must be entered for exportation in conformity with law at the port where the same is withdrawn from warehouse, and be transported by water to the port of Lavaca, in the collection district of Saluria, Texas, and to be transhipped inland thence to San Antonio; and from the latter place to the before mentioned destinations in Mexico, either by way of Eagle Pass, the Presidio del Norte, and San Elizario, all on the Rio Grande River. On the arrival of any such goods at the port of Lavaca, they will not be required to be rewarehoused, but, after proper examination and inspection by the officer of the customs at said port, will be allowed to proceed without delay to San Antonio, and thence, by the routes indicated, to their destinations in Mexico. At the port where exportation entry is made, bond will be taken in double the amount of the duties, for safe transportation of the goods through the United States, and their landing in Mexico; said bond to correspond with form E respecting exportations to Canada, attached to warehousing circular, No. 34, dated 17th February, 1849, with a change in the condition of the instrument to conform to the facts. The packages, boxes, cases, &c., coutaining the goods, must be secured and sealed in the mode prescribed in the 21st section of the before mentioned circular instructions. On the arrival of the goods at Lavaca, they must be landed under the permission and inspection of the Surveyor of the Customs at said port, who will duly examine the same, to see that the cords and seals are perfect; and if found correct, will give a permit in writing for the transportation of the goods to San Antonio, and thence by the prescribed route, to their destination in Mexico. The surveyor will be required to keep a proper record in his office, describing the goods, by whom owned, the name of the vessel, with date of arrival. Further inspection of the goods will be made by the Inspector of the customs at San Antonio, and likewise by the inspectors stationed on the route by which the goods may be conveyed to Mexico. These officers will, as required by the act, respectively make "report semi-annually to the Secretary of the Treasury of all the trade that passes under inspection, stating the number of packages, description of goods, their value, and the names of the exporters." Upon production of due proof of landing of the goods in Mexico, as required by law, the exportation bonds may be canceled. W. L. HODGE, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. THE POSTAGE LAW OF 1852, AND POSTAL REGULATIONS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REDUCE AND MODIFY THE RATES OF POST AGE IN THE UNITED States, and for other purpOSES," PASSED MARCH THIRD, EIGHTEENHUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, the postage upon all printed matter passing through the mail of the United States, instead of the rates now charged, shall be as follows, to wit: Each newspaper, periodical, unsealed circular, or other article of printed matter, not exceeding three ounces in weight, shall be sent to any part of the United States for one cent; and for every additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce, one cent additional shall be charged; and when the postage upon any newspaper or periodical is paid yearly or quarterly in advance, at the office where the said periodical or newspaper is delivered, or is paid yearly or quarterly in advance at the office where the same is mailed, and evidence of such payment is furnished to the office of delivery in such manner as the Post-office department shall by general regulations prescribe, one half of said rate only shall be charged. Newspapers and periodicals not weighing over one ounce-and-a-half, when circulated in the State where published, shall be charged one-half of the rates before mentioned: Provided, that small newspapers and periodicals, published monthly or oftener, and pamphlets not containing more than sixteen octavo pages each, when sent in single packages weighing at least eight ounces, to one address, and prepaid by affixing postage stamps thereto, shall be charged one half of a cent for each ounce, or fraction of an ounce, notwithstanding the postage calculated on each separate article of such package would exceed that amount. The postage on all transient matter shall be prepaid by stamps or otherwise, or shall be charged double the rates first above mentioned. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That books bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be chargeable with postage at one cent an ounce for all distances under three thousand miles, and two cents for all distances over three thousand miles, to which 50 per cent shall be added in all cases where the same may be sent without being prepaid, and all printed matter chargeable by weight shall be weighed when dry. The publishers of newspapers and periodicals may send to each other from their respective offices of publication, free of postage, one copy of each publication; and may also send to each actual subscriber, inclosed in their publications, bills and receipts for the same, free of postage. The publishers of weekly newspapers may send to each actual subscriber within the county where their papers are printed and published, one copy thereof free of postage. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no newspaper, periodical, magazine, or other printed paper or matter, shall be entitled to be sent at the rates of postage in this act specified, unless the following conditions be observed: First. It shall be sent without cover or wrapper; or in a cover or wrapper open at the ends or sides, so that the character of the matter contained therein may be determined without removing such wrapper. Second. There shall be no word or communication printed upon the same after its publication, or upon the cover or wrapper thereof, except the name and address of the person to whom it is to be sent. Third. There shall be no paper or other thing inclosed in or with such printed paper; and if these conditions are not complied with, such printed matter shall be subject to letter postage; and all matters sent by mail from one part of the United States to another, the postage of which is not fixed by the provisions of this act, shall, unless the same be entitled to be sent free of postage, be charged with letter postage. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the publisher of any periodical, after being three months previously notified that his publication is not taken out of the office to which it is sent for delirery, continue to forward such publication in the mail, the postmaster to whose office such publication is sent may dispose of the same for the postage, unless the publisher shall pay it; and whenever any printed matter of any description, received during one quarter of the fiscal year, shall have remained in the office without being called for during the whole of any succeeding quarter, the postmaster at such office shall sell the same, and credit the proceeds of such sale in his quarterly accounts, under such regulations and after such notice as the Post-office Department shall prescribe. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the second section of the act entitled, "An act to modify and reduce the rates of postage in the United States, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as relates to the postage or free circulation or transmission of newspapers, periodicals and other printed matter, and all other provisions of law inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That when a list of uncalled-for letters shall be published in any newspaper printed in any foreign language, said list shall be published in such newspaper having the largest circulation within the range of delivery of said office. Approved August 30th, 1852. The subjoined postage tables have been prepared at the Post-office Department, and are believed to be correct. POSTAL REGULATIONS. QUARTERLY RATES OF POSTAGE WHEN PAID IN ADVANCE, ON NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS SENT FROM the office of PUBLICATION TO ACTUAL SUBSCRIBERS, FROM AND AFTER THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1852. f weekly. Semi sweekly. Cts. Cts. Cts. Cts. 224 191 Newspapers and periodicals of the weight of 3 oz. and under, sent to any part of Over 3 and not over 4 ounces. 63 61 Over 4 and not over 5 ounces.. Over 5 and not over 6 ounces..... Over 7 and not over 8 ounces. DIRECTIONS. 1st. When the weight of any publication exceeds eight ounces, the same progressive rate of postage laid down in the above table, must be charged. 2d. Publishers of newspapers aud periodicals may send to each other from their respective offices of publication, free of postage, one copy of each publication; and may also send to each actual subscriber, inclosed in their publications, bills and receipts for the same, free of postage. 3d. Postmasters are not entitled to receive newspapers free of postage, under their franking privilege. 4th. If the publisher of any newspaper or periodical, after being three months previously notified that his publication is not taken out of the office to which it is sent for delivery, continues to forward such publication in the mail, the postmaster to whose office such publication is sent will dispose of the same for the postage, unless the publisher shall pay it; and whenever any printed matter of any description, received during one quarter of the fiscal year, shall have remained in the office without being called for during the whole of any succeeding quarter, the postmaster of such office will sell the same and credit the proceeds of such sale in his quarterly accounts in the usual manner. 5th. Quarterly payments in advance may be made either at the mailing office or the office of delivery. When made at the mailing office, satisfactory evidence of such payment must be exhibited to the postmaster at the office of delivery. THE ANCHORAGE DUES OF BRAZIL REDUCED. We are indebted to R. S. CHEW, Esq., of the Consular Bureau, at Washington, for the subjoined decree of the Brazilian Government, reducing the anchorage dues of vessels at the ports of that Empire: CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES, RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7, 1852. SIR-I have the honor to inclose herewith a printed copy of a decree of His Majesty, the Emperor, reducing the anchorage dues on vessels from foreign ports, and also a translation of the same. The reduction is very large, the rate now fixed being onethird of the sum heretofore exacted. The former sum, 900 reis per ton, is about 48 cents of American money, and the 300 reis about 16 cents, at the present rate of exchange. I have examined the other decrees referred to in article 2d, and find that the first refers to deductions upon vessels which bring colonists. The 2d and 3d have particular reference to vessels arriving and departing in ballast, and such as enter in "franquia," and to those which merely touch without doing business here, and to those which, making three voyages to the port in one year, have been exempted from any anchorage dues on the third voyage, and to those putting in in distress. The former regulations, as I understand, in reference to all such vessels, remain unaltered. With great respect, your obedient servant, (Signed) HON. DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of State of the United States. [TRANSLATION.] EDWARD KENT. DECREE NO. 928, OF MARCH 5, 1852.-REDUCES THE ANCHORAGE DUES. In view of the regulation of article 28th, of the law No. 369, of the 18th of September, 1845, I deem it expedient to decree: ART. 1. From the 1st July, 1852, forward, the anchorage dues on vessels which may navigate between foreign ports and those of the Empire, shall be reduced to three hundred reis per ton; and the impost of the same denomination, which is now paid by coasting vessels, abolished. ART. 2. The regulations of the 26th April, 20th July, and 15th November, 1844, are to be continued in force in the part not altered by this decree. Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres, of my Council, Senator of the Empire, Minister and Secretary of State of the Financial Department, President of the Tribunal of the National Treasury, so understanding it, will order its execution. Palace of Rio de Janeiro, on the 5th of March, 1852, thirty-first of the independence and of the Empire. With the signature of His Majesty, the Emperor. (Signed) JOAQUIM JOSE RODRIGUES TORRES. NEW COMMERCIAL LAW OF THE EMPEROR OF HAYTI. The following is a translation of a new commercial law, approved by the Senate June 29, 1852, published at Port au Prince, July 2, 1852, and promulgated by the Emperor :- ADDITIONAL LAWS TO THE LAWs of 23d July, 1838, AND 24TH DECEMBER, 1850, ON THE CUSTOMS. Faustin L, by the grace of God and the constitutional law of the State, Emperor of Hayti, to all present and to come, greeting By and with the advice of the Council of Ministers and the Legislative Body. Considering that the law of the 24th December, 1850, voted with the view of protecting the fiscal revenues of the custom-houses, has not entirely attained the objects proposed, and that it becomes necessary to insure by new dispositions the exact collection of the revenues, by protecting them against all attempts at fraud: Have proposed the following law:- ART. 1. On the entry at the custom-house of a vessel coming from foreign ports, the consignee will present to the director, in addition to the manifest, the original invoice or invoices of all the merchandise forming the cargo of the said vessel, which shall, like the manifest of the said cargo, be allotted with the certificate of the commercial agent of the empire, should there be one at the port of clearance of the vessel. ART. 2. The invoice should show the marks, number, and description of the packages; as regards dry goods, the number of pieces or cuts, their measure and dimensions; for such goods as are bought by weight, the gross and net weight; and for all other goods, the precise designation of the quality and number of the articles contained in the packages, the actual price of which should be noted, and the certificate should make mention of the shipper's declaration, before the commercial agent, of the truth of the invoice. ART. 3. A copy of the invoice shall at the same time be furnished to the agent; this copy need not contain the prices of each separate article, but only the total amount of the original invoice, and it should agree with it in every particular as regards the description of the marks, number of the packages, their contents, measure, width, quantity, weight, and precise designation of the goods. ART. 4. All goods coming from a foreign port, where the government maintains an agent, which shall not be accompanied by an invoice, certified by the said agent, which shall not be admitted to verification at the custom-house, at least until a demand shall have been made to the Minister of Commerce by the consignee of the vessel, or by the claimant of the goods. According to the instructions given by the Minister of Commerce, the Intendant of Finances shall order the verification, which shall take place in the presence of a commission, which shall be named for the purpose. ART. 5. The non-production of the certificate of the commercial agent at the port of clearance shall carry with it a fine of five times the amount of the invoice not accompanied by the said certificate; and this fine shall be paid into the public treasury at the same time with the duties chargeable on the cargo. ART. 6. All declarations recognized as false in consequence of non-conformity between the invoice, duly certified, and the contents of the packages, shall carry with it the confiscation of the goods, and a penalty equal to double the amount of the duties. ART. 7. All goods found over and above the quantities charged in the invoice, duly certified, and not exceeding 2 per cent on the amount of the said invoice, shall be subjected to double duties as regards the excess only. ART. 8. All goods found less in quantities than what is actually charged in the duly certified invoice shall be subjected to double duties. ART. 9. Shall be seized and sold for the benefit of the State, whether charged or not on the bills of lading, all goods without invoice and not declared on the manifest, which shall be found on the vessel either at the moment of landing, or in being landed out of custom-house hours. Besides the seizure, the proprietors of the goods and the delinquents shall each be subjected to a fine equal to double the duties. The vessel on board of which the goods shall have been found, or the crime committed, shall pay a fine of one thousand dollars, if the value of the duties on the seized goods does not exceed 50 Spanish dollars; and if the value of these duties exceeds 50 Spanish dollars, the vessel shall be confiscated and sold for the benefit of the State. ART. 10. All contraventions to the dispositions of the laws on the customs, which might carry with them the confiscation of vessels or goods, and condemnation to fines and all other penalties, shall be made known by the Intendant of Finances, or denounced by any other person, to the Imperial Procureur, and shall be judged immediately by the tribunals of peace, or Imperial Courts competent to take cognizance of them. The sale of articles seized shall take place by public cries, at the bar of the tribunal which shall have had charge of the case, and in the presence of the Imperial Procureur, or his substitute. ART. 11. Whosoever shall give notice of the fraud, or shall facilitate the seizure of goods in contraband, shall be entitled to one-half of the net proceeds of the articles seized. ART. 12. All custom-house regulations relating to masters of vessels coming from foreign parts, shall be copied out into small books in different languages, and one of these books shall, on the arrival of the pilot on board of each vessel, be handed by him to the captain, who shall be required, on presenting himself at the Bureau of the Port, to sign an acknowledgment of the receipt of the said book. ART. 13. Every consul or commercial agent of the empire, established in a foreign port, shall receive the following charges for certifying invoices and manifests, viz.:— For every invoice from 1 to 100 Spanish dollars.... $0.50 1.00 1250 2.00 4.00 6900 10 00 2.00 ART. 14. The present law shall be put into execution as follows:-In three months for vessels coming from ports on the American continent and the Islands of the Archipelago, and in four months for vessels coming from ports in Europe, both to start from the day of its promulgation. ART. 15. The present law abrogates all dispositions contrary to it. It shall be printed and published, and the Ministers are charged each in that which concerns him with its execution. Done at the Chamber of Representatives, at Port au Prince, June 21, 1852, in the forty-ninth year of the independence, and third of the reign of his Imperial Majesty. CONCERNING THE STOWAGE OF MIXED CARGOES. The subjoined instructions to commanders and mates for the stowage of mixed cargoes, were prepared by Henry Chapman & Co., agents for Lloyd's, Liverpool, and approved and recommended by the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's :— 1. Owners, commanders, and mates of ships are considered in law in the same situation as common carriers: it is, therefore, necessary that all due precaution be taken to receive and stow cargoes in good order, and deliver the same in like good order. The law holds the ship owner liable for the safe custody of the goods when properly and legally received on board in good order, and for the "delivery to parties producing the bill of lading. The captain's blank bill of lading should be receipted by the warehouse keeper or person authorized to receive the contents. Goods are not unfrequently sent alongside in a damaged state, and letters of indemnity given to the captain by the shippers for signing in good order and condition; this is nothing more nor less than conniving at fraud; fine goods are often damaged in the ship's hold, by lumpers, if permitted to use cotton hooks in handling bales. All goods must be received on board according to the custom of the port where the cargo is to be taken in, and the same custom will regulate the commencement of the responsibility of the masters and owners. 2. Hemp, flax, wool, and cotton should be dunnaged nine inches on the floors, and to the upper part of the bilge, the wing bales of the second tier kept six inches off the side at the lower corner, and two-and-a-half inches at the sides. Sand or damp gravel ballast to be covered with boards. Pumps to be frequently sounded and attended to. Sharp bottomed ships one-third less dunnage in floor and bilges. Avoid horn shavings as dunnage from Calcutta. 3. All corn, wheat, rice, peas, beans, &c., when in bulk, to be stowed on a good high |