The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-05-21
EIV ENTIETH CONGRESS-,
FIRST SESSION.
FRIpAY. MAY @

FRIDAY, May 9.
SENATE, The consideration of the Tariff
Bill was resumed. The amendment striking
out the third section was advocated at creai
length by Mr.. Webster, who confined his re-
marks chiefly to the hemp duty, and to the eff
feet Of the bill on woolen manufactures. AS
substitute for the hemp duty, he proposed that
the Navy Department should be required TO
purchase, for the use of The Navy. American
wafer rotted hemp, when it could be obtained of
suitable quality. at an advance of 20 per cent
on the current market price. After long de-
bate, the motion was rejected-l0 to 36. MIR.
Benton offered an amendment imposing a duty
on indigo
HOUSE. The bill to authorize subscrip-
ton to the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, was passed by vote of lO7 to
II. The bill to abolish the Office Of Major Gen
eral was laid on the table. Various private bills
were acted on.
SATURDAY, May TO-
SENATE The resolution from the other
House, fixing the 18th Of MAY as the day for
the adjournment of Congress, was considered
and coneurred in. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal bill was read a second time, and referred
to the Committee on Roads aud Canals The
Tariff bill was resumed, and after a long dis
cusson, an amendment, imposing duty on in
digo, was adopted
HOUSE. The House of Representatives
were occupied in the consideration of private
bills. new member was added to the Select
Committee on the assault, on motion Of Mr..
McDuffie, in the room of Mr.. Oakley.
MONDAY, May 70.
SENATE The Tariff bill was again taken
up An amendment offered on Saturday by
Mr. Benton, which was intended to prohibit the
lmportations of woollens after June 1889. was
cd Rauto,, 1
amendments, all of which were rejected.
Mr.. Woodbury. moved to insert & on all man
ufactures ofsilk, from beyond the Cape of Good
Hope, SU per cent. and all manufactures of silk
from countries this side of the Cape, 30 per cent
ad valorem. The duty to commence the first Of
June, 1929" This amendment was adopted
without a division. II adds } per cent to the
duty Of all East India Silks, while it leaves
those of Europe under the present duty.
Mr.. Smith Of Nd, moved to strike out the
30th of June, and insert the first of September,
in the FIRST section, as the day when the duty
on iron shall go into operation, which was
adopted-Ycas q, Nays %. Several ineffec
tual attempts to amend the bill were made
The bill as amended was thenurdered to third
reading by the following vote -
YEAS Messrs. Barnard, Burton, Bateman,
Benton, Bouligny, Chase, Dickerson, Eaton.
Foot, Harrison, Hendricks, Johnson of XIV.
Kane, Knight, McLane, Marks, Noble, Ridgley,
Rowan, Ruggles Sanford, Seymour, Thomas
Van Buren,, Webster, Willey.-26.
NAYS Messrs Berrian, Branch, Chambers.
Chandler, Cobb, Ellis, Hayne, Johnston Of
Lou, King, Mckinley, Macon Parras, Rob-
BINS 5a SiIsoee, Smith of s. c., Tazewell, Tyler,
White, Williams, Woodbury.-2I.
lin this vote it will be seen that the states of
Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio.
Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, voted for the
bin, and Maine, New Hampshire, Maryland.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama against il
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Tennessee and
Louisiana gaze divided vote All.the Sena-
tors except Bell, Of New Hampshire, who has
gone hoinc, were in their seats. Mr.. Bell would
probably have voted for the bill. and tins tLe
vote Of New Hampshire would have been divid.
ed also
HOUSE. Mr. Tracy, Of N. Y, offered ,be
Memorial Of the delegates assembled at L.
Roy, in the county Of Genesee, and State Of
Now York, to take into consideration the kid.