Philadelphia, Marchi, 171)4. JUST PUBLISHED, B/ MATHEW CAREY, No. 113, lAarktt Jlreet, A'HE FIRST VOLUME OF A NEW SYSTEM OF Modern Geography: OR, A Geographical, Hijlorical, and Commercial Grammar; And p'-efent state of the several NATIONS OF THE WORLD. CON TAINING, t. figures, motions, and distances of tbe planets, according to the Newtonian sys tem and. the latest obfervitions 2. A general view of tbe earth, considered as a planet; witji several ufeful geographical definitions and problems. 3 The g< and divisions of the globe into land and wafer, continents and islands. 4. The iituation and extent of empires, kingdoms, llates, provinces and cojonies. 5 TUeir climate?, air, foil, vegetables, productions, metals, minerals, natural curi. ofities, sea., rivers, bays,capes, promontories, aiid lakes. 6 The oirds and beads peculiar to each, cou try. , 7. Observation? on the changes that haVe been any where ob erved upon the face of na ture since the inoft earjy periods of history. 8. The history and origin of nations ; theit forms of government, religion, laws, reve nues, taxes, naval and military strength. 9 Tiie ;ius, manners, customs, and ha bits of the peop'.e. id. The r language,learning,arts,fciences manufa&ures, and commerce. 11. The chief cities, Itru&ures, ruins, am artifi ial curiolities. 12. Trie longitude, latitude, bearings, am diftauces of principal places 11 oiri Philadelphi? To which arc added. 1. A Geographical Index, with the names and places alphabetically arranged. a. A Table of the Coiss of all nations, and tbsir value in dollars and cents. 3. A Chronological Table of remarkable events, f rom toe creation to the present time. By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, E/q. The Astronomical Part corre&e'd by Dr. Rittenhouse. To which have been added, The late Discoveries of Dr. Herschell, a id other eminent Astronomers. The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, Corrected, Improved, ajjd greatly Enlarged. The firft volume contain* twenty-one Maps and Charts, besides two Astronomical Plates, viz. 1. Map of the world. 2. Chart of the world. 3, Europe. 4. Asia. 5. Africa. 6. South America- 7. Cook's difcovenes. 8. Coun tries round the north Pole. 9. Sweden, Den mavk, and Norway. 10. Seven United Pro vinces. 11 Austrian, French and Dutch Ne therlands. 12. Germany. 13- Seat of war in Fiance. 14. France divided intodepait ments. 15. Switzerland. :6. Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia. 17. Spain and Portugal. 18. Vurkey in Europe and Hungary. 19 Ire land. 20. Weft-Indies. 21. Vermont. 22. Ar inillary sphere. 23. Copernican system. With the second volume, which is now in the press, wjll be given the following Maps: 1. Rufiia in Europe and Alia. 2. Scotland. 3. England and Wales. 4. Poland. 5. China. 6. Hindoftan. •j. United States. g. British America. 9. S vte of New'.Hamplhire. ,0. State of Maffichufetts. ji. State of Connecticut. j2. State M" Rhodi Island. ,3. State of New-YOl k. 14- State of New-Jersey. 15- State of Pennsylvania. 16. State of Delaware. 17. State of Maryland. 18- State of Virginia. 19. State of Kentucky. 23. State of North-Carolina. it. TennelTee Government. 22. State of South-Carolina. 23- State of Georgia. TERMS. j. This work will be comprised in two vo lumes. 2. Subscribers pay for the present volume on delivery, fix dollars, and the price of bind iiSt cents for boards.) 3. They .nay receive the fucreeding volume in twenty-four weekly numbers, at a quar ter dollar each, or else, when finilhed, at the fame price as the firft. 4. The I'nbfcription will be raised on the firft day of June 1794? to fourteen dollars, ex clusive of binding. j. Should any copies remain for sale after the completion of the work, they will be fold at sixteen dollars, and the price of binding. 6. The names of the fubferibers will be pub lished as patrons of American literature, arts, and ftieiices. It is wholly unnecefTary to expatiate on the advantage,to American readers, that this edi tion pofleiles, over every imported edition of any system of Geography extent. The addit tion of maps of the several state-, procured a a very great expense, and from the best ma terials that are attainable, I'peaks fuel) full conviction on this fubjeft, that it would be difrefpeft to the reader's understanding to suppose it requisite to enter into a detail of argujnents to prove its superiority. In 110 similar work have such maps beenever intro duced. ' » f The euiiadatims and Motions Which are ra*de in this wjrk.are innumerable, and ocpni i*n ever/ page. The public are referred to llV« preface for a, flight JLetch of a few of them- , .The pubJifher takes the present opportu niry of returning his most fin cere thanks to thole refptstable characters who have favored him with Jocuiuents for impioving the maps of several of the He requests a conti nuance of their kindness; and hopes that such public fpifrted citizens, as ire polfefled of fi inilar documents, will favor him with their afliflan<*e in perfecting his undertaking. Tne extraordinary encouragement with which he has been favored, has excited in his breast the warmett sentiments of grati tude—fentim mi ts which time will not efface. He pledges himfelf to the citizens of the United States, to fptre ncilbetr nor ex peufe to r ender the p:\fent edition cfGu'h i-*s Geography improved, deserving of their pa tronage. waftf Pennsylvania Hofpltal, 4ft) Mi ith, 5 1: 1 794. The Contributors are desired to attend the Election, to be hel j at th< HosptTAL on 1 hef st.i day of the sth Month next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon ;to choose twelve Managers and a Treasurer, for the enfurng year: By o»der of a board of Managers. Samuel Coates, clerk. STATE of SOUfH-CAROLINA. In the House of Reprefe.italivcs, DICtMBEU 2 1 It, 1 793 ' WHEREAS the Comin.fliwners of public Accounts, h,.vc reported, that they cao not proceed to the of the Trcafury Accounts, relpr&iug Ipccial Indents, without knowing the ouiftandrog amount thereof in cir culation :—ibercfoic, Rcfolvcd, Tnat all holders of special Inde nts be directed, and rpqun 0, on or befoie the firft day of November u xt, > deliver the fp.cial In dents in their poiF llion io »ne or other os-tire Commidioners of the Trsatury, who are to give receipts for the fame, and to rep -rt to ibeCo.n miflioners on oublic accounts,, on or befoic t ie tenth day Of November next, the amount by thena refpetlively received, and' also to tli Le gHljture, at their m»- lirtg in Nov the Tieafuty as above, on or before the firft day of November next, .'hail be, and the fame aie heieby barred. Rejoined, That publi: notice of this lefolntion be given in the leveral Gazettes in this State, once every three weeks, an il the fijlt day o; November next And ur Donation*, conne&ed with the fubjc&—By the fame author. Puce, 50 Cents. March 17. tuin&row PASSAGE POUR ST. DO MING UE. Tous lcs Franpois qui fe font prefeme ou voudront fe presenter pour avoir une prompte paiTage pour St. Domingue, font in (lamment pries de laiffcr leurs 110 ms aujoui d hui ou demain, dans le comptoir de James Mc. Curach & Co. No 42 Dock street, qui fe propofent d'envoyer son batiaient le Same, di procliain 3 de Mai: le batiment ell lout pret pour faire a la voiie avec des bonnes ac commodations ponr prendre paflagers a bord April 29. 3 , Treasury Department, Revenue Office, Apt il J9, 1794- NOTICE is hereby given, that propilal: will be received at the office of the Coinimf fioner of* the Revenue until the sixth of May next inclusively, for the lupply of all Ra tions, which may be required during the cur rent year, at the city of Philadelphia, for the recruiting service. The rations to be furniftied are to consist of the following articles, vi One pound of bread or flour. One p »und of beef, or 3 4 of a pound pork Half a gill of ruin, brandy or whisky One quart of fait, S Two quarts vinegar C n _ rp,, > Per 100 rations I wo pounds soap C One pound candles J April 2i. Concluding Sales. THE Subscriber having entered into Co* partHerfliip with Mr. John Bartholomew in the bufin®fs of Sugar Refining, will dispose of the Remaining Stock on hand consisting of Silver, Plated, & Japan "Wares, Plated Coach & Saddle Furniture, &c. &c. By Whole/ale at Prime Coji for Cajh. John Dorfey, No. 22, North ltreet. tntb&jiw April lu. TO BE SOLD, And entered upon the firft ot May, The noted EJlate, called JohnJon Hall: Lying in the Moi. a w'< country, state qf New Yoik, formerly the feat of Sir William John son, seven hundred acres at land) which is of the very heft quality ; togc- Ther wiihtheftock, and farming utensils. The buildings arc large and convenient, and fit for a gentleman's feat. The payments will be made easy, on good fecurty. For luither particulars enquire of George Metcalf, Esq. on the premtf. es, of Silas Talbot, fcfq. at Philadelph a, ot Samuel Ward and Brothers, in New York, \or of the iubfcnber in Providence. Jabe% Bow en. JUST PUBLISHED, B Y THOMAS DOBSON, dookfeller, at the Stone Rouse in Second Jlreet, Philadelphia, VOLUME XI OF ENCYCLOPEDIA, OR A Dictionary of slrts, Sciences, aud Mifcel- laneous Literature, ON a plan enti ely new ; by which the dif ferent sciences and arts are digelled into the form of diftinft treatiies or systems. This volume contains the articfrs, medals, medi cine, metallurgy, metaphysics, methodists, Mexico, microscope, midwifry, and a great variety of biographical and mifceilaneous ar ticles, illustrated with nineteen copperplates. The tables of logarithms, &rc. which were deficient in the tenth volume, are sub joined to this. Eleven vo!umesof this work are now pub lished, and the Xllth is in some forwardness. On the firft of September, 1792, the price nffubfcription was incrcafed TtN dollars on all ferts not taken befpre that t me. The sub. fcription isftill open on these terms, and if any copies remain by the si (V of July nexr,the pi ice will be tailed TEN dollars more, on any copies which may be subscribed for after that period. %* As many of the fubferibers have taken only two, three or four, See. volumes, they are earnestly requested to take up and pay for the remaining volumes, as it becomes difficult to complete thefetts, and the publiftier does not hold himfelf bouud to make uj> any setts after the firft day of July next. April 22, ESS E NC E For the Tooth-Ache, Prepared and fold ly Dr. Lis, Golden 'rt v » Square, London. THE public is offered one of the moi efficacious and fafe medicines, th:it ever ap peared, lor that molt excruciating pain, th< Tooth-Ache—the numerous instances of it' happy effects, in relieving the afflicted, havi now brought it into iniverfal estimation ; i not only relieves the tooth-ache, but is of ch, utmost service in curing the SCURVY in thi Gums, in preventi„g the difagieeable fine! that is produced from unf'ound teeth, & wil occasion a f'weet breath; it likewise prevent the teeth from decaying, and will be founc a general preferverof the Teeth and Gum Sold in Philadelphia only at Poyntell's Stationary Store. No. 2i, Second ltreet. April 24. tr Those persons who undertake to cut timber or wood of any kind whatever, from any lands of the real cftate of the late Richard Stockton Esq. deceased, in the weflem precinct of the county of Smnerfet in the Hate ot New Jcifey, under a pretencfc of « right-to cut on lands adjacent, are u quelled to dcMt from so doing, or they will be proceed, ed agunft in such manner as may prove trou blr'o ne and expenfivc to themfclves. Ap:i! 16. *w&s2w Tile Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeited Fine Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Twenty Dollar Bills of tlx Bank of North America> fe-veral of which ba-ve appeared in circulation *- fiderably above the range of the whole word- In the word the letters are narrow erand closer together than the reft of the bill The i and fin the word promise are not parallel, the pipelining much more forward than the r. Blw&siw The engraving is badly cxecured,the (bokes of alJthe Letters are stronger and the devi t in themargin particularly is much coar (fraud appears darker than in the true bills. Some el the counterfeits bear date in T791 —Where- as the Bank was not in operation tijl Decern bcr, and no five dollar bills were jiTued in jhat year. Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North ALL that have appeared have the letter B. for their alphabetical mark. .They are printed on a paper nearly similar to that of" tl.e counterfeit Five Dojlai Notes above defer ibed ; the en raving is pcitc; exe» ucted, and they approach rearer to the ap pearance of the genuine bills. The fine ruled lines through the word Twen ty, in the body of the bill, are in number rh.r teen in the genuine b lis, and but tw< »ve in the counterfeits. Til e word Company is much l;k*.* the fame word in the Five Dollar B'Ms as defer ibed a bove, the beiug less than the m, and cthe»s iolhr* ing. There is no flroke to the t in the word Karfh whereas in the genuine bilis the stroke is well defined. The letters cnt in the word Twenlx, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to toe line, l>ut are so cut as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tw and he_y go ing belo*v tljem. The signature J Nixon, has the appear ance of being written with lamb-black, and oil, and differs from oiher inks ofed !n printing the bills and tlie caihier's (ignature. It is luppoCed the fe forgeries were contmiued in some of the Southern States, as ail the coun terfeits thai have appeared, have come from thence, and two persons have been appiehend ed in Virginia,on suspicion of being the author of* them. The reward o[ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS wilj be paid toanv Pbrfon or Persons who shall discover and prosecute to convi&ion the feveial offenders of the following descriptions or any ot iheni, viz. The person or prrfons, who mamifa&t>*ed the paper on which the BitU are ' - The pcrfoit or peifons, who engrWcdrrhe plates. ' 1 lie printer or primers, «f the bills. Evci v person wnojias afled as a pr>ne'p»l ia any other way, in the counterfeiting and utter ing : he said bills. Philadelphia, March 28 1794 7 22 > 1794. Other counterfeit bills of the Bank of the UniiedStates have appeared in circulation. The denomination is of TWENTY DOL LARS, and the alphabetical mark is the let ter B. "They msy be diftinguiftied from the genu ine by the following MARKS : The paper of the counterfeits is of a more tend r texture and gloffey fur face than the genuine, and there is no water mark in them. The letter C. in the word Ofhier, in the true bills is marked, whereas in the counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair stroke, evidently in an unfinifhed state. The letter d in the wed demand, is badly formed and the who.'e word if! done, and there is-no comma at the end of it, as there is in the genuine bills. m&rth6w i he marginal device, is much darker in the falfe, than in the genuine bills owing to the fiiade strokes being coarser, much nearer together, and consequently much more nu merous. This ditference ftrikesthe eye at firft view, The fame reward of ONE THOUSANb DOLLARS, will be paid for prosecuting to conyiftion the several abooe described Offenders in lefpeft to tbis, as to the Jaft defcribetf bills.* THOMAS WILLING, Pie(i4ent of the B*nk United Sulci. JOHN NIXON,' Prefateot of the • Bank ol Noith America* > By order of the Commiaeel of the Rcf peftive Boards. tuth&s £\v A large elegant House, and Lot of Ground, IN an eligible fituat ion,—alio a Country Seat within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of land, or 42 acres of land and meadow, the House is not exceeded by many in the vicinity of the city, in size, or convenience. For particulars apply to the printer. America• TO BE SOLD, ri>&tl>tf