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nve ‘tii'w rß?bmefi tn foe Treasury, Tfopartmeut, to whieh, sc far the superin. ifondant U aredaotabfeo Tfce accounts of the agenit* of the government for the sever al irtb s ie amity with us, are still return. *d, and settled in tbe War Department. From the payment of annuities to the v si was Indian tribes ‘within (he Xf. States, a new sperie* of Jurisprudence has sprung up, which operates as a heavy tax iipaa the time of the Secretary of War. Aii losses of property fry American citi z°ns from the robberies, thefts, and depre dations of those tribe*, are to be remunera ted out of the &nmmieg payable to them. ‘Fhe evidence in all those eases, is extraju dicial, and requires the examination and ap probation of the Secretary before remuner ation can ha mads. The presents whfoh are mode to them, the afiowanres to artifi cers settled among them by the govern ment ; in fact every disbursement of money connected With the Indian departments, ex cept in the prosecution of trade with them, lias to receive the special a motion of rhe head cf this department. The duties in eumbent on officer* resulting from tfia control of the Indian department are So multifarious, so impossible to be reduced [ within general regulations,llrat a consider-! alio portion cf his time is necessarily devo ted to them. The organization of the accountant’s of fice is sneh as to render it impossible for that officer by any human exertion, prompt ly to despatch the business whit b has been accumulating from year to year Until tie mass has become so imposing as to render Xhe legislative aid indispensably necessary to correct ifce evil. The creation of a separate and indepen dent depar'm.*nt, to which a.'i the Indian aecouats, including those which are settled in the'accounttnfs office, will not supersede t*■•■■ necessity of modifications in ni- of that oflfice.-i.The changes wta b are deem ed necessary to ensure the prompt settlement ol the accounts of tho War l)e ---p irtmeiit,’ are respectfully submitted to the on ate in paper marked A. Z. If anew department be formed, hi nth of \h* miscellaneous duties now belonging to the Department of State, might to be trans ferred to it. The changes which ought to te made, in this regard, will obtrude them yrlves opon the attention of the Senat* whenever the subject shall be considered. It is believed that at the present moment plan can be devised for cat rying on the Indian trade,that will frs equally advanta -genusto the Indians, although it may b wsore economical to the public. This opin ion is founded in a considerable degree, up © the ff\M, that those who have a compe tent knowledge of the manner in which this trade must bn prosecuted, to be successful, are destitute of the capital necessary for tthe proseemian to the extent demanded by the wants of ha Indians. The capital of those parts of the union where those par sons are to be found ie not sufficient for the purpose of commerce among themselves. It is exposed to no risks k tha profit is great, (Consequently it will not be employed in commerce with the Indians. The risks to which e-Hpital will be subject, when placed an the hands of these enterprising traders, as vvell fern their casual want of integrity as from the robberies and thefts of the Indians, will prevent the capitalists of the commer cial cities from supplying them with the ■means of ensr iging in this commerce. The proposition to establish a depot at sow p lint about the mouth cf the Missouri, for the purpose cf supplying those who will be ableto give sufficient security, with such an amount of goods ns will enable them to prosecute the trade to advantage, will in • aeries of years, produce a number of persons skilled intbemanner ofVarrying it unsuccess fully, and creates capital in their hand which will be probably continued in that (Channel, and eventually justify the govern ment in leaving it under judicious regnlati •ots, which experience will not fail to gyg. jest, entirely to individual enterprise* These views are substantially founded upon the conviction, that it is the true poli cy aud earnest desire of the government to draw its savage neighbors within the p^le of civilization, li lain mistaken in this point—if the primary object of the guvern rueut is to extinguish the Indian title, und settle their lauds as rapidly as possible, then commerce with them ought to be en tirely abandoned to individual enterprize, aud withont regulation. The result would ho . ontiuual warfare, attended by the exter urination or expulsion of the aborigiua! it - hehitant* of the country, to more distant & lifts hospitable regions The correctness of tUiw polity cannot, fora moment, be ad init'ed. The utter extinction of the Indian iu- t, nvuct lc abhorrent to the feelings of an cui.ghtencd end benevolent nation. Tlie i d a is directly upposul to every aet of the g >veri.iti'u, (Voin the declaration ofirnle p *ndcti( 3, to the present day. IHbe system Hiready devised, has not produced ail the el” ivji w Irish were expected from it, new ex f> ri.'heuts (client to be made. When everv effort to iatrodnee among them ideas ofsepe tfa*c property, as weil ia things real as per loifol, shall fail, let intermarriegett between th in und the whiter, be encouraged by the tyjvtwuiuuut. ‘Fine caauuet fail to pnetrve l (lie race, wxlh the iriodtficbfioits neceusarx to (he enjoyment of civil liberty and socib happiness. It is believed, that the prinoi pies of humanity in this ioatanre, are i;i bar ! umnious concert with the ffrne interests ol Hie nation. li.V/ill re<k>uud tnoie to (he na tional liopflT, toTororporate, by a benevolent pelf y, ihe native* of our fores s ,in the great American iVihify <of freemen. : font* to rsefeve with op' 1 © arms, the fugitives of the old world, whether their flight has liecn rfie eil'eet of tltair crimes or their vir tues. I have ti e Imnor to he, respectfully, your most obedient and humble servant. Wm H CRAWFORD. Mon. John Gailiapi!,President pro cam. of the Senate of the U. States. STi LL, £ AX, AN ACT to abolish the existing dafieil on spirits distilled within tl e United States, i and to lay other duties, ii? lieu of those at: present imposed, on licenses to distillers of spirit nous liquors. he it evade bij the Senate and House cf .Representative's of the United States of Amer ic tin Congress assembled. That from aid after the thirtieth day of June next, the. aet entitled “ An act to provide addition*!’ revenues for defraying the expenses of t.ov-| erament, and maiataining the public credit,! by | ’ving duties on epir ts distilled within i the Un.ted States and territories thereof, and by amending the .et, laying duties on licenses to distillers of spirituous I qtiors, passed the twenty first dtyy of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, shall cease and deteimiue, excepting inso much as the same is applicable to the duty p yahfe for, licenses for stills or boilers granted previously to the first day of July next; Provided, That the provisions oi the aforesaid feet shall remain in full force and virtue, so far as they may reftte to the rendering of the accounts of spirits dis ille l previous to the recovery of all duties Kid by the sfaid aet, ihat iny hove accrued pre vioim thereto, and which shall then remain outstanding* ond ti the recovery, distribu* lion, and remission of fines, pen hies, and forft iiu;es 5 wh.cti may be incurred in rela ion to the said duties. Sko 2 And be it further enacted , Tha* every periton wo, alter 3**tri day ol dune next,shali b* s the owner of eny still or stills, or other impleni'ius in lieu of stills, used for the purpose of distilling spirituous I qiors.or whoshuit have such still orstills, or iftifdenieuts as efosesfild, under Hs su periutendenee, cither as aigeot for the owner or on I is eceonpt, and ftr tvhi h alicensol extending bey bud so ld day shud not have been previously obtained, and every person who, having so h license, shall after its ex-j pirntion, use or intend to any still or* stills, or implements as aforesaid, either ab owner, agent or otherwise, shall, before he shall begin to use sneh still or stills, or other implements in lieu thereof, for the purpose of distilling spirituous liquors, apply for, and obtain from the collector appointed by vir tue of the act entitled * An act, for the as* gessment and collection of direct taxes, and interna! duties,” for the collection district in which such person re-ides (or to the de puty of sueh collector duly authorized) a !i t use for using the said stiiis, or other ioi plemeuts es aforesaid ; which licenses re spectively shall be granted at the option of the proprietor or possessor of su h still or stiiis, lor any or eitlier of tFe terms men tion “-d in this act, upon the payment in mo ney by such proprietor or possessor of the duties payable on the said license or !iccn : ,t i according to the provisions of this set, if tin hftid duties upon such still or stilht, or other when added together, if there be more ihaa o.oe still or other impl** meat for distilling spirits, shall not exceed twenty d.-liars 5 and if they shall exceed twenty dollars, on such proprietor or pos sessor executing and delivering to the col lector, or to his deputy as aforesaid, a bond with two or more sureties,to the satisfaction of such collector or deputy, conditioned for the pay went of said duties at the end of twelve months after the expiration of the term for which such license or licenced, re peclively, shall have been granted. And he s s 1 bond shall be taken in the name of the U iled States of America, and in such fo’ tn. s shall be prescribed by the Trea *’ ry Depart ment. Aud Es any person shall, alter the s'.id thirtieth day of Msrch next, use or cause to bo ufled any Mil! or stills, or other implements as aforesaid, in distilling spirituous liquor*, or shall be the owner of, 1 or have under lys superintendence, either, as agentor otherwise, any still or stills, ori implements as aforesaid, whit-h shall, after the said day, have Lem used as aforesaid, without having a license therefor as afore said, continuing in forte for tho whole time, during which ike said still or stills or imple ments as aforesaid shall have been thus used, or who shall keep, dating any period for whicn a license has been granted to such per son, any still or boiler, or other implement liable to do duty in tlmir fixtures in a situa tion l'or use, without having first obtained c Ilieeuse for the saute agreeably to the pro vision* of this ac t, every such person shah forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dsl* iars, t’ other tyithcoubfe the amount of du ies wlii-d* WiHird have hem piA'aliV for the erm- duting which su’ U. slid or Mills, or implements as aforesaid, sb&H be tin s used, or kept in a situation for use, as sforesaid, had the ?aid s-ill or stills, or itnpleuienU as afores tid, been entered according u> ihepro* visions ofthis act, to he recoVered with cost* iifwt. Sko. 3. ‘Aiid be it,fprllier enacted, That if vny person sbalMkeep in or about his distil le*y any beer or ether liquor, prepared from grain, for the purpose of di-ftiilation, for more than which such peysOfif kI.cII not have obtained a license for distillation, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one linndred doliirs for eve ry u- > b rffenee. . Sfc 4. Ami be it further enacted , That the licenses aforesaid “halt and rny>e gran ted, for and during the following te ins ,or period*, and on the securing of payment *s aforesaid cf the duties Undermentioned, n m ly i j For a still or fet.il!s employed in dUftl!- ing spirits f oni domes*ir materials, a li.renatt for the employ® nt there of for and during the term of one week, four a half cents for eaeh g >}Jon * h eap-eily of eve ry such still, iaefml ng , iclmud bereof ; ior a ii -tnse for and during of two ! wetk*j nine cents fir eech g> ilou of ita ca pacity as a fores ■; id y for a licence for and j during the term < fore tuontii, t ighfeeu cents ] : for each gaHpn of rs erp^ijy sforesaid; j for a license iW: id d'uHngtJie term of Iwqi months, thirty s x cents gallon hfj its eapheity. ns v aforepaid ; for a Heeose for and during the le W(if three months, fiSiy four cents for each g lie.u of the c..piieity as aforesaid.; fir a Recpse for and during the term of four months, seventy-two cents for each gallon of i a eapa nty as aforesaid j for a license for five inontf s, ninety oeDtg for each gallon of its capacity as aforesaid: f*r a license for and during the term of sik months, one hundred and eight cents for i ach galku of its cppe.c.“.i?y ss aforesaid ; for a license for one year, two hundred and sixteen cents for each r*aJ!on of its capaci ty as aforesaul j” IVoufflVd, that there shall upon each still employed wholly in ‘he distillation of roots, but one half the rates of ( n>** sjsfovftneritioui and, accord'og to the capacity off such stitli - For a ball or s i! & mpploye'd indfc'illing spirits from foreign niaftai for a license j fur the enipliiyment thereof .far and du*in*l the term of one m *n'h. twenty-three een9 for each gallirm of the,'apathy of every such still, in‘lcding the head tiicreof; for aj iieense for and during the term of two) months, forty-six tents for each gallon off its capacity as aforesaid 5 for a license for and i tiiirinz the teriti of three m mths. sixty eight , cents for each gilion of its capacity as a ; foresii l ; for uiieense for ucd and * ingthe I term of four months niney cents for oa**h gallon of its capacity us aforesaid ; fora li cense for and during ihe term of six mmitlis, j ; one hundred and thirty-five cents for each! gallon of its capacity as afforesnid : for a li eanse for and dining Ihe term of eight months, one hundred and eighty centsVor each gallon of its eupaeiiy *s aforesaid ; for a license for one year two hundred and sev enty cents for each galieu of its capacity as aforesaid. i And for every boiler, however construct- 1 ed, employed for the purpose of generating ate&ui in those distilleries where wo< and n or other vessels are used instead of metal stills, and the action of steam is substituted for the smm°diftte application of fire to the materi als from which the spirit nous liquors are dis tilled,, fora license for the employment thereof, double the amount on each g .lion of the capacity of the said b W e<\ 1 icluding the head thereof, wM ii would be p yabfa for the eaid license if granted for the same term and for the employment on the same materials of a still or stills to the contents of which, being iSie rn derials ft < m whence thespiritueus liquor* are drawn, ateapplication of fire, timing the process of distillation in unde. | Seo a, And be it farther exacted, That it shall be the du v of the collectors, with in their respective difi'riMß, to grunt licen ses for distilling, which it cnees shall be marked with a mark denoting the rate of doty thereupon, and sh. ll be si. m and by the eemmissioner of the rev one, & being coun tersigned by the collector who shall issue the same, or cause the sabie to be issued, shall be granted to any person who shall desire the same, upon application in wri ting, and upon payment or se u ing of pay ment as aforea .id, of the sum or duly paya ble by this act, upon each license ntpared. ! Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That . the application in wtiling, to be made by e jny person applying for a license for distill ing as aforesaid, shill state the place or i places of distilling, the number aud contents of the still or stills, boiler or boilers, and , whether intended to distil spirituous liquors from foreign or domestic materials Ai dno , person having obtained a license in ore col lection district shall be required to ti ke rut an additional license in another district for the same still within the period of the firM license. And every person making a false statement in either of the said particulars-, or who shall distil spirituous I qtiors from materials other than those Mated in the Ap plication aforesaid, as well us the owner or snperiuteuduut df stay distillery, sliil oj Siiif*. with t Aspect to wFi Vsn f ment shall have been niadr, or •whh-1 shal be thus unlawfully employed, shall tartei and pay the aum of one luf ired >ndf ft dollars, to be reeovenul with cos's of snjts. £eo. 7. And be it further ‘enacted, Tb* every such eolle* tor, or hisdepiity fhorized under hfs he v ud and sc< I, yfiuH b> authorized pt any time any 0 place wKcr.. sny still, froiteT cr oilier v. sae used in (HsHlliition ts k*pt ot used v i'hii his collection district, fur il.t purpose of in speeling,examiringcr measuring-.(he s. me ond ihe oil er sfer*in. And 1 vet] i owner of Sueh itixii!lery, &til s cr Is i(2rs v o other vessels, or person lva*ne f r ope rial end ifiee ot* me n a j*( giewt of the srsie j who ahalf refure to f.d>it anCh • Sicerns a •Inrrsaid. or to suffer him to inspect, ex 03 iae ot nr aftirc the s;me, shall, for every ba !• refusal, forfeit and p y the suu of fiv j l.undre( } dollars. j Sec. ‘3 And be it further enacted, T’t-a* jin ceae's in whi h a license for siilN o! ! boilery, may have been crap ted for theii i eo-piOjmeiit, ac ording-to the present refei ref duty, for a period ‘cxietidii:? beyond ht thirtieth and yof jimc, one thout >ud eie’ .i l.Uiuir fi and nive*T, the peison Y o whom <le same may five been grv.n*esl'or trans ferred shall, on or be for'’ f l e •> id d.-y, pey or gaetire the p yr :-ot 4 in n, i.uv-r af rosy id of a sum qu ! to *u t pr )cr i t* us thr additional duty* hereby imposed oh for stiils and boilers as said p. riod * e.-. rs’ ts that for which the said Ifoensi’ whs gn.pfid the payment of whi. h 3Um eh tj be eudor sed by the eollector on said license, Aud it any stiil or boiler shall, after iho said thir ti’th day of June ; be employed iu iistlUhr spirituous liquors without the .Additional da ty having been previously paid or secured a> aforesaid, the owner, agent ~r superintend’ ant thereof shall forfeit and pry the sum of one hundred dollars, together with dom ble the amount of tf* said duties, Sko. ‘J. And he it farther enacted, Thai all the provisions of this aet, sh*'ll be deem’ ed to appiy to any still or boiler, or other vessel, used in distillation, which shall be employed in the rectifieation ts spirituous liquors. Syc. 10. And be it further enacted. That nnv license heretofore or hereafter gr-rujed for employing a still, boiler, or ober veastfs, in distil ling spirits fro mfireijn materiiils, sh .ll authorize the distilling spirits f, om (Umesiic materiais also. FEfc.il. And be it further enacted. That a deduction at ihe, ra‘c o'’eight centum, shall be made from (be our y 1 fora license to d'Srtil spirituous !iq,*ors. on tbo thereof at the huv? of‘ r ) t'le.Kig the same, whether the ’me he p.vyh’-fe’ on a etvdii or u ;t, according to tUe provisianaof this a t. Rkc. (2. Jind be. it farther enacted, That ib future it shall be lawful for the distiller or distillers of domestic ajArrtg, ■j.ad tfl persons from whose myfo rials such suirits shall he distilled, to sell without a liten-fc by retail, any quantity thereof, not less thaw one gillon. Seo. 13. Ard he it further enacted , That the several provisions of “ An act makim* farther provision for the collection of in ternal duties, snd for the appointmttjt and Compensation of assessors,” passed on th-* se .oud day of Adgusf, on* thousvnd eight hundred nbd thirteen, sh U, and are hereby and .flared to apply in full force to tha duties i id bv, an ! to be ed!footed noil r this act, the s'me as if su’h duties and this act were re and therein | which s id duties shall beiol! et: and by the same eolfeetofij in she same manner, for the ai m eomnnsi ioners, aad und >r the a me dire Minna, aa are there by established in re aUon to the other inter nal duties ; and oil the obligations, dutifoa and penalties th rehy imposed upon ( ollee lora, are hereby imoosr and upon the coiloctorii of the duties 1* id bv Ibis act. Sec 14 Jinib’ it further enacted , Thai! it shall b** the duty of the collectors afore said, in their respective districts, and they are hereby authorized to collect the duties imposed by this act, and to prosecute for the recovery of the same, nod for the reeov ery%of any anm or siiim which may be for* feitrd by virtue of ais act. And ail 3nss, penalties and forfei tires, with h shall be in* curred by force ol fids r.r-t, shall and mav he sued for and recovered in ts e name of tbs Uuited s‘a es, by hill, plaint, information or action o 4 ’ a- .t, one moiety thereof to ihn use of the United Stat, s, and the other moi ety thereof to the use of ti e person v.he, iff a collector, shall first discover, Iff otfe? then u collector, shall first inform off the cause, matter or thing, whoeby any fiwt’a fine, penalty or forfeiture, shall have been incorted, unless the bieaeli off this act, fir which eui h fine, penalty or forfeitura may be incurred, cannot be established without the testimony of such collector, or other formant, in which case the whole of such fine, finally ot ffoiftitu;eihall beta the use off the United States. “ //. cur, Speaker of ihe li< ue of Ilcpreefntrtives, J OILY (SULLA US), President if the Senate , pro fern*’ April 19,1816 JuM&S MMSOiY.