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Manufacture of Sal*. The following extra ft of a letter from a gentleman in Bofton, to bis friend in this City, has been banded to us for public alien: —Nat. I *tel. 44 The fupport of locial order, and prwvifion for national fafety, require adr qua e public revenue to d'trav th lr Thisexprnfe is greater in the raoft improved ftate of fociety, as the expexfe of man aging is the greateft on the bell cultivated & nv.ft productive /aims —hence the Beceffiry of taxes is in leparable from a ftxte of profperi ty. Taxes ought to be borne by all the members of t community, as nearly as p’ ITiblc, in proportion to their ability to bear them. If in the fi ft hying a tax, perfect equa lity is unattainable, it may be con tincaily approximated by the fair opperation of commercial princi ples, which tend uniformly to pro duce this equality. Taxes are lel d m oppuffive from their amounr; but are often oppr'ffive ad urj ft brraofe they are injud.ciocfly laid, or imperially collected, or capri- CKu fl charged. Every imp fi on of a r ew, or relit quiflhmenr of an ex ft r cr tax on a fpecifitd article of merchandize, operates to transfer value from the hands of Ton e men to the handy of others, without gi ving or receiving an equivalent. A tax on articles of general coi fi mp ti n or ulr, fa ; rhfulv collefled from thr fi ft p< fi ff-is w i 1 he re fed bv she contumers or ufers, who in their turn wll often be reimburfed bv others. 11 fel Cling an article for taxation, the fi ll ngard fhould be had to the certainty of coiirCh onji and next to this fhould br con* furred the hardfhip or inconveni ent e impofed on thofe who advance the tax A tax eafy to be evaded, is a bounty upon fraud, ar and a pun ifhtnent to noneft met.; ir corrupts the public morals, and dc ftroys con fiJeiv e in the public relourcts. 44 From the preceding, you w ll perceive the impp fii ns of my sn nd when I expr (Ted my ftrong predileCt on fora p rpetual tax on imp rted fair. This article ui qu fti o ablv poff fifes more of the r q li ft e qualities than any other w.tnin the Icope of my imag.na iur, to furrilh a la r ge and equal revenue. It is bu k , and cannt t be conceal ed, the icore the revenue will not fail I is <fatr fl g cod abr ad, and theie/ore with a conli.ierable fx, i s value may ftill be fatal].— Is conlumption is gradual, & there fore the burthen (U any) will fcarce ly be felt. It m ght beexptdled, that with thefe advanragrs, every g vernment would aflign a tax upon lah; and accordingly in every coun try we find that it is fo ci nfiiered and fo treated. Among the prelent nuions o! Europe, the tax varies fr i m three to ten turn s, and in fi-me cales to twenty times rhe fi ft teft, and we are inform- and that in ancient times it did not el ape the noti e of thr fi anciers. If it fh >uld be ob j Cled, (hat in war our foreign fup ply will be intercepted, and the re venue dimin. fluid, lec it be anfwer ed, that on this account (On much ent our2grment ca not be given to tbcdomeftic manufacture, that we may be free from diftrefs, which wndd be felt by the want of lo ne ctflfary an article in the time of war. “I fi id Salt imported into Eg land pay 112 cents the bufh I, of 56 b. The excite is 4 dollars 33 mnts. I cannot be particular as to Fiance, there it depends on the will of one man. The fchooner Suc cts, of Bviifton, paid the laft year, in Bourdeaux, up,yards of 360d0l- lars on 160 bufhels of fait. It is faid (i the tax will raife the price in the country.” This does not ne ctfTirily follow; it depends much on the quantity made (therefore en courage the manufa&ory). Teas are of general ufr; with fome a ne c fiftry of life—vet they are cheap* er than bef >re the duties took place. Ag"ntlrmai of Vermont, advocat ing the repeal of the Salt tax, laid he kept 600 fhrep, and 150 head of cattle, and ufed near 80 bufhefo of fait in his family the year. If he paid all the duty, which is fel dom the cafe, the amount would be about 16 dollars; which is far m re than balanced by the advan tage he has above the fea coaft far mer, by the great and Ference which is in his favor in obtaining the other provifnns for his rattle. 44 Tilt Hou r e of AfT mbly of Ja maica, the laft November, doubled the duties on all the nec< Airies of life from the United Sratei, The dcclartd object was to rncourage the frttlers on that ?fiand. And w ll nor our government give aid 10 f) important a manufacture as that of fait, which might be extended with qual advantages in all the At lantic Itates ?’* From a London Paper. Proclamation of the Fnglifh Conful. Soldiers of t e Fr non army, Germans, Italia s, Ruffians, P les, Auftnans, 8 vifs, and all others. The Spaniards know that you ferve contrary to your inclinations; tha r after havi-g leen your country drf;* aedby a Frm< h armf? an in famous policy has forcibly torn you from the bofom* of your families, to m-,ke you the vile inftruments of pei F if aga” ft Spain. Soldier ! Spain never will be conquered by the French armies— becaufe a nation determined to b; free will always be fo in defiance of all the tyrants in the u liverle. Spain may be devaftated, bu--her devaftators will find in it their le pulchrrs. England, allied to Spain, invites you to fi/ a ler.ice which over whelms you with never mding dif grar e and cv Is, and effirs to every Joldier y no matter of what JUlicn , that fhall depart , a gratuity of 20 crowns chalking, maintenance, and the prefervation of their aftual rank. S Idiers! I invite you to enter the fervice of E gland; or not lku g to do that, I have fh ps ready t carry you to your refprthve countries, *r wherever you wifh to g% The p; alantry and the Spanifh army have received the moil pofi tive orders to treat you as broihrrs. Have no fear; you will be well re ceived, and prott&ed in the lame manner as many of your compa nions, who are now e>j>ying the advantage ff red you. Soldieis, take advan age of a mo ment fo greatly advanugr ms for you, and accept of the off’ r made you, as the nv ft let ure and only re medy for breaking vow chains P C. TUPPER, Englifb Conful and Agent at Valencia. N B In order to be known and prortdted when you come over to the Spaniards, throw your arms up on the ground, and ule the word <f Dtlertcd/* BALTIMORE, Ffb. 19. From our New York Cerrefpondent. Office of the Morning Post. Sunday, Feb. 16, 3 /cluck. We learn by capt. Pindar, of the fchooner F irv, who arrived vefter day from Gibral ar via Madeira, having left the former place the 21ft Dec. that the French army, under Marfhai Soulf, cohflftmg of fen thoufand men, hsd captured Tar Fa. The town was bombarded durign two weeks—a breach was at length affected, by which they entered the plate, and made themfeives mafters of it at the point of the bayonet.— They immediately plu idrred the whole town. Captain Pindar, alfo ftates, that the Britifh fhip Trelany had arrived at Madera in ten days from Briftol, (Eng.) which place (he left the firft Januarv, bringing news of ptar c being concluded be tween E gland and France. This news was cor firmed by a fchooner that had arrit and the day, before capt. Pindar faded, in 11 days from Fal mouth. Capr. F. ftates thac it is generally credited at Madeira, and that the price of wine experienced an in'media e rife in conl'tqumce.— We hope this very agreeaole infor mation may prove true. February 17. By the Mary wc have the a London paper of rhe 2svft De cember. It fta e.% on the authority f German papers tha an attack will be made on Sicily by the French, and that warl ke prepara tions are making in the North of Eupiupe. From South America. Extra ft oj a letter to the Editor of the Freeman's Journal, dated Cur ac cess, December 22, i 8 1 1. 44 \ ftcroay I was prefent when the Federal Conftiturion of the ft a cs uf Venezula was fig ied bv the members of the Congrel* —There was lome oppofition. The Priefts have figned ir, but have prottfted ag4ii.fi one article which does away their privileges. They are now a meniabie to tht civil law, the lame as oiher citizens. But Miranda ob jected to the -whole !!! It is laid he Wi.uld have pieferod giving them one fri.m a Throne! He has pro t fled aga.nft the whole C r.ftitu tion, and nereby expufed his views. In cunieqtiencc thole who were his moil z alous fiiends have withdrawn from him in diiguft ; and I think he has very httc change of rift g from his difgrace. 44 The Cos ftitutionof thefe fUre3 ref. nibles thac of the U:ut?d Siarcs of Nfirch-Aiiiieiica. Ic vrli row be lubmitced to the d.fferent ftates of Veut zuela. 44 I’nert is great encouragement for fore gaers in this country if they are mechanics or agriculturalifts, efpeoally if they have fome proper ty ; but the profped f©r mcrchrmta is very dull. The 44 continental I; dor*” afildls this country exceed ing^. Native Oil . — Finer and Tweeter oil no country can fupplv than what we can, with little trouble and ex penfc, prepare for ourfelves. The tali annual fun fl jwer will prove this. Its feeds ferujlrd and prtfifed, w.U yield an oil as Iweet and fine as rhat we import from Florence. From a bufhel of th s feed a gallon of oil may be drawn—*axd with this ad vantage, that it ca ; be obtained any time, quite foft, bland and freih.— Toe Iced alfo, and mod that remains a:ter the expreffion of the oil, are of excellent ufe to feed and fodder hogs, poultry, &c. But b< fides thtic ufes, the growing plant is of eminent fcrvice. Ic having been proved thac near twenty times as much pure aephlog ftu ated air is exhaled from one plant in twenty four hours, in light and clear wea ther, ns s man rtipircs in a vitiated and impure flacc in that fpace of time. Hence the inhabitants of cl ufe, ill aried and unwholciomc places, Ihould be dcf gent in its { *u lti varion. oIiURGIA EXFREbS. ATHENS, MARCH 20 IVE have this day preferf7? r readers with the Proclamation of the Englifo Cctful , addrejfed to the SoL diets of the French Army, inviting them to defertion , and requejVmg them to take (belter under the Jiandard of Great Britain—-'in return for which they (ff'er them a bounty of I'wenty Crowns. IVe do not notice this with the intention cf calling any odium on the Conful or the Government for if. fuivg this proclamation—becaufc we fertoufly believe that to get from an enemy bis Jlrengtb , in an open and candid manner, is juftifable, if not boner able. — No. it is not for this pur pofe +bat we notice the proclamation—* but it is to Jhew the inconftflency , if net the Villainy , of certain per fans a mong us, who, unbiujhingly denounce every meafure of the American Gov ernment — every propefition of a Re publican Congrefs, as tyrannical , ban, mean, and in violation of the law of nations—while they obfequioujly defend and even extol , the very Jams afts, tbe very fame measures, (in jubflame) when endeavored to be put in force by tbe corrupt , the debafed government of Great Britain , or its mot e debased minions fVe bid well mgb have faid, fucb conduft cannot long go on without de left ion H r e w ill correft ourftlves , and fay—fucb conduft has already been detefted by the great body of Re publicans in tbe United States—and we will further fay, that this detec tion has been followed by the delega tion of the People, who have difearti ed from their fervice, all tbofe, who, in defpite of the obligations they owe this country , will calumniate its gov ernment, and eulegize that of its ene my. So long as the People continue to frown indignant on the enemies of our Republican inftituitons , and to dfpenje with the fervices of Roy a lilts --fo long and no longer, fhall we remain a Free and Happy Nation May endlefs ages roll around, before Monaachfs fhall A SAIN rule in this Land of Freedom. BY the politenefs of our refpefted Rcfrefetuative, Cel 1 roup, we have been favored with Wajhingion City papers to the 3d injt from which we have ext rafted fever al articles . WE have uniformly been cf the 0- finion, that the French decrees, fo far as they affeSed our commerce , were repealed—we have frequently exprejfed this opinion—and as fre quently feen, in the columns of the fe deral papers, round affertions , that tbofe obnoxious edifts ftill continued in full force and operation. It *s not un natural, then , that we (bottld derive a degree of yiea/ure in producing evi dence, which we deem undeniable , of tbe ACTUAL revocation of tbofe de crees-—and to /rate, on good authori ty, that our fellow citizens are f&JI regaining the property which bad been fsized under them. The following is an exit aft of a letter from Col. Troup to one of the Editors of this paper , dated the I ft in ft. 44 The recent news from Europe place our relations with France on a better footing than heretofore, and prewife eventually to place them on tbe mo ft defir able one—our vejftls and pro perty feized under tbe Rambouillet decree, have been, in part, reft*red— the reft oration of the remainder is looked to with confidence, and it is ge nerally believed that a Treaty will % before long, fee ure for our commerce , tbernoft friendly and liberal reception