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Philadelphia, Nov. 2.5.
rIJR QTAKTITr —BOlt-AXS AT 100 CEMTS.
Cu. Dells Cti.
dxCHORS per lb. II AW/, 8-/, io*\ rid,
~jil'vm, F.nglifb,pr ewt 10 and lod, per lb, 13
/)/",, _£VA, pr Ik. II Nutmeg,, per Ik. 1»
jif et, pot per tm, 180 Oil, linfted, pergall. 133
' F: T* r . 100 Olive, >
Arrtcly perfaHon, A'«a, ptr cafe, 9
' Hacon, Shoulder,pr\ It. IO ——Sweet, bejl, in
f<7toVi, 13 fnft,, per kox, lO
J}rtnd-;, common, I J!:;,, lajlets, 11
—Collin', * batt'es, 1
■' isilttla, per ton, 90 pern.recti pr gall 106
£1 lilt,per M. 7 —Train,per kkl. I#-
ISrraJ, /tip, per ovf. SJJ . -iVhale, per gal. 40
Off 9 Pertcr per eajk, J 33
Ditto, fault letter
I per doz. 2JO
fc rkegs 80 —American do. hctt.
Jii\Ty American,in bot~ inel % 1
tin, prt dozen, hot- Pitch, per ibl. 4
ties ineludcd % 2 Pork, Burlivgtm , per
flit*, per barrel, 6 barrel, 19 2©
Jtoards y CeJar^perMfeet 3° ■' ■ ■ Lower county, 19
lie arty Carol in +, 16
>■ ■ m New England, 1$ 60 Pcajy Albany, pr busk. 93
Oak, 20 ' pgpper, per lb. 36
—Merchantable fnne, 10 Pi/nento, 14
—f'o- 17 Raiftns, beftper leg 10
11 Dittoperjar, 4 5®
The above are theJha flop Ditto per box 8
prices y .for the yard Kice, per eivf, 5
trice, add I dollar % Rojin per barrel 4 5°
%3 cents, per M. Ruvt, yamaicp, pr gal. I 67
JStimjlone in rolls, Antigua 1 JO
m;/. 3 —— Windward 150
Seefyliopon, per b11.16 a —Earlddoi I 27
Country y ditti ,J 5 Country, AT. £. 97
.. . - FrefbyCiut ■ Saltpetre, per nut, 5®
Butter per lb. I| 1 20 Safj'.ifrus ton
1 in Ay* 1 4 14®
Candles Sperm»lb. J 6 £/«/, Ger K-an. per lb. 14
- /Pax —Enrlifb, blif.pr ewt. 11 14
» ■ Myrtle I Vex 2C —American, per ion 133 33
■■■ Mould t alio rv 18/0 19 —CroivL'y' jy pr faggot 13 33
—.. -» T)ipped 15 Snake rooty per lb. 3 J
Chsefey Englijby per IL. 28 brown per Ih. 12
Country II 13 —IVhite 14
Cbficolaie *J a 33 —Cajlile 22
Cinnamon 66 Starch 14
Clwes I ts° Snuffypr dcz bottles 5 53
Cocoa, tier cn>t. SO Spcrwaeeti rejiredpr lb.
Coffee, per lb. 2J 3° iStf{7 English. No.
Coal, per bufbel, 30 I 1, per yard, 33
Copperas, per art. 2JC . .-Bq/kny iV«. !,</#. 3®
Cirdage, American, per■ , , JVg. 2, d'o.
l6<l 18 Sugary lumpy per lb. *4
Cotton, per lb. 33 * 9 5& ■■ Loaf, Jietgle res. ZJ
Currants. 16 Ditto double ditto
Duck, Rufjia, per piece, 18 ■ ■■Havannah, ivbiit 20
— Ravens 12 Ditto brown 16
J}ut;b Sail Duck 22 . -—Mufeovadop.ewt I3«I{ 67
Feathers, per Ik. 66 /»r.
/Zax, ditto JI
f iascfeed, per bufiel I ty. Turpentine pr gall. 66
■ flour, Sup. per bit 11 sa//, a Hum, pr bujhell 66
■ 1 ' 10 j~Z,iverpo*l j2
■" Bur rniadl. beA, 6a 8 —Cadiz 60
— Mealy Indian 5 —Lifion 56
——ditto Rye, 6 budding W. 0.
Shipf.uffp et. 267 frames per ton 22 67
pujiic per ton, 2 J X»/Wo Z/w Otfi, 26
(S/>, Holland per cafe, 75° Do, Red Cedar pr foot
Do. per gall. I 3® Shingles IS inches,pr
Clue, /*r 18 ilf,
racc,pr c-zvt 18. Zto 2 /-rt 91a
Ditto, cemmcn 14 Ditto $feet irtjfed 1J 11
Ditto, ground »4 S/Kw,, 1000, 6j
Ginfetrg, p.r Ik. 30 45 33
GunpoviJer, emtio', per -J?«/ „i ,7#, j 8
f - c *2 Leogan j6 33
I)ilta, fncg'.r.xeel, 16 : Earni JO
Grain, Wheal pr k I 33a I jS Heading 44
"■ Py'i I Siinj Otter, ke/tprpiete 333
O'tj, 4& -— 26
Indian Com, 97 —Fox, grey 3*'«54
Barley, 1 2J —Ditto red I ic
Sef.Jh.-Uedpr.il>. —Martin, - c
Buckwheat per —Fitters ",y
lufiel, ■< ,~V 73 —Bear* 3
Hams, pr. I*. 13 —Jfaeoom
JHemp, imported, per —Mujl-rate, 37
*'"» 3®° —Becjer, per Ik. J ('I
American, per Ik. 10 —Deer, in hair ill
Herrings, per bbl. 6 T*r,
Bides, raw pr.li. zto J —Carolina, $1 gall. tSO
Hep', 14 Turpentine, per kit. 320
Mog/heud hoop,per M. JO Tobacco, j. River kef
Indigo, French per Ik. I»j 100 It. 7„ g
Carolina, I Fetcrjlurg 6t 6 <0
Irons, fadpsr ton 133 33 Fotonvmac 3„ 5
i"n, eafUngs per cvti. 4 Georgia 6. 7
—Pennfyfolsarjcarce Carolina 4„ c
<r~Hyf„, prU. , „ a
Ruff a per ton 97 —Hxfmjhin, gj
S* — Souchong, iii ,3
*——>»«', 114 33 —Congo, so
Nail rod,, 13333 —Botca, , 5
Junk per i-uit. S Talloru, ref,ned, per Ik. '14
lard, tsvgjp a Ik. I 4 Tin, per box ' t J jo
Xeadinpig,, perrwl. 533 per Ik. to
ifiU'ars, 7 Verdigreafe, dc. I
>3 33 Vermillion, t Jc
' 9 urrtijh, per gallon,
Zearitr, Jii! fer 11. 10 IVax, B,es, per lb. 33
Lignum vita per ten, J 4 Whale-bone, i»ng,pr ii. u
S'-ffa-ood, jO Wine, Madeira pr p. it 6
Mace, per 11. 13 — — r , j
Maciarel, left per btl 11 Tcnerijfe,pr gal. 73
■ g Ftyal, 7O
Ifadctr, bejl per It. 20 Fort per pip c J6O
MrrUt, -umfh, prfmtt 60 Do.inl-itt.fr hz 6
Meflj-ar,, perfoot 60 Claret,t.ercaJL 30
Mclajes, per gall. j6a6li Sk.rry, ter gallon 140
Muflard, per Ih. 46 Malaga, ~c
' ' JUMTt M bottle
per dozen, I 20
%
S T 0 C K S.
Sii ph-Ceat . . lis - 0 t0 ,
"iurcepcrCem . . x b
4i pel Cent. - — ...... . , >
SPtr Cent.
LVftrred Six per Cent n
Uj*.NK United States, . . . r't!
P«iinl)'lv»iiu, ... . iito24 da
North \mcr«ca, ... . 40 to 4 j do
liifuusce Couip. N. A. Iharc., * i 5 pcr cent
l J enjJyiv. » i-i 3 per tt . below r , r .
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
On London, at 30 dijrs, fieri, par.
—- <•' todays, t B 161 i«i
—at 90 days, j6l 1 i- 4
Amftsrdaia, 60 day*, per guilder, , 0
— 90 day«, 4: (
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For the Gazette of the United stsWi.
No. VIII.
\Cor.cluied frf.n ycjlerdaj*s Gitzelfe-J
To the £/effort of the Prrjtilent of the United Stales
Ih theantient limited monarchic*, tht whole mass
of the UTinoblc.! people, were gathered as upon an
'' American cicdioti day to co optrate in legislation
with the-hereditary orders. The demarcations of
power among the three branches were laofr, imper
,, fe& and mcorreft. The awful and iVportant judi
ciary powers were nftl fixed. In America the prin
ciples are much better known, the practice is far
superior and the effects coricfporidinjfly happy and
favorable. The judiciary power, under the j[ene
tjl government, is mure completely separated and
,6 iiidependent thun in any frtrmer inllance, much
more so than in England—an incalculable bltfiLig-.
• c For truly and moji emphatically may it be laid, that
(•' the jadiciiiy (imer, under a free written con flit u
tion.is the Jhcet anchor o( the political veilel. The.
hereditary tourt of appeals blended with the leg if
fat ive pawer and including the impediments to jus
tice towards those, who ate not rich, from thcim
menfe expence, and to all suitors, from delay, as
tflablilhed in the hotife of lords, it far indeed from
, 3 iatisfatlory—and tht tenure of the very. Important
6 llation of the lord high chancellor, at the pleasure
4 ps the crown, is a far more dangerous departurr
from the divi/ion and balance of political powers
than is to be found in the American conftilutian.
But are the sober and itfietled objtclion# to the
o hereditary powers of kings and nobles rrfoivable
7 into a " mechanical" horror again (I names, having
0 no teafonble foundation ? Are they more extra
° vigajit, paflionate feeling into which mankind have
worfcea themfelvti up ? Are the objeilions to or
ders or ranks, exalting a few to the depfelTlou of
the reft of a nation no better grounded, ti:an a na
tural antipathy to an unpleasant found ? Or are
| thofeobjeflio'is, as extravagant as the
5 fanciful emotions of a man would be, who (hould
5 canceivc himfelf to have been born with a natural or
1 physical antipathy to a pretty innocent ribbpnd of
■ red, blue, or grees ? But what fltall he thought of
I the republicanism of the implication, that tlie dif
franchtled inhabitants of any iimgdom have little
[ more ground of complaint againfithe conllitution,
than a certain mechajiical. extravagant feeling or
natural autipathy to words and ribbands
[ Observations, addrelTed to the people eif Atneri
ca upon lac fubjtft of a government oppcfite ir. its
( principles and conftru£lion to ours, are an ill proof
' of federals. They cannot be so.well lefted, as
by fltewing a contracted cafe. If one were to pro
; pose to change our Jingle executive, chosen by
' 1 ,3e boardt of elt&ort, into 3n executive c»>uncii ot
levrn, choien yearly by the joint votes of the rtem
ber* of the federal senate and house of reprefenta.
lives—lf he were no prppofe annual fenstora, in.
t flea of the prrfent term— If the fame person were
j to utge the veiling of the powers cf a tourt of
j chancery in a folr judge, to be annually appointed
by the executive council, he *-culd be jsf.iy conG
' dered as unfriendly to the efficiency ard (lability of
our government, or, in other wor, 1 ?, as an enemy
to the federal conllitution. If, i n J e ad of at. ex.
, ecu ive council, chofcn by the tegiflaturr, the de
i viatioa from the happy pode of electing out Cn
-1 K' c tnagiftrate were in the Opposite extreme, and
an hereditary kmg be indicate.d, foretold, represen
ted as tnevitable-and insinuated } and if inllead of
I annua! senators, the deviation from our present
mode of appointing senators, were also in the op.
polite extreme, and a corps of hereditary „„hle s ,
> with high judtaal powers over life, liberty and pro
( perty, were commended as of unexampled excel
, lency, do not fuel, perfoos infettfity Letray themjeivet
'■ tolhctoJlutim
of the Untied Statu, and to our present trartMity f
( matter bevwtied a flep itte
- irn P lledl y recommended by an example erf g very alar*"'2
■ ar *"'2 ! ,,turf » the approbation of that ex-
I air pie, in terms of-the moll plain and decided force,
i to vary our conllitution as tor the great and all-im
. dfrrMtve, the matter is rendered
ft.ll more fei.ous obf«r»«ion is m ule in re
terence to the following extract from tfic 34 th page
. of the in reply 10 Mr. Paine, which U
now under contideiatk>B. « The very aft (fayi
he writer) Ky "vh ch feptenniglparh'srperits were ef-
Üblifhed tngla«d. afford. fuJ,-,M profr that
to bedel" °! ? ' Ug " he CO " ihi " ,io " itfelf ought
to be delegated and even tK ercifed ly the government,
upon cert din critical occasions." I, L thi/ob
fci vat ion to the Americans, taken will, the former
federal'c"' ft" 8 dcfire 10 our
Prt ."I "'" 10 ,hat v{ ? And if a
Picfxlent be prepared for any other change, might
etefen,ar mi ' JOM, y- {et *< honfe of
rep.iientatives, in.some moment of iei\danger, but
exaggerated and factious alarm, give J*\C>
Not'onlv ap fd r*' and len ? i
Wot only a Prefideut and senate, but all their fa
or faintly intfrefts, might bring to S
we are told that "Mankind have ur.ij/rl dif
covered and P ,efe„e<l, »_^ fl ,„ <0
" l'S'T \P rather than J U eh as wt
chufe curfehi j.
A FEDERALIST.
For ths. Gajcue of tfc e United States.
Mr. Fesin®,
I HAVE been reading the French miniaer' fci
ttteii Adet ») n-te, as he calls it, to the President,
and believe hts object to be a, follow, :_Finding
limfelf recalled he takes the lail and only o pportu !
mty vf furuiftiing the enemies to peacc and order
tn this ffomit.y, with what will be called an eflkh!
gr. und of ccmplatnl against „ur happy govern,
mem J aod 1. the direflory is ab«Ht to take posses-
Con of Louisiana, wh.ch it is s uppo sed h a ; been
htuly ceded to France by the Spaniards t hi, „ ote
R>ay be intended as a niflincatioi, f„ r Bny Mw re
gulaticiiß which ikery may attempt to impose with
-# * v
]/' r '
i Y?Card ty the < r A* frMrnutiaiion of oi;:
citizens, on 'he wctlern waters, or n rty other plan that
the Jactbin parties in the two covntriet suppose will
ten J to divide the people I'rors the government.
This I observe lias been hinted by an individual in
France.
*. Jf Mr. Adet's inftrufliotis from the directory are
f» $s set forth in his note, the recent change that has
in taken place in the mind of that body mud be ow
•n i'ig to some plan and advice originating with, or at
lead approved of by a paity in the United States.
r " This man, without the fame pafiionate talents, has
improved upon the plan laid down by Genet. As
l- In the revolution, Great-Britain would not have
11 perfitted in the war but for a party among outfelves,
'd so it is in the present cafe ;at the fame time it mud
*- be allowed, thst t!ie French are at lealt on a loot
d Zing with say other nation on earth, in the business
h of intrigue.
J— If the Americans will fulFcr themfdves to he me
lt naced by the difta'orial and threatening (tile of the
J - note, tiiey can no longer be considered in the eyes
lc » of the world as a free people. Although falfhood 1
f- and unmetited abuse will always fail of their inten- 1
f- ded effedt, it inuft wound the feelings of every real I
1 American who had any thing to do in favour of
'8 I lie late revolution, to be told by a foreign mini/itr,
r> that we owe our independence, nay, our very exif
it tence as a nation, to the people whom he represents.
e To the treaty they made with us in 1778, aad to
r their armies who fought our battles i A few wards t
s in anfwerto thi« will be fufficient. It mini be ac- ,
knowledged by every sober ancj unprejudiced mind, ;
e that the people of France as such, had no more to [
e do with making the treaty or fending an army to j
% America, than the people of China. It was done t
1- by the king, and his ministers, without the advice, '
e and believe 1 migh: fay without the knowledge of
the people ; and what was the ? To htimhle (
f the pride and weaken the power of a nation, that r
was considered a natural enemy. It is also well
e known that the French court delayed the ratifica
e tion of the treaty until aftei (hey heard of the re- J
1 duftion of Burgoyne's army ; and belove the French
r troops arrived in America,there was every profpetft J
f that the iJTue of the war \v9nld be favourable. Tht t
f fad is, the American people taught the Ftench how
to procure their liberty, and iincerely wiih they
: may have virtue enough to maintain it.
An AMERICAN. ,
1 1
— rOR v THI GA7ITTE OF THE UNITED STATES. I
' Ml. FIMMO, r
( The late unwarrantable usurpation of power by
the executive of this commonwealth, has created a
r considerable degree of alarm among those citizens,
who regard theii legislature as the proper fourc(M>f
authoiity j who regard their laws as sacred, and t<
who wish to fee the executive, without favor or par- c
tialiiy, inipjicitly fubjeft to the letter of the law. 8
I'he limitation contained iu the law for the ele«- y
P tjon of rieftors of a President and Vice-President c
I°f tJntted States, is as explicit as words can
concur in making it. It was to be expected that a- d
j. governor of Pennsylvania might be able to afcer- it
tain, when twelve days after a fixed time would ex- ii
pire, without asking the opinion of ihe judiciary : □
It w«,» to be fnppofe-1 thn the judiciary would jTSe- ~ri
fore they gave the opinion required, examine the ft
1 law, which was within their reach, and not fuffer it n
to he said of them, that a defignmg secretary had p
f deceived them, in offering them the law deprived of n
its limitation.
But those whj supposed that the laws of Pean- si
fylvania were a sacred thing ; that they were equal- t:
: ly binding on the private citizen and the executive 5 si
have been most cruelly deceived : they have fee* n
their executive incapable of counti g twelve, refer p
the calculation to the judiciary in a molt mutilated p
fin e, and to crown the whvle they have fcen their tl
. judiciary, without examining the law, pass judge
meet on the mutiiated exUid thereof, so piefenled k
to them for ptifpofes at present unknown. <j
The law for regulating the ekftian of elea o rs, Ii
' p«!kd at the last fiflion us our leniflature,' appoints e
1 oni<ets who (hall tranfmlt the returns of the fame ri
. to ,he governor, «so that the fame may be deliver- tl
_ ed within fourteen days after the said election, and d
( the governor /hall enumeiate and afcertaiu the nuin. 2
bei' of votes given for each' and eveiy person, so as ci
aforefaid voted for, and (hall thereupon declare by «
, proclamation the names of the persons duly elefied t<
andl chttfcn, and fhail caufc a Roiification of their b
' electio* to be delivered to the ferfons so chosen, on b
or bctorc ihc last Wcdricfday in the said month." fc
e P""'f) 'Vinian who acknowledges the> fu- ir
preme authority of the legislature, fim'» no tquivo- ci
, j cal - no dubious point in this pafTagc of the law he ci
: j tieeusiiot mil to his neighbor for an opinion on it. r<
pi inat law does not exiit which is mote explicit in p
, j mentioning the duty of d,e executive. lc
J P'-it our governor (whether of his bivn prnper el
, . motion, or biall.' d, as some pretend to fay he is, by P
one who i 3 called the governor's governor) fees
" fludows, clouds and darkness" reUing upuii it j fj
aud he alone, of all men, Cannot foe clearly through ir
We will fay nothing of his having ple-Jneri his e'
I honor, that he would declare the result of the eTeo- t<
"on at the expiration ©t the limitation contained in b<
1 .e aw. Lii.tle is ;he honor of the man to be re- ft
I e , little is the confidence to be placed in him, ci
who, appointed by the people the head of the com- to
orionwealth, and whose duty it i* to fee the laws at
thereof faithfully administered, fteks the mod piti- in
tul iubtcifuge to evade doing his duty, when the te
execution would tend to the d&rcrahung the views, ac
si.
V. c will fay nothing of his having sent cxprcfles, w
(at whose diarge we know not) tb ha ft en the re- jo
turn,, which were expected ro be on thc roadi w \
: { 'V> a \ n opinion that by tl.eVp,
' /r r r le , RUV " n ° rof Pe »»f>!vania was, fc
■ to feetheW faithfully adminirtered 'tl
wHnout tavpr or affection.
I We boast of a conttitution that carerul&4«| W , f^
thchne between th« execiitive, judiciary an<fles»if. ol
ative departments. A (lately fabric, goodly tc -H
00k upon, and which we may be allowed to thick ar
: highly of. la proportion to the juliice of our ef- tr
tima.ton '.hereof, we should every «. an
tempt nwde by aay of those p«weu t» «ro(i the di- en
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