Rhode Island American

By the Steam-Boat.

CONGRESS.

The Senate, on Wednesday, entered upon the discussion of the Tariff Bill and the amendments proposed thereto by the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. The first question was upon agreeing to the insertion of the following proviso: "Provided also, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to, or be enforced against, importations of Goods from ports or places eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, or beyond Cape Horn, before the first of November next ensuing." This amendment was agreed to.

The other amendments proposed by the Committee, are to change the duty on "Quills," from "one dollar per thousand," and insert "twenty five per centum ad valorem;" to change the duty on "Slates and tiles, for building," from "half a cent each" to "twenty-five per centum ad valorem;" to strike out the contemplated duties on filberts, pine-apples, oranges, lemons, and limes; to impose "on all window-glass, imported in plates, uncut," the highest rate of duties imposed by this act, on any imported window-glass; to insert the following exception- "except patent adhesive felt for covering of ships' bottoms, which shall be admitted, free of duty, until June 30th, 1826." These amendments were likewise agreed to.

Mr. Mills then moved to amend the bill, by striking out the following clause: "On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured, in whole or in part, by rolling, ninety cents per hundred and twelve pounds' weight."

A debate ensued upon this motion, which was advocated by Messrs. Mills, Holmes, of Maine; Lloyd, of Massachusetts; and opposed by Messrs. Dickerson, and D'Wolf. The question on Mr. Mills's motion was then decided in the affirmative, as follows:

Yeas-Messrs. Barbour, Branch, Clayton, Edwards, Elliott, Gaillard, Hayne, Holmes, of Maine; Holmes, of Mississippi: H. Johnson, J. S. Johnson, of Louisiana: Kelly, King, of Alabama; King, of New-York: Lloyd, of Maryland; Lloyd, of Massachusetts; Macon, Mills, Parrott, Smith, Taylor, of Virginia; Van Dyke, Ware, Williams-24.

Nays-Messrs. Barton, Bell, Benton, Brown, Chandler, D'Wolf, Dickerson, Eaton, Findlay, Jackson, Johnson, of Kentucky; Knight, Lanman, Lowrie, M'llvaine, Noble, Palmer, Ruggles, Seymour, Talbot, Taylor, of Indiana; Thomas, Van Buren-23.

So the duty on iron was stricken out from the bill. The Senate then adjourned.

In the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, a great number of private bills were acted upon, many were passed in committee of the whole, and as many more received their final reading, and were sent to the Senate for concurrence. A Message from the President, respecting Vice-President Tompkins' accounts was received, and after being read, was ordered to lie on the table. The balance stated by the President to be due to Mr. Tompkins, after deducting the sum paid under the act of the present session, and the moneys charged to his account, is $60,238 46.