The whole amount of duties refunded in 1842, in conformity to a resolution of Increase in amount, paid in 1842, of drawback of duties 14,553 83 6,075 87 8,477 96 This last item shows that an increased amount of salt manufactured at the springs during the past year, has been disposed of at the more distant markets. The total amount of expenditures for all purposes during the year 1841, are Expenditures of 1842 less than those of 1841, by the sum of dols. cts. 53,984 89 42,619 96 11,364 93 QUANTITY and quality of Salt inspected in each Village, during 1842 :— In the village of Salina.-Coarse salt, 1288 bushels, twenty-two lbs. ; fine salt, 845,022 bushels, two lbs. ; dairy salt, 3961 bushels, forty-two lbs. Aggregate-850,272 bushels, ten lbs. In the village of Syracuse.-Coarse salt, 149,724 bushels, eighteen lbs.; fine salt, 486,439 bushels, thirty-four lbs. ; dairy salt, 18,828 bushels, twenty-two lbs. Aggregate654,992 bushels, eighteen lbs. In the village of Geddes.-Coarse salt, 12,009 bushels, forty-six lbs. ; fine salt, 154,532 bushels, eighteen lbs. ; dairy salt, 2433 bushels, two lbs. Aggregate-168,975 bushels, ten lbs. In the village of Liverpool.-Fine salt, 615,194 bushels, forty-six lbs. ; dairy salt, 2468 bushels, ten lbs. Aggregate-617,663 bushels. TABLE showing the Number and Extent of the Manufactories employed in the manufacture of Coarse and Fine Salt, in the town of Salina, the 1st of January, 1842. TABLE showing the Superficial Feet of Vats occupied, and also the Amount of Coarse Salt manufactured by the Coarse Salt Companies, during the Year 1842. TABLE showing the Amount of Salt inspected in Salina annually from 1826 to 1844, both inclusive, and the Annual Increase of the same. The annual consumption of salt in the United States is about 14,000,000 bushels. In the year 1841, there were 6,179,174 bushels of salt imported into the United States, of which 1,522,333 bushels were entered at the port of New York; and during eleven months of 1842, ending 30th of November last, 1,661,495 bushels of foreign salt were entered at the same port. The whole quantity of domestic salt exported in 1841 was only 215,084 bushels, of which quantity 213,527 bushels were sent to the British colonies of Canada, where it was subjected to a duty of ten cents per bushel of fifty-six lbs.; and, in the year 1842, American salt entering the Canada ports paid a duty of twelve cents per bushel. PRICES and Duty on Salt, from 1795 to 1843, inclusive, per Bushel. From 1834 to 1843, the duty was declining under the operation of the Compromise Act. The amount of duty must depend upon the price. The above is only an estimate of the duty, though probably not far from the truth. Various other manufactures have been established, and are now being established in this country; among these, we may enumerate looking-glasses, the printing and binding of books, umbrellas, brushes of all kinds, brass nails, stockings, gloves, wafers, webbing, lace and fringes, mathematical and musical instruments, silk, whips, pocket-books, ready-made clothing, earthenware, oil, powder, beer, ale and porter, wire, brick, types, glue, clocks, printing-presses, lamps, spectacles, coffee-mills, suspenders, wool and cotton cards, oil cloths, bellows, printers' ink, India rubber, and many others, which have not come to our notice. Manufactures of the South and West." It is probable that if the manufacturing business is found sufficiently profitable for a series of years in this country, the upper parts of the Mississippi Valley will, in no long time, be the chief seat of American manufactures. Already labour and capital, to a large amount, are employed in manufactures of various sorts in the west. In western Pennsylvania, the upper part of western Virginia, and in the eastern part of Ohio, manufactories of cotton, wool, silk, paper, wooden and stone ware, &c., &c., abound." The Greensborough Patriot gives an account of eight manufactories, one, the Mount Hecla, in that town, and the others in the neighbourhood; viz., the High Falls and Alamance factories, in Orange; the Cedar Falls and Franklinsville factories, in Randolph; the Lexington, in Davidson; the Salem, in Stokes; and the Leaksville, in Rockingham. That called Mount Hecla was among the first put in operation in the southern country. The Lexington and Salem factories are worked by steam. The products of these mills, besides supplying an extensive country demand, are sent off in immense quantities to the northern and western markets. In Fayetteville and the immediate vicinity, the Observer enumerates six factories; viz., Mallett's, Cross Creek, Phoenix, Rockfish, Beaver Creek, and Little River. Besides these, there are, in other parts of the state, one at Salisbury; one at Rockingham; one at Lincolnton; one at Rocky Mount, Edgecombe; one at Cane Creek, Chatham; one at Concord, Cabarrus; one at Milton; one at Mocksville; one at Milledgeville, Montgomery county; one in Surrey county; and one other in Orange county; making twenty-five in all. The capital invested in the twenty-five is estimated, by the Observer, at about 1,050,000 dollars; the number of spindles about 50,000; persons employed from 1200 to 1500, and number of bales of cotton consumed at not less than 15,000. The foregoing statements are all prepared from the official returns to Congress; from Pitkin's statistics; from the reports of commerce; from Mr. Ellsworth's reports for 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844; and from statistical articles in Hunt's Merchants' Magazine. TABLE showing the Amount of Salt inspected in Salina annually from 1826 to 1844, both inclusive, and the Annual Increase of the same. The annual consumption of salt in the United States is about 14,000,000 bushels. In the year 1841, there were 6,179,174 bushels of salt imported into the United States, of which 1,522,333 bushels were entered at the port of New York; and during eleven months of 1842, ending 30th of November last, 1,661,495 bushels of foreign salt were entered at the same port. The whole quantity of domestic salt exported in 1841 was only 215,084 bushels, of which quantity 213,527 bushels were sent to the British colonies of Canada, where it was subjected to a duty of ten cents per bushel of fifty-six lbs.; and, in the year 1842, American salt entering the Canada ports paid a duty of twelve cents per bushel. PRICES and Duty on Salt, from 1795 to 1843, inclusive, per Bushel. From 1834 to 1843, the duty was declining under the operation of the Compromise Act. The amount of duty must depend upon the price. The above is only an estimate of the duty, though probably not far from the truth. Various other manufactures have been established, and are now being established in this country; among these, we may enumerate looking-glasses, the printing and binding of books, umbrellas, brushes of all kinds, brass nails, stockings, gloves, wafers, webbing, lace and fringes, mathematical and musical instruments, silk, whips, pocket-books, ready-made clothing, earthenware, oil, powder, beer, ale and porter, wire, brick, types, glue, clocks, printing-presses, lamps, spectacles, coffee-mills, suspenders, wool and cotton cards, oil cloths, bellows, printers' ink, India rubber, and many others, which have not come to our notice. Manufactures of the South and West." It is probable that if the manufacturing business is found sufficiently profitable for a series of years in this country, the upper parts of the Mississippi Valley will, in no long time, be the chief seat of American manufactures. Already labour and capital, to a large amount, are employed in manufactures of various sorts in the west. In western Pennsylvania, the upper part of western Virginia, and in the eastern part of Ohio, manufactories of cotton, wool, silk, paper, wooden and stone ware, &c., &c., abound." The Greensborough Patriot gives an account of eight manufactories, one, the Mount Hecla, in that town, and the others in the neighbourhood; viz., the High Falls and Alamance factories, in Orange; the Cedar Falls and Franklinsville factories, in Randolph; the Lexington, in Davidson; the Salem, in Stokes; and the Leaksville, in Rockingham. That called Mount Hecla was among the first put in operation in the southern country. The Lexington and Salem factories are worked by steam. The products of these mills, besides supplying an extensive country demand, are sent off in immense quantities to the northern and western markets. In Fayetteville and the immediate vicinity, the Observer enumerates six factories; viz., Mallett's, Cross Creek, Phoenix, Rockfish, Beaver Creek, and Little River. Besides these, there are, in other parts of the state, one at Salisbury; one at Rockingham; one at Lincolnton; one at Rocky Mount, Edgecombe; one at Cane Creek, Chatham; one at Concord, Cabarrus; one at Milton; one at Mocksville; one at Milledgeville, Montgomery county; one in Surrey county; and one other in Orange county; making twenty-five in all. The capital invested in the twenty-five is estimated, by the Observer, at about 1,050,000 dollars; the number of spindles about 50,000; persons employed from 1200 to 1500, and number of bales of cotton consumed at not less than 15,000. The foregoing statements are all prepared from the official returns to Congress; from Pitkin's statistics; from the reports of commerce; from Mr. Ellsworth's reports for 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844; and from statistical articles in Hunt's Merchants' Magazine. |