Just Published, \ A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM ■Of Practical Surveying and dividing of lard; briijiy comprized under the jollawing beads, viz. T*V r I£NTY f HREE Oe->ra«trical Definiti ons, eleven Geomitrictl Pofitlons, ex hibiting to view the properties and dependen cies ot' triangles ; followed liy problems and raamples preparatory to IVlgonometrv, heights and dirtm-rcs Then fifteen problems and ex amples neceilauly pj*»ion* to caloulatinga Sur vey liicceeded by fiven surveys, the area of 'He four fir It is ftnmri geometrically, and of the wiiole number by difference of latitude and de parture* (hewing how to taks aft inacceflible boundary, find tiie bearing and difUnce of the ctafirg line without running it, alio the <Kf tancee tt) aninaciefiiWe comer from the two adjacer.t corners, followed by wimples of off fists pn to winding ftvezims of water, (hewing how to ascertain the a»ea with -Bt the Iroubl* of measuring the windings with elfins and in ftrnmtnts —a crooked water csnrfe firaitened, and a quantity of land on each fide foUBd by these offsets. Ten examples of dividing l»nd, with miny fub-.lKia .us, leading into the mo(J critical cir cumflasces that can oocur in prafli.e : jn ex ample of Interfetftions, »tul an example (hew ing how the bearings of a field may be truly takcii whtrc the needle "19 attra&fcd, altho ths attradUwn may vary-In quantity and domina tion st every thod of measuring by the chain only. All the rules arc clear and explicit. This wotli con tains the tables of difference Of fatltud® and de parture and of log«rit>ims. Orders lent to Joseph and James Cr»f kfhsnk, HookfcHen, No. 8-, High 'treet, Philadelphia, Bonftll and Nile, (73. MnrV« Street, Bjlti mere, or the gublcrtber in Wilmington (Dei.) wr.l he duly attended to. Those who have the care of fuhfcnpf ion pa pers, for this work, are raquefted to fcn.l their relpeiSivc numbers an soon as pclnbie, to whona th* cjuota'a will be ftnt agreeibly to the pro- 1 0l " ZACHARIAH JESS. Wilmingten, 9th 11 mo —l6. jawtm. JUST RECEIVED, From tbe BOSTON Manufactory, a quasii*r or WINDOW GLASS, Of different sizes, POH SALE By ISAAC HARVEY, J«N.^ N. B Anylizeor fizesthst nny be w««»ed cut larger than »8 bv u ca-> he had from (aid manufafto ry, on being ordered; and i-en«ion given to torwltd on any orrlcrs that m»v be less for that purpose ApuU at No. 9, S#uih Water-ftieet, as above. j«ly « d,f Valuable Properly jb* Stile, lo Cheffiut, near Sifh ft.-cet, dheAljr oppofrte CeNctvss MALI, * I.OT of ground, about H feet front in Chef -1% »ut It re: t and 73 I'e" in depth, whereon is a good frame hmife, now in the teuure of Samuel Sfdct {ubj & to a graun' 1 rent of tot. prrannum. rtei aov.i t. pt»us Gti.alio* 0; this property re* quires r. ri n for it ni<ift ht known* ire few if. this nty to equal It. at. uneceer t !° nß b' 4 title n\ll be n> -Jc to (he pin-chafer. Apply to JAMES GIKVAN, no iy-B'C!.rftitlt fireet, next door to the pr« mifeft. march 5 tn ft 'f Whereas, AN attachment yi< Utely it? aed out of the In ferior wnitt of common pleas of the county oftffrx.in the flatc of N«w Jetfny. JirrAed-to the Iheriff of t)\e said county, against the right*, credit', monies and good* ind chattels, lant'uand tenements of Jetn Ctevu Syvfirtn at the fait of triffiam IVtIU, in a pin of trefpals 011 the cafe to hrs damage three th<~uf3nd.dollars; — And wiertas, the said fheriff did, at the term of June 1.-fl P»il r-.turn to the said <ourt that he had tttaehtd th(; defendant by a certain bond given by Matthias Detim t> and Samuel Meeker to the said dcf.-n'.ant, to the amount of t>ear two thouland "IO Uiv olfe Vfs*«y,l*rt4 w*r«W->-T ' '/.». » - » * •"* " r.U .* • Jxtns« «h'»U agp«»r > g'«e Jf««" »%»»J"« rective wife fe« tmtaci »)p«ft-biro,'aß<i' hirpropv-tj fereio iwill t<^«e fiatate Aaron Ogden, Clerk, itfc. Elizab. rh-town July 8, i:<}s (11) iawum TO BE SOLD, r i HRF.E or finr lots oi about 30 or 40 acres 1 each, more or lefsasmay suit a purchafcr. On each of which there is a good llt'jation for a hov.fe—viz. one on the river Delaware, suitable either (or a gentleman's feat, or for a person who Willi to crip age in the lumber business hav ing a ? »4 landing. One c mm.mding a good wev oi the river tiom the hifrhetl ground between the Penny-pack and Fogueffiu creeks ; and another 01) the Bristol Road. Enquire »f Mr. Gilpin Bear the 11 mile ftoneon the said road. Alio FOUR LOTS, Of about 10 acres each w.rh good fituatioDs for bnHding ; one of which is fu it able for a taq-yard, an;iha» ■ (mall fione hoirfe and a young bearing •rchardon It, on the Newtewa road near Snider'* mill aboil* 10 milci from Philadc-tphi*, and one otfcer lot, of about JO acfes on the Pwifcypack.— Encjwre of Jonathan Clitt who lives oa the prei»i fes or of Mr. Gilpin. PolT Sion will fee given in the spring, bat build ing materia!* may be coHefted fooncr. November 8 . Taxes of Lycoming County. JOHN KIDD, Treafhrer, BY Direilion of the Ctmmiffioners of Lyco ming county, 1; ends at Philadelphia ta re oewethe Taxes affefied fipran unfsafej Lauils in that County, from theholdets thereof, in this City. Tli ife who have filed whh the Com miflioners, ftatemetstsof tlieir Lands, are re queued to call ppon him, to knew the amount of Taxis thereon, and pay them ; etheruufe, be fore his leaving the City, they will be put intq the hands of the. Sheriff for colleiflion, r.greea b!y to the afl for raising eotnvty rates and levies Thofs who have not filed flatements of theii lauds with the Commiflioners, and aredefirotu of having it d-one, to prevmt fates without pre vicus personal Notice, mav file with the above Ti£ainr»r» thfir lifts flatirg the quantities re turned, pumber and dates of the warrants ard names of tlie warrantees, under which they h.-!d their lands. He will attend at Mr! Jbfeph Hardy's No 98, Market ftreettar this purpose until the 18th inflant. J^«vcmbar9. "'Vy NOiTKB. lqa'l persons ytiaoivn taisfattd Lands in t grmilm ; * for wawt i 0 *W$ ps y«avt fvSi»S4twJ QAMPt "Uwj|ii BiH#geii.-le W l **** ':«.4>;'^jßk4 : ftrthAri'^K''"*'«V • ■'' : " i' ♦V- ■, : £oai*re. Wathan M'Dowel Commissioner's office, ? Chan'.ners.burgh, Jan- l 5 1800. y law^m. Horses to Winter. HORSES win be taken to winter at PrtfcfiI Hilt, at the l» mliM ftnne on the BrHtoi Road, wherethry will ha«c good Timothy and Clqv r Hby, welllitter«dand dcan»l an4a field to run in when the weather is good. Enquire of Mr. William Bell Merchant, or on the premises. N.B. Will not he ar.fworable for accidents or eCcape, but will take every precautiuu to prevent either. November n 3tawtf TERMS Of Richard Folwell, in Philadelphia, JOURNALS OF CONGRESS, From the coreminceirent Of the slnurican IVar, in 1774» te the'present time, TV J INCLUDfNO Tbe Reports of Heads of Departmerits, oj Committees, and other Official and Pri vate Papers of that Body, now Jirst per- ! mitted to be made public. t£ RMS. THE work will he printed cjn a fine paper, an* 1 I new r.eat tipe,in large odavfc. Each volume will cn«tam above 500 page* I neatly bound and lettered. Uniformity in foe, paper, and binding, wHt b' I observed throughout the work ; Co that, while th fubfetibers become poffefl". d of a valuaUc record, I to ornament may he added to librarian. The price to fab&rfber* will be 2 I pet volume, in boards, and 3 dolls. whole bound , | out, as the publifhrr does not intend to print man more rhan the number fubferibed for, a coofid"»ra Me rife on the price m-ay be expc&ed to n«n-l'ub) tcnVi: Each volume will Contain about one third lef of letter-pref- than the original edition ; but, as. thi publifh«»r Is not y«it enabled to determine the exienr i of the Private Joanwh, which he may be allowed to make public, he cannot afortain the number oi [ volumes which willcomprife the work. S Payments to be made on delivery oj eaci. j Subftrribers will have it at their option, either t< I fubferihe for the whole of the Journals, ap to the j prefect t : me,or.totbof<r only of the Old Congrofs prior to the organisation of the Federal Govern- IN ill countrif*, thi proceedings in (lie com mencement of their governments are 101 l in d*rk nefs and ohfeurity, owing to a carelefwcfs. in the fucceir'ine generation, to prefer** the public re cord", and the att-itieu of the nation, in theferuje ages, beit*g cal-Utloff from their dom«ftic concerns, to engage in wari ind eonqucft. Ofwhat infinite value wootd the laws of Alfred be, hid the'y been tranfmitt«d to »ur d»ys) Time, that deProy. every thing, enhances the value of well authenti cated public records, and renders them aioiaft in eftxm»Me. It i-hoped, thai Amcricacs will, tbcre .for,e, cbenrfnlly contribute their aflillance in tranf mittim; to posterity th« labours of their anoeftors —founders of sKip Columbian natinn. The work will certainly he advanced with eipedkion and promptitude. The following will (tww the support it has already acqi ired: " Philadelphia, June 15, 1798. " To the Honer»ble the Senatt #ml House ef Rep refentativci of the Utiiretl States. " The MEMORIAL, et the Subfciibers,Citizens, &c. of Philadelphia, '' RefpeSfullyJteuueth, " That having, in our refpcSive avocatior-s, frequent occafionsto recur totbe Journal* of Con grtris, we experience inconvenience by the fcaroi ty of them: lTiat \v* undcrftand thatßithard Folwell, printer, of Philadelphia, hat had it in contemplation to print that public record; an.! that he hath obtained partial countenance Irom ma. Ny individuals; but that he has delayed profecu ting the work, in eipe<3ation of enconragement fr«m gove rnment, that may adequately indemnify him. We, therefore, refpeiSfnlly i'olicit, at the publication is ntceffary to be difieminated among public bodies, thatCqpgrefs will, in theirwifdom rtndtr him such additional encouragement, to that which he has obtainsd from private individuals at to snable him to prccecd with the workffo that your MemorialilU may be enabled to purchase co pies of that record for themselves. Thomas M Kcan, John l> Coxe.CharletHeatly, famfom Levy.T. Rofs, Wm. Moore Smith, John Read jun. William Tilghman,John F. Mifflin, Jo seph H. M'Kean,John B< clcly, W. Sergeant, John Thompson, Jared Ingerfcll, Jafpcr Moylan,William Rawle, J. Thomas, William Levis, James <#&fon, M. Rcppale, Moses Levy, Robert I'orter, George Davit, John Hallowell, Janie« Qldden, Waltxr Franklin, Jamct Milnor, John C. WolltJohn L. Leib, Alexander I. Dallas, Joseph Reed, Thomas Willing,lSamuel M Fox, fohn Nixos,Robert Wain Robert H. Dunltin, John Ewiog.Jun.EdwardPon nington, Hilary Baker, William Nichols, William Yoang, Rob&rt Campbell Septimus, Claypoele James Crukfuank, Mathew Carey, Henry K. Hel muth, Peter Da Haven, John Duulap, Edward Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David C. Claypook, Thomas Armftrotig, Samuel H. Smith, John Fenno. 2awtf. " True copy from the original Memorial, pre sented to the House of Roprefentatives of the United States, on Monday, the 13th ef June 1798: «• WILLIAM LAMBERT, for " JONATHAN W.CONDY, L'um." " REGOL-VED by the Senate and Houfc of Rep refentati-ves of the United States of America in Gongrefs afl*emb!ed,Thai the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of theHoufeofßeprcfentatives.be authorii&d and directed, to fubferibe, on such terms as they may d««m eligibU,for theufe of the Senate and Houfc of Reprefentatirei, for four hundred Copies of the Journals of Cdngrefs, which a,e pro posed to be publilhed by Richard Folwefl and such ntitibo of copies o£ deficient volume# of the sets now in priut,as may be necessary to complete the fame. 1 JONATHAN DAYTON. Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES ROSS, President tf the Senate pro tempore. Approved, March id, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President 1f the United States. lawtf may ae« all persons INDEBTED to the Eftae ot Johk Wb«- TOM t late of the City of Philadelphia, Mer chants Heceafed, are requeued to pay the ijrae, and thofc having demands against his Elcatc, to produce their accmiots legally attefied *? KEARNY WHARTON, Acting Executor, No. ill, Spruce street. November it. A Quantity of Dry Goods ark wanted, FOR which real Eflate in the Northern Liber ties of this city, (a good Stand for Business) will be eiven in payment; the title? is clear and ffooa, and is now for * (hort time let, but poflvi iion will be given in -*Sowt fix month#. Enquire at the Office o tb* Gazette. December I 7 eot * ' k To be Sold at Pubiie Vendue, On the tft day of February next, on the premises, A VALUABLE PLANTA TION, (Tb,•/ tbtfuhfiribir- J SITUATED about t' O miles fr®m Newtown, the 'county town of Bucks, on the main road leading to Yardley's Ferry, on the Delaware, a bout four mile* from the latter about twenty-6*e from Philspelphia, ct Staining actes, the whole under pood fence snd in high culture. There ar.- on the premies a conttniint twn (lory Stone H«.ufe, with a commodious Stone Kitchen adjoing *' flone Ipring lioufe, ovtr an <*• anftihlc f»ring, a few paces from the door, with convenient out houfei, &c. &•. Theelcgaacy o the situation, and the excellent nawral qualities of this farm, render it an obj«<a worthy the attention of the Farmer and Gentleman. 0- The terras may be known previous to the day of tale from the fubferiber. NICHOLAS WYNKOOP. or CHRISTIAN WIRTZ, Jun. j' * Newton, 'January 11. TWO or three Gentlemen with their fcr yant*, may b« accommodated with Lodging and Breatc*aft, and two lurnifhed roomi, at No 83 nprth Struct. sJovtinier 27. ■A TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Mircb itth, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, Purfuimt to the of Gonprrfa pafled on the ifldav of Jmfi one thonfand, seven him dridand ninety fix, entitled "an j <sl regulat ing tht grant* of land ippropriated for mili tary (Vrvicei, v.d (or the society of United Brethren for propagating: the gofpcl the HeJthen and the adl fujjpleroenta< 1 y to the laid recited a£l paflrdon the fec'c««l<Tay of MaiTi h, pne thoiifand feveil huadt&d andnine ty nine to wjf* . I* THAT the tratft of Latid herein after d*- Icrihed, i-i rner of the fevea ran-ef of townftiips, and running th'eri'ce fifty imlos <fuc louih, along the Nveftrrn boundary et the filid ra»ges ; —thence due Weft to the Main Branch of tlx; Scioto ri ver ; thence up the Branch of the laid ri ver to the place vrolif! Ae fame thence alot'g.the fyd boun dary line to the Tnlcaro'-as brant h of the Muf fcingum river at therroffitlg above Fort r.lwreiue ; thence ilo<wn the laid river, to Hie joint where a tine run duevrell from the place of begiaiing, will iriterfefl the said river; thence along the line so run to tho place of bf ginning has been divided into tnwnfhipj of <ive ih'ilet fcpiar'c, and fraiSUonalpvu-of tnwn ; and rhit plat* arid Purvey' of the laid rr.,vn(hips Ind fra Sional parts 6f townships are tfvpofited iA the offices of the liegifler of the Treamry and Surveyor General, for the infpec tiaa of all uerfoHt concerned. 11. The holders of fueh warrants as have been or stall be granted for militaryservices perform ed during she lare war, are required to prefmi the fame to the HcgiQer of the TrNfiirv, at some time prior to the twelfth diy of February in the year, one thoflfand eight hundred, tor tlw pitrpol'e of being registered ; No rcgiftty will however he made of any Iffs quani ty than a quarter township, or/oui thousand acrea, 111. ,f - "f ' 1 ' *')' Thtf priority of location of the warrar.3s which may lit presented and pegiftered iu aforc faid, prior to the nth day of February'in the year one thou fa ml eight hundred, will immediate* ly after the said day, be determined by tot, in the mode drefcribed !*y the avSl firft recited. The holdeis of reglflered warrants, flisll on Mnnjay the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, i 11 the order ot which the priority «t Iccati on {ball Ee determined by lotas aforelaid, pefon ally, or fey th«ir agents, designate in n ritifig at the office of the Regitlcr of the Treasury, tlie partioM lar qoarter townfltips eleSed by th»m refpe&ively, and such of the ftu! helders as fball not designate their locations on the said day, {hall be postponed in lucatlug fueh warrants to all other huMen of regiftenxi warrants. The holders of warrants for military ferviccs Sufficient to cover one cr more quarter townfhipq ortraA» of four tlumfami acres each; fnall, ar any time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the firft da.y 01 January, lßoi, be il !owd to regtfter thf fiid warrarts in manner a lorefaid, and forthwith to make location* therefor on aay tradl or tta&s of land not before located. All warrants or claims for lands,on account of military fcrvices, which (hall not be rrgifter»tl and locaf«d bufore the firlt day of January, ißoi, are by the supplementary of Cotigr,*!'s herein bi-'ore recited, paflcd on th<s second day of March, 1799, declared to be forever barred. Gives under my. hand at Philadelphia, tha day and year abatrp mentioned. ; OLIVER tiVLCOTT. Sec, of the Treasury. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. May 291,6, 1799. THE proprietors of certificates issued forfub fcriptions to the Loan bearing interest at eight per centum per annum, are notified, that at any time after payment iball have beon made Of the sth instalment, which will become due during the firft ten days of the ruoHth of July cnfiting, Certificate of Funded Stock may at their option be obtained at the Treasury or Loan Offices, refpeaively, for the amount of the four firft inftalm«nts, or ore maiety of the (Vims ex prefledin the fubfetipfion certificatesNo cer tificates of FuhdcdSu'ck will however be iflued for less than one hundred dollars. Such fwbfcription certificates as may btxnre ented at the Treasury or Loan Offices in eo»- eqwence of the foregoing arrangement, wtf! be ndorfed and diftinfiily marked ti> as to denote, that a inoety ef the fiock has been ifTued. OLIVER WQL.CQT7, Secretary of tit Trcamry. *£ »V. : i4i ' * «££f' MEDFORD and WILLIS, Have rectived Jince their late Mvertijemcnt— -282 Crates Que<ns Ware, 200 Calks Nails, 6 Trunks Madras Pullicate. 2 Cases Glive?, 1 Trunk Silk Hosiery, I Bale Superfine Broad Cloaths, 16 Bales White, Blue and Green, Kcnd*l Cottons, 10 Bales Bocking Baize, ON HAND, 1 Bales Spotted »nd Green Rugi, 1 Trunk Scarlet Cardinals, 2 B.ilrs Sail Canvas, £ Trunks Gingham', 11 Tons Peterftjurg Hemp, * * Or.!e>s, remi'tsnce* or communicati- tor the following Uoufrs, for wh< m Med t'ord and Wills ire agentt, may ftitl pafe througl their medium., viz. J«hn and Kobert Holt and Co—Rochdale William D bhs—Lfieefter. CUud Johnson Sirmiughim. Ecqpire of JOHN DORSET December to. Pax sa/.s. BY SIMON WALKER, No. 78 WalnutSStreett t ENGLISH PORTER and Brawn stont, In caJks of 6 doxen each, Tin Plates, Sheet, bar and pig Lead, Cannon with carritges complete, 4, 6, 9 I* pounders, Shot, roun •, double haadc4 and cannifter, Iron Crow Dars, CitblTti, boirding Fikes, Muflcets and Pifiols, Rough Brimstone, Cream of Tartar, I'orter, Wine and Glaret Bottles, Six Invokes of Earthen W are, each tbnut thirty crates, aborted White and red Lead, yellow and black Paint, and Spanilh Brown, Ruffian Briltle*, Hardware and Saolery, aborted in calks. An Invoice of German Platillat and Britannia*. December 3. eo4w 'j :*%> taWstf Fashionable Millinery. ELIZA M'DOUGALL, "*■ HAS jtift'received prir thip TVomai, <sh»Mey Md Adrians, front Lantfan, (0 «legttt'lAßawi (he (»•* J»Aia|uMe MiLU*i*Ty*i*. < "■-oaiJJ " . » ChemOie Mtfette FBATHEjM >.• > foqOT 4owerr ~ WrM#h» ' Pink, yellow and blue crape, fulldreOcaei D». do. and do. Nclfo»'« boncttt lolant'a pip« straw bonnett Maid's ancy do. do. Woroea's do. do. do. Do. do. fhacJts Do do h:-.rs F»ncy hugle flux rof<« . Vom triautungt . Black, White, bios, jelljWj orange «rap* Blacky wHitc fnd gfcen giHtae T»tU. ' 'i>y, g*u»? cloak* ' , N. B. Ar.d pet Harmon}', j»ft arrived, a fuctfca aftertsoot of Milfiuery. ■ June *6 DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Be IT REMEMBERED, That on the jih day •f January, in the *4th year of the Indeprn dcnce ol the United dmtsof America, John Row lert of the said diilriA i ath dcpofitcd in this OBice the Title of a Book, the right whereof «e.claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit. •' Tabic of Difeount or Inttrtjl, ( accurately calculated) jrom JO cents U 5000 dollars,from I day to 123 dayt inch/five, at 6per cent In conformity to ths acl of the Congress of the United States, intituled " An for the eocour Ijement of Learn (Seal.) ing, by fervrii g the copi« of M>p«, * Chart* and l)ook« to the Authors and Proprietors ol fut,K copies during the time therein mentioned," (S.rnti) D. CALDWELL, Clerk sis tb( Diflria »f Pe-.njylvania, January io. DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT, BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the yth day of Jmuaty, In the 14'h yrnr of the Indcprn dcscs o* yie Unitsu St it,» of America, John Row ltttfefthr (ii.l diftrift hvh uepofitej in thi* Ofli-cc t'.iTitlc cf a fiaok.tlie ri u !it whereof he claims as Frjjprietof, in the wonts following tcrwir. '■ Table 'f Discount or InterrJl, (e&curntely tabulated) from 50 c uts to 5000 dollars, from I day to 123 days nchifive at 7pw cent.' 1.1 CK/ifo'Biify to th«. a<S of Congrtfi ol the Unired States, intituled " An aft for the euc'iurapi'ment nf Uarning by (Seal) fscuring thecopiss of Maps,Ch?i-f!j am! floods to the Anthtfrs am-i Propri tor* of ftich copies, during the times thure in mentioned " ( Signed ) January :o. At a Court of Common Pleas held at Pirt*fbur"fi for the countyof Allegheny, the firft Morilay of December, in the year hfU ur Lwl nne thousand seven hundred and ninetyrtiin , be fore the Hon. Alexander AddiC ii. Esquire, Prefi lent and his Aflbciatft>. Judges oft the sams Court. ON the petition of David Wallace, a prif-! oner in the jail of fald County, praying to be fWVharged according to the proVifioiw of the arts of afferuWy made for the relief of it.solvent debtors. T:he "Court order that the prifor.erbe brought before them at FittiWgh on the firft Monday of March next, that his petition and his creditors may l>e then heard, and.dire(Jl, that notice of his application be publifl3td.tr. the United «tetes and Pittflbuigh Gazettes three weeks, the last of which feail be at 'least fifteen dava brfore the time of bearing. By order of the court, J*n- J Lodging and Breakfast, FOR one or two Gentlemen, iq a genteel private laiuily, with the use ol a neat front Psrlour, and Board tor S<prvai.-t« i nJ y b« had at No. 18 north Fifth ftv«et. November 16, V"\ ' j./ «.- v - ' ; "*i 31W8W. *o.' 134* wnrwiiST) TO WIT. D. CA'I.DWE! Clerk of tbt DiftrlEl of Ptnnjylvania. ■ ♦ JAMgS aiUSON, Prrth'y. ; - ' -i FOR SALE, SEVERAL VALUABL* BUILDING LOTS, Near the corner of Arch and Ninth ftreett. ALSO, t To be Sold or Let, A number of excellent Fafture Lots, On the Wiffabickon roid, abuut half a mile from the city. V Enquire at No. 30 North Sixth flreet. November 15. d6tiawtf The Swift-Sure, A NEW LINE OF STAGES} NOW RUNNINQ BETWFtN PHILADELPHIA {s* NEW-YORK, By the Ihort and pleasant road of Bif/Htten, Newtown. Scotch Phins, Spring* fiiid and Newark. i*'HE excellence of this road, the populous. nel's 0/ the country through which it pass« e», with sundry other advantages, which render it so far preferable 10 th« Old Road through Bristol, Br«nfwick, &c. long\ago fviggefted the propriety of its becoming the Grand Tho rough Fare from Philadelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute Atrveyofit Ins hern taken,and its superiority over the Old Road, botl. in winter and summer, has been clearly akertained.—Th«re are good bridge# overall the otbsr waters hut the Delaware, and here th» is performed with great Safety and in left than half the time requined at the I renton Ferry Tfc e ro ,d is fivtral wiles yhorter tbaa the oM road, hut' this is among* the leafl of its advantage-, because daily expe dience pioves to m, that dilpateh as well as com fort m traveUiflg print ipally depend on the goodness of the road and the le.vlacfs of the coun-ry, and, in thele refpefls, the New Road ts, beyond aH romparifon, thebeft. It present* none of tbofe rorky hills, which render the Old Road fe fatiguing between the Delaware and Newark* The foil, too, for the greater part, is luch as to produee but little mud in winter, and v»ry litile ufi ir. fumtner, whieh cin umftince, added to the beauty of the country, and a cbn liderablt proportion «f (hade, irult always ren der travelling in the latter season peculiarly 1. greeable. ) The Swift Sure ftaru from PHILADEL PHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN TREE, opposite t,he Lutheran feEburch, North FourtKflreet.lt goes through Frankford to Buftleton, where it flops to Breakfaft ; from Baftletown it goe» through Newtown to Penny-town to dinner f from Penny tows through Hopewell, Millftonc, Bo'ind-hrook. Qujb'iletown ind Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge. The next morning if lops at Springfield to brcakfaft, from whence it go«» through Newark and arrives at Ne«r» York at noon. From NEW-YORK it Pirts at j o'clock i« the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and arrive# at Philadelphia the next evening, F«r at New-York, .n may be made to Ed» ward Bardi.i, Old Coffee house, to A. Mathieu, corner of Naflau and John fti-eejs, t« B. tfany, tin. 48, Courtlandt, corner of Greenwich flreet, and ro Michael Little, at hi* hotel, no. 4a, . Broad flreet. Fare for paflengars, Five Dollars* Way pafiengers 6 Cents per Mile. Each pafleoger it allowed to rake on uibst <A baggage cirriage free; other baggage, talfen on by a paffer.g«r, will be charged at 4 cents per pound weight. With refperfl to packages sent on withowc passengers, the proprietor presume they have adopted a regulation, which, thojfh unknown to other lines 9; llaget, they think mtift meet with genera! approbation, They pledge thera felves to make go&d every package on the fol lowing conditions. The person who deliver* tlie package at the office (hat-1 fee it entered in the fhge-bock, for which errtry he fc>ll pay 6 cents ; be will then ftaee the value <>f the pack age,and pay (exclulive of the carriage ) ode per cent. the v hie, as infunnc.-, ami for which he M ill roceive a receipt. Thus, for ir.ftance, if he eftimatea hia packjge at one dollar, he wiil pay one cent, and if at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar isfuramr, and in like pro portion for packages of any other value. Very few persons it is presumed, will dislike this regulation 1 it will however, be optionable witl),evt»y one to avail himlelf of this fccurity or not. But the proprietors think it right to iiate very explicitly, that they will be vefpon fible for the fafe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and f< r which an insur ance receipt caii"ot be produced. In the distribution of the route, the grea'rft care has br«[n taken to fix on such places and ta-- v?rns as always afford a good accommodation avid entertainment for the paiTengersatthrniaft reasonable rates The stages are weH equipped 1 ttirnifheil with fleet and lteadyhorfes,and com mitted to the care if intelligent sober and obli" gii»g drTvers. The proprietors themselves live at the different townj and villages where the (♦ages will flop, so that the conduct of the per sons they employ is continually an objet!) of their ' attention.—They take care also to lee that the paffengeis are well provided for and politely •treated at the taverns, and that no fort of chica nery or infoleii.ee is prdAifed upon them ; in ill or t, they havefparedneitherpaiiisnorexpeiice torender the SWIFT-SORE the very bett line ol fliges in America. The line has now ran nearly a month, dur ing which time a great number of genrtewien have gone through, both from Philadelphia and New-York. Every passenger has found the road tofurpafs very far all that has been fai:l of . its excellence ; and the Proprietors of the Swift Sure are extremely happy to hear the bthavieu of their, drivers, and the treitmeat at Tavejnsf fpokei; ef with the highest fatiifatfUon, JOHN M'CJLI.A, Philadelphia THOS-PAUL. Ikijlfetsn JOSEPH THORNTON, NICHOLAS t'/TNKOOP, >Newtown- JACOB KESLER, J JOHN MOREHEAn, Pcinytown. T. KfL I MAN, t>'"t Milijlon. ELI AS COMBES, Bom: d Brook. R. SANSBURf, Scttch Plains. ISAAC ) .j ROBERT PEARSON, 1 June 2j. - f ' PiVINTKD BY J. IV. FENiXO-. eats. i; • » '' 1
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