Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-16

large bounties per barrel on fish of French
| taking, when sold in our ports, we would levy
a duty on French ish equal to such bounty,
in ordsr that our 6shermsn should have fair
play with the French in our own ports.
The New Tariff Bill A day or two since,
the Committed of Ways and Means ordered
their chairman to report the long-looked for
bill, proposing to change the existing duties
on imports, extensively. II is understood that
| this new project leaves the hundred per CEN
tum list untouched-brandies, &c.-makes the
duties on the bulk of the imports of the coun-
try from which revenue is now obtained, 20
per centum, establishes Is per cent list,
another at 10 per cent. and small list at
per eentum; increases the free list, and
assesses all Hnenumerated articles with
10 per cent. duty. 1t is understood.
further, we find, that the chairman, Nh
Houston) in the plan which he proposed
to the committee went for Is per centum
on the articles to be charged 20 per centum in
the bill adopted, and that the s:unenumerated''
in his bill were assessed at rate differing
from that which they are to be charged in the
project to be reported, though we have not yet
been able to ascertain how he proposed to
dispose of them.
We have every reason to believe that Mr..
Breckenridge is the member of the committee
on whose motion these two important modifica-
lions prevailed.
1t is thought by the advocates of the scheme
agreed on, that upon the basis of the present
imports, it will produce customs revenue of
ports which may be reasonably expected under
the operation Of the bill and the present pros
poets Of our foreign trade, it will produce
total customs revenue of $5O,OOO,0OO in the
| first year of its operation.
We hav. to soy that at present we do not
perceive the slightest prospect for its enact
ment ere the close of this session Both
Houses of Congress are evidently bent on get
ing away from Washington as early as posi-
ole, and are preparing to legslate with rail-
road speed to that end, upon the immense mass
Of half matured business now before them.
There are hundreds of immensely important
interests involved in general change Of the
rates of duties on imports, many of which
would be strongly represented in the lobby, of
course, from the moment an effort might be
made to take up such measure for consider
ation most of them being ready to combine to
defeat ali action upon it. Urder such circum-
| stances, the reader will perceive that We
reason on rational premises in concluding that
| if tho Committee of Ways and Means are for
| tunate enough to get their new tariff project
reported and committed, it will be as much as
| hey may fairly expect to accomplish ere the
session ends, towards making it the law of the
| land
The Governorship of Kanzas and Nebraska.
| As matter of course any number of cideront
Democratic statesmen and patriots are ambi
| tious of the honor, if not hungry for the profits
| of these places, as poor as the latter are in
these fast days We have heard of twenty
| whose friends are believed to be clamoring
around the White House just now. Our i'm
preston, however, is, that the Administration
design passing over all those pressed upon them
for the places, and choosing Governors for the
| new Territories wholly with reference to theil
capabilities to discharge the duties to be de
volved on them. This will be bold move il
| these times, when partisan services have come
to be put forward so generally, as very nearly
the only consideration to be estimated in ma
king such appointments.
We draw this conclusion DIS to the deterIni
nation Of the Administration only from thu
fact that those whom we regard as usually bes
posted on such matters, are firmly of opinion
that Gov. 10. Wright, of Indiana, will be ten
Tered the Governorship OF Kanzas, and Hon
Vim. o. Butler, Of Kentucky, that of Nebrask;
territories.
By the by, the Hon. Eli Moore, ex-membe
Of Congress from New York city, subsequent,
ext. S. Marshal at New York, more recent,
editor Of a weekly democratic country rape
in New Jersey, and still moro recently ap
pointed to sub-Indiah agency somewher
out on the waters of the Kanzas, is here, an,
mis- friends say that he is highly indignant, in
deed, at the absence Of all prospect for hi
appointment to the g0vernorship of Nebraska
However, according to the general impressio
N Washington, he can hardly die of it, unles
upon the principle on which Paddy's hors
died, so provokingly, just AS he had learne
him to do without ateiug-for the Hon. Ell
certainly must be used to disappointment re
latye to Office by this time or the gossi
around Washington hotels all about the variou
posts in connection with which his name ha
Deen mentioned within the last fifteen months
has been singularIy wido of the mark.
The European Republican Leaders on Abo
iionism Letters recently received in thi
city from parties in London, who, at least, a,
10 position to write correct information O
this subject state positively that kossutt
Mazzini, Le1ru Rollin, and the res. of the lead
ug political exIles, who make the Englis
,apital their head quarters, are about to pub
ish manifesto upon the subject of politica
,oolitionism in America, taking strong groun
'gainst it; and acknowledging that their orr
iual expressions of sympathy for it grew on
f The fact that they then wholly misundel
tool American public affairs This paper,
said by the writers OF the information. is t
re addressed to the European political exile
low in the United States. We have to sa
hat we do not see how we can we'll refuse
;redt this news, knowing that it comes frol
l hose who of all men should know the trut