Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-16

directed 10 lay before this House detailed stat.
meut Of the several roads which have at anv
time been constructed by the Army Of the Upited
States. within any of the States or Terro,ie,
thereof, denotine therein tile termini and e,en.
o f the several roads, respectively: the period os
their construction; and their cost 10 tie United
States.
Cd. Resc,red. That the Secretary of War b,
directed TO communicate to this House the amoun,
of the several sums of money which NAV. at ,ny
time. have been allowed 20 the troops ef H.
United States on account of fatigue duty, dish
ouishinr the wear in Which any such allcwapro
NAV have been made, and, where prac,icahs
the nature of the duty performed.
MIR. Barrinser submitted the following rco
luton:
Resolred. That the Committee Of Ways and
Means be instructed to report bill reducing Tho
duty on bar iron. made by hammerins, TO tho
amount of dntv imposed by the law Of 1916.
Also TO reduce The dut, OH cotton bage,ng "a
two cents per square yard.
Also. to reduce the duty OH coarse vanilla.
goods costing less than so cenlsp square yardat
the place whence imported, to an ad yalcrem
duty of twenty FIVE pcr centum.
Also. 10 reduce the duty on coarse wool, co.t
ing less than ten ceuts per pound at the place
whence imported, tn an all valorem duty Of TWEEN.
u per cent.
A,a. to reduce the duty OH brown SUGAR IA
two cents Per pound.
Mr. Contiict demanded die question Of cops;.
dcrl,ion Oh this resolution; and Mr.. Finch call.
ed for the Yeas and Nays on the question. They
stood a. follows:
Anderson. Archer, Barhour. BarnweI, Barrinoer
Baylor, Bell J. Blair. Brodhesd. Cambrelens
Campbell. Carson. Chandler. Claiborne, CLAW
Coke, Conner, Craig Crocheron. Davenport
Warren r. DAVIS. Dcsha, De Witt, Draper
Drayton, Dudley. Foster. Gather, Gordon. Hail.
Hammons. HAYNES, Kinds. Holland, Jarvis. len.
nings. Cave Johnson. Lamar, Lea. Lent, Levi.
Loyal. Lumpkin, McDulfie. McIntire. Muck
oils, Patton. Polk. Potter. Rencher. Roane
WIN. X. Shepard. Aug. H. Shepherd, Sprisht.
Thompson, Tucker, Verplanck, Camp p. White
Williams. Wilson. &c.
NAYS-Nessrs. Angel. Armstrong. Arnold.
Bailey, Barber, Bates. Bcehman. John Blair.
Bockre. Boon, Borst, Browa. Buchanan. But
cr. Coulter, Cowlrs, Crane. Crawford. Grown.
Duncan, Dwight. Eager, EARL, Ellsworth.
George Evans, Joshua Evans, Horace Everett,
FindIay, Finch, Ford, Fry, Gilmore. Cor
ham, Grennel, GurIey, Hasev. Harvey, Iiaw-
kins, HemphiIl, Hodges. Hoffman, Howard
Hubbard, Hughes. Huntington. Inrir. irwin, Ir.
win. Rd. NJ. Johnson, Kendall. kcnnoD. Kincaid,
Pelslns King. Adam King, Leavit, Lccompc,
Lecher. Lyon. Magee. Mari. Martndae. Tho
mas Maxwell, Lewis Maxwell, MrCreery. Mer-
Ger, Miller, Mitchell. Mcneil, Muhlenhurg,
Over,on. Pearce, Pettis. Pierson, Ramsey. Reed,
Richardson. Rose, Russell, Sanford, Scott. Shields,
Sill, Smith, Ambrose Spencer. Sprigg. seri-
gere, Stephens. Storrs, Strong, Switzerland,
Swami, Swift, Taylor, John Thomson. Tracy,
Vance. Varnum, Vinton, Washington. Weeks,
Whittlesey, Ed. ID. White, Wlckiife. Yancv,
Young.-ll4.
So the House refused TO consider there solution.
The Speaker laid before the House letter
from James Monroe, late President Of the e
edStates, upon the subject of his claim Oh the 60
vernment Of the United States; which wa,c-
ferred TO the Committee of the whole House. to
which is referred the bill for his relief, reported
at The last session of Congress, and o. rrcI 10
he printed. On motion Of MIR. Ramsey,
The House then adjourned.
III SSh'iSHCu N''p''c wv >-'"'
mttee for the purchase of bo"ks for The Library
of Congress. on the part Of the House. W.
Messrs. Everett, Mass. VcrpIanck, and WAYNE.
-seae10~ MAJ. Int
The House yesterday, by avery algr n'aJoIl'
ity,refused TO consider resolution moved b, Mr..
Barringer, of North Carolina. proposing certain
specific reductions of the duties on Imports; AID
the day before Yesterday, by majority Of 10
votes, refused TO consider propo iUon q Mr.
Haynes, of Georgia, to enquire into the cSrt''en-
cy ofrepealing the duties on imported sugars
These votes certainly indicate an inLispasi'on to
20 into the subject Of the tarlfat the present mo-
ment. 1t must be borne in mind. however. iIat
the whole subject Of the Tariff has been referred
in the distribution of the parts Of the Presidents
Message, to the standing Committees Of Tie
H-nse. no less than three COMMITTEES being chIfs-
ed with il. viz: the Committee on Commercc.ihe
Committee on Agriculture. and the Commit"
on Manufactures. The refusal 10 consider these
propositions may be owing, in part. also, to W.
Willingness to enter upon the subject so early "a
The Session. Mr.. Barringer. indeed having made
hi, mstion TO embrace positive propo'l''on- ana
not motion for inquiry merely. wished cnII ,,I
Law il on the table for future deliberation. i'e
call for the question Of consideration. howe'cT.