The daily advertiser (New York [N.Y.]), 1788-01-16 00:00:00

The Daily Advertiser.
[VOL. IV.]
NEW-YORK: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1788.
[No. 904.]
FOR SALE BY James Watson & Co.
No. 6, Crane-Wharf, SUPERFINE FLOUR, COMMON do. RYE MEAL, INDIAN do. RICE in tiers, BEEF in barrels, FALL MACKAREL in do. CANDLES in boxes, SPERMACETI do. in do. A quantity of INDIGO, FLAX-SEED, &c. Jan. 11. tf.
Wm. Backhouse, & Co.
No. 15, Duke-street---have for Sale, RED PORT WINE, SHIPPED by the Royal Port Company, the quality of whose Wines experience has shown to be su- perior to any imported into America. ALSO, OLD MADEIRA, SHERRY, TENERIFFE, FAYAL, and LISBON WINES, in pipes, hog- sheads and quarter casks. And Liverpool CROCKERY WARE, by the Crate. Jan. 7. tf.
HAYMAN LEVY,
Has for sale at his Store, No. 7, Duke-street, A Choice parcel of Northern FURS, viz. GREEN and OLD COAT BEAVER, GREEN & OLD COAT RACCOON, BEAVER TRIMMINGS, And MUSK-RATS. Jan. 5. tm.
GEORGE POLLOCK,
Has received by the Hudson from Dublin, and the Anne and Juliana 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 FLAX-SEED 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 GENTLEMAN'S 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 flagged 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. 4th, 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 CAST- INGS, among which are the following, viz. Iron hollow ware of all sizes, Pot-ashes Kettles, cast with bottom down, Clock and win low 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, Monors and petticoats, sad 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 cañoles for ships, with one and two boilers, grates and oven, Fire places with jambs complete, Back plates of every dimension, Hibernia, Mount Hope, New Mine and Andover pig metal, Gudgeons and mill irons, Refined and Bloomery bar iron, spike iron, sheepest Nail rods of all sizes, Iron hoops for hds. and bbls. horse shoes, 20d. 18d. 16d. and 14d. nails, 9 inch, 6 inch and 5 inch spikes, Cowley and blistered steel. The above articles will be sold for cash and coun- try produce, at the lowest prices; and a large allow- ance made to those who buy to sell again. All orders for wrought or cast iron will be duly at- tended 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 SMOOKING; A Foot of the first quality; ditto of an interi- or or better; large roll tobacco, fit for manufac- turers; legars, genuine Macuba snuff; ditto rapped of different qualities; gentlemen's gloves, buck- skin and beaver, of the first quality. As the above Store the highest price is given for GETTING FURS. June 11. f.
** A few MAPS of the WESTERN TERRITORY of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Printer hereof.
JAMES WALKER
HAS removed from No. 10 to No. 19, William- street, where he continues to keep a ge- neral assortment of DRY GOODS, which he is de- termined to sell at the very lowest prices; and the smallest favors most gratefully acknowledged. N.B. He thinks it necessary to observe, that the partnership of Vander Beck and Walker was dissolved in November, 1786; should any person have demands against them, they are desired to call on said Walker for settlement.
FOR SALE,
GINSENG, LINTSEED OIL, BEEF, PORK, FLOUR, FLAX-SEED, BUT- TER, Quintal FISH, MACKAREL, &c. by Storm and Sickles, Dec. 18. tf. No. 35, Little-Dock-street.
MANCHESTER GOODS.
Imported in the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, and for Sale on very reasonable terms.
By DANIEL TUCKER, & Co.
No. 202, Water-street, for Cash or Country Pro- duce only. 7-8, 4-4, and 4-4, 3-8, Cotton Checks, Striped Tick, Dyed Pillows, Black and Olive Velverets, low priced; Checked Handkerchiefs, Malabars; Copperplate Furniture Cottons, Black Silk Handkerchiefs, Cotton Thickets, A neat assortment of Shawls, 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. 12. tf.
ANY 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 the same, without distinction; as a settlement of that estate must be made at the time above mentioned. JOHN YOULE, Administrator. Nov. 14. tf. No. 64, Beckman-Street. Who has just opened a fresh and general assort- ment of Hardware, Ironmongery, and Cutlery, Which he will dispose of very reasonable by whole- sale or retail.
FLAX-SEED,
Stored, cleaned purchased and sold, at HARTELL and WOODWARD's FLAX-SEED STORE, lately occupied by Mr. Ja- cob Sary, left by Mr. Nash, between Van Zandt's and Murray's Wharves. Oct. 22. tf.
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, Glafs, Paints, Sheer Iron, Sheet Lead, blistered and Crawley Steel, Anvils, Vices and Beck Irons, brass Kettles, iron Pots and Kettles, Frying Pans, Spades and Shovels, Shovel and Tongs, Bellows, Warming Pans, brass and iron Can- dlesticks, hard 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, Claws, Brad., and Screws of all fi- zes, Locks and Hinges of every kind, Carpenters. Coopers and Joiners Tools, &c. &c. He has also for sale Pickled Mackerel, Salmon and Herrings, which he will dispose of on reason- able terms for Cash; also Nails of all sizes, manu- factured in this city, and equal to any imported. New-York, Nov. 15, 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 Peterburgh 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, HO. LAND FOWDER, 100 Boxes SPERMACETI CANDLES, COD SOUNDS and TONGUES, in Bar- rels, A large ANCHOR, weighing 30 cwt. to be sold Cheap. W A N T E D, Forty Barrels PEARL ASHES, thirty bar- rels WHALE OIL, twelve thousand SU- GAR HOGSHEAD STAVES, fifty-five inches long. New-York, December 14, 1787. tf.
FOR SALE BY JOHN DEWINT,
Maiden-cane, No. 36. A FEW hds. New-York Rum; ditto St. Croix Rum; a few cases gin; a parcel sugar in hds. writing paper, common and post; sundry articles of Dry Goods; a few boxes hylon and tiong tea; 4 barrels gum of lig. um vitae; and a pot-ash kettles, that have been a short time in use. Nov. 17.
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. tf.
Sixty Pipes of MADEIRA,
In pipes, hogsheads and quarter-casks, of superi- or quality, to be landed this day at Cruger's- wharf, and to be sold by IOZE ROIZ SILVA. 22d Aug. 1787. tf.
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-feed Cask Staves and Heading, to be sold low. Dec. 29. 2W
H. & J. Thompson,
No. 29, Front-street, near Burling-slip, Have for Sale, on low terms for CASH, PRINTED Calicoes, a general assortment, Scarf, silk and hair Twift, coarse Wool- lens, Irish Linens, low priced, Russia Sheeting, printed Handkerchiefs, Bengal Taffeties, Camas, No. 1 to 7, seaming Twine, Sugar in barrels, Cocoa in do. Earthen Ware and Delft Ware. Jan. 1, 1788. tf.
George Gilford
BUGS leave to acquaint the respectable Public, that he repairs and tunes Or- gans, Piano-Forces, Harpsichords, Spinetts, &c. &c. at a very moderate rate; he hopes to be able to give the fullest satisfaction to those who will favor him with their employ- ment. Nassau-street, No. 64. Dec. 18. tu. 4W.
FRANCIS PANS,
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 as- sortment in the FANCY, MILLENERY, and DRY GOOD Line,
CHINA and satin ribbons, a great variety differ- ent widths and colors; plain net, crape, foul- de, silk spotted and striped, black and white gauzes; tancy colored cane hats, yellow and black Leghorn do. per dozen or quantity; black and white skein and ribbon wires; wire frames for the latest fashion bonnets; mock point laces; black silk ditto, and edgings; white thread laces and edgings; black fat- ins and modes; lute strings, white and colored fat- cans; chintzes and calicoes; furniture copperplate do. linens and checks; moreens, callimancoes and stuff; silk, thread, cotton, and worsted hose; pink, blue, green, and dove colored silk gults; muslin and cotton shawls; silk, linen, and cotton handkerchiefs; corded dimities, mullinet and chintz trimmings; plain and spig'd hawos, plain and striped mull- inus; lawn and mullin handkerchiefs; fine and com- mon cambrics; black patent net lace; mankeens, umbrellas, artificial flowers, feathers, flannels, baizes, and striped wildbores, fewing 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 ge- neral 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. 23. tf.
SHALER and SEBOR
No. 27 Queen-street, have for sale, A QUANTITY of plated ware, consisting of can- dledicks, branches, tea caddies, snuffer pans, egg cups, goblets, coffee pots and Milkmeats, black table cakes, with knives, forks, and spoons com- plete, fruit stands, paper bottle stands, japanned bread-trays, caddies and snuffer pans, plate war- mers, brass chasing dishes, cork screws, steel snuffers, cadery, brass rings, cloak pins, sleeve buttons, brass table hinges, guns and gun locks, China tea cups chimney tiles, sets of house brushes, neat mahog- any razor cases, silver watches, elegant steel and gilt watch chains, trinkets, shirt pins, buckles, rings, paste, shoe, knee, and stock buckles and sleeve buttons, fine Irish sheeting, fine dyed jeans, Marceilles quilting, silk shaggs, black crape, white and black gauzes, mullinets, muslins, feerlucks, habaffies, fiterfays, barnegore, romalls, corded dimity, and a box of assorted routing cloths, with a variety of other articles which will be disposed of for cash or country produce, at a price much below the Berlin cost.
At same place may be had, Madeira, Teneriffe,
and Malaga wine, by the pipe or quarter cask, Chan- paigne of an excellent quality, by the case or dozen, brised duffil blankets, a variety of hard ware, a large assortment of Irish linen, 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4, re- ceived by the Montgomery, are now opening, and will be sold together with the above goods on the lowest terms. New-York, November 27, 1787. tf.
CERTIFICATES.
THE HIGHEST PRICE is given for CONTINENTAL and STATE CERTIFICATES of every kind, at No. 198, Queen-street, by July 13. tf. JOHN BLECKER.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
8000 Dollars in Final Settlement, FOR which a generous price will be given, by JOHN BLECKER, No. 198, Queen-street.
Coffee for Sale.
A few casks of excellent Coffee, just arrived from Jamaica, and to be sold cheap for cash, or at a short credit, by RICHARD YATES, No. 18, Prince-street. Jan. 7.
FOR SALE,
A Quantity of Inch Boards, Ditto Scantling, Ditto Short Shingles, Pitch-pine sheathing Boards. Apply at the Lumber Yard on the wharf above the New-ship, or at No. 49, Cherry- street. JAMES SMITH. Jan. 1, 1788. 2m eod
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, Perfumeries, Surgical Instru- ments, &c. for which Cash, Goldeng, Bees- wax, Snake-root, Potash 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 BARNEWALI & Co.
No. 205, WATER-STREET, near the Coffee-house, HAVE just imported, in the ship Providence from London, an assortment of IRISH LI- NENS, SHEETINGS, DOWLAS and THREDS, low and high priced, which they will sell, on rea- sonable terms, for cash or short credit. They have also on hand, a variety of PAPER HANGINGS, with feltown and other borderings, and rod, and other sized NAILS. July 5.
LOT MERKEL,
No. 33, Hanover-square, nearly opposite the Bank, Manufacturer, and has for sale a complete and ge- neral assortment
MUFFS and TIPPLETS, of
MARTIN and Martin Throat, Swan's Down and real Ermine, Russia and Siberia Squirrel, American Ground Squirrel, Russia Hare and red Fox, Real black Jenner, bell fots, Mock Sable and Mock Ermine. Likewise a large and general assortment of Fur Trimmings 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.
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, oznaburghs, German dowlas, Russia diaper, plaitillas, Britanniads, cotton and linen checks, sheetings of excellent quality, white Flax- mishlinen, German stripes and checks, lawns, cal- licoes, writing paper, &c. They have likewise for sale, coatings, Yorkshire cloths, calimancoes, dit- rans, flannels, Irish linens, &c. Also, IMPROVED FRANKLIN STOVES, cast in the Air-Furnace, at Newark, which besides be- ing exceedingly neat, are continued 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 Pub- lic Securities, Goods and Produce, as usual. He has also imported in the Wilton, from Liver- pool, the America, from London, and 11 vessels from Europe, a neat assortment of GOODS, consist- ing of fine brown, mixt, blue drab, and cam- paigne coloured Broad Cloths, Coatings, Duffles and Blank- kets, Flannels and Baizes, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 and 11-8 wide cotton Checks, printed Cottons, Chintz, Ribbons, Lawns, Lawn Handkerchiefs and Apous, Satin and Modes, cotton and silk Handkerchiefs, sewing Silks and Twift, fine and coarse Hts, Mo- reens, Durants, Tammies, Callimancoes, Cam- brics, Table Cloths and Diapers, Wiltshire Peps, 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/or forfeited lands, can be supplied with certificates, on the most reasonable terms.

Mr. CHILDS, Should you think the following worthy of a place in your Poet's Corner, by in- serting it you will much oblige A CUSTOMER.
THE MIDNIGHT PROSPECT.
THE night had now with undisturbed reign, Spread his pavilion o'er the wide domain, While I with solitary footsteps trode The tow'ring roof which cover'd my abode; The glim'ring orbs display the scene a- round The city still, the city streets profound; Imagination with the length'ning prospect flies, Nor bounded by the narrow circuit of my eyes. Are these the pavements, which a few hours past Groan'd at a distance like the Northern blast? No cartman now transports the pond'rous load, No noisy coaches thunder o'er the road; No wand'ring steps the silent highway tread, But light and vigor are together fled: Yet night more gloomy waits us in the silent tomb, There no bright planets glow, nor shines the silver moon.
From a grand building, rising large and high, A candle catches my traversing eye; But grief reigns there, the sympathetic glow Remains untrimm'd, and sick'ning vibrates flow;
The tender watchers feel the patient's pain, Neglect their fire, in light no charms remain: When death's strog messengers their ghast- ly terrors spread, They haunt with equal pow'r the cot and downy bed.
Now from the North the heavy breezes rise, And peace assail'd before their power flies; Through distant woods the wind indignant roars, And hostile billows prou'dly lash the shores. Hark! from the Bow'ry the loud accents borne, Two o'clock resounds the note forlorn. Fly quick ye gloomy hours, for man the light was made, The dark night of death shall one day cease to invade.
The beauteous heav'ns now my thoughts invite, My little mind expanding with the sight, While fondness wakes the curious desire, I look, contemplate, wonder and admire; In the bright moon the richest beauties shine, The meanest star beams majesty divine; Let philosophic Atheists range the system o'er,— Where rules the fickle Chance which they so blind adore!
While contemplation native vice disarms, Devotion kindling brightens virtue's charms; Lust grows more odious, a'rice flies away, And pride and self-love lose their regal sway; From these sad tyrants I would ever part, And give to him who made me all my heart: Then should my fleeting life the fruits of virtue reap, Cheerful I'd welcome death, as now my needful sleep.
E. B. W.
HAGUE, November 1.
His Serene Highness the reigning Duke of Brunswick Luenburg set off last Tues- day after supper, for his head quarters near Amsterdam.
L O N D O N, November 10.
Two Commissioners on the part of the Court of France are shortly expected in England, to observe that the reduction of our navy has taken place agreeably to the ratification. Monsr. de Bougainville is one of the persons named, and two British na- val officers are to be sent to the French ports in order to observe a like conduct.
Letters from Berlin and Hamburgh de- clare war between Sweden and Russia to be inevitable; they add, that in the in- terview at Kaminieck, it was agreed that Poland should provide 30,000 troops, in case of hostilities with the Porte, and that by way of compensation the Republic should be put in possession of Moldavia.
The reason for overlooking the erections at Cherbourg was, that the Duke of Rich- mond has laid before the Cabinet a plan of running up a masking wall from one end of the Channel to the other, that shall effect- ually cover the British shipping from being seen by the enemies cruisers, be they ever so many, and so render our side of it per- fectly secure. The plan is accordingly to be set about as soon as Parliament shall vote the necessary sums.
GENTEL ROOMS
TO be had, furnished or unfurnished, in a plea- sant part of the city, with or without board; also a good front Room for a store or an office. Enquire of the Printer. Jan. 11
New-York, Jan. 16.
Yesterday the sloop Huldah, Summers, for Derby, and the sloop Lookout, Lewis, for St. Martin's, cleared out at the Custom- House.
A very curious discovery engages the learned world at present. It is said, that Monsieur de Guignes, of France, who un- derstands Chinese perfectly well, has dis- covered that the Chinese characters and Egyptian hieroglyphics are the same. As those characters are mentioned by Herodo- tus, the oldest historian, to be undecypher- able when he was in Egypt, this disco- very, if it be well founded, must throw a curious light upon the most ancient re- cords that time can boast.
For the DAILY ADVERTISER.
THE punishment of crimes, by forcing the criminals to labor for that commu- nity, which they have injured, is certainly a more happy expedient for the prevention of public injuries, than any which has hi- therto been attempted. But whether the services of those unhappy people (who have, by our laws, been condemned to the to the barrow) are made as useful to the State as possible, or whether the mode of employing them, is the best calculated to bring them back to the paths of virtue, or to deter others from the paths of vice, I confess appears to me a matter of some doubt.
The business of the wheelbarrow-men, as they are called, has been generally con- fined to cleaning certain parts of the city, levelling the fields, &c. They were well employed, but their labors have only bene- fited a part of the State, to the whole of which their services were due.
The power of making these people bene- ficial to the State at large, I conceive, rests only with the Legislature: To that body therefore, I beg leave to address these re- marks.
The inland navigation of this State ought, in my humble opinion, to be considered by our rulers, as a matter of the greatest mo- ment, and every scheme proposed for the furtherance of this grand object, ought to be taken into consideration, and if found good, immediately adopted. Our popula- tion increases beyond imagination. Agri- culture flourishes, and the productions of the earth, have, within a very little time, become immense. Our upper country is a granary, where every thing necessary to life is produced in astonishing quantities; and the farmer would have nothing to with, could the fruit of his labors receive a va- lue, which a ready transportation would give them. But, unhappily for him, the streams are blocked up, and the depth of the great river is daily decreasing. The obstructions in the Mohawk can scarcely be more detrimental than they are at pre- sent. Those in the Hudson are increasing every moment, notwithstanding the means that are used for their removal; means which might prove successful on a muddy bottom, but which can never fix the fluc- tuating sand. Some other mode must be a- dopted, some other way found out, to pre- vent the desolation of Albany, and to en- crease the value of the landed property in the upper country; for on the encrease of property, depends the encrease of revenue, without which, whether we stand alone, or link with others, our Government will have no strength. As inland navigation, then, is of consequence to the prosperity of the State, and as the present attempt to deepen the Hudson will not, in my opini- on, succeed; I beg leave, with all due de- ference, to offer a plan, which, with less expence, will produce the wished effect. I would propose, that the criminals, who have forfeited their liberty to the public, should be collected from every part of the State, and put upon this necessary work. That a number of flat bottomed boats, suf- ficiently large for the purpose, each with eight oars and a large square sail, should be furnished, in which, the culprits, with a master and necessary assistants, should be placed. That as soon as the season would permit, those boats should be loaded with stone, from the immense heaps which lie on the Western shore of the river, for miles together. That those stones should be carried to the Overlaugh, or wherever, in its vicinity, the river is filling up, and there, between the islands, which only serve to distract the course of the water, they should be unloaded. The consequence would be, that the stream, so long used to flow in different channels, being dammed into one, would become more rapid, and its bed be kept clean from those sands, which, while the water had a sluggish, va- rious course, were rolled from one chan- nel to the other.
Independent of the benefit navigation would receive from this plan, those islands between which the dams were laid, would be joined together in a short space, by the vast quantity of sand, accumulated under cover of the dam, and the property, which is now lessened every flood, would be en- creased.
The unhappy people who are proposed to put this plan in execution, retired in a cer- tain degree from the world, far from their vicious companions, (the very sight of whom unpunished, served but to harden them in guilt) kept to hard and continual labor, under decent but firm masters, would reflect upon their crimes, and resolve when libera- ted to become good members of that society which they had injured.
We are generally apt to imagine those punishments inflicted at a distance, and the extent of which is not fully known, to be much greater than they are. The fancy, ever busy, would paint to those yet unde- tected in their crimes, the situation of their guilty friends much worse than death; their fears would be alarmed, and stop them in the full career of vice; while by the present mode of punishing they see the whole extent of what they have to dread, the sight becomes habitual, and loses all its terrors.
Thus it appears to me, that the punish- ment of our criminals is not so conducive to the welfare of the State, is not so well calculated to bring back those who have erred, or to prevent the straying of others from the paths of virtue, as in an alteration of the present mode might be expected.
T I M O N.
For the Daily Advertiser.
THE FEDERALIST, No. XXXVIII.
To the People of the State of New-York.
THE last paper having concluded the observations which were meant to in- troduce a candid survey of the plan of Go- vernment reported by the Convention, we now proceed to the execution of that part of our undertaking. The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and effect of the Government be strictly Repub- lican? It is evident that no other form would be reconcileable with the genius of Ameri- ca; with the fundamental principles of the Revolution, or with that honorable deter- mination, which animates every votary of freedom to rest all our political experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-govern- ment. If the plan of the Convention there- fore be found to depart from the Republi- can character, its advocates must abandon it as no longer defensible.
What then are the distinctive characters of the Republican form? Were an answer to this question to be sought, nor by recurring to principles, but in the application of the term by political writers to the Constitu- tions of different States, no satisfactory one would ever be found. Holland, in which no particle of the supreme authority is derived from the people, has passed al- most universally under the denomination of a Republic. The same title has been be- stowed on Venice, where absolute power over the great body of the people, is exer- cised in the most absolute manner, by a small body of hereditary Nobles. Poland, which is a mixture of Aristocracy and of Mo- narchy in their worst forms, has been digni- fied with the same appellation. The Go- vernment of England, which has one Re- publican branch only, combined with a hereditary Aristocracy and Monarchy, has with equal impropriety, been frequently placed on the list of Republics. These ex- amples, which are nearly as dissimilar to each other, as to a genuine Republic, shew the extreme inaccuracy with which the term has been used in political disquisitions.
If we resort for a criterion, to the dif- ferent principles on which different forms of Government are established, we may define a Republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a Government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly, from the great body of the people; and is administered by persons holding their offices during plea- sure, for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is essential to such a Govern- ment, that it be derived from the great bo- dy of the society, not from an inconsidera- ble proportion, or a favored class of it; o- therwise a handful of tyrannical Nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of Republicans, and claim for their Govern- ment the honorable title of Republic. It is sufficient for such a Government, that the persons administering it be appointed, ei- ther directly or indirectly, by the people, and that they hold their appointments by either of the tenures just specified; otherwise every Government in the United States, as well as every popular Government that has been or can be well organized, or well ex- ecuted, would be degraded from the Repub- lican character. According to the Constitu- tion of every State in the Union, some or other of the officers of Government are ap- pointed indirectly only by the people. Ac- cording to most of them the Chief Magis- trate himself is so appointed. And accord- ing to one * this mode of appointment is ex- tended to one of the co-ordinate branches of the Legislature. According to all the Constitutions also, the tenure of the highest offices is extended to a definite period, and in many instances, both within the Legis- lative and Executive departments, to a pe-
* Maryland.
riod of years, according to the provisions of most of the Constitutions, again, as well as according to the most respectable and re- ceived opinions on the subject. The mem- bers of the Judiciary department are to re- tain their offices by the firm tenure of good behavior.
On comparing the Constitution plan- ned by the Convention, with the standard here fixed, we conceive at once, that it is in the most rigid sense conformable to it. The House of Representatives, like that of one branch at least of all the State Le- gislatures, is elected immediately by the great body of the people. The Senate, like the present Congress, and the Senate of Ma- ryland, derives its appointment indirectly from the people. The President is indirect- ly derived from the choice of the people, according to the example in most of the States. Even the Judges, with all other officers of the Union, will, as in the seve- ral States, be the choice, though a remote choice, of the people themselves. The du- ration of the appointments is equally con- formable to the Republican standard, and to the model of the State Constitutions. The House of Representatives is periodical- ly elective, as in all the States; and for the period of two years, as in the State of South-Carolina. The Senate is elective for the period of six years, which is but one year more than the period of the Senate of Maryland; and but two more than of the Senates of New-York and Virginia. The President is to continue in office for the pe- riod of four years; as in New-York and Delaware the Chief Magistrate is elected for three years, and in South-Carolina for two years. In the other States the election is annual. In several of the other States, however, no Constitutional provision is made for the impeachment of the Chief Ma- gistrate; and in Delaware and Virginia he is not impeachable till out of office. The President of the United States is impeach- able at any time during his continuance in office. The tenure by which the Judges are to hold their places is, as it unquestion- ably ought to be, that of good behavior. The tenure of the ministerial offices, gene- rally, will be a subject of legal regulation; conformably to the reason of the case, and the examples of the State Constitutions.
Could any further proof be required of the Republican complexion of this system, the most decisive one might be found in its ab- solute prohibition of titles of nobility, both under the Federal and the State Govern- ments; and in its express guarantee of the Republican form to each of the latter.
But it was not sufficient, say the adver- saries of the proposed Constitution, for the Convention to adhere to the Republican form. They ought with equal care, to have preserved the Federal form, which regards the Union as a Confederacy of Sovereign States; instead of which, they have formed a National Government, which regards the Union as a Consolidation of the States. And it is asked by what authority this bold and radical innovation was undertaken? The handle which has been made of this ob- jection, requires that it should be examined with some precision.
Without enquiring into the accuracy of the distinction on which the objection is founded, it will be necessary to a just esti- mate of its force, first to ascertain the real character of the Government in question; secondly to enquire how far the Convention were authorised to propose such a Go- vernment; and thirdly, how far the duty they owed to their country could supply any defect of regular authority.
First. In order to ascertain the real cha- racter of the Government, it may be con- sidered in relation to the foundation on which it is to be established; to the sources from which its ordinary powers are to be drawn; to the operation of those powers; to the extent of them; and to the authority by which future changes in the Government are to be introduced.
On examining the first relation, it ap- pears on one hand, that the Constitution is to be founded on the assent and ratifica- tion of the people of America, given by de- puties elected for the special purpose; but on the other, this assent and ratification is to be given by the people, not as individu- als composing one entire nation, but as composing the distinct and independent States to which they respectively belong. It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the Supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people themselves. The act therefore establishing the Constitution, will not be a National but a Federal act.
That it will be a federal and not a na- tional act, as these terms are understood by the objectors, the act of the people as forming so many independent States, not as forming one aggregate nation, is obvious from this single consideration, that it is to result neither from the decision of a ma- jority of the people of the Union, nor from that of a majority of the States. It must result from the unanimous assent of the se- veral States that are parties to it, differing no otherwise from their ordinary assent than in its being expressed, not by the Le-

gislative authority, but by that of the people themselves. Were the people regarded in this transaction as forming one nation, the will of the majority of the whole people of the United States would bind the minority, in the same manner as the majority in each State must bind the minority; and the will of the majority must be determined either by a comparison of the individual votes, or by considering the will of a majority of the States, as evidence of the will of a majority of the people of the United States. Neither of these rules has been adopted. Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation then the new Constitution will, if established, be a Federal and not a National Constitution.
Its next relation is to the sources from which the ordinary powers of Government are to be derived. The House of Representatives will derive its powers from the people of America, and the people will be represented in the same proportion, and on the same principle, as they are in the Legislature of a particular State. So far the Government is National not Federal . The Senate on the other hand will derive its powers from the States, as particular and co-equal societies; and there will be represented on the principle of equality in the Senate, as they now are in the existing Congress. So far the Government is Federal , not National . The Executive power will be derived from a very compound source. The immediate election of the President is to be made by the States in their political characters. The votes allotted to them are in a compound ratio, which considers them partly as distinct and co-equal societies, partly as unequal members of the same society. The eventual election again is to be made by that branch of the Legislature which consists of the National representatives: But in this particular act, they are to be thrown into the form of individual delegations from so many distinct and co-equal bodies politic. From this aspect of the Government it appears to be of a mixed character, presenting at least as many Federal as National features.
The difference between a Federal and a National Government, as it relates to the operation of the Government, is supposed to consist in this; that in the former, the powers operate on the political bodies, composing the confederacy, in their political capacities; in the latter, on the individual citizens, composing the nation, in their individual capacities. On trying the Constitution by this criterion, it falls under the National not the Federal character; though perhaps not so completely as has been understood. In several cases, and particularly in the trial of controversies to which States may be parties, they must be viewed and proceeded against in their collective and political capacities only. So far the National countenance of the Government, on this side, seems to be disfigured by a few Federal features. But this blemish is perhaps unavoidable in any plan; and the operation of the Government on the people in their individual capacities, in its ordinary and most essential proceedings, may on the whole designate, in this relation, a National Government.
But if the Government be National with regard to the operation of its powers, it changes its aspect again when we contemplate it in relation to the extent of its powers. The idea of a National Government involves in it, not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful Government. Among communities united for particular purposes, it is vested partly in the general and partly in the municipal Legislatures. In the former case, all local authorities are subordinate to the supreme; and may be controlled, directed or abolished by it at pleasure. In the latter, the local or municipal authorities form distinct and independent portions of the supremacy, no more subject, within their respective spheres, to the general authority, than the general authority is subject to them, within its own sphere. In this relation, then, the proposed Government cannot be deemed a National one, since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to the several States a residuary, an inviolable Sovereignty over all other objects. It is true that, in controversies relating to the boundaries between the two jurisdictions, the tribunal which is ultimately to decide, is to be established under the general Government. But this does not change the principle of the case. The decision is to be impartially made, according to the rules of the Constitution; and all the usual and most effectual precautions are taken to secure this impartiality. Some such tribunal is clearly essential to prevent an appeal to the sword, and a dissolution of the compact; and that it ought to be established under the general rather than under the local Governments, or, to speak more properly, that it could be safely established under the first alone, is a position not likely to be combated.
If we try the Constitution by its last relation to the authority, by which amendments are to be made, we find it neither wholly National , nor wholly Federal . Were it wholly National , the supreme and ultimate authority would reside in the majority of the people of the Union; and this authority would be complete at all times, like that of a majority of every National Society, to alter or abolish its established Government. Were it wholly Federal , on the other hand, the concurrence of each State in the Union would be essential to every alteration that would be binding on all. The mode provided by the plan of the Convention, is not founded on either of these principles. In requiring more than a majority, and particularly, in computing the proportion by States , not by Citizens , it departs from the National , and advances towards the Federal character: In rendering the concurrence of less than the whole number of States sufficient, it loses again the Federal , and partakes of the National character.
The proposed Constitution therefore, is, in strictness, neither a National nor a Federal Constitution; but a composition of both. In its foundation it is Federal , not National : in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the Government are drawn, it is partly Federal and partly National : in the operation of these powers it is National , not Federal : in the extent of them again, it is Federal , not National : and finally, in the authoritative mode of introducing amendments, it is neither wholly Federal , nor wholly National .
PUBLIUS.
To the Admirers of NATURAL HISTORY.
MR. KLIPSTEIN begs leave to acquaint the PUBLIC, that having been engaged for several years in forming a Collection of BIRDS of this country, which he has at last, with very considerable expense and labor, perfectly accomplished, the admirers of Natural History will now have an opportunity of seeing in their finest plumage, and arranged so as to imitate life, a beautiful assembly of every species of birds, (amounting to 300) natural to this Continent.
As the Proprietor fails for England in a few days he can shew them only ONE DAY, which will be on Friday the 18th inst. They will be shewn in a Room adjoining the Ball-Room, at the City Tavern, from 10 o'clock in the morning till 10 at night.
Price of admittance Two Shillings. Enquire at No. 47, Nassau-street, and at the City Tavern. Jan. 12.
NOTICE is hereby given to all the Creditors of Israel Navarro, an Insolvent Debtor, that they shew cause, before Benjamin Blagge, Esq., at his chamber in Beekman Street, by the 21st inst. why an assignment of the estate of the said Israel Navarro, should not be made, and he discharged, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of this State, entitled, "An act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated New-York, January 11, 1788. ISRAEL NAVARRO. w.f.m.
TO BE LET, From the first of May next, THE HOUSE, No. 39, in Little Dock-street, occupied at present by Messrs. Storm and Sickles. It is a large three-story house, with six fire places, a back kitchen, a cellar underneath the whole house, and a convenient yard. Apply at No. 54, Wall-street. Jan. 15. tf.
A GENTLEMAN would Teach the FRENCH LANGUAGE, and attend at any Gentleman's house from 8 o'clock in the morning, till 9 o'clock at night. He is to be found at Mrs. CHILD's, No. 40 Crown-street, or at the Printer's hereof. Jan. 15. 8t.
For SAVANNAH, [Georgia.] THE SLOOP JENNIFY, Corns. Schermerhorn, Master, A strong well-built vessel, having excellent accommodations for passengers, and will sail on Thursday the 24th inst. For Freight or Passage apply to the master on board, at Moore's wharf, or to PETER SCHERMERHORN, No. 71, Water-street, opposite Crane Wharf. Jan. 14. tf.
THE Subscriber intending soon for Europe, calls in this public manner on all those who are indebted to him, or the estate of the deceased Mr. William Dennis, by bond, note or other ways, to make immediate satisfaction to Henry Jackson and Benjamin Hichbourn, Esqrs. his attorneys, to whom those he is indebted are requested to apply for an adjustment and settlement of their dues. JAMES SWAN. Boston, Dec. 13, 1787. 4t.
By order of the Hon. JOHN SLOSS HOBART, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York: Public Notice is hereby given by the petitioning creditors of THOMAS LAWRENCE and JACOB MORRIS, of the city of New-York, merchants, insolvent debtors, to all the creditors of the said Thomas Lawrence and Jacob Morris, and to the creditors of either of them, that they shew cause, if any they have, before the Hon. John Sloss Hobart, Esq. at his chamber, situate in Crown-street, in the said city, by Monday the twenty-eighth day of January inst. why an assignment of the estates of the said Thomas Lawrence and Jacob Morris should not be made, and the said Thomas Lawrence and Jacob Morris discharged, agreeable to a law of this State, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th April, 1786. Dated this twelfth day of January, 1788. THOMAS LAWRENCE. JACOB MORRIS.
SALES at AUCTION, By Frederick Jay, THIS MORNING,
Opposite the Coffee-House, 2 Pipes Port Wine, 50 doz. London Porter, 4 Casks Draught do. 4 Hhds. real West-India Rum, 2 Casks Anniseed Water, 1 do. Clove do. 1 Cask Cherry Brandy, 10 Boxes Soap, 2 Casks Souchong Tea, 20 Cases best Holland Geneva, 1 Hhd. Juniper Berries, 10 Jars Raisins, 10 Kegs Olives, 7 Kits of Salmon, 2 Bales of Feathers, 2 Casks of Indigo,
A quantity of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, And a few CARPETS.
AT PRIVATE SALE, Souchong Tea, by the Chest, Irish Linens, coarse broad Cloths, Corduroys, Loaf Sugar, &c. &c.
PUBLIC AUCTION, By Hugh Smith, THIS DAY,
XII o'clock, at the Coffee-house Bridge, 4 Pipes Madeira Wine, 4 do. Teneriffe do. 4 do. Red do. 2 hhs. Malaga do. 6 qr. Casks do. do. &c.
And on TUESDAY evening, The 22d inst. 5 o'clock, at No. 22, Wall-street, will commence the Sale of a large and general Collection of BOOKS;
Consisting of History, Divinity and Law: Catalogues of which, will be delivered previous to the Sale.
WANTED, Smith's History of New-York. ANY person willing to sell a copy, will please to enquire of the Printer. Jan. 9.
THIS DAY, Is 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 Gordon, Advice to masters, 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. Stiles, accounting for the fortifications west of the Allegany, Abridgement of Smith's history of Virginia, On education, Letter from Jemima Loveleap, Floretta, or the fountains, Life of Sir Wm. Jones, Kt. Ties Blunt, on fashion, Anecdote of a tailor, Letter from Philander, on marriage, Dr. Dwight's varied literary address, &c. Mr. Pope's letter to the Bishop of Rochester, Letter from Guy G. umblestone, 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 assy with her fan, The rare adventures of Tom Brainless; shewing 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 wore a wig, 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, January 3, 1788.
TO BE LET,
THE HOUSE, No. 6, in Wall-street, corner of Smith-street, in which the Minister of the United Netherlands, P. J. VAN BERCKEL, Esq. now lives. The house has twelve rooms all well sized, beside a house-keeper's room and servants' apartments in the rear, pump and cistern, with every other convenience necessary for a large family: the stable belonging to it is in Smith-street, opposite the rear of the House, the whole in good repair. For terms, apply to John Marston, by letter, left at Mrs. Ogilvie's, in King-street, corner of Smith-street. Jan. 12. tf.
TO BE SOLD, THE Convenient DWELLING-HOUSE, No. 3, Partition street. Enquire of JACOB MORTON, Esq. Attorney at Law, No. 58, Broadway. Jan. 4. tf.
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 observations on Mr. ADAM SMITH'S DEFENCE of the CONSTITUTIONS of GOVERNMENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA: And on Mr. DE LOLME'S CONSTITUTION of ENGLAND. BY A FARMER of NEW-JERSEY.
SALES AT AUCTION, THIS DAY,
At the Auction-Room, No. 208 Water-street, A variety of DRY GOODS.
Amongst which are, two Packages Beads, and other ornaments, proper for the Indian trade, amount, 150l. Sterling, prime cost to be sold by the Package.
To be had at PRIVATE SALE, Genuine Madeira Wine, in pipes, hhs. and quarter casks, of superior quality, and fit for immediate use--Hyson and Souchong Tea. A. L. BLECKER.
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.
At PRIVATE SALE, A choice parcel well assorted Indigo, low priced Irish Linens, Blue Broad-Cloths, Ticklenburghs, Osnaburghs, Russia Duck, Green Tea, Sherry and Fayal Wines, Castile Soap, Toys in Chests, Painters Brushes, Writing Paper assorted, 20 Barrels choice Beef, ISAAC MOSES.
At private Sale, cheap for cash, A variety of Linens, Silks, Calicoes, Muslins, Cambricks, Lawns, Point Blankets, white silk Stockings, and Carolina Indigo, London Mould Candles, Claret, in hogshead, and bottles, men's white silk Stockings, and a few boxes best Hyson Tea, a few bbls. of Indigo, &c. JOHN RAMSAY.
PURSUANT to an order made by the honorable Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the State of New-York, Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of Lion Hart, an insolvent debtor, that they shew cause, if any they have, before the said Chief Justice, at his chambers situate in Nassau-street, in the city of New-York, by Friday, the first day of February next, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate should not be made, and the said debtor discharged, pursuant to an act of the legislature of this State, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th April, 1786. Dated this 28th day of October, 1787. LION HART. Petitioning Creditors.--Jonas Hayman, by his attorney; Abraham Isaacs; Johab Ellis.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of the late colony of New-York, passed the 19th day of March, 1784, entitled "an act for the more effectual registering of mortgaged estates" That on Monday the 12th day of November next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold on the premises, to the highest bidder, "All that certain piece or parcel of Land, consisting of five several Lots, situate lying and being in the manor of Philipsburgh, and county of West Chester, bounded southerly by land sold by Philip Cortlandt and Isaac S. S. S. Commissioners, to John Lawrence, Esq. westerly, by the North or Hudson's River, northerly, partly by the land sold to Edward Covenhoven, partly by land sold to Cornelius P. Low, and partly by land to Jacobus Duyckeman, and easterly by a Run of water, called Saw-Mill River. Containing one hundred and fifty five acres, more or less with the appurtenances which said premises were by Indenture, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of March, 1786. Mortgaged by Andrew Bostwick, and Ann his wife, to William S. Livingston, for securing the payment of four hundred and twenty nine pounds, three shillings and eleven pence. The Conditions will be made known on the Day of Sale.
HOGS' BRISTLES.
WANTED, by the Subscribers, a quantity of Hogs' Bristles, for which Two Shillings per pound will be given, provided they are dressed clean thro' in the ruff. One Shilling and Three-pence per lb. to the Subscribers having erected a BRUSH MANUFACTORY, at No. 45 Peck's-Slip, where they propose carrying on the Bush Making Business in all its branches, Store-keepers and others may be furnished with all sorts on as low terms as any imported, to which they hope the preference will be given them, as the work is equally good if not better; and as they will warrant their work not to fail till worn out by use, they flatter themselves with expectation of getting a sufficient supply of this country Bristles, that they may not be under the necessity of importing their stock from England; the Farmers, by being careful in the season of killing, may save sufficient to supply them in this business. Country Store-keepers would be the most proper persons to collect them.
Those who will please to undertake the collecting them, will meet with a ready sale, and be the means of promoting a very useful branch of business, which may be carried on in this State, and put a stop to the importing that commodity. The least favor will be gratefully acknowledged, by ANANIAS COOPER and Company. New-York, Nov. 5, 1787. m 6m
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 & 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 Salomon's Grammars, Sheridan's, Johnston'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, Lacroix's Abridgment, in 5 vols. with a number of Reports and Entries by five different hands, Play's Cards by the dozen or single pack; Tuging's Ballads of Life, Anderton's and Hoppner's Pills, British Oil, Ryan's Sugar-Puffs, and a few pounds of excellent Gun-Powder. Nov. 5. m w & f

TO BE SOLD by the SUBSCRIBER, at PUBLIC AUCTION, To be held on the premises, on MONDAY the fourth day of February next, THE FARM, late of William Ogden, deceased, lying in North-Castle, in the county of Westchester, containing two hundred and twenty-seven acres, well timbered and watered, a good double Dwelling-House and Kitchen, a good Barn and orchard, with an excellent spring of water within two rods of the kitchen. On the same is an excellent meadow, producing the best English grass. The conditions will be made known at the time of sale by JOSEPH OGDEN.
N. B. Those who have demands against the estate of the said William Ogden, deceased, are requested to attend the sale. North-Castle, Dec. 17. 1787. sw.th&cm
For TRINIDAD, The SLOOP MERCY, Oswald P. Harris, Master. She has a considerable part of her cargo engaged. For Freight or Passage apply to the Master on board, at Clark's wharf. Jan. 4. tf.
For Sr. Martin's and St. Eustatia. The Sloop RAMBLER, Tredwell Jackson, Master, Will sail the 15th inst. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, at Stevens and Connolly's lumber-yard, or at No. 73, Water-street. Jan. 1, 1788.
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. 28. tf.
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. tf.
For SALE, The Hull of the new BRIG JOHN, 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 SHEDDEN, PATRICK, and Co. No. 206, Water-street. Dec. 13. tf.
For CHARLESTON, South-Carolina, The SHIP BETSEY, Solomon Saltus, commander, Will sail by the 17th of January. For Freight or Passage, (having elegant accommodations) apply to the commander on board, at Brownjohn's wharf, below the Coffee-House, or to GEO. DOUGLASS, No. 14, Fly-Market.
Who has for Sale, 100 tierces New Rice, 100 boxes Cafile 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.
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. Witherpoon, of Princeton; who warmly recommends them to be perusal of all serious christians. Likewise, (Price TWO SHILLINGS) Dr. Witherpoon'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 Directions to Young Men, for the Government of their Lives, perhaps ever published in the English language. 59.
THIS DAY is Published & to be Sold, The Universalist, In SEVEN LETTERS to AMYNTOR. By W.M. PITT SMITH. The Subscriber will be supplied with their Copies only by the Printer hereof. The book will likewise be sold at the Stores of Messrs. Lendon, Hodge, Allen and Campbell.
FOR SALE, 165 Barrels Philadelphia Superfine FLOUR, By JAMES RENWICK, No. 92, William-street. Jan. 9. 8t.
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 stiff 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 scorbutic 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 distempers 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 purid humours, and create a fresh and healthy complexion in such as are affected in any purid matter.
The plumb is a great diuretick, cleansing the reins of urine; 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 chronicl distempers, as asthma, pleuricks, or shortness of breath, dropsies and yellow jaundice. Now I hope impartial persons are satisfied that the medicine which works upon such humours, will almost reach any distemper, if not too far gone, since corruption and putrefaction are the fore-runners of all diseases; therefore, no better phyfic 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, Diagnofic figus 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, loss appetite, swelled belly, knawing and biting about the stomach, frightful dreams, extreme thirst, the body decayed and lean, fits, often vomiting, flinking 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 fit comes on, and be repeated three times. In whooping or chin-coughs, give the quantity above-mentioned. June 1. 3aw.tf.
TO BE SOLD, THE remainder of the lease yet to come and unexpired, of that valuable BREW-HOUSE, MALT-HOUSE, DWELLING-HOUSE, &c. lately in the possession of Samuel Alee, on the Bank of Hudson River, in Greenwich-street, together with the apparatus necessary to carry on the Brewing business very extensively; or if the purchaser is inclined, the fee of these buildings, with 24 lots of GROUND on which they stand, will be sold, and the terms made easy. The advantageous situation in which these buildings stand, is too well known to need any encomium. For terms apply at No. 39, Hanover-square. Jan. 3. tf.
Farms of LAND to be Sold. THE first is situate in the borough town of Westchester, at Frogs Neck, joining the East River, and contains 150 acres of Land. This farm was formerly the property of Enoch Hunt. The land is excellent, and the situation delightful, only 18 miles from New-York.
The second is situate in the Manor of Cortlandt, about 2 & 1-2 miles south of the Presbyterian church at Crumpond, and is about the same distance from the Friends Meeting House; it contains 205 & 1-2 acres of good land, under excellent improvement, and now in possession of Joseph Smith, the elder.
Also, a farm situate at Singling, in the Manor of Philipsburgh, 2 miles from the landing, contains 100 acres of the best land, both for grain and grass; at present occupied by John Offer.
For particulars apply to the subscriber, living at Croton, near the ferry, who will furnish indisputable titles for either or all of the above farms.
PH. V. CORTLANDT. Manor of Cortlandt, Dec. 19. m.tf.
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.
To the People of America.
AMONGST the numerous publications that have issued from the press, on the subject of Federal Government, none have attracted the public attention more than that entitled the FEDERALIST , under the signature of PUBLIUS . The justness of the reasoning, the force of the arguments and the beauty of the language which distinguish this performance, have justly recommended it to general applause.
To attain a competent knowledge of the advantages to be derived from adopting the proposed FEDERAL CONSTITUTION , is no doubt the sincere wish of every true friend to his country: This performance being entirely free from party spirit and personal invective, is therefore well calculated to accomplish so desirable an end.
The avidity with which this writer's pieces have been sought after by politicians and persons of every description, and the particular attention the different printers throughout the United States have shown them by regular insertions in their papers, are conclusive proofs of the superior excellence of this elegant political production. The manner in which the author treats and discloses the controverted parts of the Constitution, displays much information, patriotism and candor, and can hardly fail of meeting with a favorable reception from the opponents as well as the advocates of the new system of Government.
Under this persuasion, the publishers flatter themselves with the countenance and support of the citizens of America, to a publication evidently written to promote their welfare, happiness and prosperity.
In the Press, and speedily will be published, The FEDERALIST;
A collection of ESSAYS, written in favor of the NEW CONSTITUTION, By a CITIZEN of NEW-YORK.
Corrected by the author, with additions and alterations.
CONDITIONS.
This work will be printed on a fine paper and good type, in one handsome volume duodecimo.
The number of pages the volume will contain, cannot rightly be ascertained, as the author has not yet done publishing, but the printers engage to deliver the work to subscribers at the very reasonable rate of Five Shillings for 200 pages, Six Shillings if 250, and all above gratis. The numbers already published will make more than 200 pages, and the author does not seem to be nigh a close.
To render this work more complete, will be added, without any additional expence,
Philo-Publius, and the Articles of the Convention,
As agreed upon at Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1787.
** A few copies will be printed on superfine royal writing paper, price Ten Shillings.
†† No money returned till delivery.
Subscriptions are taken in by J. M'LEAN, and Co. No. 41, Hanover-square, by the Printer hereof, by the several Booksellers of the city, and by all others entrusted with proposals.
New-York, January 1, 1788.
To be Sold at Private Sale,
THE Farm, Grist and Saw-Mills, whereon the Subscriber now lives, known by the name of Squires-Point, about 37 miles from New-Brunswick, 40 miles from Trenton, 14 from Easttown, in a fine wheat country. The Farm contains 164 acres of good land, on which there is a very genteel house, with four rooms on a floor, a large barn with several small dwelling-houses; the Grist-Mill has two run of stones, in excellent order, and the Saw-Mill almost new, on a never-failing stream of water; also a Negro Man, a compleat miller; likewise three Farms, containing 200 acres each, about two miles from the Mills. For further particulars, enquire of Mr. John Ramsay, Mr. Alexander Stewart, Mr. Bay Stevenson, in New-York, or to the owner on the premises. JOHN RAPALJE. Squire's-Point, Sept. 24th, 1787. tf.
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 fitted 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, Cruger'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.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of the late Colony of New-York, passed the 19th day of March, 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of Mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates." That on the thirtieth day of April next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold at the Coffee-House, in the city of New-York, at public auction or vendue, to the highest bidder, all that certain Mesuage or Dwelling-House, and Lot of Ground, situate in the Dock-ward of the said city, being bounded in front on the west by Broad-Street, northerly by Mill-Street, southerly and easterly by a lot now or late of the heirs and devisees of the late John Livingston, deceased, containing in the front on Broad-street aforesaid, 41 feet 6 inches, on the north side 44 feet 10 inches, and on the southerly side 35 feet 4 inches, be the same more or less. And also, all that certain Mesuage and Lot of Ground, lying on Nassau-Street, in the North-ward of the said city, opposite the new Brick Presbyterian Church, containing in front and rear 30 feet, and in depth on each side 21 feet. The conditions will be made known at the time of sale, and an indisputable title given to the purchaser. Dated the 29th day of October, 1787. m.
NOTICE is hereby given, to all persons indebted to JAMES MYER, jun. of the city of New-York, an Insolvent Debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the subscriber, Assignee of the estate of the aforesaid James Myer, jun. their accounts will be put in the hands of an Attorney, and all persons having claims against the said James Myer, jun. previous to his discharge under the act of insolvency, are required immediately to present their accounts, properly attested, to New-York, Oct. 16. JOHN LOVETT, Assignee. 3 mtf
JUST IMPORTED,
In the Montgomery, Capt. Runyan, 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-Street,
A large and choice Collection of BOOKS;
Among which are, ELEGANT folio family bibles, with near 200 cuts in each; Burke 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, Bolton's, Willison's, Atterbury's, &c. Sermon's; Nelson's festival, 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. Quincy's medical lexicon, Poivre's chemistry, &c. Ainsworth's, Young's, Cole's, and Enrick's latin dictionaries; Davidson's Virgil and Horace; Duncan's Cicero, Ken's Lucian-Clark's Cæsar, Homer, Nepos, Eutropius, Eutropius, and introduction; Simpson's fluxions, and Euclid; Hammond's algebra, Stone's Euclid; Love's surveying, Guthrie's and Salmon's geographical grammars; Johnson's, Sheridan's, Ash's, Dyke's, Bailey's, Scott's, Perry's, and Enrick's dictionaries; Bennet's christian oratory, Scott on election, elegant extracts in verse, do. in prose, Lord Littleton's letters, Klopstock'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, Penknives, elegant shoe Buckles, Message Cards, &c. &c. Commission from the Country thankfully received, and carefully executed. Nov. 24. tf.
An ACADEMY
IS opened in Upper Salem, in the county of Westchester, and state of New-York, under the immediate inspection of Mr. Amzi Lewis, in a convenient building prepared for that purpose, where the learned Languages and all kinds of academic Literature will be accurately taught.
The situation is pleasant and healthy. Decent lodgings for Students may be had in the neighbourhood, on the most reasonable terms; and particular care will be taken to furnish the School with every necessary accommodation.
Those gentlemen who send their children to this Academy, may depend on their being treated with paternal tenderness, faithfully instructed in the various branches of Science, and carefully inspected with regard to their moral deportment.
As an institution of this kind has been much needed in this part of the country; it is hoped our design will meet with early encouragement, from the friends of Literature.
BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. Upper Salem, Dec. 8, 1787.
PORT WINE,
Of a superior quality to any ever imported to this place,
LANDING this Day at Cruger's wharf, one of the Brig St. Jeanne Villa Nova, from Oporto, for sale by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. June 18th tf.
By order of the honorable Richard Morris, Esq. chief justice of the supreme court of judicature of the state of New-York. Notice is hereby given to Benjamin Byre, of the city of London in the kingdom of Great-Britain, merchant, an absent debtor, and to all others whom it may concern, that upon application and due proof made to the said chief justice, pursuant to an act of the legislature, entitled "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors," passed the 4th day of April 1786, by a creditor of the said Benjamin Byre, he the said chief justice, has directed all the said Benjamin Byre's estate, real and personal, within this state to be seized, and that unless he shall discharge his debts within one year after the publication of this notice, all his estate, real and personal will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors.
Dated at the city of New-York, this 4th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1787.
CASH,
And the HIGHEST PRICES given, for all kinds of CONTINENTAL and STATE SECURITIES.
PARTICULARLY Bancker'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.
Where are for sale, Excellent old MADEIRA WINE, in pipes or quarter-casks, BEEF, PORK, and BAB IRON. July 24.
JUST PUBLISHED,
The Columbian Magazine, For NOVEMBER, 1787. To be SOLD by BERRY & ROGERS, S. LOUDON and R. HODGE. Dec. 28.
CABLES of any length, and CORDAGE
of all sizes, made of Petersburg Hemp, first quality, To be had at the Subscriber's Rope-walk, or at his Store, 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 Rope to any dimensions, at a very small expence, by HEZEKIAH IVERS, Rope-Maker. July 25th, 1787. tf.
LAST night about 9 o'clock the subscriber took up a STRAY HORSE, with saddle and bridle, and having no stable to put him in, tethered him to his door, where he broke his halter in the night and went off. The owner of said Horse may have the saddle and bridle, by proving his property and paying charges, by applying to EDWARD GRANT, No. 31, Dyes street, near Dyes wharf. Jan. 9.
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