Life of Howard. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, J. O RM R O D, (Price 7$ Gents) At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chefnut Street, A VIEW of the Life, Travels and Philan thropic Labours, of the late JOHN HOWARD, Esq. L. L. D. F. R. S. Embellilhed witlia striking likeness of that Citizen of the World. By JOHN AIKEN, u. O. To which is iubjoined an ODE inferibed to John by William Hayley, Elq. FROM realm to realm, with crtfs or cejcent crown* d, Wtie re 1 er mankind and misery are found, (f er burning sands, deep waves, or wilds of /now, Great HOWARD journeying seeks the houf. of woe i Do wn many a winding Jlep to dungeons dank, Where anguijb -jjnih aloud, and fetters clank: To caves byflrew'd with many a mould'ring hone, And cells, whose echoes only learn to groan} —Onward he moves I—Disease and death retire, And murrn ring demons hate him, and ad mire. Sepi. I. Medical Books. JUST PUBLIBHED, By Thomas Dobfon, at the Stone House No. 41 y south Seco d VOL. 11. Medical Inquiries AND OBSERVATIONS. By BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D. Proftffor of the Institutes of Medicine, and of Clinical Piaftice in the Univcr filyo! Pcnnfylvania. CONTAINING f. An inq.uiry into the influence of phyfica canl'cs upon the moral faculty. 2. An inquiry iuto the cffc£ts of fpiritous li quors npon the human body, and their in flucncc upon the happiness of society. 3. Ail inquiry into the caules and cure of tiie puUnonai v confumptiojo. 4. Obierva/ions on the fytnptumsand curcof droptoes. An Inquiry into the caufesand thecurcol internal droply of the brain. 6. An ac ouni of the measles, as they ap- peared in Philadelphia, in the year 1789. 7. An a.-count of the influenza, as it appear ed in Philadelphia fa the years 1789,1790. and 1791. 8. An inquiry int® the causes of the increase of piLousand remitting fevers, in Penn sylvania. g, An inquiry into the caufcsand cure of fore legs. 10. An account of the stale of the body and mind in oltt age, with observations upon its difeafrs and their remedies. Price one dollar and a quarter unbound, or one dollar and a half neatly beund. Medical Tranfa&ions ( ' OF. TH t College of Physicians of Philadelphia. v(> L. I PA R T I. Price one dollar in boards. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children. W»th general directions for the management of Infants from the birth, adapted for thculc o' physicians and private families. By Michael Underwood, M. D. Licentiate of Midwifery in the Royal Col lege of Physicians in London, and Physician of th,e British Lvmcj-in-Hofpual. Price one Dollar, This is acknowledged to be the best bool which has l»een published on the fubjeft, ant is calculated far the nfe of parents, nurses, and orivaie families, as well as for physicians —The two volumes haodfomely printed in one, and the price only about one third of whatilif! imported copies fell for. The Edinburgh New Dispensatory, two dollars. System of Surgery,, extratted from the works of Benjamin Bell, by Dr. Waters, 2 do's. 50 cents. Syile-n of Anatomy, extra&ed from the Ency-lo.paedia, wuh I 2 copperplate*, 2 dols. Syftein of Chemistry, extra&ed from the £ncyc'*>p*Jia, exhibiting a view of the pro gress o' the fciencee, and the different, iyftems which have bf-en published, 2 dols. 50 cents. Brown's Elements of Medicine, 2 dois, 67 cents. T. Dob/on has in the Press, An edition ot the M dical and Philofophi eal Commentaries of Edinburgh. Two v«l. utiles are printed in one at 2 dollars and 50 cents per volume; he has nearly finifhed the five firft volumes, which contain the firft ten volumes of the European edition, which fell for two dolUrseacii. Nine volumes will in clude eighteen European volumes, which will briog the publication up to the present time. Likenxiife for falca conjitlerable number oj Medical Books, viz, Ciillen's Prn&ice, Materia Medica, Physi ology, and Synopsis. Bell's Surgery, 6 vols, or 4 vols, do. on Ulcers, Buchan's Domestic Medicine. Ledran's Surgery, Chefelden's A netomy, Hunter on the Venerea), Swedeea vcr on do. Rollo on Wert India Difeafesf Rigby on Uterine Hemorrhage, Hamilton's outlines of the theory and practice of Mid wifery, wi:h or without plates; do. on the management of Female complaints. Mease on Hydrophobia, &c. &c. fine Liverpool Salt, To Be Sold From the Ship Thomas, The second wharf below Pine-Street, ap ply at fair" Jehu Aug. ■ THOMAS DOBSON, Principles and Observations APPLIED TO THE MANUFACTURE and INSPECTION Pot and Pearl AJhes. By DAVID TOWNSIiND, Infpe&or of Pot and Pearl-Alhes for th^ 1.1 - _rr - Commonwealth of Maffaehufetts AO f — Publiihtd according to Aft of Congref These observations relate to an extenfiri business ; and are designed, in the plainef manner, to convey profitable information to those interested in it, who have not leis ure or opportunity to fearchfor the princi ples therein contained, in ,the writings of profeffional Chernifts. '■# Ran Away, FROM the Subscriber a servant Girl, named Catherine Adams. Whoever will take up and bring back to her Master the said Girl, lhall receive Twenty Cents re ward, and no charges. Sept.io $ta<iuiiu. Scheme of a Lottery, To raise 39,900 Dollars, on 266,000 Dollars, deduSing 15 per Cent, from the Prizes—this Lottery conjifls of 38,000 Tickets, in •which there are ! 4>539 Prizes and 23,461 Blanks, being about one and an half Blanks to a Prize. THE Dire6lorsof the Society foreftablifh mg Uleful Manufa&ures, having refolv ed to erect LOTTERIES for raising One Hundred Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Atl of the Legiflaiure of the State of New-Jersey, have appointed the following perfonsto superintend and dirc& the draw ing of the fame, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufus King, Herman Le Hoy, J-ames Watson, Richard Harrifon, Abijah Hainmond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of "New-York Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Matthew M l - Connel and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard How ell, Esq. Elias Br>udino», General JElias Day ton, Jamrs Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donham, Samuel W. Stockton, Jolhua M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and £lifh a Bondinot, of Ncw-]erfcy, who offer the following Scheme ot a Lottery, and pledge themselves to the public, that they will take every aflunnce and precaution in their power to have the Monies paid by the Managers, from time to time, as received, into the at New-York and Philadelphia, to remain for the purpose of paving Priz s, which (hall be immediatelj* difc&arged by a cheek npon one of th<- Ranks. SCHEME: Prizeof 20,000 Dollars is 20,000 10,000 10,000 5,000 10,000 2,000 10,000 1,000 »0,000 500 I^,ooo * 100 10,000 50 15,000 20 20,000 15 30,000 12 36,000 10 81,000 1 A '5 to 20 100 300 1000 2000 3000 *" Bxoo M>539 Prizes. 262,000 23,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000 Laftdrawn number, 2,000 38,000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is '66,000 The drawing will commence, under the infpeftion of a Committee of the Superin tendants, as soon as the Tickets are fold, of which timely notice will be given The Superintendents have appointed John N. Cumming, of Newark, Jacob R. Har denberg, of New-Brunfwick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security for difchargfng the trull reposed in them. In order to secure the pun&ual pay ment of the Prizes, the Superintendents of the Lottery have dire&cd that the Managers shall each enter into bonds in 40,000 dollars, with four fufficient fccurities, to perform their inftru&ions, the fubflance of which is I. That whenever cither of the Managers ftiall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dol lars, he (hall immdiately place the fame in one of the Banks of New-York or Philadel phia, to the cieditof the Governor of the Socicty, and such of the Superintendents as live in the city where the monies arc placed, .0 remain there nntil the Lottery is drawn, 'orthepajmnt of the Prizes. 11. The Managers tf» take fufficient se curity for any Tickets they may trust, other wise to be responsible for them. 111. To keep regular of Tickets fold, Monies received and paid into the Bank, abftra&s of which shall be sent, nonthly, to the Governor of the Society. Paterfon, January 1, 1794. On application to either of the above gen tlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had. February 24. Lottery publiflied-by the Society for eftablifliing ufeful manufac tures," will commence drawing the firft Tuesday in November next —; WANTED, An Apprentice To the Watch Making and Repairing Business, Apply TO C. Campbell. No. 3, south Fourth Orcet, two doors from Market-street. ' Sept. 3 PH LADELPHIA-Printed JOHN FENNO, No. „j, C„,„„ S„L.,._P >lti s„ D„ lt „ s P,,"^. fworth, & Co. d. BE SOLD BY O F Caleb Wilkins. ia*4w lu&ftf liWtf Applications on Business within my Agency for supplying with pro virions the Militia lately called into service —may be made in this city to Messrs. Whe len and Miller, at the corner of Market and Fourth street*. Elie Williams, Agent for the United States in the Proiii- /ton Department. to be Sold, By THOMAS DOBSON, Alphabetical Lift " DUTIES I Payable by law on all Goods, Wares, and Merchandize imported into the United Saates of* A.nerica, after the 1 all day of June 1794, diftinguiihing the rates payable on those imported in ships or veflels of the United States—-and the rates payabe in fo reign (hips or veflels, including the addi tional duties, to which the refpedive arti cles are liable. The French Language TAUGHT Br J. M. BART, North Second Street, No. 158, WHO begs leave to inform . is Friends and the Public, tliaf he intends to inftru& in that Tongue, a number of Scholars on reasonable terms. Thole who will be plea sed to employ him, (hall be exafily attend ed to at the:-own Appartments. Sept. 17 STATE of SOUTH-CAROLINA In the HouJ'e of Representatives, December 2lit. 1793. CX7HEREAS the Commifliom r* oi pub- V V lie Accounts,have reported, that they annot ptoceed 10 the investigation of the TrcaUiry Accounts, refpc£ting special In dents, without knowing the outstanding a mount thereof in circulation Therefore, That all holders of ipecial In dents be dire&ed, and required*on or before the firft day of November next, 10 deliver the fppcial Indents in their poffeflion to one or other of the Comnulfioncrs «f the Treasury, who are ro give receipts for the fame, and to report to the Commiflfi oners on public ac counts, on or befoie the tenth day of Nov ember next, the amount by them icfpeftive ly received, and also to the Legillaturc, at their meeting in November next, and thai all special Indents not tendered into the Treasury as above, on or before the firft day of November next, ft»all be, and the fame are hereby barred. Rcfolv(d) That public notice of thisrefolu tion be given 1 n the fevcra! Gazettes in this State, once .every three weeks, until the firft day of November next. And that the Dele gates of this State in theCongrefs of the Uni ted States, be lequeited to caufc this relolu ti«>nio be publifhrd in one or more papers in the cities of Philadelphia and New-York, and that piovifion will be made for the cx pences attending publication. Ordered, That the resolution be sent to the £cnare for their concurrence. By ordcrof the House, JOHN SANFORD DART, C.H.R, la the SENATE, December 2*11,1793. Rcfohcd. That this House do concui with :he House of Representatives in the forego ing refoluttons. Ordered, That the resolutions be lent to he House of Reprefentativ, s. by order of the S<*nate, .FELIX WARLEY Clerk, ewt N. JUST PUBLISHED, .And for (ale at Matbew Carey s Store, No 118, Market ftreef, Price half a dollar, enlbelliflied with a ftrikirt® iikepefs of Mr Margarot r The T R IA L OF Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Jufliciary at Edinburgh, on an ir.diSment fir SEDITIOUS PRACTICES. " OF the many remaikable trials which the present extraordinary system of crimi nal jurifprudcnce in G. Britain and Ireland has brought before the public eye ; this, certainly is most entitled to universal pe rusal and attention. It devclopes, more fully than any publication extant, the lat est view« and obj<as of the Britilh conven. tion ; and proves inconteflribly, that judi cial prosecutions (or perferutionsf and de cifionsare now more the result of the pre sent order of things, than any oldfafhion ed attachment to the laws or the constitu tion. Add to this, that it holds up to the wonder and admiiation of mankind, the the firm, and patriotic conduct of (his devoted viftim—(his ' Second Sydney ' as he has justly and deservedly been called'; who in the course of one of the longest tri als we know of, onailiftcd even by a iingle member of the long robe, evinced such a depth of legal and constitutional know. I«dge and, in a speech of four hours length, displayed such a blaze of eloquence and firft rate abilities, as aftoniflied the court—and, ftranfre to relate ! even drew involuntary applause from the venal and time-serving creature of a corrupt go vernment." Manchester Cotton GOODS, Five Chejls ajfnrted ; Each Containing VELVETS, THICKSETTS, QUEEN CORDS, ELLIOT C.ORDSf FUSTIANS, &c. &c. To be Sold on very low terms, by John Miller, jun. Sept. 3- *cod,iOf Public Notice is hereby given, To the Freemen of the City and County of Philadelphia, THAT a GENERAL ELECTION is to be held for the city and county aforelaid op Tuelday the 14th day ot Q&ober next, at the State House ia the city o" Philadel phia, where the Freemen of the diilri<st of* Southwark, and of the townihipi of the Northern Liberties, Moyanienfiug, Pail yunk, Blockley, and Kmgfefling, are also eopiot :o hold their ele&ions. The hreemen of the townihips of Germantown, Roxbo rough, and Bristol, are to hold their elec tions at the Union School-house in Ger- Mantown : And the Freemen of the other Lownftiips in the said count , are to hold their elections at the house now or late of John Barnfley, in Buftletown, in the townfiiTp ot Lower Dublin. The Judges Infpettors, &i- for the pr< lent year, tobe chosen according to the dire&ion of the late aft to regulate the General Elections ; and the returns to be made as usual. The e kftion to be opened between the hours jfof ten in the morning and one in the after noon ; at which places the Electors of the city and county are to choose, In Cong reft. One Representative for the City of hiladelphta, and One Keprefentative for the County of ia. For the city of Philadelphia, lor the coun ty <»f Do. and for the county of Dela ware. Four persons for Representatives of the Senate. In General Jljjemlly. Six persons for Reprelentatives for the Six persons for Reprefeutatives for the County. Two persons for Sheriffs for the City and County. *eod2W One Coinmiffioner for tbeCity and Coun ty" And tlie Conftsbles of the City and County are required to hold their elections in theii retyeftive Waids and Townships on Saturday the 11th day of October next to elect Townlhip and Waid A|£ (Tors and Infyt ftors, to attend at the said General Election at the State House afoi efaid. William Will, Oft. 1 Just Landed, From on board the Jhip WaJhington, Capt. John Collins from Bcurdeaux, A CARGO OF White Wines In Barrels ; a»*J CLARET in Hlids. and-Catei7-.For Sale by FRANCIS COPPINGER, No. 26, Spine-, near FrontStr /I li ~ nit ( J, 1794. Carriages for Hire. GEORGE GREEN, In Pine flrcei, No. 123, between Fourth and Fifth streets, HAS FOR HIRE. BY the Day, the newest fnftioned Car riages, as Coaches, Coacnees, Cha riots and Light Waggons, with two or four Horses, and careful steady drivers. 1 he terms reasonable, and all favors grate fully acknowledgtd. Lachawannock. A LARGE body of LAND on this river and its waters, is now for sale to Settlers on ly, 011 moderate ternjs,and at a long credit. The foil is remarkably fertile, and nu meious ft reams of waterare interspersed through the whole country. The main river flows through one tract 1 of about thirty thousand acres, and is with he exception of one ohftruftion, naviga ble to th»- Sufquehannah. Spring Brook. Creek, which with its branches, waters another tract of about forty thouland acres ot* good Land, emp ties itieif into the Lachawannock, about twelve miles from the Sufqn< hannah. It affords numerous IVtiH feats, & in its course creates 'argebodies of well water ed meadow ground. The other tracts areinterfefted by creeks of considerable importance. Several Mills are already erected for the accommodation of thefettlers. Roads are cut in different directions, to wards the most convenient markets. The county town is not more than 12 mtes distant from many parts o< the set tlement. The Su'quehannah affords an easy and fafe nav.gation to M.ddleton, from whence the Canal to Schuylkill extends the com munication to the city. means <>f connexion with Phi lad,lpl.,K, 1S by the Delaware, from which the d,ftar.ee places is aboutihirty The proprietors combininc, theirown in. terett with that of the inhabitants, are dif uolrf l ere<^ V -" rkSOf Pub ' ie «i«»y,open uoads, Sic. and tit every en miles square a Srh I hoßd . r,d acres *ilo« cd for a School, and one hundred acres for tl efirft For farther particulars apply to / George Eddy. Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Coimtv Pennsylvania, July 9. ' Lettersdirefted t„ George Eddy, at Phi ladelphia, or this place, relative to this bufinefs,w.ll be duly syiiwered. eod 3 ni 1* mites, will frew this tra&. f\ not her tratt, in Fairfax county, caJJed SheriffI codtE u. dfiteo^w Odefcribe the premises more partieu <Y is deemed unnccefliry, as it i s expec every person will examine and view Htever part he shall be inclined to buy. J'only ob,eft being to raise acerta.n sum oioney, by felling ft, n;any nr r , lch ohe aforefaid tratfh of land and Jots as Ji <° r 'hat pnrpofe, o,,ehaJf purchase money must be paid at the - of contract, and the other within a - irom the firft day of Aug,uft next, and he time of deliveringpoflVfiion or exe ng a legal conveyance The lands rc mng unfold, except the tract in Prince mm, after raising a limited furr, wiH "'Vided into tenements, and iealeri for ill ol years. Trout the !2thdavofOc ■r next, till the ,sth of Deccmbr. I ■ be mthe city of Richmom!, „.J -At*. - time I ihall remain at home, m Alex |ta, at which places, or elsewhere, I ■ oe prepared to detail particulars, and liter into contra&s. wxandrfa, Juiy 28 FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jefle & Robert Wain, LISBON do.in pipes and quarter calks chelts A quantity of Lilbon and Cadiz SALT Soft ihelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. ti Kuffia MATTS. June 9 d an attach ment at the suit of the adminifhatorsot all andjeredit?, which were of William Bur net; deceased, at the time of his death, hath been ifluedout of the Inferiour Coiut of jcommon pleas, in and for ti7e Countyof Lands and Tenements of Irrnius Martin, late of the county aforefafd, /etu;nableto that unless l eiippear and file special tall to the said afiion, on or heftre tht tbirdTuef day in Ja'miary "ext, judgment will be en tered against h mby default, ant 1 the goods tached, ftlo toi the fatis'a&ion of such of his creditors as ftlatl appear tote jiilily en. titled to any dem: rid therion, anc! dial bp, ply for that purpofej accordir. ; to the form t of the ftatutc in Inch ctJe m.~Ht& ; .rovidid By order of.the Cot;r , " DEARE, Clerk. Aug. io, i awtf. WANTED Two Apprentices To the Printing Buiir/els. Enquire at this FOR SALE, the following Tra£ts of Land, in f r ir^irtia. i Vnothertraft i„ Fairfax county, con- U,nff392acre., on Turkey-cock Run, a bjt 6 mile-,lron, Alexandria. Another tract in Fairfax county, contain, "about 176 acres, adjoining Mr. J. Wat- s leat, about f our mi ) es j rom Alexan . Iqother trad, in Fairfax cminty> con . .nn&isacres- 9 near Occbquan. joining IS. Edward Wafhingiorr's. J g mother tract, in Fairfax county, con n r>°, acre ' or thereabout, within a nt 't La " di "g> within five n-s ol Mount Vernon, lies level, and is wl timbered. >n undivided moiely in another tract, ckainmg at>out 284 acres, in Fairfax ctity, about 5 miles iron, VVafhington, & 9om Alexandria, where J. Robinson for " ly lived. _nother parcel 0 f land, within a mile W'exandna,containing about 24 acres, -1 to be fold in acre or half-acre lots. lie, rundry unimproved lots ofvarious ' ' m Afferent parts of the town of Al endna. CHARLES LEE. ng. 8 * • * ' X , "t .. . 4 'A V > 1 , ■) iff -a lawiow
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