Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-07-09

Fnuay, July D.
HOUsE,--On motion of Mr. Mckay, the House
went into Committee Of the Whole on the state of
the Union-Mr Cobb in the Chair. The bill Of
Mr. Mckay was not quite perfected and additional
amendments were offered to il, but none prevailed,
except one offered by Mr. Gordon, of New York,
forbidding naval officers to bring any duiahle ar
ticles into the United States in public vessels.
MIR. nuNGrRroRDs BILL.
The next motion brought forward was the bill of
Mr. IIungerford Of New York, offered as an
amendment to the bill OF Mr. Mckay. Several
amendments which were offered prevailed, and
among them two placing dd raiOrem duties on iron
Mr. Schenck moved as an additional section to
the bill power Of construction to the Secretary of
the Treasury, by which he should take Mr. Folks
letter to Mr. McKanc as a basis of interpretation
This letter was reld as new section to the bill
aud created a good deal Of merriment in the Hall
The Committee then brought TO Il vote up
the bill of Mr. Hungerford, and it was rejected
by decided vote Yeas 3S nays 30.
Mr. McKay's bill was then left as amended.
Mr. Hamn and others proposed additional Sec
tons to the bill, which the Chair ruled to be in
der, but objections were raised and the decision Of
the Chair was overruled by q large majority
The Chair refused to receive any other amend.
ments and took the question upon the rising Of the
Committee and reporting the bill to the House
This was carried by large majority.
A motion was made to lay the bill upon the table
soon as it was reported. Mr. Brodhead, Of
Pennsylvania, submitted the resolution, which was
lost by the close vote Of yeas, 90 nays, III.
The previous question was then seconded, aud
the question REQUIRED upon concurrng in the
amendments of the Committee. A vote was first
taken, amidst intense excitement, upon making salt
free. The yeas and nays were called, and the vote
was yeas lO5 nays %.
A tuanher frntn Missouri ,noved n recousi do
ton, and never before was there so much excite
ment upon any question before Congress
The reconsideration was at one moment carried,
aud the neS rejected, by the votes Of members who
had reserved their fire for emergency.
Members hocked around the speakers desk to
learn the result before it was announced, and pub.
lie complaint made OF this TO the speaker and
the House. The speaker threatened and coaxcd
but all appeals for time in vain.
The vote upon the motion to reconsid = then
announced, and pronounced to be lost-yeas l0l
nays l05.
The next question was upon inserting salt among
the free articles aud this was carried by vote Of
yeas l05, nays l04.
The speaker gave his casting vote in the mega.
tive, he had right to do, under the rule, and
the vote was announced with applause upon the
administration side oflhe chamber-yeas l05, nays
l05.
Mr. jenkins oil N. 1. moved reconslueratioh OF
this vote and the roll had been called through. but
the result was not announced, when the speaker
made the extraordinary announcement to the House
that he had voted when he had no right 10 vote
Salt had been put among the free articles by the
vote Of l05 to 1902
A motion was Immediately made TO reconsider
this vote, and carried by the close vote Of l04 to
1902
This left salt still paying 20 per cent. among the
non enumerated articles and the question REQUIRED
upon placing salt among the free articles. The
vote this time was-yeas l0l, nays los.
And so salt was left among the non-enumeraied
articles, paying duty Of 30 per cent.
The next struggle was in reference TO the fishing
bounties, and the House decided not to repeal the
bounties by the vote OF ia to 95.