Immigration for 1852-Value of British Produce. 1849. 291 years shipments of flour have increased about giving a comparative view of the immi100,000 bbls., while the exports of wheat gration at this port during the four have been doubled. The shipments of past: corn have continued to decline for the Nations. last three years. Many other items of Ireland interest will be found in the com- Germany parison. England Wales France.. Holland.. Sweden. There were exported from New-York in 1852, 336,679 bales of cotton against 289,645 bales the previous year; and Switzerland 26,113 tierces rice against 29,100. The exports of domestic cotton goods amounted to 54,692 packages against 24,006 in 1849, showing a heavy increase. The amount of gold dust entered from California for the year is $37,363,569, which is much less than was reported at the mint. The total number of steamships which arrived during the year was 206. Ships 956, barks 860, brigs 1253, galliots 2, schooners 544, yachts 1. Total 3,822. The number of schooners reported by Capt. Lunt of the Sandy Hook lightship, as having passed in sight of that ship, inward bound, is 1132. Italy. Nova Scotia.. 1851. 1852. 1850. .112,587..116,542..163,256..117,537 55,705.. 45,407.. 69,883..118,126 28,321.. 28,125.. 28,551.. 31,275 8,840.. 6,771. 7,302.. 7,640 1,782.. 1,520.. 2,189.. 2,531 South America.. Sicily. Mexico Greece. IMMIGRATION FOR THE YEAR 1852.- DECLARED VALUE OF BRITISH PRODUCE EXPORTED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. Russia.. 1836. 1851. £1,705,954.... 2,672,214.... 1,191,565.... 1,740,433.... 1,885,953.... 1,289,704 2,082,536...{2,509,622 390,744.... 602,688.... 1,591,381.... 3,193,939.... 2,028,463 Total, North of Europe £14,693,580........11,680,906........ 7,320,654..........11,570,342....16,330,416....16,433,174 Total to Colonies....£15,025,456.. ..11,717,252. 10,004,399.. .15,469,312....14,770,097.. .22,346,698 Grand Total.......... .£45,494,219....36,424,652....37,164,372....53,293,979....47,381,023...." COMPARATIYE GROWTH OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN TRADE. EXPORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN TO CHIEF COUNTRIES, AND OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SAME. Losses on the Lakes and Western Rivers-Trade, &c. 293 LOSSES ON THE LAKES AND ON WEST- two columns of details of marine losses ERN RIVERS-LAKE TRADE, ETC.c.-Losses on the Lakes during the year 1852, of on the Lakes in 1852.-The Buffalo Morn- which the following is a recapitulaing Express, of a recent date, contains tion: Of the two hundred and fifty-nine disasters here detailed, seven occurred in the month of April, nineteen in May, twenty-four in June, fifteen in July, sixteen in August, twenty-one in September, twenty-seven in October, eightyfive in November, (55 in one gale of the 11th and 12th,) and fifteen in December. Six steamers, seven propellers, and thirty-five sail vessels, have gone out of existence entirely. In many instances the amount of losses as above stated have been matters of estimate, as many must necessarily be; but much pains and care have been taken to procure, in each case, the opinion of competent men who were most familiar with the circumstances. Regarding the loss of life by the steamer Atlantic, there are various opinions-her agents and proprietors contending it not to exceed one hundred and fifty, while many who were somewhat familiar with the circumstances, set it as high as three hundred, and some even higher. The loss of property is large, being some $260,000 greater than any previous 800 78,020 78,820 24,000 24,000 year. The loss of life is also large. Capt. R. puts it at 296, which is probably considerably under the actual number. Many persons, who were competent to judge, put the number lost on the Atlantic as high as 300. The statement will be found of great interest to all those engaged in commercial transactions, and will be found more accurate than any previous statement. The foreign commerce of our Lake ports, says the North American, is of much more importance than is generally supposed. Of course it is the result of a growing intercourse with the Canadian provinces; but were the navigation of the St. Lawrence opened to our commerce, it is an ascertained fact that the Lake ports are ready and eager to carry on a direct commerce with Europe. In illustration of the importance already acquired by the foreign trade of these ports, the Sandusky Register compiles from the United States Treasury documents the following statement of the amount of duties received for the years ending July 1st: Pocahontas Total...... $376,000. $542,000 Grampus This shows an increase of $106,000, or about 44 per cent. in one year, and but eleven ports are given, the less important ones being omitted. While the foreign commerce of these ports thus increased, the commerce of the Atlantic ports decreased very materially, as is shown by the fact that for the years 1850-51 the aggregate duties in the whole one hundred and three ports of entry in the United States was $48,788,000 and in the succeeding year it was $47,320,326. There are about fourteen ports in the United States at which a larger amount of duties is collected annually than at Buffalo, Oswego, Cleveland, or Sandusky. These are New-York, Boston, Philadelphia, New-Orleans, San Francisco, Baltimore, Charleston, St. Louis, Portland, Cincin nati, Salem, Mobile, and New Haven. The Louisville Courier has the following list of steamboat and other disasters on the western waters during the past year-1852.* The list is formidable and disastrous enough, and embraces 78 steamboats, 4 barges, 73 coal boats, 32 salt boats, and four other flatboats. The greater number of the flatboats were destroyed by the breaking up of the ice last winter. The number of lives lost is upwards of four hundred. The Courier is not certain that the list is complete, but has compiled it from the best sources at its command. Alton Redstone. .snag.. 8,000.. ...burned.. 5,000.. .Arkansas R. ..Little Rock 10.. Poverty P .. Granada .. Smithfield .. Green R. 5.. Mississippi snag..17,000.. - ..Grand Rap. .collap.. .snag.. - ..Arkansas R. ..snag.. total.. ..Hatchie R. ..Missouri R. ..explo. total.. 50..St. Louis .explo.. total.. 40..Ohio total..100.. Missouri .explo.. Robt. Rogers...collis'n.. .explo.. ...snag.. Choctaw Beacon .snag.. Mammoth Cave..col'n.. Banner.. snag.. ..snag.. 5,000.. . Cumb'rland ..Tennessee R 10.. Shreveport .Pekin, III. ..Beaver .Mississippi Peytona, No. 2. capsiz'd.. total.. Sea Gull. ..explo.. snag.. May Queen.......snag.. total.. Danube.. .......snag.. total.. D. A. Given. Ohio 40.. Missouri R. Mississippi ..Ohio R. snag.. total.. snag.. total.. .snag.. total.. .snag.. 8,000.. .raised.. H. D. Bacon....raised.. .raised.. Anne Linnington..snag.. 3,000.. ......snag..raised.. Susquehanna.....snag.. Fleetwood.. .....snag.. .. Red River Selena .. Island 16 Mississippi Mississippi Illinois R. .. Cow Island Atlas Island 15..Ohio River ..Marietta ..Buffington I. Buffington I. Buffington L .Peyton 1. 3.. Missouri 5.. Black River Cumberland - ..Wabash .explo.. total.. 11..Grand View Western World....col.. total.. 25..Mississippi R. M. Patton. ...col..raised.. Tempest..........snag..raised.. Louisville We are indebted to our friend and ..C.Girardeau correspondent, J. W. Scott of Toledo, for the following extract of a letter upon the growth of the Great North-West: .. 20.. Grand G. burned.. total.. 16.. Island 65 ..burned.. total.. 1.. Mississippi De Witt Clinton..snag.. 7,000.. ....snag..10,000.. Pitser Miller. .explo.. sunk.. total.. .snag.. .......snag.. Washington. Peru Oswego May Queen.......snag.. ..Mississippi White R. .. 30..Arkansas R. *For previous years see De Bow's Industrial Re Sources. List of Steamboat Disasters-Growth of the North-west. Toledo. Chicago. St. Louis. Bushels...........8,381,199...4,306,635...4,044,297 Tonnage of canal freight to and from Al- Tonnage of canal freight to and from 2 1,196,341 350,100 Toledo received by canal, to the 14th November, 260,898 bbls. flour, 1,954,718 bushels wheat, 3,878,047 bushels corn; The canals which have their termiand by rail-road, to 31st December, nus at Toledo will, on the opening of 122,979 barrels flour, 447,887 bushels navigation, next spring, have an aggrewheat, 181,162 bushels corn. Includ- gate length of seven hundred miles. ing what reached Toledo by canal For the last seven years, the canal buafter 14th Nov., and by wagon during siness, at Toledo, has had an average the year, the receipt of these three increase equal to its regular duplication articles at that city in 1852 could in every period of three years. The same scarcely be less than eight millions and ratio of increase during the next seven three quarters of bushels. years would swell its business to nearly that at Albany the past year. New-York exported to all foreign countries, from 1st January to 20th November, 1852, 1,226,298 barrels flour, 2,678,457 bushels of wheat and 745,180 bushels of corn, amounting in all, counting the flour at 5 bushels the barrel, to 9,555,126 bushels. On the 1st January, 1853, an enumeration made the population of Toledo 6,412; and the number of buildings erected, in 1852, 200. A very small city for so large a business. ART. XII,-INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. ROAD CENTRAL ROAD OF TEXAS-ATLANTIC AND GULF ROAD-VICKSBURG AND TEXAS labors, which will be resumed this morning, is, that the sum of one hundred and two thousand dollars was put down. Verily, old Savannah goes ahead of all other places we ever read of, for taking rail-road stock." WE are indebted to Gen. Memucan sive of a resolute determination to carry Hunt, President of the Central Rail-road the work through. The result of their Company of Texas, for a pamphlet of documents concerning this company which is very interesting. Gen. Hunt has procured the promised aid of northern capitalists, and it is only necessary for Texas to increase her land donations to the road, and for the proprietors on the route to do the same, for these capitalists at once to enter upon the work. One of the engineers for the survey has already arrived in Texas. This is the only road chartered which extends from the island of Galveston, and its termination is to be on Red River in either Lamar, Fannin, or Grayson county, a distance of 450 miles. We hope to refer to this road again. "Messrs. Screven and Roberts, Directors of the Atlantic and Gulf Road," says the Savannah Republican, "went into the street, for a few hours, yesterday, beginning at midday, for the purpose of collecting subscriptions for the road hence to Pensacola via Albany. Every one to whom application was made subscribed, with one or two exceptions. This circumstance we regard as expres It is stated that some citizens of Liberty remarked at the late celebration that that county would put down at least $100,000, and a wealthy gentleman residing on the route has, we are assured, signified his intention of subscribing $20,000. All the present indications seem to be favorable. It The people of North Louisiana are evincing great interest in the Vicksburg, Louisiana and Texas Road. will pass through one of the wealthiest portions of our state and one the least accessible to market, producing 120,000 bales of cotton, and having $65,000,000 of taxable property. The Texas portion of the road is equally inviting. It has been surveyed and located from Vicksburg to Monroe and also from Shreveport to Marshall. Only four miles of overflowed country intervenes be |