The New-York packet (New York [N.Y.]), 1787-06-05 00:00:00

The New-York Packet.
TROS TYRIUSQUE NOBIS NULLO DISCRIMINE AGETUR. Virg.
T U E S D A Y, J U N E 5, 1787.
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ASSIZE OF BREAD. A Wheaten Loaf, of fine Flour to weigh 2lb. 4oz. for seven coppers: a loaf of like Flour to weigh 1lb. 4oz. for four coppers.
H I G H - W A T E R. Monday 32 Min. after 11 Friday 52 Min. after 11 Tuesday 20 Min. after 11 Saturday 44 Min. after 11 Wednesday 8 Min. after 11 Sunday 36 Min. after 11 Thursday 0 Min. after 11
PRICE-CURRENT, in NEW-YORK. 1/ Wheat per bushel, 7f. 6d. at 7f. 10d. West-India Rum, 3f. 9d. Beef, per barrel, 70f. 6d. 2/ Indian Corn, 6f. 6d. at 6f. 3d. Muscovado Sugar, 59f. at 70f. 9d. Pork, 95f. 6d. 3/ Flour, common 42f. superf. 46f. per b. Single refined do. 1f. 2d. Fine Salt, 2f. 6d. 4/ Brown Bread, 20f. od. Molasses, 1f. 8d. Rock Salt. 4f. to 4f. 6d.
All persons having demands to the Subscriber, are requested to send their accounts sealed up, as soon as possible, to the office of Robert Troup, Esq. Counsellor at Law, No. 18, Smith-Street, in order that they may be arranged for settlement. 702 JOHN KELLY.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of an unanimous resolution of the corporation of Trinity Church, passed on the twenty-second instant, the following lots of ground, belonging to the said corporation, will be sold at public auction on Thursday the twenty-eighth day of June next, at the Coffee-House in this city, viz.
All those Lots of Ground situated on the south side of Vesey-street, between Church-street and the lot next to the corner of Greenwich-street, and which are distinguished by the numbers 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49, being twenty-five feet each in breadth, and eighty-two in length.
Also, Lots No. 93, 94, 133, 137, 138 and 139, on the North side of Vesey-street, being twenty-five feet by one hundred each.
Also, Lots No. 60 and 61, on the north side of Partition-street, between Mr. Sheaff's and Mr. Stag's Lots, twenty-five feet by eighty-two each.
Also, Lot No. 89, in Church-street, adjoining the Roman Catholic Church, twenty-five feet by one hundred.
Also, Lot No. 128, in Greenwich-street, adjoining Joseph Kingland's, twenty-five feet by one hundred and twenty.
Also, Lot No. 78, on the south side of Barclay-street, next to the lots purchased by Philip Livingston, Esq. twenty-five feet by one hundred.
Also, Lots No. 172 and 176, on the north side of Barclay-street, between the Broadway and Church-street, twenty-five feet by seventy-five each.
Also, Lots No. 253 and 254, on the north side of Robinson-street, next to the lots granted to the Presbyterian churches, twenty-five feet by seventy-five each.
Also, Lot No. 233, on the south side of Murray-street, next to the corner of the Broadway, twenty-five feet by seventy-five.
Also, Lots No. 320 and 321, in the Broadway, between Murray and Warren-streets, twenty-five feet by one hundred and eight each.
Also, Lots No. 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339 and 340, being all the lots on the East side of Church-street, between Murray and Warren-streets.—Most of these Lots are intended to front in Murray and Warren-streets; they are twenty-five feet each in front, and from fifty to one hundred each in length.
Also, Lots No. 354, 355, 356 and 357, on the West side of Church-street, between Murray and Warren-streets.—These lots are to front in Warren-street, and are twenty-five feet by seventy-five each.
Also, Lots No. 362, 363, 364 and 365, on the south side of Warren-street, between Church and Chapel-streets, twenty-five feet by seventy-five each.
Also, Lots No. 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372 and 373, on the east side of Chapel-street, between Murray and Warren-streets.—Most of these Lots are intended to front in Murray and Warren-streets; they are twenty-five feet each in front, and from fifty to one hundred each in length.
Also, Lots No. 386, 387, 388 & 389, on the west side of Chapel-street, between Murray and Warren-streets; these Lots are intended to front in Warren-street, and are twenty-five feet by seventy-five each.
Also, Lot No. 398, at the south-east corner of Greenwich and Warren-streets, twenty-five feet by one hundred and twenty.
Those persons who will discharge the Arrears of ground-rent on their respective lots, before the day of sale, will be permitted to remove the buildings erected on them, otherwise they will be sold with the lots.
The streets in which most of the above Lots are situated, are the widest and most regular of any in the city; using, according to the late regulations, from 58 to 90 feet each in width, perfectly straight, and nearly at right angles with the Broadway and Hudson's River. The ascent from the River to the Broadway is more easy and gradual than in any other part of the town, and from the improvements making on the Water Lots, that part of the city will soon be a very eligible situation for every kind of business.
The terms of payment will be made easy to the purchasers:—one fourth part of the purchase money to be paid within ten days after the sale, when deeds will be given and mortgages taken for the security of the remainder;—one fourth on the 1st of July, 1788;—one fourth on the 1st of July, 1789, and the remaining fourth on the 1st of July, 1790; together with interest on each of the payments, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, from the day of sale.
The title is as good as any in the State, and a good warrantee Deed will be given to the purchaser.
A Plan of the lots will be lodged with Mr. ANTHONY L. BLEECKER, No. 208, Water-street, who will give any other information which may be required.
New-York, May 23, 1787. To be RENTED, on a Lease for 99 years, the Ground and Water Lots on the west side of Greenwich-street, between Warren and Chambers-streets.—Enquire as above. 702
WILLIAM DONOVAN, BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that he carries on the TOBACCO BUSINESS in all its different branches, at No. 73, Oswego-market; he is resolved to sell on the very lowest terms. Country produce will be taken as payment. May 31, 1787. 702 4
By order of the Honorable John Sloss Hobart, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the State of New-York:
Notice is hereby given, by Obadiah Wright, of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut, an insolvent debtor, and by the petitioning creditors of the said Obadiah Wright, to all his creditors, to show cause, if any they have, to the said John Sloss Hobart, Esq. at his office, in Crown-street, by Friday the eighth day of June next, at twelve o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, why an assignment of the said debtor's estate, should not be made, and the said debtor discharged according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," passed 13th April, 1786. Dated this 24th day of May, 1787. 701 4
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A Wet Nurse with a good breast of milk, who can be well recommended. Apply to Mrs. McLean, No. 6, Broad-street. 702 3
To be Sold at Private Sale, THAT valuable plantation formerly the property of Wilson Hunt, Esq. in the township of Maidenhead, and county of Hunterdon, New-Jersey, lying on the post road between New-York and Philadelphia, eight miles from Trenton, and four from Princeton, containing upwards of four hundred and twenty acres of very excellent land, one hundred and fifty of which is good English meadow, and will produce one hundred and fifty tons of hay annually; the upland is rich and fine for any kind of grain, and very natural to grass; forty-five acres of fine thrifty timber of the best kind, and a large bearing orchard of the best grafted fruit, a dwelling-house, two good barns and a new hovel that will contain upon the upper floor, twelve tons of hay, a well of good water near the dwelling-house, and about the middle of the plantation is a delightful eminence that commands at one view the whole farm. For terms apply to Mr. Abm. Hunt, at Trenton, Archd. Mercer at Millstone, Thomas Smith and William Neilson, Esq. in New-York, or the subscriber on the premises. 2702 12 JOHN C. SCHENK.
All Persons that are indebted to the estate of Elias Desbrosses, late of the city of New-York, merchant, deceased, by bond, note or book debt, are requested to make payment to the subscriber, by the first day of September next, as all accounts without disjunction unsettled by that time, will be put into the hands of an attorney. JAMES DESBROSSES, Executor. New-York, Queen-street, No. 9, May 30, 1787.
All Persons that are indebted to the estate of William Butler, late of the city of New-York, merchant, deceased, by bond, note or book debt, are requested to make payment to the subscriber, by the first day of September next, as all accounts without disjunction, unsettled by that time, will be put into the hands of an attorney. JAMES DESBROSSES, Executor. New-York, Queen-street, No. 9, May 30, 1787. 702
V E N D U E.  JAMES INGLIS, Licensed Auctioneer and Commission-Merchant, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public in general, that he has now opened his business, at No. 21, Wall-street, and opposite the Coffee-House Bridge; where he is ready to receive, and has every kind of roomy convenience for storing all sorts of wet and dry goods, and for selling them by public auction or private sale.—Having set aside every other pursuit, he means constantly to devote his whole attention to the Commission Business, and hopes, at all times, to show himself fully sensible of his duty and his interest, by steady exertions for the benefit of his employers, and in every respect so to conduct his business, as to make himself useful to the public in the line of his profession. N. B. Cash will always, when necessary, be advanced to the owners, upon unlimited goods being deposited for sale. 702
TO BE LET, And entered on immediately, ONE new House, well finished, at Brooklyn, two stories high, with three rooms on a floor, with a good yard and cellar.—Also, part of the house opposite New-York, formerly the property of John Cornell, deceased, with two lower and three upper rooms, with a good cellar and garden. For terms apply to the subscriber, GEORGE POWERS. 702 6
F O R S A L E, At No. 41, Wall-street, LOW priced oznaburghs, writing paper, Russia sheetings, ravens duck, mill laws, an assortment of tapes, do. of calicoes, Geneva in cales, do. in jugs, best pistol powder. Also, an excellent SADDLE HORSE. May 24, 1787. 700
C I N C I N N A T I. THE Members of the New-York State Society are requested to attend a general meeting, to be held at the Coffee-House, on Tuesday the 5th of June next, agreeably to adjournment. By order of the President, 97 8 ROBERT PEMBERTON, Sec'y. The following ACTS of the Hon. the Legislature, passed at their last session, may be had singly, at the Book-store of S. LOUDON, viz. An Act for regulating elections: together with an act for regulating town-meetings. An Act imposing duties on goods and merchandise imported into this State. An Act for the more speedy recovery of debts to the value of ten pounds. An Act to institute an University within this State. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to regulate the Militia." Also, an Act to regulate the Militia. Passed the 4th of April, 1786.
To be Sold at Public Vendue, On the Premises, ON Wednesday the 11th of June, if not sold before at private sale, the Lot of Ground belonging to the estate of Hendrick Wessels, deceased, situated on the south side of Stone-Street, containing in front and rear 30 feet, by 13 feet, 2 inches, with a yard 10 feet, 4 inches wide, and 24 feet in length, with the privilege to the proprietors of Isaac Van Dam in laying beams in the west wall thereof; an indisputable title will be given, and the particulars will be made known by 701 3 JAMES WESSELS.
TO BE SOLD, ON reasonable terms, in the whole or in parcels, three thousand one hundred and fifty acres of extraordinary rich and fertile Intervale and Upland , situated on Polett-river, and that part of Wood-creek, called Indian or Green-river, in the township of Granville, in the county of Washington and State of New-York, formerly granted to Captain Robert Campbell.—Also two thousand one hundred acres of excellent good Land , to the south westward thereof, in the same township and county, heretofore granted to Captain William Farquhar.—And also, two thousand one hundred acres of very good Land , in the same neighbourhood, granted in the year 1764, to Lieutenant David Borry, to all which an indisputable title will be given. Apply to James Farquhar in New-York. 57
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that we the subscribers, commissioners, appointed by an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more easy partition of a tract of land, called the Oneida Purchase," passed 11th April, 1787, will meet on Tuesday the 5th day of June next, between the hours of ten and twelve in the forenoon, at the house of John Simmons, Innkeeper, situated in Wall-street, in the city of New-York; to cause the several lots, into which the said tract is divided, to be ballotted for pursuant to the directions of the said act, at which time and place, all persons interested in the said tract are required to attend. Dated this 18th day of April, 1787. 90
EVERT BANCKER, JOHN RAMSAY, THOMAS RANDALL.
TIMOTHY WOOD, BOOT and SHOE MAKER, MOST respectfully informs the public, that he has removed from No. 32 to 28, Hanover-square, where he continues his business as usual. He entertains a grateful sense of the many favors from his customers, and hopes that by his giving general satisfaction, he will merit a continuance. He has imported in the brigantine Betsey, Capt. Mesnard, the following articles, which he will supply on the most reasonable terms, viz. Calf-skin boot legs of superior quality, Cordovan do. do. Calf and Seal skins, best bend foals, boot garters, &c. &c. New-York, 1st May, 1787. 93
Le Roy and Bayard, No. 194, Water-street, HAVE imported the following articles by the Ship, Hope, Capt. H. Doertson, from Amsterdam, which they will dispose of on reasonable terms for cash, viz. linseed oil, gun powder, Russia duck, Russia sheetings, oznaburghs, linens, cambricks, a neat assortment; Seine twine, three threads, writing paper, black pepper, numegs and cloves. They have likewise still on hand a few puncheons of excellent Demarara rum. 700
JOHN BLEECKER gives ready money for all kinds of Continental and State Certificates, at his Auction-Room and Commission Store, No. 197, Queen-street, where all kinds of Merchandise will be thankfully received, and sold on commission. The Journals of the last Session of the Hon. the Senate and Assembly are now completed—Gentlemen entitled to them by law and others, can have their respective copies, by applying at this Office. A few on hand for sale.—The LAWS will also be completed in a short time; of which due notice will be given. 2 98 6
IF any person can inform the Printers if JOHN RIDOUT be living or dead, it will much oblige them. He was at Annapolis in Maryland in June 1784—is supposed to be now in this city. 2 98 6
William M. Smith, Broker and Licensed Auctioneer, BEGS leave to inform his friends in the city, in the country, and the public, that he has commenced business at his Store, No. 7, Old-slip, New-York.—He sells ships, Houses, and Estates with every sort of merchandise, on the lowest commissions. He requests their favors, which he hopes to merit by his punctuality and attention, and that his employers may rest assured, that the property they put in his care to dispose of, is safe.—He has lodged in trust for that purpose, real estate, to the amount of three thousand pounds and upwards. He has for private sale, on the lowest terms, Cables of all sizes, Indigo, Cordage of all sorts, Soap by the box, Well-India goods, Earthen ware, Teas of different sorts, Grain of different sorts, Brandy, Flour of all sorts, Holland Gin, Ship bread, Spices &c. in the grocery line, Beef and pork in barrels, With a great variety of articles too tedious to enumerate.
Likewise a valuable Negro Man, aged about 25 years, brought up in, and perfectly understands the baking business. Sold for no fault, but want of employment. He has for SALE or to EXCHANGE for equal value in or near New-York, His capital Mills in Fredrickburgh Precinct, rented to Messrs. Cock and Garrison, at £. 200 per annum, five years unexpired, with a few Farms near the same:—Please to apply to Capt. James Cock on the premises, who will show them. A L S O,
A small neat Farm in Rumbout's Precinct, of about fifty acres, two miles from Wappings Creek Landing. N. B. An assortment of West-India goods will be taken in part payment. L I K E W I S E,
A convenient Dwelling-House, three stories high, with every accommodation, in a capital street for business:—To be sold or exchanged for European, East or West-India goods. 700
To be Sold at Private Sale, A VALUABLE PLANTATION, situated in Frederickburgh Precinct, county of Dutchess, State of New-York, joining on the gore, containing eight hundred acres of Land, on which may be made two hundred and fifty acres of good meadow, some of which is already made.—A quantity of plough land cleared and fenced:—There are on said farm two excellent streams of water, large enough for a grist Mill or mills, or iron works, plenty of iron ore handy:—If any gentleman should erect iron-works on said farm, I make no doubt but that a number of the inhabitants would contribute largely to encourage the undertaking. Easy payments will be given. All kinds of public securities, as also all kinds of country produce, West-India, or dry goods will be taken in payment. For terms, please to apply to Ebenezer Boyd, living near the premises, or William M. Smith, No. 7, Old-slip, New-York. N. B. MORE LAND, (if required) at an easy rate. New-York, May 10, 1787. 96 1m
J. and F. ATKINSON, Removed from 223, Queen-street, to No. 10, Hanover-square, HAVE imported in the last vessels from London and Liverpool, a large assortment of DRY GOODS, viz. Superfine broad cloths, Midling and low priced do. Corduroys, Plain and figured velvets, Irish linens, 3-4, 7-8 and yard wide, Tickings, checks, fustians and jeans, Modes, pelongs and fustians, Black and coloured silk handkerchiefs, Ribbons, gauzes, cambricks and lawns, Calicoes, printed linens and cottons, Metal and fashionable buttons, Sewing silk, twist and laces, Wildbores and cambletens, Womens cotton stockings, Mens thread ditto, Womens black and coloured silk mitts & gloves, Mens felt and fashionable beaver hats, Boys, and coloured do. Gun powder, &c. &c. Jamaica Spirits and Hyson Tea. 99

Laws of the State of New-York.
An ACT for preventing suits being brought in the Supreme Court for any debt or sum not exceeding one hundred pounds. Passed the 5th of April, 1787.
WHEREAS there now are, and long have been, Courts of Record in each of the respective cities and counties of this State, where such as have occasion to sue for debts or wrongs, may with small expence receive justice according to the merits of their causes. And whereas the prosecution of suits in the Supreme Court of this State, is necessarily attended with great charge and trouble, as well as loss of time to the suitors, who in many instances, live at places remote from the said court:
Therefore, BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, and it hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if any personal action or suit already commenced, and now depending, or hereafter to be commenced and prosecuted in the said Supreme Court, the Plaintiff shall not recover above the sum of twenty pounds, besides costs, then, and in every such case, the Plaintiff shall not be entitled to recover any costs of suit, but shall pay costs to the defendant thereupon to be taxed; and the defendant shall, in such case, have judgment and execution for such costs, in the same manner as if a verdict had been given for such defendant.
And further, That if in any personal action or suit already commenced, and now depending or hereafter to be commenced and prosecuted in the said Supreme Court, the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall recover a judgment in such suit or action, in his, her, or their favor, for a debt or sum, which exclusive of costs, shall be upwards of twenty pounds, and not exceed one hundred pounds, then, and in every such case, the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall be entitled to and recover no more or other costs than he, she, or they would have been entitled to, if such suit or action had been commenced and determined in any Mayor's Court, or Court of Common Pleas in this State.
Provided always, That such costs shall not exceed the sum of ten pounds; and provided also, that in all cases where any suit or action commenced in either of the Mayor's Courts or Courts of Common Pleas, hath been or shall be removed into the Supreme Court, by or at the instance of the Defendant, if the Plaintiff shall obtain a judgment therein, for any sum exceeding ten pounds, besides costs, then the Plaintiff in every such case, shall have and recover costs of suit in the said Supreme Court, together with the costs in such Mayor's Court, or Court of Common Pleas, including all such expenses as the said plaintiff shall have been put to in the prosecution of such suit.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no personal action or suit now depending, or hereafter to be commenced in any Mayor's Court, or Court of Common Pleas in this State, upon any bond or specialty, or for any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, where the sum mentioned in the condition of such bond or specialty, with the interest thereof, or the matter or thing in demand, suit, or controversy, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred pounds current money of this State, shall be stayed, or removed into the Supreme Court, by any writ of habeas corpus certiorari, or other writ or process whatsoever, other than writs of error or attaint.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no writ or writs of habeas corpus, or any other writ or writs, sued forth, or to be sued forth, by any person or persons whomsoever, out of the said Supreme Court, to remove any action, suit, plaint, or cause, depending or to be depending in any Mayor's Court, or Court of Common Pleas in this State, shall be received or allowed by the Judge or Judges, officer or officers of the court wherein or to whom any such writ or writs shall be directed, or offered to be delivered; but that he and they shall and may proceed in the said cause or causes, as though no such writ or writs were sued forth, or delivered to him or them, unless the said writ or writs be delivered to the Judge or Judges, officer or officers of the said Court, before any interlocutory or other judgment entered in the said cause, and before that the Jury which is to try the cause in question, between the party or parties plaintiffs, and the party or parties that sued forth the said writ or writs, or for whose benefit the said writ or writs is or shall be sued forth, have appeared, and one of the said Jury sworn to try the said cause.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any action, suit, bill, plaint, or cause, which is or shall hereafter be brought, commenced, or depending in any of the Mayor's Courts, or Courts of Common Pleas in this State, shall be removed or stayed by any such writ, or writs, or process, to be sued forth or out of the said Supreme Court, and the same action, suit, bill, plaint or cause, shall afterwards be remanded or sent back again, by any writ or writs of procedendo, or other writ whatsoever, that then the said action, suit, bill, plaint, or cause, shall never afterwards be removed or stayed before judgment, by any writ or writs whatsoever, to be sued forth or out of the said Supreme Court.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no writ of habeas corpus or certiorari, or other writ or process whatsoever, shall be granted or sued forth, or out of the said Supreme Court, to remove any action, suit, bill, plaint or cause whatsoever, out of any of the Mayor's Courts, or Courts of Common Pleas in this State, unless the same writ or process be signed with the proper hand of one of the Justices of the said Supreme Court.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any writ or writs whatsoever, shall be granted or sued forth, or out of the said Supreme Court, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, that then it shall and may be lawful to and for the Judge or Judges, officer or officers, to whom such writ or writs shall be directed or delivered, to disallow and refuse the same; and they are hereby directed and required to proceed, as if no such writ or writs had been granted or sued out or forth as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all transitory actions and suits, now depending or hereafter to be brought, commenced or prosecuted, in any of the Mayor's Courts, or Courts of Common Pleas in this State, may be heard, tried and determined therein, although the real cause of action did not arise within the city or
country where such action or suit is or shall be brought or commenced; and that the said courts shall not admit or allow of any foreign plea in any such case, to quash, bar or stay such suit or action; but proceed to hear, try and determine the same, in such manner, as if the cause of action had arisen within the jurisdiction of the Court, where such suit or action is or shall be so brought or commenced, any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always,
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall not extend to any suit or action, wherein the people of the State of New-York are or shall be interested, nor to any suit or action, where freehold, inheritance or title to lands or tenements, shall in any wise come in question, nor to actions of replevin, or of assault and battery, or of false imprisonment, or of slander; nor to any suit or action to be brought or commenced by or against the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality of the city of New-York, or the Mayor Aldermen and Commonality of the city of Albany, or the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Commonality of the city of Hudson.
M I S C E L L A N Y.
J U N E.
Now genial suns and gentle breezes reign, And Summer's fairest splendors deck the plain. Exulting Flora views her new-born rose, And all the ground with short liv'd beauty glows.
JUNE is really, what the poets represent May to be—the most lovely month of the year. Summer is commenced, and warm weather thoroughly established; yet the heats rarely arise to excess, or interrupt the enjoyment of those pleasures which the scenes of nature now afford. The trees are in their fullest dress; and a profusion of the gayest flowers is every-where scattered around, which put on all their beauty just before they are cut down by the scythe, or withered by the heat.
Soft copious showers are extremely welcome towards the beginning of this month, to forward the growth of the herbage. Such an one is thus described by THOMSON,
Gradual links the breeze Into a perfect calm; that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspin tall.
At last The clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath th' umbrageous multitude of leaves. But who can hold the shade, while Heaven descends In universal bounty, shedding herbs, And fruits, and flowers, on Nature's ample lap.
One of the earliest rural employments of this month is the shearing the sheep. The season for sheep-shearing commences as soon as the warm weather is so far settled, that the sheep may without danger lay aside great part of their cloathing. The following tokens are given by DYER in his Pleasure , to mark out the time.
If verdant elder spreads Her silver flowers; if humble daifies yield To yellow crowfoot and luxuriant grass, Gay shearing time approaches. Before shearing, the sheep undergo the operation of washing, in order to free the wool from the foulness it has contracted.
Upon the brim Of a clear river, gently drive the flock, And plunge them one by one into the flood: Plung'd in the flood, not long the struggler sinks, With his white flakes, that glisten though the tide; The sturdy rustic, in the middle waught, Awaits to seize him; rising one arm bears His lifted head above the limpid stream, While the full clammy fleece the other laves Around laborious, with repeated toil; And then resigns him to the sunny bank, Where bleating loud, he shakes his dripping locks.
DYER. The shearing itself is conducted with a degree of ceremony and rural dignity; and is a kind of festival, as well as a piece of labour.
At last, of snowy white, the gathered flocks Are in the wattled pen innumerable press'd, Head above head; and, rang'd in lusty rows The shepherds sit, and whet the founding shears. A profusion of fragrance now arises from the fields of clover in flower. Of this plant there are the varieties of white and purple. The latter is sometimes called honey-suckle, from the quantity of sweet juice contained in the tube of the flower, whence the bees extract much of their honey.
A still more delicious odour proceeds from the beans in blossom; of which Thomson speaks in this rapturous language.
Long let us walk Where the breeze blows from yon extended field Of blossom'd beans. Arabia cannot boast A fuller gale of joy, than, liberal, thence Breathes thro' the sense, & takes the ravish'd soul.
Beans and peas belong to a large natural family of plants, called the papilionaceous , or butterfly-shaped-blossomed, and the leguminous , from the pods they bear. Almost all these afford wholesome food for man or beast.
The several kinds of corn come into ear and flower during this month; as do likewise numerous species of grass, which indeed, are all so many lesser kinds of corn; or, rather, corn is only a larger sort of grass. It is peculiar to all this tribe of plants, to have long slender leaves, a jointed stalk, and a flowering head either in the form of a close spike, like wheat, or a loose bunch like oats. This head consists of numerous husky flowers, each of which bears a single seed.
The smaller kind called grass, are most valuable for their leaves and stalks, or herbage, which makes the principal food of all domestic cattle. This, cut down and dryed, is hay, the winter provision of cattle in all the temperate and northern climates. Grass is most fit to cut after it is in ear, but before its seeds are ripened. If it be suffered to grow too long, it will lose all its nutritious juices, and become like the straw of corn. The fragrance of the new mown hay, the gaily of all surrounding objects, and the genial warmth of the weather, all conspire to render it a season of pleasure and delight to the beholder. It is at this season that we can peculiar-
ly feel the beauty of these charming lines of MILTON,
As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound.
FOREIGN ADVICES.
L O N D O N.
The late Captain Cook, the circumnavigator, expressed himself thus in a letter to a friend before his death: "It would be more profitable for England, if Newfoundland were better peopled. But the revolt of the thirteen colonies, the great decrease of population in Great-Britain, in consequence of the frequent wars she has been engaged in, and many other considerations, make the English extremely averse, in every respect, to promote the population and cultivation of those very fine islands. There are in Newfoundland, as well as Cape Breton, such rich coal mines, that if the crown would but grant leave to work them, their produce would be sufficient to supply all Europe and America abundantly with this commodity, and some are even so commodiously situated, that the coals might be thrown directly from the coal-works themselves into the ships, as they lie close to the shore."
In one of the Islands which the late Captain Cook visited, a new species of hemp has been discovered, of so strong a fibre that, though unspun, it requires great force to break. It is very white, has a silky appearance, and it is thought will be a most valuable discovery for marine and commercial purposes.
It is said, that notwithstanding the charms of Italy, the endeartments of a husband of twenty-five, who sings and plays, and does every thing a man can do with fifty, that Mrs. P. has informed her friends she intends to return soon from that country, and to make Bath her place of residence. Singers, dancers, actors, &c. however rich, cannot be received in good company in Italy; it is in England alone that class of people are seen anywhere but upon the stage, &c. Even Physicians and Surgeons are not much received either in France or Italy. Mr. Sharpe saved the leg of a young Nobleman of great family at Paris, after sentence for the knife and saw had been passed by the first French Surgeons there. The mother and grandmother required Mr. Sharpe to tell them what they could do to oblige him, as, having quitted practice, he would not take money. He informed them that he had three daughters, whom he could wish to be introduced to their company, and petits soupers . "You have made us, Sir," said they, "the only request we cannot comply with."—Such are the follies of mankind!
Extract of a letter from Chester.
"Our county gaol furnishes the following singular instances of longevity: the ages of three persons confined for debt amount exactly to 283 years! and the united ages of six others are 366. One of these poor people has been in prison 12 years, and the others from three to five each. Mysterious, surely, is that policy which dooms to perpetual imprisonment persons whose only crime is poverty! "In England," says Voltaire, if a poor fellow cannot readily pay a little money when his hands are at liberty, the better to enable him to do it, they load him with hand-cuffs!"—Well might our laws respecting debtors draw this farcical from the French wit.
When Mrs. Hastings was at the Cape of Good Hope, on her return to this country, she made an apology to the Governor's lady for waiting on her in an undress—and yet this undress, was not worth less than 10,000l. It was a riding habit, the spaulers of which displayed some of the richest diamonds ever seen, and were supposed to be of the value above-mentioned.
UNITED STATES.
B O S T O N, May 23.
It is unfortunate that the English C---l should say he was under no obligations to the town of Boston.—Whether his late promotion has affected his memory, is uncertain; but one would think his conscience would help to a few, the relation of which we shall spare him for the present, reserving liberty to remind him of them hereafter.
Extract of a letter from Samuel Safford, Esq. to Col. Elisha Porter, High Sheriff of Hampshire county, dated Bennington, May 21, 1787.
"From certain information I have this day received, and cannot but believe, the insurgents that are concealed in this State, and on the borders of Connecticut river, have concerted measures in such a manner as will effectually release the State prisoners now confined at Northampton, unless effectual steps are seasonably taken to prevent them. Early on Thursday morning, the present week, is the time assigned.—The duty I owe to good order and government, induces me to give you this notice.—I do not hesitate as to the truth of my information.—You will doubtless be on your guard, and take such measures as prudence will dictate."
We hear that Mr. Joseph Metcalf, who was captured by a party of rebels, as related above, made his escape from them on the road.
It is said, that Mr. Pomeroy, the other gentleman who was held as a hostage by the rebels, has been released, from an apprehension of their inability to hold him in defiance of the authority of Vermont, the magistracy of which State, we are told, had issued a warrant for apprehending the culprits, in order to liberate Mr. Pomeroy.
B A L T I M O R E, May 29.
Extract from the Proceedings of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland. May 10th, 1787. An ACT declaring the Treaty of Peace between the United States and his Britannic Majesty, the Supreme Law within this State.
BE it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, and it is hereby declared, that the Treaty of Peace made between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, the supreme Law within this State, and shall be so considered and adjudged in all courts of law and equity, and all causes and questions cognizable by the said courts respectively, ought and shall be determined according to
the said Treaty, and the tenor, true intent and meaning thereof.
The yeas and nays being called for by Mr. F. Bowie, appeared as follows: Affirmative, 50. Negative, 3.
So it was carried in the affirmative. On the 16th inst. died at Hampton, Virginia, the brave, facetious and benevolent Commodore JAMES BARRON.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, May 30.
On Friday last the members of the federal convention being assembled, chose his Excellency George Washington for their President, and Mr. William Jackson for their Secretary.—It is said that the first step towards discharging the important duties of this national council, will be the appointment of a delegate from each State, as a committee to receive communications from the other members, and to arrange, digest and report a system for the subsequent discussion of the whole body. This plan is admirably adapted for the dispatch of business, as it cuts off a field for long and defluxory debate upon first principles, and by collecting materials from every quarter to form a solid and comprehensive foundation, leaves little besides the easy task of raising and adorning the superstructure to the collective labour of a popular assembly. When indeed we consider the situation of the country, the anxiety with which every good citizen regards this dernier resort , and the decisive effect it must have upon the peace and prosperity of America, though every thing should certainly be given to prudence and deliberation, not a moment can be spared to useless forms or unprofitable controversy.
The following is an accurate state of the FEDERAL CONVENTION, as assembled at the State-house of this city:
His Excellency George Washington, Esq. President.
William Jackson, Esq. Secretary.
New-Hampshire .—None
Massachusetts .
The Hon. Elbridge Gerry, Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King, and Caleb Strong, Esquires.
Connecticut .
The Hon. Oliver Ellsworth, Esquire.
Rhode-Island .—None.
New-York .
The Hon. Robert Yates, and Alexander Hamilton, Esquires.
New-Jersey .
The Hon. David Brearly, William Churchill Houston, and William Patterson, Esquires.
Pennsylvania .
His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq. the Hon. Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, James Wilson, Jared Ingersoll, and Governor Morris, Esquires.
Delaware .
The Hon. George Read, Gunning Bedford, John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, and Jacob Broome, Esquires.
Maryland .
The Hon. James M c Henry, Esquire.
Virginia .
His Excellency George Washington, Esquire, his Excellency Edmund Randolph, Esquire, the Hon. James Madison, John Blair, George Mason, George Wythe, and James M c Clurg, Esquires.
North-Carolina .
The Hon. Alexander Martin, William Richardson Davie, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Hugh Williamson, Esquires.
South-Carolina .
The Hon. John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney and Pierce Butler, Esquires.
Georgia .
The Hon. William Few, Esq.
New-York, June 5.
Such is the encouragement derived from the late adventures to India, that a subscription is now open in Philadelphia for establishing a permanent company in that trade.—There are two ways, a commercial correspondent remarks, by which a monopoly may be effected; one proceeding from the authority of the State, and the other operating by means of an association, which as it acquires artificial strength from collective wealth, is enabled to surpass, and eventually to defeat the efforts of the enterprising individual. Our constitution happily denies the power to sanction a monopoly; and therefore, with us, the only question that can arise is, how far the government ought to exercise its power to prevent one.
As the day for celebrating the anniversary of independence is approaching, a correspondent proposes that, added to the usual mode of celebrating it, a suitable person should be pitched upon in the different villages, counties or townships, to introduce the entertainment of the day with an oration upon some subject connected with the liberty of the government of the United States. Where a Clergyman can be had, a prayer suited to the day should precede the delivery of the oration. By these means rational entertainment and useful knowledge may be blended with the pleasures of the table, and the history of important events, and illustrious characters may be conveyed in an easy and agreeable manner to posterity.
A post is established (to ride weekly) between Albany and Springfield, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Though no American agent is stationed at the Court of Lisbon, we understand that a treaty of commerce has been agitated through Mr. Adams, and that the only obstacles to its accomplishment respect the introduction of American wheat into Portugal, and the establishment of a free port in one of the Western Isles. These are points anxiously stipulated on the part of Congress, but declared by the Portuguese government to be incompatible with the existing treaties with other powers, who are of right to enjoy whatever advantages may be conceded by subsequent arrangements to the most favoured nations. The pride of that court seems hurt indeed, at the little respect that has been paid to it; and the Queen, who jokingly says, that she was always a cubig , in her heart, thinks, that in the rage for appointing Envoys and Ambassadors, the United States might have favored her with a visit.
Cornelius Wyckoff and Charles Doughty, Esqrs. are returned representatives for King's county, in the General Assembly of the State.

Messrs. Loudon—By inserting the following you'll oblige a Citizen.
From the DAILY ADVERTISER.
May 31. We hear by the last accounts, that the Grand Assembly of Notables, lately convened in France, was dissolved without effecting any thing of moment. This matter appears farcical in the extreme, as the King's pleasure is, and will be, the supreme law—if the Notables coincided in sentiment with it, they might—if not, they should. To compare great things to small, this affair is like one between Paddy and his wife—the latter desiring leave of the former to visit a neighbour, was told, "that she might go or stay at home, as she pleased, but by J—s she should not go."
From the NEW-YORK MORNING POST.
Extract of a letter from Paris, received by the Favorite, Captain Coupar, dated April 4.
"The Notables have adjourned themselves the 28th of last month, to the 16th inst. The length of their debates, and the minute attention they gave to the important matters laid before them by the respective Secretaries of State, have made it impossible for them to go through all the business before Easter. It is supposed that their next session will last three months more. Almost all the plans of M. Neckar and of his predecessors, which none of them had courage or credit enough to put in execution, are now deliberated upon by these representatives of the nation. They have agreed to no proposal, but after a thorough investigation, they have rejected some of them, as the territorial impost, with a laudable firmness."
QUERY. Which of the two paragraphs does justice to our allies. Both seem grounded upon information received by Capt. Coupar. Are we to believe the Daily Advertiser or Morning Post? From the well known principles of Mr. Childs, we are sure that he would not, without good authority, throw any insinuating ridicule upon a friendly and respectable nation; and we have no doubt, but he will lay that authority before the public, to relieve us from suspense, and exculpate himself from the imputation of malice.
It is strange, a correspondent observes, that the rage for commemorating the birth of an insular king should waste itself across the Atlantic.—But, his surprise was increased on being informed, that several of the professed citizens of a FREE STATE, conveyed themselves across a certain river to an adjacent isle, and joined in celebrating an era on which 'a king of iles' first drew the vital breath. Perhaps, these virtuous citizens conceived, that the Continent, or a populous City, was an improper place to testify their regard for him whose domains are circumscribed by those of Neptune; and therefore repaired to an island, that they might with propriety and safety breathe forth their loyal sentiments at the convivial board, in grateful remembrance of their quondam sovereign! !!
English papers to the 9th of April, brought by the Favorite, afford no material information, excepting that it was talked of to send a Bishop to reside in Nova-Scotia; but the matter was retarded, on account of not finding any person, duly qualified to fill the sacred office, in that country. They, however, had hopes to find some clergyman of integrity, piety, experience, amongst those who had long resided in the United States of America.
ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST. Brig Loyal Briton, Kickwick, St. John's N. B. Ketch Boone, Orange, Teneriffe. Schooner Unity, Porter, St. Croix. Sloop Polly, Bartlett, Newbern. Kitty, Bethel, New-Providence. Polly, Robinson, St. John's.
Messrs. PRINTERS, Observing in your paper of the 11th May, an extract from the Independent Gazetteer, respecting the conduct of Duncan Ross, towards Captain Curwen and his crew; we wish you would publish another extract from the same Gazetteer of the 30th May, respecting the conduct of Captain Stillwell, towards us, and our crew, and you'll oblige your's, &c. Robert Macy, New-York, June 4, 1787. Elihu Marshall. To Captain John Stillwell of the ship Mayflower. SIR,
WE the subscribers late master and mate of the brig Mars, which was stranded on the west coast of Ireland, on the 9th of March last, should do great injustice as well to our own feelings as to your character, did we not thus publicly acknowledge our gratitude to you, in generously receiving us with our crew on board your ship in Cork and bringing us to this port, without requesting the smallest pecuniary reward.—And for which we pleased to accept our most sincere thanks and warmest wishes for your happiness.
ROBERT MACY. ELIHU MARSHALL.
** If it were possible to heap up further information on "that Duncan Ross," we could contrast his conduct on a similar occasion, with the generous, humane deportment of Captain Stillwell, and refer our readers to the narrative of Captain Curwen and M. L. Genay, in number 438 of the Independent Gazetteer.
The LAWS of the tenth session of the Legislature of this State, are now printed. Gentlemen entitled to them by law, and others, can have their respective copies completed by applying at this Printing-Office.—A few SETS on hand for sale.
FOR SALE, The House and Lot of Ground, No. 41, Roosevelt-street, now in the occupation of Captain Peter Wynkoop: The house is commodious, two stories high, four rooms with fire places, and two bed rooms, a cellar and cellar kitchen. The lot is 25 feet in front and rear, and 100 feet in length.—Also, a Lot of Ground bounded front on Fair-street, and on the rear on Ann-street, 25 feet wide front and rear, and 116 feet in length, on which is a small dwelling-house and stable. For terms apply to DAVID WOLFE, No. 13, Fair-street. 3
THEATRE.
The last week of performing this season. MRS. MORRIS'S NIGHT. On account of the indisposition of Mrs. Morris, her night is postponed until To-Morrow Evening, when will be presented, A COMEDY, (Not performed here these 14 years) CALLED
The Fashionable Lover, (Written by the author of the West-Indian.) Between the Play and Entertainment will be delivered, a Whimsical, Rhapsodical, Epilogue Address, by Mr. Wignell, in the character of Nobody, being intended as a Satire upon Every Body, without offence to Any Body. To which will be added, (By particular desire) A COMEDY in two acts, (Never performed here) CALLED
The AUTHOR. Written by the late S. Foote, Esq. Mr. Cadwallader, Mr. Hallam. Mrs. Cadwallader, Mrs. Morris. The public are respectfully acquainted, that Mrs. Morris's former night having fallen considerably short of the expectations of her friends, and Mr. Morris failing altogether as to emolument, she is once more induced to solicit their patronage. The doors will be opened at half after five, and the curtain drawn up at a quarter after six o'clock. VIVAT RES PUBLICA.
JOHN BANKS, MERCHANT-TAYLOR, HAS Imported in the last vessels from London, a few European Goods in his way; a few pieces of superfine cloths first quality, Dark blue, Black, Raven's grey, Bottle green, Garnet, London brown and drabs, Buff and white cashmeres, Silk Florentine, White silk serge duoy. With sundry other articles too tedious to mention. Ladies and Gentlemen who please to favor him with their custom may depend on being served in the neatest manner, and with the greatest punctuality. 3
BOOKS. Just opening from on board the Nancy from Glasgow, and the Alexander, from London a very extensive assortment of valuable BOOKS, and to be SOLD, at Samuel Campbell's New Book and STATIONARY Store, No. 44, Hanover-square, corner of the Old-slip: Among which are the following:
 DR. Spence's new system of midwifery with obstetrical plates,  A new edition of Buchanan's domestic medicine, to which is added, a chapter on cold bathing and drinking the mineral waters,  Medical communications vol. I. for 1784,  Dr. Bell's system of surgery, vol. V.  Swediaur on the venereal disease,  Cullen's synopsis, and practice,  Watson's history of Philip the second,  Russell's modern Europe, 5 vols. new edition,  Smollet's history of England, 7 vols.  Hume's essay, 2 vols.  Voltaire's universal history, 4 vols.  Blackstone's commentaries a neat pocket edition, 4 vols.  Horseman's conveyancer, 3 vols. 8vo.  Buffier's first truths,  Robertson's history of Greece,  Dr. Witherspoon's essays 3 vols.  Theatre of education,  Spectator,  Rambler,  Guardian,  Tatler's, &c.  Flavel's works,  Willison's works,  Blair's sermons, 2 vols. a new edition,  Prideaux's Connexions of the old and new testament, 4 vols.  Raynal's Indies, and history of America, 8 vols.  Moore's navigation,  Mair's arithmetic and book-keeping,  Sheridan's Dictionary, 2 vols. 4to.  Cruden and Brown's concordance. 
A large assortment of Law Books and Classics. With a great variety of STATIONARY, in particular pocket-books, ink-holders, paper, blank-books, quills, wax, wafers, &c. The European, Political, Edinburgh and Scotch MAGAZINES.
Also, just received from Philadelphia, Adam's Defence of the Constitutions of the United States, a new American edition.—Family Worship, and Religious and kind Affections, explained and recommended by Dr. Hunter and Dr. McFarlane, sewed, price one shilling. 3
S. Campbell returns his sincere thanks to his customers, and those who have purchased Books or STATIONARY at his Store, and hopes by his assiduity and attention in keeping an universal assortment of books, and the reasonable prices he sells at, will insure him the continuance of their favours.
By order of Elihu Marvin, Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Orange in the State of New-York:
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of David Morrison, of Goshen in said county, farmer, to appear, if they or any of them think proper, before the said Judge at the Court-House in Goshen, on Saturday the ninth day of June next, at two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, to show cause if any they have, why an assignment of the estate of the said David Morrison should not be made, and he thereupon discharged, pursuant to the mode prescribed and directed in and by an act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, entitled, an act for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed the 13th of April 1786." Dated the 28th day of May, 1787. DAVID MORRISON. 2 3 2
PETER GOELET, At the GOLDEN KEY, No. 48, Hanover-square, Has just imported in the last vessels, A VERY great and general assortment of ironmongery, cutlery, saddlery, and hard ware; Crowley, faggot, blistered, and German steel, best American and English scythes; all sorts of tools for clock and watch-makers, goldsmiths, joiners, carpenters, gunsmiths, blacksmiths, fadlers, shoemakers, &c. brass and japanned ware, stationary, wool cards, &c. a great variety of brass furniture for cabinet-makers; with a large assortment of other articles suitable for country store-keepers. ALSO, very low for CASH. A consignment of Harry and Merry Andrew playing cards in cases, and London made tin ware, well assorted in casks. 703 4
By virtue of an 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 pursuant to a resolution of the Honorable the Commissioners of the Land Office, ten townships of UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS, on the south east side of the River St. Laurence, will be sold at public vendue at the Coffee-House in the city of New-York. The sale to commence on Tuesday the 18th of July next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Maps are filed for inspection, in the offices of the Secretary of the State and Surveyor General. The fourth and eighth townships will be sold by single lot, and the rest by quarters of townships; such securities as are made receivable on the sales of forfeited lands, will be received in payment; the one quarter of the purchase money on the day of sale, and the remainder within sixty days after. SIMEON DEWIT, Surveyor-General. 3
June 4, 1787.
WILLIAM USTICK, jun. As the sign of the Knob Lock & Key, No. 33, 2 Street, Has just imported in the ship BRISTOL, from BRISTOL,
WINDOW glass, paints, sheet iron, sheet lead, sheet copper and copper bottoms, Crowley and blistered steel, spades and shovels, frying pans, brass kettles, iron pots and kettles, scythes and sickles, saws of all kinds, locks, hinges, and bolts of every kind, carpenters, coopers, joiners and blacksmiths tools, brass and iron candlesticks, shovel and tongs, brass, iron, and copper chaffing-dishes, copper and iron saucepans, copper and iron tea-kettles, gridirons, dripping pans, smoke and wind up jacks, jack, clock and squirrel chains, brass and iron wire, curling, craping and pinching irons, jiggering and pinning irons, mens plated buckles of newest fashion, common buckles and buttons, best white chapel and common needles; with many other articles too tedious to enumerate. ALSO for SALE.
Philadelphia scythes, both grass and erading; nails and spikes of all sizes, which are manufactured in this city; some Halifax beaver, and a few musk-rat skins. 703 4
TO BE SOLD, A stout, strong NEGRO MAN, about 21 years of age, fit for a farm or plantation; and a Negro boy about 14 years of age.—Enquire of Thomas Ellison No. 98, Broad-Way. 3 4
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 the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1774. That on Tuesday the 4th day of December 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 a Lot of Ground in a certain indenture of mortgage, made between Stephen Sayre, of the city of New-York, in the State of New-York, Esq. of the one part, and Peter Stuyvesant of the same city, Esq. of the other part, described as follows, to wit:— All that certain lot of ground situated in the north ward of the said city of New-York, being distinguished as lot No. 7, in a partition made on the 3d day of January, in the year of Lord, 1718, between Abraham De Peyster and Samuel Bayard, and is bounded as follows, to wit; southerly in front by Wall-street, southeasterly by lot No. 6, formerly occupied by Lewis Pintard, northeasterly in the rear by ground formerly occupied by James Nevens, and northwesterly by lot No. 8, formerly the property and in the possession of Nicholas Bayard, and contains in breadth, in front and in the rear 25 feet, and in length on each side 122 feet, being the lot of ground granted to Nicholas W. Stuyvesant, by two deeds, the one executed by John Cruger, Philip Livingston and nine others, on the 6th of February 1773, and the other by Philip V. Cortlandt, on the 15th day of April 1772, together with all and singular the buildings, passages, lights, easements and all other privileges, profits, commodities, emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said lot of ground and premises, or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining; which sale will be made in virtue of a mortgage of the said premises by indenture of lease and release, bearing date 31st day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1783, and 1st day of January, 1784, (with a power to sell therein contained) from the said Stephen Sayre to the said Peter Stuyvesant; and deeds of conveyance will be thereupon executed to the purchaser, pursuant to the said power, by P. STUYVESANT. New-York, May 22, 1787. 2 700 6m
Wanted for the supply of the mills near Boston,
A LARGE quantity of merchantable WHEAT, weighing at least 58lb. per bushel; for which gold or silver will be paid on delivery by William Payne at his store, No. 42, Long wharf. N. B. Preference will be given to very heavy wheat of a bright colour. Boston, May 10, 1787. 99 8
To be Sold at Public Vendue, At the Merchants Coffee-house, in the City of New-York, on Monday the eleventh day of June next; all that valuable tract of Land, situated in the county of Montgomery (parcel of that large & excellent tract, known by the name of Fonda's purchase) containing upwards of two thousand acres with the improvements, being part of the real estate of Peter Nettie and George Knox, insolvent debtors, assigned over to us the subscribers agreeable to the act in such case lately made and provided; for the benefit of all the creditors of the said Peter Nettie and George Knox;—further particulars, together with a full description of the premises may be known by applying to the subscribers in New-York, who will attend at the sale, and are fully empowered to give an indisputable title for the same under the act aforesaid. RUDOLPH H. VANDORSTEN, H. A. COSTER, JOHN MEYER. New-York May 8th, 1787. 95 10
WHEREAS Joseph Henry, of the city of New-York, merchant, has made an assignment of all his estate, real and personal, for the benefit of all his creditors, to us the SUBSCRIBERS—we request, that all to whom he is indebted, send in their accounts; and that all indebted to him, make payment to Walter Buchanan, No. 217, Water-street, so that a settlement may be made as soon as possible. Walter Buchanan, Nicholas Dubey, Robert M c Williams, Abraham Brewoort. 94 8
NOTICE is hereby given, that the partnership of BROWER and LAWRENCE is this day dissolved by mutual consent; all persons having any demands against them, or either of them, on account of their partnership, are desired to bring in their accounts for payment; also, those indebted, will please to make speedy payment, to NICHOLAS BROWER, JORDON LAWRENCE. New-York, May 26, 1787.
Also, three-fourths of a large Distillery to be let, in St. James-street, all complete with every necessary utensil to carry on the manufacturing of rum; the house is in full life. Any person wishing to engage in that line of business, will, by applying soon, find the house in a very advantageous situation, apply to NICHOLAS BROWER, or WILLIAM LAWRENCE. May 23, 1787. 701 3
THE Copartnership of Buchanan & Thompson, being dissolved; all persons indebted to them, are requested to pay their accounts, on or before the 15th day of June ensuing, to the subscriber; and all persons they are indebted to, are to call on him for payment, at No. 217, Water-street, the corner of Water-street and Old-slip. WALTER BUCHANAN. Who has for sale, a quantity of hoops, French hog-head staves, pork and beef, bar iron, indigo, and a quantity of dry goods. 94 8
D O D D S's Musical Instrument Manufactory, from LONDON. ORGANS, harpsichords and forte-pianos; spinets, forte-pianos and common guitars, finished in the newest taste. After trial of any of those instruments, if they should not be approved of, they may be exchanged by paying the usual hire for the time. He has just imported a large assortment of fine toned violins, and strings from London, which will be sold very cheap, great allowance will be made to dealers in those articles. Violins, clarionets and hout-boys; flutes, a good assortment of fifes; flickado-pastorals, pitchpipes, tuning forks, hammers and ruling pens; books of instruction, blank books and ruled paper. Also, a few of the newest and most favorite songs, set to music—These and other articles may be had as good and as cheap as in London—Instruments taken in exchange; and any gentleman or lady may be supplied with any quantity of strings for the above instruments, by describing the note or number, without being at the expence of whole sets; likewise every other article pertaining to the above instruments. Instruments repaired and kept in tune; also, instruments let out upon moderate terms. 74
Comfort & Joshua Sands, INFORM their customers that they have removed their Store from No. 50, Queen-street, to No. 136, Water-street, near Peck-slip, where they have to dispose of the following articles just imported in the ship Sarah, James Townsend, Master, from Bristol: Nails of all sizes, Grindstones, Pipes long and short, Bristol steel in faggots, White lead ground in oil, Crates of cups & dishes. They have also for sale, Best Holland Gun-powder, and some of an inferior quality, Pit and cross cut saws, Writing paper and a quantity of ironmongery. All of which will be disposed of reasonably for cash or country produce. N. B. Hoghead and Barrel Staves wanted. 95
By order of the Hon. Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York: NOTICE is hereby given to Seth Williams, now or late of Rhode-Island, and to all others whom it may concern; that on application and due proof made to the said Chief Justice, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of this State of New-York entitled, "An act for relief against absconding and absent debtors, passed the fourth day of April, 1786;" He hath issued his warrant to the Sheriff of the city and county of New-York, commanding him to attach, seize, take and safely keep all the estate as well real as personal, of the said Seth Williams, an absent debtor, of what kind or nature soever, and every or any part or parcel thereof, in whatever part of his bailiwick the same can be found, with all evidences, books of account, vouchers and papers relating thereto: And that unless he, the said Seth Williams shall return and discharge his debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, all his estate real and personal, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his creditors. Dated at the city of New-York, this 24th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1787. 95

POET'S CORNER.
On HEALTH. THE subject of my song is HEALTH, A good superior far to wealth...
NOTICE is hereby given according to the form of an act of the Legislature of the late colony, now State of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages..."
BESLY and GOODWIN, DRUGGISTS, No 228, Queen-street, near the Fly-market, the third door west of the corner of Maiden-lane...
To the Proprietors of lands in the patent of Che- seocks, in the county of Orange and State of New- York.
WHEREAS, Ezra L'Hommiedieu, Samuel Jones, Stephen Ward & Goldsborough Banyar, Esqrs, being the major part of the commissioners...
THOMAS SMITH, ANDREW BOSTWICK, THOMAS JONES, Being the major part of the Committee, on the sale of Cheesocks.
TO BE SOLD, A VALUABLE FARM, lying in the White-Plains, two miles from the Court-House, in the county of Westchester...
JOHN JAUNCEY, No. 44, Great Dock-street, HAS received in addition to his former assortment a variety of GOODS...
LEONARD KIP, HAS removed from 21 Great Dock-street, to No. 16, Little Dock-street, and has for sale, an assortment of Dry-Goods and Cutlery...
Auction and Commission Store. JOHN RAMSAY very respectfully begs leave to acquaint his friends and the public in general...
JOHN GLOVER, Is removed from No. 71, William-street, to No. 49, Broad-way, near the Osvego market, and hath for sale, a general assortment of DRY GOODS...
Thomas Burling, CABINET and CHAIR-MAKER, At the sign of the CHAIR, near the Chapel, in Beckman-street, formerly Chapel-street, ACKNOWLEDGES the many favors received...
NOTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of John Heron, of the city of New-York, taylor, to show cause if any they have, before Jeremiah Wool, Esq. Alderman, of the fourth Ward...
THE partnership of EDWARD and WM. LAIGHT will, by mutual consent, be dissolved on 1st of May next. The creditors of the said house, upon application, will be immediately paid...
BLANKS, Sold at this Office.
JUST PUBLISHED, (neatly printed in two volumes, and handsomely bound) And to be Sold by ROBERT HODGE, Who has moved from Maiden-lane, to No. 237, Queen-street...
ROBERT HODGE, begs leave to inform the public, that a considerable number of gentlemen having given in their names as subscribers for the late President Edward's TREATISE concerning RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS...
Hubert Van Wagenen and Son, No. 2, Beckman-Street, Have for Sale on the most reasonable terms, a general assortment IRONMONGERY, CUTLERY &c. Among which are, viz. Sheet-lead and Sheet-iron, Bellows-pipe, Frying-pans, Spades and Shovels...
Board of Treasury of the United States, May 17th, 1787. The United States in Congress having directed the Commissioners of that Board, to take the most effectual measures for settling the accounts of the secret and commercial Committees of Congress...
W HEREAS the partnership of LAWRENCE and MORRIS, was dissolved by mutual consent, on the 1st of February last; all persons indebted to the said partnership, are hereby requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber...