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THE FARMER'S MONTr^LY VISITOR. 



SPECIE. The Report of the Secretary of tlir 

 Treasury on the finar.ccf, contains tile follovvinsr 

 statement of the inipoi t and export of gold and 

 silver for the fiscal year ending September 30th : 



. IMPORTED. 

 Bullion. Specie. 



Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver. 



$:i:;G,220 :iril,35G 11,4(11,755 5,.170,6]1 

 EXPORTED. 



1837, 4tli quarter, jJd.SOO .«:i73,'2so .•}; 1,249,168 



1838, 1st quarter, ")l(3,2:'.:i 1.58,037 

 2d quart-r, 171,531 455,165 

 3d quarter, G":,337 6S3,5L)3 



$2,500 $726,383 $2,515,963 

 Total imports, $17,450,542 

 Total exports, 3,274,816 



Excess of imports, $14,175,606 

 Treasury department, Nov. 29, 1838. 

 From fliis statement it appears, that there hns 

 been a clear <»ain ofupwards of $14,01)11,000 of spe- 

 cie in tlie last iiscjl year, without counting the pro- 

 duct of our own gold mines, and the innum.erable 

 sums, small in detail, but large in the aggregate, 

 which are brought in by emigrants, and travellers, 

 and which come over land, from Canada and Mex- 

 ico, and which are never entered on the custom 

 house books. Counting these sums, and also the 

 importations since the end of September, and less 

 than 20 millions cannot be computed as the clear 

 gain of the precious metals for the year 1838. Add 

 thesi? 20 millions to what was in the country be- 

 fore, and it will make upwards of 100 millions. 



Tlie amount of specie in the country in 1832, 

 was stated not to exceed twenty-five millions of 

 dollars. 



HEMP. Imports in 1838 in the Uirted States 

 were 3900 tons 



and 1837 2700 



difference, 1200 

 » 



SrKKM AND Wh.ILK OiL. Tile followiuj IS tlic 



amount of sperm and whale oil imported into the 

 United States the last ten years. 



Bhis. Sperm. Bbls. n'lialc. 



Arrived in 1830 106,629 86,294 



" 1831 ] 10,532 113,948 



1832 79,067 179,241 



1833 113,171 1.59,166 



1834 129,824 122,292 

 " 1835 175,130 125,000 



1836 131,921 133,0.50 



1837 ]82,.569 21.5,120 



1838 129,400 228,710 



Of the 223 whale shl])s and barks arriving in the 

 United States during 1d38, 92 belonged to the port 

 of New Bedford in Massachusetts : These brought 

 in 77,600 bbls. sperm, and 84,100 bbls. wliale oiF 



MOLASSES. Procured from Cuba and other 

 West India island, Molasses comes into the 

 country in exchange for lumber and other products 

 of agriculture. The State of Maine carries on an 

 extensive exchange traffic in which molasses and 

 sugars are procured : these two articles enter into 

 the necessaries of subsistence scarcely less than In- 

 dian corn and other grains. 



No. casks imported in 1838 79,263 



" " 1837 65,660 



1836 62,235 



MACKEREL. — Returns of Mackerel packed in 

 the State of M.assachusetts, in the year 1838, all 

 the jtackages reckoned in bbls. Also, the number 

 of vessels, tonnage, men and boys employed : — 



Bbls Bbls Bbls No. No. No.men 



Ports No.l.No.2. No.3.Vessls.Tons.&.boys. 



Gloucester 11582 6S54 5796 245 11699 1631 

 Boston 5301 4307 6128 162 9761 1315 



Newburyport 3709 3000 4316 99 4876 772 

 Hinn-ham 3040 3218 6188 .51 8051 522 



Wcfifleet 3314 360!) 3617 73 2777 449 



Cohasset 2052 1729 6665 47 2637 439 



Provincetown 22113 17!t7 4748 70 3492 .546 

 Barnstable lOO!) 1365 1.533 11 739 129 

 Truro 677 800 1645 1!1 638 119 



Scituate '781 502 10!)1 95 1632 225 



Yarmouth 470 539 6.59 10 697 106 



Salem 748 309 275 11 690 104 



Plymouth 340 305 472 7 240 58 



Dennis 391 605 913 6 335 62 



Chatham 223 127 103 7 301 46 



Du.xhury 110 1.59 80 * 284 40 



Marblehead 76 40 52 5 425 55 



Beverly 33 63 32 1 60 9 



Ipswich 2 13 9 1 4(; 6 



38054 29341 44320 85: 



1837, 26830 61940 .52.541 



1838, 54015 60569 58883 

 Total for 1838—111,715 l;bls. 



1837—141,311 " 

 " 1836—173,468 " 



443.-11 683:; 



GR.MN. ThequantHy of grain Imported into the 



port of Boston in 1837 and 18:18 is as follows: — 



Corn. Rye. Oats. Shorts. 



1,574'036 102,473 443,650 49,082 



1837. 1,72-5,4:36 86,391 405,173 48,634 



151,398 16,0.83 38,484 448 



excess in '37. excess, '38. excess, '36. excess, '38. 



COTTON CROPS FOR 1838. 

 Tlie Natchez Weekly Courier says — The follow- 

 ing estimate, from the best evidences we cau obtain, 

 will not be very wide of the true result of the cot- 

 ton crop of 18:38 ; — 



Virginia and North Carolina 20,000 



South Carolina and Georgia 450,000 



Florida 90,000 



South Alabama 255,000' 



Louisiana and iM!ssissii>]>i 4.50,000 



North Alabama and Tennessee 70,000 



Total bales in U. States 



1,335,000 



Stiitement of Brishton Market for 18.38. 



25,8:!0 Beef Cattle — sales estimated at$l,317,330 



9,.573 Stores, " " 315,909 



104,640 Sheep, " " 261,600 



26,164 Swiu", •' " 163,165 



1837 



$2,058,004 



33,664 Beef Cattle 1 

 llo;206 fZl: ,!- Sales estimated at $2,449,231. 

 17,(I5:> Swine, J 



1836. 



38,504 Beef Cattle, 1 



^ Ihee": ^Salesestimatedat $1,858,202. 



15,GG7 Swine, J 



1835. 



51,0% Beef Cattle,^ 



J|lGO stTeep; ^^^'^''^ estimated at $1,878,032. 



23,'l42 Swine', J 



Boston Daily ,idrcrtiscr. 



MAKKETS. 



BOSTON MAIIKGT, IAN. 6, 1839. 



ASilES— rut li) (ito 6 i-1, I'eurl 7 cts. Return of Pot and 

 Pearl nslit^s jns|itcietl in ftl:is.>achiisetts (or the jear 18;)6 ex- 

 hiliiliii llie lollowiiii; icsulls :— Pots, 7U'J, casks. 3:i'. ,&JU Ihs ; 

 Pearl, IL»51 do 7H,'!ti.T do. U hole number casks "JToU ; casks 

 weighing -IrJ tDtii, 15 tut, 1 qr, 27 ilie. BKt^SW AX— :ii> 

 a 36. CAXOLKS— mould Ma 15— speni) :J5 a 3(i. COAL- 

 — Aiiihr.icJte 7 a §8 per ion. [The importation of lureijrn 

 coal in l5Ja at Ito^ton was •J7,OJ5 bushels — in I0.i7 11 u as -li,- 

 bu\ liiisliels. 'I'he importalinn ul Philadelphia anlhiucile in 

 JSiiS was 71,31)4 tons— in I«:t7 bU,.Vi7 tuns : oE tvichmond cohI 

 1838, 107,G-25 bushels— in I8;i7, Jli9,'~>75 bushels.] COF- 

 FEE— Mocha and Java 12 to 15— t-t Doiuinfio, tec. \} t« 10 

 cts. 4*0 flON— New Orle^ins, Upland and Alabama 13 

 I0 1G3-4. MACKKKEL— A" I, 10,75 a 13 ; Nn 2, 11,75 

 a 12 ; No 3, 7.25 a 7,5U— Cod Fisii Urainl Bank 3, .u niiinlal. 

 FEATHEliy— live j;cese35 a 4U.Uii»sia 15 a 33. FL..1A 

 Russia 10 1-2 a 12— American U a 12. FLOIj' li— ^f rioci- 

 9,25— Howard street ^fi'i a ft, 75- [ lite impoiis have been lor 

 I83S, 379,li;)4 hhls, and in 1:^27 (hey were 423,241); diirL-reuce 

 -'3,452, at ihe close. Holders are It-ss disposed to sell ut, (or 

 mer [inces. m conse (]ueiice ol' the ne^?* Ironi Kiigl.md,] 

 GKA1\— Corn, iiurilietii y,j a9l els, white dit 92— Kast- 

 ern oals 5G cts— live 1,12 I 2. W IH lE BEANS— 1,2.) a 

 1,37. an>ES— H. .Ayres Ifi a IG 1-2— Uoal^kins 23 a 2.j. 

 HOPS— first Si. rt 17 a 18— second sort 15a Kj. IR.0.\ — 

 old sab'e $ln.S per tt.ii— Sweden DJ-I'it: Smich 41 a42--Ainer 

 lean pi^ 34 a 3e. UKEF— mess IT u I7.5U— No 1, 15 a 15,. 

 ."iO. i'OHK— clear2tia27— nie<s23aS3l per bbl — lard 12 a 

 l3_|,:Mnslia Id. Bl'T £"EK — lainilv 15 a Hi— cheese 8 

 ct:;— (l..ionr im-ai 5 a 7. SA L<T— St lUies liiid 3,12— Cadiz 

 2,50- Liverpool, coar.'-e 2,7.^— do iMg 1,70. SAl>TPE- 

 TRE— crude li I 4— do reliiied 8 cl3. IS t'f^ A K— Havana, 

 white 10 a 12— dn hrown. Porto Rico, &.c. 7 aO— do lump and 

 loaf 15 a 18. TEAS— Mvson 60 a 70— yonrig Hyson liO a 70. 

 WOOfj— Merino 55a i-'i— lamb'd 48 a .50 — Smyrna 2.J a 3i). 

 FriiS— red fo\ -^I a 1,25— cross do 2,25 a 3, )iO— mink ."IS a 

 4j_innskrat G a 8. UAV- per 2 (lO ihs pressed $13 a I6— 

 best Enylish 18 a 20. MOLASSES— |per gallon 29 a 30— 

 LIME— hest sort, cask 85 a Di cts. TA LLO W— tried 12 

 a I3ctrt. Herds grass seed 2, ti3 a 2,75. Red lop 80 a 1,00. 

 FIa.\sfed 1,87. 



PORK— whole hrigs, 10 a 1 1 els. BUTTER— tub and 

 lump 20 a 28 cts. EGGS— 34 cis (loz. POTATOES— 

 I,50a$?, bbl. APPLES 1,75. CIDER— 2,00 a 2,25. 



CATTLE .MARKET- RRrGHTON, Jan. 7, 1839. 

 CBicea. Bep.f cattle : first quality $7,25 a 7,50; sec&nd 

 quality i',5() a 7,10 ; ihird qualny •"',25 n ti,50. 

 Sheep.— s:\\kq at §2,75, 3,00, 3,50, .1,75 and ?5- 

 Sicine. — h^tssold al (i and 7 cenis — at retail G 1-4 a 8. 



NEW VORK CATTLE .MARKET, Jan. T.-Al market 

 900 Beel Cattle, 30O0 .sjiecp. Demand lor Bed Ian, and last 

 week'.- prices lor food, while ci'mmon ami i :i lei lor sold ai a 

 small reduct.on. Sales 550 iif.ail at 7 lo «^1 1 ; average 9 1-4 

 the lOOIbs.—yheep— Supply larjre for the demand and prices 

 iiiher lower than iaai week ^ 2iiOU taken at 2 J-2 to 4 1-2, 

 and good at 5 to 5 1-2 each.— ^wur. Cum. 



COWS AiND CALVES. —Latest prices at Philadelphia, 

 SI6a4u— BalIimore3Ua 46— New York »3 a 45— Boston 30 



a 37. - 



NEW YORK MARKET, Jan. 8, 1839. 



The latest foreign news has had no effeci on Ihe market- 

 Holders of Hour a>k an advance of 25 ceni< on the barrel. 

 1000 bnsheU Lancashire (foreign) potatoes sold at 55 cts the 

 bushel— 7H lilids New Oi leans sugar sold at ti 3-4 to 7 1-4 cl», 

 at four month?. 



PRICE>. COTTON— New Oilcans. &c. I2a](; 14. 

 FLOlR — We.-tern Canal e,75 a 9. FLAX— Anieijcan 

 8a9. Gli AE\— Rve. nofiliein I,2.>a 1,25— vellow corn, 

 norih90 a94— Barley $1 a LOrj— Iteans 2,12. FLKS— red 

 r«x 85 a 1,40— Mu.<kiai8a20. IROIi'- i'lfi, per ion, 37,50 

 a 40— American do 35 a 37,50— Car dir conimun 3D a 32,50 — 

 Swedes 97,50a 100— English refined ;i5 a 10'. LEATII- 

 KR— sol«,oak 22a27. 3JO A K nS— Kastt^m pine (er M 

 lGa20— i'lanU 30 a 35. TVAIJ^S- nit '■ . ts— wmuglit 11 clfi. 

 OILS— Linseed, American, English and iJulch >'0 a 83 cts— 

 Sp«im, summer95— wioter 1,10 per gall. LEAD— White 

 English dry 8 1-2 cts per lb. C!J ALti— iicr Kin -^A a 4,50. 

 BEEF— iMess per b. t 15 75 a $ir;_rriiiie JJ,50 a 12,00. 

 PORK— -Mess 23 a 23.5il bbl— Prime do 19. HOGS 

 LARI>— 13aI5 cts. liJLITTEK— (inshen dairy93a26 

 cts— Philadelphia do 18 a20. CHEESE— American 8 a 9 

 CIS. IIAM.-^— smciked I4cts. PLAISA'EK PARES— 

 3.50pertou. RAGS— foreign 5 a 8 cts. SALT— T. L, 

 Isle ot May, &c. 35 cts bushel— LiveiponI ?.-2. STEEL— 

 German 11 cis— Eniilish 13 cts. SfG .1 KS— Havana wiiile 

 10 a 12 eta— St Croix 8 a 9— lump and loal 14aH^. "WOOL 

 — Saxony 55 a C5— Merino 45 a 55. 



EXCHANGE.— Billson London CO days sight $4,85 a 

 4,87 per pound sierling — Boston, siglit par— I'hi! idelphia par 

 —Baltimore 1-4 a L2 dis— Richmond 1 a 1 l-4dis— Charles- 

 ton i a 2dis— Savannah 2 a2 1-2 dli— New OrlPans 1 1-4 a 

 J 3-4 dis. Anierieaii gold 7 per ct premiiini— Si»anisli dollars 

 4a5peirt prtiniiini. Houhloons Ji;,i)5a 16,75— do Patriot 

 15, 'O. I 15,75. 



rOaiillKEEr.SIE.Jan.-^..- WOOL— Pales of 10,000 lbs 

 at oGc, fur a fair lot of fine fleece. In piiPed nothing ttanspi- 

 red } et. It is held liiglier than Iieretrtioie. 



NEW ORLE.ANS, Der.27, J83S.— The rnorket is in a very 

 unsettled state, as all de pen lis on the slaie of the i ivers, hol- 

 ders are unwilling to reduce prici ?, ;inii hiij ers will i (it pur- 

 chase more than lor imniedinte w ant?. Money mai kei still 

 very tight, the raict for good notes are 2 a 2 L2 per cent per 

 month, and 12 per cent per annnm for moricnge |iaper 'ihe 

 resumption of specie paxmenis by the banks, Iihs gone olt 

 (juietl>. Exchange on London, 9 a9 3-4 — on New \oik at 

 sight, para 1 percent. Weaiher e.i:tremeiy rhangeahle, on 

 Sunday night ice made In tlie thickness of half an inch, and 

 since, we have tiad it waim.cwld, dry and rainy, which was 

 ine case vvlien we closed these remarks. COTTON — A 

 good demanil ihionghoi t the week, sales about 13,ii('0 bales ; 

 prices as last quoted, Hie r.inge lo' J-mu. and Miss, is in in 10 

 1 4 a Itic. some small fanrt crops :»old a< high as 17c— Noith 

 .Ma. and I'enn. have not arrived m suffirient quantities to 

 admit of paiticiilar quotations. 'I'tie e.vporis siiil remain 

 short to Liverpool, and a large excess coastwise, we should 

 therefore conclude that a sihal) proportion ol Ihe purchase's 

 were for the English market. Sl'GA ti — A cood deniaml. 

 We c(uole good and fair It a G 1 2c pi lb : ord. lo middling. 5 

 a 5 3-4. Sales of lite wcfk 100 hhds. 500 of which were on 

 ■J'hursday. MOLASSES — A good demand at 29 a30r per 

 gallon. Sales have neaily eqnnlkd ihe receipts, besnle-s 

 about 50,0 gaWoiis sold on plantation at 21 a22c. FLOt'R 

 — $9 I 4 n 9 1-2 per bbl. s..nie are " illing to take ?^-> if takm 

 from the Icvee. COKX— 93ca gl per bushel, gofd supply. 

 PROVISIONS — No material change in prices, whicli are 

 too high for large purchases, sales very Iimiled, stock rom- 

 paraiivelv liuht. Freiglits — Ahcni the same as hist week — 

 ^zy to Liverpool 9-li d ao-f^d per lb ; to Havre I 1 8d a 1 l-4ci 

 to D"Ston 5 8 a 3 4 ; New York 5 8. 'J'wosh'ps taken up this 

 week for Liverpool at 5-8. None jeem disp^^scd to take less. 

 There is now in poll 153 ships and barks, and Hi biigs. o( 

 Hhicli there are l^^shiosand harksand IBbrijsloading. — Bet. 



Uiicurrait bilifi attUe SufVuUi Bnvlr, Bnstnv. Jan. \t, 1839.— 

 Kilbv, Fiauklin, Lufayelle. Cominninvt-ali h and Fulton 

 [{anlisol BostiMi. Naha'nt. at Lvon. ( iielsva, .Middlesex at 

 Cambriil'.'r, Bank of Norfolk. Ro.xbury, Ko,\h;iiy. at do, Far- 

 yiei's and ftlechanics at South Ariams, ?n J)Iass/ichu.''Ctts. 

 Wolfeborougli Bank in New llaiiiiisbire. t^t. Alb.in-s, Mau- 

 cheiJier. E.'sex at liiiildhaM, and Windsnr C;:nks in Vermoni, 

 Asi ieullural, at Brewer, Old Town at (Jrr.no, Si. (?roix, at 

 Calais, Calais, VVa'=;liin2ton Conniy, PtilU* nter Canal Bank, 

 Lafayette. Commercial and Clobe at Bangor. Frankloit and 

 Westbrook Banks in Maine. Stamford and Bridgeport B;inks, 

 in Coiivceticut. Ceniral at East Greenwich and Scituate 

 llnnks in Iifi,.dfi J.-^Ifml. 



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