Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-02


chandise, other than Wines and spirits, Sis
Ii IN any other place than towns, SC. contain
ing more than 100 families, on retailers offor-
cign merchandise, including wines and spir-
It's SIS; OF wines and spirits SIS; ofdomes-
tic spirits S10i oficrci:,n merchandise, other
than wines and spirits, $40
Z. Duty Oh sales By auction Of foreign goods
per cent; and on sales at auction OF vessels
25 cents on every 500.
.. -Four cents per pound on all sugars refined
in the United States, allowing drawback Oh
all expectation.
y. On every couch, chariot and poSt-chase,
S25; on every phaetou and coachee, having
PANEL work i'll the upper division, SIS; on
every other four wheel carriage hanging on
steel springs, Si0; on every four wheel
Carriage hanging upon iron wooden springs,
and on every two wheel carriage with top,
or hanging on steel or iron springs, SIS; on
every other four or two wheel carriage, 49,
10. Stamp duties on notes payable to bearer or
order, issued Ivy any bank, at rates on an av-
erage OF one dollar Tor every 500, with am
option to pay in lieu thereof I'D per cent on
their div blends and all notes Of hand above
$50, payable 10 bearer or order, having one
or more endorsers, and on ali bills of ex-
change above $50, having one or more en-
dorSers, at rates ON an average of I've cents
for every 500
IL. n direct tax of three millions of dollars TO
be apPortioned among the several states, n
greeaby tothe rules prescribed by the consti-
tuition. Each state may pay It's quota with a
deduction of 5 per cent. ii paid before the as
sessinent Is commenced, and Off i-2 per mt.
II paid before the tax becomes due.
~ The above duties to be laid only after the
u. States shall be engagcdin war with 4 TO-
reign European nation; and sA Il, continue Tor
one year only af,er the conclusion of a peace.
The whole of the report having been gone
through, the committee rose, and reported tae
resolutions to the House. After which, mo-
ton was made to adjourn and carried.
The House viii tomorrow take up the re port.
February 81.
The report of the committee was taken
up; when the first resolution was concerned
III, II to 20.
Mr.. Fisk moved to postpone The renain-
der of the report till the h:st day IF Ap}u
Col. Porter hoped the :nlruB wHuid pre-
vail; he did not wish to a..-roi the people,
unnecessary in no case but mat Of war would
the taxes De necessary IN which case there
cooidbeno doubt, but what they would cheer
fully pay them.
Hhr. M'hee was sorry TO differ with his
friends; some would not provide the wavs
aud mcars til war had commenced others
would not fight till the ways and means were
provided; he thought it was the part of a
wise government to provide for expenditures
involving war
MIR. Smile did not want war he mad con-
sented because the government had taken
measures to that effect he was surprlsedt to
hear gentlemen express wish to postpone =,
subject which they had declared the neople
would force upon the administration that the
people were up to the war point ; were gen
tlRnlGn .t.lI he 10 -
they had to provide the ways and means if
this was the case they had been premature
in their measures for his part he had taken
those taxes which were the most disagreea-
Die to the people In the part CT the country
from whence he came.
Col. Troup (of Georgia. declared that he
had been disappointed he had expected en-
ergy and system. This country he feared
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Observation-Disclosures
had told Us we were a triling good for moth
Ing sort of people; that they despised us,
but did not conceive us worthy of hatred
England had expressed the same opinion by
her acts; she paid no attention to us in her
greatest distress, she did not conceive our
friendship worth conciiatiug; this was the
only thing like system which we had yet had
he hoped 1t would not be abandoned.
Mr.. Rhca was against postponing
Mr.. Johnson had made up his mind to
meet war, and he would do it at any hazard, he
was not afraid of exciting alarms his ankle
ty had been to adopt system which would
go hand in hand with the contemplated mea-
sures OF war; whatever might be the fate of
his Political existence, it should have no in
fuence on his vote the subject was before
them, and he hoped the house would go
through with it !; the subject was not an a.
greeable one, but as he had made up his mind
to act he would meet all the circumstances
connected with a state Of war
Mr.. Boyd had thought better measures
might have been adopted, yet he had geuc-
rally went with the measures which had 5a en-
adopted; ne would ask how it was possible
Tor gentlemen to have fleets and armies with
out providing the means to support them
they were TO be provided, yet the people
were not to know it.
Mr. Fisk hoped the gentleman did not
mean to infer that he would not go as far as
any man for the honor of the country.-GMr.
Iroup. Certainly not. Every one had
their preJudices he had been sorry to hear
the gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA (Mr. Smi-
he) declare that if duty was laid on Whis-
key he would vote against the bill he did re-
greet that he had to draw an Inference that
the gentleman would not support the 6o11or of
ms country because a tax was imposed on
Whisky, which at best was luxury, and he
believed curse IT the taxes were contem-
poraneous with the measures of war they
would be in time; if the gentleman would
come out with a motion for WAR tomorrow
he would meet them people had their pre-
JUDGES; the imposing OF the taxes would not
create belief of war on the part Of those
who had observed our conduct for years past
ii we went TO war the people would then be-
leve We were in earnest-his hon. friend
from Mart Lind Mr. N,KncN hnd lie r,rni,