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By the Frefident of the United
States.
Whereas by the act entitled “ An
act, making provision lor the disposal
oi I ublic Lands, situated between the
United States Military Tract and the
Connecticut Reserve, and other pur
poses, 7 it was enacted, that for the dis
posal oi the lands of the United States,
situated between the United Sftes Mi
litary i ract and the Connecticut Re
serve, a Land-office should he establish
ed at such place as the President of the
United States might direct. And it w as
further enacted, that the Lands afore
said, with the exception of certain tracts
therein excepted, be offered lor sale to
the highest bidder, at the place afore
said, on such day or days, as shall by a
Publick Proclamation of the President
of the United States be designated for
that purpose, in tracts of the same size,
and on the same terms and conditions,
as are provided for the lands North of
the River Ohio, and above the Mouth
of Kentucky Ri ver.
Wherefore, I, Thomas Jeffe rson,
President of the United States, in con
formity with the provisions of the act
beiore recited, do hereby declare and
make known, that sales shall he held at
Canton, in the State of Ohio, for the
disposal ot the above mentioned lands,
to commence on the second Monday of
May, one thousand eight hundred and
tight, and continue for and during the
six following weeks.
Given under my hand the nineteenth
day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and seven.
(Signed) TH : J KFF K PSON.
A SURVEY
OF TH F.
Wisdom of God in the Great ion ;
OR,
A Compendium of Sutural Philosophy.
By J ohn Wesley, a. m.
*‘Thefe are thy gloriou-. work- Parent of Good,
Almighty ! Thine this univerfal Irarne
Thus wond'roui fair ! Thyfelfhow wond’rous
then !M
> William Hamilton, of Lancafter, Pennfylva
r.'.i, havine ifluej p opolals for puhlifliing
W eslty’s Philocophy, ttie Sul feriher who
has made arrangements with h in to encourage
and promole itr publication and circulation in
the Webern Country, and who w'dl receive
fubfcription,, for the fame, refp. <*> u 'y invites
t he attention ot the publ-tk to a work fo imi.
uently calculated to open, cnlight-n ?nd in* i
form ti.c muleiftanding, to ameliorate the ,
heart, and to awaken and exalt the foul, by
making man acquainted with himfelt,\v:th the
work of creation fubjedted to his dominion,
and with The Great First Cause of ali
thijigs.
The following is a very concife /ketch of fome
of the fubjedH on which it treats.
A brief history oi Natural Philoso
phy as a science, and the method of phi
losophizing among the Hebrews, Egyp
tians and Greeks.
Of the structure of the human body
anatomically arranged, with a particular
description of the dliferent parts of which
it is composed ; of respiration, chvlifi
cation, nutrition, the five senses, hunger,
thirst and sleep ; ol local, voluntary ant.
involuntary motion ; and of the stature
and age of man.
Of the remote causes of diseases; of
fevers, the way to preserve health ; of
life and death; ot the soul ;md origin oi
man ; ol imagination, memory, the un
dcrstanding, will and affections ; ol the
generation ol' the bodv.
Ot beasts, birds, fish,reptiles & insects.
Ol trees and plants.
Oi metals, minerals and fossils.
Oi earth, water, fire., air and meteors.
Oi the system oi the world.
Oi the properties that are common to
all bodies ; and ol those things wherein
natural bodies differ.
| Of the First Cause.
Ot the relative perfection of bodies.
General view of the gradual progres
sion of beings.
Oi the union ofsouls to organized bodies.
! Ol universal gravity, and centripetal
and centrifugal force.
Oi the discoveries of the ancients in
| mathematics.
Oi the improvement of knowledge by
revelation.
General reflections, shewing the pe
culiar advantages which result from a
proper survey of the wisdom of God in
the creation.
Extra t from the Proposals.
“Tin c rr.»ft r of the late learned and pious !
Mr. Weflcy i* fo well kn mn, as to rr n<’rr any
comment totally unnecefnty. ft may bp pro
p r. howeven to obfeve. that in the devotion
of a whole >i(e to the pood of nt.nk n I, the
work *or which we now fo’irit the public pa
t o,09gc, was among his moft inter, ffing nd
valuable la' outs. It is indeed a library in < •
fell,—comprchenfiwly embracing nearly the
whole h'fb.ry ot animat A rature. arid dilpl-v.
mg, i;i a ft - 1: peculiarly mftruclive and ap e -
b!c. thr wif.lom, the power, and the goodr.cfe
of Omnipotence ”
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DAVID M’KEEHAN.
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