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POUL&ON'S ALMANAC, ton 1794.
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A LtJ of the Births and Deaths, in the'federal Religious
Societies in the City of Philadelphia, from Augujl 1,
179*, to Augu/l 1, 1794-
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la
Birtht Dtn'hs. Total. 1
Namet »/ Societies, life. | c; g> 5 ei
5. ! ? i'f a- %
Gennan Lutheran Church, iJJ *5* 403 379 506 78a w
German Reformed Do. 7° s 3 179 130 133 3°9
Chr.fl's and St. Peter's Do. 7* 77 an 179 '55 400
St. Paul's Church, J9 7« I 40 4<- 135 *3
So-ietv of Friends, 17 1 *79 *3« 238 53° 474 *
Catholic i St.M-rv's 100 140 19? x 6? 140 365 *. tv
Cnurc hes J Hohr Trinity 33 3i 4* 68 66 a i
First Pieibytcrian Church, »7 »5 69 30 j» 90 tl
Second Presbyterian Do. 29 *9 89 68 58 ij 7 fj
Third PrefbyUrian Do. 8a 79 87 J7 144
Scotch Prefbyttrian Do. *' 10 22 11 4*
The Aflociatet Do. 3 3 7 8 6 15
Scciety of Frte Quakets 8 9 34 17 '7 5 1
Moravian Church, 3 5 ia 5 8 17 w
SwedilhDo. la *9 4* 50 31 96 w
MrthcdiftDo. 23 z " 34 26 51 60 c
Baptilt D-. , *7 '9 35 3* 3& 67 {)
Univerfalifts, believing in the Salvation «
of alt nu-n, _ 3 4 2 1 7 3
Jewifa or Hebrew church, 3 0 1 1 1 3 3
Potters Field* White people, +92 89 1084 Jl4 181 1598 c
Black people, 567 71 9* 61 139 '5® si
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Total Number, 114J 1231 19 3 10 S9 ! 379 +99 1 <
* Including those who were buried in the Bufli-Hill Burying Ground. * j
-f Births in those Families who bury in Potter's Fields.
J Births among the Black People.
From the ftrtftnja Gazette. <
MARCELLUS. No- V.
If then we ronfiilt merely Republican
preference", we (hall regard an union with i
the New-England dates at the connect .oil i
most to be desired. But to this we are i
invited not only by so important a confi- ]
deration but hv a mutuality of mterefts. — ■
Nothing is more absurd, nothing more 1
untrue, than an opiniou which hat been i
promulgated wil-h uncommon zeal, that
the intercf'- of Virginia are ojjpofite to
the intci tils of New-England, and thit
any dose conneftioc with New-Egland
would be definitive to us. It has been
denionflrated, that if we regard pure re- <
publican principles as an important point i
in ihe alliances we form, we cannot find ;
in the world a people whom we ought to
piefer in this refpt<sl, to the peopie of
New-Ingland. If too on examination
we (hall Und, that this ronn-<ftion will be
conducive to our prosperity in a pecuni
ary light ; how much do those G<;ferve
rcrfure, who instead of making us regard
tach otb«r as brethren, and labour for
each other's prosperity, and endervonr to
excite rivalry, jcalouly and mraity. Na
ture certainly intended that we (hculd be
one nation, by creating a i eciprocity ef
interests. New-England, filled with peo
ple,of i rugged sterile foil, isjdriven to ma
n2iailures and navigation for its iupport.
We, on the other hand, situated in the
fineft-climate in the world, with an un
bounded extent of fertile country, with
out inhabitants equal to tht culture of our
rkh foil, are irretifcibly attraflcd to agricul
ture. New-England an jtiduftrious enter
prising people, will manufacture our raw
materials, traverse the ocean, and fcdrch
every point of the universe to find a mar
ket for the produce of our foil. They
„ will derive wealth from being o->- manu
facturers and carriers, while we grow
ikh from the markets which their indus
try and enterprize (hall open to the pro
ducts of our labour. The truth is, that
we cannot cultivate our foil, c n I navigate
the ocean at the lame time. Nature for
bids it. We find too great abundance
from tiHin£ the earth, to fearchftira fub
fiftenceon thefea. And agricultural ha
bits are aUo adverse to manu failures As
to our fwrplus produce then, we ttiuft de-
Eend on others to carry it to foreign mtr
ets, and bring the-returns we want. —
And the oueftionis, wKther we will pre
fer for this bufiiiefs any foreign nation
whatsoever to our natural allies and repub
lican brethren of New-Eiigland ? The
magnanimous and generous Virginians ran
r«"ver befit ?;e in he choice > It is lmpofTi-
Ur that any man can prefer foreigners,
who at any moment may become our ene
mies, to a people who must ever b_- bound
to us by the ltrongeft ties of the strongest
iigereft. We are led therefore on every
ground of principle and laterell, to pre
fer above all things, ai.,l ciierilh moft-cor
>l.ally, that happy union which now ex
ifbi Between the states of America. As*
the prelent govrrnmtnt was inJOced from,
so all it* laws have bees predicated on that
mutuality of intereftt which I have de-
Scribed. For while*on the one hand the
general government has enafied laws,
rhich, from the rncouragemcnts they of
fer, will finally, and is fact at their ca
pital* will perm it, secure to American ci
tizens the prefers of th* manufaifjring
carrying buiineii ; it has rifely on the la
ther hand avoided giving umbrage to any
foreign nations, both as to their fabrics
and navigation on an etjual footing: No
doubt rtfle<fting that \ve may lofi every
thing, but cannot poffibiy add to pur pro
sperity by war ; therefore ought to (tun e
very provocation which in the moll remote
degree mav lead to hoiilii'es. What that
able an 4 pitriotic citi7cn Jefierfon thought
on this fubjtfi, at a period when his op: -
ciom nrafi have rerfe£lly free, as I
presume they are now, from she temper
of certain politicians at the present time,
may be found at large in his " Notes on
Virginia, a work, which with many othert,
will forever do honor to his m«mory.
What dees this able statesman fay, j will
not venture to quote his ideat but in his
own expressive language. In note axd af
ter detailing the resources of the state he
proceeds as follows, Young as we are, and
with fneh a country to fill with people and
with happiness, we (hould poir.t in that
direction the whole generative force of na
ture, wafting none of it in the efforts of
mutual deftrudion. It should be our en
deavor to cultivate the peace and friend
ship of every nation, even-os that which
has injuredus most, when we (hall have
carried our point against her. Our interest
will beto throw open the doorsof commerce
and knock off all its (hackles, giving per
fect freedom to all persons for the vent of
whatever they may chufe to bring into
our ports, and adcing them the fame
in theirs. Never v. as there so much falfe
arithmetic employed on any fubjecfl, as
that which has b«en employed to persuade
nations that it was their interrft to go to
war. Were the money which it hat cost
to gain, at the clofc of a long war, a little
town or a little territory, the right to cut
wood here, or to catch fi(h there, expen
ded in improving what they already pofleft,
in making roads, open rivers- building
ports, improving the arts, and finding
employ for their idle poor, it would render
them much ftroager, much wealthier and
happier.
This I hope will be our wildom.—
And perhaps to remove as much as pof
lible the occafiont of malciug war, it
miglit be better for us to abandon the
oceaa altogether, that being the ele
ment, whereon we (ball be principally
exposed to jostle with other nations ;
to leave to others to bring what we (hall
want, and carry what we can spare.
Thit would make us invulnerable to
Europe by offering n©ne of oor proper
ty to their prize, and would turn all our
citizens to the cultivation of the earth ;
and I repeat it again, cultivators of the
earth are the most virtuous and inde
pendent citizens. It might be time e
nough to seek employment foi them on
the sea, when the land no longer offers
it. But the a&ual habits of our coun
trymen attach them to commerce.
They will extreife it for themftlves.—
Wars then must sometimes be our lot;
and all the wife can do will be to avoid
that half of them, which would be pro
duced by our follies, and our own aft*
of injustice, and to make for the other
half the befl preparations we can. Of
what nature (hould these be ? A land
army would be nfelefs for offence, and
not the best not fafeft instrument of de
fence. For either of these purposes the
sea is the held, on which we (hould meet
an European enemy. On that elc
rpent it it neceflaij we (hould possess
some power. To aim at such a navy
as the greater nations of Europe possess,
would be a fcolifh and wicked waste of
the energies of our countrymen. It
would be to puß on our own heads that
load of military expense which makes
the European labourer go fupperlefs to
bed, and moiilrn* hit bread with the
lwcat of his bhsws. It will be enough
if \>e enable ourselves to prevent insults
from tbofe nations of Europe which are
weik on the sea, because circumtlances
ex;!s, which render eTen the stronger
ojk* weak as to us Providence has
placed their richest and most defence
!rfs poQeflions at our door ; has obliged
I ft , in |» fav ; jilO'lli * r 7 no I
I ltroy ourieives. i)ut it msy dc SaKcq
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ADVICE to a PARTY.
CARRY sober and found principles
to such extravagance, as to disgrace
your opponents who cbufe to keep
-within bounds.
Call the right* of property, aristocra
cy against the rights of man. To pay
the public creditors their due is cor
ruption, inftramentality, myllery.
Call yoHrfelves republicans, because
you abhor monarchy, aristocracy, and
our own republic. Yoh abhor all go
vernment, as it is a reft tjpou the
rights of man. It it not hard to (hew
bow it tires, terrifies, whips and starves
a certain order of true sons of liberty.
Shew that the party who are in favour
of laws and ordei are ariilocrats, knights
of the fuuding system, monarchy-men.
Your (lories will at last be received if
vod can hold it out for fume time tu.
(land to them. Tl»ofe who abhor go
vernment will do their best to believe
them, and at any rate will fuear to
them aod Iprsad them.
; Make an outcry about the public 01
debt, and ftiew that those who would , cl
1 pay it off, h6ld it to be a public blcfT- di
ing; that they wiß not fink the debt, m
• for that would be losing a grand sup- d
port of corruption and aristocracy.— i:
Yet always oppose every plan to fink p
the debt—for that would fink your par- S
. ty. You live upon the clamour against
that debt, and a ierious prosecution of v<
. the redemption of it would take away la
s from faction, its daily bread —the vital u
i air of your elections.
i When"* thing is popular and yet fa
- tal to the pyty, as that lad mentioned, p
p affe£l zeal for the measure and under the e
ii cover of that zeal pu(h it to an imprac- o
il ticable extreme. Pay off the debt— ai
• yes ; pav it by a land tax ; pay it all at t!
t once. The consequence will be, you ti
pay nothing, and keep the debt for
every party-purpose, for irritation, for ft
alarm, and for elections, in its full power ; v
and virtue. The influence of the debt
is less in favor of government and its
departments lhan the influence of the
clamor against it is favorable to party.
Two things will inevitably gain yon
popularity: unalterable and fierce op
position to troops and taxes. Uling
the purse and the sword is unpopular.
Throw that on your opponents.
Thinking men may fay you oppose
blindly, when our fafcty, and true oeci
nomv require yon ftiould vote for troops t
and for taxes. No matter—you will ]
brag of vour care for the people. \ou )
aft against the minister and his party. :
Mere inftruflion will be given after -
you have digested 'his. i
ANARCH. ,
ai|
CONGRESS.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion of Mr. W. Smith, Re
solved, that further provision ought to
be made for the reduction of the Public
Debt; Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Fitzfimons,
' Mr. Ames, Mr. Duvall and Mr. Ni
cholas, were appointed a Committee to
i prepare and report a plan for that pur
-1 pose.
Mr. W. Smith, from
! The COMMITTEE appointed to pre
pare and report a plan for the reduc
e tion of the Public Debt, brenght in
the following
i REPORT:
r That from the documents accompany
ing this report, marked A and B, it ap
pears, that the surplus of the existing
revenues, beyond the probable expen
ditures for the year 179> > and the
succeeding years, will enable the Le
; giflature to commence during the year
179:, and to continue thereafter the
payment of that portion of the pub
j lie debt which the government has
t " law teferved the right to redeem.
The committee therefore submit the
following rcfo'ution :
° I. Refolded, That there be appro
priated out of the revenues of the year
1795, a um not exceeding 60c,00
dollars, to be applied to the payment
of two dollars on every hundred dol
lars of the amount of tha! part of the
public debt which bears an adual inter-
eft of si.x percent. —the said payreent
e [ to be made on the day of
j next.
j- The committee further report, that
it would, in their opinion, be exiiedi
ent to appropriate, until the year 1801
ail the revenues nrifing from the duties
and taxes on manufactured sugar and
fnuff, on licence* for retailing wines
and fpiiitous liquors, or. sales at autlion
and on carriages, to the payment of
so much of the public debt, as the go
vernment (hall annually have a right to
redeem, and for that purpose, to pro
es long the duration of the said duties and
e taxes, to the year 1801—They there
,D fore recommend the fallowing refohi
tion.
2. Rtfolved, That the fever al elau
fes oflimitation, in the acts for isying
duties and taxes on manufadhircd fujrar
and fnuff, on licences for retailing wines
and fpiritousliquors, on fairs at auction
and on carriages, be repealed, that the
said several ads to be continued in forte
until the year 1801, and that the mo
nies anting therefrctn be appropriated
to the difchargc of that po«i..,i of
the public dtbt which is redeemable by
law, fybje#, however, to a fubttitvrticn
rf ether duties or taxes of equal value
10 ail or any of the said cuv.es and
1 **v -1c
itiultiSbw-fcf' eakt
afkjing aritflu-
>nal duties on goods, wire* and mt;-
:hand:ze, be repealed, and that the
the said aGt be made com
me ifuratewhh the aft for laying such j*
duties, pass.-d ioth of August 1790,
intituled, "An aft making further
provision for the debt of the United
States. „
Rcfalved, That the surplus of re
venue, which may hereafter exill after
fatisfying all legal appropriations, OBg'nt
to be annually appropaiated to the pur.
chafe of the public debt.
The profpefi ef an approaching
peace with the Indiin tribes having fuj
gefted to the committee the piopriety
Df resorting to tbt western lands, as an
auxiliary resource for the discharge of
the public debt, they further iecomracr.d
the following retolution :
5. RrfofveJ, That provision be made
for the sale of the public lands in the
western territory.
PHILADELPHIA,
DECEMBER 19.
Extract of a Utter from Paris, dated
September 2d. 1794..
«' YOU no doubt before this, have
heard of my being in this country ; st
1 have wrote by feveial conveyances
from Moilaix by the way of Breit, hut
as vcfTels are often flopped after they
are ready for sea, you may not have re
ceived them. I have been in this place
ten weeks, and have had no opportunity
to write to you till yeftcrday, 1 was
flopped off the Island of Scillv by the
French frigate the Beliona, on tjth,
and sent into the port of Morlaix on
28th Ap. il last, after being manned by
the French, and four of my seamen
taken out. I remained in thai place
which is about eleven leagues from Br^tt,
near ten weeks, ttriving every thinjj in
rny power to get my ship and carjjo
liberated, so as to proceed on my in
tended voyage to Amilerdam. A paf
port was absolutely refuted me to go to
Brest, during thet time. At the uiter
ceflion of a ftrangcr, unknown, I at
Salt obtained one, and proceeded to
Brest, where I saw one of the Rcfrt
fentants of the French people, who I
had frequently wrote to before on rhe
fabjeft of my unlawful arieftation on
the high seas, agreeable to my full and
formal protest made on the day of my
fliips arrival. Hisanfwer was he could
do nothing for me, at the fvine time
gave me a paffpovt to come to this city,
otferviiig that generally tb f* cases wae
decided there. Mr. Muriis then Miui
fter from the United States of A'metica
» fid ing here, I WTotc to htm immedi
ately on my aiTival, ftati.igmy Situation.
A few after I got from the Jul'.ite
of the peace, a translated copy of all
my (hips papers, bills of loading <&c. &c.
and forwarded them to him, his answer
to me was, he could not interfere with
private property, and after repeated re
monstrances on my part, he advised mc
to come to Paris. Alas ! 1 came here
and four A many of our American Cap
tains that have been here fame four and
five months, and in France seven and
eight; their cargoes taken from them,
and not knowing at prelent where iliey
are. Some have their (hips paper; loft,
and all present heie without any refli
tution. My cargo is at present on board,
and my ihip lying in an open road,
blo.ving weather we nutft loon expect,
and God only knows what will be the
confequcnce. Within these tew days
Captain Blunt of the ship Hero, of
Boston, but last from Carolina, was sent
' into Cherboutjj ne?r seven months, 2nd
' the {hip Union of Peter (burgh A irginia,
Shave received tlieir reports. Belonging
to the formar, they have condemned
■ thirty-fix tierces of ir.dieo. and fay they
wiil pay him out of the f:de> 'f it hi#
demnrage and detention. Tbe latter,
they have flopped l is »We cargo, :o>n
fitting of naval (lores and tobacco, after
Jqfiag all his fliips p?pers. Such is my,
is our situation 1:1 this countiy, laying at
a great expence, and I know not whe
ther we shall be reimbui fed. S
Mr. Monroe, Mini Her from the Uni
ted States, arrived here three weeks
ago. 1 waited on him immediately, giv
ing hiro a Hattmcut of mj iituation.
He has been well received here in the
body of the Convention, perhaps never
was a Minister received with greater
applause—And they have protrr.fed h:m
to grant whatever be may war.', in jul
tice to his free' countrymen. I let*, him
this morning, and he inform*, he has ne
riou t of having every p!i c'ain*: u "
tied in a lluHt time. He &>cnc* forward
to-morrow oflivi • tif in our Syf'-' " 5 -
hzve a very jest chum; the demu
rage of the (hip, t'-^g to nl=r rir '""
.zeec. hundred s'oO ai ftnfing:, a .d my
own.expencet M country, v.h.ch ii
w; corliderabk.