Linen, or linen and cotton manufactures, viz.: Cambric handkerchiefs, ... .....doz. ..doz. pairs 026 0 4 0 .every £100 value 5 .cwt. 6110 Articles, manufactures of linen, or of linen mixed with cotton or with wool, wholly or in part made up, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty ..... From and after 5th July, 1854 0 0 11 Medlars Millboards. Music and musical instruments, viz.: Musical-boxes, small, not exceeding four inches in length.. Overtures, or extra accompaniments. Piano-fortes, horizontal grand Upright or square. 2 0 0 Harmoniums or seraphines, not exceeding three stops. 0 12 0 Four stops, and not exceeding seven stops 1 4 0 Other sorts, including flutinas and common German square concertinas. Paper, viz.: Brown paper, made of old rope or cordage only, without separating or extracting the pitch or tar therefrom, and without any mixture of other materials therewith.. ....lb. 0 0 21 Printed, painted, or stained paper, or paper-hangings, or flock paper, the square yard 0 0 1 Waste paper, or paper of any other sort, not particularly enumerated or described, not otherwise charged with duty Pasteboard Pears, raw Dried.... Percussion caps .lb. 0 0 21 0 0 21 .bush. 0 0 3 0 0 .the 1,000 0 0 1 Perfumery, not otherwise enumerated, and scented or fancy soap ... ..lb. 0 0 2 .cwt. 020 .gal. 0 0 1 ........cwt. 0 5 0 ......oz. troy 1 1 0 018 Platting, or other manufactures of straw, chip, or other materials to be used in or proper for making or ornamenting hats or bonnets, not otherwise enumerated or charged with duty Cordonet, single and twist of straw or of other materials. Willow squares.. ..lb. 0 20 0 06 ..doz. 0 0 1 • Platting of chip is now free of duty. Plums, commonly called French plums and prunelles £ 8. d. .cwt. 0 15 0 0 15 0 .lb. 0 1330000oo 0 0 ..cwt. 0 41 ..lb. 0 2 2 Perfumed.... Not otherwise enumerated or described, that will serve the same purpose as starch... Prints and drawings, plain or colored, single.. Bound or sewn... Admitted under treaties of international copyright, single, bound or sewn. Quassia ..lb. 0 ..cwt. 0 1 0 .bush. 0 0 3 Quinces Rice, not rough nor in the husk Rough and in the husk... Sago.. Scale board Semolina Ships, foreign ships, to be broken up, with their tackle, apparel, and furniture, (except sales) Silk manufactures, being velvet, the produce of Europe, plain or figured: The foundation of which is wholly composed of cotton or other mate Ribbons of velvet, or silk embossed with velvet. The foundation of which is wholly composed of cotton or other mate rial than silk Manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with any other materials, the produce of Europe, called plush 3 0 0 10 0 Commonly used for making hats. Parasols and umbrellas.. 0 .each 0 Damask of silk and wool, or other materials, for furniture ....lb. 0 0 10 ...running yd. 0 0 8 80000 Pongees, in pieces, not exceeding 15 yards in length... Exceeding 15 yards, and not exceeding 21 yards in length. Exceeding 21 yards, and not exceeding 31 yards in length. Handkerchiefs, plain and figured, in pieces not exceeding 9 yards in Exceeding 9 yards, and not exceeding 18 yards in length Hard. Soft Spa ware .cubic foot 0 Spelter, or zinc, manufactures, not otherwise enumerated. 0 .piece o 2 000 3 5 6 0 0 22202 0 4 0 468 9 0 10 be exactly ascertained by Syke's hydrometer; and perfumed spirits to be used as perfumery only. Starch.... Gum of, torrified or calcined ..gal. 1 0 0 ..cwt. 0 0 41 0041 Succades, including all fruits and vegetables preserved in sugar, until 5th July, 1854, inclusive From and after 5th July, 1854 Tapioca Tin foil.. Toys, viz.: Marbles... All other toys. ...lb. 0 ..... 0 2 0 014 ...cwt. 0 0 43 Manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated Turnery, not otherwise described Varnish, containing any quantity of alcohol or spirit Vermicelli ..... Vinegar Washing balls 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 cubic foot 004 0 04 .gal. 0 12 0 ewt. 0 .gal. 0 0 8 .lb. 0 0 2 Watches, of gold, silver, or any other metal, exceeding the value of £10 Other watches, viz.: Gold open faces.. Water, Cologne water, the flask, (30 of such flasks containing not more than one gallon).. When not in flasks, (as perfumed spirits)..... 0 7 6 0 15 0 0 2 6 0 36 080 008 ..gal. 1 0 0 Woolens, articles or manufactures of wool, (not being goat's wool,) or of Articles or manufactures of wool, (not being goat's wool, or of wool mixed with cotton, wholly or in part made up, not otherwise charged with duty,). ....every £100 value 5 00 Schedule No. 5. Duties on spirits imported into Scotland and Ireland : Spirits or strong waters, for every gallon of such spirits or strong waters, The produce of any British possession in America, not being sweetened Rum, the produce of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter, not being sweetened spirits, or spirits so mixed as aforesaid, in regard to which the conditions of the act 4 Vic., cap. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled: Rum shrub, however sweetened, the produce of and imported from such possessions, in regard to which the conditions of the act 4 Vic., cap. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled, or the produce of and imported from any British possession in America :— If imported into Scotland.. 66 Ireland ..gal. 0 5 0 038 Gutta percha, manufactures of, not moulded, such as bands, sheets, soles, tubing. Articles moulded.. ..cwt. Lucifers, of wood, in boxes containing not more than 100 matches, 050 0 0 2 the gross of boxes 0 0 .square yd. 0 Paper, gilt, stained, colored, embossed, and all fancy kinds, not being paper-hangings Salacine 44000366 ...lb. 0 0 21 .oz. 0 80000 ..lb. 0 .gal. 0 .cwt. 0 6 free. 01 0 OF THE APPRAISEMENT OF IMPORTED MERCHANDISE. We have received from the Treasury Department the following instructions to Collectors and other officers of the Customs in the United States, under the act of 3d of March, 1851, regulating the appraisement of imported merchandise, which we publish for the benefit of importing merchants and others : TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 20, 1853. Your special attention is called to the following instructions in relation to the appraisement of merchandise, under the act of 3d March, 1851, additional to, or in modification of the circular instructions from this Department, dated 27th March, 1351. The invoice cost of foreign merchandise, supported by the oath required by law, will be held and taken as the importer's declaration of value at the port and time of shipment, and conclusive against the importer; unless, before entering the same, the said importer, his consignee, or agent, where the merchandise has been actually purchased, shall declare in writing, under oath, on the invoice, a decline in value between the time of such purchase and the date of shipment, and the amount thereof; in which case such declared value shall be conclusive against the importer: but in either case the appraisers will determine and fix such additional value as the law and the facts may warrant. JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury. REDUCTION OF DUTIES BY THE GERMAN ZOLL-VEREIN. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, July 23, 1853, Information has been received at this Department from the United States Consul at Frankfort, that a reduction in the rate of duties on certain articles imported into the States of the Zoll-Verein went into effect on the 1st instant, to wit: Tobacco leaves and stems from the present rate of 5 rix dollars to 4 rix dollars per cwt. French brandies from 16 rix dollars to 8 rix dollars per cwt. Wines in casks, 8 rix dollars to 6 rix dollars per cwt. Coffee, 6 rix dollars to 5 rix dollars per cwt. Teas, 4 rix dollars to 8 rix dollars per cwt. RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. GENERAL RAILROAD LAW OF IOWA. We give below the General Railroad Law of Iowa. The companies are organized under the Act providing for the organization of companies for pecuniary profit. The additional privileges necessary to the construction of a railroad, such as condemning lands, and crossing public highways, are provided for by another act. 1. Any number of persons may associate themselves and become incorporated for the transaction of any lawful business including the establishment of ferries, the construction of canals, railways, bridges, or other works of internal improvement; but such incorporation confers no power or privilege not possessed by natural persons except as hereinafter provided. 2. Among the powers of such body corporate, are the following:- 1st. To have perpetual succession. 2d. To sue and be sued by its corporate name. 3d. To have a common seal which it may alter at pleasure. 4th. To render the interests of the stockholders transferable. 5th. To exempt the private property of its members from liability for corporate debts except as herein otherwise declared. 6th. To make contracts, acquire and transfer property, possessing the same powers -in such respects as private individuals now enjoy. 7th. To establish by-laws, and make all rules and regulations deemed expedient for the management of their affairs, in accordance with law and not incompatible with an honest purpose. 3. Previous to commencing any business except that of their own organization they must adopt articles of incorporation, which must be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county where the principal place of business is to be, in a book kept therefor. 4. Corporations for the construction of any work of internal improvement must, in addition, also file a copy of such articles in the office of a secretary of state, and have the same recorded by him in a book kept for such purposes. Such articles of incorporation must fix the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any one time to be subject, which must in no case, except in that of the risks of insurance companies, exceed two thirds of its capital stock. 5. A notice must also be published for four weeks in succession in some newspaper as convenient as practicable to the principal place of business. 6. Such notice must contain: 1st. The name of the corporation and its principal place of transacting business. 28. The general nature of the business to be transacted. 3d The amount of capital and stock authorized, and the times and conditions on which it is to be paid in. 4th. The time of the commencement and termination of the corporation. 5th. By what officers or persons the affairs of the company are to be conducted, and the times at which they will be elected. 6th. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself. 7th. Whether private property is to be exempt from the corporate debts. 7. The corporation may cominence business as soon as the articles are filed in the office of the recorder of deeds, and their doing shall be valid if the publication in a newspaper is made and the copy filed in the office of secretary of state, when such filing is necessary, within three months from such filing in the recorder's office. 8. No change in any of the above matters shall be valid unless recorded and published as the original articles are required to be. 9. Corporations for the construction of any work of internal improvement may be formed to endure fifty years; those formed for other purposes cannot exceed twenty years in duration; but in either case they may be renewed from time to time for periods not greater respectively than was at first permissible, provided three-fourths of the votes cast at any regular election for that purpose be in favor of such renewal, |