Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-05-14

I Johnston, Of Lou. Kane, King, Knight, M'Kinley
M'Lane, Macon, Paris, kidgey, Rowan, Silsbee
Smith. Of Maryland, Smith, Of South Carolina
Tazewell, Tyler, White, Williams, Woodbury.
Mr., Robbins moved an adjournment, which was
negatived.
IA message received from the other House,
informing the Senate, that they had insisted their
disagreement to the amendments Of the Senate to the
bill to provide for Internal improvements and re-
quesng that Committee Of conference be appoint
ed to meet Committee on the part Of the House.
Mr.. Dickerson further moved to amend the bill
(Tarif) by inserting at the end Of the 18th line OF
the lst section, "on sail duck, one half cent per
square yard, per annum, until it shall amount to IL
l-2 cents.'
Mr.. Silsbee moved to amend the amendment by
inserting after the words 'sail duck" the words,
"except ravens duck" If so amended, Mr.. S. said
he would vote for the amendment; otherwise he
could not.
The Chair decided that tho motion of Mr.. Silsbee
was not in order.
The question being then taken on Mr.. Dickerson's S
motion, it decided in the affirmative, by the
following vote:
YEAS.-Messrs. Barnard, Barton, Batcman,
Benton Berrien, Bouligny, Cobb, Dickerson, Eaton,
Ellis. Harrison, Iiayne, Hendricks, johnson. of
Kentucky, Kane, King, Mckinley, Marks, Noble,
Rowan, Ruggles, Sanford, Smith, of S. Car. Taze-
well, Thomas, Van Buren,, White, Williams
%.
NAYS.-Messrs. Branch, Chandler, Foot. John
ston, Of Lou. knight, McLane, Macon, Paris,
Ridgely, Robbins, Seymour, Silsbee, Smith Of Md.
Tyler, Webster, Wiley, Woodbury.-l7.
MIR. Sanford moved to amend by striking out the
last clause Of the 4th section, allowing drawback
on cordage manufactured from foreign hemp.
This motion, having been slightly discussed by
Messrs. Sanford, Webster, and Dckerson, was
agreed TO without division.
Mr.. Paris moved to strike out that portion Of
the 4th section which provides that "no drawback
ka
factured from molasses."
On this motion long and animated discussion
took place, in which Messrs. Paris, Smith, OF
Maryland, Webster, Silsbee, Sanford, Eaton, Foot,
Rowan, Harrison, and Benton, participated.
before any question was taken, on motion oil Mr..
Marks, the Senate adjourned.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Messrs. McLane,
Tazewell and Sanford, were appointed a Committee
Of Conference on the part ofthe Senate, to meet a
like committee from the House Of Representatives,
:he subject of the disagreement of the Houses
upon the amendments Of the Senate to the Internal
improvement bill.
The Tariff Bill was then taken up the unfnsh-
ed business, the question being the amendment
offered by Mr.. Paris, to retain the drawback on
spirits distilled in this country, from articles brought
from abroad. On this question, Messrs. Marks, Ma
con, Van Buren,, Webster, Branch, Barnard, Wood
bury, Smith, of Nd. and Rowan, took part. The
question being then taken, it decided in the ne
gaive, by the following vote:
YEAS-Mcssrs. Barton, Bateman, Chandler,
Chase, Dickcrson, Foot, Harrison, Hendricks,
knight, Marks, Noble, Paris, Robbins, Ruegles,
Sanford, Seymour, Silsbce, Thomas, Webster, Will
ley, Woodbury., q.
NAYS-Messrs. Barnard, Benton, Bcrrien, Bou-
lgny, Branch, Cobb, Eaton, Ellis, Hayne. Johnson,
of Ky. johnson, OF Lou. Kane, King, Mckinley,
McLanc, Macon, Ridgely, Rowan, Smith, of Md.
Smith, of $. G. Tazewel, Tyler, Van Buren, White,
Williams, 25.
A motion by Mr.. Robbins to amend the bill by
striking the proposed duty Of 10 cents per gall
lon molasses, was negatived by exactly the same
vote.
Mr.. Smith. Of Md. moved further to amend the bill
by striking out the duty shcathng copper: Before
the question was taken, on motion Of Mr.. Webster,
the Senate adjourned.
Joint resolution passed the House Of Represen-
tativcs by sufficiently large majority, proposing TO
terminate the present Session Of Congress Monday
the 26th inst In the Senate the resolution, on its
arrival, was ordered to lie the table (; which we
consider to be indicative Of decided disposition in
majority of the Senate to act, before adjournment
upon the Tariff Bill, and we hopo, also, upon some
other of the many important bills the docket OF the
House Of Representatives.
The bills concerning the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal passed. through committee Of the whole
in the House Of Representatives, with some other
important bills, and the least consequential Of the
three bills that subject was ordered to be engross
ed for a third reading.