Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-10-27

] sert IS cents as the duty on cash gaiion
| distilled, aud il was lost.
Another amendment was made to IN
| sert 20, and lost-both these questions
| were decided by small msjoritles,
/ On motion Of Mr.. .EPpss, the blank
was flied with Is cents after whieh
the committee OF the whole rose, re-
ported progress, and obtained leave to
sit again And the house adjourned -
The business, however, is very far from
being se.tled !; but it is probable, from
the common practice, that all the taxes
recommended by the committee OF
| WAYS and Means, will be adopted.
MONDAY, October 2i.
Mr.. Gholson presented petition
from John Chalmers. praying remu.
| neration for a quantity Of articles
which he had manufactured for the
use of the frigate Java. and which
were burnt by order ofshe command
ing general at Baltimore. on the APP
proact Of the enemy. Referred to
| the committee OF claims.
MIR. seybert offered resolution
| directing the Secretaries OF State.
War. Treasury. Navy. and the Post
Master General. TO communicate to
the House any information they pos
sess relative to the loss OF boaks on
the late ineurs;sn Of the enemy, their
character, the probable amount OF
the loss. and its effect OIL the puolic.
! Agrees TO.
The House again went into com
mi,tee OF the whole, MIR. p.;kin IN
| the chair. on the unfinished business
of Saturday, which was, the report
of the committee of ways aud means
on tbe subject oftayes. The tax
uader consideration, in the next place
was that proposed to be laid on sales
at auction.
Mr.. Wright affected to this tax,
as failing entirely upon the large ci-
ties. He entered into liscrimina-
ZION Of the different taxes propOsed
on whiskey ani carriages. Which. he
cepteaded were not fairly settled ;
tbs former being too stoall and the
latter too great.
SIR. Fisk moved to strike ont the
words one hnndsrd per cent. sna IA
sert 4;f'g. fie ~as confident that II
tcp heavy doty was imposed on
auctions. The law would be evaded.
by auctiouaers turning commission
merchants; and thus u small tax
wouis. in fact be really more produe.
tive than large ore.
Mir. i:rpes couid see no reason
why the auction tag should not he
| Increased in proportion TO the other
taxes.
sIr. Johnson spoke against tie
late amendment propnslns to tax
wl,iskey. whi-h ..e said vas enor.
mons. and woui,i tend so destroy the
,iisiiilatisn OF that article. The tax
proposed on auctions was triillnS
| compared 10 the former.
MIR. Post said that denhlins The
(, d4ty on an article would by NJ iaeans
double the revenue. The whole a.
mount Of the duty fell exclusively
upon the overs Of goods there was
no way of drawing j, from, The par
chaser, In consequence ait!lis, PEG.
nle wcu'd not, If heavy tax was
imposed npon these sales, send their
goods to auction. bat would sell them
(, bv means Of commission merchants
or otherwise. lie wished to see
some tax laid upon which money
! lenders could calculate with certain
ty, before they lent their money Ia
| the government; such. for example,
az a lapd-tax, which would be per-
mancnt aud secure.
| Mr.. Fisk's amendment was lost.
The resolution was thea agreed to
without amendment.
The next resolution related to the
| tax on postage of letters. This pro-
! poses AN increase of 80 per cent. Oh
the present tax. Mr.. Eppes moved
TO strike cut the word ffty. and IN
sert one hundred. This was agreed
TO, as aiss the resolution.
| The next related TO the additisna!
tax on carriages. This was agreed
10 without u division.
The next related to the additional
duty Of so per cent. Oh lirenses TO
retailers Of liquors and foreign mer-
| chandize.
This was opposed by Mr.. Post.
He though, Il extremely hard to i'm
II il