post duties must increase, and a fuffieient revenue for every, purpose from that source, is to be ex pected. Why then should we lay this odious tax r He concluded by faying he fliould lay his elti inate before the house. Mr. W adfvvorth fa id he had also made some calculations which he fliould iubmit to the house : In these he had taken pains to be as accurate as pofiible. He then read his cftimate, by which it appeared that the probable amount of the im poli would be dimii.ifned even below the iuin stated by the Secretary of the Trealury. ihe tonnage he said would be diminished, owing to the change in the present situation of Europe, and the cefl'ation of the demand tor grain. The importation of molafles and sugar mull be ledened as the articles are not to be had. Great ' part of the European importations for the palt year have been made on (peculation, and are not to be again expected—and there will be, said he, a very great decrease in the amount of the le- Jienue 011 wines. He adverted to the vVeftern Expedition, and observed, a greater lutn than what has been men tioned will be wanted on that account —and the pension lift, he feared, would be encreaf'ed, ra ther rhan diminiflied : On the whole he thought there was no danger of a great excess in the re venue. The duty on domestic spirits he consi dered as proper—it is.a duty that will be sub mitted to by the even a direct tax would be paid without murmuring, if the necef- fity was made apparenr. Mr. Jackson replied to Mr. Wadfworth—lie controverted the eltimate offered by that gentle man and then entered into a recapitulation of his arguments against the bill, and urged the postponement of it to the next feflion. Mr. Stone observed that the house had at last got into a mode of considering the fubjett, which ouglit to have been attended to at firit. He adverted to the drawback Hated by the gen tleman from Pennsylvania ; but he desired to know why this f«m, which amounts to upwarrds of 10,000 dollars, is not mentioned by the Se cretary of the Treasury : He considered the slim Hated by the Secretary for the year '89, as the neat produce of the revenue—and he believed, that would be found to be the Sum. With relpect to the decrease in the importations, this had been the cry for seven years back : He believed this ■would continue to be the cafe, tho the importa tions, he was well fatisfied, would continue to cncreafe—and this would be owing to our en creafing population. I he gentleman frora -Pcnnfylvajnia has noticed • the probable oecreale in the importation of teas, wines, &c. but takes no notice of the inereafe in the importation of other articles. He said gen tlemen had called our attention to the Mediter ranean and Indian Expeditions ; but neither of these fubjedls are now before the committee. If these fubjedts are to be considered, let us go into a committee 011 them, and fee what is neceflary to be done. At present we are deviling ways and means to pay the interest of the State debts—and with refpecft to this object, he conceived the re venue to be derived from the present eftablilh inents, will be Aifficient for that and all the other exigencies of government, till the year 1793. — It is now said, that the Exclfe will be fufKcient for all the demands of government ; but he fuf pedted, that he iliould hear something 011 the l'ubjedt of Tonnage before the end of the feliion. (To bi conttuusd.) M O N D A Y, Jan. 17. Mr. Galetook his feat this day. 011 motion of Mr. Livermore, the memorial of Andrew Brown was referred to the Secretary of State- The petition of George Glentworth, was read and referred to the Sec.; ta> yat war. The petiti'on of Brigadier General Donald Campbell, praying compensation for fervices,was read—a motion to refer this petition was nega tived. Sundry other petitions were read and referred. Mr. Tucker gave notice, that to morrow he should move for leave to bring in a bill that a committee may be appointed to join a committee of the Senate, to coniider and report a time for the next meetingof Congress. , t Agreeable to the order of the day, the Iloufe proceeded to c,on(ider the amendments proposed ! by the committee of the whole, to the bill, re pealing after the last day of next, tlie duties' lieretofo'e laid on diftjlled spirits and laying others in their Head—these amendments were agreed to by the Hotife. It was moved by Mr. Jackson to itrike out the thirteenth section, and the eas and Nays on the ipieiiion being taken, it palled in the negative, Ayes 16. Noes 36 —the Ayes and Noes being' as follow 1 MeflYs Bald win, lii ood worth, Brown, Kurkt, Heiftrr, lackfon 2 I 'uiicwj. I\ 10 ui k. YEAS, McffrS P. Muhlenberg, Parker, Scott, Sevier, Steele, Stone, Tucker, Wuimii) fun. MeffrsAmes, Meffis Madison," Benfon, Partridge, Boudmot, "V .iu Rjnfellaer, Bourne, Schureman, Cadwaltadcr, S^d^wick, Clymer, Seney, Fitzfimojis, Shcrinao, Floyd, Sylvester, Toller, S'niiickfon, Oilman, Smith, (M ) Goodhue, Smith, (S. C.) Griffin, Surges, Grout, Thatcher, Giles, Trumbull, Lawrance, Vining, Lee, Wadfworth, Leonard, White, Liverniore, Wynkoop. Sundry other amendments werepropofed, but postponed until to morrow. A message was received from the President of the United States, with sundry papers, which have not been lead. Adjourned. TUESDAY, Jan. 18 The papers communicated to the house yester day, by the President of the United States were read—which are, a ftatementof the expenditures made out of the sum of 10000 dollars, appropria ted for contingencies the lalt session—A letter from the Governor of Virginia ; inclosing sun dry resolutions of the legislature of that state, refpedting the lands North-Weft of the Ohio granced by an adl of Congress to the officers and soldiers of that state—A petition from the officers therein referred to—and a letter from the Go vernor of Maryland, enclosing in acfl of the le gislature of that state, empowering the wardens of the port of Baltimore, to colled; the duty therein mentioned. A letter was read from the Secretary of State, enclosing a supplement to his report on the fub jedls of coins, weights, and measures. Sundry memorials and petitions were read and referred. Mr Goodhue made the following motion,that j the Secretary of the be direified to re port tb the house whether any, and what further provision is neceflary to be made for the respective officers employed in the collection of the revenue —which was agreed to. A committee,confining of Meflrs. Seney, Smith (M.) and Mr. Mathews was appointed to report a bill declariag the aflent of Congrpfs to a certain a<ft of the (late of Maryland Uierein mentioned. Mr. Huntington laid the following motion 011 the table, that a committee ihould be appointed to bring in a bill providing for the settlement of the accounts of John Lamb Elq. late agent at the court of Algiers. The additional amendments proposed to the new revenue bill were taken into consideration, and after aconfiderable debate were all difa greed to : an amendment proposed by Mr.Gerry was not decided upon when an adjournment was called for, and took place. Philadelphia, Jan. 19. Lxtrad. of a letter from a gentleman qJ dijliuttion in London, to a gentleman in this city, dated Nov. 6, 1790. " I have looked attentively over the proceedings of Congress, which you have.lent me, and with, plcafure observe, that they are marked with wisdom and moderation : The trade and navigation bill, or something like it, I am of opintun ought to pass. " I cannot fee why American veifels ihould be retrained from a due proportion of the carrying business : II the pusillanimous disposition, arid disregard td the interests of commexceof the Euro pean powers, has induced them to submit to the Navigation Laws of this country, it is no reason that America should do the fame ; and the policy the latter seems now to be pursuing, I think will at length oblige Great Britain to enter into a commercial ne gociation, to fettle these matters, 011 a fair and equal foundation ; for it is.certainly the intereil of both countries, to do fo-. " The news of the Peace with Spain has occasioned a rife in the Stocks here from 4to 55 pr. cent. A {loop of war was dis patched yesterday from Portsmouth, in pursuit of Admiral Cor nifti's fleet, which failed lately, supposed for the Weft-Indies, to bring it back," Extract of a letterfrom Bojlon, December 28, 1790. " The Secretary's Report of the plan of a National Bank ap pears to be calculated for good national purposes, and, if adopted, will completely establish the credit of the United States, I think Ham 1 lton will rife to fame as a Financier. He has a fine field, and if Congress support him, as I think they will, (policy and experience bei.'ig inconteftiWy in Favor of the idea, and I may justly add, the public opinion too,) he will become a star of the firft magnitude in our polit'cal hemifphcre, and a luminary to the world. " The great rife in the funds'is beyond all calculation, and is extremely auspicious to the national government. If the present fcfiion of is wifely employed, it will unalterably fix the established government, and make it illustrious. " There is yet a small game to be played by foroe chara&ers in the state-governments, who will attempt to sow the feeds of dif atfe&ion between the and the general govern ment ; but their efforts will be ineffectual. The people arc tired oi these state empiricks, whose politics for feveu years past bavc bten Ketrog.de to the public profperiiy." We hear that one million and Half dollars of the continental fccuritics have been funded by the Loan-OfEcer of this State. On the ioth December one and halt million had been funded in MaffachufeUs, and it is supposed that about two and half mil lions have been funded by-t+m time ; a very-confideraWe propor tion of the State debts is also fubferibed ; the non-fitbfcnbers who have taken out new certificates, arc as the drop to tne bucket. While the fupreine executives of the several states are congratulating the people of their charge, oil the peace and prosperity they enjoy ; and the flattering profpetfts which their com merce, arts, and agriculture exhibit—the aufpi- 711 NAYS ciious effete' of the general government, is forci- an all thef'e pleasing events—for tlio the hajjpifiefs of the people is immediately con ned ea with a righteous and patriotic administra tion of the particular governments ; yet to the prevailing influence of the general gov em en c -—do the people principally ascribe the happy contrail in their situation, compared with vvhic it was a few years ago. The convention between Great-Britain and Spain was fignedthe 28th October, at the palace of St. Laurence, Madrid—the ratifications tobc exchanged infix weeks. The Delaware is now <fa free from Ice,.that great numbers of veflels put to lea from this city yesterday. - • The state of New-York is %uiul by the, late census to contain 324, 127 inhafctonts. A correspondent observes the'moft extraordinary solecisms in modernwfcLics, is,the proposition that apprentices, and Ihould be debarred from the privilcdge in the defence of their country. Should the leglflature of the U accede to this proposition, the juftlyto be dreaded by every friend to awßttfP ent militia. Our young men are the vital spring of thev| tional defence—and without them the prote<ftioq of the country must devolve on a it an tog ami) —that bane of freedom. : As our young men are in general ihlpired with high ideas ofperfona]indepeiiaence,andaglo\ving ardour to defend tlieir country —it cannot be ex pected that they will quietly Cubniit to a depriva tion of the great privilege of acquiring the arc military, by being immured in workfhops,while their fathers and mailers are exhibiting their military talents in the field. It is expe&ed that the attempt to debar the flower of our coun try, the rising hopes of thefc States, from an opportunity to perfect, themselves in that most noble acquifuion, the science of military defence, will produce a remonllrarice to 44 the powers that re," on the part of those immediately concerned. If perfection in the mechanic arts depends on being kept ignorant of military discipline, this perfection will be deaily pUrchafed. It is theglory of our country that the whole volume of nature and art is open to the study of every freeborn American. Extratt of a letter from Peter/burg, to the Editor, dated Jan. 7. " As Congress have had it in contemplation to lay a imallpoft age on newspapers, I have thought it necessary to acquaint you f that if this ihould take place, that your fuhicribers here will pro bably withdraw their subscriptions ; not from any wish of injur ing you, or your paper, because they seem to give it a preference ; but the idea of a postage on newspapers, however trifling, seems to alarm them. " For my part, I do not pretend to much knowledge in poli tics, or in the policy of this measure ; but it appears to me very ex traordinary, thatour political rulersfliould,To early, attempt to draw a revenue from a source, that they ought, in my humble opinion, to contribute to the support of—or at leafl to promote ibe circula tion of newspapers with as much facilityas poflible. " Peiiodical publications in this country (indeed in every country) have heretofore been found extremely beneficial—and are more particularly so at this period, when every one is anxious to be "informed of the proceedings of Congress ; and should any measures be adopted to deprive the people of that information, there is no knowing what might be the confequence—for when the people are in the dark as to what is going forward at the head of affairs, they are apt to make enquiries, begin to grow fuf£icious< —and designing men might take advantage of their ignorance, and lead them to believe what might prove dangerous to the peacc of so ciety. " But I need not dwell on this fubjeft, because these are circum stances that mud be apparent to every one. All I can fay is, that so long as the people are well informed of the measures of Con gress, they will remain perfe&ly fatisfied, as they will then judge for themselves, from facts, and not be abused .by misrepresenta tions ; but lhould any measures be entered into to check the cir culation of newspapers, the only fonrce thro' which they can be informed, I will venture to fay their measures will be rendered very unpopular. " I feel myfelf interested in the free circulation of well-con ducted pei iodieal publications, because I am so sensible of the great benefit our country derives from them—and I hope nothing will ever be adopted to debar the people of this great source of political information." Aminidab to Joseph, tho a very gosd composition, yet, being a reiteration oj the ideas of Joseph, the Editor pojlpones publishing it. PRICE CURRENC. PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT 6 pr. Cents 16/10. 17f. pr. £ . 3 pr. Cents B^9. Defered 6 pr. Cents gf. ' UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificated 15/6. 76J . do. Indents 8/*9«' N. and S. Carolina, debts, 11J. 11f$. 57J do. THE Copartnership of HEWES and ANTHONY having ex pired the 31ft ultimo, they requests those, who have any de mands, to exhibit their accounts and receive their money ; and those who are indebted, are desired to make speedy payment, to either of the Silbfcribers, at their Coinpting-Houfe, No. 5, Chef nut-Street-Wharf. yOSIAH HE, WES, JOSEPH ANTHONY. Philadclphia, Jan. 15, 1791 N. B. They have yet on hand, and for SALE, at their STORE abrtvcmentioned, HYSON, Souchong, and Bohea TEAS, Three cases Cafiia, Pimento in bags, Muscovado Sugar, A lew Qafes old Batavia Arrack, One cask of Durham MuOard, New England Rum in bt'gflieads and barrels, A quantity of piime Boston Beef, Spermaceti, right whale and unoerj.' Oil, Bed pickled Mackrel, 6 by B—7 by y—B by 10—9 by :i—and 10 by 12 Windj Ciafs, ... >r r lt , . / A quantity of excellent carrot Tobacco, And «ii elegant CHANDELIER. 85 pr. cent. Martinlco Coffee, (taw6\v')
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