The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-11 00:00:00

A DEBATE ON THE TARIFF

1 lie Nation gives an arousing account of a debate
on the Tariff, showing how glibly people talk oar
subjects of which they know next to nothing, but
we fear the same charge might be retorted by
legi-lators on journalists. The question of tile
duty on Manilla grass at $25 per ton, Russia"
hemp being $4O per ton, was debated with refer-
ence to the infringement cf the treaty by wine!!
Russia is conceded the rights of the most tavoure
nation. The point was whether Manila gr;;S3
hemp. Mr. Schenck said it is not, that it had alwaYb
been called grass. Mr. Morgan sho,ved that h. Wl°3
inktaken, as, in 1842, the Tariff alluded to it as liel"P:
The Russian Minister's protest was read to t:''
House, wherein the destruction was termed
lexical subtlety." This annoyed the House, al-",
the paper was pronounced to be an attempt on the
part of Russia "to dictAte legislat:on." On the
part of Kentucky the attempt to lower the du Y
was said to be "an nutrage on humanity." 0" the
part of California it was shov,n that unl.ss the
duty were lowered, Congress would, in fact, ;ay
the pe tple on the Pacific coast that they
not manufacture hemp into rope or anything e'se'
Finally, neither duty was altered, and the Russi'la
grievance remains unadjusted. Jute • butts was
next discussed in connection with hemp, but scarcely
anybody knew what jute was or how used. Al!'
Kelley believed that it " makes bunches for women!
hair, and that it adapts itself to every colonr•
Mr. Strong showed it was used by tl.e MaJla
paper manufacturers and in gunny-bags, and it Iva;
explained that jute is the lower part of the bark of
the jute-tree, and export, d principally from Cal-
cutta. " Gunny" raised a storm. General Butler,
wanted cheap jute to make cheap bags to nt.°ll'
corn. Mr. Schenck said jute was never made Int°
gunny-bags at all, nor was corn moved in bats ,
any kind. Mr. Kelley backed this statement, add!:
ing that gunny-bagging is unfit to cover grain. 111'
advised bagging for cotton to be made of Westin
flax tow for the protection it gave against C9id
tion, and Mr. Schenck asserted that the rate ('
insurance w„s through it reduced by one-third,
while the weight of the material rather made 5
gain to the planter, as no allowance is given f°.,
tare, a principle, adds the Nation, similar to itla,
lizing the putting of a big stone into the untie €4
the bale_ Both members were told that they kneW
nothing of what they were talking about, ant Mr;
Butler added that gunny-bigs, gunny-cloth, tn"
-jute . butts had no more to do with flax than gr.
Schenck hal with the East In lies. Another melo-
- prefaced what he said by stating that Le kneW
all about this matter of cotton. baling, and W 53
going to upset all the fine theories of the gentle
i
.n from Alabama. Two yards and a half °
bagging, he observed, were required to put uP
bale of cotton, but the Representative was Monne
that it took six, when he confessed that he did "0"
remember the precise number of yards : still be
maintained that the planter got twice as 'much Or.
his tare than he gave for his bagging, but the pp
°
thing was extinguished by a Representative,
asked him what the quantity was of gunny
manufactured in America. A triangular duel vg--
fought over the jute butts between the supporte's
of the paper manufacturers, the cotton guowelst.
and -the hemp producers of the West ; but 11
evident, although a whole day was consumed in th"
discussion, that the House was profoundly igno-
rant about that East Indian production called jutt.

A Gcrtnin p tper says that -the simplest Post-
office in the world is to be fr,und on the southern extremity'
of America. For some years past a small barrel has beet'
fastened by an iron chain to the outermost rock of tile
mountains overhanging the Straits of Magellan, opP"bil
Tierra del Fuego. It is opened by every ship wl'ic"
passes through the Straits, either to place letters in it ur
to, take letters from it. This post-office, therefore, tal'°
care of itself ; it is confided to the protection of sesfatels,
and there is no example of any breach of this trust basing
occurred. Each ship undertakes the voluntary transmis-
sion of the contents of the barrel if their destiaation
within the limit of its voyage.
The Detroit Tribune says:—"An ex-slave on INIP
Stowe's place in Florida says the plantation is haunts`,,
by a ghost which resembles Lord Byron in,his latter days.
We know not whether the ghost made its appearance °
Steinway Hall on the 18th April, when Mayne Reid, " i° 6
pair of light-brown pants, closely buttoned coat, and canal'?
kids, carrying an eye-glass at his button hole, his face d"rel
and forehead square, his carriage graceful and easy,' le`
tared what the Herald calls "a fine aucience," the Times
" a highly rebpeetable," the Tribune "critical," the Ow'd
"select and fashionable," and the Star "of a slitti charac-
ter." At any rate a bust of the great English bard don;
pied a prominent position on the platform, on whicci
beautiful women and thoughtful men gazed. Mr. Belt,
assured his hearers that however carefully they
search in the long-suspected closet, instead of a skclet%
they would find only the purse of the defamer. 1351°,,
hated despotism and overstrained Christianity. furor
felt the sting of his honest pen. Ireland and Amerce
11!
never rebuked. Be had only one weak spot in his arn;Ogr.to
but he was no worse than nine-tenths of the n.cn "f "':nit
day. Be was generous and brave, and all time e'l"1)
sweep away the sweet memories which cluster areunb "'sr
name. His frailties cannot be called crimes, and his fat')
virtues completely overshadow his few vices. He heliele
in Republican ideas, and he was a true apostle of libertY.
He gave his money and his genius to the cause of WI
and had he lived we would not only know him as 3 g
soldier, but as a great statesman. Here the lecturer sPcif-oo
f
of him as a poet, and, to illustrate, he consumed the res" -
the hour in reciting several well-known passages.
.1 he spirit is confident that if the breeze is str(iiffi
the Sappho will win the match against the Cambria. T"-.0
Captain Dick Brown, the sailing master of Mr. Dytigk:,.
yacht there is no better man to handle a fore-and-al'n,
"The new English schooner, built at Gosport by the 0""0
structor of the famous Aline, is an object of much inter'ba
there, and good judges of model and rig predict that se,
will be very fast. The fact that there are tweitty-uld,
schooners, fiftecen sloops, and four steamers in the sclu4to
ron of the New York Yacht Club this year, sbeWsi, g
what a large extent this fine sport and recreation
obtained. Besides the vessels which belong to this cl"'t
there are those of the Brooklyn Club, the Atlantic 'Pe
Club, the .Jersey City Yacht Club, &c., all belonging to 0°
waters. The larger yachts, and many of the little dandie;
are being paiuted,put all-a-taut) t-o and prepared for sailing'
Of the horse races to be held in Prospect Park on 31st 31°
and Ist and 2nd June, the Spirit says: -" The ass°c,li;
tion offers prethiums amounting to $10,500, distribure(lo-0
six purses. On the first day there will be a purse of sl' of
for horses that have never trotted for money; and„(,),lii,ofor
$1,500 for double teams. On the second day, $l,"- that
horses that never beat 2m. 405.; and $2,000 for horses t.se
never beat 2m.265. On the third, there is $1,500 for 1'°21',),0
that never beat 2m. 305.; and $3,500 open to all. of
entries are to close on the 20th of May, at the romns.,,d
the association. There is no doubt they will fill well, °P...h
excellent sport may be anticipated. The drive thronN
Prospect Park to the course is a very fine one. The triop
is fast and safe. The Club House is a splendid buildlj
and when the beauties of New York and BroolilYn fill
balconies the scene is superb."

BIRTHS.fiII°
On the Bth inst.. at Edgeborough, Guildford, the Wu.° -
Rev. J. H. Robson, of a son. i
f e of
On the Bth inst., Merlewook, Bickley, Kent, the 117
Wiliam J. Harris, of a daughter. of l'`
On the Bth May, at 47, Brook street, Lady Lindell,'"
daughter.

.3IARRIAGES. , bir,
On the 9th May, at St. Dominic's Priory, Haverstoo'
Haithe .Hoßev John B. Bagshawe, Henry Latter? 131" to
bourne use High Halden, Ashford, ICeuh'ove,
Catherine Monica, 'fourth daughter of Henry R. 133 gs-
- R.O. No cards. joie,
Oa the 27th ult., Mr. Edward Furness HornseY, t° lare,
eldest daughter of Mr. David Derrin, 'Myddelton-s9l
Pentonville.

DEATHS.
On the 6th inst., Chafes John Duncum, of Wig6g)re-
street, aged 26 years.
On, the 7th inst., at his residence, Neckinger
31rusiff
Neckinger-road, Bermondsey, Mr. Martin Ray, Aged foci'
On the 9th inst , sUddenly, the effects of a carriage of
dent, Anne, the be:oved wife of William Keartland, Bsci"
22, Brixton-place, Brixton. of 29'
On the 6th inst., suddenly, H. A. Wilder, Eucl,
Bouverie-square, Folkestone.

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Middlesex.--Wednesday, May 11, 1870.