Red River. To points not above Alexandria... above Alexandria, and not above Nachitoches and Grand Ecore.. 66 above Nachitoches and Grand Ecore, and not above Shreveport..... 1 above Shreveport, and not above the foot of the Raft.. 1 "the foot of Raft, and below White Oak Shoals.. White Oak Shoals... " 3 4 1 " Camden, and not above Arkadelphia. Bayou Bartholomew.-To points not above Point Pleasant.. above Point Pleasant, and not above Moor's above Moor's Landing. Arkansas River.—To points not above Post of Arkansas.. 122 21 above Beardstown, and not above mouth of Fox River. 14 Ohio River. To points not above Louisville.... 66 66 above Louisville, and not above Portsmouth. Portsmouth..... Cumberland River.-To points not above Nashville. above Nashville, and not above Gainesboro. Tennessee River-To points not above Eastport.. above Eastport, and not above Tuscumbia. Tallahatchie River. To points not obove the mouth of Cold Water. 1 11 Hatchee River. To points not above Bolivar. Forked Deer River. To points not above Jackson. Obion River.-To all points.. White River.-To all points below the junction of White and Black Rivers... above the junction of White and Black Rivers, and 24 above Selma, not above Montgomery and Wetumpka. 1 Tombigbee River.-To points not above Demopolis.. above Demopolis, and not above Columbus.. 11 Sabine, Neches, and Angelina Rivers.-To all places.. RIVER RISKS BY GOOD STEAMBOATS-DOWNWARDS. Ohio River. From points not above Cincinnati-on pork in bbls., lard and whiskey. on other cargo, exc'pt gr'n & hemp. From points above Cincinnatti, and not above Portsmouth on pork in bbls., lard whiskey... From points above Portsmouth-on pork in bbls., lard and whiskey. Cumberland River. From points not above Nashville 4 on cargo, except grain and hemp. From points above Nashville, and not above Gainesboro— on cargo, except grain and hemp. 1 on grain and hemp. From all other places.-The same rate as on merchandise up stream, grain and hemp being in all cases charged of 1 per cent additional. On cargo shipped from the Ohio River and tributaries, on and after the 1st of July, and before the 1st of November; and from the Mississippi River and tributaries above the mouth of the Ohio, on and after the 15th of August, and before the 1st of January, of 1 per cent additional premium to be charged. No insurance shall attach on property shipped, upward or downward, after the 1st of October, 1849, on board of any steamboat on any of the tributaries of the Mississippi River south of the Ohio River, or tributaries of such tributaries, or bayous connected therewith, which boat shall not hold the certificate of the New Orleans Inspectors of Hulls, dated within the twelve months next preceding the shipment, of her fitness to carry cargo in the trade in which she is engaged. Specie, by steamboats, one-half the cargo rates. RIVER RISKS ON COTTON AND TOBACCO-COTTON BY FLATBOATS AND KEELS. 1. From places on Tennessee River and tributaries to New Orleans....per cent. above Florence to Eastport. not above Florence to Eastport.. on the Obion, Forked Deer and Hatchee Rivers, to New Orleans. 3 as above, to points on the Mississippi River not below Memphis. 11 3 2. 3. on the Tallahatchie River to William's Landing. on the tributaries of the Tallahatchie River to New Orleans.. on the tributaries of the Tallahatchie River to William's Landing. 2 on the Yalobusha River, not above Grenada, to New Orleans.. on the Yalobusha River, above Grenada, and from tributaries of the Yalobusha to New Orleans..... on the Yalobusha River, not above Grenada, to Williams' Landing. 1 on the Yalobusha River, above Grenada, and from tributaries of the Yalobusha, to Williams' Landing. on Big Black River to New Orleans.... on Big Black River to Grand Gulf.. on the Little Missouri River to New Orleans. TOBACCO BY FLATBOATS TO NEW ORLEANS. From places on Forked Deer and Obion Rivers.. From places on Green River, not above mouth of Barren, and from Barren River not above Bowling Green.. Barren River, above Bowling Green, and from Green River above mouth of Barren..... It is understood that no risk is binding on cotton by flat or keel boats, from any places except on the Tennessee River and tributaries, until endorsed on the policy, or otherwise assented to in writing by the insurers; and cotton by flat and keel boats from any points, except the Tennessee River and tributaries, shall be insured for only threefourths of its value, the assured being his own underwriter for one-fourth. Cotton from the Tennessee River and tributaries, by flat and keel boats, may be insured under open policies, and for its full value; and should only three-fourths of its value be insured, the assured being his own underwriter for one-fourth, the risk may be taken at 2 per cent. OF THE ASSESSMENT OF DUTIES ON MERCHANDISE. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Nov. 17th, 1849. SIR-Your letter of the 14th instant has been received, and in reply to your inquiry, I have to state, that in all cases of importation, duties must be assessed on the entire quantity imported. Whenever the quantity imported is ascertained to exceed that specified in the invoice, and no intention to defraud the United States appears, the merchandise will be admitted to entry, and the proper duties assessed on the whole importation. Whenever the appraisers find the value of the whole importation (including the quantity stated in the invoice, and that in excess) to exceed by more than 10 per cent the value declared on the entry, the proper penal or additional duty must be exacted. It is obvious that this penal duty will sometimes be occasioned by the excess, as, for instance, where the importation declares in the entry the value of the importation, according to the quantity specified in the invoice, and there proves to be a large excess, in fact beyond that quantity, the appraised value of the whole importation may not unfrequently prove to be more than 10 per cent over the value so declared in the entry, and the additional or penal duty would attach. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. M. MEREDITH, Secretary of the Treasury. COMMERCIAL PRIVILEGES OF CARDENAS, CUBA. We are indebted to the United States Consul at Havana, for a translation of the subjoined copy of an order of the Superintendent of the Finances of the Island of Cuba :-By Royal order, under date of October 2d, Her Majesty has been pleased to grant to the port of Cardenas the privileges of general commerce enjoyed by the other ports of entry of the island; and as that order of the sovereign will commence to rule on the 1st day of January next, it is made public by order of His Excellency, the Superintendent General of the Royal Treasury, for general information. Havana, November 29th, 1849. JOAQUIN CAMPUZANO, NEW ORLEANS LEVEE AND WHARFAGE DUES. The levee dues and wharfage at New Orleans are so amended as to require all vessels arriving from sea, whose registered tonnage shall be 75 tons or over, to pay the following rates of wharfage to the municipality in which they are moored : NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. LAUREL SHOAL. M. F. Maury, Lieut. United States Navy, at the head of the National Observatory, Washington, under date of January 7th, 1850, reports to the Secretary of the Navy, 'for the benefit of navigation, the accompanying valuable piece of information taken from the abstract log of the bark 'Ocean Bird,' bound from New York to California, 1849." Captain Hall, the commander of the "Ocean Bird," is regarded by Lieut. Maury as "one of the most powerful navigators, who, with so much public spirit, and such commendable zeal, are now engaged in all parts of the ocean in collecting data for the improvement and perfection of the wind and current charts,” for which we may add, the public are largely indebted to the accomplished Lieut. Maury :— 66 March 10, 1849. "Having noticed in the Coast Pilot, thirteenth edition, note, page 576, a shoal reported by the Laurel,' Capt. McDonald, in lat. S. 36° 28', lon. W. 51° 30', the water much discolored, a sharp look-out was kept for it. At 11 h. 30., A. M., being in lat. 36° 40′ S., lon. 51° 40' by account, (having no observations,) saw what at first we supposed to be a shift of wind to the westward, about two miles distant, S. W., but immediately discovered the sea breaking very high from N. to S. three-quarters of a mile; the breakers frequently broke as high as thirty feet, the appearance indicating a shoal extending north and south about two miles. Hauled the ship close on the wind, and sounded fifty fathom line--no bottom. After running ten miles S. S. W. water changed to the common color of ocean blue. About four miles S. E. from the shoal the water was alarmingly white, but soon changed as above mentioned. Therefore, from all appearances seen by us, and being before reported as a shoal existings thereabouts, we do not hesitate to affirm that a shoal called the Laurel Shoal' does exist near the position marked by the 'Coast Pilot.' TOBIAS A. HALL, Master. LIGHT-HOUSE ON CAPE SIERRA LEONE. Bearings of a light-house recently erected on Cape Sierra Leone, made respectfully by the Master of Her Majesty's ship "Sealark," under the command of Capt. Monypenny, and of the Master of Her Majesty's ship "Waterwitch," under the command of Capt. Quin. Arrangements have been made for lighting the lamps on the evening of February 1, 1850. The light-house stands on the extremity of the cape, is 69 feet from the base to the top of the lanthorn. It bears from the Carpenter Rock E. S. by compass, and from the west edge of the Middle Ground S. W. S., therefore, vessels coming from the westward should be careful not to bring the light to bear more to the eastward than E. by S. S., and coming from the southward not to alter course until the light is on that bearing, and coming from the northward should not bring the light more to the westward than S. S. W. W., until King Tom's Point comes on with the center barrack, by S. S. E. E. to avoid the Middle Ground. Latitude of Cape Sierra Leone Lighthouse, 8° 30′ N. Longitude of Cape Sierra Leone Light-house, 13° 17′ 45′′ W. Bearing of the Carpenter Rock, W. 13° 7′ S. VESSELS PASSING TUCKERNUCK SHOAL IN 1849. CHARLES H. COLMAN, master of the light-boat stationed on Tuckernuck shoal, furnishes the following list of vessels that have been seen to pass the floating lights stationed at Cross Rip, Tuckernuck Shoal, from December 20th, 1848, to December 20th, 1849: DISCOVERY OF A NEW SHOAL OR LEDGE OF ROCKS. The accompanying extract of a letter from Capt. Cocke, commanding United States ship "St. Louis," addressed to Lieut. M. F. Maury, is published for the information of navigators : "UNITED STATES SHIP 'ST. LOUIS,' PERNAMBUCCO, November 2, 1849. "DEAR SIR:-On my recent run to this place I got soundings on a shoal or ledge of rocks not put down on any chart in my possession. There is no danger, however, in passing over it, as the least water obtained by me was thirty-five fathoms. "It is situated in lat. 20° 38′ south, lon. 37° 28' west, and runs about N. E. and S. W, with an average width, probably, of ten miles, the water deepening gradually, from the center toward the eastern and western extremities, of sixty-five fathoms, when suddenly it falls off to no bottom, with one hundred fathoms of line. "As to its length, I could form but slight conjecture, not having time to examine it, though judge it to be twenty miles or more, from the circumstance of Capt. Powell, on his route to Rio, getting soundings about that distance to the northward of where I first obtained it. The latitude and longitude given are supposed to be about the center of the shoal, as nearly as could be ascertained by cross-soundings. Yours, with esteem, “Lieut. M. F. MAURY, Superintendent Observatory, Washington.” LIGHT-HOUSE AT THE FOZ OF THE DOURO. H. H. COCKE. OPORTO, Novembər 28, 1849. The directors of the Commercial Telegraph, established in this city, have directed the following signals to be made from the light-house established at the Foz of the Douro, for the information of ships off and bound to this port, to commence on 1st of December next : Two balls at masthead-keep to N. of bar. Three balls at masthead-keep to S. of bar. Three balls on yardarm-12 feet water on bar. Two balls on yardarm-11 feet water on bar. Two balls at masthead, and one on yardarm-10 feet water on bar. The following signals also continue in use:-One black ball at masthead-the coast is dangerous, put out to sea. One black ball at mast head, and one at extremity of yardarm-vessels in sight cannot be piloted. A black ball at each end of yardarmby coming near you may be piloted. A black ball at masthead, and one at each end of yardarm-make for the bar. LIGHT ON MINOT'S LEDGE, OR COHASSET ROCKS. CUSTOM-HOUSE, Boston, Nov. 15, 1849. The light-house recently erected on Minot's Ledge, is now so far completed that it has been determined to exhibit a fixed light thereon, of the first order, on and after the evening of January 1, 1850. Minot's Ledge, or Cohasset Rocks, is eight miles S. E. E. from Boston Light, and consists of fifteen large rocks, out of water, and ledges all round them, extending N. and S. from 3 to four miles. The depth of water round the rocks is five and six fathoms. When this light shall be in operation, Scituate light, which is six miles to the southward of Cohasset Rocks, showing two lights, one red and the other white, will be suspended by order of the department. Masters of vessels, pilots, and other persons interested, are requested to take special notice hereof. H. GREELY, Jr., Superintendent of Lights. LIGHT-HOUSE, LAKE ERIE. WELLAND CANAL OFFICE, St. Catherines, Nov. 15, 1849. Notice is hereby given, that on and after the 9th day of November, a light will be exhibited, from sunset to sunrise, on Mohawk Island. According to Rayfield's Chart, this island bears nearly west from Point Abino; N. E. E. from Long Point; and S. E. by E. from the mouth of the Grand River, from which it is distant about three miles. The light will stand about 70 feet above the level of the lake, and will revolve equally, presenting a full and powerful light to the lake every three minutes. To vessels making for the Welland Canal, or down the lake generally, this will be found a most important light. HAMILTON H. KILLALY, Superintendent Welland Canal. |