The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-07-28
CONGRESS-.
THURSDAY, July 10th.
SENATE.

ton uf the Chairman OF the Finance Com
miitee, an abstract from Treasury documents
and statements made by said Chairman, and
estimates made thereon, showing that the
new Tariff bill would produce only nineteen
millions and half oG net revenue.
Mr.. Cameron presented sundry petitions
az ainst the repeal Of the present Tariff, which
ere referred 10 The Committee on Finance.
Mr. Lewis reported the Treasury Note
Bill from the House. and hoped it would be
passed now, as there was urgent necessity
for it..
Dir Evans hoped rot. lie wished 10 ex-
aniiae it.
Mr.. Lewis now moved that the Senate
hereafter meet at 10 O'Clock in the morning
OBJECTED to and laid over.
Mr. iIannegan called up his resolution for
Congress TO adjourn OH the 20ih oil July.
The 10Th Of August was then substituted and
the resolution then passed: yeas 30 nays
l6.
The Texas Navy Bill was next taken up
ard after a brief speech from Mr.. Hurting
ton, ii was postponed until tomorrow. The
Tariff Bill was then taken up.
Mr.. Davis spoke against it and in favor oil
protection. lie went back 100 years, and
showed the jealousy Of Great Britain in re-
spect to the in-uulaciure of articles OF any
kind in the Colo: les. He said the South
first advocated he Protective System, and
went largely into IN illustration of .hs. posi-
ton, that the day on goods instead of be-
ing added 10 their price and thus increasing
their cost 10 The CONSUMER, could not begin
To cour,crbalaDce the reduction of prices on
those goods caused by the competition Of
their manufacture in This county under
Protective Tariff. Before concluding, he
gave way 10 a motion for the Senate TO 60
into Executive Session, which was carried.
HOUSE.
MIR. Mckay oil n. c. from the Committee
on Ways aud Means reported bill TO pro-
vide for the pay Of Members ofCongress by
mileage and per diem for the remainder Of
the session, and for other purposes. Read
twice and referred to Committee of the
Whole.
The House wen; into Committee, Mr..
Norris in the chair, and resumed the consid-
Grafton Of the bill approPriating 81 100000
to pay volunteers aud for other purposes.
Mr. Foot Of VI. addressed the Committee,
and made speech against the Adminislra-
ton 10 relation to the Annexation Of Texas
and the Mexican war.
Mr.. G. Z. Smith followed in a vehement
speech against the administration in relation
to claiming The Rio Graude as the boundary
of Texas, and going to war with Mexico.
Mr. Hiliard of Ala. next spoke. and made
calmab!e speech. He would support the
war, but preferred peace. He believed that
if Mr. Clay had been Presidentwe would have
han Texas without war.
Mr.. Cobb Of Ga. followed and warmly
sustained the Administration in all it had done
in relation 10 the war. At . o'clock the de-
bate closedby limitation. All amendments
were rejected. aud the bill as report ed 10 the
House passed on its final reading-l6o TO 4.
The House then took up the resolution
from the Senate for Congress to adjourn on
The i0;h p:oximo.
Mr.. Boyd Of Ky. called the previous cues
lion.
Mr. Dromgoole DIVA. moved TO lay The
resolution on the table. Lost. The call for
Tho previous question was sustained and the
resolution concurred in with two or three dis
senting voices.
The House then went into Committee of
The whole, Mr.. Wentworth in the chair, and
took up the bill to pay the mileage and per
diem allowance Of Members of Congress and
FOR olher PURPOSES.
Great merrmeRt at the appearance Of the
Chairman. who is celebrated for his extraor-
binary hight.
Various amendments were offered aud re-
jceted. one by Mr.. Stewart proposed redu-
cing the pay OF the members to six dollars per
day after session of seven months, and to
three dollars per day after & session of eish'
months.
Mr.. Douglass o. Ill. got the floor and tried
TO speak but nobody would listen TO him
the House in its roars ofmeTrimeut at iha de-
cisions OF the Chairman, would let no one be
heard. Finally the committee got up and
the House adjourned. amid loud bursts iof
lau3hte on all sides.
FKrDM July II.
IN Senate. The resolution Of Nj. Lewis to
meet at I'D O'Clock adopted; yeas q, nays
"a.
The Treasury Note Bill was then taken
up.
Mr.. Evans said he should vote for this hill
but II The Tariff bill should pass, these notes
would ueVer be paid. until the present Tariff
should be restored. lie pointed out many
errors in The estimates of the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and showed from his own state
nents that the TarifIbilI would produce five
millions less than he said it would.
Mr.. Benton was opposed to government
issuing paper mouey thus early in war.
lle was for taxation first, as far as the coun-
Try could bear it, loans next, and as last re-
SORT, Treasury notes. He wanted tax on
tea and coffee. One insuperabIe objection in
this bill is The authority to receive the notes
as they come in. and he moved TO strike il
ont. The bill was postponed until to-mor-
row.
The Tariff bill was taken up, and Mr. Da-
Wis resumed and concluded his speech in be-
half Of the protective system.
MIR. McDuifie was now in favor of taking
the question.
Mr.. Johnson Of Maryland said be desired
to address the Senate upon the bill and would
like 10 have the opportunity TO arrange his
h2uros aud facts beforehand. lie wanted
pastponmcnt o: the question ill Tomorrow.