corporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States of America. [This bill is materially of the same character as the first reported by the commit tee of ways and means.] The bill was read and passed to a second reading. Tuesday, Dec 6—Mr. Tit, from the committee on naval affairs, reported a bill for the appointment of certain nival officers (three admirals)-which was read and passed to a second reading. The bill from the house to provide for the defray. ing the expences of the government, and for the payment of the public debt, by additional duties! on whiskey, &c. was taken up, considered and amended. A notion was made by Mr. German of N Y. to stake out that section of the bill which authorizes the sale by distillers of liquors in any quantity not less than one gallon; which question was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: for the motion 15; against it 13. After making further progress in the bill, the senve adjourned. Thursday, December 8. The bill to incorporate the sub-c ibers to the bank of the United States of America, was further discussed; and mendments proposed thereto, some of which were agreed to, and others rejected. The question to engross the bill for a third reading (a decisive question) exhibited the following result in favor of the bill: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Bledsoe, Brent, Chase, Condit, Gaillard, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Robinson, Smith, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, Walker, Wharton-18. A motion was then made by M. Bledsoe of Ky. to strike ontwenty cents (the proposed additional duty per gallon) and insert fifteen, which motion was estved as follows: NAYS-Messrs. Brown, Daggett, Dina, FromenYEAS.-Mers. Anderson, Bibb, Bledsoe, Chase, tin, German, Goldsborough, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Turner, Walker, Whar-King, Lambert, M son, Thompson-13. Friday, December 9. The bill from the house for NAYS-Messrs. Brown, Condit, Daggett, Dana, laying additional duties on carriages and carriage Fromentun, Gillar i, German, Goldsborough, Gore, harnes, was, as amended in the senate, ordered to a Ho sey, Hunter, King, Lumbert, Mason, Smith, third reading. Tart, Taylor, Thompson, Varnum-19. Lob-10. The question on the passage of this bill to a third reading, as amended, was decided in the affir. mative by the following decisive vote: The bill making additional appropriations for the service of the year 1814, and the bill requiring the staff officers of the army to comply with the requisitions of marine and naval officers in certain cases, were ordered to be read a third time. YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Brown, Chase, NAY-MI Bledsoe. engro sed bill to incorporate the subscribers bank of the United States of America, was third time. The question "shail the bill was decided by the following vote: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Bledsoe, Brent, Chase, Condit, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Robinson, Smith, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Walker, Varnum, Wharon-17. The house then resumed the consideration of the national bank bill-Mr. Mason's motion to reduce the crpital from fifty to twenty millions yet under NAYS-Messrs. Brown, Daggett, Dina, Fromen consideration. Mr. Smith of Md. opposed, and Mr.tin, Gaillard, German, Goldborough, Gore, Horsey, King of N. Y. supported the motion-And the bill Hunter, King, Lambert, Mason, Thompson-14. Ostpone i to to-morrow. So the bill was passed and sent to the house for concurrence. Wednesday, Dec. 7.-The bill authorising the ap pointment of certain naval officers was read a second time. The senate took up the amendments of the house of representatives to the bill sent from this house aking further provision for filling the ranks of the army of the United States, which they agreed to. The senate resumed the consideration of the bill to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States of America. Saturday, December 10. The bill to provide for defraying the expences of the government and for the maintenance of the public credit, by duties on carriages and carriage harness; the bill to require staff officers of the army to comply with the requi sitions of naval officers in certain cases; and the ill making additional appropriations for the service of the year 1814; were read a third time and passed, and the first and last of them returned to the house Mr. Mason's motion to reduce the proposed capi-for concurrence in the amendments. tal of the bank from fifty to twenty millions being yet under consideration An able and comprehensive debate arose as well on the expediency of the proposed bank as on the particular motion before the senate, in which Mr. King supported and Messrs. Bibb of Geo. Taylor and Smith opposed the reduction of the capital. The question was then taken on Mr. Mason's motion, and decided as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Brown, Daggett, Dana, Fromen tin, German, Goldsborough, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, King, Lambert, Mason, Thompson-13. NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Biedsoe, Brent, Chase, Condit, Gaillard, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Robinson, Smith, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, Walker, Wharton-18. Tuesday, December 13. The bill authorizing the appointment of certain naval officers therein named, was read a third time and passed. [The bill authorizes the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the sanate, to appoint one vice-admiral, and two rear admirals; and fixes their compensation.] No other legislative business of moment has been done by the senate within the two last days. Wednesday, Dec. 14. The senate resumed the consideration of the bill to lay additional duties on sales at auction, postage on letters, and retailer's licences. Mr. Horsey moved to strike out of the bill. the section laying an additional duty of fifty per cent on the present rates of postage. This motion was decided thus: NAYS-Messrs. Bibb, Bledsoe, Chase, Condit, This bill having been otherwise amended, was ordered to a third reading. The senate re considered its vote to amend the whiskey tax bill by striking out the section allow ing distillers to sell any quantity of liquor not less than one gallon; and having determined to insist thereon, and request a conference on the same with the house, Messrs. Taylor, King and Bledsoe were appointed managers thereof on the part of this house. Mr. Gore gave notice that he should to-morrow ask leave to bring in a bill for allowing to the widow of the late vice president his salary for the remainder of the term for which he was elected. Thursday, Dec. 15. The bill from the house for laying additional taxes on sales at auction, postages and retailer's licences, as amended, was read a third time, and the amendments sent to the senate for their concurrence therein. The following was the vote on the passage of the bill. YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Bledsoe, Brown, Chase, Condit Fromentin, Gaillard, Lacock, Mason, Morrow, Roberts, Robinson, Smith, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, Walker, Wharton-19. NAYS-Messrs. Dagget, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, King, Lambert, Thompson-7. December 2.-The speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of the treasury, in reply to one from the speaker requiring a warrant for money to defray the charges of this house, apprizing him that, the appropriation on this head being exhausted, a further provision therefor by law was necessary. The letter was the committee of ways and means were about to act on the subject. ordered to lie on the table, on the intimation of Mr. Inghain chart The bill from the senate to call out 80,430 militia was discussed in committee of the whole, and substantially agreed to. The house army"-[This bill authorises the enlistment of minors and a then took up the other bill from the senate to "fill the rauks of the motion to strike out that part of it was lost-83 to 51.] Afterwards December 5, (Monday).—Mr. Eppes from the committee of ways and means reported a bill supplemental to the act authorizing a loan for the several sums of twenty-five millions of dollars and three millions of dollars, which was twice read and committed. [This bill authorizes the issuing by the treasury department to the amount of any part of the authorized loans not borrowed, or not having come into the treasury, treasury notes, in lieu thereof, in the usual form.] The house took up the bill for filling the ranks of the ariny-an amendment was made so that the recruit under twenty-one years of age should be allowed four days, unrestrained, after enlistinent, to re-consider and withdraw the same. The bill was then ordered to a third reading 92 to 55, as follows: YEAS.-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Archer, Avery, Barbour, Bard, Baraett, Bines, Bowen, Bradley, Burwell, Callion, Cannon, Chappell, Clark, Clopton, Comstock, Condict, Conard, Crawford, Crouch, Cuthbert, Dana, Davis, of Penn. Denoyelles, Desha, Duvall, Eppes, Fisk, of N. Y. Forney, Forsyth, Franklin, Gholson, Goodwyn, Gourdin, Griffin, Hall, Harris, Hasbrouck, Hawes, Hopkins of Ken. Hubbard, Humphreys, Ingersoll, Ingham, Irving, Irwin, Johnson of Virg. Johnson, of Ken. Kennedy, Kerr, Kershaw, Kilbourn, King, of N. C. Leflerts, Lowndes, Lyle, M'Coy, Kee, M'Kim, M Lean, Montgomery, Moore, Nelson, Newton, of Ten. Rich, Roane, Robertson, Sevier, Seybert, Sharp, Skinner, Ormsby, Parker, Pickens, Piper, Pleasants, Rea, of Penn. Bhes, Smyth of Virg. Tannehill, Taylor, Telfair, Troup, Udrce, Ward, of N. J. Williams, Wilson, of Penn. Yancey-92. NAYS.-Messrs. Baylies, of Mass. Bayly, of Virg. Bigelow, Boyd, Bradbury, Breckenridge, Brigham, Butler, Caperton, Cilley, Cox, Culpepper, Davenport, Davis, of Mass. Ely, Gaston, Geddes, Kent, of N. Y. King, of Mass. Lewis, Lovett, Macon, Moseley, Grosvenor, Hale, Henderson, Howell, Hurlbert, Jackson, of R. I. Markell, Oakley, Pearson, Pickering, Pitkin, Potter, John Reed, Wm. Reed, Ruggles, Schureman, Sheffey, Shipherd, Smith, of N. Y. Mass. Webster, Wheaton, White, Wilcox, Wilson of Mass. Winter. Stanford, Stockton, Sturges, Taggart, Thompson, Vose, Ward, of Mr. Gore, agreeably to notice given by him having obtained leave, introduced a bill, "authorising the payment to the widow of Elbridge Gerry, deceased, late vice-president of the United States, of such salary, as would have been payable to him dur ing the residue of the term for which he was elect-—55. ed, had he so long lived;" which bill was read and passed to a second reading. The amendments of the house to the senate's militia draft bill, were read, and, on motion of Mr. Smith, referred to the military committee. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. December 1.-A report was received from the secretary of the navy relative to the cost, expenditures and state of the navy yard. The house resolved to meet at ten o'clock in the morning for the remainder of the session. The engrossed bill to provide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining public credit, by duties on sales at auction, on the postage of letters, and on licenses to retail wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandize, was read a third time. The question on the passage of the bill was decided by the following votes: senate. December 6.-The volunteer bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading--read a third time, passed and sent to the The bill to fill the ranks of the army was read a third time as amended and passed-95 to 52, and sent to the senate for concur rence. Several other bills were progressed in. The house, on motion of Mr. Eppes of Virg. resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Breckenridge, of Va. in the chair, on the bill supplemental to the act authorising a loan for 25 millions, and the act lately passed authorising a lown of three millions for the service of the current year. treasury, with the approbation of the president of the United [The first section of the bill authorizes the secretary of the States, to direct treasury notes to be prepared, signed and issued for and in lieu of so much of the sum authorized to be borrowed on the credit of the United States, by the twenty-five million and three million loan acts, as has not been borrowed or otherwise provided the whole amount so to be issued shall not exceed employed in the issue of the treasury notes according to law 7,50,000, and applied to the same uses as the loans so authorized were intended to be applied. The second section authorizes the issuing of treasury notes in like manner for a further sum of three millions, to defray the expences of the war department for the remainder of this year, and one million for the ayy department. YEAS. Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Avery, Barbour, Bard, Bayly, of Va. Bowen, Bradley, Brown, Burwell, Butler, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cannon, Chappell, Clark, Clopton, Comstock, Condict, Conard, Cox, Crawford, Creighton, Cuthbert, Dana, Davis, of Pen. Denoyelles, Desha, Duvall, Earl, Eppes, Evans, Farrow, Fisk, of Vt. Fisk, of N. Y. Forney, Forsythe, Franklin, Gaston, Geddes, Gholson, Glasgow, Goodwin, Gourdin, Griffin, Grosvenor, Hall, Harris, Hasbrouck, Hawes, Hopkins, of Ken. Howell, Hubbard, Humphreys, Hungerford, Ingersoll, Ingham, Irving, Irwin, The third, fourth, fifth and sixth sections provide these treasury Johnson, et Virg. Johnson of Ken. Kennedy, Kent, of N. Y. Kent, notes shall be in the same form and possess the same qualities as of Md. Kerr, Kershaw, Kilbourn, Leflerts, Lowndes, Lyle, Macon, the treasury notes already authorized, be redeemable in the same BrCoy, M'Kee, M'Kim, M'Lean, Montgomer, Moore, Murfree, namer, appropriates money therefor, &c. as well as for the exNelson, Newton, Oakley, Orinsby, Parker, Pearson, Piper, Plea-pences of issuing and distributing said notes and for punishing sants, Rea, of Penn. Rhea, of Ten. Rich, Roane, Robertson, Sage, counterfeits thereof.] Seybert, Sharp, Sheffey, Skinner, Sunith, of N. Y. Smith, of Penn. Snath, of Virg. Stanford, Stockton, Stuart, Tannehill, Taylor, Telfair, Troup, Udree, Ward, of N. J. Williams, Wilson, of Penn. Winter, Yancey.-114. NAYS.-Messrs. Bayljes, of Mass. Bigelow, Boyd, Bradbury, Champion, Cilley, Cooper, Davenport, Davis, of Mass. Ely, Hale, Henderson, Hurlbert, Jackson, of H. I. King, of Mass. Lewis, Law, Lovett, Miller, Mosely, Markell, Pickering, Pitkin, J. Reed, Rng gles, Schureman, Shipherd, Sturges, Taggart, Thompson, Vose, Ward, of Mass. Webster, Wheaton, Wilcox.--35. So the bill was past and sent to the house for concurrence. The engrossed bill to provide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining publie eredit, by duties on carriages, &c. was then read a third time and passed wi'lous debate, by the following vote:--For the bill 120-Against it 24. The president's message communicating the despatches from Ghent, was received and read. The bill having been read through Mr. Eppes quoted extracts from the letter last received from the secretary of the treasury, which we take this opportunity to pullish at length, viz: Washington, Dec. 2, 1814. Sir-Your letter of the 27th of November has been referred to the committee of ways and means, and I am instructed to ask for the amount of the payments to be made during the present quarter on account of the public debt; the funds prepared to meet those payments, and any other information which may enable the committee to decide as to the necessity of adopting additional measures for meeting the public engagements during the present quarter of the year. I have the honor to be your most obedient, Secretary of the Treas Treasury Department, December 2, 1814. Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated this morning, stating that mine of the 27th of November, addressed to the committee on a national bank, has been referred to the committee of ways and means. In my communications to the committees of congress, I have never been disposed to disguise the embarrassments of the treasury; A frank and full developement of existing evils will always, I hope, be best caleniated to secure the attention and exertion of the public authorities; and, with legislative aid, I am still confident, that all the difficulties of a deficient revenue, a suspended circulating medium, and a depressed credit, may be speedily and com pletely overcome. My only apprehension arises from the lapse of time; as a remedy which would be effectual to-day, will, perhaps, only serve to increase the disorder to-morrow. In answering the enquiries of your letter, permit me to state: 1st, The amount of the payments which were to be made during the whole of the present quarter on account of the public debt, and the funds prepared, or applicable to meet those payments: zd, The payments that remains to be made and the ruls that remain to meet them, for the residue of the quarter: and, 3d. General infor mation in relation to additional measures, for meeting the public eugagements. 1st. point. It is respectfully stated, agreeably to an estimate which was formed on the 4th of October, 1814: Dr. 1. That during the quarter commencing theflst of Oct. 2. That during the same period. there was payable Cr. rity granted by the act of congress, passed the 14th Cr. 506,875 dolls. 5,526,275 80 1. That on the 28th ultimo, there were bank credits 2. That the amount receivable during the remainder 3. be about That the estimated amount, receivable during the 771,125 1,900,000 2,371,287 13 450,000 350,000 150,000 450,000 dolis. 3,772,287 13 From this second view of the debt and credit of the account, lidolls. 7,128,124 80 mitted merely to the payment of the public debt, becoming due for the residue of the present quarter, it appears, 1. That the debt amounts to the sum of 1. That there were bank credits scattered thronghout the United States, on he first of October, 1814, amounting by estimate to 2. That there was receivable from the customs during the whole quarter, the sum of 3. That there was receivable on account of the sales of public lands, during the same period, a sum of 4. That there was receivable on account of the internal duties and direct taxes, during the same period, a sum of 5. That there was receivable on account of loans, during the same period, a sum of 2,500,000 900,000 1,700,000 6. That there might be obtained, upon an issue of treasury notes, during the same period, a suin of about 2,500,000 dolls. 9,560,000 It is believed that this estimate, formed upon official facts and experience, would have been substantially realized in the event, if the banks had not suddenly determined to suspend their payments in specie. But for that occurrence, the dividend on the public debt would have been punctually paid to the individual creditors of Boston on the first of October last; the transfer of the public funds from one place to another place, in order to meet the public engagements, would have continued easy and certain; the credit and use of treasury notes (limited to the specified amount) would probably have been preserved; and the revenue arising frons duties and taxes, would not have been materially intercepted, if at all in its passage to the treasury, by payments in treasury notes. Dr. 2 Point. 1. That of the principal and interest of the treasury notes; payable during the present quarter, and which have already fallen due, there remains on this day unpaid, at the places mentioned in the schedule A, the sum of 2. That the principal and interest of the treasury 3. That the dividends on the public debt payable on 2. That the resources to pay the debt (excluding the to 5,526,275 80 3,772,287 13 dolls. 1,753,988 67 The difference between the results of the statements, under the first and second points, will be accounted for, by the unexpected effect of payments in treasury notes, on account of duties, taxes and land; by the total cessation of the use of treasury notes, either to pay the public creditors or to raise money; and by an unavoida ble variance in estimates, depending upon a variance in the state of internation at the treasury. A priority of payment may be justly claimed by the holders of the funded debt; and, therefore, it is proper to add, 1. That the amount of public credit, as estimated in 2. That the amount of the dividend on the old and It will be observed, that these estimates do not include, as an item of the debt, the dividend of the funded debt, amounting to 200,000 dollars, which was not actually paid to the individual creditors at Boston on the 1st of October last. But it is omitted, because an adequate fund in the state bank was seasonably pro vided for the occasion, and the usual treasury draft was issued in favor of the commissioners of loans, so as to deduct a corresponding amount from the bank credits of the government. The state bank declined, for several reasons (which it is unnecessary to repeat) paying in coin, or in bank notes, and most of the public creditors refused to accept the treasury notes, which the banks offered to them, as an alternative payment. It is not considered, that, under these circumstances, connected with the general state of the cir culating medium (which places the power of the government to meet its engagements, on the same footing with the power of the most opulent of its citizens) there can exist any just reproach upon the public credit, or resources. But, nevertheless, efforts have been anxiously made by this department, and are still in operation, to satisfy the public creditors, independent of the fund which was 1,902,680 80 originally set apart, and which still remains on deposit at the state bank, by all the remaining means at the disposal of the treasury. Nor, on the other hand, have I included in the statement of our resources to pay the public debt, the unexecuted authority to borrow upon public loans, and to issue treasury notes. I have only included the items of revenue, which, in ordinary times, would be deemed certain and effective: reserving any surplus of those items, with the loan and the treasury notes, to meet the general appropriations for the public service. 1,243,720 1,973,000 Third point.-It is respectfully stated, that the non-payment of the treasury notes, and the hazard of not being able to pay the di vidend on the public debt, according to the respective contrar was chiefly (I believe entirely) owing to the suspension of specie progress of the system) to the ships of the line, frigates, sloops of annually (with the least possible delay in the amendment and payments at the banks, and the consequent impracticability of war and other vessels now built or building. transferring the public funds, from the place in which they were The consideration of them not being required at this time, they deposited to the place in which they were wanted. I have endea-lie on the table of course. vored, therefore, to induce the banks, as the performance of an act The remainder of this day's sitting was occupied in committee of justice, not inconsistent with their int rest, or their policy, to of the whole, on the consideration of the bill authorising the preassist in alleviating the fiscal embarrassments of the government,sident to call into service 80,130 militia for the defence of the which they have thus contributed to produce. The answers to my United States. last proposition (of which a copy is annexed, in schedule E) have not beey received. year, Thursday, December 8. The engrossed bill “supplemental to the But the danger of depending upon gratuitous aids. (of depending, and three millions of dollars," was read the third time and passed. acts authorizing a loan for the several surus of 25 millions of dollars Indeed, upon any thing but the wisdom and the vigilance of con. gress) makes, with every day's experience, a deeper impression vice of the year 1814, was read a third time and The engrossed bill making additional sppropriations for the ser upon the mind. In speriding, therefore, of additional ineasur. s for meeting the public engagements, during the present quarter of ing the public credit-the first to lay a duty on various goods, Friday, December 9. Mr. Eppss reported! two bills for suportpass: d. the I defive great satisfaction, in reflecting upon the inevi-wares and merchandize manufactured within the United States table and indiate fleet of the legislative sanction (even so far as it has already been given) to a settled and productive system of taxes, for defraying the expences of government, and maintaining the public credit. This policy, embracing, in its course, the introduction of a national circulating medium, and the proper facile ties for anticipating, collecting and distributing the public rvenue, will, at once, enliven the public credit, and even the existing resources of the present quarter, must ripen and expand under an intiuence so auspicious. But something may be conveniently and usefully added. For instance: 1. A discretionary authority may be given, by law, to issue tresury notes, for the amount of the sums now authorised to be raised by law. the other to tax horses kept exclusively for the saddle or carriage, and on gold and saver watches. the whole. A motion to strike out the first section was discussed at subscribers to the bank of the United States of America," was Mr. Stockton woved that the said bill be indefinitively postponed 2. An authority may be given, by law, to transfer bank credits, om one place to another place, in order to meet the publie The house then proceeded to consider and separately to agree to engagem is allowing a reasonable rate of exchange. 3. Appropriations may be made, by law, to defray the extra examendment made in the committee of the whole, on motion of Mr. all the amendments reported by the committee of the whole. That pences of the war and wavy departments, during the present year; and a general authority days given, to borrow, or toppes, to reduce the term of service of the nilitia to be drafted, issue treasury notes, to supply any defieisocy in former approfrom two years to one year, was agreed to by the following vote: priations for those departments, and for the payment of the Mass. Bradbury, Bray, Breckenridge, Brigham, Burwell, Butter, YEAS-Messrs. Alexondor, Alston, Barbour, Bar, Baylies, of jubtle debt, the treasury notes and the civil list. The present opportunity enables me to assure you, sir, that I Caperton, Ceunion, Clopton, Culpepper, Cuthbert, Desha, Ely, am preparing, with all possible diligence, to report to the cou Eppes, Fisk, of Vt. Franklin, Gaston, Gholson, Goodwyn, Grosmittre of ways and means, upon the subjects which they have Va. Kennely, Kert, of Md. Kerr, King, of Mass. Lewis, Lovett, venor, Hale, Harris, Hawes, Henderson, Humphreys, Johnson, of bus pleased to confide to me. John Red, Rich, Roane, Ruggles, Seyert, Sheffey, Skinner, Smith, Macon, M'Coy, M Lean, Moore, Moseley, Piper, Pitkin, Pleasants, of Va. Stanford, Vose. Ward, of Mass. Ward, of N. J. White, Wilcox, Wilson, of Mass. Wright-6‹. 2 The tax-bills are um ous, new in some of their principles, and complicated in most of their details; nor are the best sources of information at hand. They will, however, be drafted, and sent to the committee in succession. 2. The plan for establishing a competent sinking fund is under 5. The estimates for the expences of 1815; the annual appropria- Brvant, John W. Eppes, esq. chairman of the com.matter of ways and means. A. J. DALLAS. Mr. Eppes den examined the object of this bill, which was to carry into effect the secretary's recommendations, except that part which relates to the transfer of funds from one quarter to another, which they had determined to postpone until the question relating to a ustional bank should have been finally acted on, &c. The blanks in the bill were then filled, on motion of Mr. Eppes, with seven and a half millions to supply the possible deficiency in the two loans, and with three millions for the deficiency in the provision for the military, and one million for the deficiency in the provision for the naval service for the remainder of the present No debate took place on the principle of the bill. Some discussion and amendinent took place on the section for punishing counterfeiters of the bills, in which Messrs. Gaston, Ward and Hopkins of Ken, took part. The committee at length rose and reported the bill; which, the amendments having been concurred in, was ordered to be e grossed for a third reading to morrow. The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on motion of Mr. Eppes, on the bill making further appropriations for the support of the government during the remainder of the year, Mr. Lewis in the chair. NAYS-Mers Anderson, Archer, Avery Barnett, Bines, Bowen, Conrad, Crawford Creighton, Crouch, Dekoyelles, Fisk, of N. Y. Brown, Caldwell Calhoun, Chappell, Clark, Comstock, Condict, Hubbard, Ingersolt, Ingham, Irving, Irwin, Johnson of Ken. KerForney, Forsyth, Gourdin, Grin, Hasbrouck, Hopkins, of Ken. show, Kilboura, King, of N. C. Lerts, Ly, MKim, Nelson, Newon, Oraishy, Parker, Pickering, Pickens, Rhea, of Peae Rhea, of Ten. Robertson, Sage, Sharp, Smith of Pa. Tannehill, Taylor, Telfair, Udree, Webster. Williams, Wilson, of Penn. Yancey-57. A motion was then made by Mr. Macon to amend the bill, as recommended by the select committee of this house, so as to place the apportionment on the basis of free white population, instead of the basis of representation in congress on which the senate had placed it. And the yeas and nays having been required on this motionThe house at length adjourned, a little before 8 o'clock, after a setting of nearly ten hours. The house resumed the consideration of the bill from the senate authorising a draft of 80,430 militia, for the defence of the fron tiers. draft on the basis of military strength (or free white population) inThe motion of Mr. Macon, to place the apportionment of the stead of the basis of representation on which it now stands, being under consideration, other gentlemen spoke for and against the motion; which was at Mr. Kennedy supported the motion at considerable length; and length decided in the negative by the following vote: YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Archer, Barbour, Bard, Bar nett. Bayly, of Virg. Bines, Breckenridge, Burwell, Caperton, Caldweil, Chappell. Clark, Clopton, Conrad, Crawford, Culpepper Desha, Eppes, Evans, Findley, Forney, Frauki, Gaston Gholson, Glasgow, Goodwyn, Hall, Hawes, Humpluey, Ingham Johnson, of Va. Johnson, of Ky. Kennedy, Kent, of Md. Kerr, Mr. Eppes read a letter he had received from the secretary of Dershaw, King, of N. C. Lewis, Macon, MCoy, MKim, Montgo war in relation to the deficiency of appropriations in that departm ry, Moore, Nelson, Newton, Ormsby, Pearson, Pickens, Pla ment; from which it appeared that though it was impossible to ent Roane, Robertson, Sevier, Sharp, S effey, Smith, of Va ascertain with precision at this time the number of militis in Sanford, Stuart, Tannehill, Telfair, White Wilson, of Pen. Wright, service during the past summer, there was little doubt but their Yancey--66. expences would greatly exceed the appropriations made for those objects. On motion of Mr. Eppes, 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, &c. &c. And the committee rose and reported the bill, which as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Ingersoll laid upon the table, without preface, the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on military affairs be instruct d to repert to this house a bill or balls for classitying the free male population of the United States from the age of twenty-one years to the age of forty-five years, for the purpose of drafting thereiro a sufficient number annually to fill up the ranks of the regular ariny. 2. Resolved, That the committee on naval a Tairs be instructed to rport to this house a bill or bills for the immediate, constant and -gradual augmentation of the navy of the United States by auuing NAYS-Messrs. Avery, Baylics, of Mass. Bigelow, Bowen, Boyd, Bradbury, Braley, Brigham, Brown, Butler, Calhoun, Cannon Champion, Ciley, Comstock, Condict, Cooper, Coxe. Creighton, Crouch, Cuthbert, Dana, Davenport, Davis, of Mass. Davis, o Pn. Denoyells, Ely, Farrow, Fisk, of N. Y. Forsythe, Geddes, Grifin, Grosvenor, Hale, Harris, Hasbrouck, Henderson, Hopkins, of Ky. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Irving. Irwin, Jackson, of R. I. Kent, of N. Y. Kilbourn, King, of Mass. Law, Lefferts, Lovett, Lowndes, Lyic, Kee, Maler, Moseley, Murfree, Markell, Oakley, Parker, Pick r ing, Piper. Pitkin, Potter, John Reid, Win. Reed, Rea of Pan. Rhea, of Ten. Rich, Ruggles, Sage, Schureman, Seybert, Shipherd, Slaymaker, Smith, ot N. Y. Smith, of Pa. Stockton, Sturges, Teg gart, Taylor, Thompson, Troup, Udree, Vose, Ward, of Mass, Ward, N. J. Webster, Wheaton, Wilcox, Williams, Wilson, of Mass. Wiuter-91. The bill having been further amended A motion was made by Mr. Webster of N. H. to amend the bill by striking out these words, as applied to the term of service of the drafted militia—“for the term of one year from the time $ meeting at the place of rendezvous unless sooner discharged" and to insert these words "to serve for the term prescribed by existing laws," that is to serve for six months instead of one year. On this motion a question of order arose, when the speaker de cided it to be in order, and, his decis on being appealed from, was confirmed by yeas and says, 129 to 29. After some debate on this point, the question on Mr. Webster's motion was decided as follows: For the bill 84 After several ineffetual attempts to amend the title of the bill, it was adopted without any further amendment than the insertion of 80,0% stead of 80, 30, to make it correspond with the contraits of the bill. Thursday, Dec. 15. The House, on motion of Mr, Eppes, of Va. aditional revenues for defraying the expences of governinisut, and maintailing the publie credit, by laying duties on various goods, wares and merchandize anuufactured within the United States." [The bill proposes to lay on the following manofactures the duties specified in the following extract from the bill; on Pig iron, per ton, one dollar. YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Avery, Baylies, of Mass. Bayly of Va. Bigelow, Boyd, Bradbury, Bradley, Breckenridge, Briguam, Burwell, Butler, Caperton, Champion, City, Comstock, Cooper, Coxe, Culpeper, Davenport, Davis of Mass. Davis of Pei. Dnoy-resolved itself into a committes of the whole on the bill to provide elles, Ely, Farrow, Gaston, Geddes, Gholson, Grosvenor, Hale, Harris, lenderson, Howell, Irwin, Jackson of R. I. Kennedy, Kent, of N. Y. Kerr, King of Mass. Law, L. wis, Lovatt, Macon, Miller, Moseley, Markell, N-ison, Oakley, Ormsby, Pearson, Pickcring, Pitkin, Potter, J. Reed, W. Reed, Rich, Ruggles. Schureman, Shaffey, Shipherd, Skinner, Slaymaker, Smith of Va Stati ford, Stockton, Sturges, Taggart, Thompson, Vose, Ward of Mass. Webster, Wheaton, White, Wilcox, Williams, Wilson, of Mess. Winter, Wright-78. Castings of iron, per ton, one dollar fifty cents. Rollesi or slit iron, per ton, one dollar. Cut nails, brads and sprigs, made wholly, or in part, by machine Candles of spermaceti or white wax, per pound, ten cents. Mould candies of tallow, or of was other than white, or in part of each, per pound, three cents. Dipt candles of tallow, or of wax other than white, or in part of each, per pound, one cont. NAYS-Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Archer, Barbour, Bard, So the motion was negatived by a majority of one vote. Tuesday, December 3.-The bill respecting militia drafts being again before the house-and Mr. Wright's motion to reduce the term of service to seven months (made yesterday) being under consideration. After debate, the proposition was rejected-71 for 84 against it. Mr. Baylics of Mass. moved to amend the bill by adding thereto the toilowing as a new section: And be it further enacted, That the militia called forth by vir tue of this act shall not be liable to perform auy service, except such as may be ree-ssary to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or execute the laws of the union." Hats, caps, of leather or fur, and bonnets, except made entirely from wool, silk, cotton or linen, or in part from each, or which, it made from other materials, shall not exceed in value one dollar and fifty cents, eight per centum ad valorem. Paper, five per centum ad valorem. Playing cards, fifty per centus, ad valorem. Boots and bootees, exceeding five dollars per pair, in value, fivé per centum ad valorem. Beer, ale and porter, six per centum ad valorem. Tobacco, segars, and snuff, twenty per centum ad valorem. Leather, including therein all hides and skins, whether tanned, tawed, dressed, or otherwise inade, on the original manuf. cture thereof ten per centum, ad valorem. Mr. Eppes assigned at some length the reasons why the committee had, on these manufactures, departed occasionally from the instructions of the house, and generally preferred an ad valorem to a specific duty; the principal of which was the great variety is quali This motion was negativad, by yeas and nays-14 to 38. ty and denomination of these articles, which, whilst it would make Mr. Kilbourn moved to extend the term of service to one year specific duties vexatious, would render them liable to continual evaand eight months-lost; 68 for, 95 against it. Mr. Fisk, of Vt.sions All the articles proposed to be dutied, he further said, pay moved that the bill should be recommitted. After a short speech a much higher duty when imported, and, whilst the last section of from Mr. Johnson on the necessity of pushing on busmess, the this bill limited the operation of the tax to the continuance of the previous question was called for by Mr. Ingersoll, which being double duties now imposed by law, no artick had been selected for proposed in the usual form, was agreed to, 101 to 57. The main cuestion, viz. on the engrossing of the amendments facture in abundance for their consumption. In the present situa, and ordering the bill to be read a third time, was decided in the tion of the country, cone-iving it unnecessary to say any thing on affirmative by the following vote: the necessity of imposing additional taxes, he waved any remarks on that head. taxation which it was believed the United States could not manu Mr. Baylies, of Mass. moved to strike out the following words in the above enuineration: "cut nails, brads and sprigs, made wholly or in part by machinery, one cent per pound." And supported his motion in a speech of some length. Mr. Eppes replied, and the motion was negatived, ayes 39. YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Archer, Avery, Barbour, Bara, Barnet, Bines Bowen, Brown, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cannon, Chappell, Clark, Clopton, Comstock, Condict, Conard, Crawford, Creighton, Cuthbert, Davis of Pene. Denoyelles, Desha, Duval, Earle, Eppes, Eraus, Farrow, Findley, Fisk of N. Y. Forney, Forsythe, Franklin, Glasgow, Goodwyn, Gourdine, Griffin, Hall, Hasbrouck, Hawes, Hopkins of Ken. Humphreys, Ingersoll. Mr. King, of Mass. then proposed a reduction of the tax on nails, Ingham, Irving, Irwis. Johnson of Vir. Johnson of Ket. Kent of Negatived-ayes only 31. Mr. Forney moved to reduce the tax on Md. Kerr, Kershaw, Kilbourn, King of N. C. Lefferts, Lowndes, pig iron-negatived. Then the tax on hollow war-negatived, Lyle, MCoy, MKee, McKim, MLn, Moore, Murfree. Nelson, Mr. Wheaton proposed to modify the tax on hats, so as to except Newton, Cruisby, Parker, Pickens, Piper, Pleasants, Rea of Pan those made of straw, winch was agreed to. A motion to strike out Rhea of Tenn. Roane, Robertson, Sage, Sevier, Seybert, Sharp, the tax on leather was negatived, ayes only 42. Mr. Macon moved Smith of Peral. Smith of Vir. Tann hill, Taylor, Telfair, Troup, to amend the clause taxing hats, by striking out one dollar and fifty Udree, Ward of N. J. Williams, Wilson of Penn. Yancey-91. cents and inserting two dollars-agreed to. NAYS.-Messrs. Baylies of Mass. Bayly of Virg. Bigelow, Boyd, Mr. Wilson, of Mass. moved to amend the above extract, by strik Bradbury, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brigham, Burwell, Butier, Ca-ing out all the proposed taxes, except those on pig irott, castings, bag perton, Champion, Cilley, Cooper, Coxe, Culpeper, Dana, Dave and rolled and slit iron, playing cards, beer, ate and porter, and to port, Davis of Mass. Ely, Fisk of Vt. Gaston, Geddes, Gholson, bacco, segars and snuff, and to insert in lieu thereof the following: Grosvenor, Hale, Harris, Henderson, Howell, Hubbard, Jackson of "And on four, 5) cents per barrel. R. I. Kennedy, Kent of N. Y. King of Mass. Law, Lewis, Lovett, Macon, Miller, Moseley, Markell, Oakley, Pearson, Pickering, Pitkin, Potter, Joha Reed, Wai. Reed, Ruggles, Schureman, Shef fey, Supherd, Skinner, Slaymaker, Smith of N. Y. Stanford, Stockton, Stuart. Sturges, Taggart, Thompson, Vose, Ward of Mass. Webster, Wheaton, White, Wilcox, Wilson of Mass. Winter Wright-71. And the said bill was ordered to be a read a third time to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Eppes, the house in committee of the whole, took up the tax-bills last reported, and made some progress therein. Wednesday, December 14,-Mr. Fisk of N. Y. from the committee of ways and means, reported a number of amendments to the bill from the senate "to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States of America;" which were read, aud, with the bill referred to a committee of the whole. Mr. Eppes offered for consideration the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on post-roads be instructed to enquire whether any and if any what change ought to be made in the compensation allowed to post-tuasters; and whether any, and it any, what change ought to be made in the right of franking. Agreed to. The bill from the senate to call upon the several states and territories for their respective quotas of 80-130 militia for the defence of the frontiers against invasions, was read a third time as amended. Mr. Ward of ass. and Mr. Gaston of N. C. spoke at considera- | ble length in opposition to the bill, and Mr. Farrow in Evor of i. The previous question having been required by Mr. ithea Ten. was then talen and decided as follows; corn, 5 cents per bushel. tobacco, 1 cent per pound, On copper and leaden ore, and coal of mines, ten per cent, ad ya lorein. On steam engines, it employed in factories, 50 dollars : it' employed in propelling boats, 100 dollars; and when an exclusive privilege chargeable ther. with, 200 dollars. Ou offices, created by authority of the United States, whose emolu⚫ ment, by salary or perquisites, shall anually exceed 1,500 dolls. and not exceed 5,000 dollars, one per centum, and on those which exceed 5,000 dollars. five per centum, on suck excess, except these offiers whose emoluments are prohibited from diminution by the constitu tion: Provided, that so much of each of the foregoing products, as shall be consumed by the owner, shall be exempted from taxation.” Mr. Wheaton supported his proposition by a train of reasoning, at length-but the ayes for it were only 13. Mr. Fisk, of N. Y. moved to amend the bill so as to exempt from the operation of the tax, all such castings as the government may have contracted for to be delivered at stipulated prices. This motion was opposed by Mr. Eppes, and negatived, by a decided majori ty. Mr. Oakly moved to strike out the articles of dipt candles; which motion was supported by Mr. Zippes, and decided in the affirmative by a large rajority, |