The Arkansas advocate., 1831-02-16

AhcIcdS tile present dutN on tnat article import ed from foreign countries bears an unjust and extrayagant proportiou to the!orginal cost in lo- Feigii isistfkets; and whereas there is good req son to believe that the tax collected by the 90 Yernment upon it's importation, amounting to one million four hubdredand iifty-four thousand nine ehundredandsxty- dollarsand deleyenct cts, Is less than half the sum taken from the pockets oi the people under incorporation oi the existing duty, the quantity manufactured in the United States within the year I830 having been cst- niatedat i06,D0G hossheads, equal to 100000, I0OO pounds, at three cents per pound, makes the protecting duty equal to ,ooo, ee009 ee009 Of dol lars
 Resotued, That the Committee CIV avs and Means oe instructed to inquire iato tie expedicney of diicing the duty on brown sugar. imported into the United States from foreign countries.
 MT. Hdynes said the question was one of great interest to all; and he trusted, therefore, that the resolution would not be denied the courtesy Of a consideration.
 MT Co,saiet asked for the question of eonsid- eration
 Mir. Cam6releag called for the yeas and nays npon ths proposition, and stated his intention to repeat the call in every case upon this subject.
 MT. Iaar5la. before the question was taken. suggested to the gentleman from New Jersey, that his object might be equally well attained by moving that the resolution be laid upon the table and printed.
 Mr. Condiet assented.
 Mr. Denny then asked for the question of consideration.
 Mir. CamJreieng renewed his call for the yeas and nays: and the call being sustained. they were ordered-Yeas, s9; Nays, s.
 The House accordingly proceeded to the con sderaton of the resolution.
 Mfr. Haynes addressed the House in support of his proposition until the close of the hour allot ed for the consideration of resolutions.
 Thebill for the relief of Perciss Lovely was read third time and PASSED.
 Mr. Drdg1on made an unsuccessful motion to take ID the bill for the payment of certain mounted volunteers of ftsikafiras.
 Mir. Hickli8e, from the committee on the Pub lie Lands, reported bill to authorize the Pre- tion of the Land Offices in the United States } The bill was read twice, and Mir. W. explained the object of the committee in reporting II; he hoped 1t would be ordered to be engrossed to- day for third reading tomorrow.
 Mir. SEWER objected to thus pressing the bill throueh the House.
 Mir. Wick1i6e said he had no disposition to press the subject on the House at this time, and he would move its postponement to this day week.
 Mr. Drayton, from the Committee on Militia ry Affairs, reported the bill from the Senate, to authorize the mounting and equipment of part of the army of the United States, without amendment, and 1t was made the order of the day for Tuesday next.
 The committee on the public lands, which was instructed to inquire into the cxpediency of providing for permitting each settler on such Of 1 the public lands as have been officially returned as not fit for rcultivaton or not worth surveying, to locate q quantity of said land, not exceeding i6O acres, 6.c. was discharged from the farther consideration of the subject. Jan. l2.-The House then proceeded to con sider the amendment yesterday reported from the Committee of the Whole, 10 the bill making appropriations forthe supportof government for the year 1851, and they were all agreed to but one, which provided for the appropriation of ss,O00 for the survey of private land claims, and Si3o,o30 for farther surveys of thepublic lands.
 Mr. gNcCoy moved to amend the amendment, by striking out Sl30,000, and inserting S6e,e00.
 On this motion debate arose, which contin- ued until o'clock. The proprety of adopt ing t was. supported y Messrs. .NeCoy, Vinton, and stropg; and opposed by Messrs. 1est. John soa, Vopionek, SEVER, Duncan, Wictllfs, Jhs9eof Florida, Pettis, and Polk. Messrs. h. geysoH and Storrs of New-Y York, likewise said few words. The motion of Mr. McCoy was faaliy rejected, and the amendment proposed blythe committee agreed to.
 The question being then ahont to he put on the engrossnent off the bill,
 Mir. Starsberry moved to strike out the appro- priation for the salary of Minister toRussa for the present year. Mr. $. remarked, that the President had informed the House that tie Unit cd States were not represented at inc Court of Russia, nor was it probable, Mir. $. said, that they soon would be. Under such circumstau- ces, an appropriation certainly was not necessa-