Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-15


collect +, and to domicili,ry visits, without
sufficient object ;bscaus' after all, il would |
be eyaded i'll many cases, and the odiuin of
The tax be incurred. without afForling Il
productive revenue, SSc. Those opposed
to rspealing the tax replied that ali taxes
were more or 81 odious tn the people but
this WAS not particularly so; that its unpro-
ductiveness had arisen from evasions & an
unfaithful collection of the duty that il was
ecu table, and if repealed would exempt
certain class of the community almost Vn-
trely from contributing Co The public sup
port that it was tax on wealth and lux
ury ; and was necessary To cqu re and
perfect the system of revenue now in pro-
greSS, &c.
Tie question on the mot on to amend.
was taken by yeas and nay s, and decided in
the negative.
Yeas ca
Nays 60
The remainder IF the orders of the day
were then laid on the table on molten of
Mr.. Bassett, andthe house went into COM
mittee or the whoie, Mr.. Alexander in the
chair, on the resolutier reported by select
committee for the relief of Com John r d
gers. After some time spAat on this subject,
the committee rose and reported the reso-
luti.n, which was ord, red TO he engrlssed
for third reading and
The House adjourned at half past u
clock.
In the New-York Commercial Adver-
tiser, the following ci,cun,sfant,ql detail is
given, under the London head OF an affair
quite new to us, and very likely, equally
SO to the citizens CT New-York. The fall
sity Of the whole affair is p"lpabe, and
ONLY tends n shc " with what zeal the war
fever is fed IN gland--how Imaginary
wrongs are wrought into national Insults
* their jealousy excited by our attempting
to create NAVY. Those who are too 7Uise
20 be advised, viii, with their usuai pre-
science, pass it over with dignihed indife-
rcnce--and those who VIII really feel it
when it shall have arrived at crisis, very
logically convince Themselves that pre-
sent ease and security, must, Of course,
continue.
There are some, 70 be sure, and we are
sorry to say, not a few, that to doubt the
| truth OF It In their presence, would amount
almost to an decentralization Of fellow
ship, and will as firmly support it as any of
| the thirty mine articles Of the faith of the
orthodox church.
Were it not that it would appear to tri-
! file with such sterling facts, We would OBJ
serve that it must cause the reader to smile
on perusing that part relating to g British
seduction" the Franklin I741 equal to
100 guns'-the priyateer ship General
Brown "equal to co gun ship, &c" 1t
is, however, very awkardly let out that the
| British captain was fined 400 dollars, for
uslawfully imprisoning American citi-
zens. .durora.
BY the fast sailing brig Ro,la, which has arrived
at Liverpool from New-Yorl in 60 days. have been
received files Of newspapers and private communi-
cations, containing intelligence Of considerable in
| tercst. he Amero;us are using every cXertion
| to place their navy on most formidable footing
MI ycssel arrives at Ne1U-I o,k from this cou,l-
f'H rithGut her cre.g Leiq ups,0teiy Sednced in
| to the imeiicdR Sei-Uicei! The bsltpfy piurn 10
deSerieIS fiom tie Biftah Se,rce s 10 GioIn's and
their PAY is 10 doLQis maHLiy Ofthe crew OF the
kolls, consisting o fflt en- BRINE sernle eight en-
tered en- hoard of The A AMERICAN irieate Java the
day after her arrival at New-York and the other
eight entered ON bnard American merchant
man. CAPT. MEwen of the IloIla complained a.
ealnst these desertcrs through the medium of Mr.
Moore, the English vice -cnGsnl in New York bat
soiar from obtaining redress from the American
government Capt. MEwen was sned four hun
bred dollars for unlawiu.ly imprisonng American
eitiZers. IL appears tsat the seamen in question
hid heen secrctly provided Nth certificates OF
American citizenship at the moment of quitting the
Ror..
Nothing can exceed The zealand politeness dis
played 10y Mr.. Moore in supporting The claims OF
his cnuntlymeu IN America but VIC fear his pow
ers are not sufficiently extensive, as the Ameri-
cans able to hafle all his eXcrtious and actually
set his authority at defiance.
The Americans, besides the java row fitting out
| at New-fork, above m'ntinneG, have the Frank
lin, OF ~ guns (but actually c0Jyyiaq cHe hundred
| md f1rentg GINS - nearly ready for sea-
They lately sold fine .tlrty four gun figate to
| Chlis'ophe, the black King Of saint Domingo
this ship is called the General Brown, and is suppo-
sed equal to si.rtg gun slip point OF weight OF
! metal.