Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
EDIr0RL4L CORBEsPONDEECE.
BALTIMORE, May 18th, 1866.

FIQE CITY llEIGdE4EE 4dL4E IL GUSyGGlLl
with bright prospects for the future. Its
trade before the rebellion was very large
with the southern and south western
States, and as a necessary consequence OF
the war, during Its continuance, her busl-
ness interests were PROSTATE, her enter
prise paralyzed, and with the exception
Of operations connected with military af-
fairs, nothing Of commercial activity was
known. Now all IS changed, however.
Her trade Is larger than ever before-the
the life and hustle Of active commerce
are everywhere iscernible-impTove-
ments rapidly progressing, population in
creasing, the facilities for communication
with other portions of the country being
increased, her former trade restored, and
the limits of her commerce greatly in
I creased. The intimate business rela-
tons she sustained with the South doubt
less had much to do with her attitude G.
hostility to the Government IN the early
stages of the conflict-for 1t Is notorious
that nine-tenths of her business m en-
heartily sympathized with the rebellion,
did all they could to make 1t a success,
and all the regard they manifested for the
! cause of the Union was assumed, and
their loyalty that which military rule and
stern necessity forced upon them. It Is
also doubtless true that even at this time,
much of the old leaven OF dlslOyalty still
exist, though it is not openly or offensive
/ " demonstrated Ny last previous visit
to this city was IN the spring of 1861, soon
after the, Inauguration of President Lin
coin. At that time there was terrible
ferment among the inhabitants, wild eX-
/ eitement prevailed. the spirit of rebellion
was predominant, and the waves Of trea-
son-which soon after deluged the city,
sweeping everything in their way, and
even causing for brief period that ster-
ling patriot Gov Hicks, to falter and
give way to the fury which ragged and
surged around him-Were already form
| ing. | spent the Sabbath at Barnum'
| City Hotel and the large reading room,
/ in which l am now writing, was crowded
/ with citizens, apparently prominent busI-
/ ness men, who we're open and bitter In
/ their denunciatiOns ofthe Administration,
/ in expressions of regret that the Inaugu-
ration of the President had been permit
! ted to take place, and of sympathy with
/ the South in the then pending struggle.
With such a spirit prevailing among the
/ leading men before hOstilIties were Inau-
gurated, I was not surprised to hear Of
the subsequent assaults by the pOpulace
upon Union soldiers during their passage
through the city on their way to defend
the National Capitol from threatened as
sault and capture. But triumphant trea-
son had a short reign in the city, and 1t
soon became and has since continued as
CONSPICUOUS for its loyalty as it was in the
spring of 1861 noted for its disloyalty,
and there are few Of It's present lnhabi-
tants who would be likely voluntarily to
aid In inaugurating another rebellion.
There is one branch of trade, of I'M
mense magnitude, of which Baltimore en-
ioys an almost exclusive mOnOpOly-that
of Oysters and Canned Goods. The ex-
tent of this trade may be inferred from
the following statement copied from a
city journal
OYSTERS AND CANNED GOODS.
Baltimore has long enjoyed monopo-
" in most of this class Of merchandise I
certainly so as relates to oysteTs-fresh |
and canned, as well as most kinds of can
ned fruits and vegetables and her rep
utatioB has been fully sustained through |
out the past year. The number of hoUs- |
es now engaged in this trade Is forty !; |
employing upwards Of 1900 persons of
both sexes in4the various departments of /
shucking, packing, peeling, preserving, /
processing &c. The quantity of oysters /
brought to this market IS about 4,OOOOOO |
of bushels. Of which the packers consume |
about $500, 600 bushels, or a daily con-
sumption Of Il, $50 bushels for the whole
season-and when all is full run for the
100 days, averaged g 30 to 900 bushels
daily. A little more than half of this
quantity are packed raw, In cans, (iced.) |
Of half to one gallon, requiring probably
3, 3,500,0 900 cans, and 100000 cases. The
balance are hermetically sealed.
The raw or fresh oyster branch gives
employment to about 600 persons
shuckers, packers, &c. The first are al
most exclusively negroes. The hermeti
calIy sealed branch requires about 1900
hands-chiehy white persons Of the female
sex-for the reason that the opening of
the oyster Is rendered easy by the new
process of steamIng.
Sixty thousand one, two and three
pound cans are hermetically sealed daily
during at least 100 days, thus 6,000,O 600
cans are required for the oysters and
fruits and vegetables, which are packed !
during the summer season, average also
about go 900 cans daily during 100 days,
or an additional 5000 600 cans-and these
Jointly require upwards OF 100000 cases.
The making of the cans gives employ
ment to three or four hundred persons.
and their value in tin, solder, &c, is
about $500 600. The making of the cases
gives employment constantly to upwards
Of two hundred carpenters, and their val
ue about 1925, 900,
The number of vessels engaged taking
oysters for the Baltimore market is about
900, Of fifty tons each, and some 500 to
800 vessels of larger class are running
them to the market. These vessels, ], 800
to l. 800 in number. require an average of
crews equal to four each, or some 5000
persons and during the fruit and vegeta-
bic season as many more persons are en-
Dloved in picking, boxing and shipping
them to market, and when these reach the
wharves, some three hundred carriers,
carmen and draymen are required to de-
liver them.
Taking climate, markets, and capacity
of soil to support a dense population,
MARYLAND compares favOrably with any
State of the same area In the Union.
With unbOunded mineral resources, in
coal, iron, copper, and other valuable
ores, a motive power practically exhaust
less. a climate which is happy medium be-
tween the rigors Of the North and the en-
ervating heat of the SoUth-it will doubt
less in time become great manufacturing
centre To the farmer it affords great
inducements because of its unrivalled
markets and marketing facilities.
Of the density of population, and the
immense demand and consequent profits
of the products of the farm, the garden,
and the vineyard and orchard some idea
may be formed from the fact that between
the Potomac river on the one side and
the Harlem on the Other-a distance of
less than $50 miles, traversed by rail
roads, and a constant river and ocean nav
igation from nearly all points along the
route-there is a population of nearly
four millions of people. The cities of
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, and numerous dependencies,
all lay upon this route. And when it is
considered that in no portion of the
UniOn of the same area will DODuIatlOn |