Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-02-21

t Much desire is felt by the public to learn the de
| tails Of the Treasury scheme of a Tariff Denies
all official light on the subject, place before GU
readers such information regarding il as reaches
through respectable private channels. The Wash
lngton correspondents of many of the Northern pa
pers profess to give the chief features of the bill
we dare say with general accuracy. From on,
of them (the North American) we COPY the an
nexed statement Of the different schedules into
which the Treasury bill is said to be arranged, with
the amount OF duty proposed for the articles IN each
class. Ehe schedules extend from A to G.
Schedule embraces articles paying rs per cent, viz. bran.
dy rum, corda and all spuoas liquors. which is the biob
est rate of duty in the scale.
Schedule embraces articles paying 80 per cent duty viz
readym cioshing Az articles worn by men, women and
children, made IN whole part by hand iron and all man
uacturcs OF iron sugar 6f a' kinds moasses all manufac
lures Of leather embracing boots, Shoes &c; wines Of ali
kinds fruits, except lemons and oranges glass and glass
ware except plain tumbers all manufactures of paper moi
Otherwise specified all manufactures Of WOOD embracing ca
binet ware, uhbr1as &C.; Turkey, Brussels Saxony and
Wion carpets; all manufactures Of gold silver copper lead
and other metals not otherwise ssecGed Spices olive oil
except in casks (20)
Schedule c, rs per cent viz all manufactures Of ss5e OF
Of which wool is componentmateral all Of silk or of which
silk Is component material all manufactures Of hemp fax
mohai, soats hair buttons and button noles manufac
Schedule u, 20 per cent, viz WOOL manufactured wool
manufactures wholly Of cotton, embracing printed and plain
eot6ns all paints and painters oils; medicinal and checa
preparations acids, &c, sheet lead lead copper bottoms
and 6rafer2 copper, copper bolts and spikes Kddemnster
Ingain Venetian, and Other cheap Competing baizes, fan
nels, &C., blankets costing seventy cents all dye-suf,
cept dyewoods, boards planks stavcs, mahogany &C. cot
ton bagging, of hemp flax oranges and ks feathers
hooks paper and paper hangngs cordage tared snd
tarred eartcn and crockery fish, except samon GO
Schedule u, paying 10 per cent Watches and parts ri
watches diamonds and precious stones not set when set
80 per cent; suptre sunny cloth nseed; unmanufac
tured India rubber plaster Of paris, ground lime
soap stocks and stuffs oftarar.
Schedule r. paying per cent duty, viz. copper in pigs
tin in pigs zinc tntnanufactured old copper and pewter
crude birthstone and vdflos articles used by manufactures
in the arts, which admitted fee
Schedule G, free Of duty American productions reimpor
ed unchanged paintings and satuay Of American artists
wearing apparel in USE and personal effects merchandise
animals for breed sheathiDg copper and yellow metal tea
and coffee, from their place Of production and from the Meth
erans all dyewoos stick fresh fish household effects,
not merchandise Of emgrants arriving models and inven-
ons of the arts, not for coins of gold and silver mine
ralogy specimens OF natural history whale and fish oil
American shees Tin foreign vessels 20 per cent salt and
cotton.
All articles not otherwise enumerated, 20 per cent
The bill provides for the repeal Of the drawback suga
refined, distilled from moasses hountes picked fist
and to fishing vessels.