The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Treasury Department.

United States by either of the isthmus routes
Every package shipped for such transportation,
in order to be entitled to the privileges of coastwise
freight, must, before shipment be corded and
sealed, and properly manifested, in conformity to
Mtrchandfse in bond will continue to be corded,
sealed, sampled and marked, rs hitherto required,
at the respective bonded warehouses from which it
is taken for transportation.
Domestic goods not in bond, under the internal
revenue laws, and foreign goods not dutiablo,
which duty has been paid may If susceptible of it,
be corded, scaled, sampled, manifested, etc. in like
manner at the dock of the receiving vessel before
shipment from the port OF departure, if desired by
the shipper or transporter, on payment by him of
the expense charged, at the rate hitherto applicable
Goods in bulk and articles not capable Of being
sealed may be entered on the manifest, with state
ment of the reason why they are not sealed
Shipowncrs transporting merchandise of either
description in this manner must provide suitable
accommodations on their respective docks at both
ends of the route for the convenience of officers
entrusted with the execution of these provisions,
and for the safe-keeping OF merchandise.
Special manilgsts will be prepared by customs
officers in charge of the sealing, in tripliCate, of
all goods so slipped coastwisc, accurately de-
scribing the character Of the packages their marks
and contents, which will be certified by the col
ector under his hand and official seal: This certi-
tcate must avOw the accuracy Of the manifest,
specify the particulars OF cording and sealing, and
indicate and describe such articles if any there be,
necessarily shipped unseacd, as incapable of being
thus secured if there be wines or liquors in casks
the proof, quantity and quality must be indicated
on the receipt.
All copies except that delivered to accompany
the goods, will indicate also the distinguishing
nation must be made between goods in bond and
goods not in bond and they will appear upon sepa-
These special manifests are to be prepared by
customs officers and are TO be additional to and in
dependent of the usual general manicsts required
One of the tripicate copies will be retained on
file at the custon-house at the port of departure
one will be sent forthwith by overland mail to the
collector at the port Of destination, and the third
will be delivered to the master or agent, to accom-
pany the goods.
will be rigdy checked Off by the manifest and the
cords, seals and packages carefully scrutinized -
packages may be subjected to an examination, if
necessary, sufficient to satisfy the officers Of their
identity, before delivery to the consignee.
Goods in bond will be entered for warehouse, and
examined and treated in all respects as are goods
transported in bond in other cases.
If there is appearance Of seals or packages having
been tampered with, the fact will he promptly re-
ported by the collector of the port Of arrival to
The collector at the port OF DEPARTURE ana to the
department, and all goods not in bond upon which
such appearances are found, rs well as all not cor
responding exactly with the manifest, will be con-
sdered as foreign and dUtable. All goods likewise
not appearing on special manii-Sts Will be consi-
dered of course, duuablo.
Foreign goods, therefore, arriving from abroad at
New York, destined for immediate transhipment,
by way of San Francisco to the United States, or
foreign ports on the Pacific, at San Francisco,
destined in like manner for ports On the Atlantic,
will not be subject to these regulations; and the
regulations formerly prescribed by the department
that special subject will continue to be enforced
except so much as relates to an examination on the
isthmus. The seals must in all cases be cancelled
and removed before the delivery of goods to con-
sgnee.
and San Francisco will be placed in charge of a
deputy collector at each port, and inspectors not
exceeding the number hitherto employed in con-
necton with this subject will be assigned TO assist
him.
ministered will afford ample protection to the reve-
in such cases, it is thought proper to dispense
with the examinations hitherto made upon the
Isthmus. Passengers baggage may be secured in
this manner by cords and SEALS and II arriving in
tact, will be passed without examination.
OF baggage so treated separate manifests must
he made in the manner as above indicated, and all
baggage not embraced in manitests, or bearing the
appearance OF having been opened or tampered
with, must be treated as other baggage from for
eign countries.
Special records will be kept by collectors at the
several ports of all merchandise shipped and re-
Ceived, distinguishing such as is in bond from that
not in bond, and quarterly returns of the same will
be rendered to the Bureau of Statistics in addition
to all other returns now required TO be made to
other offices in the department.
The cords encircling the packages should be
placed with care in such manner as to protect
every possible point and mode of access to the con
TO prevent their being slipped aside, and should be
sealed at every point where it would be possible to
unite them, or where they have been cut. The
number of seals on each package will be specified
on the manifest. H. MCCULLOCH,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Status of Commissioner Rollins.
Commissioner Rollins remains in Washington,
engaged in the duties Of his office, and has no in
tentiOn whatever of leaving the city on any bust
His opinion is that the District Attorney of New
York has entire charge of the matter, and there is
nothing whatever pertaining to it which can require
his attention either personally or otherwise.
Secretary McCullOch, in response to a telegram
this morning from the District Attorney inquirng
whether the latter should appear, replied "lt
seems to me that under the law OF 1889 you should
appear" ,,,,
uty Marshal, who has warrants, has beeninstructed
by Solicitor Buckley to make no more arrests at
present.
1t is understood that the response of Secretary
McCulloch to the District Attorney at New York
takes the matter OF the prosecution out Of the
hands Of Buckley
The Bureau of Statistics.
In accordance with the law of July 28, 1866, the
Director OF the Bureau of Statistics has awarded
numbers to % 1856 vessels belonging to the mer-
chant marine Of the United States and to all of
these vessels which are sea-gomg he has awarded
signal letters to enable them TO communicate their
numbers to each other when passing at sea. The
number Of sailing vessels is 15O42 of steam vessels
2142; total tonnage of both classes combined,
31O9,267 and the number of unrigged vessels 415l,
with tonnage of 443 56, so that the grand total of
States, if no account be taken of the vessels lost
during the past fiscal year, amount to 3,563,02S.
Presidential Appointments.
The President to-day appointed Rene j. FOuge-
ray Assessor Of the Fourth district Of PennsylYa-
mia, vice Thomas Forsyth
The Navy Department.
Commander BIcCun is ordered by the Navy De-
partmcnt 20 the Philadelphia NaYy-yard, and Lieu
tenant Commander Fitch, from command of the
Marblehead, and Commander Adams, Jr., from the
Philadelphia Navy-yard, are both placed on wait
The Navy Department has. in accordance with
the reduced amount of appropriations, and the will
OF Congress, reduced the peIsoncl OF the navy to
what it was before the war, namely $500 men. The
Secretary has dispensed with the services of almost
all the masters at each Of the navyyards, only two
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