The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-07-06

Oy etdinG also noHSeRo!a FURNITURE.
ihe motion WAS agreed to.
For the motion %
Against it n
IT,. bill was then further amended, and
ordered to- be ehGrusssd and read third
time on Wednesday.
The bill from the Senate "to authorize
the raising corps OF sea teHcioies was
twice read and referred to the military
committee as also was the bill to amend
the act IN addition to the act entitled m sct
to ra'sc an additional military force, and tor
other purposes.
The bin frc.a the Senate Tor the relief Of
Alexander Scctte. was twice read and
committed.
The House then resolved itself into a
commi.te of the whole on tie bill To lay and
collect direct tar within the U. States
and after sone time the committec rose,re-
ported progress in the bill, and obtained
leave 30 sit again.
Nh. TrnoH from the military comnivsee,
reported the till fron the Senate amenda
tory Of the Militia law with amendments
which were referred 10 committee OF the
whole.
MIR Fisk of =. Y. offered the following
resolu ION for confederation
ResaIved, That ne committee Of Hays
and Mans be Instructed 70 trefare aid
rchortto mis- House a 6Hfor the imfosing
and co iectng dafy nor ercseding
gems Natr gallon all shirts distilled
within tie ". States.
Ths Spjnticn was referred to a commit.
zee tn whole aud tine House resolved
Itself int committee of the whoic
on aL resolve, MIR. Macon in the cha'r /:
but before any decision was had thereon,
she conmij'ee rose and reported progress.
and lots;ued leave g. ST. a ain.
An4 as House a, jou'ned
TlscSdcy, Juas 70.
61r. Pickering prcser,e ed the Memoria or
Ren, u, rance of the Legislature ri Massa
chI etts .g-in<t the way, which hs cad
D piaCr.
o. ..e mole os dsposins ,f ghis memori
Al COS slider able desultory bat not upinte,
estlng debate took place Of more than two
hoyvs length. which, being much too lorg
Eor t. day shall b. given Ia our next ii pos
sin.e.
1t was finally ordered Gas it would APP
pear from the c urse ofthe debate, for the
present onlyl to lie Oh the table, and to be
printed.
1Ir. Richardson subsequently presented
che protest OF the minority OF the Legis!a
ture Of Massachusetts, against the doctrines
and principles Of the rmonst ance just
mentioned which was read, ordered 10 lie
Oil the table. and be printed.
On melton Cf Mr.. Archer. the Commit ee
OF Claims were discharged from The .'g "tr
Consideration If all other business row be
fore them and not reported on t.r the ca
son thai it would be utterly impracticabls
TO act on the said business at the present
session. This order was unsuccessfuly Dp-
posed by M. Goldsborough who proposed
10 except from the general discharge the
case OF Henry Har! s but failed.
Nh. RoG. : son rep,ttcd bill to estab
lish District Court t Mob,ie) IN the Mis-
sissilpi territory. L lice read and com
nitted.
Mr.. Trout, from the committee on Mi
!iiars Affairs r>perted the Till from the 5 e.
nae in addition to the Dill supplementary 10
the as for raising an additona military
&oICe, e.. which IS canmired anu al
So tae 3lli to authorize tue raising Corpsot
sea tencib,es, which vas also con- mitted.
A report was received from tn deparI
7neut var favorable 10 the petition of capt
P,att, which was ieserTed 20 the committee
IHE WAYS AND MEANS
q no ION of Mr Fisk VI n Y. the House
ag 81 res lived rseif into committee Of the
VIII ,e, M Macon in 'he chair, on the re
sontion, yesterday submitted by him, for
5rtrostry q ttuty OF cents ON all do
xrts,i, distilled SPIRITS.
Tie Il solution havirg been ag7ir read
AIr. IuFei sell read the following rcsolu
fi-us hich h. proposed 20 oher as amen
d4tug; a,,d additional TO that OF Mr.. Fisk:
Re.olusG, That tbc Committee Of Ways and
Reaus b. instructed TO enquire INTO the expectancy
g.! tsxug all ssous 10 the estates OF persons dy
5ns fer de dag Of next, within the
L g. whenever such decedent shall lea+e q clear
estate real personal or mixed, worth Eve hundred
dolls .nd that the s,d committed have leave
port by bIi otherwise.
Resolved, That the committee of Ways and
Means he Instructed to enquire into the expediency
OF taxing AN ascertanablc ncosoe from all estates,
II al personal ana mixed, Whenever the yearly 4.
mount Ut inoo,ne shall exceed FIVE hundred dollars,
and thatthe sad eommittee have leave to report by
bill or Otl,erwse
Resolved, That the committee of Ways and
Means be ns.ruoted 60 enquire into the expedieney
of taxDz al aR suits, Offices and pehJons, AID that
the said committee have leave To report by bill or
Oiherwsc
Mr.. Ingersell Supported has mo;ion, OF
rather opposed that Of Mr.. Fisk in = speech
of .bout three hours ~ length. His gene
raj object was 80 expose the propriety, in-
deed necessity Of adhering to the system
reported by The committee of Ways aud
Means, although lie did not himself approve
81 it ~ every particular, IN preference to
laonchiap INTO wide field Of experiment
or var.nus ub5titutes hich woaid crd in
she entire abo9tion Of any system.
Aftei M. /. concluded,
NJ. Fiek spoke a few words in eXpiana-
zion md concluded by moving that the
committee rise.