Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-07-23
CONGRESS.

i@""N0 s'O SpeClal OI the Jay,
MIR. Lewis. Chairmanof the Committee on Finance,
opened the debate in speech in favor of the bill |
lie contended that the ad ralorcm system was far
preferable, more stable and more just than that Of
specific duties. Taking the gross importations of
the past year as his guide he estimated the average
rate OF duty imposed by the bill at between 81 and
Y per cent, and said that animpor of $4,000
OoO dutiable goods would yield revenue of $685.
oOo,oVO MIR. Evans next obtained the floor and
not wishing to divide his speech into two days,
moved that the bill be postponed until omorrow at
X o'clock, which was agreed to. The Warehous-
ing bill was then taken up and ordered to be engros
ed for third reading. The bill for the improvement
OF the navigation of the rivers Ohio, Mississippi and
Arkansas, was ordered to be engrossed, and then
read third time and passed.
In the House, MIR. Dromgoole, of Va, asked
leave to present order to be sent to the Senate
reminding that body that the Sub-Treasury. the
Navy, the West Point Academy, and the Civil
and Diplomatic bills, were pending there Mr..
Davis, of KY, wished to be informed whether the
Senate Were ignorant of the fact that these bills
were before that body? Mr.. ID. finding his resolu-
ton objected to, moved suspension of the Rules,
and asked for the yeas and nays, which were refs-
ed. The House then divided by tellers, and the
result was only 80 in the affirmative to 70 in the
negative. Reports Were received to-day from the
Standing Committees for the first time in some
weeks. Among the bills reported was one from the
Committee on Military Affairs, proposing quarter
section of land to the volunteers serving in the Mex
lean war. The Graduation Land bill was next ia
ken up, and continued under discussion until the
hour of adjournment.
On Tuesday, in the Senate, Mr. Webster pre-
scented petition signed by every importer of Dry
Goods in the city of Boston, against the bill for the
reduction of the Tariff now before the Senate and
sgnitied his intention at future day to go into a
thorough examination of all the details Of the BILL
in order to show its pernicious effects He said he
had never risen during his whole public life with
feeling of greater responsibility resting upon him
than he did in presenting this memorial Notwith-
standing the repeated declarations made by the
President, the public were unprepared for the de-
struction Of the Tariff of 42 and the establishment
of the bill before the Senate on its ruins The pas
sage of the bill in the House had filled the whole
country with alarm From the Potomac to the
Penobscot none had seriously anticipated such
result, or believed that such a bill could become
law-it was dangerous in its principles, rash and
Incorporate, and well calculated to produce through
out the country ALARM distress and anxiety. The
proposition Of d UGlorem duties as an entire princi
pie was a bold one, and one he had never before
heard defended by public men as safe one, though
he had heard it defended by loungers about the
Custom Houses. Mr. w. complained of the man
ner in which this bill was before the Senate Never
in peace or war, he said, had such bill as this
been considered without reference to Committee
The memorial was laid upon the table and ordered
to be printed. The Warehousing bill was then
5 taken up and Mr. j. NJ Clayton commenced his
speech, but after proceeding for a few moments
yielded to motion to postpone the bill until next
day. AT IL O'Clock the bill to reduce the Ia
riff was taken up, when Mr.. Evans addressed the
Senate in opposition to the bill. His speech is
represented as being of the abest delivered upon
this question.
In the House, the Graduation Land bill passed
by majority of t,oo. About forty members were
absent and good many of them were purposely
lodging the vote. The River bill, which had
passed the Senate the night previous was rejected
by vote Of l2S to as.
On Wednesday, in the Senate, memorials were
presented against the passage of the new Tariff from
Manufacturers of Copper in Boston and New York,
and from GOLFERS and aborers employed in the Coal
Mines of Schuylkill CO., Pa. The Warehousing
bill, after short discussion, was passed by vote
Of 81 to 20. The balance Of the day was given
to private bills.
In the House, the Treasury Note bill was passed
by vote of l. Is to AZ. The bill making appropri-
aons for the support of Volunteers in the Mexican
war was next taken up in Committee of the Whole,
and debated until the hour Of adjournment
On Thursday, in the Senate, several memorials
were presented from importers of silk in the city Of
N. York, and from importers and coal miners in Pa,
against the repeal Of the Tariff A resolution to
adjourn Congress on the 10th of August was adopt
ed by vote of 80 to Is. The Tariff bill was then
taken up, and Mr.. Davis addressed the Senate at
length in opposition to the bill
In the House, the Volunteer bill, after considera
bic discussion, was passed by vote of 100 to d.
The resolution from the Senate to adjourn on the
10Th August was concurred in by the House.
On Friday, in the Senate, the Treasury Note
bill was the principal topic of discussion Mr..
Evans amused the Senate by dissecting and OK
posing the Secretary of the Treasury's latest Tariff
estimates, as contained in his report made on
| Thursday 1t seems he was not more fortunate in
his last estimates than ne was in his first
In the House, the day was spent on private bills.
On Saturday, in the Senate, the bill from the
House for the payment OF Volunteers for the Mex
lean war was reported from the Committee and
passed Mr. Cameron presented memorials from