The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-28

| on the suggestion Of Mr.. Lownles os S. c. so
as 10 read - III consideration Of their gailaut,N
| and good conduct 'ald vi the unusual Aar,iahio
| OF sneif service"
| On these several motions considerable de-
| bate took place, n which Messts Wri-ht.
| Peasants, Post, Stuart, Goidsbcrough, ling
! and w. Reed ct Mass. LOwndes offs. G. JACK
son of Va. Pickering, and Taylor OF n. Y.
| took part.
The objection 70 the bill as it now stood was,
that It would afford an Injurious precedent
| fox all such cases of loss OF clothing by sea
| men, which frequently ocCurred-whlst all
appeared 20 agree that these men by their
general good conduct, particularly i'll the ba,-
| TIC ot btldensburg, merited the notice of go-
varnmcnt. il WAS said BY Gen. Stuart that
the men had sufficient notice to have saved.
| their clothing and the eoe1ny's force was not
| nearer than days march, when orders were
given 60 blow up the flotilla. The same rei.-
! tleman also TOOK occasion 20 observe, lh2t he
believed II the hot,lla had ncvsr been b~odys,t
up the Patuxent, this place would never hive
been attacked, and the. public buildings would
have still been Standing. II WIS this Aotilla
which had caused the recent invasion of Ma
ryland.
Itwas said, OIL the other hand, that giving
pecuniary rewards for bravery, as was pro-
posed 70 Dc done in tlis case iy those who CD
posed the bill as it stood, would afford a pre-
cedent, n pursued, which would soon empty
the treasury. The case of these men. it was
| said, was far different from ordinary cases OF
loss or clothing They haG, since the 22d of Aug.
the day the totIlla WIS destroyed, been eneap-
ed in the most arduOus service which could be
found, and, had to sleep on the bare ground,
wiehout blankets, and scarcely clothes TO their
ba' IS, having lost all they had, &c. As TO the
tothla causing the invasion Of Md Mr.. Plea
SAINTS said they had no flotiila In the waters of
Virginia, and yet they had suffered there quite
as much trom the depredsGons OF the enemy
as they had il Maryland, &c.
befoie Tue QUESTION on amendment was t.
ken
A motion was made by Nj Taylor GIN. !.
to lay The bill on the table. There were
Fer the motion IS
AGAINST il 50
s. the bill was Laid on the tai le.
IAe Military committee asked and obtain-
ed leave TO ST for week during the sitti. Is
of the IiouSe.
And the House adjourned
SATURDAY, OCT. 60.
Mr. breckenridge Cf VUs. and Mr. XII
6o@r u OAlo, appeared and took their seats.
nI. Ehfrs Of IN. reported q bill 20 author
re 4 loan tor sum NOT exceeding - dolls
Twice read and committed
Mr.. Irouh Of Geo. from the military com
mittee, to whom WIS referred the amendments
CT the Senate to the resolutions in honor Of
Gems. Brown. Scott Gaines. MacomD, Ridley,
Miller & Porter, recommended Disagree
ment 70 she same whicn report was concur
rcd IN.
The bill from the Senate, further extending
the time for locating the Virginia Militar,
Land Warrants, and for returning the surveys
to the General Land O.Ecc, Was twice read
and committed.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The house again resolve, itseft into a COM
mittee OF the whole, Mr.. Nelson Of Va In tic
char, on the report Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means
The resolution for increasing the tax on sDi-
ri5s distilled being still under consideration &
Mr.. tisk'S motion to insert twenty-five GEMS
per gallon (ln addition to the present tax Ca
the Capacity of the silly beng the question
Immediately before the committee.
Mr.. Bayiy Of "a. advocated Il high tax 81
whisliey as less oppressive than an} proposed
on other manufactures, 70 winch t.xcs there
lore le was opposed. tte Wa anxions 70 put
the tax on spirits altoge5hc ID the quan.lty
distilled, instead Of imposing it partly on lie
capacity of the still
Mr.. Yancey CIV c. moved to amend the
resolution by striking out the whole Of il ard
inserting III pace Of it, g that it is expedient
to lay day OF Genus, ON cvcvy
gallon Of spirits distilled from domestic matc-
rlaIs, ia iieu III the duty now imposed" The
object Of this action was to lay ths tax alto
s. her on the quantity distilled.
Mr.. H'hee Of kentucky, spoke at some
length to prove that 50 high q tax as was pro-
posed on distlation would De psrfcct'v iIu-
soy, as ii would ameurt to a prohibition OF
the maCufacture Of tie article many pams
osthe COUNTRY; ard, il = were OF iiius5ry, the
tax would be so unequal in its operation AZ to
he extremely unjust, particularly to The st-tc
which he represented.
Mr.. Rqgiy spoke 10 explanation and repl,
20 MI. NJ kce. In the course of his observe
tons, hc SAID that lie conceived an c1ualised
direct taH and tx on spurious liquors, as
the best ttxes, il not tha only saes thar ought
20 be imposed under p3pularg government.
Mr.. Ha7vkjHs Of hy WAS in favor Of an a.
mcndment fixing the tax wholly either OH
the product o. on dc capacity Of TIE still,
instead Of retaining the tax on both Is pro-
posed by the Committee Of ways aud means
Although he knew the whiskey tax was con
sidered as 5earing with particular severity
on Kenlucky, ne knew too, from the feelings
OF the people Of that state that they would
pay any tax Congress should lay on tie
articlc--though hoped 1t would not therefore
be taxed higher than J would bear.
Mr. Wl1gH qfNfd. was Ok opinion nlat NJ
ryland paid as high tax as any state in pro-
portion to is capital but hc was DESTROYS TO