New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-30

Total shipments for FIVE years...,......... 3lV6@i
The decreased shipments IN 1850 are que u the iact
that California produced during that year many art
ces which had formerly been imported from the
Atlantic ports.
The San Francisco Herald says:
"Jobbing il improving slowly, and we have strong
homes that as the month grows Oder that business IN
this particular may become all that has been so anx
iously looked forward to, and that 1t WILL there Is
from the cheering accounts that reach us from the
interior scarcely to suppose otherwise Ihere
Il evidently all the and water IN the mining as
cts at the present time that be needed for work.
ing purposes but it is stated that operations have been
seriously impeded by the cold spells oil weather which
have frozen tight the various dches fumes anu
reservoirs scattered through the mountains This can
not be expected to do than retard for the present.
total hndrance being by no means likely to occur,
as fresh storms and soltening of the atmosphere
must necessarily prove the rule through season
that has opened so auspciously, and We may add so
showery."
SAy Francisco EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, ls55.-By
selecting few articles of which have imported lit
tie and exported much during the past year, and con-
trusting the Of exports over imports, with the
imports of corresponding articles in 1853, shall be
enabled 10 form idea of the extent OF the balance
of trade in favor in regard to such articles For
this purpose we may fttingy select breadsuffs and
feed grains scarcely any OF which we exported pre-
viousy to 1854, and very little previous to 1855:
E5ee,. EJport. Gssv inpSys' during 1852 500 ga M
Whes-e742 800 10 value p ID say lsc........ 17o4s9 90
Bsiev-l6 e6 500 ~ value ID say Ilc........ l9O0s 50
OATS 3Ci $50 H. value p 10 say lic......... S7sS 50
Total. w
Deduct excess Of mportations expectations of:
Corn Meal-6 DIG bills at IS p bbl...... $50 coo
Corn-5672 bush. at 81 20 = bush.... 500 S3'6s %
v,,us Of excess Of exports in ls55... ss8a, 500 90
"A distinctive feature of the present year has been
the full illustration of the fact that our pop
ulaon need not look abroad for many of the neces-
sares of life Scarcely three years have passed over
since we imported almost every article OF necessity,
as well as OF luxury, which our population require
Agriculture and manufactures have greatly curtaie1
such imports, and in many respects the course OF
trade has been reversed. 1t is from this cause that
we find that our exports of gold have very materially
fallen Off fact enormously imputed by some persons
abroad to a decreased productiveness of our mines
The fact is however that we find less necessity of
purchasing abroad there is less necessity of sending
our treasure hence and of the opinion that our
exports of gold essened they have been, are yet
greater than the cancelment of mercantile obligations
require. This may be accounted for on the score OF
the existing European money pressure, and the with.
drawal of foreign capital from investment here, to aid
in relieving that pressure. The large shipments of
gold within the last two months, and at time when
active mining operations were at low ebb, could
scarcely be accounted for on any other hypothesis.
OF the probable effect own finances of the
withdrawal Of such capital, it is not province in
this connection to offer SUGGESTIONS.