The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-10-18

iEIiday IerHiIe October Is. 1851.

IsaItaEsers .ssslf ISe1 Prokpepssss 81
Thess is nd. city IN the United
States whoso prosperity and progress
win crafty the Southern people more
thar Baltimore, and We have reed
with much interest, an article from
8 ths Gazsao of sthsss city, giving come
aecsnnt end furnishing some statia-
sies whichshow the progress she is.
mailing. Whatever may have been
tAs doubts, lSas5ng her own pespis.l
as TO The interests of Baltimore before
the war, il is now plainly evident
That they are bound up with the
'Sonth4 that when the South is pros
porous. Baltimore win be prosperous;
and when there is lstagnation of bust
mass a i aa ! poverty At the South, that
city must feel the effects Of it. So
we'll is this now understood by her
people, as we learn from the Gazette.
that since the close of the war, efforts
have been made TO make more close
y the connection between that city and
the South-to provide o larger mar
Ret for her produce. and to offer
greater facilities for Southern pur-l
chasers. < sA "a kiltt "a aTsFeg.ts
Numerous lines Of coastwise steam
e.s plying to the South, and an ocean
line of steamers to Liverpool, afford
to the Southern cities q much more
direct communication with Europe,
than they ever had before. In few
months more there is to be an en-
larged line to Liverpool, and one to
Bremen, which will, Of course, give
increased Importance to Baltimore,
as port of import and export. A
proposition has also been made by
French capitalists, to subscribe one
, half towards the building of line to
Havre. gS. ,.t-t
4, Such is the progress that Baltimore
IS making to build up market,
!, where Southern merchants may sup
ply themselves. A few figures now
70 show the progress she has made
within a few years past, as to the
amount of duties received at the
custom honse. We quote from the
Gasette E'a &
.tFor the year 1868, it was 81, 019,-
1885, for the year 1864, SO, ,l67. 100:
ge- .i The c s.f j.s 1855 1855, So, 983, 2O2, and for
the year 1866. it hnd increased to the
large sum of 81, ,665. .O64. For the
current year. the duties received up
to October 1st, are 81, ,47O, 7SO, as
against So, 1876, 57l for the same pc
s.Tiod last year, at which rates of in
crease the total amonnt of duties up
TO December 3lst, will be nearly
SB, 600, 900, q far larger amount of
customs than has ever been before
receiyed at this port, and one which
represents an importation of mer-
Ghandize to the extent of about $l2,-
500, 600, in gold; nearly qnadruple the
importation Of 1862, which amount
ed to SO, 466, 45S, and more than dou-
bic shat of 1866, which amounted to
$8211,257."
These are interesting figures, and
require little comment; but it must
also be taken into the account, they
by no means represent the total i'm
portations of Baltimore. Large guam
dties still come through New York,
much of which, however, will come
direct, when the Bremen line is estab-
lished.
The Gazeue concludes its review of
the prospects of Baltimore, as fol-
lows
'eThe marked improvement in the
trade in Baltimore, it must be recol-
lected, has occurred during a year
which has been anything but pros
porous, when the shrinkage in value
of goods of many descriptions have
been enormous, and when the chief
markets to which Baltimore looks for
its purchasers have been in no condi-
ton to take more than what was ab-
solntely necessary for their wants.
ii, then, the improvement in the
commerce of Baltimore has been 30
decided in the face of such disad-
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