Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-03
Government Financial Matters


The total indebtedness of the United States Gov
eminent is 9s5 299 including the various issues
of Treasury Notes. and tine loan negotiated In Feb
ruary. The new loan will increase this amount to
$685., 299 In regard to the new loan, the Wash.
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette tele-
graphs that paper under date of the 3lst ult., as
| follows: -.- -
There are capitalists here demanding to know,
before presenting their bids for the eight million
loan what the policy Of the Administration Is to be-.
The inquiry has been put to Mr. Chase in regard to
the loan whether the bids received will be taken
without regard to former forfetures of deposits
whether without reference to the amount deposited,
or the time of making the bids.
Secretary Chase has the most encouraging news
regarding the loan, which viii be opened on
Tuesday. There will be a large number of bids in.
Wall street combination bids have been formed and
other large amounts are in process of being formed
into one combined offer In New York, last even
ing. the stock market dull in the extreme.
Money was abundant, and the Banks competed with
each other for five per cent loans on call. The
Banks of this city have been ready to resume for
some time, and will do so tAe moment that Bsli-
more follows the Philadelphia resumption.
The enforcement of the Revenue Laws.
Several prominent merchants of New York, Pila-
delphia. and Boston, arrived in Washington on the
3oth ult telegraphs the correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Gazette to ascertain what action the Govern
ment intends to take relative to the enforcement of
the Revenue Laws. They say that if the Southern
ports are excused from the operation of the new
Tariff Law, they will be compelled to import their
goods for Western and Southern customers through
those ports The only satisfaction they received is
that the goods arriving at Western ports free of duty
will be cenfscated.
Bank Dividends.
The Boston Banks have declared their semiaunual |
dividend payable on the first inst. The total amount
ia 81 344, 9S4. and the avrage $50 per cent
Direct Trade In the South.
The Charleston Courier says that several of the /
leading houses of that city are moving in the mat
te- of obtaining their supplies direct. One firm
has already made arrangements for importing sew /
eral cargoes of coffee from Rio Janeiro, for the
summer and fall trade The brig West Indian and
schooner H. P. Russell are loading for South Amer
lea, with rice and lumber and expected to re-
turn to Charleston with from eight to ten thous-
and bags of coffee for this firm. They are also ar
ranging to establish line of schooners for the
West India trade.
The Holly Springs (liss.) Independent South of the
2Sth ult. says:
By reference to our advertising columns it will be
seen that Mr.. D. Selgmsnn has purchased and inn
ported new stock of spring goods from Europe.
We believe this is the first direct importation to
Holly Springs from the old country, and Mr.. Selg-
MAIN deserves great credit for his energy and en-
terprise If all our merchants would withdraw
their patronage from Northern houses, it would
earn the Yankees lesson.
.sGOOds Duty Free' at st. Louis.
From the New Orleans Picsyune, March 20.
In our our paper of yesterday we published an
extract from the st. Louis Republican OF the 23d
nst irf reference to the importations of merchan-
lise into that port by way of New Orleans, in which
I is stated that the goods are landed at the port
If New Orleans. No Customhouse notice is taken
# them. No bonds are executed for the payment
If duties on their arrival here" &c.
As this statement of our st. Louis contemporary
} not strictly correct and may give erroneous i'm
,resslons to readers, would state for his as
veil their better information, that, we are in
ormed by good authority, all importatons into the
,ort of New 0rleanes subject to the notice and
supervision of the Customhouse authorities of the
States. And all goods so imported,
When destined for st. Louis other parts of the
United States are governed by the same regulations
) those destinated for Mexico other foreign
ountries, which regulations, under the warehous
ouse and immediate export On such entries an q
xpors bond is executed, and under this bond the
GODS pass without detention to their destination.
The export bond in this is not bond for Sc
uring the payment of duties, but obligation to
and the goods at the port or place of destination {
Without the limits of the Confederate States, and
roduce to the Collector to whom the bond is given
he evidence of the goods having been so landed.
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