THE following tabular Statement exhibits the Amount of Tolls received on the Ohio and Miami Canals, and the Amount paid since December 1, 1826: *Until 1833, when the canal was finished, repairs were charged as construction. †This amount includes tolls refunded. This includes expenditures on the Warren County canal. POUNDS of Merchandise shipped on the Ohio Canals, with the Aggregate Loans of the Ohio Banks. "The large imports of merchandise, in some former years, were concomitant with extended bank loans-a means by which the credits were unduly sustained, and sales of goods prolonged in excess of the means of payment. This took place during that season of speculation which pervaded all sections of the union, and was a necessary consequence of that ill-judged multiplication of banks created to supply a supposed want, induced by the anticipated expiration of the charter of the late national bank."-Hunt's Magazine. TOTAL Exports of Leading Articles from the Ports of Cleveland, Portsmouth, and Cincinnati, Ohio. "The quantity of merchandise imported into Ohio, in 1844, was sixty per cent of the quantity imported in 1839, when the loans of the banks had been running near their highest points. At the same time, the exports of produce have largely increased. The value of the imported merchandise is officially estimated at 300 dollars per 1000 lbs. ; consequently, the import of 1839, was worth 10,462,500 dollars, and that of 1844, 6,252,300 dollars; a reduction of 4,210,200 dollars. At the same time, an increase of exports took place, calculating the quantities at present prices, as follows: This makes a difference of 6,439,856 dollars more, in the year's business of 1844, in favour of Ohio, than that of 1839. STATEMENT showing the Principal Articles Imported and Exported at the Port of Cleveland during the Year 1843. Also the whole Number of Arrivals and Departures, the Number of Vessels belonging to the District of Cuyahoga, and the Aggregate Tonnage. (continued) This balance may be accounted for by the falling off in our foreign exports. Had our trade with Canada in 1843 been equal to 1842, our total exports would have amounted to 6,161,736 dollars 25 cents; which is shown as follows: STATEMENT of Shipments of Principal Articles of Produce from Sandusky, Lake Erie, in 1841. 201 barrels of tallow................................ 3,758 740 وو 10,485 73,395 3,879 kegs of butter... 26,375 19,494 164 packs of furs 23,120 whiskey, &c.. 17,784 14,835 lbs. of wool.. 4,450 657 lard.. 3,381 734 kegs of ditto............... 2,569 146,886 hides..... 8,753 785 casks of ashes..... 20,000 911 barrels of plaster, ground.. 1,366 Carried forward 775,103 Total value........... ....... 853,032 Besides these shipments, there were 132 tons of sundries, of which no valuation was computed. Of imports, there were, in gross, 3812 tons of merchandise taken in store, intended for the traders of Sandusky, and for a wide extent of interior country. Also, 19,337 barrels of salt, for consumption in the packing establishments in the town, and for the supply of the country; besides lumber to a large amount, the quantity not known. This statement includes only the business of the town of Sandusky. "There are upon Sandusky bay and its tributaries, three other points of business importance, to wit: Venice, situated three miles above Sandusky, at which the manufacturing of flour is largely carried on; Portage, situated twelve miles up the bay, near extensive beds of gypsum, which is manufactured by steam power, and annually shipped to the extent of several thousand barrels; and Lower Sandusky, situated at the head of navigation on the Sandusky river, thirtysix miles from the mouth of the bay. The latter town is the seat of justice of Sandusky county, enjoying a considerable hydraulic power, and trading with an extensive and growing portion of the country."-Hunt's Magazine. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SANDUSKY, HURON, AND MILAN. A writer in Hunt's Magazine (1844), says: "I can predict, with safety, a very large increase of produce shipped from this port, after the completion of another railroad, now rapidly progressing (fifty-six miles long), terminating in the heart of the richest wheat-growing country in the state (Richland). This road cut off Milan from the best trade she is now enjoying. It will be completed in eighteen months." STATEMENT of Exports from the Port of Sandusky, for the year 1843. STATEMENT of Exports from Huron and Milan, for the year 1843. STATEMENT of the Leading Articles Shipped from, and Received at, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, by the Canal, in the Years 1842 and 1843. Flour... ..........................barrels 130,858 114,103 16,755 Hardware... Oil.... Sundries .......lbs. 21,390,266 14,540,412 6,849,854 466 Groceries, including coffee.do. 13,061,951 4,952,577 8,109,374 1,252,056 Tobacco, manufactured..........do. 227,352 Leather.. 1,141,430 Drugs and dye-stuffs......do. 4,175,501 Oil..... .....do. 431,238 368,618 62,620 372,402 30,642 341,760 769,091 182,193 586,898 33,610 17,255 121 22,884 16,355 50,166 Clay and gypsum........ tons 317 196 35,551 Salt.......... ........ bushels 211,392 188,508 lbs. 2,661,312 1,651,889 1,009,423 Blooms....... .........lbs. 17,838,936 14,106,698 3,732,238 Sundries....... ... . . . . . . . . do. 1,523,453 905,407 618,046 Increase on the above twelve items shipped eastward, 23,760,854 lbs., or 11,880 tons; increase on the eleven items brought westward (omitting salt), 24,289,248 lbs., or 12,144 tons. Arrivals at, and exports from, Pittsburg, during the year commencing |