Star. — 1825-04-16 (London, England)

COM. mitied ; the people unanimously, on the f. flowing morning, accused Colonellufante as the murderer; but the enemies of order, and the respect due to the laws, said that m thing would be done to the Colonel;. that there were no laws for him ; ;sod some days after the opinion was general that he would. get quit cf it, because Dr. Pena had &eared himself his protector. " The true friends of the Republic contradicted these reports, so injurious to the consolidation of 'our system, to the honour of the naton in general,. of the Fieldofficers cetnipdsing the •Chnr wliic!t was to judge the criminal, and of the first Court of Justice in the nation, which was to examine the sentence. Nevertheless, one man alone c....ntinues to act in defiw.ce of public op:nion, of a bigllv respectable portion of the army, of the first Court of justice in the Republic of which he is 44 member,. and of the existing laws; and the reports which appeared absurd five months ago, if they have not been actually tearzed, have done us a'most all the harm they could in the eyes of the:nations who are observing us. We hope that Congress will, however, as soon as possible, remove entirely.the cause of this most intolerable state of con:usion."  The following rema-ks on the Colomb'ars Tariff are from the Bogota C'omstitutional of the `27th January: "The present mode of collecting the duties on foreign importations most imperiontly calls for the interference of Congress. An incalculable injury to the country; and a much larger. duty exacted from the merchant, than was ever contemplated by the Legislature, are the inevitable consequences of tfre sysiern at present pursued. The Arancel, accordiiig to which the value of the goods is estimated, is most erroneously drawn up ;' and even were it done in the best manner possible, would still be liable to constant objection. It is quite impossible to fix in any way, by any number of permanent valuations, however extensive these may be, the value of an infinite variety of articles, from their quantity and quality continually fluctuating in price. 44 Commerce is of itself so attended with risk, and in  its nature so hazardous, that it should be one of the principal cares of a Government to increase the confidence father than excite the diffidence of merchant,•. In bit this argument. is doubly forcible. For our revenue we depend lain: ipall y on th' imitate oldie cu:• t ims,and this can (n:l.y. oe rendered cOnsiderible byetiCouraging foreitro merchants to send goods to our market. But to this the arancel presents an almost insuperable obstacle. By. , the amount to be paid on cotton goods, one of the principal articles of import, is In per cent. whereas we are positively assured by persons• of undoubted 'authority, that from the valuations of the arancel,'the amount actually paid often exceeds 27 and `2B. No trade in the world can possibly be carried on with duties at this rate. Theirmptatiors to smuggling are so increased, and the faci ities in this country are . so great, the ri k of detection is almost next to nothing, that it actually becomes rather a matter of surprise that any duties should be collected at all, than that they should be so little compared with the goods imported into this country."