Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-13

| A hogshead Of tobacco Is n very uncertain
lquantity--those of MARYLAND weigh from gnu
to 1000 hut m osi from Virginia are of about
400 pounds.
The following shows the destinations OF the
| chief quantities and values exported last year
To G. Is. and Ireland, h. 20, 100 81. 100 00O
| Netherlands, 2l2I8 sibslb
| Hanse Towns. o3.eiD enob7l
1 France 900 Boz sa6
| Gibraltar. 0262 90, sol
Sweden aud Norway. a.2Io 1877,
Italy and Malta, 1888 " Dos
| All else under 1000.
The grea difference in the value per hid ex.
hibtied in this statement. Is worthy of remark
The hhds. sent 10 France, had an average vsiup
OF Sl3O-,h,se 10 G,sa, Britain OF 66--ard
those 10 the Hanse Towns. &c. less than III. II
may be explained thus the iarges, hogsheads
land ofthe sironre., aud hes, Virginia tobacco
were sent 20 France, To be mixed with the
weak tobacco grown In that country. and Brit
aio received a considerable a,an,,ty Of the same
sort, Ant much of the chesper sinds for export
Io The con,ioent: while 10 tho IIanse Towns.
lAc e.cen, n few choice hogsheads, the whole
lon.n,i,y was Of our weakest iohnrcoes aud
smatesi Eopsheads: almost exclusively used
far smoking
| The whole quantity that taid duty In the Uni,
l,cd Kingdom being only IL, GA. $50 lbs was Of
far less amoun, than was received from the u,
United States but much tobacco, the growth If
ln,hs, Countries Is eon,umed Of enrs no, more
Than abou, IA 600 hhds. worth about 81 900,
loot, An allowance being made because OF the
the,,e, ,or,s .sed.
| Rnl ,ak;na The average weigh, Of the hogs
lhead. q, I ooo lbs. and S66 M tho average va,
l,e !, win eno,er ths, is GA hhds. worth 81 :.
Ion 400. furnished revenue 10 the British 20.
tvernment of Q so5 ,274i. or about twelve NIL.
it;o,s mud . hall of dollars An elegant speei-
Imen ~" free t,ado A greater sum collected
lin nearly one balfi.s wboie amount, Than WIS
collected In, the same ,ear in the United States
on ,hir,v three millions worth of British goods
received by us. even nj their custom house vnlu.
a,;on and probably worth ~ least 1O, 000, 900
-How +" unkiodn and 4" illiberal" is brother
Jonathan 10 MIR, I" John Bull ?" John take
n Yankee nroduc, worth n million and quar-.
Ter. in the sum OF twelve millions aud u half
aud Jonathan taxes British products worth 10,
900 600 in the sum Of 6 or 1000, O00--and John
| grnmbIes nj .Iouathan's want Of liberal spirit
nd bawls about his refusal 10 rsciprocaie FnEE
lTnApp How modest 10 John he adds flour
10 tobacco. lumber 20 -four, fish 10 lun Der, and
avery other article the erow,h or product Of Inc
Hunted States. cotton excepted, unless some few
raw materials OF no grea, Importance, aud en-
cludes. or taxes the whole pretty much after The
manner that he Ia xes tobacco. Modcsl--gene-
| rons Johnl
The New York Commercial Advertiser pre-
sents MS with the following paragraph as 10 III,
substance Of certain remarks In the London
Qunrteriy Repirp respecting tobacco. looking
20 the exclusion of the Amei ican from the Bril-,
ish market, If there shall be u per,inacious
adherence 10 the restrictive sysieml -
The enormous duty, levied on Tobacco &C,
eording 10 its presen; prices, he 1.-THE writer in
the Review says, amonnts 10 one Mousdnd per
cent. upon he original cost And II is by re-
doc,ion Of this duty, in favor OF their colonisis,
that the Reviewer contends, notwithstanding
the great disparity of distance, that the Amer
lean can he nndersold in the British market
| The present duty on all unmanufaciured tobac
CO is IS. sterling per h. aud o., upon the man.
nfaetured article. The reduction proposed is
2s. per III. ou all manufactured iobaGcoes, the
growth of British colonies, IN all parts Of the
globe. The great distance Of the Australian
colonies the writer regards as an advantage, IN
a national point Of yinw, as il will afford more
employment for British shipping The trade
in American tobacco, amounting 10 many
thousand tons, the writer says ~ exclusively
carried ON in American ships" power
which already appears 10 enierlain the purpose
OF dispuling with us the empire of The sea-"
Bless us - but. and IL Britain shall ex
| cludp our tobacco, which cost ,OO0, o. OF dol.
Liars. and Yields her a revenus Of 10000, 900,
what shall W. do We viii exclude Brush
threads. fnpss and bobbins, md balance The nc.
count III these three things only. And az 70 the
loss of Tonnage, because Of Britains refusal -
use our tobacco, we suppose thar II may be
compensated by an Increased import Of molss.
SEES land more,) fihe people of the little Stat.
Of Rhode lslaad. only will agree TO swecten
both sides of their bread instead OF one The
$4,000 hhds consumed in Great Britain, will
require only 0 or 10000 tons Of shipping
and, he vessels make but two voyages ,
year, employ, 'ay, thirteen ships Of 400 tons
which must materially advance our purpose
Of dispuiing the empire of,he sea."--for they
will require the services Of about 100 sea-
men The Quarterly Review, IL should be re-
collected, in Whatever concerns the United
States, never embeishes or augments any
thing, nor ever tells a lie about us We be