Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-12

and artificial aspects, we hardly know
which to admire and wonder at the most
| the agricultural facundity which has made
| that region the great granary and entrepot
Of this continent, or the mechanical skill
and enterprise which has contributed 50
largely to its own material grandeur and
! prosperity. '4
! In whatever phase we choose to view
these characteristic indications Of snpe-
rior advancement, we behold the impress
| of energy, industry and perseverance. Not
alone to the influences Of climate, soil or
situation are we to look for the developing
causes of such rapid and exalted prosperity.
Other sections equally, if not more peeu-
liarly favored in those respects, have never
displayed such marvellous growth, such
profase outpourings Of wealth and varied
enterprise to stimulate and perfect their
| natural and artificial resources and advan-
tages. Possessing the wealth, the soil and
the climate, they were yet lacking in those
essential elements to be found among
denser populations, where from necessity
as well as ambition, the energies are called
more fully into play ard capital and labor
combine more readily in the building up
of great pablo and remunerative enter
prises.
| A glance at the commercial, agricultural
and manufacturing statistics of the West is
at all times curious AMI interesting. In
deed, the subject is Of vital interest to the
Southern people, who have always been
| largely dependent on the West for SO many
articles of sustenance and comfort; and
| therefore, it is, that a general desire is
manifested to study the condition OF the
Western markets and keep posted with
reference to the fluctuations therein at
tending supply and demand as. well as
| prices.
The St. Louis. journal of Commerce, { one
the best commercial papersin the Union)
contains in its issue of the 30th ult., tabu-
lar mpilations showing the rise and fall
of different leading and staple articles in
| st. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and New
York, during the. four weeks of August.
| The fluctuations in gold during that pc
Rod having been slight, the rates charged
for other articles were correspondingly
! affected. Thus, gold in st. Louis, during
the said month ranged from 40 to 49,;
and cotton, (middling, IS to AZ cts. Su
gar-eured hams were from 2G to % cts.
-four, (superfne, Sc so to 81 80; lard IS
to "a cts; whisky, So 30 to 50 25; mess
pork opened at $50 to $3l, and closed al
$29; bacon Shoulders opened at II to Is
cts, and closed at Is to 1871 cts. The
variation in prices during the whole Of
| that mouth. In Chicago and Cincinnati,
the rates generally for the same com modi-
ties ruled fraction or 80 higher and IN
New York we fiud but little difference be-
tween the markets there and in the West.
The st. Louis .}Ou2RdI0f CoJ1eDasyCe draws
a fine picture of the commercial future OF
that city, and says it is generally conceded
that the trade there during the coming
| fall will almost, il not quite, double that
of last season. The volume of business is
gradually increasing, and prices as gem
eral thing were fuliug very steadily. The
receipts of wheat, corn, oats and rye were
large and meeting with fair demand at
/ following prices: Wheat, prime TO choice
fall per bushel, 50 to 50 35; good to prime,
81 IS to 81; fair fall, 81 65@$1 rs; com
mon fall, 81 80 to 81 10; spring, 81 20 to
81 30. Corn, (prime yellow and white
per bushel, 80 TO So cts; mixed yellow and
white, rs to n cts. Oats, prime, including
sacks, 40 to so cts. Barley, prime fall,
81 % to 81 s.; prime spring, 81 to 81 10
per bushel.
The same paper to which we are indebt-
ed for the above data refers to the seventh
annual statement of the trade and COM
merce Of Chicago, recently published, and
quotes literally from the same. The com
PARSONS ofbusiness between the past years
and the year ending March 5lst, 1865, give
evidence Of large and steady increase.
For instance, for the year ending as per
date given, the receipts of -four at Chicago,
were ITO, 1854 bbls. against ,424,5O5, bbls.
during the preceding year. There are
nine Touring mills in Chicago, which,
manufactured in 1s63-64, 228 1923 bbls.; and
in I864-65, 900 ,287 bbls.
The above are only few of the princi-
pal items relating to the business of the
West. For want of space, we are unable
at present to pay further attention to the
subject. Enough is however given to af-
ford our readers an insight into the vast
and increasing capacities of the West in
matters Of productive enterprise, and the
current rates attending some of its chief
marketable commodities. r
To KEEP BABIES QUIET.-An exchange
paper gives the following naodus oDeraadS ::
AS soon as the squaller awakes, set it up.
propped by pillow, if it cannot sit alone,