The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-24
Decrease to Aug. ii, 1S4S


There appears, at presen, prospect of arresting
this decrease in revenue from tolls public works.
and it will probably reach before the close of the sea-
son, at least seven hundred thousand dollars Thus
far the decrease has been than twenty five per
cent and it continues at that rate for the remain
der Of the season. the deficiency will exceed esti-
mate. If there is improvement in prices for bread
stus in the seaboard markets there will be increase
OF consequence in the receipts Of produce, there
appears to be determination the part of producer
to hold on, at all hazards for advance The
try is full Of breadstus and provsions-the granarie
of our farmers must be literally groaning under the
weight Of their stocks but there indications Of
its reaching the hands of this season. at al
events Upon the resumption of navigation in the
spring when all hopes of improvement in prices have
been abandoned large portion of the surplus Of the
past two crops may OUT particularly If the crops
then the ground look very promising Recent events
from the other side do not give much hope to
foreign demand of consequence, Tor anything but In
dian corn.
The quantity of certain articles exported from this
port for the week ending the 21st inst, inclusive dis
tingushng the destination and the extent of ship
ments to each country was as annexed -
COMMERCE PoRr OF New YoRK-WEEKLy
EXPORTS.
To London-Cheese 1O244, oil cake 10000 hams
$3.50 lbs whale oil II OF gals rice 2OO beef 20 ties
5000 flour 600, pork 100, rosin $685. turpentine
1921 brs furs and skins $50 pks | r shoes Is, oil
peppermint 63 cases slaves $4,000.
TO Lipe,poot-Corn meal 600, bread ST. oil pepper
mint 3d. flour 1000, tar 22s turpentne 657, beef As
brls ; corn 60 500 bush /; beeswax 2O56 hams 2624l
lard 500, tallow 3S794 cheese 2S7SO lbs spirits
turpentine ID 5o4 gals segars foreign, I'm.
brls hams s21 lbs beef so ties whale Oil $500 gals
corn 1853 bush sapan wood "a tons,
To Teiond-Corn 47.758 BUSH
To Hapre-Potash l25, pearlash y brls; pork $50
brls
TO MarseHes-Tobacco, manufac'd $3.50 lbs slaves
81 900.
To other Ports an France-Staves 125, 900.
To Hanse Iowns-Tobacco SO bales; do. middlng
y AGA lbs; oil cassa cases furs bales
TO HoHand-Cedar 107, mahogany 20 logs slaves
$4,000 whale oil 1,l5o gals logwood 243 sapan wood
25 tons,
TO Porugal-spirits turpentine $50 gals oars 200
slaves 81 900.
TO Spain-Staves $4,000
To Ports in Mediterranean-Mackerel so, rosin 664
tar $780, N rum 100, varnish 20 brs whale oils 2Ol4
gals sugar, refined 564 lbs oil anseed rum,
foreign II puns tobacco stems 80 bales fustic 81
| tons.
10 Russia-Logwood 81 tons
TO Bras-Cider TO- ale So preserved meats, sc ,1S4
sadlery 4 sarsaparlla, 49, Lampwsre Il, r. shoes
oil cloth TO- perfumery Is cases. flour 1000 bbls Tyson
tea 1928 lbs; carriages o. chairs pkgs; mating SO
rolls hay 25 bales; candles, 33 bxs; lumber 93 900
| feet.
To S. ". Coast of South .america-Silks 49, ale As,
cider 49, candles sp 400 perfumery S. combs g. sheath
ing copper 20 cases; do nails kegs steel 100 jewery
cases paper so reams; rum, foreign % puns; lumber
100000 feet domestics 2eos pkgs segars form 10000
To other Ports in South SO bales
10 Mereo-Silks 49, paper 40, foreign dry goods 81
raw silks Is, d0mestcs o. machinery 81 pkgsi copper
nails 81 casks; black tea III bs candles sp Al cases.
pepper ~ 254 cloves 40 bags nails kegs steel
| rs bundles.
To Spanish West Indies.-codfsh 10 231 butter 367
cheese $685. lard o56 lbs rice tcs machinery u pkgs
domescs bale; slaves 10000; shingles "a 000 pota
toes 49, corn meal 200 mackerel 60, herring 10 bbls
herring 20 bxs white lead 367 black paint 200 kegs
| lumber IS 900 feet.
10 Danish West Indies-Pork 2ls beef 60, bread So
-four 2000 rye flour SO bbs oats ST. peas and beans
243 bush; hay 20 bales lard 6451. MID tobacco 4s4
cheese 1897 Tyson tea $50 lbs candles p To- candles
| mould, 312 bxs; rice ~ ties.
70 Dutch West Indes-Beef 2so, pork e5 tar u.s. -four
$685. meal 100 mackerel 90 herring rye flour 20 bbls
rice tierce soap 40. candles, sp 1s do mould e5 bxs
| bale; tobacco hhds; brandy half pipe
TO British West Indies Flour 3isS, corn meal 266
tatocs ITO, tar bbls; 36f, peas, &c. $40 BUSH
lard oil 800 whale oil OF gals rice 81 ties; tobacco IL
hhds; do mid $685. oil cake butter II 500 cheese
mould, 1928 bxs; cordage 10 coils matches go groce
Live stock-seesp 3d. cows 2; horses 10:
To British North .7mericd.-Flour 1925, bread 40l,
rye aour 55 corn meal 1852 apples &c., pork CAS- tar
81, beef 1854 bills Lackawana coal $50 TONS cordsge
coils cheese 1857 tobacco MID Slos black tea 6eS7
1000 1000 '''A " S'""' W ''' ""' - '-A'' ''"'''
| The items included in the above statement COM
prise all staple exports except cotton distinct
report Of which we give below 1t will be perceived
that the shipments of breadstufs have been limited,
Win tne exception OF lndan corn ana tnat tney nave
been confined almost entirely to the United Kingdom
Of Great Britain. Our export trade with the Cont
nent has dwindled down to the smallest amount the
aggregate weekly shipments hardly reach full freight
Of respectable sized ship. In the face of this our
imports from that section of the world are compare
lively large. keeping up that demand for specie from
| this side which Is creating such unfavorable In
Auence upon our msney markets Consumption Of
our products on the Continent must soon clear
supplies from their markets and leave large vacuum
for us to ill whom confidence has again been restored
the exports small that they must be far below
the demand. This Is state Of things which cannot
last long our import trade with the Continent cannot
30 much exceed our export trade, without derangng
the intercourse of the countries concerned and work
ing out Its own remedy II direct trade cannot be
probably conducted, 1t viii ~ carried on through