The Pottsville Miners' Journal furnishes us with the following official summary statement of coal sent to market from the different regions in 1845, compared with 1844:— The Schuylkill region still maintains the position she has held since 1832, in furnishing more than one-half the supply of anthracite coal sent to market. Since the trade commenced, in 1820, up to the beginning of 1846, the supply from all sources amounted to 13,467,302 tons. Of this quantity, the Schuylkill region furnished......... All other regions, only......... In favor of the Schuylkill region,....................... During the last year, our county furnished......... Excess in favor of Schuylkill county,.............. 7,392,744 tons. 6,074,558 1,318,186 1,131,722 880,952 250,770 All other counties, only.......... The following is the quantity of coal transported over the different railroads in Schuylkill county, during the years 1844 and 1845: The transportation of coal on the Schuylkill Valley Railroad did not commence until the 1st of June-and there was also about five weeks' interruption to the trade on the Mill Creek Railroad. The operators engaged in this region, who send coal to market, number about 100. Of this number, 27 shipped upwards of 10,000 tons, 41 upwards of 5,000, and the balance less than 5,000. On the West Branch, there are operators...... Schuylkill Valley,......... On Mount Carbon Road,.. Mill Creek,......................... Total,............. 32 26 7 100 As the expenses of mining increase, the number of shipping operators decrease--the smaller find it their interest to sell the coal at the mouth of the mines to the larger operators. BRITISH MANUFACTURES EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. We have compiled, from British official documents, the following table of the export of the chief articles of British manufacture from the ports of London, Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, and the Clyde, to the United States, from the 1st of January to the 28th of December, 1845, compared with the same periods of 1844. The third and fourth columns give the total quantity or value* exported to the various markets of the world, embracing fifty-four countries or ports. The first and second columns exhibit the exports to the United States, thus showing the proportion of British manufactures exported to this country. Linens, British and Irish,..........yards 21,711,973 22,255,129 Woollen and worsted yarns,................. .lbs. Woollens and cottons, mixed,. £ Kerseymeres,..... KEY WEST, AND WRECKING FOR SALVAGE. Key West, the capital of Monroe County, Florida, is situated on the northwest end of "Thompson's Island, and is four miles long and one wide. It is one of the Florida keys, has a fine harbor, admitting vessels requiring 27 feet of water, and capable of being well fortified. The passage here is safer, and is 90 miles nearer the Gulf of Mexico, than round the Tortugas. The town of Key West contains a population of about 1400 souls, who derive their livelihood mainly from the profits of wrecking, fishing, and the manufac ture of salt, (about 25,000 bushels of which are manufactured annually, by solar evaporation,) general trade, commerce, and other employments growing out of these. Three hundred and forty-nine vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 25,970, and 2,100 men, entered and cleared at Key West during 1845. It possesses one Episcopalian, and one Methodist church, with Sunday-schools, all of which are well attended. It has sev eral day-schools and boarding-houses. We learn from the special agent of the New York and New Orleans underwriters at Key West, that the whole amount of the value of vessels and cargo, wrecked and in distress on the Florida Reef, during the year ending the 31st December, 1845, was $737,000; the whole amount of salvage awarded was $69,592; and the whole amount of salvages, When the value is given, it is denoted by the British sterling £ mark. wharfages, storages, repairs, labor-fees of officers of the court, and all other expenses, was $105,706. During the year previous to the last, the whole amount of property wrecked and in distress, was $725,000, the salvage was $92,712, and the salvage and all other expenses and charges were $169,064, including about $6,000 for duties. During the year 1845, a larger amount of property was saved than during the year previous, although the sum paid for saving is $23,120 less. There are employed in cruising and saving this property, about fifteen regular licensed vessels, with crews averaging about ten men each, besides several fishing-smacks and small boats occasionally employed. The salvages are decided by the court established at Key West for that purpose, and each vessel engaged in the business of wrecking is licensed by the judge. The utmost good faith and good conduct on the part of the wreckers is required of them by the court; and embezzlement of cargo, or other misconduct, being always followed by a forfeiture of salvage, has lately been of rare occurrence. SALVAGES DECREED AND AWARDED SINCE 1831. GOODS IMPORTED IN LARGE BALES, AND ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION. R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury, under date Washington, February 25, 1846, has addressed the following circular of instructions to the collectors of the principal ports of the United States: "In consequence of representations made to the department, of the inconvenience and expense to which exporters are subjected in the transportation of certain descriptions of merchandise, under the provisions of the drawback act of the 3d of March, 1845, to Chihuahua and Santa Fe, by a strict compliance with the regulations prescribed in the instructions of the 10th of April last, requiring each package to be enclosed in a secure wooden box or covering, etc., it is deemed expedient to modify said regulations, to the extent, and in the manner following: "In lieu of requiring bulky goods imported in large bales or packages, which may be entered for exportation to the places above mentioned, to be secured in the manner hereafter prescribed, all such bales or packages of goods having the original importer's marks and numbers legibly inscribed thereon, are to be secured by a strong cord passed around the middle of the bale or package, and over each end of the same. The two ends of the cord are to be brought together and passed through a planchet or block of lead, the size of half a dollar, and of the thickness of half an inch, the block having a hole through the sides large enough to allow the ends of the cord to pass through the same. Two steel dies are to be prepared, with the name of the custom-house on the upper die, and the name of the port on the under. The block is then to be placed between the two dies, and the impression on the lead is to be made by a stroke of a hammer of sufficient force to flatten the block, so as to close the hole, and firmly secure the cord inserted therein, and at the same time leave a distinct impression of the dies on both sides of the lead. "It is to be understood that this regulation is not to apply to the light and costly goods, such as laces, crapes, silks, and other articles usually imported in small cases, boxes, or packages; all goods of this description must be secured in the manner indicated in the instructions of the 10th of April last. “In addition to the foregoing regulations, it is expedient to require each bale or package to be duly weighed, and the weight stated in the invoice required by law to accompany such goods, a form of which is given in the former instructions marked B. This precaution, it is believed, will enable the inspectors stationed at Independence, Van Buren and Fulton, by re-weighing the bales or packages, to ascertain whether the goods have been altered or changed on the route, in the event of their suspicions being excited by the appearance and condition of the packages on their arrival at said places." 'RATES OF PILOTAGE FOR THE PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. Inwards, up to 12 feet, at $3 00 per foot; above 12 feet, at $3 33. Outwards, up to Every vessel arriving from or bound to a foreign port, is required by law to receive a pilot, or to pay half pilotage in the warden's office; where the master of every such vessel is required, under a penalty of $10, to make a report within thirty-six hours after his arrival, and again before his departure, signing his name to said report in the warden's book. Every vessel of 75 tons and upwards, arriving from or bound to any port within the United States, and the masters of all such vessels, are bound as above. The pilot of every vessel is required to inform the master thereof, of his having to report at the warden's office. All vessels obliged to receive a pilot, are required to pay $10 in addition, as winter pilotage, from the 20th of November to the 10th of March, both days inclusive. Foreign vessels, i. e., Spanish, Portuguese, Neapolitan, Russian, South American, except the Columbian and Haytien, to pay $2 67, in addition to other pilotage. Every pilot detained 24 hours by any master, owner, or consignee, is entitled to $2 for every day he is so detained. Every pilot detained more than 48 hours by the ice, after he has conducted his vessel to a place of safety, is entitled to $2 per day for every day he is so detained. Every pilot compelled to perform quarantine is entitled to $2 per day for every day he is so detained, and cannot be discharged in less than six days without his consent. Every pilot obliged by the ice or stress of weather to proceed to another port, is, when there, entitled to his pilotage; and, if there discharged, to eight cents a mile for every mile he has to travel home. Every pilot is required, under penalty of $12, to make a report, within forty-eight hours, at the warden's office, of every vessel he conducts to the city. No pilot is allowed to charge for any supernumerary inches under six. Every pilot charging more for his services than is allowed by law, shall, on due proof thereof, be deprived of his license for one year. By an act of the 9th of February, 1837, every vessel towed by a steamboat from the city of Philadelphia to the buoy of the Brown or the Breakwater, or from the buoy of the Brown or the Breakwater to the city of Philadelphia, shall pay pilotage only according to the act of the 20th of March, 1803. CUBA REGULATIONS OF TRADE AND TONNAGE. The following official notice is issued from the Department of State, at Washington, under date February 19th, 1846: "Information has been received from the United States Consul at Matanzas that, by 'certain regulations issued by the government of the island, having relation to our trade, it is provided that, on and after the 1st day of March, the manifest must contain the name of the master or supercargo, that of the vessel, her tonnage according to Spanish measurement; the name of the place whence she sailed, the number of packages, boxes, etc., composing the cargo, together with the marks and numbers thereof, and the name of the consignees.' "By a table accompanying these regulations, it is stated that 100 tons, United States measurement, is equal to 123 Spanish. "By another article, if the actual measurement here should exceed the reported 10 per cent, the expense of such measurement must be paid by the vessel." TARIFF OF CHARGES ON COTTON AT MOBILE. The proprietors of the several presses and warehouses at Mobile, have adopted the following uniform tariff of charges on cotton : Factor's storage on cotton, for the season,......... Extra ropes on compressed cotton, each,.............. Wharfage, do. .20 cents per bale. .50 66 66 64" 66 5 66 5 86 5 5 68 66 3 5 Storage on cotton going coastwise, per week,................ Arranging,...... NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. THE TRINITY CORPORATION RULES OF THE SEA, RECOMMENDED BY THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BE USED BY AMERICAN VESSELS THE rules of Trinity Corporation, as observed by masters of British ships, have been recommended by the Chamber of Commerce of this city, to be used by American vessels, when in danger of collision. The following is the substance of a report made to the Chamber of Commerce: The Committee report "that they have carefully examined, highly approve of them, and advise that they be extensively published and recommended to the observance of all navigators." The following are the established rules of the Corporation: Rule I.-That those ships having the wind fair, shall "give way" to those on a wind. Rule II. That when both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the one on the larboard tack bear up, thereby passing each other on the larboard hand. Rule III-That when both vessels have the wind free, large, or a-beam, and meet, they shall pass each other in the same way, on the larboard hand, by putting the helm to port. Steam vessels are considered in the light of sailing vessels navigating with a fair wind, and should give way to sailing vessels on a wind on either tack. Rules for steam vessels. When steamers meet on different tacks or courses, and there is danger, if their course is continued, of collision, each vessel shall put her helm to port Additional proposed rule.-A vessel coming up with another, should pass her to leeward. Published by order of the Chamber of Commerce. PROSPER M. WETMORE, Secretary. |