The Arkansas banner., 1844-01-16
TWENTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS
 FIRST SESSION.

We have, in our recent numbers. s,J that the proceedings in Congress, up to latest dates, had been mainly preliminau regular business the most important'nI ments being those in relation to the occu| cy of Oregon, and the readjustment of Tariff It has been, and is still, deeme necessary to fill our columns with the } routine of proceedings, which occup| much of the time of our national legisE and, therefore. we have omitted it. Rece however, definite action seems tobed ing on upon those matters of interest wbd becomes every good citizen to understand of which all should be informed. We therefore, collected these matters togsj and herewith present them to our readeI
 THE TARIFF.
 HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVE. December I6, El
 Mir. RHETT, of South Carolina, md that the rules be suspended, in order th] might introduce resolution to instruc Committee on Ways and Means to r| bill to repeal the Tariff law of 1842, a1 fix the marinlum rate of duties at 0 cent, dd ualorem, with discrimation bd that point, so as to prevent the accumuls of revenue not wanted for an econon administration of the government. This ton was lost-Yeas 77, Nays 107.
 IN THE SENATE, Dec 19,-Mr. McD FIFE, of South Carolina, introduced the lowing:
 A Bill to revive the act of 2d of March, \
 usually called the ssCompromise Act
 to modify the existing duties upon for
 imports iii conformity to it's provision
 SEC. l. Be tt enacted by the Hous Representatives. ofthe United States ofl rica in Congress assembled, That so n of the existing law imposing duties upol reign imports, as provides that duties al zorem on certain commodities be herd assessed upon an assumed minimum valu| and the same is hereby repealed, and said duties be hereafter assessed on theI value of such commodities.
 SEC. ?. find De t further enacted, in all cases in which the existing duties { any imported commodity exceeds 30 cent. on the value thereof, said duty sh hereafter reduced to 30 per cent. ad vala
 SEC. 3. find Be t further euacted 1 from and after the 3lst of December all duties upon foreign imports shall t duced to 25 per cent, and from and afa 31st Dec. ,l844, to 20 per cent. ad yald
 MT. King made few remarks in sq of the Bill-he thought the present must be reduced, and desired that the subject might be taken up and calmly co cred. He concluded with some remahI specting the propriety of introducing ths | in the Senate rather than in the. House MT. McDuffie said Bill to raise rev cannot originate in the Senate, but 9 reduce the revenue as this is) may org in the Senate. This Bill was read twice, and refersS
 WESTERN AFFAIRS. .NdUy Yard at Hemphis.-Mr. Fosri1 Tennessee, introduced his bill to eshnll'| Navy Yard or Depot, at or near Menp on the Mississippi river, in Tenns1 and asking for the same, an approprau' $100,000-read twice and referred.
 DECEMBER 9 -.Narigation ot fM teru Riuers.-Mr BARROW, of Loulsans aas troduced bill, appropriating $l,ooo%I the improvement of the navigation Mississippi and it's tributary streams: bill provides for the employment o z and engineers, machinery, Sc. t wa twice, and referred to the committee ohV merce.
 OREGON. ,I
 DECEMBER 28.-Mr. ATcHIsoN, souri, on leave, introduced bill esns ing government in the Territory oi us
 MT. A. expressed wish that this claa go to select committee instead of w mittee on the Judiciary. On referr,ns Journals he had found that that had ", reference of this subject when lntrooas' fore; and he said that no principle ol mentary usage was better underssovIn that in such cases the committee sno0D sist of the friends of the measure. su
 Mir. A. moved that committee O. appointed by the Chair which moa,f s, ing been agreed to, the Chair nalneu ATcHIsoN, WALKER, SEVER, MEh"
 PHELPS, ..,t
 The bill provides for line Q! s nj and blockhouses, not exceeding nse'
 mence on some point on the Missow ..,,s and to run into the west pass tor ei''
 valley of Oregon. ,ouI|
 Qualifications to be erected at the :"
 Columbia river. Ad
 Grants of $40 acres of land to ea' .,s male, with additional grants of ioo aN I wife and each child under eighteen.