The Portland daily press., 1868-10-02

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ton fshed up by him considerable distance
from the wreck, and was not known by him to be-
long to it. 1t is contended tnat the def ndant is
man of good character, and that his only fault, if
there was any, was in not libelng the property and
salvage. The was given to the Jury.
and Conrt adj ,urned to 10 o'clock Friday when the
case OF George Matthews, for the same offence will
be taken up. j. ODonnell, Esq, appeared for Ire
fethren and District Attorney G. f. Talbot for Gov
Il card of Tradc-The new Customs rex-
uiattOns.
A special meeting of the Board of Trade |
and the merchants Of this city was held yester- |
day at the Board of Trade rooms, President,
Jonas H. Perley, Esq, presiding,
On taking the chair the President announc- |
the object of the meeting, which was to consid- |
er the new regulations respecting Canadian |
imports, which threatened seriously to embar- |
ass the business of Portland by requiring the |
goods to be unloaded and entered at Island
Pond, unless they have been originally loaded
under the supervision of an American Con-
sui. Already are cars delayed at Island
Pond, and our merchants here who had made
sales to arrive are seriously injured By the de-
tention-
Mr.. John Porteous, freight agent Of the
Grand Trunk Company, stated that the delay
would be about "a hours, but might probably
be reduced to IL hours by an alteration of
trains Ia response TO other questions Mr.. p
said the expense would be increased by the ex
ira fee allowed to minor ports of the third class
of which Island Pond forms one, also by the
necessity Of employing agents at Island Pond
20 make entries.
Collector washburn read the following cir =.
cuar:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sept, IL, 1865.
TO Collectors Of Customs and others:
The additional regulations in regard the COM
merce and intercourse with foreign contiguous
territory" dated Oct, IS 1856, and those on the
same subject dated June 10, 1865 are amended
in the following particulars, which will be strictly
observed aud carried out by all concerned, viz;
/. Before any car containing foreign merchan-
disc and sealed by United States consul, vice
consul. or commercial agent in foreign contigu
Gus territory, shall be admitted to the privileges
granted by such additional regulations, il must
appear TO the collector Of customs at the first port
If arrival in the United States of such car &C.,
that the loading of said superintended
in person by the consul, vice consul or CONNER
cial agent who sealed the same, which fact
must be certified 10 by said officer in the quad
duplicate manifests provided for by Regulation
No. %, of June 10, 1868, above referred to.
3 The foregoing conditions being complied
with and the seals on the car appearing intact on
its arrival at the frontier port, the collector of
customs thereat will allow the car and its con-
tents TO proceed to their destination on the owner,
consignee, or agent of the contents, making en-
try Of the same according to the quantities and
values specified in the certified invoice required
by law, and giving bonds as in the case of ware
house and ransportation entries.
H. McCULLoCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Washburn then proceeded to give the
history of the customs regulations on the line
of the Grand Trunk. Previous 20 1864 goods
were entered at Island Pond, and the collector
inaton took the invoices for true and collected
the duties accordingly. At length it appeared
that enormous frauds were being committed =
TWAS found that one party had defrauded the
government of more than $150000 by defraud-
ed shipments between Montreal and Quebec
and Portland Rice for instance, paid a. heavy
duty, while oats and barley were admitted free.
In one Instance fraud of $4,000 was commit
ted by shipping bags of rico mixed with oats
and barley aud invoiced as oats and barley
In June, 1854, Congress passed law Presiding
that cars soalod by United States officer
should pass to their destination and there be
entered and examined. The system has work.
g VIII. 1t has put stop to the frauds pre-
vously practiced and has snbserved the con-
venience of merchants at the same time But
there has been a settled purpose at Island
Pond to get this business away from Portland.
and the officials there have perhaps been able
to secure cooperation in quarters unfriendly
to the city. The new regulations require SUBJ
stantalIy that every car shall De stopped and
unloaded at Island Pond. 1t is impossible for
consuls the United States at IS stations in
Canada to superintend the loading of every
car for this country. The regulation is mis-
take which the Department has been lead into
by Misrepresentation and will doubtless be
prompt to reclify. r.5
After some further discussion in which Mes
srs. J. L. Farmer, John A. Poor, c. H. Has
kel, J. H. Hamlin and Robert A. Bird took |
part, the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted
Whereas the line of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence
Railroad, section of the Grand Trunk from tide
water at Portland to Island Pond in Vermont, was |
built by the capital and through the exerons of the
business men of Portland which city is the neces,a-
ry port of export and import for the business over
said line; and |
Whereas a circular has recently been issued by |
the Treasury Department, which in practice will re-
quire all Merchandise destined far this city and i'm
ported into the United States from Canada by the
Grand Trunk Railway to be entered and the duties
thereon to be collected at Island Pond In the State of
Vermont; and
Whereas, by act of Congress passed in 1864, all
cars containing goods imported into this country from
contiguous foreign territory, must be unaden at the
first port in the United States if the goods therein are
to be there entered and the duties on the there
paid, the effect of which requirement must be to de-
tain all freight trains passing this road to this
city SO long, and SO greatly to the expense
transportation, as substantially break down and
destroy that portion of the business of Portland
which depends upon this road: 1t is therefore
Resotved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be |
respectful y and earnestly requested by the Board of
Trade and merchants of Portland to rescnd the cir
cular referred to, or suspend its operation until |
thorough examination of the question can be made |
under the authority of the Department.
Resotued, That the system recently in operation |
was entir satisfactory to the merchants and bust.
ness men of Portland, while are Informed and |
oelieVe that was eminently successful in affordno
protection to the Government against the operations
OF smugglers; by it vast illicit trade was broken
up, the rights of the Government secured and the
convenience of the railway company and of It's Gus.
toners in the West as in the East greatly promoted
Resotred, That the President of this Board be re-
quested TO forward copy of the proceed "a of this
meeting to the Secretary of the Treasury and 10 So
iict his immediate attention to the same.
On motion of Mr.. w. S. Daua, the President |
of the Board was further instructed to confer
with Senator Fessenden and Representative
Lynch, and if in his opinion it should be nee |
essary, to request them to go on to Washing. |
ton and lay the matter before the Secretary of |
the Treasury.
on motion of Mr. John A. Poor the following |
was adopted:
R-soi0ed, That as the sense of this mee,;n, ,ho |
government of this Board Of Trade should take neas
1rses TO make single Collection District for ali Tho
stations along the line OF the Atlantic and st Law.
renee Railroad from the city of Portland % Il
boundary of Canada. " "e
The meeting then dissolved.
On Monday evening next our citizens are
promised rich programme from the poets of
our land and Ireland by Mrs. 0,nnno,ro.,