleven pounds of baggage, is ONE DOLLAR, and the same for one hundred and fifty pound weight.
The waggon, on its route to Paules-Hook, stops at Lawrence's tavern, Springfield, where the passengers may breakfast, if they choose; the next stage is at Major Sayre's, Newark, from whence they proceed to Paules-Hook.
N. B. Letters, to be sent by the above stage, may be lodged at Capt. Crane's, a few doors above the Ferry-house, in Cortlandt-Street, New-York, from whence they shall always be safely conveyed to the stage. All letters carried free. GEORGE OHARA. Morris-Town, August 28, 1787.
New-York RUM
Of excellent Flavour and good Proof FOR SALE, By Charles Tillinghaft, At the DISTILERY, near the New Market Cherry-street and nearest to the Ship-Yards. October 3, 1787. 53—m. th.
TO BE LET, By Moses Gomez,
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.
A VACANT LOT, in Ferry-street, seventy-five feet wide, and one hundred feet long. It faces Cliff and Chapple-streets. The said Lot will be let, either whole or in two separate Lots, as best suits the applicant. MOSES GOMEZ.
A PERSON, perfectly acquainted with MERCHANT'S ACCOUNTS, would be glad of employ, in that line, either in Posting of Books, or adjusting intricate accounts. Enquire of the Printer. New-York, October 25, 1787. 38—e.d.
SHRUB,
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The AMERICAN MAGAZINE, For December, 1787, Just Published in this City, Sold at this Office, price Two Shillings.
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