The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-03
TIRE TRADE OF PHILADELPHIA.

From tho Philadelphia North American, April 81
While the sales incident to the spring trade Ia this
city have been unusually large, the external commerce
still more 80. During the month of March, this wear
there SAC arrivals at this port against Is for tho
corresponding month of last year The impr )yement
most manifest in the coasting trade will be seen by
the following Arrivals coastwse at Philadelphia for
March of this year. 499 ditto for March of last year
66S increase S3l equal 10 much more than doubling
of the coastng trade In he bulk too of the tonnage
well In the number of the arrivals coastwise the
increase is great During March OF this year, there
rived coastwse one ship ten barks twelve briggs four
hundred and forty-four schooners four hundred and
thirty five sloops, one hundred and three steamers
eleven barges and four hundred and eighty three boats
while in March, last year. there arrived coastwse
ship five barks eight briggs, two hundred and eighty
four schooners, ono hundred and twenty four soops
fortyeight steamers one barge and one hundred and
ninety eight boats Thus there has been increase Of
ship five barks, four brigs hundred and sixty
schooners and tyve steamers, exclusive of the soops
barges, and boats These bages and boats engaged
in the canal commerce TO distant places Steam canal
boats ply regularly to Albany, Troy, New York Hart
ford Baltimore, Alexandria, and other places and the
bages and boats concerned in other branches OF trade
equally valuable
The foreign trade of this city evnces also some move
ment For March, this year. there arrived forty seven
vessels from foreign ports against forty for March last
year. The tendency, shown by the figures, to
increase the number of barks aud brigs in foreign
commerce. and diminish the number of ships and schoon
No idea of the prosperity of this branch Of our
business can he gathered from these figures. much
bett,r notion may be formed from the regular statements
of imports Since the first of January there has been
increase of 20434 bags of coffee, of direct mporta
ton from Rio de Janero and other ports the total this
year being 49, 04 bags against total of only % $40
bags for the corresponding period of last year For the
month of March alone this year, the imports of coffee
have reached "a $40 bags while the sales amount to %
6l2 bags for the period.
The imports at this port since the first of January
show the following increase, compared with the
responding period of last year birthstone 27S tons cot
ton Is, ia bales fish, 476 bbls hides, "a 1874 in.
dgo, l59 packages iron, 1,00 tons 81 $50 bars AZ,
400 bundles lead, 1881 pigs lemons, 3, 1873 boxes
molasscs 403 hhds and tierces naval stores, A43O
bbIs oranges, $3.50 boxes rice, IL tierces sumac
5s4f bags tobacco, 1888 bales sugar, 60l4 hhds and
ticrces, 1872 bbls, Is, 53l bags.
1t thus appears that, in the great leading articles of
iron cotton sugar and coffee there has been large and
gratifying increase of commerce, and this indicates
that foreign we'll coastwise trade is aug
| menting though the arrivals do not exhibit the
fact For the last week of March exported to France
| South America and the British and Spanish West In.
dies merchandise to the value of SS687I consisting Of
iron soap, COAL Candles tallow -four, hams butter &c
In South America and the West Indies manufacture
and produce find steady and good markets.
As the above statistics would show, the shipping bust.
of Philadelphia is quite brisk Our marine ad-
vertisements occupy space than for long period
| heretofore.