The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-19
Is40 1915 1851. 1852.
State Tax $7465 05 SO 100 OF $l4 $50 65 $l4850 65
County do. 6lSS % 4321 81 6326 so 8303 SIS
City do 35 3s7 Is 1862 81 75S0S "a 86925 AZ
No Polls. 2l41 2272 1850 1856
Pr ct on$100 SO 60 81 90
Real Eat 41cs 100 45sO374 s,607,3 9oS1,954
do Persona 1000 900 46s01O2 6Qa6S62 7aS57l6

WITHIN the past year It has increased S773z5Zs
The per ccntage is but cent higher than that 1885,
and five cents higher than that Of 1851 The Of the
increase is owing to the following faotsThe county ax
Is about $4,000 more than the year previous Besides
this the appropriations for the fire department the pub-
lie schools and the streets, have been necessarily nue
larger than ever before.
By vote of nearly two thirds Of the whole number q
shares the stockholders Of tho York and Cumberland
Railroad Company have accepted the ordinance Of sup.
plement thereto recently passed by the City Council o.
Baltimore authorizing loan to the company Of the bonds
Of the city amounting to Eve hundred thousand dollars.
The money loaned to this company is to be applied
aid in the construction of the Susquohanna Railroad
tending from the Bridgeport opposite Harrisburg the
noethern terminus of York and Cumberland Railroad to
the borough Of sunbury passing in its route numerous
anthracite and bitumnous coal mines ana connecting
with various and important railroads in western Penn.
syvania and finally extending to Elmra point on the
great New York and Erie Railroad The completion Of
this line places Baltimore In immediate connection with
the lakes and by 1t the distance from Baltimore and
Buffalo snd the Falls OF Niagara will be less than from
this city to those places
Du Fay Co g trade report for the month of July,
gives the annexed succinct account of the principal
kets Of the world up to the latest dates -
COMMERCIAL REPORT FoR july, 1852
The same want of spirit which noticed in our last
report continued to prevail both here and In Liverpool
during the first half Of the month"; but during latter
in consequence of the advces brought by Nagara
which steamer arrived the 18th, and the Africa,
which arrived the 25h instant These advioes report
ed small stocks in the American ports well in tho
Interior and stated that the crop wouH barely roach
bales including what has been left OF the old
crop The sales Of cotton in Liverpool which had pre-
yously been confined to tire immediate wants Of the
trade, have since been Of magnitude and amounted to
114752 bales for the week ending yesterday, of which
39S90 taken speculation and 300 for export
This has caused rise Of eighth of penny to
fourth OF penny pound in the price Of middng cot
yrpl nc YAhn I'm ofnnt In
had risen TO within 80 COO bales Of what it
last year American descriptions in of
what they were last year Our spinners and manufac.
tnrers found themselves compelled to insist upon
responding advance; and although the buyers showed
great reluctance to submit to any whateverpriees OF
Pincop yarns and the lower descriptions OF mule and
water twist have been established at fourth of PEN
ny Per pound higher
The GOO DIS market not influenced in the same de.
gree but stocks being small Of most descriptions OF
printers slight advance was obtained on the prices Of
such stout domescs, and 40 inch shirngs did not
fail to exhibit greater frmness.
In order to make friends acquainted with the rela-
tive prices OF lst Of August 1851 and this day have
drown up the following small statement from which It
appears that producers off than they them
were. and their position will be rendered still
favorable If the attempts to drive up cotton still higher
should be successful The present abundance Of money
seems to us to be the only tangible reason even pre-
text. for higher Gotten prices just now
the stock In the American ports be less than last
years the American manufacturers are better supplied
as they hold at present average two months stock In
stead OF two weeks last year In Liverpool the
FLOCK only slightly Less than time last year.
while the deliveries to the trade during the last
months have been 1000 balee per week greater than
before.
The stock IN Liverpool Of descriptions of cotton was
yesterday G5l 500 bales and this with the surplus stock
in producers hands forms must be confessed, fair
supply towards the consumption the rest Of the year.
without another bag arriving. We are induced to
venture upon these remarks have frequently heard
would be left in Liverpool at the end Of the year.
II the accounts from India and China had assisted the
movement which Is now taking place in cotton, the price
Init hnwya
fortunately for the trade generally although unfortu-
natcy for the speculators impulse given from,
June at sgd perlb could be bought in the second week
Of this month at sad to Sad per ID and the rise q
raise the price higher than It the Of June
The excess in the exports of yarn to tho Continent Of
Europe this year-over same period Of last year, was
dwndled down 4Os packages This apparently un-
satisfactory circumstances has neverheess induced the
merchants engaged In that trade to effect some purchases
Of pncops and other suitable yarns at present much In
demand for the home trade and by means abundant
in the market indeed several rpnners Of pncops and
WARDS are engaged for all they can produce for some
weeks to come
Accounts from Germany, which have been unfavorabsc
belief that the harvest there will provo plentiful one;
and We rely more on such natural legitimate causes for
permanent improvement in trade than any stimulus
momentarly given to by speculative transactions
an enhancement OF prices established irrespective q
The home trade. Of which indifferent accounts have
been repeatedly given has improved Of late and cannot
fail to be active when the harvest which promises to DO
in inland trade will make up for the falling Oh
In the demand for other quarters such as Mexico and
the West 1noies, both which markets taking
sidcrobly less this season than in previous ones
The precarious political state Of Mexico ronders eau.
tion the part OF shippers necessary, and the low
prices paid in Europe during the early part of the year,
for produce Of oil kinds detrimentay to tho quar-
tiers by which such produce Is supplied whilst at the
of money here has tendency to raise prices above
what the more distant and markets afford to
with which tis carried on gives to trade IT, there
fore. not On universal bleeeing.
The accounts from the United States Of America are,
on the whole satisfactory fer the dry goods trade Inn
ports have not been excessive and the state Of
prosperity in the Union to continue without Lead
ing to reckless trading such as our bankers and capital
lists afraid Of
The evdity with which the bills recently offered by
the East India Company taken up seems to show
that people prefer laying down funds in India in that
way 10 sending goods OF the latter particularly
the account Of sales received from Cacutta by the last
overland mail, far from satisfactory hut
tatement shows decrease Of more than packages
plain and printed cotton goods we trust We may ven
turc 10 look forward to satisfactory state of trade,
particularly regards remuncratvc prices to shippers %
yarns and goods.
The Italian md Mediterranean markets not active
ut prcsen and great difficulty encountered in making
a p'oHt on present Manchester prices
In London and 81 cwhere, the produce markets have
been steady, and fair amount OF business has been
done.
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