Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-08-11

Was finally reduced to, one and an hall
per cent.
A law has passed !" making further
provision, for the collection Of the inter-
nal duties" The 18th and 9Th sections
provide for the compensation OF the col
iectors, which is as follows, viz. when
they shall collect and pay into the Trea-
sury:
Of the direct, where the sum does not
exceed 5 looOo-s per cent.
Over 10000 aud does not exceed
8 Is 0oo-7 per cent.
Over $4,000 and does not exceed 2o,'
oo0-6 per cent.
Over 10000 and does not exceed So
COOS per cent.
Over 10000 and does not exceed 5o,.
ooo-4 per cent.
Exceeding so,ooo-3 percent:
In addition TO the above, per cent.
for collecting the Internal duties
provided the collectors compensation
Shall in no case exceed 1000 dellars, and
8 Is, 900 are appropriated to be so dis
tributed at the discretion OF the Presl
dent, to compensate those colleetors.who
would not otherwise be adequately COM
peBsated,
No proceedings are to commence IN
der the law laying the direct tax, untll
the FIRST of February next; and the other
laws laying informal taxes. ate not to
take effect until the first of January nex!.
Neither Of them is to continue In force
longer than the present war, and one
year thereafter. These bills.were all
prepared Ivy the Secretary of the Trea.
sury, and were before the committee oil
ways and means last session, and the SEES
sion before the last. They were not in-
PRODUCED into the house the present ses.
sion, until about four weeks after its
commencement.
A rejecting ran will perhaps enquire
why these laws were not passed the last
session, when there was ample time 3
Why were they not introduced sooner
this session Why delay their operation
until January! Why, it they honestly in
tended to lay foundation for the public
credit, are they limited to the present
war only, and one year thereafter
Perhaps the words of Mr.. Roberts of
Pennsylvania, during the last session,
may be a good answer to the second
question. In speaking against the PIE
sent special session he advocated The i'm
diate laying Of the taxes, and said {" the
majority we're then better organized, and
understood each other better than the
new congress would" I apprehend.
that if gentlemen of the majority would
answer with esndot. they wculdisay, that
three or four weeks from the beginning
of the session, there were serious doubts
WHISTLER majority of their party, would
be induced TO vote tor These bills that,
to use the words of Mr.. Roberts. it re.
quired that time " to understand each
other, and organize Themselves" and,
that finally, there was secret under.
standing, that they were never to 60 In.
to operation. Ii such was the under
standing, which ! do not positively de
clare to be the ease, those who were par
ties to it, will find themselves duped
fer the taxes must and will GO into ops.
ration.
A law has passed, relineuishing to the
owners, officers aad crews, of private
armed vessels, the claims Of the United
States to certain goods, wares and mer-
chandize belonging to British sub.
iects, seized by the said privateers,whict
mad become forfeited TO The U. States
under the non-inportation law. These
goods we're exported for this country,
by British mere hants, after the revoca-
tlon of the Orders in Council, and are
estimated to be worth above 100000 dol.
lars.
A law has been passed, prohibiting A.
me,icsA merchants from navigating their
vessels, under licences issued under the
authority Of the United Kingdom of C
Britain and Ireland, under very severe,
penalties Ii authorises the pablo and
private armed vessels Of the y. States,
to conduct towards such, in the same
manner as towards vessels sailing under
The British flag.
Two laws have passed for the encou-
ragement Of psivateers. One of them
reduces the duties upon goods captured
and brought into our ports, to IS l-3 Of
the duties demandable upon the impor.
tations. Tue other allows bounty Of
s IS for every prisoner captured and
brought in
Early in the session, a number Of re.
solutions were passed, after a long aud
able debate, introdssed by Mr.. Weosler
Of New Hampshire, calling upon the
President for information, respecting the
fact stated by the Duke of Bassano to
Mr.. Barlow, minister at Paris, on or a.
bout the of May 1912, that . French
decree dated the 18th Of April 1917,
repeating the Berlin and Milan de-
crees, had been communicated to bis
(Mr. Barlow's) predecessor Mr.. Russell;
ord that if had bccn also nrevio,Is ia thu;