KiCES CURRENT- Philadelphia, Augutl 27. p rEtt dUANTITV-DOLLARS XT 100 y Dolls. Cts. a i " AtJCHOnS, pr.B,. » ,3 « -— A,: Z*txK:i. 11 - v "- rr f'f" rlh ' 2 n r n,til> OH, Unfed, per gall- 1 3> W 4rrr.cl, * r ratio*,. -—ditto, per caje," 9 ( 2Kk«, Shtvlitr.tr.-a. 10 Swel, b'ft, ■» t , Ftittkes, 13 »'PPr' r lax K 10 common, X 60 ditto bajkets, II -Comae, »>*s bttles, 7 ' Hmfcih.'ferttH, 80 Spermaciiiprgall I 06 f Uriels, fur M. 7 Train,per bbl. IS y Br ar, Jbip, per cwi. 6 Whale ,jer gal. 40 a Sit/o, pilot 9SO P cri < r P" '"J l ' 7 • 3P 1 ' Ditto, fmatt' -water .London, IjO • er barrel J S° fl tar, $3 cents, pr M. Rum, Jamaica, pr £al. I 67 trim/lone in rolls, per Antigua I 54 * cru t, 1 iS I iViudward I 40 Beef, Bofion, per ill.Il"al6 Barbados I *7 li Country, ditto f- 4 Country, N. E. 97 e Frejh'cwt. J" 8 Saltpetre, per c-wt. $0 g Butler per lb. l 8 a JO Saffafras, per ton in kegs 14 Sio '» 60 , Candles Sperm, per tb. 56 Steel, German, per lb. 14 v —Englijh, lliji.pr c-wt. 1Z 24 j f, ■ Myrtle Wax iO —American, per ton 1,33 33 2 i Afou/i /a/W 18 to 19 —Cro-wleysipr faggot f , Dipped IS finale root, per lb. 35 Cheefc, Englijb, per lb. 1% Soap, brown per lh. 12 Cbocotatf*" * V il CmMWM 66 S< «" A ■ , 14 t Cloves X 50 Snuff,pr doz bottles JO n Cocoa, Per cwt. 18 Spermaceti refined pr li. ■ Coffee, per lb. »J '» I? Sfli/ e/o ' A . #»• Coal, per bujbel, 30 54° 1, per yard, 33 b topper as, per cut. 3 80t10n,N0.1,d0., 3°' t Cordage, American, per _____ N0.1,d0. t cwt. 16 a 18 Sigtar, lump, per li. 15 Cott™, per U. 33 I' 4° Loaf, Jingle "f 2 7 Currants 10 Siito double ditto Dud, Russia, per piece, 15318 Havannah, -white 20 f Jai/CTj II 50 Ditto brown 16 t Dutch Sail Dud 14 —Mufcovadop.fiwt.ixiti 67 f Feathers, per lb. 66 /»r 66 950 aIO —Liverpool 56 c middlings, bell, 8 IO —C.;Ji* 60 ——i- , 7»A'an 433 *66 t—LiJhn 63 . A'tto 4 S3 i 66 Si// builfing IP, 0. f-ufft'l- 3 J O4 4 frames per ton 11 67 i Fujlic per ton, 15 D!tto Llvc 0ai > * 6 1 i'«o 3/«< 16 1 Ditto, ground 14 Staves, pipe pr 1000, 60 J Ginseng, per li. 30 -white-oaihogshead 45 33 ( Gutpo-wder, cannon,per ——^Red-oak ditto 28 ? r. 23 iftjfan 26 33 Ditto, fine glazed, 28 Barrd 30 Grain,Wb'atprbujhl.SCal Heading 44 , 1 Ry, 1 v Skins Otter, beHpr piece 3 33 i __ Oats, 60 —Mints 26 1 —Indian Corn, 90 1 93 -—ft*, grey to <0 5 4 Barley, I 10 —Ditto red X 20 bejijbclleipr.lt. —Martini 50 1, 1 Bucl-wheat per —Fitcrs 5 7 75 3 Rams, pr.lb. *3 —Racoons 6e Himt, imported, per 37 1 3®o —Beaver, per lb. 162 American, per lb. 10 —Deer, in hair 25 i 33 Herrings, per bbl. 6 Tar, N. f ess. H gall. Hides, raw pr. lb. Sto 9 per bit. Hops, 10 —Carolina, $lgal!. IJO Hog/head hoops per M. Turpentine, per bbl. 320 Indigo, French per lb. 167 Tobacco, J. River beji — Carolina, X ICO/tS. "J a % Irons, fad pet ton 133 33 ~-P;tcrfhurg ba6 JO Iron, castings per cwt. 4 3a 5 —Pennfylv.bar f caret Georgia 6a 7 120 4116 67 Carolina 4 a 5 Russia per ion 97 Tea Hyson, per li. Xto % ./>;£ 32 —Jim, '83 —Sheer, 224 33 —Svuekong, , I*ll3 iVaiV rods, 133 33 —Congo, .JO Junk per c-wt. $ —Bohea, 35 Lard, bogs per lb'. 14 Tallow, refined, per lb. 14 Lead in pig!, per cut. J33 Tin, per box 16 50 m Mfj, Manilla, per lb. 10 a 24 awhile, 13 33 Verdigreafc, do. X 9 Vermillion, 1 50 Leather, foal per lh. 11 Varnish, per gallen, Lignum viti£ per ton, 24 IVax, Bess, per lb. '33 Log-wood, 40 Wbale~bznc,long,pr lb. 12 Mace, per lb. 12 limine, Madeira pr p. 226 ATackarcl, beji per bbl li ——Lifoon, la 6 —feco'id quality 8 . ——' —Tcneriffe ,prgal. 80 Madder, beji per lb. IO Fay at, 67 Marble wrought pr foot 60 Port per pipe 150 Mast /"pars ditto 60 —■ —Do. in bott.pr doz Molajjes,pp r gall. 56362 —Claret,perenji 4o/050 Mustard, pC lb. 46 ; Sherry, per gallon XSO ——flour, in bottles doz. X 20 ——Malaga, 84 pel dozen, I 20. Valuable Manufactory. FOR SALE, A Soap and Candle Manufactory, standing in 1 convenient part of the city. The works are almost new —or. an entire new conftruftion—built of the best materials, and ready to set to work immediately. Alfa, acres of the firft quality of Land, Lying on the Buchlnan and Big Sandy waters, state of Virginia This trail of Land is highly recommend ed by difintcrefted psrfons—-further proofs of it* good ntfc may be had at the office. A proportion of the amount of faleswillbe expeded in cafil—Mefirs. Mor ris Bl Nicholfon's Notes will be received in payment of the refiduc. f.roo Land on Baldwin's creek, Cfc»ming | townlhip, Tioga county, state of New-York. This tract lies near the county Court-house,' was originallv surveyed to Judge Piatt of New-York, and as valuabje^proptrty. Apply to FRAUNCES & VAN REED, Brokers, No. 63 south 3d street. Who discount approved Notes of hind at the ftiort eft notice. Aug. 2s &«ta ' a. > (OR THE GAZ£TT£ W)£ UNITED STATES. g Public schools. ur ' No. VII. . , {a [ TT has been insinuated in the papers (hit the dm •j K,,r sihfurd as i' is, there are lomc peiions 1 who'really do,' or pretend to believe in its exiilence. tnl They fay these schools will be transformed into po- t.Ol SS., i" which dodlrines w,llbe: .ncu ca- tab tedon U,c vouvhful mind entirely subversive of all those principles cn which the peace and J ° opt civil society in the Un.ted States depend. That, ftrc in the remote lettlements of th. state efpec.ally, eve 5 persons will probably Se employed as inftruftois eve who are unfriendly to the government of «he umon pie ' and of the of thetv.ld theones of fra 3 levelifm and infubordinattar, who from an excess; of fan zeal common to peliticalinnovators and enthu.iads, noi . will exert themselves to maice proselytes to their a j ophiions, and thus lay a foundation for infurrec- ler tions and anarchy. Sc far am 1 f.om accecmg to fpi the juffnefs of these th:>t the conie- ouj quences to be expe&ed appear to me to'be diredtly to 5 the r.veife. Consult the hiltory of all partial infur- the ! reflions, and it will be found that the mass of peo- • 1 pie concerned in them, have been uninformed and tat illiterate, and consequently proper machines in the tic hands of a few crafty uuprinctpfcd demogogues to ,th< vyoi k mifchief. Credulous, suspicious and ignorant, on : 5 flattery, llanders,and fallhood inflate their vanity, toi , gratify their spleen and dupe their judgments, hai 5 This is the fiKeefsful routine of djforganizers, who Ai ' litft deceive and then- betray thof;, who for want of mc education are always ready to relit the laws when- ou ever their numbers inspire 'them with confidence of rat fucctfs. It is general ignorance that renders go- jut [ verr.ment precarious, life, liberty and property in- I - 1 fecurc. Public schools Ihould not be political the ! academies. The design is to place within reach of ap] every citizen, even the poorefi. in the common- .en , wealth, such an education for his children as may ; JxJjxza equal participate '■ in the advantages of a advan- ann [ tages cannot be Justly 0T duly appreciated by an ig- mi > norant people, and consequently will never be priz- cei ed or aflerted tby them. There is an impaflable fp 5 barrier between ignorance and knowledge wherever 3 \ they I —while an enlightened community voltin- ed tarily supports the laws-—the obedience of the ig- ga ' norant is the work of compulsion. to iti the commencement of the business of public to 3 schools a few simple objefts'will be'found fufficieut hi to engage the whole attention of tke children— hi ' reading, writing and arithmetie wil! form a series j of avocations that will allow of no spare time for K; 5 political lectures. f> These will be the primary objedls in the infancy n{ ® of the inftitation—and it is not hazarding much to 0 fay that if the plan" of public schools Ihould be 3 formed embracs a more complex system, thofc ; n 7 schools will never be eftablilhed, the whole business ] 0 will be airefted at the threshold, and be rendered jjj abortive. Altho'it is'my opinion public schools ought not w j to be conSituted political, seminaries, yet in a Re- t ; public i' would be the grofleft absurdity to sow the j,. .feeds jof djfafiisAloa gov lit!- - 3 country in the minds of the rising generation. To ( j e prevent so fatal an abtife of the wifeCt inftitation 3 ever projeded by the human unde/ltanding for the preservation of freedom, cate must be taken that the t( 3 in(lru£lors (liall be in principle and conduct, friends c ; to the constitution of the TJ. S. attached to this w £ country in prefeiencc to all others. t ) E 7 ■' 0 e CONTINUATION OF ci 7 • • n 2 Foreign Intelligence. FRANCE. I ° — h 0 COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED. 0 h O 2 1 FttAIRIAL, JUNE g. n The death of Ltfage of the Eure and Loire e Was annouiTced. This melancholy intelligence was 3 received with much regret. ■ \h 3 Froger, Fhilippe Dslleville, and Dumolard, all it Members of the Council, complained of having tl : 4 been atrefted in the night by some officers of the h ;o police, who, notwithllauding their characters of S National Representatives, carried them before the n Central Committee, under a pretext that they were e >0 Ex-Conventionalists, and fubjeft to the law of the i' . ? 21 It Floreal. v p [2 Montmayou said, that there exifte'd a Mandat a d'amener (order to appear) againlt him ; that ths' v measure was something more than mere contempt, si 6y it was a maafure of malevolence, and therefore he 1 jo moved, that the leals (hould be immediately put . upon the regitteri of the central bureau. r Dumolard moved, that the constitution (hould » not be'departed from, and that information (hoold I be obtained from the directory, of the measures that f ->• had been taken to repress the attack, and to prose r cute the anthors. J Taliien decbred, that for a month there had a been mouchards ffpies) attached to the deputies, oft a . tiiey penetrated into the mod private par- t e ft ties of the deputies. He denounced as Roya'iiits i and correspondents of the Princes, several principal 1 • chiefs of the police. He- added, «I f« w i th c grie'i 'hat for the last ihree months a reaction has ] >te been operating." Ih" 1 W = tnuftnot brf surprised at this, since at the ! he r , P ohceisa Baron de Batz, and by the] t tide oi that man, one DefTouville the agent of A- f ° f mar, who, under the reign of Terror, proscribed I the Patriots. Since such men have pHfll-ffed.au- i ng thorny, the energetic Republicans have been pro ; b.. scribed. Every where, I fay, the reaSion is pre- i "y paring, and— r - I allien was here interrupted by the mod violent 1 agitation 1B the Council. A croud of membeu ] lexpref.cd by loud cnei and geltures, the indignati on which they felt at Taliien, and at, his accufati- I onsagaicA the go vera meet, « a time wh.n muck t VT,-nri Tjiin.Jtfrtfi Doulcet, .ar fermentraion exn,.v. t . - • , ■ n Cadroy,TisusTj&vnd L:v.baudeau, to the tn 1 bune and def.re «o be heard. Sever, p.her members D surround Tallien, reproach hi*. with .us pa.t con- w dua, and his eternal contradictions : in. lucuffive attachments to all partus, and his raily .ng pom . which he is endeavoring now to prefcnt to those ' whose leaders are under the hand of the law. Tallien all this time remained tranquil in the tribune, in the midit of alnlolt d.fapproba tion and general tumult. At .ength filcnce was e - tab!i(bed by the Prudent. r , , W I Tallien in continuation—" 1 have declared my • opinion ; 1 move myfelf that men who ™J o df , ftroy the constitution be prosecuted. Tor the reft, , every man has a right to date what he thinks of the ; events that are passing. If my advice docs not i please, I ihall.be refuted ; with refpeft to myfelf, I th t stall speak what I think in this tribune with the in " fame courage that I have evinced "> circumftanc-j , not'lefs perilous for the public weal. I know that • a public man ought to despise calumny, and pre- £ . serve silence upon it ; but When he fees the puo it fh » spirit enfeebled, and national liberty m danger,..he ■ ougflt to make an appeal to all patriots, and to lay an • to them " Rally round those who have founded ov - the Rjpublic;" ' ' A - • It is at this moment in which an attack is rncdi- I tated againlt the National Representation, and par i ticularly againll the peifons of those who have had ) ,the pourage to brave-the dorms of the Revoluti , on, of those who spoke when others held theii , tongues ;of those men whose undisturbed courage has braved and surmounted the united forces of ) Aridocracy, Royallfm and litis in this f moment that opinions ought to be disclosed with- 1 - out being exposed to the charge of being a confpi f rator, as was done by those who furrouoded me • jtift r.pw. I leave the Tribune :o those men, and a • I hope that in the midst of the reproaches which 1 they mij call upon me.—(Violent murmurs of dif f approbation, prevented Tallien from finifhing his cc • sentence.) _ " He concluded in the following manner : : " 1 support the motion of Dumolard, because I am convinced that if the threads of the attack, com - mitled upon the persons of our Colleagues, be tra- P • ced out, we {hall discover a more dangerous con- P : fpiracythan that from which we have juftefcaped.'' 1 r (Tallien,, fays the Eclair, feetned, as he deliver- ! - ed the foregoing speech, to be no longer the ele- J r - gant husband of thc.handfome Cabarras. He came to the Council on foot, contrary tq his ufugl cuf- c c torn ; his dress was negligeut, his hair unpowdered, t his air disturbed, his visage pale ; every thing about - him concentrated the attention of the Council.) c s Some voices tailed out for the,printing of'Tal- c r Hen's speech. (Violent murmurs.) Thibadeau.—" It belongs not to us .to pro y nounce upon the intentions of the central Bureau— c ° whethet it was'guilty of simple contempt, or whe |. e ther its conduit was the consequence of intrigue, c ,c imports us little to know at this moment. It be- j. k longs to the Tribunal to examine and decide.—l.. , therefore fnppoit Dumolard's motion. «' But the dignity of the Council requires that )l we should not leave unanfvvered thofe'truly wvalo. tionary declamations, wliich, I know not for what, t ' e have found a place in *? .oatufST The time is j>a(t in whicli an audaeious falfhood repref ° 1 fed a timid truth. , £ n " What does Tallien pretend to by those abun- < lc - daut reproaches and fabl£s which he has presented t !e to you ? He' speaks of a re adtion, when the good : ' 3 citizens have fcareely loft fight of those daggers ls with which the Brigands threatened tbem ; when, the plots oi the aecomplices of Robtfpierre and Babceuf, every period it has never ecaied\ to precipitate all the at movements of the revolution ; to have recorufe one ha- while to inttigue, another while to maffiicre ; te ,t, flatter or oppress the people, to caress Or fucceffive he ly to aKafiinate the different parties, ever indiffer ut ent to the inilruments it makes use of, and the means which it employs, provided that it preserves ild its power; it js that fadtion which, on the 31ft of 'Id May, served to decimate ihe Convention. En ,at flnve us, No, No, the fadtion of September shall f c . never euflave us." (A great number of Members, No, No.) ad The motion of Dumolard was adopted, es, Rouyer.—■' lam charged by your commission ar- to acquaint you, that this night the conspirators il.s intended to ea.rry into execution the plots that you pal had leen organized for several days past. Thev' had rth circulated a report that the' two Councils and the las Directory were about to quit P_r{, . an d t hey even mentioned the day of their departure, and the ilace :he of their retreat (Fontainbleau); but lam happy •he, to fay that meafuresate taken to unmallc their dc a Their place os-rallying was in. the Vert. >Ed street ; it was from thence they were to disperse ju- I into the diffeient fedtions. The signal was, "To ro arms ! To arms! let ms (Ig\j the roguesVtnean re- ing the Direaory and the Legislative Body.) ~20 or 25 persons, dressed in the habits of Reprefenta cnt tives, were to animate the difaffeded, and to im eit pose on the people. iti- «« Their place of rallying i t now io the Faux- S«. Antoine. There they expert the fee ,c of oraviUiera, FjifiHerre, and others, who . m ire to force other citizen's to march with *1 , * The Committee, afiures you of the wifdorn uf'flT Dire&ory, and the good disposition of jhe ' " ' who will soon restore tranquillity." Ah ! ah ! exclaimed several members. Philadelphia, SATURDAY EVENING, August J 7 . married] On Thursday last, by the R e . n:* White, Mr. Richard Bavley to Mlfs Has/,, 0 ? " Whitesides, both of this city. " IMAGINATION. If the following article (hould appear in a Fren h nswfpapcr, and Aould chancc to escape the contempt of the Eurepean public, it would be difficult to excuiv. from the ridicule of the world : .. * Paris, Augufl jo. » Yesterday arrived at Havre the ithip Columbia, Cant Cornplanter, from Philadelphia—ln her came paffeiio cr \ Citizen Paschal; from whom we are very happy t0 lear ' that the United States are by no means offefidcd ■ 'having made treaties with the despots of Prussia, Spa n and' Sardinia; aftd that our fears of their interference in our projeded treaty ef amity and commerce with Algiers is unfounded; for (jlitizen Ptfcha: allures us, that"the American government do not confidcr the French repub. " lie as. a colony of the United States." [Cel. Cwtirul.] ' COMMUNICATIONS. ' the tyrants of France, with Robefpierrt at their head, were exercifipg their revolutionary vengeance <>n the people «f that country, the • fiiendsof Liberty and Humanity, not only in En. rope but in America, united in execrating the mon* fters who perpetrated those cruelties; and at the fame time disapproved of that Cor.ftitution under which such sanguinary scenes could be faniftioned. A\ that time there were not warning those in this country Who juflified under the pl?a of " imperi. ous necessity," those infernal tranfa&ions, and rfiout ed to the flcies what the 'real oMrjiti rif France ? term the sanguinary code, the ConflTtution of '93. Since the overthrow of the Jacobin faction, the 4. proceedings of the Frcnch government have been over almost without a single compliment on 1 the part of their former eulogists ; nay, so far from this, the fall of Robespierre has been more than indire&ly lamented, and the present Conftitutioa has heen damned by the " firft praise" of our "ex. clufive patriots." The lats nefarious cotifpiracy against the Frcnch ' CdnftitutioTV, is reprefentcd as a bulinefe of vcrvin confiderable importance, and the principal perfcni concerned in it (though mem rs of the litoCou. vention, eledled by tfte people) are reviled as men of no influence or abilities. Si How far this representation agrees with the ac " counts published by the government of France, it * is unneceflary to fay. Had the confpiratwS [tie • ceeded, it is fairly iff be presumed that they would have had a different character; our " tfxckifive pi. triots" d 11bbed theni thefaviors of their country. ' The present Conditution of Fianccis wttie Ja -111. .tort. V, wfrfrt -tftc- fem»(i4*ivUoii of > the United States is to oui's—their averfioa. e • _ The Executive Directory of France-have tetra. Ed the late conspiracy " a terrible plot." The " " exclusive patriots" of the United States deny this. i 1 n s HEW A S— j I don't care a cent what he was—l wish to knovr what he is. T?eople like the Americans, who sfl'efi to despise ancestry, ought not to use the past tepfe con c c.ei ning charailer. What fignifies it, if Miss '• was married to common sense ten years ago, I know t that nvui the poor girl is a widow. I_ [Ainner t Weekly Afufcum^ y - ii y it The drought in some parts of the Eastern (Utfi k is so severe, that the pasturage is totally deftroved; e and farmers are feeding their cattlc un hay. The n firli crops were abundant, but the maize will be if cut (hurt by the draught. ¥ r- [New Tori Paper..] — —■ — •e Publi/hed by T. STEPHENS, No. 60, South Secod ; r A'eet. J •, I " The Group; ;r , Or, An ELEGANT REPRESENTATION ILLUSTRATED. Embeiliftied with a beautiful head of at S. VERGES, C. 5". i~ r publiiher thinks it a mark of refped, due to a a t X liberal and enlightened public, to inform them that K this is the Poem for the publjihing of which he hasbeco »twice dragged from his house, and is nferyr laboring under lc a vexatious prosecution. He is conscious that the piece tc contains nothing cither criminal or offeufive, nnlefs on* C- ginal wit, decorated in elegant language, ba criminal or r . dlfgufting to the prevalent tafle ; and, a's he trufU that neither of these is the cafe, he submits the work to public with a full aifurance of its meeting with a favora ts ble reception. He would beg his prosecutors to call to mind (if they n- have ever read it) the following apologue to a wfll k:i >wn all romance—" A young painter, indulging a vein of plea santry, Iketched a kind of Converfeiion Piect> refpe&ing a 3 bear, an owl, a monkey, and an ass; and to render ic ' more striking, humourous, and moral, distinguished eve ry figure by some emblem of human life. Bruin was exhibited in the garb and attitude of an ofd, Joothlefsy j drunken soldier; the owl perched upon the handle ot a ,i! cofiee-pot, with Xpc«slacles on his nose, seemed to contem pi: %£ a newspaper; and the ass ornamented with a huge ad tye-wig (which, however, could not conceal his lor.g - he ears) fat Jo r his pidlure to the monkey, who appeal td cn with the implements of painting. Tfeis - afforded some mirth, and met witii general approbation, 1 until some mischievous wag hinted tncV.hcle was a >am ? 7 poon upon an old officer, a phyftcitn, and a mernber o Parliament *, an inlinuation which was no foomr circulat rt- ed, than these pctpie began to be uiirmed, and cyfen to r f c fancy themselves fignified by the several fy;;ures in n piece. Ihe furious group it 11 ujscn the | ainter, ,viio ac ° clared that he had no deHgn to give offencf, or to c* a n" r a eft erne particular persons. They affirmed, ibt refcmo.antt 20 mas to? palpable to be overlooitdj—-and taeir clanwu. s eirg Ca- overheard by the public, the Capfain a-bear, tne jjj. Dodlor an ?fs, and the Senator an owl, to their oyiiig day." If a limilar fate Ihould attend the persons who will, insist upon being the members tbi- group, tv? > ,x " public will do the the juftic -0 rcmcinber * it is no fauk of bi»» , , ho Aujruft sti