7VST PUBLISHED, By William Young, BOOKSELLEK, No. jj, it Second, tht tamer oj Ckejout Street, lu two Urge o£Uvo volumes, neatly boui«i« (Price Fou* Dol l«ii) ESSAYS ON TB« INTELLECTUAL cU ACIH'E PCU'LR'i us M A N. a*THOMA»RtiD,D.D. *.*.». Edinburgh. Profelfor ot Mutal Pinloluphy iu ihc Umveility us Glasgow. IT would be improper for the publilher to mention any thing rcfpe£ling the literary ta lents of an author, so generally kou*« J»d efteemet). Nor does it appear neeelTarv 10 rc quell attention lopcrufc a work, wliufc import ance il univeifatly acknowledged. Those who hive read thcaiiciißt fyilems and thcfc volumes, will readily perceive, that the k;iowled»e ot philosophy, advancca from a Hate of lnlancy, towaida maturity : »or will it appear 100 much, when itia faid.ihat Dr. Reid hasdivtftrd moral science from ihat veil under which for so many aiea, it has been concealed, by amb.Ru.ms words and the jargon ot the fchoals. Thni he liasa&ed that friendly part to moral science, which the ingenioua Newton and Fergufon did to natural philosophy ; their united and (k-ilful efforts, ren der philosophy not only an ufelul, but a pleasant cxeicife, and a mote fate ii.trodufiton to the taoil important ftudies.—lt is impracticable to insert the lengthy reviewa of ibu woik, and to jrjve a part, would be unfriendly to the author ami reviewers. ALSO, Neatly bound, in two volumesodavo, Price uve and a halj Dollar s A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK ok PS AL Mi , IN which tbt ir literal or historical sense, as they relate to King D.ivid, and the Peopl« of Israel, it tlluftrated, and their application to Mefliah, to the Chuich, and to individuals, as members thereof, is pointed out; with a view to render the ofe of the Psalter plcafiug a»d pro- Stable to all orders and degrees of"Chriftians. The firjt American Edition fioin the 4th Brittjh. BvGioroe, Lord Bishop of Norwich, and I'rcfidcm of Magdalen College, Oxford. ALSO, immERMANNon SOLITUDE, Price 7-8 Dollar. ALIO, SCOTT's FORCE Of TRUTH, Pi ice, bound and lettered, 44-100 Dollar. JuJl come to handy DAVIES' SERMONS, Complete in 3 volumes octavo, Price, bound, 5 25-100 Dollar, Jan. 26. BY the Commiflinners appointed to prepare the Public Buildings, See. within the City of Wafhingion, for the reception of Congress and for their permanent refidcnce after the year 1800— A LOTTERY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Federal City. 50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars,arc 350,000 dollars. LIST OF PRIZES, viz 1 Superb Hotel, with baths,) out houfps, &c.&c.to cost 1 Calh Prize 1 ditto 1 ditto 1 ditto 2 ditto 10 <}itlo 20 ditto 100 ditto 200 ditto 400 ditto 1,000 ditto 15,000 ditto 5,000 are 1,000 500 iOO 5° 2 .5 20 10 16,737 33,263 Blinks 50,000 The sole aefign of this Lottery being to facili tate other improvements together with the Public Buildings—it is the particular desire of the Com miflioners that these may be eife&ed with as few dedu&ions from the Prizes as poflible—how far their endeavors may be anfwercd, the Scheme of the Lottery will demonftnte. The keys of the Hotel, when compleat, will be delivered to the lortunate poffeflor of the ticket drawn a agaioft its number. All the other prizes will be paid, without deduflion, in one month, after the d< awing, by tfie City Treasurer at Waihington, or at such Bank or Banks as may be hereafter announced. The drawing will commence on Monday the 9ih of Sepicmbci next, at the City of "Washing ton. Tickets itwv be had of Col. Wm. Citv Treasurer of Washington ; of McflVs. James IVeJI & Co. Baliimore ; ol Mr. Peter Oilman, Boston ; and at such other places as will be hereafter published. N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be given for the belt Plan of an elegant and. con venient HOTEL or INN, with hot and cold Baths, Stables, and other out houses, if prcfented §n or bejore the 10ih t>J April next; and a pre ference will be siven to the Artist for a Cou traft, provided he be duly qualified to compleat his plan. The ground on which the Hotel and out houses arc to be ere&ed, will be a corner lot of about 90 by 200 feet, with a back avenue to the (tables, &c. Sc&ions and ffti mates of the expen-Te will be expe&ed with the elevations. See. complcat ; and 50,000 dollars mu<tl)C regarded by the Architect as the utmost limit in the expense intended for this purpose. S. BLODGET, Agent for the affairs of the City. Januat) 15. By Thomas Dobfon, EcvWdUr t at the Stone- Hovfe y in Second Jlrett t ENCYCLOPEDIA: on, A DICTIONARY of ARTS, .SCIENCES, AND * MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, On a Plan entirely nea) • by which THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND ARTS arc duelled into the Form of Diftind t TREATISES OK SYSTEMS : COMPKEHENDI NO THE Hidory, Theory < and Prafticc, of each, according to the Latcft Discoveries and im provements : and lull Explanations given of the vai tous detached pans of Knowledge. whether relating to Natural and Artificial Obje&s, or to Matreis Eccltliaitical, Civil, Military, Commer cial, &c. lutluding Elucidations of the inoft iro pouant 'lopics relative to Religion,Morals,Man ners, and the Oecouomv of Life : together with a D( fcription of all the Countries, Cities, prin cipal Mountains, SeaS, Riveis, &c. throughout the World ; a General Hiftoty, Ancient and Modern, of the different Empires, Kingdoms, and States; and an account of the Lives of the mofl Eminent Persons in every Nation, from the cariieit ages down to the present times. Com piled from the writings f>f the befl author.*, in feveial Languages ; the moil approved Dictiona ries, as well of General Science as of particular branches; the Tranfa&ions, Journals, and Me moir® of the learned societies, both at home and abroad—the MS. Ic&ures of eminent profeffors on different Scirnces : and a variety of original Materials, furnirtied by an extensive Correfpon- dence. The Seventh Volume contains a dcfcription of Mount Etna, Eudiometer, Exchange, Expe rimental Philofopliy, Svftein of Farriery, Feudal fyftcm, Fire, fixed Air, Fluxions, Food, Fortifica tion, Folfils, history of France, Gardening, Gas, Geneva, Geography, Geometry, Gilding, Glass, See. with a variety of articles in natural history, biography and miscellanies. Illustrated with Thirty Eight elegant Copperplates. CONDITIONS. I. The work is printing on a fuperfinc paper, and new types, (cattfor the putpofe) which will he occasionally renewed before they cou tratt a woin appearance. 11. The work is furnifhed in boards, in volumes or half-volumes, as subscribers chufe; the price of the whole volumes, five dollars each, of the half-volumes two dollars and two-thirds of a dollar each. Ten dollars to be paid on sub scribing, the volumes or half-volumes finifhed to be paid for when delivered, the priceofone volume to be paid in advance, and the pi ice of each succeeding volume to be paid 011 deliver ing the volume preceding it. No part of the work will be delivered unlef* paid for. 111. In the couife of the publication will be de livered about five hundred copperplates ele gantly engraved in Philadelphia: which by lar excecd in numberlhofe given in any other lcientific di&ionary. At the close of the pub lication will be delivered an elegant frontif piece, the dedication, preface, and proper ti tle pages for the different volumes. It is expe&ed the woik will be compiifed in about eighteen volumes in quarto. (JdT Those who wilh to become pofTe(Tors of thisvaluable work will please to be early in their applications, as the fubfeription is nearly cloftd. Jan. 23. £0,000 HAVING been desired to establish a poft road from Reading, in the state of Perin fylvania, to Williamfburg, at the Great Forks of the Genefce river, Notice is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the General Post- Office, for carrying a weekly mail between Reading and Williamfburg aforeiaid, by the following route, to wit : the Great Road now improving between Reading and the town of Northumberland ; irom the latter place to Loyal Sock, creek ; thence to Lycoming creek ; thence in the new road to the Painted Poll, on Tioga river; arid thence to Williamfburg. The p«opofals will be received until the 15th of March next, inclusively; the carriage of the mail to commence within one month after- 25,000 20,000 15,00° 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10.000 10,000 10,000 20,000 150,000 Dollars 350^600 wards, Neccflary Poft-Offices are to be eftablilhed on the route, and such peifons appointed Poft maftcrs as the Contra&or shall name, and the Poftmaftei-General approve. Within three months after the carriage of this mail is commenced, the Contrattor is to state to the Poftmaftcr-General the da\s and hours of its arrival and departure at and from the principal Poll-offices, which experience (hall prove to be most convenient ; and thereafter the mail is to be delivered at the refpe&ive Poft-offices at the hours so fixed, unavoidable accidents excepted, on penalty of one dollar for each hour's delay ; and for the non-performance of a trip, the Con tractor to forfeit tweuty dollars. The term of the contrail cannot exceed eight years. During its continuance the Contra£lor is to receive the rates of postage by law eftablilhed, and to have the exclusive privilege of carrying letters and packets:for hite, such excepted, as fhzll be sent by a special messenger, or which are or shall be by law declared Free. THE Officers of the late New-Jeifey line arc requested to meet ai thehoufe of James Drake, in New-Brunfwick, on Thuffday'the seventh day ol February next, at the hour of Ten in the morning, to take into conUderation the application of different lines ot the late army, now before the Congress of the United States. JOHN CUMMING," JONATHAN RHEA. January 16th, 17.93. A large Cellar to Let, Sujicicntly capacious to Jiorc jtvcral hmdrtd boncL •JUST PUBLISHED, Philadelphia, VOLUME VII, or A New Post-Road. TIMOTHY PICKERING, P.M.G, General Pojl-Officc, fan. 22, 1793. Jinquire of the P&INTUR -288- Insurance Company. A T * general mecring (by °/ A the Insurance Company <>f North-America, oo Wednesday the i6ih lultani, It was Resolved, <• . THAT the lulUlmenU which, accor g the Conftiutnon, will b.come duo o. '«c°nd Monday of July »»d JanuH.y nex. or eun o then, .nay be pa.d by any *° c * ho1 ?" earlier period ; and any Stockholder so pa>.n, luch instalment. Of lnlWlmems (hall rece ' ve proportionate lhare ol the Dividend, "o be made, calculating luch (hare from the hrlt day of the month fucceedtng lucn payment! le fpeftivcly. Ex.ratt ftmn the Minutes, KtfEN. HAZARD, Sec'ry. Philadelph a, Jan. 23. BANK OFTHE UNITED STJTES R ESOL V ED, THAT the Cashier be authnrifed to receive from the proprietor of any number of corn pleat (hares, such Conficales, not in hi!i own name, as he tnay be the proprietor of; and after cancelling the fame, to iflue a new Certificate or Certificate* in lieu ifureof, in the name of such pr llesTlv ED, That in all future transfers of compleat (hares i» tlie capital (took of the Bank, the Certificates of the transferred be can celled, and a new Certificme or Certificates be ! Jued in the name of the transferee or purchaser. Risolvkd, That the Certificates in futuic Mined, be foi one or more lhaies, as the pro prietor may rcquell; and the new Certificate or Certificates (hall be of eorrefpondent numbers with those in lieu of which ihev arc iflued. epgw JOHN KEAN, Calhicr. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES Philadelphia, January 7, 279,3. NOTICE is hereby; given, that there will be paid at the Bank, after the 17th instant, to the Stockholders or their Representative# <!uly authorized, the following sums, being the Divi dend declared for the lail fix months, viz. For each flwre bearing dividend from the lft of July, Sixteen Dollars. For each (hare bearing dividend from the lft of August, Filteen Dollars, 33 Cents. For each fliare bearing dividend from the lft of September, Fourteen Dollars, 67 Cents. For each (hare bearing dividend trom the lft of O&obrr, Fourteen Dollars. For each (hare bearing dividend from the lft of November, Thirteen Dollars, 33 Cents For each (hare bearing dividend irom the lft of Deceiubcr, Twelve Dollars, 67 Cents. For each three-quarter Ihare, Twelve Dollars. By order of the President and Dire&ors, gw JOHNKF.AN, Caftiier. A GREAT BARGAIN. FOR sale» a beautiful fituatiou on the Po towmack, adjoining the town of Alexandria and in a line of dire£lion towards the Federal City and GeorgeTown,in full view ol each ulace, commanding a profpeft of the river and adjacent country ol Maryland and Virginia, for many miles; about 45 or 50 acres of Land, lying di rectly on the nvcr, will be fold, with the im provements, which are, a two-story framed dwelling-house, neatly finifbed, a kitchen, office, buck finoke-houfe and dairy, two-story framed barn, a well of excellent water, and an ice* house, a yard and garden, neatly railed and highly improved, with a number of other ne ceirarv improvements ; the whole of the land enclofcd with posts and rails, tenor fifteen acres laid down, with different kinds of grass. Its contiguity to those thiee towns mud render it an object worthy the attention of any person who wilhes to invest money in a property that must enhance in value, in proportion to the rapid in. creese of the 'Federal City, Alexandria and George-Towu. This property lies nearly in a central inuation to each place. The Potowinack at this I pot "lias a fine deep Ihore and harboui, capable of receiving vcllels of any burden. It may not be improper to observe, that men of judgment think a profitable and convenient Ferry might be crested here to the Citv of Washington and the Maryland (hor*f. lending to Baltimore aod Philadelphia.—Also to fell, 215 acres of Wood-Land, about three miles distant, which will suit well to supply the above in wood and limber. The title may be seen to the above property, which is indisputable, and terms known by application to the fubfciiber, living on the pretliifes. December 12 th y 1792 50 Dollars Reward. RAN away on the 25th instant, a likely Ne gro Man called Isaac, about twenty-three yeais oid, five feet fix or eight inches high, a well made fellow, loud of talking, has a lafge mouth, and (bows his teeth very much when talking ; had on when he went away,, a brown linen shirt, a Ihort white kersey ovei jacket with a very high collar and plain breast, with buttons which appear to have been very gay ; a pair of white kersey breeches, a pair of white knit vain stockings, a pair of fhocs wiih firings in them, and a coaife hat ; all the above clothes are al most new. Said Negro was fpimuly the pro perty of Mr. William Thomas, late of Kent County, near George-Town Cross Roads, de ceafid, and has for several years been employed in that neighbourhood, and principally by a Mr. Maxwell, and lately by Messrs. John and James Carmack, as a waggoner, which bulinefs he is well acquainted with, and is what he prefeis ; and has been engaged in driving a waggon from laid Cross-Roads to Duck-Cre<*k, &c. until August last. I expett he will moke his way for the neighbourhoods of Georgt-Town, Duck- Creek, Dover or Wilmington. The above re ward will be paid if delivered to me in this place, or Thirty Dollars if fecqred in any goal, so that I get him again. He is an aitful fellow, and when taken, will make his escape, unleis parti.ubrly secured. E/hton, OWEN KENNARD TalloiCounty, Maryland, Dec. 28, 1792. tn .Federal City. TilE Subscriber will convev fo rtT( Rood aid fufticientdeed, Thirtvl ! . the City of Walhiiigton, lituatcd on T '? Capitol Street, to any ...an or io nip men— ; >rovidttl they .will agree to erect on good ami lufficient brick Jumfe, '*, re " three years t'rom the date hereof. ' 1 r I~'HE Subscribers having hccn «ppoi ntf i, X cpmrnuitcol ihc «»f ihr Tn //,, , the Utnverfii y of NtMlh-Carolhia, l ur ,h t 7 ° pott* of receiving propoUlg fiorn such j, iiilco"'" as may imend to undertake the ii.lli youth id th.it litttituiitin, take the opp<, of making known to the public th. ir wilh ,u'" such gentlemen fiiould ligntly their lu*li ua , lo 'lie fuMcnbcis. The objects to which it is coiitemnlji.rt k . the Board 10 tuin the autiilton ot the ftml U J on ttic firft iftablifiimtni, arc—The itudy ( Languages, particularly the- Kn ft lilh-HiR ° ancient and modern—the Bclle-leitres— Lo.li and Moral Philosophy—the knowledge 0 f J, Mathematics and Naitital Philolophy— Ajjrici, 1° ture and Botany, with the principles of tedfure. Gentlemen convcrfant in these brancht, of Scieocc »"d Literature, and who can he well re commended, will receivc very handsome <ncou. rigrmenl by the Boaid. The exercifu of lh« i>l ilii ulion will comincncc as early ai poffibli after the cnrnoleiion of the buildingi of the Dili, verfny, which are to be c"nrrjtW | or i ranK J* ately. SAMUEL ASHE, 200 Dollars Reward. LOST, at Providence, or betwren Providenrfc and Boilon, a very (mall TRUNK, coveicd wilh ieal-(kin of a reddifa colour, with white fpols. It contained a quantity of South and North-Carolina State Notes, and a few of the State of Rhode-! flan d ; with other papers,which can only be f.i viceablc to the uroprietor. T/»c State notes are ch: eked at the offict s from whence theyiflued. Any person prod «c\r» theTtuolt (with its contents) to JOHN MARSTON, of Boston, WILLIAM HALL, of Providence, Mcifrs. PATfcRSON and BRASHfcR, New- York, cr Mr. SAMULL EMERY, in PhiladiU phi*, shall receive the above reward, or ioi any part of the prwpertv, One Hundred Dalian, BALDWIN DADE ep 2 m DANIEL CARROLL, clD^ddi 01t . tty of Hujkingtta, Du. ji. . ;g)i . To the Public. A. MOORE, JOHN HAYE, DAVID STONE, SAM. M'CORKLCS. D 25 ep-sm Button, Nov. 28. BOWEN's EXHIBITIONS OF Wax-W ork&Paintings, ARE open every day and evening (Sundays excepted) at the Houle lately occupied by Mrs. Pine, No. 9, North Eighth-llrecr. First Room—Contains upwards of 109 elegant Paintings, and about 30 V/ax Figures, in full stature—among which are LiVenefi** of- a number of the principal characters in America; Baron Trenck in chains, an Indian Chief, and several beautiful young Ladies of different States, die. See. Second Room—Contains eighteen - large Wax Figures, whit# form a Soci»sie Cmi, or the Oyster Suppkr j and the School f«r Scandal, consisting of twelve female Figures, making their observations on a young Litiy, who had eloped with a Footman. Admittance Oni Quarter of t DtlUr e«rt Room. Philadelphia, January 9,1793. Mathew Carey Refpe&fully informs the Citizens of the United States, that the Maps lor his intended cditionof Guthrie's Geography I M PRO V fc D, Arc now engraving—ami as soon as a fumcienC number of ihem are finiQied, to secure a re gular supply during the publication, whick will probably be early next Spring, the woik will be put to press. He returns his acknowledgments to the very refpettable number of Suhfcnbers, who have come forward thus early to panonize this ardu ous undertaking. He allures them and the pub lic in general, thai no pains or expense lbail.be spared in the execution of thr work. Terms of the Work : I. IT fhallbe published in each containing thiee (beets, or twenty-lour pages, of letter press, in quarto, piinud with new tyoes'on fine papei. 11. In the courfeof the work will be deliver ed about thirty large maps, of the tame size a * thofein the European editions, viz. moltofthcDi sheet maps on port paper. Bejides the maps in the Britijh editions, thu work will contain nine or ten American Slate Maps. 111. The price of each number will be a quarter dollar, to be paid on delivery. No advance required. IV. Subscribers who ilifapprove of the work, on the publication of the three firft numbers, are to be at liberty to return them, and Ihall have their moo« repaid. c . V. The lubl'cnbets' names (hall be prehxea. as patrons of the undertaking. * # * Subscriptions received in Philadelphia by the intended publisher ; in New-York, 9) a the bookfcllers ; in New-Haven, by M». in Hartford, by Mr. Patten; in lk>ftoti,by W« • Thomas & Andrews, and by Mr. Welt; ui timo.e, by Mr. Rice; in Richmond, bv* • J. Carey; in Charleftcm, by Mr. W. P. 0 ' and by fundi y other persons throug o" Unued State,. (i.w«o £3- The trice of this Gazelle is Three />»'<"£ per annv.m—Onc k«f to be ftii 'I """ '»■ fcribin^.
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