New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-30

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Mr.. Ms,ssm Cameron has retarasd from his triE
10 Washington. fun Of hopes Of the passage Of the
| Reciprocity Bal thnosSh the American Congress
Al parties bero arr ANXIOUS ior free socess q
,our markets. and all are more or less pleased
therefore. a, the prospect Of ts being obtained
,hsu.h many perhaps fear that the partial freedom
Il Intercourse may satisfy the lsve bulk Of oar
| populstion--the AgricOltariss-snd thus deprive
osher classes 0, their cooperation. IN obtaining a
more complete reciPOOcity. The Miniaeushs's.
especially. are overoyed st Mr. Camercn's rePxt
Tx they have mAie their whole pohcv turn On tkls
enc achievement Al the same time. though they
aFsct silence ca the subject il 10 easy a. see they
must hc aot a little chsgTiaed al Csmeroas boasts
ct BIS aSeucy IA bringing u shcat-he heipg IN
deadly hostility % bis late colleagues | ooafess
that shculd have nave confidence m the opinioa
OF almost any other n our public nen, than IN that
of NJ Cameron. SCR he has a very loose way OF ar
rving at coaclusOns. and OF stating hs ccncussons
70 others. which makes bis Judgment OF ccmpaa
lively little vslae In the meantime. while wait
ing kT the settlement OF the Slavery question.
which s the perod axed by cur late Envoy Scr
the passing Of the bill. il may b. interesting b.
Your readers 10 know exactly how We stand 90
two items. which sre reported 10 be looked on a.
important BY Your leading Congress men.
Frs, as To the free navigation OF the 81 Law.
reuce vessels can now oOme from any port west
OF Montreal % that CITY. and may, IN ike manner.
proceed from sea TO Qaebec. What we have 20
couceCe therefore. Is the navigston between
these two points. The cost Ut transport between
them az present - sd. per barrel b our but the
more important fact is, that lille this space re
mains barred % your vessels. they cannot get trom
the L axes 10 the Sea. Is - quite plain that ex
ceps Tor the parpose OF driving 4 bargain. We can
have NJ interest in ohstructlng your iree passage
through CUR waters. On turning 70 our public nc.
coants .or last year. ind that the gross revenue
irom the Public Works was ESQ, i2l. and the net.
t3o.oi6. % which the Wclland Canal whose trade
o., / understand. chiefly American. contributed
1laf31 cross and 1l3.93l net A comparison OF
4 lew yeas IT Canal revenue viii show YOU sull
more clearly how important, L is "a US u increase,
rs every means IN our power the traffic ON our
waters. In lsi2 the gross revenue from Canals
shuc was / -535 in isi3, 425.15i IN lssi.
t3s.J31 la lsl5. tgs.o55 ia lsio, 1890 IN
lst-. 80 1877 aud In lsfs. ft6 ,sa. II Is said
,hat ls19 was again. the largest year yet
The other subject Is the addition OF sugar 10 ,be
ist Of free articles inserted IA one OF the b,ls be
ore congress saspvct thai Il the rotentlon OF
this article be a sHS gId H0R with you. IL wiz de
bis article last year amounted 10 something like
1ohOO0-about seventh part OF the entire Teve
que "a the Provincial Government and as the
wants OF our Chancellor OF the ENchequer are by
lo means dim,nlshing be viii scarcely be able b
y aud 81 heavy = reduc,lon-that -, unless he -
prepared 10 sccede a. the popular demand Tor very
heavy reductions in the salaries OF the Governor
q sueral and his principal officers. At present
there Is no appearance Ut this on the coatrsry the
Government are dsmisslng great number OF poor
ievs who get from $50 % ESQ per annum. ap-
parcntly by way of bait, to keep the whale ont 81
their own boat
10 not remember II mentioned in my last that
NJ Wetenhall the new Commissioner OF Pubic
Works hal lost his reason in consequence ct his
allure to sccire his return by his late constitu-
sncy. Every one laments the uafJrtunate gentle
mans visitation. and of course one bsmes the
Government for misfortune which they could
neither ioresee nor prevent The case OF the othes
Comm ssioner. Mr. Chabot, 10 very different. Ito
,as wei known TO be low sot before he was aP
pointed, cd has been raised ~ a conspicuous pos'
ton only 10 become a public scandal There are
stories also imputing some mental mbecillsy aso
to the Attorney. General East. Mr. Lsiontaine bot
I attach impo. lance Ia these rumors.
Our Criminal Court OF Queens Bench u now
sitting and considerable number OF bills hay,
been presented To the Grand Jury against parties
charged with being concerned IN the political riots
last Spring So lar, however. no true bills have
been ound, and >" no bills have been returned
a.; aiust tour OF these persons Should bills DC
ioand il will be impossible 10 try the parties ths.
q, uarutruv uasss 0~sr.
| mentioned IN my last that number OF copies
u the Eclectc Magazine had been seized here by
the Custom House authorities. have now to re-
port that they have been given up 30 the importer
he Solicitor General having given his opinion inst
they we're not contraband. | have not Yet heard
the ground of this opinion but shall ny TO obtain
& for YOU, as il involves points OF Importance
Tho weather here stil continues cold bat the
snow is nevertheless rapidly disappearing, and two
r three really warm day. would bring Spring upon
a. with rush
/ forgot To mention in a more appropriate part Of
nv letter that the Government have publisher
tables show ing that the Customs receipts last year
we're %l2O 900 greater than the year belore. IL
appears however. from a calculation published ~
oae Of our city papers that the increase In the nm
yortaion cannot have exceeded the value OF
80 900 more than IN the preceding year, ard l
earn that It Is The opinion ot competent sntiorltes
hat the value was really less, az the increase la
the amount collected does not equal the per cent
axe Of increase In the Tariff At bost We have
used $4,000 worth more goods. and pad 100000
more 10 Governments toleraDly bad bsrgan.