2. Ditto, of wines and spirits, fifteen dollars. 3. Ditto, of domestic spirits alone, ten dollars. 4. Ditto, of foreign merchandise, other than wines and spirits, fifteen dollars.

7. Resolved, That duties be laid on sales at auction of foreign merchandise, for every hundred dollars of the purchase money, two dollars; and on sales at auction of ships or vessels, for every hundred dollars of the purchase money, twenty-five cents.

8. Resolved, That a duty of four cents per pound be laid on all sugars refined in the United States, allowing a drawback on the exportation of the same. 9. Resolved, That duties be laid on carriages, used for the conveyance of persons, at the following rates,

viz:

five dollars.

1. On every coach, chariot, and post chaise, twenty2. On every phaton, and on every coachee having pannel work in the upper division thereof, fifteen dol

la rs.

3. On every other four-wheel carriage hanging on 'steel springs, ten dollars.

4. On every four-wheel carriage hanging on iron or wooden springs, and on every two-wheel carriage, with a top, or hanging on steel or iron springs, five dollars.

5. On every other four or two-wheel carriage, three dollars.

10. Resolved, That stamp duties be laid on the following instruments of writing, viz:

1. On all notes payable to bearer or order, issued by any bank or bankers, at rates on an average of one dollar for every hundred dollars, with an option to pay in lieu thereof two-and-a-half per centum on their dividends.

2. On all notes-of-hand above fifty dollars, payable to bearer or order, having one or more endorsers; and on all bills of exchange, above fifty dollars, having one or more endorsers, at rates on an average of five cents for every hundred dollars.

11. Resolved, That three millions of dollars be raised by a direct tax, to be apportioned among the several States, agreeably to the rule prescribed by the Constitution.

12. Resolved, That each State be authorized to pay the amount of its quota to the United States, with a deduction of fifteen per cent, if paid before the assessment is commenced, and of seven-and-a-half per cent. if paid before the tax becomes due.

13. Resolved, That all the duties above enumerated and the tax aforesaid, shall be laid and become paya ble only after the United States shall have become engaged in a war with a foreign European nation.

14. Resolved, That the said duties and tax shall continue until one year after the conclusion of peace with

such foreign nation, and no longer.

And then the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, February 27.

The resolution granting to the Judges of the Supreme Court the privilege of using the books of the Congress Library, was read the third time and passed.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill from this House" to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis his

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patent right to the new and improved method of lighting light-houses, and for other purposes," with amendments. They have also passed a bill for the establishment of of a General Land Office in the Department of the Treasury; in which amendments and bill they desire the concurrence of this House.

WAR TAXES.

The House took up the report of the Committee of the Whole on the war taxes; when a concurrence in the first resolution, increasing the impost duties one hundred per cent. being under consideration; and the yeas and nays being called Clerk to proceed with the call. Just after Mr. upon the resolution, the SPEAKER directed the ALSTON had answered to his name, Mr. WIDGERY addressed the Speaker. The SPEAKER decided that the call had commenced, and the gentleman could not, therefore, according to the rules of the House, be heard, except the House should determine otherwise. The call was insisted upon, and the resolution was concurred in, 71 to 40, as follows:

YEAS—Willis Alston, jun., William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Ezekiel Bacon, William W. Bibb, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, William A. Burwell, William Butler, John C. Calhoun, Langdon Cheves, Matthew Clay, James Cochran, William Crawford, Roger Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Desha, Samuel Dinsmoor, Elias Earle, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Isaiah L. Green, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, Aylett Hawes, Jacob Hufty, Richard M. Johnson, Joseph Kent, William R. King, William Lowndes, Aaron Lyle, Nathaniel Macon, William McCoy, Samuel Mc| Kee, Alexander McKim, Arunah Metcalf, Samuel L. Mitchill, James Morgan, Jeremiah Morrow, Hugh Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton, Israel Pickens, William Piper, James Pleasants, junior, Benjamin Pond, Peter B. Porter, William M. Richardson, Samuel Ringgold, John Rhea, Jahn Roane, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Thomas Sammons, Ebenezer Seaver, John Sevier, Adam Seybert, Samuel Shaw, John Smilie, George Smith, John Smith, William Strong, George M. Troup, Robert Whitehill, Richard Winn, and Robert Wright.

NAYS-John Baker, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus Bleecker, Jas. Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Epaphroditus Champion, Martin Chittenden, John Davenport, jun., William Ely, James Emott, James Fisk, Asa Fitch, Thomas R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Edwin Gray, Richard Jackson, junior, Philip B. Key, Joseph Lewis, junior, Robert Le Roy Livingston, George C. Maxwell, Archibald McBryde, James Milnor, Jonathan O. Moseley, Joseph Pearson, Timothy Pitkin, junior, Josiah Quincy, John Randolph, William Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Daniel Sheffey, Richard Stanford, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Uri Tracy, Charles Turner, junior, Lewis Wheaton, Leonard White, William Widgery, and Thomas Wilson.

A concurrence in the second resolution, in relation to drawbacks was the next question.

Mr. McKIM said, if the House calculated upon this provision as an article of revenue, they would certainly be disappointed; for he believed, instead of benefiting the revenue, it would injure it.

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H. OF R.

Mr. PORTER Seconded the motion for postponément. Whenever the question of war came before the House, he would be as ready to vote for it as any member, and for taxes to support it; and now, if gentlemen would say they were ready to lay the taxes, without reserve, he would vote for them, but he wished not to lay them by anticipation.

This motion was opposed by Messrs. McKIM, SMILIE, TROUP, RHEA, JOHNSON, BOYD, FINDLEY, CALHOUN, and CHEVES, on the ground of its impropriety and impolicy. The Committee of Ways and Means having recommended to Congress a system of taxation, which has been published to the world, and this House having, in committee. agreed, by large majorities, to the several taxes proposed by that committee, to be laid whenever a war shall take place, and not before, and if no war takes place, of course the whole will be a dead letter, it would appear strange if they were now to adopt a motion like the present. The people would be at a loss to account for such a course. They would begin to fear Congress were not serious in their declarations of a determination to support the rights of the country. The people must know that war cannot be carried on without taxes-that the one cannot be had without the other, and it will certainly be much better to fix upon a system before we get involved in war, than have to do it afterwards. At all events, as the system has been reported and acted upon, it ought not now to be laid aside. Such a course might throw obstacles in the way of obtaining the loan which had been authorized. It was believed the people are prepared and ready for war, and willing to pay the necessary taxes incident to such a state; that they feared more the want of sufficient energy in Congress than the levying of necessary taxes in support of the war; that if Congress did their duty, they would have nothing to fear from the people-they are ready to make a stand; that it was time to abandon all temporizing policy; our national character was at stake in the course which Congress was about to take; it was hoped therefore that no motion like the one now proposed would be countenanced, but that the House would proceed

Mr. BACON, from motives of delicacy, as gentlemen had declared they wished to have further time to consider the subject, would be obliged to vote in favor of the motion..

The question was taken on the postponement, and negatived, 93 to 31. as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Ezekiel Bacon, John Baker, Abijah Bigelow, James Breckenridge, Epaphroditus Champion, Jas. Cochran, Samuel Dinsmoor, Elias Earle, James Fisk, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, Philip B. Key, Joseph Lewis, jr., George C. Maxwell, Israel Pickens, Benjamin Pond, Peter B. Porter, John Randolph, William

M. Richardson, Thomas Sammons, Samuel Shaw, Silas Stow, William Strong, Uri Tracy, Charles Turner, jr., Pierre Van Cortlandt, jr., William Widgery, and Thos. Wilson.

NAYS-David Bard, Burwell Bassett, William W. Bibb, William Blackledge, Harmanus Bleecker, Adam Boyd, Elijah Brigham, Robert Brown, William A. · Burwell, William Butler, John C. Calhoun, Langdon Cheves, Martin Chittenden, Matthew Clay, William Crawford, John Davenport, jr., Roger Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Desha, William Ely, James Emott, William Findley, Asa Fitch, Meshack Franklin, Thos. Gholson, Thomas R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Peterson Goodwyn, Edwin Gray, Isaiah L. Green, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Aylett Hawes, Jacob Hufty, Richard Jackson, jr., Richard M. Johnson, Joseph Kent, Lefever, Peter Little, Robert Le Roy Livingston, WilWilliam R. King, Abner Lacock, Lyman Law, Joseph liam Lowndes, Aaron Lyle, Nathaniel Macon, Thomas McKee, Alexander McKim, Arunah Metcalf, James Moore, Archibald McBryde, William McCoy, Samuel Milnor, Samuel L. Mitchill, James Morgan, Jeremiah Morrow, Jonathan O. Moseley, Hugh Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton, Stephen Ormsby, Joseph Pearson, William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, jr., James Pleasants, jr., Elisha R. Potter, Josiah Quincy, William Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Samuel Ringgold, John Rhea, John Roane, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Ebenezer Seaver, John Sevier, Adam Seybert, John Smilie, George Smith, John Smith, Richard Stanford, Philip Stuart, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, George M. Troup, Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, Robert Whitehill, Richard Winn, and Robert Wright.

The question returned on concurring in the second resolution in relation to drawbacks.

Mr. STOW said he should vote in the negative, because he conceived it would not be consistent with good faith to pass a regulation of this kind which would apply to goods already imported.

The resolution was agreed to, 78 to 47, as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, jr., William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Ezekiel Bacon, David Bard, Burwell Bassett, William W. Bibb, William Blackledge, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, William A. Burwell, William Butler, John C. Calhoun, Langdon - Cheves, Matthew Clay, James Cochran, Lewis Condit, William Crawford, Roger Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Desha, Elias Earle, William Findley, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Isaiah L. Green, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, Aylett Hawes, Jacob Hufty, Richard M. Johnson, Jos. Kent, William R. King, Abner Lacock, Joseph Lefever, Peter Little, William Lowndes, Aaron Lyle, Nathaniel Macon, George C. Maxwell, Thomas Moore, William McCoy, Samuel McKee, Arunah Metcalf, James Morgan, Jeremiah Morrow, Hugh Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton, Stephen Ormsby, Israel Pickens, William Piper, James Pleasants, jr., Benjamin Pond, Peter B. Porter, Samuel Ringgold, John Rhea, John Roane, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Thomas Sammons, Ebenezer Seaver, John Sevier, Adam Seybert, John Smilie, George Smith, John Smith, Richard Stanford, William Strong, George M. Troup, Robert Whitehill, Richard Winn, and Robert Wright.

NAYS-John Baker, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus Bleecker, James Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Epaphroditus Champion, Martin Chittenden, John Davenport, jr., Samuel Dinsmoor, William Ely, James Emott, James Fisk, Asa Fitch, Thomas R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Edwin Gray, Richard Jackson, jr., Philip B. Key, Lyman Law, Joseph Lewis, jr., Robert Le Roy Livingston, Archibald McBryde, Alexander McKim, James Milnor, Samuel L. Mitchill, Jonathan O. Moseley, Joseph Pearson, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Elisha R. Potter, Josiah Quincy, John Randolph, William Reed, William M. Richardson, Henry M. Ridgely, Samuel Shaw, Philip Stuart, Silas Stow, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Uri Tracy, Charles Turner, jr., Pierre Van Cortlandt, jr., Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, William Widgery, and Thomas Wilson.

The question was next taken on the third resolution, laying additional tonnage duties, and carried, 82 to 40, as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, jr., William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Ezekiel Bacon, David Bard, Burwell Bassett, William W. Bibb, William Blackledge, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, William A. Burwell, William Butler, John C. Calhoun, Langdon Cheves, Matthew Clay, James Cochran, Lewis Condit, William Crawford, Roger Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Desha, Samuel Dinsmoor, Elias Earle, William Findley, James Fisk, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Isaiah L. Green, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, Aylett Hawes, Richard M. Johnson, Joseph Kent, William R. King, Abner Lacock, Joseph Lefever, Peter Little, William Lowndes, Aaron Lyle, Nathaniel Macon, George C. Maxwell, Thomas Moore, William McCoy, Samuel McKee, Alexander McKim, Arunah Metcalf, James Morgan, Jeremiah Morrow, Hugh Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton, Stephen Ormsby, Israel Pickens, William Piper, James Pleasants, jr., BenjaInin Pond, Peter B. Porter, William M. Richardson, Samuel Ringgold, John Rhea, John Roane, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Ebenezer Seaver, John Sevier, Adam Seybert, John Smilie, Geo. Smith, John Smith, Silas Stow, George Sullivan, George

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M. Troup, Charles Turner, jr., Robert Whitehill, Wm. Widgery, Richard Winn, and Robert Wright.-82. NAYS-John Baker, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus Bleecker, James Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Epaphroditus Champion, Martin Chittenden, John Davenport, jr., William Ely, James Emott, Asa Fitch, Thos. R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Edwin Gray, Richard Jackson, jr., Philip B: Key, Lyman Law, Joseph Lewis, jr., Archibald McBryde, James Milnor, Samuel L. Mitchill, Jonathan O. Moseley, Joseph Pearson, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Elisha R. Potter, Josiah Quincy, John Randolph, William Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Thomas Sammons, Richard Stanford, Philip Stuart Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Uri Tracy, Pierre Van Cortlandt, jr., Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, and Thomas Wilson.-40. The fourth resolution came next, under consideration, laying a duty on salt.

Mr. M. CLAY hoped the House would not concur with the committee in the adoption of this resolution, as its operation would be very unequal; for nearly the whole duty would be paid by the middle country, by about one-third of the people of the United States, as the people on the seaboard had no occasion to use this article for their cattle, and the inhabitants of the Western country, he understood, got their salt for ten cents a bushel.

Mr. STANFORD joined Mr. CLAY in his opposi tion to this resolution.

After a few remarks from Mr. SEYBERT and Mr. NEWTON in favor of the tax, the House ad journed, without taking the question.

FRIDAY, February 28.

The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the gross and net amount of the customs of the United States, in obedience to a resolution of the House, of the eleventh ultimo which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

The bill from the Senate "for the establishment of a General Land Office in the Department of the Treasury" was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

The House proceeded to consider the amend ments of the Senate to the bill "to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis his patent right to the new and improved method of lighting light-houses, and for other purposes;" and the amendments were concurred in by the House.

Manual of Parliamentary Practice was about to Mr. BASSETT, observed, that a new edition of the be published in this city; and as he believed no book could be placed in the Library that would be more useful to members of Congress, he had prepared a resolution proposing to authorize the Clerk to subscribe for as many copies as might appear sufficient for the use of the number of new members which might at any time be in the House. It was in the following words:

"Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be author ized to subscribe with Joseph Milligan and William Cooper for copies of a new edition of Jefferson's