mt.
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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*
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internal'dropf* of the brain.
б. All account ol the meaflcs, as they ap
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7. An account of the influenza, as ii appeal
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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.
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in'iid in old age, with obfervatioirt upon
iis dili;afU and their remedies.
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67 cents.
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An edifion of the Medical and Philofbphi
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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
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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