A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 28, of Vol. IV.] PRICE CURRENT. DUs.cu. DlU.ct<. r. , Oil, Ditto nr. cafe, 250 *%*. bl-ant,tv.—Dollars 100 Cents each. S wce t, belt, in flalk»,pr.box 10 5 o PHILADELPHIA, September 5. Ditto balkets, 12.bottles 5 ——Spermaceti pr. gall. 48 Dlls.Cts. Dlh.Cts. Train ,24 27 ANCHORS pr.lb. 7 8 Whaie 24 26 Allum, EnglilH, pr.cwt. 4 67 Por[cr pr Cjlk Ditto, Roch pr. lb. ,1 lo ndbn, pr.doz. 160 Ashes, pot, per ton, 90 too „ American rt tto bot.iacl. 1 4 1 6or T~T ' „ 137 ' 4 ° , pi "h, P-'- bbl. .73 2 rrac pr. ga 133 16, Pork, Burlington, per barrel, n 11 33 Brandy, common, l -Lower county 10 Coniac l 20 Carolina 9 Braziletto, pr. ton. 32 34 Peas, Albany pr. Lufhcl 73 Bricks, pr. M. 5 7 Pepper, pr. lb. 37 Bread, ship, pr. cwt. 1 67 2 Pimento 16 Ditto, P'lo' 3 R a isi ns bed, pr. keg 9 D.tto, small water per keg 36 4° Ditto pr. iar 25s Beer, Americans.,, bottles Ul|to , J box 0 pr.doz. bottles, ..eluded, >4» R, ce pr.cwt. 250 267 D.ttopr barrel, 4 Rosin pr. bar,el 233 267 Boards Ceaar pr M feet, ,b Rum, Jamaica, pr. gallon ~8 .22 New England „ Antigua W , £ 9 Windward 83 Merchantable p,ne .6 ,7 Barhadlics g, ?° P ,' V 8 Country, N. E. 67 • Mahogany, per toot 10 , T . , n ~ Salt petre, pr. cwt. 14 33 The above are the Gallop prices, Saffafras pr. ton 6 8 fortheyard price, add i dol- shot r dUto : 'ar 33 cents per .000, Steel, German pr. lb. 9 Brimstone in rolls, pr.cwt. 333 Englifh,bliftered, pr. cwt. 10 Beef, Boston, per bar,el 8 American pr. ton :i3 33 \* Country ditto 6 7 Crowley's or. fuggot 10 67 Fielh, per cwt. 3 33 4 67 "make root pr. lb. acr 42 Butter pr. lb. 16 Soap, Brown per lb. 6 , in kegs 9 ic While 8 Candles, Sperm, pr. lb. 4', ' Castile 11 Wax i 3 Vt S . tarch ? Myrtle Wax Snufi pr. doz. bot. 4 i bo Mould, tallow 11 Spermaceti, refined, pr. lb. 48 Dipped I 0 Sailcloth, Englilh,No.i,pr. yard, 28 Cheele, Englilh, pr. lb. U) Boston, No. I. ditto 30 Country 8 ic T °* "9 Chocolate 17 iB Su S :,r Lump, pr.lb 24 Cinnamon 267" Loaf, single refined 26 Cloves 1 £C Ditto, double do. ' 36 Cocoa pr. cwt. 1, Havannah, white 17 18 Coffee pr.lb. 18 19 Ditto, brown, 12 Coal pr. bulhel 20 22 Muscovado. pr. cwt 13 2567 Copperas pr.cwt. , g ? Spirits Turpentine pr. gallon 33 37 Coinage, American, per evi t. 767 8 Salt, Allum pr. bulhel 24 2, Cottjon pr. lb. 26 4c Liverpool 29 Cui rants ,3 Cadiz 53 24 n 1. t> rr- Lisbon 25 27 uc - uTia, pr. piece it 33 Ship build. W. O, frames p. ton, 12 13 33 averts 893 967 q uio jj ve Oak, 15 33 16 67 Dutch fa,l duck, .8 20 Qitio red cedar, per foot 33 40 Feathers pr. lb- 40 44 Shingles, 18 inch, per M. 233 267 Flax- ditto 11 12 Ditto 2 feet, 5 33 6 Flaxfeed pr. bush. 85 9 r Ditto 3 feet, dreflcd, 12 15 Flour, Superfiue pr. barrel 4 93 Staves, Pipe pt. 1000 29 Common, 4 8c White Oak hogshead, 19 33 Bur middlings, best 3 73 Red Oak do. 19 50 Meal, Indian 2 52 Leogan 21 33 ditto Rye, ' 2 40 Barrel 10 Ship-ftuff pr. cwt. 80 1 Heading 26 6 7 Fustic pr. ton, 20 Skins, Otter, best pr. piece 4 67 Gin, Holland, pr. cafe, 467 " Minks SO f Do. pr. gall. 8c Fox, grey 4 o 80 Glue, pr.cwt. 2» 21 y. Ditto led t 20 Ginger, white race, per cwt. 7 Martins 24 1 Ditto, common 7 Fishers 33 7 Ditto, ground pr.lb. 8 Bears 3 Ginseng, 20 24 Racoons 27 60 Gunpowder, cannon, pr. q.calk, 373 4 f Mulk-rats it 20 Ditto, fine glazed 4 3caver, pr. lb. 67 1 33 Grain, Wheat pr. bush 80 89 Dcei.inhair ao 30 Rye 47 Tar,N. Jersey, 24 gal. p. bbl. 1 20 Oats ifc Carolina, 32 gall. 1 33 1 67 Indian corn 44 Turpentine pr. bbl. 1 67 2 Barley * 9c Tobacco, J. River, bell loolb. 360 373 Best (helled pr. lb. 3 inferior 2 67 3 Buckwheat, per bulh. 4c old 4 67 Hemp, imported, pr. ton, 120 146 67 Rappahannock 2 50 3 American, pr. lb. 4 s Coloured Maryland, 5 33 8 Herrings, pr.bbl. 3 Dark, 2 40 Hides, raw pr. lb, 9 "11 Long- eat 2 40 Hops 2- Eaftern-lhore 2 2 23 Hoglhcad hoops, pr. M. 1, Carolina, new 2 7 3 _ ~ -old, 27 3 Indigo, French per lb. 1 20 t 32 Tea, Hyson pi. lb. 93 1 28 Carolina 60 t Hyson fk n, 53 67 Irons, lad pr. ton, 133 33 Souchong, 50 93 Iron, Callings pr. cwt, 34: Congo, 43 " 50 Bar pr.ton, 82 6 Bohea, 31 33 2 4 67 fallow, refined, per bl. q NaiTrods 1 96 33 Tin pr ' b ° X ' 13 33 1367 Junk, pr.cwt. 4 5 Verdigreafe pr.lb. 47 ,53 Lard, hogs pr. lb. * 9 ic Vermillion, do. 133 167 Lead, in pigs pr. cwt. 533 5 67 Varnilh, per gallon 33 37 in bars 7 Wine, Madeira, pr. pipe, 176 200 white 10 10 67 Lisbon 120 126 ~ rcc * 640 6 6 Teneriffe, pr. gallon 63 Leather, foal, pr. lb. 17 2 c Fayal 52 Lignum vita: pr. ton, 6° 6 Port pr. pipe 113 33 Logwood 24 Ditto in bottles, pr.doz. 4 Mace pr.lb. 7 33 7 6 Claret 4 6 Mackarel, best pr. bbl. ' 9 Sherry pr.gall. 90 1 20 • fcond quality 6 67 Malaga 77 80 Madder, best pr. lb. 16 2c Wax, Bees pr.lb. 25 27 Marble, wrought, pr. foot, 133 2 Whale-bone, long pr.lb. 13 30 Mast spars ditto >io 6: Molafles pr.gall. 44 5 c COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Mustard per. lb. 8; On London, at 30 days, per ioo£ . fterl. 453 33 — -flour, in bottles, pr.doz. 12c a ' 60 days 450 67 Nails, Bd. lod.\id. and 20<i. pr.lb. ic , a \aL -ij Nutmegs pr. lb. 7 8 60 days, pr. guilder, 41 . . ' 90 days, 4c Oil, Linseed, pr. gall. $5 6' Government bills, drawn at 10 ~ Olive • days, per 11 guilders, none at market. Wednesday, September 5. 1792. 109 FOR .'HE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES in CONGRESS [The following remarks appear in xhe Herald of Vek mont —they are ingenious, liberal, national—and having particular relation to the important subjeCt of Representation, can not be too extensively known. — The Author of the Essays under the fignaturr of C. therefore offers them as a substitute for No. 5, of his own writing—fully convinced thatihe performance w il meet the approbation of every candid reader.J IT is of great importance, that the commu nity ihould be properly represented. The true principles of representation require, that every interest, which is of national consequence, ftiould be proportionably represented in the Le gislature. The interests of Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures,have an equal claim to attention. On a due atten tion to all these, depends the highest prosperity of a nation. Agriculture is, perhaps, the firft, and rvjft extensive interest ; but it can hardly e.xift t ithotit th * aid of some inanufa<sture^—it can never flourifh in any country, without the aid both of manufactures and commerce, by which the tiller of the ground is enabled to ex change his fuperfiuous productions for necefla ries or conveniences, not otherwise within his reach. It is the great business of legrflation, to compromise the seeming opposition or' tiicfe in terests, to give to each its due weight in the na tional scale, and by this mean to render them, as designed by Providence, reciprocally subser vient to each other. As important as the in terest of Agriculture is to society, it would be not only unjust, but extremely pernicious to the whole, to facrifice every other interest: to this principal interest. Men, whose occupations place them in one particular interest, may un derstand it simply, and yet never have attended to all its connections, so as to be able toeftimate its jnft importance to society. All men, where their immediate interest, or that of their class is concerned, are subjeCt to a degree of delusion. They are disposed to appreciate it too highly. Such, however, are the men of whom legislatures! inuft generally be composed; and thus the Intc-j reftr., sentiments, manners, and pallions of the i people, to which every law ought to be accom modated, are individually brought forward to discussion. The science of legislation, in its failed extent, comprehends a thorough knowledge of the prin ciples of the government; of the manners, sen timents, paftjons, and iuterefts of the people; of the pursuits pointed out by the nature of their situation ; of the means both of acquisition and enjoyment; a knowledge of all national re lations and connexions, internal and external; of the moral, natural, and political influence of measures. This science is exactly similar to I the science of natural philosophy, in which, lit tle or nothing can be known, without actual experiment and observation ; without a clear knowledge of causes, fubjefh and cffe&s, in all their vast variety of combinations. It is evi dent, that few men will be found to poflefs such an extent and variety of knowledge. The de ficiency mult be supplied by the knowledge which individuals may acquire, of particular parts. Each will have acquired a degree of knowledge of those matters in which he is most converfaut- He whose circle in life is more confined, will be more confined in his know ledge. He who is led to a<st in a more extensive circle, comprehending a greater variety of ln terefts, manners, and lentiments, will have a more extensive knowledge, a greater fund of that information, which is neceflary in legisla tion. No one interest ought to be negle&ed, or fa crificed to another. No profeflion of men, no class of citizens ought to be proscribed, no single interest: toengrofs the dire&ion of national mea- lures. If* there be, among the class of Farmers, Physicians, Merchants, Lawyers, or Manufac turers, any men of known integrity of life, and of more general information, who are able fully to clilcern the importance of the several inter ests, and their mutual connection in promoting the national welfare, certainly narrow preju dices ought not to deprive the people of the use of such abiiities. Such men cannot fail to be of the greatest fcrvice in a legislature, • Is not the present prosperity of these States to be, in a good measure, attributed to an attention to these principles in the choice of Representa tives? A FREEMAN. FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT. ExtraCt of a letter from Bucks County. " Last year we had no apples in this neigh bourhood—the present year God has blessed us with abundance, but an insolent Excife-Oflicer is placed over us to prevent our making use of this bounty of Heaven, as we think best—This is the boasted liberty of the Federal Govern ment." {Phi I ad. hid. Gaz.) Such grievances are not a little ridiculous.— u Last year we had no apples; this year God has given us a plenty, and we may drink cider duty free ; but cider is not fiery enough for the throats of freemen, and if we diftill it into hot [Whole No. 350.] ardent spirits, that make our throats tingle, we have jeveral cents to pay to government." A mighty grievance ! and will freemen bear all this ?—An Excise Officer ! Why the col left or of a land tax is a civil man; but appoint the fame man to collect a duty on gin and xvhijky, and what a devil he is ! Pimps and negro drivers are no thing to him ! Sp much for prejudices acquired in another country and under flavilh laws ; for these violent grumbletonians, many of them at least, were born abroad. No. V But all their grumbling has no effecft The laws of* the nation are generally ageeable to the community—the execution of them gives no general uneasiness. The complaints of a few four restless minds in the back parts of Pennsyl vania and Virginia, produce no great effect in the counties where they are echoed, and in eve ry other part of the Union, they are treated with their merited contempt. They proceed from narrow-minded men, whose views, like those of the pismire, are limited to the hillock where, they live. Men who can take a com prehend ve view of government, in all its de partments and connections, juftify the nicafures taken to raise money in the United States. In deed in the northern States, people of all de scriptions, though the price of spirits has been raised within a year almost fifty per cent, not onlv approve of the funding as", the duty and the regulations of the Poll-office, but they feel no small degree of gratitude to the Execu tive officer and to Congress, who have planned the present system of adminifcration. A com plaint is scarcely heard in these states, norwould the people willingly fee the fyflem altered in the minuted particular—But " offences mufl come and when a fpir.it of censure and com plaint exists in the body, it is best it lhould find vent. Newspapers are the convenient vehicles to carry off this spirit, and grumbletonians arc the men to do the work. Every large town must have a grumbling paper or two : they are the common sewers of public opinion, and very ufeful in discharging the filth of four minds, and the dregs of wrong heads. The moving of this filth is a little difagrceable for a moment to the by-ftanders. but is necefTary to preserve the air pure and salubrious. CATO. CAPTURE OF SERINGAPATAM FROM THE ST. CHRH>TOriIER'i GAZETTE. MADRAS, March I Camp,- Seringapatam, 24,1792. LORD has great pleasure in announcing to the army, that preliminaries of peace have been fettled between the confe derate powers and Tippoo Sultan, containing conditions highly honora ble and advantageous to the Compa ny, and the British Nation ; and in consideration of the uncommon va lor and fhmnefs that has been shewn maiiifeftly by the officers and soldiers of the king's and company's troops, during the whole course of the war, it is his Lonlfhip's intention to take upon himfelf to order a handsome gratuity to be diHiibuted to them in the fame proportion as prize money, from the sum that Tip poo has bound himfelf by one of the articles to pay to the Company It has been agreed that from thia day hostilities (hall cease on both fides, but the army is not only to re tain its present posts till further or ders—but his Lordship likewise en joins in the ftrongett manner, that no troops, nor persons belonging to Tippoo shall be allowed to pass the Picquet and approach the encamp ment without a paflportor permiilion regularly notified, and in general, that the fame vigilance and ftriiflneft that has been customary during the war, lhall be observed by all officers and soldiers in the execution of every military duty, until the troops (hall arrive at the port that shall be allot ted to them, in the Company's terri tories—His Lordfliip thinks it almost unneceflary to desire the army to ad vert, that moderation infuccefs, is no less expe«sied from brave men, than gallantry in action, and he trusts that the officers and soldiers in his army, will not only be incapable of com mitting violences in any intercourse that may happen between them and Tippoo's troops, but that they will even abltain from making use of any kind of an insulting expreflion to wards an eneuiy now fubdocd and humbled.
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