The follow in r paragraphs are ftlefted. from Mr. Morgan's pamphlet on " the pre sent alarming state of the public finances." " After a fruitlefs struggle of four years, which has been signalized by a greater de ftruftion of human life aed property than ever before desolated the in the fame length of time, and when every principle is abandoned which we were firft. excited to defend, we are now called upon to renetv our exertions in a contest which holds forth no determinate to be attained, and offers no other profpexft of its conclusion, than ih the utter ruin of those resources by svhich it-is supported. The extravagance and the disasters which so eminently diftifi guifh this war, are not more fnrprifing than the torpid indifference with which they have been endured— an indifference which has not only injured but even difgraeed the na tion." " One of the pretended motives of this war, has been the defence and preservation of property ', and it must afford some confolati _on to the frieuds of differing humanity, to be assured, that if it be continued a little longer on the preficht system of expencfe, it will be the last war we shall eve.- have occa sion to wage on that account. It is but sel dom, I believe, that the reaHnterefts o£"a country derive much improvement or Sup port from war and taxation ; and if any at tack on our property was ever seriously me ditated in the pr«fent instance, we seem fa tally to have mistaken the quarter to which our defence should have been directed ; for while our efforts have been employed with various success against the ravages of our e neniies abroad,, they appear to have opposed a very feeble resistance to the depredations of our more formidable enemies at home." " The effects of the heavy inpofts upon wine are already felt in the diminished con sumption of that article. By a comparison of the imports of port wine in the half year ending the sth of July, 1795, and the half year ending July 5, 1796, it appears that the value of the wine imported was reduced from 383,5321. to 136,2291. By having recourse to such methods df providing for the interest of the public debts, the rriinffter seems to be more anxious about having a nominal tlian a real revenue. PARIS, July 20. COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED. Sitting of July 19. Paftoret complained to the council of an 'article which had been published in the Re dafteur, refpedtirtg the legislative bodies. The article is as follows:—" A fort of anarchy in the deliberations which ought to be the molt solemn ; unreasonable moti ons of order, the most fhameful prejudices and fuperftition£ defended and caressed from the tribune, when reason ought to have wielded against the arms of perfuafioh ; a lawless insubordination exctifed and encou raged, who would believe it? by the or gaifc even of these laws ; and the declarati on of a refufal to obey them, recognized as a motive for yielding to rebellion ; the faithful priests delivered over to derision and to vengeance, while the refraftory are un pimifhed and protected by the formal aits of the legislature ; the emigrants returning with the banished, are preparing to' arm the iedtaries in favor of the foreign enemy who supported them in their exile ; the finances occupying If fs attention thau bells; a re port ith errors, which seemed to hive exaggerated the disposable resources for the purpose of eluding the establishment of new resources, &c. 1 " Who will be surprised that we eon ' eeive unfavorable omens ? Ah ! though vo lumts have been written in recounting the tragical history of the calamities of the revolution, it will be ho less terrible a task to trace in perfpe£tive those which they are preparing for us. Tacitus used to fay, when speaking of the senators in the time of Tiberius, " tempore ilia adeo infe&a, Ut ortnes fenatores quicuncjue certatim ex furgerent faedaque et nimia conferent." These tiijies were so infe£ted with corrup tion, that all the senators were seized with a desire of delivering opinions as ridiculous as they we're vile. Thus, adds the histo rian, Tiberius used to cry every time that he went out of the senate, 0 homines ad fervitulem paritns ! Let us take care that the times of Tiberius do not return." " I (hall make no remarks upon the fore going," said Paftoret, " but move that a message be sent to the directory to require of it an account of the measures which have been taken to prosecute the author of this article."—Decreed. * Sitting of July 22. On the motion of Gitbert DefmolJeres, a project of a rtfolution refpey this day's Mail. NEW YORK, September 25. Copy of a letter from Capt. Sherry, of the ship Oneida, to eapt. Kemp, of the ship Faftor. Nantes, June 16, 1797. SIR, I take this opportunity of informing you of oilr capture, vis : On the 25th May, in lat. 49, 24, long. 12, 10, was brought to by the ship Fawn, a French privateer, mount ing 18 nine, and 2 twelve pouqders, and j men answerable. They took charge of us i without looking at our papers—exchanged ! men and officers, and convoyed us into Nantz ; but if fortune had favored us to have loft fight of her for one half hour, (he had been our own again. The day after I arrived at this place, the (hip Brifeis, of New York, Uound to Amfterdani, was brought in ; and fix dpys after, the ship Confedera cy, from India bound to Hambro' was bro't in also, and seVeral ships from Philadelphia Charleston, and other ports in America are here ; and there is no profpeft of either /hips or cargoes being cleared ; for, as faft as they try them they condemn them. Their , orders are, to take every American thev fall ! in with bound where they will, even if botund to France, and let the Americans be furnifh- I ed with all mid every paper that is requisite relative either to .ship or cargo, it avails nothing. Therefore you are very fortunate not to fall in with any of thofc infamous French robbers ; for so sure as you had, so ' sure France would have been your fate.— But fortune and good winds have favoured you, which I hope will always follow yoiK AH my passengers have got their passport's, and set off this day for England, by way of St. Maloes. Ny doubt before this time* you have heard of Capt. Haley's a eommiffioned officer in France, whicb i 6 the news in this place. I am, &f. , D. SHERRY. Capt. Kemp, of the ship Fattor. Tranjlatedfor the Daily Advertiser. PA RIS COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED. Sitting of the 14th Mcfiidor (July 12.) Several merchants of Nantes, denounsed the scandalous conduft of the Americans since the beginning of the'war. I have not read the whole document, an extraft of which you havejuft now heard, said Villiers, but I feel confident that it is such as to fix your opinion on the pretend ed motion of order made some time since by your colleague Paftoret : This is not the time to enter into a difcuflion on its merits j but it will be easy to prove that the directo ry had not only the right, but that it was in duty bound to aft at it has done. You cannot conceive how France hat fuffered since the war. The tribunals do not dare decide upon a multitude of cases now before - them. What cannot be contested by any one, is that the 25 or 30,000 vessels formerly em ployed in the trade of Great-Britain* are 1 ' Suddenly metamorpofed through the mod in famous machievalifm, into American vessels. I request that the denunciation be referred to a commission which shall report within three days. And I, said Bergevin, move the order of the day on the commitment for this reason, that nothing would tend more to obftruft the armaments now going on in our ports with the utmost aftivity, than such a mea sure. Lenormint Seconds the motion for the commitment but wishes it t0 be a special commission. The commission to whicl> was referred the motion of order of Paftoret, said Camil lus Jourdan, endeavours by every means in its power to procure all the information it can relative to the important duty with which it is charged- The document irt question may be of great use, and I'move it be referred to it. Adopted. r BOSTON, September 21. THE FHGAT» CONSTITUTION. Public notice having been given of the intended launch of this frigate, yeftcrday, an immense crowd .of people assembled, to view a scene, which promised, greatly, td fnte'reft their pride and feelings:—Much credit is due to the Agent, and othere, 111 the Navy-Yard, for the arrangements madei; they were certainly judicious, and difcoverl ed an anxiety to accommodate-; although innumerable fpe&ators were disappointed, as to the laiuieh, yet there is no fault to be attributed tc/ any one—the prudent precau tion used by the ConJlrußor, to preserve the constitution entire, and fend her fafely to her destined element, while it h?s retarded the completion of the launching, for a day or two, is by no means dishonora ble to him.—The public expedt, on Friday, to be gratified in beholding a handsome launch. We are authorised to assure the public, tnat preparations are making at Yard for completing the launching of the United States ship of war, constitution, To-Morrow, a{ one o'clock. the theatre. Was completely filled last Evening, and, as was expe&ed, the After-Piece of .the launch, received with the nioft enfhufiaf 'tic tokens of public approbation, ever echo ed in a Theatre; —it was indeed a new fpe cie3 of national drama, which has not been surpassed in dialogue, music, or 1 scenery. Mr- H'dgkinfon, ever industrious and judici ous, has, in the instance of producing this temporary piece, witnefled the liberality of a community who are not unmindful of his talents as an author, and who have long known and admired his spirit as an Adtor and Manager. FROM OUR PROVIDENCE CORRESPONDENT. " Tuesday, Sept. 19. " Last evening arrived in our river, the copper-bottomed (hip Providence, owned by Mess. Clarke and Nightingale, and comman ded by Capt; Thomas Ctlet, burthen about 1 jco tons, mounting about 20 gurt«, and 70 | men, from Batavia, but last from the Ille of ( France, which he left a 110 days ago la | den with Sugar, Coffee, Arrack, and Spi | ces. ! "On the 12 of April, off Java-Head, Capt. Coles,' spoke the fllip Eliza, Captain Barnard, from Boston, out 4 months and 2 days, bound from Batavia." I Mont]ay, Sept. 20. > "We are sorry to fay, that the contagi ,, ous diforder.heve, is by no means abated in its malignant symptoms.—Three people de ceafe'd yesterday, afld whole famih'es, in the quarter of the town where its rages, have felt its effefts. Several shops are (hut, and many people are removing. It is laid to have been brought by a veflel from ttie W. Indies, the Captain of which, fcavirig some cat tie die on board, unwisely tctok off their ; flcins, and, by aegleift, they became a mass ;of putridity. This is another proof that the yellow fever maybe generated in warm clim ates, by local causes; for, when the air be comes tainted, it is unfit for refpirafion, and ; progreflively infefts the whole mass of blood. We derive, however, some consolation, from its not rapidly spreading to different parts ' j of the town, though few efci»pe an attack, 1 in the houses contiguous to that were it was firft communicated. The Theatre was open for the last time, on Monday, when about a dozen only attended, the Manager thongßt it high time to close the scene, for the season. The inhabitants of Newport, begin to fear a communicatiou with this deToted town." RICHMOND, September 20. The following paragraph is the only printed information we have received relative jto the disease prevail^'Norfolk. " MefTrs. l " DEATH, prevailing difeaft}, ffometimes comes on Vithout much fever— r the patient walks aboirt, and even eats with his usual appetite, till the day before hq dies.- This should teacli the chizens to nej gleQ no indisposition, however trifling if may be, at the present mortal season, but to apply for medical aid as soon as pofTiblc. j. " CAUTION." Many circumflanccs combine to (hew that the complaint which unhappily exists in Norfolk, is (imilar, in all refpefts, to that which rages in Philadelphia.—Baltimore is also said to be infedted with the yellow fever. —We fee no late accounts in confirmation of that published a week or two ago, an nouncing the death of ten or twelve persons, daily, by this disorder, in Charleston, S. C. and we are now inclined to hope the infor nation was groundless. While we lament the calamities which have lately visited many sea-port towns up on the continent, we are happy in having it in our power to congratulate the inhabitants of Richmond, upon the state of health, which they at present enjoy, in so eminent a degree—and may it please the Supreme Ry ler- of the universe, long to extend to us, this greatest of earthly blelfings. V savannaTiTSepumter 1. On the 6th inft. arrived from New-York, in 9 days, the sloop Betsey, (a Staten Illand dispatch boat) captain Jones, on business of a private nature. Various are the reports and conjeflures, refpe&ing her arrival, as ihe is said to ha.ve brought but one letter. Died, on the 6th inft. captain Robert Phelan, of the brig Abigail, of Philadelphia, (a native of Ireland) after a short illness of 3 days. Last Saturday evening, a man by the name of Smith, belonging to the (hip Age noria, as he'was stepping into the. pilot boat, that lay along" fide, fell into the river and was drowned. «—■—!—.» mi.il.!,!. 11 mmm+m Xlj e PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, September a 6. CITY HOSPITAL REPORT, From thfi2sth to 25th Sept. in themorning. '— \ . Admitted, since last report, Richard Jones —N0.38, Plumb street. Mary Queen —No. 26, Shippen street. Guy Blakily—John McLaughlins, Pen ningtons Alley, between 4th and sth ftr. Edward Reilly—lß4, South Water street. Tabitha Walton— 47, Union street. Robert McCauley—McCleod's Front street, near the Rope Walks. Wm. McCrevey—l96, South 2d street. Francis Ward—jth below Walnut street. Theobald McMechic—fign Rattlesnake, Walnut street. Discharged since last Report. I James Field, admitted 14th inft. Rachael M'lntofh, 14th Elizabeth Adams, >ith Andre, a Spaniard, 2d Isaac Hoffman, 7th Eloped. Michael M'Faden, admitted 24th inft. Died since last report. wheiv admitted how long sick pre vious to acimillion. Law. Huddleftone, 23d. - 2 days John Chapman, 21ft 1 day* Wm. Hamilton, 23d 2 days Remaining last Report 57 Admitted since, 9 • V 66 Discharged { Eloped 1 Died 3 —— 9 n • •Us M f Cbnvalefcentsii") Remain inHofpital, j gick j- 57 Fire of whom are dangerous. , Interred in City Hospital burying ground since last report From the city andfuburbs 11 From the city hospital 3 Total 14 Stephen Girard, (Signed) Caleb Lownes, John Connelly. ( Published by order of the Board, Wm. MONTGOMERY, Chairman protcm. Total of Burials for 24 hours ending Sun day at noon. K Grown Persons. Children. Cbrift Church X o Second Presbyterian o I Third Presbyterian to St. Mary's Church 1 o Free X O German Lutheran to German Reformed I 6 Moravians I O Baptists I O City Hospital* It o Total 21 t * from the city and fuburlt. Total of burials for 24 hours, ending yefler r day at noon. , Christ Church I O' Third Presbyterian I o Scots Prefbyfirian I o St. Mary's Church 3 o Swedes 4 1 German Lutherean it o German Reformed • o 1 Methodists I Potter's Field 2 5 City Hospital* 14 0 y% 6 7 * Seven of theft from the city. No. HI. CO MAJtV NIDATION? From tie CowmiJ/ionert to the Governor. SIR, ON the firft instant, we commenced the duties alTigned us by law, of giving relief and employ ment to the indigent, occasioned by the existing calamity ; and from the above date to the 16th inclulive, in jnofecatiug the trust tepofed in Us, expended Dol'.s. Cts. j659 23 From the 16th to the 13d, relieved SJS pcrfens, generally with families 1 798 90 Paid for bread a; Do.to 639 men,for labor on the road,&c. 1133 4» Do for provision for those in the tents »c 64* Do. for Clerks', MelTengers' wages and stationary 46 54 Dolls. 5871 49 Besides there are sundry accounts not yet fettled. -By the above (lateraent you will perceive, that our expenditures at present amount to upwards of two thousand dollars per week; and canfequently the sum granted by the Legiflattue, will be expen ded by the last of next week- We are anxious that means may be provided that the poor and diftrefled (hall not be left destitute, when the fund under our care fltall be expended, and particularly we feel for the probable situation of thitfe men, who are now at work on the roads under our direction, molt of whom have families to provide for, fliould that source be cut off, be fore the return of our fellow-citizens, to find them othor employment, Far the early information of our fellow-citizens, wc IW.ll take the liberty to tranfnait a copy of this comir.nalratioH to the printer. By order of the Board. ROBERT WHARTON, Chairman. To T»d*a* Mwmt*, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Statichoufe, -Sept. 23, 1797. TWO CHARITr SERMONS Will be preached of. Sunday aext at the Calvinill Church, Germantown, for the re lief of the poor and diflreffed citizens of Phila delphia ; one in the morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. Dr. Blair, the othe< in the afternoon, at 4 .o'clock by the Rev. Mr. Assrcrombii. Surprising mortality. Diid—Laft evening, at the house of Job Whitall at Red Bank, his wife, son, grand son, and grandaughter, Sarah Whitall. Al so at the Farm adjoining, Rebecca Whitall, and a young woman who is said lately to have hft the city. In the fame neighbourhood, Benjamii) Whitall, another fori of the'firft named Job Whitall; and several other persons arc yet flck in those families. Upwards of twenty phyficiaus have fled the city since the beginning of the present epidemic. COMMVNICA T/ON. If to abandon the sick couch and the bed ef death be the extreme of inhumanity 5 and If a generous facrifice of all the comforts of life, a magnanimous contempt of danger, and a noble perseverance, to the last extremi ty, in administering relief to distressed ob je&s of disease and despair; can give exalted claims to the consideration and gratitude of the community, then is Dr. Dobeju, as well as Drs. Cor, Church and Pleasants, committee of phy sicians) most eminently entitled to the dis tinguished consideration of the citizens of Philadelphia. Henry William Dcfauflure, Esq. was lately ele&ed Injendant of the city of' Charlcfton, for the year ensuing. 03" " Plain Truth" To-morrow. GAZETTE MARINE LIST. New-Y©Ric, September 25. JKkiyßD. Days Brig Sally, HattoD, Liverpool 70 Schr. Lucy, Bailey, Bermuda 12 Sloop Riling Sun, Brooks, St. Bartholomew 22 Arrived schooner Lucy, capt. Bailey from Bermuda, which he left September 10th—brought in the crew of the fliip Andromache, from New York bound *to Jamaica, which was.taken the day after leaving the port, by the French schooner Lefpeigle,. capt. Le Barron or Barry, from Porto Rico, and sent to that port. Ihe fame schooner had taken three prizes in this truift, which is .the third she has made 00 oaf coast—This fame capt. Bmy, we are assured, has a wife in New Jersey i Boston, Septbmber 19, Arrived, fchr. Thomas, Drew, Trinidad, 25 days. September Jo, fchr. Waihirigton, Chad*, Grenada, 3$ days—nothing new. A (hip was seen in the outer harbour, on Tuesday, and again yesterday ; but owing to head winds, cotild not make up. L//f of lir/pls, prize/ at Ship Eliza, Turner, of Bolton, from London, veflel and cargo libelled) brig Nancy, Brown, of do. vessel and cargo con demned by the French consul j brig Ma ry, Burnham, of Boston, cargo condemned, veflel libelled ; brig Byfield, Kinsman, Bos ton, vefTtl and cargo libelled, brig Hack, Hall, of New-York, veflel and cargo con demned ; snow South Carolina, Andretvs, libelled by the French consul. , The Aftrea, Tinkham, from Liverpool, for New-York, is put intoCharlefton, dis masted. The (hip Wifcaffet, was spoke, 16 day* Out, f6r Greenock, in la't. 43, all well. The Caledonia; Hodge, was to fail from Liverpool, for New-York, Aug. 22 ; the Aligator, Harris, for Boston, Aug. 26 } the Packet, Trott, for do. sooner. Baltimore, Sept. 2s. Arrived, brig Chance, Turner, 33 day* from Cafie Francois. Schooner Governor Clinton, Patter, Philadelphia) 23 days froth St. Thomas's- Left (hips Maryland, of Baltimore j Ann and Mary, Superb, and Commerce, of, Phi ladelphia ; and a number of other Ameri cans,'whofe names are not recollefted. Artivd yeHerr!* , fchr. Hornet, capt Sanger, 16 day* from Port-de-Paix Capt. Sanger ha> obligingly favored us with the fol lowing 'lift of prizes taken into Port-de-Paix, from tbe id of June to thejth Setpt. '97. Belonging to Ship Two Sifters, Philadelphia Goddelt of Plenty, Chornfldes, do. Penelepe, Fischer, Charlefldn Brig , P ockwcll, Norfolk Defiance, Wifbey, Nathaniel, Young, Haverhill Rambler, Odlin, Philadelphia Harriot, Campbell, Baltimore Amelia, Houston, Philadelphia Snow Polly, Senkey, do. Schr. Harmony, Chafe, Norfolk Polly, Cole, Alexandria President, Hughes, ,J O . Kitty, Hyiham, do, Nancy, Dalton, Charlelton Yetman, Craje, Philadelphia Perseverance, Forreftst, do. Ardent, Lee, do. Lucy, Cheney, BoftoO Eliza, Poulfon, Baltimore Eagle, Demon, do. Eliza, Deverys, New-York Charlotte, Paderm, do. Lucy, Higgins, Boftoa Alciape,»ill, Philadelphia Hazard, Ycung, Boston Betsey, Rogers, Baltimore Balaheo, Ripley, Philadelphia Susannah, Webb, da. Dolphin, Cullcn, Baltimore Sloop Hawk, Langford, Rhode-Jfland President, , Philadelphia Rachel, Gilbert, Nevr.York Fox, Brookes, Charleftoo Norfoll, Sept. 18. Yesterday arrived inHampton-rcadsthe l'choo-. ner Peggy, eapt, W. Cowper, from Cape Fran, coif, which he left the ift September. Capt, Cowper informs that Santhonax failed on the •4th August, in a (hip of ai gum, supposed bound to France, and had a on board with hhn. General ToufKint has tlie chief command of the army arid had sent for Gen. Rigaud to thp Cape, where he was hourly expefled. Raimond and Leblanc have the chief civil authority. A prize Englift fchoonir wa» fitting out at the Cape to carry another deputa tion to France, and was to fail in a few day?. Capt. Cowper further informs, that about 40 ftil. of (Americans were laying at St. Ja go, 17 fail at Port-au-Paix, and 4 fail at Mente Christie, all of whom were waiting for trial. The brig Abigail, Anderfon, of thil port, was taken hetween the Mole and Cape May, outward bound to Jamaica, and ear* ried to gt. Jago. Sailed in company-» Brig Cleopatra, of Philadelphia bound to the Havanna. Left there—Brig Hannah, Haynes, froa Norfolk. Schr. Sally, Moffet, fro do. Schr. Eagle, Dolton, do. Brig Maria, Holmes, of Frederickfburg: and a number of northern .reffels. Spoke—On the 14th September, in la£. 34» 3°> 74» th* trig Chance, capt. I from the cape bound to Baltimore $ the drig had been ashore on the Caico's, but got off with the loss of two anchors, 1 cable, and 300 bags of coffee. %* A special Meeting of the felea aad common Councils of the Cityi of Philadelphia, is to be held at the Pennsylvania Hospital on Tuesday the 16th itift. at 9 o'clock in the morning on business of Importance, at which place it is hoped the members will at tend—the Hospital being clear of the prevailing fever. FRANCIS GURNEY, Prefideut • V of the fel<-