The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-04

Of purchased goods 70 advance the Goa on sklns n
% snS s OF 20 os
cent when the entered value Of such goods found 70 DO
10 cent more below the appraised value, but gives
such privilege OF raising the value 70 goods imported
by producer manufacturer, and does impose
the duty Of 20 cent when such goods appraised 10
men has considered unpurchased goods the Of
ls42 in force, and that under said act when found 10
Bic 10 50 per cen. duty the duty under the provisions
Of said oct but the inferior courts hold that that Is
in which the department has had The QUESTION decided By
the Supreme Court The provisions Of the soa Of lste
should Be made applicable 70 an imported ,ocss
subject in letter addressed . The Speaker Of
the House Of Represer tatvee and President o. the Sc
nate date Of the 22d day Of July, 1866 and the
proper notifications Of the law suggested rnss letter
accompani this report. 10 true, existing law
the and forfeiture Of goods faudulenty
entered below their value; bas when the duty eved
upon the foreign value At the date expectation such
value u not always such evidence OF fraud snhout
other circumstances - will justify seizure and contem
chased goods, gives the ad iionsl duty makes the
interest Of the importer TO look well TO hts INVOKE and
1o,,s, Of unpurchused goods 10 LOOK Win Ike vigilance
| 10 his invoice and his entry, places him In more Ia
yorabe condition than the importer Of purchased goods
goods of the foreign producer manuac
they placed the same footing there would
fewer enter goods below their foreigo
value vantage allowed 70 the foreign producer
or manufacturer the American purchaser and I'm
porter.
In anawer the call TOR the amount OF United States
State stocks &c., held in foreign countries, the
upon that subject made in compliance with resolution
Of the Senate, under date OF sh April 1858, s given
rected as 10 the United States stocks BY Information 10
the Treasury Department and To railroad stocks by
the actual returns Of railroads. - given in statement M
SO OF this report There not time 70 again 10
the original sources for the nor nation 10 make
q authentic statement II condition Of the Faro
pean money market during the recent between
Great Britain France and Russia aud SINCE has been
such 70 afford market for additional American stocks,
whiAt many Of them have been returned 70 America Add
cashec. There have been Increase Of American
stocks held in foreign countries since the report from
United States stocks the state stocks, the stocks aud
bonds of ll3 cities and towns BAT counties, $50 osnEs
10 miscellaneous companies, are all set d,wn at
81, se4 and the amount held BY foreigners 81
staemen, No So gives the Information callei for in
the 7th resolution Of the House of Representatives and
exhibits the aggregate sum expended for construction,
repairs, preservation Of custom houses
1870 10 3oth June 1865 So H. and the asgre
gate and maintenance Of cutters and other
service 1t S7,60o45 es, aad all ether
expenses incurred In the collection Of customs for
time $4s 2ta1es 80, the two latter Gums making al
Tbs statement gives 81 o2s llSo7o 80, the
collected from customs for the same time and
cost Of collection has been less than 6 per cent The
81 73S sos II expended 10 the collecton on the west
the cost Of collection, owing 70 the high prices
there and the large salaries heretofore allowed
The reports OF the Fret Second Third Fourth, Filth
and sixth AUDITOR and Of the First and Secoad Comp
uoers the Commissioner Of Customs, who acts Is comp
uoller Of the revenue collected from customs and
herewith, and hoee Of the Treasurer,
Solicitor and Register the Treasury, accompanying this
report ltered nom 70 l. Inclusive give the operations
Of respective ohces my report which
highly cIeditaSIe the ncumbsnts Tue curreut bust
been IN the general satisfactorily and promptly
attended TO- but the have fuy brought
up nor the condition The department ali that should
be, considering The various and complicated interests In
VOWED.
In my last report was stated there was stin outstsnd
Ing the books Of the treasury the sum OF 3N 739,
la3 Al Of the sia2 ib4 30 found V be outstanding
The Attn OF March, 1919 snce that report various
recions the accounts have been MADE and also many
collections and accounts closed 70 the amount OF 96,
lo4 so The balance now landing Is q sea sb2 al
IRE department. after careful examination and inves
mo- outsanding u utterly lost 10 the government. by
the death Of The parties without leaving estate by
The nsmes ana amounts unser seven heads: No shows
N4l6,oSl 30 loss IN the Navy iepartDnnt; No. y $2
e4?leo q N the war ospsItmtht: NO. 1910 sss 10
No Sss4e0 20 on accou 81 OF Indiana: No.
$3.50 o27 ID on saes OF puo'ic lands and no $50,
tss ~ on miscellaneous accounts IL Is proposed with
the consent of Congress, carry these balances
TO the account Of profit and loss the books Of the
several Auditors ana Comptroller, and on the BOOKS Of
In the Investigation Of balances due to the United
States on judgments obtained bonds aga
prinei, ais saS suretes was sscerancd many OF Inc
parties ndt bted bad taken the benefit OF the lae
bankIup law, and claimed TO be discharged from the
payment OF there ogments In favor Of the Gated
States, under heir certificates Of drcharge The adns
sion Of ths claim would add several huodred thousand
dollars TO the amount lost BY Insolvency, in The col
lection Of the customs But not considering that these
debts 10 the GATED States embraces the pro
issued such Judgments, In the southern district OF
New YORK, Ana placed in the mArshsrs hands for COL
lection The parties moved tho court quash the
TORS because OF the discharge eansrupscy The CIR
cult Court sustained the mosns aad quasned the
brought TO the suprem. court in q vsca an
scon Of debt was directed upon one OF the Judgments for
the purpose Of having The question finally settled By the
deoniop OF the supreme Court
as>rrtaned that OF the outstanding balances
due the United states the sum Of soos ora 81 due
from the late deposit banks or FRI m persons against
whom some Of said banks had assigned depA ami Do
mands payment or 10 seSure said balauocs An invcs
ugson has been carefully made Of the condition OF those
banks and the assigned debts The accompanying state
mebt N, upon ihs subject gives oil the iniormson
rom which appears most Il all Of IL Is lost by
lapse Of time and insolvency. u submitted sutbo ity
sssne., 70 The aooon, :, pro, and os, ma ,ssss
the usVury statements from these, - vel other
insevenc.s The better 70 prosecute the Investigation
Of balances due alphabetical Int has been made aud
kept this ofhoe. Tor the purpose Of im beng Hos
10 rtatn the amounts, whenever the parties snoad
This NJ, has 'aved muc labor and gives gres, facIi
tee, N ascer,ainng the persons indebed 70 the Unei
uss lsced In Of clerk. In tue Immediate
Office Of the Secretary sud many Of tnese baaooes have
and BY rSe eio.Ss Of ssss ss,.nos. ms
necessarily be vors OF much snd continuous labor, aod
result In placing many OF tn n Ia the OF o.
and loss osng 70 the hopeless Insolvency Of the parties
The receipts INTO the national treasury from March a.
lTss 20 s0.h June, 1850. during .hich time those pa
snnes have accrued, have been sse 1870 Ola 20, and
The expenditures 81, s37, TAI o4b 10.
In the system sdspsd Tor the sale Of the
public lands In l7e6 and 1900, the price vas M
ed, and part required IN cash and part on time
and credns given for part OF the purchase money unu
the 2<b Of April 1870, when Congress reduosd proc
10 81 IS per acre and aeoped the cash system,
terposed zoe the relief Of The purchasers pubic
lands, by slIo.nE the concentration the partial pay
n's " more uscts, and the Surrender OF NE
res,due THIS relieved the purchasers. and freed the
govern from the enhancement an immense aud
sccumaaipg oebt against purchasers In me system
adopted In tTse, for the collection Of tho revenue from
importers ao sed cre1u for the duties
npon giving bond ard security for the pay ment
At Q future cay. These bonds accur usted ani
duripg COMMERCIAL difficulties many OF the parties
tailed. aud the bonds wore put In suit. This
class Of debt also became embarrassing 70 the gpvern
msDt sno the bonds unreliable revenue The system
vac changed IN lst2, when The cash system intro