The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-17
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS
[From our regular correspondent
New YoRK, September Is, 1885,

New YoRK, September Is, 1885.
| The ship Southport is aground at Bnrnesal bay.
She was bound from this port TO Charleston, South
Carolina. She is reported to have eight feet water
| in her hold.
The steam-propeller ship Massachusetts sailed
to-day for Liverpool, with fair amount Of freight
/ and several passengers.
At the last report, 81, 700 900 worth of stock had
been subscribed for IN the New York and Erie rail-
road II is now confidently believed that the re-
mainder of the stock will soon all be taken.
A new paper, called the "Globe,n made its APP
pearance to-day, edited by Lri ID. Siamm. As he
has probably enclosed you copy, leave you to
Judge Of its merits, &c.
The growth Of wool is destined to be very extern
sive in this country. II is now being bought IN
this market for shipment to England. IL is found
TO bear higher price there than in the Uniied
States
The praries Of Illinois, Iowa, &c, are going to
be grand part Of the world for the rearing of
sheep; and have no doubt but the time is not far
distant when the valley Of the Mississippi will fully
compete with all other parts of the world IN the
growth Of wool.
In Iowa, &c, sheep sell from 81 to 81 IS each.
They can generally be bought in Pennsylvania for
rs cents head Many large focks have teen
driven to that Territory and Illinois. heard
Of one party who had under his care 2, 900 head.
They subsist on prairie grass in summer, sailed,
being tended by shepherds. In winter they are
kept on sailed prairie hay with some turnps, oats,
&C.; and it is said at cost of only from 25 to so
cents a head for the year. To have this hay cut
and delivered, costs from 81 to ~ per ton, ac-
cording locality, and the distance to which it has
to be hauled.
The hceces of full-grown sheep usually weigh
from three to four pounds. Both quantity and quail
ity will no doubt be improved the country
grows.
ST. Louis and Chicago are destined to become int
portant wool.markcts. 1t has only been within a
short period that the exports of wool from the former
were noted in the trade of the place. Last year,
lending in June, l845, If my memory serves me
right, for quote from memory,) there were about
Ii, 900 bales Of wool shipped from that place The
coming year, the export will, no doubt, be much
larger
| The wool. trade, in its progress, has been Of an
interesting character England, for long time, OBJ
| tanned her finest wool from Spain. In the course OF
time the King of Saxony imported merino sheep
into his kingdom. Germany was found to produce
better wool than had been imported from Spain,
The latter then became the centre of the wootrade
| in Europe.
| The foreign wool imported into England prior to
1900. did not exceed three million pounds, the most
of which came from Spain. In 1900 it had in
creased to nine million pounds Il has gone aug
mentng, till it has reached from twenty-five to forty
millions Of pounds. During the war of 1904 the
| wool received into England from Germany only
amounted to twenty-eight thousand pounds From
that time the receipt of wool from foreign countries
rapidly increased, and stood follows, in round
| numbers:
Pounds