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VOL. V.
AUGasrA-P RINTBD ,y DANIEL STARNES Os Co. VEW of broad-stt. eet. SATURDAYN.Uht. lS^
CONGRESS.
HOUSS OF RfcPRES£NTATIV£3. *.
THURSDAY, JULY 8,
Ibe Ways and Means.
The bill for laying ami
collecting a Diredt Tax with
in the United States was
read a third time.
[This bill proposes to lay
upon the United* States a
Dired Tax to the amount
of Three Millions of dollars
apportioned to the Rates re
lpedivcly, as follows:
N. Hamplhire, 96,793 37
MalTachufetts 316,272 98
Rhode-Ifland 34,702 8r
Connecticut 118,167 71
Vermont 9 i} .343 7>
New-York 431,141 62
N«w-JeiTey 108,871 133
Pcnnfylvania 363,479 16
Delaware 32,046 25
Maryland 151,623 94
Virginia 369,018 44
Kentucky 169,928 76
Ohio 104,150 14
N. Carolina 220,238 28
Tennefi’ee 110,086 55
S. Carolina 151,905 48 \
Georgia 94.93 6 49
Louisiana 28.295 11
The bill also apportions
the quota of each (fate a- i
mor.g the counties in said
Rate, Each Hate may, pri- i
or to the ift day of April,
vary by an ad of its legisla
ture, the refpedive quotas
imposed by this ad on its 1
several counties or ditfrids ’
loss more equally and equi
tably to apportion the tax j
hereby imposed. Each ;
Rate may pay its quota into |
the treafurv of the United
Itates, and thereon (hall be
entitled to a deduction of 15
per centum, if paid before
the firß day of March 1814, j
and of so per ceut if paid '
before the firft day of May 1
in the fame year 6cc.]
Mr. Peit moved to re
commit the bill to the com- !
mittee of Ways and Means.
[His view was to obtain a
different apportionment of
the Tax in the Rate, ot New
Yoik.]
T'hc question on this mo
tion was decided in tuc ne- 1
by Yeas and Nays as
follow :
For recommitment 54
AgaiMt it ioj
Mr. Wheaton, then mov
?d to poßpone tlie bill to '
: the firft Monday in Decern - ;
her next, for rcalor.s winch |
he assigned.
I lie motion was decided
in t ie negative by nearly the
fa mg majority as on the lad
vote! !
14e quell ion was then
fhated on the pa.Ta-’c of the ,
bill. {
Mr. Brigham and Mr. !
Culpeper adigned their rca- {
Ljr,s t Qf voting again.t the ,
bill.’ i
Mr. Kelson, moved to re- :
the bill 10 the com. ;
MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
mittee of the whole for the
purpose of amendment in
refpedt to the Virginia ap-
I poitionment.
The fjueftion on the pas-
Tge of the bill was then de
cided by Yeas and Nays as
: follows :
j YEAS—MeITrs. Alexan
der, Alßon, Anderson, Ar
cher, Avery, Hard, Barnett,
Beall, Bibb, Buvven, Brown,
Burwell, Caldwell, Cal
houn, Chapeli, Che ve?,
Clark, Clopton, Comßock,
Condict, Conard, Crawford,
Creighton, Davis of Penn.
Dawlon, Deneyelles, Defha
Duvall, Earle, Fart *ow,
Findley, Fife of Vermont,
Fisk of New- York, Forney,
horlythe, -Franklin, Gh®l
fon, GUfg ow, Goodwyn,
G®urdine, Griffin, Gvundy,
1 Hall, Harris; Ha ws, Hop
j bins of Kentucky, Hum
phreys, Hangerford, Hyne
«lan, Ingersoll, Ingham,
Irwin, Jackson of Virginia,
Kent of Maryland, Kerr,
I Kerfhaw, Kilbourn, King
of North Carolina, Lefferts,
Lowndes, Lyle, Macon,
M‘Coy, M*K?e, M‘Kim,
! M‘Lean, Montgomery,
Moore, Murfrce, Nelson,
1 Newton, Ormsby, Pickens
Piper, Pleafants, Rea of
Penn. Rhea of Ten. Rich,
Ringgold, Roane, Roberts,
1 Rohertfon, Sage, Sevier,
| Seybert, Sharp, Smith of
Penn. Smith of Virg. Tan
, nehill, Taylor, Telfair,
Troup, Ward of N. Jeifey,
j Whitehdl, Wilson of Penn.
! Wright, Yancey--^.
NAYS—Mefffs.» Baylies
of xMafs. Benson, Bigelow,
i Boyd, Bradbury, Bradley,
) Breckenridge, Brigham,
| Butler, Capeiton, Cham
pion, Cilley, Copper, Cox,
Culpeper, Davenport, Da
vis of Mass. Dewey, Elv,
! Gallon, Geddes, Gcldfbo
rough, Grosvenor, Hale,
Hanson, Flafbrouck, How
ell, Hubbard, Ilufty, J.ick
fon of R. I. Kennedy, Kent
of N- York, King of M.ifs.
: Lewi?, Lov.tr, Miller,
| Moffit, Moseley, Murkeil,
, Oakley, Parker, Pcarfon,
1 Pickering, Pitkin, PoR,
I Potter, J. Reed, W. Reed,
Ridgely, Schuremar, Shet
! fey, Sherwood, Shipherd,
j Smith of N. H. Smith of
j N. Y. Stanford, Stockton,
| Stuart, Sturges, Tag-arc,
! Talimadge, Thompson,
Vole, Ward ofMah. Web-
Rer, Wheat oi', White,
Wiicov, Willon of Mass.
I tjr
winter— 70.
So the bill was pa (Ted ;
And ilie Houfo adjourn,
ed.
Friday, July 9.
The Ways and Means.
The engr„(T;J bill impo
sing a duty [of four cults
per lb.] on fagar refined
HOLD THE mirror up To NATurs— Shakespeare.
within the United State*,
was read a third time and
paflecC without debate, bj
the f< Rowing vote ;
F'or the bill 94
Againß it 63
The engrod'ed bill to es- |
tablilh the Office of Com
mitlioncr of the Revenue,
was read a third time and j
; paflkd without a divifiun.
The engroifed bill impo- 1
ling a duty on sales at auc- j
tionof merchandise, and es
(hips and vefiels. was read. |
[ This bill, impefes, af
ter the firft d.ty of January
next, upon all sales byway j
lof audtion, ©ne dollar fur
every hundred dollars of the
purchafc money arising from
the sale jf merchandize, and
twenty-five cents for every
hundred dollars of the pur
chase money arising fram j
(ales of (hips or vefi'els—the !
money to be paid by the
auctioneer out of the pro
ceeds of the fale.]
Ihe queßion on the pas
sage of the bill was decided
by the following vote ;
For the bill 102
Againß it 51
On motion of Mr. Mibb,
the Iloufe then again resol
ved itfclf into a committee i
of the whole on the leveral
bills for laying internal du -
ties, Mr. Nelson, in the
chair; and the bill laying
duties on carriages for the
conveyance of persons was
firlt taken up.
After considerable debate,
the bill was reported to the
Houle with amendments,
and, having been further a
i»ended, the bill was order
ed to be engrofTcd for a third
reading.
Chef ape ake and Shannon.
Salem, June 30.
Capt. John Upton, late!
coimnanuer of the privateer
Colfack, of this port, arri
ved at Bo Ron on Monday,
in the brig Vidtory, a licen
led veil'd from Liverpool,
N. S. Capt. U. left Mali- j
fax on the 29th in*? The J
hng Potcupinc from France
had arrived at Halifax. Cap.
Brooke was recovering
From Cipt Upton we leant !
(wJut hos before been ru- (
inured) that the conduct of
the enemy on board the
Cnefapeake, after her cap
ture, was tuch as would j
dug race even his Mdc Ry’s
rcu ail.es of the witdernef*.
Capt. Upton boarded at the j
fame house with the surviv
ing naidfhipmen an 1 other l
officers of the Chesapeake, •
and from them fie learnt the ’
following particalars-7*
After tne enemy had com- !
pltte poffedion of the (hip, ,
and the uicn were ordered j
from the tops, Mr. Berry a
midlhipman, who com nan
rTea tin* mizen top, ha i g.,t,
lulf way down the mizen-
Ihrouds, to surrender him
le*f as prifoncr, when tvv©
lai:rocs rushed up and leized
him 6y the collar, attempt
ed to throw him overboard,
but he got within th*
shrouds, when they Tc ize(i I
kirn by the heel?, and pit-1
1 ciied him on to the deck ! I
l Being (fanned by the fall, 1
he lay lcnfelef*, when h«
j came to, he was cut over!
; the head with a cutlass, j
which nearly terminated his
lexißence.
Mr. Livingßon, another
midlhipman, alter receiving
a musket ball throu 4h his
body, was run through his
body three times, notwith
| Handing his repeated cries
lor quarter (and after the
1 enemy had polfelfion of the
lhip!) —he lived long c
naugh to express his indig
nation at tne brutality of his
enemies, and expired in a
few htturs.
Three men were killed in
the hold, after the capture
of the (htp ; and they even
fired into the cockpit among
the wouuded and thedying !
Eleven of the Chefapeake’i
officers were confined in a
Rnall place, nine feet by 6
with a guard at the door,
till their arrival ar Flalifax,
and only one or two per
mitted to cotne out at a time.
Men were (hot at in coming
down out of the tops to sur
render themfeives ; 6c other
in fiances of barbarity took
place difgraceful to a civili
zed people. Capt. Upton!
was particularly requeued
by the lurviving mid (hi paten
to mdke these fails known
to the public ; and when
they return to their country
they will undoubtedly give
a full 6c authentic Hatement
i of thele horrid tranfadions.
The coaJuit on board the 1
; Ciiefapeake alter capture, is 1
1 a contrail to the generous!
behaviour of our ffiips in ;
fucli (huations. We hope j
j that ourbjave seamen will
i llili fcoru to imitate savages.
From the Wejlern Spy.
A letter from which the
| following is an extrail fell
I into the hands of an acquain
tance who has politely han-1
ded us an extradt from it !
for publication, fuppofi-ig
Jas ic certainly will) be read
with great intereß by every
American, as being the lad
letter ever written by one of
the moll gallant general* in
,our ar ny, who fell glorioul
ly at the head of his column
at the reduction of York |
Heaven w,is certainly pro-!
pitious to his prayer, for by |
his gallantry he Ins “ turn - \
rd the scale of the war, and l
Jlept in the arms of victory ,**
Ext raft rs a letter from tie ,
late General Pike, to bn'
n _ 1 ~ri —i mm
Father, written at B'rwnffi
vilie near Sticket's ifArbor*
the day % before the Exp edition
Jet out Jt m the latter place,
in which that valuable offi
cer hji bis life,
** I embark to-morrow in
the fleet it Sacket’s Harbor
Jat tbs head of a column of
1 15 *0 chice troops, on a fe-
Jcret expedition —Jf fucceis
atfcfid my step«, honor and
: 4>l°ry await my name —it
! defeat, rhj! (hall i i be Hid
wc died like brave men ; he
conferred hoiV*r, even in
death, ow the rlmerle an net me,
“ Should I be the bappj'
mortal defined to turn the
fate ot war—will not ywd
rejoice, O my Father !—May-
Heaven be propitious and
smile 0,1 the raufo of my
country But if we arc des
tined to fall, may my fall
be like Wolfs —to deep iA
| the arms of vhTory.”
i. rl
Boston, July j'.
Arrived fliip Frederick
; Augudu*, Eld red 8 day)
| from Halifax, in
i Spoke nothing and saw nQ
cruifcrs, No vessels had
, been sent in there lince ths
Potcuptne. Sailed in com
pany with La lloge 74^
; bound on a cruise in B#ftor|
| Bay ; as captain Eldrcd un-
I dc,ftood—PalTengcrs, Lieut,
William C. Cox, Surgeon
B. C. Edgar, Chaplain Sam*
uel Livermore, surgeon j|
mate William Swift, mid
shipmen William A. Wea
| ver, William Berry, anq
i Francis Nichols; and'ss
fcarntn, late of the Chela
peakc frigate ; and 16 others
;of different vellcls sent i.n
there, at different times-r
--total 76 —the odiccrs inform
us, that the privateer Young
Feazer, captain Dobfon, pi
New York, had declared
j Halifax in a (late of Block
j adc— and that captain Dob
! son had sent in a challenge to
captain Capel of La Hbg®
74 —Two days before, the
Young Teazer was chafed
into Halifax, by the sir
John She. hrooke—when iq
llde the Light House fhc
lioiflcd Bittifh colors o?cr
the American, and waicha
led nearly up to the Fort*—
| The garrison on feeing the
cclors thus hoirted, had
no suspicion of her, and ac
cordingly made signals it>
the town that a prize
corning in The Sir John
Sherbrooke, on feeing the
Fort nuke signals, hjve 3-
, bout and flood out on her
cruize immediately aftpr
! her being out of sig hr, fhet
| Young feazerdowu ii ighlh
! and tip with A nertcan co
! lors only, and went out un
| mole del.
Tnere had not been any
arriv \> from England up to
the ; uic.
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