The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1860-05-30

ions OF the Uew tariff bill, introduced by
Mr. Morrill,, of Vermont, which passed
the House of Representatives. on the 9Th
by vote Of SO to 81. Ito title in full il
A Bill to Provide for the Payment OF
Outstanding Treasury Notes. 10 Authorize
Loan, to Regulate and Fix Dnties on I'm
ports, and for other purposes
The bill authorizes the President "a
raise loan of a sum not exceeding tween
ty-one millions Of dollars, to be applied t.
the payment of appropriations made by
law and the balance of treasury note,
now outstanding, and for no other pur-
poses. After prescribing the mode il
which the stock shall be issued. &c. the
bill goes on to fix the rates of duties up
on foreign importations from and after
The LIST Of October next, the principal ar
ticles of which we shall enumerate On
raw sugar, the muscovado, or Bfown, II
fixes a specific duty of one cent pound
and the same rate upon syrup; concentra-
Ted molasses, sugar cane. white and clay
ed sugars, when not advanced beyond the
raw state above number twelve, Dutch
,tandard, one cent and half pound
refined sugars, two cents and half a
pound; refined sugars, tinctured or in
my way adulterated, FIVE cents: and on
confectionery AND other kinks not provi
ted for, an al ,dlorem duty Of thirty pei
'ent.
The duties on brandies, spirits, wines,
ordials are specific, as enumerated, thus
Brandy. "a dollar a gallon other spirits
orty cents cordials and liquors, fifty cent
urack, absynthe, kirchenwasser. and 9th
r like liquors, fifty cents; Madeira, sher
" and port wines, seventy-hve cents
;hampagne, Burgundy and hook in casks.
fifty cents claret Teneritfe, Sicily and
Canary wines. thirty cents; and on all
Ither wines, not enumerated, thirty pei
'ent. al Id'oTem. Ale, porter and beer, in
bottles twenty-five cents a gallon; in casks.
fifteen cents, and all other spirituous liq
Iors. thirty per cent. d2 ralorC7u. All kinds
If tObaccos are subject to an ad r1iorSn du
~, except cigars of all kinds, which must
gay fifty cents pound and ten per cent
I'd rd3orenl; snutf ten cents unmauuiac
rured leaf, twenty per cent. and al! other
lcbaccos thirty per cent.
On iron bar, rolled and hammered, in
Guiding iron less finished than bars and
more advanced than pig iron, the duty il
fifteen dollars a ton; railroad iron fitted
TO be laid down without further manufac-
rure, twelve dollars q ton boiler plate
wenty dollars; iron wire one-fourth OF
IN inch in diameter or less, seventy-five
cents per one hundred pounds, and fifteen
per cent. al valoren on all other kinds
If rolled or hammered iron, one dollar per
one hundred pounds. The list of manu-
featured iron is quite too long TO enumer-
ate here, the duties varying at specific and
nj uclgrc11 rates.
On all manufactured wool or hair.
he value Of which at the last port from
whence exported exceeds sixteen cents a
pound, the duty is fixed at eight cents
pound and skins with the wool on, fit
Teen per cent. 81 talortm. On all manu-
lectures of cotton, not bleached. colored
u printed, and not exceeding one hun
bred threads TO the square inch. and ex-
ceeding in weight five ounces per square
vard one cent yard on finer and light
n goods. two cents. and 50 on, in proper
ion to tineness of texture and twenty
i've per cent. al r1'or6n' upon all cotton
foods the value Of which shall exceed six
reen cents the square yard. These com
prise the leading articles of importance in
/ commerce. An al raj 0remduty of ten
per cent. is levied upon articles in the
crude state for purposes of manufacture :
twenty and thirty per cent on miscellan-
eous articles. manufactured wholly or in
part, according to classification. The list
Dt articles exempt from duty is quite
'GIEe, and comprises those for the most
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