Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-17

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Saeh mayor general, one thousand two
n"hured and eighty acres toeach briga-
Ger general one thousand one hundred
and twenty acres : to each colonel and
lieutenant colonel, nine hundred and six
" acres to each major, eight hundred
acres ; 10 each captain, six hundred and
.orty acres to each subalern, four hum
dre9 u eigiity acres and to officers oftiie
MEDICAL and ether staff, who have noranh,
IN proportion to their pay according TO
the scale aforesaid.
Inns bill took the usual course ofread-
ing and commitment
THE-ENCISE ON SPIRITS.
MIR. Hardin, of Ky. rose to propose a
resolution to the House His object in
Offering It thus early was, that Congress
mightnotmake suchan impression on the
pubic funds az TO make his motion inat,-
plicable. He said he discovered, from
the Presidents Message, that, after meet
ing every demand on the Treasury, and
MANY OF them were of an extraordinary
character, arising from the late war, there
would remain in the Treasury at the close
OF The wear, an excess of nine millions of
dollars and also that, on making a fair
and accurate calculation of the amount
necessary to support the civil list, militia
ry and naval establishments. paving the
interest, and gradually redeeming the
principal ofthe public debt, there would
remain a surplus offive millions ofdollars
beyond the necessary annual expenditure
In that case. the excise would certainly
be dispensed with. He therefore meant
TO makea motion to bring into view that
object, before some extraordinary dispo-
sitIon was made of the public money: in
asmuch, as there was already on the table.
blil 10 establish National University.
fhe first cost OF which was to be 200. 900
doHars, without taking into view its on
ooWment; another bill for three or four
additional Military Academies. which
would cost the nation between five bnn-
dred thousand and million of dollars.
another for corps of invalids of oooo
men, winch is TO cost million wear or
more; and proposition 70 commute tbe
bountIes ofland given TO the soldiers into
specie. which will cost perhaps ten mil
lions more. He wished first to see the ex-
else taken of, and then, if anv surnIus re-
NAMED, they might talk, if they chose
about Military Academies and Invalid
corps. After adding, that the tax in
question was peculiarly oppressive one.
and operated with great inequality. Mr.
II. offered the following resolution with
view to call for the consideration of !, If
a future dav.
Resolved, That it is expedient to reneal
the act, entitled "An act to repeal fhe ex-
isting duties on licenses to distillers, and
TO lay other duties in lieu of those at pre-
sent imposed on licenses TO distillers of
splrltuous liquors." except such narts
thereof as may enable the government TO
collect the sums now due under said act
or may become due before the repeal Of
said act takes effect.
The question being stated, on ordering
this resolve TO lie on the table
MIR. Lowndes of S. Z. said, he was glad
OF the course the gentleman from Ken
lucky had gwen 10 his resolution, suppo-
sing mat ne meant TO permit it to lie on
q me table, until the Annual Report of the
Secretary efthe Treasury should come
before the House. When that Report
should arrive, the view which the gentle
man from kentucky and the House would
take of that subject, would be different
from that which they would now luke
BY differences, drawn from the amount re-
ceiVabie INTO the Treasury, and Moth a
mount actually accrued from an amount
rom winch no deductions were made for
CLAIMS TO GOMEZ in under appropriations of
the last sessi0n--he was satisfied an erro-
neous impression had been made on the
fionse by the Message, both in reference
10 the disposable surplus in the Treasury
ana 10 the proportion between the annual
expenses and the annual receipts in file
Treasury. From the surplus estimated
must be deducted the amount of annro'
prlatlons for the payment of demands rot
yet rendered, but forming claims ON thai
surplus. On full examination and due
es!iInate OF the expenses and future re-
eelpts INTO the Treasury, Mr.. L. said, he
w was satiSfled even the gentleman from |
kentucky would entertain views of tbis |
subject widely different from those he |
now expressed.
The motion of Mr.. Hardin lies on tbe |
able. '"e
On motion of Mr.. johnson of XIV. the |
committee onpost-ofiiccs and post-roads |
we're instructed TO enquire into tile expe-
ilency OF opening road from Louisville |
m the Ohio, to Newcastle, and thence bv |
5oone courthouse, &c. to Cincinnati -
md the committee of pensions were in
tructed TO enquire into the expediencvo
aging to the heirs of Edward Abbottand
Ohm Abbott, the pay due to them for ser
ices III the revolutionary war.
On motion of Mr. Fletcher of Nv tho
ommiitee OF claims were instructed In
INQUIRE into the expediency ofremuuera-
ing Henry Brothers, now of Kentucky
Or losses sustained on the Niagara from
Ter, by the L. States army and by the p
envy.
lSome conversation took place on The
loilon, which led TO the motion. wbirh
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