Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-03-22

eoufi.len,iy take the year referred to. sine oar
imports arr wsii known to have sieen ,aEgs,
and oar gold rxpsGt. smaller Tan Usual.
The arnos,ni of tonnage arriving ai ih.> pr-t
fTusn hn.ns Atlantic ports rIG Cape Horn. Ia
wear. vzs. according to rs--i-ie-. li".@35 ;nls.
To this nav h. ADDED. by enu,mon e.sI-sni.
tr .xir. carving rspaciiy. 30 ps- cent. TlaS-
ing the amount 1t available tonnage arriving
l55.9l3 tons. Repeated calculations a. IL
aye-ag. valne ii Atlantic port oaT;-oes. based
on estimates f,r general average in ease> of
dsmarr to cargo. show that wen We to aaol'
$40 pr ton ~ the value Of all carroe, Cd the
kind r,.-r-c,l to. rec.iycd here during Il year.
We shot,. p7,,iy cl,-.ly approximate 10 the
truth. TLr waite # csrgoes rrc'i,ed ty
steaners frn,n Panama W pat down 1t an ~
erace uf $4,000 each. after careful inquiry
on the subject. and ,liciiing and comparing
the views Of parties who ought 10 tee good
judge other figures are not susceptible of
conjecture. We then proceed with the fol
lowing statement
Merchandise received from Atlantic ports rid
Clrc Horn. l5j.a!3 ions Al Sl1o 'ton..S-d, 81"
Freight ON Ia ''.'A
Foreign NOR hanii>e, ,dircc;imporiaiions,S ,So3.3F'
fre. snt on ,4'b,"'o
Mci ichandise RIA isthmuS, by SO Stcamersat
Sl0o, 900 = 100000
Freight same Through )................ 3J9,JlV
Total value. merchandise. ,s39,31s
To this should be added, for the purpose of
strict comparison between our imports and
exports the value of the treasure received
from abroad. With Vancouver Island no
correct account has been kept, bnt assuming
the figures of the British COionist, we put our
imports down from that quarter for last year,
at $l.3OO,O0O. From other sources we i'm
ported in treasure, 81, ,S53,636, making total
of So, ,63G. We then have
Imports as above. ,s3o, ,37s
Imports of 3l53, ,636
Total imports SAC, ,9s4, OLA
Let us now glance at our exports, for the
same period, 1861. These were
Treasure ,C39, ,oS?
Mcrchandisc.. ......................." 1881,
Government transfer drafts........... 1850, 900
Total exports. ,olO
Deduct imports. Ola
Balance to be accounted for........... 5,2sG s96
Though this is for one year only. we regard
it as the minimum year of a dozen, and one
showing the account in the least favorable
light 10 ourselves.
The items of interest, partially of exchange
and Of money paid for passage hence, are
waived in the above calculation, for the rea-
son not only that it would be impossible to
approximate to them with any degree of ac-
curacy, but for the other reason that we re-
gard them as fully offset in our credits of
freight money account, the whole of which we
have set down as being sent out of the coun-
try, while the truth is that much of it is re-
tained at home or is returned to us through
the medium of our coast trade and thus enters
into none Of the foregoing estimates. But
apart from this, the large amounts constantly
going out of the country in tho hands Of pas
sengers, must form an annual total far exceed
ing the items referred to.
Either, then, in view of the just indebted
ness of the Atlantic to the Pacific States, or
from the duty which the former owe to the
whole Union, no time should be lost in the
construction Of the great national work so i'm
portant to the interests of all.-S. +. Alta.
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How GEN. MCCLELLAN CAME TO DE Ste
cEssOR OF GEN. ScoTT.-We have heard
many inquiries made. says the Cincinnati En-
qxiyer, how it was that Gen. Mcclellan be-
came the COMMANDMENT. Chief upon the re-
signatiOn of Gen. Scott from active service
1t occurred in this wise: At the outset Of the
rebellion we had but two Maj. .-Gens. Win
field Scott and David Twiggs, the former of
whom, by virtue Of seniority, was the Com
mandcr-in- Chief. The title Of Lieutenant
General. conferred upon Scott by Congress
gave him no additional command, but increase
of dignity and higher pay and raiions We're
attached oit. He was the oldest Major-Gcn-
eral and a. such was the Comnandcr-in-C hei
Of our forces. Twiggs. ON account OF his de-
lection to the South, was dismissed from the
army 4 new batch Of Major-Icncrals was
creaied shortly after the war broke out. con-
sisiing Of Mcclellan. Fremont. Dix and
Banks. on ihcs., McClrilan's commission
was first issued. which made him the oldest
Naior-t;encral. next to Scott, and Command
er-in-C Chirf upon his rrsiracv. Had McClel-
Ian nevsr resigned. hut continued in the reg
ulsr service. he could hardly have been higher
than Major. and probably no, higher than
Captain Ills resignation was luck, for him.
for it gave him a chance to come in ahead os
VOL. Harsey. Hunter and all the Brigadier-
Generals who have been in the service for
thirty or forty ysars.
U We once knew a Quaker who was
forced into fight With quarrelsome neigh
hor. Afirr . issle scuiiing. the Qaaker's
nose came into violsnt contact with the otasr
mans fist. causing our friends nose to bleed
profissly. Quaker became cnragcd. and Inn
,ncdiatsly tc"k his opponent down. and. get.
ting assride him. asldres~ed him thus: Friend,