The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-20
THE TARIFF.

AMENDMENTS on IRON.
Inc amendments affecting iron and steel, as
adopted, make the sections amended read thus:
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted That from and
after the day and year aforesaid there shall be
levied, collected and paid, on the importatiOns of
the articles hereinafter mentioned the follow
ing duties, that is to say: First, bar iron, rolled
or hammered, comprising fats, not less than one
quarter of an inch more than two inches thick
rounds not less than one-half an inch or more than
four inches in diameter; and squares, not less than
one-half an inch or more than four inches square,
SIS per ton.
And provided further, That none of the above
iron shall pay less rate of duty than 2O~per cent
ad valOrem.
On iron wire, drawn and finished, not more than
one-tourth of one inch in diameter, nor less than
NO. l6 wire gauge, IS cts. per 100 lbs., and Is per
cent. ad yalorem
On tire for locomotives, or parts thereof, and on
all other descriptions of roll or hammered ron not
otherwise provided for, $50 per ton.
On iron cables or chains, or parts thereof and
anvilS, 81. 25 per 100 lbs.
On band and hoop iron, slit rods for nails, nuts
and horse shoes, not otherwise provided for, $50
per ton.
Anvis provided for in the forty-eight tn line of the
bill, were stricken out from the forty-ninth and
htieth lines, avoiding repetition. The duty remain
ed unchanged.
On bed screws and wrought hinges, IL cent per
pound.
On wrought iron railroad chairs, and on wrought
IRON nuts and washers, ready punched, S25 per
ton.
AMENDMENT ON STEEL
The section of the seventh section imposing du-
ties on steel, originally read thus:
On all steel in ingOts, bars sheets or wire, not
less than one-fourth of one inch in diameter valued
at cts per h., or less q cts per h.. valued at
cts. per lb.; and valued at above IL cts per lb
"a cts. per h.. provided that steel in any form
shall pay duty of less than 20 per cent. ad val.
The amendment which was passed was to strike
out all after '2 Der lb - insart ~,
onT, form. not otherwise nroYided for. shall nav
Another amendment passed was in line 104 OF the
7th section, to insert, "On crosscut cts per
lineal foot"
NICE STATE OF THINGS AT ALBANY, N. Y
Bribery and Corruption an the Grand and Petit jury
RoOms.-An examination is now pending in Albany,
before Justice Parsons in which one John II. Zeh
gives the following testimony:
\ complaint was made against me last summer,
before Justice Cole, for aeg ed forgery; the case
returned to Grand Jury last June; at the sit
ting of such Grand Jury, complaint was made
against John Nc Kown for alleged perjury, and
was subpcnaed as witness; VIM. N. Russell was
one of such Grand Jury; he told me before the sit
ting that he was to be a talesman upon such Jury,
and that be could do me some good; Russell called
ct my house almost every morning, and told me
what was being done before the Grand jury in both
OF said causes.
After the meeting of the Grand Jury, Russell
stopped me and said that he wanted some money
to treat the boys; l handed him SIS or $20 at the
next Grand Jury, and Of which said Russell was a
member, he came to me almost every day and said
he wanted to use some money among the boys |
gave him $40 or Sl5-[ this Jury tried the con-
plant against McKown; lon the day of the close
of the Jury, he called me one side and said he
ted $50; that if he had $780, he could fix the Grand
Jury and carry the day; that there was sathers of
money on the other side, and they were using it in
every shape; he told me what men he could use the
money with; | told him had no money for such
purpose; he said would be sorry for it afterwards
if $50 would save it.
Before the January term he came TO me again,
and said he was to be talesman on the Petit Jury;
that he couldn't sit if objected to by the other side
but they wouldn't object if didn't, and he would
sit; he said he would sit until he was sore, before
he would convict me; he said that | and he must
have quarrel at Jake Hager's, or some other
place, so that Blessing would be to see hear
oft; he said of course Blessing thought he was
working for him, because Blessing had endorsed a
note OF SlOO for him and John COrdell; | told him
he ought to have S400 $500 out of him if he was
working for that; he told me that he saved DR..
CrOunse from being indicted, and that the Doctor
went back on him and didn't pay him; he said that
he had borrowed SIS, and after he got clear the
Doctor wouldn't pay even the debt; he said he
thanked God that another Grand Jury was going
to sit, and the Doctor would get paid off.
CoTToN CULTIVATION IN AUSTRALIA.-Whati is re-
quired to bring the cotton lands of Australia into
cultivation is capital and labor. Of these two
important essentials, the men of Manchester have
no lack They readily subscribed 100000 when
the repeal the corn laws obtained for them cheap
bread for their factory hands, and procured for
them new markets for their manufactures in ex-
change for and flour which would be import
ed The same sum iudiciOuSy applied would have
gone far to have obtained for them a supply of
cotton from Queensland and other parts of the
British possessions. With respect to the supply of
labor, that's difficulty which might have been
and would have been overcome, had the necessary
capital been forthcoming, by the importation of
coolies and Chinese into the cotton growing
districts With such magnificent colonies as we
possess; with lands suited in every respect for the
culture of cotton, which may be purchased Tor "a
merely nominal sum; with all our manufacturing
skill for producing the necessary implements; and
with abundance of capital at our disposal, and
with facilities for obtaining labor from India and
from China under the new treaty, it will be a cry
ing shame and disgrace to the country if we
continue much longer in state of precarioUs
dependence upon the cotton growing States of
America. Whatever may be done in directing
attention to fields of productveness, we hope
that the unequalled facilities of Queensland will
not be overlooked. We are glad to learn that the
coOnistS are fully alive to the Importance of pro-
viding additional labor, and memorial is in
of preparation to the authorities, praying for
relaxation in the present regulation respecting the
introduction of coolie emigrants Now that the
treaty of Pekin recognizes the right of emigration
on the part of Chinese, there be no difficulty
in aiIording increased facilities to their leaving the
country and settling in Australia.-Australidn and
NtW Zeuton0 Guzette.
WENDELL PHILLIPS MAKES ANOTHER SPEECH
Mr. Wendell Phillips delivered lecture Yesterday
forenoon at Music Hall, before the Twenty-eghth
Congregational Society. The hall crowded,
and the bitter personalities of the speaker were
received with frequent applause by his admirers.
Mr.. Phillips regarded South Carolina occupying
substantially the same position in relation to the
North that Massachusetts did to England Just pre-
vious to the war of the revolution. He reioiced
that the Union had been dissolved, and that the
Constitution, which patched up by parcel of
lawyers, had been broken The South had seeded
from the North, and the North from the South;
the sinner had kicked the saint out of the covenant
with death. He desired to tell Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams that didn't want the border States; they
might 90 and take the forts and arsenas, and the
National Capitol, if they wanted them. Comment
ing on Mr.. Adams compromising spirit, he said,
'Take care-take care, Mr.. Adams, you need a
long spoon to sup with the devil" The North had
not President to-day, but she was sold. He had
no doubt but that through the influence of Seward
| and Adams there would be compromises and con-
cessions. They would have to wait another lour
years, perhaps. He knew that there were mobs IN
our cities: that here he could not speak without
the consent of the Mayor; but the right spirit was
beginning to show itself in the great West. She
sends Lovejoy to lead Congress in such time as
this. The speaker commented on Mr.. Richard II.
Dana Jr.'s recent speech at Cambridge, and de-
nounced him worse than Legree. Seward was
perjurer, and Dana was man-stealer-and oil
the two the perjurer was decidedly the best and
most gentlemanly.- Courier, Fed. IS.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The House select Commit
tee on the Presidents Special Message have evi-
dence before them that many Of the best naval ships
are not only sent to the Pacific and Mediterranean,
but that other first class vessels dismanted and
unfit for service, and lying at the Navy Yards at
| the present time The following vessels now lie at
| the yards designated
Ships of the Line-Columbus so guns. Norfolk;
| Delaware, 81 guns, Norfolk; Vermont, 81 guns,
Boston; New Orleans, 81 guns, Sacketts Harbor;
Alabama, 81 guns, Kitterv; Virginia, 81 guns, Bos
| ton; New York, 81, Norfolk. Frigates-U United
| States, so guns, Norfolk; Potomac, so guns, New
| York; Brandywine, so guns, New York; Columbia,
50 guns Norfolk; Raritan, so, Norfolk Santee, 50,
| Kittery.i Sloops-of fwar-Savannah, a guns, New
| York; Plymouth, % guns, Norfolk; jamestown, %
| guns, Philadelphia; Germantown, % guns, Norfolk;
Yincennes, % guns, Boston; Decatur, Is guns. San
! Francisco; Marion, l6, Portsmouth, n. H.; Dale,
! l6, Portsmouth; Preble, lG guns, Boston. Brigs-
! Bainbridge, guns, Boston; Perry, guns, Nor
| folk; Dolphin, guns, Norfolk. Screw Frigates-
Roanoke, 40 guns, New York; Colorado, 40 guns,
Boston; Merrimac, 40 guns Norfolk; Minnesota, 4C
| guns, Boston; Wabash, 40 guns, New York; Frank
ln so guns, Kittery. First class steam sooI
Pensacola, 10 guns, Washington, receiving heI
machinery, is a new vessel. Side-wheel Steamers
Mississippi II guns, Boston; Fulton, guns
| Pensacola; Water Witch, 3 guns, Norfolk; steam
tender John Hancock, guns, San Francisco.
The French OCCUPATION OF SYRIA.-The Pari
| correspondent of the Times, writing the Goth
says: The news from Syria is said by official per
sons to be very grave, and fresh massacres are ap
pretended. The French Government has greatl,
at heart to prolong the occupation beyond the tern
! fixed by the convention with the Porte and moth
ing would be left untried to attain it, The Turkis
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