\ pijy in native. t
■R Solved, That this bill paf">. <
Ordure*!, That the Secretary acquaint
the ilLoafe cf Representatives with the
concurrence of the Senate in this bill.
Mr. Burr, from the committecto whom
was referred iie report us the Attorney
General, on tlx intirio.iJof the inhabi
tants of GklTreported * h;ll_ for
J thcir ndfkf; Wnkli read the firft time.
Ordered, Tliat ihw hill pals to the se
cond reading.
A meflage from the I louse of i\.epre
f«ttativcßby Mr. Beckk-y the t clerk:
" Mr. Prefident —The House of Re
presentatives ask a conference on the a
mendment adhered to by the Senate, to
the bill, entitled, " An ast to encourage
the recruiting service," and have appoint
ed managers at the fame on their part"—
And he withdrew.
The Senate took into consideration the
resolution of the House of Representatives
aiking a conference on the amendment ad
htrcd to by the Senate, on the la.l men
tioned -bill—and
Resolved, Tliat they do agree to the
proposed conference, and that Mr. Strong, |
Mr. EUfworth, and Mr. Gunn, be mana- '
gers thereof on the part of the Senate.
Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint
the House of Reprefentatives'therewith.
Mr. Poller, reported from the commit
tee on enrolled hiljs that they had this day
laid before the President of the United
States the enrolled bill, entitled, " An
ast allpwing Lieutenant Colonel Toufard
an equivalent for his pension for life."
• The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to
, morrow fnorning.
Wednesday, April.3o.
Mr. Porter reported from the commit
tee for enrolled bills that they had exa
mined the enrolled bill, entitled, An ast
providing for raising and oVganizing acorps
of artillerists and engineers," and that it
was duly enrolled.
The bill, for the relief of the French
inhabitants of Galliopolis, was read the
second time.
Ordered, That this bill be referred to
Mr. Brown, Mr, Burr, Mr. Taylor, Mr.
King and Mr. Potts, to consider and re
port thereon to the Senate.
A meflage from the House of Repie
fentativesby Mr. Beckley their clerk :
" Mr. President—The President of the
.XJnited States hath notified the House of .
Representatives.that he this day, approv
ed and signed, " Ao ast allowing Lieute
nant Colonel Toufard an equivalent for his
.pension for life."
" The Speaker of the House of Re
presentatives having .signed an enrolled bill,
I am directed to bring it to the Senate
for the signature of the Vice-Prefident"—
And he withdrew.
The Vice-President signed the enrolled
bill, entitled, " An ast providing for rais
ing and organising a corps of artillerists
and engineers," and it was delivered to
. the committee for enrolled bills to be laid
before the President of the United States
for his approbation.
'The Vice-President laidbeforethe Senate,
a letter from the Secretary for the depart
ment of State, refpefting a statement of
the spoliations committed on the commerce
of the United States ; which was read.
Ordered, That it lie on the table.
< On motion,
The petition of James Mathers door
keeper to the Senate, praying for an aug
mentation of hisfalary was considered.
Ordered, That it be referred to Mr.
Taylor, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Cabot, to
consider and report thereon to the Senate.
On motion,
Ordered, Thar the petition of George
Taylor and others, clerks in the Treasury
Department, praying for an augmenta
tion of their salaries, be referred to the
fame committee, to confidcr and report
thereon to" the Senate.
The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to
morrow morning.
ThurfdayMay lft, 1794.
A meflage from the House of Repre
sentatives, by Mr. Beckley their Clerk :
'' Mr. President—The House of Re
presentatives have a parted a bill, entitled,
" an ast Supplementary to " An ast to
provide for the defence of certain ports
and harbors in the United States," in
which they desire the concurrence of the
Senate.'' And he withdrew.
This bill was read the firft time.
Ordered, That this bill pass to the se
cond reading.
Mr. Potts from the committee to whom
was referred the petition of Meflrs. Stew
art and Plunket, reported a bill for the
remission of the duties on eleven hogs
heads of coffce which have been destroy- i
cd by fire ; and the bill was read the firlt
time. ' .
Ordered, Tiut ibis bill pa 6 to the le
cond reading.
Tlie Senate adjourned to 11 o clock
to uwivow mortjinff.
Friday, May 2d, 1794-
The bill for the remission of the duties
on eleven of coffee which have
been destroyed by fire, was the se
cond time. ,
Ordered, That this bill pass to the
third leading.
The bill, sent from the House of Re
prefeutatives for concurrence, entitled,
« An ast fupplcmentary to " An aSt to
provide for the dcfence of certain ports
and harbors in the United States, was
read the second time.
Ordered, That the further considera
tion of this bill be postponed until Mon
day next.
Mr. Gunn from the committee to
whom was referred the bill, entitled, "An
? ast directing a detachment from the Mi
litia of the United," reported an amend
! ment as follows :
! " SeCt. 5. And be it further enacted,
I That this ast (hall continue and be in force
! for the space of one year from the paf
-1 sing thereof, and from thence to the end
] of the next session of Congress, and no
I longer."
1 Which report being adopted, and the
bill further amended—
Ordered, That this bill pass to the
third reading.
Mr. Fojter reported from the commit
tee, that they had examined the enrolled
bill, entitled, " An ast to establish the
pod-office and port roads within the Uni
ted States," and that it was duly enrol
j led.
A mefiage from the House of Repre
sentatives, by Mr. Beckley their Cierk:
" Mr. Prelident —The Speaker of the
House of Representatives having signed
an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring
it to the Senate for the signature of the
Vice-Prefident." And he withhrew.
The Vice-President signed the enrolled
bill, entitled, " An ast to establish the
poll-office and poll roads within the Uni
. ted States," and it was delivered to the
coi.imittee to be laid before the President
of the United States for his approba
tion. •
(To be continued.)
From the General Ad-vertifer.
At a general and numerous meeting of
the manufacturers of the city of Phila
delphia, and such other citizens as re
probate the imposition of an excise up
on the infant manufactures of Ameri
ca, held in the State House yard, on
Thursday the Bth day of May, 1794.
Jacob Morgan, Chairman,
Is+ac Pennington, Secretary.
The following resolutions, together with the
preamble, were proposed and unnnimoujly
adopted :
WHEREAS it is the inalienable right
and bounden duty of all freemen vigilant
ly to observe the operations of govern
ment, publicly to declare their fentiroents
on its measures, and peaceably to remon r
ftrate against every incroachment upon the
liberties and interests of the people j and
whereas the imposition of and excise upon
certain domestic manufactures of the U
nited States, as contemplated by the
House of Representatives of (pongrefs,
appears manifeftly to this meeting, to be
at odce unjust, impolitic, oppressive, dan
gerous, and unneceflary : In erder there
fore to teftify the fenfeof the citizens and
particularly of the manufacturer* of Phi
ladelphia upon the important occasion, as
well as to warn tke legislature of the Uni
on against the introduction of a precedent
so odious, and ,so pernicious, it is
Resolved, That the manufactures of
the United States, however foftered by
the skill, industry and wealth of indivi
duals, remain in a Rate of infancy ; and
rather demand the patronage, than juftify
the exactions of government. The spirit of
enterprise, which led the citizens of A
merica into a patriotic competition with the
manufacturers of Europe, is (till depres
sed, and struggling amidst the embarrass
ments of the unequal contest. The pre
judicesin favour of foreign manufactures;
the inexperience of domestic workmen,
the high price of labour, and the inade
quate amount of capitals, are obstacles yet
to be surmounted in almost every branch
of American manufacture. The charge
and difficulty of introducing domestic ma-
nufaCtories, may indeed be exemplified in j
the recent attempt at the town of Pater
fon ; where, notwithstanding the magni
tude of the original fund, the auxiliary of
a lottery, arid the patronage of Rates and
flatefmen: the projected institution of
national manufactories has funk even be
fore its foundation was complete. To
demand, therefore, a partial contribution
from the individuals, who have thus em
barked and are thus contending in an ar
duous and patriotic talk, is obviously uir
juft, and may be fatal.
Resolved, that it is the policy of the
United States to multiply and encourage
domcftic manufactures ; but the attempt
to render them fubjeas of revenue, at this
early period of their existence, is calcula
ted to prevent the introduction of any
future, and to undermine the profpeiity
of every pjefent establishment. If to the
embarrassments which already attend the
institution of a manufactory, the appre
hensions of a tax equal to 50 or 20 per
cent, upon its produce (as is proposed in
the cases of fnufF and sugar,) (hall be ad
ded, few individuals (and on the exerti
ons of individuals, America mult after
all, rely for her manufactures) can he so
opulent, none will be so daring as to
continue, or to commence the experiment;
a permanent source of national wealth,
will thus be destroyed, by a ra(h and ava
ricious anticipation of its emoluments.
Resolved, That independent of the in
justice and impolicy of imposing any tax
upon the infant manufactories of Ameri
ca, the nature of the tax which is propos
ed, demands a firm opposition to themea
fure. The introduction of an excise sy
stem into the administration of a free go
vernment, cannot be too strongly repro
bated nor too resolutely opposed ; in eve- -
ry country in which it is known, it has
eventually been fatal; it has depraved,
oppressed and enslaved the people, while
it exalted their rulers, by the rigor of its
dispensations and the infwlence of its offi
cers ; it is the foul and poisonous source
from which flow collusion, fraud and per
jury, it cannot be imposed without tyran
ny, nor be endured without baseness.
Resolved, That if *n excise, at all times
oppressive and dangerous, might however
be vindicated by necefiity, even that plea
does not now exist. The federal wants
are not so great that they can only be top
plied by the exertion-os «very peflibk re- '
source ; and the terror of war, under
whose influence the excise was proposed, is
happily vanished.
Resolved, That the manufacturers of the
city of Philadelphia should and cheerfully
will contribute in just and equal propor
■ tions with their fellow-citizens to the sup
port of government, its dignity and ere
' dit; but they solemnly protest against eve
ry attempt to impose heavier burthens up
on their labor, or more arbitrary regula
tions upon their occupations than the la
bor and occupations of the reft of the
• community.
■ Resolved, That if during the present
feflion a law (hall be enaCted by Congress,
imposing an excise upon any domestic ma
nufactures, the manufaCturew of the city
of Philadelphia will aflemble at the State
j House (on the notification of the chair
man) to take into consideration what mea
; fures ought to be pursued to express their
j sympathy for their oppressed brethren, and
with a due respeCt for their obligations as
citizens to demonstrate their abhorrence
e of so unjust, so impolitic and so pernicious
( a precedent.
e Resolved, That the foregoing resolu
tions be signed by the chairman, and co
piet thereof be forthwith transmitted to
d the President of the Urtited States, to the
j. Speaker of the Senate, and to the Speaker
, s of the House of Representatives of Con
i- g'els
t Jacob Morgan, C'^irman.
The Printers of newspapers throughout
5 f the United States are requested to publish
,y the above reflations, for the benefit of
i_ the manufacturing interest in general,
.d ———————
% UNITED STATES.
. BALTIMORE May 5.
f_ ExtrdS of a Letter from a gentleman in Ja
[j*_ mate a, to his friend in this town, dated
e- Kingjion, March 16.
i; " O.nl the 13th of February, the court
n, of Oyer and Terminer f<jr the trial of of
e- fences coirtmitted on the high seas, met by
et appomtmeiik; after t,he usual forms, the
:h Grand Jury\,-ent out for Preferments,
rt and found tWS-bills, against Capt. Jofhuz
a- Barney, of (fee (hip Sampson, of Baltimore,
V\ "AM V • '
the firft for piratically and felonioufly ref
ining and bearing off a <hip and cargo,
which had been seized at sea, while under
his command, in July lad; the second for
firing upon, with intention to kill, and
wounding one of the prize matters: The
court then not thinking proper to go im
i mediately into the trial, adjourned until th«
i joth ; then they met and proceeded to try
him on the firlt indictment.
" Captain Barney was therefore arraion.
. ed at the bar, at I 1 in the morning, and
after an examination of witnefTes, and pro
: ceedings which continued until sin the
: evening, and were then closed by the' in
t tervention of the Judge, a virtuous and
s independent jury, without going out of
- their box brought in a verdi& not guilty."
r " The court then adjourned to the
r 15th, to try him on the second indi£hnent j
: but during this interval, the President of
; the court i(Tiled an order to stop all further
- proceedings ; and thus ended this interest.
r ing process.
1 " The origin and progress of this trial
- has for some time engaged no small (hate of
- the common chat of this town, and has
r been seriously considered in the United
States. It is not seasonable to trace this
affair through all its stages; fufficc it to
fay, that the firmnefs and dignity where
with Capt. Barney has conduced himfdf
through the whole of this cruel and vin
dictive profocutiou, at once bespeak him
the man his fellow citizens took him to
be, and refle&B additional lustre on the
character of a native American. While
the rapacious agent* of these commercial
regulations were endeavoring by every in
sidious artifice to pillage him of the means
of social exiltence, by depriving" him of his
property, another junto, were wicled and
inveterate, were no less induflrious to avail
thcmfelves of every evil machination, that
malice could invent or envy dictate, to
wreak their vengeance in his blood, and
left nothing untried todeprive Amcricaof
a valuable citizen, human nature of a
friend and benefa&or, and a virtuous and
amiable family of a husband and a father."
PHILADELPHIA,
MAY 10.
We are the lhip Cleopatra,
Capt. Smith, anchored at Fort Mifflin, this
morning, after a pafiagt-®f Si days irorn )
Amsterdam.
The House of Representatives of the U
nited States have been principally engaged
the last fortnight in difcufiing the report of
the committee of fifteen, on the ways and
means—the bufmefs was largely debated ;n
committer of the whole, and fundrv amend
ments we re agreed to. The proposed dutus
Oncarriages, fiamps, sal- sat auSion, nwrn -
fa&ured tobacco and fiuffl has and hmfj'*■
gar, were feveratty objected to, and motions
made for striking theni out, but weTe all ne
gatived, and in general, by larger majorities
than usual. The direst tax on lands from
which 750,000 dollars were proposed to be
raised, was expunged by vote of a great ma
jority—ln discussing the duty on fiamps an
amendment was agreed to, by providing for
? tax on every transfer of funded and bank
llock of the amount of 100 dollars and up
wards, five cents for every 100. Sundry o
ther taxes were proposed, as, an excise on
cyder, lieer, and porter, &c. which were fe
veraily disagreed to. A motion for an addi
tional impolt of ten per cent on all goads,
wares, and .merchandise, the manufaflnre
of Great Britain and Ireland, was brought
forward, but meeting with a strenuous "p?°-
' fition, was withdrawn—The committee o. the
whole having gone thro' with the diicufcon
—report was made to the Houfe —and the
amendments agreed to, with some trifling
> alterations. The business has been before
> the House for several days—Some new pro
positions have been made, the conftitutwn
ality of feme of the taxes lis? he«i contro
verted, but no motion for striking out oa
that principle, has prevailed. The Hotrie
adjourned y titer day without finilhing the
t bullnefe —and met again this day.
f Extradl of a letter from Newbury Port>
dated April 30th, 1794- ,
" This day'we have received newswhic
may be depended on, by arrivals from Uo
minica, St. Kitts and New Providence, 0
their releasing our vefiels in their ports,
(thofc taken after their new inftriuSions ar
rived, of the Bth of January) therefore peo
ple this way, have altered their minds, low
j to believe there will not be any war Wt»
America; a pleating circumstance a our
opinion."
* The Legislature of this (lite, with a
y view to ioften the rigor of penal law*,
e palled an adt, declaring that 110 cr«pe c *
j, cept murder of the firft degree, lhal
a I punished with death. Murder in the ai e
:. I gr«e, is delighted to be, a killing by mean#
' ' I