the^north-carolina chronicle ;. or fayetteville gazette vol i.j monday may 24 1790 kumb sf r proceedings of congrefs molaltes being in fome dates a fub ftitutc forfugar * i'mall addition to the duty on that article ought to accom pany an increale of ihe duty on i'ugar this however ought to be irguiaied w1i.li proper attention to tlie crrcum ranee that the lame article will con tribute largely in the lhape of dillilled fpirits h.ilf a cent per gallon on nio laires would yield an annual fum of thirty thouiand dollars our distillers of fpirits from tins material may be commentated by a proportional extcnliort ol the duty on imported fpiritt snuff and other manufactured tobac to made within the united ijlates — ten cents per pound on the limit and fix cents on other kinds of manufactured tobacco would fie likely to produce an nually from ninety 10 onehundn-d ihou land dollars from as good evidence as tu naiuie of the cafe will admit ihe tjuantity t.f thefe articles mamlfacfui-ed 111 the united states may be computed to exceed a million and a'half of pounds theimpolitionof this duty would re quire an increafe of the duty on im porution and a drawback on exporta tion in favour ol tha manufacturer 1 his being an abiolute fi-pei fluity is the faired object of revenue that can be imagined and may be fo regulated as in no degree to injure either the growth or manutufture of the commodity pepper pimento fpices in general and various other kinds of groceries thefe article will hear fuch additional rates as maybe cfiimated to yield a fum not lefs than thirty thousand dollars competing accord ing to the entries in the hare of new-yo.k in 1788 the yearly quantity of pepper and pimento brought into the urilttd stares is not lefs than eight hundred thouiand pounds ol which about a third is pep per stx cents on pepper and four cents on pimento with drawbacks on export ation)may without inconvenience be laid salt an additional duty of fix cenrs per buflul.may in the judgement of the fecfeta'ry with propriety belaid on this article it is one of tfcofe objects which being idnfumed by all will be mod pro duflive and ye from the fmallnefs of the quantity in which it is confirmed y any and of the prioe will be lead bur thenfomc if confined within reasonable limits if a government does not avail itfelf tn a proper extent of rcfources like theft ic mull of ncceflity overcharge others and particularly giv6 greater fcopc to diredt taxation the quantity of this article annually imported bein atlcalt i million and a half of b'uflielej the annual product of art additional duty of is cents may be computed it ninety thot'.far.d dollars carriages fuch a roaencs chariots c thefe articles may certainly be the fubject of a considerable duty how productive it would be is not eafy to be edirnated lint it is imagined that it would yield not ids than fifty thou land dollars per annum licenfes to practifers of the law ceitain law proceedings and various kinds of writings the extent of this refource can only be determined upon trial but the fecretary feels a throng aftnrance that there may be drawn from it yearly not lefs than two hundred ' thoufand dollars the fy'dem for col lecting a duty of this kind would em brace playing card and fome or?:cr ob jects of luxury which do not fall under the above defcriptiom but which are edimated in the fuppofed product sales it auftion exclufivo of houfes or lands or of thole made in confequence of legal proceis or or acknowledged - infnlvency one per cent on fuch tales vould probably produce a yearly i'um of forty or fifty thouiand dollars wines and fpirits fold at retail theft articles are in the opinion of the tccrc try capable of being rendered farmore productive than lias been generally con terhplated ; and they i r e certainly amon^j uic molt unexceptionable ohjeat rt revenue it is prefumud that two hundred thoufand dollars per annum may with facility be collected from the reiailvenf of thefe articles the foreign objects are thofe which appear to the iccretary preferable o vards a provilion lor llie debts of the individual lt.nes there are others which have occurred to him as i'upple tnenury in caie the eipe'iment ihould dlfcovcr 1 deficiency in the expected pro duft ; but which he conceives it unne ccilary now to detail he will only add that lie entertains no doubt of its being practicable to ace omplilh the end on the principles of his iotmer report without th.eqeceflity.of taxing either houfes or lanjs or the hock or the produce of farms the fecretary conceiving tlie defigft of the hou'e to have been to obtain from him a general delineation only of the funds competent in his judgment to the provilion in queflion has refrained frum ihofe details which would be in difpcnlable it that provilion were imme diately to be mad 5 and to havt fur niihed which would have occasioned greater delay than would probably have l'uited the prcienr hat of the bu'finefs or the convenience of the houfe he with grea deference truils that wha is now off ed v ill be deemed a laiisfac'ory compliance with their order the ftatetnenc required respecting the pr duft or the iiutie 1 ! on imports aud tonnage to die laft of deienber asigr as returns h:tve come to hand is contained in thefclicdule hercwi h # all which is l'ubniitted alexander hamilton secretary of the trtafury friday march j mr oerry prcfentcd a petition r rnm catherine green rclid of the late ma jor-oeneral greene which was read mr smith m prefented the peti tion of thomas dbrrel of baltimore wh ch w;hs r-a 1 ihe riril time,and laid on the table mr scott moved that the memorial of richard wells and j hart refpeft ing tlic old paper money fliould be re ferred to the committee of the whole hbuft tht queftion being taken the moti on was negatived it was then moved that it be referred toa fu-le<5t committee of ten members — which palled in the af firmative a memorial was preferred by mr tucker from the officers of the south carolina line of the late army the petition of mrs greene was rend a fecond time and referred to a com mit'ee of five the houfe went into a committee on the bill to remit fines and forfeitures in certain cafes : and having amended and agreed to the bill ordered it to be en gjmlfed a meflagc was received from the fe nate requeuing the concurrence of the houfe to an acl they had palled for ac cepting theceuton of the wefterri terri tory made by the late of north-caro una ; amotoqiiefthie the concurrence of the hoiilero the following resolution " that the 1 efpeclivc collectors in the feveral port of the united stales bo directed not to grant a clearance for any flilp or veffel having articles on board fubjecl to inl'pecilon hy tlie laws of the ftatb from which luch mip or veflel iliall be dbout to depart without having pre vioufly obtained ftichffianlfefls and other documentl as are enjoined by the laid law s the houfe confidered the report of the committee refpefting the falaiies of the clerks of the board of cpmmiffi oners for fettlilig accounts between the united states and indiviuiml itttes nhd ordered a v j>ill to he brought ia to allow thehi the fartie fnlaries as the clerks of tlio oil^r public ofljceii • for the ftaicnicr.t ailudci t f cur la!l the comini tec to whom was refer red fundry memorials from the people called quakers and alfo a memorial fiom the l\nnfylvania ibcieiy tor pro nioting the abolition of llaveiy report ed that from the nature of the matter contained in thole memorials they werfc induced to examine the powers veiled ia congrels under the prcier.t conliitull on.re • g to re abolition ui ilav cry nd are clearly oi opinion — ■* ii . i hat the g.neral government is c\prefsly rcllrainrd from prohibrting the importation f fuch perfons us uif of the ttates now exilling lliall think pio per to admit until the year i8c8 secondly that ci.ngreis by a lair tonllruftion of the conlkituikm ari equally reftrained from interfering in the emancipation of fluves who already are or who may within the period mentioned be imported into or bora within any of the laid hates thirdly that controls have no au thority to interfere in the internal regur lation of particular ftatcs relative td the inilru&ion of flaves in the princi ples of morality and tcligion to ih.ir comfortable cloathing acci>mm.~dati on and i'ubfiftence — to the regulation of their marriages and the prevention t the violation of the rights thereof or to tli i the feparation of children from their parents — to a conifoi table provi fioii in caics of licknea age oi inntn.i ty or the fei/uie tran.porraiiori c ale of free negioes ; but have the fulled confidence in the wiillcini and hum imtf of the legiflatures of thrfeveral ( t:nes that thev will rfvile their laws from time to ilme when n*?cef]!iry f and pro mote the ebjefts mentioned in the me rnoriak md ciwv n meiiiiire that taayten • to ihth:ippincfs of flaves foorthly th;it ncvertlnlefs con tffetshave mtwity if they hall think it neceflary to lay at any ume a tax or dutr not acceding ten dollaft for each perfoft of any defciiiiii.ui the importa tion of whom flialt be hy any of thft ftates admitted as aforefaid _ fifthly that congrefi have atuho rity tr interdict or ih far . i it i ■■, or may be carried on by citizens of the / united states for ftippiyftlg forelgntts to regulate the african tradfc ami to tnake provifion for the immap.e treat ment of flaves in all cafes while on their paflage to the united states or ro foreign ports as far *<; it reibefts die citizens of the united si.ue«jii sixthly thai cougrefs fiave alfo authority to prohibit foreigners from fit ting out ve/tels in any pott of the unit ctl state for tnmlportin peribiis frpn africa to any foreign port seventhly that the memorlalifti he informed that in all cafes to vrhtch theauthority of congreft extends they will excrcive it for the humane objects of the memorialills fo far as they < nn be proinotcd nn the principles of jutlice huma'nity and good policy the i'aij report was read and laid on the table adjourned monday march 8 the hill for rh 1 retniflion and miti^a tton at hue 1 ;. forfettuies itiul penalties was read a third lime and pafl'ed l-'hf bill for promoting the progrtft of uletul arts was read a third f.fiit-i and ordered to lie on the table until to morrow on motion the confederation of the liill accepting the cellion of a certain territory ceded tb con'grefs l>y th late of northicarollna.fent fromtlic fennte was poflponed uniilthurfday next and theh to be taken up in a committee f the whole the reiblve fent from the fennte li reding the dotleclors in the f«veral ftates hot to graht clearances to any ve(tel w thoitt having i'nc]i documents nnd manjfefts as arc by law fpecified was referred to meflrs avhite coatee and tucker mr l.ivermore a otn tlio commit ton klp^titing uic ifclitrtestf the clerks of mousz op representatives thurfday march 4 in committee of the whole on the bill to promote the progrefs of the ul'e ful arts the bill was read and dif utfcd in paragraphs the claufe which gives a party a right to appeal to a jury trom the dcc'ilion of referrees it was moved hould be truck oat this mo tion was oppofed as depriving the citi zen of a right to which he is entitled as improper in itfelf as caufes of very great magnitude may be depending which it may be highly improper to l'ub znit to the lejiliou et two or three men nly two of which may be fo different ly interelted as never to agree — fo that the decifion may finally rrlull from the influence of the pcrfon nominated by the secretary of state on the other hand it was faid that it appears highly im proper that juries fhould be called to judge upon matters that they m.iy not be fiippofed competent to forming a judgment of — thele trials will always relate to matters of invention sec of which three perfons may be found with much greater eafe who are competent to"judge than twelve — that the right of trial by juries is not univerfal and in the prefent cafe there will be a much greater probability of having juitice done by arbitrators who are men of fcience c the motion for inking at was carried in the affirmative the committee proceeded further in the difcuflion of this bill — but rofe with out completing it — and the chairman te ported progrefs the fpeaker laid before the houfe a letter from the fecretary of the trcaftiry covering his report made in obedience to the order of the houfe of the 2d in ftant the faid report is in the words fol lowing : treasury department march 4 1790 in ehedienee to the order or ik houfe of re prefentatives of ihe id hjlant the secuktaky of the treasury refperfully rcfortt that in his opinion the funds in thefird indance requifite towards the payment of intered on the debts of the individual dates according to the modifications propofed by him in his report of the 9th of january pad may be obtained from the following objects : an increafe of the general product of the dories on goods imported by abo lijhinji the diiconnt often per cent al lowed by the fifth lection of the ail for laying a duty on goods wares and mer chandifes imported into the united states in rcfpiift to goods imported in american bottoms and adding ten per cent to the rates fpeciticd in refpeel to goods imported in foreign bottoms with certain exceptions and qualilirati ens : this change without infpai ing the commercial policy of the regulati on or making an inconvenient addition to the general rates of the duties will occafion nn augmentation of the reve hue little fhortof 200,000 dollars an additional duty on imported fu gars sugars are an objeft of general cbnfumption ; and yet conditute a mall proportion of the expence of families a moderate addition to the prefent rates would not be felt from the bul ki refs of the article too fuc-h an additi on may be made with due regard to the faiety of collection the quantity of brown and other inferior kinds of iu gars imported appears to exceed twen ty-two millions of pounds whirl it a half cent per pound would produce one hundred rind ten thouftutd dollar proportional impofitions on foreign re fined fugar and proper drawbacks on exportation ought of courfe to indem nify the rnarmfa&urcrs of this article air/jng purfelves