Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-12-31


hereafter therefore move the previous question.
Mr.. HoUsToN. Task the gentleman if he viii not
withdraw the demand for the previous question, in
order that may suggest a slight mod hcation OF,
his bill The gentleman s argument is, that within
the last eighteen months or two years great rise
has taken place in the price of railroad iron. The
railroads in my State, and particularly the rail-
road in my own district have been importing and
paying duties within the last twelve or eighteen
months, and Idesire to have them relieved by the
same process by which others relieved.
Mr.. CI.INGMAN. The railroads of which the gen
tleman speaks are in the same condition with some
of my own State that have already paid. The bill
which have introduced however, covers all cases
where duties not paid, this being as much as 1
suppose it practicable to accomplish
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee. [ move to lay the bill
upon the table. / am opposed to this manner of re-
ducing the tariff.
Mr. CLINGMAM I demand the yeas and nays up
on that notion
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was then taken and there were
yeas 81, nays 104 follows:
s YEAs-Messrs. Appleton, David j. Bayley, Belch-
err Benson, Bliss, Carpenter, Chandler, Chrsman,
Cox Croker, Cumming, Curtis, Cutting Dawson,
Dean, Dick, Drum, Eastman, Edgerton, Edmands,
Everhart Farley, Fenton, Flager, Florence, Frank
Gn EuTy onae Gho% Knpz nSa
Letcher, Lilly, Lindsey, McCulloch, Macdonald,
Mayal Mecham, Middleswarth, Morgan, Morrison,
Murray, Nichols, Andrew Oliver, Packer, Peck,
Peckham, Pennington, Bishop Perkins, Preston
Pringle David Richie, Robbins, Russell, Sabin,
Sage Seymour, Simmons Shelton, Gerrit Smith :,
Stratton, Straub, John J: Taylor, John l.. Taylor
Thurston, Trout, Vail, Vansant, Wade, Tappan
Wentworth, Wheeler Witte, Daniel 3. Wright, and
Henrick B. Wright-S1.
NAYs-Messrs Abercrombie, Aiken, James c.
Allen, Willis Allen, Ashe, Thomas II. Bayly, Ball,
Barksdale Barry, Benton, Bissell, Bocock, Boyce,
Brooks, Bugg, Lewis d. Campbell, Caskie, Cham
berlain, Chase, Chastain, Churchwel, Clark, Cling
man, Cobb, Cook, Corwin, Craige, Cullom, John g.
Davis, Dent Dowdell, Dunbar, Eddy, Edmundson,
Ellison English, Etheridge, Ewing, Faulkner, Goode,
Greenwood, Aaron Harlan, Andrew. Harlan, Samp-
son W. Harris, Wiley P Harris, Harrison, Hend-
rcks, Hem, Hubbard, Hill, Houston, Hunt johnson,
Keitt, KdweI, Knox, Lane, Lindley, McMulin, Nc
Queen, Mace, Macy, Maxwell, May, John G. Miller,
Smith Miller Noble, Norton, Mordecai Oliver, Orr,
Parker, John Perkins, Phelps, Philips, Powell, Pratt,
Puryear, Ready, Reese, Riddle, Thomas Ritchey,
Rogers, Rufin, Sapp Seward, Shaw, Singleton,
Samuel A. Smith, William Smith, William r. Smith,
George w. Smyth Sellers, Frederick P. Stanton,
Walbridge, Walsh, Warren, Elihu B. Washburne,
Wells, John Wentworth, and Zollicofer-1O4.
So the House refused to lay the bill upon the ia
lie.
DINA to accept modification.
MIR. CLINGMAN. 1 will do so with pleasure, and
had made modification myself but prefer to take
his modification.
The amendment, as proposed by Mr.. Cobb was
then read as follows
Propided further, That in all cases of extension
there shall be paid at the rate af six per cent inter-
est per annum by such person thus extending.
Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. If the House refuse to
second the demand for the previous question: the bill
can be then referred.
Mr. CL1NGMAN. Let the modification be made.
motion was subsequently made to lay the bill
and amendment upon the table, but was negatived,
yeas Sc, nays So. The BILL, with the amendment,
was then referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means