At New York the Commerce for June has been very large. The imports, exclusive of specie, show an increase over June, 1850, of $2,739,924, of which $1,351,269 were general merchandise, and $1,388,655 were dry goods. The following is a comparison. of the imports for June, in each of the years named : IMPORTS FOR JUNE AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK. 1851. 1850. 1849. 1848. Dutiable........$8,815,264 $6,229,205 $5,057,273 $4,718,404 668,716 514,851 344,430 525,088 Free........ Total......$9,483,980 $6,744,056 $5,401,703 $5,243,492 The specie entered upon the manifest at the Custom-house was $121,234, from foreign countries; and $1,561,114 from California; but a much larger amount has been brought in private hands than usual, as will be seen by the deposits at the Philadelphia Mint, noticed elsewhere. We also annex a statement showing the total imports (exclusive of specie) at the port of New York, for six months, from the 1st of January, for several years. IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR SIX MONTHS, ENDING JUNE 30. 1851. 1849. 1850. 1848. Dutiable...$64,099,534 $51,097,016 $40,665,025 $41,087,963 Free....... 5,137,644 5,461,842 4,826,908 5,106,273 Total...$69,237,178 $56,558,858 $45,491,933 $46,194,236 This shows an increase for the past six months, over the corresponding period of the previous year, of $12,678,220, of which $4,763,845 were in dry goods. The following statements will show the comparative imports of dry goods for June, and also for the first six months of the current year: DRY GOODS ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION AT NEW YORK DURING THE Total thrown upon market $3,684,022 $2,295,367 $1,728,837 1851. Manufactures of wool..... $7.159.708 DESCRIPTION OF DRY GOODS THROWN UPON THE MARKET AT NEW YORK, FOR SIX MONTHS, ENDING JUNE 30. The increase, it will be seen, as we noticed in our previous issue, to be chiefly in silk goods; which shows, that while our people are indulging more in luxuries, they are importing little more than last year of any articles which compete with our own manufactures. The increase in June, as recorded above, is chiefly owing to the earlier period at which goods are arriving, a fact to which our ocean steamers are largely contributing. The exports from New York, for June, figure largely in the item of specie, but in domestic produce show a trifling falling off, in comparison with last year, as will be seen by the annexed state ment: EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. Domestic produce $3,778,289 $3,971,207 $3,317,740 $2,235,844 321,725 494,380 445,892 159,230 6,462,367 880,434 596,411 1,971,915 Foreign produce.. Specie....... Total.......$10,562,381 $5,346,021 $4,360,043 $4,366,989 For six months, however, the increase, not only in the aggregate, but also in the item of domestic produce has been very considerable. EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK FOR SIX MONTHS, ENDING JUNE 30. Domestic produce.....$22,456,839 $18,916,873 $15,991,967 Foreign produce....... 2,353,087 2,424,877 2,179,577 Specie...... Total....... 19,093,515 2,453,732 1,371,957 $42,903,441 $23,795,482 $19,533,501 This shows an increase for the first half of the current year, of $20,107,959, of which $3,539,966 was in domestic produce, and $17,639,783 in specie. The following is a statement of the amount of duties collected at the principal ports in the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1851: The imports at most of the ports show no important variation from the corresponding period of last year, as the increased receipts of foreign goods have been entered almost exclusively at the port of New York. The importations for June show a falling off in almost every description of merchandise, and there is every reason to suppose that the outgoings of specie from the country, will soon be brought down to a limit which will not alarm the most timid. In the midst of all the increased demand for money, there has been no difficulty in negociating large amounts in bonds. Within a few days, John Thompson, Esq., of New York, for himself and friends, has taken the whole two and a half millions of the new Virginia 6 per cent. Loan, thirty-six years to run, at 103 per cent.; this is considered very favorable for the State. COMMERCE OF ALTON, ILL. The following table, which we find in the Alton Telegraph, shows the kind of commodities exported from that point. The Amount is quite respectable, considering the derangement of business occasioned by the flood. We should be pleased to obtain a complete statement of the industrial snd commercial statistics of that enterprising city. EXPORTS OF ALTON, FOR MAY AND JUNE, 1851. The following table of exports for the months of May and June is as perfect as we could make it. There are doubtless some omissions, on account of the general derangement consequent upon the flood; and to this cause may be assigned a very considerable falling off in some of the principal articles: |