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31ES0UTTF0NS REFERRED TO IN THE
FOREGOING INS i RUCTIONS.
22d CONGRESS—Ist SESSION.
CONOKF.M UF THK UMTEnWVTK*.
In Ih'. Units' us R presentutircs, Jan. 19,
Residre.il, That thfi Hocrotnry of llr« Treasu
ry bo requested to collect such facts and tutor
motion as may bo in bis power, of llio extent and,
oondilirn, generally, of the manufactures of
wool, cotton, bem;>, iron, sugar, salt, and such
oilier ai tides as are manufactured to considera
ble extent In ibo United Slates, and report the
same to tins House aa early as may bn practica
ble dn iug tlm present session, for the uso of
Congress; and that be also bo requested to
transmit the aforesaid inf'irtnalion, to accompa
ny it with such a tar iff of duties upon imports as,
in his opinion, may bo best adapted to the ad
■vaneetneul of the public interest.
Attest MW. ST. CLAIR CLARKE,
Clerk of the. House, of Rep. of the U. .S'.
22d CONGRESS—Ist SESSION.
COSGItr.SSOrTHK USITED STATES,
Jn the. {louse of Representatives, January 19,
Hesi.lr.id. That the Secretary of the Treasury
bo directed to obtaii. information as to llio quan
tities and kinds of tho several articles mnniiluc
1 11 .od in the United Stales, during the year on
ding the 3'Jth September, 1831, particularly
those of iron, cotton, wool, hemp, and sugar,
and the cost thereof:—and, also, the quantities
and cost of similar articles imported from abroad
doling the sumo year; and that he lay the same
before this House as oarly an may ho practica
ble during the present session of Congress, to
gether with such information ns he may deem
material, and such suggestions as he may think
useful, with a view to tho adjustment of the
tin iff.
Attest: MW. ST. Cl. AHI (T.ARKE,
Clerk of the. House of Representatives.
QUERIES.
I. State and county in which the manufacto
ry is situated?
S. Kind or description of the manufactory;
and whether water, steam, or other power? j
3. When established; and whether a joint
stork concern? * 1
4. Capital invested in ground and buildings, i
and water power, and in niacliinerj?
5. Average amount in materials, and in cash
for the purchase of materials, and payment ol
Wages?
0. Annual rate of profit on the capital invest
ed, since the establishment <ll the niaiinlacioi \
—distinguishing-bet ween the rate of profit upon
tli.it portion of (be capital which is borrowed,
after providing for the interest upon it ; mid the
rale of profit u,.on that portion which is not bor
rowed?
7. Cause of the increase (or decrease, us the
ease may t.ej nfprollil
8. Kates of piofit on capital otherwise cm
ployed, in the same Slate and manly!
9. Amount of in tides annually m iniif iclnred
since the establishment of the in imitacloiy ;
desciiption, quality, and value nf each kind?
10. Quantity and value of different kinds of
raw materials used— distinguishing between
foreign modems and domestic products?
11. Cost in the United Stales of similar nrli (
dcs olTmiiiulactme imported from abroad, and
front what countries?
114 Number of men, women, and children
tun loved, and avenge wages of each clusa?
lit. How many hours a day employed; and
what portion of the yea ?
14. R lie of wages of similar classes olliot V/iso
employed, in the same Stale and county, in oth
er (States, and in so epjn countiios?
15. Number of bursus or other animals em
ployed?
Hi. Whether the manufactures! find n market (
at the mnnufrintoiy ? Ji not, bow far they are
sent In miiiluit?
17. Wboihcrforeign articles of the like kinds
enter into competition with them at such place
of sale ; audio what extent?
18. Where are the m.Htnliictnres consumed?
19 Whether any of the inamiractu.es aic ex
ported to fouign countries: niAl if ho, whore?
2), Whether tho inamifaolure ins-old by tho
manufaclnior for cash; and i: on crodil, at what
ro l:i ? IlTnrtoiud, foi what?
SI. Whether the cost of the in.tintfui'lurcd
mlirlo(to the mantifaelu ei) lias inuicasuil <u
decreased; and how mil b in each year, from
the esiahlishmont of the manoficlo. y, and
whether the mice .se has lie.or hi the materials
or the lahof, ami at what rule?
MI. Tho prices nl which the inaniificluios
have been sold by the m.imifacturer, s nee the
usi-nbltslimeni ’
23. What rale of dely is necessary to enable
the mm ufarlinor to enter into competition in l
the home mil hot, with eiinilnr io tides imported I
21. Is any change necessary in levying nr col
lecling I'm July on such articles, to proven)
f. and I
2”>. Whit bus hern the into of your profits,
annually, for the last ThiCO yc.ua : and if it In
a j ent s ock company, what dividends bavi
hei n rereoed, and wiiat | ortien of the incorn
of the company lias been convened into live
capital, oi retained ns a fund for contingent o
other objects, mid IhcrelbiO not divided out
annually?
2l>. What nortion of the cost of your mamifac
lu es consists of the price id' the raw material,
"vlmt portion of the wages of labor, mid what'
potion of the prolitt of capital?
27. What amount of the ngiicu'lii. il produc
lions nf the country is consumed in jour estab
lislnnuut, ami w.ut amount of other domestic
|i; odticlions,
28, What quantity or ainonnt ofmamil'icUiros,
attcli us you m ike, a.o produced in Ho Undi d
iStaies. and whirl a’uo t ; , . r your own States?
29 If the duty n on ii ■ i’lj.dgn mamilaclun
of the kind of goods video V“U make were re
■luced to 12 j per eent , with a con espondin,
rtuhtctioit on all the iiupmts, would it cause yon
to abandon your business, o would you coatium
to nirou'aeiii-o at rodm i tet s?
•W. It - it would cause yoti to nb irdon your
business, in what way would you cm lov you
caoital?
ill Is there any ) ursuil in wliicli you emm!
engage from which you coidd . c ue greater
profits, oven after a ieduction of the import du
lies to 12\ per runt.?
If-’ Am not the tn.innr.u’tn os of sdt and iron,
remote fnun I lid poinls ol mi as’titrm, util ol
f i cign com; etttion within i<■ . t o •< • mound
thorn, and wh it is the extent of that eidel
lid. Amount of capital; and wbal pio .ortioe
tho her o wed capital bears to that which is ..
31. Wl at iimuuol of lellticlio.) in the duties' ,
would enable the actual or real capital employ
ml to yield an interest of 6 percent., and how
gia bt I tlu reduction should he?
I!">. If niitiiiinnns should be abolished, and
the duty ass. ssaij upon the actual value of the ,
imported aititlo in the American iort, eh
rate of ad velmom -liny would bo cauivalciit i<
tho present with the minimum?
3C. What would he the operation (if this
change upon the frautls at present supposed to
bo practised? ,
37. Proportion wliicli the production bv the ,
American manufacturers boars to the cunsump- i
mm?
;H Extent nf individual and household man- ,
vd;-'’.u e in the United States, mol lro\\E tt.uch it
has . • eased s nee the tariff of 1824? : j
' e age profit ot money or capital in the |
t';:. ml .-talc ’ |
■ \oi c : ite of wages?
t * (-■ 1 : i’se .a uii ius relate more partirn- .
a irl v r> n iMifi.iiii. -a'Tied on tu Urge estab- i
i; . .»o;,s. Ir "t to those branches ho wev- i
’ r.;>. I in in private A'orMivpa, as j.
t v.»ot h ns, so »-s, u)d!c-\, ,Vc., such detailed ! ,
•’ ’ ' i -nai ■.<: ejsi.y It w ill be soilit icul
• i . mi aggregate ;b,» .iimutiil of the cupi t
T ' ttr 5 > ido of llio IliaiiUlectllrsd ar
‘ : j,® '‘‘.ns cut' loyctl, Lire rate
'• ■' b - ! - ■• ' : j!« of J-otrt upon llmcapital, what a
portion of tho mateiials is of American produc
tion, to what extent foreign articles of the like
kinds enter into the domestic consumption, am
what reduction ot duty oould be made without
increasing futcigu competition in tho home inai
kct.
A RILL further altci#* the duties on imports,
anil for other p»irp*®s#i accompanying 10
jk cetary of the Troa .-Jiy’s l^-P ort 10 the
W,use of lloprosenlalivcs, ot the 27 ih ot Apui,
Hoc. 1. Beil enacted hy the Senate and House of
Hrurescnlatietfi of the Unit'd States of America
in Congress ass twitted, Thai from him! ahci t ,t;
:j-t ilay of March, the act efililleit “An ticl
in alteration ot’iiio Fevorul arts ivnjiOt»ii»4 drtw*
on i?npoi Ih, m approved the ot May, Jtr
mIhiII he repeated ; except 80 tar an the t*aine may
be necessary for ll»« recovery, collectiijn, dis»tn*
buiion, and remission of all tines, penalties, o>*
fniiuicH, which may have b«en incurreu *uu cr
the same. . .
Sec. 2. And he it furtherenacted, fliat m »««“
pf the ifuiiesnovv imposed by law on ibe inipor
t.ilioh of articles Jiaiemarter inenuoned, there
nliall be levied, collected, and paid, the iollowiug
duties, that is to H.iy. ..
M. On wool, unmanufactured, dho value
whereof, at ilie place of export ition, shall not ex
ceed ten cents per pound, five percent, ad valo
-10m; and when the v ilnc shail exceed ten cents
per pound, twenty percent, ad valcnoin : I *O
- that wo >i imported on tho hluii ■'hall he ♦'«-
tirnated, as lu weight and value, as other wool.
2d, On rnannfaciuies of wool, or ot which wool
»h a eoirijionent part, not otherwise specified,
tho value whereof shall not exceed fifty cents a
h jiiiire yard, ten jier cent. uJ valorem; on
wonted siulf and woirllew and worsted
yard,’twenty per emit,; ou mils, gloves, bind
ings, l>l inUufH, linsiery, and carpels and carnet
in«r. twenty live ;or cent.; on il.mriels and hai
/.as. and all oilier mauu iiclmes ot wool, or ol
v\ hi h wool m a conijjonerjt part, thirty | !til
cent.; and on ready made clothing, liliV per
cent. ... I
.'»d. On nil m :inu fuclti res of cotton, or o! wliicli 1
rollon Hliiial be a ‘Component pari, twenty-live j
,»cr cent, ad valorem; T > »ovid«*d, trial all in ui
nfacliij es of cotton, or ofwhhdi cottmi shall be
a cornpoiMUit (> tr», not dsed, c-ohueil, pr inted, or
stained, shnll be valn»;d at thirty cents per
s-|n .re yard, and if dyed, colored, pruned or
-(allied, sh ill he valued at thirty-live cents per
s-pi'TO yard; and, on nankeens, im,.o'led duett
fori* ('lrina, twerriy per cent, ud vaiuiorn.
?lih. On al! siamjied, printed, or painted floor
epjlh, fort) -tlr oo cents a s jiiaro yard; on o:i
cloths, nf all Kin hs o.hei tln.n that usually de
uominatod door cloth, and on iloor mailing, usu
ally made of Hags or other materials, thirty per
cent, ad valorem.
mil. On iron, in b irsoi brills, not manufactur
ed in w hole, ordii part by robing, ninety cents
per 112 lb.
(» h. On hrii and bolt .ron, mule wholly, or in i
pail, by rolling llnriy dolhoM per ton; Ihoxided,
fir.ii all i “ii m slabs, bloom?*, loops, or other
lonri less li'iistrerl than iron m bars o. bolls, and
pay duty accordingly.
7*li. On iron in \ igs, fifty a nts per 11211*8.; on
vessid?? of cast iron, not olhoi wiso si-ecdied,
one and a half cents per II)., cm all oilier
eastings of uoti, not ulhoiwise spccdicd, one
cent per Ih.
Hih. * >n iron n-* sire* wire, not oxcooding mim
her fourteen, Jivu (rents per* lb., over number
font teen, nine cents per Ih.
!t (hi iouiul i'Otr, or bii)/.i‘*rs* rods, of three
s \ & ills iu .ip n sixteen:!.fl of an inch diame
ter, inclusive, aud on iron m nail orspiKo rods,
o. nail plaits, slit, tolled,-or lianinrored; and on
con in sheets, ami hoop iron; and on iron slit,
j robed or hammered lor hand iron, a*.oil iono- j
' iseniMiit tods, lli.ee eonls p»?i lb.; on non nails J
; color Wrought,dive rents peril) .on lax, buds, j
and s-iii',-.-, not eveoedh.g r-.xlecn omieus to the
'!» ms.iiid, live cents j er tlnvrs rit <l; ex eedmg j
sixteen ounce?] to tin* liimisnnd, li?e eA iits j.ei 1
ib.; on s jiiHi'o -wi e n-e.l tor the m.inufaciuie «d :
HtM-lehcrs tbr mn!).el!as, twidvo per cent, ail!
vac erc; .inv.ls snd um b os, nil I all puts j
Uieieof, ; i cd in wvholo o< in, ail, two
eniii • pm oil i >n c ihles oi ehaitis, or pails j
the. cot', n mlbin in wlndo cr in part, three i
cents :or 1 ' and un drnwbaf'U ahaU'ho allowed
on the cxporlabuM ol i. on cable.* or* parts there- •
of; on mill e. oiks and :nill irons, of wrought j
idm. four cents per lb ; on mill sawr, one dot \
lar each; on blacksmiths’ liairliners and sledges
two an half cents per M.*.: mi mo eke hi, uric j
do!! i and fifty cents per stand: on idles, two ■
doilais and fifty cents each; on all oilier ti.c !
arms, ini ty per cent, ad valo.cm.
I'Mi. On axes, adzes, hatchets, drawing!
Univi s cntilng’Umves. si«;K!'-s or nviping books, |
scythe**, spad.is, shovels, vijn.iies ot i.on or steel, !
bridle hits ot* all deseiiptioiis, steel y.uds ami i
scale beams, socket chisseis, vices mi l screws j
of iron, called wood screws, thiity per cent, ad '
valorem; Ihovoled, that said .elides shall not
he i n| o led dt a less rdto df < uly ib.tn »vonbl
have been chargeable on the inaleiial con-titn
ling t'icii chief value, if imported in an unman
nf'icMirud stale.
Hlli. On 9 cd, one d ill iran I fifty cents pci
112 lbs.
12>li. On jaiHinned Ware of m!I kinds, on pla
led wa-cs ol all kinds, and on all mannfacinres
not ol he- wise Mpccitird, made ol b. as--, i.on, J
s'c.nl, pewter, lend, u? tin, or ♦>!* which either of
tbiffo find;ds is a eoinpondnt male ial, a duty “I ■
twenty-live percent, ml vjilo a*m; Ibovitlnd, I
that :\M :n In les manutaCtiired. in whole, or sheet. I
rod. Iioo;», holt, or bar hon, or of e-en w ire, o. ••!
which sheet, rod. hoop, boll, oi bar iron, o i on
wiic. shall constitute the gtedlesl \vrij»lit, am*
winch !i o not othc: wi.«e s.iccined, shad i ay the
aim* duty per Ih. that is Hi ovd b\ tins .e l on
died, rod hoop, hull o bar ton mi imi wirtu
of tin* s imo limfibu - f«*sp<cliv» ]y. ided, ,
ilso, that the said last mentioned talcs shall not |
he less than tin* said duly of twenty live > «r j
t cut ad valorem.
l .tth That all scrap and old iron shall pay ??
duly of twelve doll ns and fi'tv rents p»*r ton; i
* at nolhi <g sh di he deemed old •mi that has
no( been in n-tuul use, acid all pieces efimn (e.x i
eept not) of more than six nn her* in bnigiji, shall ;
be i at-<1 ms bar,'boll, rod, or hoop iron, as the 1 ,
ease may be, and nsfy duly aceocdingly.
14th. (hi uiuiianul’aeiu*ed hem,*, fitly dollars ,
uer ton; on s.ul duck, ten cents per square yard; j
and, on cotton h.iggnq:, three and a hull* coins
a sniia: (* yard.
l.Vh On all mannfictures of silk, or of whirl* I
silk shall be a com orient pint, roinins f-orn be l
yond llio Cape (if (Jood 110 .e, iwcnty-ilve pur {
••ent. ud valorem; .and on all other in.nnii'aelu e-;
of silk, or (if whirl* silk shall be a component j
pa t, twenty ne cent.
10th On iVown sugar nnd t*y»n;» for in iking
sugar, two and a half cents per pound; and while ;
clayed or powdered sugar, throe and one lliiul
cents per pound.
I7ih. On salt, five tr**nts per fifty six pounds.
I‘S»li. On colicc. lialfacent per pound.
•Wih. (in leas of all kinds imported from Chi
na, or other ? kves east oftiie 'Cape of Oood j
Hope, and it* vessels of the United Slates, one,
cent per pound. On all teas imported from am i
other piece, or in \ esseJs other dun vessels of!
the'Cniled Slates, leu rente per cimd.
2«) th. On slaies of all kinds, twenty five per
cent nd valo.cm.
21st. On window glass, not above S by 'lO
indies i.t siz**, th »'» doll.* s per'hundred s.piai e 1
feet; not above 10 by *l2 inches, three dollars and j
nftv cents er one hundred s.,0:110 feel; and if
above by <l2 in. !n»s, four dull;ns pe* lumd.cd
s pure foot; P u\id«*d t fli «t all window glass '
imported in p’n’es enruf, shall be charged with ;
the highest in*e<o*'du'y ; ;e of»y im> Qj, .
a othecanrs* vi Is of the rapacity of lour oun- '
ees and le s.ono dollar per gross and not ex
(Qiedn>g ounces, dollar and twenty 1
tive • mitp per g:oss. , <
2Vti. •» j olive ml in r I2\ tents a gr.llnn. I
2dd. On the wines ofFiance. v z; red wines, * J
du skx cents a gallon; while wines, iu <
casks, 10 cents a gallon; and wines of all sorts,
in bottle*, 22 cents a.gallon.
I,’Uli On tlio following articles, an ad valorem
duty of 15 per cent, viz: barley; g. ass or straw
baskets; composition wax, or amber beads; nil
other heads not otherwise enunjetated; lamp
black; shell or paper boxes; hair bracelets;■hair
not made up To. head dresses; bricks; paving
tiles, biootnsofhair, or palm leaf, Cashmere • I
thibet; down of all kinds; feathers, tor bed*,
palm leaf, m.p ilmets to hats. . .
251 h. All u! tides not herein specified either as
free, or as liable to a different duly, and whi-.i,
by the existing laws, pay a higher duly than
fifteen percent., to pay an ad valorem o ut yo
fifteen per cent, from, and as or the eald third
be it further enacted, That, in ad
dition to the articles exempted fs*m duty by the ;
existing laws, the following arlio es imported j
fiom, and after the 3J day of March, 1833, shall
bn exempted from duty,-thatis to sayi Cocoa,
almonds, currants, prunes, tigs, raisins m jars
and boxes, raisins all oilier, black pepper, gin
ger, mace, nutmegs, cinnamon, cassia cloves,
• ■iinento, camphor, corks, crude saltpetre, side
arms, say—cutlasses, daggers, diiks, swords,
hangers, llax unmanufactured, ipiioksilver, opi
um, quills prepared, tin in plates and sheets,
hi ass in plates, marble, hair cloths and seating,
blue vitriol, argot, gum arable, gum senagal,
epaulette, ofgold A silver, sac dye, madder root,
madder, mils and berries, used m 'lying, sumac,
suflion, tumeric, woad, or pastel, aloes, amber
gt is, Burgundy pitch, haik Pciuviun, cochineal,
capers, calomel, camomile flowers, coriander
seed, oantlmrides, custauas, catsup, chalk, to
riilus initicus, coial, corrosive sublimate, dates,
filberts, filtering stones, (rrankincense, gru| es,
gamboge, hemlock, henbaml, hones, horn plates
for bullhorns, ox horns, other horns, ami tips,
Indiailibber, ipecacuana, ivory, umnaiiufiictur
cd,-ivory biaelc, junijier hsn ies, maccaioni,
mill stones, musk, nuts of all kinds, olives, oil
of juniper, | aintings and drawings, rattans tin
manufactured, reeds iinmanufactu cd,-rhubarb
rotton stone, tamarinds, tortoiseshell, tin foil,
i shellac, sponges, sago, spy glasses, telescopes,
[ sextants, quadrants, hair pencils, Brazil paste,
I mrtiirai nde, vegetables such us are used princi
pally in dying, end in composing dyes, weld,
mol all a.tides used principally for dying, com-,
ing under the duly of Ids per cent , alt other dy
ing drugs and materials Tor conij oaing dyes, all
oilier medicinal dings end all articles not enu
merated in this act, noi the ex s ing laws, and
which m e new liable to an ad valorem duly of
fifteen per cent.
Si c, 4. Ami hit il fart her enacted, That from
and after, I lie third day of Match aforesaid,, so
much of any act ol Congress, as requires the ad
dition of tenor twenty per cent, to the cost, or
value of ativ goods, wr eor merchandize, in es
timating tins dn'y thereon, or ns imposes any
duty on such addition, shall fie icpnalbd.
Sue. 5. And'bc-it further enacted, That from,
and after, flic ltd day ofMurch, ntbcsiiicl, where
the aroount of duty on merehnndize (except
inamifactinos ol wool, or of widen 'void is a
coon.onent part,) iiiipoited into the I- lilted
States, or any ship or vessel, on account of one*
person i nly, or of several persons jointly inter
i rested, shall not exceed flfHf dollars, the same
shall he paid ill cash, without discount; and if it
shill exceed that sum, shall, at the option of the
mi; crier, or importers, he paid, or seemed to he
paid, hi ihu immnt r now required hy law, one
hall' in ih ce, mi l one halt in six catend ir
months; and licit, from am! after the std day ol'
March, so mlicit of the (hid section of the act.
entitled, ';An act to regulate the collection of
duties on imports and lounge,” approved the
second of March, 1711 ft, as authorises the dopes
ile of leas, under the bond of the importer, or
imeorteis,-shall be repealed,
' Sue ti. Aud-huit further emitted. That f ran
1 and after the 3d day of Minch iifinesaid, the do
| lies on all in iiufactu us of wool in of w hich wool
: is a com, onont pm", shall he paid in cash, will-
I out discount, or, at die option of the import® ,
ho placed in the public stun s, under bond at his
risk, subject to the payment of the customary
storages am! charges, and to the payment Cl ni
te.cst at the iJite <>f six nor centum per annum
while so siorcd ; Provided, thul the duty on the
articles so stored shall fie paid Owe half m throe
and one 4i df in six months ftom the date of im
pm talion: i’.ovM-cd, itlso, that if any instnhnenl
ui duties ho nc.l paid when the same shall have
become duo, so much of the said merchandise as
as mav be irecess.ary' to ilischu- go such instalment
shall be sold at public tuition, and, retaining the
sum necessary t'or die payment ol such instill
ment of-the iln ieM, together wirhlheexpeirsesof
1 the safe lice,-ing a*itl side ol such goods, lire
uvci plus, if any shall ho relumed Ivy the collector
! lo the imposter, or owner, or toll sageutor law
j f»l representative : And provided also, that dm
< importer, owner, or consignee of such goods
1 in.iv, at .any time itfter file dnsposilo shall have
i tii.'cii maim,'withdraw, the Whole, or any part
■ diercof, oil-paying die duties on what may lie
wilhd; ii'Vn. innl the customary storage and char
ges, and of interest.
-;*n:c. 7. An'! he itfur/htr emitted, That fiom
and after the i!d day of Match ufotesaid, foreign
inimufiictiires of wool, or of u liich \v 00l is a com
ponent pint, vdhh li may he .-old at public sale,
other than sales under execution, decides, ami
p octss nf comts iii the United Shales. theYo shafi
i lie reserved hy the se Her,-one rttid a half percent.
J mi tin; amimmit of sm It side tor the use o! the.
i I iiite-i Slates; and no suetisale shall be made
- tint in the pte.si-iiee o' anoflicer nt the customs,
in places vvlie-e theio shall -be -one, tor which
i n pose re isniinhiu notice shall fio given to the
collector of till! disti icl, or such officer of (he cus
Inins as In* mav di s-gnate for that sen ice ; and
an account nt* the merchandise sold, certified,
mid approved hy the ( fin er of the customs pres
cut, shall he tendered hy the seller to the col-
I I.do , tin sdd one ami a half per cent, paid over
; (n him within tvvctdy-t’iu' - horns afterohich-salo.
’ And if-am person shall make such side without
j tie* presence of nil oilicor of the customs,‘or sdcdl
! fail to render sueh in email 'Within the lime reqni
| red. lie shall forfeit and pay to the I. oiled States
i two hundred dollars: or if he shall fad to pay
i over to the collector as is heiehy required, the
j one mid an half per cent, accruing to the United
- Stales on such sale, he shall forfeit and pay to
I the United States, double the amount of such
j • or eonl.ige.
See S .li/,7 Ins it further enact td, That, in all
I eases where the duly which now is or lie easter
mav he Imposed on inn goods, wares, or mer
chandises, impoilcd jninihe l ulled Slides, shall,
1 hy law. he legnlaled by, or'bo directed to be es
timated iir fi*vie.l in mi llto value df the ■Square
ya d, nr of any other quantity or pa. cel thereof;
am) in all cases where there iso. shall he impos
ed any ml valor, ni rate of duty on any goods,
wares, o. merchandise, impelled into the-United
St res,'it shall he the duty ol the collector with
m whose district tin* same shall fie imported or
entered, 10-emisa tic* at leal v alue thereof, at the
time pu. eli is-ul, ml place from which the same
slnil! have been imported into the'U'nited States,
to he appraised, • situ.ated, itml ascertained, and
the number of such yards, parcels or i[tnniljfies,
am! such aciu d value of every of them, us the
case may require : And it-shall in every such
ease,'be the duty of-the apprahtcis of the United
Stales, miifiei c y of ibem, mid ol’ every other
person-who <sh:ill act a-'sm h ai.piaise., fiy all the
reasonable wa'ys or means in liis or tliei. pow er,
to ascertain, estimate, and appraise (In* line mid
actual value, any invoice o, affidavit thereto to
the contrary iioltvitlistunding, of said .goods
wares, and merchandise, at -the time pn:eh-sed
and place ftom whence the same shall have been
iin:>o ted into tin- I nited Stales, and the numhei
of such yards pain Is, or qnineit Cs, as such ac
tual value of every of (hem. as the c ise may re
quire ; and aft such goods, w ines, an 1 merchan
dises, being mauufacluies of wool, in whereof
woo! shall tio a component part, wh el; shall lie 1
imported into the United Suites in an unfinished
condition, shall, in every such u-pruUa 1 , be ta
ken, deemed, amt estimated by tiic said apprai
sers, and every of them, and every person who
shall act as sueh appraiser, to have beep, at the
time purchased, and place from ,^ ! ’ ence ,lie
same were imported into the United c-iate.., ot
oreut actual value as if the same had been en
lirely finished : Provided, that, in all cases where
any goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to ad
valorem duty, or whereon the duty is or shall he ,
hy law regulated by, or be directed to be esti
mated or levied upon, the value of the squaio
yard, or any other quantity or paicel thereof,
shall huve'been imported into the United States
from a country other than that in which the same
were manufactured or produced, the apprai
sers shall value the same at a current va.uo
thereof at the lime of purchase, ht'fore such lust
•exi ortation In the United Stales, in the country
where the same may have beeu originally manu
factured or produced.
Skc. 9. And beAtfurther enacted, That it shall
he lawful for the appraisers to call bcfoie them,
I and examine upon oath, any owner, importer,
j consignee, or other person, touching airy matter ,
] or thing which they‘may deem material, in us
certaining the true value of any merchandise
imported, and to require (he production, on oath,
df any letters, accounts, or invoices in his pos
session, relating to the same; for which pur
pose (hey are "hereby audioiiscd to administer
oaths; and if any person so called, “shall fail to
attend, or shall decline to answer, or to produce
such papers when so required, he shall forfeit
and pay to ihc'U. Kialesdilly dollars, and il such
person'he the owner, importer or consignee, the
appraisement Which the said appraisers may
make (if the goods, waicsor merchandise, shall
1 he final and conclusive, any act Os Congress to
| the contrary notwithstanding. And any person
J who shall swear falsely on such examination,
i shall he deemed guilty of perjmy, and il he he
i the owner, importer, or consignee, the inerdhua
-1 dise shall he forfeited.
, ( Use. 10. Anil hr it further enacted, That il
shdlhe the duty of the Seeielary of the Trensn
, rv, under fills direction of the President of the
1 United Slates, from time to time, to establish
such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with
i the laws of the United Stales, as the President
, of (lie United-States shall think proj or, to secure
, n just, faithful, arid impaitial appraisal of all
, goods, wares and merchandise, ns aforesaid, nn
■ ported into the U. States, end .jusf and proper
i entries of such actual value thereof, and of the
• S' uaie yards, parcels, or other quantities therc
• of as the case may require, and ol such actual
I value of every of them; and it shall be tin*
duty of the Secrntury of the Treasury to re; oil
1 all such titles and regulations, with the reasons
f thcielbt, to the then next session of Congress.
Skc 11. And be it further enacted, That font
i ; and after the tid’d day of March aßiresaid, in
i consideration of the duties-imposed on the sev
■ oral articles uved in the const;uclion and fitting
of ships and vessels, there be allowed a (haw
buck nt the rateof two dollars per ton on icgis
tered vessels; of one dollar ami twenty five cents
tier lon on enrolled and licensed vessels, except
■steamboats, and fifty cents per ton on steamboats;
such drawback to he paid, as the case may he,
I to the nwneisof enrolled and licensed vessels on
i the taking out of the enrollment and license for
the first time, if such vcssets-slnill not have been !
■ previously legislered : and to the owners-n! -re
gistered vessels on clearing, for the first time,
i lor a Ibeign purl-or place, other than an adjoin
l i’ig Stale or Territory, or the West Indies;
■ provided, that such vessels shall not have been
- previously enrolled and licensed ; and in case
■ 'OL’istered vessels not previously enrolled and
licensed shrill, in the di. st instance, clear out for
1' u foreign poil or place, in an adjoining State or
Territory, or ti e West Indies, then the draw-,
hack In such vessels isoriry to he at the rate of
■ one dollar and twenty five cents per ton.
Six.'l'd. A nil licit further enacted, That an
addition of ten per ceinum shall he n ale to the
aeve-al rates of duties hy this act imposed, in
i reseed to all goods, wares, and merchandise,
■ on the im portal ion of «Inch, in Ameiicim or fur
-1 cign vessels, a specific disci iminalioii has not
already been made, vvhfih, from and after the
i 3J day of,Mii'ch aforesaid, shall he imported in.
i ships or vesselsol'lhe Onitod H'utes: PtOvided.'
' | that this additional duty shall not ap| ly to goods,
wares ami mei chandiac, whicli shall he impo. I
i ed after said day in ships or vessels not of the
i United States, entitled hy treaty, or hy an act
ni acts of Congress, to he entered in (he ports
of the United States, on the payment of tin
I same duties as nlnill then be paid on goods,
’ wines and ineicliiuifliso, impo. tod in shij.s or
s vessels of the'United Slates,
l Sr'.c. ill, And he it farther emitted, That there
i shall he allowed a (hawbm k of the duties by
- this act imposed, on goods, \\ ares, and inerchan-
I' dise, which shall he imported from and after the
a said ft-1 day of March, upon the exportation
r thereof within tin: lime, and in the iiiuiiner jue-'
■ sc itiod, in the existing laws al the thus.
• Sec. 14. Avd he i‘furthir i imctal, That the
s existing laws at the time shall extend to, and he
in force for the collection of the duties imposed
I hy lids act, on goods, wares, and merchandize,
s which shall be impo. ted into the United Stales, 1
• from and after the said 3d day of March, and
for file rccoveiy, collection, distribution, and
i remission of all lines, penalties, and forfeitures,
i and for the allowance of drawbacks, by tins act
• tiutlioiisvd, as Cully and effectually us ifievery it
, gulation, restriction, ptmiilly, forfeiture, piovis-
I ion, clause, matter, and thing, in the then ex
i isting laws contained, had been insetted in and
. re enacted hy this act. And that so much of any,
s act which is ocnliary to this act, shall be,
a and the sums is hereby, rcpsahvil.
, tbc. 15. And be it further enacted, That
i \v believer goods composed wholly, or in part,
i 1 ol wool or cotton, of similar kind, hut ditloient
quality, nro found in the same packages charged'
I at an averaged pi ice, it shall be the duly of the
, appraisers to adopt the value of the best article
• coKlaincd in such package, and so clanged us
- dm average value of die whole; and thirl so much
r of the act entitled "An act for the more cffeclu
. al collection of impost duties,” iqipioved the
t 2fidt of .May, tdfto, as rcijuiies the appraisers to
I * ado t the value of the bust article contained in
- the package of the average value of (lie whole,
s he. and the same is liureoy, repealed.
>■ Sec. I'd. And he it further enacted, That
.• whenever, ui on the opening am! exam mat ion of
I any package, or packages of imported goods,
i composed wholly or in part, of wool or cotton,
) -in the maimer piovided fiy die fourth section ot
the act, for tlio more ell'cclinil collection of the
1 im ost duties, appioved on the 23th dn-y of May,
■ 1830, the said goods sliali fie found nut to cor- t
• respond with die entry thereof at the custom i
, house: ami if any package shall ho found to cun- j
lain any article not enteicd, such article shall |
: he lb: lulled; or if dm package fio made up with |
intent In evade cr defraud the revenue, the pack- j
■ | age shall be tWluiied; and so much ol’lhe said j
. : section as prescribes u forfeiture ofgooits fotimlj
I I not to correspond with the invoice thereof, be- i
and the same is hereby, repeated.
Me. 17. And he it further enacted, That from,.!
■ and after the said 3d day of Mutch, 1833, tlie’j
ad valorem rates of duly on good, wares and I
j merchandise, shall ho estimated in the manner
j following; to the actual cost, if the same skull j
j have been uutualli purchased, or the actual val■ !
| ue. il dic same shall have been procured other
j "’iso than by purchase, at the time and place
| when and where j urchased, or otherwise pro
i (‘Ureil: or To The. appraised value, if appraised,
, shall fie added afl charges, -except insurance,
j fiom th.‘ foreign port ol expoilaliun to the Unit
] ed Sliilos.
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THR NORTH AMERICAN REVIEAV,
No. LXXV. Tor April, ItUS, corttainhi!» several
able and valuable arfieloß on interesting subjects,
is just received by Messrs. R-icUiaeijs At <*a
sahl. Want of room prevents usf oin noticing
it rnoro particularly ut present. Contents, Arc.
in our next.
REPORT ON THE U. BANK.
Tire report of tiro Coniniitleo of investigation
into tire affairs of the U. !d. Hank, as submitted
by Judge Clayton, is received, and shall be
'laid before our readers as early as practicable.
It occ.nnies twelve columns of small type, lit tire
TJ. S. Telegraph, rind wo have not yet had lime
to peruse it.
CANDIDACY FOR CONGRESS.
AVn find tiro:fr»llo\vina notice of tire Candida
cy (if Col. Milton, in the last Columbus papers,
arid cannot but admire lire fearless indepen- ,
deuce, openness, and candor, with which he r
has acknowledged his political creed—the much
abused, but truly Republican, doctrine of Xulli
JlcaUon —and nailed bis colors to tire mast, con
tent to sink or swim with tire glorious vessel,
and com bine Iris fortunes with those of its pnlri
otic crew. Those who agree with him, and
feel the value of the doctrines, will-proper ly ap
preciate his course, while even Iris opponents,
however they may differ from his opinions, j
must respect and admire tire honest and intre
pid confidence die evinces in their purity end j
worth.
“We itre anilror'r/.cd to announce Col. JOHN
MILTON as a candidate for Congress, at the en
suing elect run, and to say, that ho offers himself
to the people, as the advocate of the doctrine of
Nullification.”
TREASURY REPORT.
AVc omit much other matter, • repa ed lor to
day (and among it,a reply to the “ambiguous giv
ings out" in lire Constitutionalist of yesterday)
to give place to the'long expected jirojct. of tl e j
arln i*islration, from the Secretary of the Trea- r
surv, for the adjustment of tire Tariff We
have had lime merely to glance at it, at present, j
but see enough to assure-us, that it will mot at all i
satisfy the just demands of (he South, anil that !
it isf in many respects, highly delusive in its rut- i
I turo, like nil former projects of the kind. -It will
not do, that is certain; end its projector, and his
coadjutors, wilHiml, that the people ui tire South
nr« no more disposed to how down llicir-nocks
submissively to the “judicious Tariff” of (icn.
Jackson, than to the nutmeg tint! ginger outrage
of Air. Clay, or the “hill of abominations” efj
Mr. Van liureii, of which this ts tiro younger b o- !
(her. Ifllrev really wish to conciliate the Smith,!
let them yield to*it some actual and substantial
relief, and rest assured dial it will no! be behind
hand with them, either in conciliation or gene
rosity. Rut if they, expect hbetaliry from ns,
who are willing to shew none themselves, they
will find themselves wo fully (litnpj ointed, be
they wlio '.h y may, —Mo e anon
THE LATE MEETING.
We wore not a litllo surprised, on Saturday ;
evening lust, on being asked, if wo bad attend
ed the meeting, and enrjuiring, tvb.it meeting,
to learn, tint there bar! been a public 'meeting
held at the City‘Hall, Unit afternoon, to-elecl a i
■idlogato to the C'onvoitiion to‘be held in Mil
ledgeville, on tho 7lh iust., to make arrange
ments on lire subject of Rirdmiliuiv-'-lliat tire j
only announcement of it, bad boon through a
notice, carried through the streets by a boy with
a boll—-and that a delegate had been appointed,
&c. How many persons atlcrder!, wo know
not, but we presume very few, for we have not
met with a single one, of severrl whom wo
have asked, who was there. The proceedings
of this meeting (which, it will be po criived, is
called “a meetii'g of citizens of Ridmiuid
county”) will be found below.—We do not like
ibis mode of getting f.p a public meeting. Wiry
was not iirc'tiotico published in the papers, and
for sometime previously, that the people gene
rally, throughout the city and 'county —all of
Whom were t)<|iiiilly interested—might have
known of it, and hat! an opportunity of attend
ing! It would seem, too, fumi the following j
extract from (ho Macon Telegraph, that this j
modeo!’-prooceeding,on this subject,is &ut pern |
liar to this meeting alone ; though, how many |
more, beside the one In Macon, have been simi I
larly conducted, wc are unable to sriy.—At a ;
Meeting held in Terry, ‘Houston County, on the
Ist inst,, on ‘the same subject (as wo see by a
publication of the proceedings in the Maecn Tel
egraph,) after a resolution to appoint a delegate
hail been ottered, for the pit pose of testing the
0| inion of rhe Meeting, a motion was made, in
writing, to adjourn, and carried by a large ma
jority.
“h is mentioned in (ho Macon Advertiser, of |
lire Ist inst,, that John Lamak, La p was, on i
Thursday last, elected u delegate to the con |
leib] bile ! Conventional Mill«dgevi!!«, fry "a !
I meeting of the citizens of the county," at Itibb |
j court house. The statement is not accurate, j
j No public notice of the election was p cviou-ly i
i given; so 1 1 rat tire cilizt nsd the county in •sin
| rial hail, in j.c.son or by proxy, no opportunity
I to vole for a ilelegute, or to express their serin' j
incnls as to the expediency of sending otic, 'ill' i
election, therefore, was not by "a mectiu’t r' i
[ the citizens of (in: county." In fact, it ecus; , t (»3 I
ofiro more Ibun forty or fifty pursottN s(.,ne rrl j
I traded by tire tec ret of the pryi'd, hut most I
drawn thither by business, at tho riuumior
Court. * j
It is not at Mr. Lamar's b/mg tho choice oil
the individuals present, we .rm.mur—at bis elc- 1
valron to any station tovbkli the voice of the I
[ eoi 1c muy raise him, ,ve shall not lupine;—bnt, 1
as freemen, wo n. ~u object to the manner in j
Wiitcb tins malt'jf was canducted. if it were’
I, * Oll S by the actors, lb at the county !
0! limbs.ifmld be beaid in ilia Convention, tin- j
people; ought to have been appealed to, and the
business left to them. Notice given jrrevieusly, i
a reasonable time is an essential,preliminary.
Without, it their will-A, wi-bes could not, cannot
be ascertained,nor their autiiuiily conferred—
unless it should appear, that, tired of lire d-udg
ery ol thinking and acting in public matters,
they have loft the task to any small meeting that
may bo surprized into the vexation and labor.
If such abandonment lias not boon made, bibb I
county is as yet without a delegate to represent
her m the proposed Convention.” —And su is
Richmond county.
“At a meeting of Citizens of Richmond county
at the City Hall in the City of Augusta, on the
Oth day of May, 1633,.f0r lire purpose of taking
AIWSSTA S
into consideration the propriety of concurrmi*
with their fellow-citizens of other parts of
State who advocates tho reduction of Members
in our Legislature;
On motion, Tho Hon. Samuel Hale, the Mu
or of the City, was called to tho Chair, and Juiiit
11. Mann, was appointed Secrctaiy.
The following Resolutions were then offareg
and adopted, viz.:
On motion of Robert R. Reid, Ls-j.
Resolved, That we concur in opinion with our
fellow-citizens of Hancock and oilier emmtios
of Georgia, who advocate the reduction of Mem
bers in mur Stale Legislature.
Resolved, That a Delegate he appointed and
sent to attend the preliminary meeting m1,,,
held in Milledgcvilln on the first Monday of iff
present month, preparatory to the calling of„
General Convention.
On motion of William Cummixo, Iff;,
Resulted, That James M'Laws, r.s-p be ap
pointed the Delegate to attend the s.iid Media ■
Resolved, That tho proceedings of this aim-i
ing he signed I»y the Chairman ami fiecrttatv
and bo published in the several Gazettes of iff
city. SAMUEL HALL, Vhuh mo is
Attest, John 11. Mann, Secretary.
CORRECTION, &C»
Tire editors of the Gear oin Jjvrtinl will per
ceive, by reference to our paper of tiie -kii
which we have forwarded to them, that the ar
tide which they attributed to ns, in their Na.nl'
| Thursday last, is not ours, but a correspondent's,
j and was erroneously copied into the Federal
| Union (in which tho editors say they first saw it)
j as though it had been editorial, by the omission
iof the signature, “ A Georgian.” And, in it,is
way, were the editors led to attribute it to us.~
Not being inns, therefore, we do nut feel culled
upon to volunteer in its behalf, purtienhnlv ss it*
respected author is atup'ycnpalde of doing all pos
sible justice to any cause in which he may t-u.
gage.
Tho offer article which tiic Journal alludes to,
. in relation to the Hancock meeting, and tvliicii
the editors observed also in the Federal Union,
into which it was copied, \( ilh the former,is out;,
] and is as follows : “ 'l,'in 'Hancock Meeting.—
-j Wo regret the movement of the good peuph
| of Hancock county, in relation to Reduction, it
j their late meeting in Sparta—the pi oneeditigs ol
j which will be found in our paper to day—firs',
' because the public mind is too much occiit-iml,
and properly so, with other vi'a'iy important sub
jects—-the decision of tho Supremo ( Vu.t, aid
the Tariff—and therefore, Ticccssm ily unprepar
ed to do proper justice to this. And, sccoinl,
because the whole undivided interest, considera
tion, arid-energy of the Stale, \< ill bo called linlli
,| on those subjects, and nc.cessaiily required, to
I doprstioc to its-character and interests, and tint
I , ’
| welf-ire and pros.peiily (if its people, That a
g oal crisis is at, hum)—one deeply fi aught wt : i
the filliire (les'luies of llte'l'jl a'e and the \v!i fa
country —is e\ idcnl, and caiainl I e buii i l i I
to attempt th done or evade ft, wuijl-j In- i
shamef.l ncg'ecl of duly, and trail-rn u tu tie
I Welfare and liappincns of tin,- couniry. (; ut t
'be met. And lu avert tin; direful cun *-pa a--g
. c- hicli migli! ulhcro iso result I orn i'. the cur ;
! must be propaiud lu meet it with ih ■ )i iitm-s
•md d’giiity-uf freemen, date:nun. *1 tud i \>.!, :
lever ci cumslancesmay rci ci e, fer if,-j put-,
| vat ion of the inslitiui *tis aril hap incss of iff
■•unntry —fin Libc.ly, the Constitution, aud iff
Union."
'J'ho Jo'irn ,1 at! ibntes this t-> a eon cent
movement against the cafiso ■*!' Undue! ion, as
the part of the Gli-oiiiele, tin- Iff dura I Uiiion, an..
| the Clark pa ty. \\ here is the e( iilcncc-if if'
"Is-it to liu round in any of the sentiments iv; ■
tabled in the above artiele, or unylhitig else a
have over written ' If so let it he sheu n. Fa;
ourselves, we cannot fuo it, or anylhing ivliick
could justify such a const) notion. We have mi
viT consulted with (he Federal Union or tho
Cla k party, on the subject, mid a*o not in the
j habit rif consulting any one as to what wo sli dl
thin!: or suy.* —They are our honest sentiments,
dictated solely by rega d for the into csl mitt lie
nor, and welfare of the Stales; ami if thisiebo
iinything wrong in them, wo again say, lot it lu*
shewn. We are willing to make issue with the
-lourtiai on this point; hot will not permit it to tl/
fiom tin* argumoiits ami sentiments ihcinsclrcri
j to til t ilftitc to us motives which neither tlc-yt; 1 ’'
1 any part of our conduct will in the slightest d"
I greo sustain ; and which the Journal itself-dm >
j not :i t turn j-I to ]-rovo.-*-Tlierc are seme p cre o -
SO far gone in pin ty-spiril, and so devoted to ;•«:•
ty-diseiplim; and party-support, licit llay t -t> I
i not conceive of any higher motive for the arii"W I
of ollie.s, than sheer part v-foeling : but, V. fi
they choose to charge it upon ns, they will p'ca- ■'
Tnfollow up the charge by something like pr •
'i’hat we have our individual pa; ty rega: dsaburo
ml on thejrencrous ami gratuitous support v. *-- : -
one party has extended to u«, witln-nt prnscr -
b:.",g r.uy terms, or clogging, in the slightest d
] gtee, our fine and independent course, wo
| hesitatingly admit; and we have been prom-' 1
support that | arty, 100, whenever we ceuM I
j so v. illiont any sacrifice of liOllcr-’-y or p-iun; l ■ B
am! should be wan‘',|K ia commnn grutiia ■*•• I
] and fueling, ifwg were not, hut, dial wo R ‘ l I
jsiipjottod it Contrary to tho honest dicta**"' 1 ■
jour conscience (wtti'u on the other hand ■ ' I
j kn*,<rn that we have often and openly ,i ! " ' l|
. tVoin it) we positively deny, and duly ul* p I
to the contrary. And, while wo axe uidcm* I
I to think and act for o-u.selvi s, and t • I
I own linnesl sentiiiieu's, after uaiciul.y -v* .- 1 - ■
I bora sides of every question, v. hen ivi. ■ '•-* 1 B
•J grade ourselves to flic level of a m ’ I
| vneate, regardless of principle, ou t s-v" • I
| interests nf our Shite and country, t * |
j ests of any party, any men, or set f
I that good oj.ii,-ion, unbiased by ic-m i
! which alone wc covet, be changed m“'
j ami our tongue, or our pen, ei» ~, n ’’ "
j a cause, shrink nerveless an 1 ;> >••'• •
onr control.
\\ c n-e not oppose.l to Redact> m.
i rincijdes, such -is we have beuit-d** c ■
but opposed to it ns a mere party nm-nsarc- ■ •
paiticutarly at this time, when the ; g
higher and more important mter csts n ! : JA
| which the discussion of it is ralcr-l-ded !0 ’
judico, and whith, much, and prop-e.'y y, ‘ '
they now eip'rosss the attention ol tno I
must preclude that close and ondivided -
tion to, and minutes investigation of. Lvdc - raj
which a subject so,-varied and imt or'-’ 1 - "