New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-25

The following the imports OF bresdstuts for "
week Flour from New Orleans 6.554 bbls; DO. hss
Baltimore $50 do from Albany, water. 3,792 W 81
$3.50; DO. from NswYork 4267 do. from other pss
ga Corn f29o8 bushels 3 500 sacks; Corn Nee y
bOs Wheat i7J5 bushels Rye 1870 basheh :"
1885 bushels Rye Flour 100 bills.
BickHeFs Reporter says The demand Tor mosg
has materially increased In Phiadsphis within 'ion
time The market cannot he considered a. ecpue@
although the banks exercise q more cautious poag
than heretofore. Firstciass paper SUI nesouseds
the legal rate Of interest," six per cent but the essr
to get even such paper 10 BY no means 90 sPPsfen"'
was"
valuable Report was made to the Chet'
Convention by the Delegation from st. Loals enooT
ing much information the statistics OF the nssss'e
and commerce Of the Valley OF the Mississippi -
urging the importance OF proper protection o. u ~
number OF steamboats, on this waters OF the hss'syp
Valley Is estimated LIDO. with tonnage of <asAN
tons which tosts cost OF the lowest csculsusp
lse SOL. They give employment 10 upward dS@
men. and run at an annual expense Of 81, 723m 70
this the committee add the estimated number dW
keel and 6stboats, which employ 1900 sous, and 90
for construction and navigation, vi 10000. AhNP
ing these facts the Report remarks
We sre now enabled 10 form . table, showags
cost OF river transportation In the Valley OF ts y
sissippi -.
Cost Of running 100 steamboats,. ...-..-.. San,
Insurance 90 si6 lee sol AZ ~ Der Geo, . lslx
io,s,s.r an sls 10 ssI :, a., zen, glG
Wear sud tear OF boats ~ p.f cent......... 4.S
Tolls on the LOuissie and Portland Canal. W
Cost OF hstbosts Included because sserihsd
at New Orleans. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
Total cos, Of transportation annually. .tLD+
The Report adds:
We have Ll9o steamboats,, carrying 2so054 tosa
tbs sopposition that. upon average, each boat -
% trips go voysges) q year the whole are esps&
carrying annually s,9o2l6o toos. ADDING 10 ns
freishts Of 400 fstbosfs, carrying an svessts ~
tons each. making 10000 tons more, we have y
gate annual tonnage OF l0252, 100. Tho bods
always carry full freights The amount hey ~,
1t New. Orleans alone requires the services VI -
seis 10 export from that city this surplus oeyoca ""
consumption.
Exports of New Orleans. foreign and coast.
wise 4flrtAf~
Exports OF New Orleans. foreign snd coast
wise lc3o..-....-...-..-- .@-..-...... t5I,Ws
Increase In ls46....-...-. $40. l3s0Ss.
The value Of Western products received dSsS
Leans from the interior for the sst Eve yesn ss''
the presenf 10 - follows -.
1919 ...-... 81, 72s O5f 1856 ....... 49,
lr43-34 ..-..... 6OO9i' ZIG le46-47 (estsmcD ~
lef-i5 ........ 81 1873, ~ .aA
showing an annual average increase Of ose'ff
cent
An equal amount, II is supposed, frds 10 sy
Atlantic cities through Pituburgh and De IAsss
malls OF the Interior.
The whole value of the produce Of tas 49,
Valley snually Get snost upon lite waters esos
$685. 800. The returns, or imports o. sP>N
and goods from the Atlantic States and foresh s'
BY all routes, are estimated as eqsiyscat'' 'es
our exports Of domestic produce Then ~s S' "A
grand aggregate value OF the commerce sn11s
upon the nsyigsble waters Of the Valley -,
sippi the cum OF si32 o5l .24o. being nesfJ $50
amount Of the whole foreign eomnefcs
States From ls22 to ISL tho los Of proP,sy -
Ohio and Mississippi By snAss alone &c. 1s
and Hat boats, end their esrgoss smoun's' -
The losses on the same from ls27 70 lss. 90
to s3el, 600, 10 consequence Of the benthe-
several boats employed BY the FEEDER. os', ~ -
removing snsgI From 1888 10 lsae ioela''. ...rsS6
tary Of the Treasury reported 20 ''ssn0o's .s,cas
the Mississippi add ls tributaries, vHa'a "a -
10 1893 the total loss OF boats rsportsd - -
Of q snsgged, &c. ss4s.eoo In lsao' soe :. ~
snsgssd Was aI-va!us $4,000. Ia lssl vi
number Reported sunk was 4s-sassssa ~, ~
ooo In ls4a, the whole number re9o"ss ~
Within the nexr mcceedips II monih' "a ..r -
s,s. mbosu Iost valued 81 q 100 900 Sss'o' al
bio csrsoss In 1876, 10 whole ps"s~