Brencrfal.
the refolution was finaUv paired;-' with
frnTre harrds of their owners. ; H ' .
remittees which would anfe from this, rcfo- fomc amendments, j Clerks of courts were
coiledion, if indeed it could be colhclea at The next refolution read was that! for a
c!l, of which . Mr. Vcnab e had Very great ftajrp dutyjef five cents on every tramfer-dcub-s.
He faid that it wou d be a tax of ante of an hundred dollars of tank (tot k.
the urmoft ivnquahty. . In fome ibtes it . ir. lyiacon 'prcpofe, as an amendment,
would be paid, a.ul in others itouia r.or. that ten cet.ts tlvcuid be iniertcd in the re-
LhuDDofin" that an attorney wre not to rav
if r y t
uhis tax. he thought it -beyond t :e authority
of government loin errupt him fntheexer
cile of his proleil.on, a profeffion to .-which
he had been-beforc regularly admitted, un
der the fan Ct on of the lawi of his country.
Hs fnd. that in-msiiy-parts vf -the union,
J .wyrrs foj'nd it rcqtrifite to pracife 1115 or
6 different' courts, and they v.ould have to
tak cur .1 iLenfe it e.ich' of -tlnfe ccurtsr
( t h s s ,nt opteiT ' d in the re fitful ion, but
Si o n this, it fcmsunderftoo3 to be dt figg
ed.) On rhe other hr.nd. a lawyer of much
more em p Jo-.men:, snd who in re.hty had
3 f r betrcr income by hi practice, tlian o
.ther; very fr;q:ienty did bufinefs only in
foIutirnUn niace ci live.
M r Bo mi ir.pr a nd JVC r. CleVk objet ed to
the. refolution j on jh.s ground that too
great a variety ot ftamps would be required,
nvhiclrrmrft prrjeiuce much confufion, ieipe
ca'Iy in-the countries at a diitance j from
.places where ft rops -could be had; j.T"h
lbmp'fcr a transference cf an hundred dol
lars rr.uft 'be of one kind, for that'of two
-hundred -dollsrs-muft -be of a different ftcmp
nd fo en.- ' J'." ' ''; p '
'J he amfiTdment of Mr. IVacon was re-
United $tte. . the v fhn!l
i ii-kij v.cjio, jor clot bin
' Scc-5;. Jnd he Sf farther erri???eJ 7!
the Prefident of the United iitatt s' be l
-qut ft d to call on the executivtsof the j'
ral ftates, to takehe moft cfftdual rr e"
. that he whole of the mil tiV not ccmpriftj
with n tjie foregoing requ lition, be armld
and equipped icccrdipg to law. ; i f
, Vcc.U$. jnd lt yittfurthtreniied fj-Jit:
thi'-adl: (hall coritirue and be in force f !
the (pace of oi e year from thepj ffing tln
of, and! from whence t or t h t n d i;f . tie n oJl
. itiuuii vungreis, .ai:a no jongtr. !
Signed, proved, 6c. My 9, 1 704.
1." . ' rsinuT.-io, 10 tj Ke mtocoi ilderati
Ifccuid be a du;vof f ve cents cn C2ch hun. yiUV.v.xi.zrmy cn iheJUint with picvifioihn,
;dred -tiol'ars transferred. ; . .U ' Jcry of fufiVages Was wholly unlvomabJe to 3
o- e 1 enfe, wh le others who 1 ad lefs cm- was kept at every" bink, whith oidd be
p'oyment, wou'd pay for five or fix.'O his is flrmped.. ' i
a tax upon jullice, hir. l.awers well know It jwjs then mrvrd foflrike cut tie duty
how to nuke ti e r clr nt pay itnd they ;rn all fales at ; uldion; ri his tncticnr wes
v il) mike them ray double the tc. Iinmv -negatived. I !' i
the cnu of thi bufinefs. I have fe n fuclj JVCr. S. Smith next
Mr. Sm il. fa.,lth f .4.; -'J...tJ .-c.lafts cf the PrtrfSancittiet'
o.tc courr, and W; uld have to pay for only eafily be colka?d. 25 a bock of irf r, ' i'V?1 ft ? lh uher fc W ,hi.!
oelcenle, wh le others who lad lefs cm- was kent at evervr binkl uhuh K f' , rh m- c
jai d it va ve,i
mcvec to
, tn,:sbefo;e. I lay, Sir that th,is is a tax - the refolution as to tobacco. It yzfftd
r ort
on obtaining jufHce. A gen-Ieman (Mr.
r..cs) ha told-us, tnat we fliould t. x our.
fe ves to lhew cur lihtrahty ; and To we are
to come t rward with a fe f denying ordi
nance ! -nut the i cr-tleman favii'in thW
: f.m.e breath, o r clients uill rav'iti" l;iue.
;.ir. 1 Jit y will pay it.. Lur. c tents riK
pay it doulde. It v,ill be of prear ferv:ce
in railing a bi!I. Put is th s ar-ument of
the geritlcman-eonfiftenr ? Atone mcment
Ihr bios us flievv our libcrali'y, by taxing
t cu?fivcs; and then declares, that the rnx
vi I le pn d ft r us hy others. V i l not the ,
i' wi' f-'i'Vgji mis Duui:eis err: -as
gainft his mction?yes, 41 'reef. zr.
The 1, nd tx was, rejected, without a di
v.fion, by a ver hirge nrrjoi ity. j )
At three'olocJc the.Herufe adf curr cdi
Wft dci 'diriflin? qDeiiidrrxrt f rem the Mill.
; jfc Jii the United It bttsj
OEC.: 1.
fend .jn c(bfe..t k themiMrr i.;r. iL . !
udtion, 2Rd to incivat him iliat the abeve-intention J
ed drmand be withdrawn. Meanwhile th ihirj
. ccntjrgeii't is refoivetiHi, a-n.i hty are already r,e.
. o f wi - n.c liUir U'liilHSj
iniJitia cf 4o.n men, who wUI he dividct into ie.
gimenlt, yitliainied, arid prcvidtd with 1 eg nr. en -
Th e Coiirts of VVrtnfibivrg and Brden, hdvezl- I
rcady carried -this rr.e'aiue;inio er: ftotion f
With itgsid to ire circles tif J'r.nconia and Ba- 3
Varb, inuihgrrce has Letn received that thty have!
';ofiriyely.refujed.thje': dfinai ds ci "Pi tula j atid the I
EltftorT PaUttne of Bavaria, who icems to- he the
leaft difpofed to approve of rhejplan vot, Vivfia, h?
made a formal rrttetl agairit the Convertrcn of the !'
iix curies at rranktori, written and niued bv th
1
Hou'e-ff fjcpreentatwes of the - 1'ne ref-l-rcn Tih'kchiny be taken byr the c?rc!
United n4U Jnn:ric n Ctrt-res .Jem ' ui,PImcj$ not-yet knovi,. , The Pitman
rcV. Uiliat 'the -!PrdI;, Sl ' Ccw.t Hardcnbera has been f,t to the
rats be, and he is hereby authorized to
iUerave ct Htlie LUttL to imiij-p tha P. ;,-
regt'ation, to give his "Vote -'in the Afltrr.bly of the I
'States 4n favewof thertquifitiorvs off he cabire: cf 1
require cf the executives of thefcveraUiates.
tn trxlr, fff&ii-,! .CiL . j - - ZiClJin.
....v, mcuiun.j,v!B 'tuii as mav . ... . ..
vvC!l wc ,U? Will tiiey ro( fer. tl at , -loorp-mzc, anrrand equip, swin 'r 'ja,hfL'h's P'J? of i
.'i,Vp:pon I
lc.vesr t ' I. ' moment's waning, thefillowing propbrti- rcr.dirp the lifng in a n afs, ha gaircd tl e jtc-
h.r. '"Ames explained. " His exprelTton cf cns refr ccTl:vy of eighty-tl cufaiid f rTec- 1
the confumption o, law.had been iVken un tive milittaclBctrs includtri; t n fFV IPt. f the i"t cf the Enipfre.
. r.
.iuiuci;r'n o; jaw nad be-n rk-n un
n.n n-JnuHi. r ... .i " i - -n r n : r i . " - . 'v " i He trench ctmir.iliiontrs dine ia iiicft ctaili wltli
too lertouiiv. l,e was clear, that tbr Tfl.i the ftate of frnrofin t. ifj ..t. -r . . , . - . . Ud,v w,,
.... i .i rr c . ...r . - V1 v "iwuiiiHi uircc -oenerai JVt.greutn. l neir negotiations po out but I
ture ot tl:e U. . tates cculd lay cn any tsx9 hundred and thirty three ; from the ftatec I
thatsnyrt!.ero-er!imrnt had a right to im. Soutlt-Carolina, three the u&nd five heh em:.aafficiert fmcfirmfytdpy cifftht 'nat$;. i
pole.. Why then fhou!d they not J-svesiTKlit dndnd fifty; irom trie itate of b btth it-d V Mfnt7 Jwiipg the fitge.. They have 'been '
? :rrl -ifVs ' Carolina,ave,ho!uftiidthr the 1
. jijtir ..ad not ocen Cxpcfsly.grr.nttd.to :I;em ' thirty one ; from the.fate oPKentuKy cne4 ' "
by the conllituticn. ButJ.ow uss'it pof. thouftnd five hunr red ad thirty tiro; liirm ' , LO D O N, March i.
; ' u pr putty ann or naic or v iniinta; t;je en troutand tiifec
1 ... .. . ----- ; 4.,j-yiiU , I7 i ire ncut ceo is iotoco men. i r.e rorce at tr-
L:ve rcinted more room than all th?r 'ftate of Vew.Tptf: f,, ..w r.i ,f...ri. , ' , ,J .
Statute PO' kS COUhl hoM. A- .r .hrtnr-A ;fA. i, . ..-.! n . . 4 v, i. y . .. .-.
-i- i f- ,r ",,AOl"Ci- XT 'e,ix irinn..;,ine ' ira;e ot; 4cco tront -about ;tfod .rovaiatts in iintifh
to inc i;ie.i .14 an . blumtty, ' that nothing Kew York, feven .thoutand ni, r htm.'r
ou.-tbe taxed, urlefs it had been marked and feventyone , from the Hate of VCr
cur itit..econniti.tio:. As to the preioit 'nnont, twothouOndoneWdred and thir-v-
. Juw was ti:e iruin uie uate .ort- C onneciictit -ft'v&
. 7 " w
py; five companies of invalids; and about
40c o militia.
' A let er from Lyons, has the following
cuncus pararraph: v jean Uaptiit V ictone r
, - - -' v. utiay ujrtii 1 i;c
alreaJy bestvadmitted. ; To thu rin."
was, that when the courts of .the fevera 'J'undred andjortv-four.
?ita es -granted to the Uwver "a i;,r- fr ; a! i 2. Li ' V
iim7rn in lhIs Pon, -,c detachments of militia aforefaid mali be J
Jn p y tn,t they (hould pay no taxes. Mr. ' officered cut of the 'cr tlmiJitia ; cBceri -Am
knew that it was an utmo-t.W U-H .nrrtlr n Jr.J ! 7 c?ilc!rs v
f h r r rrft Itn 1' .1 1. -. t n i'
vorretpencee witn perions at i unn. Jt is
an extraordinary thing' that -he-, ilionld fufFtr
death by an inflrurhent of his own ir.venti-
t ocL ine, to fperk ibout theextenfivene's
of the p:wrs ot Coiigrefs, in regard rd tax .
ar on ; but he was fatisnd to have done his
ciuty. H-hadno kir;d of reluctance to
Jii et tl.rs'rax. ...
- Jr.
arccd
on. ' Ke diedwith creat reluctance ; and
declared that whc;he produce! l tf inflrTU
ment to tlie ucrfd, :rit was from metres of
humanity alcne ! , -
trie? r nnf ritiinrM nl' ntifl.rx.:. i n ! , . . . v . . . !
. " uulWif7 ;1J cr waie re -;c Lprunna was burnt dam. t lxty peril n
ipectively. : ; , s v ; I Vpcrilled in the rcrflagration,, and 30 others
. ec. 3. j? it further everted, That the e rc dnnget cufly I utnt. It is fui pofed to
Prefider.t may, ,t he JucgeeXpedient, - W Hfe fet on fire by tl eFrench refugees, four
- K T-.J -.t .... . -l',vc& ui: e icveral ItatCS. Of W hom ate tr.te n -n nn funirirn.
1 7 ni 1111V I 1 . Ill IIITTtTrV "3C rf-fc 4 E.' 1 a ' . .
iiiH ke pers and tobacconiUs : fome iricon-
vctiitnces had indeed been pointed cut ;
but, upon the whole, the tax was a1 ptODer
one. 1 r
Mr. Giles faid the tax nn !nrrr t,r,.
Cciaa,. and clerks was formerly a roVular
fchemc im Virginia. The tax was adopted,
l ur the ccunsof the .flate aft
ir.errsaiorel ,d, providecj, they volun- thirty or.e'fcil, bdzdes a great rumber of
t2y engage corps ,n the fer vice,. . ! r frigates lying at firgle anchor, ready to put
r-Af'-Zi ''fir'''! b the to fea at the fh ort eft warning. 'J hev ere
laid mihtia Giall not be ccmne!!pH tnr, i,n . C'j. -.1 : : 1 : n . '
..... .w...,,, jj luii ciuiv in exceiicnr cciitiinuii. -
- 411 t.iic tiuur, tri2n tlute
I months ?fter their arrival 31 the place it f
pparentlv
1 heir Itinrn A rhef t fbr the niefent
i -vt rj 4
to intercept if pofhbie the Gibraltar home
repealed. He difappoved of. the t prcient
cucus: rd that, cunpg themejof ward bcund fleetwhich confils of 170 fail
their lervice, befTdes their pay ahrj oih r and having, it is thought, a very ftrongcW
allowances, which il.allbe.he fame as the voy. t is to be ,cped Lord Howeap.
trcops on the military eftabhCiment of tlx pearar.ee will ccol the ardor of the 'expec