The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-23

CongresS.-In the Senate, on Monday th,
18Th, the bill 10 improve tbs navigation Of the ri
ven Mississippi, Missouri. Ohio and Arkansas
passed It's thiEd reading. -s~-..@
On Tuesday, Mr.. Webster presented the rernon
STRANGE Of forty eight firms, importers Of fOrsisI
goods into the city Of Boston, Directing to the q
valorem feature Of the new tariff bill. They stat.
that, should the bill referred TO become tho law O
the land, VIC are fully convinced that we shall he
compclledto abandon our business into the hands oil
Inscriptions foreigners, who have little or no re.
gard to our eus,om-hcuse osths. From long er-
perienec we are entiicly satisfied that we cannot
compete with this class where duties sre based
merely on the ad valOren principle" Mr.. Web.
sier accompanied this memorial with some very
forcibs remarks -ass..5s.a. .a.-a. ... =.... t.-s
The Tariff hill was taken up as the order Of the
day, and Mr.. Evans addressed the Senate.
On "Wednesday the warehouse bill was farther
discussed. and passed by vote Of 81 to 20, and
sent to the House Of Representatives for oOncsr-
renee. .-s d a@-~4 a~ @aaaa l. '-@
Nh. Davis continued bis speech on the tariff
bill; but after some time lis consideration was post
poned until tomorrow, asd the Senate proceeded
r. consider the uncountesied bills on the private
sa's''ar. On Thursday, Mr. Davis had not con-
. :, Wen he again gave way, and the Senate
"s'" ~ eAss"e-'e session. On Friday Mr. Davis
concluded, and the :,rthcr consideration Of ,be
bill was postponed to s...rdav. .s a.
In the House Of Representative On Monday
the 18th, Mr.. HARRISON, from the committee an
military affairs, reported bill ganting la, to the
officers and soldiers Of the army, and to the ,,,.
untecrs, who may serve in the present war with
Mexico. IL was read and committed. -s -.
On Tuesday, the vote by which the House had
rejected the bill from the Senate 10 graduate and
reduce the price of the public lands having been
reconsidercd, the whole of the bill was stricken
out, and substitute offered by Mr.. M'Ksy was
passed by vote Of % to 90. And the bill was
returned to the Senate for concurrence in the q.
mendment or substitute. r 80
The bill from the Senate for the improvement.
Of the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi and Arkansas
rivers, was rejected in the House on its second
reading by a vote Of 100 to IS. ''~'''
The bill authorizin. an issue of treasury notes,
and loan not exceeding ten millions of dollars in
the aggregate, was taken up in committee Of the
whole, and the debate continued until the adjourn
lnent On Wednesday the debate was again re-
'umed. After which the bill was reported to the
house, read the third time and passed by vote Of
lis to AZ. -.~ -3
The bill making appropriations for the support
'f volunteers and other troops authorized to be
employed in the prosecution Of the war with Meg
co during the year ending the soth Of June ls47,
Nj. taken up in committee of the whole, and de-
'ated. The appropriations amount to IL ,94s.
'5S dolars.l On Thursday, after debate, the bill
vas reported to the house, and passed by a vote
# l60 to 4. -., 4 aseeg .- .e5. III -,...se /,
On Friday the house was engaged in the con-
Iteration Of private bills e.2~ & s~@3 ia