The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-04-10

PUB Decentralization. J. Letch-
er will accept our thanks for a copy of
the Life of Gen. Houston. OF course.
this work is intended to advance the
Generals claims to the Presidency. We
will admit there is nothing like trying,
but think these claims will stand a good
chance Of being lost in the togs, old
and new, which now envelope the De-
mocracy, on the question of the Presi.
dency.
We are also indebted to the Hon. Jas.
Brooks, of New York, for copy of his
speech on the Deficiency Bill. The
Honorable gentleman has entered into
the m'nutest details of the subject; and
lays the increased expenses of the gov
eminent just where they belong, at the
door OF iocofocoism. Speaking ofMr.
Walkers construction of the tariff of
46, Mr.. Brooks says: "These Treasu.
~ circulars an OH, and were acted up.
on as law, from December, 1916, till
January, 1881, when the Supreme Court
of the United States nullifi-d the great
body of them, and pronounced them
void, and without law. The revenue.
nevertheless-the revenue boasted of a
so large, but made SO large only bv law.
less clrculars-wasc collected under them
for three years and over. Judge Wood
bury, sitting in case in Boston. Gree.
iy as. Thompson and Johnson,) first
overruled these circulars. He decided:
/. That the date of the procurement
OF a'cargo OF iron in Newport, Wales, to
wit, the Path of January, 1910, was the
time at which the appraisers should
have fixed the value of the ircn, and not
the date OF invoice or bill of ladinc, the
Gath of February; rhe price had mate
reilly advanced during the previous
thirty days, and the jury assessed DANA
ses against the collector in the sum
S6,6sl %, as illegally exacted.)
ike case was made in New York.
N. l.. Il 6. Griswo!d sued the collector
Tor excess OF duties upon plaintain bark,
or hemp and sugar, imported from Ma
n'lla, the collector exact,ng duties upon
the market value at the time of shipment
and the plaintiffs paying under protest,
contendlng that the law only compelled
them to pay duties upon the market val.
ne at the time of purchase. The iurv,
ourter the instructions of Judge Nelson,
gave a Serd Jet, 10 the plaintiff of 80, 206,-
"a, difference, and the verdict was af-
hrmed' on appeal, by the Supreme Court
in Washington.
these two cases, the pioneers Of 9th.
ers now pressing, not only nullified the
treasury rescripts, and broke down the
Treasury code, but they exposed the
revenue to all the fatal consequences
that Mr.. Walker had set forth in his cir.
culars, and realized at once the predic.
ton OF such men as George Evans and
others, that under such tariff the Gov.
eminent could not be carried on.
The Treasury circulars. however
have bequeathed to the country hosts of
lawsuits, fifty, It is SAID, in New York
alone, still undecided-such as that OF
Thompson Us. Collector of Boston, and
Griswold Us. Collector of New York,
with business encumbering the federal
courts, and running up the already too
great expenses of the federal judiciary
and with hosts of demands for r-funding
duties, the amount Of which can be
seen by glancing at the record and est.
mates of the Register of the Treasury.
see at one hasty glance now $439, 5Ss
IN prepayment of duties on sugar and
molasses illegally sxacted by collectors,
refunded under decree of the courts,
acqu'esced in by the Treasury Depart.
n'enf;' and these, among other such
items, now swell up the apparent ex-
penditures o. this Government"
GENERAL BANKING LAw.-We are
indebted to Mr.. Ricketts, of the House OF
Delegates for copy of the report, on
the General Banking Law, from the Sc
iect committee appointed blythe Senate.
The effect of the bill, reported, will be
togivc wider scope to banking opera.
IONS and at the same time fix them up.
on more reliable basis.
The system, says the report has been
long IN successful operation in New
York and other States.
STEAMERs TO FRANcE.-M. Gaillar.
det writes from Paris that Louis Napo.
leon intends to establish line of steam.
ers from Havre to New York, and one
from Nantes to New Orleans, touching
at Havana. They are to be in the
hands of private companies, but liberal.
ly supported by Government.
Lola Montez is preparing a series OIL
Lectures on the politics and public men