gtited beacon 011 Shell Castle Ifiapd iu ihe harbor of Occacock, in th« State of North-Carolina." Ordered, That '.he Secretary acquaint the Houte of Representatives therewith. A melfage from the House of Repre sentatives by Mr. Beckley their Clerk : " M. Prefidcnt—The House ,of Re presentatives have pafied a bill, entitled, " An ast for the relief of Reuben Smith and Nathan Strong," in which they de iiie the concnrrehce of the Senate." And he withdrew. The bill Isft brought lip for concur rence was read the firft time. Ordered, That this bill pass to the fe csnd leading. The petition of Dennis Mc Ready and others, in behalf of the manufac turers of tobacco and * :iiff, against an additional tax un those articles, was pre sented and read. Ordered, That this petition lie oil the table. Mr. Ellfv.-orth from the committee to whom was referi-ed the bill, to authorize Diftrift Judges to adjourn Circuit Courts, reported the bill amended, and the report being agreed to, and the bill amended ac cordingly ; Ordered, That the rule be so "far dis pensed with as that this bill be now,.read the third time. Resolved, That this bill pass, that it be engrolted, and that the title thereof be, •' An ast further to authorize the ad journment of Circuit Courts." Ordered, That the Secretary defsre the concurrence of the House of Repre sentatives in this bill. After the confideratinn of the Execu tive bulinefs. The Senate adjourned to 11 d'clock to-morrow morning. Wednesday, May 14th, 1794. Mr. Ellfworth from the committee to whom was referred the bill entitled, " An ast providing for the payment of certain expenses incurred by Fulwar Skipwith, on public account," reported amend ments, which were adopted, and the bill amended accordingly. Ordered, That the rule be so far dis pensed with as that this bill be now read the third time. Resolved, That this bill pass with a - mendments. Ordered, That the Secretary desire the concurtence of the House of Repre sentatives in the amendments to this bill. A message from the House of Repre- j fentatives by Mr. Beckley their Clerk : " Mr. President—The House of Re- I - prefentatives have pasTed the bill,' sent J from the Senate for concurrence, entitled. " An ast further to authorize the ad journment of Circuit Courts." And he withdrew. v The bill sent from the House of Re • prefentatives for concurrence, entitled, " An ast for the relief of Reuben Smith and Nathan Strong," was read the second time. , Ordered, That this bill pass to the third reading. Mr. Cabot from the committee to whom was referred the bill, entitled, " An ast for erecting a light-house on the I sland of Seguin in the Diltrift of Maine," reported amendments, which were adopt-"" ed accordingly. Ordered, That the rule be so far dis pensed with as that this bill be now read the third time. Resolved, That this bill pass with a mendmentß. Ordered, That the Secretary desire the concurrence of the House of Repre sentatives in the amendments to this bill. A motion was made that the next ses sion of Congress be held at Boston. Ordered, That this motion lie for con sideration. The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. O CONGRESS. House of Reprefentaliies. May 15. This day came on in the House of Re presentative's of the United States, the consideration of the resolution some time past laid on the table by Mr. Goodhue, for guaranteeing an indemnification to those fufferers who had sustained lodes by British spoliation on our commerce Mr. Goodhue moved that the refohi tion might be referred to a committee of the whole House, wbich was seconded by Mr. Dexter—it was then moved by way of amendment to the motion b" Mr. Day ton, to these words, " to whom was rsferrrjfcfrhc r_filuihin for the fequtjlration of British M'ti, to which Mr. Gbodhue ob jv/fted, because ,lt? laid fujjjefts jjtere dillinft and in their natiiri and flaght not to.be combined ; his resolution went qnly to ejlablifh the principle of in demnification by guaranteeing it to the fufferers, leaving the fund from which it ihould he made, {in cafe Great Britain should refufe to do us justice) to a future £oaiidvtjLU would lay dormant for some time, it was belt to refer this to the fame committee, that they might.ffeep together-—the amendment was supported by Messrs. Lyman, Dayton, Nicholas, Smilie, Dearborn, Madison, Clark and Giles. Mr. Dextei against the amendment, said, that very ftiong reasons existed both for taking into confideraunn a proposition for indemnity to the futferers, and also against connsfting it with fequeflration or any other fubjeft. Each ought to stand or fall on its own merits. The fufferer's were numerous and deserving citizens; they had waited a long time, and had a right to know before the close of the fefli -110 what protection they were to expect from the government of their own coun try. Sequestration without a change of political circumstances would never pass both Houses of the Legislature ; to con nect them then, would be to deny relief, without even examining the principles on which they claim it. He said British debts had been called the only proper and natu ral funds ; in his opinion they would be no fund at all, even if fequeltration could be adopted ; the debls would never be col lected ; and not only so, but fequeflration would be the beginning of hoflilities, and wai must ensue; this at the fame moment would pi event all hope of obtaining justice from Britain, and also discharge our own government from every obligation to in demnify. Mr. D. said he would slate, what in'his opinion was the proper and na tural fund ; the money to be demanded of Britain by our envoy extraordinary. Should this fail, the government of America would either pay the fufferers or grant them let ters of marque and reprizal. This, he said, is the conflant course of nations, and this the fufferers have a right to demand as a counterpart of their allegiance. Mr. D. said it had been objected that the Bri tish government would be encouraged by it to refufe a recompence. This if true, would be a serious objection, for he had always viewed negociation as affording the only probable chance for indemnity to'the fufferers; if a recompence be refufed by B. itain, war will be the consequence. The objection however he thought would be entirely removed by attending to the reso lution itfelf. It is not he said a provision or taking the debt on ourselves, but meet ly to guarantee a recompence to the fuffer ers ; the very word implies that the 20- v* cf At - t ,-rt th* tr-w"'®! f debtor, but is to tompel another to make f iidemnity, ot- become the debtor- Mr. D. closed with fa; ing that he had attend ? Ed only to the teafoning of the gentlemen 1 aid not to their personalities ;it was not i his practice to leave the to impute tj otheis, motives either corrnnt or pal i try ;if they chose to glean iihaginary lau t rds on this ground, he was not anxious to i flare them; they could but judge whether ; in this way they were likely to encreafc 3 their reputation, or benefit the public. MefTrs. Sedgwick, Ames, Murray, Smith of South-Carolina, and Hillhouie, also spoke against the amendment, and said the merits of neither proposition were now before the house, but only the mode in which the fnbjeft should be considered i —that they were in themfclves separate and independent, and ought to have a se parate and independent consideration— i they were questions of very great nation i al concern, and that blending them toge ther would give an undue bias, and neither would be fairly and impartially decided. It was doubtful whether the resolution ; for sequestration ever ought to be adopt ■ ed, and that to conned the two fubjefts, ! would be to hang a mill (tone about the necks of the fufferers—that as they were j a numerous and very meritorious class of i citizens, their claim merited a candid snd • full examination, uuembarrafTed with any other matter. The Yeas and Nays were called on the amendment, and were as follows: — YEAS. MefTrs. Bailey, Baldwin, Beatty, Blount, Boudinot, Carnes, Christie, Clai borne, Clark, Coles, Dawfon, Dayton, Dearborn, Dent, Findley, Giles, Gillei > pir, Gillon, Greenup, Gregg, Griffin, Grove, Hancock, Heath, Heiiter, Hind man, Hunter, Locke, Lyman, Macon, Madison, M'Dowell, Meban*, Montgo mery, Moore, Muhlenberg, Neville, New, Nicholas, Niles, Orr, Page, Parker, Pick ens, Pre (ton, Rutherford, Scott, Sher burne, Smilie, I. Smith, Talbot, Cort landt, Venable, Walker, Williams, Winn, and Winfton. 57. NAYS. MefTrs. Ames, Armstrong, Bourne, Cobb, Coffin, Coit, Dexter, Fitzfimons, Foster, Gilbert, Gilmatf, Glen, Goodhue, Gordon, Hiflhoufe, Latimer, Learned, Lee, Malbone, Murray, Sedgwick, J. Smith, W. Smith, Swift, Thatcher, Tra cy, Trumbull, Allen, Gaafbeck, P.Wadf worth, and Watts. 31. The resolution was then referred to the fame Committee to whom the resolution for fequeftiating British debts was refer red. For the G jzette of the United States. CONSIDERATIONS on EXCISE. THAT the manufacturers of the United States are unwilling to contribute their (hare in the expences of government, and that they reft perfectly content, let who-may, kear that duty, so they are exempt, are charges, which with a considerable lhare of iiduitry, are endeavoured to be impi elled on ! the public mind. To a class of citizens unconscious of a dif polition inimical to the happinefsof society, relying on their induury, ufefulnel's, and ir reproachable conduct lor the approbation Of their fellow men, no afpernon could have been more injurious ; it is therefore in urn bent upon.them to state some few faCts, from which the unprejudiced will make the due inference. That the expences of government a-e to b: defrayed is' moll true, and ehearfuhy ought the citizens of this highly favoured country to contribute each his apportiohate lhare ; it ihould be considered as a free wi!l oflcring rarher than an exaction ; it is a mu tual participation in the expen es of' that so ciety, by which we are protcifkd in our per sons and property. If the proportions of wealth is the just criterion by which to rcgjlate the quota of tax for each individual, and that it is, ap pears confirmed by the popular opinion— " that Luxuries Jhould be the mojl heavlfy r.f fejjed, because the cpule/it are the consumers" it could be easily diftinguilhed that the manu facturer and they who (from their sank in ■wealth) are termed the middle class of citi zens, have not only paid their fufficiency,but greatly more —as a tenant, he must frequent ly pays the tax on the realeftate of his land lord, and as a citizen over and above his own he participates in the taxes levied for the protection of the delinquent personal proper ty (however overgrown) of the wealthy ci tizen. Toalledge then that the manufacturer or the industrious mechanic fliall pay, even yet more than this excise to which he is now ac cuHomed in order to preserve unfubfidized that property which the power of wealth has hitherto secured from afieflment even for its ~-r-'CVjon, is nothic?; lhort - ;c! - 1 ' ' j ration tliai .thoji (hall become the " b:vjjrs if wood and drapers of water''. The cou tenlpJafed tSx o'd manufactures, were it on- If on accpAut of*nfre banditti of that kind of exciferfxii hitherto unknown in America, with the rigor of the laws nece.'iary to give efficiency, and to qualify their infolenee, it in itfelf the most execrable, and to the liber ties oi freemen the molt dangerous.—ls ir becaafe they poflefs more enterprise, are more ingenious, or that they are lefe lirupu lous of the sweat of their brow, that they are to be fiugled out? are then their peculiar, improvements, knowledge, or excellence, the result, perhaps, of y< ars of a/fiduity and research, to be of no longer value, and are to be subjeCted to the moil common inspec tion and exposure ? I hope not. But the a pology (and experience proves it only an a pology) is, that the coufumer arr.i _ not the manufacturer will pay the duty j had this bean well founded or the result of djie-enquiry, it would have been some conlolation ; tluf it is either I deny, and in confirmation take one well tried, stern, and recent fadt, in prefe rence to a volume of theory. The iate excise on wines, &e. in the state of Pennsylvania was Bd. per gallon, the fair dealer paid the duty, and demanded a profit ot io per cent, which included waiie, &c. the falfe fweartr de uanded no fich profit, the duty answered his purpose, the ultimate proved that nfftead of a revenue to the state, it became a bounty tor his perjury, mau°*re all the watchfulnds which could be exerted for its lupport. "Need Ito add that what lit- , tie duty the state received, was paid by the | iuir trade, whole bufmefs in Confeqnence itc camepf no value, while the abandoned cha» ' raCterflourilhtd on thfc bulk of the duty con teinplated for the commonwealth. The receipts into the Treafurv became daily less, until at the formation of the fede ral government notwithstanding the vigi lance of a worthy office it became wh~n compared with the expeCted amount a v-ry pittance, but if viewed with refpedt to its effect on foviety, dreadful.—Should I be-here told that it was in confeqnence of the Inef ficiency of the law , the hi'ilory of all revenue fyltems in Europe will make the answer aril prove that the utmoil deipotifm is unequal to their maintenance. One of the greeted securities which the community have is, that when the Legisla ture levy a tax, they in general alio tax themselves ; but iu the instance of an excTe on manufactures it is possible they may -overwhelm, while themfeives fee! none of the effect. Wealth begets gower, and po\ver too oft leads to ufurpatjoii; to obviate these imprefiions, protect the riling interests of dis country, induce harmony privileges and elections. ' '