Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-10
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BULLETIN, JUNE &c.
The assertion of the Post, that two hundred
foreign vessels were at Vera Cruz, is so far from
the truth that there never has been ten foreign
merchant vessels at one time at Vera Cruz since
we have been in possession Of the place; that on
the lth of June there only four, and at one
time there was only one. The person who may
have given the information the Post practising
gross and obvious hoax upon the editor that it is only
strange he should have been willing to publish it, and still
strange that the Union should have attempted palm it
off upon its readers
1t requires but moments thought as the extent Of
commerce from two hundred vessels show the absolute alb
surdity of it. The average duty under Mr.. WALKERS
Mexican Tariff is 90 70 per centsay, however, only
fifty per cent The average value of cargoes arriving in for
eign vessels would moderate estimate, be probably
900 dollars they do not bring provisions other bulky
articles Of small comparative value. But, suppose say
their cagoes with another worth only 25O 600 dol
lars which, yper cent, would yield - 500 dollars duty
each for 200 cargoes So 100000 and if their cagoes
placed (what will be much the truth) $4,000
dollars each, the would be 5000 900 of dollars.
Yet in the paragraph the Union says the for
the whole month of May will be only 300 900 dollars This,
too, includes all that which is paid by American vessels
The average size of these hundred foreign vessels
would certainly, be least 200 tons, which, dollar
per tom would Of ITSELF yield AGO. 900 dollars for tonnage
duty alone
The assertion TO the commercial prosperity of the place
is equally destitute of foundation. The trade and commerce
of Vera Cruz is greatly depressed and 1.-THE what
was previous the war All letters unite in saying that
only is business very limited scale, but also that
thing doing advantage and hold inducements for
further shipments
That there great many vessels at Vera Cruz moe
perhaps, than there for many years me) pro-
baby true, but they American foreign vessels and
far from adding TO the wealth and prosperity of
Try, unfortunately drain upon BOTH nearly the whole
of them transports, ships provision vessels and
others in the employ of the Government with stores and
plies for the army.
An intelligent merchant of this city, who left Vera Cruz
on the th instant informed US that he learned from I'M
doubted authority that the durrage of the vessels then at
anchorage in the employ of the United States was about
900 dollars per day, the of $50 900 dollars per
month"; but that during the preceding month it was at one
time upwards of $4,000 per day. which single item of
pense would absorb nearly the whole revenue derived from
the Tariff even the high estimate made of the latter by
the Union
large portion Of this demuuage incurred most unne-
cessary in consequence Of the of proper exeons and
arrangements for unloading and dspnchng the vessel Many
vessels KEEP; demurage Of sixty, eighty, hundred
dollars per day, with Of cargoes board which,
with small exerion, might be promptly landed. This was
particularly the with number Of coal vessels where the
demurage of few days fully equal the whole value
the coal remaining board and where if it could not he
landed one of the vessels could have received the remnants
from the Others and these latter might have been dismissed