The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-17

TRADE ON THE IsrnlUs.-We received yester-
day (says the New Orleans Crescent of the 18th inst
the Panama Star of March 18th, from which we
make extracts. The following relative to vessels
trading to Panama and Veraguas, will be interest,"
ing to ship owners, and those who intend to 60 to
the 9th April, 1s4s and shows that self interest has
taug int the government lesson in political economy,
which we entertain strong hopes that all the adj
vocates of navigation laws" will one day learn,
but little better Informed than their neighbours
LAW OF THE 9TH APRIL, l84S
| Regulating trade with the Provinces Of Panama and
Veraguas and with the Territories Of the Bocas del
Toro San Andres, Darien and Caqueta.
The Senate and House Of Representatives of New
camille and ma vessels moved by sails or steam may
enter and remain indefinitely in all the ports of entry
in the provinces of Panama and Vcraguas without pay
ing any tonnage duty although such vessels remain in
said ports loaded or unloaded.
Art No vessel be subjected in the ports of the
provinces of Panama and Neraguas to other duties
than those of visit and pilot in those provided by
the law of the l4th of June ls47 regulating the i'm
Art 8. All foreign merchandise products imported
into the ports Of the provinces of Panama and Vera
for internal consumption for expectation shall
pay only duty Of five centimcs Of the real for each
Granadian pound they contain.
Art 4. Goods destined in transtu from ocean to
the other may be imported freely without paying any
duty by the ports Of Chagres and Panama but the
eargoes will be weighed in the port of Importation and
in that where they re-embarked. In there be
not presented in the last port the same number of
packages with the weight Of pounds they contained
when re-embarked with destination in transitu, there
will be recovered from the importers consgnees
duty of twenty five confines of the real Of each pound
wanting and which are to be presented within the limit
the Executive power may establish having considera-
tion to the distance and state of the ways of commune
| cation.
stu from to the other be weighed board
the vessels that introduce it and to the vehicles
ready to contain it, without the necessity of carrying
it to the custom house stores In the same manner
may be considered and weighed whatever is destined
for consumption re-export.
Art s. Brandy and liquors imported by the ports Of
OF the lsthmus of Panama, and destined for the
sumption Of the provinces of Panama and Veraguas
shall the duty established in the tariff Of the 14th
Of June 1S4S.
Art 8 Brandy or liquors will pay no duty If they
are imported to be kept in deposit, with the design
of reexporting them The deposit in such cases will
be made in the warehouses of the Custom House. paw
ing the correspondent rent those of private Der
sons, with the precautions the Executive power may
determine
Art. l. The territory of Darien Is embraced in the
dispositions OF this law and in may be freely sold
whatever goods and commodities that may have been
imported by the ports of the provinces of Panama and
Veragas, qualified for Importation and that may have
paid the duties established in this law
Art The deposits in the ports Of the provinces
Panama and Veraguas. ore limited only to the goods
mentioned in article six
Art. 0. Vessels proceeding from the Isthmus of Pa.
mama and entering loaded unoaded into any other
ports of the republic will pay tonnage duty.
Art. 10. Foreign merchandise proceeding from the
lthmus Of Panama and imported by other ports of the
republic shall pay the duty Of importation if they
had proceeded from foreign countries
Art. H. 1t is prohibited the transit by the Isthmus
Of Panama, Of leaf tobacco, segars, sugar chocolate
coffee. raw cotton that not Of Granadian produce
ton. When said goods imported for internal con-
SUMPTION there will be observed with them the dispo
tions correspondent of the law Of the 14th of June
1S47, regulating the commerce Of importation There
will also be observed the same regulations with the
goods prohibited by said law
Art. IL. When the company TO which has been con-
cedcd the privilege Of opening way of communication
by railroad from one sea to another the sthmus
OF Panama enters. agrceaby to the law conccdng the
privilege, into the and enjoyment of the ports of
the and the other extremity Of the railroad there
will be observed in said ports the dispositions contained
in the privilege and thus far will be carried into effect
In those ports, the dispositions Of the present law
Art IL The territories of the Bocas del Toro of San
Andres and of CaQucta will continue in the endowment
OF those privileges conceded by the decree the Exc
cuve power June D. 1S47 after the conclusion of the
ten years. to which the Executive extended the con-
cesson.
Art a. This law will be in force after the first OF
september OF the year eighteen hundred and forty
eight.
Dated in Bogoa, the Sd Of April 1S4S
President OF the Senate Juan Clicamo Ordcnez; Pre-
sident OF the House of Representatives, Ezcquia Ro-
Jas Secretary and Senator Jose Anel Santos Secrc-
tary and Representatives Juan Antonio Calyo
Bogota, 9th of April, 1S4S-Executed and published
T. Z. de Mosqucra.-L. S. )-Secretary of Finance
Jose Eusebio euro.
MUNIFICENT BEQuEsTs.-The will of the late
John lIoff, GO a citizen of South Carolina and of
the State of Pcnnsy lvania," who recently died in
this city, has just been probated at the Registers
office. He leaves to his widow the interest of
$4,000 worth of stock, during the term of her life
After her DEATH he gives $1,000 of this stock to the
pennsylvania Bible Society, located at Philadel-
phla $4,000 to the Methodist Bible Society, South,
located at Charleston, =. c.; and $4,000 10 the BIZ
bic Society OF the Protestant Episcopal Church. To-
Gated at Char eston from the interest of which
sums each OF these associations is to annually dis