The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-15

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G, SOS 900
Deduct for expences of collection.
assessment, and losses 100000
Leaves SOS 600
The committee therefore ask leave to re
port the following bills
A bill for the assessment and collection
of direct taxes.
p A bill to lay and collect a direct tax
within the u. States
8. A bill laying a duty on imported salt.
a.. a bill establishing the Office OF Com
missioner Of the Revenue.
S. A bill laying duties on licenses 20 re-
taiiers OF wines, spirituous liquors, and To-
reign merchandise.
6. A bill laying duties on carriages for the
conveyance of persons. frr
a bill laying duties on licences to dis
tiliers of spirituous liquors.
s. n bill laying duties on sales at auction of
foreign merchandise and of ships and YES
sells.
g.. A bill laying duties on sugars refined
within the u. States.
10. A bill laying duties on Bank Notes s.
on notes of hand and foreign bills of ex-
change OF Certain descriptions.
II. n BIZ making further provision for the
collection of Internal duties.
-. a bill laying an additional duty on TO-
reign tonnage.
The several bills above recised were read
first and second time, referred to a COM
mittee OF the whole, and made the order Of
the day for Monday.
Mr.. Bar7oeH, from the committee Of E.
! leclions. made detailed report ON the pc
[ tition of John Talaferro, contestibg the cleo
ton of John Kungerford, sitting member
from Virginia, which concludes with the
! following resolutions:
| ResoiUe3, That the said election held in
April last was Illegal and ought to be oct a
Rescued. That John P. Huuserford is
not entitled to seat in this House,
| The report was referred to a committee
| OF the whole,
FRENCH DEGREES.
Mr.. Te6sterrose, as he said, to call the
! attention OF the House to subject of con
siderable Importance task which he had
hoped would have fallen into the hands of
some other gentleman better qualified than
himself to undertake it. He then read the
resolutions which will be found below. Ir
Offering these resolutions, it was not his inten-
lon, he said. TO enter into any discussion or
argument, er to advance any proposition
whatever, on which gentlemen Could adont
different views or take different sides. He
would merely remark, by way of explana-
ton, what would be RENE mbered bv a H. that
the SUBJECTS to which these resolutions re.
TERED were Intimately connected with the
cause OF the present war The revocation of
the orders in council OF Great britain was
the lain point on which the war turned. and
it had been demanded for the reason that
the French decrees had ceased to exist
MS then was the point at issue. Mr.. w.
remarked on what he termed the contradic-
tory evidence on this head. the letter of Mr..
Champagny on one hand asserting the rayo
cation, the speech of the Emperor to the
| tree cities on the other DENYING 1.-THE de-
cisions OF the French admiralty courts on
one hand and opposite decisions Of the same
courts on the other. The whole matter. in
short, was involved in doubt But, on the
declaration OF war, and not until then de-
cree appeared repeating the French de-
crees; decree which. if issued, had lain
dormant, mere brufum fuln,e1r, until after
the war commenced, and then only made i,s
appearance. 10 March last. il would also
be rcco'lected, the President had onomuni
Gated to Congress, Immediately before its
Adjournment, certain correspondence be-
tween our government and It's minister in
france, the prominent feature Of which cor
respondence was that. in an interview be
tween our minister and the French Score
tsry for foreign aft s, which took place a.
bout the hrst OF May. 1912 it was stated by
the latter that the decree in question had
tbeen put into the hands of our minister in
France, and transmitted 10 the French mi
mister in the United States, at the time a,
which it bore date. To shed lieht ON rhis
transaction, Mr.. w. said il was that he
moved these resolves, in the discharge OF
what he deemed duty tn his constituents
! and MS country. The declaration of the
! French minister had great bearing on the
reputation OF the couetry--on the reDpta-
ton of those persons who in their Of
tlcial characters represented the dignity Of
the nation. Topiace their conduct in It's
proper light, he presented to the consid era
! ton of the 6ouse the following resolutions
! Resofved, Iha. the President of the u
States be requested to inform this House.
unless the public interest should in his opi
MON, forbid such communication. when.
by whom, and in what manner the first in
telligonce was given to this government Of
! the DEGREES Of the government OF France.
bearing date on the 28th Of April, 1911, and
pn-portiDg to be a defni,iye repeal of the
DEGREES Of Berlin and Milan
ReSoIVed. That the President of the y
States be requested TO inform this House
whet Mr. Russ@l, late Charge d'Afairs
! ot the United States at the Court of France.
hath ever admitted or denied to his govern
! ment the correctness of the declaration Of
the Duke OF Bassano to MIR. Barlow, the
late Minister OF the United States at tina,
court, as stated in Mr.. Barlow's letter of