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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.

In illustration of my remarks relative to the immediate resources of St.

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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.

In accordance with our general custom, and in order to preserve the statistics

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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.

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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.

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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.

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