Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-05-22
CGNGR ESS.
IN SENATE....M May l9.

~ SEN A IE..May l9.
Mr. Lloyd, of Mass. from the COM
mittee appointed to confer with com
mittee on the part of the House of Re-
presentatives, On the subject OF che dis
asreemea Ut of the two Houses, in rels.
ton 60 two amendments to the bill, to
amend the ssv eral acts for imposing du
,ies on imports submitted . report, in
which il recommended the adoption of
tee following proposition:
|. That the House of Representatives
do recede from ito disagreement to the
third amendment of the Senate, and do
agree 10 The same with the following q.
mesdment; after ste word WOOL where
It first occurs in the proviso, strike out
the words, or of which wool shall be .
component part and insert Except
flsnnels and eaizes.'
2 That the Senate do recede from
60 much Of, lis sixteenth amendment, in
reference to the specific duty on Cot.
ton Bagg;ng, as is disagreed to by the
+ House Of Representatives; sDd that the
clause be modified, So as to read, On
Cotton Bagging, three cents and three
foorths of a cent per square yard
This report was accepted by the Sc.
nate, without division. By the frat
proposition the proviso in question is
left as follows: .Prouided. That on all
mapufactures of wool, except fanmeiS
and baizes, the actual value of which,
at the place whence imported, shall not
exceed thirty-three and third cents
per square yard, shall be charged with
q duty of twenty-five per centuln sd va.
{! lorem.' Articles Of which wool 10 a
component part, together with flannsls
, and baizes, are thus made subject to
the same duties AZ are imposed by tho
bill on other manufactures o. wool By
the second proposition the specific duty
of four and half cents per square yard
on cotton bagging, q. it originally
stood in the bill, 10 rsducsd to three
cents and three fourths of cent.
The resolution submitted on Monday
last, by Mr.. Lloyd. Of Mac requesting
the President of the u. States to cause
"a report from the Secretary OF the
Treasury to be laid before the Senate,
| at tho commencement Of the next ses.
sion of Congress. showing the amount
of duties which shall have accrued on
importatious into the U. States, for the
shree quarters of year, ending June
so. 1924: also, the amount of duties
which would have accrued on the Same
importations a. such higher rates Of du.
ty as may be imposed by any act of the
present session of Congress, was again
read Tor consideration. Mr.. L. very
briefly explained his views, 10 its intro.
duction; aud the resolution was agreed
to by the Senate.
On motion of Mr.. Talbot, tho bill
from the House Of Representatives, to
improve the navigation of the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers, was taken up for
consideration, in committee of the
whole, MIR. Barbour in the chair.-
Messrs. Brown, and johnson, of Ken.
lucky, explained the objects of this
bill, and It's importance to the Western
States.
Mr.. Benton moved to amend the bill,
by inserting the following words: and
of the Missouri River, 10 the state Of
Missouri This amendment was ..
greed to.
The bill was then reported to the So.
nate, as amended. Messrs. Noble and
Talbot opposed the amend ment agreed
to 10 committee of the whole: and Mr..
Benton spoke in favor Of it. The q.
ment wat not concurred in.
Mr.. Chandler then moved to amend
the bill, inserting the following clause;
'and, also, for removing the ssad bare,
and other obstructions, from the Ken.
nebeck river, between Norridgswock
and Gardiner, in the state of Maine:
and, likewise, fromtbe Psnobscot. river
In introducing this amendment, Mr.
Chandler said, that his objec. WAS to -
certain whether gentlemen, who were
in favor Of internal improvement, wore
disposed to distribute the advs IMAGES of
those improvements with any degree of