The daily advertiser (New York [N.Y.]), 1787-12-20 00:00:00

The Daily Advertiser.
[VOL. III.]
NEW-YORK: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1787.
[No. 821.]
JERSEY MONEY. A VALUABLE consignment of MANCHESTER GOODS to be sold wholesale, on very reasonable terms, for which Jersey Money will be taken in payment, by JAMES RENWICK, No. 32, William-street, opposite Mydlen-lane. N. B. The highest Price given for POT and PEARL ASHES. Nov. 19. 14t.
JUST ARRIVED To HUGH SMITH, No. 22, WALL-STREET. A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low priced IRISH LINEN, which he will dispose of on reasonable terms for cash. Sept. 15.
Sixty Pipes of MADEIRA, In pipes, hogsheads and quarter-casks, of superior quality, to be landed this day at Cruger's wharf, and to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. 22d Aug. 1787.
FOR SALE BY JOHN DEWINT, Maiden-lane, No. 36. A FEW Lbs. New-York Rum; ditto St. Croix Rum; a few casks gin; a parcel sugar in hds. writing paper, common and post; laundry articles of Dry Goods; a few boxes hylon and dong tea; 4 barrels gun of lignum vitae; and 2 pot-ash kettles, but have been a short time in use. Nov. 17.
BOURBON COFFEE, JUST arrived in the Sloop Betsey, Capt. Williams, now landing at Brownejohn's Wharf, and to be sold by LUDLOW and GOOLD. Nov. 23.
SALT-PETRE. A few hundred weight may be had very low of EFFINGHAM LAWRENCE, No. 227, Queen-street, facing the Fly-market. Also a large and general assortment of Genuine DRUGS & MEDICINES, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Surgical Instruments, &c. for which Cash, Ginseng, Beeswax, Snake-root, Pot and Pearl-ashes, &c. will be taken in payment. MEDICINE CHESTS complete, with directions. Orange Pear for Illness. N. B. An APPRENTICE wanted. Oct. 12. tf
GEORGE POLLOCK, Has received by the Hudson from Dublin, and the Anne and Savannah from Liverpool, A general and complete assortment of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Low-priced IRISH LINEN, which he will sell on very moderate terms, at his STORE, No. 28, Water-street. POT ASHES and 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 in the quantity or single Pipe, by JOHN C. SHAW, at his Store opposite Van Zandt's wharf. Oct. 12. tf
GEORGE BARNEWALL & Co. No. 205, WATER-STREET, near the Coffee-house, HAVE just imported, in the ship Providence from London, an assortment of IRISH LINENS, SHEETINGS, DOWLAS and THREADS, low and high priced; which they will sell, on reasonable terms, for cash or short credit. They have also on hand, a variety of PAPER HANGINGS, with festoons and other borders; and red, and other-sized NAILS. July 7.
To be LET, on reasonable Terms, A GENTLE furnished ROOM, near the Coffee-house, very suitable for a single gentleman, or a small family. For particulars enquire at No. 29, Water-street. N. B. BOARDING may be had if required, and a front Cellar. Nov. 17. tf
FOR SALE, This Day, at Brownejohn's Wharf, THE Cargo of the Sloop PETER, Capt. Tatem, from the Havanna, consisting of 110 Boxes Sugar, 7 Ton logwood. Attendance will be given for sale on said wharf, by JOHN DEWINT. New-York, Dec. 11.
PORT WINE, Of a superior quality to any ever imported to this place, LANDING this Day at Cruger's wharf, out of the Brig St. Jeanne Villa Nova, from Oporto, for sale by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. June 14th. tf
LOT MERKEL, No. 33, Hanover-Square, nearly opposite the Bank, Manufactures and has for sale a complete and general assortment of MUFFS and TIPPETS, 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 Sable, beaver, fox, and Mock Sable and Mock Ermine. Likewise a large and general assortment of Fur Trimming and Edgings, for Ladies Cloaks, Coats and Habits, Ladies Cloak Linings, Gentlemen's Great Coats lined with Furr, Furr Gloves, &c. &c. *The above articles are now selling on the most reasonable Terms for Cash only. N. B. Orders from the Country executed in the best manner. October 22, 1787. tf
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 Produce only, 7-8, 4-4, and 4-4, 3-8, Cotton Checks, Striped Ticks, Dyed Pillows, Black and Olive Velyerets, low priced; Checked Handkerchiefs, Malabar 5; Copperplate Furniture Cottons, Black Silk Handkerchiefs, Cotton Thicksets, 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
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 arrears 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 landed this day at Cruger's wharf from on board the Portuguese Schooner, N. S. da Carmo, Captain Oliveira, some pipes of choice PORT WINE, and a parcel of SALT; to be sold by JOZE ROIZ SILVA. Nov. 12, 1787. tf
George and Robert Lewis, & Co. No. 233, Queen-street, In addition to the Goods received by the Betsey and Willson, are now opening for SALE by the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, viz. 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 Irish Linens, Dowlas and Sheetings, 4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 fashionable Shawls, Printed Linens and Cottons, 7-8, 9-8, fancy and China Callicoes, Furniture ditto, A general assortment of cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Leno, Lawn, and Black Silk, ditto. Bandanna and Romall ditto, 7-8 and 11-8, plain, corded, striped and checked Lawns, Rich fashionable Waist-coat shapes, Striped and gold-barred Tullinet Waistcoating, Florentines 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
This Day is Published, And to be SOLD by WILLIAM ROSS, in Broad-street No. 33, and by the PRINTER hereof, OBSERVATIONS ON GOVERNMENT, Including some animadversions on Mr. ADAM'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.
BROTHERS, COSTER and Co. Have for sale at their Store No. 8, Duke-street, Just Imported in the COLUMBIA and the GRACE, from Amsterdam; BOHEA TEA, fresh, and of a superior quality, Suchong ditto, Pepper in Bales, best Holland Duck, Russia do. Raven's Duck, Russia Sheeting, Ticklenburgh Linen, Osnaburgh do. Holland Silesia Sheeting, Placillies and Bretonjes, Brown Hollandais, Dowlas and Holland Bed-tick, Cambricks, black Laces, and silk Hair Ribbons, a neat assortment of Callicoes, black Barcelona, Romall, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, Checks and Holland Stripes, Hats, Writing Paper and Slates, Looking Glasses, Frying Pans and Dutch Iron Pots, Dutch Tea Kettles and Brass Kettles, best Claret in small cases for family use, Linseed Oil and Paints, Holland Geneva, in pipes, in large and small cases and jugs, Dutch Hatchets or Flax Combs, &c. &c. 23 Oct. 1787. tf
HILL and OGDEN, No. 41, Great-Dock-street, have just imported by the Grace, from Amsterdam, and for sale on very reasonable terms, for Cash, Notes at short Payments, Pot-ashes, Flax-seed, Bar-Iron, Wheat or Flour, an assortment of the following articles, viz. TICKLENBURGS, osnaburghs, German dowlas, Russia diaper, placillas, Britannias, cotton and linen checks, sheetings of excellent quality, white Flemish linen, German stripes and checks, lawns, callicoes, writing paper, &c. They have likewise for sale, coatings, Yorkshire cloths, calimancoes, durants, flannels, Irish linens, &c. Also, IMPROVED FRANKLIN STOVES, cast in the Air-Furnace, at Newark, which, besides being exceedingly neat, are constructed to give more heat into the room, a remedy for smoky chimneys, and more secure from fire than any other. Also, Pot-ash kettles, forge hammers and anvils refined from bog-ore, pig-metal, and approved by many years experience. N. B. Orders are received by them for every kind of hollow-ware and iron-ware, made at said Air-Furnace, and will be executed with dispatch and superior neatness. Oct. 31. tf
FOR SALE, GINSENG, LINTSEED OIL, BEEF, PORK, FLOUR, FLAX-SEED, BUTTER, Quintal FISH, MACKAREL, &c. by Storm and Sickles, Dec. 18. tf. No. 35, Little-Dock-street.
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 clean HEMP, BOHEA TEA, MOLASSES, BURR FLOUR, BEEF, PORK, HOG'S LARD, YORK RUM, SHEET CORK, CAYENNE COCOA, DRY COD-FISH, RUSSIA and RAVENS DUCK, HOLLAND POWDER, 100 Boxes SPERMACETI CANDLES, COD SOUNDS and TONGUES, in Barrels.
A large ANCHOR, weighing 30 cwt. to be sold Cheap. WANTED, Forty Barrels PEARL ASHES, thirty barrels WHALE OIL, twelve thousand SUGAR HOGSHEAD STAVES, fifty-five inches long. New-York, December 14, 1787. tf
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 Tong, Bellows, Warming Pans, brass and iron Candlesticks, 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, Cloves, Bads, 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 reasonable terms for Cash; also Nails of all sizes, manufactured in this city, and equal to any imported. New-York, Nov. 15, 1787. tf
To be had at LOT MERKEL's Store, No. 33, Hanover-square, nearly opposite the Bank, TOBACCO FOR SMOKING; KITFOOT of the first quality; ditto of an inferior; ditto; large roll tobacco, fit for manufacturers; 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 13. f.
JAMES SAIDLER Insurance Broker, No. 31, Water-street, two doors from the corner of King-street, BUYS and sells on Commission, all kinds of Public Securities, Goods and Produce, as usual. He has also imported in the Wilson, from Liverpool, the America, from London, and last vessels from Europe, a neat assortment of GOODS, consisting of fine brown, mixt, blue drab, and copper-coloured Broad Cloths, Coatings, Duffles and Blankets, Flannels and Baizes, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 and 11-8 wide cotton Checks, printed Cottons, Chintzes, Ribbons, Lawns, Lawn Handkerchiefs and Aprons, Sattins and Modes, cotton and silk Handkerchiefs, Sewing Silks and Twist, fine and coarse Hats, Moireens, Durants, Tamies, Calimancoes and Camblets, Table Cloths and Diapers, Writing Paper, and an assortment of HARD WARE, &c. which he will sell on reasonable terms, for Cash, Country Produce, or public Securities. Also, six pair of elegant brass mounted Fire Dogs, and a few barrels pickled Mackerel and Cod-Fish, in excellent order. Apply as above. N. B. Purchasers of unappropriated and confiscated lands, can be supplied with certificates on the most reasonable terms.
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 faggot 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 on any other article, received and sold on commission. A quantity of Albany Pease for sale. Oct. 9th, 1787. tf
20 Hhds. of St. Croix SUGAR For SALE, by JOZE ROIZ SILVA, at the Old-Slip. New-York, Nov. 5, 1787.
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 Cottons, 8 cwt. Hop, 100 barrels Ship-bread, Pork in barrels, Bar Iron, Old Jamaica Spirits in hds. Dec. 4. tf
Just Published By M. CARY, 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.
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 assortment in the FANCY, MILLENNERY, and DRY GOOD Line, CHINA and sartin ribbons, a great variety different widths and colors; plain net, crape, souf-fle, silk spotted and striped, black and white gauzes; fancy colored cane hats, yellow and black Legion do. per dozen or quantity; black and white skein and ribbon wicks; wire frames for the latest fashion bonnets; mock point laces; black silk ditto, and edgings; white thread laces and edgings; black fatins and modes; shirtings, white and colored face-nets; chintzes and callicoes; furniture co. perplate do. linens and checks; moireens, calimancoes and stuff; silk, thread, cotton, and worsted hose; pink, blue, green, and dove colored silk quilts; muslin and cotton shawls; silk, linen, and cotton handkerchiefs; corded dimity, mouselin and chinze trimmings; plain and sprigged lawns; plain and striped mouselin; lawn and muslin handkerchiefs; fine and common cambricks; black patent net lace; hankieens, umbrellas, artificial flowers, feathers, flannels, baizes, and striped wildbores; sewing silks, threads, &c. &c. all which will be sold on the very lowest terms, for immediate payment. He returns his sincere thanks to the public in general for their past custom, and solicits a continuance. The Millinery Business will still continue to be carried on in the most extensive manner, with the utmost exertions to give satisfaction; and to enable him to sell off the large stock of gauzes, ribbons, &c. remaining on hand, every article in that line will be charged at the lowest terms possible. Nov. 23. tf
SHALER and SEBOR No. 27 Queen-street, have for sale, A QUANTITY of plated ware, consisting of can-dlesticks, branches, tea caddies, butter pans, egg cups, goblets, coffee pots and milkpots, black table cakes, with knives, forks, and spoons complete, fruit stands, paper bottle stands, japanned bread-trays, caddies and finger pots, plate warmers, brass chafing dishes, coffee pots, tea urns, coffee pots, brass rings, cloak pins, sleeve buttons, brass table hinges, guns and gun locks, China tea cups, chimney tiles, sets of house brushes, near mahogany razor cases, silver watches, elegant fife and gilt watch chains, trinkets, shirt pins, buckles, rings, pins, shoe, knee, and stock buckles and sleeve buttons, fine Irish sheeting, fine dyed jeans, Mouselin quilting, silk shaggs, black crape, white and black gauzes, mouselins, muffs, deerstuckers, habassies, hesterseys, barnegow, 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 Berlin cost. At same place may be had, Madeira, Teneriffe and Malaga wine, by the pipe or quarter cask, Champaigne 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, received by the Montgomery, are now opening, and will be sold together with the above goods on the lowest terms. New-York, November 27, 1787.
FOR SALE BY ROBERT JOHNSTON, No. 14, Water-street, in the house lately occupied by Colonel Samuel Ogden, A Large and general assortment of IRON CASTINGS, among which are the following, viz. Iron hollow ware of all sizes, Pot-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, Mortar and pestles, 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 cabooles for ships, with one and two boilers; grate and oven, Fire places with jambs complete, Back pieces of every dimension, Hibernia, Mount Hope, New Mine and Andover pig metal, Gudgeons and mill irons, Refined and Bloomery bar iron, spike iron, shecrop Nail rods of all sizes, Iron hoops for hds. and bbls. horse shoes, 20d. 12d. 10d. and 8d. nails, 7 inch, 6 inch and 5 inch spikes, Crowler and blistered steel. The above articles will be sold for cash and country produce, at the lowest prices, and a large allowance made to those who buy to sell again. All orders for wrought or cast iron will be duly attended to and forwarded, as ready to pay, at the shortest notice. Oct. 30. tf

[From Paley's Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy.]
Define slavery to be "an obligation to labour, for the benefit of the master, without the contract or consent of the servant."
This obligation may arise, consistently with the law of nature, from three causes.
 1. From crimes.  2. From captivity.  3. From debt. 
In the first case, the continuance of the slavery, as of any other punishment, ought to be proportioned to the crime.
In the second and third cases, it ought to cease as soon as the demand of the injured nation or private creditor is satisfied.
The slave trade upon the coast of Africa is not excused by these principles. When slaves are in that country brought to market, no questions, I believe, are asked about the origin or justice of the vendor's title. It may be presumed, therefore, that this title is not always, if it be ever founded in any of the causes above assigned.
But defect of right in the first purchase is the least crime with which this traffic is chargeable. The natives are excited to war and mutual depredation for the sake of supplying their contracts, or furnishing the market with slaves. With this wickedness begins: the slaves, torn away from parents, wives, children, from their friends and companions, their fields and flocks, their home and country, are transported to the European settlements in America, with no other accommodation on ship-board than what is provided for brutes. This is the second stage of cruelty; from which the miserable exiles are delivered only to be placed, and that for life, in subjection to a dominion and system of laws the most merciless and tyrannical that ever were tolerated upon the face of the earth; and from all that can be learned, by the accounts of people upon the spot, the inordinate authority which the plantation laws confer upon the slave-holder is exercised by the English slave-holder especially with rigour and brutality.
But necessity is pretended; the name under which all enormities are attempted to be excused. And after all, what is the necessity? It has never been proved that the land could not be cultivated there, as it is here, by hired servants. It is said, that it could not be cultivated with quite the same conveniency and cheapness, as by the labor of slaves; by which means a pound of sugar, which the planter now sells for sixpence, could not be afforded under sixpence halfpenny—and this is the necessity!
The great revolution which has taken place in the Western world may probably conduce, and who knows but that it was designed, to accelerate the fall of this abominable tyranny; and now that this contest, and the passions which attend it, are no more, there may succeed, perhaps, a season for reflecting, Whether a Legislature, which had so long lent its assistance to the support of an institution replete with human misery, was fit to be trusted with an empire the most extensive that was ever obtained in any age or quarter of the world?
Slavery was a part of the civil Constitution of most countries, when Christianity appeared; yet no passage is to be found in the Christian Scriptures, by which it is condemned or prohibited. This is true; for Christianity, soliciting admission into all nations of the world, abstained, as behoved it, from intermeddling with the civil institutions of any. But does it follow, from the silence of Scripture concerning them, that all the civil institutions which then prevailed were right? or that the bad should not be changed for better? Beside this, the discharging of slaves from all obligation to obey their masters, which is the consequence of pronouncing slavery to be unlawful, would have had no better effect than to let loose one half of mankind upon the other. Slaves would have been tempted to embrace a religion which asserted their right to freedom. Masters would hardly have been persuaded to consent to claims founded upon such authority. The most calamitous of all contests a bellum servile , might probably have ensued, to the reproach, if not the extinction, of the Christian name.
The truth is, the emancipation of slaves should be gradual; and be carried on by provisions of law, and under the protection of civil Government. Christianity can only act as an alternative. By the mild diffusion of its light and influence, the minds of men are insensibly prepared to perceive and correct the enormities which folly, or wickedness, or accident, have introduced into their public establishments. In this way the Greek and Roman slavery, and since these the feudal tyranny, has declined before it. And we trust, that, as the knowledge and authority of the same religion advance in the world, they will banish what remains of this odious institution.
PROVIDENCE, Dec. 8.
A gentleman from Uxbridge informs, that on Wednesday night last the house of Mr. David Draper, sen. of that town, was consumed by fire, when four persons perished by the flames, viz. Mr. Draper, aged about 80 years, his wife, aged about 82, and two grandchildren. Mr. David Draper, jun. with his family, lived in the same house. His wife, who slept in a lower room, on discovering the fire, ran up stairs, to attempt rescuing the aged couple (who were cripples) and her children; the flames however had got to so great a height, that in order to save herself, she was obliged to leap out of a window, and broke one of her ankles. Notwithstanding this accident, she afterwards entered a lower window, and took out an infant that lay with her. The remainder of the family escaped. This sad catastrophe is said to be occasioned by leaving some pine knots in a chimney.
New-York, Dec. 20.
Yesterday arrived the Schooner Willing Maid , Robinson, from Cape Fear.
Also the sloop United States , Manly, from Guadalupe; sloop Lady Hayley , Tillinghast, from Rhode-Island; and sloop General Greene , Godfrey, from do.
On Saturday se'night, the ship Grand Turk sailed from Salem, with a valuable cargo, for the Isle of Rhe, in the East-Indies.
That the public may not be deceived by the assertion, that the ports of the English West-India islands are opened to our trade, a correspondent requests us to publish the following extract of a letter from London, dated October 3, which contains intelligence that can be depended upon.
"We are assured on the part of Government, that orders are sending to the Governors of our islands, to use their own discretion in admitting articles from the foreign islands, under present circumstances."
A number of memorials were on Monday the 10th ult. presented to the Convention of Pennsylvania, from the inhabitants of the county of Philadelphia, stating the advantages that county enjoys, and requesting it might be offered as the seat of Federal Government, in which the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress may be exercised.
Since our publication of yesterday, we find upon the list of the Sexton, that the following was the order of the pall-bearers at Mrs. Otto's funeral:
 The Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Netherlands,  The Plenipotentiary of Spain,  The Secretary of War of the United States,  The Secretary of Congress,  The Consul General of Great-Britain,  The Consul of Sweden,  The Consul of France,  John Ramsay, Esq. 
The immensely rich Bank of Amsterdam differs from every national Bank in paying no interest; and what may seem a paradox, that the money in it is worth somewhat more than current cash in common payments. The cash, bullion, and pawned jewels in this Bank have been estimated by some at 36, by others only at 30 millions sterling; a greater treasure than is perhaps collected together in any part of the known world. It is kept in vaults under the Stadt-house.
The following humorous circumstance may be depended upon as a fact.—A waterman in England, whose name is Holmes, and who has acquired some property, to shew his disgust against the ministry, and the accumulation of taxes, has hit upon a singular expedient. He has disposed of a small freehold, which he possessed in the vicinity of the Thames, and purchased a West-country barge, in which, with his wife, and a large family of children, he resides in the most comfortable manner. He thus prides himself on eluding all the taxes, and changes his situation as the weather, or other circumstances, make this or that situation more agreeable. He is at present moored off York-buildings, where the neatness of his floating habitation, the respectable appearance of his wife and children, and the facetious character of the man himself, attracts no small number of curious visitors.
As Brutus and Cato appear to be most profoundly skilled in the science of Government, in its most remote and possible operations, a PUBLIC CREDITOR is induced to request their candid answers to the following queries, viz.
 1. Can any man or number of men delegate powers to others, with which they are not inherently or constitutionally invested themselves?  2. Is there any thing in the laws of nature, or in our Constitution that empowers one citizen to deprive another of his property, without his consent?  3. If there is not, how can it be presumed that they have a right to delegate powers to others to do it, as their representatives? 
4. Can the Legislature be invested with Constitutional powers to repeal a law upon which the title of landed property depends, and thereby defeat and destroy the claim of the proprietor, and his heirs forever?
5. If they cannot, is not the assumption of such powers a dangerous precedent?
6. Does it not reduce the present freeholders in the State to the condition of tenants at will; provided the Legislature is not invested with partial powers to divest one class of citizens of their property, without their consent, and have not the same powers over all the property in the State?
7. Is it to be either presumed or tacitly understood, when we chuse members to represent us in the Legislature of the State, that we design or intend to invest them with powers to divest individuals of their property, real and personal, without their consent?
8. If it be determined that they are invested with such powers, should we not alter our mode of conveyance, at least the habendum, and say, to have and to hold during the good will and pleasure of the high and omnipotent Lords by whom we are governed, and whose mandates we are implicitly bound to obey in all things?
9. Is it consistent with our ideas of common justice or legislative right, to compel a person, by law, to give up a bond conditioned for the payment of 120 Spanish dollars, for 120 dollars in a depreciated paper currency, and then to declare, by an ex post facto law, that these 120 paper dollars should be worth but one Spanish dollar?
10. What were the plausible reasons assigned, by the nominal guardians of our rights, for depreciating the old Loan-office bills of credit, from par, to 120 for one—thereby sinking, in the hands of the citizens of this State, one hundred and nineteen thousand pounds?
11. Is it treating the best whigs in this State well, to take the Continental currency out of their hands at 120 for one, and pass it to Congress at forty for one, thereby sinking two-thirds of the real value of all the old currency in the State, in the hands of individuals?
12. Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the good of the people; but how can the interest of the people be promoted by such a wanton partial destruction of private property, which must end in the ruin of thousands of the best friends of their country?
13. Can any thing have a greater tendency to debauch the morals of a people, than a multiplicity of ex post facto laws, made on purpose to evade the fulfilment of prior contracts?
14. Is it possible for a people to be contented and happy, while every thing on which their prosperity depends is in such a precarious situation—when their sole chance for subsistence depends on the fulfilment of public engagements—and yet certain bankruptcy is the consequence of confiding in public promises?
15. Is it probable that a people will retain and enjoy their liberties long, under any form of Government, after they are divested of their property?
16. Has the Legislature any power whatever over private property, except to raise a revenue by taxation or other equitable mode of assessment for the support of Government, and to discharge the public engagements necessarily contracted for the defence of the State, or general good of the whole body politic?
17. When the seat of Government is removed to Albany, and all the lands in the northern and western parts of the State are monopolized by a few speculators, and settled with vassals from Ireland, Germany, &c. what will be the probable effect of such an arrangement on civil Liberty?
CONVENTION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
On Wednesday the 12th inst. in the Convention of Pennsylvania, on the motion of Mr. Hartley, seconded by Mr. Chambers, the original question, as moved by Mr. McKean, viz. "Will this Convention assent to and ratify the Constitution agreed to on the 17th of September last, by the Convention of the United States of America, held at Philadelphia," was put, and carried in the affirmative.
The yeas and nays being called by Mr. Smilie and Mr. Yates, were as follows:—
YEAS. George Latimer, Benjamin Rush, Hilary Baker, James Wilson, Thomas McKean, William M c Pherson, John Hunn, George Gray, Samuel Alshmead, Enoch Edwards, Henry Wynkoop, John Barclay, Thomas Yardley, Abraham Stout, Thomas Bull, Anthony Wayne, William Gibbons, Richard Downing, Thomas Cheyney, John Hannum, Stephen Chambers, Robert Coleman, Sebastian Graff, John Hubley, Jasper Yates, Henry Slagle, Thomas Campbell, Thomas Hartley, David Grier, John Black, Benjamin Pedan, John Arndt, Stephen Balliott, Joseph Horfield, David Deshler, William Wilson, John Boyd, Thomas Scott, John Nevill, John Allison, Jonathan Roberts, John Richards, F. A. Muhlenberg,
* See the 36th clause of an act passed on the 5th day of May, 1786, for confiscating the lands belonging to the members of the late army.
James Morris, Timothy Pickering, Benjamin Elliott, 45.
NAYS. John Whitehill, John Harris, John Reynolds, Robert Whitehill, Jonathan Hoge, Nicholas Lutz, John Ludwig, Abraham Lincoln, John Bishop, Joseph Heister, James Martin, Joseph Powell, William Findley, John Baird, William Todd, James Marshall, James Edgar, Nathaniel Breadning, John Smilie, Richard Baird, William Brown, Adam Orth, John A. Hannah, 23.
And on Thursday last, the Convention (accompanied by his Excellency the President, the Vice President and the members of the Supreme Executive council; also by several members of Congress, the faculty of the university, the magistrates and militia officers of the city) went in procession to the Court-House, where the ratification of the Constitution of the United States was read amidst the acclamations of a great course of citizens. A detachment of the Militia train of Artillery (in uniform) fired a Federal salute. and the bells of Christ Church were rung on this joyful occasion; after this the Convention returned to the State House and subscribed the two copies of the ratification. At three o'clock they met and dined with the members of the Supreme Executive Council, several members of Congress and a number of citizens, at Mr. Epple's Tavern; where the remainder of the day was spent in mutual congratulations upon the happy prospect of enjoying, once more, order, justice, and good Government in the United States.—The following is a list of the toasts given on the occasion.
 1. The people of the United States.  2. The President and Members of the late Convention of the United States.  3. The President of the State of Pennsylvania.  4. May the Citizens of America display as much wisdom in adopting the proposed Constitution to preserve their liberties, as they have shown fortitude in defending them.  5. May order and justice be the pillars of the American Temple of Liberty.  6. May the agriculture, manufactures and commerce of the United States speedily flourish under the new Constitution.  7. The Congress.  8. The virtuous minority of R. Island.  9. The powers of Europe in alliance with the United States.  10. May the flames kindled on the Altar of Liberty in America, lead the patriots of the world to a knowledge of their rights and to the means of recovering them.  11. The memory of the heroes who have sacrificed their lives in defence of the liberties of America.  12. May America diffuse over Europe a greater portion of political light than she has borrowed from her.  13. Peace and free Governments to all the nations in the world. 
We hear from Hunterdon (State of New-Jersey) of a most dreadful accident happening a widow woman of the name of Martha Anda, whose house, on Wednesday the 21st ult. at night took fire, and the poor woman with all her goods consumed. It is thought she was murdered and robbed, and afterwards fire set to the house.
The following is copy of an original letter, written by an attorney's Clerk at Reading, (in Pennsylvania) to a young lady, who has favored us with an opportunity of offering so new a style for public entertainment.
"My Dearest Bautifullist and most Worshipfullest,
"I BEG pardon for making addresses to you in such condition, for I know may be you will not like them very well in aforesaid manner, but as you are a lady which knows wat is wat, I sincerely hope you will consider that I am a mortal man and under the failing of our nature, therefore I beseech you that you will be grateful towards me in this case, and not be affronted against me for being so courageous as to sent you this presents, I would not a been so bauld to sent you this presents, only that I can say my thinking better on a beace of baber, then on words by the mout, and more than that my worshipful lady you knoweth also very well that, that I am somewhat bachful to speak with you about thos things that wich lye so heavy on my very heart and sthomak, may be it would be so with yourself if your worshipfulness was I. It is already 4 most months since I have so great a bafson for you that I always thought to put you in notice thereof, only the aforesaid bachfulness and humility always laid in my way so that I never could duly perform my undertakings, but lately not very long ago somebody communicated to me your sentiments about me, which I think I can belief most certainly, that you conceives in your opinion that I have so much merit for your love as any man in this burrow, and moreover because I took mind that you often throws ships eye's at me when I goes past, I resolved modestly and humbly to convey you this letter to let you know that you should have compassion on me for loving you so sincerely and truly otherwise my life will be void and of none effect, for I git so poor as a shad in reaping time. and my legs so thin that I can hardly pull on my stockings, and this is all effected by your occation, but

I beg of you my worshipful lady to extend your gracefullness and benfaction towards me, for my mind is so attach'd that I can't slip a wink at all, and constantly dream about your loveliness all night long, may be perhaps it is possible that you think I should tress more brilliant to be countenanc'd in your worshipfulness company, but I gift you my word and honor, that you shall not be at a loss by the said premises, for I intend to get a perfectly new suite of cloas with all the appurtenances before I come to visitate you again, but one thing hinders me from to be as agreeable as some others, which is that my auld fellow want grant me the liberty to powder, but this unfortunate I can't prevent for it is so with fokes which have no experience in this globe.
"I must include, I request wonce to recommend myself to the hands of your mercy, and do me the joy to inform me that you bear toward me, and I will always eternally behafe so that you will not think that you have not took the rong low by the ear."
I am your worshipfullnesses, Humble friend and servant, who bears the most strongest Detachment for you.
From the London Evening-Post, of Sept. 1, we have taken the following genuine copy of the letter, which was written by the eccentric JOHN STONE (who is at present confined in Tothill-fields Bridewell, being evidently insane) to a certain Great Person, not less remarkable for the virtues of her heart, than the dignity of her situation:
"To our Gracious QUEEN, CHARLOTTE, Mistress of Great-Britain and its Appendages."
"Madam,"
"WHEN I tell you I am in a state of mental distraction, occasioned by the peculiar excellencies of your eldest daughter, I hope that you will pardon this presumption. Happy should I be, if my birth and circumstances could entitle me, legally, and according to the sanctifications of prudence, to demand the illustrious object of my passion; but as we are not responsible for our coming into this world, whatever we may be for our actions after the entrance, you must not blame me for not being a branch of the first house in Christendom. To come to the point—I have seen the Princess Royal; and must assure you, that the brilliancy of her beauties, in the assemblage, surpasses even the honors of her situation—Though matrimony in the present day, according to the ideas of Hudibras, is made a mere matter of money, I reject so mean an idea; my affections are rivetted to the object of my desires, independent of the advantages that may be presumed to be attached to her exaltation. It is true that my estates at present are somewhat encumbered—but what of that! the purity of my desires will operate as an antidote against the evils of poverty. I leave it to your discretion to mention the affair to his Majesty; if you approve of the measure I can have no objection—There is an old saying, that marriages are made in Heaven; so if this matter takes place, your Majesty knows, that the whole affair must be placed to the account of the Omnipotent, and not to the frail desires of a weak individual.—Should Hymen illumine my being with the torch of connubial splendor, I flatter myself that we may live a very happy couple. In expectation of your Majesty's speedy answer."
I remain, with the most perfect veneration, Your much obliged, Most dutiful and devoted, Subject and Servant,
August 14, 1787. JOHN STONE. "P. S. My dutiful and respectful compliments to his Majesty, and all the Royal Family—I hope soon to have the honor of approaching you in a less equivocal character."
For the Daily Advertiser. Mr. CHILDS, Please to insert in your paper the following extract of a letter, lately received from a correspondent in the Moon, and you will greatly oblige yours, &c. A SPECULATOR.
DEAR SIR, AS I take it for granted that you understand the laws of gravitation, you must know, that those bodies which contain the greatest quantity of matter in the smallest dimensions, are said to possess the greatest specific gravity, and are therefore entitled to the first place amongst solid bodies; and that those productions both of nature and art, which have but little substance in their composition, and are of huge dimensions, must acquire qualities similar to a Balloon, being easily buoyed up, and wafted into the aerial regions. Know then, that it is by means of this modification of matter, that we Lunarians, are furnished with the weekly productions of Brutus, Cato, Cincinnatus, Timoleon, &c. against the proposed Federal Constitution; I have perused the whole of their voluminous conscribations, and think it clear beyond a doubt, that they
have been inspired by the benign influences of our planet, otherwise it would have been impossible for sublunary beings to have created, and exposed so many defects, horrid blunders, and wicked designs in that iniquitous system of Government, fabricated by the late Convention, to enslave the people of the thirteen dis-united States.
The inhabitants of our planet are greatly concerned for the welfare of those worthy patriots, and with them success in their opposition to the proposed Constitution; they are the first Statesmen in your lower world, who have discovered the true principles of our Lunarian mode of Legislation and Finance, which is an acquisition of more importance, than the discovery of the philosopher's stone. It is a God-like art, to create a circulating medium, almost out of nothing, and to annihilate it again at pleasure. We have our wars as well as you, and large tracts of public land beyond the mountains in the moon. When a war happens, with a neighbouring nation, which renders it necessary to raise an army, for the defence of the State, we create a paper currency, to pay them, and purchase necessaries for their support; as long as this medium will answer, we deal it out liberally, and pledge the faith of the people to redeem it with gold and silver, when it fails in credit, we give large bounties in lands; in fine we promise every thing in the time of danger, but when the danger is over, and peace established, we reason thus: as it was dire necessity which compelled us to enter into these engagements, and make these solemn promises, certainly the obligation should cease with the necessity which compelled us to make them, for what person of common sense ever expected that effects should continue, after the cause which produced them was removed, or had ceased to act.
Besides, in these cases, the public debtors are far more numerous than the public creditors; it is therefore plain that it is for the interest of the majority to annul the public debt, and all good Representatives know, that the interests of the majority of their Constituents, should be preferred to that of the minority.
After having thus demonstrated the propriety of the measure (for justice you know should never be permitted to interfere in politics) we proceeded to repeal the grants of bounty lands that have been made during the war, and annihilate all the public securities, that we cannot conveniently get into our own hands. By this prudent method of conducting affairs, many of us are much more opulent at the termination of a war, than we were at its commencement. It is true that busy meddling people are apt to raise the cry of justice, conscience, public faith, and the support of public credit: but however well such puerile nonsense may sound, when coming from the mouth of whining, canting Priests, such language would render a politician ridiculous indeed.
But even amongst the disturbers of the peace, with all their whining sanctified cant, where is the man to be found that would not purchase a public security from his neighbour for two shillings and six-pence per pound, and realize it in the purchase of a landed estate, rather than be taxed in his full proportion, to pay his said neighbour the full amount of such security, both principal and interest?
But even supposing that there may be some individuals who have no talents for speculation, where is the man that would not wish to avoid taxation?
And how is it possible to do this without adhering strictly to the present plan?
And depend upon it, if you are ever so foolish as to adopt the new Constitution, you will be obliged to pay the national debt, the annual interest of which, as Cincinnati has demonstrated, (by saying so) amounts to 4,800,000 dollars; to which we may add, 1,200,000 for the expense of collecting it; It will then amount to six millions of dollars annually. Allowing 3,000,000 of inhabitants in the Thirteen United States, it will amount to the enormous sum of two dollars per man, which, if they pay their tax monthly, (which is probably the best mode) it will amount to the sum of one shilling and four-pence per month. If this is not sufficient to frighten you into a rejection of the new Constitution, the Lord have mercy on you, poor miserable bankrupts. A LUNARIAN.
*** A few MAPS of the WESTERN TERRITORY of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Printer hereof.
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 assortment of Hardware, Ironmongery, and Cutlery, Which he will dispose of very reasonable by whole-sale or retail.
SALES at AUCTION, By Frederick Jay, THIS DAY, XI o'clock, (If fair weather) Opposite the Coffee-House, 5 pipes Madeira Wine, 30 jars Raisins, 2 hhds. Rum, 20 kegs Olives, 1 chest Hyson Tea, 1 chest Souchong Tea, 1 cask Pimento, 1 cask Pepper, 6 casks Indigo.
TO-MORROW, At No. 244, Queen-street, A large, valuable and seasonable variety of DRY GOODS.
AT PRIVATE SALE, A Gold repeating Watch, cost 30 guineas, A Gold Snuff Box, cost 12 guineas, A false Watch, entire gold, cost 10 guineas, A Tooth-pick Case, cost 15 guineas.
PUBLIC AUCTION, By Hugh Smith, TO-MORROW, XII o'clock, at the Coffee-House-bridge, 6 pipes red Wine, 3 pipes Teneriffe Wine, 3 hhds. Malaga Wine, 5 hhds. Sugar, 2 pipes Madeira Wine, per sample.
At PRIVATE SALE, 12 pipes genuine London particular Madeira WINE.
LOST THIS DAY, FOUR New-York Paper Bank Bills, of the value of TEN POUNDS each. Whoever has found them, and will lodge the same with Mr. JOHN BROOME, of this city, Merchant, shall receive Forty Shillings reward, and no questions asked. New-York, Dec. 20. tf.
On MONDAY, the 24th inst. At Twelve o'clock at the Coffee-House, will be peremptorily Sold by the SHERIFF.
THE fee-simple of those two very valuable ROPE WALKS, situate in the Out Ward of this city, at present occupied by Messrs. Scheimerhorn, Stewart & Jones, and Arnold.
At the same time and place, a number of very excellent LOTS, lying between the Broad-way or Great-George-street and the Bowry-lane.
A particular description of the Lots, and conditions of sale will be made known at the time and place of sale.
M. WILLETT, Sheriff. New-York, Dec. 20, 1787.
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 Sing Sing, 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 Orser.
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. iw.ed
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&m
PUBLIC AUCTION, THIS DAY, X o'clock, At No. 20, Wall-street, A great variety of DRY GOODS, Which will positively be sold, Including 25 pieces coatings, 6 pieces poplins, 10 pieces wildbores, 23 pieces camblets, 3 pieces superfine cloth, 13 pieces inferior quality, 20 pieces luresirings, 2 pieces fattrins, 40 elegant cotton petticoats, 20 do. bed-covers 10-4 wide, 10 carpets, a box round hats, well calculated for this market, with a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate.
ROBERT HUNTER.
N. B. If the above articles are not all sold by 1 o'clock, the sale to be continued in the afternoon.
SALES AT AUCTION, THIS DAY, XII o'clock, at the Coffee-House, (If fair weather.) Two pair of double fortified three pounders, with sponges, ramers, &c. a number of small arms, cartouch boxes, boarding pikes, boarding netting, musquet balls, medicine chests, water casks, &c. &c. belonging to the sloop Experiment. Likewise 6 hhds. of assorted Queen's-Ware. Also, 15,000 bunches of ONIONS, per sample.
JAMES BARCLAY.
PUBLIC AUCTION, TO-MORROW, At No. 221, Queen-street, An assortment of Hardware, Ironmongery and Cutlery, JOHN RAMSAY.
For SALE by AUCTION, By Viner Van Zandt, At the Coffee-House, On Tuesday the 15th day of January, 1788,
THAT very capital modern built DWELLING HOUSE three stories high, situated in Princess-street, late in the possession of Dominic Lynch, Esq.; and now occupied by Mr. Simon 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 horses, &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 was designed as the residence of the builder, it may be fairly presumed that it is substantially and well built; the Compting House and rooms are fitted with peculiar neatness; and on the whole, few houses are better adapted for a town residence. The premises may be viewed preceding the day of sale, with the leave of the tenant; a plan of the ground may be seen, and further particulars known of VINER VAN ZANDT, No. 222, Water-Street.
To the ELECTORS of the EAST WARD. Gentlemen,
HAVING been solicited by many respectable Inhabitants of your Ward, to offer myself as a Candidate to succeed your late worthy Alderman Thomas Hazard, Esq. I beg leave most respectfully to request your Votes and Interest upon the occasion; and, if I succeed, I promise to discharge the duty of the office with punctuality and integrity; and am,
Gentlemen, your faithful Fellow-Citizen, and former Assistant, G. RAPALJE. New-York, 14th Dec. 1787.
PURSUANT to an order made by the honorable JOHN SLOSS HOBART, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature in this State, upon the petition of CORNELIUS C. BOGARDUS, an insolvent debtor, in conjunction with so many of his Creditors as have debts owing to them by the said Cornelius C. Bogardus, amounting at least to three fourths of all the money owing by him: NOTICE is hereby given by the petitioners, to all the creditors of the said Cornelius C. Bogardus, that they be and appear before the said Judge, at his chamber in Crown-street in the said City, by the eighth day of January next, to show cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the said Cornelius C. Bogardus's estate should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said Cornelius C. Bogardus discharged, pursuant to the directions of an act of the legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated this 19th day of December, 1787.
CORNELIUS C. BOGARDUS. Petitioning Creditors—John Bogardus, William Alexander, John Noblit, Francis Bogardus, Isaac Lawson.

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. tf Nov. 27.
For MADEIRA,
The American BRIG A P O L L O , JAMES TYRIE, Master.
LYING at Hallett's wharf; a staunch, good vessel, well found, and accommodated; will sail in eight days, wind and weather permitting, and returns directly from Madeira to this port. Importers of Wines will find their interest in ordering them by this vessel. They may not only have them brought at a low freight, but save considerably 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 J O H N ,
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 Newry.
The SHIP MERCHANT , George Bunker, Master,
And the SHIP ANN and SUSAN , William Chevers, Master.
THE former will sail on the 23d current, and the latter, early in January. For Freight or Passage in this ship, or Passage in the former, apply to their Masters, or Wm. NEILSON. Dec. 13. 2w.
FOR SALE,
Or to be exchanged for a vessel of smaller burthen, THE well known KETCH BOONE , as she now lies at Gouverneur's wharf, being in complete order, and can be sent to sea at a very small expense; is remarkably well found, being Spanish built, double-bottomed; her timber consists of cedar and other durable wood, and is remarked for having lashed her cargoes in good order; is by far the best calculated for carrying mules, horses or cattle, of any vessel in this harbor, and being of the following dimensions: 71 feet 9 inches the extreme length, from the fore part of the stem to the after part of the stern post; 24 feet 9 inches beam; 8 feet 6 inches hold; 3 feet 4 inches between decks, and 3 feet 2 inches waste, on the main deck. Inventory to be seen on board said vessel, or at the house of RICHARD YATES, No. 18, Princess-street. Dec. 14.
For CHARLESTON,
South-Carolina, The SLOOP Sea-Flower , ASHER COOK, Master, WILL sail the 23d inst. She is about 60 tons burthen, has good accommodations for Passengers. For Freight or Passage apply to the Master on board, lying at Moore's wharf, or to GARDNER, WILSON, and Co. Dec. 13. 8t.
For TRINIDAD.
The Brig SANDWICH , James Butler, Master, WILL sail in 8 or 10 days. For freight or passage, apply to Thomas Warr, No. 49, Queen-street, or to the Master on board, at Beekman's wharf, Ship Yards. Dec. 15. 1w
THIS DAY is Published & to be Sold,
The Universalist, IN SEVEN LETTERS to AMYNTOR. 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.
NOTICE is hereby given, by the petitioning creditors of William I. Forbes, an insolvent debtor, to all the creditors of said insolvent debtor, that they do appear before the Hon. Benjamin Blagge, Esq. one of the Judges of the Mayor's Court in and for the city and county of New-York, at his office in Beekman-street, in said city, on the 20th day of December instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, to show cause, if any they have, why an assignment of the estate of the said William I. Forbes should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and the said William I. Forbes be discharged, pursuant to the directions of an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated the 13th day of December, 1787.
WILLIAM I. FORBES. Petitioning Creditors. Oliver Thorne, Gilbert Forbes.
ALBANY BOILING PEAS.
Round and Split. warranted good. For Sale by Zacharias Sickels, No. 7, New-street. Oct. 16. 2w
Gentel ROOMS
TO be had, furnished or unfurnished, in a pleasant part of the city, with or without board; also a good front Room for a Store or an office. Enquire of the Printer. tm Dec. 8.
The Public are respectfully informed, THAT the subscriber has lately removed from Princeton, New-Jersey, to this city, and now keeps the house lately kept by Talmadge Hall, No. 49, Cortlandt-street (commonly known by the Boston, Albany, and Philadelphia General Stage-Office) and has agreed with the proprietors of the Albany and Boston Stages, to make his house the public Stage-house. Those Ladies and Gentlemen, who wish to take passages in either of those Stages, will please to leave their names with the subscriber the evening before the Stage's departure; gentlemen passengers and others, are informed that the subscriber keeps a house of entertainment, and accommodates gentlemen with boarding and lodging. Every attention will be paid to those who please to favor him with their custom. The Stages commence running from my house on Thursday morning next. CHRISTOPHER BEEKMAN. New-York, Nov. 13, 1787.
N.B. The gentlemen of the city are informed, that the subscriber has a large convenient Assembly Room, which he proposes to let during the winter season, or longer if required.
NORTHERN and EASTERN LINE of STAGES,
FROM the date hereof, and during the winter season, will let out from the house lately kept by Talmadge Hall, now by Christopher Beekman, No. 49, Cortlandt-street, near the Osgoode-market, on Mondays and Thursdays, precisely at four o'clock in the morning; the Northern Stage from Mr. Lewis's Tavern in Albany, on same days and hour, in the morning;---and in order to render the journey to those who please to favor the proprietors of the Northern Line with their custom, as agreeable as possible, the Stages will be three days in performing their tour during the fall and winter seasons. The price for each line of Stages, will be Four-pence per mile each passenger, who will be allowed fourteen pounds of baggage. New-York, Nov. 13, 1787.
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 130l. per annum.
Also, The House, No. 16, in Water-street, in the rear of the above, which is two Stories high, has four good rooms with fire places in each, and a cellar and cellar kitchen; now let at 100l. per annum.
Also, The modern built Brick House, No. 205, the east side of Water-street, three Stories high; it has six good rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen, a roomy yard, furnished with a cistern and ash-house. The premises are in complete repair, and are let on lease at 150l. per annum. Eighteen months of the term unexpired.
Also, A large three story Store-House, with a good cellar, situate in Front-street, in the rear of the above; and let on lease, of which four years and a half is unexpired, at 100l. per annum.
Further Particulars, and Conditions of Sale, may be known by application to JOSEPH HALLETT, No. 204, or JOHN DELAFIELD, No. 219, Water-street. New-York, Nov. 23. 2w. tf.
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 cartage, and prevent them from being exposed to dirt. Dec. 18. m&th. tf.
JUST PUBLISHED,
The Columbian Magazine, For OCTOBER, 1787. To be SOLD by BERRY & ROGERS, S. LOUDON, and R. HODGE. Nov. 26.
THOMAS BURLING, CABINET and CHAIR-MAKER,
At the Sign of the Chair, near the Chapel, in Beekman-street, formerly Chapel-street, ACKNOWLEDGES the many favors received from his friends and the public, and would wish to inform them that he has opened a Ware Room of MAHOGANY and other FURNITURE, on a more extensive plan than heretofore; and for the convenience of strangers and others, who may resort to, or settle in this city, he means to keep an assortment where they may be supplied on the shortest notice; for it must hurt the feelings of every citizen to observe the daily importations strangers are liable to, in purchasing new furniture at these public vendues. He reserved his time with Samuel Prince, a conspicuous character in his way, and esteemed one of the best workmen in this city; and as he has laid in a stock of the best Mahogany and other Wood, and means to employ the best hands, and sell his work at the lowest rate good work 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. 19. tf.
To the Curious.
To be seen at Mr. Stevens's Livery Stables, Wall-street, near Pitt's Statue, TWO CAMELS,
Male and female; lately imported from Arabia. These stupendous animals are most deserving the attention of the curious, being the greatest natural curiosities ever exhibited to the public on this continent. They are 18 hands high, have necks three feet eight inches long, a large hunch upon their back, and another under their breast, in the form of a pedestal, on which they support themselves when lying down; they have four joints in their hind legs, and they will travel twelve or fourteen days without drinking, and carry a burthen of fifteen hundred weight; they are remarkably harmless and docile, and will lie down and rise at command.
Price of admittance one shilling for gentlemen and ladies, and six-pence for children. Dec. 3. tf.
Fifty Pounds Reward.
A BURGLARY and ROBBERY.
To all honest and well disposed people: This is to give notice, that the subscriber being in public office, as collector of the township of Aughquack-nock, in the county of Ulster, and State of New-Jersey;---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 subscriber and his family in great terror and danger of their lives; and after treating him with much violence, robbed him of a large sum of money, in gold, silver and paper currency, belonging to the public and the subscriber, as also one silver tea-pot marked PH, one silver sugar dish unmarked, one silver milk-pot unmarked, twelve silver table-spoons marked HP, four silver tea-spoons unmarked, one silver watch, a small piece of the face broke out, with a silver chain and silver seal engraved with the letters R.M.W. one silver snuff-box marked on the fore part of it M.B. one pair silver knee-buckles, and one silver stock-buckle; as also four gold rings, and one gold locket, used for women's beads; together with sundry other articles belonging to the subscriber. It is earnestly hoped, that all honest and well disposed people will use their best endeavors to apprehend the said robbers, so that they may be brought to justice: And the subscriber hereby engages to pay the above reward to any person or persons, who will apprehend all or either of the said robbers, so that they be convicted of the said robbery, and he recover his lost property, or twenty-five pounds for the said robbers, or either of them, on conviction, together with all reasonable charges attending the apprehending and bringing to justice, all or either of the said ruffians. HESSEL PETERSE. Wenzel, Ulster County, Dec. 4, 1787. tf.
G. VERPLANCK
HAS FOR SALE, at No. 41, WALL-STREET, on very reasonable terms for CASH, CAMBRICKS, white Platillas, Ivory Combs, Pistol Powder, Pepper, Geneva in Cases, Holland Duck, Raven's do. Russia Sheeting, Calicoes and Tapes, Dutch Mill Saws, &c. &c.
To be Let from the first of May next, THE HOUSE he now occupies in Wall-street, and to be leased for a term of years, a Lot of Ground in Crown-street, near the North River, and another in Greenwich-street, opposite Rhylander's wharf. tf
JUST IMPORTED,
In the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, from London, and other late vessels from Great-Britain, and to be SOLD on very reasonable terms, by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, the corner of King and Queen-streets, A large and choice Collection of BOOKS;
Among which are, ELEGANT folio family bibles, with near 200 cuts in each; Bunke on the new testament, Brown's self-interpreting bible, 2 vols; Cruden's concordance, Ward's system of divinity, Whitchy's commentary, Blair's, Carr's, Brskin's, Boston's, Willison's, Atterbury's, &c. sermons; Nelson's festivals, Cullen's, Duncan's, and Hoffman's practice of physick; 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, Fourcroy'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 Cæsar, Homer, Nepos, Eutropius, Erasmus, 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, Ashe's, Dycke's, Bailey's, Scott's, Perry's, and Entick's dictionaries; Bennet's christian oratory, Scott on elocution, elegant extracts in verse, do. in prose, Lord Littleton's letters, Klopstock's Messiah, Hutton's mensuration, Hawney's mensurer. Besides the above, a great variety, consisting of History, Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Mathematics, Biography, Geography, Poetry, Physick, 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. ** 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. Witherpoon, of Princeton; who warmly recommends them to the 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.
FLAX-SEED,
Stoned, cleaned, purchased and sold, at HARTELL and WOODWARD'S FLAX-SEED STORE, lately occupied by Mr. Jacob Sarly, left by Mr. Nash, between Van Zandt's and Murray's Wharves. tf Oct. 22.
C A S H,
And the HIGHEST PRICES given, for all kinds of CONTINENTAL and STATE SECURITIES,
PARTICULARLY Banker's, Barber's, Burrall's, Pierce's and Walker's NOTES and FACILITIES, at No. 40, Wall-street, four doors from the corner of Queen-street; Where are for sale,
Excellent old MADEIRA WINE, in pipes or quarter-casks, BEEF, PORK, and BAR IRON. July 24.
CABLES of any length, and CORDAGE
of all sizes, made at Peterburg Hemp, first quality, To be had at the Subscriber's Rope-walk, or at his Store, between Fly-market Stairs and Burling-slip, 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.
To be Let until the first of May, THAT pleasantly situated HOUSE, No. 13, corner of Beekman and William-street; For particulars, apply at the premises. tf Oct. 27.
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 so 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, skinking 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 putrid humours, and create a fresh and healthy complexion in such as are affected in any purged 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 gut; 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, phthisicks, or shortness of breath, dropsies and yellow jaundice. Now I hope all impartial persons are satisfied that the medicine which works upon such humours, will almost reach any distemper, if not too far gone, since corruption and putrefaction are the forerunners of all diseases; therefore, no better physic can be taken for all ages, sexes, and constitutions, from infancy to an old age. These plumbs are highly serviceable to the female sex, from the age of 14 to 20, and from 40 to 50. Each box contains one dozen of these plumbs.---Price Eight Shillings, with directions. Sold by H. GAINE, at his Book-store and Printing Office, in Hanover-Square, Diagnostick signs of Worms.
PALENESS in the face, itching of the nose, hollowness of the eyes, grating of the teeth when asleep, dulness, pains and heaviness in the head, a dry cough, itching in the fundament, white and thick urine, unquiet sleep, often starting, loft appetite, swelled belly, knawing and biting about the stomach, frightful dreams, extreme thirst, the body decayed and lean, fits, often vomiting, stinking breath, &c.
Directions for taking them.
A Child from 1 to 2 years may eat one plumb, from 2 to 4 one and a half, from 4 to 6 two, from 6 to 8 two and a half, from 8 to 12 three, from 12 to 15, and all above that age may eat four plumbs, one hour or two before up-rising, not to drink during that time, but afterwards drink warm tea, whey, or water gruel; in taking, the patient must stay 2 or 3 days betwixt each dose. In agues, the same quantity must be taken, 2, 3, or 4 hours before the fits come on, and be repeated three times. In whooping or chin-coughs, give the quantity above-mentioned. June 1. jaw. tf.
FENCING SCHOOL.
M. VILLETTE has the honor to inform the gentlemen of this city, that he has opened his School on Golden-hill, No. 37, where that noble art will be taught, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from ten o'clock, A.M. until two.
** An EVENING SCHOOL is opened for the accommodation of such gentlemen, as cannot make it convenient to attend in the day.
M. VILLETTE has likewise opened a FRENCH Evening School, from six to eight, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gentlemen desiring to be taught at their lodgings, will be waited upon in those hours that will not interfere with his school hours.
Printed by FRANCIS CHILDS, No. 22, Hanover-Square.