£r The'o\vners of.the Brigantiue ( Mercury, Wi'.liam Ur">*. *naOer, cij tw'cd by If' wish privafcr pt?H i*ld at in ccn»bcr # m*y receive in' iif >rtmt;on rcf pcaing iier, by typl)'"** t ' lc D»yartm«itf ol St-te. * The Primers in thr fc* port tow us or the United States will rtuder a service to the concerned, by above in tbeif news papers. J jn 3* Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company. January 3i, 179®- Stockholders ik requeued to attend an A adjourned meeting t* be hcW ai {he Coni pny's office at 6 o'clock Erufry evening. Jan.3. djt NtCKLIN f S GRIFFft'H, At their Sloe* on Walnut Streets harf— HAVF FOR SALS, 58 hhds. of Jarnarca Rum Madeira Wine in pipes and hhds. Tencriffe do. in pipes k * Old Port do. in hhds. Imperial Tea in quarters and cjphths of cbefts Sail Canvass, N». 1, to & Dimities, Ginghams, and Mudinets, in packa ges ftiitahle for the Weft India market Nails aflbfted Bla> k quart bottles Queens ware in hhds. and eritcs Yellow ochre dry in rafts ; And at New-York, on board the (hip Diana, from Liveipool,exported round as soon as tlie navigation is open, p mr Liverpool Sait Cotls Rpanifli Brow n "| Veuet ian Krd Purple Brown t p AINXS Patent white j White lead j "Krd lead J ColcoOiar vitriol 160 bundles Sheathing paper Seaming tw'ne Ship Diana, For Sale or Cftvter. ALSO, MAZON ' "**N. B. fhelateGrmof PhilipNicklin is now changed to , NICKLIN y GRIFFITH. January i| eodtf Landing this day, From on board the schooner Two Friends, Dan iel Crawley, Matter, 8- hhds. and / T ama i ca RUM, j 2 pipes ) J for sale by George Latimer & Son. vrvemher 9. $ James is? Richard Smith, r pAKB the liberty of informing their friends J. and the public, that tl«*y have removed their &ore to Vo. 54, South Front Jlreti % to Ed ward > ox'a Au<skk>n Room, where they have at t}i*s time for faJe,alargc and general assortment of European & Enjl India Goods, Many of which are just imported in the Clothier, _ William Penn, &0. fcc. NOW LANDING, At South-street Wharf, 7he Cargo of tbe Ship Concord, Captain Thompson, from Bstavia. About 300 tons firft qftali'y Java Coffee (the whole having been fel;Aed) ta tons Java Sugar, in canailers and hags 10 legurcs of old Arrack Nutmrgs, Mace and Cloves rot SALE BT PETER BLIGHT. Who also offers Far Sale, Just landed from Ihip Amity, from Jiufcica. lot hhds Jamaica and 170 An. do. Rum. November aj. . d6w Imported (via New York) on the (hip Hero, from Madras and Calcutta, and for sale by the fuhferiber, at No. 61, Cbefnut ftrefct, between Second and Third Streets, the follow ing articles . > Maha'agonges Charconna Dorsns Chintz and Calicoes Dacca worked mullins Gillis Romals Bandannoes Nillas ic I'enfufots Chada Romals Blue cloth Hair ribbon MnllMullhattkerckiefs Palempores Parr 1 do. Banares Opium Lesser Cardinium Seeds. Samuel Wilcox. November 17 tuths4w NOW LANDING, From on board the Ihip Farmer, lying at Harper's Wharf, Claret in hhds. Difto in cases Sauterne Win* iti do. For Sale, apply to John White/ides fcf Co. No. 138, Market-ftrcet. Also, on band, Bnurdeaox Braudy m pipes Fine old Antigua Rum A few c*(es of Claret, of a superior quality, november K>. • § Canal Lottery—No. 11. WILL commence drawing Monday, thezoth inrt. Tickets for Sale in this Lottery, at Sivrn Dollars, at Wm. BLACKBURN's Lottery and Brokers Office, No. 64, South Secotid-fl reet— Tickets iu the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery, at Ten DMtr:, where check books are kept lor render ing and examiner in these, the City of Wafliing ton, No.II. and Pater-fan Lotteries, and informa tion where tickets may"he had in molt of the Lotte ries autborifed ky law 1a any of the States of the Union. N. B. The hufinef. of a Baoara, in buying and (filing all kinds of Public Stock and Securities, difcountiig Bills and Notes of Hand, fair of l ands, Houses, &c. 4c. w*'.l he duly attended to, by Wa. BLACKBURN. njvrmher . § ~7 S~T OL E N Out of the fubferibrt's office a large Hue clothchak,half worn. Theinfideof theQollar is faced partly with scarlet velvet and partly with scarlet cloth, and it has a silver hook »a<3 chain as a faftening. A suitable reward will be paid for refttiring it. WILLIAM MEREDITH No. 111 South 3d Street. Dec. 16. 4<w %\)t Odette. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDtW EVENING, JANUART 4 For the Gai:tt: of the United States. The following ttbfcrvations are refpedful ly submitted to the members of the State LegiPiature as some of the re,-* ms why the inhabit int> of this place think their requefl for a turnpike road Germantuwn ought to be granted. Because at particular seasons of the year the preftfnt road is so extremely bad as to be totally impaflable with any kind of Carriag es and even an Horfcback, attendtdwithfnch danger as to put the live* of the riders in the greatest jvo ardy. Because all the attempts to repair them have provedtotally ineffectual, although hea vy taxes have been paid to support them. Because the diftanae they arte it for, be ing only 12 miles ; will in their opinion en sure tbe uccefi of the undertaking, and the constant use made of this road render the toll moderate. Because one half of the whole diftanee is thickly inhabited, and forms almoll one con tinued village for above five miie* ; the rt'itf will ofcourfe extend to a greater number of inhabitants than can be accomodated within the fame diftanee on any other road leading from the city. Because the terms they desire it on are such as induce them to believe it will in the course of a few years after it is compleattd become a free road bcfides providing a fund for keeping it in repair forever without the burthen of taxes. 1 In addition to ihefe reasons ma»y others of cdnfiderable importance might be added, which for brevity fake are here omitted, but one of no small canfequence te the city and advantage ta the country, which I -cannot forbear urging Thp cleanliness of the ci ty Gnce tbe awful visitations of '93 and '97 has been with great propriety urged. Tbe removal of so large a quantity of manure and other vegetable matler as is collected ia so great a city at the season of the year when it best fuitsthe Farmer to take and tbe Citizens to part with it, certainly contributes to this deferable end—for want of a good road the Farmer is frequently prevented from remov ing it during the winter—the spring ensues and he is compelled to his great loss, to till his ground withont it, while it lays ferment ing to the great injury of the oitizens. An Inhabitant of Germantoivn. From the Maryland Herald. MR. EDITOR, A late charge to a grand jury of Phila delphia muff have excited the attention of every American citizen. Since the print ing prefTes have become the organs cf the political parties, which unhappily divide our country, it is of the utmost importance, that those of both fides Ihould receive the farhe reft 1 iAivn The manifeft partiality, which pervades a. part of this charge, is therefore interesting to every citizen of the Union. I do not mean: to alTert that any obc principle, which the chief juftiee has therein laid down relative to libels, is not law. Of all that code of la*s called the common law, which we have inherited from our English ancestors, the law of libels is the mofl ab fard and impracticable. To publilh a writ ing concerning any man, which cxpofes him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, is faid to be a libel. Nay, indeed, so far has this do&rine been carried by a late decision in England, that such a writing of a dead man may be libellous. Were this to be put in force in any great extent, it would soon work its own abolition. The historian and satirist of the times must lay down their pens. To immortalize the corruption of a public magistrate, or lash the viees and follies of any public officer, would be a bold and hazardous attempt. That power ful obligation—th£ love of fame, or the fear of being handed to polterity as a vil lain, would lose all its wholesome effe&s It is a falfe sentiment, that a man may be di/honeft and vicious in his private life, and ▼et be goad and virtuous in his public ca paoity. It is impossible ia the nature of things. The propenfityof the human mind to vice or virtue will be the fame in all sit uations. Is it poftible that a judge can be' firm and independent in the feat as juftiee, who is weak and 'servile in the direftion of his domestic affairs ? Is it possible, that an officer, who would not hefitat* ta cheat his private creditors, would hesitate to cheat the public ? The private vices of men in office may, therefore, on many occasions with propriety be held up to public view ; and yet ta do this by writing, printing and pub lishing is by lav) to be guilty of a libel. ■ The only sensible dillin&ion made by the chief juftiee on this fttbjeft, is—" that men have only to take care in their publications, that they are decent, candid, and true."— Truth and candour are well known terms ; but decency conveys rather an indefinite idea. If by indecency is meant obfeenity in a libel upon a private individual, it is justly to be checked and punished. But if by indecency is meant impudence in telling bold truths of men ia office it ought to be allowed. But this sentence of his honoris rather a falfie gloss given to the fubjeft, for he n>ull have known what is certainly the law, that truth is no jollification in a prosecution for a libel. It is well known that a man may be punished for publilhiug what is literally true ; and this too, for the very reason, which his honor has laid down ; because it will infallibly the person libelled " to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule which carries with it another somewhat better reason, Which is, that it tends immediately to a breach of the peace. There is no getting rid of this abfttrdity, but by making the liberty of the press con lift in truth, and the liecntioufncfs of it in ' # fulfeliocd ; or, what is a much fliorter lueta <ml, by adopting the laws of ?he Turks, an J suppressing all printing and publishing what- ■ ever. In which latter cast, it is very cer- | tain, that there could be no libels. Further, th? opinion of lti» honor, " that every thrijliin&r geqlleipan ought to"se high ly offended a' tiie parnpiilets and news-pa pery of Philadelphia," is very exceptioaa l,le, for two reasons Frft, that expressing hiipfelf in thofcterms, which the French na tion have long ago rejeCtefl,. the one as fu perltitious, the other as feudal, 1 " his (as he fays) ail rvuleiit (endbocy not only to fruf trate a reconciliation, but to ereate a rup tuit* and provoke a war between the filler -republics." , Aud lecondlv, that this whole paragraph of.ln's charge is a literal and bal copy ps one in a paper o: tiff Spectator ; arid which, therefore, may tend ilill further to giye hi ft of displeasure to our sri al!y. This is lure observed, not with any intention of accufnig his honor of grofa plagiarism, but of (hewing, that what Sir. Addifon has remarked of the Engii(h nation', at the time in which he wrote his Spectators, does not apply to the state of Pennsylvania. WhAi those periodical pub lications took place, the Englifc nation were the only people upon the furface of the earth, who enjoyed even a rational (hare of civil liberty. It is not so with Pecnfyl vania. Other states ps the Union, it may be ftippofed, enjoy the liberty of the piefs in as ample a manner as that state. Aqd who does not know that where there is one libel puWlifhed in Philadelphia, thee are, at l«aft,-> one hundred in the city of London ? Besides, if libels are not rtow known, nay do not abound undei any of the governments of Europe, particularly under that of our " sister republic," it is only a proof, that thofc governments are not free ; for libels are -8 n?turally the growth of free govern ments, as. weeds are of manure. The state |p Pennsylvania is not, therefore, in this re speCt, eharaCtenftifi'ally different " from all the states a'rotffid It, 4>V from the whole civil ized world." But, is it not extraordinary that a judge (hould think it his duty to call a Fritter te account fur writing and publifhiug against a nation, who have used every endeavour to sap the foundations of our excellent coaftitu tion and form of government, have foment ed an insurreCtion in the very bosom of our country, and have nptorioufly plundered our citizens oftwfcnty fivemillions of Dollars,and and that too without condefcendingto lifteu to us upon the subjeCt I—And yet, that this fame judge, when another Printer of the fame place was "Vilifying arid 'abusing without the least fhadffWof truth, our great and good Washington, could fit with the most torpid indifference ; and still continues in that state of torpidity, while this fame Printer is still publishing the grossest calumnities aginft the officers and measures of our own government. How fuch*partiality, not to fay corruption of the worll kind, could be relilhed by the people of A erica," is ytt to appear. It may bejrationally supposed, that their tho'ts • on this fyVijcct will be, that the time" is al ready come, when the teat of our federal go vernment ought to be removed, cfpecially from untfer the jurifdiCtien offneb a judge. It tempts me to apply what Lord Mansfield said of an inferior magistrate on a fimilaroc cafion.—" it makes onebleed to think that the administration of justice should be in such hands,"— HORTENSIUS. WASHINGTON LOTTERr, No. II- List of Prizes 4nd Blanks. 138 th day's Drawing—OA. 18. No. Dels. No. Dots. No. Dais. 4»9 144*7 X 27349 IO 39795 *55 * 7»5 * ' *(>9 1 1065 9is 576 908 386 100 934 x 964 4CIIO 918 I5!19 »"i-067 x 96? x 2189 x 387 x 167 41061 x 517 ■ 7'i * 834 437 ~ 319 x 3*99 975 7a,! x 364 50 495 * 718 851 537 831 * 57 6 79'98 * 49» * 3061 17009 809 x 6*l x 574 54* -30548 9 T 4 6997 714 x 598 x 43 r(8 x 810 ißats 29 682 4406S 767.5 cio 31393 x 45934 786 097 5049 * B's * 32T.31 3.J4 05 J 19637 524 346 X ; 334 859 * Ifß x 458 4(9 88t 23066 576 x 6 3s 20363 86* 715 972 * 539 34-328 867 10856 5-62 x 457 961 93* 11463 5'4 46205 11134 837 698 x J47 »5» 9<c 824 * 326 602 223-8 87; 25 572 x 824 13007 25H3 x 728 x ISIOS x ' 429 x ja6 47665 x 146 456 x 499 757 x 316 as 798 x 567 x 4.8134 •3334 *44*2 x 36288 ' 332 X 7C7 x 910 20 '476 840 74$ *549) ; 31074 4985* 14074 x 88t '370 x 391 X 26548 X 39502 FOR SALE, AT Wm. Young's Book Store, No. 51, Second street, the corner of Chefnut street, EPOR.T 6f the Committee of thfc House of 'Repr« United States, appoint ed to prepare and report .Articles of Impeachment against VCILU\M BLOUNT, a Senator of the United States, high crimes and mlf- ip purfu.\pce>of a resolution of the Houftf of rK .t vt s ; authorizing th« said Committee tfc Ht difpri§ thrr receft v>f Congreft, iind inftruiUiig thv-to tnlquire, ahH, hy all lawful means, to JifcoVcr th- Wtftie nature and extiot " of the'cflFcnc : hereof the laid William slonnt " fluids intywache.., and who arc tlw and u a(Toc»ates therein " Printed by order of the House of Rep refen tutiues. I December a© $ A peifon well acquainted with th« theory and pradiceof boolc-keeping, who his keen manyyearjcDga^edinbulintfstcrhimfd! andothcrt, would be glad to be employed, either as an agent or' fsSor ;or in polling books; dating unfe;t!ed accounts ; or in esetutijig any other kind of writ ing, in French pc A note adJrefjfcd to U, and kit at this odke, will be puaduaftf :ttend«i to. novembsr 39. 3»wtf CONGR E S S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. t WFONESDAV JANUARY 3. Mr. D. Foster, from the committee of claims, made an unfavorable report upon the petition of Peter L3rtdais, who prayed for an additional allowance for hi 3 services. The report was concurred in by the houft. Mr. Thatcher prefeWed a petition from John Bradley and othei poftmafters in the (late of MafFachufnts, stating that when they rectived tfceir authority, and gave bonds for the due performance of their offiue, it was understood that they were not to be accountable for the lufs of bank notes, or other valuable papers which pair ed through their offiees, but that a legal de cision had lately taken place whieh had de termined that the po.t officers were liable for all fueh lodes ; which determination, it was'apprehended, would fubje& them to be \ speculated upon by designing persons, who might alledge they had sent notes, Sic. by the psft, which ntverhad been.sent. They pray, therefore, that when the poll office law (hall come under consideration, a clause may be mferted in it, declaratory of the law in this refpeft.— Referred to the com mittee on poft-offices and post roads. Mr. Bayard presented another remon (lranee from citizens of the state of Dela ware, against changing the time for holding the diftrift court..— Referred to the fame committee to which the mefTage of the Pre fideut on this fubjeft was referred. Mr. Harper, from the committee ef way) and means, to whom was referred a resolu tion on the expediency of admitting licen ces for distilling spirits to be, taken for a week, reported it as the opinion of that committee, that the proposition ought not to be adopted. The report was twice read, and referred so the fame committee of the whoile to whom was referred the bill vela,-, tive to the duty on spirits. Mr. Dawfon reported a bill te provide for ■the payment of the interest of a certificate given by the United States t® general Kof ciufko, which was twice read and commit ted for to-morrow. Mr. Harper, from the committee appoin ted to consider the fuhjeA of a Bankrupt law, was dire&ed by the committee to pre fect the repot t which he had laid before the. house the day before yefterdoy. It was in the fallowing words : " The committee to whom war referred the following resolution—" Resolved, that a committee be appointed to prepare and report a bill for eftabliihing an uniform fyftera of bankruptcy throughout the U nited States," having taken the matter into consideration, beg leave to submit the following REPORT : " In so complicated, and as refpels this country, so new a fubjeft, as a system of bankruptcy, it ir.uft be expected that many difficulties will occur, that jnany objections will an'le~and that"flfany doubts will be en tertained, as to the possibility, and even as J to thr advantage*, ef such an establishment. Such doubts and difficulties have presented ' themselves forcibly to the committee, even in this preliminary stage of the business ; : but, without Undertaking ta decide how far it may be prafticable to surmount them, they conceive that the attempt ought to be made. They are of opinion, that this insti tution is greatly desired by the mercantile part of the community, on which it is cal culated more peculiarly to operate ; and they can fee no reason to doubt of its bene ficial effefts, in the support of mercantile credit, the prevention of fraud, the restraint of imprudent and deftrudlive speculation, and the relief of honest industry, reduced to distress by the viciflitudes of trade, provided it can be adopted under such modifications as may obviate the objections, and prevent the abuses, whereto it is supposed to be lia ble. " Whether this can be accomplished, is, in the opinion of the committee, to be as certained only by the introduflion and full difcuffioti of a bill, where every provision may be brought ipto view, and all those de tails presented by which the.benefits offuch an institution are to be resulted, and it&w* convfcniencies avoided. When the difficul ties attending this measure (hall have been fiiirly encountered, Aieuld they be found insurmountable, the public, it is prefumcd, having the reasons of the deciiion fully be fore them, will acquiesce in it with more cheerfulnefs. The states, too, in that cafe, knowing that congress have considered the fubjeft, and found it impracticable, on a scale so extensive as the whole union, will no longer be prevented, by expectations from that quarter, from attempting local sftabliftiments for themselves. " The committee are therefore of opinion that it is expedient to adopt the afore said resolution." The report having been read, Mr, Har per moved that it have a feeond reading for the purpose of being concurred with, which motion being carried 43 to 27 ; and the house having concurred with the report, a committee of five members was appointed to report a bill accordingly^ Mr. Harper from the committee of ways and means, reported a bill for making Jeer tain partial appropriations for the fervicc of the ytar 1798, and for other purpose!*/ which was twice tead, and ordered to be committed s o a committee of the whole to d-y. On motion, the house immediately refolv ; ed itfelf into a committee of the whole on this bill, Mr. Kittera in the chair; when, the bill havitig been read, Mr. Var.ium wilhed to be informed as to the captures which had beeu made from the British, within the waters of the United States. He thought there could not be many of this description. Mr. Harper said, if the gentleman would tnrn.to the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury on this fubjeft, he would find two awardi of til!d description had ijresdy beerr amounting to 24,921 dollars, r .hat others were expedted to be made, or . iliight now be made, which would require the remainder of the sum proposed to be granted. Tlii number of vessels which tame under this article he never understood to be ttee of grear. He never heard of more than four t upon or five. ' prayed Mr. Varnum did not feel willing to ap ervices. propriate a larger sum than was necessary to ! house. meet the awards already made. It would be n from time enough to appropriate for other award* tmafters when they were made, ng that Mr. Harper read an extradt from the let— y, and ter of the Secretary of the Treafnry on this of their Subject. The vessels already awarded for y were were, he said, the Jane and Lovely Las» ; if bank the remainder of the' sum was by estimate; ch pall- When the other awards would be made was ?gal de- uncertain ; they might be already made, or had de- they might not be made for a u:w weeks. c liable but whenever they were determined, it was ition, it proper there should be money in the Treafu :m to be ry t« meet the demand ; and if it were not is, who 1 wanted, it would, of course, go to the fur- Ac. by plus fund. :. They The committee rose and reported the bilL I office The house took it up; when a clause Mr. Varnum moved to strike out the sum of the of J2,000 dollars, in order to infe'rt 24,921 he com- the amount of the awards made. Mr. Lyon fecond<d the motion, remon- Mr. Coit said, that the made pr«pofed by f Dela- the bill, was the orderly course .of deing bn holding finefs, which was, to hare money in the lie fame Treasury to meet demands against the go the Pre- verment as they became due. With refpedt to the 24,921 dollars already due, the ordi of way) nary mode had been departed from, as the refolu- awards were made in Odiober last, but were * 5 licen- not paid for want of money. He presumed n for a gentlemen did not wish to introduce a new of that system in the money tratifadtions ms Gorera ght not ment ; if not, they would agree to the bill ice read, as reported. of the Mr. Bayard said, if theymeant tdpreferre ill i:tda,- : the good faith of the nation, it was necefl!P~~~ * ry to make the appropriation pfupofed by ivide for the bill. To (hew this, Mr. B. read an ■rtificate eKtradt from the British treaty, in which it ral Kof- was stipulated that, " the amount commit- of the awards should be paid at the time and places fpecified." But if money appoin- were not appropriated for the pwrpofe, this bankrupt could not be done. :to pre- Mr. Varnum replied, that if it should be ' fore the. necessary to appropriate this money during was in the prtfent session, it was uot necessary "to appropriate it in this bill. He wished it to rred the appear in the general appropriation bill. 1, that a Mr. Kittera (aid, the fame reasoning >are and wouid apply in refpeft to the 100, too dol uniform lars proposed to supply the deficiencies in t the U- former appropriations, as though that sum : matter was wanted far the service of the year 1798, I submit it was not all wanted immediately, though it might be necessary before the general ap ets this propriation could be made, jrftem of Mr. Lyon said, if he had the fame infor at many mation yith refpedl to the ioo,oeo dollars, Drjc&i«nß which he had rrlarire to th« other funis, he II be en- should be equally opposed t*i tr "TfS Tifiped even 4s the 24,921 dollars would be agreed to, and ifhment. that they should net have much more money resented to' pay on this account, ee, even The motion for ftrikingout was put and tufinefs ; negatived, there being only 23 votes in fa how far vour of it. it thera, The bill was ordered to be engrossed for ;ht to be a third reading to-morrow, his infti- Mr. -Harper moved the order of the day • rfrcaatile on the bill to amend the several adts for lay tis cal- ing a duty on spirits distilled within the li te ; and nited States, and on flills ; which motion its bene- being agreed to, the house rcfoived itfelf in ercantrle to a committee of the whole on thefubjeft, restraint Mr. Kittera iw the chair. The bill being :ulation, read, iuced to Mr. Macon said, that the report *t the provided committee of ways and means, on the pro ficatious position for allowing distillers to takelicen . prevent ces for a week, having been referred to that ;o be lia- committee, if it were taken up at all, this was the proper time. He should, therefore, shed, is, propose an additional fedtion to the bill, to 0 be as- embrace this objedt. Mr. M. accordingly and full presented a fedtion to allow of weekly li jrovifion cenccs. ;hofe de- This motion produced a considerable de -1 offuch bate. It was opposed by Messrs. Sewall, id it&w» Grifwold, Gallatin, Gordon ani Brooks, oa difficul- the ground that the duty now paid upon ire been spirits distilled from fruft (which defcnptidn e found of distillers this regulation was avowedly |n efumtd, tended to accommodate) was not equal to Fully be- that paid by distillers of grain, as the duty < •h more on spirits distilled from fruit was not more hat cafe, than 2\ cents per gallon, whilftr that on fpi-< ered the rits dfltilled from grain paid seven cents, and ,e, on a if the amendments were agreed to, this ine on, will quality would be increased, for gerfous who :£tations took a licence for a week, by preparing their !ng local materials beforehand, andworking night an 4 day, would fiuifh the.r bufinel's within that opinion time, which otherwise would have afore said a fortnight ; by which means the duty would be reduced from fix cents per gallon-, r. Har- on the capacity of their stills to four ; that, iding for it'would increafc the temptation to fraud, 1, which as that temptation was strong or the con and the trary, in propor.ion to the length of tims eport, a for which a licence was taken, as a person ppointed taking a licence for a fortnight, by wyrkinr* his flill one day pall the time fpecifjed in Ilia of ways licence would gain half a cent a gallon on ing Jeer- the capacity of his {till, whilst he who took. ;rvice of out a licence it r fix months would only gam urpofeS/ half that sum ; if licences for a weejf were ed to be allowed, the temptation would therefore. b~ vhole to increased ; that fuc'n a regulation would greatly augment the duties of excise officers, ly refolv ; without rendering any material advantages vhole on to individuals, fi'.ice if th» owner of a ftilf j when, of 50 gallons took out a licence for a f«r;- night, when a week might have fcrved, he ed as to would only have paid a dollar raorp than he from the would have paiJ" for a week ; Ihat when United this fwje of duties was made, reference was 1 not be had to the fituatioo of persons who would be obliged to take out a licence fcr a fort in would night, though they might not have fruit to y of the 1 mploy a fti'i more than a few,days, and a find two rate proporiionably low adopted ; tfcat the
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