south, for our objects are not sectional or local, but identified with the productive in. dustry and commercial resources of our broad national domain. The circumstances connected with the advance of the different cities and sections of the country are so peculiar, and in some respects, distinct, that an account of these circumstances must be regarded with great interest by those who are far removed from their operation. The city of New Orleans should be a matter of national pride, as it is the offspring of our free institutions, standing as it does at the outlet of that giant stream, the Mississippi, which waters the richest valley upon the earth for thousands of miles, and must be in coming time, as it now is, the grand channel of western commerce. COTTON. 1. Table, exhibiting the Exports of Cotton from the Port of New Orleans, for the last ten years, (1830 of September. to 1840,) commencing on the 1st of October and ending the 30th 240499 122452 127828 133641 133881 141872 101253 82302 78138 60913 Gt. Britain, 508102 309768 481501 355096 236526 259123 289169 225667 203365 223374 N. of Europe 23808 1446 7580 France, 6431 17989 4368 9742 3338 4423 2911 124494 138111 105749 85145 92535 122484 60705 94223 64728 135086 S. of Europe 57288 Total,... 954191 580817 737186 594538 493005 534765 462253 407220 356406 424684 Great Britain, 1,792 8,570 10,031 9,104 15,492 6,338 8,113 4,875 8,448 6,131 451 1,555 5,143 3,717 1,198 1,460 306 35 576 258 5,161 2,539 2,973 6,344 5,942 4,262 4,610 4,320 7,157 4,815 6,644 4,448 3,366 3,180 1,980 1,962| 1,455| 424 1,401 2,524 13,980 12,518 15,563 10,380 19,329 20,343 10,448 14,047 15,392 21,240 Total,... 28,028 29,630 37,076) 32,725 43,941 34,365|24,931 23,701 32,974 34,968 N. of Europe, 3. Table, exhibiting the Exports of Sugar from New Orleans for the last five years, (1835 to 1840,) up the river excepted, from 1st October to 30th September, in each year. Whither Exported. 1839-40. 1838-39. 1837-38. 1836-37. 1835-36. Hhds. Bbls Hhds. Bbls Hhds. Bbls Hhds. Bbls Hhds. Bbis 18893 598 9913 229 10966) 75 11626 53 126 13 5257 19 122 71 1774 171 1066 149 Total,...... |45511 5978 29143 3011 26098 3662 27581 2269 5677 3138 4. Table, exhibiting the Exports of Molasses from New Orleans for the last five years, (1835 to 1840,) up the river excepted, from 1st October to 30th September, in each ycar. Whither Exported. 1839-40. 1838-39. 1837-38. 1836-37. 1835-36. Hhds. Bbls. Hhds. Bbls. Hhds. Bbls. Hhds. Bbls. Hhds. Bbla 1832-33. BANK STATISTICS. SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS BY BANKS IN 1839. On the 9th of October, 1839, the United States Bank of Pennsylvania commenced a suspension of specie payments; and in this it was soon followed by most of the banks south and west of the state of New York, and also by those of Rhode Island. The following table, which is extracted from a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, dated January 8, 1840, contains a statement of the number of banks in the several states, the number that suspended, the number that had not suspended, &c., so far as had been ascertained. PARIS SAVINGS BANKS.-The deposits in the Paris savings banks on the 20th and 21st September, amounted to 412,652f., and the sums withdrawn to 1,178,000f. The amount withdrawn consequently exceeded the amount deposited by 765,000f. INCREASE OF BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES. A Table, exhibiting the increase of Banks and Banking Capital in the United States, from 1820 to 1830, and from 1830 to 1837. 1. Quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 23d of June to the 17th of September, 1840, both inclusive. 2. Deposits of the London Bankers in the Bank of England in the first fourteen weeks of the three years 1838, 1839, and 1840, and their several weekly averages. Weekly average,... 1838. 1839. 1840. £10,719,000 765,643 3. Deposits of the Bank of Ireland and Royal Bank of Scotland in the first fourteen weeks of the three years, 1838, 1839, and 1840, with their several weekly averages. Weekly average,.. 1838. 1839. 128,214 1840. £1,049,000 74,928 |