The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-17
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, July Is. 1o<0.
acurers of Boston, asking that duty of five per cent
Put upon manufactured copper that copper BE-
made free He moved that the petition he printed
Mr. SEvIr. moved the reference Of the question on
printing to the committee on printing He was opposed
Mr.. WEBSTER regarded this as very extraordinary
motion OF tile Senator from Arkansas The petition was
very snort one There could certainly be no objection
Mr. ssviKR said it was always the case when subject
nsn ns wa, IN that set Of sssreoyped
influence Its action, or to get up panic He had die
position to aid these people in getting up panic
supposng that the destruction Of the tariff Of would
raise panic Every workshop through the length and
workmen, II they are to die let suffer them to die
against this prosraion Of the business
OF their daily subsistence, to the last.
With some remarks from Mr. ALLEN the petition was
referred to the committee on printing
miners Of Pennsylvania against the contemplated de-
struction Of the act Of "a which, after some remarks
the Committee ON Finance The
wAREHoUsISo pfLL,
On motion Of Mr. DIX. was then taken up.
sure, because II would cripple our home navigation in.
tere"-our own importing merchsnts-our msnufactu,
a. Mr hoNrISoToS demonstrated against the BILL upon
Ie sae general grounds protested against the passage
Mr. Dir urged the passage Of the bill He believed
the act would be beneficial All the objections that
could be devised on the other side had been presented
because the tariff bill passed this would be
to regulate the sorsges authorized by the former II the
tariff did not pass, the warehousng bill would well
apply to existing laws
tinctly understood, against the bill.
The question was about to be taken, when
GhiTTkNp.S arose to express his total dissent 10
country, by this measure would be thrown into the
hands almost exclusively Of foreigners. II was q bill
the building Of costly houses for the storage Of goods
OF foreigners Not 5000 people In the United States had
a notion Of our own England with her colonies every
where, found great advantage from her warehousss
ous we have no AGAIN the SCSa
incidental which now results from the existing mode Of
collecting duties.
his friends but he had been advocate of
system for long time. It would, he believed facilitate
objected to this bill because Of its connection with
measures There something in that But lie thought
ought rather to look for projection by levies upon
foreign cagoes rather than in distractions TO foreign
trade. Upon the whole he was disposed to give the
bill an experiment
The ayes and were ordered and the result was,
ayes 81 noes 20 So the bill was passed, and in the fol-
To amend an act entitled An act to provide revenue
from imports and to change and modify existing laws
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Represents
tves OF the United States Of America in Congress
bled That the twelfth section OF the act entitled An act
to provide from imports and to change and mod
ify existing laws imposing duties imports and for 9TH
er purposes approved the threth day OF August one
thousand eight hundred and 1.-TWO Is hereby amend
cd so hereafter TO read as follows
[sec IL And be further enacted, That and AFTER
the day this act goes into operation the duties ell i'm
ported goods, merchandise. shall be paid in
cash Provided, That in all of failure neglect to
pay the duties within the period allowed by law to the
importer to make entry thereof whenever the owner
importer consgnee shall make entry for warehousng
the in writing in such form aud supported by such
proof shall be by the Secretary OF the Urea
sury, the said goods, merchandise shall be To-
ken possession OF the collector and deposited in the
public stores or other stores to be agreed by the
collector g. frevenuc officer OF the port and the i'm
porter 0, eonsgnee the said stores to be secured
in the manDs, provided for by the first section Of the act
OF the twentieth day Of April, one thousand eight hun
bred and eighteen entitled An act providing the do
posite OF wines and distilled spirits in public warehouses
and for other purposes here to be kept with due and
reasonable care, al to- shargc and risk of the owner
porter consignet snt and subject at all times 10
their order upon tho payment of the proper dute: and
expenses to be asceirined due entry thereof ior
and to bc secured by bond of the owner
importer. consgnee, with surety or sureties to ne
satisfaction of collector in double the amount OF tue
said duties and such form the Secretary Of the Tree
sury shall prescribe Provided, That NO merchandise
sha be Withdrawn from any warehouse in which may
b dspodtsd In less quantity han " ~ sndss POO kas