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PROPOSA LS
FOR P*INHNG BY SUBSCRIPTIOV.
A NEW SYSTEM OF ARHI EMETIC,
THE PRECEPIOK’S GUIDE:
With A K EY,
In r 'i V l*im s
By JOHN O'KELLY.
CONDITIONS.
I. The work will be correctly printed on good paper,
with anew type, and will be put to press when a fufficlent
number of fubftribers offer.
11. It will contain nearly 500 pages.
111. The price to iubfcribers four dollars, and no
money required till the work is delivered.
Subscriptions received by Mr. Timothy, Mdfrs.
Freneau and Paine, and Mr. Bowen, Printers; MetTrs.
Bailey, Waller, and Bailey, Elliott street; Mr. Thomas,
Tradd street; Mr. Young, Broad street, Charleston; and
by Messrs. N. Johnston and Cos. Printers, Savannah.
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To the Encouragers of Literature , and the Public in
general .
IT is an unnecessary talk to descant largely on the im
portance of Arithmetic to a commercial country, its indii
penfable neceflity having recommended its study to many
of the tnoft acute and ingenious mathematicians that nations
can boast of.
Influenced, therefore, by an earned desire to facilitate
theprogrefs of youth', and of all who may make arithmetic
their study, as well as by a zeal to contribute my endeav
ors to any thing that tends to promote the commercial in
terest of the community at large, but more especially of
those who have honored me with their friendfhip and pa’-
trcnage in the city of Charleston, I have undertaken to
publilb, by subscription, a ne vly compiled SYSTEM OF
ARI THME TIC, with A KEY to it, which has not been
heretofore attempted in America.
In tiiis Key the leading examples in each rule are exhi
bited at full length, lb that a learner, by the eaiielt mental
exertion, may acquire a competent knowledge of the rule.
After having attained this, and arrived to a perfect idea of
the arithmetical signs, all the succeeding examples and
questions in each rule are so arranged, stated, and wrought,
as to appear obvious to the weakest capacity.
Some may be led to imigine that it tends to prevent the
learner from calling forth that exertion of his own powers
which is necessary for a competent acquisition of any foi
’dice: On examining, however, the methods in which the
queftious are stated and wrought, it will be acknowledged,
that, while there is nothing left too arduous or discouraging
to the careful Icholar, there is Hill ample scope for fiich
exercise and attention as may be necedary to impress upon
the mind a lasting knowledge of the rule.
In science, as well as in morals, example will ever en
force and illustrate precept; and for this reason an operation
Wrought at full length will be found of more service to
Beginners than either the tedious direftions of a teacher,
tor the u’eleis dilpiay of learning conveyed by an author
In a lift of puzzling qrieftiens.
| It is certain that mft arithmetical scholars art retarded
py more difficulties in their progress than can pollibly be
Attended to hy any tme teacher, however expert in his
fcrofelfion. In many schools the time loft: on this occalion
■s very considerable, which I flatter myfelf must be in a
treat measure saved by a proper use of the Key, Thole
jtlfo who would wish to revile their 1 arithmetic after they
pave been put to business may derive great affiftarice froul
F wheu they can no longer apply to a teacher.
I To such 4s are under the neceflity of being felf taught
■arithmeticians the Key must finely be a welcome acquifi
kion. Moft treatises on arithmetic, even the mod approv
ed, though affording an example or two wrought out at
pill length in each rule, have notwitliftanding to many
lurned out a cabinet of curiosities, which all their mental
portions, without the aid of a teacher, were unable to
■nfold. It is then presumed, that when thus furnilhed
pith a Key, any one, even of moderate abilities, with a
klerab'e ft.are of attention, may, by proper application of
p' a whatever difficulties occur, become after, not only
If a fuperficial part, as is too commonly the case, but of
■he whole system, even of its moft uUlrule ami difficult
derations.
F Every attention has been paid to have tilt* work as cor
■ci as possible; and no expence will Ik: Ijuivd in the pub
■hing, lb as to have the lyftem executed in a manner ac
■fptable to a candid and difccriiing public, to whom every
Mark of this kind must recommend itfclf by its utility
■ther than by any thing that can be said in a preface by
■s author.
I Having obtained fufficient teft’imorty reiative Mr.
■•Kelly’s new system of arithmetic, and its key, con
fined by eminent teaciiers of that science, we therefore
■commend it to the public as a work well suited to the
■ommerce of the United States, and particularly calculated
■> facilitate the improvement of youth-
R. IZARD lenior,
I HENRY Wm. DESAUSSURE,
j &. BURKE,
i ALEXANDER BARON.
| May 16.
s a l E, Cheap,
p valuable Traft of Land,
ft YING on the River Alatamaha, containing 450
■Lu acres, the firft quality of oak and hickory land,
funded southwesterly by the said river, northwesterly by
ot Lachlan M‘Gilli\ ray, and on all other sides by
r n ? at the time of iurvey. For further particu
inqurre of the Printers. December 15, 1797.
■3 ROUGH! to the Workhoute in Savannah, A Ne-
r J GR I ) Fellow, named Buck , about 5. feet 6 inches
P ’. and about 40 years of age, speaks very’ bad Engliih,
■’ L he belongs to one Myer, in South Carolina.
■ x *797- Jacob Theiss, Gaoler.
I * ALMANACS
I ‘ r Printing Office in ftreet.
TAKEN UP in Savarnah, A NegXo Wench, who
calls herlelf Hannah, and sometimes Kate, and
fays it is two or three years liuce Hie ran away from
Charleston, that Ihe belonged to the widow of Thomas
Smith, but believes that ftie has been fines fold to fome
person in the country; Ihe appears to be about 25 years
old, of rather a yellow complexion. Whoever ftie belongs
to may have her by applying to Matthew Motz, Keeper
of the federal gaol, and paying charges of advertiling, &c.
Savannah , 30 th Sept. 1797*
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) March to.
THE lliip Eliza, Capt. Bird, with 350 Haves on board,
bound to this port, was attacked to windward of
Barbados by a French privateer of 14 or 16 guns, which
she fought for a long time with great bravery. Just as the
privateer was bearing away the Eliza blew up, and only
14 fouls were saved by the privateer, 6 of whom were Ne
groes. The Captain and crew of a vessel loft on the coast
were on board of her. So great was the explolion that
one of the Captain’s books fell on board the
privateer.
■ 11 1 lup mwBMWWi 1 .—imh
CALCUTTA, O&obcr _ 4.
ON Thurflay last official notification was received by
Government, from the Company’s Resident at Luck
now, of the death of his Highnd’s AiSph ud Dowlah, the
Nabob Vizier, oil ThurlHiy the 21st ult. The dilpatch
was read at the Council Hoard on Saturday,'when 49 guns,
being the number of the years of his Kighriefs’s age, were
fired, funeralwife, from the ramparts of Fort William, in
commemoration of his demise.
At noon on the following diy a royal salute was dif
ch.vge 1 from the garrison; in celebration of the aeceflion
of Mirza Vizier Aily to the government of Ills lately de
ceased father.
Mirza Ally, the newly appointed Vizier, is a yoiith of
about 18 years of : ge, of very promiling disposition;
OShber 26. “We have late accounts from Lucknow,
detailing fome ‘cifcumftances not very creditable to the
young Nawaub. His Highness has lately delighted in a
liYjfing himfelf in cutting to pieces a number of beautiful
goats, flierip, and other animals, the favorites of his late
father. These operations of death are performed with lus
Highness’s own hands. A few mornings finCe he amused
himfelf with {hooting liorfes, and with great dexterity dis
patched five of these ufefnl animals in the ccurle of as
many minutes; His Kighnefs fecniei pierifed with the
efficacy of his (hot.
“ Two days ago,” add our letters, “ he severely horse
whipped his brother, Loll Mirza Ally, for preftnning to
confider himfelf the son of the late Nawaub. The deicend
ants of Sujah Dowlah have taken great umbrage at this
conduct, as Mirza is actually married to a grandaughte’r
of that Monarch, a daughter of Mirza Jung Beg, the late
Naaaub’s brother.”
The particulars of the melancholy fate of the Roya*
Charlotte, as stated in the accounts related from the offi
cers on board the Britannia, are asHblhywSs
The Britannia lay at anchor, about three pr four c'ables
length distant from the Royal Charlotte, off Culpee. Each
of these ships had on board 500 barrels of gunpowder, as a
part of their cargoes, deftinei for the Cape. On Sunday
morning, a little before i o’clock, the Iky became cloudy,
which appearance Was fpon followed by thunder and fre
quent flafties of lightning. The people cn board the Bri
tannia were naturally alarmed, and in the hope of averting
the effect of the lightning, (hould it chance to reach the
ship, placed wet fwahs round the fore must and primps. The
lightning continued, and at 24 minutes pad 2 o’clock,
while intent on the danger of their own lituation, they
w’ere stunned with the exploiiort of the Royal Charlotte.
The violence of the concuftion w T as filch that for several
moments they were unable to form any idea of the accident
that had happened.
As fob’h as the firft impression had fubfiied, and the dis
astrous fate of the Royal Charlotte was afeertained, the
Britannia’s boats were immediately got out, in the expecta
tion of being able to render fome aififtance; but not a vestige
of the ftiip remained; not an atom of her could be perceived.
Every foul on board, to the number of 140 and up wards,
perilhed. Capt. Smith, his third officer, {hip’s steward, an
European boy, a Serani, one Seacunnie, and four Lafcars,
were fortunately not on board. The perforis on board were
as under mentioned.
Mr. Stoddard, firft officer; Mr. Barnard, second ditto;
Mr. Miffing, fourth ditto; Mr. Saunders, pilot; Mr. Gu
trie, carpenter; Thomas Collins, Captain’s steward; Stephen
Collins, one Portuguese gunner, one cook, two firvants,
nine Seacunnies, 66 Lafcars, aad about 50 women and
children* —r-
The effeCl of the concuffioti was so forcibly felt in the
Britannia that the tables on board that fliip which were not
ladled down were overfet, and her windows shattered to
pieces. A river lioop that lay at fome distance had her
fails set on fire from a number of burning gunny
were thrown on board by the explosion, and one of her
people killed upon her deck. The fliock was d;ftin<ftly felt
by a number of people in Calcutta, a distance of about 50
-miles from the place of the accident. The ring of one of
her anchors and a copper bolt are said to have been found
in the vicinity of Culpee, about three miles distant from
where the ftiip lay.
It cannot be doubted but this deplorable accident arose
from lightning conduced down the foremaft to the powder
magazine, which had been so injudiciously placed as to be
built around the mast.
The magazine of the Britannia having been conftnnfted
on the fame plan, we understand that her powder is to be
relanded, in order that her magazine may be Ihifted.
PARIS, February 22.
THE Duke of Goigi has been forced to pay a contribu
tion of 200,000 Romifb dollars to the French.
The sum of two millions was found in the Pope’s palace
and immediately sent to the headquarters of the French
General, Bertbier. The Pope was himfelf commanded to
give an account of all the treafmes of his palace; he an
fwered* that it was already in the hands of the French, one
excepted, nfcick Jtt remarked tras hereditary to
Previous to the entry of the French 12 Cardinals and 4
Prelate* were defivered to Gen. Bsrthier as the hoftagea
for the fafety of the Republican troops; they are tUllm
ciofe confinement.
“I he property of those who did not clioofe to trust to
Republican mercy has been seized and confifcated.
A Cardinal, a Duke, and a Roman Prelate, are to be
sent to Paris, to implore the pardon of the DireAory for
the murder of G n. Duphot.
The Pope’s- AmuaiTador has been set at liberty, and is on
his return home.
The property of Cardinal Mauray has been seized at
Rome, and -will be fold for the benefit of the French Re
public. t
March 9. The Citizen Ballon has presented Gen. Bu
onaparte and the Diredory a plan for conftruding anew
defci iption of vessels, • which can neither be burnt or funk;
they are to carry from 50 to 200 guns, and 8 or r 0,000
men.
3en. Bertbier has demanded of the kingdom of Naples
20,000 oxen.
The Council of Five Hundred have concluded a treaty
oftenfive and defenfive with the Cifalpine Republic.
London, March 15. All the letters from the Engliih
Prii'on Agent >n France are thought to be intercepted by
order of tiie Diredory.
Pr vate letters from the Hague mention that the Batav
ian Government demurs, to accede to the propolitions of
the Executive Diredory for prohibiting the entry of any
iftecchandife or goods from Great Britain. Every person
conversant with the trade to Holland knows that the Dutch
cannot even subsist without a commercial intercourse with
this country.
March 17. By the loft accounts from Sir R. Strachan,
who is now blocking up the port of Havre, it appears that
there are nine frigates and corvettes in that port ready to
put to sea.
Ficm Brdt we learn that there are 20 fail of the line ia
that port, of which 18 are fuppofeJ to be fit for lea, and
of tliofe .9 were ready to fail at a moment’s warning.
The Berwick of 74 guns, with 10 frigates, was in the
outer harbor with fails bent on the 4th of this month, and
the whole Itemed to be preparing for sea, but we have not
heard that any of these vtlfels have yet come out.
Dublin, March 13. Yesterday at n o’clock one of
his ivlajclty’s Mefiengers, attended by a civil and military
power, proceeded to the houle of Mr. Oliver Bond in
Bridge street, upon an information which had been received
by Government that the Provincial Committee of the
United Irilhmen of Leinfter were to assemble there for the
puipofe of treaion.
A Committee of 1 4 Delegates were found fitting and
immediately taken into custody, and many material papers
containing proofs of a serious nature were found upon
them. Mr. Bond was not in the room of the meeting,
but papers afte&ing him are said to have been found in his
pocket.
I he papers seized are said to be of a moft treasonable
nature, no less than to give up the country to the French.
“The day fixed upon was Saturday last, the Anniversary of
St. Patrick, which being kept as a feftival it was imagined
that advantage cculd be taken of the inebriety of the
people; and an attempt was to be made to seize all the.
principal officers of Government. It was expeded that
the I rench would have a force ready to cooperate with thft
Irilh rebels, and thus decide the revolution by a coup da
main. *
March 15. The Privy Council has been fitting these
two days 011 the examination of the prisoners who were
apprehended on Monday last, and we understand that they
have all been committed on charges of high treason. We
have not been able to afeertain the precise nature of the
evidence on which they have been charged, but we under
ftan.l that the papers found upon the Provincial Committee
of Leinfter, and upon the person of Mr. Bond, ! art-com
plete with refpccl to the treasonable nature of their meet
ingt an 4 tllc advanced progress of the open, arid direct re
bellion which was meditated, and which we trust by the
v igilance and exertions of Government will be entirely
defeated. We understand the meeting at Mr. Bond’s
were lurprifed at an early hour, so that pollibly all the
Delegates were not arrived, but we have obtained a lift of
fiich as appeared.
Bailow, Peter Ivers, Laurence Griffin—Oueen’s county,
Laurence Kelly, Peter Bannon—Kildre, G. Cummins—
Meath, Thomas Reynolds, Charles Martin—County
Dublin, Fat. Devine, James Rose—City Dublin, Thomas
1 raynor, Edward Hudson—Secretary, John M’Can,
Head Clerk to Henry Tackfon. J *
Oliver Bopd, and Dr. M’Nevin, (who is supposed to
have spent part of fuimner at Hamburgh) have beeii
also examined and committed. Mr. Jackson and his son,
Mr. John Sweetma*. and Counlellor Emmet, have net
yet undergone an examination.
Some Jurtber inter efing particulars .
We have been in great difinay and conftemation during
tue last 24 hours. \ tfterday a party of military searched
Leinfter house for Lord Edward Fitzgerald, who had been
seen walking in the streets at his ease only a fliort time
before; but the fearcii was in vain, as he had escaped.
While the military were searching Leinfter house Oliver
Bond and 16 others were taken up as they were fitting in
Council, and were conduced under a strong guard to the
caftie. As the Lord Chancellor was returning from thence
to his carriages which was in the street, the mob outside,
who were numerous, dosed round him so as to prevent his
palling; on which one of the attendants requested him to
step into a Ihop until the crowd was dispersed. This he
re lured 10 ando > ar,c l putting his hands into his pockets he
dr2w out a pistol from each, and holding them in his hands
declared he w ould Ihoot the firft man that obftru&ed his pas
sage. On this the mob gave way and opened to the righe
and left, leaving him room'to pals to his carriage, which
he did without further obftiuAion. About 5 o’clock his
Lordlhip walked through the streets alone, Ihewing a pre
sence of mind and a degree of courage which has always
chara&erifed him. It b laid that Lord Edward Fitzgerald
escaped by jumping out of a window, and that he was seen -
to take the road to Manawar; bet it is not thought
he can escape the kingdom.