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DiaiEV, (Georgia,)- <£qual anti Cjiact justice.—--Tuesday, September h. 1824.
Vol V /
Darien
EDITED AMD PUBLISHED
BY
CHI’S. F. GrRANDISOJST.
[on the bay)
jjts s per annum, payable in advance.
, NEW TARIFF LAW.
An Act to aVnend the several Acta for im
posing duties on Imports.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri- j
ca in Congress assembled , That from and af- I
ter ‘he ■BjAilday ot J" e one thousand eight ,
liundreditid twenty-four, in lieu of the du-j
ties now Imposed by law on the importation j
ot'i’u’ articles hereinafter mentioned; there
shall be levied,'collected and paid, the fol- j
lowing duties, that is to say:
Ist. on Russia, Hollands and Raven’s Duck, |
oznahurgs, burlaps, and ticklenburgs, a duty j
of fifteen per centum ad valorem.
On all manufactures of wool, except worst-!
ed stuff’, goods and blankets, which shall pay j
twenty-five per centum ad valorem, until the ;
30'h day of June, one thousand eight hun-j
drrd and twenty-five, and after that time a)
dui v of thirty-three and a third per centum j
art valorem: —Provided, that on all mamifac- j
tines of wool, flannels and baizes excepted.;
the aclual value of which, a? the place whence
imported, shall not exceed thirty-three and i
and a third cents per square yard, shall be
charged with a duty of; twenty-five per cen
tu . ad valorem. „
2nd. On al! manufactures, not heiein spe
cified, of cotton, flax or hemp, or of which
either <*f those materials shall be a compo
nent part, and on all manufactures of silk, or
of which silk shall bea component material,
coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope,
a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem,
on all o'her manufacturesof silk, or of which
sux shall bea component material, twenty per
ce:r id valorem: Provided, that all cotton
cloths whatsoever, or cloths of which cotton
shall be a component material, excepting
rankee ns imported directly from China, the
original cost of which, at the place whence
imported, if imported from the Cape of Good
Hope, or any place beyond it; and often per
centum, if imported from anv other place,
shall be less than thirty cents per square
yard, shall with such addition, he taken and
deemed to have cost thirty cents per square
yard, and shall he charged with duty accord
ingly And that all unbleached and uncol
ored coiton twist, yarn, or thread, the origi
ns! av if which, shall be less than sixty
pen's per pound, shall be deemed and taken
to h ive cost sixty cents per pound, and shall
he charged with duty accordingly: And all
bleached and colored cotton yarn, twist or
thread, the original cost f which shall be
less than seventy-five cents per pound, shall
be deemed and taken to have cost seventy
five cents per pound, and shall be charged
with duty accordingly: Provided, also, that
the provisions of this act shall not apply to,
oroe enforced against, importations, of goods
from ports or places eastward of the Cape of !
Good Hope or beyond Cape Horn, before the
last of January next ensuing.
3rd. On wool unmanufactured, a duty of
twenty per centum ad valorem, until tfie Ist
da of June, *ne thousand eight hundred and
twenty five; afterwards of twenty-five per
centum ad valorem, until the 131 of June, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-six: af
terwards a duty of thirty per centum ad va
lorem: Provided, that all wool, the actual va
lue of which, at the place whence imported,
shall not exceed ten cents per pound, shall
be charged with a duty of fifteen per cen
tum ad valort rti; and no more.
4th. On all Leghorn hats or bonnets, and
ali hats or bonnets of straw, chip or grass, I
and on fiats, braids, or plates, for making of j
liats or bonnets, a duty of fifty per centum ad ;
valorem: Provided, That all Leghorn hats ‘
and bonnets, and ali hats or bonnets of straw, I
chip, or grass, which, at the place whence j
imported, with the addition of ten per cen- •
turn, shall have cost less than one dollar each,
shall be charged with duty accordingly.
sth. Ot jappanned wares of all kinds, on ‘
plated wares of all kpids, and on all manufac- •,
turcs, not otherwise specified, made of brass,
iron, steel, pewter, lead, or tin, or of which
either of these metals is a component mate- j
rial, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad va- j
lorem.
<>n bolting cloths, fifteen per centum ad
valorem,
On hair cloth and hair seating, thirty per
centum ad valorem,
On marble, and all manufactures of marble,
thirty per centum ad valorem, j
On all paper hangings, forty per centum ‘
ad valorem,
On coach laces of cotton, or other materi
als, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; on all ‘
other laces, twelve and a half per centum ad
valorem,
On lead, in pigs, bars, or sheet, two cents
per pound,
On leaden shot, three and one half cents
per pound,
On red or white lead, dry or ground in oil,
four cents per pound,
On Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpels
and carpeting, fift7 cents per square yard;
On ail Venetian and ingrain carpels and
carpeting, of wool, flax, hemp, or cotton, or
parts of either, twenty-five cents per square j
yard, :
On oil cloth carpeting, and on cloths of ‘
every description, a duty of thirty per cen
tum ad valorem;
On all other carpets and carpeting, mats,
and floor cloths, made of to w, flags, or any :
other material, a duty of thirty per centum j
ail valorem, •
On hemp, at die rate of thirty-five dollars
per ton; *
On tarred cables and cordage, four cent per
pound;
On untarred cordage, yarn, twine, pack
thread, and steams, five cents per pound;
On cotton bagging, three and three quart
er cents per square yard;
On Iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured
in whole or in part, by rolling, ninety
cents per hundred and twelve pounds
weight;
On round iron, or braiziers’ rods of three
sixteenths to eight sixteenths of an inch di
ameter, inclusive, and on iron in nail or spike
rods, slit, and on Iron in sheets, and hoop
iron, and on iron, slit or rolled, tor band iron
scroll iron, or casement rods, three cent,
per pound.
On iron spikes, four cents per pound.
On iron nails, cut or wrought, fiive cents
per pound; • .
On tacks, brads, and spikes, not exceeding
sixteen ounces to the thousand, five
cents per thousand, exceeding sixteen
ounces to the thousand, five cents per
pound;
On iron or steel wire, not exceeding
number eighteen, five cents per pound—
over number eighteen, nine cents per
pound,
On square wire, used in the manufacture
of stretchers for umbrellas, twelve per cen
tum ad valorem,
On anvils and anchors, two cents per
pound,
On iron cables or chains, or parts thereof,
three cents per pound, and no drawback
shall be allowed orl tne exportation of iron
cables, or parts thereof. &
Oil mill cranks, and mill Irons, of wrought
iron, four cents per pound,
On mill stones one dollar each,
On blacksmilns’ hammers and sledges two
and a half cents per pound,
On muskets, one dollar and fifty cents per
stand,
On rifles, two dollars and fifty cents
each,
On all other fire arms, and on side arms,
thirty per centum ad valorem.
On cutting knives, scythes, sickles and rea
ping hooks, spades and shovels, of iron or
steel, thirty per centum ad valorem.
On screws of iron, weighing twenty-five
pounds, or up warns, thirty per cerium ad va
lorem.
On screws, thirty per centum ad valo
rem,
On vessels of cast iron, not otherwise spe
cified, one and a half cents per pound,
On all other castings of Iron, not specified,
one cent per pound,
On all vessels ot copper, thirty-five per
centum ad valorem,
On quills prepared or manufactured twen
ty-five per centum ad valorem,
On slates and tiles for building, twenty-five
per centum ad valorem,
On black lead pencils, forty per centum ad
valorem,
On tallow candles, five cents per pound,
On spermaceti caudles eight cents per
pound,
On soap, four cents per pound,
On lard, three cents per pound,
On wheat, twenty-five cents per bushel,
On oats, ten cents per bushel,
On wheat flour, fifty cents per hundred
weight,
On potatoes, ten cents per bushel.
On coal, six cents per heaped bushel.
On corks, twelve cents per pound,
On prunelle and other shoes or slippers of
stuff or ’nankeen, twenty-five cents per
pair,
On laced boots or bootees, one dollar fifty
cents per pair,
On linseed, rape seed, and hemp seeded,
twenty five cents per gallon,
On castor oil, forty cents per gallon,
On ale beer and porter imported in bot
tles, twenty cents per gallon, imported other
wise than in bottles, fifteen cents per gal
lon,
On beef and pork, two cents per pound,
On hams, and otner bacon, three cents per
pound,
On butter, five cents per pound.
On vinegar, eigins cents per gallon,
On alum, two dollars and fifty cents per
hundred weight,
On refined saltpetre, three cents per
pound,
On blue or Roman Vitrol, four cents per
pound,
On oil of vitrol three cents per pound,
On jftauber salts, two cents per pound,
On epsom salts, four cents per pound,
On camphor, crude, eight cents per
pound,
On Camphor refined, twelve cents per
pound,
On Copperas, two collars per hundred
weight,
On Cayenne pepper, fifteen cents per
pound,
On Ginger, two cents per pound,
On chockolate, four cents per pound,
On Currents and figs, three cents per
pound,
On plums, prunes, Muscatel Raisins and
raisins in jars and boxes, four cents per
pound,
On windows glass, not above eight inches
by ten inches in size, three dollars per hun
dred sqare feet, not above ten inches by
twelve inches in size, three dollars and fifty
cents per hundred sqare feet, and if above
ten inches by twelve inches in size, four dol
lars per hundred square feet. Provided,
that all window glass imported in plates, an
cut, shall be chargeable with the high test rate
of duties hereby imposed.
On black glass bottles, not exceeding the
capacity of one quart, two dollars per groce,
on bottles exceeding one quart, and not
more than two quarts, two dollars and fifty
cents per groce, over two quarts, and not
exceeding one gallon, three dollors per
groce,
On demijohns, twenty five cents each,
• On apothecaries vials, of rlie capacity of
four ounces and less, one dollar per groce;
on the same above 4 ounces and not exceed-
ing eight ounces, one dollar and twenty
five cents per grece,
On all wares of cut glass, not specified,
three cents per pound and in addition there
to, an ad valorem duty of thirty per cen
tum.
On all other articles of glass, two cents
per pound and in addition thereto an ad va
lorem duty of twenty per centum,
On all books which (lie importer shall
make it satisfactorily appear to tlie collector
oftlieportat which the-same shall be en
tered, were printed previous to the year
one hotisand seven hundred and twenty
five, and also, on all books, printed in oth
er languages than English; four cents pet
volume, except books printed in Latin or
Greek wlien bound fifteen cents per pound
—when not bound, thirteen cents per
pound.;*
On allot aer books, when bound, thirty
cefits per pound when in sheets or boards
twenty six cents per pound,
On folio and quarto post paper, of all
kinds, twenty cents per pound,
On foolscap and all drawing and writing
paper,
On printing, copper plate, and Stainers’
paper, te,n cents per pound,
paper sev'enteen / cents per pound,
On shearing paper binders’ and box
boards, and wrapping paper of all kinds,
three cents per pound,
On all other paper fifteen cents per pound,
A duty of twelve apd a half per centum
ad valorem on all articles not herein spei
fied, and now paying a duty of seven and a
per centum ad valorem; with the exception
of patent adhesive felt for covering ships’
bottoms, which shall be admitted free of du
ty, until .Time thirtieth one thousand eight
hundred and twenty six.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That
an addition of ten per centum shall oe made
to the several rates of duties hereby impos
ed upon the severalarticles aforesaid,which
after tire said respective times for the com
mencement of fhc duties hereby imposed,
shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the
United States provided, That this addition
shall not he applied to articles imported in
siiips or vessels not of the United States
entitled by treaty, or by any a‘ct of Congress,
to be admitted on payment of the same du
tiesthat are paid on like articles imported in
ships or vessels of the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
ihere shall be allowed a drawback of the
duties by this act imposed upon the expor
tation of any article that shall have paid the
same, within the time, and in the manner,
and subject to the provisions and restrictions
prescribed in the fourth section of the act
entit!cd*“An act to regulate the duties on
imports and tonage,” passed the twenty
seventh day of April, one thousand eight
hundred ami sixteen.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the drawback allowed by law on plain silk
imported inAnerican vessels!’ rora beyond
the Cape of Good Mope, sfhail be allowed, al
though .-.aid cloths before the exportation
thereof, shall have been colored, printed,
stained, dyed, stamped, or painted in the
United States But when ever any such
cloths so imported shall be intended to be
so colored, printed, dyed, stamped, or pain
ted, and afterwards to be exported from the
United States, with privilege of drawback
each package thereof shall, before the same
shall be delivered from the public stores,
be opened and examined by an inspector of
ihe customs, and the contents thereof meas
ured or weighed, and the quality thereof
ascertained, and a sample of eacli piece
thereof received at the custom house, and
a particular account or registry of such ex
amination, describing the number of pieces
in each package, their weight or measures
and the samples thereof reserved, shall be
entered in the books ot the cumtom house;
and after such examination, said goods shall
be repacked in the original package, and
tire said original package shall be marked
with a custom house mark. And whenever
any such goods being tints colored, printed,
stained, dyed, stamped, or painted, shall be
entered at the custom house for exportation
and drawback, the same shall be so entered
in the original package, marked as afore
said and not otherwise, unless the person
so entering the same, shall give satisfactory
evidence to the collector or naval officer, or
one ot them, that such original package has
been lost or destroyed by accident, and no i
such application for drawback shail be made
except on the contents of entire packages
and upon application for such entry and draw
back, the contents of the packages, so offer
ed shall be examined by an inspector of the
customs, and measuredor weighed, and com
pared with the original entry, registry, and
samples; and if upon such comparison and
full examination, the collectors shall be sa
tisfied that the contents of each package are
the same identical goods imported and re
gistered as aforesaid and not changed or al
tered except by being colored, printed,
stained, dyed, stamped, or painted, as afore
said, then the person so entering such goods,
shail be admitted to the oath prescribed by
law, to be used in cases of application for
exportation of’guods for the benefit ofdraw
back, and shall thereupon be entitled to the
drawback, as in other cases: Provided that
the exporter shall in every other particular
comply with the regulations and formalities
heretofore established, for entries of books
for exportation with the benefit of draw
back And if any person shall present, for
exportation and drawback any coloured,
printed, stained, dyed, stamped, or’ painted
silk, knowing the same not to be entitled to
drawback, according to the provisions of this
act, or shall wilfully misrepresent or con
ceal the contents or quality of any package
as aforesaid, the said goods, so presented or
entered for drawback, shall be forfeited,
and may be seized by the collector and pro
ceeded with, and the forfeiture secured, as
in other cases.
Sec. 5. And be it further 'enacted, That
j the existing laws shall extend to, and be in
force for the collection of the duties impos
ed by this ac:, for the prosecution and pun
ishment of all offences, and for tiie recovery,
j collection, distribution, and remissions of ail
fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and
effectually as if every regulation, penaltry,
forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and
thing to that effect, ,in the existing laws
contained, had been inserted by tins act.
See. 6 And be it further enacted, that
the provisions of the section of the act ofcon
gress, entitled “An act to regulate the du
ties on imports and tonage,” approved April
twenty seventh, one thousand eight hundred
sixteen, shall extend and ensure to the ben
fit of schools and colleges within the United
States or the territories thereof, in the same
manner, and under the like limitations and
restrictions, as is provided in said act, with
respect to seminaries of learning-.
FROM LONDON PAPERS.
Extract of a letter from a highly respectable.
* quarter
‘•Lord Byron died in consequence es re
j fusing to be bled when lie had an inflamation
in the chest. When it was proposed to
him to be bled, he answered that he would
not, for more people died, he believed, by
the lancet than the lance. He was fond of
ending What he had to say with something
pointed or striking. It produced effect.—
Next day lie became delirious, and remained
i in that state for eight days, when be died;
but the medical men who were with him
! did not dare to disotiey his orders. One
thinks they might have ventured without
much risk; if he had continued in delirium,
and died notwithstanding ’heir bleeding
him, he could not well have known of their
disobedience and if he had recovered, ec
centric as he was, he could liardfy .be very
angry at his life being preserved.” lint the
two medical men* who were with him are
very young.
“Never, perhaps, was a man performing
a more great and useful part than Ij6j|-<i By
ron in Greece. Mis talents, but stiff more
his rank and reputation throughout Europe
among a vain people like the Greeks, ad
ded greatly to the effect of his pecuiuiary
succors to the cause of freedom against ty
ranny, and of Christianity against infidels.—
W ho but must grieve that he died when mi ga
ged in a cause, the recollection of which
would have shed sunshine from Heaven up
on the evening of his days? He kept in Ins
own pay a body of 500 Suliots. Soon after
his arrival in Greece, the government en
treated him to inform them of any wish lie
had, by gratifying which they mighi testify
threir deep sense of obligation to him. I'e
requested them to give up about 20 Tur
kish prisoners, chiefly women, children and
infirm old men, whom they held in prison
to his free disposal. They did so. lie
sent seven, who were natives of Previsa, to
the Pacha there, with a very polite letter,
expressing Ins hope that tiie ferocious sort
of warfare which prevailed between Greeks
and Turks, as evinced in the treatment of
their prisoners, mighi be mitigated. The
Turks returned no answer;f but the Greek
populace, when they found the use he made
of their prisoners, and that he only waited
for conveyance to send the others to their
native places, mutinied and ’ endeavored to
take the prisoners from him; which was on
ly prevented by a skirmish, which Lord
Byt on’s Suliot guards repjdsed the popu
lace.
“His private habits were singular, as is
well known, but they are represented to
me as by no means so morose as the public
have been led !o believe. When on board
the , going from Malta, he had the in
ner cabin, the Captain the outer. He suf
fered nobody to enter his cabin; but when in
the humor to converse, lie would sit in the
doorway of it, and talk to the Captain m the
most lively manner. The tone of his con
versation had the same freedom and bril
liancy as Don Juan; nevertheless, lie was not
only capable, but willing to enter into seri
ous discussions. At Cefalonia, just before
he went last to Greece, there was a mission
ary of considerable talent, a Mr. Kennedy,
who considered himself as completely one
of the church militant, and engaged with ev
ery man he met, when opportunity offered
—perhaps without always waiting for op
portunity—in the hope of sowing the good
seed, i.ord Kyron heard of him; and when
he understood that he was a man of parts,
desired to be introduced to a meeting of two
or three English gentlemen, to whom Ken
nedy had undertaken lo prove, in two hours,
to the satisfaction of a reasonable understan
ding, the truth of the whole Christian
scheme. He appeared with his books and
Lord Byron met him. With the utmost po
liteness, the latter did not ridicule, but dis
cussed Mr Kennedy’s principles and aston
ished his auditors and the divine by the ex
tent of his reading on the suject, and the
accuracy and promptitude of his reasoning.
Mr. Kennedy himself ifunfis that he made
considerable progress with Lord Byron;
and it is expected he will publish something
on the subject.
“Whenever Lord Byron came in towards
the middle of the day, then was his dinner
hour; but otherwise, no body ever knew
l when it would lie. He ate principally
i cheese, of which he was very fond. His
| manners were extremely polite and fascina
; ting. This last quality was principal]; o\v-
I ing, perhaps, to tiie soft and silvery tones of
j his voice. Towards seven or eight o’clock
j in the evening, however he was liable to a
sort of morbid access of ill humor, which his
servants dreaded, and of which he himself
owned a consciousness; but lie did not know
how to resist it. At such times he used to
retreat into his own appartment, and was
supposed to write, and no body dared to
disturb liim. He re-appeared in the morn-
I ing. These are few anecdotes which I hail
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