JUST RECEIVED,
Per the VIARIA, from HAMBURG, and
Wm NOW LANDING,
At Wilcccki'a wharf, from on board the IRJC r
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353 PACKAGES LINEN,
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Dowlas Malblaken
Bwccarljllas Bag Linen
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80 Liquor Cases
ERiCK V LEWIS DOLL MANN.
whereas
Matthew Me.Connell, Esq.
granted and aifigned to the fubferibers
55,018 acre? of land on the waters of Su
gar creek, in t u e county of Luzerne am
diipcle cf tie fame, and ajjply the procted:
(after fatisfy'.ng all iuch just and leyra
claims ar, ir. >y b: due on laid lands) to tilt
M'Cor.r.'H h.is drawn in favor of a certair
Jrfrph Tli JHi as, or that the said Jofepli
Thomas his drawn in favor of, and are in
are mentioned in tht llhrduU .:nacxcd to th;
deed of trust, Itore fa id:—
Fnvided, That the h> Iders of (aid notes
ber next, execute to hitn a full discharge
and -acquittance, or render tip the said notes,
and the baluicc, if any, to the holders if any
of the laid notts who (hall not have made
fucb discharge or rendered up said notes, as
nforefaid, pro ratal according to their re
ipettive claims and Reminds.
This public notice is given of the said
afTl" nmcnt, t■> ■: thole who are intcrefted
riav avail themselves of -the terms therein
contained.
William "J
Utopias M. Witting, vASigneej
1 William Davidsnn, J
FhiladelpliiH, 14th Sept. 1799-
iav.tr6N.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
March »I th, 1790
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
Pursuant to the ail of Congrcfs paHed on the <
jfl day of June, one thorfand, seven hun
dred and ninety fix, entitled "an ail rsguht
ing the grants of land appropriated frr mili
tary services, and for the society of United
Brethren fcr propagating the gospel among
the Heithen j" and the ail fupplemcntary ti>
the said recited a<si parted on the second day of
March, one thotifand seven hundred and nine
typine -to <wit:
I.
THAT the trail of Land herein atttr at
fcribed, nareely, " beginning at the North Weft
corner of the liven ranges of townships, and
running thence fifty milr- due fornh, along tne
wtftt'rn boundary «f the said ranges;—thence
due Weft to the Mam Branch of the Scioto ri
ver ; thence up the Main Branch of the said ri
ver to the place where the Indian boundary line
crofiVs the fame thence along the laid boun
dary line to the Ttifcarora! branch of the Muf
kingum river at thecroffing place abt,ve Fort
Lawrence ; thenc«</a«un the said river, to tfe
point where aline run due weft from the place
«f beginning, wil! interfcdl the said river ;
thence along the line so run to theplare of be
ginning hasbeeu divided into towuftips of
five miles square, apd fr3flir>nalpart«*->f row.n
(hips ; and ihat plate and furveya of 'he laid
townships ar.d fra£ional parts ot tow nftiips art
deposited in the offices of the R«-*ifler of th.
Treasury and Surveyor General, for the mfpec
tion of all pcrfoßS concerned.
/ 1L
The holders of fiieh warrants as have been
or (hall be granted fqr military firrvicesperform
ed during the late war, are required to present
the fame to the Register of the Treasury, at
some time prior to the twelfth d iy of February
in the year,«one thousand eight hundred, for
the putpofe of being registered ; No registry
will however be made of any less quant ; ty than
a quarter townthip, or four thoufaud acres.
111.
The priority of location of the warrants which
jjiay be presented and Kjiflered in manner afore
faid, prior to the iith day of February in the
year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate
ly after the said day, be determined by lot, in the
mode drefcribed by the act firft recited.
IV.
* The holdets ef ijfgiftered warrants, fltaH on
Monday the 17th day of February, iu the year
1800,1 n the order of which the priority ef locati
en {hall be determined by lotas aforefaid, pefon
ally.or by their ag.ents, defigaate in writing at the
office of the Rogider of the Treasury, the particu
lar quarter townfaips ele&ed by them rcfpeilively,
and such of the said holders as (hall not d«ftgnatr
their locations on the said day, (halt be poflponed
in locating such warrants to all other holders of
rtgiftercd warrants.
The holders of warrants for military services
Sufficient to cov4r one or more quarter CAvnfhips
ortraasof four ihoufand acres each; fliall, at any
time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800
and prior to the fifftday 01 January, lßoi. be al
lowed to regitler the fiid warrants in manner a
forefaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor
•n any tract or tr»£**f land not before located.
VI.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of I
military services, which mall not be regiftersd and
located before the firft day ofJanuary, ißox, are by
the fupplemeutary a£l of Congress herein before
recited, palled M the second day of March, 1799,
declared to be ferever barred.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the
day and year aboTe mentioned.
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
Sec. ef tbe Treasury.
To tbt ¥rtijpen x Electo-s far the city and
county of Pbiljdelpbia•
Gentlemen,
Acknowledging with thanks, afl
former favors, I request a continu
ance of your friendfhip, by your Votes and
Interest, at the ensuing Efe&ion for the
Coront-r's office, which will add an addi
tional obligation and fliall be held in grate
ful remembrance by your friend and humble
servant,
JOHN LEACOCK, Coroner.
This day is published,
By W. YbUNG, BooKSEt.LF.iij
InfUtutes of Natural Law,
Till TBIRD COITION
Being the substance of a course of lectures,
read in St, John's college, Cambridge*
ByT. RUTHERFORTH, D.D. F. R.S.
THE ift vol. explains the rights of
mankind, considered as individuals:
I. Law in general. 11. Rights and obliga
tions. 111. Of property. IV. Limitations
of property. V. Of our csmmon right to
things. VI. Of derivative atquifitioss by
the aft of man. VII. Of derivative acqui
fitions by the aft of the law. VIII. Of
prescription. IX. Of the obligations arif
jng from properly. X. Of the right which
a man has in his own person. XI. Of pa
rental authority*. XII. Of promises. XIII.
Of contrast. XIV. Of oaths. XV. Mar
riage. XVI. Of the right of defence.—
XVII. Of reparation of damage* done.
XVIII. Of punishment. XIX. Of war.
XX. Of flaveiy.
The 2d vol. explains the rights ar.d ob
ligations of mankind, considered as members
rtf civil societies. I. of societies in general.
11. of civil fotiety its nature and origin. 111.
oftivil power. IV. of different forms of civil
government. V. of the changes produced.
VI. of civil laws. VII. of interpretation.
VIII. of civil fubjeiftion, and civil liberty.
IX. <>f the law of nations. X. of the changes
that are made in States ar.d in their civil
constitutions.
The merits of this work, so justly extolled
by c x per ie need judgts, and appreciated by the
lovers of fcieuce, renders it orineceflary for
the editor to publish the numerous and hon
'outaWe testimony, that might be produced
in its favour. It is with much pleasure he
informs his rudomers and the public, that
the American edition (not inferior to the
Britifli in paper and pririt) is now offered for
f<tle, in two Rvo. vols, at 4 dollars and 50
cents in boards, and five dollars when neatly
bound. The imported copies of the fame
size, are fold irt 7 and 8 dollats.
W. Yotjng, has for sale, as usual, Stahtps,
Station-rjr, custom beast Blanks of every
denomination, Writing and Printing I'apers.
Blank & Prir.tcd Books, wholesale and retail.
N. B.—Orders trariftnit%cii through the
Puft-oifice or othcrwife, are immediately
executed.
Philadelphia. ,i Ztb Sept.
DONATION LANDS.
Notice is herein given,
'"P'HAT Claims for Donation Lands granted
1 by the State of Pennfylvasia to the Offi
cers and Soldierstof the I>ine belonging to the
laid State in the late war, will he received at
the Office of Comptroller General of said State
until the i II September next incluGvc, and thai
the fubferi'oers aiithorifeil by law will fit is r.
Boarct at the laid Office on every Monday from
ten o'clock in the forenoon until one in the af
ternoon, to hear and determine all unfatified
Claim* already filed, as wtll as those' which
may be filed on or before thl said firlt day of
September next.
John Don* aldson, Comt'r
Samuei Bryan, Regt'r.
Prti-r Faynton, Treas'r.
Department of Accounts of )
Penufylvania, May if, '99. )
( »6) diw (m.w.fa.tf)
United States, ") »•
Difirid of Prnnfylvania. J
To tbe Marshal of tbe Pennsylvania Dis-
trict of the United States.
WHEREAS in my opinion a contagious Gck
nefs in the city of Philadelphia, renders it
hazardous to hold the next Dated Se(Hon of the
Circuit Court of the Uuit'd States, in and for the
Pennfylranta DiftnSt of the middle Circuit of the
said city, the placj appointed by law at which to
hold the dated of the said Court—These
are by virtu* of he powers and authorities veQed
in me, RICHARD PE TERS, Judge of the Pene
fylvtnia niS. ict of the United Stale-, in the name
and by authority of the United States, to order
and direcit yon to adjourn the session el the fai4
circiuitcrurt, directed to be held at Philadelphia,
on the eleventh day of O&obe> next, to Norris
Town, in the county of Montgomery in' the fame
diftrifi. being a convenient place within tbe fame
for holding the said court; and you are to make
publication hereof in ona or more public papers
printed at the said city, that the said court it ad
journed as it is hereby direficd to hej and yon are
accordingly to adjourn the said court to the aid
pi ice hereby appointed from the tim« you shall
receive this order to the said eleventh day of Octo
ber next, the time bylaw prrfcribedfor commen
cing the said session.
(L.S.) Given under my hand and seal at Bel
mont in the raid diftriA this Dxth
day of September in the year of our
Lerd I799,andin the twenty-fourth
year of their dependence of the Uni
ted States.
WHEREFORE I, the said Marshal, by
*irtueof the powers vetted in me by ths above
order and direction* from the honorable Rich
ard Peters, Esquire, judge of the Pennsylvania
diftriAofthe United Statei, and in the name
and by the authority of the United Statics, do
adjourn the session of the Circuit court of the
Paid United States, which was to have been held
at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of OAo
ber next, to therourthoufe in NORRIS TOWN
in the county of Montgomery in the lame dif*
tnfl, there to meet on the said eleventh day of
OAobertiext at tea o'clock in the forenoon of
the fame day of which all persons bound by Re
cognizance or have otherwise to do thereat are
defircd and requited to take notice and give
their attendance accordingly.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, IMar/hat.
Marshal's office at Philadelphia,
StfUmbtr 7> 1799 iltilthO.
2a«"st.
-;taw 2\v.
RICHARD PETERS.
FOR SALE,
The brig Mary,
Capt. John Tarhis,
Now lyiig at Marcus Hook —a live oak
and ced-ir teffel —will carry 2000 oarrel-,
and has been newly fiuathed. She is armed
with 10 four-pounders, muskets, pistol«,
cutlasses, boarding-pikes, Ac. For terms,
apply to GURNEY & SMITH,
sep. 3. eot '
FOR SALE
By SIMON WALKER,
Pint;, near Hftb-street,
WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounders,
(.1-2 fact long, 20 cwt. each, and feet
long, 15 cwt. eich, with carriages, &c. completed
ditto-6 pounders, s I-» Uet long, IS cwt eRC,> .
and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, Ac.
complete;
Carronades on Aiding carriages, H, 18 8c 34
pounders, weighing 6 t-S, 8 aKil 13 each;
Boarding Pikei and Cutlasses;
Englifc Caßnon Powier;
Copper Sheathing Nails Spikes aad Bolts;
6,9 12, 18 and 241b. round Shot;
6, 9, 18 and I4lb. double-headed do.
9, 18 and 1411>. Cannißer Shot.
Alio—a quantity of beil Enghfa, Porter, Claret
ami Port Wine Bote)™,
Taunten Ale in caiks of 7 dozen aach.
nwrch 8
THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, te 1
Evans, Insolvent Debt rj, ill the county of Suffcx,
are to meet the Aflignee at tb« Court-Houfcin(aid
county, on the 15th of Dec. next, at 10 o'clock a.
m. in order to make a dividend of said Inlolveat's
eflate, that may come to hand by that day.
CH. CASE, assign*.
j«M aj
MAIL COACHEES
Between PniLADftfaiA and BMTriiott,
LEAVE Philadelphia every (Jay, (Sunday
.excepted) at 8 o'clock, A. M. arrive at
Baltimore the next day, by 11 o'clock, A. M.
Returning.
Leave dalttraore every day, (Sunday except
ed) at 4 o'clock, ,A. M. acd arrive at Philadel
phia the next day, by 9 o'clock, A. M.
Between IteiP-ToRK and Puiladhwhia.
'Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday ex
cepted ut i» o'clock at noon, arrive at New-
York the next morning, byS o'olock.
Returning.
Leave New-York every day (Sunday exoept
cepted) at one o'clock, P. M. and arrivs at
Philadelphia the next morning, by 7 o'clock.
Seats in tie Mail Coacbees to be taken in
Nev.<-York,
At Butinan's OlT.ce, No. 5, Cortland-Arret.
In Philadelphia.
At John Dun woedy'i, Market-flreet, Spread
Eagle, and at the Fianklin Inn, No. 59, north
Second flreet.
In Baltimore.
At Evans* Tavern.
Fart fer Pafl'rngers, BDollarjfrom Philadel
phia to New-York, and 8 Dollars from Phila
delphia to Baltimore.
A>l baggage over 14&. weight, is cirritd at
j ecsts per pound.
The Proprietors are not responsible f-r Bag
gage. LEVI PEASE,
Agent fir the Public Lint, from Philadelphia
to Baltimore-
WARD, BROADHURST, JONES Q?Co.
Proprietors qf the Mail Line, from
Philadelphia t* New-TerA.
General Poft-toffice,)
May 1. J }
AT a meeting of the visitors and governors ol
St John's college in (he Sute of Maryland,
on the 13th day of July 1799,
j/M. That on the firfi day of OSoLer next,
this board will proceed to eleA a Profeffor of Eng-
Klh and Grammar, whofhall receive, fbrhi» fcr
vicea, at the rate of £IOO ftr wtrum, to be paid
quarterly; and that public notice thereof be giv
en, <tc. ic,
Test, A. C. HANSON.
N. B. The office afortfaid hat)) just become va
cant, !>y tho refignatioa "of a gtotltman, whose
a(fiirt rcqairu, the immediate undertaking of a
voyage by sea.
i It ii th«.duty of the (to whom is
allowed anaiGftant) to teach the Englilh language
grammatically, and to prepare ftudentsfor a fope
rior P-hool, by teaching them the I-atis grammar
the Vocabulary, and Cordei y. Writing is to be
taught <o;all hi' fcholar*at Rated hours; and to
thole fludenta wbo are not defined for the I'aperior
' school, are to be taught, at the dUcretion of their
* parent!, or guardia»s, Arithmetic, and other
branches of fcienceufuallytaught in English fthool*
—A complete knowledge then of Latin, Arith
metic, 3tc. la confidercd iadifpcnfible in the profef
for ; and it ia expefled, that candidates who are
not known to the Board, will fubmjt to an exami
' nation, as well as produce fatiafafloryvtcftimonials
of their good morals, aud fair cbaraAert.
I The Printers within the United States are ro
; quefled to insert in their paper* the loiVgoing re
flation and remarks, and to repeat the publica
tion, as often as couvciiieiice will admit, until the
loth day of September next,
july SI 1
To tbe Holders of
MILITARY LAND WARRANTS.
' T~4IE SuMcribcr havijig lately returned from
X . viewing the land, surveyed and appropri
ated tofatisty the land warrants, iflued by the
secretary at war, to the officers and soldiers of
the late continental army; and having made
arrangements with Mr. James Johtifon, of
Chester county, Penrifylvania, who he left an
the land, and who with the affiflaniie of an in
telligent inhabitant of that county, will spend
five months in exploring the different
He will take r-gular notes, descriptive of the
foil, fituati'in, and natural advantages attached
to each fedlion in the whole survey—which notes
will be placed in the hands of the fubferiber pre
vious to the period for locating, thereby ena
bling him to make the raoft advantageous la
cations the priority will admit.
He offers hisfervice to the holders of land
warrants of the above description, throughout
the United States, to receive their warrants, class
them, (as no leis quantity than 4000 acres will
be regifterd at the office of the treasury) have
them registered agreeable to law, and attend to
/iuke jhe location at the the time appointed in
February next.
For tranfa&ir.g the bufmefs, one tenth part
of the land fpecified in the warrants will be re
quired, and no Other charge, except the postage
of letters. All warrants forwarded and letters
addrefTed to the fubferiber, at No.3,Penn-ftreet,
Philadelphia, will receive immediate attention.
JAMES E.SMITH.
mwflf.
Septemcr %
f. ,*
WILLI A M CO BEET 7
UAS JUST PUBLISaiD (PRICE I OOL. SOCSNTB)
M M V I A D.
Br William Gifford, Esquire.
To which is prefixed,
A POETICAL EPISTLE TO THE AUTHOR
By an American Gentleman*
fin introducing this celebrated work to the Gen
. lemon and Ladies of America, I have endeavore
to g'ifro ft a drcfs proportioned to its
merit, and tothe tare of those for whose anui e
ment and delight it is intended.
fecen (pared in the publication; and I Waiter myldi
that the work does not yield, either »n paper or
priuc, to any «ne ever publiflwd in Anic k
This edition has an advantage over Tome former
one-», as it contains by Way of no: -? - , the minor
productions ol the author ; and, it has an advan
tage over every other edition, hi the Pod. :uL
which is prefixed to it, and which must be ex
tremely gratifying to every lover ot literature in
this coHiitry, aa it is a prooi that there are Amen
cans who have the taste to admije, the justice t<
applaad, and ths talents to rival the Geniuses o
other nations.
0" Some Copies hare been sent on to Mr. Som ■
trvillt, MaidsnLane, Ntv> Tori, allio to Mr. Hill.
Baliimare, and to Mr. Tiung, CbarUfion.
Copies wiU'be font to Jit/lft and other places, as
soon tseccafions offer.] may 18
'i"ERMS
Of Richard Folwell, in Philadelphia,
law tf
FOA SUBSCRIBING TO IHK
JOURNALS OF CONGRESS,
riOM THK commxnccmemt
Of the American War, in 1774, to
the present time,
INCLUDING
The Reports of Heads of Departments, of
Committees, and other Ojjiciml and Pri
vate Papers of that Body, now first per
mitted to be made public.
TERMS.
THE work will be printed on a fine paper, and
a «ew nea: tipe,in large oiSavo.
Each volume will contain above 500 pages
neatly bound and lettered.
Uniformity in fire, paper, and binding, will ho
obLrved throughout the wprk; so that, while the
fubferibers become pofleffi d of a valuable record,
an ornament may be added to their libraries.
The price to fuVrfvribers will be l tlolU. 75 cts.
per volume, in boards, and 3 dolls, whole bound ,
but, as the puMilher doe* not intend to print man
more than the nomber fubferibed for, a confia-ra
ble rife on the price may be expected to non-fuby
lcriber*.
Each volume will contain about one third l«fv
of lettar-prefr than the original edition ; bat, as the
publiber is not yet enabled to determine the exien:
of the Private journals, which he may be allowed
to make public, he cannot afeertain the number ol
volumes wkich wilicomprife the work.
EPajmettt to be made on delivery cj each
it.
Subscriberstrill have it at their option, either to
fiihfcrihe lor the whole of the Journals, up to the
present time, or (o thoft only of the Old Cotigrefs
prior to the organization of the Federal Govern
ment. . '
IN aH countries, the proceedings in the com
mencement of their governments, are IoU in dark
ness and otfeurity, owing to a cardefsn-fs. in the
fucceediog'generation. to prefrrve the public re
cord*,and the attention of the nation,in thwferudc
agejs being callud off ftom their domellic concerns,
Co engage in wars and conqucft. Of what infinite
value would the laws of Alfred be, had they been
tranfmittcd to our days ? Time, that destroys
every thing, enhances the value of wt 11 authenti
cated public record*, and renders them almost in
eQimable. It i« hoped, that Amcricarswill, there
fore, chearfully contribute their afliftanu in tranf
mining to poflerity the labours of their anceilort
'—founders of the Columbian ration.
The work will certainly be advanced with
expedition and promptitude. The following will
fiww thefupport it has already acquired:
•• Philadelphia, "June 15, 1798.
H To the Honorable the Senate of Rep
refentatives of tha Unites States.
" The MEMORIAL ef the Subl'cribtrs,Citizens.
iec. of Philadelphia,
*' RefprSfulljJ/.-e--j.eth,
" That having, in our refpeSivf avocation*,
frequent occaGonsto recur to the Journals ofCon
grels, we experience inconvenience by the scarci
ty of them : That we understand that Richard
Folwell, printer, of Philadelphia, has had it in
contemplation 10 print that pubjic record; and
that he hath obtained partial countenance Irom ma
ny individuals; but that he has delayed profecu -
ting the work, in expedation of encouragement
lr»mgovernment, that may ridcquatcly indemnify
him. We, therefore, rcfpedfnlly io licit, a* the
publication is niccffary to be dUTsminatcd among
public bodies thatCocgrcf» will, in their wisdom
render him such additional encouragement, to that
which he has obtained from private iudividuals,
as to «uaU!e him to proceed with the work,fo that
your Meniorialins may be enabled to purchase co
pies of that record for themselves
Thomas M Kean, John I") Coxt, Charles Heatly,
Samfom I.evy.T. Rofs, Wm. Moore Smith, John
Read jun. William Tilghnian,John F. Mifflin, Jo«
feph B. M'Kean, John B-ckly, W. Sergeant, John
Thompson, Jared Ingeffoll, Jasper Moylan.Wiliiam
Kawle, J. Thomas, William Levis, Jamts Gibfon,
M. Kcppele, Moses Levy, Robert Porter, Geoige
Davis, John Hallowell, James Oldden, Walter
Franklin, James Milnor, John C. Wells John 1,.
Leib, Alexander I. Dallas, Joseph Reed, Thomas
Willing,lSamuel M Fox, fohn Nixop,Robert Wain
Robert H. Dunkin, John Ewing, Jun EdwardPen
nington, Hilary Baker, William Nichols, William
Young, Robert Campbell Septimus, Claypoele
James Crukfliank, Mathcw Carey, Henry K. Hel
muth, Peter Bj Haven, John Duulap, Edward
Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David
C. Claypoole, Thomas Armttrong, Samuel H,
Smith, John Finno.
" True copy from the original Memorial, pre
sented to the House of Repn'fentatives ol the
United States, on Monday, the iSth of June
1798:
- WILLIAM LAMBERT, for
" JONATHAN W.CONDY, CI-erk."
" RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
6ongrcfs aflembled,Tha*. theS«cn-tary of the Senate
and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be
authoriled and directed, to fubferine, on such terms
as they may daem eligible,for theule of the Senate
and House of Representatives, for four hundred
Copies of the Journaisof Cojrgrefs, which a,e pro
posed to be published by Richard Folwell and such
number of copies of deficient volun*.'sof the lets
now in pnnt,as may be necessary to complete the
fame.
lawtSao
Speaker of the Houf; of Reprefentsti-vei,
JAMES ROSS,
President if the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, March ad, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
may ao
the
BAV IA D;
AND
JONATHAN DAYTON,
President if the United Statet,
Three Cents Reward.
RUN away from the Subfcrihcr on the evening
of the »Btfe inrt, a bound Servant GIRL,
named Elizabeth Howcl>el, hadon and took with
her three different.chantfes of garment and money,
proud, bold and impudent, a noted lyar ; any pur
fon apprehending her (hall be entitled to the above
reward—no cofls or charges will be paid.
N. B, She had 1 years and some months to serve
DANIEL £ITZPATRICK.
Golhen Townlhip, Chcfter Councy, July 19.
august 6 3awtf
auguu V javvu
The Swift-Sure,
ANEW LINE OF STAGES,
HOff RUNNING BfcIWFEN
PHILADELPHIA is 3 NEW-YORK,
By the ihort and pleasant road of
Buji'.cten, Newtown, Scotch Plains, Spring.
JieJd and Newark.
excellence of this road, the populous-
J. ness of the country through which it pafl"-
e», with sundry other advantages, which render
it so far preferable vo the Old Road through
Briftnl, Brunfwick, &c. long ago suggested the
piopriety of its becoming the Grand Tho
rough-Fare from Philadelphia to New York.
During the prefect year, a minute farvey of it
his been taken,and its superiority over the Old
Read, both in winter and summer, has been
clearly ascertained. —There are good bridget
over all the other waters but the Delaware,
and here the eroding is performed with great
fafety and in less than half the time required at
the Trenton Ferry. The road is frveral miles
Jhortcr than the oM road, but this is amongst
the leafl of its advantages, becanfe daily cxpe
i ietire pi'.ves to us, that dispatch as well a»com
forf in travelling principally depend on the
poodiiefs of the road and the levelnefs of the
coun:ry, and, in tl.cfe re!pe<sls. the New Road
is, beyond all companion, the belt. It presents
none of tfcofe rocky hills, which render the Old
Head so fajiguing between the Deliuare and
NewaiV. The foil, too, for the greater parr, is
such as to produce but little mud in winter, and
very little ull it. fuinmcr, which circumstance,
added to the beauty of the country, an«i a con
liderable proportion of (hade, rr uit always ren
der travelling in the latter season peculiarly a
greeabl^.
Tht; Swift Sure Darts from PHILADEL
PHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays
excepted) from the GREEN TREE, opposite
the Lutheran- Church, North Fourthftrcct.lt
goes through Fraifkford to Bifftleton, where it
itups so Breakfalt ; from Bufiletown it goes
through Newtown to Penny-town to dinner;
from Penny town through Hopewell, Miilftone,
Buund-brook, Quibbletown and Piainfield to
Scotch Plains to lodge. The next morning it
stops at Springfield to breakfaft, from whence
it joes through Newark and arrives at New-
York at noon.
From NEW-YORK it fUrti at 3
the afternoon (from Pautus Hook)
tt Philadelphia the next evening. For/eat* at
New-York, application may be made to Ed
ward Hardin, Old Coffee house, to A. Mathitu,
corner of NatTau aod John ftrtcu, to B.
110. 48, Courtlandt, corner of GreeDwlchfiw»r>
and to Michael little, at ]it< hotel, no.
Biuad street.
Fare for paflengers, Five Dollars.
Way paflengers 6 Cents per Mile.
E;ch paflenger is allowed to tike on iflbt. ol
baggage cirriage free ; but all other baggage,
taken on by a pafleriger, will be charged it 4
£ ents per pound weight. ,
With refpeA to packages Tent on withoac
paflengers, the proprietors p relume they have
adopted a regulation, whieh, thoogh unknown
to other line's of ftagei, the) 1 think mtrfl meet
with general approbation, They pledge tbem
feives to make good every package on the fol
lowing conditions. The person who deliver*
the package at the office (hall fee it entered ia
the fiagc-bock, for which entry he (lull pay 6
cents ; he will then Rite'the value of tfce padc
age.and piy (exclusive of the carriage) >ne per
cent, on the v lue, a* infunncr, and for Thick
he w ill r«cei»e a receipt. Thus, for isftince,
if he ellimates his package at one doilir/he wilt
pay one cent, and if at one hundred dollars, to
\% ;1I pay one dollar insurance, and in like pro*
portion tor packages of any other value*
Very few perlons it is presumed, will difiikv
this regulation 1 it will however, be optionaHt
with every one to avail himftlf of this security
or not. Out the proprietors think it right ta
state very explicitly, that they will bt respon
sible for the fafe delivery of no package, which
is not regularly entered, and f<r which an insur
ance receipt cannot be produced.
In the dißribution of the route, the greatift
care has bren taken to fix on such places and,ta*
verns as always afford a good accommodation
and entertainment for the paflengers attheme£t
reafoiiable rates The ftage?.are well equipped
furniihed with fleet anl lteady horses, and com
mitted to the care of intelligent sober and obli
ging drivers. The proprietors thenifelvet Hire
at the different towr.s and villages where the
stages will flop, so that the conduct, of theptr«
sons th.-y employ is centinuall) an objtdl of their
attention.—They take care also to lee that tW
paiTengers are well provide! for and politely
treated at the taverns, and that no fort of chica
nery or insolence is pra&ifed upon them ; in
short, they have (pared neither pains nor exptnee
to render the SWIFT-SURE th* very bet line
oi ltages in America.
The line has now run nearly a month .dur
ing which time a great number of gentlemen
have gone through, both from Philadelphia and
New-York. Every paflenger has found the
road to fur pa Is very far all that has been laid of
its excellence ;and the Proprietors of the Swift
Sure are extremely happy to hear the beliaviou,
of their drivers, and the tre»tme«t at Tavemf
I'pokcß of with the highest fatisfa<£\ion.
JOHN M'CALLA, Philadelphia
THUS. PAUL, Bujlleton
JOSEPH THORATOX, )
NICHOLAS WYNKOOP, > Ncwtotvn-
JACOB KESLER, )
•JOh'.W MORE HE AD, Pemyt»<un.
T, KILLMAN, r>'"f Miijion.
£LIAS COMBES, Bound Brook.
R. SANSWItr, Scatch Plains.
ISAAC RAIVLE, ?c„ ■ *
ROBERTP£ARSCK,S ,
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