dßtejette'/'* <iimtefc£>tates, A N «D Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. PHILADELPHIA, February xi. stocks. Six p«rCent. - .... Three per Cent. ------ - j/15 per Cent. - - ------- oerCent. - Deferred Six percent. .... nyj BANK United States, - - - uperct Psnflfylvariia, - - - - 13 do. North \merica, ... - 40 do li.furance C»mJ>. N. A. shares, - xj per ct. — Pennfylv. par. CCSURSK OF EXCHANGE. On London, at 30 day», 61 i-t _ at 6e days, 60 at 90 days, 57 1-2 Amfttrdam, 60 days, per guilder. 40 . 90 days, 41 The valuable cotton manufaiSory of Mr. Broome, near Wilmington, was burnt on Tuefiay evening last. We ire happ) to heap that this loiV does not fail en tirely on the owner, the greater part being sustained ' by the Insurance Company of North-America, in whefe office it was irifured. " A J!erf loses nothing by carrying." The Dire&ory of France fay that the refiilt of the bloody c«nftifts in Italy which were fought for eight fucceffiverfaysis twelve thousand men in killed, wound ed and pnfeners —four flags and eighteen guns. The Boston Chronicle states the loss at 17,000 tnen, So pieces of cannon, and 17 standards. ' A correspondent who hath the interest of the In habitants of the Northern Liberties at heart, feeing the disadvantages they labour under for the want of pavements, suggests the propriety of a lottery for railing a fund to defray the expence of paving the Streets and Footway in raid liberties as more eligi- He than tax or afleffment, and in which those whose numbers may not turn up within the foriunateclafs, may yet be trtjly said not to be a blank—as they togcther with others may have the pleafute and be nefit of the pavement and enjoy the fatisfa&ion in mind of having contributed to so good and laudable an undertaking conducive to the convenience and health of the inhabitants. Extract of a letter from Lt. Colonel Commandant Thomas Butler, to the Secretary of War, dated Fort Fayeite, (Pitifburg) I ebrunry 3, 1797. " lam sorry to inform you that, on the morning flf the 28th u!t. died at this place of an inflamma tory fever, the village chief MIS QIJACOO-NA CAW, or I RED POLE) of the Shawar.fcfe Na tion. As lie was a man of note in his Nation, I conceived it proper to have his remains decently bu sried, which was performed on the 29th with mi litary parade. His friend, Blue Jacket, seems sen sible that every attention was paid to him duiing his illncfs, as well as a proper refpefct to his remains at burial, and requelfs me tainform you, that tbey regret the loss of so great a man, and particularly, at a time When they had come to pay a visit to the PreG'deßt ; but fays that it has been the cafe * with them, as with other nations, from the begin ning of time, to lose their friends, and that he hopes it will hav<; no tendency to lefTcn the friead fhipof his nation to the people of the United States, and that when he returns to his people he will en courage these fentimer.ts. I have informed Blue Jacket that I will write to you for permission to place 3 stone at of the deceased's grave to point out the place of his interment to their fiends when they chose to visit this place, which Was highly pleating to him." Post Office, Philadelphia, Ftb. it, 1797. LETTERS, for the British Packet for Fal mouth, "jji/l be received at this Office until Monday (he 13 ti> injlant, at 12 o'cloth noon. GAZETTE MARINE LIST. h ARRIVED. Ship Fame, Junes, London, 7 last frftm Sally, Gclfton, Honduras J Marcus Hook Good Friends, Smith, Ham-7 burgh, via New-Yoik, J Bug Polly, Wro'.h, Port-au-Prince, 7 last fiom Sally, Collady, do. JM. Hook Schooner Experiment, J. Poole, 7 ' . Petit Gonaive, J dayt * OUTWARBS. Ship Eagle, Kirkp<Rriek, Londonderry j Snow Good Hope, Gemmany, Croix Schooner Harribr, Parker, Charleftofl Thefchooner Flying Fish, Richard Owens, mas ter, belonging to Norfolk, was cfvft away on the east end of Heneaga oti the 22d of January ; vefTel and cargo loft, captain and crew saved.' The ship Mohawk, captain Sutherland, from Barbadoes, laden with rum, for New-York, is car ried into Guadeloupe. The property of Mr. Fox Cutts, Pepperelborsugh. CONGRESS OP tub UNITED STATES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, January 16—Continued. Mr. Swan wick faidJhat if the gentleman last up could make good his calculations, he should agree with him there would be no immediate neceflity for new taxes £ but even if tfcis were the cafe (which he was far from fceing convinced of) he should wish a fyltcm of dire<S "xatioh to be commenced, in order to have a certain Q f revenue; any surplus arising from which wouid jj t we j| eon ployed in discharging a t>ait as our publ.c c-Ht. . ' ' ,c 8 e, ''<-man from New-Jersey (Mr. Henderfon) ad laid the had never recommended direii axes ; he believed \he President knew 100 iVetl the pri- and duties er that Hoi<fe to interfere in any ing which related origin of revenue ; but lit a ' K rc at propriety, in his opinion, frequently rged the necefltiy °f discharging the public debt, a « which, Mr. S. laid, if oat jot rid of, thie*fened » the extlnflion of the government itf«!f. Thefiindinp fyflem, he said, had been the ruin of every cotlstry ft 1 which hid adoped it ; because one generation put off , to another wiiat was its duty to have done for itfelf, viz. to pay its debts. A debt of So millions, he said, " called loudly for exrtnflion. 0 If it was admitted, in order to reduce ourdiebt, and a make provifisn ror the futuce, frefh revenues were ne- a! ceflary, it became neceflary for them to compare the d merits of the two systems proposed to their view for b raiting this money. They-muft examine the objections j, against on«, and against the olher The great objee- . tion urged against a dire<®> tax, was the difficulty of obtaining m«ney from farmers in remote parts, «nd : of obtaining a just valuation of property, and the ex- Vl pence of colle&'iHg the tax. As far as thefc obje&ions I had any weight, government tiould make efforts ta 1 surmount the difficulties. But it was laid, it would be n a long time before this tax could be brought into 6pe- t | ration j if io, it was neceflary to make a beginning, finee without a beginning they would never expeift to n come to the end. _ . " But was it not, he alked, acknowledging a principle ti dangerous to the exigence of government,<to fay it t vys impoflible te collea a tax 01, hnd ? [Mr. Harper v said he ha«l never said or thought so] Mr. S. said he t . believed fmt such thing hid been said ; the difficulties , had been stated by different gentlemen as infurmounta b'e, and it became neceflary to leruove these difficiil » ties. Su'ppofe a war was to take plate, was that the 1 • time, he asked, to commence a. fyflem of this kind 1 F - he believed not. Such a season would be the very fc ' worst for colleifting taxes. And was this country so p e fltuatcd, there was no poflibility of being involved in g war ! No matter from what quarter ; whether it was , with France or with Kngland, it was neceflary t» guard against fueh an event by making our revenues sure. e How could wc meet any foreign nation upon equal 1 t terms in treaty, when they could fay to us, if you f - not so and so, we will destroy your commerce and pa- 1 e ralyze your revenue. In time of peace, he said, this , 3 business Ihould be attended to; if it were not, how would gentleman accofe themselves if war should over- ! take them ? Miey would certainly haye much r&afon . to do it 1 t With refpea to a land tax, Mr. S. said, it was cer- 1 * tain, equal, and might be collected with little expence. I For, notwithstanding what gentlemen had said, the- 1 r expence incurred was only at the commencement; as e when an affeflment was once ma'de it would last for - many years. c We know, said Mr. S.that a window tax, a hearth ; tax, a tiamp tax, and an excise, cause murwurrngs ' and difcontc-nts wherever they are established ; but in. 1 no country has a land|tax be"tn grievous; except, in- i deed, in France, .where the extenflve property of the } " elergy and nobles under the old government was ex e empied from the tax. In England, there wtrt also ' d some ebjeaions to the tax, from its beiog from ' what is called the Dtomfday Boifi (a very antient re- ' cord) by which means the tax falls unequally, ,as, 1 t fin>"e that time, lands have l*o greath - changed iu value, I j that a new afl'efTment is become neceflary to make the 1 tax equitable and unobje<9ionable. But, he said, were these not some circum/tances at r present which marked the time as proper for laying a ' b tax on laitd ? Did not every one know that the very high price of produce must have put the farmer in a ' - si tu at ion to contribute feme portion to the exper.fes of 1 1- tbe ftateWould they be better able to pay wlien 1 I their produce should become lower 1 They certainly would not. He was not, he said, more delirous than ■_ others, to call u h ioii country gentlemen, he did it only from neceflity. VVhen he considered the danger of be ing left without revenue, he could not refrain from g making tlfe call, and he believcdtheie would be found 15 virtue enough amongst the farmers, i« bring them y forward cheerfully to pay what the wants of govern r> ment required. 9 Hf saw no objection to a land tav that might not be e removed. Whether the mode recommended by the gentleman from Miflachufetts ( Mr. Varnurn) or any other would be best, was not then the quaftign, but e weald be decided at a proper time. It had been said 1- that farmers paid their proportion of indireA taxes ; !, if so, he said, they could not complain of a land tax, , a= that would not fall heavier upon them than any 0- ther tax would do. But gentlemen said an indiretf tax cbyld be evaded ; he thought there was no excel lence in that quality of * tax, but the contrary, fmce the greatest recommendation of a tax was, that it fell 16 equal. All taxes on consumable articles, he said, bore it very unequally. A poor family consumed much rpore of them than a rich small one. It had frequently been said that all duties upon goods imported, were paid by the eoiifumers. He believed this uas not so; and he fancied any one who looked /- into the vendue stores, asd saw merchandize felling y for the amount in currency, of what it cost in sterling, would ruh no riik in faying, that the duty was not paid by the purchaser, whoever else might pay it. indirect taxes, lie said, fell very heavy upon per- ' sons who lived upon the iptereft of money, or upon falatics ; because though they were eontinnally tax ed by advaHces of duties, their incomes remained the fame. On that ground, Mr. S. said, they hid lately bad many applications from their officers for advances of salary. Such a fyflem, Mr. S. said, was a proper part, but not a complete revenue system. In all govern ' tax and inspolU were introduced as pio per companions ; but here all deponded upon im port, which was liable at all times to be cut off. ! No gentleman had said any thing in answer to that y obje£lion Nothing rrfuld be said against the truth x of that position. How very paflible was it, he said " that they might hear in the spring, of the William '• Perm, the Adrians, and other ships being taken. e ! inflead of coming into our port. And if such a rl thing should happen, it would be hundreds ef thou sands of.dollais loft to our revenue. Was it not n necefiary then, to be provided against any misfor '• tunes which might happen ? Or would gentlemen x have the treasury t» flop payment in «efe of such an event ? And he would ask gentlemen at what rate they would insure the .arrival of these vessels ? He be'ieved the price would be high. The plan therefore'uf the gentleman /rem South Carolina (Mr.'Harper) held aut a vain depend ancee, when he retted it upon an advance of inij polls. And what ct.i.ld be thought of a window d tax ? The most odious tax in Great Britain, and a n tax that would be highly dcprecatcd in this country > Indt*d he could remember the time, when it would not have been very' fafe for a person to have pro- ' posed a ftaiiip-rax, a hearth-tax, or a window lax 1 'An hearth tax and a window tax were the mod fla r vifh of taxes. What I said he, shall one man enter j ear houses and count and tax our hearths, and a ) nother come and peep and examine into our win dows ! God forbid 1 The injustice of such taxes was not greater than their baleful nature, since a rich man by ,no means paid his proportion of them, y When fucn objects were brought forward as fnb a Ititutes for a tax on land, it was a pretty strong il prcfumptien in iu favyr. - . » ? How did the gentleman intent? to convey tii . ftampa to ali part* of the Ur.ioi) ? How would men a tax affect tlie farmer, who might have many miles to ride for a stamp before Tie could give a note or take a rerept. The objt&ioa formerly made to j a ifamp-tax, it had been laid, was because it was l ' ■- about t® be enforced by a foreign government )he a e did not ti.ink that was the whole objection. He ° r believed the tfling was objectionable on account of f' its inequality. In Biitain it was produ&ive ; in •' j. Philadelphia and other large i towns, it w u!d also j be pradafli/e ; but could not be expended with con- " veniertce ovtr theSiates of Kentucky ar.d TenuefTee. 9 It woutd either be evaded or opprcilive. t! By additional duty on fait, would not the poor l ! e rain be affected in a much greater proportion than , | the rich ! tie certainly would, since some poor fa- a 0 mihea used as much [alt as a rich one ; and would not Jtich a tax tempt the farmer to give a less quan- 1 !e tit }' to hi* cattle than was iieceftVry for them ? '' it And were landed gentlemen certain that such a tax r would be mere acceptable to farmers than a land P ■j tSX ' not know whether tjie additional duty might not .also encourage smuggling. ' 1- Gentlemen had said, that whenever peace (hould ie take place in Euiope, great emigrations would take ■' 1 p'-ice to thia country, and gieat wealth would be K y brought in. He believed if any thing would draw ° per !oni from foreign cauntiies to thin, it would be t a profpeft of enjoying liberty, under wife and equal ■d l aw 's* He beneved it would not be the molt effec- '' tunl way of inviting Irifhmcn to this couutry, to a] tell them we had a hearth tax, or Etrgliihmen by Iq, speaking to them of a window tax, or the people of a- France by a fait tax ! It was the gieateft reeona- meniiation of a tax that it fell equally on property ; t and whatever tax did io, he said., was a good'tax. in a^crt * < i that if a land tax had been laid 11 long ago, it wnald have been of infinite service to ® r- the country, as it would probably have prevented e. some tuitions financial systems from taking place. ' wa * *' I ' 4 potlif bodies as with individuala. !he more cafy they get money, the more liberally e they Ipend it. It was, theiefore, a happy circum- j 0 llartce for this country that we could no longer bor- i £ row money. When they Were called upop for a i irv loan of 300,000 dollars for the city, if it n- Sad bstn to be railed fr.om the land, it would not I >« have been foeafily granted. This land tax would j r so ?P eratff " a ~lew spring in favour of government ; j in ' l wo aw >ken the attention of the farmer to its ' e _ operations ;to enquire ofthe why and the where- ' s, ole • 'he bufrnefs of treaties, when money was J e, to be granted,the farmer would be ip favour of trea ie ties only in proportion as he chose to pay a tax on his land. It was tafy to grant money ; but when ? a came every gentleman witbedto r y P u ' '' from his own (houlders, one wiftied it to a he raised from land ; another from wine ; another of from hearths or windows ; or any thing so that if en did not effect him or bis constituents in any sensible 1 iy degree.— 1 his wa* the reason fe was glad they ' an were brought to the neceflity of providing money ■J_ before they could difpoft-of it. They had this fef m lion had fume noble pi.'Ti 3 on foot ; fhey had heaid ilc j something el a national univerlity, of relieving the in fuffeters *t Savannah, tic. b'ut now ifiere was a n- call for money, every o e wifheduo put off the de mand from himfelf upon his neighbour. |' c Mr. S said h» regretted the neeeflity of enlling «pon ■ c the farmer ; but he believed it necessary. When gentlc tiy men frated the poverty and mdaftty of that elaf» of citi nt zens, he felt as much tor them and' had X* much zeal for ltd their ..itereli as any man ; nor did he wiih invidioui dif -1 tin£iunt to be drawn between the merchant and the far x, mer. The merchant wai an agent of the farmer ; bnt o- the agent wa* in the worst fitiurion, because his property '(si was the tirft to be deilroycd. Hereaui in his newspaper e l. at home that the l rench, the Englift and the Algcrints cc taks our flups; but his corn and grass glow, and his dol 'cjl lars arc fate. He could come down to Congrefj.and talk , re very coolly about laying addj idnal duties on cammcrce ; C J ) but if his land wan mentioned as a fit ohj-A of tsxatien, he immediately taok the alarm. He thought landed gen (jJ tlemsH Oiould be inclined rather t» fympathiite with the merchants in thair einbarraflments; and Jf they were not e j ' td hy more gener«us motives to dn this, ev> a intcreft fliould lead them to it, since they would be the latl to be "5 devoured I N Let all rjnks, then, said Mr. S. in conclufiou, unite 10 in putting their (boulders to the wheels of government ; acd since commerce pay. her five millions, let agricul :r" ture pay its something ; this would %w a real attach on ment to our country. He had heard much said about X- federalifm and friends of government i he thought ed those would shew themfeives the truest fedcralifts and* a( J friends of government, who fttpped forward in aid of or its Hecefiitics He trusted gentlemen would fuffer their ! immediate interests to give way, in order 19 have the finances of the country fixed upon a foundation which rt > aould not be moved. u " , , fTo be continued.] n.! iSew Theatre. ff. z=r= , at On MONDAY EVHNING, February ir, Will be prcfented, a Comedy called, The Way to get Married. Ira With the Farce of "a The Jrifhmati in London. u " Pantheon, ot AND RICfCIiTJ S'j AMPHITHEATRE. ,r " Mr. £3" Mrs. SPIN/sCUTA en R ESPICTFULLY inform their Friends and the Pub* c h I\ lie in general, their benefit is fixed forTuefday e at Vening, 14th February, when there will be a great variety s ? of new and pleating entertainments; in which Mr. Spin acuta will particularly exert himfelf on the TIXJHT ROPE. l " The whole of the numerous performances to eonclndc d- with a New Fantontimc, got up by called 2 The Magic tight ; a Or, ry ' The Little Cripple Devil. ]j With new music, changes and decorations, which, will be announced in the hills and advertisements of the day. Doers to be open atifive, and the Perforniances|to begin ( • precisely at a quarter pall fix la- Tickets to be had at the usual places. 5 trice 7 ii- 180 Tierces Rice for Sa'e by es • Samuel Breck, Jun. ' No. 89 Third Street. n. LI KF WISF, k. 15 or to I'ocke'sCOTTON, and A'Quantity ! H SHERRY WINE.I 'g 50 Cjjjes SWEET OIL, itc. Ac. February 11 i tlfthSt 1 PHILADELPHIA, , SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1797, , On Friday last, the 3d initant, Was celebrated , the anniveifary of the Philadelphia Medical Society ; at the City Tavern. An oration, adapted to ti'.v . occasion, hating been delivered by Dr. Cutbufk, the f feciety partook'of an elegant dinner ; after which , the fallowing TOASTS were drank : j I. The Medical School of Pcnnfylvania, with . its founders and profeffors. t. The memory of Hippocrates ! Mnjr we imi» tate hit talents for accurate ana extenlive obferva r tion. t 3. The memory of Dr. Sydenham I Revival and prosperity to his writings. 1 4. The memory «f Dr. Harvey ! Oblivion to . the ingratitu ie ot the world, for his discovery of f the circulation of the blood* t 5. I'he memory of Dr. Haller 1 the Eneyclo> ] pedia of Medicine of the present centnty. J 6. The memory of Dr» Cullen 1 the late Coritl. thun pillar of the University of Edinburg. 3 7. The memory of John Hunter! May we . imitate his dexterity in the use of the differing . knife. t 8. The memory of Lavoiflier, the author of t the late Revolution in Chymiftry. 1 9. The Pnlfe. Encreafe to tlie knowledge of . its different Dates and indications. J j 10. The Lancer. May judgment dire& the f time, manner and extent of its use. f 11. Medii ine without impollme. 12. Success to innovations in Medicine, while . there remains a fnigJe incurable disease. 13. Speedy diiToltuion to all fyllemsof Medicine j not ounded uport fa£ts, however dignified they a may be, by antiquity of namea. i 14. The Medical Key, or unity and simplicity to the principles of Medicine. 1. IJ. The United States of America ; May they y , enlighten the nations of Europe, in .the principles . | of Medicine, as they have done in the principles of . ; government. a j 16. The Day, and perpetuity to the friendfhips t formed in the Umverfity of Pennsylvania. I j ~ NOTICE. i : r ~|~'HE S.uw of JjANDS of the United States, in the ; 1. North-Western Territory, heretofore adVertised s in the several public papers, will commence this even ing, at the City Taver# to be continued from day to day, 'till the tenth of MARCH next, if not sooner 8 fold. l " January 4 $ B ivir. bickering's Letter. 0 This Day Published, 8 AND FOR SALE BY THE EDITOR, T f Pricc three eights of a Dollar. II THE Letter of the Secretary of State, to Mr. Pinck \c ney, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, to y the French Republic. February 4. 6t J » College-Hall, d Readings and Recitations, Moral, Critical, and Enteriai ing. a On SATURDAY EVENING* February nth, a* 7 o'cldck, Will be delivered m The EfFe&s of Ambition and Guilt, c- ConGdcred* traced and exemplified in the chara&er of ,'r ' Macbeth. With a recitation of the whole character, and mora! r " and critical observations on the chara&er, and on the au ct thof. L ) r On Tuesday, February 14, er Recitations from the Chara&cr of H A* M h E T , 1 !" With obfervatians on the Tragedy arid th# author. Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulfon, ju». at the Library ; e * M'Elwee's k>oking»£lafs-ftore, No. 70, S. Fourth- n > street ; and at Mr. Carey's, Bookl'eiier, Market-dreet— "* Half a dollar each. he — — • % A convenient stable be QitOated in Laurel Court—t Stalli therein to be rent- O ed, with the privilege of using the Hay-Loft. te light years of the time of service of a NEGRO MAN" , . for sale. He ii'aecaftomed to honfa work, aad capable of j' taking care of Horses. Enquire' of the Printer, h- February it ft thtf MRS. G RATTAN Refpefilfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of the 1 f • City, that the 4th z LADIES' CONCERT ie WiU be on TUESD>ij£, the 1 $tb day of February, :h et the Rotm. Ast I. _ Overture, - - PUfel. Scotch Ballad, Harp, Mrs. Grattan, Clarionet Concerte, Cite, Wtbbe, Act 11. f Lfjjbn, Piant Forte, Mrs. Grattan, Clemcnti, Seng, ' - ~ Zucchini, Quart ctto, - . - - Pleyel, Glee, • ------ Darby. Mrs. Grattan begs leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen, th.it the fubfeription-book is at her bouse No 39, North Sixth-street, for the reteption of tho£e names who wish to honor her with their eonomands.-»- A fubicription for eight nights 16 dollars, including a Gentleman and Lady's ticket, each transferable— Half fubforiptions 8 dollars, inSluding one ticket.— e . Single ticket 1 dollars. • t y *4-* The Concert to begin at half past fix ; and at n . half past eight, the music wiH attend for the Ball. February 11 gt , FOR SALS, BY ■5 Philip Nictlin & Co. I""""'} ?* * ' 17 I'uhs Quickfiivtr % Chests bandanna Handkerchiefs ill A chetts Mancheilcr Goods, well aHorted in Cor* duroyj, Thicksets, Ginghams, Muflinets, Dimitias, Jte. in 3 Trunks black Sewing Silk Ito Crates Queen's Waie, well a (Tared 10 TonsShcct Lead — Nails allotted flat and lharp points London Hartiular"? Madeira wine in pipes sad hogs. India Market J he^ds 40 lOi logftieadsTeiieriffe Wme jo Hoglhsad. chaiee Port Win* J Tierces Snake-Root . 26 Calks yellow Paint 9 Boxes and 11 Bundles writing Slates I Box Ink Stands and Note PrelTes 14 Bales Sail CanVass aborted, N§. I t* t Fsbruwyll. «w*ftf
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