Independent journal, or, The general advertiser (New-York [N.Y.]), 1787-07-18 00:00:00

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL:
O R, T H E
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, BY J. M'LEAN, AND CO. AT THEIR PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 41, HANOVER-SQUARE.
Geo. Robt. and David Lewis, & Co.
No. 233, QUEEN-STREET, NEW-YORK, and opposite the MANSION-HOUSE in LONDON, have just imported in the Lydia, Captain Watson, and the Montgomery, Captain Bunyan, a large and valuable assortment of the following fashionable ARTICLES, which, from their favourable Situation, will be found to merit the particular Attention of all that can make it convenient to purchase Goods without requiring Credit.
DOWLAS, Checks and Sheetings; 3/4 and 1/2 Irish Linens, Brown Sheetings, 3/4 and 1/2 double purple Callicoes, Fine Fancy and Stormont ditto, Chintz and Furniture ditto, Red ground and bordered Handkerchiefs, Chintz and low-priced Shawls, 3/4 1/2 and 3/4 Huckabucks, A general assortment of Table Linen, Book, Jacquet and Sprigged Mullins, Book Mullin, Lawn and Bandanno Handkerchiefs, Printed Waistcoat Patterns, Tambour Aprons and Handkerchiefs, A quantity of Bed-Ticks, &c. &c. &c. The highest Price given for POT and PEARL ASH.
New-York, May 8, 1787. 60
Walter Buchanan,
Has removed to No. 217, Water-Street, the corner of Water-Street and Old Slip.
AND HAS FOR SALE,
SEVEN-EIGHT, 3/4 and 1/2 plain, Checkered Strip'd and Spotted Lawns; 3/4 and 1/2 Strip'd, Spotted, Checked and Figured Leneaus; Flowered and Needle-work'd Lawn Aprons; Flowered and Strip'd Bordered Lawn Handkerchiefs; Checks and Check Handkerchiefs; Linens; Men and Women's Stockings; Callimancoes; Durants; Tammies; Shallons; Callicoes and Chintzes; Persians, Sarinets and Modes; Ribbons, Threads, Tapes and Bindings, &c. &c.
ALSO,
Mens strong Shoes, Beef, Pork, Indigo, Nails and Nail Rods.
All Persons indebted to BUCHANAN and THOMSON, or to WALTER BUCHANAN, whose Accounts are above Twelve Months due, are requested to make payment to Walter Buchanan, on or before the 1st of August next, or their Accounts will be put into the hands of an Attorney without respect to Persons.
New-York, June 12, 1787. 69
TO BE HAD AT
Lot Merkel's Store,
No. 33, HANOVER-SQUARE, nearly opposite the BANK.
Tobacco for Smoking.
KITEFOOT, of the very first quality, Ditto of an inferior ditto, Large Roll Tobacco, fit for Manufacturers, Segars, Genuine Maccaba Snuff, Ditto Rappee, of different qualities, Gentlemen's Gloves, Buckskin and Beaver, of the first quality.
At the above STORE, the Highest Price is given for SHIPPING FURS. New-York, May 23, 1787. 65
JOHN BIRCH, LICENCED AUCTIONEER,
BEGS leave to inform his Friends and the Public in general, that he has imported in the Ship Morris, Capt. Sinnott, from London, a large and general Assortment of PAPERHANGINGS, superior to any in this City, which he now sells very low for Cash, at his Auction-Room, No. 68, Maiden-Lane.
New-York, May 5, 1787. 19
William Seton, & Co
Have Removed to No. 12, HANOVER-SQUARE, where they have for Sale, on the most reasonable Terms,
ZANT Currants, in butts and barrels, Aniseed, } in barrels. Senna, Cantharides, Manna, } in small boxes, Vermicelli, Marble Chimney Pieces and Jambs. Ditto Slabs, Flags and Mortars, Italian Artificial Flowers and Wreaths, Ditto black and white Crapes and Tiffanys, Ditto Silks and Sattins, Ditto coarse Cotton Stockings, Callicoes, Chintzes and Handkerchiefs, Turkey and Wilton Carpets, large size, Preserved Fruits, in Brandy and Syrup. CLARET, of first Quality in three dozen cases.
ALSO,
A few Pipes of picked particular MADEIRA WINE, and a Quantity of MAHOGANY, cut in sets for Bedsteads. 54
LE ROY & BAYARD,
No. 194, WATER-STREET,
HAVE imported the following ARTICLES by the Ship Hope, Capt. H. Doertsen, from AMSTERDAM, which they will dispose of on reasonable Terms for Cash;
LINSEED OIL, GUN-POWDER, RUSSIA DUCK, RUSSIA SHEETINGS, FLEMISH SHEETINGS, brown, Brown ROLLS, OZNABRIGS, LINEN, CAMBRICKS, a neat Assortment, SEINE TWINE, three Threads, WRITING PAPER, CARD WIRE, BLACK PEPPER, NUTMEGS, and CLOVES.
They have likewise still on Hand, A few Puncheons of excellent DEMARARA RUM. New-York, May 22, 1787. 65
JOHN GLOVER,
Is removed from No. 71, William-street, to No. 49, Broad-way, near the Otwego Market, and hath for sale,
A general assortment of Dry Goods, Wholesale and retail, which he will sell low for cash; consisting of
BROADCLOTHS, Ratinets and Shal-loons with Trimmings, Moreens, Durants and Tammies, Chintzes and Calicoes, Printed Linens and Chintz ditto, a variety, Fustians Jeans, Corduroys and Velverets, Irish Linens, and Sheetings, Wide and Narrow Checks, Russells and Callimancoes, Satinets and Lakinings, Silk and other Handkerchiefs, Modes, Sattins and Peelongs, Brocades and Lutestrings, Persians and Saracens, Gauzes, Cambricks and Lawns, Mullins, Shawls, Corded Dimities and Dutch Cord, Hosiery of all kinds, Mens boys and childrens Hats, Ladies black and brown ditto, Black and white Ostrich Feathers, Coloured and black Ribbons, Mens and womens Shoes, Bedticks, Diapers and Tablecloths, Mens and womens Gloves, Sewing-Silks, Pins, Threads, Tapes, &c. With a variety of other Articles. 58
GENTEL Boarding and Lodging, ENQUIRE OF THE PRINTER.
Gouverneur & Kemble,
Have imported, and now for SALE, at their Store in Front-Street,
MUSCOVADO Sugar in hds. and barrels, Windward Island Rum, and Jamaica Spirits, Old Sherry Wine in pipes & quarter casks, Old Brandy in do. do. Lisbon Salt, Black Pepper in bales, from 100 to 400 lb. A quantity of falted Spanish dryed Hydes. Linseed Oil in casks, Geneva in cases. An assortment of Cordage and Cables, Holland Duck, Russia Duck, Raven's Duck, Russia Sheetings, Russia Drilling, Oznabrigs, Ticklenburgs, Flemish Linens, Writing Paper. Dutch copper Tea-Kettles, Rosin in barrels, 77
The PARTNERSHIP of EDWARD and W. LAIGHT, WILL, by mutual consent, be dissolved on the 1st of May next.—The creditors of the said house, upon application, will be immediately paid: The debtors are hereby requested to make an equitable and speedy settlement, or their accounts, without distinction, will be placed in the hands of an Attorney. EDWARD LAIGHT having retired from business, it will, after the period above mentioned, be carried on at No. 200, Queen-Street, by Wm. LAIGHT, and Co. New-York, April 19, 1787. 54
FRANCIS PANTON, No. 38, WALL-STREET,
Is just opening from the Ship Montgomery, and to be Sold cheap for Cash,
A few Fowling Pieces, on a new Construction; Pistols; Swords, Sword Belts and Knives; a great variety of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Watch Chains and Strings; Silver and Plated Oval Buckles; Mourning ditto; Wrist, Girdle, Hat and Knee ditto; Ladies' and Gentlemen's Riding Whips; Gold Rings and Seals; Gold and Silver Spangles, of different sizes; Chesmen and Boards; Backgammon Tables; Ladies' Knotting Shutles; a great variety of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Pocket Books; with many things too tedious to mention. New-York, May 8, 1787. 59 1m.
THE COPARTNERSHIP OF PETER M'DOUGALL, and Co.
HAVING been dissolved for some time past, they request all those indebted to said Firm to pay their accounts without delay, otherwise they will be put into the hands of an Attorney; —And all those to whom they are indebted are desired to call for payment.
PETER M'DOUGALL,
HAS imported in the Montgomery, from London, the Sally, from Liverpool, and the Nancy, from Glasgow, the following Articles, which he will sell low for CASH, at his Store, No. 12, Queen-Street,
Printed Callicoes and Chintzes, Copperplate Furniture, Printed Handkerchiefs, Shawls, Plain and Tamboured Mullins, Mullin Handkerchiefs and Aprons, Black Sattinet Lasting, Fustians and Jeans, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 Cotton Checks, Check Handkerchiefs, Irish Linen, Bottled PORTER and Carolina INDIGO. New-York, May 22, 1787. 63
To be had of the Printer, DR. ANDERSON'S GENUINE SCOTS PILLS.
J. and F. Atkinson,
(Removed from No. 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 ditto, Corduroys, Plain and figured Velverets, Irish Linens, 3/4, 1/2, and yard wide, Tickings, Checks, Fustians and Jeans, Modes, Pelongs and Sattins, Black and coloured Silk Handkerchiefs, Ribbons, Gauzes, Cambricks and Lawns, Callicoes, Printed Linens and Cottons, Metal and fashionable Buttons, Sewing Silk, Twist and Laces, Wildbores and Cambleteens, Women's Cotton Stockings, Men's Thread ditto, Women's black and coloured Silk Mitts and Gloves, Men's Felt and fashionable Beaver Hats, Boys, and coloured ditto. &c. &c.
JAMAICA SPIRITS & HYSON TEA.
New-York, May 8, 1787. 59
W I N E S, Just imported and to be sold by WILLIAM SETON, & Co. No. 12, HANOVER-SQUARE.
OLD Sherry in Butts, Spanish Madeira, in Butts, Old Lisbon Wine in Quarter Casks, Bourdeaux Claret in Hogheads, Cape of Good Hope Madeira, Particular Madeira, 3 years old, London quality Madeira, New-York, do. do. Old Hock, of the vintages 1753, 1766 and 1779, in Casks of 4 and 7 dozen Bottles, Claret of the very first quality, in Casks of 3 and 7 dozen. The Wines are all genuine and good, and will be sold on the most reasonable Terms. New-York, June 25, 1787. 73
Auction and Commission Store.
JOHN RAMSAY,
RESPECTFULLY begs leave to acquaint his Friends and the Publick in general, that he has opened a Store at his House No. 221, Queen-Street, near the upper end of the Fly-Market, for the purpose of vending every quality of Merchandise both by Public and Private Sale on Commission.
Sales will also be made where else it may on particular occasions be necessary.
He is well provided with Cellars and Stores or the reception of bulky as well as fine Goods and the favour of the commands of the Public will be gratefully received and faithfully executed with every endeavour to render perfect satisfaction.
He has on hand an assortment of Irish Linens Cambricks, Men, and Womens, Thread and Cotton Stockings, Calicoes, white and brown Russia Sheetings, striped Cottons, Pound Pins, Ribbons, nests of Trunks, Callimancoes, &c. which he will dispose of very reasonable, for prompt pay. New-York, May 22, 1787. 63
THE very best of Double SPRUCE BEER, to be Sold at my Brewery, on Golden-Hill.—Merchants, Captains of Vessels, and others, can be supplied at the shortest notice on the following reasonable Terms, viz
One Barrel, Eight Shillings, Half Barrel, Four Shillings, Ten Gallons, Two Shillings and Sixpence. Five Gallons, One Shilling and Sixpence. MEDCEF EDEN. 51

PARIS, April 15.
A pamphlet circulates here, of which Mr. Necker is the real author; this work, to which he has not prefixed any title, refutes the speech of M. de Calonne, and actually makes a very great sensation. To the pamphlet Mr. Necker has subjoined a letter written to the King, which his Majesty has not thought proper to answer, and which is said to be one of the causes of the second disgrace of the Geneveze Minister. And indeed, on the 13th he received a letter de Cachet, which exiles him twenty leagues from Paris. He set out the 14th for la Chapelle, an estate formerly belonging to the late M. de Boulogne, situated near Nogent-sur-Seine, twenty-two leagues from Paris. It is presumed, that his exile will not be of long duration, because it appears, that the Government have not lost sight of the establishment of the Council of Finances, which he is to be a member.
In the King's letter, are these remarkable words:—"You shall keep at the distance of twenty leagues from Paris until further orders." Therefore, after the burst of intrigue is spent, he will return.
LONDON, April 25.
Letters from France of the 19th inst. confirm the late changes in their Administration; but add, that M. de Calonne, the great Minister of Finance, is at last driven from his strong hold, and exiled to his estate in Lorraine which he has purchased for 13,000,000 livres. Lorraine is one of the cheapest and most fertile provinces, and it is said to be the first estate in the province. These letters add, that from the general confusion, which at present prevails, it is very difficult to determine when order will be re-established; but is agreed, that without a loan of 100,000,000 livres, Government cannot make good her payments.
In a few hours after M. de Calonne was dismissed from his office, M. Necker published a severe pamphlet against him; thinking, in the opinion of some, that by exposing the mistakes of the disgraced Minister, he should be called upon to fill again the station in which he had given so much satisfaction to the people at large. In this, however, if such were his motives, he was mistaken; for in 24 hours after the appearance of his book, an order was issued for his exile.
Mr. Fox, in his reply to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons, on Friday when the House, in a Committee of Ways and Means, were considering the Budget, took notice of the controversy now carrying on at Paris, between Monsieur Necker, and Monsieur de Calonne, and observed, that it would be miserable indeed if the attention of this country, like that of France, was to be occupied by a contest between two financiers about the number of millions that had been misapplied, or wasted. He thanked God the disputes in that House were about future prospects, and the best means of providing for the time to come, and not on the subject of the past. The sentiment was a liberal one, and did Mr. Fox great honour.
The Duke of Bedford made all his own bets last week at New-market, and has been astonishingly successful. His Grace took in (according to the turf phrase) all the knowing ones . Two horses of Mr. Vernon's, upon which his Grace betted high, and which he suspected would not be run, he purchased them for three thousand guineas: and one of them won the purchase-money of both.
At Kettering, in Northamptonshire, a number of gentlemen last year, formed themselves into a Committee, for the management of the poor; and by thus dividing that toilsome task into several hands, were enabled to pay proper attention to every case;—the aged and the afflicted met with sympathy and relief—the industrious were encouraged—the idle made to work—and all were liberally supplied. At giving up their accounts at Easter, the parish was pleasingly surprised to find a saving of more than three hundred pounds from the average annual expenses of the three preceding years!
In the late displays of carriages, and horsemanship at Paris, at the Louvre, far exceeding the gaudy and grotesque of our Hyde Park, the most splendid were the Duke of Dorset's, and next to him, the Swedish Ambassador, and the Dutchess of Orleans. The horses of the Duke of Dorset, were thought the best appointed ever seen at Paris. The best absurdity, a calash, with children and a boy driving six cropt jack-asses.
Admitting that the rise of stocks is not in every respect an indispensable proof of the flourishing state of the kingdom, still it must be allowed to be a very powerful presumptive evidence of the fact. It was the unhappy lot to Britain to see her credit so fallen about three years ago, that stocks did not stand higher than 54—that is in the 3 per cent. consols. Now they stand so as to indicate a state of things very different. They indicate at once the melioration of the condition of public affairs, and the firm belief the people have of the disposition and the capacity of the servants of the publick, to secure the continuance of national prosperity.
The whole amount of the debts of the Prince is but 150,000. and in this sum is included all that he had to pay for furnishing Carleton House as well as for the alterations, for plate, carriages, horses, cloaths, linen, pictures, books, and all the necessary appendages of his rank. He came to Carleton House with little more than the dress in which he stood.
The Prince of Wales's income is not more than 62,000. taking the revenues of the Dutchy at 12,000. which they are now expected to produce, though they have not netted more than 10,000. Of this sum he has delivered into the
hands of Trustees, for the benefit of his creditors, 30,000. Of the remaining 30 or 32,000. he is obliged to appropriate 14,000. a year to the maintenance of a state not inclined to any private nobleman, and which make no part of his domestick establishment, or of his daily expence. Of this 14,000. the sum of 5,000. is paid in pensions to persons properly belonging to the Civil List, and which were saddled on him when he first came to Carleton House. All, therefore, that he has to apply to his personal expenditure is 16,000. a year. Out of this he has to pay 1,000. for the taxes of Carleton House.—The indispensable repairs of the palace cost him 1,000. more; and with the small residue of 14,000. a year he has to maintain his table, his household, his carriages, horses, stables, (for there are none belonging to Carleton House) his dress, his patronage of the arts, and what was the best part of his former expence, his benevolence.
The Lottery for relief of the American Loyalists, as concluded on between the Minister and G. Johnson, Esq. of the South Sea House, is as follows: 45,000 tickets at 15s. 14s. 2d. each which will produce the sum of 256,875. The first proposal was for 50,000 tickets, at 15s. 2s. 9d. each, which would have produced 256,875. but Mr. Johnson thought 50,000 tickets too many at so high a price, therefore chose 45,000 at an advanced rate of 11s. 5d. each tickets.
Alderman Pickett's proposition in the Court of Common Council, to take down the gate, and purchase the old houses west of Temple Bar out of the Sheriffs fines, in order to make a handsome and commodious entrance into the city, has not been brought forward to serve the inhabitants of Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill in particular. His objects are the honour of the corporation, a general convenience to the publick, a free circulation of air, and an extension of trade throughout the city, upon similar principles he contended against the paltry toll on Blackfriars bridge.
It is a remarkable fact in the history of Scotland, that a gentleman, who is extensively concerned in the salmon fisheries, and who had built a very large ice-house, with a view of preserving the fish for the London market, could not procure a single particle of ice for that purpose through the winter; such has been the singular mildness of the season.
The King of Spain, following the example of his Most Christian Majesty, has issued orders for an Assembly of the States of Spain. They are to sit at Madrid early in the summer.
Sir Sampson Gideon's seat, near Cambridge has been offered for the Royal residence, when their Majesties visit that university, of which there is some expectation this year, at least it is so talked of in that circle, where such an event is likely to be best known.
The Prebendary of Gloucester, lately given to Dr. Horsley, it is said was the unasked gift of the Lord Chancellor, who when the living became vacant, wrote him a polite letter, thanking him for the zeal he had shown in his writings for the defence of the church, and as "those who serve the Altar should live by the Altar," the prebendary of Gloucester was very much at his service till something better might offer. The above Prebendary is said to be worth between three and four hundred per year.
Commodore Elliot, in the Salisbury of 50 guns, is to sail with the squadron for Newfoundland the middle of next month.
Extract of a letter from Brest, April 12. "The Royal Louis, of 100 guns, L'Auguste 80, Scipion 74, Le Souverain 74, La Zele 74, La Marcellise 74, La Hardi 64, and Le Mercure of 64 guns, lately guardships here, have been paid off, and laid up; and the following ships appointed in their room, under the command of the Count de Guichen, who is now Post Admiral, in the room of Monsieur du Bar-ras:
La Couronne, of 96 guns, Comte de Guichen, Monf. St. Paul, Captain. Le Dauphin, 74, Monf. de Febree. Le Magnifique, 74, Monf. de Langloise. Le Fendant, 74, Monf. Vantrifente. Le Saracen, 74, Monf. F. Mailente. Le Roma, 64, Monf. de Garde Goffe. Le Prince, 64, Monf. Zouille. La Provence, 64, Monf. Pugnone. La Superbe, a new ship, of 80 guns, was launched last month, and there are now nearly ready, Le Comtesse, of 74, and Le Heureux, of 74, which will be launched in the course of the year. L'Union Auguste, of 100 guns, is on the stocks, but not in a degree of forwardness. We now reckon eleven ships of different dimensions, since the enlargement of the dock-yard.
Extract of a letter from Constantinople, April 2. "It is very evident from the movements here, that the Porte are apprehensive of the necessity of coming to hostilities with the Russian Court. Three separate squadrons of men of war are preparing, which will employ forty ships of the line besides frigates, gallies, &c. A number of French and other Officers, are lately arrived to solicit commands, which in the present situation of affairs, they cannot fail of obtaining. The military are moving in every part, and large bodies are sent off to the coast of the Black Sea."
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) We have it from a correspondent of undoubted veracity, that the sloop which arrived at Port Royal on Monday last, with the goods which were recovered from the wreck of the ship Thompson, Oman, was an American, and came into the harbour under Congressional colours, which excited the honest vigilance of a certain Revenue Shark , to such a degree, that he boarded her before she came to an anchor, and actually imprinted the King's broad arrow upon her main-mast; but he was soon undeceived, with respect to the legality
of the seizure, and retired to Port-Royal in a state of mortification, arising from the disappointment, more easily to be conceived than described.—The above sloop, it seems, fell in with the wreck of the ship Thompson, by mere accident, and Capt. Oman employed her commander to bring the remnant of the cargo that was saved from the wreck, into this port;—so that both justice and sound policy forbid any Custom-House depredations being committed against her, notwithstanding she is an American.
It is with concern we inform the publick, that the brig Mercury, Helmsey, from Charleston, South Carolina, bound to this port, struck in the night of the 22nd of May, on the barren island of Inagua, by which fatality the vessel and cargo were totally lost, and the officers and men were obliged to embark in a small boat, with which they put to sea immediately, and next morning providentially fell in with the Schooner Fox, Capt. Lowrey, who with great humanity spared them some provisions and water, and took three of the people on board his own vessel that were desirous of going to America.—The persons in the boat, after taking leave of Capt. Lowrey, shaped a course for this island, and happily arrived at Port Royal.
We are informed by a gentleman of veracity that the coup de soleil is very common, during the months of June, July and August, in Portugal, and that the natives take the following simple method to cure it, which, if adopted in any reasonable time after the first symptoms of this dangerous disorder appear, was never known to be ineffectual: Whenever any person is sun stricken in that country, they first open a vein in one of the arms, from which they take a few ounces of blood; the patient is then stripped stark naked and placed in water, either fresh or salt, and a glass tumbler, full of the element in which he stands, is reverted upon the crown of his head; in which situation it is held down very close, until the water within it becomes quite warm by the rays of the sun; the tumbler is then emptied, and if the delirium, which always attends these alarming complaints, does not cease immediately, another tumbler of water is applied in the same manner, and so on, until a perfect cure is effected. As a coup de soleil , or stroke of the sun , has very seldom been removed in this country, and nine times out of ten, at least, has proved mortal, it is submitted to the faculty whether the foregoing method, of cure by way of experiment, might not be hazarded without encreasing the danger to which any person must be exposed who may have the misfortune to be afflicted in future, with this astonishing and dangerous malady.
ALBANY, July 12. COUNTERFEITS.
The public are requested to beware of counterfeits, of the Spanish Milled dollars, emitted in 1777. They are badly executed, and some of the marks by which they may be distinguished from the genuine are as follows. A material difference in the found—the counterfeits falling light and ringing like glass—the words PLUS ULTRA on the pillars, appear to have been cut with a tool in a very bungling manner—the mark of the mould, like a small notch in the edge, is very perceptible—held up to light with a good dollar, the bad may be immediately distinguished by its leaden hue—on examination by rubbing or scraping the counterfeits betray a copper-complexion, very thinly washed with quicksilver.—The great scarcity of hard money has of late rendered people too remiss in examining what they receive, by means of which, they are exposed to impositions, especially as it has been strongly suspected, that a notorious gang of money makers are dispersed on the frontiers of Massachusetts and Vermont.
We are informed from Claverack, that a discovery has lately been made of a NEW EMISSION of paper money, that has been struck in that town, in imitation of the paper money of this state.—That upwards of 20,000. was found in one house, the greatest part signed.—That the supposed principal person in this villainy, had eloped on the first discovery; but, that strict search is now making to find out his accomplices.—That the above sum is supposed to be all that has been printed, and that none has got into circulation.—We would nevertheless, advise our friends to be on their guard, as many other attempts (more successful than the above) have been made to counterfeit the paper money of this state.
PHILADELPHIA, July 14.
On Tuesday last, two persons commonly called Quakers, being summoned to attend the Supreme Court as Jurors, declared they had not qualified themselves to serve in that character, nor were they yet prepared to take the affirmation prescribed by law: whereupon his honor the Chief Justice ordered them to be fined 6l. each, and to stand committed till payment thereof. We are informed that one of these gentlemen determined to submit to the imprisonment, and to try, upon a writ of habeas corpus, whether the Court had, on this occasion, a power to impose the fine, and to commit him to gaol for non-payment.
We are sorry to hear that the poor woman who suffered so much, some time ago, under the imputation of being a witch , has again been attacked by an ignorant and inhuman mob. On Tuesday last she was carted through several of the streets and was hooted and pelted as she passed along. A gentleman who interfered in her favour was greatly insulted, while those who recited the innumerable instances of her art, were listened to with curiosity and attention. The repetition of this outrage calls for the serious interposition of the officers of government, not merely for the sake of the wretched object herself (though surely she has a peculiar claim to the protection of the
laws) but for the sake of the illiterate and youthful part of society, who will naturally imagine that the charge of sorcery must be just, when such persecution is publicly practiced with impunity. It is with pleasure we add, that several respectable citizens, who were present, have determined to bear testimony against these violators of tranquility and common sense, and that a gentleman of the law has voluntarily undertaken the prosecution.
New-York, July 18.
A curious Experiment, well worth the notice and attention of every Farmer in America.
Joseph Cooper, Esq. of New-Jersey, planted in his garden fourteen grains of wheat, that was brought from the Cape of Good Hope, in the ship Empress of China, Capt. John Green, in the year 1785; seven grains of which were lost by some accident; the produce of the remaining seven grains he sowed in the fall of 1786, at the same time, and in the same field that he sowed his common wheat, but carefully kept them apart; by which experiment he found that the Cape wheat came to perfection at least ten days earlier than the wheat of this country, and its quality to excel any thing of the sort introduced amongst us. After threshing and cleaning he measured it, and found one bushel and five-eighths of a bushel, which weighed 109 1/2 pounds avoirdupois, which is something more than sixty-seven pounds four ounces per bushel.
AN ORDINANCE for the GOVERNMENT of the TERRITORY of the UNITED STATES, North-West of the RIVER OHIO.
BE IT ORDAINED by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district; subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among their children, and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts; the descendants of a deceased child or grand-child, to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them: And where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of an intestate, shall have equal parts among them their deceased parents share; and there shall in no case be a distinction between kindred of the whole and half blood; saving in all cases to the widow of the intestate, her third part of the real estate for life, and one third part of the personal estate; and this law relative to descents and dower, shall remain in full force until altered by the legislature of the district. And until the Governor and Judges shall adopt laws as herein after mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed by him or her, in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses; and real estates may be conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed, and delivered by the person being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts, and registers shall be appointed for that purpose; and personal property may be transferred by delivery, however, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the Kaskaskies, Saint Vincents, and the neighbouring villages, who have heretofore professed themselves citizens of Virginia, their laws and customs now in force among them, relative to the descent and conveyance of property.
Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a Governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office.
There shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a Secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office; it shall be his duty to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the legislature and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the Governor in his executive department; and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings every six months to the Secretary of Congress. There shall also be appointed a court to consist of three judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a common law jurisdiction, and reside in the district, and have each therein a freehold estate in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of their offices; and their commissions shall continue in force during good behaviour.
The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district, and report them to Congress, from time to time; which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the general assembly therein, unless disapproved of by Congress; but afterwards the legislature shall have authority to alter them as they shall think fit.
The Governor for the time being, shall be commander in chief of the militia, appoint and commission all officers in the same, below the rank of general officers; all general officers shall be appointed and commissioned by Congress. Previous to the organization of the general assembly, the Governor shall appoint such Magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same. After the general assembly shall be organized, the powers and duties of Magistrates, and other civil officers, shall be regulated and defined by the said assembly; but all Magistrates and other civil officers, not therein otherwise directed, shall, during the continuance of this temporary government, be appointed by the Governor.
For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the Governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed from time to time, as circumstances may require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian titles shall have been extinguished, into counties and townships, subject, however, to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature.
So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the Governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the general assembly; provided, that for every five hundred free male inhabitants there shall be one representative, and so on progressively with the number of free male inhabitants, shall the right of representation increase, until the number of representatives shall amount to twenty-five, after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the legislature; provided, that no person be eligible or qualified to act as a representative, unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years, and be a resident in the district, or unless he shall have resided in the district three years, and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right, in fee-simple, two hundred acres of land within the same: Provided also, that a freehold in fifty acres of land in the district, having been a citizen of one of the States, and being resident in the district, or the like freehold and two years residence in the district, shall be necessary to qualify a man as an elector of a representative.
The representatives thus elected, shall serve for the term of two years, and in case of the death of a representative, or removal from office, the Governor shall issue a writ to the county or township for which he was a member, to elect another in his stead, to serve for the residue of the term.

The general assembly, or legislature, shall consist of the Governor, Legislative Council, and a House of Representatives. The Legislative Council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum; and the members of the Council shall be nominated and appointed in the following manner, to wit: As soon as representatives shall be elected, the Governor shall appoint a time and place for them to meet together, and, when met, they shall nominate ten persons, residents in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land, and return their names to Congress; five of whom Congress shall appoint and commission to serve as aforesaid. And whenever a vacancy shall happen in the Council, by death or removal from office, the House of Representatives shall nominate two persons, qualified as aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names to Congress; one of whom Congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term. And every five years, four months at least before the expiration of the time of service of the members of Council, the said House shall nominate ten persons, qualified as aforesaid, and return their names to Congress; five of whom Congress shall appoint and commission to serve as members of the Council five years, unless sooner removed. And the Governor, Legislative Council, and House of Representatives, shall have authority to make laws in all cases for the good government of the district, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared. And all bills laying passed by a majority in the House, and by a majority in the Council, shall be referred to the Governor for his assent; but no bill or legislative act whatever, shall be of any force without his assent. The Governor shall have power to convene, prorogue and dissolve the general assembly, when in his opinion it shall be expedient.
The Governor, Judges, Legislative Council, Secretary, and such other officers as Congress shall appoint in the district, shall take an oath or affirmation of fidelity, and of office; the Governor before the President of Congress, and all other officers before the Governor. As soon as a Legislature shall be formed in the district, the Council and House assembled in one room, shall have authority by joint ballot to elect a Delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting, during this temporary government.
And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest.
It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit:
Article I. No person, dunning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments in the said territory.
Art. II. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law; all persons shall be bailable unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great; all fines shall be moderate, and no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted; no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgement of his peers, or of law of the land; and should the public exigencies make it necessary for the common preservation to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same; and in the just preservation of rights and property it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide and without fraud previously formed.
Art. III. Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights and liberty, they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Art. IV. The said territory, and the States which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the articles of confederation, and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto. The inhabitants and settlers in the said territory, shall be subject to pay a part of the federal debts contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States; and the taxes for paying their proportion shall be paid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the district or districts, or new States, as in the original States, within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled. The Legislatures of those districts or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor.
Art. V. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit: The western state in the said territory, shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and Port Vincent's due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi. The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Port Vincent's to the Ohio; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line. The eastern state shall be bounded by the last mentioned direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line. Provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject to be rectified, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to rectify one or two lines, so that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan and whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states; in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: Provided the constitution and government to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles; and so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the state than fifty thousand.
Art. VI. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original states, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the resolutions of the 23rd of April, 1784, relative to the subject of this ordinance, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and declared null and void.
DONE by the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS assembled, the thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, and of their sovereignty and independence the twelfth.
ARRIVALS since our last.
Sloop Commerce, Paynter, Bermuda.
Lady Green, Godfrey, Rhode-Island.
Brig Brownlow, M'Micken, Dublin.
Sloop New-York and Virginia Packet, Robert-
son, Virginia.
Friendship, Jones, Edenton,
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS Assembled.
July 12, 1787.
RESOLVED, That all officers in the line of the late army, who may be entitled to pensions, in pursuance of the acts of Congress in that behalf made, shall, previous to the receipt of such pension, deposit with the proper officers appointed to discharge the same, in the state in which they reside, a certificate from the commissioner of amy accounts, purporting that no balance is due from the claimant to the United States.
CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec'y.
WANTED,
A PARTNER in the GROCERY Business, in one of the best Stands in this City. None need apply but such as have good Connections, and can advance at least One Thousand Pounds Stock. It is not material whether they attend the Business or entrust the present Proprietor. For further Particulars enquire of the Printer. New-York, July 16, 1787.
JAMES INGLIS
At his COMMISSION STORE, in Wall-Street, No. 21;
HAS just received on consignment from Britain, an assortment of LOOKING GLASSES, among which are a few with very fashionable Gilt Frames, and a variety of plain ditto.
He has also come to hand, A Quantity of excellent MUSCOVADO SUGAR in barrels—all which he will sell very cheap for Cash, at private Sale. 77
JUST IMPORTED, And now opening for Sale, by Nicholas Brevoort,
At his Store, No. 25, QUEEN-STREET, FOUR-PENNY, 6d. 8d. 1od. 12d. 2od. and 24d. Nails; Brass Kettles; Sheet Copper; Sheet Iron; Frying Pans; Spades and Shovels; Iron Pots and Kettles; Avils; Beck Irons; Vices; Sheet Lead; White Lead; Scythes and Sickles; Saws of all kinds; Locks and Hinges; Carpenters', Coopers' and Joiners' Tools; Sash Line; Desk Furniture; Tuff and Staple Nails; Currier's Knives and Plethers; Spike and Nail Gimblets; Brass Knob Latches; Brass and Iron Candlesticks; Shovels and Tongs; Copper and Iron Tea Kettles; Writing Paper; Jack Chains; Brass and Iron wire; Files of all sorts; Diaper Web; Shoe and Knee Chapes; Warming-Pans; Knives and Forks; Sad Irons; Coffee-Mills; Kitchen and Chamber Bellows; Curb and Snaffle Bits; Men and Women's Stirrup Irons; Curry Combs; Scale Beams; Steelyards; Glue; and many other articles in the Hard-ware Line, too tedious to enumerate. New-York, July 10, 1787.
ADVERTISEMENT.
TO BE SOLD,
THE valuable and well situated PLANTATION belonging to Abraham Lawrence, situated on the west end of Long-Island, in the Township of Flushing, known by the Name of LAWRENCE'S NECK; consisting of Arable Land, near Four Hundred Acres, and also abounding with a large quantity of good Salt Meadow. The Land is of the best quality, either for Tillage or Pasture, whereon may be cut almost any quantity of English Hay, as the owner may see cause to convert his Land to such use, the whole being commodiously situated for transportation of any kind of Produce to New-York Market, the greater part joining the Water, which is also a farther and lasting advantage of Fence. Said Plantation is well Timbered and Watered; there is on the Premises, a good Dwelling-House almost new, and a large Barn in good repair, as also convenient Out-houses, good and sufficient Orchards of divers kinds of Fruit, and Fruit Trees of almost every kind common in those parts. The rarities of Nature, such as Fish, Fowl, Clams and Oysters, near the House in plenty. Any Gentleman inclining to retire to a Country Seat, may find the situation to be as agreeably accommodated to the conveniencies of Life and Health as any perhaps in the State. Whoever inclines to purchase the Premises, may apply to ABRAHAM LAWRENCE, living on the same, who will give an indispensible Title for the whole or the equal half, as may best suit the Purchaser. 76
NOTICE is hereby given to all the Creditors of DAVID CAMPBELL, an Insolvent Debtor, that they shew cause, if any they have, before the Hon. John Sloss Hobart, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, by the 18th July next, at his Office in Crown-Street, why an Assignment of the Estate of the said David Campbell should not be made, and he discharged, pursuant to a law of this State, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," passed the 13th day of April, 1786. Dated this 13th day of June, 1787. DAVID CAMPBELL.
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BLANK Bonds, Bills of Exchange, Powers of Attorney, Indentures Seamen's Articles, &c. to be had of the Printer.
Virginia Packet,
The SCHOONER DONALD, THOMAS LILLY, MASTER, Burthen about fifty tons, intends constantly to ply as a PACKET between NORFOLK and RICHMOND, and this Port. She will sail from this Port for Virginia about the 12th of August next. For Particulars enquire of Mr. DAVID CATION, corner of Golden-hill and William Streets. New-York, July 3, 1787. 75
Ten Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the Subscriber, on the 3d inst. a Negro MAN, named LONDON, but went lately by the name of TOM; he is about twenty years of age, rather of molatto complexion, about five feet six inches high, speaks good English, and one of his great toes very crooked. Had on when he went away, a white linen jacket, fustian waistcoat and striped trousers, shoes almost new with plated buckles, and a round wool hat. Any person who will bring the above described Negro to William Elsworth at Brooklyn, or otherwise secure him, so that the Owner may have him again, shall receive the above Reward and all reasonable expences paid. JACOBUS VAN NUYS. Flat-Lands, King's County, July 6, 1787. 76
JOHN REID, Bookseller and Stationer,
RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public in general, that he has opened STORE, No. 17, Water-Street, nearly opposite the Coffee-House, where may be had a choice Collection of BOOKS, amongst which are
LARGE folio and quarto Bibles, with and without Plates; also, Gilt Bibles of different sizes, in one and two vols.—Cruden's Concordance. Flavels Works. Clarke's Martyrology. Josephus Works. Watson's Body of Divinity. Guthrie's History of the World, 13 vols. Plutarch's Lives, 5 vols. The History of Modern Europe, with an account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Smith's Wealth of Nations, 3 vols. Robertson's History of America, 2 vols. Kennet's Antiquities of Rome. Gibson's Surveying. Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments. Ganganelli's Letters, 2 vols. Congreve's Works, 2 vols. Seneca's Morals. Burn's Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Bruce's Memoirs. Carver's Travels through the interior parts of North America. Smollett's Travels, 2 vols. Marshall's ditto, 3 vols. Moore's ditto, 2 vols. Sparrman's, Cook, Anson, Boyle, and Hawkesworth's Voyages. Preceptor 2 vols. The wonders of Art and Nature displayed, 2 vols. Swift's Works, 15 vols. Fielding's ditto, 12 vols. Pope's ditto, 6 vols. Shakespeare's, ditto, 9 vols. Stern's ditto, 7 vols. Young's ditto, 3 vols. Thompson's ditto, 4 vols. British Theatre, 14 vols. Raynal's Indies, 6 vols. Collection of Farces, 4 vols. Spectator 8 vols. Theatre of Education, 3 vols. Lock's Essays on the Human Understanding, 3 vols. Ditto on Government. Trimmer's Sacred History, 4 vols. Blair's Lectures, ditto Sermons. Aikenhead's Poems. Ramsay's ditto. Mirror, 3 vols. Arabian Nights, 4 vols. Roderick Random, 2 vols. Rambler, 4 vols. Dean of Colrain, 3 vols. Adventurer, 4 vols. Don Quixote, 4 vols. Citizen of the World, 2 vols. Man of Feeling.—With a large Assortment in most Branches of Literature, too tedious to enumerate.
ALSO,
Blank Books of all sorts and sizes, ruled and unruled. Blanks of all kinds. Flutes and Fifes. Cutteaux de Chasse. Elegant plated Buckles. Breast Pins, &c. &c. &c. 76
This day is published, on a fine Paper and good Type, by
Samuel Campbell,
No. 44. Hanover-Square, corner of the Old Slip, (Price four shillings in boards.)
GULLIVER REVIVED,
Containing singular Travels Campaigns, Voyages and Adventures, In Russia, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, Up the Mediterranean, and on the Atlantic Ocean: Also, An Account of a Voyage into the Moon, with many extraordinary Particulars relative to the Cooking Animal, in that Planet, which are here called the Human Species. By BARON MUNCHAUSEN. The Fourth Edition, considerably Enlarged.
These Travels are at this time more read, particularly in Britain, France, Germany and Holland, than any production that has appeared for some years.—Upwards of Ten Thousand Copies were sold in London in less than three months. The Baron's Adventures at Gibraltar are not published in the French and Dutch Editions, but are given in full length in this impression.
Mutual Assurance Company
For Insuring HOUSES from LOSS by FIRE in New-York.
WHEREAS the Insuring of Houses and other Buildings from Loss by Fire, has been found of great and public utility wherever it has been practised; and although Societies have been instituted in different places, yet none hitherto been formed in this City for that laudable and beneficial purpose.
A number of respectable Citizens, as well for their own mutual Security as for the common Security and Advantage of their neighbours and Fellow-Citizens, with the view of promoting the Insurance of Houses and other Buildings from Loss by Fire, upon the most equal Terms, and without any views of private or separate gain or interest, have established a Company by the Name of
THE MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
For Insuring Houses from loss by Fire in New-York.
The Utility of an Institution in its purpose so laudable, cannot fail to attract the notice of every Citizen, being of so great importance to the Security of Property and the Happiness of Families, that it is presumed that no person of prudence will be found to neglect it.
The Office is now opened at No. 57, King-Street, where such persons as incline to insure their Houses and other Buildings may, on application, receive every necessary information.
JOHN PINTARD, Secretary. New-York, June 15, 1787. 70
BENJAMIN S. JUDAH,
No. 12, QUEEN-STREET, HAS FOR SALE, Indigo, Raccoon, Fox, and wild Cat Skins, &c. &c. &c.
ALSO,
The following valuable HOUSES and FARMS, on the most reasonable Terms; for which an indisputable Title will be given the purchaser by the Subscriber, viz.
IN CONNECTICUT.
A Tract of Land laying in Salisbury, Litchfield County, twenty-eight Acres laying in the Town of Salisbury, and three hundred twenty-two Acres one quarter of a Mile distance from said Town, with Improvements; being a most eligible situation for a Farmer, as said Tract commands one Mile and a half of the main Road, the Land laying on each side of the same, and is bounded on a most beautiful and pleasant Lake, with an abundant supply of Fish, &c.
A Tract of Land laying and being in Canaan. A House and Tract of Land laying in Wallingford.
A Farm at East Hadam, and A Farm at Lime.
NEW-JERSEY.
A Farm at Colt's Neck, lately in the tenure of the Widow Huddy, about fifty-three Acres, with excellent Buildings and Out-Houses—has been occupied for this twenty years past as a Tavern, and one of the most public situations as such, commanding all the company that resort to the sea-shore, from Philadelphia, &c. with a good stream of Water running through the same.
A Farm at Shrewsbury, about sixty Acres of good Land, well Wooded and Watered, with good Buildings, and repleat with many conveniencies.
A House in the Town of Freehold, with about eight Acres of Meadow Land and Orchard—now going through a thorough repair.
To LEASE.
Several Lots laying in and about this City, for a Term of Years, and immediate possession given.—For Particulars, enquire of
BENJAMIN S. JUDAH.
N. B. Paper Emission of New-Jersey, will be received at Par. New-York, May 8, 1787.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all the Creditors of SAMUEL BURLING, late of this City, Merchant, an absconding Debtor, that a Meeting of the said Creditors, or such of them as chuse to attend, are requested at the house of JOHN MURRAY, No. 184, Queen-Street, one of the Assignees of the Estate of the said Samuel Burling, on the 24th day of August ensuing, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, to examine and see the debts due to each person ascertained; at which time and place a division of all the Monies collected from the Estate of the said Samuel Burling, now in the hands of the said Assignees, will be made among the said Creditors, in proportion to their respective demands. Dated this 24th day of May, 1787.
FRANCIS LEWIS, JOHN MURRAY, Wm. BACKHOUSE, } Assignees. 64f.
WANTS a Place, as a Clerk in a Public Office or Store;
a Person that can be well recommended. Enquire of the Printer, No. 41, Hanover-Square, 72

E L E G Y  On the Death of an Only Son, at about Four Years of Age.  YES; he is gone, with ev'ry grace adorn'd; The lovely Babe shall charm all eyes no more; In yonder hallow'd spot he lies in-urn'd, And leaves his hapless Parent to deplore.  As droops beneath the Dog-star's heat the rose; As sinks the lilly, over-charg'd with rain; Or withers, when the cutting East-wind blows, That scatters ruin'd blossoms o'er the plain:  So sunk the Infant (sweet as vernal airs) 'Ere fav'ring suns call'd forth his op'ning bloom: The promis'd blossoms of his early years, Were early gather'd to adorn a tomb.  Short was his date; for, of celestial race, High Heav'n in pity claim'd the gift it gave; Call'd him yet spotless to his native place, While we, weak mortals, sorrow o'er his grave.  There Spring's soft influence ever shall prevail, And there the fairest flow'rs unbidden rise; While the sweet Cherub heav'nly hosts shall hail, And smiles complacent from his kindred skies.
JAMES RIVINGTON, Begs leave to inform GENTLEMEN of the Law, that this day are published, in One V. lume royal Octavo, with additional Notes and References; (since the appearance of the last edition, in 1750 being thirty-six years) they include all the modern Law Authorities deduced to 1787.
PRECEDENTS IN CHANCERY; being Re- ports of Cases determined in that Court, and now published by Thomas Finch, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law.
A L S O, The Fifth and Finishing Part of HARGRAVE'S EDITION OF LORD COKE'S COMMENTARY ON LITTLETON; a Work in the highest esteem with the Gentlemen of the Law, who owe much to the great Labours of Messrs. Hargrave and Butler of Lincoln's Inn.
N. B. All the preceding Parts are now to be had of JAMES RIVINGTON; therefore Gentlemen who have purchased any such are desired to apply im- mediately for the remainder, that he may not, in a single instance, fall under the cafe accusative on the score of incomplete Copies of this venerable Lawyer.
JAMES RIVINGTON has im-  ported in the New-Providence,  M A G A Z I N E S.
The European, Gentlemen's, Ladies', and Town and Country, to the time of Shipping. Also, the Lady's Magazine for the whole year 1786. Philidor on the Game of Chess, with fies of Chess Men and Chess Boards, of various prices. Classics, Dictiona- ries and School Books; Monitors; Aft's and Lowth's Grammar; M'berly's Medical Dictionary; Elliot's Medical Pocket-Book; West India Pilots of different Kings, and many Charts of Navigation. Also Maps of the World and Four Quarters, on Rollers for Gentlemen's Halls and Entries; with many other Articles to be hereafter published.
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be sold by HUGH GAIN, at the Bible in Hanover-Square,
MR. Adams's Defence of the  Constitutions of Govern-  ment of the United States of  America.
New-York, June 2, 1787. 66
Furnished Rooms to Let,  For Gentlemen,
IN that airy and commodious House, No. 51, corner of Wall and Smith- Street.—Likewise, Horses stand at Livery. 62
L. M. CUTTING,  Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
HAS removed his OFFICE from No. 71, King-Street, to No. 11, Queen-Street. 62
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 distinc- tion 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 pay- ment to the Subscriber, by the first Day of Sep- tember next, as all Accounts without distinction, 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.
Murray and Sansom.
Have imported in the ship Betsey , Captain Wat- son, from London, a neat and general assort- ment of seasonable DRY GOODS , amongst which are the following articles;
BROAD Cloths, Cassimers, Tammies, Du- rants, Shalloons, Everlastings, Sattinets, Callimancoes, Puffians, Jeans, Jeanets, Cordu- roys, Velverets, Cotton Stripes, Cotton Checks, Bed Ticks, mens brown and black Hats, womens Shoes, quality and shoe binding, Ribbons, black and white Gauze, Modes, Sattins, India per- fians, Silk and Linen Hankerchiefs, Hosiery, Stationery, London and Bristol Pewter, Brass Cocks, tea Kettles, Brass Kettles, Frying Pans, Shovels, Spades, Sad Irons, Nails, Sicles, Crowley and Bristol Steel, Gilt and Hair Trunk- a Variety of Hardware and Cutlery, Earthen Ware in crates, white Lead ground in Oil, Cop- peras, Gun Powder and Shot.
THEY HAVE ALSO FOR SALE, Chocolate, Snuff in Bladders, Connecticut Pork and Beef, Jamaica Spirits, Madeira and Faya Wines, Duch Panties, Sugar Moulds, a Variety of Iron Castings, such as Pots, Kettles, tea Kettles, Chimney Backs, Stoves, &c. and Wool cards of the very best quality, formerly marked P. Sansom, but now M. S. & Co. which they will sell at 40s per dozen by the hoghead. New-York, April 30, 1787. 57
Chastellux's Travels.
PROPOSALS, For publishing by SUBSCRIPTION, in Two Volumes 12mo.
A neat American Edition of  T R A V E L S  IN NORTH-AMERICA, In the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782.
BY THE  MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX, One of the Forty Members of the French Aca- demy, and Major-General in the French Army, serving under the Count de Rocham- beau.
Translated from the French by an English Gen- tleman, who resided in America at that Period. WITH NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR.
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THIS Work is too highly celebrated among the inquisitive and ingenious to render a lengthy Account of it necessary. The great number of Co- pies which have been sold in Europe, and the Extracts taken from it and Published in the different Maga- zines and Newspapers is an unquestionable Evidence of its literary Reputation. To be informed of the Soil and Produce of this Country; of the Character, Employment and Manners of its Inhabitants, as ob- served by a Foreigner of Distinction in a Tour through the United States, is an Object of importance to every intelligent American.—The different Sieges and Bat- tles, and many interesting Particulars of the late ab- solutely Revolution are unfolded and commented upon.—The high military Rank of the Author in- troduced him to an acquaintance with many of those patriotic Worthies who stood foremost in the Fields of Fame, and in the Defence of the Rights of Mankind. He particularly delineates the Characters of Gene- rals Washington, Green, Gates, St. Clair, Hunting- don, Lincoln, Schuyler, Knox, Wayne, Glover, How, Heath, Moylan, &c. &c. Governors Jefferson, Harrison, Trumbull, &c. &c. Mr. Robert Morris, Financier, Mr. Paine, and a great many others. But his Attention was not here confined; the fair Daugh- ters of Freedom claim their Share; and it is easy to perceive, that the noble Heart of the polite Marquis would melt under the Rays of American Beauty.— Shall it be added, that the exalted Station, foreign Connections, and superior Erudition of the Author place him above the suspicion of Adulation, and must have dictated to his Pen the Language of Sincerity.
This Work is therefore calculated, not only to answer the Purposes of Utility, but to afford likewise the highest Entertainment.—The whole is inter- spersed with curious Anecdotes.
This Undertaking is the cheapest ever offered to the Public; and Gentlemen who are desirous to encourage the Manufactures of their Country, will doubtless be pleased to think that the Price of this Book, although printed on an handsome Type, good Paper and neatly Bound and Lettered, will be but half the Price of the cheapest Edition yet imported from Europe.
New-York, June 4, 1787. 67
LINEN RAGS,
READY MONEY, and the highest price given for CLEAN LINEN RAGS, at the Alms-House, where they are much wanted for dressing of wounds and sores in the hospital of the said house.
Daniel Tucker, & Co.
HAVE removed from No. 22, Hanover- Square, to 202, Water-Street, and have just received by the Montgomery, Capt. Bunyan, from London, an assortment of
MANCHESTER GOODS, Suitable to the present Season, consisting of
Printed Linens and Cottons, Printed Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Cotton Romals, Fancy Printed Handkerchiefs, Cotton Shawls, An elegant assortment of Muslin ditto, White Jeans, dyed ditto, India Dimity, Olive Jeanets, Dutch Cord, Fancy Ditto, Bordered Dimities, Muslinets, black, blue and drab Velverets, Linen and Cotton King Cord, Linen and Cotton Thicklets, Royal Rib, Rib'd Durant, Blue, black and drab Sattinet. A quantity of Linen and Cotton Checks, Striped Cottons, Striped Ticks, Check Handkerchiefs, &c. &c.
Which Goods they will dispose of on very rea- sonable Terms for Cash, or Country Produce only. 58
JOHN DALTON,
SURGEON and PRACTITIONER of PHYSIC.
HAS removed from No. 67 to No. 65, Cherry-Street, and informs his Friends in particular, and the Public in general, that by long experience he has found out a meth- od to eradicate a certain Complaint, without one grain of that pernicious Medicine unskilfully administered, called Mercury, and in so short a time as will surprise any who favours him with their commands. The greatest secrecy may be depended on.
THE Assignees of ELIZABETH and GROVE BEND having met according to Adjournment, have to in- form, that they are under the necessity of postponing the making any future Di- vidend until the final determination of the Suit in Chancery, when timely notice will be given.
New-York, May 8th, 1787. 59
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to an Act of the Governor, the Council, and General Assembly 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, 1774—That on Wednesday the fifth day of September next, at twelve o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, will be sold on the premises, to the highest bidder or bidders, at Public Auction, all that certain House, Ground and Premises, situate, lying and being in the East Ward of the said City, upon the north-west side of, and fronting Queen-Street; being the north- easterly House and Lot of the two Houses and Lots of Ground situated as aforesaid, devised by Hendrick Rutger, formerly of the said City, Brewer, to Catharine, Ann and Mary, his daugh- ters, and which upon a division fell to the share of the said Mary; and which House and Lot of Land is bounded in front by Queen-Street afore- said, north-easterly by the House and Ground late of Jacobus Quick, north-westerly by Rutger- Street, and south-westerly by the House and Lot that fell, in the said partition, to the share of the said Catharine; and is divided therefrom by a line running from Queen-Street aforesaid, first north thirty-one and an half degrees, west one hundred and fifty-nine feet; then north thirty- nine degrees, west seventy-one feet and two inches, to Rutger-Street aforesaid.—The said House, Messuage, Tenement and Lot, hereby in- tended to be advertised for Sale, contains, in front on Queen-Street aforesaid, twenty-one feet ten inches and an half; on the north-easterly side, along the ground of the said Jacobus Quick, two hundred and thirty-four feet and two inches; and on Rutger-Street aforesaid, twenty-one feet and two inches; and along the aforesaid line which divides the said two Houses and Lots of Ground of the said Mary and Catharine; the whole length from Street to Street, two hundred and thirty feet and two inches.—Which said House and Lot of Ground hereby intended to be described, with all and singular the appurte- nances, were, in due form of law, mortgaged on the 16th day of September, 1785, by Stephen M'Crea, of the said City, Physician, and Mary his wife, to me the Subscriber, for securing to me the re-payment of Eleven Hundred and Thirty-One Pounds Ten Shillings, current money of this State, with Lawful Interest for the same. A good and sufficient Title will be given for the Premises aforesaid, by  JAMES RIVINGTON. New-York, 3d March, 1787. 40 6. m.
TO BE LET
THE HOUSE No. 231, Queen-Street, Enquire of Mr. GETFIELD, No. 205. Queen-Street.
Christopher Lewis Lente,
At his Store, No. 39, Hanover-Square,  HAS for SALE, a very large assortment of Groceries, Confectionaries, Wines & other bottled Liquors, &c. which were all purchased for ready Money, and will dispose of them on very reasonable Terms.—He is determined not to sell any thing out of his Store but for Cash be- ing paid on delivery of the Goods, having con- siderable Sums of outstanding debts, which puts it out of his power to give Credit any longer.— All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to, but no goods will be sent unless the Cash or Produce is at the same time sent.
F O R S A L E,
At the READY-MONEY STORE, No. 39, Hanover-Square,
CHAMPAIGNE, Burgundy, Madeira, Claret, Port, Hock, Constantia, Cyprus, Syracuse, Stomatical, Lisbon, Fyal, and Teneriffe Wines, in casks and bottles, Arrack and Coniac Brandy, Geneva in cases and half ankers, A great variety of rich German, French and Italian Liqueurs, &c. London bottled Porter in cases & small packages, Pine Hyson, Souchong, Green and Bohea Tea, Coffee, Chocolate and Sugar-Candy, Double and Single Lump Sugar, Muscovado, ditto.—With a large and general assortment of GROCERIES , too tedious to enumerate. Considerable abatement will be made to who purchase by the Quantity.
THOMAS THOMAS,  TINMAN, COPPERSMITH, and  BRASS FOUNDER,
No. 206, QUEEN-STREET, opposite Burling-Ship,
BEGS leave to return his sincere Thanks to his Friends and the Public in general, and informs them, that he has entered very exten- sively into the manufacturing part of the above Branches of Business, superior to any imported and equally as Cheap. He has on hand a very large and extensive Assortment of all kinds of Tin, Copper, Brass, and Pewter Ware, which he intends selling on very low Terms for Cash. Copper and Brass Utensils mended and tinned with pure Grain Tin.
The highest Price given for old Copper, Brass and Pewter.
PROPERTY in this City will be offered for a good FARM , (none else need apply) situated two or three Miles from the North-River, with a Mill so much the better.—Enquire of the Printer. 58
By order of JOHN SLOSS HOEBART, Esq. one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature, for the State of New-York:
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that on the application of JOHN OOTHOUT, of the City of New-York, Merchant, a Creditor of  JOHN DUMONT, late of the same City, Mer- chant, a Debtor residing without this State, he hath, in pursuance of the Act, entitled, "An Act for relief against absconding and absent Debtors," passed the 4th of April, 1786, di- rected all the Estate, real and personal, of the said John Dumont, within this State, to be seized; and that unless the said John Dumont does his debt within one year from the date hereof, all his Estate, real and personal, so seized, will be sold for the payment and satisfaction of his Creditors. Given at New-York, this nine- teenth day of April, 1787. 54
By order of the Honourable Richard Morris, Esquire, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York.
NOTICE is hereby given to Moses Franks, 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 Le- gislature of the 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 warrants to the Sheriff of the City and County of New-York, and the Sheriff of the County of Suffolk, commanding them to attach, take, seize, and safely keep all the Estate, as well real as personal of the said Moses Franks, an absent debtor, of what kind or nature soever, and every or any part or parcel thereof, in what- ever part of their bailiwick the same can be found, with all evidences, books of accounts, vouchers, and papers relating thereto. And that unless he the said Moses Franks shall appear by himself, or Attorney, 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 Cre- ditors. Dated at the City of New-York, this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- seven. 39 w.t.f.
A SCHOOL for Young Ladies,
IS Opened at No. 57, Queen-Street—where they will be Grammatically Taught READ- ING, WRITING, and ORTHOGRAPHY; also, every kind of useful NEEDLE-WORK. Particular Attention will be paid to their Mo- rals. For Terms apply as above. 43