The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-02

of the United States, or admitted free of duty into
the several ports of any European State or Kingdom
he shall make proclamation thereof to the people o.
the United States; and thereupon after the expra
ton Of three months after the date of such procana
tion the duties imposed by this act upon all articles
the growth or manufacture of such State or King
dom admitting such corn, -four sailed provisions
free of duty, far as The exceeded twenty pei
cent ad uaLorem shall be thenceforth chargeable with
duty OF twenty per cent ad uat0rem, and no more.
Mr.. WALKER gave notice that on Monday next
he would ask leave to introduce bill duce the
time required for naturalization from to years.
was fixed by the first act the subject by the first
Congress, during the Administration of General
Washington.
On motion of Mr.. LINN, it was
Resoiped, That the Secretary Of the Treasury be
requested to communate to the Senate statement
shaving the annual amounts appropra ed by Congress
since 1885 to satisfy private claims.
The bill for the relief of the steamboat company OF
Nantucket read a third time and passed.
The bill providing for the settlement OF the unset
tied parts OF East Florida, as amended by the House
was taken up Tor consideration, when
Mr.. SMITH, of Indiana, said that when this bill
before them previous occasion, it had mill
tary appearance and purpored to make provision for
the armed occupation of Florida. But it had come
back from the House in shape, stripped entirely
of its military character and pumage; and the Com
mittee Military Affairs, to whom the sabject had
beeu referred had recommended acquIescence in
the amendment of the other branch. And now this
bill simply proposed to give away two hundred thou.
sand acres of land, without any earthly consideration
whatever. If those individuals who settled in
Florida could for five years prevent themselves from
being shot by the Indians, they would receive a
portion of land without any return to the Govern
ment; and if Indians should shoot any Of them, the
lands would go to their children He was opposed to
the bill in its present form.
MIR. YOUNG would merely suggest whether there
was any provision which prevented depredatons on
the live oak timber in Florida. He had received in
formation that there great deal Of live oak tim
Der in that Territory, and unless there was some re-
strcton in the BILL it might be seized upon by the
settlers; and therefore he hoped that some prohib
ton of this sort would be adopted
MI. BENTON did not think any further provision
necessary, and the laws in existence on this sub
ject were worthless Let the bill 60 into operation
and permit them to see how it would work. Settlers
going there would have to ight-and whether thu
bill required it or not, they would have to high
should it be necessary.
| Mr.. WHITE wanted to look into the bill and a
his suggestion its further consideration was post
poned until Monday.
navy, and the marine corps, was read a third time
and passed.
Mr.. EVANS, from the Committee of Conference
the dsagreeing votes of the two Houses upon the
amendments to the Navy Appropriation BILL reported
that they had met the conferees the part of the
House, and after free and full conference upon the
subject, agreed to recommend to the respect, c
Houses, that the Senate recede from its amendment
to the proviso Of the House, and agree to said provl
so, amended, to read as follows, to wit: Prouided
That, until otherwise ordered by Congress, the Off
GERS of the Navy shall not be increased beyond the
number in the respective grades that in the SER
vice on the first day OF January 1872 shall there
be any further appointment of midshipmen until the
number in the service be reduced to the number thai
were in the service on the first of January, l84l be-
yond which they shall not be increased until the fur
Their order of Congress That the Senate recede
from its disagreement to the amendment, with ar
| amendment of the House to the fourth amendment o.
the Senate, and agree to said amendment, with ar
amendment, viz: Strike out said amendment of the
House, and insert" and if any part of this appro-
priaon shall be expended upon the construction Of
floating dock as hereby authorized, the construction
OF the dry dock at Brooklyn shall be suspended until
the further order Of Congress and that the House
recede from its former votes, and concur in the said
amendments of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the
bill to provide revenue from imports and to change
and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports
and for other purposes.
Mr.. SEWER commended that the whole of this bill
from one end to the other was prohibtory and one
for protection-that the Urinary object; the Sc
cond Was revenue. He was in favor of ad ralorem
duties, cash payments and home valuation, proper
~ ascertained.
Mr. HUNTINGTON replied to the remarks of
MIR. Walker, delivered yesterday, and ayr ed that so
far from the planters having t. pay duty OF two
hundred per cent. on gunny bags, his information,
derived from official sources, warrant him in say
ing that the price did exceed sixteen cents the
square yard.
Mr.. BENTON went for incidental protection and
for revenue for the purposes of the Government but
beyond this he could not go.
Mr.. BATES addressed the Senate in favor of pro-
lection
he fok no mel of r
Calhoun viz to substitute two cents per square yard
on cotton bagglng, other imported substitute, IN
place OF three and half cents as proposed by the
Committee on Finance.
And it was decided in the negative-yeas g. nays
SO, as follows:
YEAS-Me srs. Bagby Calhoun, Cuthbert, Full
ton, King, Sewer, Walker, Woodbury--8.
NAYS-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Bates, Bayard,
Benton, Berrien, Buchanan Choae, Clayt-n, Conrad,
Crafts, Crittenden, Dayton, Evans Graham, Hun
tington, Kerr, Linn, Mangum, Merrick, Miller,
Morehead, Porter, Preston, Rives Simmons, Smith,
Of Indiana, Sprague, Sturgeon, Tallmadge, White,
Woodbridge, Young-33.
Mr. YOUNG then moved to amend the amend
ment of the committee by substituting twenty
per cent ad ualorem.
EVANS, SIMMONS YOUNG, CUTHBERT, and
WALKER, the question was taken and decided
in the negative-yeas II, nays27, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Allen Bagby, Berren, Calhoun,
Cuthbert Fulton, Graham, King, Preston, Riyes,
Sewer, Smith, of Conn, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox,
Woodbury., Young-l7.
NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Barrow Bates, Bayard,
Benton, Buchanan, Choate Clayton, Conradl Crafts,
Crittenden, Evans Huntington, Kerr, Merrick,
Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Simmons,
Smith, of Indiana, Sprague, Sturgeon, Tallmadge,
White, Woodbridge-27
The question was taken on the amendment OF the
Committee on Finance, viz: On cotton bagging, or
other imported substitute, instead of five cents as
proposed by the House, insert three and half cents
per square yard and it was decided in the negative
yeas 81, nays 25, as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Bagby, Benton, Berren,
Buchanan, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton, Graham, King,
McRoberts, Preston, Rives, Sewer, Smith, of Con-
nectcut, Tappan Walker, Wilcox, Williams, Wood
bury, and Wrght-2l.
NAYS-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Bates, Bayard'