Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-02-19
Corr..ro.sspee .f.ts Rissmop.i ri,ss.,

rse D. Andrews to Secretary Corwin, on the
Fisheries, the Colonies, Canada, the Great Wes-
| tern Lakes, Rivers and Railroads. making a vol.
ume OF 900 pages is about ready for distribution.
| 1t contains an immense amount of statistical in-
formation, which will render it invaluable as a
book OF reference, aud will reflect much credit
upon the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.. Corwin.
Some of the important results of this document
have compiled.
The gross value of the commerce of the Ameri-
can lake ports in 1851, is estimated at S326, OOO
600; the licensed American tonnage at 2l5,O0O
tons; entered and cleared at all the ports about
9,50O,0OO tons. Our commerce with Canada is
put at over Sl2,00o,00O, of which two thirds are
exports. The Canada trade for 1852 has fallen
off Sl,500.oo0, while the lake coasting trade has
increased about rs per cent.
According to Mr.. Andrews, there will soon be
completed an aggregate length of 25,4Oo miles of
railroads in the United States. costing about
S650,000,000. Over 5000 miles are in active
operation, andthe balance in progress.
The British colonies have an area of 2I8, $780,
AIS acres, and population of 2,500, 900, and a
commerce with all countries amounting to S7O,-
100000, of which S19OoO,ooO is with the
United States, and $4,000 900 with Great Bril-
tain. These colonies own and employ shipping
measuring nearly 100000 tons.
Full statistics of the Fisheries are contained in
this report accompanied by an historical view of
the English. French and American fisheries, and
the regulations by which they are governed.
Almost interesting account of the commerce of
the Gulf of Mexico, and an able document on the
cotton crop OF the country-the great commercial
staple of the Southland some commercial state
ments of the business of the most prominent At
lantic cities close the document in an appropriate
manner. The statistics and manufactures of
cotton, as articles of commerce, show most
wonderful and unprecedented advance in the con-
sumption of that staple since 1890, at which time
we were importers. The annual value of the
crop may now be stated at $780, 900, and
constitutes fully one-haf the value of all our do
nestle exports to foreign countries.
Several very fine maps are to accompany the
report as illustrations of its different sections
the Colonies, the Lake and St. Lawrence Basin.
the railways and the Mississippi Valley, and the
Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, and the Isthlnus of Tehn
antepec--all originals, prepared expressly for this
work: MIR. Andrews report is considered by
those members of Congress who have SO 81 it, the
most able and complete document of the kind
which has ever emanated from the Treasury De-
partment.
An amendment was put into the deficiency bill
in the House increasing Mr.. Kenedy's salary
from $4,000 to $4,000. Mr.. Walker moved in
the Senate to strike the item out, and thus fix
his salary Mt $500. Messrs. Davis, Walker.
and Houston, made this the occasion of a yery
severe attack upon the competency, ability and
incorruptibility the head of the Census Bureau.
Honest John Davis said TINT the cost of this
census had been enormous; that small number
of clerks, instead Of l6o might have finished the
work long ago; that the whole history of the
census proved that Mr. Kennedy was totally in
petent for the duties assigned him.
Mr.. Houston advocated Mr.. Walkers amend,
ment and declared Mr.. Kennedy to be guilty of
frauds upon the Government; that he had charged
the Government for expenses during his voyage
to Europe which were never incurred. He said
one item of charge was the passage money paid
from New York to Liverpool when he was carried
free.
Mr.. Kennedy was in the Senate during the
whole debate, and writhed terribly under the
lashings given him. The truth is in regard to
him that he has hardly friend in the Bureau of
which he is the head; and that he has kept the
Bureau in perfect state of excitement from the
commencement, and thus prevented the progress
of the work on the census, and disgraced an ad-
ministration that in most respects deserves the
encomiums of the country. W.
Correspondence of the Richmond Times,