The New-York packet (New York [N.Y.]), 1787-02-06 00:00:00

The New-York Packet.
TROS TYRIUSQUE NOBIS NULLO DISCRIMINE AGETUR. Virg.
T U E S D A Y, F E B R U A R Y 6, 1787.
[No. 669.]
ASSIZE OF BREAD. A Wheaten Loaf, of fine Flour to weigh 2lb. 2oz. for seven coppers: a loaf of like Flour to weigh 1lb. 2oz. for four coppers.
H I G H - W A T E R. Monday 38 Min. after 11 Tuesday 42 Min. after 11 Wednesday 14 Min. after 1 Thursday 58 Min. after 1
PRICE-CURRENT, in NEW-YORK. Wheat per bushel, 7s. 6d. at 7s. 10d. West-India Rum, 3s. 9d. Beef, per barrel, 70s. 6d. Indian Corn, 6s. 6d. at 6s. 3d. Muscovado Sugar, 50s. at 70s. od. Pork, 95s. 6d. Flour, common 22s. superf. 46s. per b. Single refined do. 1s. 2d. Fine Salt, 2s. od. Brown Bread, 20s. od. Molasses, 1s. 8d. Rock Salt, 4s. to 4s. 6d.
JOHN BANKS, MERCHANT-TAYLOR. Has just imported in the snow Sally, Captain Loadman, from London, and now selling at his House, No. 12, Water-Street, a large and elegant Assortment of SUPERFINE CLOTHS of the best quality and most fashionable colours, consisting of Superfine Navy Blue, Do. Dark Green, Do. Dark Brown, Do. Fawn Colour, Do. London Do. Do. Sarageld, Do. Modena, Do. Parsons Grey, Do. Garnet, Do. Silesias, Do. Ravens Grey, Do. Snuff Colour, Brown Holland and Do. Boile Green, Do. Babea Brown, Glazed Linens &c. With a variety of striped cassimer VEST PATTERNS, of the newest taste; buff and white Cassimere, with an elegant assortment of the most fashionable Buttons: Superfine Coatings for Ladies, and a variety of other articles, with suitable trimmings. Ladies and Gentlemen who favor him with their custom, may depend upon being served in the neatest manner, and with the greatest punctuality. New-York, Jan. 9, 1786. 61
SAMUEL CAMPBELL, Has just received by the last vessels from LONDON and GLASGOW, A large and extensive Supply of  B O O K S, Which will be sold at the lowest prices, at his New Book and Stationary Store, No. 44, Hanover-Square, corner of the OLD SLIP, AMONG WHICH ARE  M I S C E L L A N I E S. ENCYCLOPEDIA Britannica, or an universal dictionary of arts and sciences, 10 vols. large quarto, with above 300 copper-plates, Foulis's edition of the British poets, 40 vols. pocket size, Ferguson's Roman republic, 3 vols. Sheridan's dictionary, 2 vols. 4to. Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, 7 vols. Newton's Milton's paradise lost, 2 vols. Spectator, 8 vols. Rambler, 4 vols. The American atlas, folio, Robertson's history of Greece, Voltaire's memoirs, Piazzi's anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, Johnson's table talk, Stretch's beauties of history, 2 vols. Johnson's lives of the poets, 3 vols. Scott's (author of lessons on elocution) new pocket English dictionary, Sterne's works, 7 vols.  D I V I N I T Y. Cruden's concordance, Whitfield's sermons, Guyse's paraphrase on the New-Testament, Whitby on the New-Testament, Scott on ditto, with plates, Stackhouse's history of the Bible, 6 vols. Wilson's (Bishop of Landaff) theological tracts, 6 vols. Hervey and Erskine's whole works, Large family Bibles, in different bindings and prices, Bibles with Cannes notes.  P H Y S I C A N D S U R G E R Y. Motherby's medical dictionary, Bell's surgery, 4 vols. — on ulcers, Cullen's physiology and practice, Sharpe's Surgery, New Edinburgh dispensatory, Mead's medical works, Douglas on the mules, Haller's physiology, Trotter on the scurvy, (fewed) Leigh on opium, dedicated to General Washington, Thesaurus Medicus, 4 vols. McQue's chemistry, Fowreroy's ditto, 2 vols.
To be Sold at Public Vendue, At the Merchants Coffee-House, in the city of New-York, on Tuesday the 27th day of March next, at 12 o'clock, the following TRACTS OF LAND , formerly belonging to the estate of Wm. Kelly, Esq. deceased, lying in the States of New-York and New-Jersey. The Sales will be continued from day to day until the whole are sold,—to wit, the following Lots of Land, in the patent of KAYADEROSSERES. Lot No. 2, the moiety of lot No. 13, in 3d allotment, containing 202 Acres Lot No. 1, the moiety of lot No. 13, in 4th allotment, 300 do. Lot No. 4, in the tenth allotment, 61 do. Lot No. 2, the moiety of lot No. 1, in 7th allotment, 215 do. Lot No. 1, the moiety of lot No. 11, in 8th allotment, 273 do. Lot No. 2, } the moiety of lot No. 2, } 592 do. & } in 9th allotment, No. 4, } 447 do. Lot No. 2, the moiety of lot No. 5, in the 13th allotment, 930 do. Lot No. 1, the moiety of lot No. 9, in 14th allotment, 1250 do. Lot No. 8, the moiety of lot No. 18, in 15th allotment, 348 do. Lot No. 1, the moiety of lot No. 2, in 16th allotment, 1150 do. Lot No. 8, the moiety of lot No. 9, in 18th allotment, 500 do. Lot No. 1, the moiety of lot No. 10, in 19th allotment, 378 1/2 do. Lot No. 1, the moiety of lot No. 9, in 21st allotment, 1713 do. Lot No. 1, and lot No. 3, the moiety of lot No. 3, in 22d allotment, No. 1, } 344 do. No. 3, } 537 do. Lot No. 2, the moiety of lot No. 4, in 23d allotment, 786 1/2 do. Lot No. 2, and lot No. 4, the moiety of lots No. 13, and No. 1, in 24th and 25th allotment, No. 2, } 291 do. No. 4, } 667 do. Also, the small lots No. 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19 and 20, containing each 100 acres; and lot No. 21, containing 117 acres, being parts of lot No. 7, in 17th allotment, containing in the whole, 917 acres. Also, 10 lots of land, in Schuyler's patent, near Canajehare Lake, now in the county of Montgomery, viz. Lots No. 10, 15, 20, 21, 26, 40, 49, 64, 74 and 81, containing each 539 acres. Also, a valuable farm, situated at Canoe Brook, in the county of Essex, containing in the whole 557 acres of excellent land, on which is a house and barn, and under good improvement. The tracts will be sold together or in separate lots, as will best suit the purchasers. A title will be given by the subscribers under a power from the surviving trustees and executors of the said William Kelly, who are vested with the lands, and duly empowered to dispose of the estate, whereof the said William Kelly died seized. The deeds will be executed as soon as the sales are closed, at which time the consideration-money must be paid. John Foxcroft, G. Banyar, Tho. Smith. New-York, Dec. 26, 1786. 158 8th my.
By the Commissioner of Forfeitures for the Eastern District.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue of two certain laws of the Legislature of this State, the following LANDS, Tenements and Hereditaments , forfeited to the people of this State, will be SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE , agreeable to the directions of the said laws, to wit, the equity of redemption of five hundred acres of land, where Wood-creek falls into Lake Champlain, in the township of White-Hall, late Skeensburgh, in the county of Washington, consisting chiefly of rich low lands, and on the premises are excellent falls for mills, with a never failing stream, on which the late Major Skeene had his iron works, to which place iron ore and fire wood were brought by water carriage. These lands are so happily situated that the navigation from thence to Canada renders them of great value; they are also navigable on Wood-creek to Fort Ann, within a few miles of Hudson's river,—these lands were improved by said Major Skeene, and thereon had his dwelling house, and a large stone barn, the walls whereof are now standing in good order. Also the equity of redemption of one hundred and seventy-one acres of rich low-lands joining the last mentioned five hundred acres. Also the equity of redemption of the following lots in said township, to wit, Lot No. 31, of 500 acres. Also in said township, 22, do. 127 do. The rent and reversion of 20, do. 108 do. Equity of redemption of 59, do. 88 do. 45 acres of land in the occupation of William Thomson, 61, do. 50 1/2 do. 53 do. 8 1/2 do. Also, the rent and reversion of 200 acres of land in what is commonly known by the name of Skeene's Little Patent, joining White-Hall aforesaid, in the occupation of Cornelius Johns.
Also, eight equal shares of the ore bed, with thirty acres of land to each share, commonly known by the name of Skeene's ore bed, on Lake Champlain; each purchaser to hold a share or shares as tenants in common, agreeable to an act entitled, "An act further to amend an act entitled an act for the speedy sale of the confiscated and forfeited estates within this State, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 1st of May, 1786, reserving out of said ore, the privilege granted to Zephaniah Platt, Esq. in an act entitled, "An act for granting certain privileges to Plattburgh." The aforesaid lands lies in Washington county, forfeited by the attainer of Philip and Andrew P. Skeene, late of Skeensburgh aforesaid.
And in the township of Salem, county aforesaid, the rent and reversion of the one moiety or undivided half part of lot No. 216, of eighty-four acres of land in the occupation of Allan Hudson, forfeited by the attainer of Oliver De Lancey, late of the city of New-York, Esquire.
The sales of the above said lands and premises will be held at the Coffee-House in the city of New-York, on the last Tuesday of February next, to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and to continue from day to day till the sales are completed.—In addition to the monies and public securities made receivable in payment for forfeited lands and tenements, by the fifth section of the act entitled, "An act for the speedy sale, &c." and the other laws, the following species are also made receivable, issued to any inhabitants of this State, to wit: Certificates issued by William Dening, Esq. as Commissioner of the United States, to settle the accounts of the Quarter-Master-General's department, in the army of the United States; certificates issued by Joseph Bindon, Esq. as Commissioner to settle the accounts of the clothing department, in the army of the United States; certificates issued by Jonathan Burrell, Esq. as Commissioner to settle the accounts of the Commissary department, in the late army of the United States; certificates issued by John Pierce, Esq. as Commissioner to settle the accounts of the late army of the United States, commonly called Final Settlements; certificates issued by Joseph Panel, Esq. as Commissioner to settle the accounts of the naval department of the United States; certificates issued by Edward Fox, Esq. as Commissioner to settle the accounts of the medical department, in the army of the United States; certificates issued out of any Continental Loan-Office in the United States, to persons who were citizens of this State at the time they were issued, for monies lent by them to the United States.
All persons who have any claim by mortgage, pre-emption or otherwise, on any of the lands, tenements or hereditaments, included in this advertisement, are hereby required and notified to exhibit the same before the day of sale, to the subscriber. ALEXANDER WEBSTER. Commissioner of Forfeitures for the Eastern District. Hebron, January 1, 1787. 263 13
FOR SALE, For SPECIE or the new PAPER MONEY, A TRACT OF LAND, on the river Popopunk which empties into the Delaware, and is navigable for boats and rafts of boards or timber, to Philadelphia, and abounds with fish—the tract lies nearly in a square, and contains 5000 acres; on it is a very fine mill seat, on which a grist mill stood before the war, and is still capable of being repaired; it would afford a fine situation for saw mills, which might dispose of their boards to the settlers along the banks of the river, as well as at Philadelphia; great quantities of timber being yearly floated down from its vicinity. The country about it, and far beyond it, is settling very fast. Its distance from Kingston and Cats-Kill landings is about 30 miles.—For further information or the terms of sale, apply to WILLIAM COCKBURN, near Kingston, or to JAMES SAIDLER, No. 34, Queen-street, New-York. 30
Wanted to Borrow on Interest, THE sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, for the securing which a mortgage on good real estate in this city will be given. Enquire at No. 66, Wall-street. Dec. 13, 1786. 54
Houses to be Let, viz. NO. 32 and No. 31, in Queen-street; also, No. 1 and No. 2, in Burling-slip. Enquire of the Printers, or Mr. Barnett Newkirk, No. 22, Crown-street, near Maiden-lane. 68
DUTCHESS COUNTY, ff. By order of the Honorable Anthony Hoffman, Esq. one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Dutchess county.  NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of Benjamin Dubois and Abraham Crandell, respectively, insolvent debtors, of the said county, to appear (if so they or any of them think proper) before the said Judge, at the house of Thomas Foole, innholder, in Poughkeepsie, in the said county, on Monday the twelfth day of February next, at two o'clock in the afternoon of the said day, to show cause if any they have, why an assignment of the said insolvents estates respectively should not be made for the use of all their respective creditors, and why they should not be discharged according to the form of the act entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786.—Dated at Poughkeepsie, this 24th day of January, 1787. Petitioners for Benjamin Dubois, John Crandell, David Flager, George Snider. Petitioners for Abraham Crandell, John Crandell, David Flager, Margaret Holland, George Snider. 68 2
Gouverneur and Kemble, Have imported and now for sale on very reasonable terms, at their store, in Front-street; HYSON, sonchong, tonkay and singlo teas, Black pepper in bales from 100 to 400 lb. Spanish olives in jars, Lemons in boxes, Soft shelled almonds, Muscovado sugars in hogsheads and barrels, Jamaica spirits, Pimento in bags, Sherry wine in pipes and quarter casks, from 3 to 7 years old, excellent in its quality, A quantity of salted Spanish dryed hides, An assortment of cordage and cables, Russia duck, Ravens Duck, Russia sheeting, Russia drilling, Ozanaburgs, Ticklenburgs, Flemish unbleached linen, Linseed oil in casks, Dutch copper tea kettles, Commune cheese, Velvet corks, Robin in barrels, Writing paper. 60
L A W. Burn's Justice, 4 vols. Hale's pleas of the crown, Clerk's magazine, Arnott's criminal trials, Blackstone's commentaries, 4 vols. Code of Gentoo laws, Wilson and Brown's reports, compleat jurymen.  N O V E L S. Caroline of Litchfield, 3 vols. Anna—liberal American, Adventures of George Maitland, Esq. Gill Blas, Roderick Random, Tales and romances, 2 vols. Night-cap, Arspaño, Peregrine Pickle, Tom Jones, Fool of Quality, Arabian nights, Humfrey Clinker, Sentimental Journey, Devil on two sticks, Joseph Andrews, &c. &c. &c. Guthrie's and Salmon's Geographical Grammars brought down to 1786:—with a large assortment of BOOKS in all the different branches of literature, and
A VARIETY OF STATIONARY, Particularly pocket books of all kinds, Holland quills, from one to four pounds per thousand, writing paper, paper folders, wax, wafers, ink powder, sand boxes, ink holders, ladies memorandum books with instruments, message cards, &c. &c. N. B. Orders from the country will be thankfully received, and executed upon the most moderate terms. 1 67 6
Cheap Grocery Store. JOHN DONNAN acquaints his friends and former customers, and the public in general, that he has removed from No. 216, Queen-street, to that commodious new store on Crugar's dock, corner of the Old slip, where he has for sale, on the usual reasonable terms, the following articles, viz. Jamaica spirits, Coffee, West-India rum, Chocolate, New-York, ditto, Hyson, Coniac brandy, Southong, Holland geneva, Green and Madeira, Bohea Lisbon } Wines, Cask and jar raisins, Teneriffe } Ginger, London porter in draft Pepper and allspice, and bottles, Barley, Loaf and Muscovado English and country sugars, Chees. } Wheat, flour, corn, rye, Indian-meal, &c. taken in barter. 25
WHEREAS JOSEPH HARRIS of Rumbout precinct, Dutchess county, for the securing the payment of the sum of thirty hundred pounds with lawful interest for the same, did by indenture of mortgage, bearing date the 9th day of May, 1785, mortgage to Dirk Brinckerhoff of the county aforesaid, a certain messuage of land, situated in Rumbout precinct, in Dutchess county aforesaid, on the main road from Dover to Fishkill Landing, about 10 miles from said landing; containing about 200 acres with several improvements thereon: As the same is particularly described in the said mortgage, and in the records thereof in the Clerk's office of the county of Dutchess, reference being thereunto had, will more fully appear: And whereas by virtue of a covenant in the said mortgage in case the said sum of thirteen hundred pounds with the interest due thereon, was not paid by the time limited to the said Dirk Brinckerhoff, that then it should, and might be lawful for the said Dirk Brinckerhoff to sell and dispose of the same, pursuant to the directions of an act entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates." Public notice is hereby given, that the mortgaged premises aforesaid, will be sold by the subscriber, at Public Vendue, on the premises, on the second Tuesday in April next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, agreeable to the covenant in the said indenture of mortgage, and the directions of the above mentioned act. DIRCK BRINCKERHOFF. September 25, 1786. 1 33 6m
The partnership of SMITH, MOORE, and Co. BEING dissolved by the death of one of the partners; all persons indebted to this firm, are requested to make immediate payment—it being intended, as soon as possible, to dispose of the whole store of drugs with its furniture, &c. belonging to this late partnership. Orders will in future be so answered as the Medical Pillar is to give the highest satisfaction. Should any person apply as a purchaser for the whole, the most advantageous terms will be offered. 60
NOTICE. THE subscriber, administrator de bonis non of the goods, chattels, and credits of Joseph Mico , some time deceased, and formerly of the city of London, merchant, requests the respective debtors to the estate of the said Joseph Mico , to make settlement with the subscriber with all expedition, in order to prevent the commencement of legal prosecutions against them. W. COCK, Attorney at Law, No. 66, Wall-street, N. York. January 11, 1787. 62

Messrs. PRINTERS, if you insert the following piece in your next paper, it may be the means of reformation in those pa- rents, whose obstinate and inflexible tempers, of- ten drive their children to despair. But if it should not prevail, a few disinterested against obstinacy perhaps may have some influence, and would be esteemed a favor, by yours, &c.
If all hardnesses of heart, there is none so inexorable as that of parents towards their children. An obstinate, inflexible, and unforgiving temper is odious upon all occasions, but here it is unnatural. The love, tenderness and compassion, which are apt to arise towards those who depend upon us, is that by which the whole world of life is upheld; the Supreme Being, by the transcendent excellency and goodness of his nature extends his mercy towards all his works, and because his creatures have not such a spontaneous benevolence and compassion, towards those who are under their care and protection, he has implanted in them an instinct that supplies the place of this inherent goodness. This instinct runs through all the species of brute creatures, as indeed the whole animal creation subsists by it. But it is in man more general and more uncontrolled than in brutes, as being enlarged by the dictates of reason and duty; for if we consider ourselves attentively, we shall find that we are not only inclined to love those who descend from us, but that we bear a kind of regard or natural affection to every thing which relies upon us for its good and preservation. Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatsoever. The man therefore who, notwithstanding any passion or resentment, debases his mind even below brutality, frustrates as much as in him lies, the great design of Providence, and strikes out of his nature one of the most divine principles that is planted in it. Among innumerable arguments which might be brought against such an unreasonable proceeding, I shall only insist on one, we make it the condition of our forgiveness that we forgive others. In our very prayers we desire no more than to be treated by this kind of retaliation; the case therefore before us, seems to be what they call a case in point; the relation between the child and father being what comes nearest to that between the creature and Creator. If the father is inexorable to the child who has offended, let the offence be of never so high a nature, how will he addres himself to the Supreme Being for the tenderer appellation of a father, and desire of him such a forgiveness as he himself refuses to grant?
To this I might add many other religious, as well as many prudent considerations; but if the last mentioned motive does not prevail, I despair of succeeding par d'autre.
For the NEW-YORK PACKET.
A short account of the Mohawk Indians in New-Netherlands, (New York) their land, statue, clothing, behaviour and magistrates, wrote in the year 1644, by Johannis Megapolens, (Juniorem, Minister, residing at Albany, or Fort Orange.)
[Translated from the Dutch, by Columbus.] (Continued from our last)
THE Women when they have lain in, go directly about their business, and let the weather be as cold as it will, they wash their new-born babes immediately off in the river or snow; they will not lay a-bed, saying that if they lay they will die, but keep up, and must go and cut wood, and travel with their child three or four miles. In a word, they walk, stand and work as if they have not lain in, and yet it don't seem to effect them. The men have little respect to their wives or w---s, if they affront them by doing any thing that displease them, they make nothing of taking an ax and knocking their brains out, and then all is over. The women must prepare the land, sow, reap and do every thing. The men do nothing but hunt, fish and war against their enemies; they are very blood-thirsty against their enemies in war, and whenever they take any prisoners they bite first the nails off their fingers, cut some of their limbs, sometimes whole fingers off. After this the prisoners must sing and dance naked before them, and at last they burn them to death with a slow fire for several days, and then eat them. The common people eat the arms, thighs, and buttocks, the Chief Men the head and heart. Our Mohawks carry on a great war against the Indians of the River St. Lawrence in Canada, and take many prisoners from them, amongst which are sometimes French Christians. Last year our Indians took a great quantity of plunder on the river St. Lawrence from the French, together with three French prisoners, one of which was a Jesuit. The Jesuit, whose left thumb was off, and all the nails bitten off his fingers, we redeemed, and sent to France by a vessel which failed for Holland. All the children under 12 years and women, they save alive, unless the women are old, when they kill them all; and although they are so cruel to their enemies, they are very friendly towards us, and we are not afraid of them; we go with them in the woods and meet one another at the distance of two or three hours walk from any house, and think no more of it than if they were Christians. They sleep also in our bedrooms at the feet of our beds. I have had eight who lay and slept on the floor at the foot of my bed, that is their custom to lay on the bare ground, with only a stone or piece of wood under their head; at night they go early to bed, as soon as they have eat, and are up again in the morning as soon as light. It is natural to them to have no beards, for under 20 you will not find one with any hair about his chin; they are great boasters, and think highly of themselves, calling themselves Ihy Ohkon , that is I am the devil ; they are much pleased when we praise them, by saying that they are very artful in catching deer, or to do this or that, they reply, skojehko, agunwechon, Kaingabaga bouane jounufekha obkon ; that is, certainly the Mohawks are very knowing devils; their houses they make of the bark of trees, tight and warm, in the middle they make their fires; they also make their canoes of the bark of trees, which will carry 4, 5 and 6 of them, and also of the trunks of large trees hollowed out, some of which are very large; I have been in them with 10, 12 and 14 of us. We have got at our place, a canoe which will carry 200 schepels of wheat. Their weapons of war used to be bows and arrows, with a stone, tomahawk or axe and hammer; but now they get from our people
guns, swords, iron tomahawks or hatchets and hammers; their money is made of certain bones or shells of horns, or shell fish found near the sea-shore, in the middle of which a round hole is drilled, through which they string them or make belts of a hand breadth wide or more, which they hang round their necks or bodies, and have also several holes in their ears by which they hang them also; they put as great a value upon these as the Christians do on gold, silver or pearl, and do not like our money, valuing it not better than iron. I shewed a lion dollar once to one of their Chiefs, he asked me what the value of it was with us, when I informed him, he burst out a laughing hearty and said we were fools to put such a value on a piece of iron, if he had such money he would throw it in the river: Their dead they let up straight in a hole, after which they cover the grave with trees and wood, or surround it with palisades; they have their fet times, when they go out a fishing, or hunting bears, lions, panthers, beavers, &c. In the spring of the year they catch a great many shad and pikes, which are uncommon large here, these they lay upon the barks of trees in the sun and dry them very hard, and then pack them up in bags or sacks, which they weave themselves of the hemp that grows wild, and thus preserve them till winter.
[To be continued in our next.]
FOREIGN ADJICES.
L O N D O N, October 21—30.
The province of Languedoc, in order to repair and preserve the amphitheatre at Nimes, one of the finest monuments remaining of Roman grandeur, has offered to contribute towards the expence of so immense an undertaking the sum of 450,000 livres. The town of Nimes has freely given as much, and his Majesty, Lewis the Beneficent, has generously granted the sum. These 450,000 livres are to be employed in clearing the ground, and demolishing the meanly built houses within and without the amphitheatre.
Damiens, the assassin, was confined in the tower of Montgomeri. He said one night to a soldier who guarded him, "I will ensure you an hundred Louis d'ors, if you will stab me to the heart with your bayonet!" This was one circumstance which induced an idea that he was insane at intervals; else how could he possibly have supposed the soldier would oblige him? "What day of the month is it?" said he one day to his guard. The soldier answered, it was the 26th. "Then," said he, "they have not kept their word. I will not answer a single question they put to me, whatever may be their torture."—The name of this man had been rendered famous by iniquity; for in 1537, one Damiens, the Captain of a troop of robbers, formed a scheme to assassinate Soliman II. in his tent near Butoronto in Albany. He accordingly climbed up a tree close to the tent; but one of the branches breaking, and the noise being heard by the Janizaries, they seized the wretch, and he was sentenced to be devoured by two wild beasts. He with amazing intrepidity jumped between the animals, when they soon tore him to pieces. It was one Damiens who conspired against the life of the Cardinal Noailles in 1715.
Something very little short of a rebellion will be the consequence of the intended ministerial plan of removing the parliament of Ireland to Great-Britain by an union. Such a matter was attempted in the Lieutenancy of the Duke of Dorset, and many lives lost. The then Primate, Mr. Stone, narrowly escaped a gibbet erected by the mob; and Lord George Germain, then Lord Sackville, lay concealed in the vaults under the House of Commons for eight hours. Is it possible that Mr. Pitt will be boyish enough to make another attempt of a similar kind? if he does, he may lose Ireland entirely. He might with more propriety transport his own venal senate to Dublin, and make that country the seat of the empire, than pretend to rob the people of that country of one of their dearest rights.
We shall, by our treaty with France, entirely forfeit our long commercial friendship with Portugal; a friendship not of that fickle texture which interweaves our new fangled alliance with the other country.
The introduction of French wines at a low price into this country, will most effectually ruin our West-India islands. Who will drink punch, when he can have claret cheaper? Not one man in five hundred. The French have long looked with a jealous eye on the wealth of our West-Indies. This will give them a mortal blow.
UNITED STATES.
N E W - H A V E N, January 31.
The names of the insurgents, killed at Springfield, last Thursday, are Jabez Spicer, Ensign, Zimri Dickinson, Simeon Allen, and Obadiah Ward.
We are told, that after Shay's party had begun to disperse, Gen. Shepard ordered a few field-pieces to be fired, loaded with powder only, which greatly increased the fears of the insurgents, and hastened their flight.—One of the government party was accidentally killed, by the discharge of one of the pieces.
R I C H M O N D, (Virginia) Jan. 17.
An ACT to impose an additional duty of two per cent. ad valorem, on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into this commonwealth.
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, that after the 20th day of January, 1787, there shall be paid or secured to be paid on all goods, wares or merchandise, imported into this commonwealth in any ship or other vessel owned wholly or in part by a subject or citizen of any State or power not in commercial treaty with the United States, to the naval officer where such ship or other vessel shall enter, an additional duty of two per cent. ad valorem.
An ACT to impose certain duties. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, that there shall be paid an additional duty of two pence per gallon on all spirituous liquors subject by law to a duty, which shall be imported into this commonwealth after the 20th day of January 1787, except French brandies imported from some port within the dominions of the King of France, in vessels belonging to subjects of the said King or to citizens of the United States, which brandies so imported shall after the said 20th day of January be duty free.
And be it also enacted, that three pence a pound on all cheese, and six pence a pound on all tea im-
ported into this commonwealth, shall be paid after the said 20th day of January; also a duty of three shillings per hundred on all imported hemp, and four shillings on all imported cordage, which duties shall be appropriated to the payment of the interest of the military debt.
And be it further enacted, that from and after the 20th day of January 1787, every master or owner of a ship or other vessel coming into this commonwealth, shall pay down to the naval officer with whom he enters, two shillings per ton on every vessel owned wholly by citizens of this State or the United States, three shillings per ton on all vessels owned wholly by the subjects of any foreign power, in commercial treaty with the United States, and 6 shillings per ton on all vessels owned wholly or in part by the subjects of any foreign power not in commercial treaty with the United States; which said tonnage shall be in lieu of all former tonnage heretofore imposed, except the tonnage of six pence per ton imposed by an act of the present session of Assembly for the support of a light house.
B A L T I M O R E, Jan. 23.
A correspondent has favored us with a description of the frontispiece to the BUDS of BEAUTY, &c. (just published) and as we are ever desirous to promote the encouragement of the arts in America, we beg leave to lay it before our readers.—The three female figures to the left, represent the FINE ARTS, viz. poetry, painting, and music; to the right stands AMERICA—represented by an Indian woman in the dress of a Chief; in the center, on the fore-ground, stands LIBERTY, introducing the arts to America:—To the right stands an obelisk, dedicated to independence, upon the upper part of which appear the names of the American Worthies who fell in the late revolution. And at the foot a young Fame engraving the name of Laurens, as the last who became a sacrifice for the good of his country, and on the pedestal, warlike trophies, surrounded by the inscription, "JULY 4th, 1776."—Over the whole fame appears blowing her trumpet, upon which hangs a shield, inscribed, "Encourage these, and humanize the heart." The background represents a various country, with the emblems of husbandry, population and commerce, &c.—This plate was executed by an ingenious American artist, of the name of Godwin, in New-York, and gives credit to his abilities as an engraver.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, January 31.
On the 30th day of February, this present year, and in the cleanest corner of this city, will be represented very astonishing things .
First—CONCERT, Kelly, &c. Secondly—PUSS catching mice in the moon. Thirdly—LECTURES moral and entertaining, evaporating into non-entity. Fourthly—A HORNET'S NEST in the Planet Venus, with a swarm of young hornets in embryo. Fifthly—DARBY and JOAN in a coach and six; with the overture of the TAYLOR riding to BRENTFORD. Sixthly—A BULL DOG with a RAIN-BOW in his mouth, with the overture of the SPIDER weaving a bridge over the crater of Mount Etna. Seventhly—VULCAN'S FORCE in a cloud with the overture of a CHEMICAL PROCESS for lubricating mud and preventing its sticking to silk stockings. Eighthly—MERCURY with a wheel-barrow, transporting the lubricated Play-house mud and spreading it over the way to churches.
All persons who can relish entertainment will attend this exhibition; as there is no law to prohibit folly, and the laws against vice are suspended till the first of August.
VIVAT RESPUBLICA.
NEW-YORK, FEBRUARY 6.
The British Packet Lord Hyde, commanded by Captain Jones, arrived here yesterday, after a passage of 46 days, from Falmouth.
Congress assembled on Friday when they elected the Hon. Arthur St. Clair, Esq. President.
The Rev. Dr. Rogers and the Rev. Dr. Provost, are elected Chaplains to that Honorable Body.
Mr. Clarkson, author of the "Latin essay on the commerce of the human species," which lately gained the prize in the university of Cambridge, gives us his sentiments on the colour of the bodies of the Negroes; for this purpose he lays down the anatomical structure of the skin, shews the seat of the black colour, and advances many rational arguments to prove, that it depends wholly on climate; producing facts to shew, that negroes transplanted into Europe, will in a few generations become white; and Europeans residing in Guinea, will change to a brown complexion; and in all probability, in a few generations such a family would become black; for that we are all from the same stock, and that the following are the grand colours discernible in mankind:
White, Olive, Copper, Brown, Black.
He is of opinion that Noah and his family, from being natives of Persia, were of a copper colour; and that his white descendants have run as much from the original complexion as the blacks.
It is not unpleasing, says a correspondent, to trace the various modes adopted by different nations of expressing the same passion. Wherever civilization has been introduced, the custom of displaying, by external marks, respect and affection for deceased friends, and illustrious public characters, have universally prevailed.—At Sparta, and in Rome, they mourned in white, for a whole year; some of the States of Greece, and most of the Oriental nations, cut their hair as a sign of mourning, and even the manes of their horses, on the tombs of their relations. This custom was also practiced in times of public calamity. The Romans, on the contrary, suffered their hair and beards to grow.—Till the year 1498, white was used for mourning in Spain; but on the death of Don John it was changed to black. The Chinese use white; the Egyptians, yellow; the Ethiopians, light gray; and the Peruvians, mottle colour. This variety in the colours used for mourning, they will not allow to be the effect of caprice, or accident, but founded on principles of strict propriety. White say the advocates for that colour, being simple and unmixed, is the emblem of purity; and consequently, most proper to denote the state of unbodied spirits: black proclaims the privation of light, and is therefore a fit emblem of death; grey is a colour resembling that earth to which dead return; yellow is like the falling leaves, a just type of the closing scene of nature:
blue represents the serene and tranquil situation in which we hope our departed friends are placed: and the violet, in which red and blue are blended, indicative of our fatigue and troubles in this world, and of our happiness when we quit it. By the etiquette of France, the King's mourning, for the first three months, is violet; after which he mourns like the rest of the Court. The Chancellor is the only man in that kingdom who never wears mourning on any occasion.
An article from Austria, dated August 16, relates the following extraordinary event:—Mr. de Subitsch, royal counsellor of the Court, and Direction Causarum Regiarum, at Oten, died lately in the following tragical manner: In expectation of the arrival of his Royal Highness, the Archduke Francis, he dreamed in the night that he was actually arrived, and that he must go to meet him: In reality he (all the while dreaming) got up, went out of his bed-chamber to the stairs and unfortunately fell over the banisters, and was in consequence so much hurt, that in a few hours after he departed this life.
The King of Prussia, whose parsimony and rigid economy never allowed him to indulge his fancy in the gaudy splendour of other monarchs, used to send every year a snuff box set in diamonds of about 5000 crowns value, together with fifteen hundred pounds Sterling, to Prince Henry, as a new year's gift. He had likewise a service of solid gold, which he never used but to celebrate his brother's birthday.
Messieurs LOUDON,
BEFORE the late American war, I was possessed of a curious Dutch history of this country, from its first discovery and settlement by that nation. If my memory is good, one part of the book, respecting the native Indians, contained the following remarkable transaction, which may be useful to apply at this present time.
"THE Manhatans, who resided on the island of New-York, were a very powerful and warlike people: By their bravery the neighbouring tribes of Indians had either become tributary, or confederated with them. On the Jersey shore, at Gonomapa and Bergan, resided the Sanhekans, a very civil and peaceable people; they had purchased an alliance with the Manhatans and their other allies, by paying them a yearly tribute of fur and oysters. After the Dutch had obtained permission to build a fort and establish a factory on the island Manhatans (or New-York) this tribute did not satisfy the Manhatans and others, because they had but few oysters to spare the Dutch, and not furs enough to purchase goods at the factory, or pay their old debts.
"They therefore sent a demand to the Sanhekans, that the tribute might be doubled, or that they might have leave to fetch as many oysters as they wanted, from the banks near the Jersey shore, and hunt in the woods freely, and set as many fox and musk-rat traps as they chose on the Jersey shore. This was hard lines to the Sanhekans, who immediately sent one of their Head-warriors (I forget his name) to remonstrate against this unreasonable demand; which he did in the following remarkable speech.
Head-men, Warriors, and Brothers of the Manhatans, Tuscacorors, Sengerorors, Pachami, Tappans, Waranocks, Mahahanders, and others.
(A GROAN.)
"MY eyes drop tears—my heart swells with sorrow—and my knees tremble, while I now attempt to return an answer to the demand you have made of our nation the Sanhekans; because I see if we do not grant your request you may seek a pretext of violating that peace that has subsisted between you and us and the other our confederates, since we first entered into an alliance with you, and delegated to you and them the power of lighting the Council fire; declaring war and making peace, besides the right of fixing the quotas of men and quantities of provisions each tribe must furnish for the common defence. When we first entered into alliance with you, we bound ourselves to pay you a yearly tribute from the produce of our shore and land: You accepted of the offer at first, and ratified the agreement by a belt of wampum, swearing that you would never violate it. Did all the other confederates behave as we did? No. And now I must request you to answer me my brothers, whether every requisition you have made to us, has not been faithfully complied with? Have not our Head-men attended your Council fire? Has not your enemies been our enemies? Have we not furnished you with our full proportion of young men for the war, when required, and the means of supporting them? Have we not faithfully paid you the tribute first established; and with which you have always been content until this strange nation, the Charitoni (the Dutch or workers in cloth) came to dwell with you."
(A PAUSE.)
A Belt of Wampum, and Stamp of the Foot.
Brothers, I grow warm—I will speak boldly: I fear you have foolishly become fond of their cloth, their trinkets, their beads, and their strong drink; for those you have laid aside the warm bear and beaver skin, the wampum, the eagle quill, and fountain water, used by your ancestors. You have contracted a debt by these means, and by hiring the Affioni to assist you in the wars; and now you see no way of satisfying them but by raising the tribute, we and the other confederates have agreed to pay you. If we agree to your first request, how long will that satisfy you? If we should see you go on in a mad course of extravagance, in squandering and giving away your property, and contracting new debts.
We have been told, that not content with your wigwams, you have it in contemplation to build a town of houses such as the Charitoni live in; if so where will your desires end? Will you stop here? No, year after year you will advance your demands, till we are no longer able to satisfy you. Fix now a certain quantity, if it even exceeds our proportion, let us only be assured, that what you ask is for the general good of the confederates, and we will make good your requisitions; let us be assured that you will not employ our tribute in extravagance, or squander it away for the baubles of the Charitoni! Let us see you employ it to discharge the debt due to the Charitoni and Affioni, for assisting in the wars; and that you mean to get clear of that debt before you contract others, by entering into a war, to conquer and extirpate tribes whose lands the Affioni will, when vacant take possession of; for where will you find people to settle on those lands? You might rather send the Calmut of peace amongst them, and get them to furnish you with furs and

other articles. If you march into their country you cannot remain their long; they fly from you unless you surprise them, and when you are gone they return again, as mad as a wolf that has been robbed of her whelps, and become more mischievous and furious than ever. Let us know how the general tributes are disposed of; don't you share too much of them among yourselves?
(A PAUSE)
Each Head-man took a whiff of the Calumet of peace offered by the Speaker, but some did it reluctantly. The Speaker after muttering a prayer or address, began:
Brothers, I shall now answer your second demand. What would be the consequence should we comply with it. If we agree that you shall fetch oysters on our banks, might not a dispute arise between your people and ours, so as to endanger the general peace? Would you suffer us to tell you, brother, you have enough, you must let the banks recruit, or we will neither of us have any oysters. If we should insist upon counting the number you have taken, and a fight should commence between us, do not we know from experience that the oysters will all die. You say the Tulcororors, Singororors and Tappans, have agreed to your demand on them; are their claims, and small oysters to be compared to our fine oysters! Have you added to your request free-hunting, fowling, and catching foxes, raccoons, and mink-rats. You answer yes, the two first are possessed of so small a tract of country that you will be able to obtain but few furs from them. The Tappans have no oysters, their shores abound not with mink-rats, few deer are in their woods; what would be the consequence should we agree freely to let you hunt on our lands, and let as many traps as you please. I will foretell it by what I saw lately. Some mink-rats had their holes along the banks of a pleasant river, and lived happily; a parcel of beavers came there, and judging the river would suit their convenience, desired leave of the mink-rats, to dam it across and fix their residence there, promising to protect them from their enemies.
The mink-rats foolishly agreed to their proposals, the beavers fell to it with their teeth, cut down the trees beside the river, drove away the fish, the lip-port of the mink-rats, and at last by their dam, raised the water so high as to endanger drowning and starving the mink-rats, who were soon obliged to quit their place of abode to the beavers. If we let your young men hunt freely on our lands, we shall soon be deprived of the flesh and skins of the deer and bear; but should we allow you to place as many traps as you please along our shores, you would soon prevent us from getting any thing ourselves. If we once let you get footing on our lands, and do as you please, you will soon possess the whole income. Brothers, you know when a snake has got its head in a hole, it is no hard matter for it to get its body in. You say you will take no more after you have paid your old debts, I answer we all know strong drink is so enticing, that when we have once tasted of it, and our hearts are made light, if a keg of it flood by the side of us, we would not leave it till it was empty—therefore we cannot agree to your last proposals, but must abide by the first.—We will go further—light a General Council fire of all the old and wise men of the different nations; and let us consult what will be for the general good—our wise men shall attend. I have done; accept this string of wampum.
[The answer made by the Council of the confederates in some future paper.] On Wednesday evening last was married, by the Rev. Mr. Waldow, Mr. John Stites Gano, son of the Rev. Mr. Gano, late Chaplain in the American army, to Miss Mary Goforth, eldest daughter of Major William Goforth of this city.
New-York Chamber of Commerce. THE Members of the Chamber of Commerce are requested to be punctual in meeting to morrow evening at six o'clock, on business of great importance.
By order of the President, WILLIAM SHOTWELL, Sec'y. New-York, February 5, 1787.
** Gentlemen who wish to subscribe for the JOURNALS of the Honorable the Senate and Assembly, of the present session, can be supplied regularly as they are printed, by leaving their address at this Printing-Office.
FRANCIS PANTON, At No. 38, Wall-Street,
Has Imported in the Morris, and other late vessels, BERDEEN knit under waist coats without a seam, ditto worsted and lambs wool stockings, white and black silk ditto with embroidered clocks, silk, worsted, buckskin, Woodstock tanned leather, beaver and fine kidskin dancing gloves; fowling pieces, powder and shot, gun hammers, screws and scrapers, powder flasks and shot pouches, aggs and flints, horsemen pistols, pocket, and other ditto, steel, silver, gilt sword and cutteaux de chases, silk and morocco sword belts and hooks, a great variety of gilt and plated shoe buckles, paste, silver, plated and steel knee ditto, skates, table knives and forks, common pen knives, counting-house ditto, sugar nippers, nut crackers, steel and gilt watch chains and strings, ladies and gentlemen riding whips, coach and chair ditto, goggles, reading glasses and spectacles, green and white; silver, steel and plated spurs, teeth instruments, ladies and gentlemen dressing and traveling cases, pocket books, ink stands, back gammon tables of different sizes, cock gaffs, silver etwees, tortoise shell ditto, smelling bottles in silver and tortoise shell cases, enamelled ditto, a variety of fashionable gold lockets and pins, gilt ditto, voice and other German flutes, a great variety of canes and sticks, battledores and shuttlecocks, ladies newest fashioned braids, cushions and curls, gentlemen's dress bags, hair bags, silk, velvets and leather stockings; Naples, Windsor and Bailey's shaving soap, orange flower, rose, lavender and arniquibade water, with a great many other articles too tedious to mention. 58 16
A FARM To be LET.
ANY person desirous of retiring from the noise and bustle of the city, can be accommodated with a rural retreat in the State of New-Jersey, between the pleasant villages of Newark and Elizabeth-Town, on the post road, commonly called the upper road, leading from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia—on the premises are a genteel two story house, an excellent barn and other out-houses, a well of good water, a garden, orchard, &c. The land is divided into arable, pasture, mowing and wood. The neighbourhood agreeable—the distance from Powles-Hook, eleven miles.—It is at present occupied by Mr. James Bates, who has on hand a flock of cattle, hogs, poultry, farming utensils, &c. and will dispose of the whole at a low rate, to whoever would wish to hire the farm.
For terms and the time when possession can be given, apply to JOHN STAGG, jun. New-York, February 6, 1787. 69
FOR SALE, By Wm. Backhouse & Co.
No. 163, Water-Street, OLD Madeira, Red Port, White Port, Teneriffe and Malaga } WINES. English sheeting, boots and shoes, bohea tea and Liverpool crockery ware. Feb. 3, 1787. 69
To be Sold at Private Sale,
A Valuable FARM , containing about 200 acres, situated in the manor of Philipsburgh, about five miles from Tarry-Town, on the main road to Bedford, and also, on the road leading from the White Plains to Croton Bridge; on said farm are two good dwelling-houses, a barn and orchard, at one of the houses a well, and at the other a never failing spring of excellent water; on the east side of said farm, runs the noted saw-mill river, which forms a mill site. A good proportion of arable meadow, pasture and wood-land. An indisputable title will be given, and the conditions of payment made easy to the purchaser, and possession given by the first of April next.
Also, to be sold, adjoining the above mentioned farm, another small farm , containing about seventy acres, on which is a good dwelling-house, and a young orchard—well wooded and watered.
WARD HUNT. East-Chester, Feb. 3, 1787. 1 69 4
Wanted , a person that has no family, that understands Farming , and calculated for an overseer, who can be well recommended. Enquire of the Printers. 69 1st mh
To be Sold at Public Auction,
ON the premises, on Monday the 26th day of February inst. that valuable House and Lot , No. 38, at the entrance of Maiden-lane, near the Fly-market, being part of the estate of Jacobiah Allen, deceased, well situated for business—It contains 21 feet 9 inches in front, 46 in length; and adjoining the rear of the lot is a piece of ground, 9 feet by 12 square, with a good well in the yard. For further particulars and conditions of the sale, apply to William Allen , on the premises. 69 3
TO BE LET,
And entered upon the first of May next, THE pleasantly situated House and Land , of the late Lodwyk Bampfer, deceased, in the township of Brooklyn, opposite to the city of New-York. Also, to be let, and entered upon the first of May next, the well known House and Lots of Ground , with a large carpenter's and blacksmith's shop, of the late Lodwyk Bampfer, deceased, No. 24, in Beckman-street, New-York. For terms apply to Jacob Sharp, Charles Daughy, John Anderson, Dr. Barberin } Executors. 1 69 4
By Richard Varick, Esq. Recorder of the city of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Mayor's Court of the said city: Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of Benjamin Ledyard of the city of New-York, merchant, to appear (if so they or any of them think proper) before the said Judge at his chambers in Wall-street in the said city, on Tuesday the 13th day of February next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Benjamin Ledyard shall not be discharged, pursuant to the law, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors;" passed the 13th April, 1786. Dated this 26th day of Jan. 1787. BEN. LEDYARD. Petitioning Creditors.
John Wiley, Wm. Malcom and Co. Stephens & Hubbell, Walter Nicolls, James Johnson, John Blagge, Andrew Van Tyle, Thomas Tom, Joseph Jadwin, Isaac Cock and Co. Samuel Loudon, Benjamin Walker, Isaac Ledyard, Ledyard and Colfax, Elijah Cock, Brothers, Coster and Co. William Rhinelander and Co. Abijah Hammond, Bartholomew Coen, Charles Thorn and Co. Lefferts and Coles. 1 69 2
TO BE SOLD,
And possession given immediately, or on the first day of May next, THAT FARM whereon the subscriber now lives, it has been noted for a number of years past as an exceeding good stand for business, and occupied as such. The quantity of land is fourteen acres, with a good orchard; there are on said farm a large Dwelling house, and out-houses accordingly; an excellent well of water close by the house; also, a large new commodious stone house on the dock, about four rods from the dwelling house, at which vessels carrying ten cords of wood can load. The Boston road goes by the door; there are so many conveniences attending the situation of said farm and stand, that it is well worthy the attention of any person, who may want to purchase. Said farm lies on Rye-Neck, in Westchester county, twenty-eight miles from the city of New-York.—For further particulars enquire of the Subscriber, who will give an indisputable title for the same. JOHN GILLESPIE. Rye-Neck, January 22, 1787. 67
TO BE SOLD, By Thomas Walsh,
No. 11, in the Fly-Market, All sorts of GARDEN SEEDS , viz.
EARLY Charlton Peas, do. Marrow-fat do. Green Dwarf do. Bush do. Hollup do. Windsor Beans, do. Long pod do. Six weeks do. Dwarf do. A thousand to one do. Early yellow French do. Scarlet Runners do. Yorkshire Cabbage Seeds, do. White Dutch Carly do. Sugar Loaf do. Colli Flower do. Flower Seeds, All kinds of kitchen garden Seeds, do. Savoy Cabbage Seeds, do. Sellery Seeds, do. White and Red Onion Seeds, do. Red Cabbage Seeds. 69
SUFFOLK COUNTY, ss.
PURSUANT to an order made by Thomas Youngs, Esq. one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Suffolk, upon the petition of Thomas Ledyard, an insolvent debtor, and of the subscribers to these presents, being three fourths in value of the creditors of the said Thomas Ledyard: Notice is hereby given by the said petitioners, to all the creditors of the said Thomas Ledyard, to appear before the said Thomas Youngs, Esq. to show cause if any they have, on the 24th day of March next, at the house of Joseph Peck, innholder, in South-hold, at two o'clock in the afternoon, why an assignment of the estate of the said debtor should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, agreeable to the prayer of the said petition, and the said Thomas Ledyard, thereupon discharged according to the directions, true intent and meaning, of a certain act of the Legislature of this State, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors;" passed the 18th of April, 1786.
THOMAS YOUNGS, Judge. P E T I T I O N E R S, Thomas Ledyard, John Youngs, jun. William D'Hommedieu, Robert Hensled, Ichabod Cleveland. Dated Jan. 29, 1787. 69 2
PURSUANT to the act of the Legislature, entitled an act for the speedy sale of the unappropriated lands within this State, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 5th May, 1786, and agreeably to a resolution of the Honorable the Commissioners of the Land-Office, the following tracts of
Unappropriated LANDS,
Will be Sold at Public Vendue, for such public securities as are made payable by the said act; the sale to commence on Tuesday the thirteenth day of February next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. at the Coffee-House in the city of New-York, viz.
In the late Indian purchase.
In township No. 1, a tract of 14,080 acres.
In township No. 5, four tracts,
The first containing 10,030 acres.
The second 14,720
The third 14,720
The fourth 10,240
In township No. 6, four tracts,
The first containing 11,090 acres.
The second 10,880
The third 10,880
The fourth 10,196
In township No. 7, four tracts,
The first containing 6,400 acres.
The second 7,040
The third 6,930
The fourth 6,300
In township No. 8, twenty-five lots of 640 acres each, two lots of 460 acres each, and one lot of 595 acres.
In Totten and Crofsfield's purchase.
Townships No. 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 19, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42 and 43, in parcels, each containing one quarter of its respective township exclusive of the public lots.
Maps of the above described lands are filed for inspection, in the office of the Secretary of the State and Surveyor General.
SIMEON DEWITT, Surveyor General. New-York, January 9, 1787. 2 61
TO BE SOLD,
A HOUSE , with about four Lots of Ground, conveniently situated near the Church at Tappan; this place is the best stand for a merchant, tanner, blacksmith, or wheelwright, in Orange town, or Tappan. Part of said ground is converted into a garden; there is a good well on it, and a brook running by it, against which it is defended by a stone wall.—One third of the purchase money must be paid at the time of sale, and a reasonable time will be given for the payment of the remainder; or if more convenient, a small house in or near this city will be taken in exchange. Doctor Outwater, near the premises, will show the same to any person.
For terms apply to Augustus Stewart, No. 7, Dutch-street, New-York, who will give an indisputable title for the same. 66
SCHOOL
No. 32, Gold-Street, corner of Beckman-Street. J MENNYE begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that on account of the bad state of his health, he proposes to leave this place some time in April next. To those to whom he is indebted are desired to bring in their accounts and receive payment, and those indebted to him are requested to pay their accounts without loss of time, as all his affairs must be settled before he leaves the city. To those who have been long owing him, and who do not pay on or before the 14th of February next, may depend on having their accounts delivered into the hands of a Lawyer. He respectfully informs his present employers, that he hopes to keep both his schools open till the end of March, provided his present engagements are not fulfilled sooner. New-York, Jan. 29, 1787. 67
WILLIAM USTICK, Jun.
No. 33, Queen-Street, HAS just received by the Nelly from Bristol, and Betsy from London,
Ironmongery, Cutlery and Saddlery, Among which are the following, viz. Crowley and blisier'd steel, sheet lead, sheet iron, sheet copper, raised and flat copper bottoms, 6 by 8, 7 by 9, and 8 by 10, crown window glass, white lead, and Spanish brown; powder and shot, blacksmith's anvils, vices, beck irons, sledges and hand hammers, smiths bellows pipes, cross cut, pit, and mill saws, carpenters, coopers, joiners and floor-makers tools, of every kind; locks and hinges, of all kinds; spades and shovels, long and short handle frying pans, carving knives and forks, table do. oyster knives, penknives, copper and iron chafing dishes, copper and iron tea kettles, iron pots and kettles, gridirons, bellows, bras and iron head shovels and tongs; hatters bow strings, fiddle strings, bras furniture for desks, crucibles and blue pots, plates and pencils, bras and iron wire; saddle trees, stirrup irons, snaffle and curb bits, steel heads and throats, tin'd sets, tuft nails, bras terrets and hooks, girth and cingule webb, hunter and twig whips, &c. &c.
HE HAS ALSO ON HAND, Excellent PICKLED MACKREL, in barreles, which he will sell cheap for cash. 55
PROPOSALS,
For Printing by Subscription, A New Work, entitled THE UNIVERSALIST,
OR The Unlimited Benevolence of the DEITY, in the Consummation of Nature, shown to be a Truth founded in Reason and confirmed by Revelation
In Six Letters to Amyntor.
By WILLIAM PITTS SMITH.
It is proposed that the Book be printed on a good paper and with a neat type. The price of the volume, which will contain about 270 pages, when well bound & lettered will be 6/. As soon as a sufficient number are subscribed for, the work will be immediately put to press. Subscriptions will be received by the Author and Printers hereof. No money required until the delivery of the book.
The subject of the above piece having been much canvassed of late, both in Europe and America; the curiosity of the public, and especially of such gentlemen in the city who are pleased with the discovery of truth, may be excited to a perusal of the sentiments and reasoning of a Fellow-Citizen, upon so momentous a point in sacred theology. 63
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be SOLD by the Printers hereof;
L A W S
For the regulating Bills of Exchange,
IN LAND AND FOREIGN.
By J. BLAGRAVE, Notary-Public.
This Book is necessary for every person concerned in trade, but particularly gentlemen in the mercantile line.
TO BE SOLD,
A Valuable FARM advantageously and pleasantly situated on the east bank of Hudson's river, four miles below Poughkeepsie, containing about two hundred acres of excellent land, well watered, a great part of which is meadow, and more nearly cleared; on said Farm is a large stone house, a ferry house, a miller's house, a barn, and other out-buildings, and an orchard. There is also a living stream of water running through the whole farm, on which stands a new saw mill, and has had at the river side an over-shot grist-mill for many years, the foundation of which is now standing, and a noted ferry from the landing. The east side of said farm joins the post road from New-York to Albany.—If not sold by the second day of April next, it will be sold on that day at public vendue.
Also, two HOUSES AND LOTS lying in Water-street, Montgomery Ward, No. 119, and 120, each containing fifteen feet in front and sixty feet deep.
Also the Water Lots and Wharf fronting the same, with the half of the pier in the East-river.
The above Houses and Lots, and Water Lots will be sold separate or together, as may best suit the purchasers.—If not sold by the 10th of April next, they will be sold on that day at public vendue on the premises.
Also at private sale, twelve valuable lots of land and water, lying in the Out Ward, bounded by the lots of Thomas Dodge on the east, and the lots of the heirs of Hermannus Rutgers on the west, viz. two lots on the south side of Lombard-street, two at each side of Cherry-street, two at each side of Water-street, and two at the north side of Dock-street, each 23 feet wide front and rear. For particulars enquire of Mr. Nicholas N. Anthony, No. 10, Frankfort-street, Mr. Brevoort, No. 26, Queen-street, or Theophilus Anthony, at the above-mentioned Farm—Indisputable titles will be given. 30 Ap. 2.
TO BE SOLD,
And immediate possession given,
N EAR Flushing, on Long-Island, the south part of ABRAHAM LAWRENCE'S NECK , containing a house and barn, and about 250 acres of upland, supposed to be as good as any on Long Island, whereon may be forty loads of the best English hay cut the next season; also a small orchard of fruit trees, and plenty of wood for the use of the place, it being well watered and in good fence:—Also seventy acres of salt meadow, joining the upland. There is fish and fowl in great abundance to be got in their season, round said Neck, it making the east side of Flushing-Bay. For particulars apply to the subscriber, on said Neck, who will give an indisputable title. 62 1st M
ABRAHAM LAWRENCE.
NOTICE,
I HATI intend to make application to the Commissioners of the Land-office, for a grant of land under water, two thousand feet from high water mark, facing the cove at Tarry-Town landing, Philipsburgh, in the county of Westchester and State of New-York.
MARY VAN WERT.
January 17, 1787. 1 64 6

POET'S CORNER.
EPIGRAM. From the French. WHY , Harpagou, this horror in thy face, Thy riches cannot find a safer place; Nor strength nor pity can prevail with thee; Thy coffer is of iron, like its key; Thy windows, doors, bolts, bars, each strong ram- part Of iron are—nay, iron is thy heart.
WHEREAS THOMAS HENDERSON of the city of New-York, gentleman, and RACHEL his wife (for the securing the payment of twelve hundred and fifty Spanish milled dollars, with the lawful interest for the same, at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, according to the condition of a certain bond bearing date the twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and executed by the said Thomas Henderson to David Masterton of the said city of New-York, mariner) did by endorsement of mortgage, bearing date the said twenty-fourth day of January, in the year last aforesaid, mortgage to the said David Masterton, all that certain messuage or dwelling house and lot, piece or parcel of ground, situated, lying and being in the city of New-York, in No. 12, in the city of New-York, and on the northerly side of a certain street called Water-street, and is bounded southerly in front by the said street easterly by ground late of Robert Benson and James Livingston, westerly by ground now or late of John Latham, and northerly in the rear by ground formerly belonging to the said Thomas Henderson, but now to the heirs of John Rutter, deceased; and contains in breadth, in front and rear twenty-five feet, and extends in length from Water-street towards Cherry-street, one hundred feet, be the same more or less.—And also, all that certain water lot, being the easternmost equal third part of a certain water lot, known and distinguished by lot No. 12, and which was granted to John Latham, which said easternmost equal third part of the said lot No. 12, is situated, lying and being directly opposite to the front of the said messuage or dwelling house, and lot of ground above mentioned and described; and is bounded northerly by the said Water-street, easterly by a certain water lot, known and distinguished by lot No. 13, westerly by part of the said lot No. 12, and southerly by the said East-river or harbour; and contains in breadth upon the said East-river, twenty-four feet five inches, and in the rear upon the said East-river, twenty-two feet four inches, and extends in length on each side from Water-street aforesaid, like the said East-river, two hundred feet, all English measure, together with all and singular the houses, out houses, kitchens, stables, buildings, yards, fences, easements, profits, commodities, advantages, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining.—And whereas, in and by the said indenture of mortgage it was covenanted and agreed that in case default should be made in the payment of the said twelve hundred and fifty Spanish milled dollars, on the first day of February, which should be in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, with interest on the same as aforesaid, then and in such case the said David Masterton, his executors, administrators and assigns should or might, and he, they, or either of them whereby the said covenant fully authorized and empowered by one or more public sale or sales, absolutely to sell, convey and surrender the said messuage or dwelling house, and lot of ground, and all and singular, other the said respective premises, with their and every of their rights, members and appurtenances, and the inheritance of the same to such purchaser or purchasers as the said David Masterton, his executors, administrators or assigns, or either of them should procure to purchase the same, and out of the monies arising from such sale or sales, should in the first place deduct and take to himself the said principal sum of twelve hundred and fifty Spanish milled dollars, and the interest which should be due there for the same, together with all the reasonable costs, charges and expenses in relation to the same; and after such deduction should be made, the surplus, if any there be, should be rendered to the said Thomas Henderson, his certain attorney, executors, administrators or assigns, as in and by the said indenture of mortgage reference thereto being had may more fully and at large appear. And whereas the whole of the said principal, together with all the interest thereon, is now due and owing to the said David Masterton.—Therefore he is the said David Masterton, his executors, administrators and Rachel his wife, that unless they do discharge the said twelve hundred and fifty Spanish milled dollars, together with all the interest due or to grow due thereon, on or before Saturday the twenty-fourth day of February next, ensuing the date of this notification—all and singular the mortgaged premises aforesaid, will be sold by the said David Masterton, on Saturday the said twenty-fourth day of February next, ensuing the date hereof as aforesaid, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon of the said day on the premises, pursuant to the covenant and agreement in the said indenture of mortgage contained; and also in pursuance 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 19th of March, 1774. Dated this 18th day of August, 1786. DAVID MASTERTON. 2 21 6m
NOTICE is hereby given, that HEZEKIAH THOMPSON, of the city of New-York, an insolvent debtor, did, on the 11th of Nov. 1786, assign and convey to us the subscribers, all his estate, property and effects, in trust for his creditors. All persons therefore, who stand indebted to the said Hezekiah Thompson, are hereby requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers; and all those creditors that have not exhibited their demands, are desired to present them properly authenticated, on or before the 6th of February; or on that day, to meet us the subscribers, at Mr. Walter Meyer's porter-house, the corner of King and Nassau streets. EZEKIAL CRANE, } Assignees. JONAS WADE, } New-York, Jan. 18, 1787. 2 26 4
To be Sold, at PRIVATE SALE, An excellent GRIST MILL , with two run of stones, bolts and screens, in good order for bolting and packing, together with an excellent Saw Mill, likewise in good order, and a good Dwelling-House, which are all situated in one of the best lands for business. For further particulars apply to the Printers hereof. 2 61 32
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that we the subscribers, being a majority of the proprietors of a certain Tract of Land, situated on the south side of the Mohawk river, in the county of Montgomery, patented to William Bayard, and 34 other persons, in the year 1771, and commonly known by the name of the Oneida Purchase, do intend to petition the honorable the Legislature of this State, at their next meeting, for leave to bring in a bill authorizing and directing a division of the said tract, to be made by ballot, agreeable to a survey and map thereof, formerly made by Thomas Palmer and Beriah Palmer, surveyors; which map is now in the possession of Mr. Robert Rofs, at No. 26, John-street, and will be produced for the inspection of any person whom it may concern—and all persons interested in the said tract, are hereby requested to attend at the next meeting of the Legislature, to show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted; dated this eighth day of December, 1786. William Edgar, William Conable, James A. Stewart, Wm. Benj. James A. Stewart, his Attorney. John George Lake by Robt. Rofs, his Attorney. Edward Greville. Robert Henry, Henry Renfrew, Alexander Stewart, Robert Rofs. 2 33
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for the securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates;" passed on the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1777.—That on Friday the 11th day of June next, ensuing the date hereof, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, WILL be SOLD at public auction, at the merchants Coffee-House, in the city of New-York, the fee simple of all that certain messuage and Lot of Ground, in a certain indenture of mortgage, made between James Abel, of the city, county and State of New-York, merchant, and Gertrude, his wife, of the one part, and Francis Lewis, of the same place, merchant, of the other part, described as follows, to wit:—All that certain messuage and Lot of Ground, situated, lying and being in the dock ward of the aforesaid city of New-York, bounded as follows, to wit:—Northerly on a street commonly called and known by the name of Great Dock-street, easterly by a lot of ground formerly belonging to Garret Van Horne, deceased, southerly by a lot of ground belonging to Peter Mesier, and westerly by a house and lot, the property of Isaac Moses, being in breadth, in front, 25 feet and 6 inches, and in the rear 25 feet, one inch, and in length on the east side 70 feet, and on the west 69 feet, and 6 inches, with a gang-way three and an half feet wide, to Little Dock-street, and all buildings, ways, paths, profits, commodities, advantages, emoluments and hereditaments whatsoever to the said messuage or tenement and lot of ground belonging, or in any wise appertaining.—Which said will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the 29th day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1785, with a power to sell therein contained, from the said James Abel and Gertrude his wife, to the said Francis Lewis; and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser, pursuant to the said power, by FRANCIS LEWIS. New-York, Dec. 18, 1786. 2 51 186.
WHEREAS I SAMUEL SAYRE, of the county of Richmond and State of New-York, innholder, stand indebted unto WILLIAM NEWTON, late of the city of New-York and State of New-York, gentleman, in and by a certain bond and mortgage, bearing date prior to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, and conditioned for the payment of the sum of two hundred pounds, lawful money of the State of New-York, or thereabouts, with lawful interest for the same; and whereas the said sum of two hundred pounds with a considerable arrearage of interest is now due, and payable unto the said William Newton, by me the subscriber: Therefore I the said Samuel Sayre do, in pursuance of two certain acts of the Legislature of the State of New-York, the one entitled, "An act relative to debts due to persons within the enemies lines," passed the 12th day of July, 1782, the other entitled, "An act to explain and amend the act entitled an act relative to debts due to persons within the enemies lines," passed the 12th day of July, 1784, passed the 24th day of November, 1784; hereby notify and require you the said William Newton to appear at the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, to be held in and for the county of Orange, at the Court-House in the new city, in said county, on the second Tuesday in October next, to have a settlement, and payment made of the said debt, agreeable to the mode prescribed in and by the several acts aforesaid. Dated this seventeenth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. 2 64 16 SAMUEL SAYRE.
ROBERT HYSLOP, On Dye's Dock, at the foot of Dye-Street, ONCE more requests those indebted to him, will immediately settle their accounts; such as owe from 10 to 14 years, need expect no further lenity. Those who do not pay in one month from this date, will be considered as too great friends to lawyers, to discharge their just debts, without paying the fees, &c. and steps will be taken accordingly. He has on hand, cheap for cash, A small assortment of books, with a neat edition of Barlow's and Watt's psalms, some dry goods, a few casks of indigo and crates of earthenware, with groceries, &c. Likewise oak and pine ship plank, and square oak logs. Lumber taken in on storage or commission. New-York, 8th December, 1786. 52
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to an act of the Governor, the Council and General Assembly of the late colony now State of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates." That on the twenty-third day of March next, at twelve o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold at the dwelling house of Matthew Scott, innholder, in Spencertown, in the county of Albany, to the highest bidder, all the right to a certain tract or parcel of land, lying in the district of Hillsdale, being part of the proprietorship of lands, known by the name of Spencertown, butted and bounded as follows, viz.—Beginning at the corner of the highway opposite to an old barn known by the name of Hides barn; from thence running westerly adjoining the highway, unto the top of the mountain, to a black oak tree; from thence northerly on or near the top of said mountain, adjoining the lands of Reuben Whitmore, until it joins the lands of William Chamberlain, and Selden Curtes, and from thence easterly, adjoining said Curtes and Chamberlain's lands, until it comes to the highway that passes Samuel Wise's, and from thence northerly along the east side of said road until it strikes the corner of said Wise's fence; from thence southeasterly adjoining said Wise's land, until it comes to the land of Nathan Taylor; from thence southeasterly adjoining said Taylor's land, Samuel Knight's land and Jonah Greave's land, until it comes to the highway that leads by said Samuel Knight's and Jonah Greave's; and from thence westerly on said road a few rods, and from thence crossing said road and running a southwesterly course adjoining said Greave's land, until it comes to the corner of said Greave's land, and from thence a southerly course still adjoining said Greave's land until it comes to the land of Ebenezer Taylor; and from thence a westerly course adjoining said Ebenezer Taylor's land to the highway; and from thence a northerly course adjoining said road to the place of beginning; containing by estimation three hundred and fifty acres of land (excepting six acres east of the highway and adjoining Samuel Way's land, and twenty acres west of the highway joining the aforesaid Chamberlain's and Curtes's lands) together with the rights, members, and appurtenances thereof, and of all houses, buildings, lands, commons, trees, woods, ways, waters, water-courses, easements, profits, advantages, and hereditaments whatsoever to the said premises belonging, or in any wise appertaining; which sale will be made by virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the eighth and the ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five (with a power of sale therein contained) from Seth Smith and Eunice his wife, to John Grier, David Brooks, and James Grier.—Deeds of conveyance after the sale will be executed to the purchaser, pursuant to the said power. JOHN GRIER. DAVID BROOKS, JAMES GRIER. N. B. The above was advertised in Osvaldi's paper , for sale the 23d day of February next, but is now put off to Friday the 23d of March next. 2 25 6m
NOTICE is hereby given, according to the form of an 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 on the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774; that on the 22d day of March next, ensuing the date hereof, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold at Public Auction, upon the premises, the fee simple of ALL that certain House and Lot of Ground, situated, lying and being in the city of New-York, bounded southerly to Crown-street, westerly to the ground of Stephen Tippet, northerly to the house and lot of ground belonging to Samuel Johnson, and easterly to the house and lot of ground of the Widow Davis, containing in breadth, in front and rear, 25 feet, and in length 110 feet, be the same more or less, together with all and singular the houses, buildings and improvements thereon, erected and being, and all other the hereditaments and appurtenances to the said messuage and lot of ground belonging—which said will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the 20th and 21st days of November, in the year of our Lord, 1769, (with a power to sell therein contained) from Henry Dufour, of the city of New-York aforesaid, merchant, and Mary his wife, to Margaret Todd, late of said city, widow, deceased, and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser; pursuant to the said power, by Walter Rutherford and Francis Lewis, executors to the last will and testament of Mrs. Margaret Todd. 2 47 8m
TO BE SOLD, Twelve Lots of Ground, IN the Out Ward of the city, near the Bull's-head tavern, and a snuff mill adjoining said lots. Also, 5426 acres of Land, in the county of Albany, in a patent granted to David Schuyler and others, in lots of 539 acres clear of all quit rents. For particulars enquire of STEPHEN and JOHN V. CORTLANDT, No. 17, Broad-way. January 16, 1787. 64
TO BE SOLD, A Valuable FARM, lying in the manor of Fordham, Westcheffer county, about a mile from Kingsbridge, formerly belonging to Benjamin Corfer.—The situation is pleasant, the soil good and requires little labour to turn it to advantage—there is a great deal of good sufficient stone fence dividing the fields, and along the road. Any person inclining to view the farm, may apply to Andrew Corfer, who resides on it, and for the terms of sale, may apply to the subscribers at New-York.—Any persons having demands against the estate of the late Benjamin Corfer or Isaac Corfer, are desired to bring them to the subscribers. ZACHARIAS SICKELLS, ROBERT WATTS. 2 49
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 17th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1787. P R E S E N T, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In C H A N C E R Y, John Montresor, Complainant. vs. William Conroy, and Abigail his wife, Defendants. FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court that a bill hath been filed therein by the complainant, John Montresor, against William Conroy, and Abigail his wife, defendants, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises, in the said bill charged to have been mortgaged by the said William Conroy, and Abigail his wife, to the said John Montresor. Whereupon process of subpoena to appear, and answer hath been duly issued and returned. And the said defendant, William Conroy, and Abigail his wife hath not entered their appearance in this suit according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered, in case the said proceeds had been duly served. And an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said defendant, Wm. Conroy, and Abigail his wife, are withdrawn out of this State, and cannot upon due, careful, and diligent enquiry be found within the same, so as to be served with the said proceedings, which issued on the filing of the said bill in this cause. It is thereupon ordered, on motion of Mr. Harrison, of counsel for the complainant that the said defendants, Wm. Conroy and Abigail his wife, appear to the said bill, on or before the 17th day of April next ensuing, and in default thereof, that the complainants bill be taken pro confesso , to the end that a decree may be made for the sale of the said premises, or so much thereof as to this Court shall appear just and right, and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in, at least, two of the public news-papers printed in the State of New-York, for the space of 3 weeks successively. Extract from the minutes. 2 65 8 W. COCK, Register.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers, in the city of New-York, the 17th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1787. P R E S E N T, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In C H A N C E R Y, Andrew Elliot, Robert N. Auchmuyt, Goldsborough Banyar, Anthony Van Dam, and William Seton, Executors of the last will and testament of Peter Middleton, deceased, vs. John Crysdale, Defendant. FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court, that a bill hath been filed therein by the complainants, Andrew Elliot, Robert N. Auchmuyt, Goldsborough Banyar, Anthony Van Dam and Wm. Seton, executors of the last will and testament of Peter Middleton, deceased, against the defendant, John Crysdale, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises therein mentioned, to have been mortgaged by the said John Crysdale, to the said Peter Middleton, deceased. Whereupon process of subpoena to appear, and answer hath been duly issued and returned. And said John Crysdale has not caused his appearance to be entered in this suit, as according to the rules of this Court, the same ought to have been entered, in case the said proceeds had been duly served. And an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said defendant, John Crysdale, is withdrawn out of this State, and cannot upon diligent enquiry be found within the same, so as to be served with the said proceedings, which issued on the filing of the said bill, it is thereupon ordered, on motion of Mr. Harrison, of counsel for the complainants, that the said defendant, John Crysdale, appear to the said bill, on or before the 17th day of July next ensuing, and in default thereof, that the complainants said bill be taken pro confesso , to the end that a decree may be made for a sale of the said premises, or so much thereof as to this Court shall seem just and right. And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in, at least, two of the public news-papers printed in this State, for the space of 3 weeks successively. Extract from the minutes. 2 65 8 W. COCK, Register.
At a Court of Chancery, held at the Chancellor's Chambers in the city of New-York, the 17th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1787. P R E S E N T, The Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Esq. Chancellor. In C H A N C E R Y, Theophylact Bache, Executor of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Richards, deceased, Complainant, vs. Isaac Kip and Ann his wife, Defendants. FORASMUCH as it appears to this Court that a bill hath been filed therein, by the complainant, executor of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Richards, deceased, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain premises, in the said bill mentioned, to have been mortgaged to the said Elizabeth Richards, in the life time of the said Elizabeth, against the defendants in this cause; whereupon, process of subpoena to appear and answer, hath been duly issued and returned, and the said defendants, Isaac Kip and Ann his wife, have not caused their appearance to be entered in this suit, as according to the rules of this Court the same ought to have been entered, in case the said proceeds had been duly served, and an affidavit having been made to the satisfaction of this Court, that the said Isaac Kip and Ann his wife, are withdrawn out of this State, and cannot upon diligent enquiry be found within the same, so as to be served with the said proceedings, which issued upon filing of the said cause: It is thereupon ordered, on motion of Mr. Harrison, of counsel for the complainant, that the said defendant, Isaac Kip and Ann his wife, appear to the said bill, on or before the 17th day of July next ensuing, and in default thereof, that the complainants said bill be taken pro confesso , to the end that a decree may be made for the sale of the said premises, or so much thereof as to this Court shall appear just and right; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in, at least, two of the public news-papers printed in the State of New-York, for the space of 3 weeks successively. Extract from the minutes. 2 65 8 W. COCK, Register.