[No. 24, of Vol. IV.] PRICE CURRENT. DUt. cts. mis. cu. r v , Oil, Ditto 1 pr. cafe. 2so quantity, Dol LARs .00 Cents each. Sweeti f eftiirij ; itoi p r . hwt 10 L PHILADELPHIA, August 22. Ditto balkets, 12 bottles 5 ■ • - —Spermaceti pr. ,gall» 48 Dlls.Cts. Dlls.Cts. Train 24 27 1 ANCHORS pr.lb. 7 8 Whaie 24 26 Allum, Englilh, pr.cwt. 373 4 Porte> - pr . calk, 533 Ditto, Roch pr. lb. ~ Lo P d doz «33 Allies, pot, per ton, 90 ,00 Amcncan d tto bot.incl. . 4 ,6o *~ >37 '4° Pitch, pr. bbl. .73 Arrack pr. gall. 1 33 j 67 Porkj Burll ngtou, per barrel, it 11 33 Brandy, common, i 20 Lower county 10 Coniac 1 26 2 33 Carolina g Brazilctto,pr. ton. 32 34 Peas, Albany pr. buftiel 73 Bricks, pr. M. 5 7 Pepper, pr. lb. 37 Bread, (hip, pr. cwt. 1 67 2 Pimento 16 Ditto, pilot 3 67 Raifms, best, pr. keg 9 Ditto, (mall-water, per keg 36 40 Ditto pr.iar 25a Beer, American, in bottles, Ditto „J b Pr-doz. bottles included, >4° K,ce pr.cwt. 2,50 t67 1 opr. arre , 467 0n p r . Cartel 233 267 Boards Cedar pr. M feet, 16 T • ~ . q .New England ~ R»™, J»m..c., pr. gallon ..8 .22 • « q w I"" « ...... y Windward 83 Merchantable pine 10 ,7 Barbados 83 °'r Country, N. E, 67 Mahogany, per toot 10 The above are the (hallop prices, alt petre, pr. cwt. 13 33 14 r s i jj r j 1 jailafraS pr. ton 6 8 fort ne yard price, add 1 dol- shot P d; la, 33 cents per ,000. Steel, German pr.lb. 4 9 Brimstone in rolls, pr.cwt. Englifh,bliftered, pr. cwt. 10 Beef, Hofton, per barrel y - —-American pr. ton .13 33 Country ditto 6 7 -Crowley's pr. faggot 10 67 — Fresh, per cwt. 333 467 Snake root pr. lb. 20 42 Butter pr.lb. .6 Soap, Brown per lb. 6 ,n kegj 9 10 White 8 Candles, Sperm, pr.lb. Castile 11 Wax ,6 Starch 7 Myrtle Wax , Snuff pr. doz. bot. 4 560 ———Mould, tallow j. Spermaceti, refined, pr.lb. 48 Dipped 10 Sail cloth, Englilh,No.i,pr. yard, 28 Cheele, En»lifh, pr. lb. ICi Boflon, No. I. ditto 30 Country 8 ic T o. "■ 2 9 Chocolate , 7 ,g Sugar Lump, pr.lb 24 Cinnamon 1 40 26- Loaf, single refined 26 Cloves , Ditto, double do. 36 Cocoa pr. cwt. 14 Havannah, white .7 18 Coffee pr. Id. ,3 10 Ditto, brown, 12 Coal pr. burtiel so 2? Muscovado, pr. cwt. 13 15 67 Copperas pr.cwt. , g; Spirits Turpentine pr. gallon 33 37 Cordage, American, per cwt. 767 8 a ' 1 ' Allum pr. bulhcl 24 27 Cotton pr. lb. t.6 Liverpool 2q Currants 10 Cadiz 23 ti..!.!, n rr ' ■ ° Lisbon 2.5 27 .! " 13 ' pr. piece 11 33 Ship build. W. O. frames p.ton, 12 13 33 —*:«"« , «93 967 Ditto Live Oak, .5 33 .6 67 Duich fail duck, ,3 20 Ditto red cedar, per foot 33 40 Feathers pr. lb- 40 4- Shingles, 18 inch, per M. 233 267 Flax ditto 11 j - Oitto 2 feet, 5 33 6 Flaxfeed pr. bufii. 85 g. Ditto 3 feet, dressed, 12 15 Flour, Superfine pr. barrel 4 go staves, Pipe pr. 1000 29 Common, 4 8. White Oak hogftiead, ig 33 ■Bur middlings, best 3 Red Oak do. ig 50 Meal, Indian 2 5 Leogan 21 33 -■ ■■ - ditto Rve, c 40 Barrel 10 Ship-fluff pr. cwt. 80 x Heading 26 67 Fustic pr. ton, 20 Skins, Otter, best pr. piece- 467 Gin, Holland, pr. cafe, 4£~ -Minks 20 4p Do. pr. gall. 8 Fox, grey 40 80 Glue, pr. cwt. 2d 21 q D:t'o red 1 20 Ginger, white race, per cwt. 7 Martins 24 1 Ditto, common 7 F'fhcr? 33 67 Ditto, ground pr.lb. —Bears 3 Ginseng, 20 2 Racoons 27 60 Gunpowder, cannon, pr. q.cafit, 373 4 Musk-rats 11 2c Ditto, fine glazed a aver, pr. lb. 67 1 33 Grain, Wheat or. bush 80 8 —-Den, in hair «o 30 —-"—Rye "-n ,N. Jer'cy, 24 gal. p. bbl. 1 20 "Oats Carolina, 32 gall. 1 33 1 67 Indian corn 4 urpentinc pi. bbl. 167 2 ——-Barley g < acco, J. River, best ioolb. 360 373 " ■ ■■ Best (helled pr. lb. ■ ■ inferior a 67 3 Buckwheat, per bulb. 4 old 4 67 Hemp, imported, pr. ton, 120 146 6 Rappahannock 2 50 3 American, pr. lb. 4 Coloured Maryland, 533 8 Herrings, pr.bb). 3 Daik, 2 40 Hides, raw pr. lb. 9 1 Long-leaf 240 Hops Edftein-fhore 2 2 23 Hogftiead hoops, pr. M. 15 Carolina, new a 7 3 Indigo, French per lb. 120 .3 ,a, Hyson p" lb. 293 128 Carolina 60 , Hvfonfkn, ,53 67 Irons, fad pr. ion, ,333 —Souchong, <0 q 3 Iron, Callings pr. cwt. 3 4 Congo, 43 50 Bar P r * ton, 82 6 Boht . a> 33 3? a 4 67 fallow, refined, per bl. 9 tt-V , >73 3i Tin pr. box, 1333 1367 Nail rods 96 Junk, pr.cwt. 4 5 Verdigreafe pr.lb. 47 ,53 Lard, hogs pr.lb. 9 ic V.-rmillion, do. 133 167 Lead, in pigs pr. cwt. 533 567 Varnish, per gallon 33 37 in bars 7 .Vine, Madeira, pr. pipe, 10667 200 — white 30 10 67 Lilbon 120 126 " 6 40 6 6 Teller life, pr. gallon 63 Leather, foal, pr. lb. 17 £ c Fayal 52 Lignum vit s pr. ton, 560 6 Port pr. pipe no 124 Logwood 24 Ditto in bottles, pr.doz. 4 —-—Mnrr p-* 7 33 76 Claret 4 6 Mackarel, best pr. bbl. g Sherry pr.gall. go 12c — second quality 6 5- 77 80 Madder, best pr. lb. ,6 2 c '-V-«x , Bees pr. lb. 2,5 27 Marble, wrought, pr. foot, 233 2 A'halt-bone, long pr.lb. 13 30 Mast spars ditto 33 67 MolafTes pr.gall. 44 5C COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Mustard per. lb. On London, at 30 days, per ioo£ . fieri. 453 33 Hour, in bottles, pr.doz. 1 2c — at 60 days 450 67 Nails, Bi. lod. izd. and tod. pr.lb. ic T 7. 7 at 9°° a >' s 41 8 Nutmegs pr. lb. 7 8 Amtterdam, 60 days, pr. guilder, 41 nil 1 r j ~ 9° days, 4c ' ! n ccd . F r - g a "' 65 67 Government bills, drawn at io lve " 8? days, per 11 guilders, none at market. A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY fOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA Wednesday, August 22. 1792. 93 ■*.0M THE AMERICAN V'JSEU.'-f. REFLECTIONS on the STATE of the UNION, Concerning the public delis. (CONTINUED.) IT will not lie questioned, that there i*> in every walk of life or bulinefs a greater pro portion of money, than was obfervabie two years ago. Public works and buildings of eve ry kind, and of species and values unknown among us till the present time, aie undertaking every where. Private buildings, of equal va riety. and comparative value, are springing up. The >rice of lands is advanced. The raw ma terials,though raifeu in much greater abundance, lell for larger prices. To what cause so pow erful, so adequate, can these things be ascribed, as to the sales of part and the re-animation of the whole, of a public debt, ten times larger than the amount of all the specie ordinarily cir culating in the country ? The relief of some of the States from their burdens, has been another beneficial consequence of the funding of the debt. It is but a few years since one of the mod frugal, vigorous, and productive counties in Pennsylvania rose against the collectors of the taxes. The appreciation and fa!e of the immense mass of federal securi ties, owned by that State, has enabled her to discharge all her obligations, though flie has abolilhed her general land tax, and discontinued her excise, both of which Ihe has collected for forty years. !>ome anxiety has been created by the fliare of our debt, which foreigners have obtained. But this was a powerful means of bringing the whole into its pre fen t beneficial aw ion, by ele vating its actual to its nominal value. It is not at all probable, that it will be drawn from the country. It has been observed, in the inoft tranquil and prosperous state of Europe, that a great proportion of che families of those foreign ers, who have made large inveflments in the United States, either in the times of the pro vinces, or since the revolution, have become inhabitants of this country, even when in its rudest infant Hate. At this serious moment, when almost everv transatlantic country feel; or apprehends disorders, our chances are in finitely increased. The United States, advan ced in the means cffubfiftence, of comfprt, and 01 twiv picfe/it to them aa object of greater chfire in a tranquil liberty, which they are flruggling to obtain, a teeming agriculture, and a prosperous commerce, both fortign am! internal. Conformably with these refle&ions, we may affirm, that no great object in our af fairs has failed to attract the notice of the fo reigners, who have engaged in our funds. The internal navigation of South-Carolina, North- Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Penn!y*vania, New-Jersey and New-York, are among the wit nelfes of this truth. The banks, both national and State, the turnpike roads, and toll bridges, the sales of city estates, of cultivated farms, and particularly of unimproved lands, com merce, Ihip-building, manufactures, confirm the fact. Let us continue to exhibit an honest spirit in our laws and conlßtutions, an efficient execution of them, and due abflinence from un neceflary wars, and there cannot exist a doubt, that we shall draw much more copiously from the population, the arts, and the funds of Eu rope, than they will draw from those of the United States. There exists in tli« United States one de scription of private difSculties .and incumbran ces, which must engage the lolicitude of every feeling mind, which, by an examination into the detail and interior of our afEiirs, lias been led to observe them. The cases alluded to are those of the citizens of two or three of the States, who are burdened with heavy debts or claims, which originated before the revolution. Whatever they may lie finally adjudged to pay, the sum may be so great, and due from so many perion-, as to give it the resemblance of a pub lic debt : and as in one of those States it has already occasioned some facrifices of their prin cipal landed estates, very far below their va lue, so t will probably operate in the others, unless some extensive means, abundantly ade quate to the occasion, cap be brought to ope rate, before or at least at the time of execut ing the judgments of courts, ivbich may be ob- Gained. No resource, competent to the pur pose, appears at all likely to prcfent itfeif, un less it be the funded debt or stock of the United States and of the several State*. The method by which tiiis de'eription of property can be rendered mod immediately and effectually fub (ervient to the iiiterefting purpose of prevent ing the deftruflion of many families, would 'eeiri to be the fixture of it at a stable unfluctu ating rate, adequate to its proper value, under the exiftine circumstances of the United States. It is manifeft, that infucb aftate of the.market, the dealers in the debt and others, would fell! out, and would not buy in again, and that they would seek objects for their money in the trade, the manufactures, the buildings, and the lands, of the country, which might promise them more ; advantage. A tenth part of die value of the piibfic debt', applied to the lands of the United States; tiropid raise them every where to tlieir' real fp, that the debtor, \rlio mijrht be uider the neceflity to fell an eftatej could dif- $ioo [Whole No. 546.] pose of his property-not only withoutruinous f aci ifice, but probably to uncommon advat>tage. Ihe propriety ol lands and buildings which might be under this probability of lale, would fullain no rifqueor injury in felling their eftatcs for the public ltock. It may be alledged, that the holders of the debt will not go into fcferies so remote to make investments : but there are facts, which appear to warrant zdifferent opinion. The ot" New-England have been brought into Pennfvl vania, for ir.vellmcnt in lands of several kiiid; —the money of Pennsylvania and Delaware has been invested in mills and lands in Virginia —the greater pa tof the iron-works of Mary land (the most coftlv estates in our country) were bought and worked by the capitals of re lldents in Great-Britain before the revolution. The fame fact existed in one great instance in New-Jersey The greatelt cedar swamp, on the waters of the Delaware, that supplies the Philadelphia market, is owned in New England; and people and vessels from that quarter, are annually sent to perform thebufmefs of it. The American public creditors, citizens oi the uni ted Netherlands, have recently purchased eight hundred rratts ofland in spartnfPeiinfylvania, further from Philadelphia than the banks oi" James's River, York, or Rappahanock. In short, if the history of this country were ex amined, as it regards this Jubjeft, it would de monstrate, that the landed property of it lias been conftantiy animated by the application of the monies of di.tant capitalifls. LONDON, May 30, HOUSE OF COMMONS. Monday Mat 21. RIOTS AT BIRMINGHAM. SIR ROBERT LAWLEY presented a petition from certain Difient eis, 1 ruftees of the new meeting; lioufe which had been burnt at Bit mingham, praying for compcnfation of damages received, &c. The Speaker cbferved, that as the limited lime for receiving private pe ti-tions was expired, and :is, this vat of that nature, it could not be receiv ed. The petition was withdrawn. Mr. Wh i tbr e a D, jun. rose to m ake his promised motion refpetfting the Birmingham riots. He laid, tl.aton this occasion he confidercd hiuifelf not only as the advocate for the fuf fering Diflcnters at Birmingham, but for the Diflenters in general, and al io for all the people of Great-Britain, whose heft and dearest rights were ftrnck at in the outrageous violation of the laws, 111 the unhappy affair at Birmingham — laws which were or dained equally for the protection of every fubjert in the kingdom, be his religious tenets what they may. He aliened, that the unhappy difference between the Diflenters and the High Church party at Birmingham had its rife in religious and not in political concerns. He was very diffufe 111 sup port of this polition, reciting cir cumftaiices, and quoting various au thorities in proof of this allertion. He then, much in detail, recited the origin, rife, and progress of the ri ots ; the immediate and ostensible instigation of which was a hand-bill, of the molt inflammatory and scanda lous natine, which had been circu lated a lliort time previous to the commencement of the riots ; and which the magifirates had taken 110 steps about until the morning of (he 14th of July, in the afternoon of which the riots began ; —on this day they offered a re ward for the pub lisher of the hand-bill. Ihe condudt of thele gentlemen (the magistrates) during the time ofthe riots, was, he laid, peculiarly > eprehenfible ; they ac'ted with fupincnefs, if not worse ; and in fume inffances they had, in» stead of 1 e'lraii.ing, absolutely encou raged the rioters to ac r ts of outrage. They might, if so inclined, have crufhedthe mifchief in the bud, bnc 110 steps wete taken ; they even re lufed the aftiflance of an officer with his recruiting party, then in town, who offered with it to quell the riois. Their exertions wereconfined to pub lishing advertlf'ements and hand-bills,
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