The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-08
Collectors Once, Customhouse .

Collectors Ofnce, Customhouse'
W. oontinne orr remarks on the Collector:s oc
soo The R,olt. kesnar has very imnortant and
.asro,,sio s,,otion In tho C,,,,,or,bor,o At Na,p
Wi, ,hs,, beve an And;tor Assistant Auditor
pool l-aa'or Evoroi,or Of Accounts and Accent,
~ T., ,I,;s oi,,, oil tho brsi,oss nr the Rool,.
ksener,s denartrnent is performed bv ons officer.
We do not nratap5 IN saw that the business of our
,olacto,, s "a large as the NsyyYorL office
bptat a o,ance. must he seen the difference be-
t,,ean The enonlavment Of one and five The duty
# The R,ol,. ,eaner s 10 keen all the accounts of
he Collector and Discussing Agent, All the &C.
o,,o,s n,seented for settlement have 10 he exam
ned and audited nv him: the abstracts of recsip,s
and exnenditures under the different and apDropri-
,ta heads have IN he kent seDarale. viz: the Hos
,itel Tigbt.bnuses Ravspua Cutters Insnector,s
Ianartr,srt Naval officers Annraisars Stors.l,aan
,rs atc etc The CoIIertor acting in q doubIa
.n,,i,,, of q raceiyino and disbnrsinc agent f,r
| ,sbas ionbIa The labor IN the B,oE .keaner. and
| &c ar fatbsrg at W,sbington have no IDEA that
| he business If New Orleans has increased apv
yi,bin the sst t,yantv YEA r. thew do not feel dis
| ,osed 70 Give the Collector any extra CLERKS.
| rrr- l,s.,i,I ,t,.,.oo. C,I.,,, ,orc,.,,s, wool.
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lhe flrSt registering Cierk mas char oil the COM
nerclal statistics OF the country he mas TO compile
rom me Inherent hahiteS's an immense amount Of
valuable nlormauon' comprising the values, guam
Ines, Weishts, ETC., Of lhe exports OIL each ana
very article exported hence coastwIss, as also for
oreign ports, separately, for American and for for
ign vessels; the amount OF foreign products per
American and by foreign vessels, from warehouse
and entitled to drawback; as also all free goods,
| order TO ascertain the amount oil ioFeIgh gooas
inferred ana consumed
| From the information collected ny the clerks OF
he TWO last named desks IN Inc dltlefent custom
louses' the secretary OF the treasury makes up MS
annual statements ne PupIc eau therefore well
lnderstanu me great importance atached 10 men,
ma can easily conceive inc Vasl laDof amending
'repef performances OIL Inc duties
ne FetIhl. CIesNS 't"ol perform tue uu'y rex
mining Inc alll'[en1 eh'rles win Inc Inaniles's O.
Sn'P' 'ou''u y" ','o 'la'','sSI anu "'e "'"i N
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| .,i,ia. on,orsd rTha,, org b,,,. tb. ,,fo
0 = ,h, ora,,,Iist, o,I ,rosotio, ,,o,,iC,,, IN N
I.orir, Of. sbir, for G,raion norris 1be attsr,io
= ,rtbe Permit Clerks At their dssls constantly.
,ar, Important as m hermit can issue untiI tb
naniCst ia evsroinoJ iTbare ia spfficient dntv a
die da.l, drriro tho busv season for four clsrl-,
! INIT the racrlations onlv allow twin NewYor
,bsv have ,birteep
rTbe Cor,ssnonding Clark ottands tn the gsnar,
corrasnondsnre of the office dutv of considarab
= Isbor during the active season of the wear. All III
, business If the different Surveyors Offices on II
d river. St Iouis. Nashville. Wheeling. and othf
y nnts. masses through this office. causing a pre-
,mount of correspondence. besides the busine
with the different heads of Departments at Was
ne fngton.
in Attached to the office are four assistant cIerl
10 bo nexrorrn such duties as are assigned 70 the
NJ Nv the Chief Clerk of either of the desks. TIM
he mtv is. n, times. arduous. according 10 the pr,
70. ,fbusiness. One il attached to the Repisteri
mt Clerk. who attends TO the HOSPITAL department. g
,,her to the Warehouse department. one to t
Passenger list furnishing an abstract of the nan
be # all arrivals from foreign ports, and one to
ed Commercial Abstract Clerk.