Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-26

er to allow TO the Collector of port us higl,
salary as the highest officer OF the state
though the Collector in question would MOI
receive, IN salary and fees, less than from six
TO Ten thousand dollars. AS to the reason
tlat the greater prevalence of smuggling and
piracy there, gave him Il claim to higher
salary, Mr.. II. said, that was an argument
against IT, because these produced more iioes
! anu forietures, and OF course, more fees; SO
that the officers duty in that respect and his
lemoluments, were increased in the same pro-
portion. As to the sickness of the port, MIR.
I'll. knew ofno officer who had sacrificed his
health there ; one collector, il was true, but
whether from that cause or not he could not
tell, went of once and carried all the public
money with him. The present officer had not
complained of the risk, and 1t was not great
er, Mr. IL. presumed, than mt Savannah and
some other ports. In fact he argued there
was no reason for discrimination unless it
was against the officer at New Orleans, for that
port was not equal i'm duties aud services to
Inc other great ports, except in regard tn
fines and fOrteitures, and these were To the adj
vantage of the Collector. MIR II. submitted
another fact opposed To the amendment Ii was
the practice to employ in the large portsa dep
uty TO act in the occasional necessary absence,
or sickness, of the Collect or and il had hap
pened, some how or other, that these depu-
ties had become paramount officers receiving
regular salaries, and the principal Collector
was, therefore, only occasionally present in
stead of occasionally absent. In one port the
deputy received "A salary of 5000 dollars
IN Philadelphia he was allowed 1000. This
deputy made the situation of the Collector
much more easy and relieved him from the
necessity OF attending when it was hazardous
to do so. Mr.. II. concluded by saying, that
he considered the salary OF four Thousand
dollars, together with the other emolun,ents
annexed to the Office of Collector, in the large
ports, as making it better than any other Of
fee under the government, and he would
therefore oppose any increase of it.
MT. BROWN reloined, that though the gen
ueman professed,to come from part of the
country where they calculated with great cx-
aclness, yet he had made material mistake
IN MS calculations on this subject for he had
forgotten to take into the account the great
difference IN the cost OF living in New Orleans
ard the other ports where an equal salary was
proposed. Compared with Boston, ii WIS one
third dearer, yet in Boston the same sum was
| 10 pe allowed, besides The advantage of IA dep
uty. This striking disadvantage in New Or
leans, added TO the others which he had adj
verified TO, always induced the government to
give higher salaries TO its officers there it
had never before been denied, so reasonable.
was the discrimination. The Collector at
i b0stonit seemed, was allowed d deputy
win handsome salary had it happened in
the South, they would have found it out be-
tore now, little accustomed as they were to
close calculations : but no such thing existed
al New Orleans /; the collector there was al
ways IN attendance and never absent from the
discharge of his duties. Mr.. b. denied the
general allegation of the overgrown wealth of
4. Il y n
some facts in point. He recaptulated sub
stantially the arguments he had advanced. to
shew the propriety and justice Of the aug
mentauon referring particularly to the NOR
taity which d:solates the city OF New Or
leans alta certain season, though one Of .hr
most healthy places in the world during nine
months IN the year. The collector was
obliged to brave this danger, and discharge
his duties himself in the face of it and Mr..
Is. asked If there was any comparison in the
FISK and the expense between a residence at
New Orleans and at Boston, or whether the
gentleman from Maine would not prefer an
oihce IN Philadelphia, where living was even
cheaper than In Boston with salary OF , 900
dollars, 10 one in New Orleans with 1000
dollars
Mr. HOLMES said as it was characteristic
OF his country he would answer the grnilc-
mans question by asking him one. Would
the collector at New Orleans exchange his
office for the one in Boston, on equal terpls p
He presumed not As TO the question oil
DEAFNESS, he knew that the great article OF
: bread-stuf, of -four, that which was used in
Maine, and that quarter, often came from Ken
lucky by way of New Orleans, and he pre-
sumed 1T was cheaper AT the port whence il
was imported than where it was consumed.
Some discussion ensued, on a motion tn lay
the bill by until Tomorrow, in which Mr.
OTIS incidentally expressed himself ayerse tc
: the proposed general reduction, and in favor
OF the amendment, even though the exception
: should be confined to New Orleans, for The
reasons offered by MIR. Brown. MIR. o. die
2 not think this was the branch of service &c
which the pruning knife ought TO be first APP
Piled, bnt the very last. Finally,
The bill was postponed until tomorrow.
5 Mr.. KING, of New York, from the Join
: committee ofthe two Houses. appointed or
the rules ofproceeding, reported an amend
rnent to the joist rules which proposes tina
no bill shall be sent from either House to the
G other for concurrence on any one Ofthe three
last days of a session and that no bill shai
S be presented to the President OF the Unitet
: States for his appreciation on the last day o
any session.
D The Senate spent some time on executiy
!, business; and then adjourned.
9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, b.
Mr.. MORGAN presented memorial from
y sundry inhabitants of the city ADD state of \
York,praying for additional encouragement b,
+ the government in aid Of domestic manulac
: lures, by increasing the tariff and imposin,