I ' March, i 1794. JUST PUBLISHED, J}/ MATHEW CAREY, N:t. 11 Market Jlreet, Tfla FiKS T VOLUME OP A NEW SYSTEM OF Modern Geography: OR, A GeographicalH'tfiorical, ana Commercial Grammar-, And prej>! • ttate Ofrhe I' vc al NATIONS OF THE WORLD. CP N T A 1 J«J I N O, J. Th/ figure;, motions, and diftatices of *he planets,acco tot be Newtonian fyf fem and the late ft observations 2. A generai view of the eai th,confidered a; a plaijetfwith fevevai ufeful geographical definitions aiul oi obJe »r>. 4. The grand diviiiosrs ofthe £lobe into iahd ft'nd water, continent* and kflaivds. 4» Tie lit nation and extent of empires, provinces and colonies. 5- Theii climate*, air, foil, vegerables, productions, mctah, minerals, natural curi o!i tie^feas,river-;,bays,capes,profHontorifts, Mud lakes. 6. The birds and beast* peculiar to each count* v. '7• Observations on the changes that have been any w.iere obfei ved upon the face of nature Jinde the most early periods of his tory. 8. The history and origin of nations;' then t'ofms -f government, religion, laws, revenue'?,taxes,naval and military strength 9' The genius, manners, cuftoras, and habits of the people. 10. Their language, learning, arts, scien ces, manufaclunesy and commerce. H. Tiie chief cities, flruftures, ruins, and arftficia) curiosities. J 2 The longitude, latitude, bearings, and distances ofprincipal places fromPhila deipiiia. To which are added I. A Geographical Index, with the names and places alphabetically arranged. 2. A Table of the Coins of all nations, and their valqe in dollars and cents. 3« A Chronologic a l Table of remarka ble events,froin the creation to the preient t me. By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Ifi. The Astronomical Part corrected by D . Rittenhousr. i JTo which have been added, I TKe late Di of Dr. Herschell, and other eminent Astronomers. The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, Corrected, Improved, and greatly Enlar ged. The firft volnifcc contains twenty-one Maps end Cihai ts,beiides two AftronomicaH Plates, viz. 1. Alip of the world. 2. Chart of the worle 3. Europe. 4. Asia. 5. Africa. 6. South America. 7. Cook's difcovenes. 8. Countries round the north Pole. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. :0. Se ven United Provinces. 11. Austrian, French and Dutch Netherlands. 12. Ger many. 13. Seat of war in France. i - fiance divided into departments. Is. Switzerland. :6. Italy, Sicily, and Sar dinia. 17. Spain and Portugal. J ft. Turkey in Europe and Hungary. 19. Ire- I nid. 20. Weft-indies. 21. Vermont. 22. Ar miliary sphere. 23. Copernican fyftein- With the second volume, vfrhifch is now in rhe press, will be given the following tVlaps: 1. Ruflia in Europe and Asia. 2. Scotland. 3. England and Wales. 4 Poland. i 5. China. 6. Hindoftan. 7. United $tates. 8. Britifii America. 9. Srate of New-Harap&lre. 10. State of Maflachufetts. 11. State of Gonne&icut. j 2. State of Rhode Island. 13- Stare of New-York. 14. State of New-Jersey. 1 5- State of Pennsylvania. *6. State of Delaware -17. State of Maryland.. 18. Stale of Virginia. 19. State of Kentucky. 20. State of North-Carolina. 21. Tennelfee Government. 22. State of South-Carolina. 23. State of Georgia. TERMS. 1. This work will be compriled in two volumes. i. Subfcribcrs pay "for the preient volume ondelivery, fix dollars, and the prite of bindings (56" cents for boards.) 3 They may receive the fucieeding vo lume in twenty-four weekly numbers, at a quarter dollar eaicb, or else, when fi niftied, at the fame price as the firft. 4. The fubfeription will be raised on the firft day of June 1794, to fourteen flol lar3, exclnfive of binding. 5. Should any copies remain for sale after the completion of the work, they will be fold at Itxteen dollars, and the price of binding. 8. The names of the fubferibers will be publiftied as patrons of American litera ture, arts, and fciencsj. It is wholly unnecelTary to expatiate on the advantage,to American readers, that this edition poflefles, over every imported edition ot any fyfteni of Geography extant. The addit tion of maps of the fe,veral teftjt , procured a very great expense, and Irani tile belt materials that are attainable, speaks such (utl convlAiSn on that it would be difrefpeift to the r'ead *r's understanding to fuppole it requisite to enter into a detail of arguments to prove its superiority. In no limilar work have such maps baenever introduced. The eniendationsand additions which are made in this workjare innumerable,and mccur in.every page. The are re ferred to the preface for a flight Iketch •f a few of them. The publisher takes the present oppor . tunity of returning his most thanks to thole refpnftable characters who have favored him with documents for improv inr the maps of several of the ftatcs He — I Came ro fhp fnKf^rl reqnefts a continuance of their kindness; • and hopes that such public fpiritcd citizcns, as are ptrtTelfed of similar documents, will favor him with theiiaffiftance in perfect ing his undertaking. The extraordinary encouragement wit-' which he has been favored, has excited in his breast the warmelt sentiments of gra titude—fentiments which time will not ei ace. lie pledges to the citizens ofthe United to spare neit'ier pains nor expense to .render the pr felit editron of Guthrie's Geography improved, deferr ing of their patronage. waftf Joseph Clark, ARCHITECT AT ANNAPOLIS, Proposes to pubiijb, by fubfeription y \ POLYMATHY ; OR The [American BuHder. A W«>rk calculated equally to cdiiy and en tertain ihe Gentleman, Farm r,Sur veyor, Builder & Mechanic. THIS work will contain various n ions ' ot the bcfl on Arrhiieftyre. Arrd an opportunity of u-cif nians with in the compels of the 1 i finances,-and prepare them to prevent impoij'.io»»s U«un tricking venders of materials, a.i\d extortionate work men—To Mechanics, who cannot, for want of experience, calculate the value of their refpr6tivc labour, and tnatei ials expended in theft* particular branched of this work will afforii an op(>ortunity to eltirna?e ! v/nh facii'ty and accuracy, any done or in tended to be done, eiiher in tne aggregate or the minu'.iac. < Tt will contain many eurious and valuable recipes tp inakc fine and coarse varriifhes,for roots of houses, b"arns, palings. \ troughs, pipes, See. Pccipes to makevaii ous glues and cement* ; recipes to rnake coin pofitions for .legant, or minute ornaments, and enrichments for obfide or inside com partments : recipes to make compofilfon for figures and incruf^kion's—to ensure the weather in ahy afpeci; recipes to make stuc co compositions, foi malt-houses, dif -1 tillcrics, hearths, linings ,for cisterns, See. - Tahlesto ascertain the fcaiitling of ditteient species of timber necclfary to perform their refpe£llve functions, in proportion to their various fufpenlions Tables to zfccrtain the dimensions ofthe various apertions introdu cer! in aifferent edifice , anil doors, windows, chimnus, iky-lights, stair-case's, Sec. iri prp tion to their different ufe# and intentions-- whether , for beauty or utility: A mode to take, and fqi>«re the dimensions ol all kinds of artificer's work belonging to build>n%s, and to afccrtain the cubical or f u . peificWl contents Observations of 'lie doClrine of echo and ToQnd : A disserta tion on the pfr'ofophy, doctrine, find con- of chimnies, to void or emit the s moke. Proposition* and recipes to Cure smoky chimnies : on the i„ft d . bijity of the edifices heietofore, generally ere&ed in Ame'rica : Suggeflions of modes to in buildings h re, that will, without additional expence, tend more to thfir dura bility Hian those heretofore* commonly, con ftrufted : Descriptions and proportions of tne general and particular members of vari ous orders in ArcHiteaure, viz. the Tuscan, Doric, lonic, Corinthian, Composite, Chi nese, Attic, Cargatic, Arabesque, Moresque, Grotesque, Saraoenic, Rustic, Antique, Anti quo-Modtrn, Gothic, and Br.itannic : Many curious hiftoiical accounts of various won derful buildings in different parts of the world : Many curious and original accounts and eulogiums on Free Masonry. This woik will be printed in two o£lavo volumes, each to contain upwards of 400 pages, on fine paper of elegant letter press : Th» price to fubferibers, in boards, fivr dollars; two and a HALFTopt i ars to be paid on the delivery of the fiift, and two and a half doi LARson the delivery ofthe second volume. Mr. Clark affuies the public, that he will literally perform all that he hath set forth in these proposals. Gentlemen inclined to promote this work, by fubferibing thereto, are requested to write, poll paid, to Mr. Joseph Clark, at Annapolis, authorising him to annex their na«nes to the fubfeription lift. The Printers in the United States, are so licited to give these proposals occasionally, a place in their papers. * Morris Academy. THIS inftituiion i: now open for the re ception of students under the immediate care of Mr. Caleb RufTell, whose abilities I as an inftruftor, and attMihmentto the bu. finefs have long been known and approved. He has under liim the belt afliftants in the different branches—The icholarj are taught the Englidi, FrHich, l.a'in, and (jrfek laivguages, Public-Speaking, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Astronomy, and the various branches of the Mathematics. The healthy ficuation of this place is fu as; to recommend jt to those, who wifli to have their children in the country. Boatd ing, walhing, mending, &c. will be provid ed in good families, and the morals of the scholars carefully attended to. The price including tuition, firewood, &r. exclusive of the French lamju .ge) will not exceed thirty poutjds proclamation mo ney per annum) an addition of three dollars per quarter will be marie: to fitch scholars who are taught the French language. The Directors at edetcrmined to pay such attcn. tion to this institution, as will render it retyeftable and ufeful. Gabriel h. ford, -> TIMOTHY JOHNS, jun. C Dire&'s. NATHAN FORD,. \ Morriftown, May lj, 1794 dtvr. — lull I *- O IHILADELPHIA :~Priktid by JOHN FENNO w, c FENNO, No. 3> So „ TB F0e,,,, S»„ T _ P .,„ Bank United States, June 13th, 1794. PROPOSALS will be received at the Bank of the United States until the firft day o: July next, for the Masons and Carpenters work of the Hanking Tloufe, to be built in Third-fireet It is not expedted, that more than the foundation will be compleated this season. The plan may be seen by applying to JOHN KEAN, Cajhier. dtij. ,\ — A New Novel. To the LAiJIES of Philadelphia. This Day is PubWhtd by MATHKW CAREY, itß, Market street, price, bound, five-eighths of a dollar, sew ed in n arble paper, halt a dollar, Charlotte, a,tale of Truth, fN TWO VOLUMES. By Mrs. ROWSON, of the New Theatre, Phiadelphia, Author of Victoria, the In quisitor, the Fille de Chainbre, &c. • Of Charlotte, the Reviewers have given the following charaßer, IT may be a Tale of Truth, for it is not unnatural, and it is a talc of real di(- trels. Charlotte, by the artifice of a teach ei, recommended to a school, from huma nity rather ihau a convi&ionof her inte grity, or the .regularity of her former con y Elihu Barker, pi ice are doi ar and two thirds. War Aflas 7 containing maps of France, Germany, Spa'n, Italy, the United Provin ces, {he Netherlands, and the Weft Indies. Price two dollars. IVJap of New Jersey— Half a dollar. 3VTpof Vermont, Connecticut, Dela ware, Georgia—Price three eighths of a dollai each. April 29. tuth&s3w GUTHRIE's GEOGRAPHY Improved. THE subscription for this work on the original terms, of twelve dollars and the binding, will be closed this day—and on Monday the subscription will open at four teen dollars, exclulive of the price of bind ing. The new maps added to this edition are ' twenty one ; among *hich are those of New-Hampfliire, Conne&i ciifl R iode-Ifland, Vermont, New YorkJ New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ma ryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Caro lina, the.Geneifee Government, South Ca rolina, and Georgia. These maps have ne ver beep given in any former system of Geography, and, it is hoped, would alone 1 he fufficient to entitle this work to a pre ference to any other edition of Guthrie. N ft. The map of the United S'ates, wHich is compiling by, Mr. Samuel Lewis, from the refpe&ive state maps, will be far more complete than any ohe yet publiflr d, and be printed on two large (beets of paper, nearly the fiz= of the late Mr. Mur ray's map. May 31 ■» d Just Published, By Benjamin Johnson, and fold at his Booijlore, No. 147, MarketJlreet, The Life of Dr. Franklin, with a striking likcnefs, executed in a mas terly manner by Thackara and Vallance, price fivelhilliiigs. The Keady Reckoner, or Traders' Sure Guide, 3 9 The Young Book keeper's Aflifta'nt, 6/3 The Christian, a poem, by Charles Craw ford, 2/4 Elop's Fables, 4/8 Swan's Britilh Architfft, 37/fl Fame's ditto 30/ Town and Counfry Builder's Afiiftant. *2/6 In the press, and will be publi/hed in a few days, and fold as above, Refle&ions and Maxims, by WilWam Penn, with his advice to his chil den, 4/8. 16 mo. 2, 1791- m&wim Congress of the United States, Jn Senate, Tuefaay May 13 tlj, 1794. ORDERED, that Kufui Putnam, Ma. naf fall Cutler, Robert Oliver and GriffinGreei), do, upon the third Monday of Decembei next, (hew cause to the Senate why so much of tlfc grants of land to ihem the said Rufns Putnam, ManalFah Cutler Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, piirfnant to an Aft entitled " An aft authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company of afTociates," /hall not be declared void, as mav interfere with and be fufficient to fatisfv'the claims of the French settlers at Galiiopulk. Ordered, that the delivery of a copy of the above order to Rufus Putnam. Ma naflah Cutler, Robert Oliver, or Griffin Green, and the publication of tbe fame one ..nmyli, in one of rfve Gazettes printed in this City, (hall be deemed fufficient no. tire thereof. Extras from the Journals of Senate. Attest, May ,4 SAM * A * ° TIS ' ftcreta 'T -1 m. •»»-m in wiui i-«ora nowr i urn > «.«- -- NANKEENS. e Nankeens of Superior Quality, FOR SALE AT d No. 40, north Fifth Street. April zi. mw&ftf e*v | * l - The Partnership of 0 JONES, HOFF, and DERRICK, of this city, Printer?, having dilfolved o» the 29th day of May lall, ail persons having any ~ demands 011 the said fiim are h reby rtquef ted to present their claims for flit lenient, and all thp;'e who are indebted, to make payment to the Subfcribei, at No. 8, north Ffth ll eo, who is duly authorised to ad just the conceiiß of the partnerlhip. JOHN HOFF. June *d6t Richard Johns In the Chancery Court v ( of the John IVells and State of Maryland, Mordecai C.ole. J May 26th 1794. ' The Complainant hath fil ed his bill, for tie purpose of obtaining a decree, to vest in him a complete legal title to traAs of land, lying in Baltimore county, one called Parfi'ters-Level, con -5 taining 100 acres, thp other called Prtffpeft contai 1.1553 acres.Heftates,that the said John Wells ou the 16th day of March 1774 contracted to feli ihe said land to the fa»d Mordecai Cole,&:executed ro him a bond for conveyance,that the said Cole- on the Tame day, executed to the said Wells a K">nH for tne pavnu nt of the purchafc- m .ey amoun ' tingto/675 Pennlylvania currency, that r the said Cole hath since disc' .rg_-d the whole of the purchase money, aud hath afliguea to the complainant the laid bond for con veyance $ that the laid Wells hatli never executed a deed, agreeably to his coptraft J but hath removed out of t estate of M y land, and nt»w resides iu tbe ilate of Ken tucky. It is thermpon, and at the ceqneft of the complainant, aojudped, and orde-ed, that he procure a copy o< t•»i s ordei to be infert r tdat least iix weeks 'ucceffiveiy, before he firft day of Auguir nexr, iit the United States Gazette at PhiiaJelphia, to the in tent, that the said John Wells may have 110- ' tier of the complainant's application to this coUrt, *and may be warned to appear here, op orbefoie the sirs Tuesday in Oc tober next, to shew cause wherefore this court fhouid not proceed to decree, agrte ably to the prayer of the complainai.t, and to the a a of alTen-bly, fpr ibch cases made and provided. Test, 1 Samuel Harvey Howard. Reg. Cur. Can. June 13 raw&rfW MADEIRA, "I » SHEURY, J PORT, \VlN£Softhe (irftquality LISBOH Sc | ( TENERIFFE J Old Jamaica Spirit, Antigua and Weft In d.a Rum. Coniac, French and Peach Brandies Claret and Port Wine of a superior qua lity in cases. Wins Cyder and Vinegar, in pipes and h'nds. Corks in Bales,Havannah Segars in Boxes. Philadelphia Porter, in Caiks and Bottles London do. in do. do. Philadelphia Ale and #eer in do. do. London do. in do. do. and Cyder :n barrels and bottles, prepared for exportation or immediate use, for sale ey ♦ Benjamin W* Morris, The corner of Dock and Pear Jlreets, Where he has provided fu it able ltores and vaulis, for the reception of WI N E S, &e. Which he proposes to (lore or dispose of on commifiion Captains ofvefTels and others fupplird with,any of the above LIQUORS bottled, and feaftores in geneal put up. May 9 tu&f2m just Published, In one liandfome volume,umo. Price 5s AND FOR SALE t!Y JOHN OR M ROD, At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chefuut Street, 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 was adjudged, by the Teykrian Society at Haarlem. CorreEled and Enlarged, by WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN, D. D. l>ro(e(Tor of Moral Philosophy, and the Law of Nature, and of Ecclesiastical History; and Minister of the English Chinch at Utrerhr. Aliquid (eniper ad cominuucm utilitatem • Cicero. Iht rirjl American Edition. T'HEgrand principle of Equality, if rightly under!!ood, is the only basis on which I.l,;verb,! justice, sacred order, ,"1 l ,?r ' elsV freedom, can be firmly built, atid permanently ftcured. The view of it exhib'ted 1 " this eftky, :,tthe fame time that it repreiTes the inft.lence of office, the tyranny of prtde, and the outrages of , oppreHion ; confirm*, in t lic mod forcible I :rr>: T, ~t' r eflit- v of , and the jug demands of lawful author!tv. 0 ar iiK.eedi f'om loosening the band< 1 lociety, that it maintains inviolate e very natural an,d evciv civil diftiutSion diawj inore clo'ely evety (o c ial tie, unites fvfl a " d r>' l '? Proportioned y m , an< ' urinss men together 011 the even ground of the inherent right* of bn man name, of obligation, and of a common relation to the coram unit v. Jl,„ I .11~~ •" ' *" • The Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills fy of the Bank of the United States, and 7wenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, federal of which have appeared in circulation within a few days pajl; they arc good general imitation of the genuine ~ Bills, but may be dijlingui/hed by :be frf. lowing is MARKS. tl> Five Dollar Bills of the Bank ps /A. I United States. J C) ALL thai have appeared have the letter Le F. for their Alphabetical Mark. -h The Texture of the Paper is thicker and j. whiter and it takes the ink more fieely than the genuine "paper. The O. in the word Company is /mailer than the M. and other letteis ol* that word — <"o that a line extended from ihe top of ihe r) O, to touch the top of the M. wouty extend corrfideiabiy above the range of the whole word. In the word United the letters are nar rower and closer together than th# reft of - the bill. a The J and /in the word promifc are not parallel, the /inclining much more forward than the i. i- * "? C Wi"* " bad 'y executed, the fti-okes of all the letters are stronger and d flie ? ev " et ' ,ema rgin particularly ismuch coarser and appears darker than in the true bills. Some ot the counterfeits bear date in 1 79 i-\Vhere«s the Bank was not in opera, t.o. tin December,, and no five dollar bills were ulueo in lhat year. Twenty Dollar Bills of'the Bank of North America* ALL that have appeared have the letter B. for their alphabetical mark. They are printed oh a paper neaily flmi 'ar to that of the counterfeit Five Dollar! Notes above described j the engraving is better executed, and they approach rearer to the appearance of the genuine bills. The fine ruled lines through ihe word Twenty y in the body of ihe bill, are in, num* bei thirteen 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 described above, the o being less than the m, and o theis following. There is no ftroketo the / North whereas in the genuine bills theftioke is well defined. The let ers evt in the woijd Twenty, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to the line/but are so cut as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tw and they going below them. The fignaiure I. Nixon, has the appear ance ot being written with lamb-black and » oJ, and differs from other inks used in printing the bills and the cafhiei's figna tuie. It is supposed these Forgeries were commit ted in fomeof the Southern States, a* all ihe counterfeits thai have appeared, have comc from ihence, and two peifous have been ap* piehehdcd m Virginia, on fufpicipn ol being the author of them. Ihe reward of OttE THOUSAND DOL LARS will be paid to any Person or Persons whofhalj discover and profeeute to comic tion the leveial offender! of the following descriptions or any of them, viz. 1 he pfifon or p< tfons, who manufactur ed the paper on which the Bills aje primed. The person or persons, who engraved the ptat^s. The printer or printers, of the bills k Every person who has a£led as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting and uttering t tie fa id bills. Philadelphia, March 28, .'794 April 21, 1794, Other counterfeit bills of the Bank of the United States have ap peared in circulation. The denomination is of TWENTY DOLLARS, and the alphabetical mark is the letter I\. They may be diftinguiflied from the ge* nui ne byt he fotlo wing M AKKS : The paper of the counterfeits is of a more tender ' texture and gloffey furface than the genuine, and there is no water mark in them. The letter C. in the word Cafliier, in he true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the the whole letter k a fine hair stroke, evidently in an unfinifhed state. The letter a in the wotd demand, is badly lormed and the whole word ill done and there is no comma at theend of it, as tbere is in the genuine bills. The marginai device, is much daiker in the falfe, than in the genuine bills ow ing to the lliade fjrokes being conifer, much nearer and confequei tly mhrh more numerous. This difference fit ikes the eye at firft view. The fame reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, will be paid fqr apprehendinp, &r pro fer 11 ting 10 con vision the several above described Offenders in iefped. to thisj as to the la ft described bills. THOMAS WILLING, P.efident of the Bank United! Suits. JOHN NIXON, P.efident of the . Bank of North America. By order of ihe Committees of the Ret pe£Hve Boards. FOR SALE, BY MATHEW CAREY, No. i iS, Maiket-Street, Ail EfTay on Slavery, Dcfigncd to exhibit in a new point of view us effe&s on morals, indujir\\ arid the pcatt of Jvciety. Sonic facts ai d calculation* a»e otieied to prove the labor of fretnen 'o he much more produflive than rh*L <>» ftvtl « ( that commies ai( rich, powerlnl and bap|>V» in proportion as the laboring people eu'j.y the fruits of their own labor ; and !•«:» n* the nrctffaty coivlufion, that flavcry is tn.poit* titas well as unjuji. P R 1c e 25 Cents. February i /j. ' dtf rHE office of the President aidDiretfori M tire Insurance Company of N America, is removed to No,. 107, Soutn Frontftreet, being the foutb tail corcerof front and Walnut streets.