■ nil. I I - 1 1 ■■■ ■■ ■ ■■■"*■ PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SAtURDAYS BY JOHfl 41, BROAD-STREET, NEAR THL EXCHANGE,Ni- [No. 40, of Vol. ll.j DISCOURSES ON DAVILA No. XVIII. — CONCLUDED l,'u» et I'antre parti cruel cgalement, Ainfi que dans le crimc, eft dans l'aveuglement. THIS discourse pronounced with a military tone, had already agitated minds before disposed to take arms, both from attachment to his house, and their private intcrelts. But the I Admiral, Coligni, who Wighed more maturely all the confequerices of such an enterprize, alone Ventured to oppose the opinion of the Prince, by advising to employ in the execution ofhisdefign, a mean more proper to ensure the success of it. " It would be," said tolignl, " too dfcfperate a fefolution to expose so openly to the hazards of war, the fortunes of the house of Bourbon, and of so great a number of persons allied to their blood, or attached to their interests. We are not supported by any forces at home, or alliances abroad. We have no fortified places, and are without troops, and without money. In the Jiin pollibility to act with open force, let us substitute policy in the itead of force. Let us endeavor, •without difcoveriug ourselves, to employ other arms, to execute for us, what we are not in a condition to undertake for ourselves, The king dom is filled with a multitude of people, who have embraced the doctrine lately introduced by Calvin. The severity of the researches made far them, and the rigour of their punishments, re duce theih to despair. and to the desire as well as neceflity of braving every danger to rescue themselves from a deltiny so horrible. They all know, thatthe duke of Guise, and especially the Cardinal of Lorrain, are the principal authors of the persecution ; that this l»(t pursues ardently their destruction, in the Parliaments and in the King's councils, and never ceases to rail at their doctrines, in his public harrangues and private 4 conversations. If the difconteuts of this multi tude have not blazed out, it has been merely tor •want ps a leader capable of guiding it, and of ani mating it, by his example. If they should be ft 1- jnulated ever so little, they will blindly confront the greateil dangers, in the hope of delivering themselves from the misfortunes which threaten them. Let us avail ourselves of this resource ; let us encourage this multitude, already disposed to com motions ; let us give a form to their de signs ; let its arm their hatred against the Guilesi; let us put them in a condition to attack thefc ftrsmgers, in good order and with advantage. Our designs, in this way,will execute themselves, without expofingor committing us, with our ap pearing to have any part in them. In augment ing our forces with all those of the Calvinilts, we {hall support ourselves by the protection of the Protestant Princes of Germany, and of Elizabeth Queen of England, who patronize openly the iu;w religion- Our cause will become better and our pretext more plausible. We will reject upon the Protestants the boldness of their enterprize, and we shall convince the whole world, that it is neither interelt norambition, but limply the dif ference in religion which has excited us to arms. It should be remembered here, that Davila was a Catholic, and Coligni a Protestant. The latter, one of the greatelt, altlio the molt unfortunate men of his age, was as sincere in religion, as pure in morals, and as honourable in the whole con duct of his life, as any one of his contemporaries. That he was desirous of engaging the Bourbons and M'ontmorencics to favwr the Calvinifts and liberty ■of conscience, is probable : but he is re y>refenti°d by the best French Historians, as so much attached to the King, as to have been even suspected by his party. The harrangue which Davila pure into his mouth, is tco much like a mere politician, and too little like a philosopher er a christian, to be consistent with his character. PAINTINGS. -American Genius. BttOWN, the Duke of York's portrait painter has exhibited ftveral pictures in hu usual Itile of excellence. That oS ClanvdU Sharp,, Esq. chairman of committee of Have trade, is un doubtedly his belt performance Browu's whole length of the E*rl of Strathmore is a spirited figure, and a true fac-fmilt of that valiant and elegant young ofheer. R . Lord Loughborough's portrait, by Broun, is painted by order of lad) Erfktne. Mr. Weft lias lately painted a fine Head ot Dr. Price. SATURDAY, AUCUST, 28, 179° LAWS OF THE UN'i I, C D STATES. PUBLISHED CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES : AT THE SECOND SESSION. Begun anil held at the City of New-York,-*on Monday the fouith of January, one thousand {even hundred and ninety. An ACT making further Provision for the pay ment of the Debts of the United States. WHEREAS, by an ast, intituled, An ast for laying a duty on goods, wares and merchandizes imported into the United States," divers duties were laid on goods» wares and merchandize so impojfed, for the di (charge of the debts of the United States and the en-ouragement and protcftion of manufactures : And whereas the support of government and the discharge ot the said debts, render it neceffarv to encreafc the fa •' duties Re it ena/Jed by the Senate and Houfc of Representatives of the United States of Ame r ica in Congr'js ajfembled, That frsrn and alter the laii day of December next, the duties fpecified and laid in and by the ast afqrefaid, (hall cease and determine , and that upon all goods, warts and merchandize (not.herein particularly excepted) which after the laid day (hall be brought into the ,United States', from any foreign port or place, there (hall be lried, collected and paid the several and refpeftive duties following, that is to fay : Madei ra wine of the quality of London particular, per gallon, thirty-five cents; other Madeira wine, per gallon, thirty cents; Sherry wine per gallon, twenty-five cents ; other wines, per gallon, twenty cents ; diililled spirits, if more than ten per ccnt. below proof, according to Dyeas's hydrometer, per gallon, twelve cents ; if mere than five, and not more than ten pc« ccnt. below prool, ac cording to thename hvdiometer, per gallop, twelve and an halt cents ; if bf £roof, and not more than five per cent, below proof, according to the fame hydrometer, per gallon, thirceen cents ; -hove proof, but not exceeding twenty percent, according to th lame hydrometer, per gallon, fifteen cants • if of more than twen tv, and not moit iha« foriy percc-.: -J reproof, Recording v the lame hydiometrf, gallon, twenty '.tus ;li of more thai forty per cent, above pro->f, according to the lame hydrometer per gallon, twenty.fiw cents ; nioldfll's, per gallon, three cents Deer, ale and porter in call s, per gallon, live cen s ; beer, alean( sorter in bottles, per dozen, twenty cents. Teas from China an< India, in lhios 01 vc lids of the Unit d States, bohca, per pound en cents ; souchong and other black teas, per pound, cighteei entf; hyson, per pound, thirty-two cents ; other green teas, pe >ound, twenty cents : Teas from Europe, in (hips or vcffels of th Jmted States ; bohea, per pound, twelve cents ; souchong ant »ther black, teas pei pound, tv. emy-onecents ; hyson, per pound 01 ty cents ; other green teas, per pound, twenty-lour cent* : Tea ro:n any other place, or in any other (hips or vefTels, bohca pe lound,fifteen cents ; souchong and other black teas per pound wenty-feven cents ; hyson per pound, fi f '.y cents ; other greei eas per pound, thirty cents ; coflee per pound, lour cents ; coco »er pound one cent ; loaf sugar per pound, five cents ; brown fu ar per pound, one and an half cent ; other sugar per pound, tw. nd an halfcccnts ; candles of tallow per pound, two cents ; can IK s of wax or spermaceti per pound, lix cents ; cheese per pouiu our cents ; soap per pound, two cents ; pepper per pound, li: ents; pimento per pound, tour cents ; manula&aied tobaco >cr pound, fix cents; fnuff per pound, ten cents ; indigo per pouin wenty-five cents ; cotton per pound, three cents ; nails and fpikv »er pound, one cent; barr and other lead per pound, one cent ieei unwrought per one hundred and twelve pounds, leventy-fiv ents; hemp per one hundred and twelve pounds, fifty-fou ents ; cables per one hundred and twelve pounds, one hundre< ents ; tarred cordage per one hundred and twelve pounds, 011 lundred cents ; untarred cordage and yarn per one hundred an< welve pounds, one hundred and fifty cents ; twine and pad hread per one hundred and twelve pounds, three hundred cents alt per bushel, twelvecents ; malt per bushel, ten cents ; coal pe rufhel, three cents ; boots per pair, fifty cents; shoes, flipper? ndgoloihoes, made of leather, per pair, seven cents ; Ihocs an< Uppers made of silk or Huff, per pair, ten cents ; wool and cottoi aids, per dozen, fifty cents ; playing cards per pack, ten cents 11 china ware, looking glades, window and other elafs, and al nanufattures of glass, (black quart bottles excepted) twelve ani n half per centum ad valorem ; marble, flat , and other Hones nicks, tiles,tables, mortars, and other utenfilsof marble or flatc ad generally all litone and earthern w are, blank books, writing >aper, and wiaping paper, pap« r hangings, paste boards, parch nent and vellum ; pitturcs and prints, painters colors includinj amb black* except tkofe commonly used in dying, gold, lilvt nd plated ware gold and silver lace, jewellery and palle work locks and watcties, Ihoe and knee buckles, grocery, (except th rticles before enumerated) namely, cinnamon, cloves, mace, nut neg», ginger, aimileed, currants, dates, figs, plumbs, prunes, rai ms°fugarcandv, oianges, lemons, limes, and generally, all fruit ,nd comfits, olives, capeis and pickles of every fort, 01!, gun-pow ter, mustard in flour, ten per centum ad valorem ; cabinet-wares luttons, laddies, gloves of leather, hats of beaver, felt, wool, or < nixture ol any ot them, millenary ready made, caflings of iron ud flit and rolled iron, leather tanned or tawed, and all manu adures of which leather is the article of chief value, except fuel s are herein otherwise rated, canes, walking-ilifks and whips loathing ready made, brushes, anchors, all wares of tin, pewter, ir copp r, all or any eft them, medicinal drugs, except those com nooly used in dying, carpets and carpeting, ail velvets, velverets. jttins and other wrought silks, cambrics, muslins, muflmets, iwns, laces, gauzes, chintzes,and colored cailicoes,and nankeens, ven and an half per centum ad valorem. All goods, wares and handize imported dire&ly from China or India in ships or vef els not of the United States, teas excepted, twelve and an hall pei er.turv ad valorem, All coaches, chariots, phaetons, chaises, 573 Clair?, flips or other carriages, or pans of carries, fifteen ami a., half per centum ad valorem ; and five per centum ad valorem upon all other goods, Wires and merchandize, except bullion, tin in pi,;*, tin plates, old pewter, brass, teutenagur, iron and bra s wire, copper in plates, fait petie, plaifter ot Par.s, »«'i wpods, and dying drugs, raw hides and (km, undrelfed furrs ot every kind, the fca-ftores of (hips or veftels. ihe cloatbs, books, houfhold furniture, and the tools or implements of t*e trade or profeflicm of persons who cbm® to rcfide in the United States, philosophical apparatus specially imported for any feminity ot learning, all goods intended 10 be re-exported to a foreign port or place, in the fame (hip or vessel in which they (hall be imported, and generally, all articles of the growth, product or manufactures of the United States. And it it farther cnafled, That an addition of ten per centum (hall be made to the several rates of duties above fpecific-d and imposed, in refpeftto all goods, warps and merchandize, which, alier ihe said last day of December next, (hall be imparled in (hips or velEels not oi the United States, except in the cases in *Jnch an additional duty is herein before specially laid on any good.', wares, or merchandizes, which (hall be imported in such (hips or vcffels. . . And be it further enaCted, That all duties, which (hall.be Daid or fccured to be paid by virtue oK this as, shall be returned or discharged in refprtt to all such goods, wares or merchandize, whereupon they shall have been so paid, or fccured to be paid, as, within twelve calendar mouths after payment made or focurity given, Hull be exported to any foreign port or place, except one per centum on the amount of the said duties, which shall be de tained as an indemnification for whatever expense may have ic crued concerning the fame. ' And be tt further enaded, That jhere shall be allowed and pant on dried and pickled fifh, of the fifhcriesof ti»c United Srates, and on other provisions failed within the said States, which alter the said last day of December next, (hall be exported therefrom to any foreign pori or place, in lieu of a drawback ot the duty on the fait which (hall have been expended thereupon, according to the following rates, namely, dried fifh per quintal, ten cents, •pickled fifh and other faked provisions, per barrel, ten cents. Ai}dbe it further endiled, That where duties by this act are im posed, or drawbacks allowed on atiy fpectfic quantity of gotxfs, wares and merchandize, the fame shall be deemed to apply iu proportion to anv quant ity,more or less, thnn such fpecific quantity. And be it further enacted, That all the duties which by virtue ot the a& intituled, 44 An att for laying a duty on gOods, wares anid merchandizes imported into the United States," accrued between the time fpecified in the said a& for the commencement of the said duties, and the refpe&ive times when the collectors entered tip on the duties of their refpe&fc offices in the several diftn&s, Be, and they are hereby remitted and discharged, anl that in any cale in which they may have been paid to the United States, refhtu 'on thereof shall be made. And be it further enabled, That the several duties by this ast (hall continue to be collected and paid, until the debts purpofcs,for which tlicy arc pledged arwd apptopriaied, (Kill be fully discharged. Provided\ that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the lcgiflature of the United State* from sub stituting other duties or taxes of equal value to any or all ot the said duties and irrpofh. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Rcprefentatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefiaent oj the United States, and Prudent of the Senate. Approved, August the tenth, 1790. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Pufidert of the United States. (True copy.) THOMAS TEFFERSOV, Secretary of State PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS On the late REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, Vc. CONTINUATION, National Afl'embly, poflefled by the fame X mischievous dxmon of democracy, have ac tually proceeded to abolish titles and reduce penlions. 1 hope a few impartial reflections on this very interelling point, may in some measure obviate the pernicious tendency of such levelling repub lican notions.—As the French nobletle always faj crifice to the graces, they derived their captivat ing politeness, and inimitable addrels, from the alhduity of this pleasing devotion. They gave adecided ton to iociety in exa<st proportion to the diftin<ftions of rank and birth. A simple ntonfieur edged in, as he could, through the half opened door of a lady's aflembly-room ; but whenever an archbishop, a prince of the blood, or an am ballador, was announced, " ouvrez les deux bat tanti pour monfeignr. I'archive que," was the fafhi onable language. A nice and faftidous who had been used to good company, could in stantly discover due et pair, a (linple duke, a mar quis, a viscount, or count by the condescending hauteur, the dignified familiarity, or graceful negligence of returning a bow, or presenting a. (huff-box to an inferior, with as much precilion as if he had examined their refpecSive patents. But all these enchanting accomplishments will be soon negletSed. The eye of taile will fpeeai ly lole this exquisite discrimination, which was never before attained in ancient or modern limes. L'amour, la chajfe, le ftrvice, I' agriment de la fo ciete, les mots heureux, let petits joins, will give place to the triejle of party ; and the ennui of litics, to the tumults of fatftion, and the conflicfts of ambition. The gay and seducing attendance of the toilet will be defprted for the senate ; and a tedious debate 011 the constitution will the attention more than a new dance at the opc- [Whole So. i 44-3
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