The Daily spy., 1850-06-22
CONGRESS-.
WAsH1NGroN. June 90

| SENATE. Mr. Clay presented the resolutions o
the adjourned Constitutional Convention of Ken
tuclSy, in favor of the Compromise report.
Mr. Underwood introduced his Supplementary Gen.
sus bill, the consideration of which was postponed
The bill for land for a railroad from Selma, Ala
to the Tennessee River, was amended and passed.
The Omnibus bill taken up /; the question
pending upon Mr. Underwood's amendment, proyid-
ing for testing the boundary of Texas in the Supreme
Court in of rejection by that State of the prop
ositions made to her In the bill. This amendment
after additional debate, was rejected by yeas 16
nays "a.
HOUSE. The debate on the bill granting bounty
lands to soldiers in the late with Great Britain
Florida war, &C., was, motion of Mr. Preston
| King, ordered to cease at l o'clock to-day
The House then resumed the consideration of this
bill. and the general debate closed at one O'Clock
The Committee then proceeded TO vote on the va
rious amendments proposed.
A debate Of an hour and half ensued under the
five minutes rule.
for the bill. Pending this amendment the Commit
tee rose, and the House adjourned.
THE COMPROMISE BILL Mr. Soue's amend
ment which was adopted by the Senate on Monday
is as follows:
''And when the said Territory [of Utahl or any
portion of the same shall be admitted as a State it
shall be received into the Union with or without sa-
very, as their constitution may prescribe at the time
OF their admission
The yeas and nays this amendment was as
follows:
| Yeas-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell Benton,
Berren, Bright Butler, Cass, Clay, Clemens, Coo
per, Davis, Of Miss, Dawson, Dodge of Iowa,
Douglas, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, Jones,
King, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk,
Sebastian, Shields, Soule, Spruance Sturgeon, Tur-
ney, Underwood, Wales, Webster, Whitcomb and
Yulee-3S.
Nays-Messrs Baldwin, Chase, Clarke, Davis of
Mass, Dayton, Dodge of Wis, Greene, Hale, Mil
Ter, Smith, Upham and Walker-l2.
y The New York Tribune, in an article on the
effects of ad vaorem duties, states the following facts
in regard to Wines
Madeira Wines which were sworn as costing in
the average one dollar twenty-four cents per gallon
while the duty was so much per gallon (and when
there was of course no motive for undervaluing)
have, since the duty was changed to Ad Valorem by
the Tariff OF 40 been sworn in costing less the
average than forty-eigh CENTS per gallon; while Bur-
gundy Wines, which were entered by the Importers
as costing the average but fraction short of two
dollars per gallon have since been in, under
the present Ad Valorem Tariff, as costing in the av-
erage less than twenty eight cents per gallon The
reduction of estimated or sworn value of other kinds
of Wines Is less enormous, but the average is Just
one-half In other words, the Importers of Wines,
when the duty under the Tariff of AZ was so much
per gallon without regard to the value, entered them
costing twice much in the average as they now
swear them in as costing under the Tariff of '46
which makes the amount of Duty in all cases de-
pend on the official Custom House Valuation
CHARLEsTowN, N. H., BANK RoBgERy,z
eus;;' OF oxford, who committed the robber. Afte
abandoning their ho-sa r,I--
wagon IN rIarIUw, N. II.
. they went to Tempeton, Mass, stole horse anc
wagon from Col. Gilman Day, and drove to Oxford
where they left the horse and vehicle in the woods
Dehg found, watch was set upon the property
: and the next day Abiah Larned appeared to Claim
a the horse as his. He was not, however, arrested
9 Col Day has since taken the horse and wagon, an,
the Larneds have fled, probably not soon again to b.
heard OF. Their own horse and wagon remain a
Charestown.-POst.