The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-06-24

fyee States O,49l
states '.' " ' a,s74
Difference. i'm favor Of fire.. States. 37,sl7 |
The foregoing facts were taken from the Uni- |
ted States census for 1870.
The entire commerce connected with the
whale fishery, or at least ninety mine hnndredths
Of it, is carried on by the free States. 1 will
submitted to Congress during its present ses-
sion, by J. Butler King. from the Committee Of
Naval Affairs, which will give some idea of the
magnitude of this branch Of our commerce. IL
is also worthy Of note, as being illustrative OF
the daring enterprise, and the indomitablc per-
severance Of the freemen Of the North, as con-
trsstsd with the spirit which prevails in the
Southern Atlantic States
"The whale fishery is, at present, the mos,
/ important and extensive, the least protected and
encouraged branch Of our commerce on the
Pacific. Scattered, thousands Of miles, from the
tropics to the arctic circle, from the shores OF Cal
/ ifornia and Oregon to those of Japan and north
| ern China, among the Polynesizn and Sandwich
nIIauQ9, IL mas Decu allow 81 70
pursuit with very little fostering care or Protec-
ton from the Government. Our enterprising
capitalists have sent forth, to the remotest parts
of oceans and seas but little known, their ships
navigated by our intrepid and hardy mariners
with scarcely hope Of giving to owners or
friends intelligence Of their progress, or reeeiv
ing information from home during the long
years Of their arduous voyages. Under such
discouraging circumstances, IL Is remarkable
; that this branch Of commerce should have at
tanned such magnitude and value. According
|, to the best information the number Of ships en-
gagged in the whale fishery, in January, le46
was 736, Of 233, las tons, employing l9,Soo Of
fcers and seamen, and amounting In value e
S29 44D,0 900. Most Of these vessels cruise in th'
north Pacific, and are absent from three TO fou
!; years; and, until the establishment Of the lin
Of steamersto Oregon, no means had been adopt
| ed by Government to communicate with I'M
important branch Of our commerce Ofheer'
> have been known to return from whaling voy
Q age, and learn, for the first time, that thei
wives or owners had been dead for years In
annual product Of the whale fishery Is estimate
at about ten millions Of dollars
We may safely Calculate that nins-tsnths q
. this commerce. belongs TO the seven free States
whose commerce We have had under considers
: ton.
Ofthess seven States, Massachusetts,, Rhod
Island and Connecticut, are the most extensive
ly engaged in this branch Of commerce. tn
aggregate value of the annual product Of tn
whale fishery, to those three States, is mot LED
than s6.000,000. Now the territory Of Sout
Carolina is about twice the extent Of that Of Ii
three States mentioned, and the cotton and ric
her principal sources Of wealth, annually raise
by her, are estimated to be worth abou
S6,000,0OO. II Is hoped that our friend, Gen
Quattlebum, will take note Of these interestin
" facts. They are very significant, and shoul
:, be well pondsred by him and by other chivalror
knights of oratorical celebrity.
A few more facts will give us results still mo
astonishing, if possible, than anything we ha'
arrived ut yet.
Number of commercial houses in
% foreign trade In the free State of
New York, II
a Number of commercial houses in
: foreign trade in the six slave
States: Delaware, Maryland,
6I Virginia, N. Carolina, ). Caro-
Il lima, and Georgia, Il
Difference in favor Of New York, 81
G Number Of commercial houses in
the free State Of New York, 10
Number Of commercial houses in
,a the sir aaye Statss.- 3
y Difference in favor Of New York, s.
Total capital invested In foreign
70 -earamercial, and in commission
e houses in tlo free State Of New
!, Total capital invested in foreign
commercial, and in commission
houses in the six slnTe States, l4,076, IS
Difference in favor Of New York, s35. sol. 6.
Number Of retail Groceries and
Stores in the free State Of New
'OI York Ia,2C
: Number Of retail Groceries and
y Stores In the six slave States. 9,6t
Difference in favor Of New York, as
Total capital invested in retail
oil Groceries and Stores in the six
slave States. s45,ssI.7
Q Total capital invested in retail
Groceries and Stores in the free
State of New York, 42.Is5,7s
3 Difference in favor of slave States. 1875 80
a Number of Lumber yards in the
free State Of New York, Al
o Number Of Lumber yards in the
six slave States, II
. | Dif9erenra In favor of NJ Vel %