Strawberry Culture-Hovey's Seedling. 181 too much water-water morning and beds. The leaves cracked under our evening. If grass and weeds show tread like glass. We picked a handful themselves, use the hoe freely. After it of large, shining, crimson berries, as is no longer an object to gather fruit, let solid as marble. Farewell, thought we, the vines run and mat together. In the to strawberries for this season. But in winter go through with the hoes, thin- fifteen days the beds were again crimson ning out from twelve to eighteen inches, with the fruit, and the market wagon leaving the cut-up vines to decay where daily supplying the market, which, in they were cut, and then cover the whole the absence of all other fruit, brought bed with leaves, straw, swamp-muck, fine prices. This demonstrates that the &c., but use no animal manure. Let strawberry crop is the most certain fruit the proportions of male and female crop cultivated at the South, and, taken plants remain the same as when first with its continuous bearing, certainly planted. We are astonished that in the makes it the most valuable. moister, colder latitudes of the North, "We have frequent applications for they do not have strawberries from frost strawberry seed. Strawberries will grow to frost again. The heavy frost the six- from the seed, but they do not produce teenth of April, three years ago, took their like. All the new varieties which our strawberry grounds in full fruit. We are sold as choice varieties, have been made an early rise the next morning, hybridized. There have been many and walked out with a long countenance, new seedlings produced from Hovey's to look at the destruction. Trees, shrubs seedling, hybridized with the greatest and plants were stiff in the cold embraces care; but as yet they bear no compariof Old Jack. Alas! the fruit was all son to that "ne plus ultra" of all strawgone. We strolled into the strawberry berries." ART. XI.-COMMERCIAL PROGRESS-HOME AND FOREIGN. COMMERCE OF SPAIN-LOUISIANA SHIP-BUILDING-COMMERCE OF MOBILE-STATISTICS OF SUGAR TRADE-COMMERCE OF CINCINNATI; OF CHARLESTON; OF SAVANNAH, ETC.-PROGRESS OF PITTSBURGH INDUSTRY-PHILADELPHIA AND NEW-YORK-GOLD TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN REVENUE OF CANADA-LAKE TRADE-FREEDOM OF THE ST. LAWRENCE AUSTRALIA-CHILI. THE Commerce of Spain appears to be increasing, and in 1851 it reached, for imports, 687,648,640 reals, (for the value of this currency see art. on Cuba in present number,) and for exports, 497,507,432 reals. Of the imports, 259,165 reals were from America, and of the exports, 190,592,803 were to America. The American shipping engaged in the trade with Spain and her colonies, is as follows: Entered Spain on the Atlantic.. 46 Mediterranean.. Canaries.. Manilla and Philippines. Porto Rico. Cleared. Spain on the Atlantic.. 64 46 Mediterranean.. Canaries Porto Rico...... Vessels Tonnage Men and 599 21.. 9,940.. 289 ture of LOUISIANA granting a bonus of $5 per ton for every vessel over 100 tons burthen, which may be built in the state of Louisiana, and $4 per ton on every steamer. The bonus should attract foreign capital to our midst, for ship-building, since we have all the materials abundantly at hand, and the act will only be in force for five years. In our December number we presented some statistics of the commerce 391 of MOBILE for 1851-1852, and have condensed the previous years in "Industrial Resources." For the last crop the .1548.355,545.14,700 average of prices was, in October, 6 to 294.. 48,336.. 2,217 94; November, 6 to 8; December, 6 40.. 14,688.. 513 to 8; January, 64 to 8%; February, 41.. 9,676.. 376 614 to 8%; March, 6% to 84; April, 30.. 15,134.. 314 614 to 9; May, 6 to 10; June, 8 to 10%; 1627.361,732..15,252 average for season, 61% to 9%; average 231. 36,320. 1,675 1850-1851, 834 to 12; 1850-10 to 12; 1849-5 to 7. 3.. 753.. 26 An act has been passed by the legisla COMPARATIVE EXPORTS OF STAVES FROM THE PORT OF MOBILE FOR TWO YEARS, TO DATE. 1851-2. 1850-1. 8,000 spirits turpentine, 40 cents per gallon: 799 crude do. $1 75 to $2 per bbl.; 482 do. pitch, $3 per bbl. ; 258 do. tar, $2 per bbl.; 20 bbls. bright and varnish at 20 .246,953 cents per gallon; and 3,019 bbls. rosin, $1 25 to 3 50 per bbl. .105,826 .360,779 COMPARATIVE IMPORTS OF THE FOLLOWING STAPLE COMPARATIVE EXPORTS OF SAWED LUMBER FROM 1851-2. 4,238,676.. 79,272. 396,648. 5,478,059. .10,189,655 6,816,054 Hay. Flour .74,329. .95,054. .70,570 .26,852.. .27,143. ..23,189 22,481. .20,021......10,562 31,027.. .23,745.. ...19,322 .18,095. .23,672...... 18,042 .20,985... 29,121. . 12,429 .22,014......16,248.. 20,243 ..15,589.. .23,949...... 8,016 1,491.... 1,832.... 1,387 Lard Oats .... The trade in Naval Stores, though only Lime.. about four or five years old, has met with Molasses unprecedented success. Constant improvements are making in the manu- Pork facture of the various articles; the Rice.. quality of spirits of turpentine is much Salt... better than at the commencement, and Whisky Sugar has commanded 40 cents per gallon for a medium article. stores have been sold in this market. Very little naval Most of the crude turpentine, and A No. 1 white rosin, was shipped to New-York, and the balance westward. The receipts and prices are as follows:-1,460 bbls. Candles.. .154,351 .128,700.....154,183 .6,083.. ........15,597. 6,634...... 7,760 23,868.. .21,440 POUNDS OF RAW SUGAR IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES. 3,287,401....49,166,140....26,996,532....120,416,071 7,885,067....66,093,202.... 9,597,781....139,200,705....14,678,238 Total Brown White ..15,723,748 48,127,706.... 1841 90,384,397 86,681,537....15,783,149....182,540,327....12,690,946 5,413,316....45,576,480.... 8,838,531....107,155,033.. 9,070,626....60,838,901.... .12,934,552 5,659,259....165,963,083.. .18,233,579 1842 67,586,332.. 1843 *31,628,319. 6,822,217. .68,179,055....12,328,234....155,414,946....16,464,290 .31,475,613.... 4,515,284.... 69,434,331 1,098,025 1844 114,362,368.. 2,709,099.... .54,763,060.... 7,932,964....179.857,491. 4,731,516 1845 51,699,108. 6,258,288 .46,571,976.... 6,532,720....111,967,404. 1,162,674 1846 61,624,973. 4,926,304. 50,057,329.. 9,656,444....126,731,661. 1,043,836 1847 .169,274,024.... 6,896,447. .45,366.660.. 3,642,895....226,683,261. 9,196,106 1848 1849 1850 1851 .174,979,362.. 6,003,609. ....54,035,761....13,182,395. 248,201,117. 6,007,008 9,516,004 ..56,710,138.... 7,835.323 253,815,495. 5,103,741 7,033,366....49,530,181....13,320,729. ..275,327.497....14,557,699....62,883,757....10,768,908....364,537,861.... 4,786,437 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF REFINED SUGAR, U. s. .197,651,819. ..19,997,312 Foreign Domestic 1837. 72,786. 1,844,167. 1,916,953.. 9.899.. 1,907,055 1838. 2,610,649 2,610,649. 4,556. 2,606,093 4,781,723 4,918,915. 57,751 4,861,164 1840. 74,674. 10,741,648. .10,816,822. 1,682. .10,814,640 1841. 3,033. .13,435,084 .13,438,117 68,333. 13,369,784 1842.. .1,320,181.. 3,430,346. 4,750,527 1,985,319.. 2,765,208 1843. 157,700.. 598,884.. 756,584.. 699,090. 57,594 1844.. .1,679,410. 1,671,187. 3,350,517. 2,215,517. 1,185,000 1845.. .1,840,909. 1,997,692.. 3,838,901. 2,044,862. 1,794,039 1846. 910,263. 4,128.512.. 5,038,775.. 253,379. 5,785,396 1847 185,878. 1,539,415.. ... 1,725,293. 1,089,477. 638,816 1848. 439,220. 3,370,773. 3,817,993.. 2,121,628. 1,696,365 1849. 100. 1850. 1,956,895........ 1,956,995. 400,015.. 2,356,880 286,078. 2,786,022. 3,072,100. 2,275,883 1851.. .1,107,295........ 2,689,541. 3,796,836 .12,077,726. ........ *For nine months only. DESTINATION OF SPECIFIED ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM THE PORT OF CINCINNATI DURING THE YEAR 1851-52, COMMENCING THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, AND ENDING THE LAST OF AUGUST. 1 Leather. .bals. 11,384 3,162 33,220 4,547 8,206 4,560 7,281 .10,233 8,268 7,657 4.434 The Commerce of CHARLESTON, South 64,817 Carolina, for the year ending 31st Aug., 458,703 1852, shows: exports cotton to Liver1,958 pool, 15,635 bales Sea Island, and 179,93,132 650 Upland; total exports cotton to 64,189 Great Britain,-Upland, 191,585; to 8,305 France, 40,577 Upland, and 3,373 Sea 1,843 Island; to North of Europe, 16,240 Up197,868 land; to South of Europe, 22,025 Up247,400 land; total exports, Sea Island, 19,008 1,987 bales; Upland, 270,427-foreign. In ad22,501 dition, the exports to Boston were 19,901; 20,739 Rhode Island, 715; New-York, 144,045; 22,605 Philadelphia, 24,548; Baltimore, 10,336. 58,317 Total coastwise, 199,605, and 3,305 Sea 14,184 Island. Grand total exports, Sea Island. 3.203 32,313; Upland, 470,032. 10,333 .16,532,884 1,425 3,782 2,259 48,074 91,312 12.810 39,224 There were 12,889 tierces rice export- 5,930 377,037 167,002 The following steamboats were built at Cincinnati during the same period. The capacity of boats is said to exceed custom-house tonnage 100 per cent.: Registered tonnage.-Steamers Sydonia, 235; Post Boy, 158; Wilcox, 260; General Pike, 367; Pearl, 184; R. H. Winslow, 335; J. H. Chenoweth, 310; Alabama, 298; Ruby, 145; Louisa, 394; Lewis Whiteman, 317; Cusseta, 201; J. P. Tweed, 315; Delaware, 501; R. M. Jones, 193; Moses Greenwood, 267; Major A. Harris, 103; D. J. Day, 212; James Robb, 593; L. M. Kennett, 598; Eliza, 349; Fanny Sparhawk, 200; Norma, 380; Col. Drennon, 125; Floating Palace, 231; White River, 100; Wash. McLean, 142. Barges.-Kate Hays, 240; Buckeye, 328; Cincinnatus, 224; Ion, 230; Joe Torrence, 211; Bob Green, 100. Total-8,896. Commerce in New-York and Philadelphia-Canada. We have received from Job B. Tyson, Esq., of PHILADELPHIA, a series of letters addressed to Mr. Consul Peter, contrasting in eloquent language, and with a great array of facts, the commerce of that city with the commerce of New-York, and tracing out the probable future of both. We shall publish these letters in the Review. They show the population to have been 66 Charges under estimate, 1850 Total 185 66 1852 £634,466 0 0 The following table shows the amount of duties collected at the chief lake towns in 1852 and 1851 : Buffalo, N. Y.. 1850-1. 1851-2. $67,000. $91,000 91,000. 87,000 20,000. 82,000 54,391 55,000. 85,000 1800. 60,489. 81,009 Plattsburgh, O. 49,000. 64,000 .111,210 Detroit, Mich. 28,000.. 34,000 1820 123,706. 137,097 Niagara, N. Y. 17,000. 23,000 188,961 Ogdensburgh, N. Y. 20,000. 21,000 1840. 258,037 Cape Vincent, N. Y.. 6,000.. 19,000 1850. .409,045 Sackett's Harbor, N. Y... 6,000. 19,000 Chicago, Ill. 2,000. 11,000 .312,710 ..515,394. The following table shows the movements going on in GOLD in Great Britain: MOVEMENTS OF NEW GOLD IN GREAT BRITAIN. The total of the above for 1850-1, amounts to $376,000; for 1851-2, to CALIFORNIA.—(Gold first imported 21st June, 1849.) $542,000; an increase of $162,000, or about 44 per cent., in one year! The amount of duties collected at the less important ports on the lakes, is not given. in the report. There are, in all, in the United States, 103 ports of entry, in which the total duties of 1850-51 amounted to $48,788,000; and in 1851-52, to $47,320,326; thus showing, that while there was a large falling off in the aggregate amount of duties collected, there was an enormous increase in the duties paid at the lake ports. The reader will find under the head of SOUTH AMERICA, in the "Industrial Resources," the early statistics and history of CHILI. The following table shows the exports and imports of the first six months in 1852, în duty-paid goods. Excise 8 Territorial Central America 36,607 5,574 2,867,479 2,944,108 Light-house duty, C. W. 937 6 10 Ecuador. 52,710 15,174 Bank impost Militia fines, &c.. 15,832 7 7 France 1,134,978 394,443 Germany 947,519 183,583 Fines, forfeitures and seizures. 1,364 0 0 Holland 106,492 1,599 Casual 11,138 2 11 Mexico 7,808 4,145 Law fee fund 4,052 12 2 New Grenada 470 233,805 Peru 506,860 795 Spain. 96,546 17,348 The following are items of expenditure: Sardinia 36.995 8,497 Interest on debt....... £223,561 14 3 Sandwich Islands. 2,873 24.912 United States.. 781,022 163,440 Schedule A. 29,230 18 2 Schedule B. 33,547 8 9 Prussia 458 Denmark 1,142 Permanent charges by legislative enactment, C. E. 4,655 8 2 Sweden and Norway.. 3,397 Permanent charges by legislative enactment, C. W. Uruguay... 102,873 10,573 0 0 Permanent charges by legislative enactment, United Canada........ 125,355 0 7 In the same period of 1851, the exports were $6,126,546; imports, $6,542,795. |