The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-24

'FRONT.' sLU ioss. So sos III
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 3sl 4t2 10
Any addition to this amount may be understood a,
being the excess Of running expenses not considered
good policy to deduct from gross earnings 1t will how
ever, be put down to equipment materials on hand
&C., or under the wholesale head, "constr sotionn
which Is an enormous reservoir Of items and swallows
up en- immense amount Of expen atures, which have
nothing whatever to do with what is legiimaty con-
sructop account. So long the management Of rail-
roads have such account into which they can carry
annually any portion Of the running expenses they
please stockholders will what the actual
expenditures for working railroads in this country are
We have noticed with pleasure, that several railroad
companies have passed resolutions ordering the con-
structon account to be Immediately an permasently
closed the effect Of which will be visible at the close of
the present year At the East the stockholders have
some voice in the internal management Of the CON-
panies In which they interested whereas here we
never hear Of stockholders meeting or zee that they
have in fact, any thing to do with the MANAGEMENT
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity Of GER
tain articles exported from this port for the week end
ing January %, distinguishing the destination and ex
tent oil shipments TO eacn piace:-
CoMMKRcE THE PoRr OF NEw YonK-wrEKLY Ex-
To London Potash, 1872 bills; peara,h 90 do; ro.iu
4o5 do turpentine os5 do pork, l24 do; beef 2s2
terces sperm oil, e6s7 gallons; whale oil las do
palm oil 81 casks; tobacco 20 hhds do, manufactur
ed 1880 lbs lard I2445 do oil cake "a 200 DO ba-
Peruvian bark, 81 ceroons; slaves, 5000
r. Harre-Potash, 50 bbls pearla'h, ss do lard,
ss14 lbs; wh.l.bone PLATO do stavesiooOoi sssars,
To Hanse TSwns-fotssh, So bbls.i spirits turpen.
tine, 20 do rosn, Isl do rice, a7i tisrces hops "a
bales sarssparila, Isl do jalsp, do; tobacco SO
cases; oil peppermint do. cedar, al logs; dye
woods, 2as boxes pmentO, 200 bags; iog~sod tos.i
horn tips, 1s,3U0; bslsam cepiva pkgs; clover seed
5o66 lbs whslebone, Ss s26 do.
TO hsiy.-Tobacco: 422 hhds Ioswood, 20 tons.
To SPAN. Slaves, IS coo.
To PdEamG Zeal, 500 tons.
To Bro-d -Rosin 90 bbls; pitch, 100 do tar, Is do
boxes; hops, bses lard 500 lbs tobacco mas afac-
tured Sos do spun yarn, a. COILS salmon, As kits;
To Nev Grnsads, &c Mo. candles. 10 boxes; butter,
$50 lbs ,ugsr, refined l7oo do brandy, quarter
pipes domertics, 81 pkgs
brandy, American lois gallons brandy, foreign, 726
do gin, foreign l29 DO powder ~ kegs; dOm-siio,,
s co issi W '''''''' '''' ''H''''
To s,sieo Steel; leo boxesi frerm candles 10 do
mould candles 30 do ala, 20 casks, Cocoa lis bags
hsb. o. Geo lbs butter $50 do cheese 2i7 do
To 81 DOMINGO Flour, Gil bbls pork $50 do her
ring 25 do bread 90 do beef 30 DO rise, 10 tsree,
whsi- oil, 80 gallons; soap, 800 boxes mould
dies 20 do tobacco, bhds lard. 1851 lbs; haas,
1,zc3; fsh, dIy, 80 gao do. butter, 1,lsi d.
To Spanish Nest Lpdes Flour, 100 bbis pork, 20
do meal 60 do rice 80 tierees; nails % casks; mould
candles, go boxes; whale OIL i5l gallons; pepper 80
2,tI6 do cheese 2ib6 do. hams. 22Io do butter,
65I do tobacco. msoufsotured $50; slaves 10 009
hoops. 20 coo; thingles. 1900.
TO Brush Hssf Indies. COS bbls.. beef 12t
do meal, eco do pork, iss do herring IS do bread
go do corn s6s bu.hslsi wheat, sal do peas. coo
do; mould candles 500 boxes; sperm candles 20 do;
tobacco, hhds tobacco. Manufactured, $50 lbs; oil
meal ~ $50 do lara O5s; tea soT do cheese. SIS
do butter. 4o3 do pepper. bags; cordsge, coIls
rice. ~ tierces; nails. IL kegs.
To B,iish Norfh .gm,rtea : Flour ees bbls pork 20
DO; meat. 0t6 do bread lis do; rye -four 2T0 do
cocoa, 70 bags; rum. foreign puucheous; SOAP 10
boxes mould candles, so do lard, 2 $40 los.
The movements In provisions aud breadstuas have
lately been limited in feet the aggregate exports for
the past week two have been small for the
SON this. In the face Of inportatons greater than
ever before known for . corresponding period Is not
q very favorable feature In foreign trade The
shipments Of cotton have been limited but prices
90 much above this time last year that
the value does not vary musb a. the quantity.
Prices for bresdstuns rule low aud the reduction In
Oh ipns nts has therefore corresponding effect the
value To give some idea Of the falling OF In exports
this year compared with Last far quantity IL
cefned We annex statement exhibiting the shipments
q brsadstus from the United States Great Britain
Up TO the latest dates In each year
BRrAbsrurrs Errosrsp Te GRrar BnrsfS .sD 1srLsSp
From s.pf. I. 1sss, From Sept. 1.lsse
70 latest datesfn 10 latest dates
Flour, bbls. 10000 at, 3lQ 4i2G75
Corn meal do. 1919 22i2 4lqsi
Wheat bush. sttfo5 zoe 2s6 4t1709
Ind. corn do.5oiI,Tis sq32sl 4i7sAi9
81 bfesdstufs shipped 20 Great Britain aud ireland In
the Last four months Of 1870 compared with 1sls The
decrease In the value of hreadsuTs shppsd In the
four months 81 lsfs " full millions Of dollsrs,