A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 56, of Vol. IV.] Wednesday, October 5, 1792. c PRICE CURRENT. WU. cv. diu. ct>. Oil, Ditto pr. cafe, 2 50 Mr eoANTiry.—DoLtAßt 100 Cents each. Sweet, best, in flaiks.pr.box 10 50 PHILADELPHIA, OitoSer 3. Ditto balkets, 12 bottles 5 Spermaceti pr. gall. 48 Dlls.Cts. Dlls.Cts. Tram 24 27 ANCHORS pr. lb. 7 8 Whale 24 26 Allum, Englilh, pr.cwt. 467 Porter pr. calk, 533 Ditto, Roch pr. lb. it London, pr.doz. 1 Oo A(hes, pot, per ton, 90 too American ditto bot.incl. 1 4 1 60 —Pearl, 137 *4° Pitch, pr. bbl. 1 73 2 Ariack pr. gall. 133 1 Pork, Burlington, per barrel, 11 11 33 Brandy, common, 1 Lower count) it - ) Comae 1 20 Carolina 9 Braziletto, pr. ton. 32 34 Peas, Albany pr. bulhel 73 Bricks, pr. M. 5 7 Pepper, 'b- 37 Bread, (hip, pr. cwt. t67 2 Pimento 16 Ditto, pilot 3 33 Raisins, best, pr. keg 9 Ditto, fawn water, per keg 36 40 Qj tto pr .j ar 2 Beer, American, in bottles, Ditto pr. box 3 pr.doz. bottles included, 140 R lce pr cwt z 267 Ditto pr. barrel, 4 6 7 Rosin pr. bariel ' £ 33 •> 67 Boards Cedar pr. M feet, 16 Rum, Jamaica, pr. gallon 4 tlB 122 New England " Antigua 1 Oak 8 9 Windward 83 Merchantable pine 16 17 Barbadoes 83 Sap, do. 8 —Country, N. t. f>7 Mahogany, per foot 10 cl. . 6 " r Salt petre, pr. cwt. 14 33 The above are the (hallop prices, Sallafras pr. ton 6 8 for the yard price, add x dol- Shot ditto >40 l ar 33 cents per xooo. Steel, German pr.lb. 9 Brimstone in roils, pr.cwt. 3 33 English.blistered, pr. cwt. 10 Beef, Boston, per barrel ( 7 8 American pr. ton 513 33 Country ditto 6 7 Crowley's pr. faggot 1067 Fresh, per cwt. 3 33 4 67 Snake root pr. lb. 2» Butter pr.lb. 16 Soap, Brown per lb. 0 in kegs 9 »° whitc 8 Candles, Sperm, pr. ib. 43 Starr^' 1 '' 0 7 m", w " Snuff pr.fc».bot. 4 560 vr ' e a .? Spermaceti, refined, pr.lb. 48 Mould, tal ow Sailcloth, Englilh,No.i,pr. yard, 28 - D .. i° Bofton.No'. I. ditto 30 Cheese, Lnglifh, pr. lb. «S No j, 2 g — "Country 8 *° Sugar Lump, pr.ib ' *4 Chocolate 7 '* JUoaf, single refined 26 C |n "' imon 340 it! Ditto, double do. 36 C |ov « * Havannah, white 17 * 8 Cocoa pr.cwt. >5 D; brow|l> Coffee pr. It, 8 >9 __, M , lfcoV3do: cwt . ,3 , 5 Coal pr. bulhel 20 "SpiritsTttrpentinepr. gallon 33 37 Copperas pr.cwt. o Salt, Allum pr. bulhel 24 2; Cordage, American, per cwt. 767 8 —Liverpool *9 Conor, pr.lb. •- < CaHit *3 *4 Cu!ramt 9 -Lilbon 25 2 ' Duck,Ruffia, pr. piece 11 33 Ship build. W. O. frames p.ton, 12 13 33 Ravens 893 967 Qitio Live Oak, 15 33 16 Dutch fail duck, '8 20 Ditto red cedar, per foot 33 4° Feathers pr.lb. 4° 44 Shingles, 18 inch, per M. 233 27 Flax ditto 11 12 Ditto 2 leet, 5 33 Flaxfecd pr. bulh. 8 5 9 c Ditto 3 feet, drelTrd, 13 15 Flour, Superfine pr. barrel 5 Staves, Pipe pr. 1000 29 Common, P 4 6; —White Oak hogshead, 9 33 Bur middlings, best 4 Red Oak do. 19 5° Meal, Indian 2 5* Lcogan 2 ' 33 ditto Rye, 2 4° ,si 67 , Ship-ftuff pr.cwt. 80 , —Heading ' Fustic pr. ton, 2° Skths, Otter, best pr. piece <4^7 r /-► — -Minks 20 ?, G»n, Holland, pr. cafe, 4 & Fox, grey 40 Do. pr/gall. 8 Ditto red »20 Glue, pr. cwt. 2® 21 33 Martins 24 1 . Ginger, white race, per lb. 7 f,;(Her» 33 Ditto, common 7 Bears 3 Ditto, ground pr.lb. « Racoons 27 60 Ginleng, 20 2 4 Mulk-rats n 20 Gunpowder, cannon, pr. q.calk, 373 4 Beaver, pr. lb. 67 133 Ditto, fine glazed 4 __Deet, in hatr 2 ° 3° Grain, Wheat pr. birtH 93 » _ n r vc * 47 I ar,N. Jersey, 24 gal. p. bbl. 1 20 Oat, 35 Carolina, 32 gall. 133 »6 7 T„j,, n rnrn co Turpentine pi. bbl. 1 D 7 2 Barlcv » 9 C tobacco, J. River, bcft 10010. 360 373 Be-ft (helled pr. lb. ~3 inferior . 3 33 Buckwheat, per bulh. 4° ° ld 4 ■ .—Rappahannock 3 33 Hemp, imported, pr. ton, 120 14b b; Coloured Maryland, 5 33 8 American, pr. lb. 4 0 Dark, 2 4° Herrings, pr.bbl. 3 Long-leaf 2 4° Hides, raw pr.lb. 9 Eallern-lhore 2 2 '3 Hops 7 7 Carolina,new 27 3 Hogshead hoops, pr. M. 15 old, 3 33 Indigo, French per lb. 1 132 Tea, Hyson pr. lb. 93 128 ■ Carolina 1 11c Hyson fk'n, 53 Irons, fad pr. ton, 133 33 Souchong, 5® Iron, Castings pr. cwt, 34; -Congo, 43 5° Bar pr. ton, 82 6 Bohea, 3 1 33 pig ' 24 26 67 Tallow, refined, per bl. 9 Sheet ,1 73 33 Tin pr. box, 13 33 l 3 °7 -Nail rods 9<> Veld ig rca fe pr.lb. 47 .53 Junk, pr.cwt 4 5 Vermillion, do. >33 Ib 7 Lard hogs pr. lb 9 « Varnith, per gallon 33 37 Lead, in pies pr. cvyt. 5 33 o°/ c in bars 7 Wine, Madeira, pr. pipe, 176 — ° white 10 6/ Lisbon 120 12 a 6-40 6 6 —TenciifFe, pr. gallon °3 Leather, foal, pr.lb. 17 20 Fayal 5 2 Lignum vitsepr.ton, a 60 6 Port pr. pipe 11333 Lotwood 2 4 —- Ditto in bottles, pi.doz. 4 si-Claretf ————i-Claret 4 Mace pr.lb. 7 33 7 b i-Sherrypr.sa.il. po iso Mackarel, bell pr.bbl. 9 Malaga ' 77 80 -f-cond quality 0 ' Wax, Bees pr.lb. 2 d 27 Madder.beilpr.lt). Whale-bone, long pr.lb. 13 3° Marble, wrought, pr, foot, 1 33 2 Ma IV spars ditto 33 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Molafles pr. gall. 44 5- Q n London, n3O days, per ioo£ . (terl. 460 Mustard per. lb. ' at 60 days' i 57 33 flour, in bottles, pr.doz. 1 2C __v__ ot 90 oays ' 45i> Nails, Bii. lorf. isW. and soii. pr.lb. >c Amfterdain, 60 days, pr. guilder, 40 Nutmegs pT. lb. 7 ° 90 days, 3® Oil, Linfecd, pr. gall. 6i Government bills, drawn at >0 —Olive - days fight, at 40c 7m per guilder, 141 FROM TfLE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, No. HI. vft*ions on the Letters of u A Fa rmer," Add rifled td the Ycomunry oj ike United States. THE charges brought by the writer of " The Farmer," against the general government, are Juch, as ought to attract the moil serious attention of the people of the United States. His words are as follow • Had the cqnftitution of the United States a fr ndation equally firm and equitable (with that of France, to wit,) we Ihould not at tins day witness the laws of the Union stained with, 44 1 ft. Mercantile regulations, impolitic in theirfelves, and highly injurious to the agricul tural interests of our country. " 2d. With funding/)/?""', by which the pro pel tv and rights of poor, but meritorious citi zens, are facrificed to wealthy gamesters and fpecnlators. "'3d. With the eftablifliment of banks, au thorizing a few men to create a fictitious mo-1 neV, hy which/they may acquire rapid fortunes | without indujfcry. j 44 .nil. v/ith '?xci'o law*, which violate the tranquilly of domestic retirement, and which prevent the farmer from enjoying the fruits ot his care ajid indi\ftry." It mult be supposed by the yeomanry, who have read the foregoing charges, that thr French constitution had prevented the existence ot mer cantile regulations, of a funding system, of a I bank, of certificates, paper money, and bank notes, and of excise laws, in that country. This, however, would be another instance of the mil takes into which " The Farmer's" pamphlet would lead thole who confide in it. The French have prohibited foreign built ships from being navigated under their fiag, tho' owned French citizens, they have prohibited the ships of all nations from importing tobacco into that kingdom, unless it was produced in the country to which the ship belongs; they have laid a duty of eight dollars per hogshead on tobacco imported in any foreign fliip, more than ifmiported in a French ship; they have laid duties upon exports, which our confti tut iota forbids, hcaXtft they would fall upon the landed in. tercjl\ and, oj course, unequally, upon the great produc ing Jlates; they will not permit the unmanufac tured prc.\iwo» r>fj?r*vrc+ nor HlSl2ofaftUTfiS of France, to be carried to the French Weft- Indies and colonies, in any foreign ship, nor will they permit the produce of the Weft-Indies, or colonies, to be carried to any place but France, nor in any other ships than Ifaofe built arid Owned in France, except the (ingle article of molafles; they impose duties on foreign vefTels employed in their coasting trade ; they give high bounties to their filhing vefTels and flfhermen, and im pose heatfy duties upon the foreign fifli, which is necellarily imported by their colonial planters and their labourers, to encourage distant fifhe ries, ijpon the American coails, and elsewhere. In short, all the principles of our commercial laws exilt in the French system, and several which we have rejected. They desire to main tain a navy, and their national legislature deem these numerous commercial regulations neces sary to that end. Knowing they have the pow er, they do not think it proper to be restrained by the idea that the legislature of a free state cannot (as " The Farmer" thinks) interfere in the business of their citizens, without ipjuf tice and danger. The National AfTembly know it is often done with real advantage to the com- inunity. That the .French have a funding system, is proved bv the feriojis fait that they pay annu : ally, annuities, and the expences of their 'government', fiie futn of one Imh'dred and ,ten mil/ions »j dollars. In the early stages of their revolution, at tempts -were made to reduce the public debt by some ot the fcveral unwise means, which have been frequently suggested in other countries. The proportions were firmly and constantly re jected, although the public debts of France, in dead of being cor>tra&ed in an honorable strug gle for free government, had been created by the public and private vices of their kings, mi nisters and courtiers. The kingdom of France, like other European countries, has at this moment a great bank, which illues, as usual, its notes, or bills, as every man, who undertakes to inform the peo ple, ought to know. Among the thirteen articles which compose the revenues of France, an excise upon native wines, spirits distilled from native materials, and other produce and manufacturers of pre- duce, is to be found. This is collected upon them when they pass through or enter into the towns, and amounts to near ten millions of .'dol lars. They have also taxes upon the land-hold ers, which are in proportion to the quantity oj pro duce raised by them, and are therefore, in effort, an excise upon the growth of grain, hiiy, wines and fruits, upon the ratting of swine and cattle, &cc. &c. They impose also, upon many deno minations of tradesmen and manufacturers, a tax for carry on therr-trade, which (ipefate's as an excise on the articles they manu facture, and is a v'ery great and general interfe rence in the occupation s of their citizens. They j have likewise granted bounties upoti the expor tation of certain manufactures, believing that [Whole No. 358.] their pood tendencies in regard to the notional interests render those grants in ionic inftariceis clearly advifeable. We fee then, by a recurrence to the conduct of France, that the Nttional Afiembiy, in the midst of their revolution and under that royal or kingly constitution, which " The FaXXIk" prefers to ours, have countenanced the com mercial laws, funding fvftem, bank, and excise, which were commenced by the firft, and com pleted by the second legislature of the United States in co-operation wirti our elective chief magistrate. It would probably surprise " The Farmer," and the refpe&able yeomanry whom he addrelfes, to learn further, that the debts of the states (or payi d'etat of France) have been as sumed in that kingdom by the National Aflem biy, to the amount of ninety millions of dollars* Britanny and many other states of fiance were so joined to that empire, that their union was really a confederacy. It was seen, that if fhofe debts remained upon them, they must each hav« their feparatefinancial (yftem clalhing With each other and with the National Afiembiy, and that no feafibie or uirform system of finance could beexpefted. Upon tbefe principles the Na tional Assembly deemed it wife to a (fume them to the iinmenfe amount already mentioned. — This, it may be observed, has been reprefentcd as the most unneceflary part of the funding sys tem of the United States. But we find that the wisdom of another free nation has led them to the fame measure under similar circumflances. It will be proper now to examine the com mercial regulations of Congress as they affect the agricultural interest ; and here the firft re mark which occurs is, that the tonnage duty is lower under the laws of the union than it was, on a medium, under those of theftates. So that at worst Congtefs have only continued an evil in a smaller degree, which the Jiates commenced in a greater. But let the duties on Imported arti cles interfering with the agriculture ot'thecoun try be remembered. These are so many boun ties to the landed interest. The impost on beer is eight c'etits per gallon, because we can employ our own barley, hops and fuel ill the manufac ture, that 011 common spirits is 24 to 28 cents for the fame reason 111 regard to rye and fuel, starch is dutied 15 per cent, bricks 10 per cent, 'cordage 180 cents, tallow candles 2 cents, but ter, beef and pork 7-* per ci.i.t. cheele 4 cents, coal 4J cents, cotton 3 cent*, indigo 25 cent-., fruits oMI kinds 10 per cent, glue, hair pow der and wafers 15 per cent, coari'e iron work, leather goods and hats 10 per cent, malt I*3 cent', marble fione and mustard 10 per cert. fnutf 10 cents, manufactured tobacco 6 cents, flax 7£ per cent, and hemp 100 cents, because they are the produce of our lands or manufac tured from them. Such are the commercial regulations of a government, which ismifrepre fented to the yeomanry as staining its laws with injuries to the landed interefl! [ To be concluded in our ncxt.\ FROM THE AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER Mr. Dunlap, THE revolution now depending in France is one of the mod interesting and important obj-efts that has ever engaged the attention of mankind. The glory or the humiliation of the cause of liberty very materially depends upon it. As men, anxious for the happiness of our fellow men, it cannot but have engaged our belt wilhes—as freemen, solicitous for the reputa tion of f;ce government, we cannot but feel an additional motive of concern for the eveht as Americans, who gave the example to twenty-five millions of people, we must find our sympathy in the fate which (hall befall them, heightened by something like a responsibility for the influence of that example'—as individuals, pofleiTed of sensibility, we cannot be indifferent to the fortunes of thole individuals Who, having diftinguilhed themselves in fighting our battles, are endeavoring to procure for their own coun trymen a participation in that freedom, which they aififted in procuring for us. The good or the ill fortune of La Fayette can never but touch the tendered chords of an American heart. Aias ! how painful is the idea, that a path so plain and easy, as that which lay before the French nation, ftiould have been rendered in tricate and thorny—a profpeft fo»bright and certain, ihould have been rendered obscure and precarious—not by the combination of royal despots—not by mercenary legions, threaten ing them with the horrors of fire and sword (sos these, with unanimity and vigor, could easily be iVuftrated) but by a rash, fanatical, and un principled faction, by a set of hairbrained en thusiasts, played upon by designing knaves, who, after having destroyed the public confidence in the most enlightened and virtuous patriots in the country, ahd seized the reins of power into their own bands, are too unikilful .to manage them with advantage, and too fond of dominion to part with '.them. In the midtft of tempests, that threaten to overwhelm their country and themselves in perdition, instead of endeavoring to calm, they ltill continue to excite the winds and waves of sedition ; and, for a momentary poflefiion of the rudder, appear determined to devote the political bark to deftrnftion. In contemplating this melancholy—this as
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