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v fj+anger* We!!, I topfc jot! WiD g!v6 at
the land*
P. I will give you land, or any other pro
perty to the amount. You may have this
horse.
S/ranger. He look! Oldwhereabouts
Would be your price ?
P. What any body (hall fay he is worth in
Call\ 'r —here is a gentleman———How
much i > t’- s horse worth in Call' s bonds f
Cbij. 5001. I suppose ; they trade
now at ten for one.
Stranger . What do you mean by ten tor
one ?
Qhtp» Ten for one in paper money.
$. Why, I thought he would give land for
them.
C. He used to, but I don’t believe he ha 3
any land left; he was constant felling a long
tome, and I han’t hear’n nothing about his
land lately.
P. Well, this horse is surely worth 131.
and that at ten for one comes to just the mo*
nty.
Well, well, well; but, Sir, you cer
tainly can’t think of putting me off in this
manner.
P. Why, rather than have any rifore Wotds
you may take the pair, and they are just as
good as those I got from you.
S. No, they are not; but a$ the matter
Hands, I suppose I must take what I can get.
C: Yes, and damn’d well o ft too, country
man ; but if you like Call ’a bonds so well,
I’ll give you 500 b for that horse, with the
saddle on ; he is a well bred horse, and wa6
•always counted better than the flaffi colt,
Which beat the matchless filly 1 .
S, Damn Call and his bonds—you and the
country altogether ; there is matchless folks
as well as fillies among you, for I am out
matched any how, and so will clear myfeK
with what I have left.
Now, my Pupil, you have got rid of t£e
two duns, take the tacky you have got of the
4291. man, and take him to the mechanick
•you pawned the other to, and tell him you
Itave brought the horse he will consequent
ly ask you what horse ?
P. Why, the 51. horse I was to give you
for the order.
Mtcbanick . You promised to bring the mo
ney,* or etfe I was to keep the horse I have.
P, No. I said I Would bring the money
tor a horse worth 5 1.
As. It was no such thing.
P. Can you prove the bargain ?
M. No;
P. But I can prove my horse.
M . So that is the way you, Speculators, gdt
labouring men’s wages from them; but as
the 51. it’s not worth going to lawjabout—you
may have it your own way—l shall take care
how I dispose of my wages hereafter.
Now my Pupil, you lee in two days, you
have cleared agobd horse, saddle and bridle,
hefides 51. to go upon. Beware how you
trade, until you can pick up on any terms a
boud of Call's for tool. When that is done,
I can put you on a plan to make 40®!. in one
week. If Call is in Savannah, do'you take
the road to Wilkes, and at every stage flop,
and enquire if Major Call has pa fled ? Say,
you heard he was come up from Savannah;
that a (hip load of goods had arrived for him;
that he had taken a store in'Augufta, and was
to start this morning for WafKington, where
fie meant to open another store, undersell the
merchants, and give a quarter of a dollar p*
fiundred more for tobacco than any of them.
With this story in your mouth, and a bond in
your hand, you may buy ten fifty pound
horses, or other property, on giving your
note to deliver Call's as soon as you can get
the bond divided; you need only remain a
week at Washington, before the report of the
<hip and goods will be fufficiently contra
difted to answer your purpose. You mull
then begin to rave, and swear you will go
Hraight to Savannah, and kill Call. Tell the
perfonfi fov tti&eS wfcfo, tlul neither they or
you cither, will ever get any &i n g from CaU\
but as you mean to be honed, offer to take in
your notes, to deliver at the fame rates Cali's
trade at ten for one. They will naturally con*
elude, that as Call\s worth nothing, their only •
dependence is on you, and that if, instead of
your killing Call, he rtiould kill you, they will
be in the vocative altogether, f® they will take
your generous offer. Having got in your notes,
return to Auguda, and enter into partnership
with Chip — Let him go to Savannah, and
watch Call's motions; but do you day and
fatten your horses until you get information
from Chip, that Call is about leaving Savan
nah ; then you may proceed down, and won
der that CV//had ifot goh£ fo6ner to Augusta,
for ten waggons, loaded withjgoods, had arriv
ed there, and were laid to be Cali's i thatrhere
was any ceflion of Virginia*® waiting for his
return, with their fiddle bags lined with hard
money, to buy land which they had been over
to fee (ince he came down : but do you fug
ged he Was waiting for two boats loaded with
tobacco, which were to leave Auguda the'
day after yeiu This dory being circulated
and believed, you may then pass of your
notes for one hundred pounds each, to ten
different perfo'ns. fell them yop don’t want
him to know that you are offering his bond
for sale, but as loon as you are paid, they
lhall be ■ 1 ■ 1 ■■ . Now fend Chip po Auguda,
to give you notice when Call lets out for
GalpTiinton, which, as soon as you are noti
fied of, proclaim that Call has left Auguda.
You will bealked where to ? Say, you don’t
know, but h£ off a few days "ago bag and
baggage j that the dory of the goods, Vir
ginians With hard money, and boats loads of
tobacco, were all a mere hum of his own ;
swear that you will go in pursuit of him, and
put him to death even if you have to follow
him to the world’s end. With this annunci
ation, you may pick up your notes, to deliver
his very lightly, get them all in, and proceed
foaming to Aufcuda < fvfcar that Call and
IVojhington have been playing the rafeal into
each other s hands j—that if it was not for
the Indian alarm, you w'ould go draight to
Galphinton, and put him to death on the spot.
This will give a sudden shock to the credit
of Call's bonds, and you may buy what are in
town for tackies or trifles, as the old faying
is. Having got the bonds, lie dill tillCW/’e
return to Augudathen put on a composed
countenance, and tell him you have some
notes of his, for which you will take land.
He will immediately produce you plats and
titles to take choice of. £)o youhefitaie
and fay that if yoti do take sand, it mud be good
if it is brt little, and prevail oh him to give
you deferiptions of different tracts, to the
amount of tentimSs your claim. You can :
then cithei fuc yourfelf and when judgment is
obtained, fwcep, as the old faying is, all the
land; or if you don’t chufe to sue yourfelf, you
may at almod any time, And some danger
whose Circumffahees, if not cbaraftdr, are
tottering in his own country.
If not, require long before' you can per
fu»d« hml, that Cali's bonds and land, or the
reryname of them, will reinflate him in his
circumflances; (hew him the plats, and point
. out how (although Cali's bonds may then be
at ten for one difeount) he may make worth
ten for one advante. He will then perhaps
give you double the f« m mentioned, and thank
you m the bargain for your informaioh ; and
when he finds his ten for one expectation blast
ed, he will curse Catl, nor you.
SPECULATOR.
NEWPORT 4 , February y.
ACorrefpondent oblerves, that no dats in
the Union has such inferefted mo/ives for
adopting the new Constitution as this date.
The chief dependence of our farmers, mer
chants and tradefraen, is tho carrying trade,
*n4 * Tree entry o£ bee/, barley, c ietlti Tfe/to* >
England mm, and our manufactured goods
into our fifterftates. But tbefe advantages
we are unjeftly deprived of for want of fe
deral power to control and equalize commerce,
♦ Most of the Hates have long had imports on
our exports to them, whether foreign or the
growth and manufacture of this country .
Virginia, by a late aCt, has laid new duties,
the particulars of which we are favored with,
in a letter from a gentleman at
dated the Bth of February, as follow:
“ Duties to take place in Virginia the ift
of March, 1788.
American articles •
New-England rum is. pei gal. Loaf an£
lump sugar 3d. per lb. Drefled leather 6d.
per lb. Tanned ditto 4d. per lb. Candles 4d.
per lb. Soap 4d. per lb. Cordage 4s per cwt.
Nail rods 6s. per cwt. Axes Bs. per doz.'
Hoes per dolt. Men’s and women’s ihock
is. id. per pair. Salt beef 20s. per cwt. jfurk
208. per cwt.
Porcign articles .
Brandy and other distilled spirits is. perga!.
■ Madeira wine is.'Sd'.pfer gal. Other wines is.'
per gal. Porter pd. p6r gal. Pepper 6d. per
lb. Other fpiccs 4d. Botfea tea is. Other teas
28.
The duties are so high as to amount almost
to a prohibition—Not content with thus ex-*
eluding us from a (hare in commerce, they
\fu the Bfitlth to .outrival us in carrying
their produce to market. Confederate rtates
divided' dgaiiift themlelves cannot ftancL Our
interest, our honor, and our liberty, all de
pend on -our adopting the new Conftitution—
rejeCt it and we fall.'
Feb. 11. With the highert fatisfaClion we
announce to the public, that, the convention
r of the commonwealth of MafTachufetts, on
Wednesday lart, at live o’clock in'the after
noon, aflented to and ratified the Conftitutiort
proposed by the late federal convention. On
this pleasing event we beg to congratulate the
public, and to express out sincere wilhes that
it may be a happy presage of this rtate fpeedi
' ly ratifying this federal government, and en
joying the fupeejor advantages which will un
doubtedly result from so neceflary an ertab
lilhment. .
From the psfpera and sundry letters receive
ed by the pert yesterday, we are enabled to
give the public the following' inttfrefti-ng de
tail of this important event. .
Tuefday sth February, being the day ap
pointed for taking the final vote on the grand
quirt ion, whether that commonwealth would
ratify the new cotirtitution, a motion was
made to postpone the fame until Wednesday ;
thk coufideratioit of this'was however fuper
l’eded by a motion made by Mr. G. Dench,
* that the convention! do adjourn to a future’
day.’ Lengthy debates ensued on this inte
rring question ; but the motion of adjourn
ment was 1 ejeCted by a majority of pp (yeas
s*sf na y s 214.) The president, in announce
ing it, added, that it gave him pleasure it
hacf not ftipceeded/
Wednesday the general quertion was re*
fumed, agreeably to the order of the day,
and at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, the vote
was taken, yeas 187, nays 168, and thus it
. was ratified by a majority of ipr.
. Never did a body of men appear so re
fpeClable as the MafTachufetts convention—
never were the feelings of a crouded and nu
merous auditory more pleasurably dilated thaif
at feeing the candor and patriotiftn exhibit
ed.
! N E W-Y o R K, Fit. 1 6.
.Yesterday, in consequence of the news of
the ratification of the New Constitution by the
rtate of MafTachufetts, two flags were dis
played on the Coffee-houfe in honor of the
Federal Convention and that of Maflacha
fetts. Thirteen cannon were fired on Mur
ray’s wharf, in honor of each of the fix rtates
who have adopted it, and the Jenny Indiamaa