JUST RECEIVED, Per the .MARIA, from HAMBURG, and j NOW LANDING, At Wilcocks's wharf, from on board the IRIS, ' \" from BREMEN, And for sale by the subscriber, 353 PACKAGES LINEN, Conftfting of fiiele r eld Linen Eiberfeld Chstks Waresdorp do Checks and Stripes Roiiant s Harlem Chichi White Platillas Lilladoes Brown do. Ticklenburghs Craes a ia Morlaix Ofnaburgs Dowlas Halblaken Bre'agnes Wefer Lißr.cn Baccadillas Bag Linen Quadruples Silefias Myer Linnen Bed-ticks Etlopillas socket Handkerchiefs. Also fir Sale, 400 box's Claret 40 hhds. do 70 Tons St. Petetlburg Hemp 5 Calks Brittle* 100 pieces Sailduck 7 Balis German Qtoth 860 Demijohns 8o Liquor Cases EIUCK if LEWIS I'.OI.LMANN. Nu 113 South 3d Stre aug 14 dl ot *f. iwiß WHEREAS Matthew Mc.Connell, Esq. BY deed dated the 16th of May, 1799, granted and alfigned to the i'nbfcribers, 55,018 aCres of land on the waters of Su gar cieek, in the county of Luzerne and state of Per.nfvlyania, uuen trust, to fell and dispose of the fame, and apply the proceeds (after fatisfying all such just and legal claims as may be due an said lands) to the p iymcnt offuch notes as the laid MatthHv M'Council lias drawn in favor of a certain Jfileph Thomas, or that the said, Joi'eph Thomas has drawr, in favor of, and are in dorsed by the faij M. M'Coainell, and which are mentioned in the fchedul.- annexed to the deed of trust, aforefaid : Provided, That tl e holders of laid notes (hall, on 01 before the 16th day of Novem ber next, execute to him a full discharge , and acquittance, or render up the said notes, •and the balance, if any, to the holder,s of any ! of the said notes who (hall not have made | such discharge or rendered up said as , aforefaid, pro rata, according to their re- , fpeiftive claims and demands. ; This public notice it givejs ,of the faia _ j afTignment, that tbofe who are interested may avail ihtmlclves of the terms therein < fconiainea. i V/niiam Buckley, ( IthomasAf. Willittg, v Affignces. t William Davidson, J | Philadelphia, 14th S.p,< 1799. iawti6N. ; TREASURY DEPARTMENTT ! March nth, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ! Purfnant >o the a6t of Congress palled on the e Ift day of Juse, one thousand, fevin hun dred and ninety fix, entitled "an aifl regulat ingthe grants of land appropriated for mili tary services, and for the society of United Brethren lor propagating the gofyel among the Heathen and the i<2 fupplemewtary tt. the said recited afl pafl'ed 00 the second day of March, onethoHfand seven hundred andnine- 1 ty nine to ivit: I. < THAT the trail of Land herein after de- ' feribed, nantely» " beginning at the North Weft 1 eorne. of the seven ranges of townfcips, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the 1 wtfturn boundary of the said ranges'; —thence ' due Well to the Main Branch or the Sciotn ri- ' ver ; hence up the Mailt Branch of the said ri- 1 ver to the place where tke Indian boundary line i ctofils the fame;—thence along the said boun ds y line to the Tutcaioras branch of'tbe Muf ki-.igum rive at the ere/Ting phce abi ve Fort Lawrence; thence do<wn the said river, to the point wherv a line run due weft from thi place of will interfcdl the said river j thence along the line Ic/ run to the place of be f.innii g has been divided ir.to towulhips of _ five miles square, and tra£liona!partsv>f town ftips'; and that plata and surveys of the laid townlhipj and frailional parts of townships are depolit,ed in the offices of the Regifier of the 1 Trcaluryand Surveyor General, for tke mfpec tioa of all perfoF.s concerned. i "* ( The holders 6x fuih warrants as have been 1 or (hall be granted tqr military services p'erform- [ ed during the late war, are required to present f the fame tn the Regifler of the Treasury, at a sometime prior to the twelfth doy of February i in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for f the purpAfe of being repiftered ; No registry a ■will however bemadeof any l«fs quantity than ' a quarter townlhip, or fout thoofand acres." c 111. c Th» priority oflocation of the warrants which 1 may be presented and peijiftered in manner afore said, prior to the ilthdity of February in the f I year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate- [ ly after the said day, be determined by lot, in the' t mjode dtefcribed by the ael firft recited. j IV. a The holders of registered warnants, (hall on F Monday the 17th day of February, in rhe year r 1800,1 n the order of which the priority ei locati on (hall be determined by lot as aforefaid, pefon - e ally,or by their agents, defigaatein writing at the office of tbe Rtgiller of the Treasury, the particu lar quarter townlbips eleiled by them refpeitivcly, and such of the said holders as shall not diifignatr their locations on the said day, (hall be poflponed in locating such warrants to all other holders ol regiftercd warrants. The holders of warrants for military' ftrvices v fufficient to cover one or more quarter tow»(liips o or tracks of four thoufan l acres each; shall, at any ai time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 d arid prior to the firft day ot January, 1801, be al- ai lowed to register the said warrants in manner a. forcfaid, and forthwith to make lecations therefor ii on any trael or trails of land not before located. a( VI. b , All warrants or claims for lands on account of j r military services, which shall not be regifterad and ,' tr located bt fore the firft day of January, i8o», are by q the fupplemcatary ail of Coogrcfs herein before j. recited, passed on the second day of March, 1799, declared to fce forever barred. , Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the ' day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOL.COTT. ' Sec. «f tbe Treasury. Ta the Freemen, Electors for the city and j county of Philadelphia. " Gkntle.MKW, Acknowledging with thanks, aii 1 former favors, I request a continu ance of your friendfhip, by your Votes and Intercity at the ensuing Eleftion sos the Coroner's .office, which will add an addi tional obligation and shall be held in grate ful remembrance by your friend and humble servant, JOHN LEACOCK, Coroner. This day is published, By W. YOUNG, Bookseller, Institutes of Natural Law. THI! THIED £DITIO.V. ■Being the substance of a course of lectures, read in St. John's college, Cambridge. By T. kUTHERiORTH, D.D. F. R.S. THE ift vol. explains tee rights oj ktankind, considered as individuals. I. Law in general. 11. Rfehts'and obliga tions. 111. Of property. IV. Limitations of property. V. Ot our common right to things. VI. Of derivKtiva xcquifitions by the aft of man. VII. Of derivative acqu. fitions by the aft of the la\v. VIII. 01 prescription. IX. Of the obligations arif iwg from property. X. Of the right which a mail has in his. own person. XI. Of pa rental authority. XII. Of promil'es. XIII. Of contrail. - XIV. Of oaths. XV. Mar riage. XVI. Of the rij'ht of defence.— XVII. Of reparation of damages done. XVIII. Of punilhment. XIX. Of war. XX. Of (la very. The id vol. explains the rights and ob ligations of mankind, considered as members of civil societies. I. of societies in general. 11. ofcivil society its nature and origin. 111. of civil power. IV. of different forms ofcivil government. V. of t(ie changes produced. VI. of civil laws. VII. of interpretation. VIII, of civil fubjeftion. and civil liberty. IX. cf the law of rations. X. of the changes that are made in States and it) their civil conftjtutions. i The merits of tfyis work, so jufHy extolled !>y experienced judges,"aj,)d appreciated by the lovers ps science, renders it unnecessary for the editor to publilh'th; numerbus and hon ourable tcftimouy, that liiiiHit be produced in its favour. It is with much pleasure he informs his tullomers and the public, that the vVmericau edition (not inferior to tpt Brit Ih in ttipef and print) is now offered for sale, in tvfo fjvo. vols, at 4. dollars and 50 cents in boards, :;nd fi\ e dollars whsn niat!j ■bound. The imported copies ef the fame (Tze, are fold at 7 and. 8 dollars. W. YoOno, has for J ate, is ufu'aT, Stamps. Statipnf ry, custnn bouse Blanks of every denomination, Writing and Printing Paj-trs. Elan',. &c Printed Booh, v. hakfale and retail. N. 13.—Ordt'rs tranfmitied through the I Pofl-orfice ot otherwile, are immediately exrc 11 ted. Philadelphia. 1 ill DONATION LANDS. Notice is berebv given, '"P'HAT Claims for Donation Lands granted 1 by the State of PennfyWasia, to the Offi cers and Soldiers of the Line belonging to the said State in the late war, will be received at the Office of Comptroller General of said State until the ift September next inclusive, and that the fubfccibeis ai.rhorifed by law will fit as a Board at the said Office on every Monday from ten o'clock in the forenoon until one in the af ternoon, lo hear and determine all unfatifiei! Claims already filed, as well js those which may be filed on or before the said firll day of September next. lohk Donnaldson, Comt'r SamufL Bryan, Rcgt'r. PtTtR Bayntom, Treas'r, Department of Aceouritsof ) Penniylvauia, Irjay 15, '99. ) (t6) diw (m.w.fa.tf) 7 DiOrid <»i Pennsylvania. 3 To tue Marshal of the Pennsylvania Dis trict of the United States. WHEREAS in my opinion a contagious Gck ii 1* in the city ol Philadelphia, ran lers it hazardous to hold the next stated Seflion of the Circuit Cotxrt of the United State*, in am! for the Prnnfylva.ih of the middle Circuit ol the said city, the place appointsd by law at which to hold the stated Scffion of the said Court—Th.fe are by virtue of the powers and authorities veQcJ in me, RICHARD PETERS, Judge of the Penn sylvania DiA 4 ict of the United Srate«, in the name and by authority of the United States, to order and direct you to ad}ourn the i'effion ef the said circiuit court, dire&ed to be held at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of OvStober next, to Norris Town, in the county of Montgomery in the fame diftriA. bfing a convenient place within the fame for holding the said court; and yon are to make publication hereof in on<j urrrore public paperi printed at tru (Wd city, that the said co<irt is a-. jourr.cJ as it is hereby directed to be; and yo-i ar< accordingly to a-journ the said court to tha ait place hereby appointed from thctim. you (hal •*ceive this order to the said eleventh day ol O&o >ernext, the time by la>r preferred for commen ing the kid fefiion. (L.S.) Given under my hand and seal at Bel Oiont in the said dnlriil this fixtl /id tn». ,Xi day of September m the year of our Lord I799,andin the twenty fourth year of the Independence of the Uni* ted States. RICHABD PETERS. THEREFORE 1, the laid Mirflial, by virtue of the powers veiled in the above order and direflions from the honorable Rich ard Peters, Esquire, judge of the "Pennsylvania di<lrii2 of the United States, and in the name and by the authority of the United Slates, do ldjourn the session of the Circuit court of the laid United States, which was to have been held at Philadelphia, on (he eleventh day of Oilo brr next, to the courthouse in NORRIS TOWN in the county of Montgomery in the fame dif m<3, thereto meet on thefaid eleventh day of Oilobernext 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 deSred and required to take notice and give their attendance accordingly. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marjbal Mafftial's office at Philadelphia, Scfiember 7, 1799 dtnthO. -.. M FOR SALE, The brig Mary, Capt. John Tar r 15, Now lying at Marcus Hook—a live oak and ced .r vessel—will carry 2000 oarrdb, and has been newly (heathed. She is armed with 10 four-pounders, muskets, pistol«, cutlasses, boarding-pikes. Sic. For terms, apply to GURNEY & SMITH, sep. 3. eotf FOR SALE By SIMON WALKER, Pine, near TflO-strcet, WOOLWICH prt>of Caiinoa— 9 pQtHjdery,,. fcl-i feet long,»>uJ-7 I'«et k Hug, ij oiclt, >ti;h carriages, fltc complcfrt d!tto—6;FV«a<l«ts. f««t long, ij cwt. each, and 6 ffctl'opg, jji cwc. tarriagesjSee compile;' . ; / ' i, : , CairoijadeV anjflidlng-csrriage'S, la, zS & *4 V pqtu>4e?s, weighing 6j-i,Sand Ijtwt.each; jwi Cutlaffea; , ' .«.'■■ t EifelilK CaVriwj'Pewder; .'Coppei'SirtafhinjJSijU, Spitasrad Bolts; I», 18 and *4}{». r<#und Shot; 6, 9, l 8 »t»d,a4lb. datftk-hcaileddo. ,1 1 9,lSandi4te. CanuifterShoJ, ! _i ■ ;>'AH4 —a quantity of Seil fenjluh, Porter, Claret and Port Wine Bottles, , ' Tauntenxtlein caflt* of 7 doten each, zparch 8-. THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, is* Evans, Insolvent Debt ts, in the county of S-'ufiek, are tc meet the Aflignee at th« Court-House inlaid county, on the z.sth of Dec. next, at to o'clock a. m. in order to make a dividend of said Inlolvent's eflate, that may come to hand by that day. CH. CASE, assignee. June 25 MAIL COACHEES k Bettuein pKujDitrsijt and Smt/mohs, LEAVE Philadelphia every flay, {Sundiy excepted) at 8 o'clock, A M. arrive at Baltimore the next day, by 11 o'clock, A. M. Returning. Leave Baltimore every day, (Sundiy except ed) at 4 o'clock, A. M. and arrive at Philadel phia the next day, by 9 o'clock, A. M. Between Neii'-Tohk and Philadelphia. Lea*e Philadelphia tvery day (Sunday ex reptrdf .11 11 o'clock at nopn, arrive at New- York tie next uiormfig, by 8 o'clock. Returning. Leave NVw-York everyday (Sunday except icpted) at one o'clock, P. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the iiexr morning,by 7 o'clock. Seats in the Mail Coacbees to be taker, in Xev.'-Trh, At Buiovan's Office, No. 5, Cartland-flt^et. In Philadelphia. At John DunvyoodyV Market-street, Spread £agk, and at the Franklin Inn, No. 59, north Second ftreer. Ip Baltimore. At Evan»' Tavern. L-are ror PaliVngers, 8 Dollars from Philadel phia to New-York, and 8 Dollars from Phila delphia to Baltimore. All baggage over i4'.b. w eight, is carried it 5 echts per pound. The Proprietors are not refpnnfible fur Bag gsge. LEVI PEASE, ' dgenrfor thePubiic Line t fir am Philadelphia to'Bdttimorr. \ . •' WARD, BUOADHtfRST, JONES £S"Co. Proprieiorj of the Mail Line, from Philadelphia to Ne-M-Tork. General Poft-Office, ? May I. 5 9 AT a meeting ol the visitors and governors ot St John's college in the State of Maryland, on the 13th Hay of July 1799, Refolvtd, That cn the fiiil day of O&obcr next, this board will proceed to eledl a ProfcfTor of Erir lilh and Grammar, who (hall receive, forhisfer vices, at the rate of £IOO per annum, to be p&id quarterly; and that public notice thereof be g.'v en, &c. &c, 1 N. B. The office aforefaii hath just become va cant, by the resignation of a tentUruan. whose affairs the immediate undertaking of a Yoyag<? by sea. It is the dun of the said Profeflo? (to whom i* allowed aoaflillant) to teach the Eriglifh language grammatically, aud to prepare iiudentsfor a fupe riorfrhool, by teaching them the Latin grammar the Vocabulary, and Cordery. Writing is to be taught to all hi> fcholarj, at (lated hours; and to those ftudeots who are not deft intd for (he nperior school, are to be taught, at the discretion of their parents, or guardians, Arithmetic, and other branches of fcienceul'ually taught in Englifo fehools —A complete knowledge then oF Latin, Arirh metic, &c. is confideredindrfpenfible in the profef for ; and rt is expe&ed, xhit candidates who are n»t known to the Board, fubmit to an 'exaiui nation, as well a» produce fatisfadory teflimonials of their good mor*U< and fair characters. The Printers within the Unitod States are re queued to insert is their papers the foregoing rev solution anjd remarks, and to repeat the publica tion, as often as converietce will admit, uwtii the july i 2 \ ' To tilt Holders of MILITARY LAND WARRANTS. i'HE Subscriber liavi/ig lately returned from viewing the land, surveyed and appropri ated to fatisly the land warrants, iflued by the secretary at war, to the officers and I'oldiers of the late continental arn.y ; and having made 1 arrangements with Mr. James Johulon, of Chefler county, Pennsylvania, who he left 011 the land, and who with the alliftaiife of an.in telligent inhabitant of that county, will spend live months in exploring the different leclion;. He will tike regular notes, descriptive of the foil, fituati.iß, and natural advantages attached to each fe£lion in the whole furvcy—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 moll advantageous lo cations the priority will admit. He pffers hisfervict to the holders of land warrant* or the above description, throughout the United States, to receive their warrants, class them, (as nolels quantity than 4000 acres yiil be regillerd at the office of the treasury) have them regillered agreeable to law, and attend to <n.ike the location at the appointed in February next. For tranfa&ing, the business, one tenth part of the laud fpecifieJ in the warrants will be re quired, and no other charge, except the pofiage of letters. All warrants forwarded and letters addressed to the fubferiber, at Philadelphia, will receive immediate attention. JAMES E.SMITH. mwfif. Septcmer a Br William Giffgru, ILsqvire. To which fs prefixed, A POETIC JL EPISTLE TO THE AUTHOR By an American Gentleman. [ln introducing this celebrated work to the Gen tlemen and Ladies of America, I have eadenvored to givfc u a dref« proportioned to its difti'DguifhcJ merit, and to the ta-.e of ti»ofe for whole aruwfc raent and delight it is intended. No fxpcr.le ha* keen fparcd m the publication; aiiii i flatter myfcjf tha* the work yield, eithfcr P a P cr cr print, to any one ever puklifh«d in America This edition has an aii vantage over fo/>-«e former ( onc*s as it contains by way of iiot s the minor the author ; and, it hav an advan tage over <v€ty other edition, i.i the Potticul Epijile. which is prefixed to it, and which must be ex tremely gratifying to every lover of literature in this country, as it is a proof that there are Aineri cans who luvc the taste to admije, the justice to applaud, and the talents to rival the Geniufe9 ol other nations. rfj" Spme Copies bavc beep lent on to Mr. So*- erviilcy M aiden Lane, Nrw Tt,ri y alio to Mr. Baltimore, and to Mr.ll"cuntg t Cbarlejlon. Copies wili be font to Ba/lon and other places, as foonaseccafions offer.] law tf Of Richard Fofovell, in Philadelphia, FOR SUBSCRIBING TO 1 HE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS, Tie Reports ,of Heads of Departments, of Committeesjdvid other Official and Pri vate Papeps of that Eody } riots 'first per mhttd to b'e made publit. ' > rsMMt. THE work will be printed on a fine paper,, and a new neat tipe, in largo oAavo. Each volume will contain above 500 r a S es . neatly bound and lettered. Uniformity in size, paper, and binding, will he oblci'vpd throughout the work ; so that, while the subscribers become pofTeffid of a valuable retard, an crnamcut may be added to their libraries. Hiepricmo subscribers will be 1 'loll.-.. 75 cts. in boards, and 3 dolls, whole bound , but, as thcpwblilher dues not intend to pri(it rfian raore tb«a the number subscribed for, a conlid.ra ble rife on the price r.wy be expired to nort-fdby Icribers. Each volume will contain about one tuird W ofletter-prcfc than the original edition ; but, axhc publilher is nut yet enabled to determine the emcnr of the Privaie/Jpurr.als.vhich he nny be allowed to make public, he cannot ascertain the number of volumes which willcomprife the work. Payments to te made on delivery oj each volume Subscriber swill have It at fheir option, rither to fubferibe k,r :h« whole of the Journals, up to the prcfent time, or <o thof« only of the Old Ccngrel* prior to the organization of the Federal Govern ment. IN all countries, t*ie proceedings in thy com mencement of thtir governments art hi in dark pefv and. o'.ifcurity, oWicg to a carelef»n;f«, in the, fucceediii-r generation, to prcferve the public re~ cords, and th<* attention of the natK>n,ih diefrruJe agei, beiug called off irom their domeflic concerns, to Ogage in wars and conqucft. pi what infinite value Would the laws of Alfred l»e, had they bcrti tranfmirt«tl to *ur days i Time, that dfdroyt everything, enhances tha value of well authentV' cited public records, and Venders them almost in eftimabU. It if hoped, that Americtu s will; thftc fote, chearfully contribute their affiliancein trans mitting to policrity tht labours of their ancellore —fouadertiif she Columbian nation. The work will certainly be advanced with expedition and promptitude. The following will Ihow tilt ftipport it has already acquired: '■ Philadelphia, June ij, 1798. " To the Honorable the Senate and Houfeof Rep refentatiVes of th» Unites States. " The MEMORIAL ef the Subfcribcrs,Citizens, A. C. HANSON. of Philadelphia, '' KefpeßfullyJt.fj.cih, " That liavibg, in ourrefpeSive avocations, frequent occafiot-.s to recur totbe JfHirnals of Con. grcif, we experience inconvenience by the lcarci fy »f them : That we understand that Richard Foiwell, printer, of Philadelphia, has had it in cntemulacien to print that public record; and that he hath obtained Mriial coi*met:aice !rsm ma ny individual*; hut that he has delayed prafecu ting the v/ork, in expectation of encouragement fn»m govtrnnmir, that may adequately inntmnify him. We, 'hertforc, refpe&fnlly iolitit, as the publication is nuctflary to be diffominated amonp public bodies that Cougrefi will, in their wisdom rtndir him such additional encouragement, to that which he obtained from private individuals, a> to sna'j eicm topreceed with the work,fo that your Memorialifls may be enabled to purch.dc co pies of that record for thcmfelves. ( horuas M Kc3n,Jolin I) Cox«,CharlesHeatly, Samfoni Levy.T, Rofs, Win. Moore Smith, John Read jun. William Tilphman.John F. Mifflin, Jo fepli B M'Kcan, J"hn B .ckly, W. Sergeant, John Thompfcu. Jared l.igeffoll, Jafprr Moylan, Wiiliam kawle, J. Thomas, William Levis,James G*ihfon, M.Kcpp,'lc, Mof(is Levy, Robert Porter, George Davit, John Hallpwcll, Jcmes Oldden, WaUir Frlnkliu, James Milnor, John C. Wells Joiin i., Leib, Alexander I. Dallas, Joseph Ried, Thomas Willing,lSamuel M Fox,|ohn Nixes, Robert Wain Robert H. Dunkin, JohnF.wing. Jun HdwardPcn nington, Hilary Baker, William Nichols, William Young, Robert Campbell Septimus, Claypo«ie JamcS Crukfllank, .Vl-.thew Carey, Henry K Hel mut!*, Peter Di llavcn, John Duulap, Edward Shoemaker, Johu 11. Smith, William Hall, David C. Clayjiook, Thomas Arniltrorig, Sa'nuel H. Smith, John Fenno. " True copy from the original Memorial, pre ferred to the Houfeof Repr-fer.tativesof the United Statu, on Monday, die 18th of June 1798 : lawtSao " RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Songrefs aflembled, lha: theSicr tary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Kepri-fentatives, be authoriled and directed, to fubferine, on such terms as they may ilncm eligible,for the ule of theSyaati and House of Representatives, for four hundred Copies of the Journalsof Congress, which a,e pio pofed to be publilhed by Richard Folwell atid such number of copies of deficient volumes of the lets now IB print,as may be necessary to complete the fame. Speaker of the Hotife of Reprefentati'Vcs. JAMES ROSS, President <-f the Senate pro tempore. Approved, March id, I/Q9. , JOHN ADAMS. President of the United States. law it' may so. WILLI.IM CO OB El 7 UAS JUST I'UBLtSHED (PKIC£ I DOL. SOCENT!) tfUB BA VI AD AND M^VIAD. 'I"E K MS FKUM Till COMMENCEMENT Of the American War, in 1774, to the present time, INCLUfaING WILLIAM LAMBERT, for " JONA'I HAN W.CONDY, CtERK." JONATHAN DAYTON, v IV, <tf d«t »!!t% iHtti-aHMi^'-itoTyrtgajjßW / V " \ . The Swift-Sure, 4 NEW LINE OF STAGES, NOW RUNNING Iif.T.)VFEN PHILADELPHIA fcr NEW-YORK,, By the (hort and pleasant road of BuJfieUn, Newtown. Scotch' Plains, Spring field and .Newark. I~>HE excellence of t iis road, ihe populo-if . nets of the couniry through which it pafT -1 e», with sundry otlier advantages, which render it so far preferable vo th# Old Koad through. Bristol, Bru. l*ijk, &c. long asu lufrgefted the propriety of its becoming the Giasd Tho rough-Fare from Philadelphia to New York. Daring the prefect year, a minute I'nrveyofit has been taken,and its i'uperiority over the Old Raad, both in winter and summer, has bem clearly alcrrtaiiied.—Thare are good "bridge over all the other waters but the Delaware And here the croffihg is performed with great fafety and in less than half the time required at the Trenion Ferry. The road it fcvcral miles Jhzrter than the old road, but thii is amount the:leafl of in advantages, because ddiiy expe -1 ience pioves to us. that difpatcii as w ell as com fort in travelling principally depend on the joodnels of the 10.nl and she Icvdnefs cfihe coun'ry, and, in these relpeiAs, the Nr w K oa £ is, beyond all companion, thet ell. I[ urcitnu non- of thole rocky htfls, which fender the Old Uoad I-J fatiguing between the Delauareand Newaik. Thefoil, too, for the greater part, ; s such as to produce but litflemud in winter, arid vtry little dolt ir. fumipcr, which circuniftince, added to the hf-amy of the coiintVy, and a coi-.- liderable prop;rtio:i of (hide. » uft always it*, t cler travelling in ll.e latter fcalou peculiarly grcrablt. Hie Swift Sure fta-ts from PHILADEL PHIA, at C» ciouk every morning (Sundays excepted) lr ,m the GREEN 7RKE. oppose tlirt<Luthcran Chiirch, North Fouhlt fti cet. It joes through V rank lord to IWtletou, where it itopj tc BieAfail ; fr<im Bailletown it gees through Newtown to Pcnry town to dinner; ' .111 I'ciiny town through Hopewell, Millft'one, Mound-brook, Quibbletown ar;d Plainficld to Scotch Plain ,to lodge. Tiic next morning it (fops sti Springfield to breakfaij, from whence it oesjlircuih Newark and arrives at New- York at norih. From NEW-YORK it darts at 3 o'clock in the alternooti (from Paulus Hook) and arrives • r Philadelphia the next eyeni&g-: for feats at New-York, application may he made to Ed ward Bardin, Old Coffee house, to A. Mathieu, corner ot Nassau and John llieets, tb B. Many, no. 48, Court landt, corner of Greenwich ftrect, .\nd to Michael Little, at hi» hotel, no. 41, Bioad street. Fare lor pafleiigers, Five Dollars, Way paflengers 6 Cents per Mile. Each pafftnger allowed to take on i4>bs. of can«gt free ; but all o|her bapgage, take»oft by a palTer.ger, wih be charged ut 4 c ents per p utid weig.M. With refpeifl to packages sent on wi:how paflengers, the piVaprictnil prej'uiive they have adopjed a regulation, which, i lojgh unknswn to other line ol llage;, they ihtnk rnull meet with general'approbstion, Tlieypledge them fe'rves to make good every package on the fol lowing conduits. The prrfon who deliver! the package at the office shall fee it entered in the itsfc-lio >k, for tfhich entry he shall pay 6 cents.; he Will then (fate the value of the pack age, and pay (exclusive of th* carriage) jne per cent. 011 the v due, as infurtnee, and for which he will receive a receipt. Thus, for inftanee, if he cfliniates his paikage it onedrtllari he will pay one cent, and if at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar infuiance, and in like pro portion for packages of any other value. Veiy few persons it is presumed, will dislike this regulation ) it will however, be optionable with every one to avail himfelf of this security or not. But the proprietors think it right to llate very explicitly, that they will be respon sible for the fafe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and si r which an insur ance receipt cannot l>e produced. In the distribution of the route, the greatest has bren taken tofix on such placesand ta verns asalwjys afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the paflengers at theraoft reaforable rates The stages are well equipped fumitlied with fleet anl Heady horses, and com mitted to the care of intelligent sober and obli ging drivers. The proprietors themselves live at the different towns and villages where the flsges will flop, so that tlieconducl of the per sons they employ is continually an objes of their attention.— They take car* also :o tee that the paflengtrt are well provided for and politely treated at the larerns, end th*t no fort of chica nery cr inloleti'ie is pra&ifed upon tlrtm ; in ftiort, they have fparedneith;rpains nor expence to render the S WIF'T-SUKE the very belt line ol llages in America. ' The line has now run nearly a nv..nitb,dur« Lng which time a great number of gentlemen have gone through, both from Philadelphia and New-York. Eixi y pjflenger has found the road tofurpafe very fir all that has been said of ii» excellence ; and the Proprietors of the Swift Sure are extremely happy to hear the liehaviou, of their drivers, and the treit.ueat at Tavetnsr l'pokefi of with the highelt fatisfadlion. JOHN Af'C ALL A, Philadelphia TtiOS.PAVL, Bu filet on JOSEPH THQRhTON, ~) NICHOLAS IVrKKOOP, > Newtown- JACOB KESLEji, J JOKN MORE HE AD, Penny town. T. KILL MAN, r,">r Mii/Jlon. £LIAS COMBES, Bound Brook. R. SANSBVRT, Scotch Plains• ISAAC RAWLEf, 5. . ... ROBERT PEARSON, j POINTED BY J. H\ b'EA'NO
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