Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-10
ENGLAND.

The resolutions tc he proposed by the Chancellor
OF the ENchequer in accordance with the budget
propose the total abolition of the duties large
number of articles among which of most interest to
America arc-Qucrcitron bark; hams of all kinds {;
meats preserved in any other manner than sailed !;
tongues; poultry and gang alive or dead; honey
pickles. and vegetables preserved in salt: vinegar and
veruicc; turpcntine of greater value than l5c per
cwt; oil or spirit of turpenne; logwOod; furniture
woods. excepting ash beech birch, oak wainscoat
elm: cucmherS preserved in salt glass (under Ger
tain rcstrctiuns) oil of rosiu fresh fish, certain of
foreign c"tcIi) r1usl ssh fRqt otherwise enumcr.lt-
cd); pig and sh-c. lead: copper (v,riousl: hewn
stone and slate; marble slabs; hair: linen or linen
and cotton manufactures sails of all sorts: cordape
tarred or untarTy'ts n"!uding standing and running
Rigging; mats !'na mitin%i sausGgcs; skin, and
manufactures OF SS'Es or frs; undyed yarn of spun
silk and worste'f; rnW Wofstcd yarn cable warn :;
waste wood. yiz:-tiltrt or brush used for packages
ofstOwage; soap.
IN lieu of the present customs duties on the follow
ing articles OF foreign import duties shall a CHARGED
as follows: On"ppIcs Sd per bltshe; dried apples Is
per buShcl batter S per cwt; cheese 2s6d per cIyt
eggs al per l2O; buStaIit and bread 4hd Der cwt :
clocks not 5s vane each Is per dozen not over
l2s 3D. each S. pc dozen; not over f3 each Is cacb
not over Flo each, 4s. each; over each Los each
copper, tnl'nufacturcS( los per cwti cotton
lectures, (VnrOus,) various rates chiefly per cent
raw fruit, not otherwise enumerated I'll per bushcl
preserved ginger, 70. per III: glass cut fancy and
colorcd, los pei cwt wrought irun Steel not ether
wise enumerated, 5s ~ Cwt: lead (manufutures)
not otherwise enumer'frG IS per cw: leather boot
backs, Is 3D. per d"hen; cut o S!npes los per cwt;
linen and cotton fabrics, various rates, mostly per
cent; tobacco, manufactured not being separs viz
cavcndish, negrOhrad, and twist IS. Sd per HI all
other sorts moi enumerated and segars 9s: wooIlcn
manufactures ttrious, mostly 5 per cent; mauufc-
turcd india rubber, I'D. per h.
NEGROES IN DELAwARE-The Convention for revi-
ENG the Constitution at Dover has passed the fol-
lowing section of the constitution by vote of
10 yeas to NAYS: r.,
No free '.cgro or mulato not now an inhalitant
OF the State ur who shall oye the State with intent
this constitution SETTLE in this State or come into
and remain more thnn tcn days. All contracts made
WIN any Tree negro or mulatto, coming into the
le contrary to the provisions of this section shall
be void and any person who shall employ such free
negro or mnlatt0 otherwise encourage him TO re-
main iii the State shall be fined ina less thar
twenty nor more than five hundred dollars"
The Hon. Nj. Tayar. in his speech supporting this
amendment stated that tcrcare Is 600 free negroes in
the State of Delaware making about third of the
whole population. ......... ..s.....
EXPENSES OF THE MAlLs-Thc Post Office mail car
rage alone for the next year. will cost the Govern
ment seven million and fifty thousand dollars besides
the exhaustive hundred and ffty thousand dollars
and halia million for miscellaneous Congress has
granted the new Postmaster General one hundred
tiousnu dollars for unprecedented deficiencies under
the new postage law.
REcEIrTs OF GoLD At TIE MIxr.-Thc PHILADELPHIA
B6lleun learns from the United States Mint that the
amount q gold 5eSasito2-tI.ere duri,us the month
of April hslS been Fhoui four had half millions of
oollars (4:o0oOO")-not equal to the extraordinary
deposits OF the month of March, but still quite equal
To the average During the same period the exports
OF specie to Europe have been about S92OOO-leav-
ing handsome surplus in the country.
. TEE CRoPS-With few local exceptions the papers
throughout the great West speak of the growing
grain crops as being in the most promising condi-
uon, ana giving token of an abundant harvest. We
have never seen nor heard Of fewer complaints, on
score IN any pre- Sious season. The Ohio Indiana
Nlchlgan and Wisconsin papers all concur in saying
tat present Indications warrant high expectation of
the coming crop. Prom Illinois we have COM
F7'iAt' "u' not more than at this time last Ecar.
THE FrsHERIEs-2he Alexandria Gazette of Sntnr-
SAYS the fisheries GA the Potomac about closing
thctf operations most of them have done well. No
Gross herrlngs at S3--nett Sc so per tarreI.
CHOLERA IN NIRG1x1A-A correspondent of the
Richmond Enquirer says that the cholera is prevail
ing IN Gainesville Necklenburg and on some Of the
plantations on the Roanoke.
NrNSEsoTA-A late number of the St Tnpl p;o,ip.c-
says:-Ihe TIDE OF Immigration is this season
than evor before Since the opening ofnavigation we
have averaged Id day and all have been crowd
soil The Ne.-ssS brought fifty members of the colo
ny for which AessIs Nutting the agents and the
Clarion brought upwards of one hundred and ffty
members of the Lake Ninnetonka settlement
ar. James ~ Smith, 81 400 clerk in the bu-
reau of Auditor Burt, has been appointed Indian
Agent for New Mexico salary $1,000 per annum-
Mr. S. Is the brother of Ex-Governor VIM Smith, of
Virginia.
An attempt IS about to he made to interdict
Sunday travel on the Central Railroad in Virginia
Judge Albert Constable of Maryland, is posi-
lively appointed Solicitor of the Treasury vice Judge
degFand, who has declined,
-. Bishop Meade of Va is on a visit to Norfolk
for the benefit of his health
Robert Johnson recently assistant postmaster