The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-02
The savannah Cussona House.

the savannah custom House,
COMPLAINT OF SAVANNAH MERCHANTS OF ALLEGED
ABUSES ny THE COLLECTOR or THAT PORT.
SAVANNAH Sept 20, 1855
Not long since in your journal article
lating TO the heavy charges cotton which passed
through the Custom House We beg TO ask through the
columns Of the HERALD the expenses subjected
to are proper and for tho of the
The Collector here charges two cents per pound on all
cotton shipped from the port each shipper has then
go the Port Collector with his manifest and pay a fee
tor each manifesp of twenty cents ON yesterday the
Collector announced that he would weigh and mark every
bag Of cotton shipped and would charge - this twenty
cents per bale Say them 100 600 bales pass through
Savannah during the year The Collector will get for
this the snug little Of $780, O0 and added to this
handsome per cent on the revenue two cents per
pound say that he collects 100 900 bales
450 pounds TO the bale he WILL upon 5000 900 pounds
at two cents realize for the government 100000 Thus
the Treasury gets 500 0oo less the percentage and the
Collector about fA 800.
Each person with an income OF over 5000 per annum
pays by order OF the Port Commander three per cent
per month on all above that amount-rnaking thrty.sx
per cent In the year Each merchant pays by the
order one per cent per mos on gross sales OF mercha
disc and per cent on all commissions arising from
the sale Of cotton.
We will thank you 70 make this little memorandum
public. that friends North may know the value Of
Southern citizenship This taxation is Independent OF
the regular assessments SAVANNAH MERCHANTS
An EroprSa Courts PURSUED sEvgS THOUSAND MnEs -
Captain Stansbury late Of the st. Louis police force
turned Tuesday evening, having caught in the city Of
Quebec, runaway girl, who eloped with from her
mother in Cincinnati some two months since. The girl
safely returned 10 her mother by the Captain, who
was amply rewarded for his trouble. The Captain In.
forms that he has travelled thousand miles
in pursuit Of the fair maid He said cost him at least
two thousand miles Of rail and water travel more than
necessary owing to the fact that the copement
prematurcly published In the st. Louis papers The
young lady got wind that the Captain In pursuit
while shc was In Buffalo, and then commenced
unparalleled In police annals The Captain chased her
all the New England States, when he found that
the fair fugitive bad taken the Canada route She was
then followed 10 Boonshire Falls In Canada Vest thence
10 Toronto, Bytown, Trios Rivers and Montreal The
Captain got or the scent Of the fugves the Grand
river, owing 70 tho fact that they left the main
lines OF travel and took TO ran, descending the
river two hundred and hfty mes A. Montreal, the
girls paramour getting tired out the latter was left be-
bind when the air steamed down TO Quebec where she
caught by her persevering pursuer The grl-who,
according 10 the Captains statement s the pretest he
ever laid eyes ondelvercd herself up gracefully and
returned TO Cincinnati TO sin more u IL 10 be
hoped. This was her second olopcment, she having
tried the experiment before, and captured
the Planters House, In this city, In company with
gambler, by the of1cer who recaptured her the
sccopd time.--S Louis Dcxocrof. SEPT u.