New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-23
Later from Havana.

The u S. mail steamship Cahawba, Capt. Bulloch,
from New York via Havana, left the latter port on
the Saturday last and arrived here yesterday morn
ing. ta'' n ms gtaf 5rttr 5u gla, IF A.HNa. 7r.a.
The Cahawba did not enter the harbor, owing to
the still existing quarantine regulations at this place.
At the Havana business was very dull. Sugar de-
cning; molasses dull. Very little shipping in port,
and still less for them to do. Exchange on New Or
leans to per cent. premium New York do. a
A few days before the arrival of the Cahawba,
about fifty slaves were landed between the Moro and
the Punta, by q schooner from the coast of Africa
but they were all captured by the authorities, and
would be made emancipados. The cause of their
being landed in this conspicuous place was some dis
agreement on board the vessel t517 a
The Cahawba has experienced very rough weather
on her passage out. On the 18th and l4th expert
ence the heaviest gale she ever met, being obliged
to heave to for twenty hours. y91 ue05
The Spanish fleet was still in Havana. -H
On the 2lst about l20 miles from Southwest Pass,
passed steamship Philadelphia, bound to New York
via Havana. N -r.5 "5 1a
The following is a list of her passengers 5s
Ayres lady child Mr. Grogan, Noses Mrs MsEnsny
and child Gregg Ms Birch Miss Birch A Miss isslin
soS Pap.s E5ey 5ssS; SsaIssoH Esfn,sr
Shaw Henry Masst @ vanthysen and children: Miss
Downs Kernachan children and servant Miss Riser
F Fabre, Capt Ivy T Mclucky E Carroll W II Simpson
Butler Payan Mrs Booker and child, Mrs ogvie aud
children. -L..l. ~. tfEt -a ~
THE TAR1FF.-D Decisions.-The collector Of Gus
toms for the port of New York assessed duty oil
twenty-four per cent. on an article of the tex
ture and material of the ordinary white woolen fan
mel of commerce, but colored or plaid Fabric, The
Secretary of the Treasury, appeal, overrnled the
decision saying that it entitled to entry at the rate
of nineteen per cent That it is composed Of wool OF
coored printed, does not change its character as
known in the trade, tenure it from the schedule
in which 'sfannels" are provided for specially.
The Secretary of the Treasury has also oyerfnled
the decision of the same collector that checked fan
nels must pay duty Of twenty -four instead of nine
teen per cent. w. .ssa4 S. ---... ..,Ist- ..,..
question was submitted by the collector for the
port Of Boston, on appeal from his decision assessing
| duty twenty five bales of wool imported, claimed
to be entitled to free entry under schedule OF th
tariff of 1851 of the value of twenty cents Or les
per pound at the original place of expectation. Th
| collector on comparing the aggregate cost of tn
wool with the quantity appearing on the invoice a
ter making the proper reduction of the foreign weigh
to our own, found that the WOOL shown by the il
voice, cost 20 55lO0 per pound, and assessed dut
of "a per cent the classification in schedule
| of the tariff of 1857 of 'woo unmanufaetured, nc
otherwise provided for.' af st- 4lt,-g
! The Secretary of the Treasury has confirmed thi
decision, saying: " In estimating the foreign valu
of wool, with reference to its exemption from or Lii
bility to duty, the appraisers can determine sue
value independently OF the invoice by prices currei
and other reliable Of information OF the vaiu
of the article in foreign markets. such as they emplo
in ascertaining the foreign values of other staple art
cles of import" Washington Union, 10Th.