The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-06-04

This embraces eight STEW past weeks" and shows 81
per increase in dutiable imports and 30 per cent in
duties besides those warehoused goods The average
of duties for last year 6l and this 2o2 per cent
the Courier' deliberately prepared for the foreign
aret that the revenue has rather iaen oil "
The warehouse-sysiem works well and the is
ing when the goods that arrive will go into bond The
difficulty continues be want OF insurance. The
companies here will take large risks is, therefore,
desirable that foreign capital should come here for that
pose old absurd laws of New York, that pre-
vented foreign companies from having agencies IN this city,
modified after the great fire OF 1883 and since then
some agencies have been established.
After the great fire of 1885, chiefly through the exerons
of james Lee, esq., of this city, many risks taken
London The London Sun office, with a capital
of f5OO0OOO particularly assumed risks here but the in
cendarw fires of 1887 frightened them Off They charged
usually ordinary risks, 81; when New York Offices
charged 80 This exorbitant, but the
quence of alarm and distant direction. The great fire of
July 1875 in the part of the city, drove them off ALTO
gcther Ii is very difficult get assurances, and what
little the New York offices take in the public stores is
81 so against 80 cents other risks and applications
constantly made the collector elsewhere than
the bonded warehouse. The offices say they will not take
risks there's but they they will do cerain arches
filed up to divide, by sufficient party wall the
building into They will then take O0O
where they take $4,000 IL it is divided into three
stores they will take $4,000 against $40 00O is
The objection this is said be, that it will for
labor The merchants nrepy, say they would rather pay
Cd Is package porterago in addition to remove the
The magnificent steamer Washington took her departure
Tuesday, A O'clock with I2O passengers including
Major Hobbie, and accompanied by cloud of steamers
down the bay. The Battery lined, and the spars of
shipping, far and near loaded with yads of spec
tators, who sent up heartfelt shout cheer Americas
pattern steamer on her way redeem, in the eyes Of Eu.
rope, reputation for enterprise. That can
build boats has been acknowledges that
build the cheapest Washington is evidence and she
ALSO gives proof of our superiority in machine manufacture
had the pleasure of inspecting the noble fabric, in copa
ny with Captain Harrison, the able commander of the Bri-
nnna, and could but mark his doubts the speed and
power of the machinery away, he became amil-
lar with the construction With perfect canor and sailor
like trankness, he acknowledged the excelency Of the
work He has made small bets in her favor, not
witstandng that he will put the Britannia, which is but
slow boat, up all she knows" the passage out-both
boats starting at the time.
The business in bills for these not large
but the price sustained through the of the crisis
in England The general of produce bills are not dis
counted freely the other se hence provincial bills Cam
ada banks and leading houses the vori~s and the
supply of them large For these reasons bills New
Orleans much lower than here 1t supposed, how
ever, that the advances the demand will in
because the spring trade has been good and the
orders for the fall go early, and large in amount.
Therefore it is that but little specie is looked for.
Money is very plenty, and the indications of better
the close of June when the New York dealers
come in to repensh good. Exchange bills may fall
somewhat before they feel the fall trade; but it is not
thought they will go below per cent? at which rate specie
be imported, although will yield profit Mt
that rate, whenmoney is abundant in London. The
k,tc heav as