The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-17

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81. Ths New York 44drerfiser says: The
ballssahd bears equally lack decision
end courage, being mutusilyys afraid Of
playing into eseh others hands, and are
watching each others movements to
discover ., false stopilof which 70 take
advantage. Tie bull clique must have
discovered that. they have committed
an error in attempting to run up prices IN
the present condition Of affairs, and prob
All think with their 6pponents that Q
6ownward speculation would. be. most
areordant with the temper of ths mar
Ert: but unfortunately they must incur
heavy losses upon their load OF stocks,
n attempting sucha movement. ~
The changes in the Philadelphia bank
exhibit are less marked than those of
the four preceding weeks. Like the
statements Of the last and previous
week, it indicates an easier money
market. The deposits show . further
augmentation of 500, ia; their increase
lat week was over q million The
loans have been augmented. Si20,l2l;
their increase last week. was 81 ,l63,3oo.
The legal tenders exhibit D further an
crease of Sgl 1861; their augmentation last
week was nearly half million. Inc
specie has been increased 80 ,IOS, and
the circulation; has been dimi nished
30 7a1: while the capital has been en-
iarped by S249, 900. The clearings have
fallen OF 81 ,96s, 3S2, and the balances de-
creased S24,04a. az
| CAtaFoRSfA AND ITS RESOURCES We
RECENTLY directed attention to the rapid
of industrial resources OF
California whereby that" thrifty State
has become nieasnrably independents
of the older settled sections OF the
Union. According to the recent statis-
tics of the material progress of Califor-
mia. that Young commonwealth contains
GA 834 240 acres of land, Of which it is
esfi,hatttt that Is 900, 60U are adapted to
a@r;cnlture. and Is, oo0, zoe additional to
grazing purposes OF the agricultural
| lana, Out Ilrtlc uOIc .tHah WV ohu WV
half per cent ,504, $50 acres-was I'M
der cultivation in 1856. In that year
4sl, 472 acres Of land yielded l1,579, l27
bushels of wheat; H8,9 l6 acres yielded
Il, 462, 7S3 bushels of barley; T,7l6
acres Welded 2,G7s,627 bushels of oats.
Tho average yield throughout the State,
per acre, wasa little over "a bushels of
wheat, nearly 27l bushels Of barley,
and cot bushels of oats. In 1865, there
were growing in the State 2s,2o,244
grape vines, which produced ,433,933
gallons of wine, and 101, $50 gallons OF
brandy. Last year the number Of grow
ing vines was estimated at 35,O0O,O0O,
| and the wine produced at 2,l00,OOO gal
Ions.
The mining enterprises Of the State
are vast in their character, including
al quartz mills, with about 1900
stamps, which are worth s5,9OO,OOO. OF
these mills POI are propelled by steam,
and the remainder by water power.
There are ), 32S miles of artificial water
courses for mining purposes, which were
constructed Mt cost of Sl5, 575, 400. The
State contains l4s -four mills, erected At
cost of 81, 100000 Sixty-twO are run
by steam and the remainder by water.
These mills can turn ont $3.50 bar
rels per day. r.. So. 80
OF saw-mills, there are in the State
59s, erected ut u cost of S2,5OO,00 aud
their aggregate capacity is about $780,
OOO, 900 feet If lumber annually. The
two WOODEN mills manufactured goods
to the value of s599,734 66 for the year
12EE Th.. ~
tory turned ont 5000 yards of shirt
ing and 100000 yards Of brown sheet
ing. Considerable over million dol
lars worth of clothing was mauufac-
tursd in San Francisco during the year.
The two paper mills turned out paper
last year to the value of SIZE, sol, using
in the manufacture 500 tuns of cotton
rags, 600 tuns OF straw and 100 tuHs OF
waste rope. The powder works pro-
duced $4,000 kegs of BLASTING and 5000
kegs of sporting powder. The glass
works turn ont S7S,0O0 worth of goods
per annum. The value. Of leather man
ufactured last year was S2OO,OOO; OF
harness manufactured in San Francis
co, Sill 900; of furniture made i'll that
I city, 81 ,039, 27U. The sugar refneries
turned ont over $4,O00,OOO worth of
sugar during the year. The value OF
cigars manufactured in San Francisco
during the year 1866 amounted to over
! 81 ,O00,O 900, while the value of the tObac-
co manufactured in other forms was on
lily $66,0O0. The candy men of San Fran
Fcisco turned out S3000O worth OF con-
fsctionery.- OF soap, there was manu-
featured Sol 500, 600 pounds, worth
S3OO,OOO. The iron founderies of the
city turned ont nearly S2,OOU,0 worth
of work. The San Francisco breweries
produced 2,5OU,OOO gallons of beer and
ale. The value of carriages and wag'
ons manufactured in the city was S3f, J.
200. These, too, are all gold values
Many other branches of manufactures
are noticed, but We have no space fol
further reference.-NeW YORK. Commercial