The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-18
OPERATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TARIFF
LAWS.


From the Nashville Banner March ~
We have been favored with copies of two letters
lately received here by one of our commercial
| friends from his agent at New Orleans. In the
hrst dated February %, 1861, the writer says:-
" | am informed, upon reliable authority that
the enforcement of the tariff laws of the South
ern Contederacy will take effect on and after the
4th of March, 1861; and that all boats arriving
from the interior will be subject to the same laws,
expenses, forms, &c, as European and other for
eign vessels now taking clearance and permit at
this port"
The effect on business ard commerce here must
! be apparent to you without further comment.
In the second letter, dated February 81 he gives
! his correspondent the following instructons-
"Tell the boats to have, by the time they reach
Nicksburg, two manifests of the cargo made up,
and stop and enter at that point, having endorse
ment made on back of manifest by Custom House
| officer, sending one by express from that point
| here, that consgnees may have their entry made
| by the time the boat arrives, to save delays
here. Otherwise serious delays will necessarily
follow on the arrival of boats in this port
! This is the free navigation of the Mississippi
! which some OF the secession conventions promised
to the inhabitants of the valley of that river; and
we would ask some of our readers in general and
our commercial friends in particular, whether they
feel disposed to permit their Southern neighbors to
exercise the unconditional control of this great
| highway to the ocean.
The Tariff act of the Southern COnfederacy is to
90 into operation on the lst Of May. 1t levies du-
ties as follows 'Dstilled spirits, wines manufac-
tured tobacco, and glass 25 per cent fancy articles
| generally, 20 per cent; malt liquors, earthenware,
IRON, copper, wood, cottons, hemp, fax, and sub
stantal manufactures, Is per cents coal, drugs
jewelry, wOollens and iron rails, 10 per cent; ice
81 per ton; sailing vessels, steamers, munitions of
war, arms, works of art, traders tools, beef pork, ,
flour, corn and coffee, free"
COMMERCIAL CHANGEs--The Boston TrqvelLer
| says awe begin to see changes in the commerce
of Boston, most of which have occurred within a
very short time and not looked for even by
our shrewdest business men. And first, is the di-
version OF quite portion of the Calcutta trade
| from this port, its ancient seat, to the Southern
cities, and to New York. Gunny cloth, which con.
stitutes the most bulky portions of Calcutta car.
goes, is now carried direct to Savannah Mobile
and New Orleans. Then, great changes are now
| taking place In our domestic trade. We are re-
ceiving more goods by railroad propellers and
coastwise steamers, and less by sailing vessels Al
this time of the year, in previous seasons, have
had large fleet of heavy ships the way from
New Orleans, laden with cotton, -four, pork, pro
visions, hemp, sugar and molasses. Now all these
articles, except the cotton, land large quan
tity of that is transported the country,
via the lakes. Instead of ships to New Orleans,
Mobile, &c, we have barks and brigs, but chiefly
immense schooners."
ROBBERY OF THE UFFIzzG GALLERY AT FLORENCE
An important theft has recently been committed in
the Utiizzi gallery at Florence. Among the stolen
jewels was ring which belonged to Cosmo de Me
dics, of the value of 2500 0G0 francs. This ring is
an enormous topaz, III Is asserted tlat the stolen
articles amount in value to million. The keeper
of the hall has been imprisoned. The false key
which forced the locks of the gallery has been found
About two hundred rings thus stolen. The
most precious was a ring attributed to BenvenutC
Cellini. The famous onyxyase was not brok en-, ,tht
thieves cont entng themselves with taking away th
silver gilt ornaments with which it was surround
ed The celebrated casket of Clement VII, of rocl
crystal, the work of Valerie Belli, is uniniured
well as the cup of Diana de Poicters, attributed t
Cellini. The police actively engaged in thei
search after the robbers.
INTERIOR Custom HoUsEs.-The Montgomery Cor
gress propose to impose duty on cotton goin
northward out of the Confederacy by railroad
The Augusta Chronicle wants to know how is tina
duty to be collected if custom house officers nc
to be tolerated, except at seaports? So far fror
diminishing the number of those officials, it will
found necessary largely to increase them, at leas
to have them stationed at the intersection of raj
roads. There is likely, it appears, to be dOubl
set of interior custom houses, one on the Souther
borders, to collect the Southern export duty an
one on the Northern borders, to collect duties {
foreign goods imported duty free through Souther
ports These will be new obstructions to trad
2 which will be found very inconvenient in practices
! operation.
= The U. S. CoASr SURvEY.-Prof Bache W;
Y lucky, as usual, in securing appropriations fro
Congress The following sums are in the Civ
Bill:
$ Atlantic and Gulf Coast $3.50,
e U. 5. Western Coast 3400
Florida Reefs and Keys 250t
. Miscellaneous 43,O
e Total s65S,
SPECIMEN STAMPs.-The Montgomery (Ala.) A.
J., DertlSer says that the Postmaster General of Il
Confederated States has received from the came
Is lean Bank Note Engraving Company" at Ne
E. York, lot of impressions from steel plates ofsma
figures from which he might make selections Il
IS the stamps authorized by the late act prescribi1
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