Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-07-25
Correspondence Of the Herald

WAsHrNoroN CRY, July 2I, 1870
The House Of Representatives met to-day at the
usual hour and after discharging the duties that had
been assigned il and its two hundred and forty zone
Catos it adj burned without day-sGcd bless us' On
the second day Of December il will meet again. and
then two hundred and foriy-one humbugs will be on
their legs again.
The business Of the day you will collect from
the newspapers Of the city. To sum up all in very
few minutes it may be well to say, that "Ro.
man citizens" last night made up kind of game of
"scrstch"-puled out dirlSs, and stuck them into
each other. No blood was shed. All Is quiet now,
and the American Congress having returned, Wash
ngton is happy The business Of the day and the
evening are not worth the mentioning. Yestc rday
an incident occurred in the House, which will be
read with some interest by those employed in the
Custom House. When the West Point Academy
by revising and continuing in force until other wise
directed by law the third section of the act for thu
support OF the Military Academy and for other pur-
poses, passed in 1888
Mr. Curtis stated that he made this motion by d.
rection of the Committee Of CONNER ce and that the
effect " the amendment would be, to equaize the
compensation Of certain Of the collie ctors, naval
officers, weighers, guagers, markers, provers, and
clerks in the revenue service. Some Of the weigh
and other officers were receiving enormous
sums by way Of compensation, while other officers
were receiving little or nothing. He perfectly
that the effect OF the provision he we'd
was not pc fecty equal in 'ts operation, but il was
an Improvement upon the existing state Of thing.
Last year, the weighers in the Custom House.
AT New Orlcans, received from twelve To niteen
thousand dollars. This amendment would limit them
and all other ghers to fifteen hundred dollars per
snnum Some Of the markers and provcrs, at some
OF the custom houses, were now reduced TO the
miserable pittance Of S220 per year. Mr.. Curtis
entered into explanation Of the existing laws in
regard to the compensation Of revenue officers, and
stated that although few collectors at the
ports were restricted to particular sum, and in
consequence Of the magnitude Of the commerce at
those ports, were perfectly that their commits
sions aud fees would amount to the maximum al
owance, yet most Of the collectors and other off
GERS, in consequence Of the act Of 18th July 1882
which gradually reduced the duties upon imports
were suffering under a gradual reduction Of their
compensation. Mr.. Hopkins, Of Virginia, made a
question OF order, and after debate, the chair de-
cided that the amendment not in order under the
10th rule Of the House Mr.. Curtis said he should
submit tn the decision, but he would give the COM
mittee notice that he should forthwith carry his
amendment TO the Senate, where such unwise rule
existed-and he would get IL tchcd on to some
bill which the House would be compelled to pass.
Mr. Curtis was good his word. lie went to
Senate bill, which afterwards came to the House of
Representatives,, and was passed, and is now law
Now, the Locofecos in the Custom House, the mark
and provers viii bless Mr. CARTS, bscausc they
are redeemed from starvation, and the weis hers
viii curse him, because they are reduced 70 fifteen
hundred dollars year, whereas, without this amend
mcbt, they were bagging some thous snds.
Dir. Adams bill, TO make des pot Of the collector
and charge silk gowns and dimity pettscoats and re-
ticues, with new and ntoIerable duty, has gone "a
that place which he often describes as the recep.
tacle ofthings lost earth" Tine or the want Of
time, has slain IL.