The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1866.

Emil: Sylvania Railroad, from this city, last year,
wax . over $15,000,000.

Le t us take a cursory glance at the source of our
/mesa it and expectant supply of oil. Venango
count, y lies along the headwaters of the Allegheny
River and its tributaries. This river, either by
main S tream or its branches, navigable to the very
wells themselves, is our chief and only direct
thorough.f..are for the oil trade. One million dollars
would complete the Allegheny Valley Railroad to
the ver y heart of the oil regions and bring us so
close to the great supply that no city in the Union
cculd et -er hope to compete with us for the trade.
But this is not done. And our enormous trade is
clogg ed when the river closes every year. But
let us.look at the wealth of the district from which
our v,realth indirectly comes. From the returns of
the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district
embracing Venango county, it appears that the
Gow.trnment received the following revenues from
crude oil for the months indicated
1865 $111,991.50
May, 1865
.June, 1865
July, 1865
August, 1865
November, 1865.

The tax on refined during the same time in that
district amounted to $700,000. The total tax on
crude and refined, for the first six months of last
year was $1,738,095. For the whole year, 1865,
it was $2,897,032.03. In 1863 the revenue derived
was $649,962.00 ; in 1864, $2,255,238.80.

MANUFACTURES.
In manufactures Pittsburgh is pre-eminently
great. The natural facilities, the capital, the
energy that cluster to this point makes us the
Birmingham of America. Our growth is un-
precedented. The total value of all the manu-
factures in Pennsylvania, in 1850, was but
$155,000,000. The value of Pittsburgh manu-
factures is now more than two-thirds that amount.
The value of iron and steel manufactures in the
United States, in 1860, was $180,140,615. The
value of our Pittsburgh iron and steel trade last
year was over $20,000,000, or one-ninth the
whole product. On this aggregate value the
direct tax actually paid Was $3,882,546. Pitts-
burgh paid $438,972. In the returns made
to the revenue officers of this city for
eighteen months, from September, 1863, to
March, 1865, we find the following statistics of
sales in the articles of iron and steel :
Axes, shovels, saws, spades, mattocks, picks $1,123,146.00
Forging, oil stills, tanks, boilers, shafting,
steamboat irons, oil tools 1,640,168.00
Bolts, nuts, spikes, rivets, nails, washers 3,318,550.00
Railroad chairs, springs, axles 1,200,000.00
Iron and steel, bar, sheet, plate, pig..., 28,843,123.00
Wrought iron gas pipe, horse shoes, edge
tools, iron ware 481,120.00
Machinery castings, domestic hardware 6,392,087.00

$42,998,203.00

The total production of steel of all kinds in the
United States, in 1865, was 18,000 tons. Pitts-
burgh alone produced 10,000 tons, and the capacity
of her steel works is 48,000 tons per annum. We
control all the iron, steel, and glass markets of the
West and South. Our factories multiply more
rapidly than our houses.
As an instance of the magnitude of the iron and
steel business to the railroads centreing here, we
may state that in the single month of July last, the
imports of iron by the Pennsylvania Railroad
amounted to 1,730 tons. The number of cars em-
ployed in transferring this product was 173, and
yet this was the dullest month the iron trade had
experienced for years, and represented only about
one-third our usual business.

Some idea of the growth of our manufactures
may be gathered from the fact that the returns of
October, 1865, showed a business of $219,691.14,
while those of October, 1864, were but $185,803.07.
The amount of steel exported by rail in the year
ending September Ist, 1864, was 11,874,202 pounds
against 7,824,873 pounds for the previous year.
About the same amounts with the same ratio of
increase are exported by river.
The cost of " running" our manufactures may be
imagined from the fact that our foundries pay out
over a million of dollars annually in wages, and
consume 50,000 tons of metal. Our Fort Pitt
Cannon Foundry paid weekly wages to workmen
averaging $5,000, during the war. Our glass fac-
tories pay $175,000 monthly in wages. Our iron
works employ over 9,000 hands, and pay annual
wages of over $3,000,000.

£lO. Should this not suit Kilsby, Barratt will give him
£l2 to row tit Manchester.

ROWING ON THE TYNE.

So far the forthcoming seasoo augurs well, not only for
the number of contests, but for the reputation of the rowers
who are at present engaged, and for others who will pro-
bably take a part as the season progresses. At present five
of the competitors who will figure in the contests take their
daily exercise on the Tyne, and the sixth will probably, in
a few days, join the group. As the time of action ap-
proaches, the friends of the men are getting more lively in
their interest. Within the last fortnight large sums of
money have been offered on Taylor v. Winship, at evens,
and in ono instance a well-known salt deputed a gentle
man and offered a premium to got a hundred on this pro-
mising sculler, but Winship's friends for the present de-
dine. Both men aro in active training. Winship is domi-
ciled at Mr. H. Clasper's, and takes his airings daily both
on land and water, and apparently is in excellent health,
and although public opinion rather favours his opponent,
Tom's friends are very sanguine as to the result. Taylor
trains from the Dun Cow, Dunston, and is all that can be
wished for. A now boat has been launched by Mr. Jewitt
purposelp for the match, and reports speaks very highly of
her proportions. Winship will row in one of Clasper's
finest specimens, consequently nothing is wanting in the
shape of craft to further their progress and bring them up
to the mrrk, providing their health keeps all right. To
judge their merits by their present rowing, both men row
uncommonly well. Winship is rather slower in stroke,
which has the effect of Taylor's appearing to go swifter
through the water, but the general opinion is if Winship
holds on to the Grindstone Quay the tussle will be severe
and long. For Boyd and Scurfield's match nothing in the
shape of betting to extent has yet been offered. Boyd is
training from his own domicile at Gateshead, and from the
excellent manner he is taking his trials he will take some
licking. Although he is the senior by a few years, his consti-
tution seems to be of an iron nature, and if it has to come
to hard work, the Gateshead hero, if stamina has any voice
in it, ought not to be the first to cry peccavi. Scurfield is
a most promising sculler, and the plucky manner in which
he has rowed both in matches and regattas proves him no
mean antagonist for any man. He is much lighter than
his opponent, and if the weather should be fine, probably
he will get quicker on his sculls and give Boyd some
trouble to keep company with him. As we have not seen
him figure in his training, we for the present refrain from
anp further remarks on his proficiency. Bright and
Tulip's match is progressing very favourably, and both
men are in close training. Bright will take up quarters at
Mr. French's, Countess of Coventry, King's Meadows, this
week. Tulip is at present staying below bridge, and re-
ports speak that he is doing good work, although Bright is
mostly fancied. —Newcastle Chronicle.

spite of failing powers, he was still sticking close
behind his antagonist. The final trial, however,
during the last hundred yards came at a time when
Mr. Garnett had a lead of at least 20 yards, and
was then going ahead at such a pace that it was evi-
dent nothing but a horse could overtake him. Still
Mr. Royds persevered, and made a most desperate
spurt at the finish. As he passed the winning-post,
behind Mr. Garnett by some 15 yards, he reeled and
fell exhausted on the grass, and after a few minutes
had to be carried to the dressing-room, where, we
are very glad to say, he soon recovered from his
exhaustion. Mr. Garnett won the race, but in the
opinion of all on the ground the endurance and
determination to win shown by his younger com-
petitor left the latter virtually the hero of the con-
test. With this last race the proceedings came to a
close. The times of all the runnings were noted,
even to tenths of seconds, by Mr. Benson's chrono-
graph.