House would be readily bro't to agree to Rich a sys tem. Ht only role, however, then to notice what ha ' fallen from the ?eiuic..ien from N. York and S.Caro lina (Mr. Gilbert »nd Mr. Harper) who had wilhed to have the detail upon which the principle before them to be carried into effect. He thought they (hould fiflt decide upon tlie principle, whether they fhoukl resort to a power, which had never yet been resorted to, of railing revenue ;in fa<s), whether a plan of di reil or indirect laxesthould l)e puri'ued. The dceifion upon this quellion, he said (hould have no allulion to the manner of effe<3ing it ; because, if the committee of the whole did not think it neceflary at this time to go into a fyitem of dirtfl taxation at aJI, they would lit determine, and a plan of indiretf taxation ought immediately to be conlideied. He was therefore far from willing the resolution to be fefu back to j the committee of ways and means to have ilie bulinels ' detailed; he would have the abftrajt principle firft de cided upnVj D. hoped the lentiments of gentle men would be fully given upon this fubjetl ; for his own part, if he heard no stronger arguments in favour of the plan than had been offered, he (hould certainly be opposed to it. Mr. W. Smith thought the gentleman last up had placed the fubje<a on its proper ground. The principle ought certainly to be firit decided upon. It was ac knowledged on all hands, Mr S. said, that there was a deficiency of revenue ; gentlemen who were opposed to, this plan, fliould therefore substitute some other] in its place, since reveilue mult be had. It was a good parliamentary rule, that when a member opposed an object proposed tor revenue, he (hould propose a sub stitute. It was ealy, he said, to object to a thing. He disliked dxe<f\ taxation himfelf, but since there appear ed no other way of raifmg fufficiently ample funds, he saw the neceflity of fixing upon this. If gentlemen would propose any other mode of raifmg the money wanted, lie /hould be glad to eonfider it. He thought at any rate, they (hould then determine upon the prin ciple before any further Iteps were liken in preparing any plan ; and, if it fhonld appear to be the opinion ot a majority of the Honfe that, under no conlideration whatever, a fyflera of dire<st taxation (hould be adopt ed, there would bean end'ofthe biifinefb & they must immediately turn their attention to for»e other way of railing the money requiied ; for his part, he was afrai'l if they palled over from diredl to indirect tacts they (hould not cone to any fhinj; effectual. Mr. Williams was of opinion with the gentleman from New-Jerl'ey, (the Speaker) that the principle - 4 fliould then l.e determined upon ; iiecaufe to lento the I resolution back, in order to have apian digested, if it J fliould evenually be rejeiled, would be an unnecefTary walte of time. He wilheH gentlemen from every state would make their observations upon the fubjedl, in or der that they might determine whether some belter plan could not be adopted. He thought every fneans I of indirect taxation (hould be exhausted, before direst taxes (hould'be resorted to. Mr, VV» said he did not think with the gentleman from Pennsylvania ( Mr. Swanwick) that the landed interefi did not pay their proportion of the present tax es. The confunters, it was allowed, were th# payers of taxes ; and until that gcntltman proved that farrrt t ers did not consume taxable articles, he must not fay they did not bear their pioportion of the public bur dens. It was well observed that our present revenue sys tem was liable to he deranged by other nations; but perhaps it might be poflible to adopt some other lyf tem, which Ihould be more certain, without having reference to dire£l taies. He could wi(h mercantile gentlemen would forbear throwing out insinuations that the landed interest did not pay their quota of the public txpences ; be believed they were unbounded, and he was certain they could have no jroodeffc<£l. For lhe present, he fliould wilh the committee to rife, and hoped gentlemen would come forward another day, with their observations on this fuh jeft, that they might fee if iliey could not hit up on some plan of raifmg the neceflary supplies, with out going into the plan of direA taxation. The committee rose end hid leave to lit again. REFLECTIONS on AN INVASION. [Extrafltdfrom the Ami des Leis and the Redafleu .J Marfha! S xe, who never loft fight of the exam ple of Catthage, remarked one day to Louis XV. »nd his minister, '! that England was only to be conquered in London fend it mtlll be acknow ledged that the marshal's opinion on political and military fubjefts wai of great weight and autho rity. The most effedhial mode of unmasking the per fidious, and convincing he fccpticil, is to present them with acknowledged fa£ts. From a reference to the ar.nals of hiflory, it appears tha' in the in terval frum (he reign of Edgar in the tenth cefituiy to prince Edward, eldefl son of the I'ietendei, 25 *hvalifn« have been attempted at diffetrnt periods on England, of which ten have been completely fuectfsful ; auii though the other debaikations were not attended with ultimate success, yet the I major part of them were produ£tive of advantages. It is to be remaiked, that the greater part ofthefe tnterprifes were partial and negative ; that several of the print e» and favertigns, under vvhofe auspices they were undertaken, were destitute of (hips and troops ; and that circurollances, 011 the other hand, lince the union of Belgium and the emancipation of Holland, furnifh Kranee alone with such (ormida Kle mears of attack aed defence, that the powet of 1 England mnil be annihilated on the event of an invalid. ' , If admiral d'Orvilliers i* 1781, with 66 (hips of the linr, acqnircd the dominion of the ocean, I and obliged the Enghfh fleet (hame'ully to retire ' to their ports, v.htch would have been bombarded ' and dcftri.ycd, together wilh the (hips, but (or the * perfidy of the court, and the known treason of certain individuals who speculated at that epoch t- Upon a future revolution j yhat cannot be done by h a French admiral when h« (hall hate affcmbled in the diffeient ports of Frai-ce and Holland 12$ (hips of the line, flat-bottomed boats and tran(par>s; when there (hall be besides an army of 80,000 men f| in Biitanny and 40,000 in Holland to fec®nd such t , an enterprize ? To this must be added the number fa of malcontents, innovators, Grangers, and emtfTaries from certain foreign powers, as well as the hope ef v a convirlfton in Iteland. Yes, fellow-citizens, I w fay and repeat it, peace is in your hands, if you know how to profit of the moment, to ttnite all yaur force, and to attack the Englilh at all points, dj I will fay more, if Pitt fees the reality M »of your preparations, he will not certainly expose j 0 himfelf to the fatal lot which is teferved for hrm, »nd he will hasten to demand peace from yon at any a< 1 rice. The eloquent speech of the honorable Fox E raves1 boch the ftta and the fecblcncfi ef the Eng & mini iter. ai • 1 |tf- St-veral defeents on England have formerly beet) 1 ' fuccefsful, although attempted with feeble means ; :ie .ailtire ot some others is to be accounted for n lather by the badness of the manoeuvres and the weakuefs of the aflailants, than by any other cause, i t ; which inspire fears far the fuceefs of an en c<i ierpriz.*, which mijht be supported by the whole li- force of all the maritime powers, and by 80 or n> 100,000 men t0 It mult be remarked besides, that there is a great difference Kemeen the present war of liberty and j tl former party wars The embassy of the Eaglifh ht . tninifter, whose real object is known, ought not to re tufpend the labors of the government on this head to —prudence does riot permit us to give, at this ma ,s ment, other details ; but we invite th* Diredtory e " to infpeft the charts and fubfime plan of the late j Count de Btoglio, who died ij years ago at Ro- Jr chelle ; the wifdorn ef the government will enable |y them to make such alterations as the circumftancei of the times render neceflary. [[.on. Courier.] id ' c a Philadelphia, d j ' FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY j, 1797. n 'e STOCKS. r- Six par Cent. - - .... I(^4 ie Three per Cent. ------ - j/5 n 4 1 per Cent. - - y oer Cent. - -- -- ... it Deferred Six per Cent. .... 12/4 i- BANK United States, ... liperct g Pdiinfylvania, ... . 13 do. —— North \merica, .... 40 do, n (nfurancc Oomp. N. A. (hares, - nj per et. Pentifylv par COURSI-. OF EXCHANGE. On London, at 36 days, 6j l-t s at 60 days, 6a , at 90 days, S7 Amfttrdani, 60 days, per guilder. 40 1 90 days, 4J 5 In the Afternoon of Sunday next, a dilcourfe will be ' delivered iu St. Paul's Church, referring lo the late 1 melancholy events by fire at Mr. Andrew Broivn'j. : ' gy A "slated meeting of the Phifofopliical Society wil' r be held at their Mall at 6 e'clock I'his Evening, s ' The night before lafl a young man by the name of Joseph Lowrey. fell from the upper part of a Houi'e in ' South Secrnd-Sreet, and broke one of his legs and one ' of his aims. He wis carried to the hospital, and ap ' pears to be in a fair way of recovery. F«r the Gazette or the United Statis. r NEW THEATRE. ON WEDNESDAY ite historical play of Co'.um t bus, or 1 World Difcoveted, was performed for the - second time, to 1 most crowded audience. ; The managers are entitled to. great praise for bring : ing forward this play in such a grand (tile as hey have 1 done. The (c«nery, &c. does high honor to the res • peitive artists who executed them : no expence, or ex , ertion, seems to have been wanting to make the proces sions pageants, &c. worthy of observation ; and we ; dott'fmot t»U 1 the Irouole of the manager* will tie am ) ply repaid by having a crowded house every night it is performed. Mr. Cooper's Columbus was a very chaste piece of ailing: he has been censured for over ailing ; but we • observe that his performance is improv«d in this particular, and we doubt not, but in a Ihort rime, . he will be considered as an actor of tbe firft reputation, at leaf! his performances fairly promise it. Mr. Moreton played the feeling, gallant Alonzo with Ereat sensibility The admirers of this gentleman (anil ] w« confefs ourselves to be of that number) have obser ved with pleasure the rapid improvements that he has - made within these two years, and we are of opinion . that his performance this I'eafon, furpafTes all hn for t mer exhibitions : the exquisite adting of mrs. Merry probahly has called f i rth some of that dormant genius j that before had dept. We notice that he is p | ay . to mrs. Merry's Belvideta, and we doubt not ' but Ins performance will be excellent. It was general ly acknowledged, that he failed in that character two • years ago ; but thoTe who crnfured hi. performance t ought to have been informed, that his failure was not ; owing to his want of genius, hut want <>f fludv, «" . the tragedy never was rehearsed : this was%fufTicient t apology foj^him. ■ n M ,'' loX ,' B entit,ed to P rlire fer hia performance of ' Koldan. e are happy to .-bfcrve that he di<j not this evening pay more attention to the audience than to his pan, as he sometimes does. An aitor ought not to 1 appear eonfcious ot the company of the andience . I rn.l, h ur. to keep his eyes upon them during the per formance : tis an odious habit, and we fl-iter ourselves , hi has leen it so, and will pra£tire it no more Mr. Wignell was iisdeed the vociferous, brave, eood hearted Englllhman, in Harry Heibert : we have never ! 1 iceii him play more nataraliy. i A ." thofc wil ° have fce " mr - Harwood perform Dr ' Lenitive, &c. will give us credit when we afifure them ■ that in Dr. Dolores he was ex.ellent. His perform- I anee, in company with that lacetinas aaor mr Francis ' ■ in the character of Biibon, set the whole house in a ! roar. , ] Mr. Warren was very refpeflable in Orozimbo, as • was also mr. L tftrange in Solali o. We are confident that the deep attestion' that was ] paid to the performance of the charming mrs. Merrv mult have been more flattering to her than tK loudest ' plaudits that could have been beftowsd ; for our own ' part We must confefs, that while (he was playing Cora 1 we forgot we were in a theatre ;we forgot the accom ( phfhed adtrefs, and beheld only the charming Indian I maid that was to b* devoted to the facrifice. In short her aflmg was so truly excelient, that it could defy the fevcreft c riticifm. ' Mrs. Francis was very lively and spirited in Nelti • * we have faldom seen her perform with greater ease thaa 0 (he did on Wednesday. Her coquetry as imitated v from the defeription given her by Harry Herbert was fl truly diverting, and seemed to give the audien.e entire o fatisfaclion. We ourselves confefs that it is more giatifyine to view ladies as fair as the graces, than India,, women ! without anjrof the feminine graces that adorn the En ropean beauties; but we would «(k if it is natural ? n Ought net the ladies to have exhibited at lead in their w diajfs some affinity to the Indian customs ? 'Tis true the C d??(s of mrs. Francis was charatftereftie, but if ma a Merry had left out the golden itar that adorn'd her bo- k. lorn, fhc might have u<fled Sophia in the " Road to Kuin," &c. &c. and the dress would have been more adapted for tbeir representation then that of Cora. The only .apology we have to offer for the length of m of this criticism is } that ths performance of so celebra- 01 ted a play as Columbus ought io be entitled to some *t nonet, and wuie paattulariy fj, when at the fame si / trn we endeavor to express our approbation of the liberal!- , . ty and taste ot the managers, together with th e merite t»r rlo ! J ' exertions of the performers in its representation 'e OCCAS IONA.L PROLOGUE n ] To the Play of, COLUMBUS. le Spoken by Mr- Wignell at tbe New-Theatre, To night our fcettic fi<s\ion fhsll di'play The earl left dawn of that eventful day, at t 1 e u firft the bold Columbus hither brought Thelparksof reason and the germ of thought. , True to hispurpole, emulous to bless, (h He forni'd a chart of human happinejt ; A n<l obedienue to what heaven delign'd, ,d Gave a new world in mercy to mankind. } 1 lien ( urope's worthielt sons in clans appear'd, And (haied the bounties of this land rever'dt Rescued from pride, severity and itnfe, At once a nation Jlarteri into life; '' Admiring nature trlumph'd to behold ie An in'ant Phoenix rising from the old. IS Yet lingering evil still their peace deftroy'd, And evVy folate was but halfenjoy'd, For in (hole aues, fuptrftitron dire, R Shook her red torch with unrelenting if.e, Wiehled her horrid axe, and at each b!o\*, Laid in the dust fomc struggling virtue low ; Till liberty, majeftie angel ! came, T'o charm, to rouze, to feften, and reclaim j She ehas.'cf the dreadful demon from her fight, And poured on all a vivifying light; Raised hcrceleftial Itandard high and swore Here (he would live, till time (hould be no more. " The rigid law of unities—the bard, " In this night's drama ventures to discard ; "If here he errs—he errs with hun, » hose namt, " Stands without rival in the rellxif fame ; " Him—whi.m the passions own with one accord :t " Their great dilator—and delpotic lord ! " Who plac'd aloft on intpiration's throne " Made fancy's magic kingdom—all liit own, " Burst rroin the trammels which his muse canfin'd " And pour'd the wealth of his exhaultlefc mind : " 1 hough Shakelpeart's flight no mortal may purfwe. " Yet (hall our theme, when patronized by you, " To,preat Columbus' fame—bid time be jnft, " And his own world, yield laurels for his bust. The lines marked by inverted commas are from the original prologue, spoken in London. - ABSALOM. The cbsrafter of thit young man, notwithftand injr his affability, it as difagrceable to meat it wat 1 to Joab. 1 hat« a diforganizer, if his person be ever lo goodly, or hit hair ever so loug. But if Abfalam kad been a Frenchman ar.d polled his lux f urialit locks, it would not have saved him ; there : would have been his head left for a clip of the guil lotine. After the flulh of popularity is over, a Jacobin Jew and a Jacobin Marat fufTer alike, and prove the madneft of revelution. Alifalom wat a man of the people ; and it may be easily imagined tliat the fifty men, who run before him, were all good Patriots. (Eajiern paper.) From the Farmer's Wsbult Museum. " For the workmen is worthy of his meat." TF there be such a personage as Truth, this as fertinn certainly belongs to her family, for what can be more just, than tl>ar a vintager (hould eat fonric at lea(t us those grapes, which he had planted and watered. But, judging from the pra&ice of the world, at ihe piefei't tinw, ouc w>>u!d think my text was grown oLfolete and that its principle was unrecog nized. In the (hamhlet there is always meat e nouj;h, hut how little is bestowed U| on workmen ? P;ir»lites, buffoons, fiddlers, equeftriant, French philofophert and fpeculatort gormandize ; but • I fee Merit, that excellent workman that needeth not to as lank and as lean, as my old tabby cat, who hat bad nothing t» eat but chuteh mice for a year. 1 hough 1 am not fainted a brother, bv any legi timate paifoM, and belong to no miniilerial affbeia tion on earth, yet 1 cherish great tefpect, and feel a cordial regard for the established cler«y. I consi der tliem, with few exceptions, as faithful work men ; they make us monl, they inllruft our yo»th, they lead sober and peacesble lives, " Along the cool,.fequeftcred vale of life, ( ' c "1 hey keep the noiseless tenor of their way." They are wife, ihey are amiable men. I wish 1 could speak half so fervently in praise of a.iother learned profeffion. But, though they are ignorant of foolifh questions and " drivings about the la<w," thej underlland perfe&ly the great lules of life. Such men, therefore, are worthy of their meat, and (hould be liberally provided. They labour much, few mea labor nnore ; they are compelled to exercise not only the head, but the hands. The private farm as well as the goipel vineyard claims I their eare. When the drudgery of the year it done ; when nurrerotis sermons have been com posed, and numerous lick chambers visited, when j they have been in watchings and weaiintfg often, 1 what meat wiil the benevolence of a pari Hi bestow ? Verily a morsel. A beggarly pittance called a fa- Wy, and that pittance scantily and grudgingly paid. —When I visit a village covcied with (lores and fhsps, and cultivated by opulent farmers when 1 hear the inhabitants boall of their tlourifhing «ir enmftances, and recount how many bulhels of wheat they threftied lafl year, and how well it fold, If 1 (hould be informed that theii parson's annual sti pend is bat sixty pounds, in despite u( all their beaded ricfies and oltentetion 1 (hould think them unvvouhy to enter a church. If I (hould repair to any place, where mca con gregate and describe to them one, who, in an hour of jeopardy had quilted his hearth, travelled many weartfome miles, been cxpofed to sickly air, been (hot at for hours, and frequently without a crust or a draught to fupplj the wade of nature : If I (hould add that all this peril was fudaineii that we j at home Blight live in fecurily, n«i one of my au c dteace, pro', ided fpeculatort and blood-fuckers were 1 not of the number, would deny that the eldSol'dier was a worthy Workman. But where is his meat ? Oh, my good Sir, do not propose that queltion in a Republic ; you know that a Republic it never 1 bounteous. Belifariufes q/i for thtir obolus here, 1 as well as at But here the business ends. v They receive in Great Britain and elsewhere. You ' might as soon expefi moderation in a Frenchman. ' or knowledge of the Belles Lettres in a couutty 1 attorney, at (hat a commonwealth (honld be urate- I fttL The LAY P.tEACHER. '■ ' Front a late paper. 0 Mr. Burke, still retaining his hatred to the nei* " order of things in France, has determined to pub. !ijh immediately hi* lettert> en a regicidepeace, which are now advertifcd. A« soon as the advertisement appeared of our modern Don Quixote's new pamphlet, an »xp>e(s wat sent off to Dr. Willis. The answer was, that he does not undertake any cafe which belds out r:» prufpeft of a cure ! We are informed that the mod aoble the duke of Northunnbcrland) in 41l the new icfcfet he now grants to his tenants on large farms, makes a refnve of the cottages, which he now lets lo the induf tiieus labouiert, and to each of them adds fufficient ground for the support of a cow, aid the growth of a neceflary quantity of potatoes for the fuppo't of their families ; thereby rendering the labourer iu dependent of the opulent farmer, and affbrdirtg them an opportunity of bringing the fruits of hit labour to a fair market. It has been too much the custom of this country to include the cottages io the general lease of the farm, and thereby keep the induftrions labourer pcrfeAly independent on the farmer. We canaot help recommending to tke confederation, and consequent imitation, of all great landholders, the llluftriout example of that truly patriotic nobleman, of whose very liberal and philanthropic principles we are frequently fupplicd with new and abundant proofs. The hydrophobia si me lime Itnce appeared a mongst the hounds of Colonel Rolleftou neat Rof crea ; one of them bit ad aft, which almost imioe diate became mad, and after bitiagr a very fine' mare, daflied itfelf againtt a wall, ljywhich.it wat destroyed. The infeAion communicated to the mare, was not less rapid in its progress ; the ani mal became univerfaliy convulsed, bit at every thing, . and after running furioufly about, sprung into & river covered with sedge, wkrre several persons, ig norant of the cause, ran to affill her, but fmm whence (he got out without biting any of the pe«. 1 pie, and with * madness scarce conceivable, plung ed iatu a pit, where die was dashed to pieces. Soon as the infection became visible among!! the hounds, Colonel Rulleflon had them tied up Separately, where those diseased refufed food, and at Silt ap -1 peared wholly occupied in catching flies. In a tew ■ days the disorder eairied off 21 of the dogs, when it was intimated that ribwottb, or rib grass, would prevent and eure the disease. Actable fpoorful of the juice wag immediately adminiflered to each do-r and repeated mornings and evenings, befideg a good dtal chopped in their food j and though feme of tli m appeared to be inferred, five weeks had elapsed without the loft of a single dog, all of whom appear to be perfe&ly re-ellablifhed. WILMINGTON, (N. C.) Jan. n. On Friday last the Court for the trial of three of the crew French privateer La for the murder of an Ameiican sailor, adjourned ; the Jury having on Thursday brought in their ver di£l —Not guilty. '"Capt. Stephen Cormiek, in the fckoooer kark Anthony, arrived here on Fridty last, in 8 dayt fium New Providence, informs, thai whi.e he lay there the Britifhcruifers brought in from 12 to 14 valuable Spanilb prixet, which were condemned / and fold. CAZETTt or T*l UNITED STHTMS MARINE LIST. Phi!detpbia, February j. The (hips Sampson, and Hare from Loadun t are hourly expefled at New-York—they were t* fail about lit December. The fchr Expedition from this port to Falmouth put into Martinique in diftreft, xift December . Ship Fidelity, of Baltimore from Hamburgh, it also arrived at Martinique in diltiefs. The fl»ip Ganges of Boston it captured and fsnt into Fort Jloyal, Martinique,— the Grand Turk of New-Yotk it also taken and sent int« St. Kitt't, Dec. 28th, both from the Isle of France. Capt. Crane arrived forae da\s lince, brings the above account. A large (hip and schooner were seen at Reedy Island, yesterday morning, coming up the bay. Ten fail of inward bound veflelt were at the island, among theitt ibe Columbia, Mason* from Amftsrdam. Tbe Fajlern Mail it not arrived. 50 Dollari Reward. LOST, last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as the subscriber was going to his house at the Fall* of Schuylkill, from the house of hit father-in-law, Mr. Frsncu Stewart, in Stigar-aliey, between Sixth and Se venth-streets, above Market-street, A black POCKET-BOOK* Containing 1190 Dollars, in Bank-Notes From 5 to too Dollars each, One of which was of the Branch-Bank of New-York, and several papers, such as receipts and orders.-Lfhe* road the subscriber fook, was the Falls road, trolling at the Upper Ferry. Whoever finds the above Pocket-Book, and returns it tq the subscriber at the Falls, or to his father-in-law, mr. Stewart, living in Sugar Alley, lhall be entitled to the above reward, paid by JAMES HAFFY. F«h- 3- §• Philadelphia £nd Lancaster Turnpike Company, January 6, 1797. At a meeting of the President and Managers, a di vidend of five dollars per (hare, was declared for the last half year, which will be paid ft) the Stockholders, or tlteir representatives any time after the »1 ft of thia month. TENCH FRANCIS, Treasurer. J 4 "* ia\*4w T THE SUBSCRIBER ~. WISHES to afcertaia, whether acertaiu edwaUd NEVILL, by trade a Stone-Cutter, or Brick-Layer, who quitted Ireland i*i 1783, or 1784, and came into this Country, ('tis supposed to Philadelphia) about four years since, be living or dead. As this intelli gence is of thehigheft importance, it will be thankful ly received, by GEO. DAVIS, No. jlj, High-llroet Dtctrabcrjx. w&f*«u
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