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

The Daily Advertiser.
[VOL. IV.]
NEW-YORK: TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1788.
[No. 891.]
FIFTY THREE HOGSHEADS JAMES RIVER TOBACCO, ONE BALE OF NUTMEGS, THREE HUNDRED BARRELS FLOUR, To be landed This Day on Murray's and Marston's Wharf, for sale, by WILLIAM SETON, & Co. Dec. 27, 1787. 1W
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 superior quality, to be landed this day at Crugar's wharf, and to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. 22d Aug. 1787. tf
FOR SALE BY JOHN DEWINT, Maiden-lane, No. 36. A FEW hds. New-York Rums; 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 hyson and tions tea; 4 barrels gum of lignum vitae; and 2 pot-ash kettles, that have been a short time in use. Nov. 17.
GEORGE POLLOCK, Has received by the Hudson from Dublin, and the Anne and Sufannah from Liverpool, A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low-priced IRISH LINEN, Which he will sell on very moderate terms, at his STORE, No. 28, Water-street. POT ASHES and FLAXSEED received in payment. Sept. 13. tf
JUST IMPORTED, In the ship MERCURY, Captain Grant, TENERIFFE WINES Of a very superior quality, which will be disposed of by the quantity or single Pipe, by JOHN C. SHAW, at his store opposite Van Zandt's wharf. Oct. 12. tf
To be LET, on reasonable Terms, A GENTLEMAN'S ROOM, near the Coffee- House, very suitable for a single gentleman, or a small family. For particulars enquire at No. 39, 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 Ax 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. 9th, 1787. tf
FOR SALE BY ROBERT JOHNSTON, No. 14, Water-street, in the house lately occupied by Colonel Samuel Ogden. A Large and general assortment of IRON CAST- INGS, among which are the following, viz. Iron hollow ware of all sizes, Pot-ashes kettles, cast with bottom down, Clock and window weights, griddles large and small Tea-kettles large and small, bake-pans do. do. Cart, waggon, coach and chair boxes, 56, 28, 14 and 7lb. weights with rings, Morsels and pelties, sad irons, Franklin stoves, large and small, Rittenhouse do. do. Ten and six-plate do. do. close stoves with pipes, Sharp's new invented floor grates, Canada stoves for large rooms, Patent cañoles for ships, with one and two boilers, grates and oven, Fire places with jam be 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, sheetop Nail rods of all sizes, Iron naps for hds. and bbls. horse shoes, 20d. 12d. 10d. and 8d. nails, 7 inch, 6 inch and 5 inch spikes, Crowley and blistered steel. The above articles will be sold for cash and country produce, at the lowest prices; and a large 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 SMOAKING; KITEFOOT of the first quality; ditto of an inferior or ditto; large roll tobacco, fit for manufac- turers; segars, genuine Macuba snuff; ditto rapped of different qualities; gentlemen's gloves, buck- skin and beaver, of the first quality. At the above Store the highest price is given for SHIPPING FURS, June 12. f
FOR SALE, GINSENG, LINTSEED OIL, BEEF, PORK, FLOUR, FLAX-SEED, BUT- TER, Quintal FISH, MACKAREL, &c. by Storm and Sickles, Dec. 1. 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 afforded. Dec. 1. tf
TO BE SOLD, A Number of improved FARMS, in the counties of Dutchess, Ulster and Orange; likewise a quantity of unimproved Land in either of the said counties. Apply to J. JOHNSTON, No. 18, Wall- street. Dec. 25. tf
To be Sold at Public Auction, On the Premises. By FREDERICK JAY, On the 10th day of January next, A FRAME HOUSE, in Chambers-street, now in the possession of Thomas Eagles, being part of the estate of the late Cornelius Swartwout. The above House contains three fire places, is built on a leased lot, six years of the lease unexpired, with a privilege of removing the house at the expiration of the same. Oct. 25. tf
To be landed this day at Crugar's wharf from on board the Portuguese Schoo- ner, N. S. da Carmo, Captain Olivera, some pipes of choice PORT WINE, and a parcel of SALT; to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. Nov. 12, 1787. 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 will 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, Sorted, cleaned purchased and sold, at HARTELL and WOODWARD'S FLAX-SEED STORE, lately occupied by Mr. Ja- cob Sarly, 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, Glass, Paints, Sheet 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, hand and soft Waffle Irons, men and boys Scates, long handle hair Brooms, Brushes of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Pen and Jack-knives, Shears and Scissors, wire and spring Moule and Rat Trap, Jacks, Clocks, B ad, and Screws of all sizes, Locks and Hinges of every kind, Carpenters, Coopers and Joiners Tools, &c. &c. He has also for sale Pickled Mackerel, Salmon and Herrings, which he will dispose of on reasona- ble 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 Peterborough
A clean HEMP, BOHEA TEA, MOLASSES, BURR FLOUR, BEEF, PORK, HOG'S LARD, YORK RUM, SHEET CORK, CAYENNE COCOA, DRY COD-FISH, RUSSIA and RAVENS DUCK, HOLLAND POWDER, 100 Boxes SPERMACETI CANDLES, COD SOUNDS and TONGUES, in 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
BRANDY for Sale. A Quantity will this day be landed from on board the New-York and Philadel- phia Packet, Jacob Bird, Master, lying at Bache's wharf, near the Old-ship, by CONSTABLE, RUCKER & Co. Dec. 31, 1787.
Just received, for sale, FIFTY-THREE Tierces new RICE, in whole and half casks, 5 barrels INDI- GO different prices; likewise a few bar- rels of GROUND-NUTS. Apply to ROBERT GILCHRIST, No. 20, Smith-Street. Dec. 29. tf
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, MILLENNERY, and DRY GOOD Line.
CHINA and fartin ribbons, a great variety differ- ent widths and colors; plain net, crape, foul- de, silk spotted and striped, black and white gauzes; fancy colored cane hats, yellow and black Leghorn do. per dozen or quantity; black and white skein and ribbon wires; wire frames for the latest fashion bonnets; mock paint laces; black silk ditto, and edgings; white thread laces and edgings; black Cat- tins and modes; plustrings, white and colored laces- nets; chinures and calicoes; furniture copperplate do. linens and checks; morsees, calimancoes and stuff; silk thread, cotton, and worsted hole; pink, blue, green, and dove colored silk quilts; muslin and cotton shawls, silk, linen, and cotton handkerchiefs; coded dimities, muslinet and chintz trimmings; plain and spring'd lawns, plain and striped muf- lins; lawn and muslin handkerchiefs; fine and com- mon cambrics; black patent net laces; nankeens, umbrellas, artificial flowers, feathers, flannels, bazzes, and striped wildbores, sewing silks, threads, &c. &c. all which will be sold on the very lowest terms, for immediate payment. He returns his sincere thanks to the public in 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
George and Robert Lewis, & Co. No. 233, Queen-street, In addition to the Goods received by the Bessey and Wilson, are now opening for SALE by the Mont- gomery, Capt. Bunyan, viz. 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 Irish Linens, Dowlas and Sheerings, 4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 fashionable Shawls, Printed Linens and Cottons, 7-8, 9-8, fancy and Chintz Calicoes, Furniture ditto, A general assortment of cotton and linen Hand- kerchiefs, Leno, Lawn, and Black Silk, ditto. Bandanna and Romall ditto, 7-8 and 11-8, plain, corded, striped and check- ed Lawns, Rich fashionable Waist-coat shapes, Striped and gold-barred Tullinet Waistcoating, Florence and Sattins, An assortment of Hosiery, Table Cloths, Clouting-Diapers, &c. &c. &c. Which they are determined to dispose of at their usual low prices for Cash, Notes at a short date, and shipping produce. New-York, Nov. 21, 1787. tf
SHALER and SEBOR No. 27 Queen-street, have for sale, A QUANTITY of plated ware, consisting of can- dlesticks, branches, tea caddies, snuff pans, egg cups, goblets, coffee pots and Muffineers, black table cakes, with knives, forks, and spoons com- plete, fruit stands, paper bottle stands, japanned bread-trays, caddies and snuff pans, plate warm- ers, brass chasing dishes, cork screws, steel nutters, sodery, 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 git watch chains, trinkets, shirt pins, buckles, rings, pake, shoe, knee, and stock buckles and sleeve but- tons, fine Irish sheeting, fine dyed jeans, Marfeilles quilting, silk shaggs, black crape, white and black gauzes, muslins, muffs, featherluffs, habashies, hosenfoss, bonnetage, romalls, corded dimity, and a box of assorted bolting cloths, with a variety of other articles which will be disposed of for cash or shipping produce, at a price much below the sterling cost. At same place may be had, Madeira, Teneriffe, and Malaga wine, by the pipe or quarter cask, Cham- paine of an excellent quality, by the case or dozen, striped duffel blankets, a variety of hard ware, a large assortment of Irish linens, 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.
A CAUTION to OWNERS and MASTERS of VESSELS, THAT they beware of rigging which is made of Holland yarn; for it is made in great quanti- ties and exposed to sale, to the hurt of the buyer. It is of such a base quality, that it is not sufficient for cables or rigging of any kind: it is spun and dressed off in such a manner, as makes it difficult for the buyer to know it from the best rope. In order to try its evil quality, let the buyer take a few yards of the end of the rope, and open them into hemp, and if it prove to be short tow, you may take it for granted to be Holland yarn; which is spun or short tow and refuse of the hemp, that is manufactured in- to fail-cloth in Holland. N.B. It should be enquired who are the pro- moters of this caution, be it known that we are a com- pany of rope-makers, who think it too tedious to insert our names here. New-York, Nov. 8. tf
PORT WINE, Of a superior quality to any ever imported to this place, LANDING this Day at Crugar's wharf, out of the Brig St. Jesuide Villa Nova, from Oporto, for Sale by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. June 15th tf .
GEORGE BARNEWALL & Co. No. 205, WATER-STREET, near the Coffee-house, HAVE just imported, in the ship Providence from London, an assortment of IRISH LI- NENS, SHEETINGS, DOWLAS and THREADS, 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 feltsoons and other borders; and rod, and other sized NAILS. July 7. 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, ornaburgs, German dowlas, Ruffia diaper, platillas, Britannis, cotton and linen checks, sheetings of excellent quality, which Pie- mishlinen, German stripes and checks, lawns, cal- icoes, writing paper, &c. They have likewise for sale, coatings, Yorkshire cloths, calimancoes, dur- rants, flannels, Irish linens, &c. Also, IMPROVED FRANKLIN STOVES, cast in the Air-Furnace, at Newark, which, besides be- ing exceedingly neat, are constructed to give more heat into the room, a remedy for smoky chimneys, and more secure from fire than any other. Also, Pot- ash kettles, forge hammers and anvils refined from bog-ore, pig-metal, and approved by many years experience. N.B. Orders are received by them for every kind of hollow-ware and iron-castings, made as laid 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 Wilson, from Liver- pool, the America, from London, and last vessels from Europe, a neat assortment of GOODS, consist- ing of fine brown, mist, blue, drab, and copper- coloured Broad Cloths, Coatings, Duffles and blan- kets, Flannels and Bazzes, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 and 11-8 wide cotton Checks, printed Cottons, Chinures, Ribbons, Lawns, Lawn Handkerchiefs and Aprons, Sattins and Modes, cotton and silk Handkerchiefs, sewing Silks and Twill, fine and coarse Hats, Mus- lins, Durants, Tammees, Calimancoes and Cam- bics, Table Cloths and Diapers, Writing Paper, and an assortment of HARD WARE, &c. which he will sell on reasonable terms, for Cash, Country Produce, or public Securities. Also, six pair of ele- gant brass mounted Fire Dogs, and a few barrels pickled Mackerel and Cod-Fish, in excellent orders. Apply as above. N.B. Purchasers of unappropriated and confiscated Lands, can be supplied with certificates on the most reasonable terms.
LOT MERKEL, No. 33, Hanover-square, nearly opposite the Bank, Manufacturer, and has for sale a complete and ge- neral assortment MUFFS and TIPPETS, of MARTIN and Martin Throat, Swan's Down and red Ermine, Ruffia and Siberia Squirrel, American Ground Squirrel, Ruffia Hare and red Fox, Real black Jenner, belt-forts, Mock Sable and Mock Ermine. Likewise a large and general assortment of Fur Trimming and Edgings, for Ladies Cloaks, Coats and Habs, Ladies Cloak Linings, Gentlemen's Great Coats lined with Furr, Fur Gloves, &c. &c. * * * The above articles he is now selling on the most reasonable Terms for Cash only. N.B. Orders from the Country executed in the best manner. October 11, 1787. tf
SALT-PETRE. A few hundred weight may be had very low of EFFINGHAM LAWRENCE, No. 227, Queen-street, facing the Fly-market. Also a large and general assortment of Genuine DRUGS & MEDICINES, Patent Medicines, Perfumeries, Surgical Instru- ments, &c. for which Cash, Ginseing, Bees- wax, Snake-root, Potash and Pearl-ashes, &c. will be taken in payment. MEDICINE CHESTS complete, with directions. Orange Pear for Illness. N.B. An APPRENTICE wanted. Oct. 12. tf
BOURBON COFFEE, MUCH esteemed in Europe for its su- perior flavor, in seroons of 100 lb. each to be sold by LUDLOW and GOOLD. New-York, Dec. 25, 1787.
Lost on Wednesday Evening last, SOMEWHERE near, or at the corner of James and Rutgers-street; a SWORD, with a black handle, a brass guard, on one side of it the guard is wanting; it had on an old black scabbard. Also lost on the same evening in the Bowery-lane, a hickory CANE, varnished, the varnish being some- what worn off, with a copper ferrule and a bone head, the top being broken out, and the left somewhat cracked. The owner wishing to have it again for antiquity sake; whoever has found the same, or ei- ther of them, shall have a reasonable reward. En- quire of the Printer. tf
THE Public are informed, that the sub- scriber has removed his OFFICE to No. 56, WALL-STREET, his former place of residence. 24th Dec. 1787. W. COCK.

New-York, Jan. 1.
Yesterday arrived the sloop Endeavor, Capt. Potter, from Cape Fear.—Captain Potter saw no vessels on the coast, had some blowing weather from the Northward, but no South-West winds.
De Amica sua Angelica.
Epigramma Doctoris S. L. M.
Apta marito jam thalamum mihi cara puella Gaudia, desiderat, gesserit ut egregia: Viro sed maturam vellere cogitat atrox Dignum, Jupiter, amplexibus aetheris: Nec mirum; ANGELICAM pulchram dicunt homines hic Participem superi quam indolis Angelicae. Nov. Eborac. prid. Cal. Jan. 1788.
Further advices received by the ship George.
P A R I S, September 30.
The Duke of Orleans asked leave of his Majesty to take a journey to London. His Majesty replied, he could not let him. The Prince insisted on it, alledging he had some affairs to conclude with the Prince of Wales. The Monarch replied, "I believe you, but I forbid you to go into England." His Serene Highness has bought the castle of Vincennes, which he is going to pull down to make pavilions, where there are to be gardens after the English manner, which will be let to the citizens of Paris.
On the 28th of this month, about nine o'clock in the evening, about 300 troops were in ambuscade in the Pont-Neuf, opposite to the statue of Henry the Fourth, and in the Place Dauphine. Besides these a number of patroles walked round about the palace. This military manœuvre, far from calming the tumult, has on the contrary, increased it; they stopped and carried to prison four or five goldsmith's apprentices, who were amusing themselves with firing squibs. Upon this the tumult increased. A detachment of French guards endeavored to disperse the crowd, when some soldiers were wounded. A lawyer being wounded by the fall of a musquet, enraged the public still more; but happily nothing serious has happened from these injuries and movements.
Oct. 8. A report has transpired from Court, which is, that the Duke of Dorset has declared to Count Montmorine, that the intention of the British Cabinet is to require that the works of Cherbourg be destroyed, and English Commissioners appointed to see it done. However, if such a demand has been made, the answer from Louis the XVth can be no other than a look of indignation, and orders to prepare for war. As for the rest, all the batteries at Cherbourg are mounted with guns; and according to M. de Suffrein's account, 50 ships of the line can shelter there, and from thence greatly incommode the English navy, in case of a rupture.
L O N D O N.
October 13. There is most evidently a something more than the misunderstanding on Dutch politics between the courts of St. James's and Versailles, or both countries would not be so vigorously arming, now the disputes in the States are so nearly quieted; nor would France, had she seriously intended to take an hostile part in favor of the professed Dutch Patriots, delayed her assistance to the present moment.
The intelligence brought by the Hebe frigate lately arrived at Portsmouth, is said to be this: One French line of battle ship and three frigates sailed from Brest, and made directly for the main sea. Captain Thornborough followed them for a considerable distance, but as he could not ascertain whether they were going to the East-Indies or the West, without following them a great way, he thought it more advisable to come home with the intelligence that such a force had failed.
Yesterday the honorable Commissioners for victualling his Majesty's Navy contracted with Messrs. Peter and William Mellish, for 2000 sea-flores oxen, to be killed between the present time and the 31st December next, at their slaughter-house at Shadwell-dock.
On Wednesday last was issued from the Moneyers office in the Tower, to the Bank, 75,000 new guineas, after which a deputation from the Bank dined with the officers of that department, as usual.
A letter from Port O'rient, dated the 22nd of last month says, that an embargo had been laid on all vessels not in the service of Government, there and at Brest, the 18th in the morning, for what reason none could tell, but that all was hurry, preparation, confusion, and alarm at both places.
Oct. 18. It is yet doubted whether the present restoration of the Stadtholder can be effected without some revolution in the political system of the Republic. It is to be observed, that the Stadtholder's power nearly resembles the prerogative of our King, and cannot be said to be more effective. Our King can, by his prerogative, do many things which, nevertheless, no wise King would attempt to do without the consent of his Parliament; an example of this
offers itself in the case of giving assent to bills. There is no instance on record, since the Revolution, of a King refusing his assent when a Bill was brought to receive it, but there are many instances where a King has signed a bill contrary to his consent.—In the case of the Stadtholder, the balance of power leans very much on his side, since the forcible measures used by the Duke of Brunswick, and his prerogative is strengthened greatly. It rests with him to use his power, "to as not abusing it;" this only can wipe away the aspersions thrown on his character from the memories of the people, and alienate them from the patriotic French faction, which has been long aiming at the destruction of the office of Stadtholder. A revolution, favoring of royalty, would be too much for the depressed spirits of the Hollanders, even in their present deserted condition.
A gentleman, who has travelled within the last three weeks through the northern provinces of France, assures us, that the midling rank of people talk of the affairs of the nation, its distresses, the misconduct of the Ministry, and other topics of this kind, with a degree of freedom formerly unknown. Their King is very unpopular, and their Queen is execrated. They impute to her the deficiency in the cash deposited in the Treasury for the service of the public. They say her Majesty prevailed on Mons. de Calonne, the Comptroller of the Finances, to furnish her brother, the Emperor, with large sums, without the privity of the King. In short, their Government is in a very distracted state. The establishment of Provincial Assemblies is to take place in the course of next month. At these meetings the land-tax assessments in the different parishes, are to be settled.
This is an era of great importance in the French Monarchy. The malversation of the Government has brought on a crisis in the minds of the people. They seem ready to take fire; and was not the despotic power of the Grand Monarque supported by a vast standing army, it is believed that the history of France would record a great revolution.
The same correspondent adds, that he saw delineated on the walls of the Louvre, at Paris, the figure of the King of France, with a noble pair of antlers on his head. Under the figure was written—LE ROI!
Oct. 20. A correspondent at Portsmouth sends us word by a letter of the 18th of the present instant, that peremptory orders had been given for the attendance of all the officers belonging to the Squadron under the command of Admiral Affleck, and that they were to leave port on a destination not known there, on the 20th instant (this day) without fail. This Squadron consists of five sail of the line.
General Faucett's visit to the continent is for the purpose of taking into British pay 6000 German troops; with which number we are under treaty to furnish the King of Prussia, should hostilities be commenced against him by France.
The following is the official account of all the ships of war of the line, in commission on the 10th inst. as made out from the books and laid before the King, by the President of the Admiralty, at St. James's on Friday last:
SHIPS OF THE LINE.
   Names. Guns. Commanders. Stations.     Royal Sovereign 110 J. Samber Plym.   Victory 100 Charles Hope Portsm.   Impregnable 90 T. Pringle Plym.   Barfleur 90 J. Knight Portsm.   Prince George 90 A. Bdggar Chark.   Bedford 74 B. Mann Portsm.   Colossus 74 H. C. Christian Ditto.   Edgar 74 C. Thomson Ditto.   Goliath 74 A. Dickson Ditto.   Ganges 74 Sir R. Curtis Ditto.   Elizabeth 74 J. Bourne Ditto.   La Pegaſe 74 H. Bligh Ditto.   Triumph 74 R. Onslow Ditto.   Alcide 74 B. Caldwell Ditto.   Bellona 74 G. Bower Ditto.   Magnificent 74 Hon. G. Berkley Ditto.   Bombay Castle 74 R. Fanshaw Plym.   Culloden 74 Sir T. Rich, Bart. Ditto.   Carnatic 74 Hon. P. Bertie Ditto.   Powerful 74 Vice Ad. T. Graves Ditto.   Cumberland 74 A. Macbride Ditto.   Fortitude 74 A. J. P. Molloy Ditto.   Hero 74 T. Bayard Ditto.   Irresistible 74 Sir A. S. Hammond Sheer.   Alfred 74 Wm. Affleck Chath.   Arrogant 74 H. Ball Ditto.   Conqueror 74 C. W. Daniel Nore   Orion 74 Sir H. Parker Wool.   Robuste 74 Hon. W. Cornwallis Chath.   Ardent 64 F. Harwell Portsm.   Crown 64 C. M. Pole Ditto.   Standard 64 C. Chamberlain Ditto.   Scipio 64 S. Lutwidge Ditto.   Ships under orders, but not commissioned.   St. George 98 Plym.   Sandwich 90 Chath.   Hannibal 74 Plym.  
Total 36 Ships of the line.
As soon as the account arrived at the Hague, of the surrender of Amsterdam, the French Minister instantly departed with all possible expedition for Paris. This circumstance shews, that the French faction in Holland have lost all their influence. Their power is at an end. The pride of France must be exceedingly mortified by this stroke.
Yesterday General Lord M'Leod was at the levee at St. James's. He came from Scotland for the purpose of offering his Majesty to raise a regiment of Highlanders for
the public service immediately, and was received very graciously.
The four regiments to be added to the establishment, and which are to be commanded by Sir Archibald Campbell, Colonel Abercrombie, Colonel Musgrave, and General March, are destined for India, where they are to remain. The measure is not adopted in consequence of the impending war, but of the recommendation of Earl Cornwallis, who wrote home that he thought there was not a sufficient proportion of European troops to the sepoys. These regiments are accordingly to be added to the establishment, and to be raised in the following manner: The India Company are to give three guineas bounty money to each recruit, and the Officers are to provide their quotas at what further sum they can, and where they please.
Colonel Abercrombie, Colonel Musgrave, and Colonel Marsh, will have the rank of Brigadier-General in India.
MR. CHILDS,
Please to publish the following from the Connecticut Courant, of the 24th inst.
To the Hon. ELBRIDGE GERRY, Esquire.
SIR,
WHEN a man in public life first deviates from the line of truth and rectitude, an uncommon degree of art and attention becomes necessary to secure him from detection. Duplicity of conduct in him requires more than double caution; a caution which his former habits of simplicity have never furnished him the means of calculating; and his first leap into the region of treachery and falsehood is often as fatal to himself as it was designed to be to his country. Whether you and Mr. Mason may be ranked in this class of transgressors I pretend not to determine. Certain it is, that both your management and his for a short time before and after the rising of the Federal Convention impress us with a favorable opinion, that you are great novices in the arts of dissimulation. A small degree of forethought would have taught you both a much more successful method of directing the rage of resentment which you caught at the close of the business at Philadelphia, than the one you took. You ought to have considered that you resided in regions very distant from each other, where different parts were to be acted, and then made your cast accordingly. Mr. Mason was certainly wrong in telling the world that he acted a double part—he ought not to have published two sets of reasons for his dissent to the Constitution. His New-England reasons would have come better from you. He ought to have contented himself with haranguing in the Southern States, that it was too popular, and was calculated too much for the advantage of the Eastern States. At the same time you might have come on, and in the Coffee-House at New-York you might have found an excellent set of objections ready made to your hand; a set that with very little alteration would have exactly suited the latitude of New-England, the whole of which district ought most clearly to have been submitted to your protection and patronage. There are gentlemen in New-York, who having had six months start of you in considering the subject, and whose salary being paid by the state impost, would have furnished you with a plausible discourse upon the "liberty of the Press," the "bill of rights," the "blending of the Executive and Legislative," "internal taxation," or any other topic which you did not happen to think of while in Convention.
It is evident that this mode of proceeding would have been well calculated for the security of Mr. Mason; he there might have vented his ancient enmity against the independence of America, and his fore mortification for the loss of his favorite motion respecting the navigation-act; and all under the mask of sentiments, which with a proper caution in expressing them, might have gained many adherents in his own State. But, although Mr. Mason's conduct might have been easily guarded in this particular, your character would not have been entirely safe even with the precaution above mentioned. Your policy, Sir, ought to have led you one step farther back. You have been so precipitate and unwary in your proceedings, that it will be impossible to set you right, even in idea, without recurring to previous transactions and recalling to your view the whole history of your conduct in the Convention, as well as the subsequent display of patriotism contained in your publication. I undertake this business, not that I think it possible to help you out of your present embarrassments; but, as those transactions have evidently slipt your memory, the recollection of the blunder into which your inexperience has betrayed you, may be of eminent service in forming future schemes of popularity, should the public ever give you another opportunity to traduce and deceive them.
You will doubtless recollect the following state of facts; if you do not, every member of the Convention will attest them—that almost the whole time during the sitting of the Convention, and until the Constitution
had received its present form, no man was more plausible and conciliating upon every subject than Mr. Gerry—he was willing to sacrifice every private feeling and opinion—to concede every slave interest that should be in the least incompatible with the most substantial and permanent system of general Government—that mutual concession and unanimity were the whole burden of his long; and although he originated no ideas himself, yet there was nothing in the system as it now stands to which he had the least objection—indeed Mr. Gerry's conduct was agreeably surprising to all his acquaintance, and very unlike that turbulent obstinacy of spirit which they had formerly affixed to his character. Thus stood Mr. Gerry; till, towards the close of the business, he introduced a motion respecting the redemption of the old continental money—that it should be placed upon a footing with other liquidated securities of the United States. As Mr. Gerry was supposed to be possessed of large quantities of this species of paper, his motion appeared to be founded in such barefaced selfishness and injustice, that it at once accounted for all his former plausibility and concession, while the rejection of it by the Convention inspired its author with the utmost rage and intemperate opposition to the whole system he had formerly praised. His resentment could no more than embarrass and delay the completion of the business for a few days; when he refused signing the Constitution and was called upon for his reasons. These reasons were committed to writing by one of his colleagues and likewise by the Secretary, as Mr. Gerry delivered them. These reasons were totally different from those which he had published, neither was a single objection which is contained in his letter to the Legislature of Massachusetts ever offered by him in Convention.
Now, Mr. Gerry, as this is generally known to be the state of facts, and as neither the reasons which you publish nor those retained on the Secretary's files can be supposed to have the least affinity to truth, or to contain the real motives which induced you to withhold your name from the Constitution, it appears to me that your plan was not judiciously contrived. When we act without principle, we ought to be prepared against embarrassments. You might have expected some difficulties in realizing your continental money; indeed the chance was rather against your motion, even in the most artful shape in which it could have been proposed. An experienced hand would therefore have laid the whole plan beforehand, and have guarded against a disappointment. You should have begun the business with doubts, and expressed your sentiments with great ambiguity upon every subject as it passed. This method would have secured you many advantages. Your doubts and ambiguities, if artfully managed, might have passed, like those of the Delphic Oracle, for wisdom and deliberation; and at the close of the business you might have acted either for or against the Constitution, according to the success of your motion, without appearing dishonest or inconsistent with yourself. One farther precaution would have brought you off clear. Instead of waiting till the Convention rose, before you consulted your friends at New-York, you ought to have applied to them at an earlier period, to know what objections you should make. They could have instructed you as well in August as October. With these advantages you might have passed for a complete politician, and your duplicity might never have been detected.
The enemies of America have always been extremely unfortunate in concerting their measures. They have generally betrayed great ignorance of the true spirit and feeling of the country, and they have failed to act in concert with each other. This is uniformly conspicuous, from the first Pute Parliament in London to the last Shays Parliament at Pelham. The conduct of the enemies of the new Constitution compares with that of the other enemies above-mentioned only in two particulars, its object and its tendency. Its object was self-interest built on the ruins of the country, and its tendency is the disgrace of its authors and the final prosperity of the same country they meant to depress. Whether the Constitution will be adopted at the first trial in the Convention of nine States is at present doubtful. It is certain however, that its enemies have great difficulties to encounter arising from their disunion; in the different States where the opposition rages the most, their principles are totally opposite to each other, and their objections discordant and irreconcilable; so that no regular system can be formed among you, and you will betray each other's motives.
In Massachusetts the opposition began with you, and from motives most piteously selfish and despicable; you addressed yourself to the feelings of the Shays faction, and that faction will be your only support. In New-York the opposition is not to this Constitution in particular, but to the Federal Impost; it is confined wholly to salary men and their connections, men whose salary is paid by the State Impost. This class of ci-

1783 are endeavoring to convince the ignorant part of the community that an annual income of fifty thousand pounds, extorted from the citizens of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New-Jersey, is a great blessing to the State of New-York. And although the regulation of trade and other advantages of a Federal Government would secure more than five times that sum to the people of that State; yet, as this would not come through their hands, these men find fault with the Constitution. In Pennsylvania, the old quarrel respecting their State Constitution has thrown the State into parties for a number of years. One of these parties happened to declare for the new Federal Constitution, and this was a sufficient motive for the other to oppose it: the dispute there is not upon the merits of the subject, but it is their old warfare carried on with different weapons, and it was an even chance that the parties had taken different sides from what they have taken, for there is no doubt but either party would sacrifice the whole country to the destruction of their enemies. In Virginia the opposition originated in two principles; the madness of Mason, and the enmity of the Lee faction to General Washington. Had the General not attended the Convention nor given his sentiments respecting the Constitution, the Lee party would undoubtedly have supported it, and Col. Mason would have vented his rage to his own negroes and to the wind. In Connecticut, our Wrongheads are few in number, and feeble in their influence. The opposition here is not one half so great to the Federal Government, as it was to the Federal impost; and the faction, such as it is, is from the same blindfold party.
I thought it my duty to give you these articles of information, for the reasons above mentioned. Wishing you more caution and better success in your future manoeuvres, I have the honor to be, Sir, with great respect, your very humble servant, A LANDHOLDER.
From the AMERICAN MUSEUM, for November, 1787.
ADDRESS to the LADIES of AMERICA. [Concluded, from Saturday's paper.]
THE French ladies ride as the gentlemen do, and wear buff breeches and boots: over these, the petticoat of the riding dress descends to the ankle, but is buttoned before, to open occasionally, like a gentleman's waistcoat. This addition to the riding dress was adopted by the English ladies, without considering, that it was a tacit declaration that they were ready to mount en cavalier . A polite Parisian, who might offer his assistance to a horsewoman, thus dressed, would begin by dropping on one knee, and unbuttoning the five lower buttons, that the lady might throw her leg over the saddle with ease and safety.
The ladies in Ireland, equally unacquainted with the use of this opening before, made an improvement, as they thought, of an additional row of buttons, and called it the double breasted petticoat. So much, my charming country-women, for your dress. But this is not all.
Fashionable colors have their origin in circumstances, which tho' they may have nothing to do with your shapes, may be thought not very grateful to some of your senses.
The Queen of France caught a flea on her arm: and the King of England found an insect of about the same size on his plate. Observe the different genius of the two nations: at Versailles, the circumstance gave rise to a fashion, and only couleur de puce was to be seen at court; while at St. James's, every person about his Majesty's sacred person was obliged to wear a wig.
When the present Dauphin was born, every eye was in search of something relating to the child, to give origin to a fashion: and Madame la Marquise de Senteur , having had the honor of superintending his linen, appeared at court in a straw-colored Tittin, which she called caca dauphin . Madame la Vicomtesse de la Bouderie , piqued at the ascendancy the Marquise de Senteur had gained by being first in the invention, muttered, as loud as she durst, that one might as well take a color from the ordure of a gossling, as from that of a baby: and she immediately made up a yellowish-green silk, which she called merde d'oie . Paris now became divided between caca dauphin and merde d'oie , till la Duchesse de la Crotte united them into one color which she called ventre de crapaud , from its resemblance to that of a toad's belly.
I should tire your patience, ladies, and perhaps offend your delicacy, were I to go into an enumeration of all the indecent origins of the various pretty colors that are recommended to you by the paltry examples of some great ladies in Europe, whose motives are, to conceal deformities, to create artificial beauties in defect of natural ones, and to display a trifling talent, which, in its most indulgent sense can only be called obscene wit.
I have exposed this with a freedom of expression, which was unavoidable, because I could not otherwise give you a just idea of the imposition you innocently suffer: but I
assure you that the names of the modes and colors I have described, are not of my invention—but fashionable appellations, taken verbally from the belles of Europe.
How much more consistent with your dignity would it be, to assume a national distinction, and invent your own fashions? Your country is independent of European power: and your modes of dress should be independent of a group of coquettes, milliners, and manufacturers, who, from motives of vanity on one hand, and avarice on the other, endeavor to enslave the fancy of the whole world!
Would not a Convention hat , a Federal Bonnet , or a Congress cap , found as prettily, as the silly names produced by affected wit? And would not a WASHINGTON BLUE convey as strong an idea of a never-fading color, as a Prince of Wales's buff ? As for descriptive names, look, my fair friends, into blooming nature, and there you will see the inexhaustible, and only true source of taste. I should be happy to see this revolution, and to have it in my power to say that the dress, as well as manners of the American ladies, exemplified the following recommendation:
'Be frugal then: the coyly-yielded kiss 'Charm's most, and gives the most sincere delight. 'Cheapness offend: hence on the harlot's lip 'No rapture hangs, however fair she seems. 'Hail MODESTY! fair female honor hail! 'Beauty's chief ornament and beauty's fail! 'For beauty must with virtue ever dwell, 'And thou art virtue? and without thy charm, 'Beauty is insolent and wit profane.'
I am your faithful admirer, FRANK AMITY.
At Twelve o'clock, On FRIDAY, January 4th, DR. MITCHELL Will deliver at the HOSPITAL, A DISCOURSE, Introductory to his LESSONS on CHEMISTRY, and NATURAL HISTORY. Jan. 1, 1788. th & f
For Londonderry and Glasgow, To be sold on the 15th inst. The SHIP GEORGE, JOHN HUNTER, Master. FOR Freight or Passage, apply to the Master on board, at Mr. Hallet's wharf, or to Thos. Buchanan & Co. No. 46, Wall-street.
Who have for Sale, A few Hales Oznaburghs, One trunk Check Handkerchiefs, Two boxes assorted Mullins, A few casks Nails, from 14 oz. Tacks, to 5 inch Spikes, British Sail Cloth, from No. 1, to 8, Teneriffe and Vidonia Wine, in pipes, A few chaldron large Coal. N.B. White Oak Hnd. Staves and Heading, Red Oak Hnd. Hoops, White Pine Boards, or Pot-Ashes will be received in payment for the above goods. January 1, 1788. 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 Twill, coarse Woolens, Irish Linens, low priced, Russia Sheeting, printed Handkerchiefs, Bengal Taffeties, Canvas, No. 1 to 7, Seaming Twine, Sugar in barrels, Cocoa in do. Earthen Ware and Delft Ware. Jan. 1, 1788. tf.
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-slip, or at No. 49, Cherry-street. JAMES SMITH. Jan. 1, 1788. 2m cod
NOTICE is hereby given to all the Creditors of James Hulett, an Insolvent Debtor, that they shew cause, before John Wiley, Esq. Alderman, at his office in Nassau-street, by the 5th day of January, why an assignment of the estate of the said James Hulett 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, Dec. 31, 1787. f JAMES HULETT.
To all LOVERS of MUSIC. WHEREAS it is proposed by several musical Amateurs, to establish a musical society, both vocal and instrumental, in this city, those gentlemen who wish to patronize and encourage this undertaking, are requested to meet at the Charity School-room in John-street, No. 29, on Saturday evening, the 5th January, to consider and adopt some fundamental rules for said society.
N.B. Performers only are requested to attend. Dec. 31. 1w.
PUBLIC AUCTION, On TUESDAY, the 15th inst, XII o'clock, on the Premises, will be sold, All that LOT of GROUND, situate, lying and being in Broadway, in the West ward of the city of New-York, being part of the lands commonly called and known by the name of the Church Farm, and distinguished in a map or chart thereof, by No. 146, and bounded Easterly in front by the Broad-way, Southerly by Barclay-street, Westerly in the rear by part of the lot No. 176, and Northerly by lot 147; containing in length on the South side 115 feet nine inches, on the North side 117 feet three inches, and in breadth in front and rear 25 feet.
ALSO, All that certain lot of ground, situate, lying and being in Barclay-street, in the West ward of the city of New-York, being part of lands commonly called and known by the name of the Church Farm, and distinguished in a map or chart thereof, by No. 176, bounded Southerly in front by Barclay-street, Easterly by the rears of lots No. 146, No. 147, and No. 148, Northerly in the rear by lot No. 153, and Westerly by lot No. 175; containing in length on each side 75 feet, and in breadth in front and rear 25 feet; the conditions will be made known at the time of sale.
ROBERT HUNTER. For St. 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. 78, Water-street. tf Jan. 1, 1788.
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
GERMAN SOCIETY. THE Members of the German Society are requested to attend at the stated Quarterly Meeting, TO-MORROW, the 2d of January, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Lutheran School-House. By order of the President, WILLIAM WILMERDING, Sec'y. 3t
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 maids, 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. Titus Blunt, on fashion. Anecdote of a tailor. Letter from Philander, on marriage. Dr. Dwight's valedictory address, &c. Mr. Pope's letter to the Bishop of Rochester. Letter from Guy Grumblebone. Curiosities. London review of Dr. Adams's defence. POETRY.
Verses on the New Year, Lydia. The Virgin's first love. The seasons moralized. On a lady's striking a fly with her fan. The rare adventures of Tom Brainles; 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 1, 1788.
Just Published By M. CAREY, in Philadelphia, And now to be Sold By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York, (By whom Subscriptions are received) The AMERICAN MUSEUM, For NOVEMBER, 1787.
SALES at AUCTI... By Frederick Jay, On THURSDAY, opposite the Coffee house; 6 hogheads Rum, 2 do. West-India Rum, 40 doz. London bottled Porter, 3 casks London draught Porter, 4 pipes Catalonia Wine, 2 bales of choice feathers, 6 crates Bristol Ware, 20 jars Raisins, fresh imported, 20 kegs Olives. On FRIDAY, At No. 244, Queen-street, a variety of DRY GOODS.
PUBLIC AUCTION, On FRIDAY next, precisely at X o'clock, At No. 221, Queen-street, An assortment of Hardware, Ironmongery, &c. Also a great variety of Tin Ware, Block Tin Ware, Japan Ware, Snuff Boxes, Coffin Furniture, best Padlocks, and other Locks, Brass Rings, &c. And on TUESDAY next, the 8th inst. A very great variety of Elegant plated Ware, Consisting of---Waiters of all sizes, Tea Pots, Tea and Coffee Urns, Candlesticks, Snuffer-stands, Castor Frames, quart and pint Mugs, Tea Canisters, &c.
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 hoghead, and bottles, men's white silk Stockings, and a few boxes best Hyson Tea, a few bbls. of Indigo, &c. JOHN RAMSAY.
JACOB REED, junior, At his OFFICE, No. 20, Queen-street, near the Fly-Market. BUYS, SELLS and EXCHANGES SECURITIES of the United States, and of this State; and furnishes on the most reasonable terms, such Certificates as are receivable on the Sales of Public Lands, and for the arrearages of Quit Rents within this State. Also, Certificates that will pay for the Lands lately sold, as well as those granted to certain companies, by the United States. In fact, every transaction, both in the Continental and State FUNDS, negotiated with dispatch, and on the most easy terms. MONEY EXCHANGES. The Paper Money of this State at all times exchanged for Specie, which is re-exchanged for Paper Money, at only half per cent. advance from the giving rate. Dec. 12. wfm. tf.
To be Sold at private Sale, (And immediate possession given to the purchaser.) SIX LOTS of GROUND, each of 25 feet front and rear, and 100 feet deep, in the one ward of the city of New-York, contiguous to the East river, viz. Three LOTS on the fourth line of Lombard-street, on which is a good dwelling House, containing six rooms and a kitchen; likewise a workshop and stable, a pump with good water, and a cistern near the door; and three Lots on the north side of Cherry-street. Likewise adjoining the afore-mentioned six Lots, is a good wharf, and a slip in it, for the convenience of hauling up timber; which wharf has been long made use of as a ship-yard, and is probably, from its situation and depth of water, as well adapted for the ship building business, as any on the river; and from its local advantages, must be a very improving interest to the purchaser. If it is not sold by the 1st of March next, it will then be to let. For terms apply to JOHN ARTHUR, No. 160, Queen-street, Nov. 26, 1787. 2aw. am.
To be Sold at Private Sale, THE Farm, Grist and Saw-Mills, whereon the Subject 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 complete 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. Hay Stevens, in New-York, or to the owner, on the premises. JOHN RAPALJE. Squire's-Point, Sept. 24th, 1787. tf.
FOR SALE, THAT Valuable Brick House, three stories high, No. 30, situate in Hanover-square, with a back building, also of brick. The premises consist of eight rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen, and a convenient place under the kitchen, that will contain fifteen cord of wood; there is a cement cistern in the yard; and is now let at 150l. per annum. Also, The House, No. 16, in Water-street, in the rear of the above, which is two stories high, has six good rooms with fire places in each, and a cellar and cellar kitchen; now let at 100l. per annum.
Also, The modern built Brick House, No. 205, the east side of Water-street, three stories high; it has six good rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen, a roomy yard, furnished with a cistern and ash-house. The premises are in complete repair, and are let on lease at 150l. per annum. Eighteen months of the term unexpired.
Also, A large three story Store-House, with a good cellar, fire in front-street, in the rear of the above; and let on lease, of which four years and a half is unexpired, at 100l. per annum. Further particulars, and Conditions of Sale, may be known by application to JOSEPH HAILLET, No. 2 or JOHN DELAUNED, No. 229 Water-street. New-York, Nov. 23. 2aw. tf.

To be SOLD or LET; That valuable Brewery and Malt- HOUSE, lately in the possession of SAMUEL AT- LEE, situated on the banks of Hudson's river, in Green-wich-street. It holds, the terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser. Enquire at No. 19, Maiden-lane. Dec. 7. tf.
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 pay- ment to the said James Myer, jun. their accounts will be put in the hands of an Attorney, and all persons having claims a- gainst the said James Myer, jun. previous to his dis- charge under the act of insolvency, are required immed- iately to present their accounts, properly attested, to New-York, Oct. 16. JOHN LOVETT, Assignee. 3 m.
FREIGHT  WANTED , for a BRIG, upwards 100 Tons Measurement, with an un- deniable British Register, and Mediterranean Pass. For either Spain, Portu- gal, the Straights, West- ern, Canary, or any of the West-India Is- lands. For particulars, enquire at No. 74, Water-street. Dec. 31. tf.
DR 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 CHARLESTON. The SLOOP MARIA, William Elliot, Master, LYING at Bowne's Wharf. For freight or passage, apply to JOHN JACKSON, No. 78, Wa- ter-street, or to the Master on board. She will sail on the 6th January. Has good accommodations for Passengers. New-York, Dec. 27, 1787. ed.
For LONDON The Ship Montgomery , James Bunyan, Master, Has good accommodations for passengers, and will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, at Hallett's wharf, or to William Seton and Co. No. 12, Hanover- square. Nov. 27.
For MADEIRA, The American BRIG APOLLO, JAMES TYRIE, Master, LYING at Hallett's wharf; a staunch, good vel- sel, well found, and accommodated; will sail in eight days, wind and weather permitting, and returns directly from Madeira to this port. Importers of Wines will find their interest in or- dering them by this vessel. They may not only have them brought at a low Freight, but save con- siderably in duties and insurance. For Passage to Madeira, or Freight from thence, Apply to SHEDDEN, PATRICK, and Co. No. 206, Water-street. Dec. 13. 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, Wa- ter-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 10th of January. For Freight or Passage, (having elegant accom- modations) apply to the commander on board, at the new long wharf, below the Fly-Market, or to GEO. DOUGLASS, No. 14, Fly-Market,
Who has for Sale, 100 tierces New Rice, 100 boxes Castile Soap, 500 lb. Bees Wax, A quantity of superfine and common Flour in barrels and half barrels, A quantity of Ship Bread, 50 barrels Rye Meal, Cayenne and Jamaica Cotton, Hops in bags, Quebec patent Essence of Spruce, Bar Iron, 50 bbls. Middlings, 50 bbls. Ship Stuff, 20 bbls. Alewives, &c Dec. 24. tf.
** The Printer having obtain- ed a Copy of some OBSERVA- TIONS made in the late FEDE- RAL CONVENTION, by a Mem- ber of that Body, the Public may be furnished with them at the printing-office.---Price 2s.
20Hhds. of St. Croix SUGAR For SALE, by JOZE ROIZ SILVA, at the Old-Slip. New-York, Nov. 5, 1787. tf.
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 10th day of March, 1774, entitled, "an act for the more effectual register- ing of mortgaged estates." That on the twenty-fifth day of February next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold at the Coffee-House in the City of New- York, to the highest bidder, all that undivided moiety or half part of and in a certain LOT OF GROUND, ly- ing in Pearl-Street in New-York, aforesaid, on the north side thereof. Containing in breadth on the said street, three rods wanting half a rod, in the rear, two rods one foot and three inches, and in length, ten rods, seven feet and three inches, which said premises, were by inden- tures of lease and release, bearing date respectively, the first and second days of May, 1786, mortgaged by James Vanblarecombe, and Mary his wife, to William Alex- ander, in trust and for the purposes in the said release men- tioned, for securing the payment of Seventy pounds, and interest. Conditions will be made known at the time of Sale. New-York, August 21, 1787. tu 6m.
JAMES WALKER HAS removed from No. 10 to No. 19, William- street, where he continues to keep a gen- eral 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 Beek and Walker was dissolved in November, 1786; should any person have demands against them, they are desired to call on said Walker for settlement.
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; those in the rust, One Shilling and Three-pence per ditto.---The Subscribers having erected a BRUSH MANUFACTORY, at No. 4, Peck's-Slip, where they propose carrying on the Brush Making Business in all its branches,---Store-keepers and others may be furnished with all sorts on as low terms as any importer, to which they hope the preference will be given them, as the work is equally good if not bet- ter; 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 ne- cessity 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 per- sons 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.
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, de- ceased, lying in North-Castle, in the county of Westchester, containing two hun- dred and twenty-seven acres, well timbered and watered, a good double Dwelling- House and Kitchen, a good Barn and or- chard, with an excellent spring of water within two rods of the kitchen. On the fame 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, de- ceased, are requested to attend the sale. North-Castle, Dec. 17. 1787. sw.th&tm
TO BE SOLD, A New Store-House on Lup- ton's wharf, 16 by 36 feet, three stories high. It is built on a leased lot, nine years of which are un- expired. The proprietor has the privilege of adding four feet front to the building,---which, at a small expense, might be converted into a general and commodious dwelling-house. ALSO, TO BE SOLD, A NEGRO LAD, about 17 years of age. For further information enquire at FREDERICK GIRAUD, No. 1, corner of Anne-street. Dec. 28. 8t. eod.
THOMAS BURLING, CABINET and CHAIR-MAKER, At the Sign of the Chair, near the Chapel, in Beck- man-street, formerly Chapel-street. ACKNOWLEDGES the many favors received from his friends and the public, and would wish to inform them that he has opened a Ware Room of MAHOGANY and other FURNITURE, on a more ex- tensive plan than heretofore; and for the conveni- ence of strangers and others, who may resort to, or settle in this city, he means to keep an assortment where they may be supplied on the shortest notice; for it must hurt the feelings of every citizen to ob- serve the daily impositions strangers are liable to, in purchasing new furniture at these public vendues. He served his time with Samuel Prince, a confi- dential character in this way, and esteemed one of the best workmen in this city; and as he has laid in a stock of the best Mahogany and other Wood, and means to employ the best hands, and tell his work at the lowest rate good work falls at, he flatters himself with being able to give satisfaction to his customers. Bed Chairs for the sick having been much wanted in this city, said Burling has provided some to let. Nov. 10. tf.
C A S H, And the HIGHEST PRICES given, for all kinds of CONTINENTAL and STATE SECURITIES, PARTICULARLY Banker's, Barber's, Burrall's, Pierce's and Walker's NOTES and FACIL- TIES, at No. 40, Wall-street, four doors from the corner of Queen-street; Where are for sale, Excellent old MADEIRA WINE, in pipes or quar- ter-casks, BEEF, PORK, and BAR IRON. July 24,
To the Curious. To be seen at Mr. Stevens's Livery Stables, Wall-street, near Pitt's Statue, Two CAMELS, Male and female; lately imported from Ara- bia. These stupendous animals are most deserving the attention of the curious, being the greatest natural curiosities ever exhibited to the pub- lic on this continent. They are 18 hands high, have necks three feet eight inches long, a large high hump upon their back, and another under their breast, in the form of a pedestal, on which they sup- port themselves when lying down; they have four joints in their hind legs, and they will travel twelve or fourteen days without drinking, and carry a bur- then of fifteen hundred weight; they are remarkably harmless and docile, and will lie down and rise at command. Price of admittance one shilling for gentlemen and ladies, and six-pence for children. Dec. 3. tf.
Fifty Pounds Reward. A BURGLARY and ROBBERY. TO all honest and well disposed people: This is to give notice, that the subscriber being in pub- lic office, as collector of the township of Aughquack- nock, in the county of Essex, and State of New-Jer- sey;---his dwelling-house was beset and violently broke open on the night of the 30th of November, 1787, by a set of armed ruffians, who put the sub- scriber and his family in great terror and danger of their lives; and after treating him with much insolence, robbed him of a large sum of money, in gold, sil- ver and paper currency, belonging to the public and the subscriber, as also one silver tea-pot marked P.B.P., one silver sugar dish unmarked, one silver milk-pot unmarked, twelve silver table-spoons marked H.B., four silver tea-spoons unmarked, one sil- ver watch, a small piece of the face broke out, with a silver chain and silver seal engraved with the let- ters R.M.W. one silver snuff-box marked on the fore part of it M.B. one pair silver knee-buckles, and one silver flock-buckle; as also four gold rings, and one gold locket, used for women's beads; together with fundry other articles belonging to the subscriber. It is earnestly hoped, that all honest and well dis- posed people will assist their best endeavors to apprehend the said robbers, so that they may be brought to jus- tice: And the subscriber hereby engages to pay the above reward to any person or persons, who will ap- prehend all or either of the said robbers, so that they be convicted of the said robbery, and he recover his lost property, or twenty-five pounds for the said rob- bers, or either of them, on conviction, together with all reasonable charges attending the appre- hending and bringing to justice, all or either of the said robbers. HESSEL PETERSE. Wezel, Essex County, Dec. 4, 1787. tf.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Montgomery, Cape Bunyan, from London, and other late vessels from Great-Britain, and to be SOLD on very reasonable terms, by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, the corner of King and Queen-streets, A large and choice Collection of BOOKS;
Among which are, ELEGANT folio family bibles, with near 200 cuts in each; Burkit on the new testament, Brown's self-interpreting bible, 2 vols; Cruden's concordance, Wardlaw's system of divinity, Whitby's commentary, Blair's, Carr's, Erskine's, Boston's, Willison's, Atterbury's, &c. Sermon's; Nelson's festivals, Cullen's, Duncan's, and Hoffman's prac- tice 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, Four- croy's chemistry, &c. Ainsworth's, Young's, Cole's, and Entick's latin dictionaries; Davidson's Virgil and Horace; Duncan's Cicero, Kent's Lucian- Clark's Calan, Homer, Nepos, Eutropius, Erasmus, and introduction; Simpson's fluxions, and Euclid; Hammond's algebra, Stone's Euclid; Love's survey- ing, Guthrie's and Salmon's geographical gram- mars; Johnson's, Sheridan's, Ashes', Dycke's, Bailey's, Scott's, Perry's, and Entick's dictionaries; Bennet's christian oratory, Scott on elocution, ele- gant extracts in verse, do. in prose, Lord Little- ton's letters, Klopstock's Messiah, Hutton's men- uration, Hawney's measure. Besides the above, a great variety, consisting of History, Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Physic, Surgery, Agriculture, Nautical Books, Dictionaries, Archi- tecture, 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. ** Commissions from the Country thankfully received, and carefully executed. Nov. 24. tf.
Just Published, And to be SOLD by SAMUEL CAMPBELL, (Price FIVE SHILLINGS) Sixteen SERMONS, on important subjects. By JAMES MUIR, A.M. Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Bermuda. THESE Sermons have been published under the inspection of the Rev. Dr. Witherspoon, of Princeton; who warmly recommends them to the perusal of all orthodox christians. Likewise, (Price TWO SHILLINGS) Dr. Witherspoon's ADDRESS On the day of Commencement, to the Senior Class, who were to receive the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: Containing the best system of Directions to Young Men, for the Government of their Lives, perhaps ever published in the English language. 39.
TO BE SOLD By GEORGE DOUGLASS, No. 14, Fly-Market; ONE hundred barrels Philadelphia superfine Flour, 150 do. do. common do. 50 half barrels do. do. 3000 lb. Cayenne and Hispaniola Cotton, 8 cwt. Hops, 100 barrels Ship-bread, Pork in barrels, Bar Iron, Old Jamaica Spirits in hds. Dec. 4. tf.
To be Let until the first of May, THAT pleasantly situated HOUSE, No. 13, cor- ner of Beekman and William-street; For particulars, apply at the premises. tf Oct. 27.
For SALE by AUCTION, By Viner Van Zandt, At the Coffee-House, On Tuesday the 15th day of January, 1788, THAT very capital modern built DWEL- LING HOUSE three stories high, si- tuated in Princess-street, late in the posses- sion of Dominic Lynch, Esq.; and now oc- cupied by Mr. Simeon Nathan, containing nine fire places, and a spacious hall there is on the same, a spacious store house two stories, coach house and stables for four hor- ses, &c. a well of excellent water and pump. Also, a cistern, together with a large plot of ground now laid out as a garden, with an elegant summer house in the rear. The situation is undeniably a good one the premises in good repair; were erected on a judicious plan, well calculated for the ease and comfort of the inhabitants; and when it is recollected that the House and designed as the residence of the builder, it may be fairly presumed that it is substan- tially and well built; the Compting House and rooms are fitted with peculiar neatness; and on the whole, few houses are better adapted for a town residence. The premi- ses may be viewed preceding the day of sale, with the leave of the tenant; a plan of the ground may be seen, and further parti- culars known of VINER VAN ZANDT, No. 202, Water-street.
FENCING SCHOOL. M. VILLETTE has the honor to inform the gen- tlemen of this city, that he has opened his School on Goldenhill, No. 37, where that noble art will be taught, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from ten o'clock, A.M. until two. ** An EVENING SCHOOL is opened for the accommodation of such gentlemen, as cannot make it convenient to attend in the day. M. VILLETTE has likewise opened a FRENCH Evening School, from six to eight, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gentlemen desiring to be taught at their lodg- ings, will be waited upon in those hours that will not interfere with his school hours.
CABLES of any length, and CORDAGE of all sizes, made of Peterborough Hemp, first quality, TO be had at the Subscriber's Rope-walk, or at his Store, between Fly-market-stairs and Burling- flips, 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 MEZEMIAH IVERS, Rope-Maker. July 25th, 1787. tf.
Genteel 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. tm Dec. 8.
A GENTLEMAN LATELY arrived from Ireland, bred in Trinity College, Dublin, experienced some years in the education of youth, and in the course of his practice, has fitted many young gentlemen for that university, in the Greek, Latin and English Lan- guages, Logic, Rhetoric, Natural Philosophy, His- tory, Geography, &c. can bear the strictest exami- nation as to his character and his abilities in his pro- fession. 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. McCornick's, No. 11, Cruger's wharf, shall be particularly attended to. N.B. He will engage to fit any boy of ap- proved abilities for any college in less than four years, and can have many to certify he has already done it. Dec. 8, 1787.
THIS DAY is Published & to be Sold, The Universalist, IN SEVEN LETTERS to AMYNTOE. By WM. PITT SMITH. The Subscribers will be supplied with their Copies only by the Printer hereof. The book will likewise be sold at the Stores of Messrs. Loudon, Hodge, Allen and Campbell.
Wm. Cornell & Co. At their MILLS opposite the City of New- York, have for sale on the lowest terms, FRESH superfine and common burr Flour, which they will warrant to be as good as Philadelphia Flour; likewise SHIP BREAD. The shippers that may favor them with their orders will be pleased to give them notice by leaving a line at No. 44, Little Dock-street, corner of Coenties- slip. They will be delivered in the best manner along side of their vessels, which will save the expence of carriage, and prevent them from being exposed to dirt. Dec. 18. m&th. tf.
Printed by FRANCIS CHILDS, No. 22, Hanover-Square.