The New-York journal, and daily patriotic register (New-York [N.Y.]), 1788-06-17 00:00:00

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register.
NUMB. 145, of VOL. XLIII.]
TUESDAY, June 17, 1788.
[Total NUMB. 2323.]
HERE TRUTH UNLICENSED REIGNS; AND DARES ACCOST—EVEN KINGS THEMSELVES, OR RULERS OF THE FREE. Thompson's Liberty.
NEW-YORK: Printed and Published by THOMAS GREENLEAF, at the PRINTING-OFFICE, No. 25, WATER-STREET.
HARTFORD, April 28. PROPOSALS, For Publishing, by Subscription, A COMPENDIUM OF Christian Theology.
By JOHN FREDERICK OSTERWALD, A celebrated Divine of Switzerland. Newly translated into English, from the Original LATIN.
By the Rev. JOHN McMains.
C O N T E N T S.
 1. CONCERNING the nature of the Gospel Ministry.  2. The qualifications of a minister of the word of God.  3. Preparation and vocation to the ministry.  4. The Method of Theological study.  5. A general idea of theology.  6. The constituent parts of theology. 
Section I. Of Christian Theology.
Concerning the Sacred Scripture.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the books which constitute S. S.  2. The attributes of S. S.  3. The use of S. S. 
Section II. Concerning God.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the existence of God.  2. The attributes of God.  3. The holy trinity. 
The first Part of Theology.
Concerning the Time which preceded the Advent of Christ.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the creation.  2. Providence.  3. Sin.  4. Decrees.  5. The Antediluvian world.  6. The calling of Abraham.  7. The law of Moses.  8. The prophets.  9. The various state of the Jews.  10. The state of other nations. 
The latter Part of Theology.
Concerning the Time subsequent to the Advent of Christ.
Section I. Chap. I. Concerning John the Baptist.
Section II. Concerning Jesus Christ.
 Chap. 1. That Jesus is the Messiah.  2. Concerning the person of Christ.  3. His threefold office.  4. His twofold state. 
Section III. Concerning the Constitution of the Church.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the mission of the Holy Spirit.  2. The Preaching of the apostles.  3. The destruction of the Jews.  4. The calling of the Gentiles. 
Section IV. Concerning the Doctrine which is preached in the Church.
 Chap. 1. Concerning faith.  2. Repentance.  3. Good works.  4. Promises and threatenings.  5. Justification.  6. Sanctification. 
Section V. Concerning the Church.
 Chap. 1. What we are to understand by the Church.  2. Church government.  3. Discipline.  4. The various state of the church. 
Section VI. Concerning the Assistance to Salvation.
 Chap. 1. Concerning internal assistance.  2. External assistance.  3. Sacraments.  4. Baptism.  5. The holy Supper. 
Section VII. Concerning a future World.
 Chap. 1. Concerning the state of man after death.  2. The end of the world.  3. The resurrection.  4. The last judgment.  5. Life Eternal.  6. Death External. 
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Conductor Generalis, To be sold at this Office.
Just Published, And to be sold by R. Hodge, T. Allen, S. Cambell, J. Reid, and S. Loudon, booksellers, and by the printer hereof, AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF LETTERS FROM THE FEDERAL FARMER TO THE REPUBLICAN,
Leading to a fair examination of the system of government, proposed by the late convention, and to several essential and necessary alterations in it; and calculated to illustrate and support the principles and positions laid down in the preceding letters.
The former letters, published under the signature of the Federal Farmer, have undergone several impressions in the different states, and several thousands of them have been sold. They are admitted, by candid men of both parties, to be written with a spirit of moderation and candour.
A number of principles are laid down in them, highly interesting to the people of America, which ought to be more fully illustrated, than the bounds which the author set to himself, in the former letters, would permit.
The design of these additional letters, is, more fully to explain and enforce the positions laid down in the former. The author does not aim to foment the passions; his appeal is to the reason of his readers. He wishes every man to examine for himself, and form his own opinion on the merits of the question.
There are very few dispassionate men, who do not wish to see amendments made to this system. The great drift of these additional letters, is, to point out what these amendments ought to be, and to adduce arguments to support them.
It is a matter of small importance, whether these amendments precede or succeed the adoption of the constitution, so that they be made.
It is hoped, therefore, that gentlemen who are sincere in declaring that they wish for amendments, will unite in turning their attention to the subject, that they may be prepared to accede to such as are proper.—To those who are thus disposed, this publication is recommended.
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be SOLD By Thomas Greenleaf, At No. 25, Water-street, The Genuine Information, Relative to the Proceedings of the General Convention, Lately held at PHILADELPHIA, By LUTHER MARTIN, Esquire, Attorney-General of Maryland, and one of the Delegates in the said Convention.
Together with A L E T T E R
To the Honorable Thomas C. Deye, Speaker of the House of Delegates;
An ADDRESS To the Citizens of the UNITED STATES;
And some REMARKS Relative to
A STANDING ARMY; AND A BILL OF RIGHTS:
Nullius additus jurare in Verba Magistri. —Horace
This excellent Performance ought, for the solid and serious Truths it contains, like the Bible and the Letters of Junius, to be in the Hands of every real Friend to American Liberty.—In the Language of the sacred Law, "Teach them diligently unto thy Children—talk of them when thou sittest in thine House—and when thou walkest by the Way." Impresses it on their tender Minds, as the first Article of their political Creed, That there is no Government safe with a Standing Army, and there is no Government that is not safe without one.
April 23, 1788. 77 c.d. New-York, May 8, 1788. 89—m.tb.&f.
JUST PUBLISHED, By ROBERT HODGE,
No. 123, Queen-Street, and at This PRINTING-OFFICE,
An Address to the people of the state of New-York; shewing the necessity of making AMENDMENTS to the constitution proposed for the United States, previous to its ADOPTION."
To which is added, by way of postscript, some STRICTURES on a pamphlet, lately published, entitled, "An address to the people of the state of New-York, on the subject of the proposed constitution, &c." By a PLEBEIAN.
WHEREAS RICHARD BAYLIS, of Goshen, in the county of Orange and late colony of New-York, for securing the payment of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, current money of the state of New-York, with lawful interest for the same according to the condition of a certain bond or obligation bearing date the twenty-fifth day of June, 1771, and executed by the said Richard Baylis to John Leake, of the city of New-York, did by indentures of lease and release, bearing date respectively the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of June, in the said year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one, mortgage to the said John Leake: All that certain piece or parcel of LAND, situate, lying and being in Goshen, in the county of Orange, known by being part of lot No. 6, beginning at the south east corner of the lands conveyed by Ebenezer Holly to Josiah Seely, then running north westerly along said Seely's land, and land of Ebenezer Holly, to a ditch on the south side of said Holly's meadow, thence south westerly along said ditch to Benjamin Gale's lands, thence south-easterly along said Gale's land and the land of Jeremiah Coleman to the high way, then along the high way to the place of beginning; containing seven acres, to have and to hold, the said tract of land with the appurtenances thereby intended to be granted, and released; and every part and parcel thereof, and the reversion and remainders, remainder and remainders thereof, unto the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns for ever.—In which said indenture of release is contained a covenant, that in case it should so happen that the said sum of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, with the interest, or any part thereof should remain due and unpaid on the 24th day of June then next ensuing the date of the said indenture of release then and in such case it should and might be lawful for the said John Leake, his heirs and assigns to sell the said tract of land and premises thereby granted, or any part thereof, at Public Vendue, or otherwise, as to him or them shall seem meet to any person or persons for such sum or sums of money as might be reasonably had for the same, and out of the monies arising by the sale thereof to retain and keep in his hands the said sum of one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, and the interest that might be due thereon, together with the costs and charges of such sale or sales, rendering the overplus, if any there should be, to the said Richard Baylis, his executors, administrators, or assigns, which sale or sales so to be made by virtue of the said indenture of mortgage should be, and hereby were declared to be a full and absolute perpetual bar, both in law and equity, against him the said Richard Baylis, his heirs, executors, and administrators, and all claiming under him, and of all benefit and equity of redemption of the premises or any part thereof:—And whereas the said John Leake, in and by a certain instrument in writing under his hand and seal duly executed, bearing date the twelfth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, did assign, transfer, and set over unto Coe Gale, of the county of Orange and state of New-York, merchant, the aforesaid bond and mortgage, and all monies due and to grow due thereon, together with all the right, title, and interest of him the said John Leake, of, in, and to the said mortgaged premises:—And whereas the whole of the principal sum, together with a great arrear of interest still remains due and unpaid—These are therefore to give notice to all persons interested in the said premises, that unless the said one hundred and fifty-one pounds eight shillings and six-pence, together with the interest due and to grow due thereon, is paid and discharged on or before the sixth day of November next, the said mortgaged premises will be sold at PUBLIC VENDUE, to be held on the premises, on the said sixth day of November next, at eleven o'clock in forenoon of the same day, pursuant to the directions of a certain act of the legislature of the late colony of New-York, entitled, "An act for the more effectual registry of mortgages, and for securing the purchasers of mortgaged estates," passed the nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four.
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The American Calculator, or Counting-House COMPANION, CONTAINING,
A TABLE, ascertaining the value of sundry coins in gold, as regulated by the Chamber of Commerce in this city, and shewing at one view, their value in the several currencies of New-York, North-Carolina, and Great-Britain. A Collection of Tables, shewing, at one view, the amount of any number (under 10,000) of Dollars, French and English Crowns, Half Joes, French and English Guineas, &c. as they pass through the United States. A Table of Guineas, as they pass in England and Ireland. Rules for the ready reducing the currencies of the United-States, from the currency of one state into the currency of any other of the United States; and for reducing the currencies of the United-States into sterling, and sterling into the currencies of the said states. Rules for reducing English Money into Irish, and Irish Money into English, according to the par of exchange between both kingdoms. Five different tables of the coins of the United-States of America, agreeable to a resolve of Congress of the 8th August, 1787, viz. a Table of Half Dollars, a Table of Dimes, a Table of Cents, and a table of Mills; calculated to render familiar the proper mode of counting said Money.
The PROPRIETORS of the New-York and Philadelphia
NEW LINE ***** *STAGE AND FOUR HORSES.* ***** STAGES,
Owned by Cumming & Ward, at Newark; and by Michael Dennison, in Philadelphia, RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public, that their Stages leave Powles-Hook every afternoon (except Saturday) at 4, on their route for Philadelphia, proceed by Newark to Elizabeth Town that evening—Leave Elizabeth Town, and Michael Dennison, George Inn, Philadelphia, at three o'clock every morning, except Sunday, and drive to Philadelphia and Powles Hook that day.
On Monday the 21st of April an extra Stage will start for the accommodation of select parties, and those gentlemen and ladies who wish to indulge themselves in the morning, or who fear the bad effects of the early air. This stage will leave Powles Hook at seven o'clock, and Philadelphia at eight o'clock every morning (except Saturday and Sunday) and proceed with the same speed as the early stage.
The expence of the stage to each passenger will be Three Spanish Milled Dollars from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia, and Four-pence per mile for all way passengers. One hundred and fifty weight baggage the same as a passenger—Fourteen weight of baggage gratis.
The expedition, lowness of fare, and certainty of arrival, must convince the public, that this route is preferable to the Amboy, as the journey is performed in half the time.
Letters, Newspapers, &c. left at the New-York, Albany, and Philadelphia stage office, kept by Christopher Beckman, in Courtlandt-Street, New-York, and with Mr. Michael Dennison, at the George Inn, corner of Arch and Second-Street, Philadelphia, will be safely conveyed gratis.
JOHN CUMMING, MATTHIAS WARD, THOMAS EGBERT, JOHN GULICK, ROBERT STOCKTON, DAVID HAMILTON, JOS. VANDEGRIFT, JOSEPH DAVIS, MICHAEL DENNISON.
April 11, 1788. 67 e.d. New-York, Elizabeth Town, and Philadelphia
New Stage Line.
THE frequent neglect of business, by some of the proprietors of the former line of stages, has compelled the subscribers, who were concerned, to withdraw themselves, and to join in establishing a new line. By strict attention to their business—by keeping their coaches and horses in good order—and by employing none but sober drivers, they hope to merit the favors of the public.
The stage will leave Powles-Hook, every afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Saturdays excepted; the stage boats also ply every day from White-Hall to Elizabeth Town Point. From Mr. Crane's, at Elizabeth Town Point, the stage will set out every morning (except Sunday) and run through Bridge town in Raway, Woodbridge, New-Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, and Bristol, to the Indian-Queen in Fourth-street, Philadelphia, in one day, for the moderate price of THREE HARD DOLLARS for each passenger, with the allowance of 14wt of baggage; and all way-passengers at FOUR PENCE per mile.
One hundred and fifty weight baggage the same price as a passenger, viz. Four Pence per Mile.
No racing allowed in this line. JOHN MERCEREAU, JOHN HEARD, CHARL BASONETT, WILLIAM KERLINE.
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.
I. Greenwood, SURGEON DENTIST, No. 199 Water-street, opposite the Coffee-House. Performs all Operations incident to the TEETH and GUMS, Transplants Natural, and Substitutes ARTIFICIAL TEETH, And attends abroad upon sending direction.
Just Published, And to be Sold at the Printing-Office, The Heidelbergh Catechism, ALSO, The Mothers Catechism.

MISCELLANY.
From the MARYLAND GAZETTE, &c.
Constitution as agreed to by the convention at Philadelphia, until within a few days of their rising.
WE, the people of the states of N. Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantation, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution for ourselves and posterity.
ART. I. The style of this government shall be the United States of America.
REMARKS.
As the constitution was first agreed to, it exhibits the people as already allocated in politic capacities, as the people of N. Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, &c. and, of course maintaining those governments; and altho' they in that corporate capacity establish the following constitution for themselves and their posterity, yet still it is done with respect to the government, then existing, and not by any means throwing off the existing compacts, and acting as unassociated individuals. As altered, every appearance of the existing governments, under their respective constitutions, is relinquished, the very names struck out, general purposes and powers given extending to every purpose of the social compact, and then this constitution including all these purposes, is made the constitution of the United States, without any reserve of the several states and their constitutions then existing; and then this constitution enacted for these unlimited purposes, we afterwards find, is expressly declared paramount to all constitutions, and laws existing in the states. It is said the alterations of nine states being sufficient to render it binding required this. It is nonsense, for if only nine states agree they are no more the people of the United States, then they are the people of the dis-agreeing states by name; but why put in those general and unlimited purposes and powers, and why strike out the first article containing the style of the government, which is that of a confederacy, and could only operate to resist the idea of one great consolidated government?
ART. V. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law, make, or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
REMARKS.
The insertion of the word make, gives Congress an original power in this business, which could only be necessary in case the states are at some period to lose all existence; for the word altering, as it at first stood, would extend to every necessary purpose, supposing the states continued in their existence.
ART. V. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States.
REMARKS.
The original constitution was very clear and express, cautiously avoiding the conferring of general powers, or powers in general terms, which amounts to the same thing. If these last powers are construed to extend to explain purposes to which money is to be applied, they are unnecessary; for the clause declaring and defining the manner of appropriation then is sufficient, but the grammatical construction is a general grant of power—and in every view supposing it was intended to give a general and undefined power I know of no manner so effectual as the giving them money for this general and undefined purpose.
To call forth the aid of the militia to execute the laws of the union, enforce
treaties, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.
suppress insurrections, and repel invasions.—To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.
REMARKS.
As the constitution stood at first, to call forth the aid, &c. it was in the style of requisition, in which all original power remained with the state. The word provided gives an original power; left the providing which must mean making provisions or laws for organizing, arming, disciplining, and governing the militia, gives a complete power, and subjects the yeomanry of this country, at any, and all times, to martial law, which is not restrained in this constitution, as it is in Great-Britain. The inferring treaties is indeed struck out; but treaties being by a subsequent clause made laws of the land is become unnecessary, as they may be called to execute treaties as laws—and the compleat power over militia being given Congress, the states can have no defence left to support their rights, if they have any.
No navigation act shall be passed without the consent of two thirds of the members present in each house. Struck out entirely, and it ought to be a sine qua non with the southern states.
ART. X.
The executive power, &c. but shall not be elected a second time. The ineligibility struck out.
ART. XI.
The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts, as shall, when necessary, from time to time, be constituted by the legislature of the U. States.
Sec. 3. The jurisdiction of the supreme court, &c. The judicial power shall extend, &c.
REMARKS.
The manifest idea of the first constitution was to confine the jurisdiction of the United States to one general supreme court, with an appeal from the state courts in particular cases. Although, if necessary (which was then only explained to extend to revenue cases) they might establish some inferior courts, but no jurisdiction was assigned them by the constitution, but by the alteration all the powers of jurisdiction are extended to all inferior federal courts, which will render them very numerous of course, and lay the foundation of swallowing up the state jurisdictions.
ART. VII.
The acts of the legislature of the United States, made in pursuance of this constitution, and all treaties made under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the several states, and the judges of the several states shall be bound thereby in their decisions; any thing in the constitutions or laws of the several states to the contrary notwithstanding.
REMARKS.
A careful attention to the change in this clause will serve as a clue to all the other changes—in the clause as it first stood, only the acts of the legislature in pursuance of defined constitution, which admitted of no general expression, were to be construed paramount to the constitution and laws. As it is altered, an undefined constitution, with full general powers, is declared to supercede all the state constitutions, and whether in part, or in what part, or whether in toto, no man can presume to say; secondly, by inserting, after treaties made, these words, and shall be made, the constitution has an ex post facto force, which is contrary to those very principles it seems anxious to establish—but thirdly, the original clause clearly demonstrated, that it was the intention of the convention to execute this new constitution by means, and through the intervention of the states, as it says—they shall be the
supreme law of the several states, and the judges of the several states, discover plainly the design of erecting one consolidating government universally pervading the land, and to be executed independent of the states, and of course from necessity and on purpose abolishing them gradually, if it is not absolutely done by the very first alteration.
Besides this, an appeal was then given both as to law and fact, at that late stage of the business, which effectually destroys the trial by jury in civil cases and may elude it in criminal cases, the establishment of the trial by jury in criminal cases only was not so important whilst it was intended to execute the constitution through the medium of the state courts—nor would a bill of rights have been so essential as the bills of rights of the several states, and rights incorporated in the constitutions of the several states, would have been binding on the state courts, were not expressly done away by the new constitution, but the executing the laws of Congress by national courts, who cannot be bound by these bills of rights, totally reverts the subject. Almost all the objections to the proposed constitution are grounded on these alterations, effected contrary to the sense of convention, until within a few days of the end of their session.
OBSERVATIONS ON TASTE.
From SHERLOCK'S Letters.
MANY people have a kind of happy instinct in matters of taste, and determine often rightly on difficult subjects, without having any principles to direct their judgments. It is evident, that if the natural faculties of those persons were cultivated, they would have better taste than others. But taste being a compound of man's judgment and feelings, there never can be any certainty in the determination of a man whose judgment is not formed. To form the judgment there is but one method; it is by making comparisons. To compare two objects perfectly, one must understand them both. And hence it follows, that the first step towards acquiring a good taste is knowledge: without knowledge no comparison can be formed; without comparisons the judgment cannot be chastened; without judgment there can be no sure taste. I shall explain myself by an example which I shall take from sculpture, because, as it appears to me to be the simplest of all the arts, I shall have less trouble in making myself understood. "A young man wants to acquire a taste for sculpture. If nature has not given him feeling, he feels an impossibility. If she has given him feeling, he must then acquire knowledge to form his judgment, & this knowledge is not to be acquired but by seeing statues. A statue is the imitation of a man or a woman. The first one he sees he will be able to say whether or no it is a good statue. Good is a relative; it is only by comparing that statue with a number of others, he can be able to ascertain its value. Apollo is always represented as a beautiful youth, a hundred sculptors, ancient and modern, have executed this subject. Shew a very different one to a young man; and another very capital one to another young man; let them be the 1st statues that either of them have seen, and their judgments upon the two will probably be the same. They will both say that these, two statues are fine. He who has seen the indifferent Apollo, will be as much charmed as he who has seen the other; and his taste will be equally as good. This statue is the best he has ever seen, and he is not to be blamed for admiring it. It is evident now, that this man's taste is not sure; and it is evident that he is born with the means of making it so. Let him then see the Apollo of Girardon, that of Bernini, several others, ancient and modern, and let him finish with the Apollo Belvidere. He will then have all that is most perfect in the art. If he examines each of these statues separately with attention, and afterwards compares them together, he will acquire the power of ascertaining the value of each, and of assigning to each its true rank. The knowledge that he has obtained will form his judgment, his judgment will then direct his feelings, and that man will acquire a sure and perfect taste.
Extraordinary behaviour of two commanders, in a sea-fight, between the fleets of Cæsar and Pompey, off Cuman.
IN the heat of the action the two rivals, now grown enemies, Menas and Menocrates, happened to desery one another at the same instant. Immediately they left every other pursuit, and with all their art and strength of oars, threatening and shouting, rushed upon one another. The shock was terrible: Menas's ship had her brazen head beat off with a part of her bow; and Menocrates's galley had a tier of her oars stripped clear off, by the board. But when the grappling irons were thrown, and the ships made fast along side, there ensued the most desperate engagement that had ever been seen between two captains. It began with showers of darts, stones, and spears. Then the bridges were thrown for boarding, where a cruel battle joined, foot to foot, and shield to shield: there was not a blow given in vain.
They fought, for some time, with equal fury and success, and the crews of both were generally either killed or wounded, when an accidental circumstance seemed to give Menas the advantage: his ship was higher than the enemy's: his men fought as from a rising ground, and the blows and shot from above gave the superiority. Yet he was run through the arm with a dart, which was got out, but his adversary, Menocrates, was pierced through the thigh with a Spanish barbed javelin, which they durst not try to move. But, though disabled from fighting, he kept the deck, encouraging his men, till seeing them all cut down, and the enemy ready to clear the deck, he sprung overboard and perished in the sea.
HAVING AND NOT HAVING.
IN the days of Old Harry, of refoz-ing memory, the great Erasmus paid a visit to England, from the sole motive of seeing and conversing with that phenomenon of wit and learning, Sir Thomas Moore; but as they read very different creeds, the former being a zealous Lutheran, and the latter a rigid member of the church of Rome, they one evening got into a warm dispute concerning the doctrine of transubstantiation, which Sir Thomas very arbitrarily determined by an Iple Dixit, to wit, "Crede quod edes et edes." Believe that you eat and you eat; at which Erasmus, with a tacit shrug, gave up the argument; and a few days after, he borrowed a beautiful white Palfrey of Sir Thomas, to carry him as far as Harwich, on his return home, from which port he was to send it back, before he embarked for Belgic land:
But a well-a-day! The Steed did stray Beyond the German Ocean.
And the credulous knight, fearing he was flung out of his favourite horse, wrote an angry letter to the theologist, reproaching him with breach of faith, more ways than one. To which Erasmus laconically answered, that the beast was come back, and he would certainly find him in his quondam stall or stable. This was recommending an action of trover, to prove a non invenire; and Sir Thomas's second letter reproached Erasmus with a purloin of his property, and an insult to his understanding. To which (as their whole correspondence was in Latin) he replied in the following orthodox terms: Quod mihi dixisti, De Corpore Christi, Crede quod edes et edes; Nunc tibi referibo, De tuo Palfrido, Crede quod habes et habes.
What we have to add is to the honor of Mr. Collins, the author of the Morning Post, who being present some little time ago, when this anecdote was related, and some ladies present wishing to know what those lines implied in English, he stepped to a side table, where there were pen, ink, and paper, and after taking down the Latin from the gentlemen who told the story, he wrote the following translation:
What thou justifi'st Of the body of Christ, That believing we taste—is to taste it; Is the answer of course, I now make of thy horse, Believe that thou hast, and thou hast it.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON.
The following scheme was printed at a time when a bill was under consideration to prevent Clandestine Marriages. They were intended as salutary clauses to be added to the bill in order to prevent Unhappy Marriages; and the penalties to be inflicted on the delinquents were as follows:
WHEN two young thoughtless fools, having no visible way to maintain themselves, nor any thing to begin the world with, yet resolve to marry and be miserable, let it be deemed petit larceny—if a younger brother marry an old woman, purely for a maintenance, let it be called se defendendo—When a rich old fellow marries a young girl in her bloom, I would have it made felony without benefit of clergy—When two old creatures, that can hardly hear one another—but haugh and cough night and day, and can propose not the least comfort to themselves, yet will marry to be more miserable, let them be deemed non compos, and sent to a mad-house—When a lady marries a coachman, and a gentleman his cook-maid (especially if there be children by a former marriage) let them both be transported for fourteen years. When a man has had one devil of a wife and has buried her, and yet will marry a second, let him be brought in felo dese, and buried in the highway accordingly. When a woman in good circumstances marries a town rake, not worth a groat; if she is betrayed into it, let it be called accidental death; but if she knew it, make simple felony, and finge her in the fist. When a man with no children marries a woman with five or six, and vice versa, let the delinquent stand thrice on the pillory, lose both his ears, and suffer one years imprisonment. If a man marries a woman of ill fame, knowing her to be so, let him have a pair of horns painted on his door, in

perpetuum rei memoriam : and if she be a known scold, then a couple of neats tongues, as an additional ornament to the street door. And when a man or woman marries to the disinheritance of their children, let them suffer as in cases of high treason . When a woman marries a man deeply in debt, knowing him to be so, let her be sent to the house of correction , and kept to hard labour for three months; and if he deceives her, by not letting her know his circumstances, let her be acquitted, and he be deemed to beat hemp all the days of his life.
American Occurrences.
CHARLESTON, May 31.
ON Thursday a party of country people brought to this city 2 men charged with piracy and murder. From the best information that can be collected it appears, that a Mr. M c Clode came to North-Carolina with a cargo of goods, but finding a dull sale, determined on seeking a better market, for which purpose a great part of the property was put into a schooner designed for Charleston, but being driven into Bull's Bay by adverse weather, the captain and owner were murdered in the manner described in the following depositions.
State of South-Carolina, } ss. Charleston District. }
The examination of William Cain, born in the city of London, common sailor, taken before me John Buchanan, one of the justices of the quorum.
The said William Cain being charged before me of the wilful murder of Capt. Nathaniel C. Webb, and Mr. Clode, or M c Clode, on or about the 19th or 20th of this instant May, and having or being in possession of the schooner and goods, he the said William Cain, upon his examination now taken before me, confesseth, that Capt. Webb, and Mr. Clode or M c Clode, the owner of the goods, came both of them not many months ago, in a brig from London to Edenton; from said place they came to Newbern with a small schooner, which the said Clode or M c Clode had bought at Edenton. The said William Cain shipped himself on board of said schooner at Newbern, for six hard dollars per month: from thence they sailed to Beaufort, they laid there about one week; from thence they went to Cape Fear, at said place Richard Williams came on board of them; they laying near the fort, and was to have worked his passage to Charleston; from thence they set sail, bound to Georgia; when he was about Cape Romain Inlet, being at night, the wind blowing fresh, said William Cain being forward at the jib sheet, Richard Williams knocked capt. Webb overboard with the butt end of a musket, and immediately after he knocked overboard Mr. Clode or M c Clode, with the tiller, and the lead that hangs to the lead line—that after the same was done, the said Richard Williams told him to keep it secret, and not let it be known; that being in want of provisions, and the boat leaky, he got Mr. James Mouzon to bring the schooner up to his landing.
Taken and acknowledged before me, this 26th day of May, 1788.
JOHN BUCHANAN, J. Q.
State of South-Carolina, } ss. Charleston District. }
The examination of Richard Williams, born in Devonshire, horse-racer, taken before me John Buchanan, one of the justices of the quorum.
The said Richard Williams, who at home goes by the name of John Davis, says he was born in Devonshire, about 26 years old; from Devonshire he went to Cork in a brig called the Polly, James Wilkins, master; that when there he followed horse-racing for a living; he thought of seeing this country; he from thence came over in the Charming Nancy, John Evans, master, a little before Christmas last he landed in Virginia; went on board of the schooner Two Friends, then lying at Cape Fear, in order to go to the southward to meet his partner (John Wilkins) he being gone by land; that he had a boy on board by the name of William Green, who run away from him one morning, he being sent on shore to get milk: but since says, that himself and William Cain did murder said Capt. Webb and Mr. Clode or M c Clode; that said schooner Two Friends and goods, was the property of the deceased Mr. Clode or M c Clode, and their intention was to settle in Georgia.
Taken and acknowledged before me, this 26th day of May, 1788.
J. BUCHANAN, J. Q.
TO LET.
Two convenient ROOMS,
For the Summer Season, IN an elegant HOUSE, and pleasant Situation; at Gravesend, King's County.—Enquire of the PRINTER, or at Dr. Smith's, living in said House.
May 10. 1788. 200 t.ith.&f. 3w.
Starch and Hair-Powder,
MANUFACTURED and Sold by Isaac & John Stoutenburgh, At the corner of Greenwich and Dey Streets, North-River.
New-York, June 17.
YESTERDAY arrived the Schooner Ju-ba, O'Neal, Kingston Jamaica, in 26 days; sloop Peggy, Cahone, Rhode-Island, in 2 days; sloop Pitt, Newton, Antigua, in 24 days; Schooner, Edward, Smith, Shelburne, in 7 days; sloop Lucy, Knapp, St. John, in 11 days; brig Surprise, Watson, Jamaica, in 30 days; sloop Sally, Jones, Curacoa, in 18 days; ship George, Hunter, Glasgow, in 47 days.
By the Schooner Lady Dorchester, Captain James, from Halifax and Shelburne, we learn, that his Excellency Governor Parr, has continued the importation of flour, grain, live-stock, &c. into the province of Nova-Scotia, from the United States, for a further term of six months.
TO BE SOLD,
On TUESDAY the 1st of July next, On the PREMISES,
The House & Lot of Ground,
No. 66, William-Street, Directly opposite the NORTH-CHURCH (Late the Property of Stephen Dwight, Deceased)
THE House is substantially built of Brick, contains six Fire Places—the Rooms well finished—The Stand for Business is equal to any in this City.
N. B. For particulars apply to JOHN ANDERSON, No. 16, Cherry-Street. New-York, June 17, 1788. 23-ed.6t.
Positively for one NIGHT only,
At the CITY TAVERN,
On THURSDAY Evening, June 19,
Mr. M c PHERSON
(Previous to his joining the Company at Philadelphia)
Proposes to deliver the celebrated
LECTURE ON HEADS,
With Alterations and Additions.
Occasional Prologue.
Among a Variety of HEADS the following will be exhibited, viz.
American Soldier & Patriot,
CONTRASTED WITH
Alexander the Great.
An American Married Lady,
With a DISSERTATION on
Courtship and Matrimony.
Old MAID.
Old BACHELOR.
Master JACKY the Teatable Critic; and The Head of a Young Lady contrasted.
Young Female Quaker.
Modern Fine Gentleman.
A LONDON ALDERMAN, OR CITY
POLITICIAN,
Humorously described.
FREEHOLDERS HEAD, in a State of Innoculation.
A LAWYER.
With a HUMOROUS ORATION, in praise of the Law, exemplified in the Case of Daniel against Dishout.
A London Blood,
With a Description of his
"KEEPING IT UP."
The whole interspersed with Dissertation on the Five Sciences, and Esteem, Gratitude, Friendship, Public Spirit, and Common Sense, &c. &c. &c.
Between the First and Second Parts,
A PROLOGUE,
In the Character of
A DRUNKEN SAILOR.
The whole to conclude with
The Picture of a Play-House.
TICKETS at Four Shillings each may be had of Mr. HUGH GAINE, at his Book-Store in Hanover-Square, at Mr. GREEN-LEAF's Printing-Office, and of Mr. BARDIN, at the City Tavern.
To begin precisely at half past SEVEN o'Clock.
VIVAT RESPUBLICA.
22—m.t.w.&th.
A quantity of Russia Duck,
TO BE SOLD BY
Solomon Townshend,
Who has removed from Corner of Burling-Slip, a few doors towards the Fly-Market, the opposite side of the way, at No. 211, in Queen-Street.
A L S O,
Pig and Bar Iron,
Blistered and Crowley's Steel,
Anchors,
Pot-ash Kettles of superior quality, A few barrels of Curriers Oyl and Bubble
CITY-TAVERN.
THE subscriber begs leave most respectfully to inform the public, that he has lately opened the City-Tavern in the Broadway (formerly occupied by Joseph Coire) which he has fitted up in the neatest manner, with every accommodation as well for the entertainment of the various societies and clubs formed in this city, as private companies and single gentlemen. He has flocked his cellar with a variety of the best liquors, and his larder will be constantly supplied with all the delicacies the markets of this city will afford.—The long experience he has had in the public line of business, and the favorable approbation of the respectable public which he has heretofore happily experienced, induces him to hope, that by an obliging and strict attention to his business, he may be enabled to entertain to their satisfaction, such as may be pleased to honor the city tavern with their company.
Entertainments, breakfasts, dinners, suppers, and refreshments, will be provided in the neatest manner, and at the shortest notice, and every attention in his power exerted to merit the patronage of the public.
EDWARD BARDIN.
A few BOARDERS will be accommodated by the year, or shorter time; at a reasonable rate. N. B. Convenient STABLES that will contain fourteen horses, to let on reasonable terms. June 14, 1788. 21 1 w. e. d.
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 fastest 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.
The PEOPLE of the STATE of NEW-YORK,
By the Grace of God Free and Independent.
To the Sheriff of Queen's County, Greeting:
WHEREAS by our writ we have lately commanded you, that you should cause Thomas Van Wyck, late of Oyster-Bay, in Queen's county and state of New-York, yeoman, to be demanded from county court to county court, until, according to the law and custom of our state, he should be outlawed if he should not appear, and if he should appear then that you should take him and cause him to be safely kept, so that you might have his body before our justices of our supreme court of judicature, at the City Hall, of the city of Albany, on the last Tuesday of July next, to answer unto William Loines, of a plea, that he render unto him the said William Loines, two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine pounds nineteen shillings and eight-pence, current money of New-York, which he owes him and unjustly detains. as he saith: therefore we command you, by virtue of the statute in such case made and provided, that you cause the said Thomas Van Wyck to be proclaimed upon three several days, according to the form of the same statute (one of the same proclamations to be made in your open county court, and one other of the same proclamations at the general sessions of the peace in those parts where the said Thomas Van Wyck inhabits, and one other of the same proclamations at or near the most usual door of the church of the town wherein he inhabits) that he render himself unto you, so that you may have his body before our justices of our supreme court of judicature, at the City-Hall of the city of Albany at the day aforesaid, to answer the said William Loines of the plea aforesaid, and have you then there this writ. Witness Richard Morris, Esq. chief justice at the City-Hall of the city of New-York, the eighteenth day of April, in the twelfth year of our independence. M c KESSON.
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, Searlet, Blue,    Umbrellas of different  &c. &c.    sizes,  Thread Laces and Edg-    Lyon's quilted Sattins,  ings,    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  Chintzes, &c.    best assorted Ribbons,   
Rooms to Let,
EITHER furnished or unfurnished; one of which is a lower front room very convenient for a Lawyer's Office, or a Doctor's shop.
A L S O—
A STABLE & CELLAR,
Enquire of the Printer. New-York, June 6, 1788. 14—
S H R U B.
Of the very best Quality, by the Hoghead, Barrel, or smaller Quantity, FOR SALE by Charles Tillinghaft, At his House, nearly opposite the New-Market in Cherry-Street.
AMINIATURE PAINTER.
Lately arrived from FRANCE, Presents his RESPECTS to his Friends, and the Public in general, —And INFORMS them— That he DRAWS THE MOST STRIKING LIKENESSES OF LADIES and GENTLEMEN, At the LOWEST PRICE, And engages the Painting to be equal to any in Europe.
SHOULD the Likenesses not be approved of, after drawing, they will be taken back. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who will please to honor him with their Commands, will be so kind as to enquire at Mrs. DAVIS's, No. 42, Hanover-Square, opposite Mr. Peter Goelet's.
PETER HENRI.
Ladies in the City will be waited on if desired. New-York, June 9. 17—ed.
JUST IMPORTED, In the Ship JUNO, from Havre-de-Grâces, and ships PHILADELPHIA and GRACE from Amsterdam, And to be SOLD at the STORE No. 194, Queen-Street, opposite Beckman's Slip, By DE LUZE DE MONTMOLLIN, and COMPANY.
A general Assortment of
DRY GOODS,
Consisting of the following ARTICLES;
  CHINTZES,  Kid Gloves,    Callicoes,  Ribbons,    Lute-strings,  Hair Ribbons,    Cambricks,  Watches,    Silk Hose,  Umbrellas, &c.  
Also, to be sold at the above Store, Handkerchiefs, Persians, and Sarfets. t.f
TO BE SOLD,
At Public Vendue,
At the City-Hall, on Monday the 16th inst. between the hours of twelve and one o'clock.
A LOT of GROUND,
SITUATE near Newburg, in the County of Ulster; bounded easterly by the North-River, southerly by lands of the Widow Leonard, westerly by the Lands of James M c Marster's, and northerly by the Lands of Capt. Joseph Piersons, containing about five acres and an half.
New-York, June 9. 17—ed.
TO BE SOLD,
At Public Vendue,
—On the PREMISES— The SECOND DAY of JULY next, (If not Sold before at Private Sale)
Two LOTS of GROUND,
SITUATE IN CHESNUT-STREET:
EACH LOT containing in front and rear, Twenty-five Feet, and in length on both sides, Fifty-Two Feet. The Payments will be made easy to the purchaser, and a good TITLE will be given by the subscriber,
PETER OGILVIE.
June 11, 1788. 19—ed.
This Day is published, And to be sold by the PRINTER hereof, and by ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, Queen Street,
PRINCIPLES
OF THE
Latin Grammar,
EXPLAINED in a manner suited to the Capacity of Beginners; with Notes and Observations calculated for those who have made proficiency in the Classics.
By JAMES HARDIE, A. B.
Teacher of the GREEK and LATIN Languages, NEW-YORK.
WE, the PRESIDENT and PROFESSORS of COLUMBIA COLLEGE, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify, that we have examined a new publication, entitled "The principles of the Latin Grammar explained, &c. by JAMES HARDIE," and that we find it an accurate and judicious compilation, well calculated for the instruction of youth in the rudiments of the Latin language; and such as may be useful even to those who have made considerable progress therein. We therefore recommend it to all who are intrusted with the care of education, and particularly to the teachers in the different schools of this state.
W. SAMUEL JOHNSON, President, WILLIAM COCHANE, Professor of Languages,
JOHN DANIEL GROS, Professor of
(Moral Philosophy and Geography,
JOHN KEMP, Professor of Mathematics and
(Natural Philosophy.
Wants Employment.
A PERSON who can be useful in keeping a Store, or can be of service in making out and settling accounts, weighing, delivering, &c. As he is in immediate want of some kind of business, he would accept of almost any employ. He is furnished with good credentials of recommendation.—Enquire of the Printer.

POET'S CORNER.
THE DESPAIRING SHEPHERD A PASTORAL.
IMMERS'D in the vale of despair, Despondent and pensive I stray, No pleasure's contented I share, No more can be joyous and gay.
Adieu, then, ye egantine bowers, Ye groves and ye vallies so fine; Adieu ye sweet shrubs and ye flow'rs, Thro' sadness your charms I resign.
Adieu, all ye sports on the plain, No more your diversions invite; Adieu to the pastoral strain, As now it ne'er yields me delight.
Adieu to my pipe and my crook, My sheep and my lambkins adieu! All pasture your shepherd's forsook, Nor longer can think upon you.
Adieu, ye sweet birds of the vale, No more in assemblage ye please, No more I attend to your tale, Since my heart is deprived of ease.
For Phillis still feels at my woe, And calls me a wretch of disdain; I'm jeer'd too wherever I go, Thro' the jell that the makes of my pain.
But oh! was she like me distress'd, By a youth who to her was unkind, She'd pity the pangs in my breast, To give some relief to my mind.
Nor thus overwhelm me with care, Nor smile as dejected I rove, Nor cause me to pine and despair, And die a poor victim to love.
Remaining on Hand, A Few MAPS,
Of the interior parts of North-America, including the lands intended for the NEW STATES some of which are selling, and others already, disposed of by order of Congress.
ORDERS are just received, by the printer hereof, to sell these Maps at a much cheaper rate than they have yet been sold. The plates were cut and the impressions taken in London, and there sold (without the pamphlet) at One Guinea each.
To accompany this map, and explanatory of it with references to it, will be sold, included in the price of the map, a pamphlet, containing 67 large octavo pages, with plates and figures, entitled a Topographical Description of Virginia, Penn, Sylvania, Maryland, and North-Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioio, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the Map.
By THOMAS HUTCHINS, Esq. Late Captain and Engineer in the British army, and now Geographer General to the United States of America. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper.—And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois river, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.
Description of the ILLINOIS COUNTRY. THE Illinois country is in general of a superior soil to any other part of North America that I have seen. It produces fine oak, hickory, cedar, mulberry trees, &c. some dying roots and medicinal plants;—hops, and excellent wild grapes, and in the year 1769, one hundred and ten hogheads of strong wine, were made by the French settlers, from these grapes. A large quantity of sugar is also annually made from the juice of the maple tree; and as the mulberry trees are large and numerous, I presume the making of silk will employ the attention and industry of the settlers, when the country is more fully inhabited than it is at present, and especially as the winters are much more moderate and favourable for the breed of silk worms, than they are in many of the sea coast provinces. Indigo may likewise be successfully cultivated—(but not more than two cuttings in a year) wheat, peas, and Indian corn thrive well, as does every sort of grain and pulse, that is produced in any of the old colonies. Great quantities of tobacco are also yearly raised by the inhabitants of the Illinois, both for their own consumption and that of the Indians; but little has hitherto been exported to Europe. Hemp grows spontaneously, and is of a good texture; its common height is 10 feet, and its thickness three inches (the latter reckoned within about a foot of the root) and with little labour, any quantity may be cultivated. Flax seed has hitherto been only raised in small quantities. There has however been enough produced to shew, that it may be grown to the greatest advantage. Apples, pears, peaches, and all other European fruits succeed admirably. Iron, copper, and lead mines, as also salt springs, have been discovered in different parts of this territory. The two latter are worked on the Spanish side of the Mississippi, with considerable advantage to the owners. There is plenty of fish in the rivers, particularly Cat, Carp, and Perch, of an uncommon size.—Savannahs, or natural meadows, are both numerous and extensive; yielding excellent grass, and feeding great herds of buffalo, deer, &c. ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, turkeys, pheasants, partridges, &c. such as are seen in the sea coast Colonies, are in the greatest variety and abundance.—In short, every thing, that a reasonable mind can desire, is to be found, or may, with little pains, be produced here.
Just published by M. CARY, At Philadelphia, and to be SOLD, By THOMAS ALLEN, Book-Seller, in Queen-street, New-York, (By whom subscriptions are received) THE American Museum, For MAY, 1788. CONTAINING
Papers elucidating the rise and progress of the American revolution.
RESOLUTIONS entered into by the house of burgesses of Virginia, relative to the stamp act, May 29, 1765. Resolutions agreed to by the house of assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, relative to the stamp act—Sept. 21, 1765. Address of the house of delegates of the province of Maryland to the governor thereof. Governor's answer. Resolutions agreed to by the lower house of assembly, in the province of Maryland, Sept. 28, 1765. Queries proposed by the chief justice of the supreme court held at Perth Amboy, to the lawyers of said court, relative to the stamp act, Sept. 20, 1765. Extract from instructions of the inhabitants of the town of Plymouth, to Thomas Forster, their representative in the general assembly of Massachusetts bay, October 21, 1765. The American Crisis, No. I.
Speeches and messages of governors of several states.
Message of governor Sullivan to the general court of New Hampshire. Speech of governor Clinton to both houses of the legislature of New-York. Message from the president and the supreme executive council of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the general assembly of said state. Speech of governor Hancock to the legislature of the state of Massachusetts. Speech of governor Huntington the legislature of the state of Connecticut.
Papers respecting the late private transactions with the Oneida Indians.
Petition of John Livingston and Caleb Benson, to the legislature of New-York. Another petition from the same to the same. Proclamation by gov. Clinton. Talk of the Oneida nations, lately received by the legislature of New-York.
Papers respecting negro slavery.
Petition intended to be presented to the continental convention, by the Philadelphia society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free negroes, unlawfully held in bondage. Petition of a number of blacks to the legislature of Massachusetts. Letter to the treasurer of the London society for promoting the abolition of the slave trade, from the rev. Boucher Nicholls.
Political speculations.
Address to the citizens of the united states. Address to the people of Maryland, from the dissenting members of the late convention of that state.
Address to the freemen of South Carolina, on the proposed federal constitution. Said to have been written by Dr. Ramsay.
Letter from Dr. Rush to Dr. Ramsay, on the same subject.
Address to the members of the convention of Virginia, ascribed to Tench Coxe, esq.
Remarks on the conduct of Spain, with respect to the navigation of the river Mississippi. Remarks on ship-building in America.
Observations on the probable effects of the late arrest of the French court, respecting the intercourse with America. Extract from a pamphlet, entitled "The true interest of the United States considered."
Speech delivered by a clergyman in the state of Massachusetts, on the fourth of January, 1787, relative the late insurrection.
Thoughts on crimes and punishments. Miscellanies.
Description of a most effectual method of securing buildings from fire. Invented by Charles lord viscount Mahon.
On the retreat of swallows. Population of the United States. Comparative view of the extent of the United States, &c.
On the danger of introducing epidemical disorders, through want of proper precautions. Petition of Daniel Shays and Eli Parsons, to the general court of Massachusetts.
Form of the ratification of the federal constitution by the convention of Maryland. Circular letter, directed to the different courts in the western country.
Letter from captain John Sullivan, late of the continental army, to the Spanish minister at New-York.
Letter from the same to governor Pinckney. Premiums offered by the society for political inquiries.
Rural concerns.
Method of destroying caterpillars upon trees. Hint on the management of sheep.
On the use of mud as a manure. On the culture of carrots.
Advantages of the use of oxen in draft, &c. Poetry.
Mount Vernon. By Colonel Humphreys. The shield of Achilles. By the late Dr. Ladd.
Intelligence.
Foreign. Domestic.
Just Published, Enlarged, and Improved, And to be SOLD, by S. and J. Loudon, Messrs. Berry & Rogers, Mr. Hodge, Mr. Reid, Mr S. Campbell, Mr. T. Allen, and Mr. T. Green- leaf, The American Magazine, For MAY, 1788. CONTAINING,
LETTERS to and from the late Samuel John- son, L. L. D. Original Letters between Frederick and Felicia. Solyma and Offmin, an Oriental Tale. Education—Importance of Female Education, with a brief sketch of a plan—The utility of educating young men at home, and of travelling in their native country.
A Hawk and Kite, very remarkable. An extraordinary Mad Woman. Account of an Egg laid by a Cock.
On Negro Slavery. Man and Wife. Letter 3d from a Gentleman to his Friend.
The Force of Sympathy. A remarkable Parrot. A new Discovery of the cause of an accelerated
Motion of the Moon, observed by late Astrono- mers. The Simile. Letter 4th from Belzebub.
Receipt to make perpetual Eeast or Barm. The Owan Outang, a distinct species of Ani- mals.
The Adventure of the Inn concluded. Sketch of a momentary Scene from nature. A Dissertation read before the Philosophical soci- ety of New-York.
Remarks on writing and reading, read before the Philological society. An Instance of extraordinary Memory.
The natural History of the Tea Tree, with an In- quiry into the medicinal Effects of that popular Plant.
The death of Major Andre. A summary Account of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq.
Account of the Funeral of William the Conquer- or. Directions given by Richard 3d about his Funeral.
Ancient Epitaphs. Curious Extracts from Ancient Records. Queries proposed by Candidus, on some apparent
contradictions in scripture. The Fairy's Ring. Review of new publications.
Letters from the Federal Farmer to a Republi- can. Remarks on the proposed plan of a Federal Go- vernment, by Aristides.
The Federalist, vol. 2. On the Cultivation of Aloes. Anecdote of Marshall Dorfling.
POETRY.
To Young Gentlemen. An Address to the Deity. Sovereign Love.
Intelligence. Marriages and Deaths.
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 town- ship, in the county of Essex, New-Jersey, within a quarter of a mile of the main road from Woodbridge to Brunswick, about eight miles dis- tant from the latter, and three and a half from Perth Amboy, consisting of one hundred and se- venty 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 wa- ter 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 Ben- jamin Thompson, near Morris-Town.
New-York, Jan. 24, 1788. 99—e.d.
Masters & Owners of Vessels
Are hereby informed, THAT they may be supplied with
cables, large or small, of any length, and cord- age of all sizes, made of Peterburg hemp, first quality, at Ivers's Rope-walk, at the head of Mul- berry-street, the first left hand turn above the Tea- Water Pump, on such favourable terms as to mer- it 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, hambro lines, deep sea lines, hand lead lines, log lines, house lines, and marline, &c. &c. by H. IVERS, Ropemaker.
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.
B L A N K S, To be SOLD, At this PRINTING-OFFICE.
American Printed Books.
This Day is published, and to be Sold, By ROBERT HODGE, No. 237, the Corner of King & Queen-street, The Miscellaneous Works OF PHILIP FRENEAU.
Containing his Essays and additional Poems. THIS second volume of our Ame- rican Author, is replete with the highest tentamental entertainment. Humour, wit, and sa- tire, flow in copious strains.—It requires only to be read to be admired.
Such gentlemen, in this city and state, as honored this vol. with their subscriptions, will be pleased to send for it as soon as convenient.
THE MESSIAH, Attempted from the GERMAN of Mr. KLOPSTOCK.
TO those who are acquainted with the merits of this work, little need be said to recommend it.—It is calculated to inspire every pious, every virtuous sentiment:—to fill the mind with an awful reverence and love of the Great and incomprehensible GOD and FATHER of all; with the sublimest and most fervent gratitude to our gracious REDEEMER, and a perfect detesta- tion and abhorrence of all vice. In a word, it claims the patronage of ALL who do not blush at owning themselves Christians, and at paying a hum- ble obedience to the King of Kings.
This piece of religious and moral painting has obtained Mr. Klopstock the honor of being esteem- ed the Milton of Germany, and is considered as having completed what that favorite son of the British muse had left unfinished.—The beauties of the Messiah equal Paradise Lost:—Paradise Re- gained, though far from being destitute of merit, is universally allowed to fall much below this work, and is acknowledged to be deficient in that un- bounded invention, that beautiful machinery, and variety of characters, which distinguish the rigorous efforts of Mr. Klopstock's genius.
The Messiah is formed upon an extensive and important plan, and includes the sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ.
S E R M O N S.
By the celebrated RICHARD PRICE, D. D. L. L. D. F. R. S.
The Triumphs of Temper;
A Poem in six Cantos. By WILLIAM HALEY, Esquire.
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