P!'i!a(!elpMi, March, 1 1794- r , JUST PUBLISHED, » B/ MATHEW CAREY, * Xto. 118, Murtef Jlreet, ;| T.£ -: FittST VOLUME OF A NEW SYSTEM OF v Modern Geography: ; OR, A ; Get Graphical, Hlftorlcal, ana ° ifymtnercial Grammar; o A »il p relent state of the ffeveral '' NATIONS OF "THE WORLD. - CONTAI N I NG, 1 figures, motions, and distances of ti c piv»iJts,:iccoiding to the Newtonian fyf t;m a t id the late (I observations 2. A general view of,the earth,confidered a planet; with leverai ufeful geographical definitions and problems. 3- The grand di villous of the globe into land and water, continents and islands. < 4. The ihuation and extent of* empires, J:ingdoins,ttates, provinces and colonies. 5- Their climates, air, foil, vegetables, productions, metals, minerals, natural curi outie!<,feas,rivers,bays,capes,proniontories, c aud lakes. , 6. The birds and beads peculiar to each a country. j. 7. Observations on the changes that have been any where observed upon the face of nature since the mod early pei iods of his- c tory. c 8. The hift«ry and origin '6f nations; c theii forms of government, religion, laws, revenues,taxes,naval and military ffrength t 9 The genits;, manners, customs, and \ habits of the people. * 10. Their language,learning,arts, fcien- minufadlures, and commerce. 1 11. The chief cities, ftruftures, ruins, c and artificial curiosities. 12. The longitude, latitude, bearings, 3 and distances of principal places from PhHa- ' del phi a. 1 To which are added, 1. A Geographical Index, with the r names and places alphabetically arranged. 2. A TABit of the Coins of all nations, J and their value in dollars and cents. 3» A Chronological Table of remarka- v ble events,from the creation totheprefent t time. By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, E/q. The Agronomical Part corrected by v> D Rittenhouse. t |To which have been f The 'ate Drscovr?iEs of Dr. Her sc hell, j and othe' eminent Astronomers. a The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, v Corrected, Improved, and greatly Enlar- { ged. v The firft volume contains twenty-one c Maps Bnd Charts, besides two Agronomical t viz. i. Map of the world. 2. Chart ef the f worle 3. Europe. 4. Asia. 5. Africa. 6. r South America. J. Cook's discoveries. v 8. C6untries round the north Pole. 9. c Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. 10. Se- S veil United Provinces. 11. Austrian, c French and Dutch Netherlands. 12. Ger- 1 many. 13. Seat of war in Prance. 14. France divided into departments. Is. ' "Switzerland. 16. Italy, Sicily, and Sar- ' dinia. 17. Spain and Portugal. 18. Turkey in Europe and Hungary. 19 Ire- J land. 20. Weft-Indies. 21. Vermont. 22. t Ar miliary sphere. 23. Copernican fyfteßi. j With the second volume, which is now 1 in the press, will be given the following j Maps: I 1. Rnffia in Europe and Afiak , 2. Scotland. I England and Wales. ; 4. PcJlahd. 1 5. China. 1 6. Hindoftan. i 7. United States. 1 8. British America. 9. State of New-Hampftiifc. iC>. State of Maflachufetts. ii. State of Connetticut. 1 12. State of Rhode-Island. 13- State of New-York* 14- State of New-Jerley. 15- State of Pennsylvania. 16. State of Delaware^ i - State of Maryland. »8- State of Virginia. 19. State of Kentucky. 20. State of North-Carolina'. , 21. Tenneiree Government. 2,2. State of South-Carolina. 23» State of Georgia. TERMS. \ i. This work will be coinpriled in two volumes. I 1. Subscribers pay for the prelent volume I ondeliverv, fix dollars, and the price of 5 binding, (56 cents for boards.) ' They may receive the succeeding vo lume in twenty-four v/eekly numbers, at a Quarter dollar each, or else, when si- 1 nifhed, at the fame price as the firft. 1 4. The fubfeription will be raised on the firft day of June 1794, to fourteen dol lars,' exclusive of binding. 5- Should any copies remain for sale after the completion ot the work, they will be fold at fix tee 11 dollars, and the price of binding. The names of the fubferibers will be publiftied as patrons of American litera ture, arts, and sciences. It is wholly unneceflary to expatiate on the advantage, to American readers, that this edition polTefTes, over every imported edition of any system of Geography extant. The addit tion of maps of the several tefta procured a very great expense, and from the bed materials that are attaiualile (peaks fnch full convWtidn on this fubiecV that it would be difrefyeft to the read! cr's uiiderftanding, to suppose it reqiiifite to enter into a detail of arguments to' prove its (uperiority. In no similar work have such mapibeenever introduced. The emendationsand addition* which ■>" th ; -WJri, h ' .and I Ut "Ji :r. every pa?e. The public _ri ie- f ierred to the preface t'.r a flight iietc't' of - few •», , The pubF.iher take* the p 'entoi. or tunity of retc a fug his molt (: cere th.Wcs to '"'lose chi-aclers \vho!»vc ; vorer. him with dncyig*7..." ii.g the of of the Hates Ite , . requcflsacontinuar.ee cf thci: kittdnefs; and hopes that such public ipirited citizens, as are pofleiled of flmilar documents, will favor him with theirafliftance in perfect ing his undertaking. The extraordinary encouragement >vith which he. has been favpred, has excited in hisbreaft the warmest jfentimtnts oi gra titude—-lentiments which time will not ef face. He pledges himfelf to the citizens of the United Srates, to spare neither pains nor expense to render the present edition of Guthrie's Geography improved, dciivrv ing of their patronage. waftf Joseph Clark, ARCHITECT AT ANNAPOLIS, ' Propo/es to fublijb,' by fubfeription, POLYMATHY ; O R The American Builder. A Work calculated equally to edify and en tertain the Gentleman, Farmer, Su rveyor, Builder & Mechanic. THIS work will contain various on ions of the belt writeis on Archite&ure, Arts, and Science ; together with experiments, and ' accurate ftofes of by the author; being the result of thirty years study and ex perience in his profeffion. It will also contain an alphabetical account of the quality and value of the various kinds of materials, and numerous species of labor, expanded on building. Exemplifications, toafcertain the quanti ties of materials and labor neceflary to com plete, almost, every part in a building, of whatever dimensions. An account and explanation of all the terms and phrases, used in ancient and frio dern arcftire&ure and building. To persons inclined to build, it will afford an opportunity of regulating their plans with in thecompafs of their finances, and prepaie them to prevent impositions trick.ng venders of materials, and extortionate work men—To Mechanics, who cannot, for want of experience, calculate the value of their refpe&ive labour, and materials expended in their particular branches ot" building, this work will afford an opportunity to ellimate with facii'ty and accuracy, any done or, in tended to be done, either in tne aggregate or the minutiae. It will contain many eurious and valuable recipes to make fine and coarse varnilbes,for preserving roofs of houses, barns, palings, troughs, pipes, Sec. Pecipes to make vari ous glues and cements ; recipes to make com- j positions for elegant, or minute ornaments, and enrichments for oufide or inside com- 1 partments : recipes to make composition for figures and incrliftaiions—to endure the 1 weather in any afpeft ; recipes to make ftuc- 1 co compofuions, for floors, mflt-houfes, dif- ! i tilleries, hearths, linings for ciftems, See. Tablesto afcertaiu the scantling of different: species of timber neceflary to perform their refpeftive fun&tons, in proportion to their various fufpeniions : Tables to afcertaiu the dimensions of the various apertions introdu ced in different edifices, and doors, windows, chimnies, stair-cases, See. in pro ' tion to their different uses and intentions— 1 whether for beauty or utility : A concise mode to take, and fquere the dimensions o( all kinds of artificer's work belonging to buildings, and 10 ascertain the cubical or fu ' peificjal contents thereof: Observations 0 f the do£tr»ne arf echo and found : A di/Terta- | tion on the philosophy, dodrine, and con- 1 • ftruftion of chimnies, to void or emit the Jmoke. Propofiiions and recipes to cure » finoky chimnies : Observations on the infla bility of the edifices heretofore, generally, eiffted in America : Suggeflions of modes to 1 purfuc in buildings here, that will, without ' addinonal cxpence, tend more to their dura bility than those heretofore* commonly, con- I ftrufted : Descriptions and proportions of the general and particular members of vari ous orders in Architecture, viz. the Tuscan, ' Doric, lonic, Corinthian, Composite, Chi nese, Attic, Cargatic, Arabesque, Moresque, 1 Grotesque, Saracenic, Rustic, Antique, Anti quo-Modt rn, Gothic, and Britannic : Many curious historical accounts of various won derful buildings in different parts ot the 1 world : Many curious and original accounts and eulogiums on Free Masonry. 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THIS institution is now open for the re . ception of students under the immediate care of Mr. Caleb RulTell, whole abilities as an inftruftor. and attachments the bu- 1 finefs havts long been known and approved. *? e h j. s „ bnder Uim th * afiiflants in the different branches—The scholars are taught the Englifb, French, Laiin, and i Greek languages, Public-Speaking, Writing, | Arithmetic, Geography, Astronomy, and the var loUs branches of the Mathematics. The healthy situation of this place is such «s; 10 recommend it to those, who wish 10 have their children in the country. Boai d in», washing, mending, &c. will be provid ed in good families, and the morals of the (cholars carefully attended to. The price including tuition, firewood, &c. exclusive of the French language) will not exceed thirty pou!«l? proclamation mo ney per annum) r: n adJkion pfthree dollars I per quart n U be 'ro such | JJ,* 'M F'.'iith language. The ; J-r.e.crj r.l -.oeifrrameti to pay such attcn . to this inii tution, as v /i« render it rti pacta hie uie^al. GarihsL Hi *«;b i Morritlown, Mayir, , J • diw - W2m.«— | - — - ' — =.• W wan.- May i 4. secretary* los a rekt' ' h ° bl, « ati °"> a „ d Am,u« ™ t 777T., ==== ,m * I M"~ relatlon community. Front ftre< *PTJfA . o . tuts Front and nla "S!*!T£D BY lOHM I . ENNO, N«, 3, Sowtu Fo UKTU " blx D °ti-A*s Ptn Annum. ■j .Bank United States, l'|! June 13 th, 1794- I- PROPOSALS will be received at the Bank of the United States until the firlt :h day of July next, for the Masons and ■c. Carpenters work of the Banking House, -- to be built in Third-street f- It is not expected, that more than the 15 foundation will be compleated this season. IS The plan may be l'een by applying to 'f JOHN KEAN, Cashier. dtij. A New Novel. To the LADIES of Philadelphia. This Day is Pubhfhed by MATHEW CAREY, 118, Market street, Price, bound, five-eighths of a dollar, sew ed ill marble paper, hall a dollar, n ~ Charlotte, a tale of Truth, IN TWO VOLUMES. 1S By -Mrs. ROWSON, of the New Theatre, s Phladelphia, Author of Victoria, the In lC| quifitor, the Fille de Chambie, &c. r; Of Charlotte, the Reviewers have c- given the following character. IT mav be a Tale oi Truth, for it is 11 not unnatural, and it is a talc of real dif 's treis. Charlotte, by the artifice of a teach r» ei, recommended to a school, from huma nity rather than a convi&ion of her inte ' S r 'ty» or the regularity of her former con- dust, is enticed from her governess, and a - ccompanies a young officer to America.-— The marriage ceremony, if not forgotten, ( is postponed, and Charlotte dies a martyr to the inconstancy of the over, and treach j cry of his friend.-—The situations are art less and affelting—the descriptions natu c ral and pathetic; we fliould feel for Char g lotte if such a person ever existed, who for one error perhaps, deferyed ,t so severe a puniihment. If it is a fic 1r tion, poetic justice is not, we think, piO n perly diitributed. ls Said Carey has jttfl publijhed, A 2 sheet map of Kentucky r compiled by Elihu Barker, price one dol lar and two thirds. > War Atlas, containing maps of France, " Germany, Spain, Italy, the United Provin '■ ces, the Netherlands, and the Weft Indies. Price two dollars. - Map of New Jerfey—Ealf a dollar. ! > Maps of Vermont, Cmne&icuf, Dela ware, three eighths of ,r a dollar each. '' April 29. tuth&s3w GUTIIRIE'sGEOGRAPHY |t Improved. THE fubfeription tor his work on the original terms, of iwelw- dollars and the binding, will be doled this day—and on Monday the fubfeription will open at four _ teen dollars, excluilve of the pricfc of bind e i»g. ,1 The new maps added to this edition are o twenty one ; among wMch are those of 1- New-Hamplhire, Massachusetts, Connefti >f cut, Hliode-Ifland, Vermont, New York, I- New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ma -- rylind, Virginia, Kentucky, North Caro le lina, the Genelfee Government, South Ca e rolina, and Georgia. These maps have ne I- ver been given in any former system of Geography, and, it is heped, would alone 0 be fufficient to entitle ilis work to a pre " fer*nce to any other ed tion of Guthrie. N B. The map of ihe United Slates, ! '■ which is compiling by Br. S imuel Lewis, | troin the refpefttve ftati maps, will be far " more complete than anyone yet publilhcd, / and be printed on tw» large Iheets of P J per> nearly the size of the late Mr. Mur ray's map. y May 31 d Just Publfhed, is By Benjamin Johnsw, and fold at his BookJlore, No. 147, Market Jlreet, . The Life of Dr. Franklin, ! E ' ' O with a (hiking likenefs,extcuted in a maf -0 terly manner by Tbackara and Vallance, ic price fivefhilling^. c, The Ready Reckoner, or Traders' Sure 1 h Guide, 379 The Young Book keeper's Assistant, 6/3 <, The Christian, a D oerti, by Charles Craw e, ford, 2/4 s > Efop's Fables, 4JB ,e Swan's British Architect, 37/6 Paine's ditto 30/ Town and Country Builder's Assistant. »- 22/6 y ' In the press, and mill be publijhed in a few __ days, and fold as above, Reflections and Maxims, by William Penn, with his advice to his cbfl !- den, 4/8. te 16 mo. 2, 1794. m&rw,m is — 1 Congre/s of the United. States, In Senate, Tuefaay May 13th, 1794. d /"\RDERED, that Rnfm Putnam. Ma. r^"A f rah Cut,er ' Robert ° liver d OnttinGreen, do, upon the third Mondav of , , December next, Ihew cause to the Senate h why so much of the grants of land to them 0 the said Rulus Putnam, Manafiah Cutler I ert ?]: Krm ! l Gree ", pursuant '* I? a " A s e ' ,u « , '' d "An afl authorizing ' e n r COnVCya " Ce ° 4 " lands to the Oh o Company oj alTociates," lhall 1, n °' be /Glared void, as may interfere "of the n F« f C r ie " C t0 fatist > llie bairns n!l ? L settlers at Galliopolis. " S nf^heYk t! ' e acres.Heftatesjthar the said Jonn Wells ou the j6tli day of March 1774 contracted to fell the, laid land to the said Mordecai Cole,&executed to him a bond for the said Cole, on the fame day, executed to the said Wells a bond for tiie payment of the purciiafc money amoun ' tiugto/675 Pennlylvania currency, that the said Cole hath since discharged the whole of the purchase money, and hath afligned to the complainant the said bond for con vevance; that the laid Wells hath never executed a deed, agreeably to his contract j but ha:h removed out of the (late of Mary land, and now resides ill the state of Ken tucky. It is thereupon, and at therequeft of the complainant, adjudged, and ordered, that he pl oclife a copy of this order to be inferi r tdat lcalt fix weeks lucceffively, before hefirft day of August next, in the United States Gazette at Philadelphia, to the in tent, that the said John Wells may ba\e no ' tice of the complainant's application to t.iis court, and may be warned to appear here, on or befc e the firft Tuesday in Oc tober next, to (hew cause wherefore this court Ihouid not proceed to decree, agree aoly to the prayer of the complainant, and to the a£t of alFembly, for such cases made and provided. Test, Samuel Harvey Howard- Reg. Cur. Can. June ig mw&rißw MADEIRA, 1 SHCHRy, PORT, j, WlNESofthefirftquality LISBON, A j ' TENEKIFFEJ Old Jamaica Spirit, Antigua and Well In dia Rum. Coniac, French and Peach Brandies Claret and Port Wine of afuperior qua lity in cases. Vi'inc Cyder and Vinegar, in pipes and hhds. Corks in Bale Segars in Boxes. Philadelphia Porter, in Calks and Bottles London do. in do. do. Philadelphia Ale and Beer in do. do. London do. in do. do. and Cyder tn barrels and bottles, prepared for l exportation or immediate nle, . FOR SALE BY Benjamin W- Morris, The corner of Dock and Pear flreets, Where he lias provided suitable ltores and vaults, for the reception of WINE S, & c . Which he proposes to store or dispose of on comtniffion Captains ofvefT?-: and others fupplicd with any of the above LIQUORS bottled, and teaftores in gencal put up. Ma y 9 tu&f2m Just Published, In one handsome volume,limo. Price 5s AND FOR SALE BY JOHN ORMROD, At Franklin's Head, No. 4 1, Chefuut Stre.'.t, AN ESSAY ON THE Natural Equality of Men , On the Rights that result from it, and on the Duties which it imposes. To which a MEDAL wis adjudged, by the Teylerian Society at Haarlem. Corrected and Enlarged, by WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN D. D. ProlelTor of Moral Philofopßy, and the Law of Nature, and of Ecclesiastical ILlloiy; and Minister of the Englilh Church at btrecl: . Ahquid temper ad communem utilitatem . atlcr-ndnm. Cicero J The Firfl American Edition. , I HEg.and principle of Equalitv, if ' on, u' g u- V y" u ' er tood, is the only 'baf.s t on Which' umverlal justice, sacred order, ! P fca freedon '- can be fi-mly built, . and permanently secured. Tl. e view of 1 thi! It't "V l,is n " ay ' at the fame ■ ' C l Jrefies infoience of office 5< n - V ( ?' :ny of P' and the outrages of mannfrVt C °" firni '' the '"oft forcible ' "nd rhJ'- K, ,lece ' nt > r subordination, - So for : ", ft d f manii ' : 0f lawful authori ; ' offociety tl,ttit Om '° 0f - ning tbe ba,,ds juSW proportioned oVXT" tOßetl ' er ,he -nan n an r, o Jof hu ' ot re ciprocal oblmatlon. and Marc"!"!™ re ' atlon to the community. tuts The Public arp cautioned t 0 beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, federal of which have appeared in circulation 'within a few days pa/l; the* arc good general imitation of the genuine ~ Bills, but may be dijtinguijbed by the s o l. £" lowing is MARKS. 'I! Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of tlx United States. t, ALL that have appeared have the letter F. for their Alphabetical Mark. :li The Texture of the Paper is thicker and j. whiter and it takes the ink more freely than the genuine paper. The O. in the word Company is smaller than the M. and other letters ot that word _ so that a line extended from lire top of the ~t O, to touch the top of the M. would cxtei d considerably above the range of the whole fford. In the word United the letters are nar rower and closer together than the reft 0 f - the bill. a The i and /in the word promise are not e parallel, the/inclining much more forward than the r. The engraving is badly executed, lie strokes of all the Letters are ftronge* and d the devi ein themargin particularly is much coaifcr and appears darker rhan in the . ne j bills. Some ot the counterfeits bear date i n r ' "9 I—whereas1 —whereas r he Bank was not in opera. e tion till December, and 116 five dolla' bills ~ were issue:! in that" ytir. . r Dollar Bills of the Bank of North t America. s ALL that have appeared have the letter d B. lor their alphabetical mark. Pi:ey are printed on a paper pearly fimi r lar to that of t he counterfeit Five Dollar Notes above deferred; the et? raving is better executed, and they approach n a ret" to the appearance of the genuine hills; The fine ruled lines thiniif.il ,1c e '"""h'f '« the body of the bill, are in rum. t thir teen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in the counterfeits. The word Company is much like the fame word in the Five Dollar Bills as defctibed . above, the 0 being lei's than them, and o thers following. 3 There is 110 stroke to ;thc t inihe word r North Whereas in tl>e genuine bills tlieftroke is well defined. s The letters to . the left hand at the bottom, do not con e j down to the line, but are so cut as to give * an irregular appearance to the word, the Tw arid ihejt going below them. Ihe (ignature | Nixon, has (he appear ance ol being written with lamb-black and " 01J, and differs from other inks used in printing the bills and the cafhiei's signa ture. It is supposed these forgeries were commit ted in fomeofthe Southern vtafes, as all the counterfeit* thai have appeared, have come from jhcnce, and two perf« ris have been up* p:chended in Virginia, on suspicion ot being the author of them. The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOL LARS will be paid tt>anv Per/on or l*eifon# % who iTiall discover and prohcute to con vie tion the teveral offenders of the following or any ot them. viz. The person or perfonsj who msrhufoflur ed the paper on which the Bills are primed. The person or perlons, who engraved the plates. The printer or printers, of the bills. Evc»\ person as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting |,and uttrring the laid bills. Philadelphia, March 28, j794 Apti{ 22, 1^94, Other counterfeit bills of the Bank of the United States have ap peared in circulation. The denomination is of TWENTY DOLLARS, and the alphat e.ical mark is thie letter B. They may be distinguished from the ge* nuine by the following MARKS : The paper of the counterfeits is of a more tender texture and g'oftey fr.rface than the genuine, and tnere is 1/0 water' mark in them. The letter C. in the word Cafliier, in he true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair stroke, evidently in an unfinifhed state. T®e%rter a in t* f word demand, is badly formed and the wix>.V wordifr dure and there is no comma at theend of it, as there is in the genuine bills. The marginal is much darker mi the falfe, than in the genuine bills ow ing to the shade strokes being coarfc«, mnch nearer together, and confequei t-'y mnch . more numerous. This difference ft'ikes the eye at firft view. The fame reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, will be paid so l apprehending, & prosecuting ro conviction the several above defer/bed Offendefs in refpeft to this, as to the Jaft described bills. THOMAS WILLING, P/cfident of the Bank Uniied Starts. JOHN NIXOtf, Pre he <; are offered to prove the labor of jteemcv * :C J much more preduflivc than that ot Jlavef't that countries are i ich, powerful and h<*{ ! n j •n proportion a? the laboring people rujoy ihe fruits of llieir own labor ; and hcnce the neceffaiy conclusion, that flavcry is i/Bpoii* tic as well as injuji. Pr ice 115 Cents. Fehruarv 15. rHE officcof the President and Dircftois of the Insurance Company of No«tH America, is temoved to No. io7* ouf Front street, being the iouthcaiVcornet © Front and Walnut ftrcets.