Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-03-13

the prompt payment of the direct tax. A.
greed to.
18Th neutrality-suspicious. thatth taxes
shall not be levied or collected I'LL the Unit
ed States shall be actually engaged In a war
with some foreign European government {;
or letters of msrquc and reprissl have been
issued against the subjeGtaot such govern
mcnt.
Ga motion of Mr.. Grundy the last mem
Der of this resolution was struck out, and
the Honse agreed to the other part.
IA h Notwithstanding the duration of
the taxes. Agreed to.
The committee rose and reported them
10 the house and the house adjourned.
February IT.
Mr.. Reed presented the memorial OF
George Birchmore OF Salem, praying com
pensation for property unlawIally seiaed
BY the Bey of 1unis, aud which he thinks
might have been regalned 1t the United
States had been represented at that place by
a proper character. Referred to the Sc.
crctary of State,
An engrossed resolution offered by MIR.
,Seybert yesterday, was read a third time
and passed.
The house took up the unfinished bust
ness of yesterday. The question before
the house when it adjourned was a con-
curu ence with the report Of the committee
of the whole on the resolutions reported by
the committee of ways and means.
On a concurrence with the 1st resofution,
the ayes and noes were called and were
Yeas I'll Nays 30,
Mr.. Fisk moved that the further consi.
Iteration of the resolutions be postponed till
the 1st day Of April.
This motion gave rise to adebate Of con.
siderable interest, inasmuch as it was cal
culated and did bring forth the sentiment
of several gentlemen on the great war qaes-
ton.
Mfr. Fisk afterwards varied his motion
SO as to make the postponement ill MONDAY
week next, instead of the 1st of April
The question was decided by ayes and noes,
and were--Yeas 81, Nays %.
The question then was on a concurrence
in the Cd resolution-Ayes 70, Noes AZ:
Before this Question was taken, Mr. Stow
said ne wished it TO be distinctly under
stood he should vote against this resolution
because he believed it would be a violation
of the public faith
Sd. kesolution-concurred in-Ayes e3
Noes 40.
4th. Resolution, duty on Salt, was taken
up, but before the question was taken the
House adjourned.
February %.
The Speaker presented a petition from
the Wyandot indians, praying a grant OF
lands to be distributcd among that tribe.
Referred to the committee on public
lands.
Mr.. esholsou from the committee OF
claims made an unfavor .ble report on the
petition Eliih Pike, which was ordered to
lie on the table.
The Speskcrls laid before the House a re.
port from the Secretary Of the Treasury,
in pursuance Of arrsolution of the House of
the 18th ult. containing a state OF the
amount of duti1. since the commencement
OF the government.
A bill frcm the Senate for establishing
a general land Office in the department of
the Treasury, was read twice and referred
20 the committee on public lands.
On motion OF Mr.. Stanford it was deter
mined ,ha, when the House adjourn it adj
lourb till MONDAY.
The house took up the unfinished bust
ness of yesterday. When the house ad.
burned, the A,h Resolution-duty on salt
was under consideration.
Mr.. Stanford moved to amend the resolu.
tion BY adding " and hat a duty OF 10 cents
per bushel be Laid on all domestic manufac.
tured salt"
This motion gave rise to considerable
debate, and was determined by ayes and
noes. Yeas %, Nays 90.
rhe question on agreeing to the resoiu-
ton as reported wasthen determined in the
negative. Yeas 81. NAYS 60.