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sHf'S2sit*igey* *• . ■ _ —_ N—— AMBMMi ■■■■■■■<ll -.HIM ■ —■■■■ T>—— AN ACT to amend (tie severnl nets for im posing 1 > l l lies on Imports. He it enacted &c. ‘1 hat from and after the thirteenth day of June, or.e thousand eight hundred and twenty four, in lien of the duties now impos ed by law on the importation of the ar ticles hereinafter mentioned, there ‘•hall be levied, collected, and paid, ihetfollowing duties, that is to say : hirst, tin sail duck, oznaburgs, burlaps, and tic klenhurgs, a duly of fifteen percen'uin ad valorem. On aihnaimfacture* of wool or of Which wool shall he a component part except worsted stuff goods and blan kets which shall ‘pay twenty-five per i ctihnn ad valorem until the 13th day of June, 18-25 and after that time a du ty of S3 and a third per centum ad va lorem — Provided, That, on all man ufacturers of Wool except flannels •and baizes, the actiial value of which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed 33 1-3 cents per square yard, shall be charged with a duty of 25 per centum ad valorem. Second. All manufactures not here in specified of cotton silk, flax, or hemp or of which either of these materials shall he a component part, and on all manufactures of silk or of which silk shall he a component material, coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of 25 per cenfum ad valorem ; on air other manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall he a component material, 20 per centum ad valorem : Provided, That all cotton cloths whatsoever or cloths of which cotton shall he a component material,except ing nankeens imported directly from China, the original cost of which at the place whence imported, with the addition of 20 per centum, if imported from the cape of Good Hope, or any place beyond it; and of 10 per cen tum, if imported from any other place, shall be less than 30 cents par square yard, such addition, be ta ken and deemed to have cost thirty cents per square yard and shall be > harg' o with duty accordingly. And that all unbleached and uncolored cot ton twist, yarn, or thread the original cost of which shall be less than 60 cents per pound, shall be deemed and taken to have cost 60 cents per pound and shall be charged with duty ac cordingly. And all bleached or co lored cotton yarn, twist, or thread the original cost of which shall be less than seventy-five cents per pound, shall be deemed and taken to have cost seventy-five rents per pound, and shall he charged with duty according ly: Provided, also, That the provis ions of this act shall not apply to, or bo enforced against, importations of goods from ports or places eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, or beyond Cape Horn, before the Ist of January next, ensuing. Third. On wool unmanufactured, a duty of 20 per centum ad valorem,un ~til tlie Ist day of June, 1825 ; and af terwards, a dutv of 25 per centum ad valorem, until the Ist of June, 1826 ; afterwards, a dutv of 30 per centum ad valorem: Provided , That all wool the actual value of which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed ten cents per pound, shall be charged with a duty of 15 per centum ad valorem, and no more. Fourth. On all “Leghorn hats or bon nets, and all hats or bonnets of straw, chip, or grass, and on all flats, braids, or plats for making of hats or bonnets, a dutv of fifty per centum ad valorem : Provided, That all Leghorn hats and bonnets, and all hats or bonnets of straw, chip, or grass, which, at the place whence imported, with the addi tion of ten per centum, shall have cost less than one dollar each, shall, with such addition, he taken and deem ed to have cost one dollar each, and shall be charged with duty accordirig ly. Fifth. On Japanned wares of all kinds, on plated wares of all kinds, and on all manufactures, nntjotlierwise spe cified, made of brass, iron, steel, pew ter, lead, or tin, or of which either of these metals is a component material, a duty of 25 per centum ad valorem. Molting doth*, 15 per cent, ad va lorem. Hair cloth and hair seating, 50 per cent, ad valorem. On marble and all manufactures of maible, thirty per centum ud valo rem. All paporliengings, 40 per cent, ad valorem. Coach laces, of cotton or other ma terial, thirty-five per cent, a 1 valorem, on oil other laces. 12,1 per cent, ad va lorem. Lend, in pigs, bars, or sheets,2 cents per pound. Leaden Hint, 3 } cents per pound. Ned or white lead, dry, or ground in nil, 4 cents per pound. lhussels, Turkey, and AVilton car pels,and carpeting,so cents per square yard. All Vcnitiun and ingrain carpets or carpeting, 25 cents pci square yard. All oilier kinds ot carpets and car peting, of woifl, flax, hemp, or cotton, or parts of cither, 20 cents per square yard. On oil cloth carpeting, and on oil cloths of every description, a duty ot 50 per cent, ad valorem. On all other carpets and carpeting, mats anl floor cloths, made of tow, flags, or any other material, a duty of 30 per cent, ad valorem. On hemp, at the rate of 35 dollars per ton. Tarred cables and cordage, 4 cents per pound. Un tar ted cordage, yarns, twine, pack thread and seines, five cents per pound. Cotton bagging 3J cents per square yard. Iron, in bars or bolts, not manufac tured, in whole or in part, by rolling, 90 cents per one hundred and twelve pounds. Hound iron or braziers’ rods,of three sixteenth to eight sixteenths of an inch diameter, inclusive; and on iron, in nail or spike rods, slit; and on iron, in sheets, and hoop iron; and on iron, sJit or rolled, for band iron, scroll-iron or casement rods, three cents per pound. Iron spikes, 4_cents per pound. Iron nails, cut or wrought, 5 cents per pound. ‘Lacks, brails, and sprigs not ex ceeding sixteen ounces to the thousand five cents per thousand ; exceeding 16 ounces to the thousand, 5 cents per pound. Iron or steel wire notcxceeding no. 18, 5 cents per pound, over No. 18, 9 cents per pound. Square wire, used in the manufac ture of stretchers lor umbrellas, 12 per cent, ad valorem. Anvils and anchors, two cents per pound. Iron cables,or chains,or parts there of, tlwee cents per pound ; and no drawback shall lie allowed on the ex portation of iron cables or parts there of. Mill cranks and mill irons, of wro’t iron, 4 cents per pound. Mill saws, one dollar each. .Blacksmiths’ hammers and sledges 2,J cents per pound. Muskets,one dollar and 50 cents per stand. RiHes, two doliais and fifty cents each. On all other fire arms, and on side arms, thirty per centum ad valorem. Cutting knives, scythes, sickles, and reaping hooks, spades and shovels, of iron or steel 30 per centum ad va lorem. Screws of iron, for wood, called wood Sfcrews, thirty per cent, ad valo rem. Vessels of cast iron, not otherwise specified, one and a halt cents per pound ; All other castings of iron, not specifi ed, one cent per pound ; All vessels of copper, thirty-five per centum ad valorem ; Quills, prepared or manufactured twenty-five per centum ad valorem ; Slates and tiles, for building, 25 per cent, ad valorem. Black lead pencils, 40 per cent, ad valorem. Tallow candles, five cents per lb. Spermaceti candles, eight cents per pound. Soap, 4 cents per pound. Lard, 3 cents per pound. Wheat 25 cents per bushel. Oats ten cents per bushel. Wheat flour 50 cents per hundred weight. Potatoes ten cents per bushel iCoal 6 cents per heaped bushel Corks I 2 cents per pound Pi tin i!,t and other shoes or slip pers ot stutf or nankeen, 25 cents per pair Laced boots or bootees, one dollar 50 cents per pair Linseed, rape seed, and hemp seed oil, twenty five cents per gallon. Ale, beer and porter imported in bottles 25 cents per gallon—imported otherwise,than in bottles, 15 cents per gallon Beef and pork, 2 cents per pound Hams, and other bacon, 3 cents per pound Butter, 5 cents per pound : Vinegar 8 cents per gallon: All urn, two dollars and fifty cents per hundred weight. Refined satpeter 3 cents per pound; Blue or Homan vitriol: 4 cents per pound ; Oil of vitriol Scents per pound 5 lilauber salt 2 cents per pound : Epsom salts. 4 cents per pound ; Camphor, crude, B cents per lb. Cautphor refined, twelve cents per pound: Copperas, two doll at a per ewt. Cayenne pepper, liltcon cents per pound. Ginger, 2 cents per pound. Chocolate, 4 cents per pound. Currants and Figs, three cents per pound. Plums, prunes, Muscatel Raisins, and raisins in jars and boxes, 4 cents per pound. All other Raisins, three cents per pound. . Window glass, not above S mehes by 10 inches in size, three dollars per hundred square leefc—not above 10 inches by 12 inches in size, three dol lars and fifty cents per hundred square feet; and if above ten inches by twelve inches in size,four dollars per hundred square feet, Provided,that all window glass imported m plates, uncut, aha be chargeable w ith the highest rate o duties hereby impose*!. On black glass bottles not exceeding the capacity ol one quart, 2 dolluts per groce ; on bottles exceeding one quart and not more than two quaits, trwo dollars and fifty cents per groce ; over two quarts and not exceeding one gallon, 3 dollars per groce. Demijohns, 25 cents each. Apothecaries vials ot the capacity ol four ounces, and less, ono dollar pet groce ; on the same, above tour oun ces, and not exceeding eight ounces, one dollar and twenty-five cents per groce; On all wares of cut glass, not specified three cents per pound, and in addition thereto, an ad val. duty o{ 30 per ct. All other articles of glass, two cents per pound and in addition thereto, an , ad valorem dutv of 20 per centum. On all books, which the importer shall make it satisfactorily appear to the collector ot the port at which the same shall be entered, were printed previous to the year one thousand se ven hundred and seventy five : and, also on all books printed in other lan guages than English, four cents per volume, except books printed in Latin or Greek : if in Latin or Greek and bound 15 cents per pound ; when not bound, 13 cents. All other books when bound, 30 cts. per pound ; when in sheets or boards, 26 cents per pound. Folio and quarto post paper, of all kinds, twenty cents per pound . Foolscap and all drawing and wri ting paper, seventeen per pound. Printing, copperplate, and stainers’ paper, ten cents per pound. Sheafing paper, binders’, and box boards, aiqj wrapping paper, of all kinds, three cents per pound . All other paper, fifteen cents per pound. A duty of twelve and a half per cen tum ad valorem on all articles not here in specified, and now paying a duty of seven and a half per centum ad valo rem; with the exception of patent ad hesive felt., for covering ship's bot toms, which shall be admitted free of a dutv, until June 30th, 1826. Sec. 2. And he it further enacted — That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several rates of duties hereby imposed upon the seve ral articles* aforesaid, which, after the said respective times for the com mencement ot (lie duties her eby im posed, shall be imported in ships or in vessels, not of the United States : Pro vided, That this addition shall not be applied to articles imported in ships or vessels, not of the United States, entitled by treaty, oi by any act of Congress, to be admitted on payment of the same duties that are paid on like articles imported in ships or vessels of the United States. • Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That there shall be allowed a draw back of the duties by this act imposed upon the exportation of any articles that shall have paid the same, within the time, and in the manner, and sub ject to the provisions and restrictions, prescribed in the fourth section of the act, entitled “ An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage,” pass ed, April 27 th, 1816. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the drawback allowed by law on plain silk cloths, shall be allowad, although the said cloths, before the ex portation thereof, shall have been co lored, printed, stained, dyed, stamped or painted, in the United States. Hut, whenever such cloths, so imported, shall be intended to be so colored, printed, stained, dyed, stamped, or painted, and afterwards to be export ed from the United States, with privi lege of drawback, each package there of shall, before the same shall be deli vered from the public stores, be open ed and examined by an inspector of the customs, and the contents thereof measured or weighed, and the quality thereof ascertained, and a sample of each.piece thereof reserved at the cus tom house ; and a particular account or registry of such examination, de scribing the number of pieces in each package, their weight Or measure, and the samples thereof reserved, shall be entered in the books of thu custom house ; and, after such examination, said goods shall be repacked in the original package, ami the said original package shall be marked with a cus tom house mark. And, whenever any such goods, being thus colored, print ed, stained, dyed, stumped, or painted shall be entered at the custom house for exportation and drawback, the same shall be so entered in the origi nal package, marked as aforesaid, and not otherwise, unless the person,so en taring the same, mall ghe satisfacto ry evidence to the collector, or naval officer, or one of them, that such uii .rinal package lias bedn lost or destroy ed by accident; and no such applica tion for drawback shall be made, ex cept on the contents ot entire packa ges; and, upon application for such | entry and drawback, the contents ui the packages so ollered, shall be exa mined by an inspector ot the custom'', and measured or weighed and compar ed with the original entry, registry, and samples ; and if, upon such com parison and full examination, the col lector shall be satisfied that the con tents of each package are the same identical gooJs imported and register ed as.aforesaid, and not chnuged or altered, except by being colored, prin ted, stained, dyed, stamped, oV paint ed, ns aforesaid, then the person, so entering such goods, shall be admitted to the oath prescribed by law, to be used in cases of application for expor tation of goods for the benefit of draw back, and shall, thereupon, be entitled to drawback, as in other cases : Pro vided, That the exporter shall, in eve ry other particular, comply with the regulations and formalities heretofore | established for entiies ot goods for ex- portation,with the benefit of drawback. And if any person shall present, for exportation and drawback, any color ed, printed, stained, dyed, stamped, or painted silk, or nankeen cloths, know ing the same not to be entitled to drawback, according to the provisions of this act, or shall wilfully misrepre sent or conceal the contents or quality of any package as aforesaid, the said goods, so presented or entered tor drawback, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by the collector and proceed ed with, and the forfeiture distributed as in other cases. Sec. 5. And he it further enacted, That the existing laws shall extend to and be in force for, the collection of (he duties imposed by this act, for the prosecution and punishment of all of feaces, and for the recovery, collec tion, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as ful ly and effectually as if every regula tion, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter ami thing, to that ef fect, in the existing laws contained, had been inserted in, and re-enacted by, this act. ’ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,- That the provisions of the second sec tion of the act of Congress, entitled “An act to regulate the duties oe im ports and tonnage,” approved Apiil 2rth, 1816, shall extend and enure to the benefit of the schools and colleges within the United States, or the terri tories thereof, in the same manner, and under the like limitations and re strictions, as is provided in said act with respect to seminaries of learn ing. HENRY ‘CT.Vk, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLAKI), President of the Senate, pro tempo**. Washington, Alay 22il IS24—Approved : JAMES MONROE. We have before published the yeas and nays of both houses on the above act: But we subjoin them because we think they should always accompa ny it, and ought to be remembered. House of Representatives. YEAS—Messrs. Adams, Alexander, ofTen. Allison, Barber, of Conn. Beecher, Bradley, Brown, Buchanan, Buck, Buckner, Cady, Campbell of Ohio,Cassedv, Clark,Collins,Con diet, Cook, Crusts, Craig, Hurfee, Dwight, Ea ton, Eddy, Edwards of Pa. Ellis, Farrellv, Findlay, Forward, Harrison, Gnzlay, Harris, Hayden, Hemphill, Henry, Herkimer, Hol combe, Houston, Jenkins, Johnson, ofVa. J. T. Johnson, F. Johnson, Kidder, Kremer,Law re nee, Letcher, Little, McArthur, McKean, McKim, Me Lane of Del. McLean, of Ohio, Mallary, Markley, Martindale, Marvin, Mat lack, Matson, Metcalfe, Miller, Mitchell of Pa. Mitchell, of Ald. Moore, of Ky. Alorgan, Pat terson, of Ohio, Plainer, of Penn. Prince, Hichurds, Rich, Rogers, Rose, l!o*s, Scott, Sharpe, Sloane, Sterling, Stewart, Stoddard, Stuns, Strong, Swan, Taylor, Ten Eyck,Test, Thompson, of Ky. Tod, Tomlinson, Tracy, Trimble, Tyson, l dree, Vance, of Ohio, Van Renselaer, Van Wyck,Vinton, Wayne, White man, Whittlesey, \\ hite, YVicklide, James Wil son, Henry Wilson, Wilson, of Ohio, Wood, Woods, Wright.—lo 7. —Messrs. Abbot, Alexander, Va. Allen, Mass. Allen, Tenn. Archer, Ruy, Rasset, Blair, Brock, Brent; Burleigh; Burton, Camherleng, Campbell, S. C. Carter, Cary, Colili, Cocke, Conner, Crowinshield, Culpeper, Cushman, Cuthbert, L)ay;|J)wincll,Edwards, i\. C. Floyd, I Foot, Con. Foote, N. Y. Forsyth, Frost, Ful ler, Garnett, Gatlin, Gist, Govan, Gurley, 1 lull Hamilton, llarvy, Hayward lliTrio, Hobart, llogehoois, Hooks, 1 acks, Kent, Lathrop, Lee, Lettwich, Lincoln.Litchfield, Livermore, Livingston, Locke, Long, Longfellow, Ale,Coy McDufue, McKee, Jfnnguiu A/ercer, .Woore, nl Ala. Neal, NeUon;Newton, O’Brien,Owen Plutner; N. 11. Poinsett: Randolph; Jtankin; Reed; Reynolds; Rivers; Saunders; Sand ford, S.bley; Arthur hmitb; Alex Smyth; Win. Smith, Spaiglit, Spence; Standefer; A. Ste venson; J Stephenson; Taliaferro; Tat mill; Thompson; Geo. Tucker Va. Tucker; S. C. \ uuce; N. C. Warfield Whipple; Williams; N. Y. Williams; Va. Williams N. C Wilson b C 102. Senate. Veas —Messrs. Barton, Bell, Ben ton, Brown, Chandler,D’wolf, Bit ker snn, Eaton, Edwards, Findlay,Holmes, of Maine, Jackson, Johnson, of Ken. Knight, Lautnan, Lowrie, Mcllvaine, Noble, Palmer, Buggies, Seymour, Talbot Taylor of Ind. Thomas, Van Burnt—2s. ‘Ttys—Messrs. Barbour, Branch, Ciuy ton, Elliot, Gaiilard i’ It Holmes, of Miss. 11. Kin,* J . ‘H King, of N. V . Lloyd,,f M a t s i"’ ■ Mills, Farott, Smith, Taylor ‘J?’■ Van Dyke, “Ware, \\ illiams 2l a 'B Thomas Joins’ Cos ifession CtncluH,) <■ S fourth page. the protest ; they then were coti,j, H ted back to the place where they i • I left the boat, and put all the tW ■§ in and took her to town where remained two or tWce days, then sent to Jacmcl by land,in c | of one soldier—then were carried fore the Governor, when they state'tl that the brig sprung a leak, tint captain, mate, ike. took the jollv ■ and they parted in the night, ;r "tl could not tell where thejolly-boathalU got to ; that satisfied the 8 and they were all discharged; clothes and money that they took B the brig, which was one hundred ai ‘l odd dollars; the Governor did not | know they had any money, and ;l, H clothes they said were their own ; ■■ J same day examinant got a vessel ♦ ■ goto Charleston. Since which tim * examinant has not seen anv of die crew except Oliver King. First saw- Oliver in Hancker-st. which was about two days before he was broughtto fir- Police; Oliver had a gold watch be fore he sailed from New-York, j,/ after the vessel sailed he gave it to Caps. to save for him, and in Curra. coa lie wanted it, but the Capt. would not give it track to him—he intended to bring it back to New-York expec ting he would find an owner for it.—. Examinant was lying in his birth,and Oliver came in the forecastle and said let us rise and take the vessel, and take her into St. Domingo. After fiat Alexander, Charles and all came down and they all agreed to it, and the day after that the murder was committed. Examinant wishes it to be mentioned again that Harry Cook was lying in the cabin all the time, and is an in nocent man. Examinant has beenbut once in New-York, and that was last summer; cwme from Philadelphia, and sailed out here in the brig Sarafi Haddock. Harry Cook is the onlyin nocent man that was on board—Oliver was the youngest on board, he m about 18 or 19 years of age. On being asked again who waste first that proposed killing the Cip tain, savs Alexander was the first Taken May 24th. fl J. HOPS® Extract of a letter, copied from the Liverpool* Mercury. ■ “ It is with the greatest concern! that I have to inform you that tlwl Ashantees have made an attach 1 upon Sir Charles M’Carthy’s di l vision of the army, upon the Goifl Coast, and completely routed i;, I most of the officers killed, and Sir I Charles himself wounded in tto I places during the action, an* row I missing. They came clown lo,(W> I strong , Sir Charles’s division s I not more than one-third of that I number. The battle was fought I on the 21st inst. near Sicondeeand I lasted from 2 P. IVI. until 6 P. M I when Sir Charles, having expended I all his amunition, was surrounded, I and completely routed. The Ash antees, however, sustained a great loss, and it is not known who* they are gone to. “ There wTere fourteen officer* with Sir Charles when the action commenced, and only one,a Lieut Erskine, escaped to tell the tale c. woe. “ Among the slain are some ol the principal and oldest merchants at Cape Coast. 1 hose that I hn' f heard, named, are George Robert son, James Ileadle, Edwin Jones, and Mr. Tcdlcv, the staffi-surgeon, killed; Cnpt. L. Letrange died 0 fatigue ; Major Rickets, severer wounded ; many others that I to not know the names 01, killed ; an(i many wounded and missing- DJ were enpecting an attack at C. Coast, bv the latest intelligent* and they had actually sent <lo\\u 1 vessel to get 7000 stand of arm* which it was reported at Cape Coas that I had here. . “ As this vessel will most liken call at Cape Coast, the captain be able to give you the accounts* and more accurat# intelligence, 0 this dreadful transaction wm* may yet he the cause of the Go Coast being taken from us. Another account soys. —T hntt e settlemext called the Dutch was Inirnt by the English in Fori’ ary, for selling supplies to the i ‘ antees. Ihe English commari f on the station, informed capt. U*” ly that he had put an officer hoard the brig Paragon, ot to prevent her trading on die c°“j ’ and would not allow ol an V tlfl , „ with tlie Dutch castle and sc mer.t atElmin*. ‘lhcnewsy a ”