BOOKS, Printed for and hiblijhed by MATHEW CAREY, N°. 118 tyARKET STREET. ( Price Sixteen Dollars.) A New Sy/iem of Modern Geography i Or. a Gtcgt afibicjlj Historical and Commercial Grammar { and prefentJlate of the frveral Nations of tht IVor Id, , CONTAINING, The fignrcs, motions, and culi ir to each country, dlftances of the Planets, ac~ Vil. Observations on fcKe CordingtotheNewtonian fyl- chasges that hava been any tern, and the.lat4ft obferva- where observed upon the face tiai;* of nature since the mo ft. c ar- il A general view of the ly periods of hiftorv. Earth ioftiiderCd as a planet; VIII. History and origin with fcv.ral ufeful defin&iSSs of nations; their forms of go and problems, vernmcnt, resignation, hws, 111. Grand divisions of the revenues, taxes, naval and Globe into land and water, militaryilrengt-h. continents and islands. IX. Genius, -.%uinners,cuf- Mtv.ation ?nd"extmtof em- toms aiui habju of the people. pire~,, kingdoms, states., pro- X. Their language, learn vince* and colonies. ing, arts, iciences, manufac- V. Their climates,air, foil, tures and commerce, .vegetables,produvSions, me- XI. Chief cities, ftruAures tils, minerals, natural c'uri®- ruins, and artificial curiosities. fitics, fcas, rivers, bay«, pro- X!I. Latitude, longitude, moiitoriesand Lakes. bearingsanddiftancesof prin- VI. Birds and Beafis pe- cipalplacesfromPhiladelplvia. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, I. A Geographical 1.-idtx, with the names and places a pha bc tically arranged. 11. A Table of the Coins of all nations, and their value in dollars and cents. + Hi. A Chronological Table of remarkable events-, from the Creation to the prjfent time. By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Esq. The Astronomical.part by fames Fergufon, F. R. S. Corre&ed by Dr. David RittenHouse. To which are added. the late Difcover/es of Dr. Herfcheil, and other eminent Astronomers. The first american 2mTioN, corre&ed, improved, and greatly enlarged. Containing the following Maps and Plates. t Map of the World 13 Hindoilas a Chart of the World 14 Africa 4 Europe »5 Ur\:.;:d States 4"CoßntricsfOTJtidthsNorth 16 British Dominions in A- Pole. morka _5 Sweden, Denmark, Nor- I' 7 Well Indies way and Finlmd. iß*Province of Maine 0 liuflia sg'New Hampf.l re 7 Scotland Jo'Mafiachufetts 5 England and Waie» 11'Comieflicut j Ireland .?!*Rhode Island In France J3»Vcrmo«if j f *Seat at Wax 34*NewYork li Seven United Provinces 35 'New Jerl'ey 13 Aultrian, French and 36*Pennfylvania Dutch Nttherlundi 3 7*D;lawar.: 14 Germany 38* Maryland j 5 Switzerland 3j*Virgraia 16 Poland 40' Kentucky 17 Spam and Portugal 4l*North Carolina 18 Italy '4i*Tene,fee government T(; Turkey in Europe 43' South Carolina ap Asia • 44*Geargia 3i*Difcoyeries made t>y cap- 45 Cofcrnicin fyftcm ■ tains"Cooke and Clerke. 46 Armillary fphcfe ii China - The Maps rriarked with stars are added tothfb edition, «clufive of theft in the last London edition. The United States Register for 1795, Price 50 .Cents. C 0 N T E N T S. Calendar, with the ntceffary Boundaries ps the Unitecf tables, &c. &c. States. Population "OOYSRSMIW\„, v,;,r;crs Statement «t Exports l'ublic Debt Department of Suit p ay , &c. of the artsy Department of the Treasury Mint Eftablifhmcnt CwnmiiiT/oner* of ljpans Rules .for reducing the cur- Gfiicers of the Customs rtneles of the different Ke-. caue Cutteas states to a par with each l.ight Heufes ot h er Officer!, of tbe Excise Table* of the number of Duties and Dutiable articles cents and decimal parts Exemp s from duties in any number of fliillings Duties' on tonnage and pence Id's than a r.ol • on domeilic gbje,2s far in the currencies of DraV.iacks, See, artd rega the different lations to be oierved in Tables ihewing the value of obtaining them dollars in the currencies General Abilr.iet Irom the of ditto revenue Liwj, reluiifg to Poil-officr eftablifhnient the duty oi mailers of Lift of Poit-Towus, He. vessels, of the owners, L titude and Longitude of He. of goods, and the the principal towns in the officers of the customs; United States to the payment of (futjes, Banks and the importation of Literary Inflitutiotii g"°ds National ffranuta&cry ,£ipcnce« of Government SeHions of the Courts lor 1794 Wefterri Teriitorv Department of War £.L , jitl; , .turc GO7£R.NMFNTS. South-Carolina ■'eriaont Georgia A afiachufetts OrJci ol time in which the •onnefbeut fevcral States adopted the v ; r , °'" k Inderal Coni ir. a teacher, recommended to _a lchoo!, from humanity 'ra ther than a conviAion of her integrity, or the regularity of her former conduct, is em iced from her govcrnefs and accompanies a young officer to America—the marriaee ceremony, if not forgotten, is poflponed, and Chartotte dies a martyr to the inconitancy of her lover and treach cry of his friettck- The are artlcfs afid afTeclirig—tlie description natural aiid pathetj, ; we ihoild feel for Charlotte if iuc h a person ever exiitcd, who for one error, scarcely perhaps deserved lb letcre gr punilhmcnt. If it i s a fidion, poetic Juilice is not, v t thi Mrs. Rowfon. Second Fhiladel phia edition'. %j i j Cents. j. Adventures of Ro Manager., ST AND ISH FOR.DE, FRANCIS IVBST. J Scheme of d Lottery, Toraife 39,900 Dollar t, on 266,000 Djtiars[Deducing 15 per Cent, from the Prizes—This Lottery cenjifis of 38,000 Tickets, in which there are 14,539 Prizes, aid Blanks, bzin% about trie and an haij blank* to a prize. THE Dire£l«rsol the Society for,ellabiifn»ng Ulefnl Ma nufactures, having resolved.to crest LOT'JTEKI£S lor railing- One Hundr Ea Thousand Dollars, to an A'ft of the Legislature of the Statc.of New-Jcrfcy, have appointed the Joilowmg persons to taper intend and direftthe drawing c( the Umc, viz. Nicholas Low, - Rulds King, Herman Le Roy, James Watlou, Richard Har nfon, Abijah HatntrfOnd, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New.-YoiX.—r3'il o,wai Joseph Ball, Matthew M'* — His Exccll-ency Ktcbara i'.ljwcli', Kr nTqV'j£!J iaj Boudi'tioV, General Llias Dayton, jarnes Paiker, John iiayard, lYoft or Lew: a Donham,'Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua 'm . Wal Ijce, Joicph BloomfteVd, and fcli'ha fldudmol, of N c given. 1 he Superintend ants have appointed Johu N. C amming of Newark, Jacob R. Hardenberg, ot New-Brunfwick, atid Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Manager thereof, *ho have given ample iccuiuy tor diichaiging the triiJt reposed 111 them. in order tolecurc the pundual payment of the Prizes, the Snperintendants ol '.he Lottery have directed that tiie Manager* (bail each enter 1 nto bonds in dollars, with four fuflstiem fccurui-s, to pet raim their 111. liiuttrons, the fabiiance ot which is I. Thai whenever either ofthe Managers shall reeeive thrlum of Three Hundred Dollars, he (hall place the (ame in owe of the Bank* of New-York, or Phi. ladelphia, to tie ciediioi the Governor of the Socicty, and f«ch of the Superintendents as ive in the city where the monies are placed, to remain there until the Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes. 11. 'I he Managers to take (ufficienc security for any Ticketsthcy maytruit,otherwifeto be refpouiible for them. 111. To keep regular hooks of Tickets (old, Mo nies received and paid inta the Bank, abft>ads of which fo<»ll be sent, monthly, to theGovcrnor of the Society. Paterfon, January 1, 17*94. On application to either of the above gen lemen, irtfor roatiQM will be given where ttckcis inav be bed. tu 500,000 PROPOSALS rviil be received at the Office of the Com missioner of the Revenue for building A Light House on the liead land of Cap* Hatter as on the ccajl of North Caroli na, of the following materials, dinenfionsy and dcfcription. nnrtE form is to be octagonal.— he foundation is to be of _L done, to be funk thirteen feet below the bottom of the water table or the furface of the earth, and to be commenced of the diameter of twenty nine feet.—From such commencement to the height of four feet the foun dation is to be laid solidly and from thence to the bdttom of th« water table, the foundation wall is to be nine leet high and nine feet thick. The diameter of the base from the bottom of the water table to the top thereof (where the otftagonal pyramid is to commence) is to be twenty eight feet four inches and the wall is there to be seven feet thick—the wall of the o&agon al pyramid is to be fix feet thick at the base thereof, on the top of the water tabic. The height of the building from the bottom of the wa ttr-table, and from the furface of the earth, is to he nine ty feet to the top of the {lone work, under the floor of the lantern ; where the diameter i«t6 be sixteen and one halt feet and the wall three feet.—the wh6ie of the walls is to bebuilt olflone : the water tabic is to be capt with sawed stone, ut least eight inches wide and (loped at the top to turn off the water. Theoutfide of the walls is to be fao odwith hewn or hammer dressed stone, taring four win dows in the north east andfivc windows in the south weft : The fafhesare to be hung with hinges, and each falh is to have twelve panes of gTafs, eight by ten inches On the top of th« stone work is toba .1 framed tier of joists, beded therein, planked over with oak plank, exten ding two feet beyond thewall therebyformingan eave which is to be finifhed with a cornice, the whole hawing a de scent from the centre fufficient to throw off the water, and to be covered with copper. A complete and fufficient iron lantern in the o&agonal form hto reft thereon. The tight corner piece* or ftanehions of which, art to be built hi the wall to the depth of ten feet. These ftanehions to be nearly three inches fquere in the lower ten feet, and 3 i-i inches by z I*2 inches above. The lantern is to bt ten feet and nine inched in diameter, it is also to be ten feet high from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof and to have a dome or roof of five feet and nine inches in height. The whole space between the posts or upright pieces at the j -njiv.. w vt. vwcuyicu i>y tne laUies,retobemould ; ed on the infcde and struck solid. Eachfafh is to haw twen ty eight panes of glass, fourteen by twelve inchcs. A part of the fafti on the south weft fide is to be hung with hin ges for a convenient door to go ®it on the platform. The rafters of the lantern are to be framed into an ire n hoop, over which is to be a copper funnel,thfro' which the smoke may pals into a large copper ventilator in the form of a man's head, capabieof containing one hundred gallon*. This head is to he turned by a large vane ; so that the hole for venting the smoke, may be always to leeyvard. Eight dormant ventilators are to be fixed in the roof, a large curved air pipe is to be passed through the floor, and a dole stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern. There are to be eight pairs of ft airs to ascend to the lantern, the entrance to which i 6 to be by a trap do«r covered with copper. The building is to be furnifhed with two com plete ele&rieal conduAors, or rods with points. The floors are to be .laid with plank, of at least one incji and one half in thicknefe. The entrance to the light house is to be well secured by a strong door hung uponhinges with j a strong Lotk and latch complete. I^,ooo io,oco 1 -',000 t'O,OCO i'o,ooo lo',ooo 15,000 20,000 30,000 Also a frame House to be thirty four feet ia front and sixteen feet deep with a cellar under it. The cellar walls to he eighteen inches thick and seven feet high. The fir ft story of the house is to be eight feet, and the second, seven feet and fix inches high. The floors ar« to be laid in whole lengths, nailed through. The stack of chimnies is to be finiihed with two plain fire places on each floor, oae of them large for a kitchen Two windows below and three above in front nd rear, each sash to have eighteen panes of glass ten by twelve inches. The doors are to be hung and furiiifhed completely. The ciehngs and fide* of the House arc to be plaifter ed with two coats ; all the wood work inside and out is to be well painted and the whole to be finiihed in a plain de cent manner. j6,e00 18,000 262,000 An Oil vault is to be built twenty feet by twelve feetlti the clear, arched over and covered with earth or sand over which a ftied is to be built—lt is to befurnifhed with nine strong Cedar Citterns with covers, each capable of contain ing two hundred gallons. The entrance to the vaulf is to be secured by a strong door. A well is to be funk at a convenient diilaitce, and furnifhedwith a curb, bucket and rope completely. The builder to find and pay for all the materia s, labor, workmanfiiip, provisions, and other obje&s of cost, charge or expence, for a sum to be agreed upon, and to exeeutc the before dafciibed work and every part thereof in a good and wofkman-like manner. Convcßient payments or advances, on ftcurity will be made. • April 17, ALL Persons indebted to the Lltate of Alexander Ritchie, deceased, are requested to make im mediate payment to the fubferibers ; and these who have demands againftfaid eftat• , are requested to bring in their accounts and receive payment. FRANCIS GdRNEY, ") ROBERT SMITH, (Executors' DANIEL SMITH, J Philadelphia, July 27. 179.5 JAMES YARD Has for sale, at his ftorc on Walnut-street wharf, St. Croix Rum tnd Sugar of superior quality. St. Domingo Indigo. Laguira and St. Domingo Hides, 100 Pockets ps fine Cotton. LATELY PUi>LlStiEv> And to be bad at £» DA VIES 1 s Book-Stofe 9 No. 68 High-Jlrrety Del Pi no's Spanijh Grammar, To which is added, an Engliih Grammar, for the uie of Spaniards. At the lame place may be had, a few copies of Boyrr's French ci* Euglijb JDiclia(tet)y. HqsierV. ALSO, m ft th tf all sizes, from 32 lb to Grape, Cambocites, Pots, and other caitfagi executed at the shortest notice, Nail rods, from xod to spike, Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for calks or cutting into nails, from a brad to 12d nails, Anchors, from 17 Ctvt.to ioolb. Bar Iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork. Herrings in barrels, Kiln-dried corn meal in Hlids. and Bbls. Rye flour See. to be fold by Levi Holiing/'worth Son. +;i + Auzufi 4 HE fubferiber ojfers for file, a -FARM, containing about, -i- ucres 1 diflant from the City of IVa/bington and Xjoorcre- Town between o-or 9 miles. A Plot of this Jjanurs in the hands of Mr. Peter Cafanavc of Georgc-JT iton, likewise of Mr. Tho* mas Fitzfimons, in Philadelphia, and Mr, Hubert Walk, in Bal iimore. The Land •will be. fbrtvn tp any perfit careful inftruftion and government. The I,aiin» Grsek, and French Languages fiiall he taught in it, to gether with the principles of Grammar, c'f Geography, and practical Geometry. Parents, *1 ke wife, who do not cltufe that their children fhonld "ft through the intire course of ftuditu in the Coiic*e, may now have them iaftru or family use -n caf*>; of oue doz. each Brandy, Rum, Gin, &c. August 1 Nt>. 60 South Second Street. | IHE bolejdlc and Retail Store for iooks, STATIONARY, A MUSIC, PRINTS, OIL PAJNTJNGS, DHAWIKO" BOOK 3, end Fancy articles. * 3tawim THOMAS STEPHENS, F»r the greater utrttniencc tf wM; bis hufrief, cxlcnfa •'« has , moved from No. 57, to No. 60 S,M S:con.' Street, 0* tit /rf't Of" r " eived h '*> ¥ on:-vuU t loltet/wnof tifefulfioUv, and the heft Stati::-. r ~ AU <.»,•' J? \r n/r r n J J* « Vw/,, . J °J Nrw MuJiCy Bunbwfi curious Caricature, PrhHs Oil J>n „ ings, Drawing Btsols, isV. \Se. alUohkh be ,vill M,v Jul for a small profit* J r. .