The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-09-25
WASHING ON.
Treasury Decision Concerning
Various Customs Duties.
CATHOLIC CLERGY IN ALASKA
Judge Underwood, of Virginia, Favoring
Woman Suffrage.
WASHINGTON, Sept. "a. 1871.

WASHINGTON, Sept. "a, 1871.
Treasury Observation-Disclosures Regarding
Coastwise Nyes,eIs-Duties ON vario"" Ma
tcriaIs.
The foowinayis an abstract OF a decision Of the
Treasury Depart went Just published for the intor-
nation OF the col 1merclal world
Vessels sailing Coastwise between New Orleans,
Key West and Batil uore, and touching at Havana.
are REQUIRED 10 navi gate under register 10 enter
by u clerk OF the Unite states Court on account vi
naes, penalties and 70. FIXTURES incurred in conse-
ton laws, should be paif 20 the Collector OF Gus
toms os the district in Which the fines were IN:
CURED. fine wiifully Incurred by the master Of
vessel cannot be remittef unless the loss falls
upon =, n M owners by the non,paymsns ON
ri the Treasury, under cert Yin restrictions. may
remit Or mitigate the ane. Tn, Department. refuses
tOdecide disputes between tWn local authorities
In regard to- their respective jul sdctions III matters
apDertaintng TO quarantine.
Japanese poPhns, MANUFACTURED OF cotton coiored
In tive thread before weaving, COZ WANING less taan
one nundred threads TO the squalNe inca, weighing
less than five ounces to the square Vard and valued
NJ less han twenty-five cents per square yard are
subject TO duty nj the rate OF tn rec and q half
cents ger sqiiare yard and ten per cent al
vslore finer or lighter grades OF IKE description
and aiming less than hundred threads TO the
square Inch. Under the provisions tf sections IL
OF the act OF March 1881 and 10 OF Il W act OF july
Ia. 1862 linen coatings, fancy linen dri Is ana Gene
see linen coatings valued az less than thirty cents
per square yard, cOiored and not brown Or beachcd
properly classleda manufactures o. fax, duti-
able at the rate OF thirJy five per al ,a0rem.
Grtta percha In smooth sheets Is slbjec 10 guy
at the rate Of forty per al vaOrem, It having
been manufactured aaR therefore not / eng III
Forfeiture does no, at,ach TO vessel 70 coupey-
ing over eight hundred dollars worth O lorclgn
GOODS on which the duties have been %, i'd from
Connecticut TO New York, and then andl lg them
without n hermit from The Collector OF Cusp
vessel was abandoned by her Owners-A nerlcan
cjtizens-in consequence OF her seizure in foreign
MORT nv a United States Consul. because 81 e waS
navigating without papers 20 show her natp Aallty
other than bill Of sale. The owners were mi lnlet
that the Treasury Department could afford " re-
dress IN the premises.
Piece goods composed wholly or max. CON Tcr
chilly known as brown linen damasks, and co wing
less than thirty cents per square yard, shdul, , bc
classified nc duty OF thirty per centum al va Ion Tn
A lay figure OF an artist which has been In use
over year Is entitled to free entry Dr eles-
siona Implement. fung cloth. the produce, Of the
country east OF the Cape or Good Hope, man "a lac
tured into bags In Great Britain, and imp o. ted
thence into this country, Is subject to dise Il olt-
mating duty OF ten per cent al valOrem.
Judge Underwood Female suffrage
Judge Underwood, United States District il idg v
for Virginia, transmitted letter In which he 'ay
he feels very confident the fourteenth and nfea nts$
amendments OF the United States constitution. TO-
gether with the Enforcement act OF May 81, Is II.
have secured the right the female citiza
OF Virginia us fully they are now exercised a, III
enjoyed bY male citizens
Religion in Alnsl1a.
Two curates furnished with the proper testl.
have been permitted by the Treasury To
take up their residence on the Islands OF St. George
and st. Paul, In Alaska-One on each island.