Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-05-04
IN SENATE-MayI.

The several standing committees report
ed, without amendment, several bills from
the other House, upon private claims.
Sixteen other bills from the House OF
Representatives, upon private claims,
were twice read. and referred to their APP
proprate committees.
The following resolution, submitted on
Thursday last by Mr.. Benton, was read
for consideration and agreed to-
Resolved, That the Committee on Pub
lie Lands be instructed TO inquire into the
expediency OF authorising the President of
the United States to Cause to be selected +,
in separate parcels, or in sections, as much
land as will amount 10 two of the town
sbps here otore granted by Congress 10
the state of Missouri Tor the support Of se-
minaries Of learning;
Also to inquire into the expediency OF
granting to the town of ST. LOUIS, and 10
other towns and villages in the state of
Missouri, Tor The support OF schools, the
lots and pieces of ground within such tow ms
and villages which may have been hereto
fore reserved for military purposes and
not now needed for such use.'
THE TARIFF
The bill from the House Of Representa-
tives, TO amend the several acts for i'm
posing duties on imports, was again taken
up for consideration in committee OF the
whole, Mr.. King, OF Alab. in the chair.
Just previous to the bill being ordered
to lie on the table, yesterday, Mr.. Holmes
OF Maine, had moved TO amend il by ex.
cepting sRussid, Hollands, and Ravens
Duck, and Russia Sheetings' from the duty
of 25 per cent levied on either cotton, silk
fax, or bempen fabrics; and Mr.. Barbour
had moved to amend the amendment by
adding to it as another exception, Ger
man linens
Mr.. Barbour now varied his motion, by
Withdrawing the words German linens,
and proposing TO add to the exceptions,
'Oznaburg,, Ticklenburgs, and Burlaps.'
This motion was advocated by the mover,
by Messrs. Hayne, Smith, Branch, Mills.
H. johnson, OF Lou. Macon, Holmes, of
Maine. Van Dyke, and Taylor, of Vir -
and opposed BY Msssrs. Dickerson, D.
Wolf, Talbot, and Johnson, of Ken. 1t
was argued, in behalf of this amendment,
that the manufacture OF the article had ne
| YER been attempted in this country; that it
was an article of the first necessity, for
clolbiag for the poorer classes Of the COM
mun.y, and Tor servants, and tor these
reasons, was not an object of heavy taxa
ton. On the other hand. it was contend
ed that goods OF similar kind, though not
known by the same name, were manuiac-
tured in this coun'ry-and. being an arti-
Gle of necessity it. manufacture ought TO
be encouraged, in order 10 render US indie
pendent, for the necessaries OF life, OF o.
Their countries.
The question upon amending the amend
ment, as proposed by Mr.. Barbour, was
then pat, and deciS I'd in the negative
Yeas %, Nays "a.
So the amendment to the the amend
ment was lost.
The question was then upon amending
the bill, so as to except Russia Duck,
Holland and Ravens Duck, Russia Sheet
ings,' from the duty OF twenty-five per
cent. which il is contemplated to impose
on manufactures OF cotton, silk, fax or
hemp. Mr., Lloyd, of Mass. advocated
this amendment. MIR. Barbour then NOV
ed an adjournment, and
The Senate adjourned.