The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-14

MA incl, a. 80 A.~~sl
with ,be An ssL - ns,t., .ss "sa e.u, -
solIow;np on.r,ss :, aiHsnv and Ws., IT, !" .ne
f''~"'''' - fA''s'''y NV " s". IVY, VIZ
-, In 1914. In le4o. Decrease.
r f,, DDS. i,sil ,S4O l,Isy,l16 1864
Wheat, bdsh.. ,O6l ,947 9S3,9O2 96,045
The above decrease in receipts of -four has been
overcome, leaving an excess at the end of the first
week Of November, of four an follows, viz:
Receiots Of aour nj the end of the 1,b v,e.k In ,o
Der. Is45 decrease, % ga Nils
Receints of aonr A. ,he end of he
Isl u,eek In Noy.mhsr Iass Gn-
Excess Al aae bhs
p..;. - -. -, 80. -,
~ wnoa, AZ he GU" " Inc 4'n WEEK ~ Oc
ooe' lueo'eaSe|. ''.''''......' ...oo'o'o puSh'
Receipts of wheat at the end Of the LIST
week in November (nerease). -. .95,963 bush.
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Final decrease. ............ 2,Oe2 bush.
Before the close of navigation. there is no cues
ton but the excess in the receipts Of -four will be
augmented, and the small diminished receipts of
wheat will be sunk and a heavy excess remain over
the receipts Of last year.
We thus nee of what vast importance is a foreign
market for the produce of our farmers. Nv The
demand which has sprung up in Europe for our
bread -stus il is not the farmer miller, and COM
mission houses alone which have been benefited.
This increased demand has vastly Augmented the
revenue of New York from canal tolls. Freights
have been advanced. TRANSFORMATION lines have
had more to do than thew could attend 10. Vast
numbers Of laborers, EMPLOYED in NAVIGATING the
lakes and IN the canals have fonnd steadv emr NOV
mept and had an increase Of WAGES. Owner ~
barges. tow-boats. steamboats. and lake SHINING
have been enabled 10 demand and receive better
prices for freieht The six millions NJ doilars of
capital invested on the Hudson IN carving craft
warehouses, &C., has been made more productive.
The carmen Of New York have slso been ben.6ted
III.
II il an interesting sight. Al this busv season Of
the year. TO visit Coenties Old. and Quincy Sins. 10
witness The immense ACTIVITY that nreva;Is II e Z,
these slips where the tow.boats land their h,re
barpes from Albany and Trov. loaded down win
Aour and wheat and win varior, Other Grain vest.
ern produce, &c. have seen as MANY na 3OO
draymen, Cor, as called IN New York. carmen i ali
waiting for their turn TO discharge loads Of goods
to be carried nm he river or To baS off aonr whsat
oats. rye. &C. which lie riled mn on The wharyea IN
mountain heaps. "
The huge tow-boats, each with It's feet of barees,
eenerslIy set ready ~ denart mn The TJudson y;,b
LARGO rri,,r Il MT sooner a, an,, rs,s he
Saturday evening. late in The afternoon IF IN,
day at the present season / have M doubt hui ~
many as from 400 TO 500 carmen can be seen al one
view about the Sins we have named. Ard we Will
here do them the Justice 10 saw. that more sober
orderly. wel-conduc,ed. horst and ;nislisen sei
Of carmen cannot be found on the face Of The ear,h
| In their greatest hurry. CONFUSION. and iamminp
| YOU hear no loud talk no swearing or abusive OF
vulgar language; all is orderly; each seems anx.
ious TO give and Take and to Weld AZ far as thew can 10
| the convenience of each other
Is il not most extraordinary that the advocates Of
protective policy have induced SO many of the
vast population, whose prosperity depends 30 essen.
tally upon the increased demand for American
produce in foreign markets. to believe il comports
with their interest TO support high tariff, which
| has tendency to curtai and limit their business
uour hal.c,, Al ~. oL,rd ,o,;,,, ar Lo,,,o 49,.
ket operate npon the vast number of farmers, canal.
men, shipping-men, carmen, and others connected
/ with the great transit and export trade of bread.
stuffs until foreign demand sprung up, The diff
ference caused to the State treasury of New York
| from canal tolls will be immense And even aftel
the close of navigation, the western railroads be.
tween Buffalo and Albany will have their freight
receipts greatly augmented; thus bcnefting another
large In Investment Of CAPITAL. bv the adysntaees Of
foreign market. These grand advantages, brough
ought TO be made more or less permanent by a libe
raj commercial policy.
regret to announce the decease Of the mother Of
| Messrs Harper q Brothers publishers at their IA
theirs farm on Long Island, on the evening Of tn.
9TH inst, at an advanced age. Her health had beer
considered good as usual up to the evening Of he
| decease. She had occasionally complained Of some
thing like asthma. or an affection Of the heart. diff
Guilty Of breathing, &c.
j On the evening alluded 10. she suddenly grew
worse, when her sons were Immediately summoned
to her bedside, Just in time TO witness her dissou
ton in few hours afterwards. The father Of tn.
Messrs Harper still survives. at about eighty year.
of age Mrs. Harper was, for the greater Dart O
| her life, a member of the Methodist Episcopa
church, and died, as abe had lived. d devoted and
consistent Christian, and in perfect hope of immorta
| bliss beyond the grave. From all we can learn, she
lived universally respected and beloved bv all who
1 had the happiness of knowing her.
The large publishing house-the largest in Amer
lea. il not in the world--consists of four brothers
(the only children of their parents.) James, John
4 Wesley, and FIetchcr-the ost-nsmed being III,
youngest They were all born on the farm OF
i which theirmother recently died. Both their pa
rents emigrated, we have undersood. from ireland
at an early period, to the United States Il is sci
dom that parents are blessed with four such aons a,
those who compose the great house of Harper &
| Brothers.