The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-15
DEPARTMENT NEWS.
STATE DEPARrnEsr.

GAbout twenty-five miles below Hamburger at a mar
row place in the Elbe the Schromngea small river empes
ITSELF on the banks OF which, back few miles nom its
mouth is situated the town Of Stade At this place o
under the of Brinshasen Sae Dues is levied on
all vessels coming from the sea except those of HAM
burgh.
"These dues owe their origin to grant from Conrad
Ill Emperor OF Germany, who in the year A D. 1898,
granted permission the Archbishoprc of Hamburger TO
establish far drk at Stade and he appropriated the
duties which be levied thereon the benefit of the
church at Hamburger which had been sacked and destroy
ed by the Pagans all outsiders called in those
days Nothing beyond market TOLL duty to be
levied on goods brought 10 the market Of Saie, was
contemplated in this grant But the archbishops, par
tcuarly after the transfer Of the to Bremen, were
not slow in converting, by arbitrary and unjust
interpretation the Sade market privilege with the ring
duty attached to II into source of lucrative revenue for
their treasury and in place OF simple right Of holding
market at Stade they feigned privilege of compulsory
marketyiz: that vessel sailing upward from the sea
transit rather passage duty for the purpose il were
buying of the right of sale pretended to have been grant
ed at Sadea right which could be easily enforced from
the circumstance that vessels already mentioned
obliged TO sail close by the Stade river Schwnge On so
gronndless fiction rests the origin of the Stade dues In
the year A. D. 1889 the German Emperor the great Fred
erck Barbarosa granted to Hamburger the privilege which
bears his name beside other privileges and mmunites in
favor OF the trade of Hamburgh The Emperor by this priv
ege granted to her citizens for their ships and merchan
tire exsnpSaE from the sea to the city with an en-
the Crown of Sweden; which government in conse-
quence claimed the right TO levy the Dues as customary
right In A. D. l69l treaty between Hamburger and Swe.
den formed wherein the rights of the former were ao
knowedged in the broadest and tariff was formed
Sweden for the rest of the world and fixed the rate at
about per cent Soon after this treaty was
formed Stade with the Duches of Bremen and Verdun,
occupied by the Danes and finally coded by them in
A. d. Ills the electorate of Hanover which cession was
brought about by the cabinet OF George of England who
that time Elector of Hanover and for which the
British government paid Denmark fl50000 sterling
these tolls dues have since been collected by Han
over except four five years during the elder
Bonapartes wars when Hanover in possession of the
French; collected, but the lower Ebe was left
free any part of the North sea.
"For correct understanding of this question is proper
premise that the Lower Ebe as it is called Chat is from
Hamburger to the North sea is strictly speaking part OF
the sea- of the and has 30 been considered
by all the European nations in their official acts and in
tereourse Even at the great Congress of A. 1875 when
the of all the German rivers regulated the
Lower Elbe and Sde dues especially omitted for the
reason as5gned-that they neutral eatrs and the
adues' sea tolls Hence in my opinion it rests alone
upon the foundation which the Danish Sound dues do
OF which the old Trpoan tribute did, and other and il
the former and the latter was illegal and unjust
the Sade dues 1t should be borne in mind that Denmark
has the territory the right bank of the Ebe below HAM
burgh and Hanover the left bank, except at Oushaen
where Hamburger owns some territory Neither Hanover
Denmark has contributed one dollar to the i'm
provement of the navigation of the Lower Ebe but on the
contrary have declined to do while Hamburger has
borne the whole burden of making such improvements
keeps them up at her expense In this respect
Denmark has decidedly the advantage Hanover for
she done something to add to the safety of the navga
| ton of the Sound" ~y ...., ..
| From a Correspondent at AspnscdH, n. e.
The brig Mary c. HASKELL c. NJ. Tinker master, ELS
worth, Maine 2S5 tons burden bound from New York to
Cenfuegos WAS wrecked the east end of Cuba the
25h March last and totally lost and abandoned the
having been brought to this port in the steamship
George Law and will be sent to the United States in the
same vessel. n. s..s..s .n ... d. ..,. a.s,.a. vi
/ JaH From Correspondent at Callao Peru.
The American ship Columbia of New York. now loading
guano the Chincha islands, deprived of her MASTER
Captain William s. Cushing, on Friday, the 9th day of
March, 1851 Early in the morning Captain Cushing started
from his ship sealing expedition accompanied by his
mate Mr. Bartlett each with boats crew. On reaching
one Of the small islands the southwark of the Chincha5
while endeavorng TO beach their boats very heavy
rolled in upon them dashng Captain Cashngs boat to
pieces AS yet nothing has been found ofCaptan Cushing
or his boats crew. sos.a. Pills. .-,r.naaaa 81
He had five men with HMM the boat have not yet
been able to ascertain the Of the seamen who were
llost-March IL, 1857. '"." n
| .aa .lsas POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. as.,
! Ne,c Post OEces-The following post Offices have
been established for which the gentlemen named have been
appointed postmasters:
Rose Mary, Dupin county, North Carolina; Burwell
Woodson, Cumberland county, Virginia. F. H. Woodson,
postmaster .a.,
Lodi Washington county, Virginia Nelson j. M Beat,
| postmaster -.a
j North Lyndeborough Illsborough county, New Hamp-
| shire John H. Goodrich, postmaster. ..I.-l # ..aE
Clayton, Hartford county, Maryland H. B. MeClanahan,
postmaster
Greenland, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania Benjamin
Buckwalter, postmaster. sa .a ~ far.a
ID. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. -.N+ a
Gratuitous Distribution Of Seeds and Cuttings 6y lie Pa
4 tent O6ieeWe informed that opposition TO the pro-
curemen aud grautous distribution Of seeds and plants by
the Office has been based upon the assumption that
injury thereby done the interests Of engaged in
the importation, cultivation and sale Of such products in
this country Believing that such effects have been
tempaed by any parties and doubling the truth Of the
fact assumed we have addressed few inquiries to the
proper official quarter, and learn that OF the $4,000
appropriated to the advancement of agriculture for the
year eadng June 3Oh, 1851, the of $2l4i 90 ha,
been expended for the purpose named II is presumed that
twenty per cent of this amount would be liberal allow
ance of profit or $4288 80 in all How many establish
ments there are in the United States which might contend
for this patronage indeed it could have existence
cept through the agency Of the Patent Office may not be
determined with certainty but supposing there only
25O the profit accruing to each would be SIT 5surey
not enough materially prejudice the interests Of their
proprstors this patronage diverted from them
It is not so diverted however, but their business is
In general the persons who receive these seeds and
cuttings seek them chiefly because they of reliable
character because they noveltes and upon the
demonstration Of the of any plant thus introduced
channel is opened to the commerce of the scotsman
through which increased sales and enhanced prices
usually derived This has been the expectation Of the
Patent Office and its agents and of the legislators who
have voted money to its for agricultural purposes
an may add, 1t is the experience of many intelligent