The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-05-20 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 119, of VOL. XLII.]
TUESDAY, May 20, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2293.]
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.
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THE American Museum,
FOR APRIL, 1788. CONTAINING Philosophical Papers OBSERVATIONS and conjectures on the earthquakes of New-England, Historical account of the earthquakes of New-Eng- land, Observations and remarks on ditto, Theory of water-spouts: by Andrew Oliver, of Salem in Massachusetts, A sketch of the climate, water, and soil of South- Carolina: by Lionel Chalmers, M. D. of South- Carolina.
American Oratory.
Speech of Oliver Ellsworth, Esq. in the conven- tion of Connecticut, Another Speech of the same gentleman, Speech of the Rev. Mr. Stuart in the convention of Massachusetts, Speech of Mr. Symmes, in ditto, —of Mr. Thacher, in ditto, —of Mr. Barrell, —of the Rev. Mr. Stillman, —of Mr. Ames.
Politics.
Resolves proposed to the federal convention, by Mr. Patterson, of New-Jersey, Cartel remarks on the federal constitution, Address to the minority of the convention of Pennsylvania.
State Papers.
Letter from Mr. Lambert to Mr. Jefferson, Arret of the court of Versailles, for the encourage- ment of the commerce of France with the Unit- ed States of America.
Law Information.
Statement of an interesting case determined in the supreme court, at Newbern, relative to confis- cated property.
Rural Concerns.
Hint to the farmers of Pennsylvania, On the use of plaster of Paris, On the use of drift sand as manure, On the use of pulverised bones as manure, Method of preventing the destruction of apple trees by canker worms, On the preparation and advantages of fumach ber- ries.
Miscellanies.
Meditations on a tea pot, An oration in praise of ignorance, Address to the inhabitants of the United States. Poems by the late Dr. Ladd. Address to Amanda, Sonnet—addressed to the naiads of Ashley river, Elegy sacred to the manes of Philander, Fragment of an epistle to a friend.
Intelligence.
Foreign, American.
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The American Magazine,
FOR APRIL, 1788. CONTAINING, ORIGINAL LETTERS, The life and amusements of Isaac Bickerstaff, junior, continued, Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald concluded, Some account of the Scarcity Root; con- cluded.
A letter from Dr. Stiles, The Adventure of the Inn, continued, Answers to the Law Questions in the Ma- gazine for February, Letter from Dr. Mitchell to Mr. Post, A Series of Original Letters, Original Letter from an Officer in the late Army to his Brother, Education—the importance of accommo- dating the mode of it to the Form of Gov- ernment,
Essay on Snuff-taking, by Earl Stanhope, Account of Sophia Hoffman, the infant Mu- sician,
An account of a patriotic Society of Ladies established in Spain, Lucubrations on Beards, Letters. Origin of the Romance called Robinson Crusoe, Importance of Time, Medical Case of a wounded Nerve, All Men have their Bones, A Tribute of Sensibility, Extracts from ancient Records, A Sentimental Fragment, A true Story, Affected Sensibility, Narrative of the loss of the Rebecca Sloop at White-Haven, Nov. 5, 1787, Curious Extracts from an old Manuscript, Alphonzo, The English Critical Review of Mr. Bar- low's Vision of Columbus,
AMERICAN REVIEW.
Federalist, continued, An address to the People of New-York, Another address to the same, A new and complete System of Arithmetic, by Nicholas Pike, A. M.
POETRY.
Alexis, Fragment of a Poem written by a Madman on Madness, Lines by a Lady of fifteen, Happiness to be found in the Mind only, From a Gentleman to a Lady, who had pre- sented him a Cake-heart, Ode to Spring, Epitaph on the late Boyle Godfrey.
American Intelligence, European Intelligence, Marriages and Deaths.
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THE PRINCIPLES OF THE Latin Grammar,
EXPLAINED in a manner suited to the Capacity of Beginners; with Notes 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 ex- amined a new publication, entitled " The principle of the Latin Grammar explained, &c " by JAMES HARDIE, and that we find it an accurate and judicious compilation, well calculated for the in- struction 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 Lan- guages, JOHN DANIEL GROS, Professor of (Moral Philosophy and Geography, JOHN KEMP, Professor of Mathematics and (Natural Philosophy.)
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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.
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MISCELLANY.
Death and Character of CATO.
[From the second volume of Dr. Ferguson's History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic.]
A T Uica were assembled, from every part of the empire, all who were obnoxious to Cæsar, or who from a zeal for the republic, had refused to submit to his power. — On the third day after the battle, towards night, a person who had escaped from the field of battle, coming to Utica, this unhappy convention of citizens was struck with the greatest alarm. Under the effects of their consternation, they met in the streets, ran to the gates, and again returned to their habitations. They crowded together in the public places, and separated by turns, and passed the night in extreme confusion. Cato represented to them, that the account they had received might be exaggerated, and endeavoured to compose their fears. As soon as it was day he called them together, and laid before them the state of the place, of the works, military stores, provisions, arms and number of men; and having commended the zeal, which they had hitherto shown in defence of the republic, exhorted them now to make the proper use of the means they still had of defending themselves or at least of making their peace in a body; declared, that if they were inclined to submit to the victor, he should impute their conduct to necessity; but if they were determined to resist, he should reserve his sword for the last stake of the republic, and share with them in the consequences of a resolution, which he should love and admire. He contended that they were now to consider themselves as assembled, not in Utica, but Rome: 'That the force of the republic was yet great, and might still, as on former occasions, rise again from its ruins; that the forces of Cæsar must still be distracted or separate, to make head against enemies who were appearing in different parts of the empire, that in Spain his own army had deserted from him, and the whole province had declared for the sons of Pompey; that Rome, the head of the commonwealth, was yet erect, and would not bend under the yoke of a tyrant, that his enemies were multiplying, while he seemed to destroy them: that his own example should instruct them; or rather, that the courage, which he exerted in the paths of guilt and of infamy, should animate those who were about, either to die with honor, or to secure for their country, blessings in which they themselves were to share.' At this assembly a resolution was accordingly taken to defend the city of Utica, and numbers of slaves who were set free by their masters for this purpose, were armed and enrolled. But it soon appeared, that the assembly consisted of persons unable to persist in this resolution, and who were preparing separately to merit the favor of the conqueror, by an entire and early submission. They soon made a general profession of this design, expressed their veneration of Cato; but confessed that they were not qualified to act with him in so arduous a scene: assured him, that if they were permitted to send a message to Cæsar, the first object of it should be to intercede for his safety, and that, if they could not obtain it, they should accept of
no quarter for themselves. — Cato no longer opposed their intentions, but said, that he himself must not be included in their treaty; that he knew not of any right Cæsar had to dispose of his person; that what had hitherto happened in the war only served to convict Cæsar of designs which were often imputed to him, and which he always denied. — He will now, at least own, he said, that his opponents had reason for all the suspicions they suggested against him.
"While matters were in this state, a party of Scipio's horse, who had escaped from the field of battle, appeared at the gates of the town, and were with difficulty, by Cato's entreaties, hindered from putting every Roman who offered to submit to Cæsar, as well as the inhabitants of the place, to the sword. Being diverted from this act of violence, and furnished with some money for their immediate subsistence, they continued their retreat. Most of the senators, who were present, took shipping, and escaped. Lucius Cæsar, undertook to carry to his kinsman a petition from such of the Roman citizens as remained, and said to Cato, at parting, that he would gladly fall at the victor's feet to make his peace. To which Cato replied, "If I were disposed to make my peace with Cæsar, I should repair to him in person, but I have done him no wrong, I am not an object of his pardon, and shall not request what were insolence in him to offer me as a favour." — He however, on this occasion, observed to his own son, that it would not become him to leave his father. 'At a fit time, he said, you will put yourself on the victor's mercy, but do not take part in public affairs; the times do not afford a station in which it would be proper for you to act.' — 'And why, said the young man, will you not take the benefit of the victor's clemency for yourself as well as for me?' 'I was born to freedom, he said, and cannot, in my old age, be reconciled to servitude. For you these times were destined — and it may become you to submit to your fate.' Having passed the day in aiding his friends to procure the means of their escape, he went to the bath, and supped as usual, without any marks of dejection or affectation of ease; and being retired to his chamber, after some time, which he employed in reading, he killed himself. — His attendants, upon hearing a noise which alarmed them, burst open the door, and would have dressed the wound, but he tore it up with his hand, and expired in making this effort. Every one, through the day, had been anxious to know what was the design which Cato covered under the appearance of so much concern for others, and of so little care for himself. On the first report of his death, multitudes crowded to the door of his quarters, and gave the most unfeigned demonstrations of dejection and sorrow. The colony of Utica, though originally hostile to his cause, and still in the interest of Cæsar, ordered a public funeral, and erected his statue in the place of interment.
"Cato died in the vigour of life, under fifty: — he was naturally warm and affectionate in his temper; comprehensive, impartial, and strongly possessed with the love of mankind. But, in his conduct probably became independent of passion of any sort, and chose what was just on its own account. He professed to believe, with the sect whose tenets he embraced, that it might or might not, in particular circumstances, be expedient for a man to preserve or lay down his life; but that, while he kept it, the only good or evil competent to him consisted in the part which he took, as a friend or an enemy to mankind.
He had long foreseen the dangers to which the republic was exposed, and determined to live only while he could counteract the designs that were formed against it. The leader of the successful party thought proper to apologise for himself, by decrying the virtues of Cato: but the bulk of mankind in his own and subsequent ages, were equally pleased to extol them; and he is a rare example of merit which received its praise even amidst the adulation that was paid to his enemies; and was thought, by the impartial, equally above the reach of commendation or censure."
FROM THE NEW-HAVEN GAZETTE.
MR. PRINTER,
The state of purity of morals in which the society of MORAVIANS, in Bethlehem, state of Pennsylvania, live, has long been a subject of speculation to the curious. —
We are informed that the ladies of that friendly and œconomical society have not suffered any innovation in their dress, not even in the fashion of their cap, for more than three hundred years past.
The following is an extract of a letter written by a Miss, twelve years old, at a boarding school, to her brother, at an academy in Connecticut.
Bethlehem, 16th August, 1787:
My dear Harry,
ON the 8th of May, papa and I left Baltimore for this place, tarried about a week in Philadelphia, and on the 15th arrived here. It is 54 miles north of Philadelphia.
The nunnery, as pappa calls it, is a large pile of stone buildings, about four hundred feet in length, has 47 windows in one story, in which there live about two hundred females.
In the apartment where I reside, at the boarding school for misses, there are about thirty little girls of my age. Here I am taught music, both vocal and instrumental; I play the guitar twice a day — am taught the spinnet and forte-piano; and sometimes I play the organ.
We rise at six, and after combing our heads and washing, we retire for prayers, to a little chapel, which is part of this building, and which is consecrated to the use of our school. Our morning and evening prayers are playing on our guitars (which we join with our voices) a few religious verses. This chapel no man or boy ever enters. At seven we go to breakfast: at eight school begins, in which we are taught reading and grammar, both English and German, for those who choose; writing, arithmetic, history, geography, composition, &c. till eleven; when we go into a large chapel, which also joins this house, and where there is an organ. Here we see three gentlemen — the person who delivers a short lecture on divinity and morality — the organist, who plays a hymn, in which we join with our voices — and the boy's school-master. In this meeting the boys attend with us. At three quarters after eleven we dine; and at one school begins. In the afternoon we are taught needle-work, tambour, drawing, music, &c. till three, when school is out, after which we walk, or divert ourselves as we please; at six we sup, then play on some musical instrument, or do as we please, till half after seven, when we retire for evening prayer; at eight we go to bed. We all sleep in a large chamber, with windows on both sides, in which a lamp burns during the whole night. After we are in bed, one of the ladies, with her guitar and voice, serenades us to sleep.
On Sundays divine service is performed in the great chapel, where the whole society, men, women and children, meet. Their preaching is sometimes in German. They sing enchantingly, in which they are joined with the bass viols, violins, and an organ. To call the people into the chapel four French horns are blown, with which you would be delighted.
We have a bell that rings to call us to school, dinner, children's meeting, &c. there is a large clock, the hammer of which strikes upon this bell. This clock strikes not only the hours, but the quarters, and to a minute regulates our different employments.
The inhabitants of this town are supplied with water, by having it run through a cistern, in their kitchens, or by drawing it by turning a cock. A spring supplies this water, which by a pump, worked by a water machine, is forced up more than ninety feet into the fountain head, from whence it is conveyed by leaden pipes to the different houses.
On one side of our house runs the Minor-cas-creek, on another the river Lehigh, on the banks of which are laid out the most beautiful walks, planted with locusts, willow, bass and other trees. Our gardens delight the eye, as well as please the palate.
At Nazareth, ten miles from this, which belongs to this society, in a college or school for little masters, where they live much in the same manner the girls do here.
We have two ladies of the first education, who teach in the school, another who teaches music, and a gentleman who examines, and corrects in grammar and music.
His excellency governor Huntington's speech at the opening of the present session of legislature, in Connecticut.
Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen
Of the House of Representatives.
THE annual business of the May session will at this time of course claim your attention.
It will be remembered, that the assembly at their last session were pleased to invest the governor with the necessary powers, in their recess, to furnish this state's quota of officers and troops, to be stationed on the western frontiers, agreeably to the act of Congress of the 3d of October last: That business hath been completed, so far as the duty devolved upon me, and the proceedings will now be laid before you: the recruiting service is now going on, and it is probable there will be no difficulty in obtaining the compliment of men.
The law of this state made in pursuance of the act of Congress, which makes provision for officers, soldiers, and seamen, disabled in the service of their country, in the late war, appears to be inadequate to the design; while other states and their citizens are taking the full benefit of that provision, there are a number of meritorious officers and privates in this state, who, though suffering under their wounds, and equally deserving, can obtain no relief: let me recommend to the assembly to make the necessary provision in this case.
The support of public faith is an object ever to be kept in view; without it, no government can be long reputable; no people happy.
You will doubtless find it indispensable in the course of the present session to make adequate provision for the support of civil government the current year.
There are several regulations of Congress, which will also merit your consideration.
As we continue to enjoy the blessings of peace and internal quiet (and with great satisfaction let me add) industry seems generally to pervade the state, will it not be wise for this assembly to devote a part of the session, in consulting such measures, as shall in the best manner aid and cultivate the arts of peace; promote agriculture, and such manufactures as ought to be encouraged, and may be carried on with profit to the undertakers, when the business is well understood?
It seems that a voluntary company in this city and its vicinity, are attempting to set up a woollen manufactory, in a manner so extensive as to reap the advantage of a proper division of labour, in the various branches of that business: will it not be proper for the assembly at this time to give some encouragement, in such manner as they shall judge most expedient, to promote and establish a business of so much importance as the woollen manufacture in this state? Our flocks of sheep are rapidly increasing, owing in some measure to the encouragement the legislature have given for raising sheep, although other causes have no doubt co-operated in producing the effect: the principal raw materials for this manufacture, may, with proper encouragement, abound in this state.
The promoting of education is a matter of great importance; more especially that degree of education which ought to be universally inculcated upon children and youth of all ranks and conditions in life. If we consider the subject, not only as it respects the happiness of individuals in this and a future life, but also the effect it must have with regard to the public weal, it will appear of the greatest importance: a happy constitution & government never can be enjoyed or maintained, by an illiterate or savage people.
The danger of neglecting the means of education, lies more in the obscure parts and parishes, than in populous cities and towns in this state.
Although government have been compelled by necessity to withhold for a time, the aid and encouragement which was formerly given for the support of schools, is it not now become expedient for the legislature again to lend their fostering hand, in some way to encourage the necessary instructions of the succeeding generation?
There are other matters of importance which will doubtless claim a consideration, and which your wisdom and prudence will bring into view in the course of the session.
FROM THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE.
SIR,
Your inserting the following extract, taken from a late publication, will perhaps be agreeable to many of your readers. A.Z
FEW people are able to form an adequate idea of the extent of the districts ceded to the United States of America, at the conclusion of the late war: it will not be amiss, therefore, to compare them with countries, with whole situation and extent we are more acquainted. The following measurements are made with accuracy:
The river Ohio is navigable from fort Pitt to its mouth, which is 1164 miles. The lands on the banks of the Ohio, and between the Alleghany mountains, the lakes Ontario and Erie, and the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, contain 233,200 square miles, nearly equal to Great-Britain and France, whose contents are, 235,237 square miles.

The lands between the Illinois, lakes Huron and Superior, and the Mississippi at the Falls of St. Anthony, contain 129,030 square miles, nearly equal to Great-Britain and Ireland, which are 131,800 square miles.
The lands from St. Anthony's Falls to the south line, from the lake of the woods to the head of the Mississippi, contain 59,000 square miles, which is more than Holland, Flanders and Ireland, which are 57,908 square miles.
The Thirteen States of America contain 207,050 square miles, nearly as large as all Germany, Flanders, Holland and Switzerland, which contain 207,183 square miles.
American Occurrences.
S A L E M, May 13.
THURSDAY last, John Choat, son of Mr. Nehemiah Choat of Chebacco, a youth of about 14 years of age, was instantly killed by a fall from a horse. What a call to old and young to be ever ready for death! — "Man knoweth not his time."
P O R T S M O U T H, May 10.
C E L E B R A T I O N —on the SEVENTH PILLAR'S being raised.
If ever Angels from the skies descend, 'Twill be—the Fed'ral building to defend.
On Thursday last, upon receipt of the agreeable intelligence of the ratification of the New Constitution, by the state of Maryland, a number of patriotic citizens assembled at Col. Brewster's Coffee-House tavern, where, after partaking of collation, and congratulating each other upon the happy event, the following federal toasts were drank, viz.
 1st. The state of Maryland—may the constitution they have ratified, prove as beneficial as its farmers have illustrious.  2d. The delegates of the Maryland convention—may their conduct be remembered until patriotism shall cease to be a virtue.  3d. The New-England convention—may a speedy ratification of the new constitution be the immediate result of their next meeting.  4th. The grand federal edifice—may its spires reach the zenith of fame—justice compose its pillars, and virtue support its base.  5th. The United States—may they yet rise superior to those nations who have fought their ruin.  6th. The memory of those heroes who have laid down their lives upon the altar of freedom.  7th. The great American Fabius—may his virtues, like the sun, impregnate the soil of every American's breast with genuine patriotism.  8th. The temple of liberty—may its doors ever be kept open.  9th. The federal chain—may it ever be kept bright—and may the fire which has been kindled by seven states, be joined by the other five, and may all unite in smothering the calumny of peace.  10th. His Most Christian Majesty—may his virtues never be forgotten.  11th. Arts and sciences—may they revive and flourish, and the federal government prove their patrons.  12th. The Marquis de la Fayette—may the services he has rendered America be engraven upon the hearts of its citizens.  13th. The citizens of Rhode-Island—may the scales be removed from off their eyes, and may they join the federal edifice, and the banners of truth and justice. 
It is but a just tribute due to the Honorable John Langdon, Esq. to mention, that the whole expence attending the above entertainment, was defrayed by him—a circumstance which at once proves the greatness of his mind, and the joy he felt upon this so important an event.
From the information we have been able to collect upon the subject, little doubt may be had but the proposed constitution will be ratified by the convention of this state, at their next meeting—and that by a considerable majority. Indeed our intelligence from all quarters presages much good—the federal building goes on rapidly, considering its extent and magnitude: and we doubt not, but in a short time we shall have the pleasure of announcing its entire completion.
"He'd the day, &c." The person taken up near the Isle of Shoals (see Spy of April 29) proves to be a Mr. Samples—he, together with Mr. William Pay, and a lad by the name of Bulkley, all belonging to Newbury-Port, failed from that town on the morning of the 16th ult. in a small Schooner, for the purpose of catching some fish. In the afternoon a sudden squall came on, attended with snow and hail, and the vessel was seen standing for the Isle of Shoals. The bodies of Mr. Pay and Bulkley, have not yet been discovered.—Mr. Pay has left a wife and five children, and Mr. Samples a wife and one child.
P R O V I D E N C E, May 10.
A few days since, sixteen young ladies assembled at the house of Mr. Simeon Ingraham, in this town, and spun in the course of the day forty-three skeines of excellent linen yarn.
New-York, May 20.
O N Sunday last arrived here the sloop Sea-Flower, Cook, Cape Francois, in 15 days; sloop Jane, Lightbarn, Turks-Island, in 14 days; sloop Mary, Riebeck, St. John, New-Brunswick, in 9 days.
A letter from Newry mentions, a report, that the ship Empress of China was on shore on the Saltees near Waterford.
Captain Ripley from St. Helena says, that the ship La Celles came in there the 21st of March from Canton, which she left the 10th of January, the Purser of said ship informed Capt. Ripley, that the ship Alliance, from Philadelphia, arrived at Canton the 1st of January, and that ginsang was in no demand.
A correspondent observed, in Mr. Morton's paper of yesterday, that since the translation of the Farmer's letters the French nation begins to understand the true principles of liberty. The author of that paragraph did probably not remember, or has, perhaps, never seen, the words of Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Raynal; he does not know, that besides these modern philosophers, there is no nation which has produced a greater number of deep and ingenious writers on government. It is strange that the American constitutions and bills of rights, almost entirely copied from Montesquieu, and the contract social of Rousseau should be said to occasion a revolution in France, whilst there is no man of information in that country, who does not know those authors by heart. Patriotism does not exclude modesty, and this virtue we recommend to every scribbler.
Mr. Thomas, under sentence of death, in Portsmouth, for the murder of Capt. Drown, lately mentioned in the Mercury, last week was very near making his escape. Having been furnished with pinchers, he had removed his chains, and penetrated the chimney almost sufficient to pass through, but day approaching fast, thought it best to relinquish the pursuit. [Salem Mercury Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Demarara, to his friend in Portsmouth, dated March 21, 1788.]
"I am sorry to inform you that times are here growing from bad to worse: A Dutch cutter arrived here a few days ago, and has seized a Capt. Baker, from Rhode-Island, who had eleven hogheads and four barrels of sugar on board his vessel. The sugar is condemned, and he is sentenced to pay four thousand, five hundred guilders fine. We are in hourly expectation of two more vessels to keep us honest. For some time past, not a chair, saddle, ax, or any other article imported from America, which can possibly be manufactured in Holland, has been admitted to an entry, without bonds being given for their re-exportation."
Wednesday evening last, was light, the hymeneal torch, between Mr. ADAM CHURNSIDE, and Mrs. ANNA RAIN, an accomplished young Lady, qualified to render the nuptial state superlatively happy. "Then two bright souls did to each other draw, When love was liberty and nature law."
Married, at Newport, Mr. Isaac Greenwood, of Providence, to Miss Deborah Langley, eldest daughter of William Langley, Esquire.
Observations on a Resolv in FEDERAL CONVENTION, July 26, was received too late for this day's Register, but shall appear to-morrow.
To the PUBLIC.
T HE subscriber experiencing daily, notwithstanding his repeated advertisements not to deliver any articles for the use of his family on credit, that there are, however, sundry persons who continue to do the same, trusting and crediting his domestics without his knowledge, and contrary to his positive orders, and afterwards directing their bills to him, doth hereby, once for all, give notice, that he doth not pay any one of such bills, and again cautions every body not to sell any articles on his account or in his name, but for ready cash.
P. J. VAN BERCKEL.
New-York, May 16, 1788. 97 e.d. 1w.
A quantity of Russia Duck, TO BE SOLD BY Solomon Townshend,
Who has removed from Corner of Burling-Slip, a few doors towards the Fly-Market, the opposite side of the way, at No. 211, in Queen-Street.
A L S O,
Pig and Bar Iron,
Blistered and Crowley's Steel, Anchors,
Pot-ash Kettles of superior quality, A few barrels of Curriers Oyl and Blubber, To be sold low for cash.
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HARTFORD, April 28, 1788. P R O P O S A L S, For Publishing, by Subscription, A C O M P E N D I U M OF Christian Theology.
By JOHN FREDERICK OSTERWALD, A celebrated Divine of Switzerland. Newly translated into English, from the Original LATIN.
By the Rev. JOHN M'MAINS.
***** C O N T E N T S.
 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. 
C O N D I T I O N S.
T HIS book will contain about 400 pages, large demy octavo size, will be printed with a new pica type, and on good paper, will be neatly bound, lettered, and filleted, with Gold on the back.
 2. Price to subscribers will be only ONE DOLLAR and a Quarter.  3. Those that subscribe for six books, shall have a seventh gratis. 
4. As soon as 250 subscribers appear, the work will be put to press, and finished as expeditiously as possible, with a list of the subscribers names, if sent in season.
Subscriptions are taken in by Nathaniel Patten, the publisher, in Hartford, Connecticut, and by most of the Printers and Booksellers on the continent: it is requested that the subscribers names may be sent to said Patten by the last day of July next.
FRANCIS DURAND No. 15, QUEEN-STREET, Has FOR SALE, imported in the French Packets,
The following ARTICLES, viz:
 CAMBRICKS, and Lawns,  Umbrellas of different sizes,  Lyon's quilted Satins,  Men's black and white Silk Hose,  Women's white do.  Black Modes, yard wide  eff assorted Ribbons,  Superfine French Broad Cloths, Scarlet, Blue &c. &c.  Thread Laces and Edgings,  Black Silk Laces,  White and coloured Women's Kid Gloves  Chintzes, &c. 
The PEOPLE of the STATE of NEW-YORK,
By the Grace of God Free and Independent: To the Sheriff of Queen's County, Greeting:
W HEREAS 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.
87 t. 12 w 56. By order of the honorable Richard Morris, Esquire, chief justice of the supreme court of the state of New-York.
P U B L I C N O T I C E is hereby given, by the petitioning creditors of Josiah Hazard, an insolvent debtor, to all the creditors of the said Josiah Hazard, that they shew cause, if any they have, before the said honorable Richard Morris, Esq. at his chamber situated the corner of King and Nassau street, city of New-York, by Saturday the 14th day of June next, why an assignment of the estate of the said Josiah Hazard should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and be thereupon discharged, agreeable to a law of this state, entitled, "An act for giving relief in cases of insolvency," passed the 21st day of March, 1788.
Dated the 30 day of May, 1788. ed. 6. Petitioning Creditors of JOSIAH HAZARD. WILLIAM HAZARD, ABIGAIL SPICER, FERDINAND BELLA.
Government Securities.
CASH, and a generous price, will be given for such as are generally called FINAL SETTLEMENTS, LOAN OFFICE, those issued by J. Nourse, and INTEREST FACILITIES—Also, those of this State, Connecticut, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
JACOB REED, jun. Who also Exchanges and Re-exchanges the Paper Currency of this State, and SPECIE;
And negotiates on Commission any Business respecting the Public Funds.
GEORGE BOND, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, Has removed his OFFICE from No. 5, to No. 53. William-street.
Mrs. WATERS
H AS removed to Peck-Slip, 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.
New invented Patent Composition FAN-LIGHTS.
ARCHER & NEWMAN,
Painters, Plumbers, and Glaziers, At No. 199, Water-Street, opposite the Coffee House.
P RESENT their most respectful compliments to their friends, and the public in general, and acquaint them that House, Sign, Ship Painting, and Plumbing are done in the neatest manner, and at their reduced prices; Mahogany Graining to its perfection, with Marble, &c. Likewise, Distemper or Water Colouring, agreeable to the Italian mode, on Ceiling, Wall, or any other Work, new or old, in any colour, and warranted to stand equal to oil.—Also, makes the New invented Patent Composition Fan Lights, neatly ornamented, more elegant and durable than any yet offered in this country, and at a moderate price.
N. B. Orders from the Country punctually attended to. New-York, May 8, 1788. 89—m-th-49.

POET'S CORNER.
TRANSLATION
Of the Fourth Idyllium of Moschus. WHEN o'er unruffled ocean's azure plain Soft zephyrus sighs, my sympathetic breast...
Affix of BREAD.
As Established December 5, 1787. A Loaf of inspected superfine Wheat Flower, weight Two Pounds Five Ounces for six-pence.
WHEREAS RICHARD BAYLIS, of Cothen, 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...
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Just imported in the last Vessels from London and Dublin, and to be SOLD, By HUGH GAIN, At his Printing-Office and Book-Store, at the Bible, in Hanover-Square.
BACON'S Abridgement, Burrow's, Wilson's, Cowper's, Strang's, Atkyn's, Brown's, Douglas's, & Blackstone's Reports...
Also the following BOOKS. Young's and Cole's Dictionary, Clarke's Ovid, Coderii, Erasmus and Introduction, Mair's Caesar, and Introduction, Seleucia Protanis, and Veteri, Beza's Testament...
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New-York RUM Of excellent Flavour and good Proof FOR SALE, By Charles Tillinghast, At the DISTILLERY, near the New Market Cherry-Street, nearest to the ship-Yards.
To the Friends of Science. IT has long been the universal wish, that the public might be furnished with an accurate Geographical and Topographical Grammar of the United States.
Geographers of foreign countries, not being possessed of the proper materials, and not equally interested in this part of their subject, have filled their accounts of these states with numerous inaccuracies.
This encouragement has determined him to publish again on the same subject. For the purpose of collecting more ample and accurate materials than he formerly possessed, he has travelled through all the states, and has been favoured with the communications of gentlemen well qualified to give information on so important a subject...
1. The boundaries and extent of the several states, and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal places. 2. Descriptions of the rivers, their sources, courses, lengths, how far navigable, how high does the tide rise...
Those gentlemen, who may be so obliging as to favor the above design, by communications, are requested to forward them to Messrs. R. Aitken, or W. Spotswood, Philadelphia; Messrs. Spotswood and Clarke, bookellers, Baltimore; Rev. Mr. Keith, Alexandria; the honorable H. Williamson Edenton, North-Carolina; the honorable D. Ramsay, Messrs. Wright and Co, Charleston; the honorable A. Baldwin and Joseph Clay, Esquires, Georgia; Samuel S. Smith, D. D. Princeton, Mr. Loudon, Printer, New-York; and the Rev. Samuel Austin, or Jedidiah Morse, New-Haven.
* This enquiry is made for the purpose of collecting the proper materials for a Gazetteer of the United States, which makes a part of the general plan in view. It is obvious that a book of this kind, compiled from accurate information, would be exceedingly useful.
with their names subscribed, and the places of their residence, that the author may have the pleasure of knowing to whom he is indebted for their friendly assistance. JEDIDIAH MORSE.
If the several Printers, in the United States, feel disposed to favor the above design, and will give this Advertisement a place in their respective papers for a few weeks, and will receive and forward to New-Haven, any communications which may be handed them by friends to the design, they may thereby contribute to the public good, and will peculiarly oblige their humble servant. Philad. Aug. 7, 1787. J. M.
Remaining on Hand, And TO BE SOLD At this Printing-Office, No. 25, Water-Street, 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 here of, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold.
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, Kenhawa, Scioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c.
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.
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 dying roots and medicinal plants; hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten hogheads of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes.
And to be SOLD, 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 constitution proposed for the United States, previous 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 a PLEBIAN.
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