New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-08

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EaTi Zee rad. nos propcssi VII be Instinct = Is ye
liss 90 ~ bsil patus opinion aad puhlc n.s-as Il
ccLiittl ga Ac taking OF The da;y on th. raF an f
al used m mauufct ries vii co1leraat he NJ ''n
Of duti,s on fftzl mlnuf-ctur,s and WREN c'm Arsd
with tie operations Of Tie present tkff vii not mhef
ally a, the interests Of domestic Industry clnsl
dutiss tr Il Is for the consideration o. Congress whether
specif, duty Iron, made hom the ayersge ~ the last
ree or four Years q ra0rrs duties VII noi give greater
stability 20 tie iron business and mere sasis % con
suers oud ct the time prove equally bsnoasa %
II i Yrrosed TO make sci, free Of duty The average
annual revenue from that article ron 'as I'VE {ea;s 70
9oth June 1852 IS only SS32si While The annual nslinS
hout,es exelu,ive Of the drawback on picked m or
which the sa duty ii prc;-xt orn 'ani e. So '-lt
Other heavy anuua exeuses so prevent frauds rP'1
1ro fie suhieot Of he fishing b0an'os from :. &l's
Browne with il references is horewih submitted tor
the reasons stated 10 Tat report Is rc'l 80
the fishing bounty be repealed an thar h' O inca p l
dusiry b, Lee 20 TIE fair competition whcA causes osf
maritime enterprises to flourish ,,
lie table Of imports and exports o- the fiscal ear eu
ING sotb June 1883 accompanying this report. and hereto
3 mentioned compares hv6ruiy with those Of pra,ei
ing years, ard ucks 0ur increasing ca ac! flc 20
cisl intercourse. The table OF tunnage, which $50
47 ID turs ard exceeds that of any preceding year BY
s6sCcO tuns These tables prove thai We enjoy prosper
Gus commerce with increasing capacity 10 ex'eni T.
The table exhib ting TIE operations % tne MINK sso a1
companies this report II shows the entire eoina2eto BIS
October last TO have been s37oo0s92 80 the Gold CON
age from the LIST January to 3st October Of the year t5
10 lave been Ss6g9s9i5 CO. and the silver c1ineg. So
9s5oe5, and proves an active an growing demand ior
GOLD ard silver currency for actual Use wake nein
ports OF gold and silver, including what = Drought 20 sie
Atlantic from California without estimating Tor hN
hrcuoht In by cngrunts compared with the exooffs o.
gold and silver prove that; within iour years tho arse
smoun OF sl35972t95 70 has been added To me goa aA
Z. ~. mil lf4 u
cor ne for but short term of years this country WI oe
able 10 dispense with banks Of issue and Their a5ndan
evils ard have tie gold and silver currency contemplated
by the Constitution The operations Of the MINI ana ~
branches for the pa year show very favorable result
and the reconage Of silver hos. in many places, removed
tie nieIce Arising from small bank notes aai walf
of change II may reasonably be expected that the
sprlv in the course of few years viii be ample ana cx
tended to every section Of the country.
Tha OF CREATIONS Of q Mint at Philadelphia and the
Branches require that the Director should have au assist
ant The salaries allowed by law TO clerks employed II
The former have beer found insufficient to retain the bes',
and recently two Of the most skilfn and experencei
nj.houcLtt that COMA re Of an alloy resembling rman
silver may be beneically substituted for the copper ana
exuttim hts 10 that end have been directed Slolid ihey
prove favorable, the result viii be presented during 'he
The Branch Mint at San Francisco has been contracted
for TO be furnished and ready for the coinage 81
$40 Coo coo per annum by the si OF February next and
there Is every reason believe that the contract VIII be
copplied with and the Mint there Put into operation by
that lime Thus abundanty supplying the people Of iho "a
cfc with coin for all the purposes OF exchange anu
commerce. from their own mines
Under the provisions of the act Of the last session
thorzirg assay and melting ard renns ONE 70 qe es
tslshed New York. 70 be placed IN the Custom House
there should there be room for IT, and not giving the
Secretary If the Treasury authority TO lease or oefw-e
obtain suitable building for the sane an iayesugeuon
as mode and twas ascertaned that there was no room
for tie Assay Office in the Custom House. and thaI the
buding did not afford sufficient space for the business Of
tie Custom House. even after removing the Assistant
Treasurer Office.
Many buildings were offered and some Of them exam
med and tho buildings belonging to the Bank OF Com
merce ana the Bank of the State OF New YORK ana al
Joining the Custom House. found wei calculated for
Ie ss;s,an Treasures Ofce and also 10 furnish su1i
Client accommodation for the Surveyor ana ms clerks ana
por, Of the Collectors clerks, with the officers OF the
Aisay Office There was sufficient vacant space on the
part of the lot next Pine st. for the necessary buildings for
the work OF assaying melting and refining AnegouA'Nh
was entered into for the lease OF the Bank buildings Wh
he rryepe ef purchasing should Congress make the no
osiarv ,nnropriaon Tie property rented for tho
term OF fifteen years at rent Of $4,000 per annun win
the privilege, should the appropriation De made. OF plr
chasing within two years az $4,000, with Interest o
date of the lease the payments made for rent TO be dc
Quoted from the amount. The leases ana contracts &c
c.mrany this report The Bank buildings have beer
altered to suit the Assistant Tressurers Once, AMI to
make room for the clerks Of the Custom House and Tor me
Superintendent Of the Asfay Office and bis clerks Ihe
construction Of the Assay building has boon commenced
and ia nov, IN the course of completion aud al the nec9s
snrv indictments, &c. for the Assay Once, ana tr melt
ir aud refining are ordered to be prepared for the st OF
letrufTN
oreration by the lst of March.
The Custom House at New York being insufficient for
the increased business ~ that port and the bank old
ings adjoining IT, being found ample Tor an ne pnfpo O.
of an Assay Office and in fact for Mint should Congress
wish ~ any time have coinng done there the arrange
monf for the purchase WIS made with he kno"ieIge ll
tte price aer, ed to be given high but
under the ercumstancos 10 be worth 10 the United Sa
The sum agreed be given The purchase, a. provided
for I'm the leases il recommended 10 Congress.
Irmc diaiely upon taking charge Of tie Department m
formation was received By that certain additional duties
imrosed under the tariff act Of 1916 on goods entered ten
pr cent below the appraised value had been ordered by
nav predecessor for distribution between the Collector
Naval Officer and Surveyor OF the Port OF New i0rk an
that the had been Withdrawn or Withheld by IN.
Collector from the Treasury and deposited with banking
az ru courauv in that city Ny predecessor having pre-
yiou,y decided against the claim was thought upon ex
animation that the twenty per cent additional ds,y wa
pubIic revenue 10 which the Collector, Nc OF me iefe
Io had no ightful claim The order OF distribution wa.
thoe te revoked and the money directed 70 be epacel
in the Treasury. That being done ana tlo'e ON sll
asserting the claim Mr. Maxwell Collector Of the Por
New York upon leaving Office took cut 81 tho cl0ns re
ceiyed tie moitty Of twenty percent afdfona daes al
ing his term. aud made special depost Of II Wiln V
Bronson his successor He was directed 10 pay inc money
into The Treasury but before this was done, at the
Of tie Naval Officer. &e the sum was attached by ordei
of lie Judge Of the Unite States Circuit Court Tor ,ne
Di.tet and has been paid into Court % await the deci
sion upon the mers Directions have been gwen % pre-
rare ke case for tia in tho Circuit Court AMI or the 81
rne Court should the decision Of the Court below be al
vepe 10 the rights Of the United States. -
The act Of Conrres. approved the ID Of March lsil
limit he salaries of the Collector Naye Queer and Sar
vevor Of New York and some other ports IL was cond
e~d That oo no source whatever could the amount the
were entitled to exceed the at which Congress ma
hus limited their compensation. Yet, notwithstanding
tlaf act had been decided that certain hnes ana Pe
49,; ;,ed nv rrevfous acts for violations Of the reY8nu
law ore oiety of which bad been directed 10 BE- dyie
equally between those officer should De -
divided Tie Department had aeqnesccd IN inc Iec,'
nm i enreuopsaiion Of those officers was sWeed d.
vopd tie uont fixed by said act Those ines and psnA
t;es II tie Custom House at Nov York for the hea yee
I'D re roojev thereof was divided between the C)leeto
Nnxnl Ofcera and SURVEYOR Of bat port giving 70 90.