It is seen that we have not made any estimate of the products of the soap and candle business. Without this we have twelve branches, the annual products of which is $8,656,500. We can thus see how much the city is indebted to manufactories for her unprecedented prosperity, and that, in awarding to her the highest place among the manufacturing cities of the West, we said no more than was warranted by the facts which we have endeavored fully and fairly to present. STEAMBOAT BUILDING. From the discouraging prospects for the boating business, that were exhibited at the commencement of the year, and which did not improve materially as the season advanced, we were prepared to find a great falling off in the steamboat building at this point; and when we learned that only eleven boats had been built at the port during the year, we were not disappointed. Within the last few months, however, business has greatly revived, and there is at this time about 25 boats on the stocks, all or nearly all of which will be completed in season for the fall business. The following is a list of the boats and barges registered during the year ending Aug. 31st ultimo: The number and tonnage of the boats built during the previous four years, were as follows: It is proper to remark here, that the building business at points above this place, including Pittsburgh, do not show that deficiency that we have to record, but on the contrary, there is (so far as we are able to judge from appearances and partial reports) an increase in the aggregate; and tonnage already afloat, and to be put afloat, on the Western waters this fall, will be fully adequate to any demand that may be experienced. ARTICLES. EXPORTS AT CINCINNATI. For five years, commencing September 1st, and ending Aug. 21st., each year. '45-'46 '46-'47 '47-48 '48-49 '49-'50 .bbls.... 3920.. 14444.. 8512.. 5824.. 3519 1615.. 1943.. 1771.. 3022.. 3302 Apples, green..... Alcohol.... Beef....... Do 5019.. 6123.. 4009.. 1896 13037.. 18587.. 18909.. 22030 18388.. 41121.. 36924.. 55617.. 73637 4787.. 10308.. 9450.. 5229.. 4246 194700..581920..201011..267420.. 98908 29.. 4000.. 3736.. 3824.. 5380 5074.. 8317.. 1850 4268.. 6922.. 7597 2431.. 2387.. 2528 Cattle.. ..head.. Cotton ..bales... Coffee... .sacks.... Cooperage ..pieces.. Eggs.. .bbls. Feathers.. .sacks. Fruit, dried. ..bush. Grease.. ...bbls. Grass seed. Horses.. ..head. 684.. 16077.. 370.. 694.. 642.. 3967.. 654.. 2026.. 1268.. 378.. 468 94.. 1040.. 564 8733.. 5659.. 2198.. 1:64 ......164930.. 60880.. 73029.. 62865 12444.. 9024.. 7731.. 11225 2937.. 68905..127193.. 43025.. 54075 9339.. 17351.. 7081.. 36245 9238.. 5646.. 6916.. 6270.. 5767 22747.. 49878.. 81679.. 37521.. 39192 .135008..150828..208696..130509..170167 1650.. 6199.. 8277.. 9550.. 16984 435.. 6032.. 3878.. 3020.. 4879 9046.. 18332.. 17750.. 25878 2792.. 5246.. 4397.. 2274.. 743 sacks.... 17944..140067.. 41675.. 212.. 5023 .bbls.... 14956.. 34130.. 15687.. 7073.. 5283 15287.. 31538.. 37162.. 39470.. 23529 ..hhds. ..tierces... ........bbls. 3874.. 7894.. 8862.. 10930.. 22477 29302..137218..196186..186192..193581 .lbs....404426.3478850..759188..924256.2310699 13037.. 8723.. 5556.. 4369.. 3151 2708.. 10080.. 11095.. 11303.. 17443 100.. 726.. 1400.. 522.. .packages, ..bbls.. ..sacks. 4998.. 11559.. 8443.. 9650 65346.. 39656.. 39960.. 29509 4416.. 5057.. 5403.. 8301 ....bbls... 138.. 291.. 2785.. 808.. 333 -packages.. 23603..224957..341363..210049..615641 ..tons.... 2106.. 18179.. 16849.. 21466.. 11109 .bbls.. 353.. 7193.. 9364.. 10913.. 11798 ..pieces.... 7975.. 22251.. 42412.. 94934.. 56810 ..packages.. 1085.. 17879.. 28822.. 17609.. 10327 ..boxes.... 2499.. 5820.. 8177.. 7904.. 9491 3452.. 4543.. 5682.. 4975.. 4311 1473.. 9718.. 9352.. 7497.. 6904 3803.. 6011.. 3812.. 3309.. 4847 273.. 123.. 126.. 77 VALUE OF SPECIFIC ARTICLES Imported into Cincinnati from September 1st, 1849, to August 31st, 1850, and same time last year. Exported from the port of Cincinnati during the last three years, commencing September 1st and ending August 31st, each year. Beef, bbls.... To N. Orleans. Oth. down-river ports. Up-river ports. Via canals end railways. By flat-boats. '48-49 49-50' '48-'9 49-50 '48-'49 '49-'50 '48-'9 '49-'50'48-'49 '49-'50 11628 16423 298 173 82 172 305 176 574 254 .150525 44290 22033 25767 12191 8360 8635 3743 74036 16748 5009 18676 26172 16009 Do. tcs......... Do. bbls.. Do. pounds.. Soap, bxs... Sugar, hhds... 347 494 Whiskey, bbls... 64258 96712 22214 42528 Iron, pcs. Do. tons. Lard, bbls.. 255 415 4255 Do. kegs.. .120104 110635 2527 2390 8606 11902 3234 3693 542 141 2. TRADE AND COMMERCE OF MOBILE-1849-'59. We are indebted to the Mobile Merchants' and Planters' Price Current for the following particulars of the trade of that city of the past year: GENERAL REVIEW OF TRADE-1849-'50. We now present our customary annual review of the market for the season, together with the statistics of the commerce of this port. Our tables have been prepared with the utmost care and attention, and will be found to contain accurate statements of the movements in the various departments of trade. The receipts of cotton at this port during the year commencing on the first of September last, and terminating this day, are ascertained to be 350,952 bales, being a decrease of 160,764 bales from the preceding season. The stock on hand is 12,962 bales, being 7,916 bales more than last year at this time, and our foreign exports have been 182,177 bales less than last season. The entire crop of the United States appears to be about 2,100,000 bales, being a deficiency from that of the preceding year of 628,596 bales, and of 247,634 bales less than the crop of 1847-'48. It will be perceived that the estimate made in our last annual review has approximated as near to the actual result as could reasonably be expected. The present stock on hand in all the ports is estimated at 143,833 bales, which is 29,854 bales over last year. The stock on hand on the 1st September, 1849, 142,034 bales, added to the receipts of the present season, of 2,100,000 bales, would make the supply for the year 2,242,034 bales. This has been distributed in the following manner: Great Britain, 1,100,000 bales; France, 285,000 bales; other foreign ports, 190,000 bales. The stock now on hand of 140,000 bales being added, makes 1,717,000 bales in all, and thus leaves the amount of 527,034 bales consumed in this country during the year. We have to record the transit of a year of remarkable success and prosperity. Every element of trade has been in successful operation. The prevalence of peace throughout the world, the abundance of provisions, the general employment of labor, the cheapness of money, and the reaction resulting from the political derangements of 1848, have all conspired favorably to affect the general interests of commerce. The operations in cotton have been, almost without exception, successful. Notwithstanding the unprecedented crop of 1848-49, it was discovered that consumption had so far gained upon production, that the discouraging appearance of the crop last summer, immediately induced a considerable advance in the prices at which the market opened. These rates were not only sustained throughout the year, but with occasional fluctuations, they have been gradually enhanced until the close of the season, influenced latterly to some extent by the apprehension of another short production. It is a source of gratification to the country, that notwithstanding the many inducements to speculative movements in the article, sufficient caution has been maintained to keep prices within justifiable limits-thus rendering them more permanent, and making the business comparatively safe, with better assurances of a successful termination. Nevertheless, the prices paid in this country have realized to the planting interest a much larger amount of money than has been received for any previous crop. It is a remarkable fact that the crop of this year, though more than six hundred thousand bales short of the production of the preceding season, has actually yielded twenty millions of dollars more, and that about four millions of this excess has been received and distributed among the planting community trading at this port. The transactions in the general departments of trade have been equally remunerative, and the business of our city and the country has never appeared in a more favorable condition. We commence the year under the most gratifying auspices, and it seems merely to require a maintenance of the prudence hitherto manifested to ensure another successful season. It is with much pleasure that we revert to the improved condition of commercial affairs immediately at home. The restoration of the original privilege of issue to the Bank of Mobile, granted by the Legislature last winter, has enabled that institution to extend its accommodations to the business community, and we have heard of no difficulty during the past year, either in the disposal of exchange, or in the negotiation on favorable terms of good business paper. The Southern Bank of Alabama, chartered also last winter, will likewise commence operations in a few weeks, and will furnish additional facilities. The disabilities under which we have hitherto labored in this respect, we think will now be entirely removed. The appearance of our city, notwithstanding the recent loss of our two principal hotels, furnishes ample evidence of growing prosperity. Important improvements in real estate have taken place during the year, and we have scarcely a doubt that a considerable accession has been made to our permanent population. The works of a local character, to which we alluded in our last annual review, have steadily advanced towards completion. Two cotton factories are now nearly, if not quite ready for work, and in the course of a few weeks will commence active operations. The floating dock was launched some weeks ago, and will be in readiness for vessels in a very short time. The great and most important work connected with the prosperity of our city-the Mobile and Ohio Railroad-still continues under the management of its able and effective board of directors to advance in progress. Arrangements have been made for the purchase of the iron, and the directors, by the first of June next, expect to have cars running on the first section of thirty-three miles. The increased ability of our citizens, resulting from the prosperous business of the last two years, gives additional assurances that the enterprise will be pressed with unflagging energy. One disturbing element alone remains to mar the bright prospect which our prosperity opens to us. But we have yet an abiding faith that a benign Providence will so direct and control the public councils, that this dark cloud may be dispelled, and that the union, peace, and happiness of the country may be perpetuated. COTTON. When we closed our last annual review, the market, although dull, was extremely firm, the stock on sale being quite limited. The prospects of the growing crop were so adverse as to render certain a production far below that of the preceding year. The heavy stock in Liverpool operated, however, as a check upon any extravagant advance in prices, and influenced buyers to await the further developments of the season. The receipts of cotton during the month of September were on a fair scale for that season of the year. Prices, in view of the condition of the growing crop, ruled nearly two cents higher than the Liverpool quotations, and the sales of the month were limited to about 3,000 bales-middlings 9 a 10 c. During the early part of October, the market was dull and inanimate. The advices from Europe were not satisfactory to holders, and in the absence of orders, prices were supported by the confirmation of a deficiency in the production, which it was believed would finally produce its effect abroad. This expectation was to some extent realized by advices received in the last week of the month, announcing an advance of ¿d. in Liverpool. This intelligence brought buyers more freely into the market, and considerable sales were effected at a slight advance-middlings closing at 10 c. The sales of the month were 11,000 bales, and the receipts 19,902. November opened with a fine demand, and at advancing prices. The advices from Europe, received in the early part of the month, were regarded as highly favorable, and produced a still further improvement in prices, but the original difference between our quotations and those at Liverpool, existing at the opening of the season, had scarcely yet been equalized by the advances in that market, and operators began to hesitate, and finally refused the rates demanded, on the ground that they were not warranted by the relative position of the markets, and prices which had advanced half a cent, fell back to ten cents for middlings. A continuation of the advances in Liverpool, however, assisted the market towards the close of the month, and brought forward a good demand, under which an improvement of c. was established-middlings ruling at 104 c. The sales of the month were estimated at 35,000 bales, and the receipts were 56,937 bales. The early part of December was characterized by a moderate de |