t: ' THEON, '■d Amphitheatre, • For Equestrian and Stage pcrfotmances. Corner of Chefnut and SiJctli-ftreetj, will be opened on MON DAY, Ovflober the iotli, with a BriHiant Di/play xtf Scenery, —- AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTINGS, Neia lights, and a great variety of SUPERB DECORATIONS. t , Mk. RicKrTTS will endeavor to make the entertain ments of each evening as agreeable at possible, being re solved to use his bell exertions to render fatisfadlion to his friend and patrons. The doors will open at 6 o'clock—Performance commences at 7 —Boxes 7s. 6d.~Pit 3s. 9^. Tickets to be had at the ticket office of the Pantheon, and at CEllers's hotel. Evenings of Performance to be Monday, Wednef- , day, Thurftfay and Saturday. No. 153. DiJlriS of Pennsylvania, to wt. EE it remembered, that on the twenty-fourth day of September, in the twenty-firft year of the independence of the United States of America, WiJliam Cobbett of the said diftridt hath depefited in this office the Title of I'Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit. " The Political Censor, or Review of the most inte renting pplitical occurrences relativoto the Ignited States "of America—By Peter Porcupine"—ln conformity to the Acl of the Cor.grefs of the United States, intituled "An Acl for the encouragement of learning'by securing the Copies of Maps, Chaits and Books to the authors and proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk Diftriit Pennsylvania. i-1 : * * pr Charter, Ksfsfi JL The Danifli Barque Beneventura, 4 Samuel Stub, mailer, . A good veflel, of about two tons burthen. JESSE & ROBERT WAI.N. Sept. 17. dtf • ] H or -Charter, The Ship Dominiclc Terry, ,1 jScob De Hart, mailer: an excellent ; of about 3000 barrels burthen. , Jeffd Ssf Robert Wain. | September #T., d c For Cork, Tfye Ship Mary Ann, c la.' Francis Stuart, matter: is a ftrang, a ■ Clip, fails fact, and has good accommo a datiohs for passengers. Great part of her cargo "being a ready, fhc will fail in ro days! For freight or pafTage . apply to the Captain on board, at Mr. wharf, r Or to Stuart & Barr. 1 Sept. 29. dtf No. 100, South Ront-ftrcet. FOR LONDON, r The capital ship CERES, fail soon:—For freight or pafTage apply to DAVY, ROBERTS & Co. or ? 3 'John Vaughan, d September 10. Front-flreet ft DISTRICT COURT, \ ff si Pennsylvania Diflijid). y JJ* IN pursuance of » writ tc me directed, from the l ' Honorable Richard Peters, Esquire, Judtje of the Dif- ti tridt Couft of th- United States, in and for the Pennfyl- it vafiia Diftriit, will be exposed . o Public Sale at the Merchant's Coffee-Honfe, in the City of Philadelphia, r on Wednesday the 12th day of O&ober inft. at 1 % o'clock at noon, the SHIP called ■ 11' The JOSEPHUS, J, all and Angular her tackle, appa- at .■ and furniture, as the fame now arc, at .'hip having been condemned to pay mariners' wages, &e. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marfkal. * Marshal's Office, 4th Odcber,. 1796. J ' tr For Sale, 1 £ Thc remarkable fact failing CO JEM££. SCHOONER LIVELY, gc ■ now lying at Hamilton's wharf, built in 1704 bv Mr. da Yard at Ker.fington, of live-osk and red-cedar— her di mensions are 68 feet 3 inches length on dcck— ,9 feet 6 , . inches bread'h, of beam—B ieet 4 inches hold—and car- h " tics between 5 and 600 barrels floun— The Lively bcinu c '» well tyown here, any further description of her is nnne- ch CC ff^'7"[ U r C "'° fay ' lhat fte »• not inferior to any Ai vessel of her size in any refped whatever—For terms aD- A P I Y to EDWARD DUNANT, , ... - J^°- J 49. south Front-street. Who will have landed on Wednclday morning next, from Fr on bMrd the B.iginuneLlßEßly, Captain MLHiPHEY, lip •t laid wharf. ' r 100 Hogjheads prime Havanna Molasses. fh« ■ He has likcwife f or f a | f PA F ack^" ot CALCUTTA GOODS-Conf.fting of, Fungim Cloths, .Humhuim, Tiekerys, Baftaes, Coffaes P U J? PuH'Cat and Bandanno Handkerchiefs, Guienahs! 17 &1&I a'iTo' PPa 4 " S ' Gurrihi ' Pa[n » Chimin th, Oftobcr o. r » * 2 • 6t. * vcr 0r GlasgOW, tro The good brig COMMERCE, fuc E. Tai.lm.av, mafler. Ed Will fail from New-York, the 9th inft. havin £ two wb th.rds of her cargo ready to g. on board-She is intended ma to return to Philadelphia very early in the.Spring. For tier treight or passage apply to THOMAS SIMPSON, w j, _ _ - Breck, iun'r's, l * « Soutn Third-ftrcet, . -Opposite Mr. Chew's Gardens. " l: or Boston, g" The Schooner JOHN, apj conftajit trader. Peter Cofim, mafler, fini lym; it Mr. Vanuxem's wkerf, will fail in all next week, has or Freight or passage apply to thc Captain on board or to (a Edward Stow, jun. be i S Who has r-c.-rred by the above vcfiif, to Some excellent Pickled Salmon, bin and a few quintals of the the Very best kind of -Dumb Fiih. St a September dg e d New-York, Newport, }" n Providence, Q f The new Sioof EAG LE, - Th Jotu £arl, muter . will iail in skw diys . haa e] a (f c -accommodations for passengers, and -will take irci K hl on mai moderat, term.. AppW t. the tn.ftir on board, to f P ,, ea .w,.y dts no 1 > From the Columbian Mirror, and Alexandria r Gazette. JN- To the Freeholders of the counties of Frince Wil liam, Stafford and Fairfax. * Fellctv Citizens, IT hat ever been my opinion that the fuffragei tain- of freemen, at all elections, ought to be given in g re- the mod free and utibiafled manner, and, therefore, >0 to disapprove of peifnnal applications to individuals for their votes, a pradtice which ought to be dis countenanced in a republican governmeit, where eon the inteiefts of the citizens so materially jepend on the proper exercise of th« right of fuffraje.—But Inef- it is also my opinio* that the political fentmentsof i every man who offers hinafelf as a candidate for ' any office ought to be well known and uaderllood. ' „ , I will, therefore, disclose mine to you, as far as ' • relate tp the of this address, with that free- ; j n ° e dom and candour which become a republiean. tt of When 1 fitft offered myfelf as a candidate for leof your fufTrages, as an elector of the Piefident.and 1 ,in Vice President of the United States, at the ap- 1 proaching election which will take place at your 1 tates rf fp f^'ve Court houses on the fir ft Monday in No yto vei "ber next, I had a hope that the great and good ' uled man, who has so wiiely and happily administered ' ring the firft of these important offices, would not have c hors maae it neceflary at this period to choose his fuc- ccfTor. In that hope I have been ' He has requested, in a paternal and affectionate ad- 1 dress to his fellow citizens, that he might not be conlideied among the number of thofeout of whom a choice is to be made. f RA ' I hold it essential to the prosperity and felicity e of our country, that the'fucccffor of our beloved 1 3re President be one who will condu& our public as- P J ' fairs upon the fame principles which have gjverned P his administration, as well with*efpeft to all foreign nations, as with refpeft to the several Statej—Un- P de r this persuasion, if it (hall happeH that I f( •the honour to represent you at the cle&ion, I'/hall, 3 lent after obtaining all the information in my power n - refpefting the differeHt characters, give a vott for L him who will most probably persevere in the cotrfe h — of h . t! predecessor as nearly as ciaumftances will u admit. il Mr. Patrick Henry and Mr. Thomas Jefferon, 81 of Virp.n.a Mr. John Adams, of Maffachufitts, n " oo d and Mr. Thomas Pinckney, of SoOth-Carolua, ,! no are the gentlemen who will ptobably be voted /or' 1,1 ■aef and a ' thou Kh I determined, should Ibe your tl arf, rc P r «entattve, not finally to decid. on the chiac- ,0 tersfor whom I shall rote until the meeting- of the electors ; yet I am free to declare, that if 1 main ' n — my present impreffioiu, I /hall vote for Patrick Hen- va ry and John Adams. co Mr. Henry's character must be well knavn to th you. Hh early and manly opposition to the ufur or P allon o{ ' he Parliament, which brcught 3,1 abaut our Wappy revolutwn ; his diligence and wif- M dom while at the head of the gorernment of this 1 _ state ; his exemplary and praife-wortby corduft co fine, the adopt,on of the Fedetal Constitution ; his 1 1 love 01 oider and hatred of despotism, whether of ch he the one or of the many, united to his great abili- m : 'f J'!?, , , . attachme n t to republican principles,' cn J ult, y entitle htm to universal confidence. co ii! f• , f r ' l , Adams ha . s fer,rc:d hia country ufefully and hit ck V ?T % h ' gh P olitical stations, from at the firft dawn of the.revolut,on to the present time Wl Ul 1 know no man more likely to persevere in that In policy which has fa long promoted the prosperity P 0 ,a- and prefcrved the tranquillity of the United States Sti rs' 8 k,- )- 11 nc,t l her wife nor generous to discard nel a pubhc servant who has faithfully served hi. coun- th( — beenTakVn h" r W£my year '" But pains have of been taken by forne among us who were opposed to tirt the adoption of the federal conflituuon, and who wh continually abuse the administration of the federal government, to induce you to believe tha*Mr A. to r. dam. ir a friend to monarchyjnd hereditary titles. mil 6K' , j-ff melUlon of l .he confidence reposed in us r- '.'T' 3 'different and trying periods, by his fellow ln ' chaige. Jrom the time of the eleflion of the firft mei 7 American congress, until the year J770, Mr A- d -" dams was a member of fhat patriot,"£dv A N bout that time he was joined by Congress with Dr nMj I: - s, 1782 he was appointed mh,ifter plenipotentiarr to > ', , r gen r al ° f ,He Uni Ne.herlandsZne (r £ ot,ate d ail advantageous treaty, and obtained ave ry conhderable and seceffarv l«=n f l vernment for the United Stages I n thTf R °' 1 he w?s one of the commit', . , same 3' ear wai treaty of jieacc with Great Hr't " W ° lade P l 'h fumed that his co-patriots, with whomT. hafe* fcd with his political principles >or "t"' , ac< l usinted bril '■ have entruiled the most im 'n , %h 7 Fra . Uuited Slates to a citizen lntCrefts of the 1 his republican principle, ?nd° 1T eV " lCed tha ' good ? Soon aCthe P concl U , PUbKc fti P kim, i„ , ht ,„ r k? t C" the Constitutions of Governmp , r P nc f °f the States of America," has with " tit Unite d beer ed out the fupeiior & 7 P° lnt - °f r vernment j and yet feme are "hard" rCp , can K°" ' fert that, in that bookT he *° as " of a monarchy to any fZ e 1 The following cxtrait will [,W t g ° VernmeR t. 1 affcrtioo, to the fatisfaCtion of e' prove arm: pare every constitution we h.v.f, •i ? C ° m " the United States of Amen"! and 2 ° f be « no reason to bluih for cur couotrv Ttb 6 affc<£ country ;on the csntia- l e fj , - ry, we fljall fed the ftrcngeft motives to fall upon our knees, in gratitude to heavenfor having been dr'ia giaciuufly pleated to give us birth and education in that country, and for having deftioed us to live under her laws—We (hall have reason to exult if we make our comparison with England and the i * Euglith conftirution. Our people arc undoubtedly fovcreign—All the landed and other property is 3 y. e} in the hands of the citizens—nouonly their repre n;n fentatives, but their senators and governors are an- p orc nually chofeits There arc no hereditary titles, ho- ; Urals nor», offices nor diJlinftions. The legiftative, exe j|- cutive and judicial powers are carefully separated liere from each other. The powers of the one, the few i jon and the many, are nicely balanced in their leg 1 (la- ; g ut tures, I Trials by jury are prefer ved in all their I sos glory-, and there is no (landing army. Tbt habeas i £ or corpus is in full foA.e, and the press is, the mod free I in the world ; and where all thrfe citcumftances ' r as take place, it is unneceflary to'add that the laws i " ree . alone can govern." ] What words could Mr. Adams have used which I f or would more fully expr-efs his preference of ail cleft 1 and ' ve chief raagiflrate-and an elective tenate, 1 a p_ hereditary monarch or»chief magillrate and ail he- > , our reditary ieirate ? , jvj 0 . Attempts are made to excite your fears for ood ,I,tereßs Potomac, and to induce you to believe :red l^at our ea fteru brethren are not friendly to the Fe- 1 lave City. i fee. " One of the ex|rcdients of party to acquire in- f ted. uence with particular ciiftrifts, is, to misrepresent 1 ad- t ' le opinions and aims of other diftrifts." Can you J be believe, my fellow-eitizens, that the congress of the c 10m United States, after pledging the public faith by a r solemn aft, ellablifhing the permanent feat of gov. r :ity foment of the United Stales on the Potomac; — f ved l^e expenditures of money, as well by the f a s. public as individuals in that city, confiding in the 1; ned P u b!ic faith ; arid after having guaranteed a confi- o ign derable loan for the purpoie of carrying on the ii Jn- P u bl'c buildings—will be so regardless of the pre ™ fervation of the union, and the principles of juttiee, p all, 3810 re peal that aft. But if any are so uncharita- li ver bly disposed as to-believe, that a President of the t! for U n 'ted States will regard the local advantages of a r f e his Own (late more than the general good of the p vill union, they have nothing to fear on that score, ei- c ther from Mr. Henry as a Virginian, or Mr.'Adamj >n, a ® a Maflachufettenfian. The geographical Gtua- f ts, t ' on ol Massachusetts, precludes the expectation I ,ia, , ' lat of government can ever be eftabliftied 'I th«re ; and it i.) evidently more to the interclt of C iur the people of that itate, that congress (hould remove ic- Potomac, than that they (horrid remain in Phila he dclphia or any other large town : but if it remains t i n in Philadelphia, they are excluded from every ad- tl vantage arising from the feat of government, in c j consequence of the great wealth and population of , £ to *«t city. r r £ lr . I think it unneceflary to Rate, in a public address, G f ht I J 8 " ° f my P rcferencc of Mr. Henry and | c if- fr-.Adams, or either of them, to Mr. Jeffcrfoo ;yet a s lis 1 tl,lT) *rt my duty to declare, that Mr. Tefferfon's t e conduct, when governor of Virginia, in the year lis 1781, in abandoning the trust with which he was < of charged, at the moment of an iuvafion of the enc- m 11. my, by which great confufion, loss and distress ac- id cru< - d th * state, in the deftruftion of public re- J c f cords and vouchers for general expenditures, and to , d his retirement from the office of fecrctary of state, pe m it 3 jc C Whe " lhe pcace asd tranquility of the at e H , y n,ted St V« 3 appeared in extraordinary peril, are, w j at in my opinion, strong objections against his ap y P elnt ™nttd the office of President of the United 6, itateß - J liefe 'nftances (hew him to want firm- an dI V 1 "l"?" wh ° stall once have abandoned all the helm in the kour of danger, or at the appearance . c or a tempcll, seems not fit to bd tiufted in better ke 0 times, for no one can know ho\x soon, or from 0 whence a storm may come. Nt , jI to t l Z B t gh 1 l 7 C J eC t ed P rffent f^»ments '* mina * T r ° f Mr ' Henry and Mr - Adsma ' i it mind (hall be open to convifti„ n ; and 1 Aiall holj poi 11 ■ d dut y> as'" obtaining all the information l^ro in my power, rcfpeftipg the characters .who may a be nominated, to vote for those who, in my jud/- Scl 11 TJnV 1 ' Tv S U 'r lfied 10 fi!l the officcs of Prcfi- Up - ? nd V'ce-Prefident, and v. ith whom the peace, ' " 3nd "Vf S i " hc Unil£d S' 3 '" o - be wit foel,;entrufted.-And, as I flrould vote for at . Geoige Vvaftimgton, if he could be prevailed en wit • 'V° nt,nue !on K Cr »'»> office, in preference to any of . f nrin ' C )" IZ * n A ' llall 1 re & ard a coincidence in gat 8 principles and sentiment? with that illullricus citi- rics t «en, as the best recommendation of his successor r ' c CHARLES SIMMS." > A'exandna, Sept. 27, 1736. — ( BOS I ON, September 29. the " We hear thft on Thursday last the feleftmen Th • mTr ° n t" Adet ' milliftcr of the French re- 10 ' - ? l ' bllc ; t'ie cha.rman, citizen Price, addref- pr ° led him nearly a 6 follows : gar: Miuifter of France, at ! _ Tl,c Seleflmen of (tic tou- n 0 f Boston, ».r, P iat 1 Wiu,,, - ! Fr " ce over \) e a ,™» of the combined defpo , 1 I , Tlle y would take this opportunity to 00,1 • fr.ip which now tibfifts between the ur r conl • France and the United S ,«c. of A«ncri ca | continue to the end of time. . mcn «, may , h<; ITo which the rr,Snifter made the following reply • chJ, ! roeiic'an f ° '¥?'■" " 1C A " h " ; gave him on being waiJlpot, by h "£°" ') he metropolis of Massachusetts I , f,? cf 1 been so early and determinedly en °h" ' l the of republicanism and the right. f fe<flionate manner in which thfv py c u • * nc( fureon, his arrival at Boston made a " r i"" the on him too deep to be forgot,'™ the, ihe copgratuhitions on the success of lb* V - P rcc armies, gave him the highest plcafure m y l from the republic of F r , 1 a """'C.er r . joined them in prayer that the t <incere! y rivet more fir m l y Li ed in Lt T° mi S hl brin affeftian, and ,ha no hint , ' ° f ! r,e " d «»'P of ( pon NEW-YORK, Oftobfr 4., >ecn Yclterday arrived at tliig Ichoaner CJs n in ra, Capt. Lefc,omb, in 60 days from Botirdeaux. live By Capt L. the Bourdeaux corrcfpoudent of the t if Argus Editor hat sent a file of Paris and Bou'i the deaux papers—from Paris to July 26, and Bo Ul " :dly deaux to July 31, incluiive. yis The national felUvai was celebrated at Bourdeau pre- the .26th July in the utmoll tranquility ;at whicl'l an- with the triumvira) throne, was committed to the ho- flames, the ruins of the tribunal or\ which the ral cxe' litary commifiion was besieged. The editor of the ated Bourdeaux paper observes, that there were bin v : few ry few of the national guards at this solemnity— lfla- and assigns, as a natural-reason, that between t1..- heir Old and new organifatK.n, which is not yet termi.i beat ted, the citizens were at a lof# vvhut companies the* free belonged to, and their uniting under rtie-famc-fk ices was more difficult than usual—but, he cannot afli .-i aws the fame reason why the burning of the throne, la. king of the ballile, See. were unaccompanied by lich military discharges—public feltivkis, fays he, fhoul.l eft speak to the senses, and clmradarife the kili vc van band, in refped totheohje-ds of the fcftisal. There he- were patriotic songs, lyrick hymns, and dancing. Our correlpor.dent writes as follows tli?- Bcurdeaux, July 31. ieve " Never was such a feriis of as has sol- Fe- lowed the republican arms of France ; every day new battles, and Jways vidorious. The German in- princes all demanding feparate,peace—the states of lent Italy all subdued, and honorable terms of peace you granted for th£ people, but heavy contributions or the church and state both in money and provisions • y a near 700 pieces cannon taken this spring by gene*, ov. ral Buonaparte—the army on the Rhine and Mo- ; — fell, equally victorious. In (hort the Auftrians are the put to the rout in every diredion ; and, as at the the lad gaff>, they now commit every ad of barbarity nfi- on the poor dcfeneelefs men, women and children, the in their retreat. .re- " A general peace on the continent mud take ce, place immediately, as nothing can withstand repub ta licin bayonets. L» VSBdee is totally <Mirmrd • the their chiefs (hot ; the people swearing allegiance' of and submission, except a few Banditti who rob and the plunder, indiscriminately, ariflocrats and republi ei- cans. All is peace in Frauce. Ms " Price Current at Bovrdcaux, July 3 1. ua- Flour 3610 40 or 6 to 7 Crowns pei barrel, ion Rice 17 t® 18 or 3 CroWns pet cwt. red Tobacco 45 per cwt. of Coffee 36 sous per lb." Argus.) j«- WETZLAER, July 15. ins It has already been announced in several Journals '• ia rench had proipifed to reiped the Ar "l 1 hives of Wetzlacr. It is to the good offices and of recommendation of ihe King of I'ruflia that the Empire is indebted for this moderation on the part i». of the Republicans, as will be fern by the following letter upon this fubjed by the Miniiter of Foreign « affairs to M. de Santoz Rottin, Minister Pletiipo ' « tentiary frorti his Pruffiau Mnielly at Paris. " '.Sir, as '• TheDiredory in pleased tocondefcend tothede- < e- mand made by you in the name of his Pruflian Ma c" j c '' V' 'n favor of the archives depoliled 5rJ the city e- of Wttilatr. 1 have fertt an 01/ier to gen. Jourdan id to refped them religiously, in tafe tho warlike e, perations should be carried on that fitfe. Receive >e at the fame time the assurance Of the confideratioo f > with which I am, &c. j ' "DELACROIX." d This morning the Magistrates put all the blue 1- and green cloth in requisition zs they likewise have d all the horses. .e Ihe Palace of the Prince of Tour and Taxis is tr kept in readiness for General Jourdan. 11 Every communication with the Upper Rhine is now entirely cut off By the pfogreisof the French. .6 The fir it payment of the Frankfort coutribu: ion yis already prepared in ready money—and it is sup- J posed that the second will be procured on ciedit ti from fon'.e other Imperial city. y Ihe court of Darniftadt has been rcnioied t® - SLliweinnirt, and veileidsy a French General i- up hit residence in the Palace of'Darmftadt. ', i h.e minister of the Eledorate of e with the Pruflian and tleffian ministers still remain r at Frankfort, »nd is treated by the French generals n with great tefped as a neutral minifler. The arms y of Brunfwick are still affixed at hislioufe, ant, the 11 gates arc ordered to be opened to him and his livc - rics. —— 0 COLOGNE, July 22, [l.xtiacl of a private letter J " The Auftrians are felling all their inagaxmesto the magiftrates.of the places which (hey abandon. , ma gaiihes at Manheim have equally been fold .10 c ' t y f° r 'he purpose of furnifhing it with • P r o v i(ionß. The t -vftrians have not left a strong garrison for its defence : they have done the fame at Philipfbourg ; but tit garrison at this latrer place i»"compofe<J, t ' n a great rheafure, only of the I troops of the empire and the palatinate." j ~ TOULON, July 9. I he day before yellerday the frigate La Justice, j c °ming from the Dardanelles, entered ourhaibour Wa ' C ' English ships along the , Ycfterday a small Spanish Tartane was funk by the fire of one of our batteries ; a figr.al was made to her—flie would not answer ii ; the battery dis charged one gun, and the vessel went down in two hours aftet : the whole crew has been saved. • LONDON, July 29. In confrquen t e of the outrages committed by the enemy's cruizers on Ame.ican property dellin ed for this country, the Briri/h government have it in contemplation to fend an additional naval foree to the coall of America, for the purpose of protcdinj the trade of our new commercial allies irpm the de predations of an insolent, daring and faiihlefs ene my ! !1 6 Captain Woodward, of the America, which *r nved at Cowes on Wednesday from the-Eart Indies, things in'eijigence' of thtperfrd fafety of tfieCape ' °' Oood Hope; and contradi&s the report of > ■ c \P l " rc of several hom*waid-bound Jodiamery' the Dutch fleet. - / V ' ' V-.
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