Just Published, A COMPENDTOUS SYSTEM Of Practiral Surryinj and dividing of land i bri'jt\y cottpn\ed under the joHtKvittg beads, v:z. TVIStfTV-THREE Defioiti onti tleven (»eom«trical Polttiona, ex hibiting to fitw the properties «nd depesden cies of triangle* i followed by problem-, and examples pcepatttory to Trigonometry. heights and diftinces. Thtfn Sfteen problems and ex ample* iieceflirily prerions to calculating a Sur vey I'ucceeded by seven surveys, the area of the four firft is found geometrically, and ot the whole number by difference of latitude and de parture, (hewing how to take an mJcceflihle boundary, find the bearing and diltance ot' the clofir.g line without running it. alio the dil taocct to an inaccelTible enrnee from the two adjvent corners, followed by example! of off ftts on to wi-ding ftreattts of »'ater, Qiewing bow to the aiea without the trouble of measuring the wordings with chiins and in firomtnts—* crooked water eeurfe firaitcoed, and a flu- tita*y of land on each fide found by thef; offieti. Ten examples of dividing land, with many fth-fimii .vs. leading imo tlie uioft critical cir eumftasces that can occur in prat-Tire ; ail ex ample of Imertcflion . and an example (hew ing bow the bearing! of" a Held oiay be truly tjldfi Where the needle is auufltdi altho the attrafiioi; may vary in quantity aiid denomina tion at every fUtion ; ex unples flicwing the me thod ot measuring By the chain only. All the (ulcere clear »ed explicit- 'l'his work cou t.iins the tables of difference of latitude and de parture and of logarithms Orders fc/.t to Joseph and James Cruckthank, BoqkfcUcrs, No.S*. High-It. tet, Philadelphia, R'uiUl and Nile., 173, Market Street, Balti-' rrcrK, or the Subfrriber in Wilmington (Del.) ai* be -lo'v attended to. rh..fc *'t\p have the care of lubfcriptlon pa pert u r this work, are raqucfttd to fend ihur rejpeitive nufliDcrs as loon as potTible, to whom ti.t qjou'> MiUbe lent agreeably to the pro pofais, zachariah jess. \Vi;mirTgt«n> 9vh ftio —l6. 3aw2in JUST RECEIVED, From the BOSTON Manufactory, A QUAStrrr OF WINDOW GLASS, Of different sites. TOK sals. By ISAAC HARVEY, JL'N N IS. Any filter fuoihsi maybe waii'ei cut ts,-«e'r than .S by i. e»„ be had from hid minufaßo ,j. *jo beingerderrd; «r*l ' "n'ton given to forward on any ordcraihsr nwy be left for that purpose—— Ao"lv 01 Wo. $. South Water-llrtct, as above J" 1 ' 8 d ' f Valuable Property for Sale, to Hear 'Sixth street, direftly oppolite CONOU'ISS Hall, A L&T ofxrnund, about »t feet front iu Chef- \ r yt [lfrt'T and 73 feet in drpih, wherccn i< a gnOji fraine ho'ufe, now in the tenure ef Samuel fhlj (9i to a jjroutiil rent of 4*a. per annum The, atlv-ntapePiuGtuatio* of this property re quires Ao cvn-:nts, ior it o»u(l be known, thrre are few i- this city to equalit, an UDeccepticnable title will be mad* to tb* r" Tr hjif>r A ppty to JAMES GIiiVAN, 80. 19S Chefaut Creet, next door to the pre mifes. march 5 WHEREAS, \ N attachmcßt was lately iflaed out of the in- JTI fefior coart of common pleas #f the couirfy of EfTtX, in the slate of Ntw Jerky, dire&e.l to the flu-i iff of the fail county, ajaiuft the rights, credits, monies and tffsfls, goodt and chattel l , tenements ol yotn Clevn Symtijes at the fust < f H'iltiam mill, in a plea of trefoil's on the 'Cafe to his damage three thousand dollars A: J what J,, the said Iheriff did, at the term of Tu«.e hft past. rtturn to the said r.ot-rt that he had IVT.chco the defendant hy a certain hond given by Slatthiai Denial and Saniutl V.ecker to the said defendant! to the amount of near two thousand dollars,and alfoby sixty land warrant! ; M,t> Ihrtjcrt, v.nlefs the said John Clews Symmts (bail appear,give fp-cial bail, and ractue a declaration at the suit of the plaintiff, judgment will bs entered againd him, and his property herein attached, will b: fold agreeably to the flatute in such cafe made aad prov : dcd. Aaron Ogden, Clerk, fcfc- Elizabeth-town, Ju'y 8, mi (") i»wr»m TO BE SOLD, r T HRFE or lur lots ol about 30 or 40 acres 1 each, more or let sas may luit a purchaser. On each of which there is a good ligation far a hnafe—»i». one 011 the river Delaware, fuitahle eirher for a geiitleman'a feat or for a person who might wifti to engage in the lumber bu&oefs Hiv ing a f'i>J landing. One c uimanding a good v«w of the river from the highest ground between the Fum/pack and Pogueffin creeks ; and another an the Bri'lol Road. Enquire »f Mr. Qilpio near the 11 mile stone on the said road* ALSO FOUR LOTS, Of ataut to acres each with good fituationc tor bniUing ; one as which is fuitahk for a tan.yard, awlha» a small stone hoofe and a young hearing •rchard on it, on the Newttwa road near Snider'* mill about 10 ntfca from Philadelphia, and one other lnt of about JO acres on the P«n*ypack.— Enquire of Jonathan Clift who lives ox the promi* fes or of Mr. Oilpin. Pcfleffion will be given in the spring, hut build ing matt rials may he colk&ed sooner. November 8 Taxes of Ly taming County. JOHN KIDD, Treafarer, BY Dire&ion of the Commijfitntri of Lyco jninj county, attends at Philadelphia 10 rt e«i»etW Tixct aiTHJrd upon unseated Landa in that Connty,' from the holder* thereof, in this City. Tboffe wko lia»c filed with the Cos miffionirs, ftatemeats of their Lands, an re quited to call upon him, to know the amount of Taz<9thcreon,andpay them; otherwise, be fore hi* leafing the City, thry will be put into the hands of the Sheriff for coileAion, agreca WJ to the aft for raising eounty rates and Icries Twf* who haT< not filed AaretoeiUa of rheii I tads with the Cammiffionert, aad arcdtGrsns it done, to prevent iaies without prt tnay file with'the above Treasurer, their Ii 0«, Itatiftg tk< quantities re turned, number led dales of tWe wirrants and naMt'df tltt warrintees, under which they lafifls. He wilt attend at Mr. Joftph Hardy's N'eM, this purpose until (he 18t!T inflant. November 9. COPPER, Prrf.r'for sheathing vessels, and for CopfH smiths use, FOR SALE, Uy JOHN ALLEN, No. i2i SPRUCE STREET A few Crates Glass Ware, assorted. November 14 BY Virtue of an Order of the Court of Com mon Plcaa of Delaware County, appointing ua auditor] in a Domestic attachment on the property of William Marlhall, will be fold at public sale on Seventh day the atft of next Month at thePothoufe of Edward Fell in Spring field Township, A large quantity of Eartfxrrware, Pots, Pans, Plates, Jugs, Mugs, Bowles, Stt. alfoa quantity of uiburn; ware* PottcrV imple ments, frnidry articles of howfehold furniture a«d a Ten Plate Stove. The file to begin at 13 o'clock, when at tendee* will be given and conditions made known by JOSEPH KHOADS.} W. PENNOCH, >• Auditor. DAVID PRATT, ) nth Month 19th 1709. All persons having any demands against said Marlhal, are desired to authenticate and produce them, on pr before the siftof next Month, that they may be liquidated and all tbofe who are indebted, to make immediate payment to said Auditors November ao Tit following Certificates or rue STOCK of the BANK of the United State In the names of Nicolaas Van Siaphorft artd Nicholas Hubbard ot Amllerdam, to wit, No 19,160 for > fharts, 19,161 for l (hare*, 19,16 a for 1 (hares, 19,163 for I (hare, 19,115 lor 4 (hares, and 19.11 6 lor 5 (hares; and the following certificate* of the debt of the United States, on the books of the Treaffcry, to wit, No 11,813, dated February i«, 1799, for 4000 dol lars three per cents, in name of Nicolaas Van Staphorft of Amsterdam, No. ri,sl4 fa" ie date, for 4COO dollars three per ceUts, in name of Jacob Van Etaphortl of Amsterdam, No 16,548 dated 19th February 1799, 7&3 dollars 33 c«nts of fix per cent*, and No 11,818 fame date, for 6J3 dollars 33 cents o( tjiree per cents, in thename ol Nicholas Hubbard of Amsterdam, and No. 11,8*17 dlted 19th February 1799, for 3300 dollars three per cents, in the name of Jan Hendrick Kingiber gen, knight of the Rufli&n militaty order of St. George, were fciit by the Britilh packet Cheftcr Held, Captain Jmes, which veflel was captured, and the said certificates loft, therefore application is mad< for the renewal of fchr fame, of which all persons concerned £re desired to take notice. CLEMENT BIDfcLE. Odober 11, 1799. djm ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to the liflate ot John Whar ton, late of the City of Philadelphia, Mcr chant, dcceafed, are requeued t,o p.-y the fame and thofc having demand* sgainll nis Eltate,' produce their accounts legally atteHed to KEARNY WHARTON, Act'ng Execuiur, No. iu, Sprue* street November i r WANTED, A NEWS CARRIER. tu.th fa-tf. A N asiye. ftcaHy and faithful MAN, who can i\ gi\*« lat:sfa£ory reference as to chara&sr. will m«ct craploy in the above capacity, on aj>;>ly inp at (he office of this Gazctto. November *0 Horses to Winter. HORSE 3 will he taken to winter at Prospect Hill, at the n miies ft one on the Briitol Road, where they will have good Timothy anl»y, or by-their agents, defipiatein writingat the office of the Register oi the Treasury, the pirtiou 'ar quarter townships by them refpeifcively, and such of the said h«lrfers as fliall not defignatr their locations on the said day, shall he postponed ir locate such warrants to all other helders of regiftercd warrants- The bolder* of warrants for military services Efficient to cover one or more quarter townships or traits of four thousand acres each < ftiaU, at any time after Monday the 17th day of February, *Boo and prior to the tirllday 01 January, tßei, be ui iowi-d to regiller the said warrants in manner a- i»nd forthwith to make locations therefor on any track or wads of land not before located- All warrautsor claims for lands on account «f military lervic£;>, which flullnotbe regifcred and located before the firft day of January, ißoa, are by the fuj p'.ementary a& of Cowgrefs herein before recited, palled on the l'econd d2y of March, 1799, tie dared to be forever barred. Given under my hand it Philadelphia, the day and year abeve mentioned. OLIVER WQLCGTT. Sec. of the Treasury. DEPARTMENT TREASURY May 29tk. 1799. ' proprietors of certificates lfliied forfub- X fcripfions to the Lr a grit! ni'l. Any person inclining t*> deal fc r it, may etn. ,! n far ther information by dpplyirg at th: uttc 0' thin j;a«:te. N. B. If Told, credit wiV be give* f-r jwrt of Ihe money. Oftoher 17, 1799. NOTICE To the Creators of Jofopii Alexander, LATE ofLevi'iAown. in thp autuily (if Mif flin, and commonwealth of PeHhfylvania; who was a partner of the firm i>f Jch.r/hn & Alcxar.dtr,\ have applied to tlx Judge* of ihe court of Common pleat, in and for the county of Mifilin alorefaid, for the benefit of thfc laws of the said commonwealrh, made for the relief of iufolvent debtors, and they have appointed the feci rul TueHay of September next, for a hearing of me and my creditor, at LewiftoMrn, in said county, of which, pleale to take notice. JOSEPH ALEXANDER. aujnft TKR M S Of Richard. Fokvell, iti Philadelphia % FOR fVBSORI3IN.G TO 1 UE • JOURNALS OF CONGRESS, FROM THt COMMBNCCMtNT Of the American War, i-n 1774, to the present tinib y INCLUDING The Reports of Heads of Departments, of and other Official and Pri vate Papers of that liodj, now first per milted to be made public. TERMS, THE work will be printed on a fine paper, and a new neat tipe,in targe o&avo. Each volume will contain above 500 pa. 75 ctS. per volume, in boards, and 3 dolls, whole bod ml , but, as the )>«bli(her does not intend to rfifil man more than the number fub/cribed for, z cotifiti#ra» ble life on the price may be expected to non-iuby Uribers. Each voiume will contain about one third left ofletter-prefcthan thecriginal edition j tilt, Jfs the publiiher is not yet enabled to tie terming tfce eK.ent of Private Jotuuals, wkich he may be allowed to make public, he cannot afoertain th»- cumber of Volumes which wiHcomprife the work. 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It is hoped, that Americans will, there fore, chearfully contribute their afliftancein trans mitting to piifterity the labours of their ancestors —founders of the Columbian nation. % * The work will certaiuly be advanced with expedition and promptitude. The following will fbetv the support it has already acquired: •• Philadelphia, June 15, 1798. "To the Honorable the Senatlfand House of Rep refeptatives of thu United States. " The MEMORIAL of the Subfciibers,Citizens, Ac. of Philadelphia, Refyeftfullyjt.ewetht " I hat having, in our refpe&ive avocations, frequent oeraiionsto recur to the Journals ofCon grci>, we experience inconvenience by the fcarc*- ty of them ; That we nnderftand that Richard Folwell, printer, of Philadelphia, has had it in contemplation to print that public record; and that he haih obtained partial countenance irom ma ny individuals; bat that he has delayed prosecu ting the work, In expectation cf encouragement fi:#rn government, tha: may adequately indemnify Ivifu We, therefore, refpc&fnUy loHcit, As the publication is n*cefliary to be diiT?mmat*d troong publicbodie? thatCcr.grcf* will, in their v/ifdom rendtr him such add:tionslencouragement, to that whic'n he has obtained from private individuals, as to enable Vifn to prcceed with the work,fo that your M?moriali{ls may be enabled to co- of that record for themselves. 1 horaas M Kean, John !>. Coxe,CharlesHeatly, ; Samfom levy,T. RoTs, Wm. Moore Sm«Ji, John Read jun. William , r ilghman,John F. Mifflin, Jo seph 3. M'Kean.John Bccfiy, W. Sergeant, John 1 Th ompfon, J arcd Ingerfoll, Jasper Moylan, William ' Rawle, Thomas, WilHam Levis, James Gibfon, M.Kcppele, Moses Levy, Robert Porter, George Davis, John Hallowell, James Oiddeh, Walter Franklin, James Milnor, John C. WcJis John L. 1 Lcib, Alexander 1. Dallas, Jcfeph Reed, Thomas | Willing,?Satnuel M Fox, John Wain Robert Ml. Dunkln, John Ewing,Jnn F.dWard Ben nington, Hilary Baker, William Nichols, William Young, Robert Campbell Septimus, Ctayno®le James Crukfhmk, Mathew Carey, Henry K. Hel mtvth, Peter D'j Haven, John Duulap, Edward Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Kail, David C- Claypoole, Thomas Armstrong, Samuel H. Smith, John Fenno.. " True copy from the original Memorial, pre sented to the Houfeof Reprcfeutativesoi the United States, on Monday, the 18th of June 1 79 8 : »• WILLIAM LAMBERT, for " JONATHAN W.CONDY, Ctßitr." 41 RESOLVED by tht Senate and Hotfc of Rep resentatives of thr Unitea States of'Amerjca in Gongrcf* aflembled.That the Secretary gf eheSeuate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be authoriled and directed, to i'ubferibe, on fu:hterms us tbey may doim 'eligible, tor of the Senate and House oi Representatives, for four hundred Copies of the JournaUof Congrcfs, wbich a,e p*o pofed to be published by Richard Folwdl and tuch number of copies of deficient volumes of the sets now in prmt,asmay be necessary to complete the fame. JONATHAN DAYTON. Speaker d took with her three diflcrt pi ehM*c> us garment aa4 mosaCT, promt, bold ao4 hrpw&M, a noted l**r ; any par lon j;ipr«h«nAiuglier fliatl Ire catKM to the siiovc reward—r.o roMs ot charge will be nud. N. V, jnoMata Vte UAtitiL rrrzt>jtr*icr. Goflm "Co Wlhiy. Chcftar CvoacyrJMy 19. 6 3»wtf The Stvift-Sure, A NEW LINE OF ST4G£S, MOW B.UKNING BF.TWFEN PHILADELPHIA is* NEW-YORK, By the foort and pleafaiH road of Eij/l'cten, Neaitown. Scotch Plaint, Sprmg- JitU and Ncvjart. i'HE excellence of this road, ihe populous- of the country through which it palt"- es, with luwlry other advantage!, which render it so far preferable to tin Old Road th»ugh Hriftol, Brunf* iek, itc. lopg ago suggested the propriety of its beconMTg the Grand Tho rough-Fare from Philjoelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute fui veyofit hi« been taken,and its fuprriurity over the Old Read, both in winter and summer, hai been clearly afcertained.—Tliore are rood bridge* «<-er all the other waters but the Delaware, and here the creffiag is performed with great fafety and in less than hall the time required at (he Trenton Ferry. Tie road u ftvtral mil, /barter than the nld road, but this is amongst the leail of its becanfe daily expe dience pi oven to us, that dispatch as w«ll«*om fort in travelling principally depend on the ./■oodnefs of the read and the levelreft oftht ■ccun'.ry, and, in thel'e refpefls, the New Road U, beyond all cooiparifon, the bell. It present* none of th«fe rocky hills, which render the Old Road f« fatiguing between r'le Delaware and Ncwai k. Ihe foil, toe, for the greater part, ia such as to produce but little mud in winter, and very lirile . ull it. summer, which ctl\ umftince, added to the b<-auty ot ehe country, and a con tiderabje croportion of (hide, trust always reni. der travelling in the latter season peculiarly a grata Me. 5 he Swift Sure starts from PHILADEL IPHI.\ f at 6 o'clolL every raortiir.g (Sundays ex»pttd) ftlnn the GREEN THEE, opposite th..- Lutheran Church, N"rth Fourtkftreet. li gees thrcuph - lankforri to Bcllletoti, where it liops to Breakfaft; firr.ift Huftletown it goe» throdglt Hewtowh to fenny-town to dinner ; f rom i'cnpy town through Hopewell, Millfidne, Uo'ind-brook, QuibMe.nvn and Plainficld I* Scotch Piiins to The next morning i( stops at Springfield to breakfaft, from whrncfc it pott thrcu.eh Uewark and arrives at York at noon. From NEW-YORK it flirts it 3 o'clock in thr afrernoMi (Jrom P.-.ulus Hook) and arrive* at Philadelphia the next evening. Tor (eats at New-York, application may lie made to Ed ward Bardi.t, Old Coffee house, to A. Mjthieo, corner of Naflau aiTtd John ft? ecu, tr> B. Mmy, 110. 48, Courtlandt, corner of Greenwich street, asd to Michael Little, at his hotel, no. 41, Broad ftreu. Fare for paflengers, Five Dollars. Way paflengers 6 Cents per Mile. Each paflenger is allowed to take on ulbj. of bapgage carriage free ; but all other baggage, taken ox |-,y a paflenger, Will be clurged at 4 cents per [xjue J weight. y With relpeiSl to patkages sent 011 without passengers, the prgprirturs pretume they have adopted a regulation, which, thojgh unknown to oLher lines of stager, they think mi:(I meet with genera! approbation, They pledge them selves to make good every package on the fol lowing conditions. The person who cfelivertl the package at the office (hall fee it entered in the stage-book, for which entry he Hull pty 6 cents ; he willtlieti Hate the value of the pack age,and pjjf (exclufi've of the carriage) arte per cent, on the vjue, a< infurjnc'-, and far,w Hitl» be wßf receive a receipt. Thus, f"< r iaftanoe, if he eflimatts hi« package St oat dollar, he w ill pay one cent, and it at o/ie lit wired dollars, lie will pay or.e dollar injj|raace, and ic like pro portion fur packages of any other value, Very few perfems it is prtfumed, wilj, this regulation ! it will however, be npticmable with every one to ivall hiitiftlf of this freuHty or not. But the proprietor think it right (w (late very cuplijiitl; l , that thejr will beicfpoa-. fibie for the fafe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, ud fur wjilch Hn Mlfil+C ance receipt cannot be produted. In the d:firihiition of the route, the great eft care has bred tiKeh io'fix on J'uch plices and ta verns as always srfford a good atofferaollKfitjn' •in(J cjitertaiument for the paffi-ngersitthe tftfeft reasonable rates The fiagnen have gone through, buth from Philadelphia and New-York. Every pafieiiger has found the road t a fur pats very Far all that ha» been said of it* excellence ; and the Proprietor! of the Swift Sure are extremely happy to heir the behavbu of their drivers, and the treatment at Tavernst l'pikei-. of' mi ill the highest fatisFsftion. yOHN M'CALIA, Philadelphia 7HOS.PAUI., Bujllelon JOSEPH THO R A TON, ) A'.ICHOLAS H'rNKOOP, > Newteiun- J.:COB KSSLER, ) •JO:-:N MO&EHEAO, Prnnytokur.. r. kill:,:ax, »~t mtjtm. t.L\AS COMEiS, Bound Brook. R. SAMBURr, Scetch Plains. YSAAGRAWLE, I'.OSERTPEARSON, I V t , s^Sfi e ' d - , PAINTED BY J. IP. FENKO