The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-07-17 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register.
NUMB. 171, of VOL. XLII.
THURSDAY, July 17, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2350.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—E'EN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE. Thompson's Liberty.
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
By the Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Western District, Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT the following LANDS, TENEMENTS, and HEREDITAMENTS, forfeited to the people of this state, will be sold at Public Vendue, agreeable to the laws in such case made and provided.
In COLUMBIA COUNTY.
The right and title of the people of this state of and to the undivided one third of the southermost part of a patent granted to Hendrick De Bruyn, in the district of Kinderhook; situate on the south side of the Plank Pat, and west of the pine ridge and the hill called the Kalkone Bergh; excepting out of the same, lots, No. 27, 29, and 31. The said premises are estimated at 1300 acres. And
The one third part of lot No. 7, in the rear of said patent, estimated at 300 acres: also,
The one fifth of a 12th part of the patent called Wawegenack, granted to Cornelius Van Schaack and others, situate in King's district. Said patent is estimated at 4300 acres.
Deemed to have become forfeited by the conviction of Isaac Van De Pool, late of the district of Kinderhook, in the county of Albany, yeoman.
4 acres of meadow land, at Kinderhook, adjoining the lands of the late Cornelius Van Alen and the creek.
8 acres in the meadow or great Vly, eastward of the house of the late Abraham Van Alfine, deceased, adjoining the great spring.
The undivided half or moiety of a part of the lands heretofore sold, to defray the expence of the partition of Kinderhook patent, estimated at 665 acres.
The undivided one third part of a full proprietary share in the patent of Kinderhook,
Deemed to have become forfeited by the conviction of Peter S. Van Alfine, late of the district of Kinderhook, in the county of Albany, yeoman.
The right, title, share, and interest of the people of the state of, in and to the land in the patent called Wawegenack. Forfeited by the attainder of William Bayard, late of the city of New-York, Esq.
The sales of the above Lands and Premises will begin on Thursday, the 24th day of July next, at the house of Abraham Van Burin, innkeeper, in Kinderhook, at XI o'clock in the forenoon, and will continue from day to day until the sales are completed.
In ALBANY COUNTY, In NORTHAMPTON PATENT.
Lots No. 1, 850 acres. } Forfeited by the attainder of Sir John Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, knight and baronet. 4, 230 do 7, 320 do 25, 375 do
The southeastern part of lot No. 21, estimated at 208 acres.
Lot, No. 1, 100 acres, called the fifth-house lot. } In the subdivision of lot No. 26, of the patent aforesaid.
2, do } in possession of G. Shew, Esquire. 3, do } Forfeited by the attainder of Guy Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, Esq.
The undivided half or moiety of 10,000 acres of land, situate on the west side of Schoharie river—being part of a tract of land granted to John Butler and others, and is known by the name of Strasburgh: the undivided half or moiety of 2240 acres of land, situate on the west side of Schoharie river, being part of the patents granted to Johannis Lawwer, John De Peyster, Adam Vrooman, and others. Deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of John Tabor Kempe, late attorney-general of New-York, Esquire.
The equity of redemption of the one equal undivided half or moiety of 2240 acres of land, situate on the west side of Schoharie river, is bounded on the patents granted to Johannis Lawwer, John De Peyster, Adam Vrooman, and others.
The equity of redemption of the one equal undivided half or moiety of 10,000 acres of land, situate on the west side of Schoharie river, being part of a tract of land granted to John Butler, and others, and is known by the name of Strasburgh.
The equity of redemption of five eighth undivided parts or shares in a patent, situate on the west side of Schoharie river, known by the name of Blenheim.
All which said three last tracts are deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of John Wetherhead, late of the city of New-York, merchant.
Lot No. 1, in the subdivision of the first general division of the township of Ballstown, estimated at 200 acres.
The equity of redemption of lot No. 14, in the tract called the 5000 Acre Tract, near Ballstown, estimated at 200 acres.—The two last mentioned pieces of land are deemed to have become forfeited by the conviction of William Frazier, late of the district of Ballstown, in the county of Albany, yeoman.
Lot No. 26, in Dorlock, estimated at 150 acres, forfeited by the conviction of Henry Fraz, late of Dorlock, in the county of Albany, Yeaman.
KAYADEROSSRA PATENT.
Lots, No. 1, 150 acres. } in the subdivision of lot No. 4, of the division of lot No. 8, of the 12th 2, 100 do } general allotment Kayaderosra patent.
The undivided one third part of lot No. 11, in the subdivision of lot No. 12, of the 14th general allotment Kayaderosra, estimated at 200 acres.
Lot. No. 1, in the subdivision of lot No. 7, of the 16th general allotment of Kayaderosra patent, estimated at 600 acres.
Lot No. 1, in the subdivision of the 23d general allotment of Kayaderosra patent, situate at and near a place called Carman's-neck, estimated at 365 acres.
Lot No. 3, in the subdivision of lot No. 12, of the 25th allotment of said patent, estimated at 238 acres.
Lot No. 2, in the subdivision of lot No. 12, of the 6th allotment of said patent, estimated at 15 acres.
Lot No. 2, in the subdivision of lot No. 6, of the eighteenth allotment of said patent, estimated at 250 acres.
Lot No. 2, in the subdivision of lot No. 3, of the twenty-fourth allotment of said patent, estimated at 699 acres.
2 of the smaller lots of No. 4, in the subdivision of lot No. 8, of the thirteenth allotment of said patent, estimated at 100 acres.
The undivided one third part of lot No. 9, of the thirteenth allotment of said patent, including two [smaller lots, estimated at 1022 acres.
 do one third part of lot No. 6, of the 24th allotment of said patent, estimated 2301  do one third part of lot No. 10, of the 25th do do 1010  do one third part of lot No. 9, of the 6th do do 63  do one third part of lot No. 6, of the 15th do do 784  do one third part of lot No. 6, of the 17th do do 2405  do one third part of lot No. 11, of the 18th do do 1000  do one third part of lot No. 7, of the 23d do do 1459  do one third part of lot No. 4, of the 19th do excepting out of the same 309  acres, formerly sold to Mary Gamble, and others.
do one third part of lot No. 7, and northerly half of lot No. 8, in the subdivision of lot No. 12, of the fourteenth allotment of said patent, estimated at 300 acres.
The equity of redemption of the one third part of lot No. 2, in the twentieth allotment, estimated at 1108, excepting 200 acres sold to John M'Crea.
The last mentioned premises are deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of Isaac Low, late of the city of New-York, merchant.
Lot No. 5, 125 acres, in the subdivision of lot No. 4, of the 15th general allotment of Kayaderosra patent.
The equity of redemption of lot No. 1, estimated at 300 acres, in the subdivision of lot No. 13, of the 5th general allotment Kayaderosra patent.
The leasehold estate of 300 acres, adjoining to the west of the last mentioned premises, which said last mentioned pieces of land are deemed to have become forfeited by the conviction of Daniel M'Alpin, late of the district of Saratoga, in the county of Albany, Esq.
JOHN BOWEN'S PATENT.
Lots, No. 25, 631 acres. } Situate in the united districts of Duaneburgh and Schoharie.—Deemed 27, 631 do } to have become forfeited by the attainder of Sir John Johnson, late of 24, 631 do } the county of Tryon, knight and baronet. situate in the district aforesaid. Deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of Daniel Claus, late of the county of Tryon, Esq.
Lots No. 26, 631 do deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of John Butler, late of the county of Tryon, Esq. The undivided third part of a house and lot, in the town of Schenectady; forfeited by the conviction of John Morrison, late of the district of Kinderhook, in the county of Albany, weaver.
P I T T S T O W N.
The rent and reversion of lot No. 55, formerly in possession of Wm. Lamson, estimated at 121 acres. The undivided half of 17, 165 acres. do do 21, 121 do do do 152, do do do 146, do do do 83, 30 Deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of Robert Leake, late of the county of Albany, gentleman.
Lots No. 49, and 50, in a patent granted to John Glen, and forty-four others, estimated at 250 each acres, forfeited by the conviction of Arent Van Petten, late of the district of Schenectady, county of Albany, yeoman.
The sales of the above Lands and Premises, in the county of Albany, will begin on Thursday, the 31st day of July next, at the house of William Kane, in the West Manor of Rensselaerwyck, at XI o'clock in the forenoon, and will continue from day to day until the sales are completed.
In MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Fourth Allotment ROYAL GRANT.
 Lots No. 1, 100 acres. Lots No. 93, 200 acres. Lots No. 42, 100 acres.  2, do 94, do. 96, 200  3, do 95, do 97, do  28, do 38, 100 98, do  37, do 39, do 99, do  91, 220 40, do 100, do  92, do 41, do  A strip or piece of land, from the little falls or carrying place to lot No. 3, estimated at 300 acres.
Western Allotment KINGSBOROUGH.
Lot No. 7, 100 acres, late in possession of ----- Philipsen, 8, do do ----- Cratzenberger. 9, do 10, 170 568, 100 and lot No. 4, in the Stone Arable patent, estimated at 265 acres, formerly purchased from the Snells, by the late Sir William Johnson. 524, 200.
A piece of land, included in the Royal Grant, on the north side of the Mohawk river—bounded on the north by Glen's purchase, and on the south by Burnetsfield, estimated at 200 acres.
In SACONDAGO PATENT.
Lot No. 10, 500 acres. Part of 11, 12 acres, called Mount Joy: also, the leasehold estate of 250 acres of said lot.
NORTHAMPTON PATENT.
Lots No. 11, 170 acres. Lots No. 15, 305 acres. Lot No. 34, 120 acres. 13, 200 do 30, 140 do
M A Y F I E L D.
Lots No. 35, 100 acres. Lots No. 55, 100 acres. 41, do 56, do 44, do 63, do 50, do
In First Allotment ROYAL GRANT.
Lots No. 21, 100 acres. Lots No. 52, 100 acres. Lots No. 56, 100 acres. 27, do 53, do 72, do. The above premises are situate on the north side of the Mohawk river, and deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of Sir John Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, knight and baronet.
Fourth Allotment ROYAL GRANT.
Lots No. 79, 200 acres. Lots No. 84, 200 acres. 80, do 85, do 81, do 86, do 82, do 87, do 83, do 88, do 12, in the Stone Arable patent.
Forfeited by the conviction of Margaret Johnson, late of the district of Conajohary, in the county of Tryon, single woman.
 Lots No. 43, 100 acres. Lots No. 50, 100 acres. Lots No. 57, 100 acres.  44, do 51, do 58, do  45, do 52, do 59, do  46, do 53, do 60, do  47, do 54, 200 61, do  48, do 55, do  49, do 56, 100 
Forfeited by the conviction of Elizabeth Johnson, late of the district of Conajohary, in the county of Tryon, single woman.
 Lots No. 62, 100 acres. Lots No. 68, 100 acres. Lots No. 74, 100 acres.  63, do 69, do 75, do  64, do 70, 200 76, do  65, do 71, do 77, do  66, do 72, 100 78, do  67, do 73, do 
Forfeited by the conviction of Magdalene Johnson, late of the district of Conajohary, in the county of Tryon, single woman.
In SACONDAGO PATENT.
Lot No. 29, 250 acres, and lot No. 77, 250 acres.
MAYFIELD.
 Lot No. 21, 390 acres, formerly in possession of ----- Dunham,  22, 193 No. 27, 217 acres.  23, 196 28, 224  24, 200 29, 290  25, 204 30, 195  26, 211 31, 310. 
Third Allotment ROYAL GRANT.
Lot No. 130, 180 acres, and lot No. 132, 110 acres.
JOHN BOWEN'S PATENT.
Lot No. 7, 631 acres. Forfeited by the attainder of Daniel Claus, late of the county of Tryon, Esquire. Lot No. 18, 631 acres } Situate in the Mohawk district 10, do do } and county aforesaid.
The last mentioned pieces and parcels of land, are deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of Guy Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, Esq.
 Lots No. 5, 631 acres } Situate in the Mohawk district on the south  9, do } side of the river, and deemed to have become for-  12, do } feited by the attainder of Sir John Johnson, late  14, do } of the county of Tryon, knight and baronet.  17, do } 
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Convention of New-York.
OUR accounts, or rather history, of the Convention at Poughkeepsie, were continued last Thursday to Friday the 24th, from which to Monday, July 7, they went through the remaining articles of the Constitution.
As amendments to the general system had been proposed from time to time, in the course of the session, it now remained to have them arranged and stated, which occupied Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Thursday the Convention met, when Mr. Lansing came forward with the amendments arranged in three classes, viz. EXPLANATORY, CONDITIONAL and RECOMMENDATORY. A bill of rights was classed among the explanatory — the conditional were, that there should be no standing army in time of peace without the consent of two-thirds of Congress; that there shall be no direct taxes, nor excises, on American manufactures: — that the militia shall not be ordered out of the state, except by the previous consent of the executive thereof; nor then for a longer time than six weeks without the consent of the state legislature; — and, that there shall be no interference in the elections, unless when a state shall neglect or refuse to provide for the same.
Mr. Lansing observed, after reading the amendments, that they had been altered both in form and substance, from the last report, particularly in respecting the apportionment of representation; it now stands — that there shall be a representative for every 30,000, till it got to 200; beyond which it may not go.
Mr. Lansing proposed, that the Convention should adjourn, and that a committee of both parties should be informally appointed, who should endeavor to make such accommodation, and so to arrange the amendments as to bring the business to a quick and friendly decision; accordingly the Convention adjourned.
Mr. Jay, the Mayor of New-York, the Chief Justice, Judge Hobart, Judge Ryers, Judge Letts and Mr. Hatfield, on the part of the federalists; and Judge Yates, Mr. Lansing, Mr. M. Smith, Mr. Tredwell, Mr. Haring, Mr. Jones, and Mr. G. Livingston, on the part of the anti-federalists, were the committee appointed in consequence of Mr. Lansing's motion.
When the committee met, Mr. Jay declared that the word conditional should be erased before there could be any discussion on the merits of the amendment; — this occasioned about an hour's debate, and the committee was dissolved without effecting any thing.
[The following history of the proceedings at Poughkeepsie, the last week (with some additions omitted as superfluous) is given by a gentleman who left that place on Monday last; extracted from yesterday's Daily Advertiser. Of the genuineness of the representation, the public will be better able to judge hereafter.]
THE anti-federalists met frequently in the course of last week; in these meetings there was much warm debate: some were for rejecting the constitution; but the majority, more moderate, insisted on an adoption, with certain conditions; this at length was agreed on, as the extreme point of concession. The plan was accordingly formed, and brought forward in convention.
A motion was then made for an informal committee to be chosen from both parties, in order to organize more completely the amendments, and to fix on some accommodating scheme for an adoption.
A committee was accordingly appointed, and having met, instead of entering mutually on the business, the anti-federalist budget was immediately produced and opened, and a complete plan of adoption was presented as a single proposition, for the assent of the federalists, attended with a declaration that this was their ultimatum. No room then remained for any general reasonings, but the matter was reduced to a point, and the propositions were only to be assented to or disapproved. Mr. Jay, Judge Hobart and others, strongly opposed the measure; urged most forcibly that the proposition led to a virtual and total rejection of the constitution; and declared they could not consult with them, at all, if they insisted upon that point. Both parties were firm, and the committee dissolved without coming to any agreement.
On Friday Mr. Jay came forward with a statement from the informal committee; representing, that no plan of conciliation had been formed, & no measure taken, in consequence of the anti-federalists adhering rigidly to the principle of a conditional adoption, which was inadmissible and absurd. He went into a consideration of the nature and tendency of such an adoption; compared it with the powers delegated to this convention, and the powers of the future congress; and inferred, that it would amount in result to a total rejection. He called on the opposition repeatedly to answer his arguments. He was answered by Mr. Smith and Mr. Lansing, who attempted to prove that the convention, as the representatives of a sovereign people, had a power to agree to the constitution, under any restrictions and qualifications which should be thought expedient. They insisted that the congress would have a right to restrain the exercise of any power given them by the constitution: — that it was in the power of any legislature to apply a different mode of imposing burthens on different parts of the state, according to circumstances.
The Chancellor, in the course of this debate, assumed a mode of reasoning a little different, but not less impressive than that of his worthy colleague. He appealed to the apprehensions and passions of the convention; painted in the most glowing colors the unavoidable convulsions of our state; the depreciation of our currency; the great loss arising from the removal of Congress from our capital; and the various disadvantages of being deprived of a voice in the counsels of the Union.
On Saturday morning, Mr. Jay opened the business by representing the unfairness of the proceedings in the informal committee. He complained, that when met for mutual discussion, they had been insulted by a complete set of propositions presented in a dictatorial manner for their passive acquiescence. He was soon followed by Mr. Hamilton, who in a most argumentative and impassioned address, demonstrated, that the propositions before the committee, would be a total rejection of the constitution.
He opened with a beautiful exordium, in which he described, in a delicate but most affecting manner, the various ungenerous attempts to prejudice the minds of the convention against him. He had been represented as an ambitious man, a man unattached to the interests and insensible to the feelings of the people; and even his supposed talents had been wrested to his dishonor, and produced as a charge against his integrity and virtue. He called on the world to point out an instance in which he had ever deviated from the line of public and private duty. The pathetic appeal fixed the silent sympathetic gaze of the spectators, and made them all his own.
He then proceeded to refute the fallacious reasonings of opposition: and to describe the nature and tendency of a provisional adoption. He proved, in the first place, from the series of papers on which the authority of the present convention was founded, that it had no possible decisive power, but to adopt or reject absolutely: that it had indeed a power to recommend, because this was the natural right of every freeman; but it had none to dictate or to embarrass the union by any restrictions or conditions whatever: that the committee was not a body commissioned to tender stipulations, or form a compact, but to dissent from or agree to a plan of government, which could be altered either in its form or exercise, only by an authority equal in all respects to the one which gave it existence. Having made this point clear, he went on to show, that the future Congress would have no authority to receive us into the union on such terms: that this conditional adoption included evidently a disagreement to and rejection of a part of the constitution: that Congress, which would hold all the powers it possessed under the constitution as a simple plan, must consider such a partial rejection in the light of a total one.
That a declaration by any legislature that such and such constitutional powers should not be exercised, was in its own nature a nugatory one: that these provisions, making no part of the constitution, and when accepted by Congress, having, even if consistent with the constitution, no other than a legal force, would be subject to an immediate repeal; that it was indispensably necessary to good government, that the discretion of the legislature should be uncontroulable, except by the constitution: but by the proposed measure, the discretion of Congress would be limited and controuled by a provision not only foreign from, but totally inconsistent with the constitution: a provision coming from a part of the union without the consent of the other parts; a provision most preposterously calculated to give law to all the other states. He adduced other arguments to prove, that refraining the exercise of a power, or exercising it in a mode different from that pointed out in the form of government, was utterly anti-constitutional, especially when the restraint was only to respect a part of the community.
Mr. Hamilton then urged many forcible reasons to prove, that even if it were consistent with the constitution to accept us on those terms, it was entirely improbable that the other states would submit to it. Their interests and their pride would be opposed to it. Their pride, because the very proposal is an insult; and the animosity of some states, embittered as it is by what they deemed a kind of commercial tyranny, and a system of selfish, partial politics, would receive most pungent gratification from a diminution of our fortune and our power. Their interests would be opposed, because the misfortunes of one powerful state commonly contribute to the prosperity of its neighbours.
Mr. Hamilton, after recapitulating his arguments in a concise and cogent manner, entreated the convention, in a pathetic strain, to make a solemn pause, and weigh well what they were about, before they decided on a subject so infinitely important. The orator then closed his address, and received, from every unprejudiced spectator, the murmur of admiration and applause.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, submitted to the Convention at Poughkeepsie, on Monday, July 7, by Mr. LANSING.
THAT all freemen have essential rights, of which they cannot, by any contract, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are, the enjoyment of life and liberty.
That all power is originally vested in and consequently derived from the people; and that government is instituted for their common benefit, protection and security.
That in all cases in which a man may be subjected to a capital or infamous punishment, no one ought to be put to his trial unless on an indictment by a grand jury; and that in all capital or criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation; to be confronted with his accusers and witnesses; to produce testimony and have counsel in his defence; and to a fair, public and speedy trial by an impartial jury of the county in which the crime was committed, without whose unanimous consent he ought not to be found guilty (except in the government of the land and naval forces, in time of actual war, invasion or rebellion) nor ought he to be compelled to give evidence against himself.
That no freeman ought to be taken, imprisoned, or dispossessed of his freehold, or be exiled or deprived of his privileges, franchises, life, liberty or property, but by the law of the land.
That no person ought to be put in jeopardy of life or limb, or otherwise punished twice for one and the same offence, unless upon impeachment.
That every freeman restrained in his liberty is entitled to an enquiry into the lawfulness of such restraint, without denial or delay, and to a removal thereof if unlawful.
That in all controversies respecting property, and in all suits between man and man, the ancient trial of facts by jury is one of the greatest securities of the rights of a free people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolate for ever.
That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel nor unusual punishments inflicted.
That every freeman has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his papers and his property; and that therefore all warrants to search suspected places or to seize any freeman, his papers or property, without information upon oath (or affirmation of a person religiously scrupulous of taking an oath) of sufficient cause, are grievous and oppressive;
and all general warrants to search suspected places, or to apprehend any suspected person, without specially naming or describing the place or person, are dangerous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted.
That people have a right peaceably to assemble together to consult for their common good, or to instruct their representatives; and that every freeman has a right to petition or apply to the legislature for redress of grievances.
That the freedom of the press ought not to be violated or restrained.
That the militia should always be kept well organized, armed and disciplined, and include, according to past usages of the states, all the men capable of bearing arms, and that no regulations tending to render the general militia useless and defenceless, by establishing select corps of militia, or distinct bodies of military men, not having permanent interests or attachments to the community, ought to be made; and that the militia ought not to be subject to martial law except in time of war, invasion or rebellion; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.
That no soldier in time of peace ought to be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, and in time of war only by the civil magistrate in such manner as the laws may direct.
That any person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms, ought to be exempted therefrom upon payment of an equivalent.
That the free & peaceable exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, is a natural and unalienable right, and ought never to be abridged or violated.
New-York, July 17.
ACCOUNTS received by last evening's mail, inform, that the question, for ratifying the constitution, on condition of amendments, was urged to be taken on Monday last, but was postponed until Tuesday.
Whether such a mode of ratification was advisable, or whether it would be received by the union as valid, has been a subject of animated discussion.
Further accounts, by a gentleman, who left Poughkeepsie at 4 o'clock, P. M. on Tuesday, state, that the federalists requested to be indulged until yesterday, when it was supposed that the question would be put, or an adjournment moved. — Also, That Col. Hamilton had brought forward a system of amendments.
The Vice President and the Supreme Council of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have issued a proclamation, offering a reward of 300 dollars to whomsoever shall apprehend, &c. Daniel Earl, Benjamin Earl, Cady, Wilkes Jenkins, Joseph Dudley, David Woodward, John Whitecomb, Timothy Kilburne, and Thomas Kenney, who have conspired to obstruct the execution of the laws in the county of Luzerne, and have violently seized and carried off the person of Timothy Pickering, Esq. an officer of government, whom they still detain as a prisoner.
Col. Pickering's being taken has caused much confusion in Luzerne county. Bodies have marched in pursuit of him, in opposition to the wild boys, in which skirmishes ensued, and blood was shed.
Accounts from the Westward, in the vicinity of the South tribe of Indians, are perfectly tragical. A writer at the Chost mills, dated in April, affirms, that a number of the peaceable adventurers had been lately barbarously murdered, and that unprovoked hostilities were daily committed.
Capt. Cole, arrived at Boston, in the brig Expedition, in 48 days from Cadiz, advises: — That the Russian fleet which had been equipped for the Mediterranean sea, arrived in England some time before he left Spain, but would not, it was said, proceed to that sea, until towards August, the number of sail composing the Russian squadron, could not be ascertained, but was supposed to be as numerous as that of the Spanish armada, which was out on a cruise, off Cape St. Vincents, and consisted of twelve sail of the line: That the Spaniards had demanded of the Russians their business in the Mediterranean, who returned for answer that matters of their own concern engaged their attention in that sea.
Capt. Joseph Edwards, of Meriden, in Wallingford, Connecticut, as he was hiving a swarm of bees, received a sting from one of them in his temple, of which wound he expired in about fifteen minutes.
Extract of a letter from Providence, Rhode-Island, July 7.
"The fourth inst. was festivitied by a large concourse of people on account of the adoption of the constitution by ten states, &c. It was reported, that they intended to give, as a toast, confusion to the states who refuse to adopt the constitution; this circulated, a body of men collected in the country, to the number of between 2 and 300. In consequence of which the people armed themselves in the town, and sent a deputation to know the intentions of the body without, who informed them, that unless they would relinquish the idea of giving such a sentiment, they were determined not be quiet, if they would comply with this requisition, notwithstanding the ridiculousness of their joying for other states, they would retire in peace. To gratify them, and maintain peace, this was complied with, and all was quiet, many of the body joining the festival."
The states are now fully represented in Congress. When the debates came on in that hon. body, for fixing the seat of the federal government, last week, it was resolved, That the final decision respecting it be postponed until after the result of the debates at Poughkeepsie be known. The account of this postponement was immediately sent off to Poughkeepsie, which, says a writer from that place, had rather a bad tendency.
On the 25th ultimo the hon. the Congress of the United States resolved, That the office of inspector of the troops in the service of the United States, immediately cease and be discontinued, and that the secretary at war report what mode may be most eligible for having the troops inspected for the future.
It was also, on the same day, resolved, That the contract made by John Adams, Esq. minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, on the 19th of March, 1788, for the loan of one million of guilders, be, and it is hereby ratified.
Resolved, That three fair copies of the contract, with the ratification in the form of that agreed to on the first of February, 1785, mutatis mutandis endorsed on each copy, be made out and duly attested, and that the secretary for the department of foreign affairs transmit the same, by several conveyances to T. Jefferson, Esq. minister plenipotentiary of the United States, at the court of France.
Resolved, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, in addition to the fourteen thousand dollars already appropriated, be appropriated for defraying the expenses of the treaties which have been ordered, or which may be ordered to be held in the present year with the several Indian tribes in the northern department, and for extinguishing the Indian claims; the whole of the said twenty thousand dollars, together with six thousand dollars of the said fourteen thousand dollars, to be applied solely to the purpose of extinguishing Indian claims to the lands they have already ceded to the United States, by obtaining regular conveyances for the same, and for extending a purchase beyond the limits hitherto fixed by treaty: But that no part of the said sums be applied for any purpose other than those above mentioned.
We are informed, that near one hundred negroes have been lately carried to Jamaica, from the Marquis Shore, by a King's vessel: They were the property of persons who were compelled to evacuate it by the last treaty of peace — had deserted from their owners, and, in the course of their predatory excursions for support, had sustained a loss of about thirty or forty, by the resistance of the injured natives and landholders.
An account of all the Provisions, Lumber, &c. imported into the island of Jamaica, from the 2d to the 24th of May last, in British vessels, navigated according to law.
In the ship Olive Branch, from Virginia, 70,604 staves and heading, 128,000 shingles, 13,999 feet plank and scantling, two masts, and four spars.
In the brig Andrew, from Charleston, 50,000 staves and heading, 10,000 feet boards, 12,000 shingles, and four casks black-eyed peas.
In the sloop Amphion, from Edenton, N. C. 800 bushels Indian corn, and 8,000 staves and heading.
In the brig Mary, from Savannah, in Georgia, 29,996 feet boards, 15,500 shingles, 4,412 staves, and 15 tiers rice.
In the sloop Fortitude, from the Bay of Honduras, 52 logs mahogany.
In the sloop Peggy and Jean, from Charleston, 21 tiers rice, 5,000 shingles, and 2,000 staves and heading.
In the sloop Awn, from Vienna, in Maryland, 37,500 feet pine plank, 4,000 staves and heading, and 14,000 shingles.
In the brig Fame, from Cork, 15 bags bread.
In the ship Marquis of Carmarthen, from London, 200 cwt. bread, and 10 barrels flour.
In the brig Minerva, from Georgia, 20,000 feet pine boards, 4,000 feet plank, 26,000 feet scantling, 4,000 staves and heading, and 20,000 shingles.
A late English paper says, "Col. Fullerton, from his clear and comprehensive View of the English interests in India," addressed, in a pamphlet, to the Board of Control, has displayed the effects of the late tyrannic system, in a very able and dispassionate manner. After pointing out the most crying abuses that have so recently disgraced the British name in India, he thus contrasts them by a retrospective view of former governments:
"It was not by such means that the English character became respectable in this country. There was a period no farther distant than the days of General Lawrence, when the natives of Indostan held the engagements of an Englishman to be unalterable; they represented him with all the attributes of prowess in war, and of justice in peace: thus confidence and veneration were so mingled in their estimation of him, that their sensations of security were stronger under an English authority, than under the best of their native princes. In those days, the purse of the individual was ever open to the public exigency, for every individual confided in the faith and credit of the public."
"What avails the improvement of that system, which is only useful to protect your possessions, if waste and devastation are suffered to render them hardly worth protecting, and unequal to support the force on which their safety must depend? You have seen misery in its worst aspect, the misery of famine abundantly predominant with the bound hedge of Madras: you have seen, under your own walls, the infant dying for want on the breast of his mother, the old and the young, the parents and their children mingling their last groans, and expiring in your kennels; you have seen whole families of spectres, in human shape digging in the entrails of a dead carcass, and when these means have failed, surrendering themselves with a truly Asiatic apathy to the wild dogs and vultures that waited to devour their carcasses; you have seen for months together, a hundred bodies daily covering your streets, with circumstances of horror, too shocking to enumerate. Nor is it within the bound hedge of Madras only, that the internal wasting of the country can be traced; during 27 months of continued movement through a large extent of your dominions, the duties of my station familiarized me with the whole gradation of territorial abuses, neither less palpable nor distasteful, than those with which you yourselves are personally acquainted!"
The sale of the forfeited lands, in COLUMBIA COUNTY — by the commissioners of forfeitures for the western district — will take place NEXT THURSDAY. See advertisement, first page of this paper.

KNOWING that all classes of people, whether federal or antifederal, are anxious to hear the progress as well as the result of the debates in Convention, the Editor has endeavoured, from week to week, to give as exact a statement as could possibly be ascertained, and as devoid of party spirit as the materials would admit. Sensible of the serious importance of the present deliberation, which keeps the state in suspense, while their freedom and independence, which cost so much blood and treasure, is suspended, as it were, upon a thread, he is not devoid of those keen sensations which he humbly conceives ought to be kindled by every patriotic breath so long as the state of public affairs are tremulously critical. Having acted a part, in his profession, which he is sure will be justified by every free and impartial inhabitant of the United States, viz. that of preserving his press free, accessible by all parties, he presumes to justify his conduct in the face of those who have falsely avowed, that he had rejected communications other than those which were unfit for the public scrutiny, of which, as many have been thrown by, unedited, on one side as on the other. Prizing the peace, happiness and glory of his country, equally with the most zealous declaimer, he is willing to be tried at the bar of the great body of citizens, and by their decisions to stand or fall—for, before that august body one general question would suffice to condemn or acquit him, which will doubtless be—Has every man a right to speak and publish his sentiments freely? If it be given in the affirmative, the genius of freedom will reign triumphant, and the editor will be acquitted; if, in the negative—blow, ye western zephers, and waft him quick from thralldom. Politics and government are sciences he pretends not to be master of—and all he wishes is, impartially to represent.
It is a subject of unfeigned congratulation, that the season bids fair to afford a bountiful harvest. Although frequent latter rains threatened the hopes of seasonable vegetation, we are told, that the late warmth has greatly changed the face of mother earth.
"CONFESSION from yonder flow-extinguish'd clouds, All ether softening, sober Evening takes Her wonted station in the middle air; A thousand shadows at her beck. First this She sends on earth; then that of deeper dye Steals soft behind; and then a deeper still, In circle following circle, gathers round, To close the face of things. A fresh gale Begins to wave the wood, and stir the stream, Sweeping with shadowy gust the fields of corn; While the quail clamours for his running mate, Wide o'er the thilly lawn, as swells the breeze, A whitening shower of vegetable down Amusive floats. The kind impartial care Of nature nought disdains; thoughtful to feed Her lowest sons, and clothe the coming year, From field to field the feathered feeds the wings."
"OTHOU! by whole almighty Nod the feale Of empire, rises, or alternate falls, Send forth the saving Virtues round the land, In bright patrol; white Peace, and social Love; The tender-looking Charity, intent On gentle deeds, and shedding tears thro' smiles; Undaunted Truth, and Dignity of mind; Courage compos'd, and keen; sound Temperance, Healthful in heart and took; leal Chastity, With blushes reddening as she moves along, Disorder at the deep regard she draws; Rough Industry; Activity unti'd, With copious life inform'd, and all awake; While in the radiant front, superior shines That first paternal virtue, Public Zeal; Who throws o'er all an equal wide survey, And, ever musing on the common weal, Still labours glorious with some great design."
DIED—At Boston, EDMUND QUINCY, Esq. aged 85—The Rev. Dr. BYLES, aged 81. At Braintree, Massachusetts, in the 35th year of her age, Mrs. ABIGAIL WELD, consort of the Rev. Ezra Weld, minister of the second church in that town, and eldest daughter of Joseph Greenleaf, Esquire, of Boston. In Mrs. Weld, the christian world is deprived of a pious communicant; near relatives a virtuous daughter, sister, and friend; an affectionate husband a faithful wife, and prattling infants an endearing mother.
THE DYING CHRISTIAN'S SOLILOQUY. "WHY shrinks my weak nature? ah! what can it mean? Why flutters my heart, which till now was serene? Why lingering and trembling when glory's to near? Or whence this enchantment that fetters me here? Thou world of illusions, forever adieu! Your phantoms, unhallow'd, recede from my view: New worlds and new wonders my passions invite; And glories ineffable dawn on my sight! Hail! wilsons celestial; and THOU, divine source Of life, hope and glory! if e'er, in my course, Thy grace has reliev'd and exalted my heart, Now let me in peace and in triumph depart. 'Tis done—Lo, they come! bright celestial descend: Saints, angels, and seraphs, their symphonies lend The spheres are all vocal—the raptures draw near; Immortal vibrations resound in my ear. Cease, cease, then fond nature! oh! leave thy vain strife, And let me languish and die into life: Blest powers! receive me—I mount on your wing, Oh! grave, where's thy victory? Oh! death, where's thy sting?"
By the United States in Congress assembled, July 9, 1788. A SUPPLEMENT to an ORDINANCE, entitled, "An ORDINANCE for ascertaining the MODE of disposing of LANDS in the WESTERN TERRITORY." WHEREAS it is found to be inconvenient to execute that part of the Land-Ordinance, passed May 30, 1785, which directs that certain proportions of lands be allotted to the several States, to be sold by the loan-officers in each state. And whereas, a sufficient quantity of lands, for satisfying the bounties due to the late army, was set apart by the act of Congress, passed the 22d of October last, whereby further drafts for satisfying
military bounties in lands from the townships lately surveyed, are become unnecessary.
Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That so much of the said ordinance, passed May 30, 1785, as ordains that certain parts of the townships therein directed to be surveyed, shall be drawn for in the name of the thirteen states respectively, according to the quotas in the last preceding requisitions, in all the states, in order that the same be sold by the said loan-officers; and also that the secretary at war shall take by lot from the townships when surveyed, certain proportions of land for the use of the late army, so far as the same respect future drafts, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Be it further ordained, That the board of treasury be and they hereby are authorised and directed to sell those parts of the seven ranges of townships surveyed in the western territory, which are not already sold or drawn for the use of the late army, in the same manner, on the same conditions, and under the same restrictions and limitations as were prescribed in the resolutions of Congress of April 21, 1787, except as to the place of sale, and the daily continuance thereof, which may be so far varied that the said board may commence the sales at New-York or Philadelphia, and adjourn the same from time to time to any part or parts of the United States which they may judge most proper for the purpose.
Be it further ordained, That the secretary at war issue warrants for bounties of land to the several officers and soldiers of the late continental army who may be entitled to such bounties, or to their respective assigns or legal representatives, certifying therein the rank or station of each officer, and the line, regiment, corps and company in which the officer or soldier served.
Be it further ordained, That the geographer, by warrant under his hand and seal, appoint one surveyor to each of the two tracts or districts of land set apart for satisfying the said bounties by the act of Congress of the 22d of October last; and that the persons entitled to lands by virtue of warrants issued as aforesaid, shall be at liberty to locate them on any part of the two tracts of land set apart as aforesaid; provided that each location and survey shall be bounded on one side by one of the external boundaries of one of the tracts aforesaid, or by some prior survey therein, and the external lines of each survey shall run east and west, north and south, such parts thereof excepted as may border upon any river bounding the district, and the several surveys shall be in squares, unless where restrained by such river or by the lines of former surveys; and provided also, that in every location there shall be a combination of as many warrants as shall make the same at least six miles square, and no interstices shall be left between surveys less than six miles wide.
Be it further ordained, That each surveyor upon making any survey, shall protract and lay the same down in a general map to be kept and preferred, and shall make a record of each survey in a book to be kept for that purpose, and make out and deliver a copy of the survey certified under his hand, to the proprietor or proprietors thereof;—and the surveyor shall retain in his hands all warrants by him laid out and located, until he can transmit the same to the board of treasury, which he shall do within one year after laying out the land, certifying thereon under his hand, that the same is satisfied. That the surveyors to be appointed as herein before directed, shall be entitled to receive for the services enjoined them by this ordinance, so much only as shall be allowed and fixed by the governor and judges of the western territory, and shall be liable to be displaced by the geographer for neglect of duty or other misbehaviour; in which case he shall supply any vacancy so happening by a new appointment. That each surveyor who may be appointed under this ordinance, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath or affirmation, that he will justly and truly execute the trust reposed in him as surveyor of a district of land in the western territory, according to the best of his skill and understanding, without favor or partiality; which oath or affirmation shall be taken before the governor or either of the judges of the western territory, or one of the justices of the supreme court in any of the United States, and being duly attested, shall be transmitted to the secretary of congress to be by him filed of record. That the maps and records beforementioned, shall at all times be subject to the orders of Congress, to be removed or deposited wherever they shall direct. That if any officer or soldier, or assignee or grantee of either, shall desire to have their bounty of land allotted in the townships or fractional parts thereof, lately drawn for the army by the secretary at war, out of the first four ranges of townships surveyed west of the Ohio, and shall cause such his desire in writing, together with his land warrant, to be deposited in the office of the secretary at war, before the first of July, 1789, the said secretary shall cause so much of the said townships which have been drawn for the army, to be drawn for by lot, as will satisfy the warrants so deposited, for which surveys shall be made out and delivered to the several proprietors, signed by the geographer of the United States, which surveys shall be recorded in a book by the geographer, and lodged in the treasury office. And whereas lands are set apart for satisfying military bounties, not only in the said districts and townships, but also within the limits of purchases made by several companies:
Be it further ordained, That the persons who have purchased tracts of the federal lands, shall have credit for so much land as the warrants issued as aforesaid and delivered by them to the board of treasury cover; provided that in no case deductions on account of military bounties shall exceed one seventh part of the purchase.
Done, &c.
Wanted to Purchase IMMEDIATELY, OFFICER's and Soldier's Military Bounty Rights of Land, both State and Continental—Also, a large Amount in Indents, Final Settlements, and Pickering's Notes, Apply at No. 196, Water-Street. New-York, June 25, 1788. 30—e.d.
NOTICE. The PROCESSION is postponed until Wednesday the 23d instant.
To be SOLD, At PUBLIC VENDUE. By the subscriber at the house of David Baker, Inn-keeper, near Rockaway river, in the county of Morris, on Monday, the 18th day of August next, at two o'clock of said day.
ALL the right of THOMAS MILLEDGE, late of said county, to about thirty acres of LAND, adjoining Dawson's brook, in Mendham, in said county, in the state of New-Jersey. Such securities of this state, as are directed by law of the state to be received in payment for forfeited estates, will be received in this sale.
ABRAHAM KETCHEL, Agent for forfeited estates. Morris county, June 21, 1788. 50 4w th.
At a Court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate-Office, in the City of New-York, on the second Day of July, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-eight.
P R E S E N T, The Honorable PETER OGILVIE, Esq. Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Mary Campble, administratrix of Alexander Campble, late of Hackenack, in the state of New-Jersey, deceased, hath by her petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Alexander was, at the time of his death, seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Alexander Campble, as far as she had been able to discover the same, that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of the said Alexander Campble, was in sufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said petitioner hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Alexander Campble, do appear before the judge of the said court of Probates, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the twenty-eighth day of August next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Alexander Campble died seized, should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 338 th. 4w. PETER OGILVIE.
To be SOLD CHEAP, At PRIVATE SALE, A FARM,
THE place which WILLIAM PROVOST formerly occupied, which for elegance of situation is perhaps equal to any in the state of New-Jersey; it lies three quarters of a mile from the church of Hackenack, and extends from the river up the road towards Paramus, being intersected by the road leading to the New Bridge: on the lot sext the river is a fine DWELLING HOUSE, two story high in front, and three in rear, having a fine dry Cellar and a Dwelling-Room underneath on the ground floor (being built on the declivity of a hill) with a large Kitchen adjoining: Also, a Poultry-House and a new Barn: in the rear of the Dwelling-House is a beautiful Green; ornamented with Fruit-Trees; between which and the river, lies a valuable piece of meadow, yielding about twenty-four loads of English hay yearly: to the rear of the meadow is a spacious and substantial Dock, newly made; on which is a store with a large quantity of ashes, an extraordinary spring and well at the Dwelling-House, from which the meadow may be watered: There is also a Garden with a variety of the best Fruit-Trees: On the lot on the opposite side on the road stands a commodious store, commanding the trade of the back country; also a young Orchard of good Fruit-Trees. The whole of the place contains about thirty-four or five acres, twelve of which are Wood-Land; the land has been well manured with ashes; the whole of the Land enclosed with a new substantial fence.
The beauty of this situation, and its advantages for trade, make it eligible either as a country seat, or a place of business. To be sold in three different Lots, or the whole together, as may best suit the purchaser; For terms apply to DIRCK LEFFERTS, in Maiden-Lane, No. 21, New-York, who will give a good title for the same.
The conditions of payment will be made easy to the Purchaser. If any person wants to view the place, apply to D LEFFERTS, he will send a Person with him. New York, May 28, 1788.
State of New-York, ss.
WHEREAS all the real estate of which Edmund Palmer, late of Cortlandt's Manor, in the county of Westchester, yeoman, deceased, died seized, has been sold, by an order of Thomas Tredwell, Esq. late judge of the court of probates of the state of New-York, for the payment of his debts—all persons who have any demands against the estate of the said Edmund Palmer, are hereby notified and desired to produce the same to Peter Ogilvie, Esq. present judge of the said court of probates, at the probate office in the city of New-York, on the tenth day of October next, when and where a final settlement and distribution of the said estate will be made. Given under my hand, at the probate office, in the city of New-York, the ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. 34 PETER OGILVIE.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons who are indebted to Richard Lawrence, of Westchester, an insolvent debtor, that unless they make immediate payment to the subscribers, their accounts will be put in suit—and all creditors are desired to bring in their accounts, properly attested, as a dividend is intended to be made the first Monday in September next, provided the creditors accounts are sent in, to JOSHUA MERSEEAU, or GOZEN RYERS, June 18, 1788. 26—6w th. Affignees
At a court of Probates of the State of New-York, held at the Probate office in the City of New-York, on the seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
P R E S E N T, The Honourable PETER OGILVIE, Esquire, Judge of the said Court.
WHEREAS Isaac Tuttle Reeve, administrator of Ebenezer Sopher, late of Southold, in the county of Suffolk, fadler, deceased, hath by his petition, presented to the said judge, set forth, that the said Ebenezer Sopher was at the time of his death, seized of a real estate within this state, that the petitioner had made a just and true account of the personal estate and debts of the said Ebenezer Sopher, as far as he had been able to discover the same; and that thereby it appeared, that the personal estate of the said Ebenezer Sopher, was insufficient to pay his debts, and therefore requested the aid of the said judge in the premises, according to the directions of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of creditors against heirs, devisees, executors, and administrators, and for proving wills respecting real estates;" and the said petitioner hath delivered to the said judge the account in the said petition mentioned; hereupon it is ordered by the said judge, that all persons interested in the estate of the said Ebenezer Sopher, do appear before the judge of the said court of Probates, at the Probate-Office, in the city of New-York, on the ninth day of August next, to show cause, if any they have, why so much of the real estate whereof the said Ebenezer Sopher died seized, should not be sold, as will be sufficient to pay his debts. 25 th 4w. PETER OGILVIE.
To be SOLD FOR JERSEY MONEY at full Value, Or exchanged for any Property in New-York, or bartered for West-India or DRY GOODS, At Market Price,
A Valuable Farm, SITUATE in Woodbridge township, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles distant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, a third part of which is excellent MEADOW; a sufficiency of fire wood, with a handsome piece of thrifty young timber.
The plough-land equal to any in that part of the country; the whole under good fence.
On the premises is a good house, kitchen, and barn; and an excellent spring of water near the door; to which is added, fifteen acres, or thereabouts, of salt marsh, on the Rariton, about one mile from the farm.
This place is well known by the name of CLAWSON'S FARM.
For terms of sale, enquire of Mr. Joseph Bindon, merchant, New-York, or Benjamin Thompson, near Morris-Town. New-York, Jan. 24, 1788.
FRANCIS DURAND, No. 15, QUEEN-STREET; Has FOR SALE, imported in the French Packets,
The following ARTICLES, viz: CAMBRICKS, and Superfine French Broad Lawns, Cloths, Scarlet, Blue, Umbrellas of different sizes, &c. &c. Lyon's quilted Satins, Thread Laces and Edgings, Men's black and white Black Silk Laces, Silk Hose, White and coloured, Women's white do. Women's Kid Gloves Black Modes, yard wide Chinizes, &c. best assorted Ribbons,
All kinds of Public & State Certificates
BOUGHT and SOLD; At No. 27, WATER-STREET, and every kind of PAPER MONEY, Exchanged for SPECIE and re-exchanged. Also on Hand FOR SALE,
A LARGE Sum in Bancker's, Barber's, and Loan Office Certificates of this State, such as will purchase Lands at the Com- missioner's sale, and pay Quit-Rents—Likewise Final Settlements of this State; any, or all of which will be exchanged for Common Final Set- tlements, Loan-Office, or Pickering's Notes, and indents at a small difference. New-York, June 25, 1788. 30—e.d.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Ship JUNO, from Havre-de-Grace, and ships PHILADELPHIA and GRACE from Amsterdam, And to be SOLD at the STORE No. 192, Queen-street, opposite Dechman's Slip; By DELUZE DEMONTMOLLIN, and COMPANY,
A general Assortment of DRY GOODS, Consisting of the following ARTICLES, CHINTZES, Kid Gloves, Callicoes, Ribbons, Lutestrings, Hair Ribbons, Cambricks, Watches, Silk Hose, Umbrellas, &c. Also, to be sold at the above Store, Handkerchiefs, Persians, and Sarfnets.
Starch and Hair-Powder, MANUFACTURED and Sold by Isaac & John Stouckenburgh At the corner of Greenwih and Bey Streets, No 14 River.

POET'S CORNER.
The nuga seria ducunt in mala. Hor. At Poet. A half-starv'd Fox, to mend his case, Resolv'd to try to get a place...
MORAL. From hence let man a lesson learn Wisdom from Cunning to discern. And never in an office place Those who that office must disgrace.
ARTIFICIAL NOSES, not to be relied on. A CERTAIN inhabitant of Buffalo, in a combat, had his nose mowed off; whereupon he addressed himself to a very curious and celebrated Surgeon...
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, according to an act of the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of the late colony of New-York, passed the nineteenth day of March, 1774, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registering of mortgages and securing the purchaser, or mortgagee of estates..."
The conditions will be made known on the day of sale, by the subscribers. THOMAS BOWNE, New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. DANIEL BOWNE, 1788. 99 th. 6m } SAMUEL OSGOOD,
Just Published, At Thomas Greenleaf's Printing-Office, No. 25, Water-Street. A new, complete, and correct Edition of Baron Steuben's Regulations FOR THE Order and Discipline OF THE Troops of the United States.
Mrs. WATERS, HAS removed to Peck-Slip, No. 1, where she continues the business of washing Silks Stockings, and other nice articles, in the usual manner, in which branch she has always given satisfaction.
Wants a Place, A WET NURSE, who can be well recommended, and who would go into a family. Enquire of the printer.
AGREEABLE to an Act of the Legislature of the state of New-York, entitled an act for the partition of land, passed the 16th day of March, 1785.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interested in the undivided tract of two hundred and thirty thousand and four hundred acres of land, situate, and being in the county of Montgomery, and state of New-York, bounding as follows, adjoining southerly on the lands granted to Daniel Cox and Robert Lettice Hooper, and their associates, and between and adjoining the rivers Owego and Chenango...
PROPRIETORS. Azariah Egleston, Stephen Brown, Thaddeus Thompson, John Brown, Gilbert Peirson, Isaac Curtis, Ezekiel Crocker, Isaac Jenkins, Wm. Bartlet, Ebenezer Mason, Anna Bingham, Allin Newhall, Jacob Parsons, Joseph Raymond, Moses Tomblin, Wm. Lust, Samuel Brown, Nathaniel Bishop, Elijah Brown, Amos Patterson, Moses Ashley, Ebenezer Williams, Wm. Walker, Nathan Peirson, Charles Stone, Asa Bement, jun. Silas Peapoon, Elisha Blin.
ALL persons having demands against the forfeited estates of the following persons, viz. William Axtell, Benjamin Ogden, Robert Bayard, Johannis Polhemus, William Bayard, Lewis Palmer, Christopher Billop, Frederick Philips, Thomas Barker, Philip Sheene, Waltron Blauw, Abraham Rapalje, David Colden, Beverly Robinson, John Harris Cruzan, John Rapalje, Joshua T. De St. Croix, Volker Sprang, Joseph Ford, Adam Seaman, George Folliot, Dow Van Dyne, Richard Floyd, Hugh and Alexander Benjamin Hunt, Wallace, Thomas Jones, John Watts, Charles Inglis, Garrit Williamson, Sir John Johnson, Alexander Wallace, Daniel Kissam, Henry White, Gabriel G. Ludlow, Thomas White, George D. Ludlow, John Weeks, Isaac Low, John Wetherhead, Roger Morris, Parker Wickham, George Meursfon, Hugh Wallace, Robert M'Ginnis, Benjamin Seaman, and David Matthews, Oliver Delancey. Who are relievable by an act, entitled, "An act for the speedy sale of the confiscated and forfeited estates within this state, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 12th day of May, 1784, and who have not yet delivered in their accounts or demands, audited and certified according to the directions of the said act, are hereby notified and required to exhibit to me their claims within four months from the date hereof, that I may proceed to discharge the same as the law directs, otherwise they will be barred and for ever precluded from relief. GERARD BANCKER, Treasurer. New-York, May 21, 1788. 2301
Philadelphia, June 2, 1788.
To the PUBLIC. AS the time limited for completing the execution of my scheme for the selling some of my houses and landed interest terminates the 25th of July next, I take the liberty to request those gentlemen who have honored and aided me in the disposal of my tickets, to forward the unengaged tickets, by the safest means possible, so that they may reach me on or before the period above alluded to: to which end, circular letters will be forwarded to each by the first opportunity. I here return my most sincere acknowledgement for the countenance given my plan, from gentlemen in most parts of the continent. And though arduous and difficult as the undertaking appeared in its commencement, it gives me the most pleasing satisfaction to add, that it now promises to gratify my most earnest expectations. 20 3W THOMAS PROCTOR.
Continued from first page. Lots No. 4, do situate in the district aforesaid. 1, 100 acres. 2, do 3, do 6, do In the subdivision of lot number sixteen of the aforesaid patent.
Deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of John Butler, late of the county of Tryon, Esq. The equity of redemption of the one equal half or moiety of 24,760 acres of land, in the Mohawk district, being part of a tract granted to John Butler, and others, and is known by the name of Strauburgh; deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of John Wetherhead late of the city of New-York, merchant. The equity of redemption of a certain tract or piece of land, in Glen's purchase or Remseyder's Bush; forfeited by the conviction of Philip Empie, late of Palatine district, in the county of Tryon yeoman. A farm on Charlotte river, late in the possession of John McDonald, forfeited by the conviction of the said John McDonald, late of Charlotte-river, in the county of Tryon, farmer. Part of lot No. 1, estimated at 100 acres, in Magnus's patent, commonly called Tillebagh; forfeited by the attainder of Isaac Low, late of the city of New-York, merchant.
In Glen's Purchase, or Remseyder's Bush. Lots No. 1, 100 acres. Lots No. 5, 100 acres. 2, do 6, do 3, do 7, do 4, do 8, do In the subdivision of lot No. 20. Lot No. 1, 100 acres. Lots No. 5, 100 acres. 2, do 6, do 3, do 7, do 4, do In the subdivision of lot No. 5. 1, 100 acres. 2, do 10, do In the subdivision of lot No. 11.
The aforesaid lands are situated on the north side of the Mohawk river, in Kingsland district; and are deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of James De Lancey, late of the city of New-York, Esq. Nine hundred acres of land, on the Aduetanga or Charlotte-river, forfeited by the conviction of Christopher Service, late of Charlotte-river in the county of Tryon, yeoman. The undivided half or moiety of 24,760 acres of land, in the Mohawk district, being part of a tract of land granted to John Butler and others, and known by the name of Strauburgh. Deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of John Tabor Kempe, late attorney-general of New-York, Esq. Lot No. 6, in the subdivision of lot No. 23, Remseyder's bush, containing 50 acres; forfeited by the conviction of John Thompson, late of the county of Tryon, yeoman. Lot No. 39, in Klock and Nellis' patent, estimated at 100 acres; forfeited by the conviction of Henry W. Nellis, late of the county of Tryon, yeoman.
In NORFOLK PATENT. The western part of lot No. 3, 64 acres. eastern do 16, 220 do do do 18, 225 do western do 29, 66 do do do 33, 60 do 28, in Ochtinondy Town. 12, do A small piece of low land, between the aforesaid town lots and river, estimated at 2 acres. Forfeited by the attainder of Guy Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, Esq. Fifty acres of land on Tripe's-hill; forfeited by the conviction of William R. Bowen, of the district of Caghnawaga, in the county of Tryon, laborer.
Lot No. 25, 420 acres. half of 1, 240 southerly half of 34, 220 easternmost half of 30, 200 south westerly quarter of 46, 52 westerly half of 53, 200 southerly half of 58, 100 The half of lot No. 56, 105 acres, westerly half of 8, 210 do do 16, 210 northerly half of 25, 200 southerly half of 37, do do do 48, 105 The aforesaid lands are deemed to have become forfeited by the conviction of Frederick Young, late of the district of Conajohary, in the county of Tryon, Esq. The northwest quarter of lot No. 46, 52 acres. easterly half of 53, 110
Part of lot No. 17, in a patent granted to Teobald Young and others, on the south side of the Mohawk river, estimated at 200 acres. The aforesaid pieces of land are deemed to have become forfeited by the conviction of Adam Young, late of the county of Tryon, yeoman. 6 lots, estimated each at 492 acres, in a patent granted the twelfth day of June, 1771, to William Bayard, and others; on the south side of the Mohawk river, commonly called the Oneida purchase; deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of the said William Bayard, late of the city of New-York, Esq. The undivided half or moiety of 2,000 acres of land, situate between the Coquago branch of the Delaware and Susquehannah rivers, granted to John D. Berniere, &c. The undivided half or moiety of 5,000 acres of land, situate between the Coquago branch of the Delaware and Susquehannah rivers, granted to Robert Leake, &c. The aforesaid premises are deemed to have become forfeited by the attainder of Robert Leake, late of the county of Albany, gentleman.
A farm, situate on Bowman's Kill, the south side of the Mohawk river; forfeited by the conviction of John Hickey, late of Bowman's Kill, in the county of Tryon, yeoman. The sales of the above lands and premises in the county of Montgomery, will begin on Monday, the 11th day of August next, at the Court-House in Johnstown, at XI o'clock in the forenoon, and will continue from day to day until the sales are completed. By an act, entitled, "An act relating to the forfeited estates," passed the twenty-first day of March, 1788, it is enacted, That from and after the said 21st March, no other public securities except such as are signed by the Treasurer or Auditor of this state, shall be received in payment.
All persons who have any claim by mortgage, preemption or otherwise, on any of the above lands, tenements, or hereditaments, included in this advertisement, are hereby required and notified, to exhibit the same before the day of sale, to the subscribers. HENRY OOTHOUT, JER. V. RENSSELAER, } Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Western District. Commissioner's Office, Albany, May 13, 1788. 2305 th.t.o.d.
Masters & Owners of Vessels Are hereby informed,
THAT they may be supplied with cables, large or small, of any length, and cordage of all sizes, made of Petersburg hemp, first quality, at Ivers's Rope-walk, at the head of Mulberry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea-Water Pump, on such favourable terms as to merit the attention of any gentleman that would wish to lay out his money to the best advantage. Cables spliced, with the addition of any length required, white rope of every sort for city or country use, hambo lines, deep sea lines, hand lead lines, log lines, house lines, and marine, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Rope-maker. N. B. The above articles, whether in large or small quantities, will be delivered to any part of the city without expence of cartage to the buyer.
New-York RUM Of excellent Flavor and good Price FOR SALE By Charles Tillinghast, At the DISTILLERY, near the New Market in Cherry Street.
A CELLER to let. A LARGE convenient Celler, situate in Water-Street, near the Coffee-House, may be hired from this date to 1st of May next.—Enquire of the Printer. B L A N K S, At this PRINTING OFFICE.