Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-05-22

Ni-Ht Oh ubt western waters. - tsir
E.HcnN'y instance had recently occurred
So. New York; the sensation pr, !ueel
/, ~ news al which, ia this House, bad
49, /. ~ subsidized
The resolution was advocated by
-srs.Poiasett. McKim, buchanan, and
Stiisid, MIR. Lincoln and Foot, OF Con.
Wished the resolution extended, SD as TO
bit an Improper material inr tue con-
5 action ef boilers in steam engines.
.lr. Abbot thought the session too far
: laced 10 admit OF the prup.r time 10
y ',use Law on this subject. II required
N.Jcn research and practical information.
,e resolution was adopted.
80. Cook offered the following joint re-
sutton, which was twice read, and, on
notion of Mr. P. P. Barbour, was laid OH
lrp table.
ilesoipsd. &c. That the several states
tY..'ch have been admitted into the Union,
.irr any compact prolnhiiing such
sl.'ps from levying and collecting a tax
un and Tor i've years next succeeding the
sale Of such land by the United States, be,
90 they are hereby severaliy authorised,
,-never they may deem u expi dienl,
- subject all lands hereafter sold by The
suiieh States, within their respective H..
MS, 10 The same tax that they may levy
and collect on lands not subject to he
lrnyisions OF such conpacts
Mr.. Stewart offered the following which
IS one day:
'Resoiued, That ,be President OF the U
states be requested 10 cause 10 be connu-
r,cated 70 this House any report that may
hAve been made by The superintendent OF
Inc Cumberland Road, shelving the man
ter iG which the appropriation made du-
ring the last session Of Congress tor the
preservation and repair ot The said road
aas been expended
TARIFF BILL.
The report ofthe Committee Of Comic
renee 10 relation TO Amendments 10 the
Tariff Bill, was read again.
Mr. Taylor moved that the House con-
cur with the report OF the Committee, and
asked Tor the ayes and noes, which were
ordered
Mr.. FORSYTH made motion, pTefaced
Oy some general observations Oh the cha
lIcler OF The bill, (which ne maintained
Wa, as ameDled, no longer bh! In pro-
;ect manufactures, bu; Ciere!y 20 increase
3,e revenJe,) to postpone indefinitely its
farther c0nsds re,lol, nd asked he yeas
aud nays on mat question. wa,cD were
ordered By hi hose
The aues,iva oa niehnite postpone.
ineni was .akra, oy yeas anu nays, and
decided as follows: Tess7O, Nays l20,
Alter few remarks from Mr. Trimble,
m reply to tboseof Mr, Forsyth, the .ques.
ton was taken on concurrng with the re-
port of the Committee OF Conference, and
recided by yeas and nays, as follows
Yeas l26, Nays s.
So the report Of The Committee Of Con.
ieTence was agreed TO
On motion OF Mr.. P. P. Barbour, the
House again took up the bill tor estsb'
llsoing territorial government, IN Fior-
da
Mr.. Call moved to all the blank for the
ssisry of the Judge OF the Superior Court
with 200o dollars.
Mr.. Taylor opposed tbe motion for 9OoO
dJliars, aud moved u Gil the olauk With
$500 dollars.
rhis amendment vas opposed by Mr..
Call aud Mr. Barbour, and carried-Yeas
81, Nays So.
Mr. Taylor offered farther amend
,neot. TO strike out D5oo as the salary OF
Ina District Attorney, and insert, the
same salary as is provided by law tor the
District Attorney ct the state OF kentuc.
Ky The motion was decided by Yeas
md NAYS as iollows-Yeas II, Nays sc.
Mr.. Call offered an amendment 10 the
tour,b section OF the bill, which was adopt.
ell, and the bill, Is amended, was order.
ed 10 third reading. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The Senate
having concurred 10 fixing on the eth inst
- the day for terminating the present ses.
sIon Ut Congress, the adjournment will
tAGe place accordingly OIL this day week.
National jnssll,ssscer.
The bill for a revision of the Tariff Du-
Ties Oh Imports has at length passed both
signature Of the President to become a
law. That signature, there is no reason to
doubt. IL will receive. and il may be spo-
Ken o., by anticipation, as the law OF The
land.
Upon the passage Of this act we have
little room ~ comment. II is not the bill
originally reported, its very nature being
essentially changed by The amendments
which. in its progress to maturity, it has
undergone in both Houses. aud particular
iy in the Senate. As it now stands, II has
>ome good features, and few Objectionable
ones. Ii augnents toe duties on many ar.
tcles, but not 10 such an amount as to
make them probibitory, or oppressive in
their operation. The objection to the Prin-
ciple Of ,be bill in the Southern country, 4
IN sou.e OF the commercial districts, will still
nave their original force; but those which
are founded on apprehensions OF its Prac
teal operation will not, we think, be
realized.
As the duties are NOT so far increased as
10 amount to prohibition, the effect OF the