-!*. .V.lc te each lor each t; ; ptvtncit,tif tlie treafu'y on this point, and they were decidedly in lentiment with hi«Ltiiit it would be better not to commence the reduction, until we were -certain we cr>u',d persevere in it. He - tht fefwr; pressed these confidetations to convince gentlemen that if we mean now ty enter on the subjeCt, we must ..jt only mike a fyltematic and durable arjr'aiWaint.nt, but we must pledge for thi burpbfe certain and adequate funds, n.>r liable to be withdrawn, but by the Jubftiuitioii of others of equal produe tiveuefs. It was further to be remark ed, that by fuffering a year »o efcape without availing ourfelvej of* the right to redeem, we iolt a year effectually, for we could not carry tlnpayment of that year to the credit iff the next, the r'cjjflt reserved beiiig otily to pay ttvo per cent in each year. Mr. £. flattered hic.felf that these explanations would be a fatisfaCtory reply to those gentle men who had a (Iced what occasion there was for doing any thing more this ses sion, than limply appropriating 6p0,000 dollars for the fiill instalment. He had fought every information on this sub- I - I§» n«s eonvinced.lhat the m re appropriation of that furo, with out completing the fytlem, would be attended with more injury than benefit. The qneSion which had been railed hy tne gentleman from Virginia, namely, whether wc should enla r gs the system of excises or apply to dirt.it taxation, was un-' n .celTarily railed on this occasion, anft could have no other effect than to rniflead the Committee from the true point. The plan reported and the statements from the treasury, proved that the exist ing rev nuej were Sufficient to discharge the redeemable part of the debt, th pay all .Tie, current expences, and to leave fume furplys which might be applicable to tie ntirchaf s of the debt. 11, after the i'yftfem reported lhall be adopted, it lhali be thought that thefurplus for the purehaf es w.l! lie too final'., then will be the proper time to propose new revenues in order to auginentthat refaurct, and then will the quiftloi) o' the gentleman from Virginia be r-jjvlar . let it be decided w)ie; her a com pleat tylfem of land taxes Iha'l be the fund for further purchaies of the "debt. It must be obvious that to lead the committee into tlie enquiry at present would only to bewiftter tlYcm id a Biazc of inexkwifti iK!e debate; it would be pursuing an ignis fatuus which would feihice u from the fuhjeiß before us, never to refmrje it this fe.'ion ; it wou d belofmg thefubftance to at a shadow. The unproduCtiveness of these taxes has been afligned a; i reason tor their dilconti nuance, at the fame time thtv are com plained of as burdensome. They were ex-.tClcd to yield ntar 400,000 dollars, winch is as much as the excise on diflilled j spirits, and no contemptible sum -it would pay two thirds of each instalment, j and was a growing revenue : it was how- j ever observable, tlw tho' the motion • (truck at the whole of t?te taxes, all the | artillery of opposition was po rited only at the l'nuff and sugar taxes, and indeed lat terly the objections to the former had di minished, and :he sugar bikers seemed to be the principal. favorites wilh the com mittee : as to the pertoni before aiTcdled by the others, they hid not today been I ev.n so much as mentioned in the debate; j w.-s t to destroy all these revenues, 1 fie ly becatife the sugar tax was impro pet ? Mr. S. had nerer expedled that the ! liiuif and sugar taxes would have been fe- { tested \ j- the opponents of the report, for ! resHy they appeared to him the lpaft ex- t ceptionable of the whole ; he nevtr ccalcl ' believe thaUthe articles of l'nulf and sugar ought to be exempt from taxation, while coi.ee, \iohea tea and fait were no . He never could consent to pay a bnunty of 90,050 dollars a year to the manwfaft.irers of fnuff and sugar. To prove that the re- ; p?iiliyn of thel'e taxes operated's abcun- J Wi" } ,'j tv, Mr. Smith fiited tliat the protecting tt duties which had Jbeen laid by Congress i rc 0:1 the foreign articles beinf so high as to ; e amount to a prohibion, the articlts of eotirfe were not liaportet! ; 1 v continuing 2 the protecting duties, the impost on these articles, which would amount to 90,000 dollars, was loft to the United States, and thus a bounty would be given to the manufacturers, if the revenue were not obtained by excise. Suppose Congress were to take off the pro- v tecling duties on loaf sugar and leave the <• manufacturers to the foreign competition, J could they jnftly complain ? M'ght it not * be said, the protecting duties have been c laid long enough to encourage the manu- c faCfure and to bring it to maturity ; you t have not only the monopoly of the home supply, but your sugar is become an article a of exportation ; since you are unwilling 1 v.t the United States (hould derive a re- 1 venue from it through you, they must get J it by an impost. Another oftjeCUon has 1 been made against the continuance of these i taxes ; they are laid to be temporary and ought to be appplied |to temporary ob- ( jells, such as the military cftablilhment, j and not to the permanent object of the reduction of the delrt. It was rather a ' strange objection to argue from a peculiar ' quality of the objeCl under confederation ] when the whole question and eflence of 1 the 0 » roverfy was, in faCt, whether the objeCt lhould poliefs that quality ? whe- , ther certain revenues lhould be temporary or permanent depended on the legislative will,& when t'ne proposition was to make 1 certain temporary taxe« permanent, it was no answer to fay that they arc now tem porary. Jt should be shewn that these taxes are temporary in their nature and quali ty ; the duty on Coffee, Bohea-Teaani Salt are permanent. Ii there less per juancnfcejn the nature of a duty on re- Jined Sugar and Snuff*. The former are consumed by the poorer ciaffes of socie ty, the latter by the wealthier; is that a reason why the former (liquid be per- . manent and the latter temporary i But if there did exist any difference in the nature of these revenues, the argument was the other way, for these duties be ing internal were in general less liable to be affected by Wars than the impost, and were consequently of a more perma nent nature than the impost, and there fore more foitable for the purpose to which they are designed. Besides, the very fubllitute recommended of the ad ditional impolt of last leflion, is a tempo rary revtnue. There remained one further objecti on to answer. It was allied, why we did not extend excises to nails, shoes, paper, and many other articles manu factured in the United States, «f which the manufacturers have as much mono p ly of supply as of fuuff and sugar. Several anfwerß occured to this objeft iT/ll | !ll tTTt firfl pt..e t,tbe no* mitted that these have the monopoly of ftlpply ; again it does not follow that because one article is to be excised, all are ; in laying taxe,s many things are to be taken into consideration, the nature of the commodity, whether it can bear a tax, whether a necessary or a luxury, the mode of eolledtion, its cheapness and simplicity, whtther it will fall on the maker or the consumer. The articles of fuuff anij polfefs every effeutial of a good tax s to Ihew that because they can bear a tax the other articles can also, the gentleman {hould shew that the other articles poliefs the fame qualities. Mr. Smith said, He believed he had answered every objection to the fiiuff and sugar taxes, and consequently eve ry objeftioii to the principal part of the report, for it would be obferted, that gentlemen in the opposition had ifiade the whole merit aad exiltcnce of the re port hinge upon those two articles. The qncllion was, therefore, now on the very exigence of the plan, for if the present motion (hould obtain,, he saw an end to all their labour for this fcfiion. However he might regret its failure, and the further poftpouement of so interclling a bufiriefs, he should endeavour to console himlelf with the reflexion, tl.at he had, early in the fefli on, brought the fuhjeft forward ; that j he had bed owed conlidcrable attention , on it, and had used all his endeavours jto accomplifu, at this time, a plan, ! which if adopted, he v.-as certain would j j effectuate the dilcharge of the national j ' debt, in a very (hort period. If the Conduct of membeis, on this occasion, is to be exhibited to the public as a criterion of their sincerity, in wishing the speedy discharge of the debt, he I was delirous that the public should j ' know the part he had acted, and he | was confident that, when a comparison | should be drawn between these on the ! one fide who had early and zealbufly j brought forward and defended a plan 1 for the redudtion of the debt, and at 'the fame time (hewn a to accede to any ether equally efficient and those on the other, who had com bated this plan with no lmall peife\e rancc, merely on account of their dif | like to one or two articles of taxation, j v. ithout offering any thing as a fubfti ' , tnte, (except holding out the idet of a of ' remote, and almost impra&icabL' expe- bu ient) his conduct '.vjuld fairly under go the ilriitelt scrutiny. "" Fr For the Gazette of the United Stater. Mr. Fenno, AMONG the many catch-penny de vices of the day, no tingle attempt de- ' serves more fcrious attention, than a j Pamphlet advertised by B. F. Bache,' j called Ariitocracy. Nwticiijg the pe- culiar cad of the advertifemest, I sent ' to the bookseller, and procured the book. But, Sir, what was my extreme *" agitation of mind, when 1 found several " of the mad patiiotic members of Con- ' grefs, and even our venerable and vir- 1 0 ; tuous PreGdent maligned, by the da'r • ing author ? 1 ' > 1 was ready to exclaim, " How long, " 0 Catiline," &c. Will Mr. Bache, and '. ' his confederate correfpondenta, never t cease to bawl, Aristocracy ? Does the . author of these Poems think, as he P c i pretends, that a combination of Arifto f crats, is about to deltroy our liberties ? : It is difficult to be accounted for, * " that a virtuous community should be I so much imposed on, and blown into a e flairie, by such incendiaries. This au s thor, with more ingenuity than honelly. f - and more art than good sense, would l! convince the people who read his pre -8 face, and poetry, but more especially - liis preface, that the Government mufl i be watched , that they mutt bt jealous of rulers, &c. I repeat it, " Hiiv lon«;, '■ 0 Catiline&c. e A REPUBLICAN. February i2th, 1795. 1 mm up—c e Philadelphia, Feb. 13. \ t c On Tuesday last, Colonel David Hum- f phreys arrived in town from Europe. ' t, • ji 1- On Monday last, at the Country House v :■ of Andrew Allen, Efq.in Bucks County, c 0 died, after an illness of eight days, in the ( fixtyrfeventh year of his age, ( 1- The bon. JOHN PENN, i He was'defcended from an ancient and ' diftingu.fhed family in England, reiiierr I 1- ed more illuflrious, by the pre eminent J e virtue-.and talents of his Grand Father t S) William Penn, the Great. Founder and t N Legislator of Pennfylvan a : from whom he inherited, thrcugh his father Richard ( ' Penn, the one-fourth part of the propri- - etaryfhip of the province of Pennf lvania, ' r * and exercised th; office of Governor there- 1 :• of, antecedently to, and until the com- i J- of the American Revolution, t ,f Tn tr.e Teverte or rort ire, to wrrtctr that , event gave rife, he m?nifefted the fame e- II quanitnity, that uniformly eharafterized him, during the period of his former j ° prosperity, and retained to the last mo c ment of his exiitence, the most affect on- | tr ate attachment to the country, which his p, ancestor had planted. WhiMl his pullic l( ] administration conftantty exhibited, his love of jultice, his moderation and inte grity ; his pri -ate life, was adorned by the unaflliming modesty of h is deportment al tho gentleness of his manners, and the se c renity of his temper ; at the fame time, es that it was dignifieefby the most ingenious w candor, and by the most inviolable love , e of truth. 1( j Mr. Mitchell, the English Resident at.Berlin, dining the second Silrlian war, in communicating to the king of Prussia the intelligence of fume advan- ' 1 1 jj tage obtained over the enemy, made j c use of the following exprefiion :— e _ " By the help of God we have (rained s a victory over the French." " What," )n said the king, " is God one of our al- ' jf lies?" •' Yts, certainly," replied the )e ambafTador, " and the only one who demands no subsidies of us." is , ts " lt ExtraA of a letter from the Northern | ( j parts of St. Domingo. Ie " The settlements of Charret and ' 5- others are cultivated, and the produce ' it carried to town. I in " There are fifteen sugar works now I rs in motion, viz. at la Petite Anfe and in t n, the Qijartier-Morin, those of Chaviite, Id j Menou, les Peres del'Hopital, Bandid al Sand St. Michel. In the parish of la ie Plaine-du-Nord, those of Daux, Poupet, (i, and Heritiers la-Plaine ; they were em < a ployed in re-eflablifhing the sugar mills ■ g of le Normand and others. Ie " Eight or nine sugar works were a 1 d | going at Jaquizy; at Carracole the ie fame ; that of Loup is among the num n bcr. Brafiier takes the fyrop, Bonne le Fond and Leger Duval reccive the pro- , y duce and employ Bridaud to fell it. n Bridaud occupies at the Cape the house it of the late citizen Loir. Cormeaux, ;o Caflarouy, Sic. live in the llreet du - Confeil. < i- The following is the rule concern- ' •• ing the produce of the plantations :— f- One quarter for the property; oie ( \, ditto for the cultivator or the jotnney i- work ; ose ditto for the administration > y : t {Cf t of the property one ditto as a cootti btttion to the public expences." ■ i hi SHIP NEWS. From the log-book of the (hip Nancy, Mitchell, arrived here yesterday, ii. Li 88 day« from L'Orient. — Decembet 28, in lat. 38, 23, spoke the l'chooner Eliza, of and from Bolton, bound to the Cape de Verd iffands, all bis ' well. The 29th, in lat. 3 51, spoke un . the (hip Columbia, Waters, from St. w) PeterfburgfiT oilnd to Boston, out 123 1 j day*, in a leaky condi ion. January thi 27, spoke the schooner A dive, Rose, P° I from Salem, bound to the Weft-Indies, the captain of whiah died two days be- at p j fore. February 3, in lat. 36, 30, was sol 1 boarded by the Cleopatra frigate, 'which thi supplied captain Mitchell with some ne cefTaries he flood in need of, and treat j ed him very politely. They informed t>e him they were bound ta Bermuda. Sailed ysfterday morning from trie ; port of Philadelphia, the ship Hannah, captain Lake, for the Isle of France. ) The brig Tryall, captain Gordon, of T Philadelphia, has arrived at Norfolk, from Cadiz. a The ship Goddess of Plenty, captain _ Thompson, arrived at Barbadoes the 'sth, and Martinique the 17th day as- A j ter failing from Philadelphia. g ( Arrived at New-York,fchooner Hope, ,b< Church, Demarara. 0' tl u * 01 r> By this Day's Mail. — K NEW-YORK, Feb. u. 1 • . ' The wrilings of Germaniius are well j r calculated to develope the nature and B tendency of Political affiliated Clubs. c \ candid reading of his EfTayt, will convince Americans of the dangerous 1- pitrpofes to which they May be applied. If such reasoning, and the aftunl pro gtefs and fate of the Clubs ,in France, fe will not open the eyes of the. Republi sh cans of this countiy, to watch their )e equal rights, and not fuffer secret in trigue and influence to endanger them, it will be impoflible to rouse their vigi lance, by any ordinary means. The Tr people have Abraham and the Pro nt phets, and if they, will not listen to er these, they would not be convinced, l d tho' one should rifr from the dead. ™ We hear, that the University of E- ] [. dinburgh, liuve conferred the tlegree of 1 a Doctor in Divinity, on the Rev. Tho- 1 e ! mas Barnard, of Salem, (Massachusetts) ' n. & the Rev. Jedediah Morse, of Charles- j n. ton. at , ! ; c- Tallicn, the publisher of a periodical ] paper in Paris, called the " Friend of j ier the citizens," offended at the insertion . of f">me paflage by his partner Mehee, ,; g has disavowed the piece, and given no- ■ lie tiee that the paper will no longer bear I lis his name ; not being willing to be res- ' le ~ ponfible f»r pieces which do not bear his signature. The apartments of Cambaceres, a j ie member of Convention, have been bror „ ]s ken open and plundered of a sum of ve money, and all his valuable effects that the thieves thought proper to take. Nt PITTSBURGH, February 7. (t f The late general eleflion in the weft em counties having been declared voii c j e by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of Pennsylvania, the fheiiff of r( j Allegheny county issued his proclama » tion for holding a new eledtion on Tues day last for choosing two reprefeßta l>e tivts for the county, and in conjunflion | 1() with the county of Washington, two Senators for the diftrift. At the clofc of the poll it appeared that rn Phesley Nfvill, and Dunning M'Nair, nd were re-ele&ed to the aflembly by a ee very large majority. The returns of the senate from Washington county not >w being received, we cannot fay who are in the fortunate candidates. ,1 id la PRICE OF STOCKS. n 6 per Cents 2r/" lis 3 per Cent* n_/5 i deferred 13/ a Bank of the United States 35 he Pennf/lvania _ ( 35 n . North America, 45*0 30 CITY DANCIN6 ASSEM- J; BLY. THURSDAY next being Thankfgivinp X> Day, there will be no Assembly that evening SUNDAY, the 22d, being the Eirth Day of the Prcfident cf the there n- will be a BALL on the evening of the 23d. No tickets will be fold for that night; and the Subscribers are requested to apply tr e tbe Managers for Tickets for Strangers, pre- T" vioue to the night of the Bali. on Feb. 13 <18t A Teflcl is arrived at Newbury-port, (MafTachoCetts) which left Rotterdam the 20th December. Henry Latimer Esq. i* ele&ed 3 , Senator of the United Statei, by the Legislature of the State of Delaware. February Ith, 1794. At a meeting of the Colum ) biamim, held at Peale's Mnfeum, Resolved unanimously, That this AiTociation being the original laftitution, in the Unite February 13. n Notice is hereby given 't iTHAT a Committee of the COLUMBI ANUM or National College of Painting,, Sculpture, Architecture, aniiXngraying, has c, ,bcen this day appointed for the examination of the talents and px-etenfions of such perrons as wilh to offer thenifelves as Candidates under the recommendation of the Federativ# School W Academy of Artists of Thiladelphia; hel<3 for the prcfent at Mr. Peale's Museum, and those Artists, who are dofirous of becoming Members of this Natibnal Institution, are re quested to fend in their recommendations lign ed by three Artists at iefcft, Of known abilities inclosed to Mr. Groombridge, adjoining the* id Bank of Pennsylvania, and addressed to the l3 _ Chairman' of the. Columbianum. iH By order or the General Meeting, '• s P. P. PRICE, Sicretary pro 'tem. February 11. djt *» ' I,'; NEW THEATRE. a- Tl , THIS EVEMNG, ri> Ffbruaiy 13. Will be Presented A TRAGEDY, called to Romeo and Julkt. E- Romeo, Mr. Moreton of F.flalus, Mr. Warrell 10- Paris, Mr. Marlhall Montague, Mr. Morris e f_ Capulet, Mr. Green . Mercutio, Mr. Wignell Benvolio, Mr. Cleveland . Tibalt, Mr. Harwood ra ' Friar Lawrence, Mr. WhitUck °f Balthazar, Mr. Darley jun. on Apothecary, Mr. Francis ee, Peter, Mr. Bliflett 10- Page, Master T. Warrell par I /■ Julit, 'i Mrs. MarTiall^ e " Lady Capulet, Mrs. Francis " ar Mrs. Shaw In ail ill a with a a DANCfi by the characters. so *.. In aft sth a FUNERAL PROCESSION °« and SOLEMN DIRGE, hat The Vocal Parts, by Meflrs. Marfliall, Darley, Warrei', Rowfon, Francis, Dar ley jun. J. Warrell, T. Warrell, Mrs. Oldmixon, Mrs. Warrell, Miss Brpad hurft, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Cleveland, Mis» rft- Rowfon, and Mrs. De Marque. 7'o which •will be added, [For the First Time] n ° A F A R C £, called ' t e a s ; *The Padlock. ion Don Diego, Mr. Darley wo Leander, Mr. Marfliall r Scholars, Meflrs. J Warrell, and Darley jun, Mungo, Mr. Bates Leonora, Miss Broadhttrft Uri'ula, Mrs. Shaw jr a of TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented a new COMEDY, (ne are ver periormed rn this theatre J called the Benevolent Merchant. With a Serious Pantomime, called r La Foret Noire. I/5 *** The Tragedy of Douglas is una I,y ivoidably postponed. . Ladies and Gentlemen are reqnefted t» 3 J fend their servants to keep plates by five i° o'clock, and order them, as soon as the — company arc seated, to withdraw, as they i«- cannot on any account be permitted to re * main. Box one Dollar—Pi< tJof a Dollar—and ,; n p Uai e■sado hi . ,j nt 'Tickets and pl icft for the Boxes to l