The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-21
THyRTY.sECOND CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.

WAsuIyeroS, July 20. 1852
Hesers CHASE and FISH presented petitions favor OF
the Homestead bill.
IspFPxSpEScr OF HAYrI
Mr., FISH presented petition from merchants and
others OF New York praying for the recognition of the
dependence Of IIayt
Mr. JAMES of Rhode Island introduced his bill amend
ing the Tariff laws The following are its provisons:-
Id M e S VI y there s H. OF shall b.
import into ,ho uIi,sa STATES shall BE- the
ported entered to ssse the actual market value or
IN sd s. %.s s A
where the same may DO which duties
sale prise' All Imported merchsn paying duty snail
& By % AZ s,a
70 r ss
price. al ars port during The
from the duty paid thereon deiucted and II.
q
&c value on which the duties paid by law shall
Section zAnd be /. further enacted That each and
.ithe, in m..eraI aa.ty texture to Witch i
With the re which mo sna 10 Chased
efths particulars before toned asd il any non ,nuns
arc
s..sss .isS sss
vn S IN q R.5.s may %
take eject after the first dsy Of .n.' .n 40, sss
acts ADD parts q Acts inconsistent with the poys0ns II
The bill also provides that chemicals dys stufs uos
raw silk snd paper stuff shall BIO free
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee
cATILN's INDIAN COLLECTION PAINTINGS
The resolution for the purchase of Catlns Indian coll
lection OF paintings was then taken up.
Mr. SEWARD said Catln was an American citizen, born
in Pennsy gifted with genius for the arts
and love Of country Depending entirely upon his own
and energies he early in life moved the haunts
of the avsge and penetrating the Of the forest
he the friendship Of the Indians and visited no les
than forty eight tribes and brought home with him
this very large collection of paintings, embracing
not only views of forest and prairie scenes, With
ilps;ratieDs OF the social, political, and religions
customs and costumes Of the tribes but also faith
full portraits Of the principal chiefs This collection
vac now gratifying the pubic curiosity, and would in
time acquire nestiabc value to the historian and phi
loopher in their studies OF human nature in peculiar
stage Of devcopement. In 1882 this collection
hibed in Washington. and was offered to the govern
ment. II reported on favorably but. owing to de-
laws MIR Catlin without abandoning his wish that IL
should become the property oftho government took to
Europe for exhibition where he received tokens Of
respect from the friends Of science aud arts. While in
Paris the American artists there pctioned Congress
pure IT, and restore IL to the country They cons
dcrcd that it would he Indispensable to American
tss the paintings in the Louvre and the Vatican
to the French AID Italian artists, the and
weapons in the Tower Of London to the dencaor Of tho
Saxon Several members Of the New York Hstor-
cal Society recommended its purchase on the
ounds. Admitting as conclusively established the
NJ, at merit Of the c3nsction and the ability the go-
yern purchase 1t argument could be produced
against its purchac, just and reasonable grounds
wbc would not weigh wen against every appropria-
ton by Congress for the purchase and preservation OF
the materials Il science and Of hstoryogant the depo
s cont mporaneous works in the library Of Congress-
and against the lupreton in and in marble of
the grand and interesting Of counrys his
tory The people Of The United sfate7 If disposed TO
Discriminate IN such collections would surely cx-
cude those that supply present scnnty Information
concerning the great and heroic yet simple, whom
with strong and little tenderness expelng
10 not DISCRIMINATING throughout The broad domains Of
which they were once UNIQUE toned proprietors The
n,Of Of