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Art. IV. COMMERCIAL CITIES THE UNITED STATES. NUMBER XXX.

St. Louis; and Her Means of Advancement and Wealth.

FREEMAN HUNT, Esq., Editor of the Merchants' Magazine, etc.

To tell of the greatness and growth of cities, and, at the same time, to furnish proofs in detail, so as to satisfy the most skeptical reader, are characteristic merits of a journal so much relied on as yours. To send therefore a document just published by the editors of the Missouri Republican,, accompanied by a few remarks in a general way upon subjects not treated of in it, so that from the whole you may be enabled to draw correct conclusions as to what St. Louis has been engaged in during the past year, may not br unacceptable to you.

This "Annual Report," so ably and correctly prepared by Messrs. Chambers & Knapp, speaks alone of the "Commerce of St. Louis in 1851", and, confining itself strictly to the subject, notes without comment the arrival at this port during the year, of no less than twenty-live hundred steamboat cargoes, all discharged here — of the payment by our merchants to the Government, of nearly three hundred thousand dollars in duties collected at the custom-house here, upon direct importations from Europe and the West Indies; and besides other statistics of interest, giving us a list of home imports, the aggregate value of which may safely be estimated at from twelve to fifteen millions of dollars.

The commercial growth of St Louis is far from being all that she may be proud of — manufactures, the mechanic arts, agriculture, and last, though not least, internal improvements, are each receiving the attention and giving employment to numbers of her citizens, as well as affording a large return upon the capital invested in them.

Already a population of nearly one hundred thousand find comfort, independence, and wealth here; and yet the riches of this region — its inexhaustible fertility of soil and boundless mineral resources, are comparatively untouched.

St. Louis combines and possesses more elements of true and lasting greatness than any other city of her age in ancient or modern times, and her people are fully capable of and actively engaged in developing her wonderful resources. In a circuit of less than ninety miles around the city, confined to that part within the State of Missouri, she can procure sufficient iron, coal, lead, and probably copper, to supply the wants of the Union for ages. These are no random assertions, but truths, well known here and acted upon. Had they been better known abroad, then the capital, the labor, and life that have been wasted in far-off lands might have found a certain, large, and fitting reward much nearer home.

If we could but cast from our minds the delusive yet enchanting visions that distance and imagination lend to remote scenes of enterprise, and look at the boundless wealth that Providence has here placed within our reach-did we but use a tithe of the energy and means to obtain it that we devote to questionable undertakings and rash schemes, how little would we have complain of fortune.

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Louis, I know of no one whose authority would sooner be relied on, or whose language is more to the point, than those of the Hon. Lewis F. Levin late Senator in Congress from Missouri. In a letter addressed by him to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, he says: —

"It will be found in a report made the year 1835 by the United States Geologist that in a certain location in Washington County, Missouri, (less than ninety miles from St. Louis,) a micaceous oxyd of iron is found, yielding at least seventy-five percent of the purest and finest iron, of an indefinite amount. It exists in the form of a vein, at least 500 feet broad from east to west, and in the other direction 1,900 feet, when it disappears from the superficial soil. It reappears, however, in parts of the adjacent country, and always in connection with the scientific chain of hills that rise in an isolated position amid the galiniferous secondary limestone, where the lead mines are worked.

"This vein may be said to enlarge on the eastern side, and, strictly speaking, extends upwards of 3,000 feet; but the character, there, is less metallic. The formation, however, is very ponderously impregnated with metal, most of which yields 50 percent of very superior iron; and it is probable, judging from analogy which experience has established, that this vein becomes richer as it descends many thousand yards toward the interior crusts of the earth. This ferruginous deposit must be of great antiquity, for upon an examination of the adjacent country, immense deposits of the oxyd of iron, of a productive and valuable quality, are found in a countless number of localities together with rich bog ore.

"The superficial contents of the great vein of what is emphatically called the ‘Iron Mountain,’ and which is situated near the sources of the St. Francois river, would, it could easily be shown, justify heavy expenditures to open communication to these ferruginous deposits. But when we add to them the subterranean contents, which most certainly exist at depths equal to any mines that have been worked in any part of the world, and which most probably descend much lower than any generation of man we can look to will follow, we are compelled to use the term indefinite when we speak of their contents, and most confidently assert that this part of North America will one day be as celebrated for its iron mines as Sweden now is."

These are truths that our railroads will soon enable each one to verify in less than four hours from the time he leaves St. Louis, while at the same time he will perceive that not only this mountain of iron, but a still larger one in the vicinity, called the "Pilot Knob," are no longer the wondrous monuments unnoticed save in the descriptions of travelers, but now the great central points for Vulcan's fires and forges to act upon — making rich our citizens now engaged there, and destined to enrich thousands of others.

"In the calcareo-silicious hills of the southern part of Missouri, lead is found everywhere, sometimes near the surface, while in other places rich veins are discovered, dipping profoundly into the bowels of the earth, amply rewarding the laborer for his trouble and expense in following them through caves and sinuosities in the rock.

"There are also many deposits of blend ore of zinc, of copper, cobalt, manganese, alum, sulphur, saltpetre, sulphate of iron, arsenic, sal-ammoniac in enormous masses, marbles of exquisite beauty, while crystals of radiated quartz, sulphate of barytes and of lime, glitter in the sunbeams over hill and valley. Over this extensive region Providence has scattered blessings with unbounded profusion, awaiting but the industry of man for their fullest developments."

In describing another part of the country adjacent, and still nearer to St. Louis — St. Genevieve county, famed for its lead mines and marble quarries — and again briefly referring to the iron region, I am fortunate in being able to use the language of other most respectable authorities — of A. Valle, Esq., and Dr. James H. Relfe, addressed by them in letters to the editor of the

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Gazetteer of the State of Missouri. The names of these gentlemen are a sufficient guaranty for the fidelity of the description. "The produce (of St. Genevieve county) is principally corn, wheat, oats, and tobacco. The climate is healthy. The greatest resources of this section of country are its minerals, which are found in great abundance; copper, lead, iron, salt, and zinc, and several other minerals unknown. I received ten thousand pounds of red copper, which I sold in New York, and have been informed that it was of excellent quality. The copper ore is abundant, and yields a good percent,"

"Lead ore is found from five to eight miles back from this place, and our lead mines are pronounced by English and German miners richer, easier worked, and at less expense, than the famed mines of Galena. I ship annually from this place three million pounds of lead." "There are quantities of beautiful white and variegated marble twelve miles back of this place, (St. Genevieve,) said to be nearly as handsome as the Italian marble. The quarry has been opened, but not worked. The ridge in which it was found is upwards of a mile in length, and is supposed to contain a solid bed. There are immense caves of white sand, resembling snow, within four miles of this place, of which large quantities are sent to Pittsburg and used in the manufacture of flint glass." "The valley of Bellevue must be considered as the center of the iron region of Missouri, affording productions of that mineral far surpassing, in quality and in quantity, any other portion of the globe now known. It is much to be regretted that the few mineralogists who have visited our section of the State have examined it so superficially, and been content to report our productions of lead, and noticed only the iron to be found at one of the sources of the St. Francois river, generally called the ‘Iron Mountain.’ That, to be sure, is a prodigy, and strikes the observer with astonishment. It is literally a mountain of magnetic iron, so pure in its quality as to yield from seventy to eighty per centum under the ordinary process for converting ore into malleable iron."

"There is much variety in the iron ore of this region. Occasionally masses are found in which a considerable portion of copper is blended, and I should think, frequently so rich with copper as to justify a process of separation. Five miles south of the mountain is a magnificent pyramid of the micaceous oxyd of iron. It rises abruptly at the head of the valley to an elevation of two hundred and fifty and three hundred feet; its base is a mile and a half in circumference; competent judges say it will yield eighty per cent. The immense quantity of rich ore which this country affords, renders it of no value to individual proprietors; for, believe me, there is more to be found on three or four townships of land than would supply the consumption of the United States for a thousand years, and this can be obtained without mining. The purity of the ore is such that any ingenious blacksmith can forge from it any article of cutlery, giving it a tine temper, after the manner ho would work a piece of steel."

The agricultural riches of Missouri, about to be developed by her great lines of railroad, and which are destined to make St. Louis the granary o the West, if they are not so marvelous as the minerals in regard to quantity, are yet equal to any to be found in the United States, whether we consider the depth and richness of the soil, its great and unsurpassed fertility, or the variety of its products.

If St. Louis during the last ten years has increased from a fraction over sixteen thousand inhabitants to a fraction under one hundred thousand, without the impulse of railroads, and notwithstanding a combination of calamities

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such as never before tried an American city, — what must be her progress, and what her population, during the next ten year when, independent of other causes of increase, she will have more railroads concentrating within her limits than Boston now has. To say that she will then have half a million of inhabitants, and be the third city in the Union in size, would be only receiving upon what the past and present is proving, and what the future indicates unerringly. The reader fond of statistics may learn that she duplicates her population every four years, and can easily calculate the result at the period alluded to.

The people of this State have, decided for themselves what, under Providence, shall be their destiny. They have entered upon measures of public improvement whose vastness is only equaled by the wisdom which has planned them; and such is her solid wealth and credit, and the fixed purpose of her people, that they will certainly carry out what they have begun. She will not be stopped, either, by any failure on the part of Congress to do her justice in the application made by her for a fair share of the public lands but will push to completion her great railroads — "The Pacific," "The Hannibal and St. Joseph," "The St. Louis and North Missouri via. St. Charles," and, besides numerous smaller ones, the St. Louis and Ohio City railroad, by which she will connect herself with the Gulf of Mexico by the Mobile and Ohio railroad, connecting Mobile Bay with the mouth of the Ohio.

Knowing her own wealth, as well as the, activity and proverbial industry of her citizens, St. Louis views with no jealous eye the efforts made in the State of Illinois and elsewhere to carry out railroad enterprises, such as the Central railroad, from Chicago and Dubuque to Cairo, and the various cross lines that are being extended from the Lakes to the Mississippi — the latter, profitable as they may be to the parties interested, will yet mainly benefit St. Louis, by converting the thinly inhabited country through which they pass into populous and flourishing districts, connected with St, Louis by intersecting roads, whose people will resort to her to exchange their products for her manufactures of iron, glass and cotton, and for the various supplies which now reach her from the West Indies, from the South and the East — while the Central railroad, by developing a still greater region, comparatively unimproved, and, (to use the words of the Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr.,) "sparsely settled," extending through Illinois from north to south, will, as it were, create and open to the trade of St. Louis a populous belt of country in front and to the right and left of her, the main road through which will be reached in less than two hours' time by her railroad to the East via Vincennes, to be commenced in February.

By virtue of railroad connections, St Louis will thus be made the immediate center of Commerce and Manufactures for no less than a million and a half of people — the population of Illinois being over nine hundred thousand, that of Missouri seven hundred thousand — while in ten years, without stretch of the imagination or deviation from the known laws of progression we may expect to see her with a population approaching half a million, and the acknowledged capital and exchange mart of four millions of people.

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of the Commerce of St. Louis, we present the readers of the Merchants' Magazine with a brief review of the markets for the past year, accompanying which are tables showing the monthly receipts of principal articles of import, a comparitive statement with previous years, the tonnage of the Port of St. Louis, &c. These tables have been compiled with great care to accuracy, and are strictly reliable.

Before entering into a review of each of the important staples of our trade we congratulate our readers that the Commerce of the Port of St. Louis, not withstanding the genera! suspension of business during the months of June and July, in consequence of the high water and inundation of principal shipping points upon the upper rivers, presents a degree of healthfulness truly ghratifying to every citizen having an interest in the rapid improvement which has been made in our commercial resources. Our import tables for the year 1851, will show, compared with the year 1850, a decrease in the receipts of several principal articles of trade; namely: flour, wheat, lead, &c., but an increase in the receipts of a majority of the products of the country tributary to this port.

With these remarks, we shall proceed briefly to review the principal articles of import and comparative prices during the year.

TOBACCO. The receipts of this important staple, exceed the receipts of last year 1,316 hhds. The market has been active throughout the year, and an improvement in prices for the better grades lias been manifested. The respective grades, however, have been superior to those of the previous year. In the following comparative statement, we give the prices for 1850, and a general view of the opening and closing prices for the past year. The various grades that are offered and prices obtained for inferior lugs to good shipping and manufactunng leaf, renders a general view of the comparative prices of each month, nominally speculative. The receipts during the year were 10,371 hhds., of which about 9,500 hhds. were inspected at the two warehouses of our city. About 500 hhds. are at present in store, 250 of which are in the hands of manufacturers and shippers.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FOK THE YEARS 1850 AND 1851.

	1851		1850
January	$2 00 a 5 50	January	No sales.
February	2 50 5 50	February	No sales.
March	..... .....	March	$3 00 a 12 00
April	..... .....	April	4 45 7 75
May	..... .....	May	3 00 12 00
June	3 00 a 12 00	June	4 15 13 20
July	..... .....	July	4 45 8 45
August	..... .....	August	5 50 10 50
September	..... .....	September	5 00 13 50
October	..... .....	October	5 45 9 35
November	..... .....	November	6 00 15 00
December	2 25 6 00	December	4 75 8 50

HEMP. The receipts of this staple article during the last year, greatly exceed the receipts of any previous year since 1847, and exceed the receipts of the year 1850, by 4,504 bales. The market, throughout the year, has not been characterized by that firmness which was experienced in 1850, and although the qualities offered have been superior, the general average of prices shows a uniform decline. The stock in warehouse and upon the market at present is about 3,000 bales, in addition to which manufacturers have on hand about 1,200 bales. The market for the past month has been quiet, in consequence of the close of navigation and we quote as nominal closing rates, $78 a $92 per ton, for good to choice lots. The annexed statement of monthly average prices will give a ready view of the state of the market during each month of the year, compared wi the prices of the year previous: —

MONTHLY PEICES PER TON IN 1850 AND 1851.

	1851		1850
January	$85 a l 10	January	$120 a 125
February	80 105	February	90 105
March	85 95	March	87 90
April	70 90	April	85 93
May	70 85	May	80 90
June	75 82	June	85 89
July	75 95	July	80 90
August	80 95	August	80 86
September	80 90	September	75 90
October	75 85	October	85 93
November	75 85	November	83 92
December	78 92	December	85 95

LEAD. The receipts of this article have been gradually declining since 1845, and compared with the receipts of 1850, show a decline of 69,931 pigs. The demand for home, consumption has materially increased, and the exports have greatly fallen off. In consequence of this falling otf in the receipts, prices have been steady, at a slight advance, holders at the close being firm at $4 25 to $4 30 per 100 lbs. The stock at present on the market slightly exceeds 25,000 pigs, of which, about 1,200 is of lower mines. The total receipts by river during the last year (including the upper and lower mines) amounts to 503,571 pigs. The annexed table will furnish a comparative statement of the monthly prices for the year 1850-51: —

	1851		1850
January	$4 37˝ a 4 40	January	$3 92 a 3 95
February	4 37˝ 4 40	February	395 400
March	440 445	March	437 450
April	425 435	April	470 475
May	415 4 20	May	458 460
June	425 4 30	June	400 435
July	425 4 30	July	415 4 20
August	4 25 4 30	August	410 415
September	4 20 4 25	September	410 4 15
October	4 05 4 10	October	425 430
November	4 12˝ 4 15	November	425 4 30
December	4 25 4 30	December	430 440

In connection with the above statement we may remark, that in addition to the receipts there given, about 18,000 pigs have been received by wagons, all of which were from the lower mines.

Received by river during the year....................pigs 503,571
Received by wagons................................... 18,000

Total from, both sources............................ 521,571

FLOUR. The receipts by riverduring the past year fall short 98,826 bbls., compared with 1850, and the market closed with a lighter stock on hand than we have ever before noticed.

This, together with the advances South, and the markets on the Atlantic coast, caused prices at the close of the year to advance. It will be observed, from the comparative statement which follows, that there has been a gradual decline throughout the year: —

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	1851		1850
January	$3 87 a 4 50	January	$4 75 a 12˝
February	3 75 4 60	February	4 90 5 25
March	3 60 4 50	March	5 37$frac12; 5 50
April	3 50 4 50	April	5 00 5 37˝
May	3 50 4 50	May	5 62 ˝ 6 00
June	3 60 4 50	June	6 00 6 35
July	3 75 4 50	July	4 25 5 25
August	3 75 4 50	August	3 75 4 00
September	3 60 4 37	September	4 00 4 37˝
October	3 50 4 50	October	3 75 4 12˝
November	3 40 4 50	November	3 80 4 25
December	3 75 4 75	December	4 00 4 50

Including 45,000 bbls. received by wagons, 193,892 bbls. received by the river, and about 450,000 bbls. estimated to have been manufactured by our city mills, we have a grand total of 668,892 bbls. as the amount upon the market during the last year. In connection with this, we annex the following remarks in regard to flouring mills and the quantity of Hour manufactured in this city in 1851.

The mills mentioned in the following table, manufactured during the year just ended, 450,823 barrels of flour; the greater portion of which was exported. The amount of flour manufactured this year cannot be taken as a fair average criterion of that usually manufactured by the city mills. Almost every one of our mills has been idle several months, some having remained so for various untoward causes, more than half the year. We give the total manufacture of flour as reliable and correct. We intended to add the exact proportion of flour shipped and flour sold in the city, but were prevented, in part, by the impossibility of obtaining the figures from two or three establishments; and, again, because of the inaccuracies which must appear in such statement, even were the relative amounts from all of the mills furnished. A large proportion of the flour sold here is shipped by the purchasers so soon as delivered, leaving no data whereby to ascertain the relative city trade and exportation. Thus, the following figures were given us in one mill: "Total amount flour manufactured during the year, 32,000 bbls.; shipped, 15,075 bbls.; sold in the city, 16,925 bbls.;" and to this is added in explanation, "of the 16,925 bbls. sold here, 14,565 bbls. were shipped by the purchasers." In the other mills, the disproportion is not so striking; but the present instance is quoted to show the utter impossibility of arriving at the correct relative estimates of the shipments and city sales.

Name of mills	Location of mills	Name of owners	Runs of stone	Capacity per day in barrels
Missouri	St. Charles-street	Joseph Powell	4	500
Pacific	Corner 3d and Cedar	W. C. McElroy	5	500
Park	Thirteenth	Backland & Co	4	250
United States	South Seventh	A. W. Fagin	4	350
Saxony	Lombard	Leonharat & Shuricht ...	2	100
Phoenix	Barry	H. & S. B. Pilkington	4	140
Planter's	Franklin Avenue	Wm. T. Hazard	2	160
Choteau	Eighth	Wm. T. Hazard	3	126
Atlantic	Plum	Ball & Chapin	4	250
Nonantum	South Fourth	Henry Whitmore	2	125
Franklin	61 Franklin Avenue	Geo. P. Plant & Co	3	80
O'Fallon	Hazel & Fourth	Jos. G. Shands	2	80
Star	South Levee	A. D. Pomeroy & Co	1	250
Washington	Seventh	Charles L. Tucker	3	120
Eagle	Main and Bates	Dennis Marks	2	150
Empire	North Broadway	Robinson & Goodfellow	4	300
Cherry-street	Cherry	J. Batt	3	100
Magnolia	North St. Louis	Hendrick's	2	100
Union	North Levee	Ed. Walsh	2	200

Total number of flouring mills, 19; aggregate runs of stone, 56; capacity of

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daily manufacture, 3,880 bbls. We have failed to mention the Telegraph Mills — which might with propriety be called a city mill — on account of its location without the city limits, and the Diamond Mill near Bremen, because of the difficulty of obtaining its report. The figures of the latter, however, would make no material difference in the results given below.

WHEAT. The receipts during the year, fall short 91,366 bushels, compared with the year 1850. This deficiency is not as great as in flour. The demand has been steady, and throughout the year there has been very moderate change in prices. The annexed statement will show, that until the close of the year, there has been a gradual decline, compared with the monthly prices of 1850: —

	1851		1850
January cts	75 a 80˝	January	95 a 1 15
February	70 80	February	80 1 05
March	70 80	March	75 1 20
April	60 80	April	95 1 25
May	70 85	May	90 1 27
June	65 78	June	80 1 25
July	65 80	July	75 95
August	70 80	August	70 90
September	55 70	September	60 85
October	70 76	October	60 80
November	70 75	November	65 82
December	75 82	December	75 86

In the above comparative statement, we have not included the inferior grades, confining ourselves altogether to fair, prime, and choice qualities. We quote as the nominal closing rates, inferior, 60 a 70c.; fair to good, 73 a 77c.; and prime and choice 80 a 85c. per bushel.

The following statement, furnished us by the clerk of the Millers' Exchange, shows the total quantity of sacks aud barrels of wheat received, and the quantity of sacks from each river; also a total quantity of flour received from all sources. Between this statement and our own statistics there are slight discrepancies.

Dates.	Sacks.	Barrels.	Missouri river.	Mississippi river.	Illinois river.	Flour.
January	28,661	1,248	23	10,772	17,866	15,848
February	24,704	613	2,245	5,360	17,099	8,846
March	64,468	1,296	7,676	18,791	38,001	14,119
April	67,754	1,539	12,021	27,444	28,289	20,595
May	90,405	3,222	11,480	43,519	35,406	21,972
June	44,025	1,971	10,217	8,200	25,607	13,275
July	51,535	1,174	6,107	17,501	27,927	3,469
August	121,961	2,558	16,959	27,007	77,995	15,893
September	85,422	1,573	8,755	27,323	49,344	19,062
October	110,753	1,414	10,778	27,701	72,274	26,115
November	96,112	701	9,489	26,730	60,253	18,553
December	50,914	669	2,050	16,858	32,006	7,590
Total	826713	17978	97,800	256,846	482,067	185,337

CORN. Our comparative table of receipts will show a gradual increase during the past three years; and for the last year nearly doubling the receipts of 1850. During the spring and summer, the bulk of the receipts were damaged. Our monthly statement of prices, in which is embraced fair mixed to prime yellow and white lots, shows a steady decline throughout the year. The market closed at 36 to 36½ c.; for mixed; 37 to 38c. for pure yellow, and 39 to 40c. for pure white lots in new gunnies.

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF MONTHLY PRICES

	1851		1850
January cts	44 a 48	January cts	38 a 41
February	41 46	February	37 40
March	35 40	March	45 48
April	35 40	April	44 45
May	34 38	May	56 60
June	33 36	June	60 62˝
July	38 43	July	58 64
August	35 40	August	58 61
September	35 38	September	50 52
October	35 40	October	52˝ 55
November	31 36	November	46 48
December	36 40	December	46 55

OATS. The receipts for the year comprise 794,431 bushels, against 697,432 bushels during the year 1850, showing an increase of 96,999 bushels. The prices have varied, opening at 45 a 50, and closing at 30 a 32c. The stock on hand at present is estimated at 60,000 bushels.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF MONTHLY PRICES DURING THE YEARS

	1851		1850
January cts	45 a 50	January cts	42 a 44
February	52 53	February	43 45
March	45 47	March	44 46
April	36 40	April	46 47
May	35 37	May	58 60
June	31 33	June	55 56
July	30 31	July	53 55
August	25 26	August	50 53
September	26 27	September	37 40
October	25 26	October	37 38
November	26 27	November	40 42
December	30 32	December	45 50

BARLEY. Daring the early part of the year prices ruled high; and the stock on the market, which consisted almost entirely of prime and choice Kentucky and Ohio, was taken at 87˝c. to $1 00 per bushel. Until May the receipts from the upper rivers were light, and, corresponding with the subsequent increased receipts from this source, prices declined, and continued uniform to the close, ranging from 45 to 60c. per bushel, including sacks. We annex the monthly prices for the years —

	1851		1850
January cts	87˝ a 1 00	January cts	80 a 90
February	87˝ 1 00	February	95 1 05
March	75 90	March	1 00 1 10
April	80 85	April	1 10 1 15
May	60 65	May	1 15 1 20
June	58 60	June	1 00 1 10
July	55 70	July	95 1 00
August	45 60	August	75 80
September	45 55	September	65 70
October	50 55	October	60 85
November	55 60	November	62˝ 85
December	55 60	December	65 87˝

RYE. There has been little demand during the year, and prices have slightly varied — the market opening at 60 a 65c. and closing at 55 a 60c. per bushel. The receipts are about 7,500 bushels. We annex the monthly prices for the years —

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	1851		1850
January cts	60 a 65	January cts	55 a 60
February	60 65	February	50 55
March	60 65	March	65 70
April	55 60	April	70 75
May	55 60	May	87˝ 1 00
June	55 60	June	70 75
July	60 65	July	70 75
August	55 60	August	55 60
September	75 80	September	60 65
October	50 55	October	50 55
November	45 50	November	45 50
December	55 60	December	55 60

CASTOR BEANS. Increased receipts have caused a decline in prices, and during the year, as will be observed by our comparative monthly statement, hereto annexed, there has been a material falling off. At the rates given, there has been a steady demand.

MONTHLY PRICES PER BUSHEL DURING THE YEARS

	1851		1850
January cts	$1 00 a 1 15	January cts	$ 2 20 a 2 37˝
February	1 10 1 12	February	2 25 2 50
March	1 10 1 05	March	2 50 2 60
April	95 1 00	April	2 60 2 65
May	95 1 00	May	2 55 2 60
June		June	1 75 1 80
July	85 87˝	July	1 70 1 75
August	95 1 10	August	1 60 1 70
September	75 80	September	1 45 1 50
October	50 55	October	1 35 1 40
November	50 55	November	1 25 1 30
December		December	1 30 1 35

FLAXSEED. The receipts by river have not exceeded 11,000 bushels, and prices have fluctuated during the year, as will be observed by the following statement of monthly prices. There has been a steady demand for home consumption, and the market closed firm at $1 30 to $1 35 per bushel.

MONTHLY PRICES DURING THE YEAR

	1851		1850
January	$1 60 a 1 65	January	$ 1 45 a 1 50
February		February	1 40 1 50
March		March	1 50 1 55
April		April	1 55 1 60
May		May	1 50 1 55
June	1 55 1 60	June	1 30 1 35
July	1 50 1 55	July	1 30 1 35
August	1 00 1 12˝	August	1 25 1 30
September	1 20 1 25	September	1 10 1 20
October	1 30 1 35	October	1 25 1 30
November	1 25 1 30	November	1 45 1 50
December		December	1 50 1 55

POTATOES. The market has greatly fluctuated during the year — opening at $1 15 a $1 20 per bushel, and closing at 70 a 75c. Received during the year, 73,642 sacks and 4,747 bbls. The following will exhibit the Comparative monthly Prices during the years —

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	1851		1850
January	$1 15 a 1 20	January cts	50 a 55
February	90 1 00	February	45 50
March	90 95	March	65 70
April		April	50 80
May		May	75 1 00
June		June	80 85
July	90 95	July	80 85
August	35 40	August	75 80
September	30 37	September	46 65
October	45 55	October	50 45
November	50 55	November	80 90
December	70 75	December	85 1 05

HAY. Received by river during the year, 23,717 bales. Good and prime Timothy was sold in January at GO to 65c., but gradually declined to 45 to 50c., when a scarcity of receipts had a tendency to raise the price to 55 to 60c., at which figures we quote the market. A comparative monthly review of prices in 1851 and 1850, hereto annexed, will afford the general range of the market: —

	1851		1850
January cts	60 a 65	January cts	75 a 80
February	60 70	February	70 75
March	60 65	March	75 80
April	60 65	April	80 1 00
May	60 65	May	1 00 1 20
June	55 68	June	75 85
July	60 65	July	75 80
August	50 55	August	80 85
September	55 60	September	60 65
October	45 50	October	55 60
November	45 50	November	62˝ 65
December	55 60	December	70 75

WHISKY. The receipts of raw whisky, by river, during the year, comprises 47,991 bbls., showing an increase upon the receipts of 1850, of 22,032 bbls. The extremes of the market were in 1851, 18ž to 23˝c., against 21 to 27˝c. during 1850. The following will exhibit the average monthly prices for raw, during the years —

	1851		1850
January cts	22 a 23	January cts	22˝ 23
February	22˝ 23˝	February	22˝ 23
March	20 21	March	23 23ź
April	18ž 19	April	22 23
May	19 19ź	May	23˝ 24
June	20˝ 21	June	25 27˝
July	18ž 19	July	25 26
August	19˝ 19 5/8	August	26 26˝
September	21ž 22	September	25˝ 26
October	20 20ź	October	24 25˝
November	20˝ 21	November	21 22
December	21˝ 22	December	21 23

SUGAR. Received during the year, 29,276 hhds., 20,854 bbls., and 15,833 bxs. which exceeds the receipts of 1850, (throwing the bbls. into hhds.,) about 8,000 hhds. Prices have ruled steady, as will be seen by the annexed monthly statement. The market for fair to prime qualities closed firm at $5 25 to $6 00 Per 100 lbs.

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	1851		1850
January	$5 00 a 5 87˝	January cts	$4 12˝ a 5 00
February	5 50 5 75	February	4 00 5 00
March	5 25 5 75	March	3 35 4 75
April	5 00 5 75	April	3 25 4 50
May	5 75 6 75	May	4 62˝ 5 50
June	6 00 6 75	June	5 50 6 00
July	6 00 6 50	July	5 75 6 25
August	5 75 6 50	August	6 00 6 50
September	6 12˝ 7 00	September	6 25 7 00
October	6 00 6 75	October	6 25 7 00
November	5 75 6 50	November	5 75 6 25
December	5 25 6 00	December	4 75 5 75

MOLASSES. The receipts comprise 40,231 bbls. of all descriptions, during the year. Louisiana Sugar House, at the close, was selling at 32 to 34c. in limited quantities, and St. Louis brands at 36 to 40c. per gallon. The following statement of monthly prices refers to prime New Orleans and plantation only: —

	1851		1850
January cts	27 a 29	January cts	25 a 26
February	30 32	February	25 26
March	30 31	March	24 25
April	33 34	April	24 24˝
May	35 37	May	28 30
June	33 35	June	32 33
July	32 34	July	32 34
August	32 34	August	34 35
September	30 33	September	32 34
October	29 31	October	32 33
November	30 31	November	30 32
December	20 31	December	28 31

COFFEE. The receipts of the past year are 101,904 sacks, showing an increase upon the receipts of 1850, of 28,231 sacks. The market during the year has greatly fluctuated, as will be seen by the following statement: —

MONTHLY PRICES DURING THE YEAR 1851

January	$11 00 a 11 50	July	$9 25 a 9 50
February	11 50 12 25	August	9 25 9 50
March	11 25 11 50	September	9 12˝ 9 00
April	10 75 11 00	October	8 25 8 50
May	10 00 10 25	November	8 25 8 75
June	9 62˝ 9 75	December	8 50 9 00

SALT. The market has been steady during the year, and the demand active. In January, G. A. sold at $1 10 to $1 20, and continued to advance steadily up to the close. We quote as closing rates — G. A. in bleached sacks at $1 50 to $1 55. T. I. dull at 50 to 60c., and market well supplied; and Kanawha brisk at 30c. per bushel. The receipts the past year, of all descriptions, comprise 46,260 bbls. and 216,963 bags against 19,158 bbls. and 261,250 bags during the year 1850.

HIDES. Received during the year, of all descriptions, 99,736, which shows an increase of about 5,000 compared with the year 1850. the market opened at 9 to 9źc. for dry flint; 7 to 7źc. for dry salted; and 4 to 4źc. for green salted. In April and the two succeeding months, sales were made at 10c., 8źc., and 4źc. These prices, with but slight variation, prevailed until October, and the market closed at 8c. for dry flint; 7c. for dry salted; and 3ž to 4c. for green salted feathers. There lias been very little variation in the price of this article, and the supply has been about equal to the demand. The range for good live feathers has been from 28 to 32c. At the close, we quote at 30 to 32c.

LARD. The market for prime No. 1, in bbls. and tcs. opened at 6ž to 7c., and continued to advance until November. Prices then ruled at 8˝ to 9c., and

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gradually declined to the close, when 7ž to 8źc. were the market rates. The, receipts by river during the year comprise 13,465 csks., 37,743 bbls. and 14,450 kgs. We annex a statement of the monthly prices of good and prime No. 1 per 100 lbs., during the years 1851 and 1850: —

	1851		1850
January	$6 75 a 7 00	January	$4 50 a 5 50
February	7 50 8 00	February	4 50 5 50
March	7 50 7 87˝	March	5 25 6 50
April	7 50 7 75	April	4 50 5 80
May	8 50 9 00	May	4 75 6 00
June	8 50 9 00	June	6 35 7 65
July	8 25 9 00	July	6 00 7 00
August	9 00 9 12˝	August	6 25 6 75
September	9 00 6 25	September	5 50 6 12˝
October	9 12˝ 9 00	October	5 62˝ 6 25
November	8 50 10 00	November	6 00 7 00
December	7 75 8 25	December	6 70 7 10

PORK. The receipts of the past year of barreled pork, slightly vary from the receipts of 1850, and the bulk of the sum total, as will be seen by reference to our monthly statement of receipts, is the product of the year 1850. Up to the present date, compared with the last packing season, there is a falling off of some 20 to 25,000 head of hogs slaughtered at the establishments in and about the city. We annex a statement of the monthly prices of mess pork during the year, remarking that clear and prime have had the usual average above and below these figures: —

January	$10 50 a 11 00	July	$13 25 a 14 00
February	11 00 11 50	August	14 25 14 50
March	11 25 11 75	September	15 00 15 25
April	1250 1325	October	1475 1500
May	1425 1460	November	1200 1250
June	1325 I860	December	1200 1250

The decline at the close of the year is caused by the new crop coming upon the market. In salted and pickled meats the market closed firm, holders being indisposed to operate to any great extent. We quote dry salted and pickled shoulders at 5 to 5˝c.; ribbed sides at 6ź to 6˝; and hams at 6ź to 6¾c. perlb. Our table of imports will show the quantity of each description received by river during the, year.

BALE ROPE AND BAGGING. Received during the year 34,088 coils of the former, and 2,845 pieces of the latter. The market closed at 5˝ to 6c., and 12˝ to 13c.

BEESWAX. The market opened in January at 19˝ to 20c., and continued steady at these figures until June. From that period to the close prices ranged from 20 to 22c., according to quantity.

TALLOW. A prime article has been in steady demand, prices ranging from 5ž to 6žc., during the year; the market closed at 6ź to 6˝c. per lb.

BUTTER. Received during the year, 2,009 bbls. and 7,598 kegs and firkins. Prices have considerably varied, good shipping ranging from 11 to 14c.; and roll and good table from 14 to 18c. per lb.

CHEESE. The market, until toward the close, has been bountifully supplied; Western Reserve has ranged from 6˝ to 7žc., and English dairy at 11 to 13c. per lb.

SUNDRIES. We give under this head the closing rates of articles not enumerated above, namely: Dried Apples at $1 75 to $2, and Peaches at $2 12˝ $2 25 per bushel. Castor Oil at 50 to 55c., and Linseed Oil at 65 to 70c. per gallon. White Beans at $1 90 to $1 95 per bushel. Clover Seed at $6 50 to $7, and Timothy Seed at $2 to $2 25 per bushel.

manufactured tobacco. Although the marked increase of home manufacture, a commensurate demand has kept down stocks in first hands. There is not

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more now on hand than will supply the current demand for the next several months: meanwhile, stocks must decrease, as the, manufacturers will for a while he entirely idle, owing to the seasons. Missouri manufactured is daily growing in favor, and the productiveness of our soil, and in consequence of the reasonable rates of leaf, it behooves the consumers to look to their interest, in the relative costs of the Missouri and Virginia tobacco. We quote country Missouri 7 to 18; City Missouri 9 to 30, as extremes.

remarks. Annexed we publish, in tabular form, statements showing the monthly receipts of the principal articles of produce &c., for the year, together with a comparative statement for the five years preceding. Also, statements respecting the tonnage and number of arrivals at this port, &c. The total number of arrivals of steamboats and barges is 3,003, of which 375 were barges, namely: —

January barges	21	July barges	6
February	45	August	12
March	71	September	18
April	41	October	15
May	51	November	66
June	2	December	27

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SHOWING THE MONTHLY ARRIVALS OF STEAMBOATS AT THE PORT OF ST&dOT; LOUIS, FROM NEW ORLEANS, THE OHIO RIVER, ILLINOIS RIVER, UPPER MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI RIVER, CAIRO, AND OTHER POINTS, DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, VIZ: 1847, '48, '49, '50, AND 1851.

	New Orleans					Ohio River
	1847	1848	1849	1850	1851	1847	1848	1849	1850	1851
January	22	29	13	18	20	8	11	5	12	13
February	15	26	32	35	22	16	12	18	26	22
March	48	53	38	45	29	28	38	58	64	45
April	77	47	36	27	31	41	43	65	61	62
May	93	22	22	20	40	61	37	38	47	59
June	49	30	19	24	25	37	44	38	52	34
July	67	30	21	12	13	41	48	13	32	28
August	24	26	17	23	23	37	55	16	28	45
September	28	48	31	15	22	30	42	33	36	34
October	22	51	26	20	27	67	43	40	40	37
November	32	49	27	36	29	42	48	43	65	47
December	23	35	31	28	19	22	8	39	30	31
Total	502	426	313	301	300	430	429	406	493	457

MONTHLY ARRIVAL OF STEAMBOATS — CONTINUED.

	New Orleans					Ohio River
	1847	1848	1849	1850	1851	1847	1848	1849	1850	1851
January	9	26	14	12	23	4	24	2		10
February	8	32	19	55	36	8	20	4	13	12
March	85	73	82	91	78	41	48	79	80	65
April	91	67	63	70	63	74	76	117	60	65
May	106	82	42	69	78	128	67	73	76	97
June	60	53	56	83	37	91	75	77	78	56
July	58	55	33	56	30	81	51	53	49	48
August	41	71	62	75	61	51	75	67	48	61
September	45	64	87	63	54	57	66	77	63	63
October	57	70	70	63	52	80	82	87	59	56
November	60	63	93	98	83	69	66	100	81	77
December	38	34	65	53	39	33	47	61	28	29
Total	658	690	686	788	634	717	697	806	635	639

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MONTHLY ARRIVAL OF STEAMBOATS CONTINUED.

	Missouri River.					Cairo and other points.
	1847	1848	1849	1850	1851	1847	1848	1849	1850	1851
January		1		1		16	29	19	19	25
February	1	1	3	7		16	22	22	18	17
March	14	19	44	35	32	16	45	37	22	35
April	32	33	63	58	28	13	32	30	30	25
May	63	38	50	57	46	39	43	32	27	43
June	48	39	43	42	48	21	29	33	25	13
July	45	34	19	32	22	38	33	16	15	15
August	32	40	28	45	35	24	43	22	36	32
September	23	39	41	45	34	46	85	30	33	33
October	31	36	34	26	35	52	104	30	30	22
November	16	42	21	32	25	31	54	29	19	20
December	9	5	9	10	5	28	71	39	16	14
Total	414	327	355	390	301	348	590	339	290	294

A TABLE, SHOWING THE MONTHLY ARRIVALS OF STEAMBOATS AND BARGES, KEEL AND FLAT BOATS, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE TONNAGE, WHARFAGE, HARBOR MASTER'S FEES ETC., FOR THE YEARS 1850 AND 1851.

	Arrivals of Steamboats and barges		Arrivals of keel and flatboats
	1850.	1851.	1850.	1851.
January	64	112	3	2
February	173	154	9	1
March	400	354	29	4
April	349	315	15	5
May	312	414	16	13
June	334	210	20	2
July	218	162	3	0
August	276	269	0	1
September	259	258	3	7
October	274	244	1	1
November	412	347	13	7
December	168	164	3	0
Total	2,332	3,003	215	43

MONTHLY ARRIVAL OF STEAMBOATS, ETC — CONTINUED

	Tonnage of Steamboats and barges.		Wharfage.
	1850.	1851.	1850.	1851.
January	14,129	23,942	$683 80	$1,777 62
February	37,241	29,013	1,825 50	2,002 17
March	81.969	71,819	4,091 90	5,630 49
April	79,505	73.069	3,865 75	5,048 94
May	71,825	98,371	3,566 15	6,974 42
June	72,984	57,938	4,048 92	3,066 85
July	43,196	40,273	3,137 10	2,493 91
August	51,789	62,842	3,518 87	4,809 99
September	54,610	59,066	3,870 48	4,132 72
October	58,268	57,729	4,267 15	4,132 49
November	82,980	73,441	5,718 46	5,159 09
December	34,756	35,637	2,601 00	2,927 45
Total	681,256	683,140	$41,195 08	$48,156 04

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MONTHLY ARRIVAL OF ATEAMBOATS, ETC — CONTINUED

	Harbor Master's fees.		Paid into City Treasury.
	1850.	1851.	1850.	1851.
January	$54 70	$106 65	$629 10	$1,670 87
February	146 04	120 13	1,670 87	1,882 04
March	327 35	337 83	3,764 55	5,292 66
April	309 26	302 94	3,556 49	4,746 00
May	285 29	418 46	3,280 86	6,555 96
June	232 01	184 01	3,839 71	2,882 84
July	188 22	149 63	2,948 88	2,344 28
August	211 13	288 60	3,907 74	4,521 39
September	232 23	247 96	3,638 25	3,884 76
October	250 03	249 95	3,917 12	3,884 54
November	343 11	309 54	5,375 35	4,849 55
December	156 06	175 65	2,444 94	2,752 80
Total	$2,735 43	$2,892 35	$38,382 44	$45,266 69

THE LUMBER TRADE. From the monthly reports of the Lumber Master, made officially to the City Register, we derive the following statistics of the lumber trade, for the year 1851: —

Months	Lumber. Feet.	Shingles.	Laths.	Cooper's stuff Pieces.
January	203,205			64,000
February	348,423		40,000	34,600
March	622,818		300,000	78,000
April	1,883,563	1,375,000	250,000	201,000
May	1,311,537	750,000		247,000
June	2,283,632	650,000		25,000
July	1,936,963	550,000
August	3,355,193	650,000	500,000	76,800
September	1,491,772	1,160,500		356,500
October	1,049,982	1,078,500	175,000	471,500
November	1,632,928	1,531,500		261,500
December	700,000	60,000
Total	16,820,016	7,805,500	1,265,000	1,835,900

Add to the above about 7,000,000 feet not measured or included in the report, and about 15,000,000 feet estimated to have been cut by the different mills of this city and suburbs, and we have, as a grand total of lumber manufactured: —

Received by river feet	Cut by city mills		Reported from same sources last year	Increase in 1851
23,820,016	15,000,000	38,820,016	29,676,099	9,143,917

We next append a comparative statement of the different descriptions for the last five years:--

	Lumber.	Shingles.	Laths.
1847	16,017,850	13,098,800	2,817,000
1848	22,137,209	15,851,500	2,598,915
1849	24,188,651	7,834,500	1,290,500
1850	14,676,099	4,316,000	283,000
1851	16,820,016	7,805,500	1,265,000

The following statement, kindly furnished us by W. W. Green, Esq., Collector of the Port of St. Louis, shows the importations of foreign merchandise, &c., during the past year: —

Port of St. Louis, January 3, 1852.

As requested, I make the folio wing report of importations of foreign merchandise

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disc into this port, in 1851, the amount of duties collected, &c., as follows, namely: —

Foreign merchandise imported into St. Louis in the year 1851, and entered here, the foreign value of which amounts to $757,509 00
Foreign merchandise entered at other ports in 1851, and now in transportation under bond for the payment of duties at St. Louis, the entries being received, the foreign value of which is 107,902 00

Amount of duties on foreign merchandise collected in 1851 239,318 68

Amount of duties unpaid on foreign merchandise — on goods in store, 31st December, 1851 8,261 89
Amount of duties unpaid on foreign merchandise in transit from other ports, destined to this port 32,679 20

Amount of duties paid and accruing on merchandise imported for this port in 1851 $280,259 77

Of the above, exclusive of the said merchandise in transit, there was imported from England, merchandise, the foreign value of which $406,113
From France 38,404
From Germany and Holland 23,239
From Spain and dependencies 220,770
From Brazil 68,983
Total foreign value $767,509

The general description of merchandise imported, entered for consumption and warehoused in the year, and foreign value thereof, is as follows, namely: —

Sugar and molasses	$289,753	Brandy, wines, gin, cordials, &c	$24,712
Hardware, &c.	133,401	Burr stones	2,259
Railroad iron	100,211	Drugs and medicines	2,618
Earthenware	98,786	Total	$757,509
Tin plates,tin, iron, copper, &c.	81,482
Dry goods and fancy goods	24,287

Hospital money collected at this port in 1851         $2,941 03
Ditto expended in this port in 1851 for the relief of sick and disabled boatmen         3,441 44

TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF LIQUORS, OILS, MOLASSES, ETC., INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR 1851, AS REPORTED BY THE INSPECTORS TO THE CITY REGISTER.

	Whisky.	Molasses.		Oils.		Turpentine.	Liq'rs.	Vin'gr.
	Bbls.	Bbls.	H'f bbls.	Bbls.	Casks.	Bbls.	Pkgs.	Bbls.
January	4,288	3,084	137	466		73	244
February	4,252	2,090	384	608		284	51	100
March	6,921	4,406	924	303	60	110	509	26
April	6,683	4,543	748	461	19	83	94	32
May	6,760	5,715	625	608	82	142	95	60
June	2,887	3,174	346	473	18	133	22	60
July	3,775	4,052	726	306	84	119	231
August	4,992	2,952	32S	432	7	165	171	40
September	5,470	1,686	434	417	7	41	157
October	5,621	854	28	781	5	62	52
November	5,416	3,267	502	659	3	16	27
December	4,017	1,899	301	425		39	213	40
Total	61,082	37,7225	5,488	5,639	285	1,273	1,666	358

	Whisky.	Molasses.	Oils.
Inspected in 1849 bbls	25,668	21,113	3,310
Inspected in 1851	61,082	40,484	5,924

Imports into St. Louis during the past tear. The following table comprises all the important and many of the minor articles of Merchandise, Groceries and Produce, received by the river during the past year, from all source. It has been compiled with great care to accuracy, and to merchants and others, it will be a source of ready reference, as to the extent of the trade to this port during the year: —

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Articles.	January.	February.	March.	April.	May.	June.	July.
Ale Bbls	455	238	2,221	2,014	3,078	162	320
Allpes, green	323	631	2,907	722			162
Bacon Casks and hhds	366	722	4,272	4,206	4,020	696	320
Bacon Boxes	260		1,068	42	67	12	18
Bacon Pieces		5,597			2,700	330
Bagging	54	107		359	175	120	432
Bale rope Coils	325	602	4,558	3,628	4,603	3,256	3,453
Barley and Malt Sacks	3,405	7,140	5,242	1,080	8,454	4,393	1,184
Beans, w and c Bbls	65	64	120	265	198	251	10
Beans w and c sacks	106	157	391	351	175	347	585
Beef Tcs & casks			831	2,015
Beef Bbls	20	726	1,001	178	197	14
Beeswax Pkgs	48	10	81	56	40	84	5
Beeswax bbls. & bxs		2	82	59	51	23	15
Butter Bbls	312	170	318	156	77	197	259
Butter kegs & firkins	246	264	492	218	498	604	679
Candles Bxs	120	220	759	541	303	250	104
Cheese Cks	3	2	99	71	40	3	33
Cheese Bxs	663	410	3,022	4,492	1,594	2,230	1,713
Cider Bbls	45	17	221	64	186		8
Corn Bush	119,662	165,544	222,199	337,011	313,477	169,731	159,889
Cotton yarn Bags	190	128	1,155	355	1,000	1,345	1,299
Coffee	5,384	7,094	12,422	9,513	7,007	5,989	9,581
Dried apples sks & bbls	982	2,116	9,017	4,114	1,119	135	281
Dried peaches	484	310	821	927	204	232	197
Flaxseed bbls. & sks	54	868	826	407	135	187	65
Flour bbls	15,848	7,232	14,827	19,456	28,519	13,848	3,740
Feathers bags	47	40	76	71	45	51	72
Hay bales	1,308	790	2,482	2,970	3,720	1,789	1,851
Hemp	27	1,078	4,796	9,461	12,142	12,064	6,850
Hides	5,540	3,446	22,476	18,605	8,931	2,745	3,629
Iron pig. to s	921	395	1,132	744	825	461	770
Lard tcs	2,987	2,962	3,657	1,617	1,262	176	440
Lard bbls	6,130	3,426	12,173	7,922	1,175	523	180
Lard kegs	2,322	1,807	1,670	2,489	906	245	382
Lead pigs	1,621	4,731	18,724	73,620	73,072	48,330	55,158
Leather pkgs & bxs	471	1,196	2,169	1,465	1,004	649	690
Molasses bbls	3,843	2,661	4,166	5,038	5,482	4,952	3,875
Nails kegs	2,421	3,736	14,138	13,492	9,263	4,875	1,414
Oakum bales	66	60	842	156	30	100	100
Oats bush	20,886	55,410	102,839	130,179	100,627	58,408	64,969
Oil, linseed bbls	135	114	215	71	49	157	58
Oils, other kinds	207	110	400	220	321	113	491
Onions sks and bbls	91	74	82	20	10		18
Pork casks and tcs	3,010	1,982	4,740	1,957	387	358	99
Pork bbls	11,831	12,672	24,736	84,176	5,676	267	748
Pork, bulk pcs	38,918	272,553	321,045	107,343	24,128	450
Pork, pickled Tons				108
Potatoes sacks	610	322	3,818	14,413	10,988	5,402	1,924
Potatoes bbls	459	473	600	2,500	259	16	57
Powder packages	5,625		7	1,624	64	2,751	900
Rice tcs. & bbls	380	320	404	499	27	34	294
Rye Bush	13	280	111	1,018	218	184	106
Salt Bbls	560	957	125	2,574	13,146	8,377	759
Salt Sacks	12,941	810	6,919	10,483	16,350	27,500	8,704
Starch Bxs	110	168	350	25	80	50	350
Soap	175	67	529	440	79	251	35
Sugar Hhds	1,821	3,997	5,582	4,536	3,497	2,045	1,003
Sugar Bbls	165	304	2,614	1,764	1,570	1,645	713
Sugar Boxes	364	118	995	1,322	2,452	4,105	1,115
Tallow Tcs. and bbls	17	137	175	209	53	32	74
Tar bbls	606	843	1,403	683	204	553	530

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Articles.	January.	February.	March.	April.	May.	June.	July.
Tar kegs	639	1,352	1,246	711	478	346	300
Tobacco hhds.	27	39	218	672	1,356	2,037	1,768
Tobacco bxs.	31	564	735	1,319	846	758	413
Tin plate	296	1,320	849	525	265	849	705
Rope tarred & Manilla	36	275	495	203	157	61	42
Vinegar bbls.	10	30	2	54	161	20	252
Wheat bush	61,720	50,913	122,622	140,135	192,087	94,948	107,179
Whisky bbls.	2,529	3,592	5,920	4,879	4,960	3,520	2,324
Wool bales	18	15	11	19	39	427	590

IMPORTS INTO ST. LOUIS — CONTINUED.

Articles.	AuguSt.	Sept'ber.	October.	November.	December.	Total.
Ale Bbls	332	270	68	134	709	10,031
Allpes, green	1,015	611	2,120	5,417	397	14,305
Bacon Casks and hhds	319	402	369	378	621	16,791
Bacon Boxes	25		30	26	16	1,564
Bacon Piec's						6,627
Bagging	372	277	459	186	196	2,746
Bale rope Coils	4,366	2,399	3,769	2,536	793	34,088
Barley and Malt Sacks	1,654	11,859	23,087	50,857	3,669	101,674
Beans, w and c Bbls	5	8	2	826	3,136	1,730
Beans w and c Sacks	732	662	48	608	43	4,205
Beef Tierces & casks		10		1,761	1,023	5,640
Beef Bbls			346	4,366	2,024	8,872
Beeswax Packages	10	17	9	14	12	388
Beeswax bbls. & boxes	16	29	23	28	5	333
Butter Bbls	100		210	134	76	2,009
Butter kegs & firkins	266	525	1,440	2,029	247	7,598
Candles Boxes	193	30		165	69	2,763
Cheese Casks	2		43	25		321
Cheese Boxes	2,400	2,143	1,145	6,712	4,964	31,488
Cider Bbls	13		1	7	20	582
Corn Bush	144,206	68,322	52,120	45,866	42,782	1,840,909
Cotton yarn Bags	1,034	305			451	7,262
Coffee	9,071	8,511	14,289	8,405	4,638	101,904
Dried apples sacks & bbls	142	14	68	987	700	18,648
Dried peaches	207	165	249	628	151	4,576
Flaxseed bbls. & sacks	218	523	640	784	139	4,064
Flour bbls	16,653	19,158	22,543	21,390	8,678	193,892
Feathers bags	106	190	123	139	40	1,000
Hay bales	1,242	982	2,000	3,160	1,423	23,717
Hemp	8,660	7,894	2,292	438	264	65,366
Hides	3,360	4,253	5,401	16,453	4,897	99,736
Iron pig. to s	888	360		345	304	7,145
Lard tierces	254	133	6	94	877	14,465
Lard bbls	768	1,581	726	1,538	1,601	37,743
Lard kegs	643	94	30	2,766	1,096	14,450
Lead pigs	63,711	57,070	41,681	58,264	7,589	503,571
Leather packages & boxes	868	873	959	1,406	658	12,409
Molasses bbls	2,494	1,020	1,730	2,473	2,497	40,231
Nails kegs	2,004	1,180	985	1,024	3,330	57,862
Oakum bales	5	33	98			1,490
Oats bush	43,070	64,376	60,717	77,027	15,938	794,421
Oil, linseed bbls	156	124	171	203	60	1,513
Oils, other kinds	88	195	113	45	20	2,323
Onions sacks and bbls	596	7,630	9,073	4,118	88	21,800
Pork casks and tcs	116	13		448	2,238	15,298
Pork bbls	1,340	411	107	2,201	8,848	103,013
Pork, bulk pieces				2,047	2,335	768,819
Pork, pickled Tons	39					147
Potatoes sacks	3,402	4,748	14,605	12,560	670	73,462
Potatoes bbls	35	121	237	269	21	4,747

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Articles.	August.	Sept'ber.	October.	November.	December.	Total.
Powder packag's	4	1,553	759	907		14,194
Rice tcs. & bbls	273	51	40	221	277	2,820
Rye Bush	392	2,856	1,516	756		7,450
Salt Bbls	1,692	8,899	824	2,373	5,964	46,250
Salt Sacks	17,689	23,254	8,704	11,287	12,292	216,933
Starch Boxes	214	184	185	225	288	2,233
Soap	62	17		31		1,686
Sugar Hhds	2,600	725	596	1,279	1,595	29,276
Sugar Bbls	2,570	1,849	4,037	964	1,959	20,854
Sugar Boxes	2,252	1,047	1,338	671	54	15,835
Tallow Tcs. and bbls	57	79	80	335	198	1,444
Tar bbls	1,260	185	345	185	100	6,899
Tar kegs			200	393		5,965
Tobacco hhds.	1,680	1,597	719	150	108	10,371
Tobaco boxes.	912	480	685	1,200	437	8,380
Tin plate	53	386	803	547	507	7,105
Rope tarred & Manilla	221	114	180	13		1,797
Vinegar bbls.	109	13				651
Wheat bush	252,875	176,349	226,455	194,677	80,758	1,700,708
Whisky bbls.	4,684	3,685	3,996	5,700	2,202	47,991
Wool bales	120	117		75	6	1,128

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, SHOWING THE IMPORTS INTO ST&dOT; LOUIS OF EIGHTEEN OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF PRODUCE, PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, ETC&dOT;, FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, NAMELY, 1851, 1850, 1849, 1848, 1847, AND 1846 — COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, OF EACH YEAR.

	1851.	1850.	1849.	1848.	1847.	1846.
Wheat bush	1,700,708	1,792,074	1,792,535	2,194,789	2,432,377	1,838,926
Flour bbls	793,892	292,718	306,412	387,314	308,568	220,457
Corn bush	1,840,909	968,028	305,383	699,693	1,016,318	688,649
Oats	794,421	697,432	252,291	243,700	202,365	95,612
Barley and malt	101,674	69,488	46,263	55,502	57,380	10,150
Pork cks & tcs.	15,298	2,969
Pork bxs & bbls	103,013	101,762	13,862	97,642	43,692	48,981
Pork, bulk pcs	768,819	449,556
Pork, bulk tons	147
Salt sacks	216,933	261,230	291,709	204,741	106,302	177,724
Salt bbls	46,250	19,158	23,553	38,809	41,380	58,948
Hemp bales	65,366	60,862	46,290	47,270	72,222	33,853
Lead pigs	503,571	573,502	590,293	705,718	749,128	730,829
Tobacco hhds	10,371	9,055	9,879	9,014	11,015	8,588
Beef tcs & cks	5,640	2,586	10,687	9,369	5,735
Beef bbls	8,872	6,049	12,336	7,806	4,720	1,716
Hides	90,736	94,228	68,902	62,097	71,877	63,396
Whisky bbls	47,991	25,959	29,085	29,758	22,239	29,882
Sugar hhds	29,276	25,796	26,501	26,116	12,671	11,603
Sugar bbls	20,854	5,034	7,348	14,812	20,111	5,752
Sugar boxes	15,833	11,328
Coffee sacks	101,904	73,673	67,353	78,842	77,767	65,128
Molasses bbls	40,231	29,518	29,214	21,943	21,554	14,996
Lard	14,465	61,535	58,279	67,339	32,021	26,462
Lard tcs	37,743	17,925	15,801	6,579	2,150
Lard kegs	14,450	11,549	18,845	14,180	8,595	14,730
Bacon cks & tcs	16,701	30,035	16,280	29,423	14,425	11,803
Bacon boxes	1,564	1,320	3,245	6,622	1,289	1,648
Bacon pieces	6,629	49,321

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Notes.

1. See the views of one of the ablest contributors to the Merchants' Magazine, J. W.Scott, Esq., of Ohio, in Vol. xxv., pp. 652-565.