The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-07-16 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 170, of VOL. XLII.]
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2349.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—EVEN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE. Thompson's Liberty.
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
HARTFORD, April 28. PROPOSALS, For Publishing, by Subscription, A COMPENDIUM OF Christian Theology.
By JOHN FREDERICK OSTERWALD, A celebrated Divine of Switzerland. Newly translated into English, from the Original LATIN.
By the Rev. JOHN McMains, ***** CONTENTS.
 1. CONCERNING the nature of the Gospel Ministry.  2. The qualifications of a minister of the word of God.  3. Preparation and vocation to the ministry.  4. The Method of Theological Study.  5. A general idea of theology.  6. The constituent parts of theology. 
Section I. Of Christian Theology. Concerning the Sacred Scripture.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the books which constitute S. S.  2. The attributes of S. S.  3. The use of S. S. 
Section II. Concerning God.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the existence of God.  2. The attributes of God.  3. The holy trinity. 
The first Part of Theology. Concerning the Time which preceded the Advent of Christ.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the creation.  2. Providence.  3. Sin.  4. Decrees.  5. The Antediluvian world.  6. The calling of Abraham.  7. The law of Moses.  8. The prophets.  9. The various state of the Jews.  10. The state of other nations. 
The latter Part of Theology. Concerning the Time subsequent to the Advent of Christ.
Section I. Chap. I. Concerning John the Baptist.
Section II. Concerning Jesus Christ.
 Chap. 1. That Jesus is the Messiah.  2. Concerning the person of Christ.  3. His threefold office.  4. His twofold state. 
Section III. Concerning the Constitution of the Church.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the mission of the Holy Spirit.  2. The Preaching of the apostles.  3. The destruction of the Jews.  4. The calling of the Gentiles. 
Section IV. Concerning the Doctrine which is preached in the Church.
 Chap. 1. Concerning faith.  2. Repentance.  3. Good works.  4. Promises and threatenings.  5. Justification.  6. Sanctification. 
Section V. Concerning the Church.
 Chap. 1. What we are to understand by the Church.  2. Church government.  3. Discipline.  4. The various state of the church. 
Section VI. Concerning the Assistance to Salvation.
 Chap. 1. Concerning internal assistance.  2. External assistance.  3. Sacraments.  4. Baptism.  5. The holy Supper. 
Section VII. Concerning a future World.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the state of man after death.  2. The end of the world.  3. The resurrection.  4. The last judgment.  5. Life Eternal.  6. Death External. 
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Just Published, And to be sold by R. Hodge, T. Allen, S. Camp- bell, J. Reid, and S. Loudon, booksellers, and by the printer hereof, AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF LETTERS FROM THE FEDERAL FARMER TO THE REPUBLICAN,
Leading to a fair examination of the system of government, proposed by the late convention, and to several essential and necessary alterations in it; and calculated to illustrate and support the principles and positions laid down in the preceding letters.
The former letters, published under the signature of the Federal Farmer, have under- gone several impressions in the different states, and several thousands of them have been sold. They are admitted, by candid men of both parties, to be written with a spirit of moderation and candour.
A number of principles are laid down in them, highly interesting to the people of America, which ought to be more fully il- lustrated, than the bounds which the author set to himself, in the former letters, would permit.
The design of these additional letters, is, more fully to explain and enforce the posi- tions laid down in the former. The author does not aim to foment the passions; his ap- peal is to the reason of his readers. He wishes every man to examine for himself, and form his own opinion on the merits of the question.
There are very few dispassionate men, who do not wish to see amendments made to this system. The great drift of these add- itional letters, is, to point out what these a- mendments ought to be, and to adduce argu- ments to support them.
It is a matter of small importance, whe- ther these amendments precede or succeed the adoption of the constitution, so that they be made.
It is hoped, therefore, that gentlemen who are sincere in declaring that they wish for amendments, will unite in turning their attention to the subject, that they may be pre- pared to accede to such as are proper.—To those who are thus disposed, this publica- tion is recommended.
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD By Thomas Greenleaf, At No. 25, Water-street, The Genuine Information, Relative to the Proceedings of the General Convention, Lately held at PHILADELPHIA, By LUTHER MARTIN, Esquire, Attorney-General of Maryland, and one of the Delegates in the said Convention.
Together with A LETTER To the Honorable Thomas C. Deyo, Speaker of the House of Delegates;
An ADDRESS To the Citizens of the UNITED STATES; And some REMARKS Relative to
A STANDING ARMY, AND A BILL OF RIGHTS.
Nullius additus jurare in Verba Magistri. —Horace This excellent Performance ought, for the solid and serious Truths it contains, like the Bible and the Letters of Junius, to be in the Hands of every real Friend to American Liberty—In the Language of the sacred Law, "Teach them diligently unto thy Children—talk of them when thou sittest in thine House—and when thou walkest by the Way." Impress it on their tender Minds, as the first Article of their political Creed, That there is no Government safe with a Standing Army, and there is no Government that is not safe with- out one. April 28, 1788. 77 c.d. New-York, May 8, 1788. 89—m.th.&f.
JUST PUBLISHED, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 123, Queen-Street, and at This PRINTING-OFFICE,
An Address to the people of the state of New-York; shewing the necessity of making AMENDMENTS to the constitu- tion proposed for the United States, pre- vious to its ADOPTION."
To which is added, by way of postscript, some STRICTURES on a pamphlet, lately published, entitled, "An address to the people of the state of New-York, on the subject of the proposed constitution. &c."
By PLEBELIAN.
WHEREAS RICHARD BAYLIS, of Goshen, in the county of Orange and late colony of New-York, for securing the payment of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, current money of the state of New- York, with lawful interest for the same according to the condition of a certain bond or obligation bear- ing date the twenty-fifth day of June, 1771, and executed by the said Richard Baylis to John Leake, of the city of New-York, did by indentures of lease and release, bearing date respectively the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of June, in the said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one, mortgage to the said John Leake: All that certain piece or parcel of LAND, situate, lying and being in Goshen, in the county of Orange, known by being part of lot No. 6, beginning at the fourth east corner of the lands conveyed by Ebenezer Holly to Josiah Seely, then running north westerly along said Seely's land, and land of Ebenezer Holly, to a ditch on the fourth side of said Holly's meadow, thence south westerly along said ditch to Benjamin Gale's lands, thence south- easterly along said Gale's land and the land of Je- remiah Coleman to the high way, then along the high way to the place of beginning; containing se- ven acres, to have and to hold, the said tract of land with the appurtenances thereby intended to be granted, and released; and every part and par- cel thereof, and the reversion and remainders, re- mainder and remainders thereof, unto the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns for ever.—In which said indenture of re- lease is contained a covenant, that in case it should happen that the said sum of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, with the interest, or any part thereof should remain due and unpaid on the 24th day of June then next ensuing the date of the said indenture of release then and in such case it should and might be law- ful for the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns to sell the said tract of land and premises thereby granted, or any part thereof, at Public Vendue, or otherwise, as to him or them shall seem meet to any person or persons for such sum or sums of mo- ney as might be reasonably had for the same, and out of the monies arising by the sale thereof to re- tain and keep in his hands the said sum of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, and the interest that might be due there- on, together with the costs and charges of such sale or sales, rendering the overplus, if any there should be, to the said Richard Baylis, his execu- tors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales so to be made by virtue of the said indenture of mortgage should be, and hereby were declared to be a full and absolute perpetual bar, both in law and equity, against him, the said Richard Baylis, his heirs, executors, and administrators, and all claiming under him, and of all benefit and equity of redemption of the premises or any part there- of:—And whereas the said John Leake, in and by a certain instrument in writing under his hand and seal duly executed, bearing date the twelfth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- six, did assign, transfer, and set over unto Coe Gale, of the county of Orange and state of New- York, merchant, the aforesaid bond and mortgage, and all monies due and to grow due thereon, toge- ther with all the right, title, and interest of him the said John Leake, of, in, and to the said mort- gaged premises:—And whereas the whole of the principal sum, together with a great arrear of in- terest still remains due and unpaid—These are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the said premises, that unless the said one hun- dred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six pence, together with the interest due and to grow due thereon, is paid and discharged on or before the sixth day of November next, the said mortgaged premises will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, to be held on the premises, on the said sixth day of November next, at eleven o'clock in forenoon of the same day, pursuant to the direc- tions of a certain act of the legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hun- dred and seventy-four. COE GALE.
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The American Calculator, or Counting-House COMPANION, CONTAINING,
A TABLE, ascertaining the value of sundry coins in gold, as regulated by the Chamber of Commerce in this city, and shewing at one view, their value in the several currencies of New-York, North-Carolina, and Great-Britain. A Collection of Tables, shewing, at one view, the amount of any number (under 10,000) of Dollars, French and English Crowns, Half Joes, French and English Guineas, &c. as they pass through the United States, a Table of Guineas; as they pass in England and Ireland. Rules for the ready reducing the curren- cies of the United-States, from the currency of one state into the currency of any other of the United states; and for reducing the currencies of the United-States into sterling, and sterling into the cur- rencies of the said states. Rules for reducing Eng- lish Money into Irish, and Irish Money into Eng- lish, according to the par of exchange between both kingdoms. Five different tables of the coins of the United-States of America, agreeable to a resolve of Congress of the 8th August, 1787, viz. a Table of Half Dollars, a Table of Dimes, a Table of Cents, and a table of Mills; calculated to render familiar the proper mode of counting said Money.
The PROPRIETORS of the New-York and Philadelphia NEW LINE
***** **STAGE AND FOUR HORSES.** *****
STAGES,
Owned by Cumming & Ward, at Newark; and by Michael Dennison, in Philadelphia, RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public, that their Stages leave Powles- Hook every afternoon (except Saturday) at 4 on their route for Philadelphia, proceed by Newark to Elizabeth Town that evening—Leave Elizabeth Town, and Michael Dennison's George Inn, Phi- ladelphia, at three o'clock every morning, excep- Sunday, and drive to Philadelphia and Powles- Hook that day.
On Monday the 21st of April an extra Stage will start for the accommodation of select parties, and those gentlemen and ladies who wish to indulge themselves in the morning, or who fear the bad effects of the early air. This stage will leave Pow- les Hook at seven o'clock, and Philadelphia at eight o'clock every morning (except Saturday and Sun- day) and proceed with the same speed as the early stage.
The expense of the stage to each passenger will be Three Spanish Milled Dollars from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia, and Four-pence per mile for all way passengers. One hundred and fifty weight baggage the same as a passenger—Fourteen weight of bag- gage gratis.
The expedition, lowness of fare, and certainty of arrival, must convince the public, that this route is preferable to the Amboy, as the journey is per- formed in half the time.
Letters, Newspapers, &c. left at the News York, Albany, and Philadelphia stage office, kept by Christopher Beckman, in Courtland-street, New- York, and with Mr. Michael Dennison, at the George Inn, corner of Arch and Second-street, Philadelphia, will be safely conveyed gratis.
JOHN CUMMING, MATTHIAS WARD, THOMAS EGBERT, JOHN GULICK, ROBERT STOCKTON, DAVID HAMILTON, JOS. VANDEGRIFT, JOSEPH DAVIS, MICHAEL DENNISON. April 11, 1788. 67. id.
New-York, Elizabeth Town, and Philadelphia New Stage Line.
THE frequent neglect of business, by some of the proprietors of the former line of stages, has compelled the subscribers, who were concerned, to withdraw themselves, and to join in establishing a new line. By strict attention to their business—by keeping their coaches and horses in good order—and by employing none but sober drivers, they hope to merit the favors of the public.
The stage will leave Powles-Hook, every after- noon, at 3 o'clock, Saturdays excepted; the stage boats also ply every day from White-Hall to Eli- zabeth-Town Point. From Mr. Crane's, at Eli- zabeth-Town Point, the stage will set out every morning (except Sunday) and run through Bridge- town in Raway, Woodbridge, New-Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, and Bristol, to the Indian-Queen in Fourth-street, Philadelphia, in one day, for the moderate price of THREE HARD DOLLARS for each passenger, with the allowance of 100 lb of baggage; and all way-passengers at FOUR PENCE per mile.
One hundred and fifty weight baggage the same price as a passenger, viz. Four Pence per Mile.
No racing allowed in this line.
JOHN MERCEREAU, JOHN HEARD, CHARL BASONETT, WILLIAM KERLINE.
Masters & Owners of Vessels
Are hereby informed,
THAT they may be supplied with cables, large or small, of any length, and cord- age of all sizes, made of Petersburg hemp, first quality, at Ivey's Rope-walk, at the head of Mul- berry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea- Water Pump, on such favourable terms as to me- rit the attention of any gentleman that would wish to lay out his money to the best advantage. Cables spliced, with the addition of any length required, white rope of every sort for city or country use, hambro lines, deep sea lines, hand lead lines, log lines, house lines, and manline, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Ropemaker.
N. B. The above articles, whether in large or small quantities, will be delivered to any part of the city without expence of cartage to the buyer.
New-York RUM
Of excellent Flavor and good Proof FOR SALE,
By Charles Tillinghast,
At the DISTILLERY, near the New Market in Cherry street.

MISCELLANY.
From the Boston GAZETTE.
CONSIDERATIONS on the ORDER of the CINCINNATI.
"In awful waste the fairest cities moan'd, And human liberty expiring groan'd, When Chivalry dropt."
ALL those proud distinctions of men who have aspired to soar high above their fellow citizens, and who have assumed to themselves the vain parade of nobility, have ever been careful to preserve immaculate their noble blood from the corruptible contamination of the people. In order to effect this important purpose, and to promote their ambitious views, they have frequently found it necessary to institute societies, and to frame laws and regulations for their own direction and government. By these means they have been enabled to commune one among another, and each one with the whole body of nobles; in this way they have been able to act all in concert for the promotion of their particular interest, and the aggrandizement of their order. These associations are grand engines for raising up the stupendous fabric of nobility, and for preserving it against the impetuous storms to which it is frequently liable. In the ninth century, the German nobles associated, and framed a code of laws and regulations, by which their grand assembly was to meet once in three years, at the least, and as much oftener as their grand master should judge expedient. The declared design and intention of this association was, to perpetuate a mutual friendship and intercourse, thereby to be known one among another; to pledge themselves to each other, to promote the glory and prosperity of the empire, to aid and assist a brother in all perils and dangers, and to celebrate feasts and tournaments. What a striking affinity is here observable, between the principles of this association of German nobles, and those of the order of the Cincinnati! There appears not only an affinity, but an exact similarity between them; excepting merely the celebration of tournaments, and a few important additions made to them by the discerning Cincinnati. The baron Steuben, who was chiefly instrumental in laying the foundation of this American order of nobility, probably had in view at that time this institution of his noble countrymen; he appears to have been well informed in the mysterious compositions wherewith to build a lasting monument to the future fame or disgrace of the American officers; he has been marching them in column through the same road in which his noble ancestors have gone before. The Cincinnati, like the German assembly of nobles, take upon themselves the charge of national concerns, which alone belongs to the constitutional authority of the state; they officiously assume the direction of public objects altogether incomparable with the principles of republican government, as a separate body of men they undertake to secure to us the rights of human nature; and permit me to ask, if it is in their power to preserve to us those rights, may they not also violate them? Like the German assembly of nobles, they celebrate periodical feasts, and have formed a code of laws and regulations for their particular government; like them they pledge themselves to aid and assist each other, and to promote a mutual friendship and intercourse among their several members. The
Cincinnati, like their European brethren, bear the ostentatious insignia of nobility—they bear medals and badges of distinction to denote that they are not of the common herd of mankind, but of noble blood—the patricians of America! Like the German assembly of nobles, they have made ample provision to keep up a regular intercourse and correspondence throughout the extent of their order, which they will undoubtedly improve for the augmentation of their grandeur and importance. Like their brother Germans, they have also provided for the punishment of a member by expulsion, whenever he shall betray the dangerous views of the order.
The Cincinnati deny the admission of any person at their associations but those of their own members. The German assembly forbid the presence of any but princes, lords, barons, and gentlemen of noble extractions, and if any man presumed to present himself at their assemblies as their equals, under any pretence whatever, unless he could be justified by his own noble birth, in the fourth degree at least, either by his father's or mother's side, he would be punished and expelled the assembly. The Cincinnati, as a society, undertake to portion the indigent, thereby to purchase the gratitude of the people, and to advance the unwarrantable designs of their institution. They have erected a perpetual pyramid to sustain their order, they have established a bank of an enormous amount, which will be forever accumulating. From the artful machinery of this institution, and its increasing wealth, which generally brings power, we may reasonably and without much hazard predict, that, unless speedily checked, this monstrous Hydra will increase in strength, until he shall destroy the freedom of America, and riot upon the spoil. As a master stroke of policy to effect their nefarious system, they have formed an alliance with the nobility of France, by admitting a great number of them into the order of the Cincinnati. These French-American nobles are authorised by the regulations to establish the order of the Cincinnati in France, conformably to the spirit of a monarchical government; and every member of the order in this country is as much a member of the institution as established in France, as he is of the order in America. Thus they have fixed one pillar of the immense arch of nobility on the other side of the Atlantic, permanent and immovable; and with whatever success the virtuous and manly opposition of our citizens may be crowned, in preventing the elevation of the other pillar in America, whereon to spring the arch of union, that which is erected in France will never be abolished; for that politic court will ever know how to improve it to their greatest advantage. This partial success of your most dangerous enemy, my countrymen, instead of abating ought to excite you to redouble your most strenuous exertions for its destruction in America.
Thus we see, my fellow citizens, the order of Cincinnati treading in the same steps which have carried the nobility of Europe to greatness to power, and to magnificence;—and which have subjected a great majority of the people to misery, to wretchedness, and to everlasting slavery.
NOTICE.
The PROCESSION is postponed until Tuesday the 22d Instant.
The following curious advertisement is taken from the London General Advertiser:—
March 25, 1788.
STONE EATER.
WONDERFUL & EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON.
AT the moment when philosophers are most distinguished and revered for their knowledge, and consulted as oracles, who can interpret all causes from effects, and explain the unchangeable laws of nature—comes this same nature, and by a single act over-turns their systems in the astonishing faculty of a man who eats and digests stones and flints.
Since the above assertion has staggered the belief of all who have not had ocular demonstrations, the curious are invited to witness the fact. In the presence of any spectator, he eats the hardest flints that may be offered; cracks them with his teeth like nuts; gnaws, crunches, and reduces them to the smallest pieces; at the same time, by striking him on the stomach, the stones rebound as in a sack.
To be seen this day and every day, from eleven o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon, at the great room, Globe tavern, corner of Craven-street, Strand.
Admittance half a crown.
Such persons as please may bring stones with them.
Door for carriages in Craven-street.
From the GENERAL ADVERTISER. THE LATE PRETENDER.
CHARLES STUART, the late Pretender, was born at Rome, in November 1728. His father, the son of James the second, had been created Prince of Wales before the abdication. His mother was the daughter of Jean Sobieski, King of Poland; of no small renown, if only for his relief of Vienna, in the year 1683, when on the brink of a surrender to the Ottoman army.
After his defeat at Culloden, he fell into neglect.
As Count Albany, the title he chose to take, he got into the rank of unoffending privacy; he was rich, his health was unbroken, he had seen much life, and should know how to enjoy it. What change of place could do for him, he had in two palaces at Florence and at Rome. And the better bliss from female beauty and accomplishments, was in his grasp, when he married the daughter of the Princess of Stolberg.
Every thing, in short, called on him to be happy; but to the call, he was deaf; to the idea he was insensible. Against his peace he armed his will. He fancied himself a King, and wanted to become one. He fumed away life, in unproductive projections on the right divine; but finding no human being, besides himself, dull enough to be so stupified, he flew to the last refuge of folly, and, if he ever rose sober, when he went to bed he never failed to be drunk.
A bed of this kind, it was not difficult, if at all blameable, to quit; & accordingly in the year 1781, his wife suddenly left the country, though amidst the horrors of a winter on the Continent, and never could be induced to see him more.
Thus deserted, and when age made solitude insupportable, he sent for his natural daughter, by the Countess —, who was sister to a lady in the Court of the late Princess of Wales. This daughter he received at Florence, with the solemn farce of Mock Royalty, under a canopy of State! He declared her legitimate, and idly created her Duchess of Albany. She inherits much wealth from her father; and what is better, none of his personal qualities, except in countenance, seem hereditary; for she has profited by the obscurity in which he let her languish. Her character is amiable, and she is highly accomplished. Her age is about 38 years.
In the catalogue of her possessions, there is an imaginary value about some of them, to most people very dear. Thus she inherits the Jewels of England, with James II. on his abdication, escaped. The magnificent Diamond Star, which Charles I. wore upon the scaffold; and the well-known Ruby, taken by Jean Sobieski, from the turban of the Grand Vizir, will be her's, on the death of the Cardinal York.
Besides this lady, he had about him a Mr. Stuart, whom he had lately created a Baronet, and whose attachment merited much more; for this was the companion of his disastrous flight from the field of battle; and the friend who tried to soothe each subse-
quent disaster, to the hour of death. There was also a person whom he called Lord Nairne, and with a nominal appointment as Lord of the Bedchamber.
Of late, many English gentlemen visited him; their impulse was curiosity. The Pretender gravely affected fear—"Lest such allegiance of his worthy subjects, might hurt them, with the present unhappy government."
The consolations of self-deception were never out of his sight. He always wore the Orders of the Garter and the Thistle; his liveries were those of the King of England; on his seal, with the accustomed arms, was the inscription, 'Carolus Tertius, Dei Gratias' &c. and in public, speaking of his wife, he called her always Queen, 'Voila la Reine, &c.' and often to shew what verity there is in wine, he would add to himself, 'Pour moi, je suis un sot.'
At Leghorn, he once disturbed the public Theatre, by violent vociferations, "I am the King of the Jews; I'm sure I have no other kingdom."
In the first part of life, he had been very handsome; and his look, in spite of intemperance, was not unfavourable to the last. His countenance proved him of the excluded family. He had fatal proofs also, in the perverseness of his destiny, and the worthlessness of his character. As a private gentleman, his powers were inadequate to his sphere of duties! What had been the distress of nations, had such an idiot been a King!
This absurd idea, for pretension is no more, is now transferred to his absurd brother, the Cardinal, who is becomingly tranquil; but in mental powers, and in practical utility of conduct, will close, not inconsistently, the male line in the house of Stuart!
American Occurrences.
HARTFORD, July 7.
ON Thursday last was celebrated in this city the anniversary meeting of the society of Cincinnati. A respectable number of members were present:—The meeting was formed at the council chamber—from whence they moved in procession to the north-meeting house, where the public exhibitions of the day were introduced by reading the act of independence; after which the Rev. Mr. Perkins made a very pertinent and pathetic prayer, which was succeeded by an excellent sermon, suited to the occasion, delivered by the Rev. Mr. Strong; and a short, comprehensive, concluding prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Boardman—In the intervals, several select pieces of vocal and instrumental music, were performed by the gentlemen and ladies of the town; a numerous and respectable collection of people from this and the neighbouring towns graced the assembly—To add to the splendour of the day, there arrived, at the moment of concluding divine service, a letter to the President, announcing the ratification of the new Constitution by the state of Virginia;—upon the communication of which every face brightened and every hand clapped for joy, at the same instant the music performing a pleasing symphony, closed the joyful scene.
The procession then returned to the council chamber, when the following gentlemen were chosen officers of the society, viz.
 Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, President.  Colonel Samuel Willys, Vice-President.  Colonel Jonathan Trumbull, Secretary.  Col. Eben. Huntington, Assistant-Sec'y.  Colonel Thomas Grosvenor, Treasurer.  Col. Benj. Talmadge, Assistant-Treasurer.  Col. Wadsworth, } Delegates to the  Gen. Huntington, } general meeting.  Gen. S. Wilts, }  Col. Trumbull, }  Col. Humphreys, } 
The business of the society being finished, the members retired to Mr. Bull's tavern, where they were regaled with an elegant repast, at which they were honored with the company of the secretary of state, the mayor and aldermen of the city, several clergymen and other respectable characters; the remainder of the day was spent with cheerfulness and hilarity, and the following toasts were drank.
 1. The President General of the Society of the Cincinnati.  2. The ten confederating states,  3. The President of Congress.  4. The anniversary of Independence.  5. The governor and state of Connecticut.  6. The King of France.  7. Agriculture, manufactures and commerce.  8. The nations in alliance.  9. The memory of those who have fallen in defence of American Independence.  10. May the edifice of the new government be soon supported and embellished by three additional pillars. 
The return of the 8 acre lots, and a general draft of the city of Adelphi, are received

at the secretary's office in Boston, where the proprietors may know the situation of their respective lots.
Died, last Monday, Mrs. Sarah Crosby, wife of Deacon Ebenezer Crosby, aged 76.
PROVIDENCE, July 5.
Capt. Caboon, who returned a few days since from a successful whaling voyage, on the 10th of June, in lat. 21, 26, long. 64, spoke the brig Mariam, Nathaniel Horton, master from St. Kitts, bound for London, who two days before had lost his foremast.—June 23d, in lat. 36, 54, long. 68, 20, spoke the sloop Bedford, Peter Peale, master, from St. Thomas, on the coast of Guinea, who had spoke the following vessels, viz. May 23d, in lat. 6, 12, long. 24, 33, spoke the ship Lord Mulgrave, from Canton, in China, who informed him, that the ship Alliance, and a brig, Captain Bunker, were both safe arrived at Canton from America.—June 11, in lat. 23, 26, long. 59, 20, spoke the brig Fanny, from New-London.—June 12, in lat. 24, 49, long. 60, 55, spoke the schooner Speed, Hugh Smith, master from Salem, out 20 days.
New-York, July 16.
YESTERDAY arrived here, sloop Peterborough Packet, Doggett, Boston.
The anniversary of Independence was celebrated in Boston, on the 4th of July, with usual éclat and splendour. After the firing of cannon, parade of the several uniform corps of militia, and other demonstrations of joy, unfeigned, his excellency the Governor, his honor the Lieutenant-governor, the hon. Mr. Bowdoin, the hon. Mr. Adams, and several members of the honorable council and legislature, his excellency's suite, and other gentlemen of distinction, having assembled at the state-house, were escorted to the Old South meeting-house by the Independent Cadets, commanded by Col. Bradford; where, after the Rev. Mr. Thatcher had addressed the throne of grace in prayer, and the selectmen had announced that Harrison Gray Otis, Esq. had been requested to perform the celebrative performance of the day, that gentleman delivered a spirited and well-adapted oration, which received the plaudits of an immense number of his fellow citizens assembled on the occasion. The procession was then escorted back to the state-house.
"The monarchy of France was once limited, and the subjects free. But when Philip Augustus, of the house of Valois, surrounded the town of Paris with walls and gates, the citizens lost their privileges, and became dependent on the will of the Prince. Louis Froissart, who saw with great grief, this change in the government of a once free metropolis, inscribed these words on St. Anthony's gate:— "This city has lost its privileges, not by the sword, but by those walls, under the auspices of our good King Philip."
Oswald's (Philadelphia) Marine List. June 30.
ARRIVALS. Sloop Friendship, P. Eldridge, Washington. Redbank, A. Dolly, N. Carolina. Ann, H. Poffe, Dominico. Little Betsey, St. Meno, Norfolk. Brig La Sacra Jamelia, De Landa, Cadiz. July 2.
Brig Sukey, Hillington, Boston. Nancy, Sewell, Luifcales, France. Planter, Hawkins, St. Croix. Ship Micalia, Byine, Carthagina. Sloop Unity, Setiney, Martinico. Sulannah, Kellum, Virginia. July 3.
Schooner Alexandria, Stewart, St. Eustatia. July 5. Schooner Eagle, Jamison, Jamaica. Sloop Delaware, Knox, Richmond, Virginia. Washington Packet, Kisby, Washington. July 7.
Schooner Polly, Leatora, Gape Francois. Sloop Two Brothers, Spicer, North-Carolina. Schooner Polly, Thomas, Jamaica. Brig Antelope, Caldwell, L'Orient. Ark, Young, London. Sloop Fanny, Beal, Virginia. Schooner Youngmans, } Toler N. Carolina. Endeavour, } Fox, Lowry, Jamaica. Brig Prita, Sauza, St. Michael's. Becky and Polly, Fleming, Teneriffe. July 8.
Ship Friendship, Belfast. Sloop —, Lalatia, Newbern, North-Carolina.
E P I G R A M.
Occasioned by hearing the learned Editor of the new Cyclopedia preach from these words—"Now we see as through a Glass darkly."
THE Doctor from the Pulpit tells His Audience that he little knows; This little in the Press he swells In five immense tall Folios!
COM,
Of the IRISH BOG.
DUBLIN, April 10. A CORRESPONDENT, who went to see the bog of Monaghan, and Lislow-rin, near Dundrum, in Ireland, which has caused so much conversation, and created such alarm in that neighborhood, has given us the following account of this extraordinary phenomenon:
On the 27th of this month, a rumbling noise from the bog attracted the attention of the surrounding inhabitants, who observed the bog to be much agitated; both the noise and agitation continued to the 30th, when they were greatly increased; the surface gave way at the south side of the bog, and a prodigious quantity of matter issued, taking its course in the above direction, towards Ballygriffin, and Golden, overspreading and laying waste a very fine tract of country.
The grosser part of the matter is showed at each side of the channel through which the more fluid part takes its course, and becoming fixed has formed a barrier to the channel; which from the source to the extremity of the lava, is invariably in the centre of the matter discharged. The breadth of this stratum in sundry places, is nearly an English mile, and in other parts is very narrow.
Our correspondent accounts for this extraordinary event in the following manner: he says, the bog is from two to three miles in diameter, surrounded by high grounds on all sides, except where the lava issues, and in one place more at the opposite side of the bog. He is of opinion that the bog itself has been originally formed by the defluxion from those high surrounding grounds, and that the constant distillation has continued, ever since its first formation, to increase and elevate the bog; that time had given to the surface, not only strength and toughness, but an elasticity which accommodates itself to the gradual influx from the surrounding hills, whereby the bog has been raised to an elevation vally above the surface over which the lava is now flowing, notwithstanding which the texture of the surface was such, that it confined the internal matter, though the centre of the bog had arisen many yards above the level of the two passes already mentioned.
Every thing that opposed its progress was buried in ruins. Four houses were totally destroyed, and several ditches, crossing the valley through which it flowed, have been prostrated, and the trees growing thereon swept away; nothing being able to resist its impetuosity. The discharge has been incessant since the 30th, and how far it will extend seems difficult to determine; it has already crossed the great road leading from Dundrum to Cashel, rendering the same quite impassible; it has come to within half a mile of Ballygriffin between three and four hundred acres of excellent ground; part of the estate of John Lapp Judkin, Esq. of Cashel, and part of the estate of Colonel Hyde.
The distance from Ballygriffin to Golden is not more than a mile, the passage is narrow, and the fall very considerable; so that unless the discharge from the bog shall speedily cease, the consequences to be apprehended are serious and alarming; and from the reasons given hereafter, there seems no prospect of any stay to the issuing of matter from the source.—The quantity of matter at present coming down the country, appears too great for the river Suir to carry off; should the lava reach that river (which is very probable) and prove an overmatch for its force, the country must be inundated, and the river diverted from its present channel.—The matter issued from the bog is a black turf mould, of the consistence of thick porridge or sirrabout carrying with it large pieces of the surface of the bog which have fallen into the current.
The progress of this matter is generally very slow and progressive, which is provable from the advance it has made since the 30th ult. being about two miles and a half from the source. At particular periods, however, the lava issues with extraordinary rapidity, owing to a junction of the dismembered surface in the neck of the bog, which becomes a temporary obstruction to the discharge; but, as soon as the flowing matter forces through this obstruction, the motion is vastly increased, and the matter runs at the rate of six or eight miles an hour. At those seasons of agitation, it indulates like the sea, and if any thing opposes its progress, it becomes furious, and emits a spray of several yards. The stratum which covers the plains through which it passes, is road and narrow according to the situation of the ground through which it runs; its depth is also various, owing to the same cause, in some places not more than two feet, in others, from six to ten.
On this principle, if we consider the long continuance of rain we have had during the past winter, and the vast quantity that must have concentrated in a spot situated as this is, we shall easily conceive that such a body of water, filtering through the surface, and mixing with the enclosed matter, not only increased and agitated it, but proved a surcharge too great for the surface to contain, which, at length burst, and thus the interior matter found its way into the adjacent country. Notwithstanding the centre of the bog is considerably sunken, and every perch of it is
separated by a fissure, the elevation is still many yards higher than the channel thro' which the lava issues, and it is more than probable, a much greater quantity of matter remains to be discharged than what has yet been emitted.
On the whole, our correspondent considers this to be one of the most curious circumstances in the history of nature that that kingdom has furnished for many ages past.
From the St. James's CHRONICLE. I SHOULD be glad to know if we have still in this kingdom the electric eel; and if it be, why, instead of artificial electricity, we do not use the natural? I ask this question, because I find that they have at Elsequibo, an eel they call Drilotitch, and which I conclude is the same we had here, which has performed many very extraordinary cures. They made their first experiments on fowls rendered paralytick by overstretching their nerves, and finding the good effects of it, they electrified a man afflicted with the palsy; they struck his knees three times with one of these fish, the shock of which threw the man down, with two persons who supported him; but he soon got up, and though brought to the governor's house, where the experiment was tried, he walked home perfectly recovered. Several other patients were cured by the same means. It is to be observed, that it was a fresh caught eel that was applied or the shock would not have been so violent. Several persons of distinction besides the governor were present when this man was recovered. M. M.
In Congress, June 24, 1788.
ON a report of the board of Treasury, to whom was referred a letter of Andrew Duncumb, Esq. commissioner of the State of Virginia, for settling their accounts with the United States, addressed to his Excellency the Governor of the said State, and dated on the 23d of May last.
Resolved, That the several states be allowed three months in addition to the time limited by the ordinance of the 7th of May, 1787, for exhibiting to the district commissioners their respective accounts against the United States; and that three months be added to the twelve months mentioned in the said ordinance for terminating the commission of the said district commissioners.
Resolved, That the several states be authorized to transmit to the accomptant of the treasury, the commissioner of army accounts, and to the general board of commissioners to be appointed in pursuance of the ordinance of the 7th M. y. 1787, such additional vouchers or other testimony as they may think necessary to support any claim by them exhibited to the respective offices aforesaid; provided, the same be transmitted at least six months previous to the termination of the office of the general board as fixed by the ordinance above mentioned. CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec.
THE PEOPLE of the STATE of NEW-YORK,
By the Grace of God Free and Independent To the Sheriff of Queen's County, Greeting:
WHEREAS by our writ we have lately commanded you, that you should cause Thomas Van Wyck, late of Oyster-Bay, in Queen's county and state of New-York, yeoman, to be demanded from county court to county court, until, according to the law and custom of our state he should be outlawed if he should not appear and if he should appear then that you should take him and cause him to be safely kept, so that you might have his body before our justices of our supreme court of judicature, at the City Hall, of the city of Albany, on the last Tuesday of July next, to answer unto William Loines, of a plea, that he render unto him the said William Loines two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine pounds nineteen shillings and eight-pence, current money of New-York, which he owes him and unjustly detains, as he saith: therefore we command you, by virtue of the statute in such case made and provided, that you cause the said Thomas Van Wyck to be proclaimed upon three several days, according to the form of the same statute (one of the same proclamations to be made in your open county court, and one other of the same proclamations at the general sessions of the peace in those parts where the said Thomas Van Wyck inhabits, and one other of the same proclamations, at or near the most usual door of the church of the town wherein he inhabits) that he render himself unto you, so that you may have his body before our justices of our supreme court of judicature, at the City-Hall of the city of Albany at the day aforesaid, to answer the said William Loines of the plea aforesaid, and have you then there this writ. Witness Richard Morris, Esq. chief justice at the City-Hall of the city of New-York, the eighteenth day of April, in the twelfth year of our independence. M'KESSON.
Wants a Place,
A MIDDLE AGED MAN, High German by nation, who can procure a good character. He wishes to be employed in a store, or to wait on a single gentleman here, or to go abroad with him. He speaks and writes French and Italian, as well as English, and is a very good calculator. Apply to Mr. CHARLES WOOD, opposite St. Paul's Church. New-York, 1st July, 1788. 36bed6t
Conductor Generalis To be sold at this Office.
AMINIATURE PAINTER
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SHOULD the Likenesses not be approved of, after drawing, they will be taken back. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who will please to honor him with their Commands, will be so kind as to enquire at Mrs. DAVIS'S, No. 42, Hanover-Square, opposite Mr. Peter Goulet's.
PETER HENRI.
Ladies in the City will be waited on if desired. New-York, June 9. 17-ed3
FRANCIS DURAND,
No. 15, QUEEN-STREET, Has FOR SALE, imported in the French Packets,
The following ARTICLES, viz. CAMBRICKS, and Superfine French Broad Lawns, Cloths, Scarlet, Blue, Umbrellas of different sizes, &c. &c. Lyon's quilted Satins, Thread Laces and Edgings, Men's black and white Black Silk Laces, Silk Hose, White and coloured Women's white do. Women's Kid Gloves Black Motes, yard wide Chintzes, &c. belt assorted Ribbons,
Public & State Certificates
BOUGHT and SOLD, At No. 27, WATER-STREET, and every kind of PAPER MONEY, Exchanged for SPECIE and re-exchanged: Also on Hand FOR SALE,
A LARGE SUM in Banker's, Barber's, and Loan-Office Certificates of this State, such as will purchase Lands at the Commissioner's sale, and pay Quit-Rents—Likewise Final Settlements of this State; any, or all of which will be exchanged for Common Final Settlements, Loan-Office, or Pickering's Notes, and indents at a small difference. New-York, June 25, 1788. 30-eed.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Ship JUNO, from Havre-de-Grace, and ships PHILADELPHIA and GRACE from Amsterdam, And to be SOLD at the STORE No. 191 Queen-street, opposite Beckman's Shop, By DE LUZE DE MONTMOLLIN, and COMPANY, A general Assortment of
DRY GOODS,
Consisting of the following ARTICLES, CHINTZES, Kid Gloves, Calicoes, Ribbons, Lute strings, Hair Ribbons, Cambricks, Watches, Silk Hose, Umbrellas, &c. Also, to be sold at the above Store,
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T O L E T, Two convenient ROOMS,
For the Summer Season, In an elegant HOUSE, and pleasant Situation; at Gravesend, King's County—Enquire of the PRINTER, or at Dr. Smith's, living in said House.
Starch and Hair-Powder,
MANUFACTURED and SOLD by Isaac & John Stouckenburgh At the corner of Greenwich and D Streets, No 4th-Row.
S H R U B,
Of the very best Quality, by the Hoghead, Barrel, or smaller Quantity, FOR SALE by Charles Tillinghast, At his House, nearly opposite the New-Market in Cherry-Street.
Rooms to Let,
EITHER furnished or unfurnished; one of which is a lower front room very convenient for a Lawyer's Office, or a Doctor's shop. —A. I. S O—
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POET'S CORNER.
From the GENERAL ADVERTISER. The following Poetical Note was actually written by a boy under twelve years of age, to his uncle, in consequence of his having promised him a gratuity of fruit, &c. on the accomplishment of it. By inserting it in your paper, you will oblige
A CONSTANT READER. UNCLE, most dear, pursuant to my last, Address'd to you in February past; Since my small flock of viands fall declines, I find you these few incoherent lines. I apprise you of your promise—ah! for rhyme, At Christmas made, that jovial festive time; Plumb cakes, you know, and fine delicious fruit, Kindle the warmth of literary suit. Confectionary goods, and pastry pies, Conduce to make the budding genius rise. Far India's lavish'd bounties well refu'd, Sweeten the toil of learning to the mind: Oranges, raisins, nuts, and luscious tarts, Define the drift of Epicurus' arts. Jellies, conserves, sweetmeats, and sugar'd paste, Inspire a style of elegance and taste; These sum'd together doubtless cannot fail, To make the glowing faculties p'vail; To elevate, with love, the glowing heart, Of wisdom, knowledge, eloquence, and art. My health and appetite, for grateful food, I'm glad to say, are exquisitely good; In writing, humming, reading, mischief, play, Tartarizing my books, my clothes, et cetera, Expect; but list, my much esteemed friend; The less we say 'tis easier to mend; And now I tender you my warm desire, Same to my aunt, my cousin, mam, and fire. R. H.
March 27, 1788.
A N E C D O T E.
THE late Bishop of Carlisle, during his residence at Rose Castle, met with a farmer's boy in one of his morning walks, who had got an unruly calf in a string, and who, according to the custom of the north, saluted his Lordship with a "Good morrow t'ye"—and passed on; but the prelate, thinking some point of good manners still wanting, called to him, and asked if he new who he had been speaking to. "Yes, replied the boy bluntly,—"You're the Bishop, Sur." "Very well then, why don't you pull off your hat, Sirrah?"—"Why so I will, your worship," rejoined young clodpole, "and your worship will please to board my calf."
This Day is Published, Embellished with a Plan of the High Court of Parliament, for the TRIAL of WARREN HASTINGS, Esquire, The American Magazine. For JUNE, 1788.
CONTAINING, SOLYMA and OSSMIN. Dictionaries for making Pot-Ash. Description of the River Mississippi, by Thomas Hutchins, Esq. Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King of Spain. Anecdote of a Nun. On Vocal Music. History of the Origin of the two Houses of the British Parliament. Life and Amusements of Isaac Bickerstaffe, jun. Letter 7, from Frederick to Felicia. Account of Edward Gibbon, Esq. An Account of Warren Hastings, Esq. Some Account of Mr. Burke. Some Account of Mr. Sheridan. Explanation of a Passage of Scripture. Thoughts on Marriage. Translation of an Original Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth. Letter 4th, from a Gentleman to his Friend. A Memorial, and Remonstrance to the General Assembly of Virginia. Letter to a young Gentleman on his Marriage, by Mrs. Thale, now Mrs. Piozzi. Reduction of a luxated Os Brachia. Genuine Letter from a Lady. Answer to the Enquiries of Candidus in our last, by Vindex. On the Petitions near Claverack. Trial of Mr. Hastings, continued. Review of New Publications.
Poetry.
Advice from the Tombs. A Hymn, sung at the public Exhibition in the Greenfield School. Lines addressed to a Lady, on her embarking to visit a Friend. A Rebus. Intelligence. New-York, Printed by S. and J. LOUDON, And Sold by Messrs. S. and R. Campbell, Mr. S. Loudon, Messrs. Berry and Rogers, Mr. T. Allen, Mr. R. Hodge, Mr. T. Greenleaf, Mr. F. Childs, Mr. J. Ried.—Mr. S. Hall, at Boston.—Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, at Hartford.—Mr. I. Beers, at New-Haven.—Mr. A. Stoddard, at Hudson.—Messrs. W. Falconer, and Co. at Albany.—Messrs. Young and McCulloch, at Philadelphia, Mrs. A. Timothy, at Charlestown.
A CELLER to let.
A large convenient Celler, situate in Water-Street, near the Coffee-House, may be hired from this date to 1st of May next.—Enquire of the Printer.
Just published by M. CARY, At Philadelphia, and to be SOLD, By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York, (By whom Subscriptions are received)
American Museum, For JUNE, 1788.
CONTAINING, Papers elucidating the rise and progress of the American revolution.
CIRCULAR letter from the speaker of the house of representatives of Massachusetts. Declaration of the rights of the colonists of America. Address to the king of England. Memorial to the house of lords.
Poetry.
The battle between Swaran and Cuchullin. The happy man.
Miscellanies.
Remarks on the different ideas of mankind, with respect to the term "business." Laws made in the dominion of New-Haven. Letter from lord Montague to general Moutrie. Reply to ditto.
Physical papers.
Essay upon the unusual productions of animals. Some account of a horse with a living snake in his eye. The true nature and cause of the tails of comets. Account of the aurora borealis. Conjectures on the causes of the earthquakes of New-England. General reflections on earthquakes.
Political squibs.
Peter Prejudice's complaint of his taylor. The wheel-barrow-men's objections to the new constitution.
On punishment of crimes.
Considerations on the late law of Pennsylvania, for mitigating the severity of the penal code of that state. Observations on the management of the female convicts in the work-house, Philadelphia. Remarks on the propriety of employing convicts in clearing the navigation of obstructed rivers. Observations on the striking advantages of sentencing convicts to hard labour and solitude.
Rural concertis.
Observations on silk worms. Letters on the culture of Tarary oats. Letter on the advantage of introducing the use of small-beer generally into the country. Account of the palma christi.
Satiricals.
Ne futor ultra crepidam. Speech on the learned languages. Answer to the preceding speech. The old bachelor.
Political speculations.
Address to the convention of Virginia. Remarks on the proposed system of federal government. Address to the people of the state of New-York.
Public papers.
Charge of the mayor of New-York to the grand jury. Petition of the quakers of New-England to the assembly of Rhode-Island.
This Day is published, And to be sold by the PRINTER hereof and by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen-street.
PRINCIPLES OF THE
Latin Grammar, EXPLAINED in a manner suited to the Capacity of Beginners, with rules and Observations calculated for those who have made proficiency in the Classics.
By JAMES HARDIE, A. B. Teacher of the GREEK and LATIN Languages, NEW-YORK.
WE, the PRESIDENT and PROFESSORS of COLUMBIA COLLEGE, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify, that we have examined a new publication, entitled "The Principles of the Latin Grammar explained, &c." by JAMES HARDIE, and that we find it an accurate and judicious compilation, well calculated for the instruction of youth in the rudiments of the Latin language; and such as may be useful even to those who have made considerable progress therein. We therefore recommend it to all who are intrusted with the care of education, and particularly to the teachers in the different schools of this state.
W. SAMUEL JOHNSON, President. WILLIAM COCHRAN, Professor of Languages. JOHN DANIEL GROS, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Geography. JOHN KEMP, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
Just Published, At Thomas Greenleaf's Printing-Office. No. 25, Water-Street. A new, complete, and correct Edition of
Baron Steuben's Regulations
FOR THE Order and Discipline OF THE Troops of the United States.
American Printed Books.
This Day is published, and to be Sold, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, the Corner of King & Queen-street, The Miscellaneous Works OF PHILIP FRENEAU.
Containing his Essays and additional Poems.
THIS second volume of our American Author, is replete with the highest sentimental entertainment. Humour, wit, and satire, flow in copious strains.—It requires only to be read to be admired.
Such gentlemen, in this city and state, as honored this vol. with their subscriptions, will be pleased to send for it as soon as convenient.
THE MESSIAH,
Attempted from the GERMAN of Mr. KLOPSTOCK.
TO those who are acquainted with the merits of this work, little need be said to becommend it.—It is calculated to inspire every pious, every virtuous sentiment:—to fill the mind with an awful reverence and love of the Great and incomprehensible GOD and FATHER of all; with the sublimest and most fervent gratitude to our gracious REDEEMER, and a perfect detestation and abhorrence of all vice. In a word, it claims the patronage of ALL who do not blush at owning themselves Christians, and at paying a humble obedience to the King of Kings.
This piece of religious and moral painting has obtained Mr. Klopstock the honor of being esteemed the Milton of Germany, and is considered as having completed what that favorite son of the British muse had left unfinished.—The beauties of the Messiah equal Paradise Lost:—Paradise Regained, though far from being destitute of merit, is universally allowed to fall much below this work, and is acknowledged to be deficient in that uninvented invention, that beautiful machinery, and variety of characters, which distinguish the rigorous efforts of Mr. Klopstock's genius.
The Messiah is formed upon an extensive and important plan, and includes the sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ.
S E R M O N S.
By the celebrated RICHARD PRICE, D. D. L. L. D. F. R. S.
The Triumphs of Temper;
A Poem in six Cantos. By WILLIAM HALEY, Esquire. Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his Daughter. Dr. Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion. Sheridan's Rhetorical Grammar. The Charms of Melody.—A new Song Book. Tarver's Travels through the interior Parts of America. Economy of Human Life. Webster's American Selection of Lessons, in reading and speaking. Webster's Institute, first and second Part. Pike's excellent System of Arithmatic. A few Sets of Newton on the Prophesies. Edwards on the Affections. Do. History of Redemption, &c. &c.
Also, JUST IMPORTED, A number of very valuable BOOKS,
Consisting of HISTORY. Surgery, Divinity. Agriculture, Law. Nautical Books, Philosophy. Dictionaries, Mathematics. Architecture, Biography. Novels, Geography. Miscellanies, Poetry. Plays, &c. &c. hayfic,
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Philadelphia, June 5, 1788. To the PUBLIC.
AS the time limited for completing the execution of my scheme for the selling some of my houses and landed interest terminates the 25th of July next, I take the liberty to request those gentlemen who have honored and aided me in the disposal of my tickets, to forward the unengaged tickets, by the safest means possible, so that they may reach me on or before the period above alluded to:—to which end, circular letters will be forwarded to each by the first opportunity.
I here return my most sincere acknowledgement for the countenance given my plan, from gentlemen in most parts of the continent. And though arduous and difficult as the undertaking appeared in its commencement, it gives me the most pleasing satisfaction to add, that it now promises to gratify my most earnest expectations.
20 3w THOMAS PROCTOR.
TO BE SOLD, For JERSEY MONEY at full Value, Or exchanged for any Property in New-York, or bartered for West-India or DRY GOODS, At Market Price.
A Valuable Farm,
SITUATE in Woodbridge township, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles distant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and seventy acres a third part of which is excellent MEADOW; a sufficiency of fire-wood, with a handsome piece of thrifty young timber.
The plough-land equal to any in that part of the country; the whole under good fence.
On the premises is a good house, kitchen, and barn; and an excellent spring of water near the door; to which is added, fifteen acres, or thereabouts, of salt marsh, on the Rariton, about one mile from the farm.
This place is well known by the name of CLAWSON'S FARM.
For terms of sale enquire of Mr. Joseph Bindon, merchant, New-York, or Benjamin Thompson, near Morris-Town.
New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. 99—e.d.
Remaining on Hand,
A Few MAPS,
Of the interior parts of North-America, including the lands intended for the NEW STATES, some of which are selling, and others already disposed of by order of Congress.
ORDERS are just received, by the printer hereof, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold. The plates were cut and the impressions taken in London, and there sold (without the pamphlet) at One Guinea each.
To accompany this map, and explanatory of it with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 67 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled, a Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenawha, Sioto, Cheroke, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the Map.
By THOMAS HUTCHINS, Esq. Late Captain and Engineer in the British Army, and now Geographer General to the United States of America. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois river, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.
Description of the ILLINOIS COUNTRY. THE Illinois country is in general of a superior soil to any other part of North America that I have seen. It produces fine oak, hickory, cedar, mulberry trees, &c. Some diving roots and medicinal plants;—hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten gallons of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes. A large quantity of sugar is also annually made from the juice of the maple tree; and as the mulberry trees are large and numerous, I presume the making of silk will employ the attention and industry of the settlers, when the country is more fully inhabited than it is at present, and especially as the winters are much more moderate and favourable for the breed of silk worms, than they are in many of the far coast provinces. Indigo may likewise be successfully cultivated—(but not more than two cuttings in a year) wheat, tea, and Indian corn thrive well, as does every sort of grain and pulse, that is produced in any of the old colonies. Great quantities of tobacco are also yearly raised by the inhabitants of the Illinois, both for their own consumption and that of the Indians; but little has hitherto been exported to Europe. Hemp grows spontaneously, and is of a good texture; its common height is 10 feet, and its thickness three inches (the latter reckoned within a foot of the root) and with little labour, any quantity may be cultivated. Flax feed has hitherto been only raised in small quantities. There has however been enough produced to shew, that it may be sown to the greatest advantage. Apples, pears, peaches, and all other European fruits succeed admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in different parts of this territory. The two latter are worked on the Spanish side of the Mississippi, with considerable advantage to the owners. There is plenty of fish in the rivers, particularly Cat, Carp, and Perch, of an uncommon size.—Savannahs, or natural meadows, are both numerous and extensive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of buffalo, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkies, pheasants, partridges, &c. such as are seen in the far coast Colonies, are in the greatest variety and abundance.—In short, every thing, that a reasonable mind can desire, is to be found, or may, with little pains, be produced here.
Mrs. WATERS,
HAS removed to Peck-Ship, No. 1, where she continues the business of washing, Silk Stockings, and other nice articles, in the usual manner, in which branch she has always given satisfaction.
B L A N K S,
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