University of Pennsylvania, , * October 5, 1796. \ j The Metrical Le&ures will commcnce the firft Monday 111 November. ta\V3w THE PANTHEON, And R/cxetts's Amphitheatre, t For Equestrian and Stag* performances, Corner of ( 1, Chefnut and Sixth directs, will bo opened onMMO- t k»_ DAY, October the loth, with a > f Brilliant Display of Scenery, < AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTINGS, l New /if his, and a great varietr of >■ j SUPERB DECORATIONS. I Ma. Ricsetts will endeavor to make the entertain- e ments of the evening as agreeable as possible, being re-. r fotved to use his best exertions to render fatisfaflion to. ( the friends and patrons of this favorite and elegant ariufement. The doors will open at 6 o'clock—Performance s commences it 7—Boxes 7s. b y A Dificrtation on Slavery i WITH A PROPOSAL For -the Gradual Abolition of it 1 In the State of Virginia. hat ■\ S JhT V^ E /^, KER ' P *S&r>fLa W i* the Uyerfitj of miharn «-,i Marj, and o,re of it, , .be j iidges in the General Court in Virginia. U r^T y - not - U,r , V;olate * the I - aw ' Nature and of Cm Society, ,t alio wonnds the lieft forms of govern, mint: m a Democracy, where all mcn are equal, slav«- " ry is contrary to the spirit of the conflitution." Q ur Scpul! , j ( From the Columbian Mirkor, and Alexandria Gazttle. , } Mr. Price, . , I read fomc time ago in your pajicr, a publication taken (r«m the Dumfries Gazette, announcing , : of Charles Simms and Daniel iCarrol Bkent, )N- as candidates at the approaching-election , ft>f an elector of a president and vicc-prefident of the United States, for the diftriA -of Ptince { , William, StaiFotd and Fairfax. The writer very ' properly'obfervei, that both those •gentlemen are ( highly refpcdtabltf, arid I belicrc nojuft exception ( ean be taken to the private charadier of euher. It ' re " may, therefore, be thought immaterial 011 whom _ "ant t ' )e choice of t"hediltrift mr.v fall. This, however, ' it far from being the cafe arid the public-gocd is t ince deeply mtereftedTn the event. d •If there had heretofore been any 3nubt on the :on, fubjeft, the proceedings of the last feflio'n of cob- ( grefs have demonftiatcd to all America and to all i ne '" Europe, thfit there are two parties unfoitun^tel)' existing tn the United States, totally oppoiire in ( | their political opinions ; in a few words, they may , be defined to be the " Friends" -and the " Enemies" 2 ; t p. of the govern men t uniler which \v« live with such J :nce unequalled comfort andprofptiity. The friends of • of the government are composed of those who origi- nally supported the cohftitution, and of those who, having in the beginning eppofed it, have, from ex- | -in perienctng the happy effects of its operation, become do- its advocates. Among the enemies of the govern- ,nf - meat, very few will be found who did wot oppose it e at the time of its ratification. These thought the ~ aKy K ovirnmcnt 'wrong in its principles, and incapable Live of promoting the welfare of the people; and, not- To- with Handing the unexampled bkflings we have en 'd», joyed, and still enjoy, -under its admiuiftration, (the O itc ' very reverse of all the woes they had predi<3ed} blind. to the public felicity, they continue to interpefe all (ted their power to check its operations, and fmftrate rn- the means which have raised us from our degrada- "tion and mifeiy, prefervei? man who, having manifefted his lore cn °.f our excellent conllitution, and approbat.oa of p»- the wife proceedings under it, may be relied on to £ choofc a person to fill the important offiee of Presi dent of the United States, who will im/tatf, with th zeal and courage, the patriotic, firm and pinvident m< J. conduit of ourpfefelit Cliief Magiltrate. From frequently hearing that it hasiong been the P° wish Of General Washinotwh to rrtire ti> private a " lifc ( and lately that he v/ould cerainjy execute that ,f intention as soon as "bio present term of office fhatl tcc ii- 5*P' rt » 1'« inclined to believe that, at the enfu- ' ,a 6 ing election we shall be obliged to appoint forae tbl ir- other perfoo to the arduous ftation,'which he, for in ii [ he M f " en y esn> ha * with so much glory to vie and to hia country. Having cob- I p. du&ed our armies through a long and glorious wlr to the attainment of our independence ; having as (ifted in formiag a wife and free government, to en. Y, able 1,1,0 ,m P r ovc the ft.ll advantages of du- inde pendent situation ; haTiqgbeen called twice by oUr mc U unanimous fufiVage to the chief office and most ar- »» doous duties of tiiat government J having fee™ un. »• >f, oer his aulpices public credit revive, and with it pri rate confidence, and universal exertion and induf c» tf 7 > Wchcld all the arts euher ufeful 01 onia mental to ioc»'e: y# jptttfdlng thcinfetrea in tvery di ;™ Wlifhin » lhe 'emote cotsere ' of the United States, ana particularly that pilla-of " ; irtUC ; wr -l lh and of any people, aerial- /»«, ioynlh ,n >n unyrecedented degree , h av «*k tTdif A T Crad,C : havi "g "ccommoda »ti j. ted K all de P*r dlD / ostreverfies with the Indian "e ;r tribes and with foreign poweis, with advantap-c and J honour to the nation ; having seen all these thing, - j , Under U g u 'd«Bce and proteaion • and, finally, having vindicated the constitution of hm country from the facnlegious violence of fafli. ( >, ' Jn ! ha ' done atl thst da '-J or fatrhtifm can re- Ind quire, or a grateful people aik. We must) thcrt . ' lore, without a muimer, permit him to spend the 5° remaining year, of hi, ufefn! and venerable life, in a » the emoyment of that tranquility which, from his evcl t c »rheß youth, he has facrificed to the public zood La and of thofc signal blessing, which heha. bSfo mftriimental in securing to us all. But while our gratitude afend. h,m to his retreat, while tfur pray I ers invoke heaven for his fafctv and hi- K,v. • 7 1 • SsZ'ii « rr 1 i L bitter the last hours of his life by Wafting the do Hci nous fruitsl of his admimftration, and obicuring the witl bright profpeft, which it has opened h '' f ««effor a person who may undo mos d .f e - £ or ">fy "is to pull down, of t but bard to build up. Let us guard the happmefl efch we possess, and transmit it to our childien. w : t j Above all, let us chcrifh the constitution whieh tren has been the mrtrumcr.t of that happmefs. Let Li . us not cntruft it into the hands of those who hate 2c prefucred l f ,C by wh '" ch we ,lave I"°' protpcred. To «fcer U in who are the friends of ine " "- d W , h ° OU « ht ,0 be ™"^ d Aul " I ff l r 1 ' 0 "', 1 -' US aflt the cand 'dateß for Ut c our luffrages these questions: * j. -ASir " pp ° r ' ,hc "" in ti N 1 - 2d. Have you not «Jifappro»sd in general the mesftHcs of the administration ? 3d. Did you not, and do you 'not, approve of the coiidud of the houfeof reprefcritatives in their attempt, during the last feffioo of eoiijjrcis, to usurp the powers of the president and feru'.e ! ! 011 a til. Are not the oppofera of the coni'.itution the enemies of the adminiftnvtion, and the ap fr' proversof the conduA ol • the house of reprefenta ldn tives in thfir atteinpt last mentioned, the 'pcrfoiia CMt who exert themfeKva tnoft to ' promote your clec nce ■ , tion : Cl - Theperfo'R who cannot answer in the negative E c to all, particularly to the three last queftiona, whit lcj" ever may he his private virtues, is u ifit to be (rutt ed with the appointment of so important an officer ° m as the president »f the United States, on whose j firm'nefs and wifdoin the maintenance of our tanfli -13 tuiion, of coir laws, and 0f otfr peace, materially depend. | It may bethought that, In fc |iijbiicatr<»n like 5 a U this, the pretensions of the various candidates for i the prelideney, ought to be This k a ' talk which properly belongs to the cleftors when j ' they meet, and to them lam disposed to leave it. If we are so careful in choosing otir electors a-i to appoint only those who have manifeftcd an wvform real and attachment to the government of their a . country, ire tnsy fafely confide that they will be t | (low their votes on the men most likely to main- t x ' tain car conilitution, and the piefent happy order 0 of things. I cannot be so credulous as to believe ' that this can be expelled from tkofc who are enemies la 5 °* f"th. A FARMER. lie FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I it- a. n- PARIS, 28th Meffidcr. fc he Orders given by general Buonaparte* to the consul P ndj l^e French republic at Leghorn, 10 Meffi- w all dar, June 38. te " The consul of the French republic (hall put a - 'he sea's upSn all the magazines belonging to the ur Englilh, to the emperor, to the ernprefsftf Ruffi*. lit sriG ' genrtal to all the piinces or fubje&s of the a | t states with which we are -at war; he (hall make-an di 0 f inventory of the goods. 1 •e- "He (hall take alKlepi, adopt allmeifures, ind of employ all neceflaiy means to discover the merchan .f, dite which may .have been deposited with the dif- !' °" f cr " [ merchants at Leghorn—of that property he 10 . (hall take poffeflion. b b- (Signed) «« BUONAPARTE." c ' si"- in execution of the order of the general, the , ,j consul Of the Frcnch republic invites all the inha iJ. bitants of the city of Leghorn and its environs, *' t0 whatever nation and quality they may be, who pofiefi, under the name of deposit, or any other f" :ir nimc > efFe£l(, merchandize, silver, gold, money, „ Jewels, hoifes, furniture, &c.' belonging to the h lubjcfts of Great-Britain, the empire, Ruffii, or ry O" 1 " enemies of the republic, to deliver in the , 0 course of to-morrow, 12 Meflidbr (June 30, old j. style) to the consul himfelf, a detailed account, , 0 f and tiue declaration of the effects aad sums of me t- nc T» "hicn belong to the absve-mentioned-Hates, rc eneraiet of the repablic. ,y rh ° fc^ ho havc contr «fte4 with the enemieg of p< >0 tbc r «P u Wic in a«y manner and form soever, are te [j. equally to make tbeir declaration to the consul of h t e republic, which is to serve simply El a neseffary U lt mcafure to the examination of them. m The consul particularly invites the French to Z ' C P i r n :.° U A ,oh " n,hcfM ' depofne., „r fh te alienated by pretended sales, or in any other man- <1, h m r ° Uvf . for rctai "i»g them (hall be admit-■ in £ ' a P rovcd that tlle Fr ench citizens '• tK I r Un,!e legitimate right of reprisal R- *hich the French republic exerts, and a reftiiution pr f. ol lit property, equally just, which it claim, to - til '* y i c °"' or niably to the right of all nations. wl m f °/T ?,® L the declara,ion » IwfVe been made, fee lr mealures fhirll be taken to ascertain their exaftnefs, Su .. and to a flu re the (cquefiration of the (aid eflfVas. f ° •n,l? "i ali . "egleft making declarations, »»« !. 01 inali make them incomplete, will expose ihem, - leltCß ,r> vcre researches, aad to fatal confe- co » enc L ee > which, out of regard to tl-.eir own inter- ® trc e.t, they ought nor to fubjtft therafelves to. J °f , ihe intention of the general in chief is that all ! th< f the property of the enemies of the republic be de- !aP hvered into the hands of the republic as piizes , taken by sea ; it, consequence and by this confide- dn . ration, all researches, all trials, all conderanations, , are attached to the consular jurifdiftion. 5 Leghois, 11 Melfidor (49th June) 4th year , of the republic, f LONDON, August 4. ■ . P n boar(}l! 'e Rockingham (vutward bound East , Indiaman) at ica, J«!y 7. " P. S. One of our frigates fell in wi:h a French . (hip yesterday, which (he captured, after 1 a ™ort actian, and joined us with her prize this t evening. , latest from the northern the AT RE OF H'JR. XT Frankfort, Jut* iq. Not a (ingle Augrian is to be feeu f«- twenty leagues in circumference on the other fide of the Rhine. The imperial troops retreat by forced marches through the foreit of Odcwald, towards eilbronn, ln order ,0 a junction.if possible : wuh tl:e '""T «f the Upper Rhine, and to retire , w concert behind the Danube. This precipitate ' m , OV C mC r nt " k alt to the approach of a column < of the Frcnch army of the Rhine toward. Dunau- the ; efching, whence it will probably proceec to Ulm, of ; witha vevv of cßtting off their let.eat. Yefterdav Oiir general Kleber at ihe head of hi, two divisions',' hee matched from the vic.nity 0 f this tow,, and has al- ! A ready icachcd Afchaffcnbourg, .whence he is to n * • r; c h c a to *£' c Jt out for Berlin with h^ m7nced Tl" mbardmi;nt of Eo Ul gft f i n lom i« ;hcturnip eC ° m " ,Ued rt ° m to nine -,hi w^J»6-6is3®SsKSa®aMßlresS*^6s^ifi*ll