F It F C E.S CURRENT. Philadelphia, Sept. 30. PER QUANTITY— DOLLARS AT 100 CENT*. Dolls. Cis. Del If Cts. •d-NCfiORS, pr.lb. II Kail:, Id, lOd, I id, Allum, £nglifi,pr cut 775 and lad, per lb. T3 Ditto, Roch, pr lb. II Nutmeg:, per lb. II A/be:, pof per tin, 17° Oil, linseed, per gall. 133 Pasrl, 1-5° -Olive, Arrack, per ditto, per cafe, 9 Pacts,, Shoulder,pr. It. 10 —S-.ueet, befl, in Flitehee, *3 flafie, per tin, IO jbrandy, common, * tto hafects, 11 —Ctniae, » *J battla, 7 BraxiUtto, per ten, 9» Spermaceti pr gall 106 Uriels, per M. 7 Train,per bit. 18 Srrad, /hip, per cut. 6 Whale, per gal. 40 Dim, pilot 9 SO Porter per cask, 7 3° Ditto, fir.all ■water — London,per diz. IJO ler hep, 9° American do. bott. Beer, American, in bit- ">cL tie,, per dozen, hot- Pitch, per bbl. 4 tie: included, 'l 60 Pork, Burlington, per Ditto, per barrel, 6 barrel,' Itj to 10 Boards,Cedar,perMfeet 30 Lower county, 19 ' Heart, 3° ——Carolina, 16 NrtuEngland, l 6 80 Peas, Albany, pr bufi. 93 - Oak, 46 Pepper, per lb. 38 Merchantable pine, "2 8 Pimentt, 14 . SajS, A. l 8 Roiflns, befl per beg II Makogar.i&fo'M Ditto per jar, 6 The above are tbQMop Ditto per box *8 price:, for the yard Rice, per cwt. J price price, add I del- Rofm f>er barrel 4 30 tar, J3 cents., pr M. Rum, Jamaica,pr gal. I 67 Prim ft one in rolls, per Antigua I 54 ewt. 3 33 Wind-war J ' I 40 Serf,Bolon, per bII.IS al6 ' _ I 4? Country, ditto 14 Country, N. E. <J> Fresh, cut. sto 8 Saltpetre, per c-wt. 50 Butter per lb. 18 a 40 Sapfras, per ton __ ,7, 14 «»', i»o "Candles Sperm, per lb. 5 6 Steel, <Sm-m.m, per tb. T4 —— /fa* *~~Engiyb, blifl.pr c-wt. XI 14 Myrtle Wax 10 —American, per ton 133 33 Mould fallow 18 <a 19 —Crowley's, pr faggot Dipped 15 Snabe root, per lb. 35 £{«/», Enelift, Per lh. 2? bro-uin per Ih. 11 C»v«/r;i I 1! 013 —White 14 Chocolate IS * 33 —Caflile 22 Ciknamon 14 fW I 50 A* *»«'" JO Cocoa, ter cwt. I? Spermaceti refined pr lb. Coffee, per 'lb. »5 "28 SaiV £»£/>£. A'o. dial, per bufiel, 3° *4® 1, per yard, Copperas*, per nut. 3 *«*»"> 1 > "*• 30 Cordage, American, per *" A r ». 1, rfs. 16 a l 8 Sugar, lump, per !b. 4J Cotton, per lb. HJ/JC— Loaf, Jingle refl 47 Currants dtMc iiu " Duet, RuJJla, per piece, 15*18 Havannab, -white 10 —Ravens 11 JO Ditto bro-wn l 6 Dutch .Sail Duet 44 —Mufcovadop.t-Jlt.Tlil J67 feathers, per lb. '66 Eafl India, pr. Flax, ditto II "bt. 14 66 Flaxfeei, per bufbel I Sp. Turpentine pr gall. 66 flour, Sup. per bl. 14 al3 Salt, allum, pr bufiell 60 Common, II « 14 —Liverpool 3 4 ■_Z)i/r middlings, bet, 84 IO —(W/z 60 Meal, Indian 4 33166 —Lijhon $6 ditto Rye, S Sli fi building IV. 0. <f. 367 per ton 1267 ■Fuflic per ton, 15 D '"' Livt 0ai -> 16 ■Gin, Holland per cafe, - 50 Do. Red Cedar pr foot 2).. per gall. I 93 I Shingles 18 inches,pr II Glue, per lb. 18 4 Ginger,-vihiterace,percivilß -D'V/a 2/«f 9 HHU l 6 DHt» feet drejfed 16 Ditto, ground 24 Staves, pipe pr 1000, 60 Cinfeng, porlb- 30 -luhite-oalhogebead 43 33 Gunpowder, canhort,per Red. oak ditto 28 4.1 Lcogan l 6 33 Ditto, fne glazed, it Barrel JO Grain, Wheat pr bufi 4 Heading 44 Rye, I Skin: Otter,befl pr picce 333 Omts 40 —Minis 16 tndian Caret, 9 0i 93 —Pf< S re y s ® 54 Arr/,7, I 40 —Ditto red I 20 bejlfielledpr.lb—Martini JC Buek-xlcat per —Filers • J7 7S —Bsan 3 jSawi, /r. tf. ■ 13 Raaons 6o imported, per —Musk-rats, 37 _ te)l JOO —Beaver, per lb. 1 62 American, pcrlb. IO —Deer, in hair 55 533 Herrings, per bbl. 6 Tar, $1 gall. Hides, raw pr, lb. t to 9 /«•«/. *5° Haps, IO —Carolina, ilgall. 4JO Hen/bead Icops'fer M. 30 Turpentine, per bbl. 340 Indigo, French per lb. V Tobacco, J. River befl -Carolina, I 100/4. 7^B Trons, fadp.r ton 133 33 Peterflsurg 6i6 JO ■/«;>, caflings per c-wt. 4 PttQlomlc 3^5 ~~Pennfylv.bcr fcarcc —Georgia 6a ■> 110 a 12667 ■ Carolina 4<2 5 ■n, Russia perttn 97 Tea Hyson, per lb. Ito 1 Pi s 34 —Hyson Jkin, 83 Sheet, 424 33 —Souchong, I oil >3 Nail rods, 133 33 —Congo, JO per c-wt. 5 " Bohca, 35 Lard, he^sper lb. 14 Tallm), refned, fnr ti. 14 Lead in pigs* per curt. 533 Tin, per box 16 JO -in bars, 7 Vanilla, pcrlb. IO al4 white, >3 33 Verdigrcafe, do. 1 rc jJ rj Vtrmilliun, 1 50 Leather,'foal per lb. 40 Varnish, per gallon, SAgnvm vita per ten, 44 Wax, Bees, per lb. 33 Logwood, ' 50 Whale-bone, long,pr ib. 14 Mcce, per lb. 14 Wine, Madeira pr p. 246 Maclarel, befl per bbl IS second quality 8 ' Tenrriffc,prgal. to Madd r,beflper lb. 40 Feyal, 67 Marble wrought pr fort 60 -( Pf.t per pipe IJO spars ditto 60 -Do. in bott.pr doT Molasses, pe' gall. $6i62 -Claret,percafi 40to$0 Muftnrd,ppre r lb. 46 Sherry, tefgalhn IJo flour, in bottles dox 1 40 Malaga, 84 ftr X 20 t DAT IS PUBLISHED, By M/thf.w Carev, 118, Market-street, A DiflTertation on Slavery, IVJ7H A PROPOSAL For the Gradual Abolition of it In the State of Virginia. ty ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Profeffvr of Law in the UiihxrJrtji of William and Mary, and one of the Judges in the General Court in Virginia. « slavery not only violate* the Laws of Nature and cf "« Civil Society, it a!fo wounds the bell forms of govern " merit: in a Democracy, where all men are equal, slave ry J6 contrary to the spirit of the constitution." [jMonl*fq*ieu^] Sefr. ir). 6 Islew-iMigJand Rum, Tn fn>£ffie»ds, Welfli's best Boston Chocolate, 'And HYbON-SKIN TEA, in quaru-r chells, - FOR SALE, BT A. MASLfLt 55" ISR.W. MORRIS,' No. 60, Dock-llrcct. -Sept. 14. *o<s ... 1 1 1 ... T LINE? TO A BEAUTIFUL SPRING IN A VILLAGE. [Prom poems by S. T. COLEP.IDGE/J ONCE mort, sweet stream ! with flow foot wand'ring near, I bless tny milky waters cold and clear. Efcap'd the fladiing of the noontide hoi:« With one frelh garland of Pierian flowers, (Ere from thy zephyr-haunted brink I turn) My languid hand Ihall wreath thy molTy urn. For not thro* pathless grove with murmur rude Thos footheft the fad wood-nymph, solitude Nor thine'unfeen in cavern depths to well. The HFRMIT-FOUNTAIN of fomc dripping celj! ' Pride of the Vale ! thy ufeful dreams fuppiy | The fcatter'd cots and peaceful hamlet mgh. The elfin tribe around thy friendly batiks With infant uproar and loul-footbmg prank', Releas'd from frhool,their little hearts at reft. Launch paper navies on thy wavelefs breast. The ruflic here at eve with pensive look Whittling lorn ditties leans upon his crook, Or starting pauses with hope-minglsd dread, ; To lift the much-lov'd maid's accudom'4-tread, : She, vainly mindful of her dame's command, • if.oiters, the long-fill'd pitcher in her hand. Unboaftftil stream ! Thy fdßnt with pebMcd falls The faded form of past delight recalls, What time the morning fun of Hope arofs, And all was joy ; five when another's woes, A tranlient gloom upon my foul imprest, Like paiTuig clouds impiilured on thy breast. Life's current then ran sparkling to the noon Or filv'ry stole beneath the pe#five Moon. Ah ! now it works rude-brakes and thorns aiflong) Or o'er the rough rock bursts aad foams along ! From the Aurora. To the Ele&ors ai the City of Philadelphia Fellow-citizens, WHEN we consider (he high interest that we all took in the important queltion' lately decided in our national Lcgifliture, there feemt no ooubt ttul, ir the ensuing eleftioH, your attention will be at traCted in a conliderable degree tov/ards the differ ent candidates for that station, and to the forming of our choice. This confcquence, which is natural, is also very desirable j because the more ardently we enter tipon the fubje£t, the more likely arc we to choose' with propriety, as the interest we take in the fubjed will sharpen our difccrnraent in investigating the ebavaftert that we propose to represent us. There is, however, reason to apprehend that this zeal (which when moderate i? beneficial} will be ren -1 dered injurious by cxcefs, and instead of promoting indu.trious researches. will serve only to bias the public judgment. I would therefore caution yop, my fellow-citizens, to free yourselves from all party prejudices, and to avoid thole men who come in a pressing mariner to solicit youi fuffrages, becaufc it is probable that their a&ivity in the matter*pro ceeds from, the fame influence. Let your votes o riginate with yourselves, and let them be the result of your own cool refle&jon. Examine with can dour into the abilities and integrity of a sandidate, and decide for him on whose li-de you find the ba lance of these rcquiflte qmlitw«, without to listen to the intrigues »f corruption, or the fo licitatjdns of ignorance. For my part, I cotifefs, I cannot help fufpediing ■ these who evince such auxietv to direst the judg ' msnts of their neighbours, of less worthy views ! than those of zeal for the public good; that adting themselves from interested motives, they endeavor to ingratiate themselves still more with their favor > ite, by converting others to his interest. ' Let us, however, for the fake of charity, flip. | pose that they a£t from principle. Is it not the 1 height of arrogaocc for them to qndeavour to bia3 the minds of other men, and substitute their own » opinions for ours ? What is it but to fay that we ' aredellitute of penetration to fee the interest of our country, and that they wi(h to fuppiy our de ) ficiency by their own' inftrudtion ? It is not intended here to recommend any parti cular man to the notice of the public. I should coufi der such a recommendation as impertinent, because we all know the candidates, and know their cha radlers. All 1 would wifti is, that the decilion of 1 eirery iadividual, to whatever fide it inclines, mqy. be fiee, and not dependant on the will of others. » ROMULUS. > RICHMOND, September <24. > To the Freeholder# of the Couuties of Gloucester, Mathews, King and Queen, Eflcx, King Wil " liam, and Middlesex. GENTLEMEN, , The time* approaches when you must depute an 3 Eledtar to chu'fe a JPrefident and Vicc-Prefident of 7 the United States. I offer myfelf to you for that ! honour. My principles of politics have been in favour of the wife plan of neutrality, adopted, and 3 pursued by our government. lam theiefore attach -4 cd to those men in huh official situations, who have kept our country, during a molt trying and peril ous crisis, in a ttate of ; thereby advaucing its prosperity to the highest pitch, oi which it is at present susceptible; who have made the conftitu tion the rule of their a&ions, and have invigorated it with such refpe&ability, as to acquire to it the confidence of the European world. Among the worthies who have given to our government such an exaltation of character in the eye of nations, t mutt be reckoned foremoft in the lift, " the Picli f dent of the United States.''—He would molt nffui. edly have my iupport were 1 to have an oppcir. ' tunity of exerciiing an eteitive voicc, unleis he were to notify his intention of retiring from the go vernment. in that event, it would be my part, most diligently, to search eut for his fuccelTor, a chara£ter the most resembling his in political prin ciples, in found judgment, in unexampled prudence, aud in unlhaken lnmuefs. Not altogether ignoiant of the public opinions and fentimen s on public affairs, of most men of such confidcration in the ftatrs as would aspire to the Prefidcntial chair; 1 perfuadc myfelf, gentle, men, were you on this occasion to give me yeur * Firjl Monday in Novcmher. confidence a* an E!eser, 1 wo«id n<ii err i i m; choice, nor give my voice for a msn w!w i" j cur your reprobation, as Holding principles insom- j patiple with the in f ereft» of the Unite,! Sta - <. With every consideration of elteem aod nfpett, I remain, gentlemen, Your feliow-citizcn, and Most obedient humble fervanf, RALPH WORMELEY. Rofegill, Septc4nbei 6, 1756. ELIZABETH-TOWN, Sept. 28. It is with a mixture of pleasure and regret, that we present to our reader* the PRESIDEN T's ADDRESS, contained in thi» day's paper:—of pleasure, because we elleera it, an invaluable legacy to the l'eop'e of these States t—of regret (a tclfiih one we e<mfclVJ~~fcrcgaulc it announces his departure from the political helm. If fuperflitioH hallows every relic of a pretended faint; —if fenfibilily so richly prizes every memorial of a beloved friend ; —how highly should the citi zens of America venerate this teftimoi ial of affec tion from the BRIGHTEST MIRROR OF DEITY that ever exiiled, even though it were possessed of no intrinsic merit! But tfte heart, warm and enthusiastic, often fondly invents a mi crofgope to view the loveliness of afavored ofcjeft ; and, deceivtd by partiality, is enraptured by things that are frivolous, perhaps despicable. It is not so in the present cafe ; for the undtrjiimdmg is con vinced equally with the heart, arid the glad tribune of applaufeis cheerfully prtffered by them both. This address relembles the fond advice of a dy ing parent to his beloved children :—Like that, it breathes the warmth of affc£hon, and an anxious folicitudc for their future welfare:—Like that, let it never be effaced from our remembrance, let it deeply impTcfs our mftids, and be worn in the cen tre of our hearts. And when its illustrious author (hall retire to par take of the enjoyments of private life—long, long may he live, enjoying all that happiness which he deserve* ! May he cWerriuliy psft through the even ing of his days, blessed by the God whom he wor ships, esteemed by the people whom he has render ed happy, loved by the wife whom he eherifhes, 'at peace with hirnfelf, and neither fearing nor wilh ing for death : whilit his philanthropic achieve ments throng around him, like minillrant-cherubs, Tinging their requiem to his declining years! , r May he live Longer than 1 huve time to tell his years! Ever belov'd and loving may his life be ! And when old time ihail lead him to his end, Goodness and he fill up one monument! Philadelphia, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1796. Died, in this city, on Saturday the 17th .in stant, 'after a (hort illness, Mr. Richard Coch ran, Merchant. He was a 'young gentleman, defcrvedly refpe&cd by a numerous, and refpe&a ble acquaintance. And the next day his remains were interred in the Prclbyierian bsirial ground, in Lower Merion township, Montgomery county, attended by * Vtft concourse of rcfpeflable citi zens, ot deferent denominations. Etctrali of a letter from a gentleman, dated City ef Wafoington, 26th Sept. 1796, to a person in this J&y- this moment the alarm of fire is cried. A tremenduous fire has broke out in George-town, and lias consumed ten houfea, all of them frame Messrs. George and Adam Ki»g are the principal fufferers ; Mr. J. Forrelt has loft two or three hou les ; Doctor Magtuder has fuffered by the removal of his dAgs, &c. His bouse was torn down with two others, which was the means of the fire being ftopt, with the help of the engine. The fire broke out ih one of Mr. Kings houfss, but cannot find ont the particulars ; it is said to be the negledt of a servant of Mr. King, who was ordered on Satur day, to have his mailers horse ready by day light, for Mr. King to go to Baltimore, and left the can dle in the ftabli—this is one of the reports, there art others, but it is hard to tell which is true.— Five of the houses were occupied as dry and wet good ftorcs ; all the goods have been laved. No lives loft, nor any pt ifon hurt." Extras frsni a jFup.nch Pafss. France possesses ;:t this moment only three colo nies in the Well-Indies. Cayenne, which was oever reckoned as any thing in the commercial scale. Gvadaloupe, which hardly supports it felf—- the produce of which does not amount to one quarter part of what it did before the war, since France gets nothing, and the United States very little. St. Domingo is divided betwoen.the French and the Englilh. The latter pofl'efs that part for merly called Grr.nde Anfe, comprehending I rait, Alrieots, Cafe Dame Marie, 'Jeremit and Layemites. They have also Fort au-Prince, la Croix de Bou quets, le Mireba'.ais, I'Archahaye, St. Marc, and the Mule-, that is, in all ten There re mnins then to the French forty seven or forty.eight. In this number ate the parishes of the north pav of the iAind, which, before the revolution, were the riclitft and mail opulent of the colony. The quarters which are in the hands ofthe Eng li!h, produce four times as much as tliofe which pertain to the French.— [The paper then proceeds to aftign the reafor.s for-this difference—The prin cipal one is, that in the places possessed by the Kng- Ji(h> or those under their command, the negroes work. In thole possessed by the French, the mu lattoes have the afccndancy, and there the negiors will not workj but pillage, burn and deftroy.J NOTES LOST. WHEREAS two notes drawn by Benjamin -Halkell and George W. Kirklard, dated Boitcn, the 44th ; February, 1796, payable to Jofcph May, er order, in 18 months after date, one for One Thouland Dollars, tiie , other Fifteen Dollars, weie ilolen with iome other pap.rs out of a U|fnk 011 the JLaneafter road It is reijueftid that acy perfuntto whom they may be offered for negociit-.an, » will give notice thereof to the fubferiher. GARRETT COTTRING^k, Sept. 30. j rtsu >' | BY THIS DAY's MAIL. NEW YORK, Septei»J»er 30. Ye Her day arrived at this pert, in 49 days from Greenock, (Scotland) the ihip FANNY, Captai.i Brain*.—The Editor has been favored with Lo: » don Papers to the 4th and Glasgow »o the sth oi August—Extract fol.ow. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, * PARIS, July 27. The desertion of the regiment of Bcsgsr is officii 1 cially—XM«»tintrcd-=»tfnn regiment t3"crtmi>lt nil !Vln : - ' ; lated. We are allured that the French is in Manheir ( ' and that a comntiifioner ia arrived at U. !le fu-ci : ' ETipcior, to make Overtures of peacc to our baffador. ; There is » report that Richery has .Ire English fleet off Cadiz. Deputies are"arrive J at Genoa from SprdiiiLii > t» solicit the aSiitance of the French in that island as a republic. > Letters from Wefel positively announce, that the, ■ Kiiig of Prussia has offered his mediation to lli'tt' ' Dirc&ory, to bring about a general pacification. : LONDON, Augul) 2, The officers and crews of the Refinance, of 44 • guns, c*pt. E. Packenham; and Orpheus,-of 30 c guns, capt. Newcoir.be, now in the Esll-Ivkl:i-j. 5 wiTl thare more prize money on their arrival in jEJrg ' land, than ever fell to the lot of any others befoix 1 them. Frm i/k Lyndon Gazette—July J3. Downing Street, July 30. ; The letter, of,which the following Is an extraiii, : was received from Col. Graham, by the Right iron. - Lord Grenville, his Majefty'a Principal Secretary - ot State for Foreign affairs, dated Roveredo, July • 4> »79<5- « " On the 30th u!t. f had the honour of inforrst • ing your Lordship, that the enemy made an un ■ attack on Monte Bsldo on the 281b, , since that all has remained quiet. Matfhal Wurta fer arrived here this morming. Downing Strict July 30. The letter of which tltte following is an extract, received from Lieutenant Col. Crawfuid, by tire Right hon. Lord Grcnviile, his Majelly'a Pri.ici , pul Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated Head-Quarters of his Royal Highness the Arch- Duke Charles of Aultria, Elfingci), near Piortz heim, July 11, 1796. " I have the honor t® inform your Lordship, that oh the 7th and Sth inflant, th'e arch-duk# re mained in pofTefiion of Etthingen, in order to givtf time for th« arrival at Pfortzheim of the Saxows, ' who were advancing from Graben, to re-inforce his t Royal Highnefs's army— 3c the corps that had been detached into the Mountains, under the command ' of Gen. Keim, to cover the left, was ordered ti> ' take its principal pofiiiori at Frewen Alb, The Saxons reached Pfortzheim in the night of the Seventh.—— On the eighth, the difpolitiaot was made to attack Gen. Moreau on the lot 11 in > the position of the Murg, at Rajladr, Kupeaheiuj ' and Gertzbach, and, on the 9th, while the pre paratory movements were executing, in order to bring the troops forward to the different points • from whence they were to advance the next morning, the enemy forced back the Archdukes advahccd polls with a part of their atmy, while their princi pal force attacked Gen. Keim. His Royal High - ness immediately i'ypporteil his advanced polls,'and 1 was vifiorious on his tight, and along hit whole S front ; but yen. Keim, after having made a molt ' obflinatc reManc£, was obliged to yield to the fu perioiity of numbers, and he retired to Pfortzheim. a The Saxons who were in march, to cover that ge neral's left flank, did the lame ; anrd, as this un ' fortunate circumltancc gave the enemy poflVffion of all the pafles iu the Mountains, on the arch-dukt'» c left, his Royal Highneis found himfelf under the neccility of marching with his main army to P/brtz ' heim on the loth, where now encamped. 3 The Auftrians loft on this uecafion, about 1600 men and foui pieces ttf-camjcm—'Ptrr }off of she 'French cannot be evftly afcertainec—but it matt have been very considerable. The Prince of Conde's corps, which lm behaved ® with great bravery, was as Villinge* on the Bth, the u date df the last accounts that were received from it. The Austrian general Frolich still remained in the e lirifpiw. e The enemy has pasTed the Lahn, and the array which was left for the defence of that part of the ' country, has letired to the position of Bergen, having thrown proper garrifoas into Mayence and Elirenbreit ® flein. , At the Court of the Qunen's House, the 29th of July, 1796; picfent, the King's molt excellent Majesty in Couucil— J WIS Majesty in Council was this day pleafcd tow . der, that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Tuesday, the i6ih day of August next, fWld'be far ' ther prorogued to Thursday, the 15th day of Septem -1 ber following—And the Convocations or Canterbuiy f and York, which fland prorogued to Weduefday the 17th Of August next, Ihculd be farther prorogued io - Friday, the 16th of September following. S By KING—A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE R. .. Whereas our Parliament ftancs prorogcett to : s Thuifday the 15th day of September next, ve, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby . s publish and declare our royal will and pleafurc, tl t the said Parliament £hall, en the fttid 151b day of ; September uext, be held and fit for the d.fpatcb of divers weighty and important affairs. A'd the u lords spiritual and tcrrporal, and the knights, citi- I, zens and burgeflcs, and the (poromifEonti t for ihuo gar.i burghs of the H-oufe of Commcais, ate here! v ie required to give their attendance accordingly ; c r s WelUaintter on the said 15th day of September "-"next. Given at our court at the queen's house, l'.e 29th day of July, 1796, in the 36th year of fc-. j-eitii.
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