New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-28

The Fur TRADE % SAIsT PAUL.-Ths aggregate
valoe Of furs exported from st. Pau Mime This
yesr &l6l or; in 1851 IT was elsl i9l In 1886 il
81 $50. The apparent decrease this year /, not
ID quantity but If ocoasioned by the decreeSed value
Of the fnrs. st. Paul is b. coming great depot and
outlet for the fur trade Pror 10 1874 tho entire fur
product Of the Red River Valley, north sna south of
the British boundary, wss collected by the agents of
the Hudson Bay Company, and sought the seaboard
through Nelson's River and HadsoDs Bay. In 1874
au effort WA made from st. Paul 10 get the furs of ths
REQ River Valley. The first year only 81 400 worth
came that way In 1856 the value amounted To
$4,000. From Pembna, 1867, there were ,eceivsd at
s.. Paul $4,000 worth Of furs. This year owing To
failure and scarcity in TIE " buffalo crop" tho
amount is considerably less from that source. Tho
large overland traffic which bas sprung np bstwesn
81 Pau ard the Red River demands neg facilities of
onmunica alton. The immense animal caravans which
from these settlements laden with the proincs Of
the chase and returning With the proceeds Of their bar
ter is interesting characteristic Of trade. 10 1853
the aggregate arrivals II tae Red River carts those
ships Of the wcerbsss is stated at six hundred In
1874 the whole product Of that region which sought
American channels was conveyed In SIX csrts. The
superiority Of the outlet At St. Paul Tor the Red River
region over the mnltitudnous portspes Of Nelsoss
River has been sbundsnty proved. Establish rail-
ROAD communication with the BED River Valley, saA
the whole trade Of the Hufson's Bay Company would
seek the aveIIe Of expectation through 81. Paul
What the fur trade Of that i'm nense region would b
worth NAV be esmsted from the fact that the average
value ofthe anruaerpor u fnrs by the Hudsons Bay
COMPANY II about SNWo. Az then ldst half-ye6Fly
sale ct London in April Of last year. the proceeds
were 81 I5o0 coo. The annual export Of tho basis a
the Wirripeg directly tributary 10 81. Paul. 10 sbouI
q, $4,000. National lntslsencsr.
MICRO sALEs IN GZoRGGA.-Tnere was Trustees
sale OF 20 negroes at Fayetteville the lftn inst at
which extraordinarily high prices obtained. The
sale for cash, and the 20 negroes brought t20,.
90 y. TIE Fayetteville OJ1rrer gives the prices
obtained, folows: Jane, aged o. $780, Ls.is,
aged 80 $93l; Flora, aged l3 $9is Reuben, sged ],
$03 50; Henry, aged 4, $55l So William, aged IL,
sIls5i George, aged II, d, 40, Andy, aged 1905:
Charley aged ~, 81 555; Dick, aged l5, 3l3i An
der.ob, aged Is g. lee; Arena, aged - sSl5. Csths
Irs, eyed II, ssse; Clara, aged go; Frank :ssa
slOs9; Davy, aged 81, q, ,s5 Bill aged a, 81 ,3o5;
JIM, eyed 90, @l,37.
At the sae of the negroes Of the Bathrope estate
CheaihaD County, the following prices obtained
Boy 10 years If age, 81 800; Jule and two children,
twiLs, years old, $l,7t0; Len, II yeaIs, sos; Sol
Is year, sl,6l5; Wifi, q year. II, io; Jack, IS
years, 81 400; Mandy, syears, $6voi Sam, years,
| $3.50.
| TIE ChDlest0n C0vynr announces the arrival there
of severiy-ors Iegroes, who have been hired out in
| Florida sttuyeutibe works AID are returning home
! to Noita Carolina tor tled snsusl festival.