Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-01-18
Wasbinoton Nrws.
Correspondence Of the Plila. Ledger |
FROM WASHINGTON.

! Ihem SuHciem 10 illustrate a Principle
appointment Of Gcnerdl Apprdiscrs-Re-
establishment Of the Free List-Other Re-
forms in The Tariff Of ISl6-Aetion of tie
COMMITTEE of Waps and Neans-Te Def.
'""eH H'tuWV Aodcmy. Tnraim Pensson
ana Nary Pension Balls Poa-OGoe Bill ia.
omPiete-ForifcG,io Bill under Considcra.
neutrality-suspicious. 10 Chcrokccs and
fF'e"dSy Creeks-Eortifca'ioa Bal-Riuer
ana Hdr5or BW-Appointmcnt of Minis,
! 'c' fIe"'poten''Ry 10 81, Pctersburg-Gor.
/ n'o""S Earty Rctwn-Gorcrnor Brights
Reelection to the Z. s. Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
? Ihe Secretary Of the Treasury has four
Thousand well authenticated cases of fraud
/ upon the revenue; bat he has not 30, Them
all prepared in form to subm, them IN Con.
aress. lie has been called upon to furnish
them bot after pnlliug a few extra clerks ,o
work al them, only two bundled could thus
far be got ready for public exhibition. A
large force, however, is at work to furnish
/ the remaining thee thousand and eight hun
dred two hundred which will 90 into tho
House Of Representatives may possibly serve
as an illustration of The principle.
Frauds will be committed under every
system of revenue, bnt it is the duty of The
government 10 pscvent these TO the extent of
lis ability 10 do so. The commtte of Ways
and Means, therefore, while not disposed to
substitute specifies for aIrolorems. or TO sub.
e'Iiute home valuations for the present sys-
lem, are OF opinion that good many beue-
licai changes may result from the an
4 Po'n'ne"' OF appraisers at large, whose duty
II snail be to equaI1e aPpni,ememls through.
ou' the country. This is really in conformity
to the Constitution, which prescribes tha, uni.
iorm duties shall be collected in all the
States.
1t is also proposed to rc-esrabish the free
list, so as 10 discriminate between the duties
pald on the raw materials used in manufac-
lures and the manufactured article. This free
list it was always the particular desire Of
| MT X. }. Walker 10 maintain but ne had
to yield his preference in this respect to Mr..
/ Mckay, then chairman Of the Committee of
. Ways and Means, and 10 Mr. Calhoun, who
would never listen to any proposition propo-
sing 10 meet especial eyigrucies not provSed
by general rule
My opinion is that reiorra will not stop
there ; but there are 50 many wiseacres who
have already come 10 the conclusion tina,
we have reached the millennium, and that no
Improvements can be made in the adjust
meni OF general principle to a partcar
case but, for the present, refrain from all
comment. a week or ten days will show
that we have not yet GOT 10 the end of the
chapter
The Commtie OF Ways ard Means have
been pretty actively at work with the vari-
ons Appropriation Bills and a good many of
them have already been reported Among
these are the Deficiency Bill, the Appropria.
non BlII for the Military Academy, the Inva.
nj Pension Bill and the Navy Pension Bill.
The fo>'-otlico Bill j, not vet been reported,
because the estimates of the general most
ONCE are not yet completed. Two items
have been struck from the deficiency bill
ne first Is N72oOo0 voted 10 be paid TO the
Cherokces, because objection is made 10 nav
that sum, unless the Cherokoes give 10 the
United States discharge in full of all de-
mands, The appropriation of $4,000, for
the friendly Creeks has been struck out on
III" ground That it belongs 10 the bills on
private claims In the Fonfcaiion Bill now
under consideration ,hp .,,,rro,r;,,;o, co