The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-01
LOUIHVILLE,

Mo have received tho Report of the Seoreta-
ry of the Louisville tKy.) Board of Trade, and
have been much Interested by perusal Of tho
humorous facts and statistics presented, bear
ing on that very prosperous city on tho Ohio,
which most of our readers hitherto have only
heard named occasionally in connection with
bacon or whiskey. Louisville now has an i'm
mense trade in corn, tobacco, flour, bacon,
whiskey, and even in cotton, to say nothing of
many other articles Of scarcely less inpor-
tauce, ..and then the great trade in geno-
ral merchandise, which has sprung up within
the last few years. as the railroads centering
here have been extended in every direction.
Cotton is now sold there every day by auction /;
no less lhan 79,888 bales of this staple were
received in Louisville durinp tn" .ssat uon,-
murciai and industrial prosperity during the
past year, aud corresponding improvements in
the buildings, public and private, of the city,
wharycs, storchouses, &c., 60. Iio says: "Tho
position of Louisville warrants tho assertion
that n magnificent future is before her, that
she must eventually become the grent contrnl
metropolis Of tho nation." Population about
10000. Taxable property upwards Of $780,
100000, clear gain of one-third in six years;
and this notwithstanding tho loss of valuation
in slave property. Imports during 1866 Tin
cluding but one hundred and ten nrticlcs) $222,-
4I2,764. Exports sl78,ais,v82. Tho city is
five and-a hnlf miles long and two and-a. half
wide; water works in successful operation,
forty-four miles Of pipe furnishing two mil
lions Of. winter dny Tho city proper con-
tains two hundred miles Of streets, with soyen-
ty;-fvc miles of alleys, all paved, with fully
four hundred miles Of sidewalks. Tho whole
sale houses during the past ton years have in
creased from eighty-fye to two hundred and
oighty seven. Banking capital S18,S90,807.
Deposits $S,Ol9, 600 loans and discounts $l7,-
.7o9, ,422; circulation $l,172,339. Among the
numerous tables accompanying this report is
one giving tho indebtedness, valuation and
population of. States. In this table South Car
olinu makes the following figure: Population
in 1860, 703,708. Taxable property in 1860,
$4s9,3l9,l2s in 1865, 500 sss, ,4S8. Indebt-
edness in 1860, S3.GaI, ,57i; in 1866, $5,205,-
257. The number of hogs killed by the lead
ing pork packers during the winters of l866-'G7
is l7l,42s against &c, ,499 Of the previous year.
Average weight Of hogs 2274 lbs, and average
yiold Of lard 264 lbs. The number of hogs siI
months old in Kentucky, during 1865, was
776,404, against 587 BAT for the previous year.
Whisky, imports during 1866 '67, 81, ,s6G bbls.,
exports a ,o36 bbls. against o4,2sl bbls. i'm
ports during the twelve months previous, and
22j25S bbls. exports. Total tonnage of boats
running to and from Louisville during 1866,
4s, 29o-valuo 1856, 75o. Total, previous year,
d,079-vuluo s2,6i6,25O. Number of steam
boat arrivals thore last year 1924; departures
1906 There are many other very interesting
statistics in this report, but We hare already
transgresned too much upon our limited space.
We hope to see a report, equally full and ez-
hausting, embracing every species Of informa-
ton, useful or interesting. connected with our
city, in the next annual report Of the Secretary
of the Charleston Board of Trade. It were
useless to indulge the hope that such report
will be equally cheering with the one We haTe
just passed under review.