The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-08-24

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Lockport, (coored.)
The loss Of property by the Eric was heavy.
She had on board the first large invoice of
merchandise shipped for the upper lakes this
season. Some 80 tons. worth OF least 100000.
The emigrants had also a large amount Of spc-
Gle, cot far from SIS0.000. ard the boat herself
must have cost all of S75,O00, making in all a
little short of S30O. 900 loss.
During the alarm and confu,ion of the first
discovery of The fire at Dunlairk, a poor incbri-
aled lrishman rushed down TO the wharf and
said he was going 10 swim off 20 the burning
boat-plunged in the WATERWAYS drowned,
and has not been seen since.
LocoFoco FALSE HOOD IN REGARD TO THE Re-
VENUE Bill. The Locofoco Journals through
on, the country have lately been filled with base
falsehoods in regard TO the new Revenue Bill /;
asserting that it lays n tax of 20 per cent on
sugar. molasSes and salt. When the truth is
that il lays no duty whatever on these articles.
lhev ha ving been subjected to a duty for the
purpose of protection during the whole of Gen.
Jackson's and Mr. Van Buren's administration
A duty was laid many years ago upon foreign
sugar and molasses for the purpose of p!oiec-
ting the planters of Louisiana and upon for
eign salt for the purpose of protecting the sal
manufactures of Massachusetts, New York and
Virginia. How grossly ignorant therefore,, or
if not ignorant, how grossly unprincipled are
thesn l~ocofoco editors in asserting that the
Wings have imposed n duty Of 20 per cent
unon sugar, salt and molasses. For those ar
trcles are not even named in the Revenue Bill
which has lately passed through both Houses
ofConcress and received the sanction of the
Executive.
the lccofocos have also cried out against the
Revenue Bill because it laid n duty upon tea
and coffee. Now 10 show how Inconsistent
hey are in so doing we have only 10 refer TO the
Report made by Mr. Woodbury., The late Score
tary of The Treasury. to tho United States Sen
ate. January ISL 1s4I. In which we find
tina, Tea and Coffee are both recommended TO
be taxed 90 per cent! So much for l~ocofoco
fairness and consistency.
And after all, wha, docs this duty of 90
per cent on lea and coffee amount TO? The
average price of tea per Id. exported from Chi
ma 10 the United States is n little over 81 cents;
20 per cent ON which would be about five cents
and a hall. The average price of coffee per ID.
at the ports from whence thai article is ship.
ped is about 10 cents; twenty per cent on
which would be two cents. So that this duty
uftwentv per cent on Tea and Coffee. levied To
raise a revenue TO pay off the Van Buren, Treas.
ury notes, and enable the county 10 meet her
engagements, will after all make a difference
Of only five cents per ID. on Tea, and two cents
per lb. on Coffee; or moi so much as the diff.
ference in price between a dear store and
cheap orc. Many conicnd indeed that it vii
make no difference at al in tke price of .hose
articles in this country inasmuch rs they will
be likely 10 fall to the amount of the du'y in The
ports WHENCE they are exported. And this wi
very probably be The case. So that we shal
raise Il revenue of sever raj millions 4 year on
of the Chinese. the English, the Spanish. tht
Dutch, the tlaytians, an the Brazili1ns.