The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-06

II will be seen by the above returns, that, while
the past and present years crops have been unusu-
ally abundant our exports have, in the last eleven
months, fallen over two millions of dollars below
those of the same period last year--showing low
average price for the products Of the soil. This cir
cumstance has lessened the ability on the part of
farmers to purchase goods for consumption to
tent they would otherwise have done.
The effect of the high tariff therefore, has been to
diminish the value of agricultural produce, while it
has curtaed the collection Of revenue, by reducing
importations far below the ratio Of the value Of ex-
ports The latter, at this port, have only fallen off
about two millions of dollars; while importations
have, in the same time, decreased over six millions
| of dollars
The only increase of exports worth notice has
| taken place within the last month, caused by the
increased demand for breadstuffs in England,
brought about by deficiency of harvest.
| The Courier DIES Etats Unis'' Of the I'd instant
contains letter from Paris, from another cores
pendent, signed IA. r." II is, however, princi-
pay taken up with affairs in Algeria. II repeats
rumors aAoat in Paris of an approaching crisis in
the cabinet, FASTENED by the course Of things in At
! rca combined with other circumstances at home.
Marshal Soult persists in retiring from public af-
| fairs He has been named, however, president of
the council; while General Schramm (more like
German than a French nancy is to assume the
''porefiiie" Of war Ii is also given out, that, in
the new modification, the Duke de Broglie may be-
come minister of the interior; while M Duchatel is
to be appointed minister TO the court of Queen Vic
tera; and should MIR. Guizot's health fail, he is TO
be recalled to fill his place. -,
| The same letter also states that the Emperor
Nicholas recently travelled through Germany, strict
| " incog en- route to Milan and Genoa, to Join the
Empress, whom he was to accompany to Palermo,
where she goes to escape the dangers of a Russian
| winter to her health
On the Emperor's return he is to stop in Rome,
to treat directly with the Holy Father respecting
some serious questions long pending between the
| Pope and his government; among which is the
condition of the Catholic population in Poland.
| Contrary to expectations received no tdings
of the Cambrias arrival at Boston by this mornings
mail
| II has heen matter of some surprise that the
| Journal Of Commerce should have thought proper
to blame the postmaster for running express mail
train Sunday last with letters, &C., for the Br-
tannia.
| So far from being censurable, it was highly
praiseworthy act. Without such an arrangement
the merchants of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other
southern cities, would have been compelled to have
| closed their correspondence day earlier. Without
this train, the merchants of Baltimore could have
written letters only up TO or o'clock on Friday
morning. and the Philadelphia merchants up TO Fri
day evening or Saturday morning. BY running the
express train, Il gave 10 the commercial commune
ties south of New York busness-day's later news
| to send off.
Which was best, that no train should have run,
and hundreds of merchants been disappointed, he.
cause few men and clerks might choose to write
on Sunday in this city, "when there was nothing
to write about" or that it should have gone and ex-
tensively accommodated those who contribute so
largely to maintain the mails'
| The running Of the special train was as much a
work of necessity as the pulling of "an OK out Of
the ditch" or the performance Of any other indis-
pensable labor for the preservation Of property.
There is such thing as standing so straight as to
lean ga iHie backwards
| This afternoon the temperature has moderated
and the snow is rapidly melting away.
Yours, very respectfully,
| MOpGAN