Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-02-21
WASHINGTON Feb. 8 800

WAsHIsGroS, Feb. s, 1870.
The debate in the House the question
sumed to-day. Mr. Jacnb Thomp>on Of Miss opened
ball reply Messrs Vintou and Winthrop In The course
OF his ks he exhibited tables of
pense Of collecting from the Of Washington
down. from which, Appears that the collected in 1873
ga, the Of its collection 007
per cenL-in 1916 The revenue $751; expepse f
collecting SSI9 03S-whIle under economical admn-
Of Gen. Taylor, the estimated for 1880
S3 500 000 and the expense Of its collection S26697
excepting California Oregon During the ezrara-
gant administration OF Mr. Van expense Of
Letting the revenue only 81 ,5i4633 per Yet
the present Secretary estimates the expense Of collecting
the for 1851, at S2750O00 or verify Gen.
Taylor must have been unnng when he said, 81
mend the Of economy appropriation
and expenditure Of public money"
Holmes Of s. C., kind Of political non-descpt, fol-
lowed Mr. Thompson. He willing TO give the SeeTeia
~ all be asked, lest il might endanger the business Of the
country, SC He Landed the tariff Of 1885, INDUCED in
lnstured and uncsIicd for upon Mckay,
the who had done carry that tariff through the
House. Mr. Brooks Of New York followed the side
lie denounced tariff of because 1t allowed men
small capital 10 engage in the transportation business He
also opposed to the waTehOusng system.
Gen. Bayly the floor, and made Of the
lucid sgunentave and convincing speeches. undertake to
say heard within the halls OF that House He stated
his points with and reasoned with force and
power that fail have their effect upon
One by he took the sophes Of his opponents aud
exposed them 10 the public view. lie showed The msaIe
they had madehe unfrness they praciised
gsfbng Of which they had guilty
up plausible defence for the Secretary But let specify
in TO the question Of Mr.. Vinton why Secretary
Walker had reduced the expenses
plated by the law Of the 81 Of March, to-wir; 81 900
when be had said that sufficient Gen. Bsyly replied,
that Mr. Walker bad told Congress time that he
could not do without law Of Congress aufhnIizng him
he could not cut down the salaries, dismiss any oices
who not needed unless Congress him the power
That power Congress had given 90 Mr. Meredith, yet he
could not collect less for $350579 Than Mr.
Walker had expended Again. there heavy charges upn
Treasury in Mr.. WsIker's exist
such the debenure system. sboshedthe heavy
poTtaons The war the aiming and equipment Of revenue
cutters vessels Of war. &c.
In reply TO another Of Mr. Vnton that the
peuses could not be reduced without proving detrimental 10
the public interest Gen Bayy ,ad there connected
wh the house Boston 1877 The foreign arrivals
thar port for Is4o 30O9o Of eight
day. OF these arrivals than half OF schopners
and moty from the British provinces laden principally with
coal, wood, plaster Sc sni require very lille attention
fem inspectors Now is II possible that 1871 ucers
qued to attend 10 the discharge Of this number Of vessels
There IS inspec and 20 night nspeces-makng ~
inspectors Suppose the arrivals In Boston day
twenty fifty, STILL where the necessity OF all THU
force Will any believe il TO be necessary Sir.
gentleman writing from Boston explains this thing
part. He says; "A few weeks since met Of the ir
speclo walking about the streets At his eisue when
large number Of aids fas they term Officers VIVA employ
ed IN yoiston Of law under and he told he
had then under biz charge coal vessel from Nsva Scotia
and that he had had nothing else to attend TO for Is days
will other fact At the very time the New Ys.l