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

z; WAREHOUSING SYSTEM IN
THE UNITED STATES.
INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE TREASURY
OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE OFFICERS
OF CUSTOMS.
In order that the earliest information on the subjrct of
warehousing of merchandise under the recent Act of Con-
gress, may be received by all persons interested therein,
the following instructions are now published.—Copios 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.

ciacuLia TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFZICERS OF THE

CUSTOMS.

Treasury Department, Aug. 14, 1846.
The following instructions and forms are transmitted
for the information and government of the officers of the
customs in carrying into effect the provisions of the an-
nexed 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 duties on
imports, and for other purposes.' " Approved 30th
August, 1842.
It is to be remarked, that goods, wares, or merchan-
;li -,e, entitled to entry for warehousing, are such only as
shall have been actually imported after the passage of
Q e act, " reducing the duty on imports and for other put--
roses," approved 30th July, 1846, vide 6th section. All
g-,,ods, wares, or merchandise, imported prior to 30th
5-uly, 1846, yet on deposit in public store, the duties on
which have not been paid, are subject to the payment of
the duty and charges imposed by the tariff Act of 30th
August, 1842.

Where
W 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, in
double the amount of the duties, according to form
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 performed and
complied with.
Any goods, wares, or merchandise, proposed to be
withdrawn from warehouse for home consumption prier
to the 2d day of December next, the day on which the
new rate of duties take effect under the Act of 30th
July last, must be entered, and the duties with interest
and other charges imposed 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: in no case " a less quantity than an entire pack-
age, bale, cask, or box," or if in bulk, then only " the
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 is 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 collector of such inten-
tion, and entry be made according to form 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 any other port of entry in the United
States, subject to the regulations prescribed by the be-
fore mentioned act.

On makings transportation of entry, a bond must be
given by the owner of the merchandise to be withdrawn
for transportation with sufficient sureties in double the
amount of the duties chargeable thereon, according to
form herewith marked D; which bond is to be cancelled
on production of a certificate, duly authenticated, from
the collector of the port to which the goods may be
transported, certifying that the identical goods stated in
the transportation certificate have been duly entered and
rewarehoused in public store, in his collection district,
and bond given for the duties.
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
rewarehousing of any transported goods as aforesaid, due
entry must be made and bond taken in the forms here-
ith marked E and F.

For the purpose of distinguishing goods which may
have paid duty under the new tariff act, which goes into
operation on the 21 day of December next, that may be
ithdrawn for consumption after said day, and entitled
drawback, if exported within the time prescribed by
Ltw, from other imports on which duty was paid under
the tariff Act of 30th August, 1842, it becomes proper
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.

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, for
warehousing. In cases where goods, wares, or mer-
chandise, imported after the passage of the Act of the
30th July, 18-16, 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 11, 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
bcm paid before granting permit tor exportation.
All stores used for warehousing purposes are to he
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, tire-crackers, and ex-
plosive substances, having due respect to existing muni-
cipal regulations.
Fur warehousing of coal, woods of various kinds,
&c.—Yards well enclosed and secured, to the satisfac-
tion of the collector, may be hired or rented, and the
usual rates for storage are to be charged on all articles
deposited therein. Care must be observed 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. Before 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
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
:Larked 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.
We 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 this corps d'armee
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 not only a
most enviable reputation, but his good fortune has be-
come a proverb_ I hope, of course, for his further suc-
cess ; but in order to secure it, the most careful combi-
nations of every kind, preparatory to the march, are ab-
solutely necessary. Too much haste may prove as great
an evil as a faulty tardiness. It takes time for the
requisite arrangements for the transportation required
for so many men, suddenly collected here. Meantime,
the General is impatient of the least delay, and the offi-
cers of our department are incessantly occupied in prepa-
rations.
Our news from the interior leaves us in doubt whether
Paredes, at the head of the army, will succeed or not in
assembling a force sufficient to oppose us. lle is said
to have called out the male population en masiv, and has
strong positions to defend, but it is doubtful whether
we shall have another battle in Mexico.
Extract of a letter from Colonel Whiting, dated Mata-

moral, 28th July, 1346. -
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 sup-
plies, the boats taking moderate loads, in order to ac-
commodate troops.
A company of Texan rangers came into Camargo a
few days since, having started from San Antonio de
Bexar, crossed the Rio Grande at Laredo, and passed
through Mier. In thus descending the right bank it
met with no molestation, saw no rising for defence, but
found all thing-; in tranquillity.
When the Louisiana volunteers were about going out,
and had many good horses for sale, it was deemed
hetdeexpe-
dient by General Taylor as well as myself, that op-
portunity should not be lost of putting the light artillery