mt. * ' > " Life of Howard* THIS DAT IS PUBLISHED, J. O R M ROD, (Price 5 Cents) At franklin's Heid, No. 4i» Cfrcfnot Street, A VIEW of the Life, Travels and Philan- | thropic Labours, of the late JOHN HOWARD, Esq. ULi D. F. R. S. «' -i EmbellilheH *itha striking likenefi of that Oilmen of the World. To which is tubjoined an ODE inscribed to John Howatiij by William Hayley, E(q. FROM realm to realm, with cross or cejcent crown'd, Where'er mankind and misery dre found, O'er bwning funds, deep waves, or wilds of faow, Great HOWARD journeying seeks the house of <iuoe. Down many a windingjlef to dungeons dank, Whereanguijh wails aloud, andfetters clank: To caves beflrew'd with many a mould' ring bone, Aid cells, whefr echoes only learn to groan; —Ortutafd. he moves !—Difeafe and death -9. ' ' And nitirnf.ring demnu bate bim t tuid ad* ~ r - mire. , SefU I* Medical Books, JUST PUBLIBHED, By Thomai Dob/on, at the Stone House No. 41, foulb Sdco d Jlreet, VOL. 11. Medical Inquiries OB s E rVa tI on s. By BENJAMIN D. Profeffurof the Institutes of Medicine, and of Clinical Prattice in the Umvef fuyol Pennfylvaoia. CONTAINING I. An inquiry into the influence of phyfita causes upon tbt moral faculty. а, An iniquity iuto the effects of fpiritots li quors n'pon the human body, and their in fluence upon the happiness of society. 3. An inquiry into the cairfcs and cure of the pultnonaiy confumpi ion. 4. Oofervaft.ini on the fyinpturosand cure of dj\>pfirs. 5. An inquiry into the casfesand the cureot internal'dropf* of the brain. б. All account ol the meaflcs, as they ap peared in Pniladelphia, in the year >789. 7. An account of the influenza, as ii appeal ed in Philadelphia in the years 1789,1790', and 1 791. 8. Aninquiry inis the causes ol the incrcafe of bilious and remitting fevers, in Penn fylvjuia. q, An inquiry into the caufeiand cure of foie legs. 10. An account of the state of the body and in'iid in old age, with obfervatioirt upon iis dili;afU and their remedies. ' Price one dollar and a quarter unbound,: or one dollar and a half neatly bound. , Medical Tranfattions OF THE College of Phyftciatis of Philadelphia. VOL. I—P A R T K Pricc one dollar in boards. A Treatise on the Diseases o: Children. With'general directions for the management of {nfrou front the binb, adapted for the use ol pbyftciana and private families. By Michael Underwood, M. D- Licentiate ol MUdwifery in the Royal Col ,4ei>e of Physicians in London, and *f the BritilK Lying-in-Hospital. Price one Dollar. This i' acknowledged to be the best boo) winch has been publilhed on the fubjeft, ant is calculated for the use of parents, nurses, and private tjrmilies, as well as for physicians The two voltrmes handsomely printed in one, and the price only atout one thfrd of what the imported copies fell for. The Edinburgh New Dispensatory, two dollars. Syftcm of Surgery, extracted from the worksof Benjamin Bell, by Dr. Water*, 2 dols. 50 cents. System of Anatomy, extracted from the Encyclopaedia, with 1 2 copperplates, « dols. System of Chemistry, extratted from the Encyclopedia, exhibiting! view of thepro. grefs of the fciencce, and the different fyflemj which have been publifhod, a dols. 50 Cents. Brown's Elements ot Medicine, 2' dols. 67 cents. T. Dob/on ha 3 in the Press, An edifion of the Medical and Philofbphi cal Commentaries of Edinburgh. Twov*l times are printed in one at 2 dollars and 50 cents per volume; he has nearly finifhed the five firft volumes, which contain the firft ren volumes of the European edition, which fell lor two dollarseacli. Nine volume* will in clude eighfecn European volumes, which will bnog the publication up to the present time. Lik*wife for [ale a considerable number o> Medical Books, viz Cullen'i Prattler, Materia Medici, Phyfi. ology, »nd Synopfu. Bell's Surgery,,6 vol». or 4 vols, do. on Ulceri, Buchan's Domtflic Mcdicinc, I.edrao'a Surgery, Chefeldcn's A netomv, Niintrronthe Venereal, Swedrra »er on (io. Rolloon Weft India Dileafes; Rrghy nn Uterine Hemorrhapr, Hamilion's o»ttir.ei of jhr tho.irv and practice of Mid wif?ry) with or without plates; do. on the management of Female complainta. Meaft on Hydrophobia, Ac. Ac. Burlington Pork. A QUANTITY OF. Best Burlington Pork, TO BE SOLD BY Levi Hollingfworth & Co. Oft. 6 *e<xl4t Fine Liverpool Salt, To Be Sold From the Ship Thomas, The fccond whirs below Pine-Street, ap ply at said wharf, to Jehu Hollingfworth, & Co. Aug. 16. d. AT THE Card & Nail Faßory, No. 59, north Front street, Webster, Adgate & White, Have eonjiantly for fate, Cotton, Wool, Tow, and Machine Cards, Of all Kirids, Cut Nails of all size*, Floor Brads, Sprigs and Tack«, Fullers Shears, Gun Flints and Wool Hats, A quantity of kiln dried Indian Meal in barrels itaiu^'W. A new Edition of Adgate's Philadelphia Harmony, containing both the firft and fe cond parti, being the mod ap<" oved sys tem of Rules and the best colle&ion of Tunes now in use, A COMPLETE SET OF Machinery for making Cards On an Improved Conftru&ion. Oft. 3 ' w&stf Scheme of a Lottery, To raise 39,900 Dollars, on 266,000 Dollars, Deducting 15 p<•* Cent, from the Prizes — This Lottery conjifls of 38,000 Ticket*, m which there are 14.531 Prizes, and 23,461 Blanks, being about one and an halj blanks to d poize. THE Dire&orsdf the Society for cftablifh ing Ufeful Manufactures, having resolv ed to ere£t LOTTERIES for raiting One Hundred Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Aft of the Legifh»turc of the State or Ncv*-Jerfcy, have appointed the following pcrfons to superintend and direst the draw ing of the fame, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufu* King, Herman Le Roy, James Watlon, Richard Harriion, Abij'ah Hammond, and ! Cornelius Ray, of the c»ty of New-York— : Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Mutihcw Ml - and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Ekceliency Richard How ell, Esq. Elias Bottdirot, General El.as Day ton, James PaikeV, John Bayard, Do&or Lewis Doikham, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua M. Wallace, Joseph Blocrmfield, and Elilha Boudinot, of Ncw-Jerfey, who offer the following Scheme of a tottery,-and pledge ihemfelves to the public, thai they will lake every affnrance and precaution in their power to have the Ivfoni'es paid by tfie Managers, v from tiiwe to time,< as received, into the Banks at New-York zved i*hihrdelphia, to remain for the pirrpofe of paying Priz s, which (hall be immediately discharged by a check upon one of the Banks. SCHEME; * 2 5 10 20 100 3°° icoo 2000 3000 8100 14,539 P r,zcs * 262,000 23,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000 Laftdrawn number, 2,000 38,000 Tickets at 7 Dolfora each is 266,000 The drawing will commence, under the infpe£Hon of a Committee of the Superin tendants, it soon as the "tickets are fold, ot which timely notice will be given. The Superintendants have appointed John N. Cumming, of Newark, Jacob R. Har. denberg t of New-Brunfwick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security lot discharging the trufl reposed in them. 05° In order tofecure the punflual pay ment of the Prires, the Superintendents ol the Lottery have directed that the Managers shall each enter into bonds in 40,000 dollars, with fourfufficient fecuritirs, to perform their inftruflions, the substance of which is I. That whenever either 0! the Managers (hall receive the sum of ThTee Hundr rd Dol - lars, he (hall immdiately place the fame in on« of the Banks of New-York or Philadel phia, to the cieditol the Governor of the ioeiety, and such of the Superintendants as ive in the city wUcre the monies are placed, .0 remain thereuntil the Lottery 15 drawn, or the payment of the Prizes. 11. The Managers to take f M fficient se curity for any Tickets they may trust, other wise to be refponiible for them. 111. To keep regular books of Tickets fold, Monies received and paid into the Bank, ahftra£ls of which (hall be sent, nonthly, to thrGovernor of the Society. Paterfon, January 1, 1794. On application ta either of the above gen lemen, information will be given where tickets mav be had. February 24. I£T" The Lottery puhlilhed by the <« Society for eftabtilViing uleful nanuftic *uies," will commence drawing the firft I TuefJav in November next — PHILADELPHIA:—Prikted by JOHN FENNO, No, 119, Chbsnvt Street.—Price Sit D©llars Per Aknwm. f Also for Sale, Prize of 20,000 Bbllari it tto,oc>©> 10,000 to,ooo 5,000 10,000 Siooa 10,000 1,000 10,000 500 X ft,ooo 100 10,000 & M *5 >3 *• LANDING, This Day from on board the bri£\An» and Mary, Capt. Corrit, from Antigua, NINETY HOGSHEADS OF Prime Antigua Rum, ONE third of which is fourth proot, the other third. Also a fewhogflieads iciiiain ing on hand of tbe Brig Sally's CARGO, Captain Weft from fame place, winch ha been so mucli approved of for the finenefs of iti flavour. Jamaica Spirits, MOLASSES, Genuine Madeira Wine, By the .pipe, quarter caJfc ar.gallvu. * 4* <* 20 TIERCES FRESH RICE, By the Norfolk, Captain Art, # FOR SALE BY Levinus Clarkfon, Ne. %16, fihtb earner ef P'uu Mid Water Jirattt. i Aug. 27 I. Neale & H. Kammerer, Junior. Have just pueliShid, And now for Sale, Price half a dollar, neatly bound, at the Bookstores of Messrs. T. Doblou, R. Campbell, andj. Ormrod; also at H. Kammerer's, No. 24, north Third street, Seledl Stories, For the iifjlruchon and amujement of A 1 . . I - .1 /• J I'ovth. jidaptcd to the use of Schools. From the French of M. Berquin. ExiraS from the Preface. t( To lhe honor of Mr. Beiquiu's taste, it may-belaid, ibat he ha:, united simple elfe'gance with iite retting variety, but ri gidly fepuratcd both iiom the slightest ap prnach of whatever is vuJg.tr or puerile 1 a merit much more cafily p; aifed tuan imi tated. The art of ainuting child en,whilll at tl>e fame time the Inl'int Genius is rais ed and the "Heart mended, appears from his works to be ho effort of the minrl. Wherevei, therefore, the uti lity ofiuch an undertaking is acknowledg ed, the reputation of Mr. Bcfquin mult ever be held in deu*rved-eitecm. ifc Happily futh is fire agiecab.e verfatiii ty of Mr. Bei q. inS ityk? a id genius, that it would be dilhcu'tio prdnou-.ee in what department he excels : whether in the lively or the pathetic\ tie mnple language of narrative, oV the Animated points of couverfaiion : whether in (hrewtf remarks upon private Jile, or in florid description of the beauties oi nature. Pietes of every various excellence that is to be found in the writings of Mr. compose the following volume, which, it ii hoped, will be thought a valu able fabftHste (ww.e fudi may be prettr red) to the larger and mor« textenfive } works of the lame author.'' At No, *4, north ThirdJlreet, may also be had the following New Publications: Smellie's Natural Philolopj, 15/" History of the French Revolution, 1 Life of Howard, 'Jbe li-Gliin Nun, 6f Tbe Mirror, 2 vols. llfy The Devil upon two Sticks, , The Life of Chcftcifield, 10J Chefterfield's Principles of Politeness, &c. New Robinfbn Crufor, 6/6 The Beauties of Sterne, 4ft Baron Tienk, 6f History of America, }if tvi-lina, aNovel, 2 vols. 11yj The Inqutfitor, 5J3 Comple e Lend-Writer, 4/5 The Travels of -Cyrus, tfo j Memoirs «t Major Gen. Lee, By^ Rural Economy, Ijb Select Fables of tliop, by R. Djdfte v ,^/jj Vocal Muse, or Ladies Songster, 3^ Marvellous Works oi Nature, a/* Sentimental Lucubiatioos, y. Julia, a-Novel, 2jo Cuiioiifies of Literature, yt> Ladies Literary Companion, iff Miscellanies, moral and instructive, 2J4 Louisa, a poetical Novel, 2/6 Courtftlip and Matrimony, z/6 Sylvan Letters, 1/10 Life of Baion Trenk, abridged, i/io Fables for Ladies, IJIO Letters from Yorick to Etiza, 1/4 Fallen Cottage, Jovial Songtter, tic. itc v ALSO, At the above place may be had Blank Bo' ks of ilifferent Ofiober 8 tj.ooo so,ooo 30,000 36,000 81,000 Twenty Dollars Reward. MY Saddle Mare was stolen from Wye Mill, Talbot County, Maryland, on the night of the 30th of August last. She is black, and supposed to be ten or twelve years old, under fourteen hands high, corn pall afld handftvne, bifinded with the let ter O, on the left (houlde, a hndfome star on her forehead, a large taal| eye the neckcreft fallen, aflat buttock, her fore foot turns in, and one of them white j Ihe racks, trots and canters, has good spirits, and goes very pleatantly* If taken up out of theftate, I will give the above reward, of twenty doltan and all reasonable clwr ges, if within the state and ihirty miles from XVye Mill, eight do'lars and reason able charges, and if a Ihorter distance in proportion, tJ any person who will deliver her to the Subferiiwr at thr mill. tu&ftf Nat. Kennard. Wye Mill, Talbot Comity, Sept. 1 # eod3W ri r- t given, To the Freemen of the City and County of Philadelphia, THAT a GENERAL ELECTION is to It held for the city and county aforelaid on Tuelday the 14th clay ot October next, lat the State Hout'e in the city o Philadel phia, where the Freemen of the di4tri<ftof Southward, and ot the townlh p* of the Northern Movamenling, PaiT yunk, Blockiey, ar»d are also to bold their election 1. The Freemen of the townfliips of Gcrfliantowu, Koxbo roiigh, and Briflol, are to hold their elec tions at the Union School-hnuie in Ger mantown t And the Freemen ol the other townships in the said, count , are to hold their elections at the house now or late of John Barnfley, in Buttletonn, in the towrlhip ot Lower Dublin. The Judge* In*pe£tors, &c. for the present year, tobe chosen according to the direction ot the late aft to regulate tne Genera! Elections ; and the returns to be as ufar). The e- | lection to be opened between the hours of 5 ten in ttie morning and anf in the after- j noon i at which places the Electors of the | city and countv arc to chooto, In Congress. One Representative for the City of and One Keprefentative for the County of Philadelphia. 2aw2w • jar}* r-^jr Public Notice is hereby 'or the rity of Philadelphia, for the coun ty Do. and i&r the cpuitfy of Dela ware. Four persons for Representatives of the Senate. In General AJfcmbiy. Sixperfons lor Repreleutatives for the City. ' Six for ReprefEutativei for the County. Two persons for Sheriffs for the City and County. One ComimfTioner for ihc City and Coun- ty. And the Constables of the City and County are required to hold their elections in their refj*e<stive Wards and Townftiips on Saturday the 11th October next to ek<st Townftiip and Wa»d Atfeflbrs and Infpc&ors, to attend at the said General Elefction at the State House nforefaid. William Will, Sheriff. OA. t just Landed, From on board the Jhip Wa/hington, Capt. John Collins from Bcurdeaux, A CARGO OF White Wines In Barrels ; a> d C L A R E,T in Hnds. and Ca ( es—For Sale by FRANCIS COPPJNGER, Ho. 26, Spruce, near Front Street. August ij, 1794- Carriages for Hire. GEORGE GREEN, . In Pine street, No. 123, between Fourth and Fifth ttreets, HslS FOX HIRE. BY tfie Day, the newest faihioned Car riages, as Coaches, Coachees, Cha riots and Light Wagcoks, with two or four Horses, and careful steady drivers. The terms reasonable, and all favors grate fully acknowledged. August 26, Lachawannock. A LARGE tody of LA>ID on this river audit! waters,is now'for Tale toStttUrson /i,ori moderate ternn,and at a long credit. The foil is remarkably fertile, and nu merous dreams, of watfrare interspersed through the whole Coimtry. The main river flows through one tract of about thirty thousand acres, and is with lie exception of oiie obftru&ion, naviga bie to the Sul^uehannah. Spring Brook Creek, which with its branche. , \Vatevs another tTaft r>f about forty tlvmfand acres of good Land, emp ties itfelt iMo the Lachawannock, about twelve miles from the Suiqtv hannah. It affords numerous Mill feats, & in its cowrfe creates largebcdits oi" well water ed meadow ground. i Ire other tracts are interfered by cr«eks of confidwable importance. Several Mills are already erected for the accommodation of the fettters. Roads axe cut in different directions, to wards the most convenient markets. The county town is not more than i 2 mles distant from many parts ot the set tlement. The Sufquehannab affords an easy and fafe navigation to MukUeuin, from whence the Canal, to Schuylkill extends the com munication to the city. Another means of connection wftli Phi ladelphia, is by the Delaware, from w+iicfa the distance infever.a).pja*ei >« abeutthtrty mite). The proprietors combining theirown in- Mrril with rliat «f tlie inhabitants, are dil pofed to erect works of public utility,open tioads, &c.*nd in every en miles square, a tract of one hundred acres is allotted for a School, and one hundred «cres for tlicfii ft refid.-nt clergyman of any denomination of CbrHliatis. tor further particular* appiv to George Eddy. Wilkes-Bar re, Limine Coanty, Peiinfylvauia, July 9. Lettersdirefted tn George Eddy, at Phi ladc'.phia, or this relative to this, b\ifiners,will be duly anfwercd. eodym FOR SALE, . At the STORES of Jefle & Robert Wain, PORT WINE in pipes, lihds. ai;d quar ter calks LISBON do.iii pipes and quar<ercalk« Souchong and Congo TEAS, in quarter cliefts A quantity of Lisbon and Ced z SALT Soft JbeJied ALMONDSi n bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Kuffia MATTS. June 9 Whereas an attach ment at the fiii! of the adminiflutorsoi all and Angular the goods and chattel*, ri lit* and credits, which were of Wil .jra Bur net deceased, at the rime of his death, hath been iffuedout of the Inferiour Ci-ujt of common pleas, in and for the Countjof Middlel'ex, against the Goods and Chatties Lands and Tenements of Irrniiis Marti' , late of the county aforefaid, retutnahle to the thirdTuefday in July last. NOTICE Is hereby given to the said Irfcr.ins Martin, that unless he appear »nd fi!e (perial bail to the said a£tiou, on or htlore the thinlTuef day in January next, judgment will be en tered against him by default, ajid the gn<.ds and chatties, lands and tenements lo at tached, foid f« r the fatistaftion of such of hit creditors as fhsll appear to be justly rn- I titled to any demand thereon, and lbal lajv ply for that purpose, according to the form of the statute in such cale made& provided Aug. TO, WANTED, Two Apprentices To the Printing Bufin»(s. inquire at this FOR SALE, the following Trails of Land, ONE tract in Frederick county, contain ing 8756 acres, being parr of that whereon col. Thomas Bryan Martin now reliries, knotm by the name of Greenway court, a bout 12 miles from Winchcfter and 5 horn Newtown. For the conve ience of pur cbafer*, it will be divided into parcels of variousdimenfionsfrom 200 to 600 acres, which may be viewed by application to col K. K. Meade, living near theprtmifts—- The greater part is very fertile and well timbe.ed. todtE Another tiaft in the fame county on Paflage creek, containing 230 acres, and adjoining Jacob Levingoods. Another tract in Hamplhire county, con taining by patent, 699 acrcs, called Slira Bottom, situate on both fides ol the South Branch and within two miles of thp mouth of tit, and is fuppolird to have a good mill teat. Another tract in Hampshire county on New Creek and Kettle-Lick , containing 501 acres. Another trad in Prince William county, called Leefylvania, containing upwards of 2000 acres, lyingupon Potomack river, a bout 23 miles l>elow Alexandria, and 28 below the City of Wafhingto*, compre hending Freestone Point, which appears to be a quarry of free-ftonc, covering about 50 acres and adjoins the river, where vef iels ol iOO tons conven'ently harbour. On another part ofthistraft it isfuppofed there is a quarry of fl«»te, convenient to water carriage. Upwards of two thirds are in woods. Mr. Enoch S. Lane, living on the premises, will tfiew this tract. Another tia<st, in Fairfax county, called Springfield, containing 2040 1-2 acres, a bout 13 miles from Alexandria and 10 from Waftmrgton ; abounds with fine fpi ings and meadow and may be seen by apply ing to Mr. John JiVood, living on part of it d6teo3w Another tra<ft in Fairfax county, con taining 39 2acrc? > on Turkey-cock Run, a bout 6mi)esfrom Alexandria. Another tia& in Fairfax county, contain ing about 176 acres, adjoining Mr. J. Wat son's feat, about four miles fiom Alexan dria. Another tra&, in Fairfax ccmnty, con taining 513 acres, near Occoquan, joining Mr, Edward Washington's. Another tract, in Fairfax county, con taining 80 acres or thereabout, within a mile of Pohick Landing, and "within five mites of Mount Vernon, lies level, and is well timbered. An undivided moiety in another tra&, containing about 284 acres, in Fairfax county, about 5 miles from Washington, & 9 from Alexandria, where J. Ht>binl'on for merly lived. Another parcel of land, within a mile of Alexandria,containing about 24 acres, and to be fold in acre or half—acre lots. Also, sundry unimproved lots ofvarious sizes, in different parts of the town of Al exandria. Todefcribe tlie prcmifesraore particu larly is deemed unneceflary, as it u expec ted every person will examine and view whatever part he (hall be inclined to buy. My, only object bf ing to raise a certa:n lum oi money, by lellir.g so many or such parts of the aforefaid tra&s of land and lots as shall be neccflary for that purpose, one half ot the purcbafe money nuiit be paid at the tsme ol contract, and the other within a year from the firft day of August #ext, and at rhe time of delivering poilWEon or exe cuting a legal conveyance The lands re* maining unfold, except the tract in Pnrte William, after raising a limited fun-, will be divided into tenements, and leaJed for a tenn ol years. From the 12 th day of Oc tober next, till the 1 stb of Decembr, I (hall be in the city of Richmond, and ai'te* that timel shall remain at home, in Alex andria, at which places, or elsewhere, I fha 11 be prepared to detail particulars, and to enter into contra&s. Alexandria, July 28 Aug. 8 By order of the Court, DEARE, Clerk. I awtf. Office. in Virginia. CHARLES LEE. ia\viow
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