%& «ga?ette. PHI LA D E~L PH IA , EVENING, JULT 9 PRICES OF STOCKS. Philadelphia, Jul? 5* Eight. F« cent, par Six per Cent. . «/* W ? d Deferred 6 per Cent. 14j4 Three per Cert. „ B\NK United Statss, 15 advance. jKorth America, 44 t» 45 ®o Pcnnfylvania, 13 to 14 0 Infuran«e comp N. A. (hares 20 Pcnnfylvania, {hares, 17 to East-India Company oFN. A. 5 per cent, advance Land Warrant!, 30 dolU. rer 100 acr«. COURSE OF EXCHANGE On London, 5X at 30 days 50 at 6c 1 90 days Amsterdam, 35 » 37-I°= P er fi ° n " „ Hamburgh 3° *3* ' IO ° P er Mi " k " ChahlTas" will appear to-morrow. A letter received, at Baltimore, :rom a re fpe stable nierthant in Brar.es, mentions that the celebrated Lavater, ; id bsen taken -prisoner bv the French, and it wms feared, v.,nldbe gitfftotiiie#, in revenge for a ft, vere r.nd cutting, but jvft address which be foinetinie fines puUiflieti ugainft tbm. MIU i tNMO, IN the Aurora of Monday are the following Arguments against the 'Election of his, honor chief justice Mc'Kean. TJtimier a re; ablicaf! form of gavernrntnt, rotation in ojp.ee ought to be particularly observed. It mult be, in general, injurious to the puliicuitereft to retain men for Jong Periods in authoritative stations, becaufij the fiuni an mind is & prone to pride, to fond of and of tlie refpeft usually paid to of ficial character, thai it ■ is 'with difficulty, and with deep regret, that many persons re iigii their public fusions, after having long F > t ff-d tliem. Ambitious men are fond of pre-eminence', but are-not very ledulousto ac quire a fupcriority over their fellow-citizens by their personal virtues.—.Much art and address is generally made life of by luch cha raflers to acquire places of rank and confi dence ; pofleffiod ot which feeds their vani ty, and adds to their .ideas of- felf-corilpla-' cency. During a long incumbency, arro gance and insolence are acquired, and when the individual h6?ds hi- office from the ap pointment of one man, or only a few, he will be careful to please and to liatter them, and willing to act as aneeeffary too! for the pro motion of improper or base designs, while by flic people he is regarded as a haughty, overbearing despot. '! o retire to private life, to be melted down into the mass of the community, is always dreaded by the man who is enamoured with the charms of magis- tracy. But where officers are held for (lated peri od- only, and th? appointments...prohibited from being conftaptly the fame individuals"; the public are better served, and the duties annexed to important Rations more ably, and better dik barged. A spirit of emulation is. excited in a people where the public officers are stationary. The candidates are careful of their characters, and endeavour by their pitriotifm to procure the Suffrages of the • people—When eleftions are • annual, magis trates are generally active, and endeavour to shine while in office ; being regularly chan ged, they have not time to bo corrupted by bad habits, or to be tainted with the hautfur and pertinacity, so often the concomit ants of men too long in power. Under mon archies, all thivt 'ls attendant upon the lat ter are severely felt, and in vain deplored: But republicans ought to be aware of the dan ger and inconvenience of cot preferring the necelTary rotation of their national, munici pal jor other functionaries.' ■■■ ■ - To the Author of No. 5, addressed to the Managers of tke Alms House and House of Employ. " OH I that mine enemy would write a book," was a.piaus ejaculation and applies with double Force ayainfl you in every piece which the public has been favored with— but your No. 5 (No. 4 delerved no notice) exceeds them all in point of deception and error. So zealous have you been to expol'e men who have 110 interest in their office but the public weal, and who devote many pre cious hours (exclusive of'expence) to exe cute the duties impufed by law, that you really have di[covered to every intelligent mind the blacked Iteart that ever disgraced the bofo:n of a chriftian. First oir the profits of labor. " In 1757 the profits of the la ■j bor 0f.417 paupers was u ln 1759 the profits'of the la hor of 605 paupers was " Bui. against you on this count' £37s 3 W, wt a glm >urs discovery, for a busy .n:: , u'Jlii*ig'ioi , .l like yours : the transports of augels could not Ijave exceeded those which tins delightful " coniparifon" filled your bo i m. : £ti r : t' ll - ii.*'tranfpor.ts (hall not lafl long. I he greateftpleafure often produces the great . Jftt'-pail) : and now have at you. Again you fay, • In r -()'/ your unpaid ! . i'oi vvUicUorJfrs wsre.givcn, W In -j , unpaid fovwliitjvorders were given, f-Swr^V'4 9i N£% on both these comparative ftatcroents ypU hiwpitcjied. upon .the -raoft unfavorable pejffsi tfeft otcu-ried fi.nce the eftablifh •'ujlfciit' : S* In 1797 the ac.' counts fp' one year, andfrdni which you taHeil* £1319 0 7 J., was for the yeir preceding 25th March in t& uid year 1797 J terfum graces the one yearpreceding the ijth Match 1799. | The firft period therefore embraced a year , entirely vo.d of the calamities anddiladvan taifes which were experienced by the mana gers during the year 1798. *l»ch were alone Efficient for producing the d.fferenee stated above, exclude of the derangements which | the fever of , 797 product. Therefore the companion is onjaft ami unfair. In a stile uncommon for lurh wifeacwS as you appear to be, you jocularly tell us, that the forego ing is a fpecimeiv of modern times, and in place of throwing So me light on the tobjeft which von appear to make such a hanule of, von go to the manufaauring part of the bu siness, "ai d (hew to all the world that near 70 yeari ago this manuf*auring ou'.intfs be gan to decline, and with one eye you can discover a decrease in the articles manufac tured yearly, and every year llnce the y«ar , 770. To prove which I shall form a table and omit the jargon of nonsense which has no foundation or authenticity but your fay so. I mean your mats and points, and weav ing on hive, and sundry items of this kind which are unworthy notice. 'PP.'-"u, Ji Q s*l ft: & V« <*> 5 . £} 5 * a * < £ * £ a? I w I—' ec < r* prjjtq UMy -V(\ * r o suo " .i cc \o Q •*nw.. .1 $ so spunoj 1 ■ ' , trfi ~>o W- < r - r*» *"• •WPfrC' «- *- O •- *n "> ~ - • . * (i M ro « n n <- 1° '!° d - os o •tftuyjOK 1 oc ono o co oc. z» ' «*"> M N •■ ** To MBJ •■ . ; J i/ .v* —» - - . ■*" -' ." ' «. • o «AO <*> CO 2 o t r*Y QC> A s'Tf» , '(Jn jpmu UJUI*J p.nngofnu .g 7 t -ouiusurj \i*w •sUjcfnoj 'oasqiunfj Z1Z~? —o-^TTVPf^o 1 ~ [ ~ rr - «V■~ Thus by the foregoing statement it appears that as the number of paupers mcreafed, the quantity of articles manufactured decrcaled, for 4 to persons in the year 1776 .did not earn upon a nice calculation one tour.li as much as 2jo persons earned in 1770. (1 suppose you..was a ajanager in 1770) or elie you certainly would never have offered fucli a comparative statement. as this, to prove the declension of labour in the Alms-Houle, un der the present system : you Certainly was not in the pofleffion of common understand ing, when you brought this » comparison" forward, uplefs, indeed, your « mats and points and cloatbing for the Pennsylvan.a Hospital," was to csver the nakedneis ot your " comp'arifoii" and make up the lee Way of your drifting intent ; now, fir, or madam, or whatever you are, let me offer you a comparative statement; In 1770, when you In 1799» °' did more work than the present Managers you have ever don« had only been in four Tinifr, and which, by the FrTrr the bye, wants some- prevented their taking thing more than your upon them the duties bare aflertion,to prove of their office till No the faft, the.Mana?- vember in place of ers' were' permanent,' September ; the other and held their offices three ol the pre f; tit during plfafure.' Managers ,toak their 'feati at the board on ' the day after the date > ' •' of the accounts now io queOiOn were made up to. In 1770, more va- ■ In 17^, -by a late grant? than paupers-law,vigrants a "d luch were admitted,■betaufe -persons heretofore em thelawdefignated that ployed in the Alms as a proper place for Tfotife, -were sent to employing i'uch per- the' comtnon prison, . sons ; fiine tenths'of aiid irffinii old decrep whom are able to i* persons and -young work. childran were alone sdfmttcd to be proper objefts for the care of the w Guardians of the poor." Tn 1770,' two hun- In 1799, 1X un * dred and ninety per- died and five paupers sons were admitted to (not of the fame de the Alms-Houfe,whe'n fcriptioa'of persons as the population was you ignorantly aflert) about one fourth of but all of \hem poor, the present population needy, decrepid, in of the city, which firm persons, not one proves the great pro- in twenty able to do portion of idle persons the leafl work and sent in as vagrants, scarcely able tt> clean and who were capable their own apartments, of working. Upon the slightest examination of the foregoing comparisons, an-ihtelligent mind will readily d.ifcover that every thing is in fa vor of the present management. Little more than double the number of persons are now in the heufe than was in it during the year 1770, although the population of the city .has increased tour fold : and had not the calamity occasioned by the fever been expe rienced, I am convinced there would not have been more than is stated to have been in the house during the year 1770. I ihould be glad, however, to know why you flop ped at the year 1776, or indeed why you went so far back. If some deep, malignant design did not lurk at the bottom of your " well meant address," would you have gone farther b/.ck to I# for comparisons ".han the period when the law placed the institu tion upon its present footing ? As well might you have gone to theprifon and com- I pared the work of the hale, healthy, strong persons employed there, as to have made a compaiifcn between the manufaftures of 1770 and 1799. Such barefaced impositions as these w ill never answer. It requires well authenticated fatts to fhakethe humanity of the citizens of Philadelphia. Bold afiertions, equivocating, and perplexing comparisons will v not do : and, as I before observed, your drift is well understood by me ? and will very focti be understood by every person within | the city and diitrkls. Men governed l)y such principle-, as you poffi-£;, or at least ap. j pear to poUeft, it' I may judge _ frqtn your writings, outfit to be very cauuoas indeed. It is not the mnnber of piece* Which will produce conviftimi on the citizens pofleln ig the candor and f.irefij;ht of the people of Philadelphia ; and I am now firmly ot opin ion that had von fi-pped (fiort on the publi cation of No. I. your views would have been much better an) wired: but yc?u remind me of an old proverbs which is fully verifyed in you : " give a wav (I mean luch a one as you) rope enough and he will hang lvmfeli." i This I take for granted will be tlie "te, and ! as you have discovered so much treachery in your romparilon, and brought forward ftute ments upon such unfair grounds t flialt hence forth .hold it beneath me to pursue ycu fur ther ; under a well founded c*nvi£ion that the present managers, as well as those for some years back, have done evety tbii'g in their powei 1 for the public interelt, and that they will continue to do so 1 firmly believe. Therefore any thing which you can offer in future will be viewed, I trust, in the fame light which your conduct has from the lit it appeared to me, the' offspring ot a ma lignant, base inveteracy agaiuft every prin ciple of humanity and benevolence. r yy. o \ o o I d "8 8 O el vo v m |h «4>-« M \A *T - coyiMUNicA riox* Svjfex Court'yj New ferfey, July, 1799. YefteriJay, being the Anniversary of the ! Independence of the United States a rtf peaablecompan'v of Ladies and Gentlemen, from Eafton, Greenwich, Oxford furnace, and Belvidere, sffembled under an arbour upon the bank of the Pequeft—to commem orate that eventful day, and at the fame time to teftify, in the most unequivocal manner, their perse& approbation of the cxilling Laws and Government of the United states, as they refp«\ cr ' O r-r. -f 00 rfi ~0 CO O 0 CN <"J 'v, n CO c* (S M tl rt CV <" 11. The ijiernory of those brave, and vir tuous Men, who'fell in defence <#f our Na tional right 9. t2. May the principles of RATION AL. freedom be eftablilhed and fevered through out the union. 13. May the accufmg angel be vigiUnt, and the recording angel correft in handitig to infamy, tbe names of those who oppose, in any degree whatever the lawi of our Coun try. 14 The Army and Navy of the United Stares, —May they ever continue a Bul wark against those, who would build their greatnef , on theii country's ruin. 15 May every diforganizer be an Infur gente and where meet wilh a Truxton. 16. May the pure spirit which gavebirth to this day never degenerate. Toasts drank at New-Bn:ns%vick (N. J.) on tbi t\,tb of July. The American F?g!c, may hia talons ever teach the Gallic Cnck his proper diflance The Army and Navy of the United States. May our power explore every inlet of the habitable globe—our flag ride trium phant on every ocean—may impartiality wieW the sword of justice, and impetuosity tht sword gf war. Public spirit—while it roufe3 us in oppo sition ts foreign hostility, may it secure us again!! foreign intrigue. The nations of the earth—united by one common nature, may they feel but one com mon interest, the happiness of each other. When the implements of war are oecef fary to defend our Oourttrj's riglit6 or re sent her wrongs, may coolncfs take aim and courage draw the trigger. The American Navy—may its yearly in crease and success, be in geometrical propor tion.—3 aheers, The brave capt. Truxton of the Confte!- lation, his officers and crew—may the fame spirit and success inspire and atiend the whole American navy.— 3 cheers. Buonaparte and his army in Egypt —raay they be beaten to hard labour, and when tl.cy crmplain may the anfvrtr froin their talk mailer be, ye are idle.—6 chiers. The French fleet at fca—may it be fafety conduit d by an Englilh fcjuadron into a British port.—3 cheers. Ger,era's Pinckiwy and Marfl.all our late envoys to the land of..villainy and hypo en ly—miiy Ji; ir revere and reward thfir «ri?d wil'dew,, and incorruptible mte- s |,ty - ■ ■ . Timothy iV.kc/ing, WXtgrept reputhcan. Oliver VVofcot", that sagacious, iudefati ie, ar.d upright (inaneii r. Benjamin Stoddert, under his ikdful hands may our navy grow to be the bulwark ol our commerce and our flipres. Drank at I\i,\'GsroS, („V. J. j M,.y those vufcals in America, that oppose our happy government, be speedily tranlpoi tiil'to thtyr beloved France, and about their necks the mifa authority of thole phi j of liberty. Buonaparte and his plundering army— rriay the deiwl soon claim his cwn.in all falfe Mahometans. Mardial Suwarow—may- the old Ruffim bear crar.lh the monkies between h' s teeth. The American may our oaks rush to the main to defend those lands which they now adorn. The gallant Truxto'i, who only wants a fleet like Nf Hon, like him tobe-nile the Frogs. Our brate townfciHi), Tho'm ts fiogey, avd the other-commanders of our rjavy—may they soon dearths ocean of its pirates. (25a$eue £oarm %ifk. Port of Philadelphia, "ARRIVEtJ, Brifi Susannah, Mcd!in, Bona Vista Came up from the For;, Brk Fair American, L;ihhr~c, Jamaip% G LEAH ED, • Ship Terrific, Kingston, Port Republican S'u'th Carolina. G"rman, Charlelton Brig Morning Star, Kelly, Port Republican B tfey, Howard, do. Polly, Hend-rfon, C;.ps Francois Schr. Nancy, Daggct, Boftou Sloop Amity, Woodward, Portsmouth Brig Aurora, Phillips, From hence to St. John's, Porto Rico, was captured within five leagues and lent into that port, by a trance private saw a fail bearing towards us : at 9, proved to be an armed fchr. under Spanish colours, got under our walce and fired ft Ihot at us, which we readily returned, at ten htter ha ving exchanged leveral shot, hauled hii wind to the. southward, and half past ten left us. 9th ult. spoke the armed ship London Packet, Anderfon, of and from Baltimore, bound to Surinam, having on board captain Mitchell and crew of the fchr. Ann, belonging to Bal timore, that had foundered some time before at sea. 20th ult. spoke the fchr. Polly, War ner,of Wilmington,from Charlafton,bound to Barbados. L In th« Sulaonah came passenger, captain Boggs, of the ship Johanna, of this port. Capt. B. has rendered us the following lift of tefTels condemned 111 the ports cf France : Ship Accepted Mason, Delano, of Boston, condemned at Rochelle. Walhington, Foster. of Baltimore, do. J Rt>, Esquire. To which is prefixed, A POETICAL EPISTLE TQ.THE AUTHOR By an American Gentleman. [ln introducing this celebrated wofk to tile Gen tlemen and Ladies of America, f have endeavored to give it a drcfs proportioned to its ililllnguiftied merit, and to the thofe for whole amule ment and delight it is intended.. No cxpenc# hi.- keen spared ill th« publication; and I flatter myfell that the work does not yield, cithei in piper or print, to any one ever pu&liflaed in America - 1 His edition ha* an advantage *ver lonie'formtr ones, as it contains by way of no:«, the minor productions of the'authoi ; and, it has an a lvan t«j(e over every <>th a proof that there are cans who hive the taste to arimije, he justice to applasd, and the talents to rival the Geniuses of other nr.tions Some Copiw have f r n sent on to Mr aom eryiih. Maiden I.am*, A'no'Teri, alio to Mr, Hill, Baltimore, and to Mr. Yrurg, CteAfi**. Copies will be f-'i t 10 tylm arid etnsr places, as fuon ajoccaCons offer-] , any 38 Of the Sexto:*s ot'tiis diik'rfiit'Cni*T>Cfi?:3. of thc-nuiqb.er- of Funerals jit their v the 24 hours preceeding 12 o'cl.nfc, Jifiy •9- 1799- ' Christ Church, St. fctteits, St. Pauls ift Prcfbyteriaii Church, 3d do. < Scots Freibytemn, AfTociate Church, St. Mary's Church, Trinity Church, Friends, Free Quakers, Swedes C.hurclj^^^^^^^ German Lutheran, German Reformed Prcfbyterian, ■tytoravians, Methodists, Baptists, Oniverfaliftf, City Hoipital, days - 47 sHE A HI) REPORT Twenty Dollars Reward. DESERTED from the barracks at Reading, ifl the night of the sth July, 1799, the follow ing foMiers in the lith regiment in the fcrvice of the Tfnired States. • , 'lbemets Briiton Bcoib, a private, horn in ChelUr county, 25 years of age, ? feet 8 inches and 3 4 hfeh, darkcomplexiorf,brown eyes and long Mack ha r " hich he commonly wears tied c\qfc to hia head * y occupation a farmer ; he is a ftowt, good looking fellow, ar.d considerably marked with the fin all pox, is much to liquor, and very <\r tufive wlwn il* toxical cd'j lie w.as drefTad in full infantry uniform except bis hat—lt ia Ocp<<2jU-d that hi* dr f» as hi- 11-oi:- a plain round hat and a nym-u-r ol citizens' cloaths Also, Jama of Ar.t:in>,ili lr. laxj.'., j«rs of agrjf'fttt 7 V 4nd.l-i I 'gh, fair co^p.iiion,(hort " ferwn h*ir, hithca'S «1 ihin ftfugt'an 1 a vi-ty.: pl**fcr.t cWMr tenansc ; Vy occupation a_ farmer, »ndwSWr«ilid in full infai try umioini. : The above irewalrl and rc»foniUk >jponttsTtill be jvaiii to any ptrfon who (tall »pprch«hii aittt confine in anyg»al ( or *i «r fornkfeftr.- ' , Chedtt, . Silk Striped*l?anVen»»J f. • Ciflitnera, etefWtly -UFortea n» fm»R Wle»; WiWboreFaacjl, in' ' - x <•<>■ ; rerDUidoSergo, in ' * / Irotd 98y».i0 -4°' :oarf« Wooleiw in btfa , 02t1f42W. 1 Nails 4» 6,8 fpriga, clouts, clasp», ftieathir.g and (cupper Sheet copper and copper bottoms heathinc paper fellow «cht e in caflc* ' Aftrurikjr iiF'i i fli|m(nk r^. Loodon tttf ttariar & !n<4U ntfletl w Madeira wine „ '■ j Jfcs|®iP^ 3 TOLL'.N out o the ftalile of tlie fuhlcrihtr, O 'tie 30th of March lal* a Dark Chefnut Sorrel Horse. Said horse has attar and blaz. r ; li< ye. r- c'd this spring, fifteen and an halt haiids high ; both hind legs white halfway to his knee, brant ded P B : Ihe fame night there were » fa.idle and bridle flolen out of another liable 5 luppof-d by Michael Gubbv.as the laid MichsrlGutby was taken on the third iuft. with the laid fiddle and bridle, and had exchanged t lie horse for a dark brown mare, about 14 an ! a half hands high i (he has a liar, and white spot on the near fide of her jaw, above the bit l.as the difiem per i and in good order } the i iid Gul by made hi? tfiape the f-me evening I'the owner of the mare has the horse, ami will bring him home tothe ftsbferiber, he taall ha> e il-efaid man and fifteen dollars C.ft, and if he ftc.res the thief in Ne* Cattle Jail, he Ihall far e .tilled to tilteen dollars tfirhim—any < tiier pi 1 >r. or per fonj taking up said horle ana thie', -nd bringing the horse to the lubfcriher, and leetir ing the,thief, as aforefaid, shall be entitled to the above reward, and reasonable charges, or fifteen doll>rs for either ol ihern JOSHUA JACKSON. Wilrtiington, April 15 (Jy-9) iV/INTS A PLACE, As a Seamflrefs or Child's jVTaid^ IN a frnal' family, who a e goirg to th c iuntry, a YOUNG WOMAN, who ran b 4 wll re ommended, and who hit iearnt th Mantua Maker's btifinrfs. Enquire next dto" o No. 193, Arch-street. r July 6 eo6t CANAL OFFICE, June, 799' A MEETING cf the StoMvUcn of the Delaware ani SctiytliirCanal Navigation will he hrM on in tV.e Evening *t the Canal Office. By order of the .Pnffictent. GF.OKGK IVuRkAL, Set'ry to £>ela\yare 3nd SchuylVill Canal Company • ■jane 29' aawtmn OFFICE No. 14 ChifnutJhect, or No. 25 Archjlreet, . TOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE Commission Business, Transacted Extensively. MO^EYADVANCED, On go6d Piper, -on ' M crtgagej ««d Merehjn. Alfoi Pwchafif* Mil Bt JjfUXS »»* tf j '>'<)• s V 0 •'V" "• o si o " " i> •- •; o • it cjifti •* [and 1 a ■ 0 '' ■ 5 o o v, « . iterian, o 0 t».'' '& 1 cb il/i. V •» ■ '»(■ <*k- k eoJtf