New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-09

Correspondence OF iiic Sew n!k Tribune
LOUISVILLE. April e. l;+i.
That branch of manufacture in Which our me
chanics most excel IS, perhaps. the manufacture
OF Steamboats,. Tho improvement IN boat build.
ing in TIE West. in the past tan OF even ive years,
IS wonderful tIye years ago a passage from
New Odeans 10 tbs cay in seven days excited
general astcuishmru. and three years ago 1t WIS
thought the utm.si stretch o improvement was
obtained when the trip was made in SIX days.
but now SIX days is long passage. and there are
numerous boats that make i; in fivc and half
divs Think Of the SuitGna, Louisville built
boat, cuning from New Orleans here, $50 miles
OF contest viii, the strongest currents OF this Con
,inen,, in ivc days and FIVE hoars. inclusive of
all s;nppaccs Aad then remember that during
this trip she was pissed. under way by the
ii,xqndcr .SrpU. another L0uisy!ie-5ui't boat,
in the ST Louis trade. with ease II IS the lGst
beast Of oar mechanics that they turn out the
fastest and best boats in the unon. The en-
cines built here have long been celebrated for
their strength durability and safety; and 1t Is
now generally considered COED economy to PR"
cure a Louisville engine, wen i the hull IS buslt
elsewhere The EmjaSSGd0r, another OF ourr. er
palaccs. procured her engine here, although the
huIl WAS built ri Cincinnati. noticed Yesicr-
day at one of our boat. wards, the iifs; schooner
ever built here. She IS quite sca-blro IN ar
pcarancc. and is intended loT sale at Ncw-Orlcans.
The builder IS quite s.ag'Hnc that THIS building
ol small sen vessels will become G;miC an impof
tant item in oar manufactures Certain IT IS That
wc have here the most durable timber III the
West. at low prices. and as skiItol mechanics, at
as low wages, as can he found any where
\ ycrv important item in ;ha trade Of our
place is Tobacco, whcl, voG ere aware is, ike
patriotism, Kentucky s;apic. There are about
Ga0D0 hopslcads Of Tobacco raised in the State,
of the aqpregaic yalac Of about : ,SO0 200. q!
this about 10000 hngShcads are shipped from
1hjs place. oi which : 1000 arc sold here aud the
residue rcsriprei wi.hnu opening. or that sold
here A large portion is . stcnmcd' for the English
markets. a part is manufactured here, part
purchased by manufacturers from the interior oi
Ono. Pcnusyivani% and New. y ork, and the resi-
due is purchased by buyers. for Europe, OF whom
VIC have goodly number. The receipts of To-
bacco here have been regularly increasing Tor
some years, aud must continue 10 increase. The
fine NAVIGATION for small boats afforded by our
Slack Water Improvements, reaching into the
heart or the 'f"bicro region, IN which trade
there arc several stcam- m-packots regularly plying,
has s,roug tendency 10 concentrate the Il"
bacco or lhc State TO this point; and there IS no
GOOD reason why large part OF the Tobacco
now sold in Ncw. Oflr1ns may not he as well or
better sold here. On the contrary, there are
many str0ng reasons for diversion Of the trade.
Tins climate is congenial to Tobacco, while that
nf New Orleans is inlurjnns. Remaining any
IenGth of time in New. 0,lnans, TobaccOs are
liable 10 very serlcns INJURY iro,!i the warm and
damp weather, while it IN ghi remain in our
warehouses for years without damage. The
whole business u( buying, selling, handling, &c.
can he done much cheaper here; and 1t can nc
stored and insured for one fourth The expense.
Onr buyers for European markets Citen let their
TOhaceOs roman !" snr" To- ''-~-r.i'~' All ':''
frsiuhis to and from New.UflciI15 reach the
lowest point; they then write 10 their Core
spondents at New Orleans 10 engage vessel by
tic lime their shipments arrive, and they pass
them through Ncw.Oflcans at Il very trllng oX-
pcnsc. Tire difference IN iAe entire ch"rges
on hogShead ot 1'Obacco herc and Gt Nr'r-
Orleans is Il handS0'ae pref' 10 thc b"yrr. NHh
ftlr mOyr f1reign 0rd,rs re irW in three gears
record 20,O00 hogsAcads Of TobaccO rcceircd and
so!d nj our warehouses.
We had Loco. Foco Texas meeting here a
few evenings slncc, wilic was addressed by MIR.
Guthrie, The leader of the Loco Focos in this
State in favor of immediate Annexation. Va
rous resolutions were adopted. including one de-
siring the Senate 10 ratiiy the runorcd Treaty,
'ct It's conditions he what they may. Loco
Focoism is rs ready 10 make treaties as TO vlo
late them, when it hopes to bc benefited. Nine
Icnths If our citizens opposed 10 immediate
Annexation, however, and large riaIority to
ltnnoxation at any time. In a few days we shall
open the political campaign in tins city. when
will advise you OF our order Of battle.
A JUNIOR.