New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-29

AS"A"y NJ au prices kno osoer invccoc ooio WV
those Of Dick e. Fitzgerald; Henderson & Col Clark,
Austin, Maynard e. Col CHASE, Nichols e. Hill
Willie p Hazard, George p. Cooledgs, James Monroe
& Co., Cussey e. Markley, Fowler Il Wells James
Chaen e. Sons, Croker g. Brewster, Mason BrothsnL
g. g. G. Merriam, Charles Scribuer John z. Potter.
Robert Sears, Bozin & Ellsworth, James Miller, anl
William Gowans To-day fine line Of works win
be put up, Lindsay & Blakiston, Gould e. Lincoln, g.
P. Putnam, J. T.. Tihon & Co.. w. A. Townsend =
Co., and II. w. Derby being among the houses offer
ing. larger attendance Of buyers is also expected
This sale the first held in the elegant new sales
room Of Leavitt & Allen, which is arayed with
regard to taste and convenience The portraits Of The
lathe" the book trade adon the walls, every one
OF them looking sbundantly sble 10 meet all bis en-
gagements
PENALTIES IMPOSED ON SoUrHrEs yEsyELs-
Within the present week, the fine Of 500 has been
paid by captains of four vessels which len Southern
ports since the sws Of the Conederated States
went into operation and consequently could not obaia
proper clearances. The fines were paid under protest.
The Collector retains the money on deposit until Q
decision the matter shall be made by the Secretary
of the Treasury, to whom it has been referred.
The vessels in question are the schooner 8. o.
inst, from Fenandins, Florida; the schooner Indus.
Capt Stokey, which arrived on the 26th from Charles
ton, s. c.; the schooner Sunny South, Capt. WeekA
which arrived on the 26th from Eernandina, Florida;
the ship Saltana, Capt Brown, which arrived on the
Goth from New Oresns. To these is TO be added the
steamer Bienville, the first and only steam veDsa
which has been subjected TO the penalty. Her cass
differs from the Others however, 10 that she had for.
eign goods, consisting of wines and jalap, to The
amount of co., and with nothing 70 chow that aid
goods had ever paid duties to the United States.
These goods have been placed in bond to await d.
cson, tic question at issue being whether the wines
and jaap have passed regularly through any Custom
House of the United States the agents Of the Bienvls
claiming that they have and that they are brought
from New-Orleans because the merchants there could
find no sale for them. The amount of the gods ex.
ceedng $780, not only they subject to conHscstion
if duties have not been paid, but the Benvie herself
Is liable to seizure. Some question raised In
gard the schooner Joseph Crandal Capt. Megathn,
which left New-Orleans with proper cearances buA
subsequently entered at Key Wes-a port at present
under the control of the c. s. A. It appeared, bow.
ever, that she obliged to put in from stress q
weather and, therefore, discrimination was made In
her favor.
More would have arisen than those referred y
above but from the fact that captains, anticipating
fculty of this matter, got cearances for consder.
able period before their time of sailing. 1t Is IN.
derstood that all vessels leaving ports Of the c. g. A.,
after the 4tb of March, will be subjected TO the 500
penalty arrival at ports under control Of the United
States Government.