The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-11-01

Respecting the enlargement Of the corps OF
engineers, shall submit hereafter more de-
tailed Communication.
For the proposed amendment of the ord
nance department., shall submit report
from the senior officer of that department in
this city which is approved
L shall be ready and happy to communicate
such further remarks and details on these sub
jects as the committee may desire, and shall
request permission to suggest hereafter the
result of further attention to, and reflection
on, our military establishment generally,
should any thing occur which may be deemed
worthy its attention.
i have the honor 60 be, &c.
JAS MONROE.
Hon. O. M. TRouP, Chairman
Military Committee, House of Re-
personalities.
Accompanying this letter is an interesting
paper of SONG length, from the pen of the Sc.
cretary, headed % Explanatory remarks :"
which we shall publish as soon as we can Law
our hands on it.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The House resumed the consideration on
the report of the committee of the whole on
the report of the committee of Ways and
Means.
The resolution tor imposing an additional duty
on hostage being under consideration, together
with the amendment going to increase the
rates of postage one hundred instead of fifty
per cent on their present amount--after con
siderable debate,
The question on inserting one hundred in
stead OF my per cent, was decided by yeas s.
nays as follows
For one hundred e5
Against it As
l he question on adopting the resolution (as
amended) to increase the present rates Off
tage, was then stated.
Mr.. Grston Of " c. assigned, as the pr;n-
clpal reason why he should vote against this
tax, that this was not subject, the revenue
OH which could be safely or properly pledged
TO the public creditor. The revenue there
nom accruing, i'll fact, he conceived to be ex-
| clusively pledged to the perfection OF the Post
Once establishment.
ne question was then taken on the re-
solution as amended, and Carried as fol-
lows:
For the postage-tax 90
Against it IT
The next question for consideration lrcsen-
ted itself i'll the following words.
Resolved that it is expedient to add one
hundred per cent. to the present duty on sales
at auction ;" and was agreed to without de-
bate.
The next resolution was that embracing
tax, among other articles, on cotton, yarn,
aud other manufactures, furniture, &c
he question TO Concur with the committee
| OF the whole in striking ont cotton ,arn and
shoes Chat is eXempting them from taxation)
| were decided in the affirmative without de-
bate as also was the proposition for taxing
| all manufactured paper at the rate of five per
cent.
The amendment of the committee Of the
| whole to this resolution, having been gone
through
Mr. Oahey 9f.N Y. moved to strike out
tai!czV condIeS--to which motion Mir. ]. Reid
| proposed TO add 8fiermaceh candles; but that
| motion not being in order as an amendment to
| Mr.. Oakley's motion
The question was taken by Yeas and Nays
on striking out t0ilozv candies, and decided in
the negative as follows:
For exemPting tGil0w candies SO
Against it -
Mr.. D. Reid then moved to strike out
| SflcrDiaceti candles, ON account CT the ne
culiar oppressive operation of such tax
| on the island of Nantucket and town Of New
! Bedford in Massachusetts, Alta further de-
bate,
The question was put and decided in the
negative by Yeas and Nays, as follows
For striking out Siie1DiaceP' so
Against il "a
Mr. B;gelc7v Of Mass. then moved 70
| strike out the word Icuther SO as TO EXEMPT it
ed at some length. The motion was negatiy-
ed By considerable majority
Mr. filtration Of Afass. then moved to strike
out the article nails manufactured by machine
~ III support of which motion he made
! some remarks, 70 which Mr.. Eppes replied.
/ And the motion was negatived without di-
! vision
Mr.. CASTOR IF NJ {. then moved TO strike
out so much of the resolution now under CON
: sideTaton as proposes to tax furniture above
a certain value, (beds bedding, kitchen fur
nIture, and articles of domestic manufacture
/ excepted y which motion was without debate,
! decided in the negative by the following
! vote
For the motion -
Against it IL
The question was then stated on the whole
! resolution (Which has been published more
/ than once, and goes IN tax suntry articles of
! manufacture, besides those mentioned in the
/ frrgriugl--
Mr.. Ootry Of ne J. stated that he was
friendly to some and opposed 90 Others ofthe
taxes embraced IN this resolve, aud should
therefore vote against the whole, rcserymg
| the right to vote Tor the bills for laying some
of these tayfe when f,ntr ehgttd 10 IrO.,f,4