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THE WAREHOUSING SYSTEM IN and Bragg's company in a fit cenflition for the field, as
THE UNITED STATES. the horse,: called for from New Orleans might not ar -
INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE TREASURY rive in time for the march. In this way, these compa.
OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE OFFICERS nies have been recruited at once, and Captain Duncan's
OF CUSTOMS. company has already marched for Czar cargo. The price
has not always been moderate, but in no instance extra-
In order that the earliest information on the subject of
warehousing of merchandise under the recent Act of Con- vagant.
gresa, may be received by all persons intere,ted therein, EXTRACT OF A LETTER FR ,51,4 COL. HENRY WHITING,
the following instructions are now published.—Copies of DATED MATAMODAS, JULY 31, 1846.
these instructions will be transmitted to the respective General Taylor has just is-sued an order directing the
officers of the customs, as soon as the forms necessary to remaining troops to move up to Camarge without delay.
accompany the same can be printed. The trains, it is feared, will be inadequate. To remedy
Treasury Department, Aug. 18, 1846. this he will buy and hire all the mules he can. The
last report from Camstrgo is favourable. A contract has
been made for fifteen hundred mules and packs com-
plete. General Taylor goes to Catnargo in a few days,
when I shall immediately follow to complete all ar-
rangements. Horse shoes are now coming in—we were
likely to suffer for them and for forges. Forage and
subsistence is abundant. The United States steamer
Neva sunk on her way up to Camargo, with cargo on
board. No lives lost, but much company baggage and
supplies.

CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE

CUSTOMS.

Treasury Department, As g. 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
August, 1842.
It is to be remarked, that goods, wares, or merchan-
dise, entitled to entry for warehousing, are such only as
shall have been actually imported after the passage of
the act, " reducing the duty on imports and for other pur-
poses," approved 30th July, 1846, vide 6th section. All
goods, wares, or merchandise. imported prior to 30th
July, 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 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 prior
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. Tierce 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 making -a 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 redeposits or
rewarehousing of any transported goods as aforesaid, due
entry must bP 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
operation on the 2(1 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
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, 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 ex-
plosive substances, having due respect to existing muni-
cipal regulations.
For 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 stop age 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-

THE COTTON CULTURE-ITS •
PROJECTED INTRODUCTION INTO TURKEY
(From the New York Her.ld W. August 20.)
It will be recollected that several years since the cat-
ton culture was introluted into llimbvtan by the East
India Company, under the superin!eudence of several
American p!anters or overseers. 0:)e of these was the
overseer of a Stith Carolina planter ; and at his request
he was punctually furnished by his late steward, with a
statement of the climate, seasons, sod, &c., for eight
consecutive months, including the season of the growth
of the plant through all its stares. The returns thus
furnished were made the subject of a paper in one of our
agricultural magazines, in which the author predicted a
failure of the experiment in Edia, from the excess of
wet and humidity during the growing season ; but he
also incidentally reffifred to Turkey in Asia as very
likely, at no remote period, to become a formidable op•
ponent to the United States in the production of the raw

The prediction of the result of the experiment in India
has since been verified—for the cotton of that country
turns out to be far inferior, in quality and quantity, to
the staple of the South ; end the only obstacle that it
has been to our trade is that from its very inferior cha-
racter, the price at which it sells in England enables the
manufacturer to mix it into his coarser fabrics, with a
fair profit at a reduced price, upon the same fabric made
exclusively from the American article. Yet this impo•
sition has been of no small benefit to our own manufac-
turers in the sale of their coarser fabrics in South
America, where the secret of the difference in the staple
between the British and American goods has been dis-
covered. We have but little to fear, therefore, from
India ; for the better quality will continue, in the spread
of civilisati, n, to monopolne the advantages of the pro-
fitable markets of the world.
But, returning to Turkey ; the Sultan, through some
agency unknown to u., was apprised of the publication
to which we have adverted, and the hint that his domi-
nions, devoted, from the days of the patriarchs, to silk
and flax, " and purple and fine linen," were susceptible
of cotton, and that in its highest perfection, immediately
attracted his attention. The very idea suggested to him
an element for the improvement of his people, and the
strengthening of his empire by the sinews of its domestic
products. He has been looking around him—he is
anxious to appropriate the experience of the western na-
tions to the advancement of his own. He promptly,
therefore, through our Minister at Constantinople (Mr.
Carr) conferred with our Secretary of State, and autho•
rised him, in a carte blanche to dispatch him a special
instructor or two to undertake the experiment of the
cotton culture on the eastern side of 'the Dardanelles,
and among the kiosks and mosques of the Prophet. The
Sultan desired as a fraternal favour that the American
Government would send him one or two (two if they
could be procured to go) cotton planters, of intelligence,
experience, and competency, to introduce the culture of
cotton into his own dominions.
Under this authority, D. J. L. Smith, of Charleston,
was appointed, a young gentleman educated in Germany
—a student of Liehig, and who has obtained some cele-
brity in agricultural chemistry in this country, and as a
man of general science. The other gentleman selected
is Dr. J. B. Davis, of Fairfield, South Carolina, (whose
overseer is the one referred to in this article as having
been employed to test the experiment in India, Dr.
Davis, as we are informed, has established a high credit
in South Carolina, as a practical planter and farmer,
making many successful experiments upon the old system
of things.
It has been suggested that should the experiment
succeed in Turkey, it will be necessary to the introduc-
tion of cotton as a staple of that empire, to export a few
thousand of the free blacks of the south experienced in
the art, on the most favourable terms to themselves, as
an inducement to go ; or that the Sultan may find it ex-
pedient to hire for a term of years, on the condition that
they are then to have their liberty, a sufficient number of
slaves from the cotton planting States, to initiate his
subjects into the rudiments of the culture.
We shall look to the results of this experiment with
the greatest interest. From the latitude, climate, and
productions of Turkey, the cotton plant will take hold
there as readily as the potato in Ireland ; and if it be as
successful, the demand for cotton gins and cotton presses
will give not a little employment to our manufacturers
and naviators, while the demand for the raw material
in England, will scarcely be diminished, as fabrics of
cotton will supersede among the faithful, their fabrics of
silk, wool, flax, and hemp, which they have worn from
time immemorial. The empire of the Sultan will become
an empire of cotton-wearing Mahomedans, hale Chris-
tianised from this single innovation: We have no reason
to fear from the innovation a diminution of our own
market. Tne demand has increased with our supply,
stupendous as that increase has been from year to year.
The fifty-three millions of pounds of raw cotton from
Egypt, scarcely produces an impression on the English
market ; it is absorbed as a bucket of water in a flowing
stream. The demand will continue to be commensu-
rate with the supply, and with the empire of China
thrown open to our ships, we may continue our ratio of
increase in the cotton production for a hundred years to
come, introducing the culture meantime into successful
operation in the dominions of the brother of the Sun,
whose spouse is the sister of the Moon, and who, if they
say to their subjects, " produce cotton," it must be pro-
ducal.

We learn that Dr. Davis will leave to-morrow in the
Great Western, en route for the Sublime Porte, to

identify himself with the success of his predictions.
After making an outline and a projection, he will inform
us of his proceedings, of the adaptation of the country
to his enterprise, and of the facilities for planting, as he
contemplates being there in time for the planting season
in that quarter of the world.
Looking at the undertaking of these gentlemen, as in
its results calculated to extend the operations of com-
merce, and the intimacy and friendship of widely sepa-
rate nations, as adapted to be of great advantage to the
mass of the Turkish people, without any detriment to
au abundant market for our favourite staple, we wish
our agents to the Sultan a successful experiment; and
it is a high source of gratification (of which this is but
an instance) that America and the Americans are being
sent for from the remotest quarters of the earth, to
develop their domestic recourses, to introduce new
elements of domestic wealth, stability, and inde-
pendence, and to elevate and improve the character of
their people.

hshed 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.

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,1 1 e '
ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Wednes-
day night last a desperate attempt at hihway robbery
was made on the person of Mr. William Metcalf, a
builder residing at Pagnal green, near Wilfrome. It
appears that between eleven and twelve e'clock Mr.
Metcalf was returning from Walbech in a chaise-cart,
when, on ascending the hills at Rushton, two men sud-
denly seized the reins, at the same time calling on Mr.
Metcalf to alight. Mr. Metcalf alighted, and one of the
robbers advanced towards him. Seeing that the fellow
was armed only with a stick, Mr. Metcalf closed with
him and threw him heavily in the road. His companion
then left the horse's head and attacked him, and the
other robber having recovered his legs, the two com-
menced a desperate assault. Mr. Metcalf, however,
being a powerful man, contrived tot! maintain his resist-
ance until the keeper of a toll-bar, at some distance,
attracted by the cries for help, ran to the spot, upon
which the villains made off. Mr. Metcalf sustained some
severe bruises, &c., but was not otherwise seriously in-
jured. The robbers were dressed in dark clothes and
had their faces blackened. They were doubtless aware
of the fact of Mr. Metcalf having a large sum of money
in his possession at the time.
A case of double iniquity, involving fraticide and
incestuous adultery, was brought on Saturday before the
court of assizes for the Seine et Oise, held at Versailles.
Eugene Clairet was put to the bar on a charge of
having attempted the life of his brother, Jacques Clairet.
with whose wife he had carried on for some time an
illicit intercourse. He had been previously tried before
the court of assizes for the Eure et Loire, and condemned
to hard labour for life at the hulks; but on an appeal
by him to the Court of. Cessation, the judgment was
quashed, and a new trial ordered before the Court at
Versailles. The following are the circumstances of the
case:—ln the evening of the 3. Oth of January last, as the
two brothers were . returning to La Plesse, from
fJroamcqauefis,rewahrmen.
they were near a small wood, received a number of small
the farm of M. Guerrin:neactitc:ll.eldaiersecoahlltaairvrgileoledf,
weeks
.afterwards a
, and caused him little or
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ldshis skin
Thirteensnoihnnoolayitndajtutiwt
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penetrated
a pocket pistol, which had
evidently been fired before thrown away. Further in-
quiries led to the belief that the pistol had been fired by
Eugene, and he was accordingly arrested. M. Blin, a
gunsmith at Ninancourt, recognised the pistol, and deposed
that he sold it on January 26, to Eugene, who said his
name was Freya. The inducements to his firing
on his brother
were disclosed by the discovery that
Eugene had carried on an improper intercourse with his
sister-in-lave, though she was 44 years of age and he
only 22 ; that Jacques had made a will, bequeathing to
his wife all his property ; by the death of his brother,
E
in the
son
armY, but absent on furlough,
would of his widowed mother, and
thereby exempted from service, and could then marry
his brother's widow. The evidence at the trial on Sa-
turday, as well as at the former trial, fully verified all jury
these circumstances, and the at once declared him
tI
gen Eugene,
becomewhowtahse only
guilty, finding also, as before , extenuating cir. an-
him „
stances, thus saving from capital punishment. He
Vi"4sl again sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for life.
He has lodged a second appeal, on the ground of some
irregularity in conducting the prosecution.
THE BLACK DITCH, B. LACK.PRIARS-ROAD.—This
intolerable nuisance still exists i-
.‘ Boundary-row, Black-
friars-road, although. the inhabit. ants have repeatedly
applied to the Commissioners of Sewers to have it co-
vered over. During the few hot days lately the stench
has been so great as to cause serious illness to many or
the inhabitants.

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'annee
will be left at the different depots and entiepOts, 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. He is said
to have called out the male population en masse, 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, 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 sup-
plies, the boats taking moderate loads, in order to ac-
commodate troops.
A company of Texan rangers came ink) 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 fur defence, but
found all things in tranquillity.
When the Louisiana volunteers were about going out,
and had many good horses for sale, it was deemed expe-
dient by General Taylor as well as myself, that the op-
portunity 3119111 d net be lost of putting the light artillery