The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-14
TIE UNION.

In sddtion to the above there other smaller opera
tore wnom would NOT perhaps. be proper TO classify
aDohSN tpe leading bankYs Of the city. their lransae
uoaS 1slnK nslay confined TO the purchase and sale Of
mesa lT eas il +, pi9u5is osII p lsJ. ll8Ig 1T
For The time included in the period for which all our
pashsre have enteted OR srbor from all foreign ports
Is3 vessels During the same period the number OF
sss.eis wnlcn cleared was laei Inc vessels arriving
ne number which have left BY sail vessels and
steamers during the same time was a65sa males and 8
The report OF the Secretary Of the Treasury on com
merce and navigation for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1852 shows the number OF clearances from The port OF
New FORK 10 have been but little more than twice that
OF San francisco for the year endag December 81. 1850
and the number OF arrivals that portths same periods
comparedo have been 26s less than twice the amount
A. compared with New Orleans, the difference in favor
Of San Francsco is searances $780, and in arrivals
$40 When the comparison is made with Philadelphia,
we md the difference still greater 10 favor OF San Fran
same would be e result were HE comparison made with
any OF Ne seaPorts in the United States:
Ihe total value of merchandise received BY fsreign
vessels from November 81. ls49. September 30 1885,
was va s $ssoiso2 o. The tonnage Of the vessels was
The total value Of merchandise received during the
same perlod IN domestic vessels was $797,273 10 the
tonnage Of the vessels, o2,949, 4i8 aAflal ssl.
has been frequently asserted BY persons unacquaint-
ca WITH h1 FACTS that California has imported more goods
and larger aggregate OF debt elsewhere than
har shipments Of gold dust would pay toI show the
error in lhn statement comparison Of the figures above
need only be made The total value OF all the merchan-
disc received here OF every nature and description, from
foreign and domestic ports, from November al, lS4o, to
September 49, $50, was ~ 237 49, BY reference to
the table OF geld shipments in this article, il will be
that the aggregate sent forward during either OF too
months in the year was wore than enough TO wipe
the entire debt incurred OF California for
chandise lsae5 s.fss@ I'm ,E44 eF4
In The month OF March, ls4s the pioneer steamship in
the trade between this port and Panama entered the
Golden Gate" With what demonstrations Of rejoicngs
was the slaunch old vessel California received may
well be imagined In less than tsUeny-tUo months from
that date. find the following noble raversing
the waters OF the Pacific arriving and departing with the
regularity Of train OF cars upon New England rail
road M A iii EHt t. W #
Pacific Nal Steamship Company H~e.-CaIfornia,
Panama, Tennessee. Unicorn Oregon, Norherner Sarah
Sands. Carolina. atH II Ita fm sai3 gl.al3s
La,O's lime Of Pacific steamers-Columbas, Isthmus
Antelope. $ III 8.ra1t,a y
In addition these belonging the regular lines are
the steamers New Orleans, Ecuador, and Constu-
tion which have been engaged in the Panama trade,
and also the Gold Hunter and the Sea Gull which have
recently been upon the between this port and Ore
g0n. This number Of steamers. running between this
port and Panama. is greater than the number employed
in the trade between New York and Liverpool and New
York and Havre, combined. '.f e7 sa1
One year ago last October--ffteen months sincc-he
first steamer, the SENATOR designed for the trade,
arrived in port Previous TO that time, the transit OF the
river to the ports above had been by means OF small
sail craft, occupying days journey that is now
made by many of the vessels named below from sepen
to ten hours There employed in the river trade
the following steamers