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    This day is pulUJhed,
Bv MATHEW CAREY,
No. I 1 8. MA K K 6T'*T K E IT,
(Price a quarter dollar)
A ftiort account of ALGIERS,
Containing.* defenptian ot the* clitnatcof that
country —of the manners and customs of'ihc in.
habitants, and ot ihetr fevcral wars against Spain,
F>anrr, England, Holland, Vejiife, and other
powers of Europe, hom ihe ufirrpation of Bar-
V*»rn(Ta and the invaiion of the Emperor Chjfles
V. 10 the present lime; with a eonctfe view pi
iheongin of the ruolure between ALGIERS
and the UNITED STATES.
J'"- 9-
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND SOLD BY
H. & P. RICE, No. JO, Market-street,
also, by BENJAMIN JOHNSON,
No. 147, Market-fteeet,
(Price, bound, 6/ss^
Paul and Mary,
An Indian Story.
TO If'HtCH IS ADDED,
The Indian Cottage
From the French of M. dt St, Pif.rrf,
44 THE aboveJ>*on;.s have be< n lately pub
h(hed # ainongfl the work* ot a very different
iMtiirr, by M. JV S". Pin re, who rtfided in the
country winch it describes, and wia we'd ar
quam'ted with the principal fails. Its orna
ment* arc the LandTca&e-- the Climate—and
the natural H:(t«#ry ol thr Torrid Zone, wbfer
vtd willi ih« eve of Tiftr, and del'neated with
thr rye of Philoft> phiral knowledge. If is a
Ptttoral, of which thr fable and the machine
ry m«\ he said 10 be eqnally real. To theTe ore
added, the pure vein of Mora! I nflmtl ion, and
the .Sublime Ideas of M. <Ie St. Pierre."
Feb. 1
Insurance Company.
Philadelphia, January 6, *794.
NOTICE is hereby given to the members
of the Insurance Company of North-
America, that the Dire&ors have declared a
dividend (for the 1 ast fix months) of six Per
Cent, oq the amount ot the firft and second
inftalmcnts ; and of one per cent per month
on the sums paid in anticipation of the third
instalment, calculating fiom the firft day oi
the month following that, in which tlmfe pay
ments were made. Tl»e dividend will be paid
to the Stockholders, or their rcpiefentati ves,
at the company's office, No. 119 south Fiont
itreet, at any time after the 13th iuftant.
By 01 der of the Directors,
EBfcNEZEK. HAZARD, Secretary.
Jan. g. w&f im
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
In the House of Representative^
Dr.Cfc.MBEK sift, 1793.
WHEREAS the Commiflioners of public
Accounts, h-tve reported, that they can
not oroe.ced to the investigation of the Treasury
Accounts, refpt dting special Indents, without
knowing the out (landing amount thereof in cir
culation Therefore,
RtfoLvtiy That all holder* of fpectal Indents
be dirr&cd, and rf<ju»r<fl, on or before the firß
day of November n xt,to deliver the special In.
denrs in their po(T< (lion to one or other of the
Commifltoners of the Treasury, who are togivr
rcn iots lor the fame, and t« report to tfeeCom
nnllioii«*rfc on p»»blic accounts, on or belore the
tenth Hay of November next, the amount by
therm rcfpcttivcly received, and also to tfcie Le
giflaturc, at their mefting »n November next.
And that all special Indents noi rendered into
the Treasury as above, on or before the firfl day
of Novrmbrr next, shall br, and the fame are
herebv barred.
Refohed, That public notice of this resolution
be given in the several Gazettes tn this State,
once every three weeks, until the firft day ol
November nexj. And that the Delegates of tViis
State in the Congress of the United States, be re
queued to eaufe this resolution to be pUbliHicd
in one or more papers in the cities of Philadel
phia and New-York, and that provision will be
ir.ade for the expences attending such publica
tion.
Ordered, That the resolution be sent to the
scuatc for their concurrence.
By order of the House,
JOHN £AN FORD DART, C. H. /?.
In the SENATE,
DEC&MBHII 01(1,1793.
Refolvcd, That this House do concur with the
House of Re piefcntativcs in the forcgo'.ng tefo
lutions.
Ordered, That the resolution* be lent to the
Houlc of Rcprcfentativc*.
By order of the Senate,
FELIX WARLEY, Clerk.
ewtNov.
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND FOR SALE BY
M.Carey,No. 118,Higb-Jlreet,
The PROMPTER;
Commentary on Common Ssrir/os and
Si/rjfcts, which are full of Common
Ssxskf the bejl sense in the world.
THIS little book, is written in a stile altogether
novel, and is adapted to all capacities, at
well as to all claffrs of people, merchant, me
chanics and farmers. Such a reputation has this
work, acquired, that it has paiTed thro three im
preflions in the caftern Hates, and many houle
holders deem it To ufeful as to purchase a copy
for every adult in theit families. —Price is.
February 4. dtt
NORRI S-C OU R T,
Back of the New Library, between Chelnut
and Walnut.Streets.
George Rutter,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
the public in general, that he continues
carrying on the bufir.ef; of
Sign and Fire-Bucket Painting,
Llkcwife, JAPANNED PL 4.TES,
for doors or window-ftlutters,donl in the nioft
elegant inaimei, and with difj/atch.
Orders from the country will be thankfully
received, and duly attended to.
Doccinhvr 3",
Just Imported,
From London, Dublin and Glasgow,
A id now opening for
MATHEW CAREY,
At No. 118, Market Jlreet y
A La>-ge and Valuable
COLLECTION OF BOOKS,
Among which arc the following :
NE W Annual Remitter for 1792
European Magazine for the fir ft fix
months of 1 793
Gibbons decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Memoirs of the Manchester focioty, 3 vols.
Priestly on matter and spirit
on christianity
Disney's life of Dr. Jortin
Kingville's ancient geography
of Guy Joli
Memty, a collection ofefTays
Varied Pruflia'e works
Calm obierver—by Mackintosh
RulieH's Undent and modern Europe
I-anghorne's Plutarch
Elegant extracts, superbly gilt
Elegant extracts of natural history
Saugnier and Br iflbn's voyage
Rochon's voyage to Madagascar
Townfend's travels in Spain
Taflo's Jerufaletn delivered
SmeMie's translation of Buffon
Berwick's hiftoty of quadrupeds
Buffon abridged
History of birds
Philips's history of inland navigation
Hooper's rational recreations
History of France, in 3 vols.
Curiefities of literature, 3 vols.
Whitaker's defence of queen Mary
Sheridan's ditftionary, 2 vols.
Dow's hiftofy of Hindoftan
Sketches of the Hindoos
Key to polite literature.
Imlay's description of Kentucky
Piefent state of Nova-Scotia
Present state of Hud ton's Bay
Preston on mafenry
Lavater 011 phyfio£nomy, abridged
Zimmerman's survey
Murphy's life of Dr. Johnson
Necker on executive power
KifTes of Secundus
Oiillery of portraits
Vblriey's ruins Of empires
Vaillaint's travels, with superb engravings
Downman's infancy
Adair's history of American Indians
Benington on materialism and immaterialifm
Berchold's advice to patriotic travellers
Builder's magazine
Complete farmer
Chandon's life of Voltaire
De Non's travels
Franklin's life and works
Grozier's description of China
Murphy's translation of Tacitus
Godwin on politicaljuftice
Gazetteer of France, 3 vols.
Helyetius on man
Kaimes's /ketches of the history of man
Liberal opinion*, or the history of Benignus
Mawe's gardener's di&ionary
Noble's memoirs of the Cromwell family
Playhouse di&ionary
Reveries of solitude
Smith's theory of moral fentimenfc*
Stackhoufe's history of the bible
Wat son's life of Philip lid. &: 11 Id.
Wonders of nature and art, 6 vols.
Wanley's wonders of the little world, called
man
Wall is on the prevention of diseases
Moore's journal in France
Cox's travels into Denmark,Ruffia,Poland,&rc.
Cox's travels into Switzerland
Rabant's history of the French revolution
Life of Lord Chatham
Mallet's northern antiquities
Motherby's medical dictionary
Grigg's advice to females
Hamilton's outlines of the pra&ice of mid
wifery
Manning's pra&ice of physic
Cleghorn's diseases of Minorca
Innes on the mufe'es
Pott's works
Fourcroy's chemistry
Armstrong on diseases of children
Quincy's d fpenfatory
Edinburgh difpenfatoryi
Lewis's dispensatory
Ryan on the asthma
Robertfon's treatise on fevers
Lee's botany,
Leake on the viscera
Leake on diseases of women
Nicholfon's chemistry
Gardiner on the animal economy
Lewis's Materia Medica
Fordyce on dtgeftion
Withering on the fox glove
Lind on the diseases of heat
Monro on diseases of armies
Haller's physiology
Spalanzane's didertations
London practice of physic
Bell's forgery
CkaptaJ's cbemiftry.
Peale's Museum,
HAS Lately received a number of article? ;
among which are the following : That
r markable bird called the Cut-water, or fcif
>rs-hill; The Avofette, commonly called the
Shoe-make, because ot its bill resembling a
crooked awl—The Long-legs, commonly call
el the Black-bu, having perhaps the longest legs,
in proportion to the fire of the bird, of any of
'he feathered tribe—The Storm-finch, common
1* called mother Cary's chicken—The Sea
fwallow, and var'rous Guilt; befidet a vatiety
ot C*anes, Curlews, Snipes, See.
The frull of a Whale and one of its Vertebres.
An Indian hatchet made of chryftal : It is
curious (hat ihofe uninformed wild people, hav
ing very little knowledge of the aits, and being
ignorant even of the exiftenceof iron and steel,
fliould be able to form such hard fubftanoes in
to fanciful forms as thij, and other Indian ma
nufattures now in the Museum.
A lignified Quince : The fpccimen thews
what a icmatfcablc effect a dry warm (ituation
has 011 fruit. It is now about 8 years since it
was gathered ; and it was a real quince, now be
come wood, at least in appearance.
Prefcntcd bv Mrs. Manfon ol Charleftown,
S. C.—a tool used by the Otaheitans in making
their bark cloth, by pounding the bark on this
instrument ol wood, it produces the ribs which
resemble threads : the perfe&ly straight and
equal lines made in this extreme hard wood, by
men without the ufc of iron,are curious & won
derful.
Alio, a rope made of grass, part of the ligg
ng of a vessel of Kamfkatka.
Presented by Dr. Hall, of Lewis-town, a Squib
in spirits : when this filh wa< found, a number
of (tones were appended to firings or ligaments
that projected from the front of its head,which
occasioned a conje&ure, as it is not furnifhed
with fufficient fins to resist the violence of the
tide and currents, that it faftened with these li
gaments on whatever it found at the bottom ; so
that the stones answered the purpofeof anchors
and the ligaments of a glutinous sticky nature,
that of cables. Some of the stones arc in the
lame phial.
A collc&ion of Minerals and other Foflils
are now displayed in drawers covered with glass
and in a mode which will feeure them from de
rangement. To cach specimen are affixed refe
rences to a book of descriptions. This manage
ment of specimens of the Foflil kingdom, ren
ders this part of the Museum very convenient
and fatisfa&ory,and great attention will be paid
to the fvftematical order of them, and in mak
ing the neccflary essays of each : Also in giving
in a concise manner, the various uses they are
applied to ; thereby rendering them the more
intereding to the public.
A Living Elk, of 2 years old, is just receiv
ed- tiy the account which monf. Buffon gives
of the Elk, it appears that he was not acquaint
ed with this American animal; he particularly
omits all notice of the curious apertures adjoin
ing the eyes of this Elk.
George Bringhurft,
COACH-MAKER,
In Mulberry (Arch) between Fourth and Fifth
Streets, adjoining the Episcopal burying-
ground,
TAKES this opportunity of returning his
grateful thanks to his former employers,
and requeuing their future favors, as well as
those of the public in general.
He continues to make and repair at the
fliorteft notice, all kinds of pleasure carriages,
such as coaches, chariots, phaetons with and
without crane necks, coachees, chaises, kitte
reens, windsor fulkeys and chaiis, and harness
of every description, in the neatest and newest
fafhion now prevailing in the United States.
And as he has a quantity of the best seasoned
wood by him, and capital workmen, he has
not the least doubt but he will be able to give
fatisfa&ion to those whopleafe to employ him.
He has for fate, several carriages almost
finiihed, such as coachees, an Italian windsor
chair, hung on steel springs, a light phseton for
one or two horses, and a fulkey with a falling
top.
Carriages fold on Commission.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6,1794. m&t3m
Notice is hereby given,
THAT the subscriber has been duly ap
pointed Administratrix on the ellate of
his Excellency John Hancock, Esq. late of
Boston, in the county of Suffolk, decealed, and
has taken upon herfelf that trust, by giving
bonds as the law dire&s—and all persons in
terested, are defireJ to take notice accord
ingly.
DOROTHY HANCOCK
Boston, Nov. 13, 1793.
!Take Notice.
ALL persons who have any demands against
the Estate of his late Excellency JOHN
HANCOCK, Esq. deceased, are requeued to
exhibit the fame to the Subfcriher, Attorney
to the Administratrix of said Estate : And all
persons who stand indebted to said Estate, are
reouefted to fetrle with him immediately; as the
Ast of Limitation of Actions, which is to take
place on the firft day of December next, will
otherwise render it necefTary for him 10 com
mence suits against them.
JOSEPH MAY, Attorney
to the Administratrix.
Boston, No?. 13, 1793.
N. B The Printers throughout this Com
monwealth, are requcfted to infertthis in their
refpeftive newspapers, and forward Jheir ac
couuts for the fame, to J. M.
Bank of the United States.
January 6th, 1794.
NOTICE it hereby given, that there will
be paid at the Bank, after the sixteenth
mftant, to the Stockholders or their represen
tatives, duly authorized fifteen dollars and
fifty cents for «ach (hare, being the dividend
declared for the lad fix months.
By Oider t
JOHN KEAN, Cartrer.
ALL persons having any de
inaiicu againit the rftaie of GhORGE
WIBLE, Ijte ot the city of Philadelphia, baker,
are requeued to bring in their accounts, properly
authenticated ; and those who are indebted, are
dcfirtd to make immediate payment.
HENRY REES, Aminiftrator.
2av\ 3\v.
January 13.
Encyclopedia,
JUST published,
By THOMAS DOBSON,
Book feller, at the Stone House, iu Second
ftreet Philadelphia.
VOLUME X. OF
Encyclopedia; or Dictionary
Ot Ans, Sciences, and Miscellaneous
Literature, on a Plan entirely new ;
Br WHICH
The Different Sciences and Arts,
are d'igejied into the form of
Diftinft Treaties or Syfteins :
THIS volume contains principlesof Levels,
Liberty, Do&rine of Light, Lightning,
Locks, Logarithms, Logic, History of Lon
don, Longitude, Luther, Lvdia, Macedon,
Madagascar, Magic, Magnetiftn, Malts, His
tory of Man, Marriage, Mary, Maryland,
Masonry, Materia Medica, Meadow, Mecha
nics, with a great variety of Biographical and
Miscellaneous articles, illuilrated with Twen
ty two Copperplates.
As a number of families are still in the
country, and it is not generally known who
are returned. T. Dobfon, solicits the favor
of the fubferibers to call or fend for their vo
lumes, that they may be supplied as early as
poilible.
The trnth volume of the Encyclopedia is
now presented to the public ; but as it makes
its appearance in an imperfect state, some ac
count of the reason of that imperfe&ion should
be given. On the Brh «f September last, the
Publisher had the misfortune of having his
Printing-Office burnt down by a fire which
broke out in the neighbourhood, and a great
quantity of his printing materials destroyed,
and among other articles, the ftgures, with
which he was printing the tables or lo
garithms, belonging to the pre feat volume,
were melted down by the violence of the fire.
As a supply of these could not be immediately
obtained, be was under the neceflity of pul»
lifhing the volume without these tables; but
hopes he fhallbc able to publilh thein with the
next volume which is now in conliderable for
wardnefs.
The Publisher embraces this opportunity of
exprefling his grateful acknowledgments to
the generous public, for the verylibeial pa
tronage with which his undertaking has been
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early as poflible after publication, and of pay
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