The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-06-15
Washington.

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WASHINGTON Monday-3P. NJ.
business In Congress--The Tnrlff--vVise
Committees.
There were several memorials and petitions pre-
sented in the Senate this morning, none of them Of
| much consequence, however. The usual amount
OF routine business was transacted, and the claim of
| Sas Deane, consumed the remainder of the time,
up to the hour when the letters must be despatched
The Navy appropriation bill is expected to up
next The finance committee have amended the
bill as it came from the House, by striking out the
proyiso of Mr.. Mcclellan, which would arrest pro-
motions and appointments for the next five years
the amount of the appropriation is not materially
changed.
In the House several resolutions were adopt
ed and several laid on the table. The one hour
| rule is re established, and hereafter no member
can lnfct his tedousness upon the House for more
than an hour at a time. resolution insructng the
Judiciary Committee to report bill refunding Gen
| Jacksons fine was laid over. There was an effort
made to lay 1t on the table, butt failed by decisive
majority.
The Apportionment bill was taken'up as it came
Il
Die upon the amendments of the other body
Some of the high tariff men are coming to their
senses, and will give up distribution to get good
tariff. What may BECOME Of it cannot b. lold yet.
There is vast deal of humbug here.
1t ID SINGULAR as well as Ia ny juble fact, that
there is hardly merchant in Congress in either
house The practical effect of this state of things
is just what might be expected-on all mercantile
| matters the grossest ignorance, dsgraceful to the
members OF some of the most important commit
tees added to which, we may say, is equally dis
graceful self conceit.
To illustrate this it will be sufficient to cite a
single sentence of the tariff law introduced by Mr.
Fillmore, Chairman Of the Committee of WAYS and
Means Sec. IL provides for the appraisement of
goods, and amongst other absurdities enacs that
In all cases. where the actual value to be APP
praised, estimated, and ascertained, as herein
before stated, of any goods, wares, or mer-
chandize imported into the United States, and
subject to an advalcrem duty, or whereon the duty
isregulated by or directed to be imposed or levied
on the square yard, or other parcel quantity thereof
shall exceed by ten per centum or more the invoice
values then, IN addition to the duty imposed by law
on the same there shall be levied and collected on
the same goods, wares, merchandise, so per ct of
the duty imposed on the same, when airy invoiced"
twas left for the present Congress to impose spc
che duty on certain articles and yet punish the i'm
porter for not invoicing them fairly. To show more
fully the character OF this provision, it will be neces
sary TO mention the article of Imperial Gunpowder
Tea which Is to pay twenty cents per ID. duty. II
what the appraiser might suppose TO be the fair
market price by lOper cent, then the article Is SUBJ
ect to duty of thirty cents per pound. The i'm
porter would naturally claim that the price which he
paid for it could make no difference with an article
paying specific duties, to which the appraiser would
answer that the American government had no such IL
liberal and penurlous intention as to allow man to
buy tea or any other article cheapbut they liked good
prices themselves, SO they would compel their citi-
zens to pay good prices to others, the system of
home valuation, advocated by the Humbug League
The Committee Of Ways and Means believe in no
such lummery as allowing people to buy things low
er than their neighbors even when they do not pay
an ad va!orum duty. 1t s piece of impertinence
tor which man must be fined fifty per cent his
invoice. The tariff of the Committee of Ways and
Means will read thus in the books:-
Do s1 ssssas ss
On Imperial &c bought dearj, % do do
Do, do dfbought eheap( 80 do do
ticles.
This system will work we'll in one respect twill
save merchants the trouble of urging on their cor
respondents the necessity of filling their orders at
the correspondent abroad instead Of being at the
trouble OF buying articles cheap and giving himself
great deal of trouble that score, will have reason
to boast that he has obliged the American by charg
ing him good round price for his cargo 10 prevent
his being punished by the forfeiture of his goods.
II isin framing such absurd and ridiculous laws as
these that the American people paying three
thousand dollars per diem to the present Congress
There was very brilliantpart at the White House
on Saturday night II was given principally in COM
pment 10 the beautiful bride, the granddaughter
OF the late President Monroe, who was married to
A surgeon in the army on the Thursday evening
previous. A large number of distinguished persons
were present at the Presidential Mansion Among
them were Mrs Madison. Mr. John Quincy Adams,
Lord Ashburton, the Foreign Ministers, the Cabinet
with the exception of Messrs. Legare and Forward,
and several members of both houses OF Congress.
You may have full description hereafter.
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