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Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-07-07
CUSTOM HOUSE REGULATIONS.

The duties on imported articles required by law to
be paid on entering them at the Custom House, Will
be found specified at the head of such articles, III our
page of quotations. The following are other reSu-
latlons
invoice or entry shall not contain the weight, or
quantity or measure of goods wares on merchandise
now weighed, or measured, gagged, the same shall
be weighed, gagged, or measured, at the expense oil
the owner, agent, cunsgnec
DralrbackS. from and after the first day OF
December 1916 in lieu of the bounty heretofore al-
thorised by law to be paid on the expectation of
picked fish of the fisheries of the United States,
there shall be allowed, ON the expectation thereof,
figured with foreign salt, drawback equal III amount
to the duty paid ON the salt, and more: to be as
ccrtaincd under such regulations may be prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
CredtS.-AlI duties are payable in cash-or,
Goods, Wares and Merchandise, on their importa-
tion may be placed in public Stores under the Ware
housing law, and duties paid when such Goods,
Wares Sc, are withdrawn therefrom (cNccpt for
rccNportation but if not claimed at the expiration
of year, or duties and charges paid are then to he
appraised and sold under the direction OF the Cocc-
tor of the Port.
Jarcs alo,cca-On sugar in boxes II per cent
in casks II in bags and mats D. Coffee in casks II;
in bags q and bales 3; Cotton in bales }; and in &C.
rooms 6. Cocoa in casks 10; and in bags l. Cheese
in boxes 20. Indigo in ccroous II; and in cases 10
Pepper in bags :. PmcntO III bags ). And flSs IN
drums 10 per cent.
Lcakogc and BreaEasc.-On spirits 2 per cent.
Ale, Beer and Porter in bottles 10. All other Ii
quors in bottles per cent.
Rcsfrjctions.-No goods to be imported in vessels
less than 80 tons burthcn. No Beer .AC and Porter
in casks of less capacity than forty gallons beer mca-
sure; or if in bottles Of packages less than six dozen.
No distilled spirits in casks of less capacity than nine
tv gallons, wine measure, except Brandy, which may
be imported in casks in any capacityno less than ID
gallons.
Tonnage duty.-On American vessels and the
vessels of Denmark, Central America Netherlands,
Hamburg, Bremen, Lubec, Prussia, Sweden, Nor
way, Oldcnburg, Russia, Austria, Brazil Hanover,
Papal Dominions, Portugal, Sardinia, English, McNi-
can and TeNian from whatever port or place, free
and on French vessels coming from Martinique and
Guadalupe fee cents per t0n-whcn laden with
other than colonial produce. On French vessels
from other ports and all other foreign vessels cX-
cept as above cnumeatctD coming from ports where
Americans permitted to trade, ninctyfo1T cents
per ton.
On Spanish vessels coming direct from Spain 8 cts.
per ton; from Cuba 81 81 cts. per ton; other ports
81 per ton.
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Iron FtrnaceS.-There are in Ohio and Ken
lucky thirty-three Iron Furnaces, which yield an
aggregate of $4,000 tons of pig metal each year In
addition 10 these Furnaces in Ohio there a num-
Der in Tennessee and Illinois, which yield con-
siderable amount of metal, and with the increase Of
population in the West, this business is steadily adj
vancing
Much the largest portion of the Ohio and Ken
lucky metal is disposed Of in the Cincinnati market
and it is very seldom that the supply is more than
adequate to the demand, or that the former is not
about equal to the latter. In consequence of this,
and of the article not being one of speculation,
prices iuctuate but little, and the ruling rates have
been about S26 for cold blast Tennessee and Illinois,
S2S for do Ohio and Kentucky, and S27 for hot
blast do.
OF the $4,000 tons of metal produced in Ohio and
Kentucky, it is estimated that $4,000 tons are con-
stunned in Cincinnati, for which 100000, or there
abouts, is paid annually. From this statement,
idea may be formed Of the extent OF the foundry
business in Cincinnati Cincinnati Price Current
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Total. h3H.IN9

Showing an increase in the vote Of forty per cent
in eight years equl to fifty per cert in ten years
equal to the totoi vote Of Virginia, North Carolina
and Louisiana, in the Southland to the total vote
of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, in
the North BY the Of 1850, the increase
will be vast deal more than these totals. The
population of the Northwestern States was 1900 OJO
in $40. The Atlas sets it down at 4,jO0,OOO in
1850, and adds -.
1t is plain that ten years will not eapse, before
the vote Of the Northwestern States Che elertora)
will be larger than the vote Of all the Slaveholding
States Their vote is also equal to that of Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Connecticut Rhode Island and New
York-composng the oldest, most populous, most
healthy, and most commercial Of the Northern
States
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BALTIMORE OF INsPECTION,S Sc

The following table comprises the Rates cstab-
lishcd by law for the Inspection, Gauging, Measur-
ing sc. of the various articles of Domestic Produce
whether brought from any other place, manuiac-
tured or packed in the city of Baltimore
FuewOod-Cord, 81.
Fish-flerrings 3 Mackercl or Shad 10 cts. per brl.
Flour on .Heai-per brl. l ct.
Ledther-pcr Side cts.
Lime-per brl. 6.
Lun,Jer-Boards, Plank, or Scantling, including
handling, 81 cts. per M #.
--Shingles, loose, 20 cts. per M.
.Nolasses-Casks to 10, and brls. 3 cts.
OdS-samc as Molasses.
Pioster Pdris-Ground, 81 cts. per brl.
PrOcisions-Beef or Pork, including overhauling,
% cts per bril-
---Butter lard, inspection optional
with the parties
SpjruS-All descriptions, 10 cts. for brs. and Ii
for hhds, including proving.
Spirits Of Tmpentine-brls 6, and tres. 10 cts.
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THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE. COM
pANI OF BALTIMORE,
OFFICE No. l6 SOUTH SUREET.
KSSI RANGE ON LIFE in any sum not cX

n cccdng $4,000.
A wife Insure the Life of her husband, free
from the claims of Creditors
Joint Insurance on the Lives of husband and wife,
any two lives, that when either life fails, the
survivor may receive the sum insured
To accommodate those who wish to insure at the
lowest possible cost, without regard to profits, the
Company will grant policies at tine following rates
Of premium to those who will renquish their right
to the profits, returning their right to vote and all
other privileges Of membership;
PREMIUMS FOR INSURING 500 ON 4 SIN
GLE LIFE, WITH AND WITHOUT PROFITS:
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RATES OF SILVER, SC.

As established by Congress, May %, 1876:
Sweden and Norway, Specie Dollar, ........S 81 %
Prussia and n States Of Germany, 1haler,.... SO
Southern States of Germany, Florin, ......... 40
Augsburg and Austrian empire, Florn, ..4S4
Ncnitan kingdom of Lombards and Tuscany, Livre IL
France and Belgium Franc. is cts < mills.
Sardinia, Livrc, .................lS cts. mills.
British Provinces of Nova Scotia, Canada, SC. 400
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Cholera IN 1S32-rhe following table is from
first column shows the time Of the commencement
of the dsease-the second the number Of ca>cs-thc
rd the number Of deaths-and the last its continue
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r EGULATI S
OF THE PORT OF BALTIMORE.
Extracts from the Ordinances nO'o Ia force.

II is incumbent on the Iarbor Master to collect all
tonnage daily and whenever two days tonnage is due,
and the payment not secured to his satisfaction, he
shall enforce the payment thereof i'll the same man
ncr as other city dues collected.
The sum of two cents per shall be, and is here
by assessed and levied upon every vessel OF sixty or
more tons, arriving at the Port of Baltimore, which
by the laws of the United States is required to
port and enter at the Custom House, and the col
iecor of the port shall be- and is hereby authorised
to collect the same.
Also the sum of two cents per ton shall be, and Is
hereby assessed and levied upon every vessel OF sixty
tons or more arriving at the Port of Baltimore which,
bv the laws Of the United States is not required to
report and enter at the Custom House, and that the
larhor Masters shall be, and they are hereby all-
horScd to collect the same, provided, nevertheless,
that the sum of money assessed and levied by tins
section shall be collected from each vessel bat once
a month, although she may arrive more frequently.
DOCKAGE
All vessels except those with fire wood, lying at,
or in manner making of any wharf belonging to
or rented by the state shall pay dockage according
to the following rates:
Those occupying the LIST tier, per tom pcrday, cent.
ID do. .
All beyond the ID do. & "
WHARFAGE.
SECTION. |. BE it cnactcd anil ordtjHcd by the
.Hny0r amt CITY COhHcU Of baltimore, That from
and after the passage of this Ordinance all Goods
Wares or Merchandise landed the public wharv es,
from ON board any vessel vessels lying at said
wharvcs placed thereon for the purpose of ship
mcnt or exposure for sale, shall pay the following
Rates of Wharfage for each and every day the same
may remain thereon, or any less time, excepting,
however, Fire Wood and Lumber, the rates of which
are to be accounted for the whole time allowed by
Ordinance, for the same to remain on the wharvcs)
to he paid bv the owner consgnce, or in event of
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FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

hcr, ,r, denominations rrcoucntI,, mot with in
rcuorts If r,rern lint their EnpIish voluc
not always readily rccollcctcd The following table
will be found we believe correct:
Ahm in Rotterdam ..............ncarlyg rails 40
Almude in Portugal ,........containsg aIs 437
Almude in Madeira d. 4GS
Aluuiere. in Madeira. .oyer neck Il
Alduiere, in Portural .Dccks. l. TO nearly
Alguiere in Bahia .busb |
Alnuern in Mar,nbap, ........ do II
Aluuere in Rio Janciro and Pcrnambuco do IuII
Anna of Rice in Ceylon US 26O d
Arroha in Portugal, ......................Hs %
Arrob, in Spain dr. ,
Arrobo in Snain 1oroe> ..roIs 4 DAG
Arrobo in Spain (smalN d0 1897
Arrobo in NJalara of Wine ..about d. Al
Arsheen in Russia inches Is
Bale. of cinnamon. in Ceylon net lbs. lO45
Barili in NaDlcs. equals about gnIS
Cantar. the ieyant. contains "A okes.US. 1lSS
Cantar in | eoborn of OIL IS
Cantar i'm Malta lbs. I7I4
Cantar in Naples. lbs 1O6ul96b
Cantar in Sicily .do 175o192J
Caro- in Naplcs is canal to about L,ish 50
Caro-. in Naples of Winc. gaIs 264
Catty of Tea in China.......,....isa about u.s. |
Cayanr. in Batavia, 1851
Chetwcrt in Russia nearly L1tSb &
Uectolitre in France Observation-Disclosures. d. 2Sl
K;lloor,r,,,o IN Er,ncn and NcthcrI,nds he u
Last in Amsterdam of Grain b,,sb S5I
Last in Bremen. of Grain. ..ovcr d. SOa
Last in Cadiz. If do. 76 A.
Last in D,ntzir If Grain nearly, din az
Last in Flushing nf Grain ~ do o3l
J,s, in Iomburg Of Grain - ,fo go &
I,st in uhcr ~ Grain n,cr do on
Last in Portugal. of Salt. .do. 70
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Cincinnati Daily Atlas publishes statement to shew
the increase Of the Of the Northwestern States
since $40 as fellows
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NJ. VI. Y E&kLE.
FANCY DRY GOODS.
WILLIAM SPEAR,
No. 10 COMMERCIAL ROW,
LOMBARD STREET,

HAS FOR SALE THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES:
AtHEATUING COPPER, from IA to 81 or.
- YELLOW SHEATHING METAL, do.
BRiZIERS' COPPER,
COPPER NAILS,
COPPER BOLT RODS,
COMPOSITION NAILS and SPIKES,
BLOCK TIN,
SPELTERS,
TIN PLATE, Sc, &c, SC.
gg-Old Copper purchased. iune5 If.
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TEvIE MERCHANTS SHOT TOWER

Il COMPANY respectfully inform the trade
Front and Fayette-stS., Formerly known as the
Phuui<,) and have ON hand a full assortment of
DROP and BUCK SHOT, all sizes; BAR and PIG
LEAD, Sc, to which they invite the attention Of
purchasers.
~ 81 If THOMAS J. CLARE, Scc'Ty
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COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS
OF THE PORT OF BALTIMORE.

The following is a copy of the Regulations which
acre established by the " Board of Trade OF the city
Ill.
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FOR THE PORT OF BALTIMORE,
C0ndensed 'cih other matters appertainnlg thereto,
from cmio'tS tets Of the General assembly Of
.Dlmyiand.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
TARIFF OF RATES OF TRANSPORTATION
ON THE MAIN STEM,

BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND CUMBERLAND,
From April LIST to Nov. 30th, inclusive,
e. Subject TO some little modification aohere a
achOie car is engaged. for Il specific article
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g. We cannot well refrain from permitting the
following spicy semi-domestic article appearing in
our paper-by way of ilterlude.
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The disease continued to prevail, though in nit
gated form at the places marked C) when this tabl
was prepared.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

| The NEwSPAPER.-Wee extract the fol.
[ lowing from the speech of the Rev. j.
| Aspinall OH education:
Nor, while speaking Of the schools
masters, in whose hands the printing is
such powerful agent of public instruc.
| ton at the present time, must We forget
! newspapers. Whether we regard them
as the guide or echo of popular opinion
and in some sort they partake of both
characters-we are lost in amazemen.
and admiration at the quantity and quality
of mind, and that of the highest order,
now to be found in the columns Of the
daily, weekly and provincial press. From
being mere chronicle of passing events,
dry register of dates and facts, the
newspaper has grown into one Of the
leading schoolmasters of the day. Its
articles amuse us with their wit and in
struct us with their wisdom. They ex-
hibit the brilliancy of the classical scholar,
and the close-searching reasoning of the
logician. 1t is an encyclopaedia in itself.
1t reviews all books, and treats of all
sciences. 1t is familiar with all geogra-
ply, and at home in all history. 1t is the
Gdpus to read the riddles which every
political sphinx may set before it. 1t
dives into cabinet secrets, and anticipates
the purposes of statesmen. 1t has the
hundred eyes of an ever wakeful Argus.
the hundred hands of fifty heads of
Briareus And as omnipresent as omni-
scient, as Ubiquitous as versatile, it is
here, there and every where, from Indus
to the Po, from China to Peru, compass
ing the world with its correspondents,
and with its expresses, and the electric
telegraph racing against time to COM
municate its intelligence 10 mankind in
every region of the earth. The ancients
counted up seven wonders of the world.
If they had dossessed newspaper press
they would have had an eighth, more
marvellous and of more worth than all
the rest together.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

A BEAUTIFUL REFLECTIoN.-l cannot
believe that earth is mans abiding place.
1t cannot be that our life is cast upon
the ocean of eternity, to float moment
upon it's waves, and then sink into no.
thingness! Else, how is it that the glori-
Gus aspirations which leap like angels
from the temple of our heart. are forever
wandering about unsatisfed? Why is 1t
that the rainbow and clouds come over us
with beauty that is not of earth, and
then pass off and leave us to muse upon
their loveliness? Why is it that the stars
which hold their festal around the mid
night throne are set above the grasp OF
our limited faculties, forever mocking us
wish their unapproachable glory! And
finally, why is it that the bright forms OF
human beauty are presented to our view
and then taken from Us, leaving the thou
sand streams of our affections to flow back
in Alpine torrents on our hearts! We
are born for higher destiny than that OF
earth. There is realm where the ram
bow never fades; where the stars will be
spread out before us, like the islands that
slumber in, the ocean, and where the
beings that pass before US like shadows
will stay our presence forever
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

Before us lies real California news
paper, with all its politics, paragraphs.
and advertisements, printed and published
at San Francisco on the 18th Of last June.
In literary or professional point of view.
there is nothing very remarkable in this
production. Journalism is a science so
intuitively comprehended by American
citizens, that their most rudimentary ef-
forts in this line are sure to be tolerable
successful. Newspapers are to them
what theatres and cafes are to Frenchmen.
In the Mexican war the occupation of
each successive town by the invading
army was signalized by the immediate
establishment y weekly journal and of
a "bar' for retailing those spirituous COM
pounds known by the generic denomina-
ton of american drinks" The same
fashions have been adopted in California,
and the opinions OF the American portion
of that strange population are already
represented by journals of moro than
average ability and intelligence.
London Times.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

RELIC OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE
FLooD.-Tbe Philadelphia Ledger Of the
10Th inst, says:
A correspondent informs US that being
at Parkerville, n. j., the other day, he
saw the man who informed him that
some time ago he was digging mari in
that vicinity when he came to the hull
of vessel, twelve feet below the surface
of the mari. and eighteen feet below the
surface of the ground, the timbers of
which were fastened together with trenals
wooden piIs--no spikes or metal OF
any kind about it! This ship must have
been older than Noah's ark, and built by
men who had no knowledge of the use
of iron or copper; therefore, as the use OF
metals were known at the time Of Noah,
we presume this vessel was built anterior
to the deluge. One thing is certain, it
must have been constructed before tha;
part of the continent was covered by the
debris from the mountains, which elevated
the surface above the level of the ocean,
and now forms the habitable portion ol
West Jersey.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

SICKNEsS.-In sickness the soul begins
to dress herself for Immortality. And
first she unties the strings of vanity that
made her uppe: garment cleave to the
W ord, and sit uneasy. She puts off the
light aud fantastic robe of lust and wanton
appetite Next to this, the soul by the
help of sickness, knocks off the fetters of
pride and vainer completeness. Then
she draws the curtains, and stops the
light from coming in, and takes the
picture down; those fantastic images of
self-lovc, and gay remembrances of vain
opinion and popular noises. Then the
spirit stoops into sobrieties of humble
thoughts, and feels corruption chiding the
forwardness of fancy, allaying the vapor
of conciet and factious opinions. Next
to these, as the soul is still undressing,
she takes of the roughness of her great
and little angers and animosties, and re-
ceives the oil of mercies and smooth for
giveness, fair interpretations and gentle
answers designs of reconciliation and
Christian atonement III their places
Jeremy Taylor.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

AN ABscoNDING STATE TREASURER IN
THE GOLD MINEs.-It he recollected that
Richard M. Graves, treasurer of Missis-
sippi, was a defaulter to an immense
amount Where he is, or where he has
been, nobody knew. But, behold mys-
terry. In letter to the Yazoo Whig, by
a young man i'll California, the writer
says that on the last and highest placer
on the Sacramento valley. in the guse
of an Englishman. boarding up gold, he
found this same II. M. Graves. Graves
said he was laying up money to pay his
he is and that Mississippi will recover
part of the money He was one of the
originators and strong advocates of repu3
diation in Mississippi.-Can. atlas.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

The ADMINISTRATIONS little more
than month hence the President will
present his message to Congress, when
the line of policy designed to be pursued
by the Administration will be distinctly
traced out, and be subject to the approval
or condemnation of the American people.
1t would seem, therefore, to be a simple
act of Justice in those politically opposed
to the President, to withhold their hos
tility until he shall have the opportunity
to define his position, and to make known
the measures which he would recommend
to be adopted. Should he recommend
any thing adverse to the interests of the
country, his opponents may attack his
measures without suhjecting themselves
to the charge Of being influenced by fac
tious motives. If they are resolved to
strike" they should at least shear him
first, so as to be able to give reason for
the blow which they may give. lie had
hardly taken his seat in the Presidential
mansion before he was violently assailed
with abuse and attempted ridicule; but
this erroneous course cannot affect his
popularity, or diminish the respect in
which he is held by the American people,
who will Judge him by his acts, and not
by the imaginary offences imputed TO him
by embittered partisans. All he can de-
sire is to be judged fairly, and that he has
"a right to expect from free and enlight-
ened people.
g Baltimore Clipper.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21

KossUTH ON RUssIA.-In one of the
letters of Kossuth, the Hungarian, re-
Gently published, there is passage OF
peculiar significance: "The policy ol
Russia" says the letter, "has changed
its character since she mingled in our af-
fairs. She desires to make herself loved,
and [ fear she will succeed in it. Those
who have disliked her most will seek her
favors and her smile: and parvenue as
she was, she will at last become natural
lied IN the true, the just, the beautiful
the noble. Russia ten years hence will
be at the head of the Democracy, and
blessed, perhaps-so changing is destiny
even by you and me.
Washington telegraph., 1849-11-21
w AL, 1, P APER S,

No. 90 Camp street, New Orleans.
fhNHE advertiser has always ON hand well
assorted stock of
FRENCH PAPER-H4NGING
with suitable BoRDERINGs for each among WV;
Gold and Velvet Papers and Borders;
Gold Papers and Borders;
Scene Papers, double and single width;
Bed TOP Papers and Borders, do;
Satin, Unglazed, and Common Papers:
Window Papers, 3 feet wide;
Figured Screen Papers and Borders;
which he is selling as low French Papers c'.n
be sold in New Orleans. He has also AMERICAN
PAPERS, which he offers loper than they can be
purchased elsewhere
Call in-earn prices, and buy if they suit you;
if not, there is "nothing charged for show
DPapers hung to order. and warranted to stack
JOSEPH ETTER. 90 Camr at
may 1922