Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-07-19

ota'c among the counties IN said State.
Each State may, prior tn the first day Ut a.
prii, vary, by an.act Gift Legislature, the re
| srcctivc quotas imposed by this act or it,
several counties or districts so as mere
qually and cquitahly to apportion the tax
hereby imposed. Each State may pay Il,
quota into the Treasury of the United States
aud thereon shall be entitled TO a deduction
Of Is per ccntum. ii paid before the hrst day
of March, 1919, and of &c per cent if paid
before the first day OF May in the same
year, &c.
| Mr. Post moved TO recommit the bill 70
the committee of Ways and Means.-lH His
view was to obtain Il different appoitionment
of the Tax in the STATE o.! New York.
The question on this motion was decided
in the negative by Yeas and Nays as fell
lows:
For reccmmitment, So,
| AFailst II, 100.
Mr.. Wheaton then movcdto postpone The
bill TO the FIRST Monday in December next,
for reasons Which he assigned.
The molten was decided in the NEGATIVE
by nearly the same majority as on the last
vote.
ihe question WAS then stated en- the pas
sage q the bill.
Mr. Brigham and Nh. Culpcper assigned
| their reasons for voting against the Lill
! MIR Nelson moved 20 rcconmis the bill to
| the committee Of the whole for the purpose
OF apencment in respect To- the Sirgiaian
appor;ionmeut. Negatived.
! The question on the passage of the bill
was then decided by Yeas and Nays as fol-
| lows:
YEAs-Messrs. Alexauder, Aston, An
derson, Archer, Avery, Bard. Barnett Beall,
BIB. Bewcu, Brown. Burwell, Caldwell,
| all
| Comstock, Condict. Conrad Crawford,
Creighton. Davis Of Pen. Dawson, Donoyel.
les. Desha, Duvali, Earle, Farrow ,tFladcy,
Fisk, Of ". Fisk, Of nc T. Forncy, For
! sythc, Franklin. Gholson, Glasgow, Goo .
| wYn, Gourdine, Griffin, Gruntly, Hall, Har-
ris, Halves, Hopkins, of Ky. Humphries,
Hungerford, Hyneman. Mgersol, Ingham,
Irwin, Jackson Of Vhg. Kent Of Nd. Kerr,
Kershaw, kilbourn, King CIV C. Lcfferts,
lowndes, Lyle, Macon, M'Cov Nike
M'Kim, Nj Lean, Montgomery, Moore, MIR
free, Nelson, Newton, Ormsb,, Pickeus, Pr
per, Peasants. Rhea of Penn Rhea e Ten.
Rich, Rmggoid, Roaue, Roberts, Robertson,
sage, Sewer, Seybert, Sharp, Smith Of Pen
leitair, Troup, WARD Of " J.Nhitehili,
Wilson IF Pen. Wright. Yancey-97.
NAYS-Nessrs. Bayiies, Of lEass Zen
son, Bigelow, Boyd Bradbury, Bradley.
Breckenridge. Brigham, Butler, Caperton,
Champion, Ciley, Cooper, Cox, Culpeper,
! Davenport, Davis, Of NEass Dewey, Ely,
CASTOR, GedGes. Gold,borough, Grosvenor,
Hale, Hanson, Ea,brouck Howell, Hubbard d,
Hutty, Jackson Of II. l. Kennedy, Kent, of.N:
Yort, King q Mas Lewis, Lovett, Miller,
Motif, Aioseiey, Murkill, Oakley, Parker,
Pearson. Pickering, Pitkin, Post, Potter
Reeu, w. Reed, Mdseiy, Scliureman, Shelf.
fey, Sherwood, Sltipherd, Smith, IT -. IT.
Smith, ofN Y. Stanford, Stockton, Stua,t,
Vose, Ward, Of Muse. Webster, Wheaton,
White, Wiico.., Wilson, efly4css. Winter
70.
/ So the biz was passed
And the Eouse adjourned.
TUEspAY, July &c.
I Messrs. Ward Of Mass. Cooper, Taggarr
and Clopton, obtained leave u abs. nee (; Z
the Temander Of the session.
MIR. Kent Of Md. presented petition q
Thomas Ewell, Of the city of Washington.
manufacturer OF gun-powder, praying for
reasons set forth in the petition, that the
powder which lac has delivered and that
which Nc has ready for delivers under n con.
tract with The Navy Departmcn., n ay be
tried by person of skill and character
Referred to the Naval Committee,
Mr. Fisk OF VI from the Committee q
| Elect ons, made a report on the petiticns a
| Benz. 3. Elydenburgh and Peter A Jay, con
| testing the ELECTION of Ebent ger Saue and
! John LeHeris, which was read, aud tile reso-
ludUn recommended by the committee was
| coucnfred mas follows:
ReSolOed. That the parties be allowed
until the firss Wednesday in the next session
Iof COngress to proc ure testimony relative to
said Election"
MIR. Calhoun from the Commit. &c on For
| eign Relations, made the following
REPORT.
| The Committee OF Foreign Relations to
whom was referred the Presidents
message u he 10Th INST. and tic accom
paayiny docuaents,
REPORT
That they have examined the message
/ and documents With all the attention their
importance demands. Your committee will
not indnlgc themselves in making the va.
ri0us observations which the ihteTcstins,
subjects brought under their consideration
naturally suggest. The delay incident to
such course, connected with the Likeness
Of the session and the advanced season Of
| the year, forbid SD wide range but they
cannot abStain from remarking that, while
! the message and documents furnish strong
additional proof ct the justice aud neces
Sly d The .wM, they also present powerful