«es in the growth of fruit trees, pumkins, and the like—l forget the particulars —but have men tioned enough—you know t lie country. Since you lefc this place, Mr. E. Backus, my felf, and another person for our guide, have made a tour up the Mulkingum, about ico miles, to White-Woman's Creek. We found a molt beautiful country on the river ; we did not go far back, to fee what it was there. " There winters in this place, a number of French gentlemen, who intend to make settle ments in the Scioto purchase ; they have iett France in conl'equence of the revolution in that country. They have brought their national de putes with them, and cannot agree to,fettle to gether : I think, however, they will loon forget them, and all become Republicans. —About joo have arrived—there are Jeveral thousands expect ed out next season." NEW-YORK, Jan. 17 « When thou dost an alms, let not thy left lnr.d know what thy right hand doth." ,7 c J ut Dr. Rodgen is highly obliged to the unknown friend, from whom he received a polite letter of the 4th inft. covering a hundred dollar bank note, for the ufeofthe poor ; and whilehe takes this method of informing him that it came fate to hand, he allures him it ihall be faithfully appro priated to the benevolent purposes of the gener ous Donor. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THURSDAY, Jan. 6. In committee oj the whole, on the bill repealing after the lafl day of next the ait laying duties on diflilled ffir its, ire. and impoftng others tn their jlead. Mr. Boudinot in the chair, (Continuedfrom our /act.) MR. LIVERMORE was in favor of the bill. He said he considered it as an equal and just mode of taxation—and as fiich will be agree able to the people—they will consider it as drink ing down the national debt. The plan is agree able to the expectations and fentiiner.ts of the people: So far, said he, as my obserVations have extended, I have not found a single individual who has objected to it. He then obviated the objections to the bill, which he conceived arose principally from the word Excise. He thought the term very impro perly applied, on the present occasion, for the duty cannot be said to be an Excise. He then gave a defci iption of what had been considered in times pall as an excise, which to be sure, said he, is a very unequal tax, inasmuch as it fell on the poor only, who were obliged to pur chase in small quantities—while the rich, by storing their cellars, escaped the duty—but this bill provides that the duty lhall fall equally on the rich and poor—lt is to be paid, or secured, by the importer of foreign fpirirs, and at the Kill-head on domeltic spirits—This will equalize the burthen, atid leave no room for complaint. He then adverted to diredl taxation—and by a variety of particulars (hewed, that it was utterly impollible to lay a direcft tax that would not prove unjust, unequal, and grievously oppreflive. Mr. Bloodwortli spoke againit the bill : He dilated largely on the present uneafmefs which prevailed in theftate of North Carolina : His ex perience, he said, was diredtly contrary to that efthe gentlemen from New-Hamfhire, the people to the southward universally condemn an Excise. Mr. Sedgwick said he was unhappy to hear that discontents prevailed in any part of the United States. He could afl'ure gentlemen that he did not contemplate the execution of the laws by mi litary force. He was sure that in no part of the legislature were entertained designs inimical to the public liberty. In framing the present bill, great attention had been paid to prevent its being attended with those qualities which, in other countries, rendered taxation by excise justly ob noxious to popular vefentment. He relied on the good sense and well-informed understandings of the people in every part of America, foi the exe cution of such systems for the support of public credit, and for the diminution of the national debt, as lhould be devised by the wisdom of their representatives. For the fame purposes, he said, lie confided in the patriotism of the gentlemen who came from those diftri&s of country where uneasiness was said to exist He believed there ■\yas indeed a confiderablc deficiency to be pro vided for, for the fppport of government and of the public prpdit. This belief was founded in his confidence ill the information received from the Secretary of the Trcafury. But if there was 110 deficiency, his disposition to support the bill would be the fame ; for he had never believed that a public debt was a public benefit. Is it not then the duty of thole to whom the people have delegated the important trull of guarding their prosperity, in a season of profound peace, to li berate them from the burden and preilure of debt ?—Therefore the only question to be deter- mined is, whether the proposed duties are a pro per fnurce from whence we might derive the ne ceflary aids to provide for the payment of thein tereft, or the diminution of the principal of our debt? He believed, he said, that of all the fub jeifts of revenue which were within the power of Congress, none was so proper as the duty 011 ar dent spirits, contemplated by the bill. 111 this sentiment, lie believed, he concurrcd with that of the great body of the people. The leveral species of taxation, said he, may be divided into the four impost—a tax 011 inter nal negotiations—direift taxes —and that now un der confederation, excise. The impost duties had been extended as far as was, in the opinion of any gentleman, [dictated by found policy. The tax 011 internal negociations, which could not be carried to any considerable extent without the intervention of {lamps, was fubjecft to the objec tion brought against the present bill, and that in a degree incomparably beyond it, of being op posed by public opinion. Diretfl taxes, said he, are still more objectionable on that account, at least in every part of the country to which his knowledge extended. They are of all taxes the most unequal, and in this country would be found the inoft oppreflive. They are unequal, because with whatever exacftnefs they might be appor tioned upon capital or income, the only two principles on which an apportionment can be made ; they may and will be very unequal as to the burden imposed; because amah's ability to pay taxes is not in proportion either to his capi tal property or to his to that part of his income which is over and above his necessary expences, according to the usual manner of liv ing, for persons of his degree in the community. They will be oppreilive in this country, because in many of the states the plentiful circulation of money, and the facility of obtaining it, does not extend to the interior parts, nor could it be ob- tained by many of our citizens without a great facrifice of property. It may be added, that from the extent of our fettlemems compared with the number of our citizens, theexpenceof collection would be immense. « In regard to excises, Mr. Sedgwick faicl that in all insensible modes of taxation, it fliould be observed, that a much greater Aim would be ob tained fioin an individual than by any mode of dire