. ■- » ' -j- -. - ' .W? - This Day is Published, - And Sold hy J. ORMROD, No. 41, Chef nut-1 Jlrett, and 'WILLIAM COBBETT, oppofiu Ha Chr'fl Church, Price only 25 cents, g V/at/on's Letters to fiibbon, or An Apology for Ghriftianity, £> ... ~ In a series of Letters, Aadrcfted to Edward Gibbon, Ejtq. author of the Kifto- j. ry of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. •}] By k. WATSON, t). D. F. R. S. i Lord Bishop of Landaff, and Riegius Profeffbr of Divihity in the University of Cambridge. ( Like wife a $ei:oncl Edition of din; An Apology •'for the Bible, en^ By the fame celebrated Divi'ne. — Prir e 37 1-2 cents. These Pamphlets are printed to match, so that they may be together—and contain the most pow •erful and tort-/ , riC j n g arguments ever advanced in x ■*£ Chri(li3nir y . together with a complete refutation of C en Ddiim and infidelity. w c. HAS JUST PUBLISHED, Th« Political CenFor for September; CONTAINING ; The Life of Thomas Paine, < And Remarks on the Pamphlets lately published agaihfl Peter Porctipine. September 30. mwf — 13. THIS DAT IS PUBLISHED, 4°_ By Mathew Carey, i 18, Market-street, A Diflertation on Slavery, WITH A PROPOSAL '"f For the Gradual Abolition of it f*' In the State of Virginia. to By ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Profeffor of Law in in the Vniverftty of William and Mary, and one of in the fudges in the General Court in Virginia. " Slavery not only violates the Laws of Nature and " Civil Society, it 1 also wounds the best forms of govern- " mfent: in a Democracy, where all men are equal, {lave- 41 ry is contrary to the Spirit of the cdnftitution." [ M.ontefquieu.] Sept. 29. 6 - 1 ' ' — RICKETTS' s Amphitheatre of Arts. rOTHS public. r IMPRESSED with the aloft lively gratitude for p*ft a favors, Mr. Ricketts returns his moll firicere thanks x, to the people of Philadelphia, for the kind patronage and liberal encouragement they have hitherto {hewn him, and again solicits their attention for the erifuing fLafon. da He takes this opportunity of informing the Ladies gfid t 0 Gentlemen of this City, that the Amphitheatre has un- m dergone a complete and pleasing alterati6n fiftce the. lad an season, (on an original plan of fiis own) so as to make it perfe&ly convenient for a numerous audience; and or- of jiamented, in the most superb style, with SCENERT, y w DRESSES and DECORATIONS, entirely new. He assures the public, that no pains nor expense what- th ever have been fparcd, to render it one of the most beiu- tiftil places of public amusement of the kind here or in any part of Europe. 4 pi The public are further inforified, that the Amphitheatre of Arts will open on the evening of the 10th bf Odlober, 1796. The particulars of the entertainments of that •vening w:li be announced in the different daily publica- lt tions. J. B* R. at ■ September aB. eo. 1- •" • 1 th New-England Rum, In hdgflfesds, ea Welsh's best Boston Chocolate, , n: And f HYSON-SKIN TEA, in quarter chests, ir POR SALE, BY A. MARPLE tfISR. W.MORRIS, No. 60. Dock-street. Sept. 14. . . » eo6t. Mr. FRANCIS, ] (Of the New Theatre) 0 I TAKES this opportunity of returning thinks to hla p, scholars and to the public. Ms. Francis intends, on his return from Maryland, tb open a public aca- i demy for dancing, upon a plan entirely new. He a< flitters bimfelf tint his attention to his pupils hi- si therto renders any promises of conducing his future p fehemes on the moll liberal and ftrifteft terms, of pi c- P priety, totally unnecessary. N. B. Private tuition as usual. June 3 * taw " Sales of India Goods. <( The Cargo of the ship Ganges, capt. Tingey, from Cal- u cutta and Bengal, u CONSISTIN'O OP u A Large and general aflortment of Bengal and Madras „ COTTON and SILK GOODS. AMONG WHICH ARE „ A variety fine worked and plain Mif/lins, <. Ddreas, i&c. Alio, 41 A Quantity of Excellent Sugar, la boxes and bags—ar.d BLACK PEPPER, For Sale by 1 Wiliings lit Francis, { No. 21 Pcnn Street. c June 8 § i — . i For Hale, flory BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in Ghefnut fcrect, between Front and Second ftrsets, in which MelT™. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and / n6w do) carried on buimefs. i Pelfeflion will be given in one month, or sooner. I For terms to WILLIAM BELL, or ] HfcCTOR CALBRAITH. April 21. § j Brokers and COMMISSION STORE. No. 63 South Third street, oppoiilc the national Bt'W Bank. SAMUEL M FR AUNCtb and JOHN VAN REED, have entered into co-partnerlhip, under the firm of FROUNCES & VAN REED, in the bulinefs of Brokers, Conveyanceirs and ConimifTion merchants. They buy and fell 011 eommiHion every fpteics of liock, notes of hand, bills of exchange, houf :> and lands, &c. Momv procured on deposits, Sr J; dollars and fifty cents, by a dedu 5 soo loco ao 100 2006 99 50 49J° v 100 ?5 5 000 J , jooo 10 >io,ooo j Last drawn numbers of icoo dollars eacli, 5000 _ — 1331 Prizes. 44,450 4018 Blanks. 6356 Tickets at Sitven Dollars each, $4.45° By order of the Dirc&ors of the Society for eltablilh ing UfcfulManufai&ures, the fuperiotendants of the Pat- y > erfon Lottery'hive requested the Managers to offer the * Seheme to the ptiblic, and have directed them to rsfund the money to thnfe persons who haVe purchased e[ in in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for tickets a , of in this Lottery. The lottery hasa&uilly commenced drawing, and will . y . f cijptiuue until finifhed. A lift of the Blanks and Prizes f, may be fe«n at the office ol William Blackburn, f*'o. 64 south Second fireet, who will give information wheretick- j t ets may be procured. as Daudthis 17th Jay of June, 1J96. ,v J. N• GUMMING, ,1 JACOB R. HARDENBERG, > Managers. Jonathan rkea, ) tl dtf co w Samuel Richardet, RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY iks TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEEHOUSE in the d , n< l city of Pkiladcljhia. t [ m, The Subscription Room will be furnifhed tvith 411 the t j daily papers publilhed in Philadelphia, New-York, Bos- ■ Bd ton, Baltimore, together with those of the principal com- I m- mercial 0 10 doi 1,000 - - 10,000 x> 20 do. 500 - - 10,000 :o 00 do. 100 - - 10,000 4iW do. jo - * 10,000 f° 400 do. 45 * - 10,000 30 1,000 do. so - 20,000 ( :o 15,000 do. 10 - 150,000 t ;o . — 16,739 Prizes. ! ° Blanks. 5C 50,0c0 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 ll " N. B. To favour those who may tike a quantity of Tickets,theprire of 40,000dollarswillbethe last drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the last but ON! : ™ And approved notes, securing payment in either money er prijes, in ten days alter driwing, will be feceiVed sot tb any number not iefs than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford *n ekgstit fpeeimen of thgpri- Vate buildings to be erefled in the City of Walhington— { , es Two beautiful deiigns are already for the entire ( , 4 fronts on two of the public squares; from these prawings j it ispropofea to creel two centre and four corner buildings, ; as soon as polfible after this lottery is fold, in'd to convey ( them, When to the fortunate adventur«rs, in ] the manner defcHbed in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. | s> A nett deduction of five pet cent, will be made to defray . the neceff&fy eipenfe» ol printing, &c. and the surplus _, will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erefled within the cfty of Walhington. The Drawing will coihmence as soon as the tickets are fold off.—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days aft'cr it i> finiitwd ; and any prices for Which fortunate numbers ate not produced within twelve months after ths ' ' drawing is closed, are to be confiJered as given towards , the funJi for the Utllvcrfity ;it being determined tofettle e the whole bufnefs in a year from the ending of the draw- ! ing, and to up the bonds given as security. 1 '" The real fccurit ies given for the payment of thePHzes, ; e are held by the Prefidelit and two Direislors of the Bank ' of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the a- 1 mount ol the lottery. ts ' The twenty four giyitleftien who by appointment of 1 , the late CdmmilFtoners aflifted in tke management of the • . Hotel Lottery arc to undertake this arduous talk ' " a second time on behalf of the public ; a fufiicicnt num bcr of tliefc having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the e ' fri«ids to a Nitional University and the other federal ob- 1 . je<3s rtiay Continue to favor the design. ® By accounts received from the diftereht parts of the Continent as Well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are allured that the ! 1 drawing will speedily commence, and that the cart and , castion unavoidably neceffafy to illlbre a fafe disposal of 1 D _ the tickets, has rendered the lhor; fufpenliou indi'pcufab?e. : ' C ' SAMUEL BLODGET. n(i ,§» Tickets may be had St the Bank of Columbia ;0 ; James Weft & Co. Baltimore jof Peter Oilman, Boston 1 of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Wells 1 Cooper's Ferry. Watson's Answer to Gibbon. JUST RECEIVED, And for lale by J. ORMROD, No. 41, Chefnut-ftrnet, or Apology for Christianity, mi In a fir in of Let ten, ciddrejfed to fix Eowarb GißßOfe, Es<^. Author of the History of the Decline and Fall of the :hc Roman Empire: an By R.'IVATSON, b. d. f. k. s. Bilhfip Of Laudaff. the (Price 75 cents bound ) Watfon > s Anfwcr to Paine, lds ■ To be had at the fame place. enemies of Religion are a-makf ! Let itot ker ind ri l ndi J 1 "?' jc- "'P 8, *• mw&ftf tah NOTICE, pr - of ' I "HE Subscriber, having been reduced in his eircum jne llanccs, .by l'undry raiafortunes, and being thersby ear nuable to fatisfy his juri» a PP'T to the General (Terribly of Maryland at their next last session *0 ,1C held pn the firft Menday of November neit. un . fcr the benefit of an ad ef infolveney. tie- WILLIAM EDMONDSON up- Ea'ftpn, id nf the .tb month. 171)6. tawttftMN 1 l obe fold, J\ PLANTATION, in thetown of Woodbury, coun ts L *y of Oloucßftt.-, aad lbte,of coniain ■alic ®R about one hundred a;>d fifty acres ; a fuiuble propor rm l '° n wh,oh ,s wo,) dland and improved meadow. A be B rea t P"t of the arable land is in a high state of cultiva tion, and very natural to the prodli&ion of Red Clover. '^ 3t fald plantation there is a genteel twoaii To be Sold, a "' At No. iz?, North Second-Street, and by fe-Vtr-al oj ' the Afotbeearies in this City. ' I RANST£RS o. the right to remove paitij and inflaroma '"f 1 tiorn from the human body, as fecurcd to Dr. ELISHA PFRKINS, by patent, with inftrumentsand directions nc celfaiy for the practice. This mode of treatment is particu larly ufeful in relieving pains in the head, face, teeth, brcalt, lide, ftoniath, back, rheumnifms, recent gouts, &c. &e. Natwiihllanding the utility of this practice, it is not pre to tr fumed but there are cases in which this and every otbet remedy may sometimes fail. #*- ' une '• i.w ven- . To be disposed of, lions HPHF. time of a healthy NEGRO WOMAN, who X lias between f«ur and five years to ferv« * She can be recommended for her lobriety and honcfty .F 0 - particulars enquire at No. 13a, Chefnut-flrcct J. Aujuii 3. w-*( t f Wafhiijgtoii Canal Lottery, N°. I. * "\T THEREA|the State of Maryland has tuthorifeu. VV the unerwrittcn, to raise twenty-fix thoufau i • two hundred, ad fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal throupthv City of Wafhmgnon, from th Po * tomic to the Ealern Branch Haruour. % The fobwiiin; is the SCHEME of No. I. Viz -I Plzeoi dollars, 40,000 t iOvk in flic house ; ajebstietriea.l staircase, With mahoga (f ny rails and a g»od {kj-lqjht. The kitchen i* in the c«)l ---;e ar* which is fpaciofls aid'convenient, aad an oven, stew-holes and juutrics, a l'ervants' hall and large , wine-cellar adjoining tie kitchen, i» front of which is an le area ih Which there is a plimp. The yard is vaulted, j. Communicating with tie said building is a neat three-dory brick house, on the noth fide of Union-street, contain'- :e '- n g 30 feet front by it feet deep; thelowir part of whith t6 is at prefeht occupied s a and the Upper le part divided into well-inifhed lufge chambers. Thisr.oufr ' j may at a small eXpenf: be converted ii.-to a convenient 1 dwelling 1 The street ioor is very handsome, and the e- and baek have Venctjanwindow-lhutters. Adjoining the lallltoufc, upon the lot !e!o:ljrin» to the fifft, are creeled 0 bathitig-fooms, See. 'lhere are lildcwife very good , lioafe and ftablesfini(h