The New York herald., 1862-09-26
Bussnes. at sns cr..om House.

H. \. ttSLavMAtHeR, mayor
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Busgness at the Cus.oas EIouse.
EFFECT or TINS WAR ON IM,cR4 ATIoss-CoSrIHuED
| HEAVY InPuGTATioAs-TuE REcEirTs fon Duty
NOT DiMiNIsHED BY TBE NEW YAKiFF-rnE VALUE
| OF cusioM house nynaND NOTES, Erc.
he effect OF me war he importing busness Of New
Yek has not been s., disastrous as 10 sur.
missed II would DO when bossiea ID 81 broke out. Ia
fact, since the nation has been war, notwithstanding
that severaarn acts each iovyn higher dGty
than It's predecessor, haro boon enacted, lhe imports
have been greater than usual and be receipts for duty
| IN consequence larger. When the reDei,on ony
III eatsning, and uncertainty prevailed concerning the
pture the receipts for duty at Ccstom House
| depolaby small. The people did moi then know wha,
would beial tlem II should actually come.
and hence for time they seemed sctdaled
| by spirit econonical than before. The
! consumption OF silks and other articles OF lux.
| ury much dininishel. and the revenue corres.
pondngy decreased Ihus the receipts for duty this
port though they had been sma Ter than ordinarily dur
ing the irst inonihs OF 1861, decreased from about
s. 100000 in March Of that to Ss,5 600 In Juns
Burpg he remainder Of the year the monthly receipts
con,iaued to be very small though falling the
sm last named; The largest received was in no
cembcr, when the new duties tca, coGee and fagar
took effect, and this IN was only 81 ,334, ,e41 80.
since the begi nmg uf the present year however tho
gums have teeu much larger and the revenue
derived from the customs duties has been sui
hcent to greatly sid lbe government IN nrosecat.Dg
tho war. The largest sum received In any llh Of
last only about ~ 500 900. In 1850 the largest
sum received was $& ,50l C66 o.. In 1860 the monthly
receipts only reached the Of 81 900 0oc during
the year, and in io6l they foil below 81 0o
During the present year they have, with only two OF
,hreo exccpops exceeded s4cco 600, reaching in july
the large sum Of nearly 81 200 900, smallest
hpyl In han tha
IS 1861 657 a. IL generally believed that after the
new tard should have taken eject the receipts would,
for least be greatly dM n!shed. John Pull in
anticipation OF tie expected state o affairs set up OF
h sury erows and even thought tnst the enactment Il
law Tor our convenience was equivalent 10
declaration OF against himself. Bu. he
have been most asTee-bly disappointed for tho
mpor,atons are heavy 10 al extent amost unexampsd
under similar circumstances Each tha, arrivee
briss good cargo, and or the day Of arrival IL has
been unusual thing To nI that the rccsps for duty
at Cascm House have been cra $500 900 $500 co.,
Last Wednesday they s3z o0o over $3.50 900
of which paid en- bonded merchandise.
The duties Oh sugar, tea aad Coffee articles which
consumed apparently TO great extent when they
were adn tied free OF aaiy, only required pay
small rate, baye been large. cargo of either Of tho
| Articles named ye.ds considerable revenue 10 the
y,vernmept
NitnlV a iAvEtn P"rb hHo RuteTnWeht u9S received
from abroad large quantities Of eaa in pigs On receiving
acer1catc OF approval from the ordnance Department,
the,e goods delivered by tho Custom House auths Il
ties to the importers free c duty accordance with tho
net Of lhe last Congress.
The duties many of tAe articles imported arc under
the iar, fron city hundred per cent OF
then value. Ihoulh hsse Rates very high import
ers have baen subjected % largo additional tax In pay
Inc thcir duties. lheso p9ymcnts bo made In only
two ways NO except payments made in old Treasury
notes receivable for duty u which only very few
In circulation. They must be made either n coin Or in de-
mand notes Ct tho Arss As gold has long boen
At q premium Of from lftcon to twenty per cent
the currency used hAs Of bear the demand
BuI these are not rcssued stor bsng received for
duties aud beLoo day by day the number Of those In
circulation decreases Only about $40 600 00o are now
available, the rest Of the issue having been redeemed
ln Consequence tho dirn1ishcd number OF notes their
vaue has steadily increased, until they bring the
market IL sr premium. For long time they were
v.ucd ai about los 100. bat they suddenly roso 10
Their present value which is nearly high that Of
gold. Tbs tax, paid Tho seller of the notes, is of
additional TO the imp rtsr renders the
price ol bis merchandise just much higher 10 the
Consumer.
Al The present rate or importation only about six
rl.nas .i b. required Cor tho redemption Of all tile
aemsad uoce circulation, after the expiration of
~hth TINE payments VIII necessarily be made In gold
u iisoy that lhe notes will coriiaoo Increase 10
value, nothing 70 depreas the VI uc OF SPECIE
uEi they reach value within Attraction of that Of gold
itself. srecia must always, however be Of the higher
value, eecausx useful or othor purposes than the
payment y duties.
ba, Ia encouraging 10 re1cct s, are not buying
msry guois from foreign Gaoas withou, seng thsm
70 return. many Or products. Our crops have
been unusually abILdani, and though ago engaged in
war, ard many u farmers lott the plough
snt taken tie sword, thcso left have boon enabled
" arner aiem all and 70 pour thom out hI a stoady
., towards L4roIe Our rcSiew viii recolsct that
sa lhW sear ss year the csgoratiop u domestic pro.
ducts sciy large and that the ac ceite oonsidera
b. sccii sud nsrntllston ~ large a tho exlorta
nos lbsa ser tLsy nlorior 10 those ~ tho preont
scarCH, thn 4ls a tLe exports jsoplry L. 1862
tttg 81 tLass q tc p0rtion Of liz, year
~ an SO 0cpte' 80, whIlo We have rStcnded great
sue o. facga saiaEs f1T their aiac,utss sai pao
e,ct hyy h.so bvat gcy ot us. 4nd aur exports
L.se asSe ia ioesfds pis f,r ia. .oris The 20
,a4nsat, TO- 4grityG feAt bonsat rom the ,u,.
l-vft<sols, "a 4asios laia Lzsing 50 Lasy.
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