The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-11-01
The house adjourned at half pas, three O.

The House resumed the consideration of
the unfinished bushes, being the question on
the motion of Mr.. Fisk of n. Y. to strike
out Is (the proposed increase ofthe taX) and
insert twenty fve cents per gallon III addition
70 the present duty on the capacity of the
still
Mr.. fright of.lfd. spoke in favor of an
early decision of the question, on this and
Their parts of the report of the committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr.. Wiiso7r Of Pen. spoke in opposition to
Er. Fisk motion, at some length, for reasons
Of n practical nature.
The question on Mr.. Fisk's motion was then
determined by the following vote.
For the motion e.
Againstit ~
This Inotion having been negatived--
Or. Ffsk moved to amend the amend
Inent of the committee of tine whole by in
sorting fsventy, instead of fifteen cents per gal
Ion.
The question on this motion was decided as
Follows:
YEAS.
Mcssrs Anderson, Avery, Baract, Baylies
Of Mass. Bidselow, Boyd. Bradbury, Bradley,
Brigham, Butler, Chappeil, Cilicy, Comstock,
Condict, Conard, Cooper, Crouch, Dana, Da-
yenport, Denoyelles, Ely, Evans, Fisk OF VI.
Fisk of n. Y Forsythe, CASTOR, Gholson,
Crosvenor. Hale, Hawes. Huribert, Ingersoll,
living, Jackson of r. l. Kennedy, Kent, of n
Y. King of Mass. King of y. G. Leifcrts, Lo-
vett, Lowndes, Moffit, Moore, Moseey, Mar
kcll, Nelson, Pr kering, Pitkin, Post, Potter,
John Reed, Wn.atia Reed, Rich, Robertson,
Ruggles, sage, Seybert, Sherwood, Skin
ncr, Smith of n. Y. Strong, Sturges, Tag
CART, Taylor, Teliair, Troup, Vose, Ward
Of Mass. Ward of y. ]. Webster, Wheaton,
Wilcox. Wilson OF Mass. Winter, Wright
Is.
NAYS.
Mcssrs. Alexander, Aston, Barbour, Bard.
Bayly of Va. Bowen, Brown, Burwell, Cald-
well, Calhoun, Cannon, Clark, Clopton, Craw-
ford, Creightor, Culpeper, Cuthbert, Davis
ofPa. Desha Duvall, Earle, Eppes, Farrow,
Forney, Franklin, Geddes, Glasgow, Good
wyn, Griffin, Hall, Harris, Hasbrouck, Haw-
kins, Hubbard, Humphreys, Hungerford. Ing
ham, Jackson of Va Johnson of Va. Johnson
of KY. Kent of Md. X err, KerShaw, Kilbourn,
Law, Lewis, Lyle, Macon, M'Coy, M'Kee,
M'Lean, Montgomery, Newton, Ornsby,
Pearson, Pickens, Piper, peasants, Rhea of
Ten. Ringgold, SEWER, Sharp, Smith of Va.
OF Pa, Yancey-69
SO this amendment was carried.
And the amendment of the committee of
the whole, as last amended, was decided as
follows:
Affirmative votes 70
Negative 90
ESQ the amendment as amended Chat is, to
insert twenty instead OF twelve and half
cents per gallon, as the additional tax was a.
greed to.
Mr.. Yancey of.N c. then moved an a
mendment going to place duty of
cents on every gallon of spirits distilled from
domestic materials, instead Of dividing it
between the capacity and product of the
still
Mr.. Y. spoke in support of his amendment,
which he conceived necessary to do equal JUS
tice to ali distiuers, &c.
0fr. Macon IF n. c. spoke in support Of
the motion He acknowledged the necessity
Of providing revenue, and there was no
better subject Of taXation than spirits, provi-
6ed 1t was nor taxed higher than it could
bear.
A1y. Rarro-y eFS. c. also spoke in favor OF
Mr- Yanceys motion.
l'ly. 8zyLy If IA. proposed to fill the blank
IN MIR. TanCey's motion with tzvenfy4 fUe
and Nj. Fisk of II. Z. tn fill it with fhiyty-
But no motion was at present made on that
head
0a. H7gham FRA opposed MIR. Yancey's
motion.
The question on Mr.. Yancey's motion was
decided by Yeas and Nays as follows:
For the amendment SIS
Against it 81
I'M NtHFHyN " 4 CHs tnen moved 10 Str1kC
ont the additional duty of 20 cents per gallon,
and i'll lieu ereofproposed an additional du-
duty of 700 per cent OH the present duty OF
stills. This motion was negatived without a
division.
The question was then ken on the said Sc
cOnd resolution, and carried in the affirmative
by large majority
When, the direct tax resolution adopted
yesterday and that just agreed to, we're refer
red to the committee of Ways and Means tc
report bills pursuant thereto,
And the House adjourned.
Ihursday, Oct. 81.
WAR MEASURES.
M. 7r2uh # Gro from the Military com
nnjttee, reported a bill making further provisi-
m for filing the Ranks ofthe Regular Army
~ classifying the free maie population of the
L. States.
This bill proposes to provide for the divi-
sion Of the whole free male population of the
y. States, by the assessors, into classes OF
twenty-five men each each class to be com
PEELED, undcr a penalty of - hundred dol
LAYS to furnish within - day after the clas
siGCdtion aforesaid, an able bo,l:sd recruit 70,
4 al. =.