The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-05 00:00:00

CUSTOMS.

Goods, wares, or merchandise entered for warehousing
must be conveyed from the vessel, or wharf, where landed,
to the warehouse, under the special superintendence of
an inspector of the customs, in drays, carts, or other
usual modes of conveyance, to be employed on public
account, by the proper officer of the customs ; and the
expense at the rates usually paid for such service at the
port in question, is to be defrayed at the time by the per-
son who enters said goods, wares, or merchandise, fur
warehousing. In cases where goods, wares, or mer-
chandise, imported after the passage of the Act of the
30th July, 1846, are intended to be exported directly
from warehouse to a foreign country, entry must be
made according to form herewith, marked G, and bond
given, according to form H, and such exportation be
otherwise made in the manner now required by existing
laws, relating to exportations for the benefit of draw-
back. In all such cases the appropriate expenses are to
be paid before granting permit for: exportation.
All stores used for warehousing purposes are to be
rented by the collector on public account, and paid for
as such; and appropriated exclusively to the storage of
foreign merchandise, which is to be subject to the usual
rates of storage existing at the respective ports where
such stores may be hired or rented. Appropriate ware-
houses must be provided for goods of a perishable
nature, as well as for gunpowder, fire-crackers, and
plosive substances, having due respect to existing urani-
eipal regulations.
For warehousing of coal, woods of variatys kinds,
&c.—Yards well enclosed and secured, to 0.3..3 satisfac-
tion of the collector, may be hired or rert",3d, and the
usual rates for storage are to be charged on all articles
deposited therein. Care must be obser fed by collectors
in renting stores to select those of a substantial and
secure character, and fire proof where they can be ob-
tained, and the rents stipulated for must be as reason-
able as can be procured. Bawls entering into any lease
of stores, the opinion and approval of the department
must first be obtained.

Where any goods, duly warehoused, shall remain in
store beyond one year, without payment of the duties
and charges thereon, which, in pursuance of the Act are
required to be appraised and sold, the department
hereby prescribes that all such sales shall take place
within thirty days after the expiration of the year,
and due notice of such sales must be pub-
lished in two or more of the public newspapers
having the most extensive circulation at the port
in question, daily at the principal ports for the
space of ten days, and at the other ports three times
a week or as often as one or more papers may be
published thereat, for the space of two weeks. But as
the law provides that " all goods of a perishable nature,
and all gunpowder, fire-crackers, and explosive sub-
stances deposited as aforesaid, shall be sold forthwith,"
they must be sold at the earliest day practicable, after
due publication of notice, and time given for inspection
by persons desirous of purchasing the same.
The quarterly returns required by the 4th section of
the Act, will be made according to the form herewith
marked I.

R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury.

AMERICAN ARMY INTELLI-
GENCE.
(From the Washington Union, Aug. 14.)
We are favoured with the following extracts of letters
just received in this city

Camargo, Mexico, July 23.
We are furnishing transportation for the army, and
securing supplies of forage on the route to Monterey.
Wei have contracted for 1,000 to 2,000 mules, (another
letter fixes it positively at 1,500), with the packing
equipments complete ; and these, with the 500 waggons
expected here, will be ample for the marching columns.
A large portion of the 19,000 men of thi3 corps d'armie
will be left at the different depots and entrepots, from
Brazos Santiago to China, about 60 miles from this place
on the route to Monterey.
The troopers are now fast arriving here in our steam-
boats, and the General will, in all probability, move for—
ward from here about the middle of next month (Aug.).
Now comes the commencement of those operations which
will require all the capacity, skill and energy of our
General to arcomplish. The great difficulties of an army
invading Mexico begin here. So far everything has fa-
voured General Taylor, and he has acquired nut only
most enviable reputation, but his good fortune has l c •
come a proverb_ I hope, of course, for his further s 7 oess ; but in order to secure it, the most careful com
rations of every kind, preparatory to the march, are Ab-
solutely necessary. Too much haste may prove as gr ( .at
ail evil as a faulty tardiness. It takes time for the
requisite arrangements for the transportation required
for so many men, suddenly collected here. Meanti me,
the General is impatient of the least delay, and the fa-
cers of our department are incessantly occupied in prepa-
rations.

Our news from the interior leaves us in doubt whet ter
Paredes, at the head of the army, will succeed or lac it in
assembling a force sufficient to oppose us. He is said
to have called out the male population en masse, and Sias
strong positions to defend, but it is doubtful whel;lier
we shall have another battle in Mexico.
Ixtract of a letter from Colonel Whiting, dated Ma ta-
moras, 28th July, 1846.
The subsistence General Taylor called for, that is,
300,000 rations, is now at or near Camargo. We, are
now throwing up forage, ammunition, and other up-
plies, the boats taking moderate loads, in order to. ac-
commodate troops.
A compatty of Texan rangers came into Camarorc a
few days since, having started from San Antonii do
ilexar, crossed the Rio Grande at Laredo, and pal sad
through Mier. In thus descending the right bank it
met with no molestation, saw no rising for defence, b ut
found all things in tranquillity.
When the Louisiana volunteers were about going out,
and had many good horses for sale, it was deemed exp e-
dient by General Taylor as well as myself, that the op-
portunity should not be lost of putting the light utak"

T.FIE WAREHOUSING SYSTEM 12 I
THE UNITED STATES.
DISTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE TREASURY
OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE OFFICER S
10F CUSTOMS.
In order that the earliest information on the subject. of
`warehousing of merchandise under the recent Act of Con-
Agress, may be received by all persons interested therein,
the following instructions are now published.--Copies of
these instructions will be transmitted to the respective
officers of the customs, as soon as the forms necessary to
Accompany the same can be printed.
Treasury Department, Aug. 18, 1846.

CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE

Treasury Department, Aug. 14, 1846.
The following instructions and forms are transmitter's
for the information and government of the officers of t).,,e
customs in carrying into effect the provisions of the an_
'flexed Act of Congress. approved 6th August, 1846,, .enti-
tled "An Act to establish a warehousing system,,-and to
amend An Act to provide revenue from imports, and
to change and modify existing laws imposing 'Ludes on
imports, and for other purposes."' APPr.oved 30th
August, 1842.
It is to be remarked, that goods, ware?,, or mercban-
-
Oise, entitled to entry for warehousing, "Are such only as
shall have been actually imported afte .0 the passage of
the act, " reducing the duty on imports and for other pure
poses," approved 30th July, 1846, vide 6th section. All
goods, wares, or merchandise, irAported prior to 30th '
July, 1846, yet on deposit in pu:elic store,-the duties on
which have not been paid, are 'abject to the payment of
the 'duty and charges imposed by the tariff Act of 30th
August, 1842.
Where owners, importers, consignees, or agents de-
-sire to warehouse their goods, due entry in writing must
be made in each case, according to the form accompany-
ing these instructions, marked A, and a bond taken with
surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the collector, 1a
double the amount of the duties, according to forms
marked B.
In making entry of any goods, wares, or merchandise,
to be warehoused, all acts necessary to determine their
value, such as appraising, weighing, gauging, or mea-
suring, in order to ascertain the precise amount of duty
chargeable on the importation, must be perfortned and
complied with.
Any goods, wares, or merchandise, proposed to be
withdrawn from warehouse for home consumption prior
to the 2d day of Decembee next, the day on which the
new rate of duties take effect under the Act of 30t1
July last, must be enteefed, and the duties with interest
and other charges itr.posed by the Act of 30th August,
1842, must be duly; paid before granting permit for the
delivery of any such goods, wares, or merchandise. Due
regard must be paid to the restrictions imposed in ,the •
act, in the withdrawal of merchandise from warehouse,
to wit: iu no case " a less quantity than an entire pack-
age, bak, cask, or box," or if in bulk, then only " tb:e
whole quantity of each parcel, or a quantity not less than
one ton weight, unless by the special authority of the
Secretary of the Treasury," can be withdrawn and de-
livered.
Where it ie intended to withdraw any goods, Wares, or
merchandise from warehouse for transportation to any
other port of entry, to be rewarehoused thereat, in pur-
suance of the second section of the Act of 6th August, to
establish a warehousing system, twenty-four hours' no-
tice at least must be given to the coilector of such inten-
tion, and entry be made according to forth C, and the
transportation is to be made under the regulations pro-
vided in the act of 2d March, 1799, in respect-to the trans
portation of goods, wares, and merchandise from one col-
lection district to another, to be exported with the bene-
fit of drawback. Hence goods may be transported from
any port of entry to apy other port of entry in the Unitrail '
States, subject to the regulations prescribed by the be-
fore mentioned act.
On makings transportation of entry, a bond 'lust be
given by the owner of the merchandise to be `withdrawn
• for transportation with sufficient sureties ir. double the
amount of the duties chargeable thereon. according to
form herewith marked D; which bond le to be cancelled
on production of a certificate, duly authenticated, from
the collector of the port to wltieli the goods may be
transported, certifying that the, identical goods stated in
the transportation certificate, have been duly entered and
rewarehoused in public st.ire, in his collection district,
and bond given for the (Idles.
On the withdrawal. of any such goods from warehouse
at any port, the storage and other charges that may have
accrued thereon must be duly paid. On redeposite or
rewareb ()using of any transported goods as aforesaid, due
entry 'must be made and bond taken in the forms here-
with marked E and F.
For the purpose of distinguishing goods which may
have paid duty under the new tariff act, which goes into
opexation on the 2d day of December next, that may be
Withdrawn for consumption after said day, and entitled
to drawback, if exported within the time prescribed by
law, from other imports on which duty was paid under ;
the tariff Act of 30th August, 1842, it becomes proper I
that suitable marks should be placed on all goods that
may be withdrawn as aforesaid, to identify the same, so
as to prevent mistake or imposition in the allowance of
drawback.