Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-16

the necessity that some decision should be ad
without farther DELAY upon that bill, inasmuch,
as the Comm, ,sioners had suspended all fur,
Their proceedings until The PLEASURE of Congress
upon that subject should be known,
| This motion was opposed and deba'e arose
upon il. which lasted till the hour for consid>
| ing resolutions had elapsed & tn. House then
proceeded to The Orders Of the Day, & resum-
ed the consideration Of
THE TARIFF BILL.
MIR. Wolf moved to amend the bill by adj
ding thereto a sixth section, in the words fol-
lowinp.
"SEc. s. And be ii eaaeied, Thai, from and af-
ter the rhir,ie,h day Of June. one thousand eigh,
hundred and twenty e'Eht' there snail Dr. levied
collected, anl paid, in lieu Of the duties now
imposed BY law, on all imported roofing states,
not exceeding IL inches in length, bv six in
ches in width, four dollars per ton; on all such
states, exceeding twelve, and not exceeding
fourteen inches in length, Ave dollars per ton;
on all slales exceeding fourteen inches, and not
exceeding sixteen inches in length, six dollars
per ton; on all states exceeding sixteen inches,
and not eighteen inches, seven dollars per ton;
on all s'aes exceeding eighteen inches, s. not
exceeding twenty inches IN irnSlh, eight dol.
lars per ton; on slares exceeding twenty and
not exceeding twen'y-lour inches, nine do,
lars per ton; and on all s'a'es exceeding twenty
| four inches, ten dollars pSr ton. And that, in
lieu Of the present dnllrs, there be levied, COLI
! leclrd. and paid duty of lhrIy-lhiee AMI
| third per ccn,um advaorem, Oh ali imported
cvphering States"
MIR Halle then moved TO amend TIE amend
| men; O! Mr. Wolf, by adding 10 it the follows
! ing clause:
| "On indigo, So per pound"
son castor oil, 81 per bottle"
! IJ,on This amendment, Of Mr.. Halle d con-
,idrr,b,. debate arose.
AIR Long then demanded. that the amend
mon, nr Mr. II die should ne divided. He was
| - - =, ,h l,y an ;rdi,n I'm, !, ry,r If
up''-sN Ill
Wv" I;,;J.I .cc,rd;,o1r .,1
! ~ ""n y" ..,. ,;,i,J'n','.,' r II;
..,I,,, ,.h;ck rel,i.d ,o c,stor oil AGAIN
'''', ,Ia ,so,,l..n or tho S,r,I >, eu,nnr, i
H., ,,,o;n ,n,.s
=! -. CaL,., ,oo,os,ed ria, III. gen,Je
~ ,,ora ,,,d..r,,, hut
ma" Wou'H '.'"' '"' u"': w., ,nas
"'' = - ~ ,,aiiI.d - Cal,
, "N." " VITA
IT,, u.o r.c,scd g.. ,l,,t Mr. Halle,
w ~,
AMI n ~. ,, .ed H.. .,e,dmcut
WI h'', "'' 49, A. HI, h.,l ,,,hdraw,
y" I"'' o'r ', sr1r IF !, -,
a;I a." Nina ,,h.n he oncs,;on heinz NM.
:, r.s dscidrd ~ the NEGATIVE
m w., ", ,'ia ~ WV .s',rr,d ~, fine ,mend-
| o,, r. Nr \VoIr Iari,o = durv ON imDort.
.i'."' v, wi 0''' "''S
ill., J,,;,.a II, o,,;,,s,,s =, large.
'a' ~ - ar,n,dr,,mt .,,,,nc ,b, nre :
l" W ''' 'h',anaa ,T. ,,lI,rss and
.an,,,;n,. e IN, m,rkrI. the abuudap, GUAM
,i,v. AMI good quality Of our own native slate,
and The pronrie,y of it. being protected; when
The question being taken, the amendment was
adopted, bv Yeas and NAYS, as follows, Yeas
lo3. NAYS 90
MI. Gnrham now moved to amend the bill
in tn. claus with reads son sail duck, nice cts.
the square yard," ~ inserting the words tex
ccpt ravens duck" He went into an eAplana-
,ion of the ditft renee between ravens duck and
othcr sail duck, stating is ligh'ness and t-xi-
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