chnfhan senfwer? The Mahometan's me
thod would oe the fame that is made use of
Oj ungodly deifis, to run down a lav which
reason alone compels them to confefs to be a
mofl ptrfia system of the most perfed mora -
Uty. Let your correspondent be candid, and
draw from tbefe principles the conferences \
thai are tnfepar&ble.
. i' r >. What may be a Frenchman's religion
mtoru, or in Philadelphia,
but little ; but malicious refeßions on a reli
gion, fludied and profeffed by a very numer
ous body of good American citizens, concern
me and many others very much. The cause
of liberty I admire in Frenchmen, but their
chrjhantty when depurated I envy no rtfi
pousfociety to enjoy, that has a taHe to be- I
tome pious a la mode de Paris.
Far the Gazette of the Unit id Stxtzs.
A BILLET.
Gracchus has labored hard to decypher
the card, or more properly the pack ol
of cards of A. E. that he might no
mortify his courtly fee!nigs by treating ;
;>ei foimance, which, from his manner mnl
be high in his own estimation, bv a con
temptuous silence. A. B. will pa,-do
him for writing upon paper, for lie dii
not know how t., become po.Tcfled of
card hug? erouvh to eon:a;'n even th:
morsel, m::ch lets h::d he extended it ti
the complimentary length of A. K'j re
p!y. The plebeian feelings of Gracchi!
will not allow him to do such violence 1,
liis judgment, as to compliment A. B
U])on his " luminous" produ&ion ; but h
will nevertheless, do him the juiticc to fa
that he has the wonderful Iwstru>ien
tality of shedding darkn'fr upon a sub
jett. Gracchus feels himfelf highly flat
tered, that A. B. has condccendinKl
granted in his card, what lie denied in h;
lirft labor. It certainly evinces candor
when a man will even " un-ivittingly,'
publicly renounce errors that he has pub
hcly averted. There being, then, no dit
ference ot opinion betwen A. B. and hin
(if A. B. meant any thing in his card
Gracchus will take a humble leave of hin
by aflving him two queflions—As he ha
reduced the IVMeiit from the whole t
a part of the sovereign for the peoole
Gracchus would be glad to know wki
part of the sovereign he is, whether th
uands or the feet, the nails or the teeth
He would be glad to be informed aifo o
the difference between opprobrior.t epithets
which. A. B. may fuppofc merited, an,
aoufe According to his explanation, i
could not b» confidereci as abuse, fhouh
Gracchus .call him a muddy headed crea
ture, where he only to aiTiire him at th
fame time, that he thought he defervei
't- If A. B. (houtd ileicend- from his dig
mty to aniwer these plebeian questions
Gracchus would feet himfelf enlightcna
by his answer, if he would deign to ac
commodate himfelt to vulgar comprehen
lion, and cor.fider sense, or intelligibilitv
(he will pardon this la!t word) in his re
ply, for a man of his figure need not bi
told,, that uncommon minds only, can lin<
an end to a circle.
CONGRESS.
Ifoufe oj Rcpnf niiUtvrr.
1 uefclay I'cbraary 25.
It ihuuld have been noticed in the mi
nutes or ytftcrday's proceedhigs of the
Houfc of Representatives—that the bill
making appropriations for the support of
Government for the year 1794, was read
the third time and pjffcd.
In the account of the Frefident'j mes
sage yefterdny, for " Biitifh Secretary of
' L3 te, read American Secretary of $iate~
On "iVednefday the 79th mil. when
the House were in committee of the whole
on the ftatc of the union, the fecound re
futation tor the protection of the com
merce cf the United State?, against the
Algerine corsairs, being under coniider
ation in the words following, viz. " Re
solved, 1 hat for the purpose of defraying
the cost of a naval armament, and the an
nual e:cpenfe thereof, after the day of
there (hall be levied, colls£ied and
paid upon all goods, wares and merchan
dize, imported into the United States, and
on which aduty < f 7 i-zper cent, is now
payable, an additional duty of one per
cent."
Mr. Dayton said that as on a former
day he had pledged himfelf to the rfoufc,
to offer an amendment to this resolution,
he was now prepared to do it, and (hould
take up very little of the time of the com
mittee in general prefatory remarks.
No member prefeut, he said, could be
'gnonurt that the article, faflimr a .i4er4bc
defenption of those fubjrtted to =, dutv
7 '-2 per cent, were for the most part
purchased, and used by the poorer class
of people who were less able to bear ad
ditronaJ burthens than any other—That
Indeed very many of those articles, and
ome of the most important of them were
eal necessaries, and could not be furnifh
ed in this country, but rault be brought
torn abroad, for a long time at lead to
come ; among which he particularly men
turned coarfc woollens, &c.
J hat under this imprefiion he took the
liberty to move that initead of laying- one
per cent, additional dutv, as the felcft
committee had reported, on those articles,
It might be reduccd to one half per cent
on Iv.
1 , Dayton laid he was aware that
I'? 2 rea ' l<^lo n of one half aS proposed by
him, would occasion a diminution in the
sum to be rH,fed of about 75,00© dollars
under that head of re vent: r, but that the
committee of the whole might fee and un
derbid his wholepTan and object, before
they decided upon a part, he would in
m« place read .to them what hr intended
to offer as a substitute to remedy that de
ncienc^.
.Here Mr. D. read a variety of fpecific
article which he Arid were either luxuries
, ,"' e ! nd con feq'jcntly consumed or used
by J hole who were moil able to pay the'
duties, or articles which our own artists
fr manufailurers couid supply f u f.
Scitnt quantity, especially if this small
additional protc&ion codd be held out to
them.
The principal of them were as follows,
VIZ.
; On boots 2 J cents per pair—On shoe.
and f ljjpcrs for men and women, c cents,
and those for children, 3 cents—On mil
' reaJ 7 made, on artificialflowerj/ea
thers, See. 5 per cent, ad valorem.
| On cast, flit and rolled iron, and
generally all manufactures of iron,
steel, tin, pewter, copper, brass, or
of winch eitFier of these metals is
the article of chief value, not being
otherwise particularly enumerated, '
(brass and iron wire excepted) cabi
net wares, carpets and carpeting
Leather tanned and tawed, and o- e - i
— nerally all manufactures of leader,
§ ° r of which leather is the article of
•tj chief value, not otherwise particu
•jj larly enumerated.
Medicinal drugs, except those
£ commonly used in dying. Matts and
-3 floor cloths, hats, caps and bonnets
-o P ever y fort, gloves, mittens, llock
" ; n S s » ftns, buttons, buckles, fheath
g mg and cartridge paper, all powders,
" perfumes, cofmctics and all dentifrice
preparations.
N On gold, silver and plated wares,
gold and silver lace, jewellery and
parte-work, clocks and watches, and
the following groceries, viz. cinna
mon, cloves, mace, nutmegs, ginger,
annifeed, currants, dates, figs,plumbs,
prunes,raifins,oranges,lemons, limes,
and generally all fruits and comfits,
olives, capers, pickles, oil, mustard
[in flour.
On all manufactures of cotton, or of
which cotton is the chief material, printed,
stained or colored, one and a half per cent! !
ad valorem.
The additioual duties which he had
proposed on tire articles he bad thus par
ticularly enumerated, would amount to
about 75,000 dollars, which would be the
diminution oceafioned by the reduction of
a half per cent, agreeably to his motion.
Mr. D. said that he hoped every mem
ber whether he favored or opposed a na
val armament to protest our commerce and
our coasts and harbors, would aid hi'm in
his endeavors to render the wars and
means for raffing the monies as little bur
thenfcme and as unexceptionable as pos
sible. If the resolution for building and
equipping the five frigates, ihould uhi
mately be negatived,. it by no means fol
lowed that the time spent in the difcuflion
and amendment of the resolution imme
d'afe'y u " der consideration, would be
uleleisly lpeiit. In any future call for
money, the ways and means which (hould
be on this occasion preferred, would pro
bably be rcforted to, and it was therefore
ot importance, that all ffiould unite their
exertions, to make the measure as unob
jedtjonahle as pofllblc.
So far as the encouragement of cur
own manufactures could be made to con
sist with the cncreafe of revenue, it was
certainly durable to effect it, and it was
witrt a view to bcth theft important ob
f jea, that he hid l'clected the artreks wfcch
he had enumerated. It was to be remem
bered Mr. D. added, that it was not now
a question whether they ftionld raise more
money, (thishadalready been determined)
but whether the encreafe of duties (hould
tall upon the neceflaries of life, or upon
articles of luxury, and such other articles
as the United States were capable of Ap
plying within themselves, independently
of foreign countries.
After considerable difcuflion which
turned principally upon the propriety of
affording tile protection and encourage
ment which was contemplated in the a
mendment in favor of the iron and of the
iron manufa£Uires of the United States,
it was moved and carried, that locks, hing
es and two or three other articles (which
It was said, COU J(J nol j, e manufaflured in
this country) ihould be excepted.
The motions of Mr. Dayton were then
agreed to, and were adopted as part of
the report of the committee.
PHILADELPHIA,
FEBRUARY 25.
PR OM CORREUPQNDNTS,
A correspondent finds no inconf/lency in
conduA of the Government towards
tiltprcfent Mimfler of France and hisprc
cicccjjor, as mentioned in Mr. Bache's pa
per of this morning-. The latter endeavor,
ed to involve this country in a war, oppof.
Ed measures of the government, and in
fulled the Chief Magistrate, The former
hat explicitly exprefled his approbation of
ths measures of the government, teftified
utmost refpeft for the Chief Magis
trate, and has disavowed all the proceed
ings of M. Genet which had a tendency
to war. It is a matter of course then that
the officers of the Federal Government,
and the friends of order, peace and tran
quility (hould manifeft a friendly difpofi
tionto the new Minister, whose language
ana conduct are so congenial with their
w s, as they reprobate the langeage and
proceedings of the cidcvant minister which
tended to disorganize the government, and
introduce all the honors of anarchy and
war. xhe officers of the federal govern
ment and the federal interest of this coun
ty, were never hostile to Franc, under
M. Genet s ministry, but they were hofti/e
to hu proceedings, which appeared to them,
calculated to ruin this country.
It .. natural that Spreaders of peace
mould (hew refpeft to a Minister who is
the mcjjmger of peace it is natural that
the officers of the government (hoald be
pleated with the appearance of one who is
particularly charged to express his appro
bation of the late meafure® of the govcrn-
the desire of his nation to main
tain them. This conduit implies no
change of principles, but an adherence to
a lyftem of peace.
While we abuse Briti'ffi publications for
their attempts to injure the cause of liber
ty, let us not by servile imitation fall into
the lame errors, let ns support a govera
me"t which >* founded on the affections
of the American people, and a model for
the nations of Europe—Let us support
and encourage the freedom of the press,
but let uspunifh its licentiouftiefs.
G> The paragraph preceding the above,
f c doubt wt diflated by the mojl friend
ly motives—but on refledion, our Corres
pondent -will fee fame reafont for its non
appearance in this paper.
OBSERFER—No. 111.
Mr. Fjnno,
The Observer, was much gratified, last
evening, at the New Theatre; on feeimr
so many of his fair country women grace
that resort of genteel company.—He ven
tures to assert, that in point of number,
elegance and beauty, such a collection has
not been seen in America ; at the fame
time he most Immbly requelh a pardon
from his Pair friends in Boston ; and aflcs
them to think, number is the only applica
ble word to them His fair friends who
are the fubjed of thefc remarks, will add
new claims to refpeft, by a ptrfea acqui
elcence, in equality, with those of Boston,
as to elegance and beauty-
To the performeis of instrumental mu
sic, the Observer, with great pleasure, re
marks, that they rifein his eftimition j
keep to your resolutions, my friends, play
uicii pieces ofmufic, as are allotted to you
by the managers, or yourfelre* ; the gal-
'ery will soon Le conti'nced of its propri-
Americans muff highly Mi(h the conr
phment paid to tbei. National cockade.
Mrs. Whitlock in the character of Bcl
videra, in Ven.ce Preserved, deserve. un
mingfed praifc. She pronounces the En
glKh language in its purity and perfiaion,
the Observer requcft, the attention of al I
le players, to her pronunciation and ac
cent : he thinks the model an excellent
Mr. Fennel!, in the chara&erof Pierre
I was truly great : The Observer hints to
him,a critical attention to musical cadence
c'pecia ,y at ail interrogation : Mr. Fen
nel! will certainly notice a hint, friendly
to his improvement.
Mr. Whitlock, in Priuli, filial his part
wjth much proprietv.
The obferyer was pleased, with the ex
hibition of the Pastoral Dance, a feconrf
time; but presume. Mr. Francis, will
keep in mind, that a repetition once too
often, is mtich worse, than twice toofpa
ring. V
Mr. Bat-.s n. tlx: charter of Sharp,
("1 the Lying Valet) did honor to hi'mulf
a an a£W; if Mr. Bates in other charac
ters, only proves equal to himfelf in this,
c - fl . J er P ronounc <* him as near a
nmffied afior, as projkr ambition can hope,
or rational expectation can wife.
Mr. Moreton, Sirs. Frances, S!i d Mrs.
Shaw, the Obfcrvcr recognized, with un
common fatisfea.on, as gaining by repe
tition upon public esteem ; and he is ex
tremely out in calculation, if a harvest of
- applau . fe 'toes not avait them.
1 he Obferycr, »happy to acknowledge
his great obligate to the managers for
exertions, to> afford rational am.ufc
ment, coupled with mental improvement.
He requests all those who are, :'n principle,
I 0 ( Pp0 ? d L to Theatrical entertainments, to
attend the New Tfeatfe once, and after
wards, on reflection, each lay his hand on
his heart, and fay, whether his morals
are depraved by it—.fay whether those
delicate and fine spun threads of his foul,
designated f>y his Maker, to heighten his
enjoyment, are not improved, and his heart
expanded with benevolence.
SHIP NEWS,
Arrived at New Tori.
Bh'g Columbia, Wolf, Bourdeaus
O , ®"®7' Bowe "' Amsterdam
Schr. Providence, Raifbeck, Halifax
Sally, Dunn, NorfolJc
t-apt. Dunn, on leaving the Capes of
Virginia, fa\v 5 fad of the fine enter the
Capes under French colours, and 2 armed
brigs from 10 to 24 guns.
CyDßAco,an Ode,and an "Extraß from
a pamphlet now in the press," to-morrow
The Debates on Mr. Mad fan's Re Muttons,
we hope tt> rtfume also at the fame time.
Other articles as fton as pojftble.
NEW THEATRE.
To-Morrow Evening, Feb. 26,
Will be performed,
A Comic Opera, called
Love in a Village.
Sir William Meadows, Mr. Moms
Juflice Woodcock, Mr. Bates.
Hawthorn, Mr. Darley.
Young Meadows, Mr. Marfliall
Eustace, Mr . Darley, jun.
J? 0 t d E e ', Mr. Franci..
Deborah Woodcock, Mrs. Shaw
Luanda, Mr». WamU.
Rofetta, Mrs. Marlhall,
Mad g e - Miss Broadhurft.
In Acl xjl, a STATUE SCENE and
DAA CE by the Characters.
Servants at the Statue—Mr. WarrclL
Mr. Bliflet, Mr. Rowfon,Mrs. Rowfon, '
Mrs. Bate9,and Mrj. Xfe Marque, See.
After the Optra, the
CALEDONIAN FROLIC.
To which Imil be added, a Comfdt, intivo-
Ads, written by the late David Garnet,
CALLED
The Guardian,
Mr. Hartley, Mr. Whitlock.
Sir Charles Clackit, Mr. Morris
Young Clackit, Mr. Finch.
Savant, Mailer Warrell.
Mrs. Rowfon.
Harriet, Mrs. Marshall.
f Boxes, one dollar—Pitt, three quarter,
oi a dollar—and Gallery, half a dollar.
I'rvat Kefpuohco.