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Mr. F\iz/.mont objected to the amend ment: Freight, he obieived, was no* higher in Virginia, Lute they had laid a dol.ar per ton duty, than it had been before that duty was iinpofed; the advantages reMting fioui any particular business, had an obvious ten** derfey to dimiuirtithc profits ; this would ap ply to freight; it would equalize itfeif in a very Ihort time. Mr. Lawrence conlidered the principle of felf interest, as the great motive that ought to govern us ; we hid derived no fpccia! ad vantage from nations in alliance with us, in a commercial view . The public sentiment was not universally in favor of a discrimina tion J this (late had not made any ; they con ceived good policy did not lugged the mea sure; France had given. us some advantages, but had refuraed them again ; our oil was now prohibited : It is a serious inquiry whe ther we do not counteraft our own iutered, by destroying a rivalfhip among foreigners for the carrying trade: We are under no obligations to give one nation a pieference oyer another; and therefore, the gentleman concluded, by wilhing that we might be go verned in theprefent case, by a regard to that principle which influences all commercial countries, felf interest : He was decidedly op posed to diferimination. Mr. Maddijcn —A free and liberal com merce is my wifli; reftrirtions on trade lam averse to; and I regret that we are under any neccflity to impose (hackles on our naviga tion; but, Sir, the policy of other nations docs not leave us an elertion ; interest docs not always regulate itfelf to the bed purposes. Hence the propriety and policy of the inter ference of commercial regulations; of giv ing bounties and laying reftrirtions : The immense quantities of American produce con sumed in Europe, comrafled with the returns from every part, except Great-Hritain, plain ly pointed out the great disproportion which the enjoyed of our trade. It has been alked, what evidence exists that the dates were in favor of a diferimination ? 1 To this it might be replied, that the legislative arts of several dates proved the sentiment; Virginia, Mary land and Pennsylvania, had made a very ma terial difference, and didinrtions, I believe, were alio made in other dates. . Mr. Baldwin, of Georgia, observed, that he thought the fulled evidence th..t the sense of the people of the United States was in fa vor of a diferimination, was apparent in the existence of that Houle. The commercial and distresses of the country gave rile to the meeting of delegates at An napolis, T hat Convention found it imprac ticable to effert their objert—-and it terminat ed in affembliug a New Convention, which gave birth to another revolution. It was, he said, a prevailing sentiment through the con timent, that such a diferimination (hould be made. Mr. Fitz/imens then rtiade a Variety of ob servations in favor of a moderate encouragement to the navigation of this country ; upon which Goodhue withdrew his motion tor 6q cents, ihequedion on 33 1-3 cents was lod, and that for 30 obtained. The duty of 30 cents, on veflels belonging to the fubjerts of dates not in alliance with us, was then voted. The committee then role, and the Chairman reported the following re solution: Rejolved, as the opinion of this committee, that the following duties ought to be laid on goods, w'atcs, and merchandizes, imported into the United States, to wit* ~ Cents . On all didilled spirits of Jamaica proof, 13 On all didilled liquors of inferior proof, 12 On Molasses, - 6 On Madeira wine, - . 33 • -3 £>n ail other wines, - 20 On every gallon of beer, ale or porter imported in calks, . .. g On all beer, ale or porter, imported in bottles, per dozen, « 2 On malt, per bufticl, - , J barley, per bnlhel, « „ fhi lime, per hoglhead, . 100 On brown sugars, per lb. On loaf sugars, per lb. On all other sugars, per lb. -. j On coffee per lb. - „ 21-2 On cocoa, per lb. On all candles of tallow, per lb. n candles of wax or fpermaecti, pr. lb. 6 per It. * . ° On fuap, per lb- - * On bo its, per pair, *■ - 5° " On all <ljocs, flippers or Galolhoes, made of leather, per pair, - io On all Ihoes or llippers, made of silk or'ftuff, per pair, - - io On cables, for every cwr. - £0 On tarred cordage, for every jiVlb. 50 On untarred cordage and yarn, for every 112 lb. - - 60 On twiue or pack thread, for every 112 lb. - - - 100 On hemp, perewt.* - - 50 On allfieel, unwrought, for every H2lb. 56 On all nails and spikes per lb. 1 On lalt, per bufhei, - - 6 On manufactured tobacco, per lb. 6 On fnuff, per lb. - - 10 On every dozen wool cards, go 011 every bulhel of coal, - 3 011 failed mackrel, lhad and salmon, per barrel, - 75 On dried filh, per quintal, - go On all teas imported from China, or India, in Ihips built in the United States, and belonging to a citizen or citizens thereof, as follows : On bohea tea, per lb. - - 6 On all fouchong and other black teas, per lb. 10 On superior green teas, per lb. 20 On all tea 6, per lb. - - IO On all teas imported from any other country, or from India or China, in Ihips which are not the property of a ci tizen or citizens of the United States, as follows i On bohea tea, pet lb. - 8 On all fouchong or other black teas, per lb. - - 15 On superior green tea, per lb. 30 On'ail other green tea, per lb. 18 On all window and other glass, 10 per cet. ad valorem. On all blank books, - * On all writing, printing, or wrapping paper, and on all paste-board, On all cabinet wares, On all buttons of metal, « On all saddles, - m On all gloves of leather, -7 On all hats of beaver, fur, wool, or ** a mixture of either, - . ’o On all millinary, . o On all callings of iron, and upon flit I or rolled iron, - _ r On all leather, tanned or tawed, and on all manufacture of leather, except such I as lhall be otherwise rated, - On canes, walking flicks and whips, i On cloathing ready made. On gold, silver, and plated ware, and on jewellery and paste work, On anchors, - On all wrought tin ware, On every coach, chariot, or other'four wheel carriage, and on every chaise, fohj, or other two wheel carriage, 15 per cent, ad valorem. On all other articles, 5 per cent, on their value at the time and place of importation, except as follows: Tin in pigs, tin plates, lead, pewter, brass, copper in plates, wool, dying woods, and dying drugs, (other than indigo) rawhides, beaver and all other furs, and deer lkin. That all the duties paid, or secured to be paid upon goods imported, lhall be returned or discharged upon such of the said goods as lhall wiihin months be exported to any other country without the limits of the Unit ed States, except so much as lhall be neceflary to defray the expence that may have accrued by the entry and fafe keeping thereof. That there ought moreover to be levied on all veflels entered or cleared in the United States, the duties following, to wit: On all veflels built within the United States, and belonging wholly to citizens thereof, at the rate of fix cents, per ton. On all veflels not built within the United States, but belonging wholly to citizens there of, at the rate of fix cents per ton. On all veflels belonging wholly to the fub jetts of powers with whom the United States have formed treaties; or partly to the sub. jetts pf luch power, and partly to the citi zens of the said states, at the rate of thirty cents, per ton. . ( ;". a ‘| vel j’ clß belonging wholly or in part to fubjefts of other powers, at the rate of fifty venu, per ton. Provide#, That no vefiel built in the Unit ed States, and belonging to a citizen or citi zens thereof, whilst employed in thecoafting irade, or in the filhenes, lhall pay tonnage more than once in any one year; nor lhall any Ihip or veflel built within the United Stares, par tonnage on her firft voyage. The Speaker resumed the Chair, and tlhe question on the report of the committee be ing poflponed for farther consideration, the House adjourned. PHILADELPHIA, May 25. Friday last the Lady of the President of the United States arrived here from Mount Vernon. This truly refpeftable personage was met by a number of the principal ladies and gentlemen of this city (among whoua were the President of the state, and the Speak-* er of the General Aflembly) a little beyond Darby. At Ferry Ibe partook of an elegant cold collation, and thence was escort ed to the refldeace of Mrs. (Robert) Morris* in Market-flrcet, by the troops of light herfe commanded by Captains Miles and Bingham* Her arrival, Which was about two o*clock P* M. was announced by the ringing of bells, and a difehargeof 13 guns from the park of artillery under the command of Capt. Filher. We hear that Mrs. Walhington intends this morning to proceed to join her beloved and juflly revered confortat New-York, the President of the United States. BALTIMORE, May 26. We hear from Fort Pitt, that, on the 25th of April last, Jofepfi Cumbridge and his wife, William Thomas, and two children, were murdered by the lavages on the head waters of Duukard Creek, in Walhington county. That advice had been received from Sandulky, that five parties of Indians were preparing to go to war, ar d intended for the frontiers of Kentucke and the Ohio, to watch for boats pafling down the river ; and that Capt. Brant was using his influence to rouse the Indians to hostility against the white people, and' dis suade them from paying any attention to then: agreement at the late treaty at MulkingUm. AV GVS TA> June 20. In COUNCIL, June 15, 1780. Ordered, That the several persons who have atfed as Commiflioners of this state at the several Trea ties with the Creek Indians since the late War, be requested to attend at the proposed Treaty with the Creeks, at the Rock Landing, on the 20th instant. Ext raft from the Minutes t J. MERIWETHER, S. E. C. In COUNCIL, Augujfta, June 19, 1789* r JT O the end that no interruption, or per- J| fonal interference, may take place be tween the Honorable the Commiflioners and the Indians, in the progress of the Treaty at the Rock Landing ; It is unanimoujly ordered , in the moll express terms, that no person oc persons, whatsoever, do approach the Treaty ground, or cross over the Oconee to the South fide, during the time of holding the fame', or within ten days thereafter, without special permiflion, from the Commiflioners, for that purpose : And, any breach of this Order wil* be punilhed with the utmost severity. Extraft from the Minutes, J. MERIWETHER, S.E.C. ' CHAMBER, June 19, 1789. IN purluance of the above order of Coun cil, the Governor and Commander in Chief orders and direfls, that the Officers of the Militia guard to the Commiflioners, and of the State Tro'ops, do fee, at their refpeflive stations, that the fame be not violated : And any neglctf herein will be deemed a breach of duty, and punilhed accordingly. GEORGE WALTON. We have the pleasure to inform the public, that the Commiflioners of the Union for In dian Affairs are now in this flare; and that all the arrangements for the Treaty arc in mo tion towards the Rock-Landing, where it is expected near thiee thousand Indians will at* tend w.th all the Chief, of the Nation. MARRIED.] In Savannah, Col, George Handley, late Governor of this State, to Mill * Howe.