The Washington union., 1857-08-18

STATE DEpARntKSr.

DEPARTMEST NEWS
DEPARnKSr
MAes % Mssaers The following notice To mariners
has been received from R b Campbell, ESQ, United
States consul at London
The Court Of Directors Of the East India Company have
lately received from the government of Bengal the fol-
lowing notification, which is published for general inio
nation
Houses 9 Refuge a as Esiraaes Of he hstiah for Ship
geJd Marnaers-rhe houses Of refuge numbered in
succession 10 those already erected the seace Of the
Sunderbnnds, and situated follows:
No a. f.ziased rAae Erected the southeast part OF
Dahoues island at the eastern entrance of the Muah
river sandy PATCH about i've feet above high
mark, and about 100 feet In shore dstngushabe by
white flag from long spar and bamboo, which have been
put up close alongside Of the house visible considerably
above the surrounding trees
No g. pgiiaed piue. This house Is erected Banga-
doone island about miles eastward Of No 4 1t
stands the southeast part Of the island above small
sandy beach. about 100 feet from high-water mark
long spar and bamboo with flag have been put up along
side and may he considerably above the trees.
In each house there is supply OF water and biscuit
catamaan and paddles, letter of Instructions and
chart Of the Sunderbunds.
By order of the oii'g superintendent of marine.
Published by order Of the court of directors OF the East
India Company,
East INDIA Housr, May &C. 1857.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Decisions. The following decisions have recently been
made by the Secretary of the Treasury:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August H. 1851.
Sra An appeal has been taken by sIr. George ID Par
ish of Philadelphia from the decision Of the collector at
that port TO the rate of duty be charged certain
fabrics composed wholly Of cotton and known in trade
g cords or corduroy, g veYeteens, "moleskins,'
"irea,inanghts" (" and '.repellent moleskns. "
The collector assessed the duties upon these several fab
rcs at per cent under schedule of the tariff act of
As man ut.lrtu o
cotton which bleached printed, painted, dyed.
The importer contends that duty should be assessed the
rate Of Is per cent sveiyet in the piece composed
wholly of cotton under schedule Il of that tariff
The fabrics in question do not appear to be now,
to have been, known in commerce cotton vel
vets are they specifically designated under their
commercial Names in any schedule of the tariff Being
composed wholly Of cotton, and dyed, they fall within
schedule OF the tariff of 1857, manufactures compo
sed wholly Of cotton which beached printed paint
ed dyed and properly charged by the collector
with duty of "a per cent.
The decision of the collector is affirmed
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
HOWELL COBB,
Secretary of the Treasury
Collector, Philadelphia, Pa
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August ii, 1851
Sn This department has had under consideration
appeal under the fifth section of the tariff act of iIarch
g. 1857 of Messrs. Stuart Brother of Philadelphia,
from the decision of the collector of that port To the
rate of duty be assessed fabric composed wholly
Of cotton and known in commerce ''gnghan-' =
The collector has assessed the duty the article in
question the rate of "a per cent embraced within
the classification of a manufactures composed wholly Of
cotton which bleached printed, painted or dyed
in schedule C OF the tariff Of 1851.
The appellants contend that the processes Of bleaching
and dyeing performed before the bingham is
ufactured and that the fabric does not therefore fall
within the description of schedule of the tariff of 1857
but should he classed manufacture composed wholly
of not otherwise provided for in schedule of
that tariff and be charged with duty OF 10 per cent
Ginghams not specially named in any schedule
Of the tariff of 1857.
The terms in schedule C, all manufactures composed
wholly of cotton which bleached printed painted
dyed refer to the character Of the article at the date of
importation into the United States 1t Is mnaerial at
what time in what order In the OF mapufactu
ring the fabric from the material the processes of
bleaching aad dyeing performed on importation
the article is a beached printed, painted or dyed manu-
faure consisting wholly of cotton, and not designated
in any other schedule of the tariff it is liable in that
classification In schedule to duty at the rate of "a per
cent,
.'Gnghams'' being clearly embraced within that de-
scrpon your decision, charging them with duty of "a
per cent, under schedule G, is affirmed
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
HOWELL. COBB
Secretary of the Treasury.
J. B. BAKEu Esq, Collector,
Philadelphia Pennsylvania.