The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-13

which they have been pieasea 10 CONNIE TO
me.
/. The Tax Bills, are numerous, now in
some OF tlcir principles, and complicated
in most VI .heir details nor are the best
sources Of information at hand. They
will. however, be drafted, and seut TO the
committee III succession.
e.The plan for establishing a competent
sinking fluid is under consideration, and
will. probably, be ready 70 be reported,
before the tax bills are passed.
s. The estimates for the eXpences of 1915 /;
the annual appropriate bill and the
bills to aa.horizea loan, and an issue of
Treasury Notes sor that year, are, also,
objects of attention.
have the honor to be. very respectfully,
sir. your obedcnt servant,
DALLAS
John ~. Ehtes, Tsq. 'CairmGn
of!hc committee # EiagS 81 Means.
MIR Et1hes then explained the object OF
this bill, which was TO carry into effect the
Secreta,-ys recommendations, except tha,
part which relates to the transfer Of funds
from one quarter To another which they had
determined to postpone until the question re-
latine to National Bank, should have been
finally acted on, &c.
The blanks in thcbil we've then filed, on
motion of Mr.. Eppes, With s@ven and hilf
millions to supply the possible deficiency in
the two loans, and with three millions tor the
deficiency in the proTlSi7n ior the military, &C
one million for the deficiency III the prpvis-
ion for the naval service teH tic remainder OF
the present year.
No debate took place on the principle of The
bill. Somc discussion and amendment took
place on the sectionfor pUnishing countertei-
,ers Of the bills, in which N,essrs. CASTOR,
Ward, and Horl1ins os lly. took part.
The committee at length rose and re-
ported the bill which, the amendments
I
DC ensrossed for a third reading to-mor
row.
The House then resolved itself into CONF
p,ittee OF the wnoie, motion Of Mr. EhbtS
on she bill making further appropriations for
the support OF the government during the
remainder of the year, Mr.. Lewis in the
chair.
: Mr. Elites read lettcr. ne had received
from the Secretary of War, in relation to
the deficecy nof appropriations IN that de-
partnent from which 1t appeared that
enough it was impossible 20 ascertain with
precision at this time the number OF militia
iii service during the pas, summer, there was
htr,e doubt but their cnpences woald greatly
exceed the appropriations MADE for those OBJ
jects.
Ga motion of Mr. Ehtcss the blanks in
this bill were then filled with three millions
for the Military Department, one million for
the Naval Department, and other sums for
the expences OF Congress, cSc- &c. - .'
And the committee rose and'reported the
bill which, as amended, was ordered to DC
engrossed for third read;ng. e.
DEr. MgsrSoA OF Penn. l,i,i upon the ia
bic, without preface, the following resoiu-
tons :: =.
ResoIUed, Thatth conn. ttec en- Military
Affairs be instructed to report to tsiis House,
a bill or bills for classifying the free male POI
pulation of the United States from the age
: -. r. CO.. ~
pose of drafting therctrom sufficient nam
b=r annually to I'll up The ranks Of the Reg
ular Army. e
g. Resolved, That the committee or: Ma
val Affairs be instructed to report to this
House q bill or bills for the immediate, con-
stant and gradual augmentation OF the Ma
wy Of the United States by adding iannu-
ally with the least possible delay in the a.
mendment End progress of the system) to
the ships of the line, frigates, sioops Of
war, AMI other vessels now buiit or build
ing.
i'he consideration &C them not being redui-
rcd at this time, they lie on the table of
course,
MILITIA DRAFT.
The remainder of this days sitting was &C.
cupied in committee Of the whole, 90 the con-
s,,eration Of the bill a,;thorsing the President
10 call into the service 2O,45C militia for Lle
defence OF the y. States.
The first OF the amendments reported by
the select committee whic. came unaer con-
sheraton, was that authorising the President,
on failure of me Governors OF the several
states 70 comply With the req1isition, 70 call
directly ON the Officers u the militia to cause
the draft to be made. This amendment was
supported by MIR. johnson of KY. Mr. Ro-
b=rtson and Mr.. Troup, and opposed by MIR.
Pearson. L was agreed to, Ayes 90.
The next amendment goes to change the
whole rate Ok ap1ortlonmcnt, so as to fix it
on the principle ct free population, as ascer-
tained By the lasc census, instead Of the prin-
ciple ct representation, as it it were direct
x, on which principle the apportionmcnt
was tixediu tine bill by the Senate.
This amen lInent was opposed on oppo-
site grounds, however, By MIR. RISK of n. Y.
Nv Caltoan, Mr.. Mgcr5oH e Mr.. FORSYTH,
and advocated by Messrs GhoLson, Iroan
and Pearson. This short debate was utter
eltng and we regret that the narrow limits
allowed US to-day viii not permit us even to
afard a sketch Of it. This amendment was
also agreed to. THE quota of the district Of
Columbia is thereby reducedto EOS, instead
of $50. Other amendments were proposed,
and further discussion took place.
The committee rose without having gone
through the bill.
And the House adjourned.