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means of ascertaining, with any degree of accuracy, the amount of export from this city, it would exhibit a much larger amount, and more satisfactory evidence of the extent of our trade.-[ Western Journal.

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The progress and present condition of the Queen City of the West, are thus briefly stated in a letter to the N Y. Evening Post:

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"Cincinnati is situated on the Ohio, 494 miles from its mouth, and 455 miles from Pittsburg. It extends three miles along the river, and two back from the The city is regularly laid out. Many of the streets are adorned by fine edifices, and shaded by beantiful trees. The population of Cincinnati in 1820 was 10.000; in 1830, 24,831; in 1840, 46,338; and at the present time it is more than 100,000. The city contains 72 Churches, an Astronomical Observatory, 3 Colleges, 4 Medical Schools, 1 Law School, and numerous Female Seminaries and Classical Schools. 13 daily, 25 weekly, and 4 monthly periodicals are published here. There are in Cincinnati several extensive Foundries, numerous Cotton and Woollen Factories, and manufactories of almost every kind. But the bu

siness in which Cincinnati excels every other place is Pork-packing: 487,049 hogs were packed here during the last year-412,000 of which were killed in the city. Supposing their average weight was 200 lbs., their total weight would be nearly 100,000,000 lbs., which, if equally distributed, would give every man, woman, and child in the United States, each five pounds of pork. Just back of the city lies a range of hills, which are crowned by two beautiful villages, Mount Auburn, and Walnut Hills Being about 200 or 300 feet above Cincinnati, the situation of these villages is exceedingly beautiful. They overlook the city, and the river for several miles above and below Cincinnati, and Newport and Covington on the opposite shore, in Kentucky. Walnut Hills is the seat of a flourishing Theological Seminary of the New School Presbyterian Church, the President of which is the venerable Lyman Beecher, D. D. Mount Auburn is principally composed of the residences of men doing business in the city. The cottages and dwellings in this village are, many of them, very elegant buildings. The grounds about them are highly adorned, though there is very little of shrubbery that is merely ornamental. The useful and the beautiful are combined in the pear, the peach, the plum, the apple, and the vine."

COMMERCE OF CINCINNATI.

The following is an exhibit of the Imports and Exports of leading articles into and from Cincinnati in the last and previous year, ending August 31.

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Pork, tes.

Pork, brls

Pork, in bulk, lbs.

Sagar, hhds.

Sugar, boxes.

Sugar, brls

Wheat, bush-
Whiskey, brls.

....140........124 --69,828..... 40,581 -9,643,063 --8,027,399

27,153. ....16,649 .11.175... -7,196 ...2,928.

Lard, brls..
Lard, kgs...
Oats, sacks..

...18,587.....13,037

201,012....581,920 -81,679... ·49,878 ··208,606....150,823 ... 41,675.140,067

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Pork and bacon, hhds..37,162.. Pork and bacon, tierces, 8,862.. Pork and bacon.. ....186,886....137,218 Pork, bulk, pounds..4,759,188. 3,478,856 ....5,179 Sugar, hogsheads.... ....11,559.... ...... 4,998 -670,813590,809 Tallow, barrels.. ······5,689......4,543 .......170,436....184,639 Whiskey, barrels.....186,509... .183,928

6. FIRST RECEIPTS OF COTTON AT NEW-ORLEANS.

The Concordia Intelligencer furnishes the following. We beg the able editor not to suppose for an instant that our neglecting to credit Col. Clairborne's statistics of the War Department was intentional. Our regards for the Intelligencer are of too high a nature.

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COMMERCE OF AMERICAN CITIES.

7.-NEW-ORLEANS VITAL STATISTICS.

Our friend, Dr. Feuner, of this city, who has been preparing some able and
most laborious articles for the Medical Journal upon Yellow Fever, furnishes the
following statistics. They are taken from the books of the Charity Hospital,
which he considers "the most extensive fever hospital in the world."

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Whole number of diseases admitted into the Hospital, 1841, 4380; of fevers, 1991.
1842, 4404; of fevers, 1758. 1843, 5013, 2222. 1844, 5846, 2207. 1845, 6136, 1763.
1846, 8044, 2603. 1847, 11,890, 6901 fevers.

COMMERCE OF AMERICAN CITIES.

1.-NEW-ORLEANS.

At the close of another commercial year we proceed to digest, from all the
sources within our reach, the commercial results presented by New-Orleans for
1847.48. We shall still find much for proud gratulation.

The following tables are from the admirable publication of the Prices
Current:-

Apples...

.bbls

1847-8.
39518..

1846-7.

1845-6.

1844-5.

IMPORTS INTO NEW-ORLEANS, FROM THE INTERIOR, FOR TEN YEARS, FROM THE 1ST SEPTEMBER TO THE 31ST AUGUST, IN EACH YEAR.
Articles.

1843-4.

1842-3.

1841-2.

1840-1.

39612.

Bacon, asst. casks, &c.
.hhds
Bacon Hams...

45119..

36932.

26775....
25213..

26515..

43969..

67803

26443.

1839-40.
27244... 24387

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16568

13505....

11231

7350

13648

18539.

14518.

12092

8358

19070..

13538.

9220

6111..

4412.

6249

Bacon in bulk.

..lbs 381140.

425163.

492700.

350000

1203821.

1453798

1288109.

2593057

1117987

1501900

Bagging.

pieces 77682

60982.

96601

111324..

100216.

89721

60307

70976.

66893

49697

Bale Rope..

.coils 74325.

56201

56678.

67600..

83684.

80932

63307

65613

47970..

62602

Beans..

.bbls 20485.

24536.

16585.

7006....

7619.

8878

10993.

14281

2026..

405

Butter....

kegs 45213.

51384.

44172....

30319..

18831

18530

11791..

14074..

10429.

7557

Butter....

bbls

1156.

872

1494....

396..

500

894.

284.

698....

790.

429

Beeswax..

.bbls

698.

1109.

1200.

1464.

1911...

985

343

306..

182

155

Beeswax..

.lbs

3550.

3100.

4920..

510.

2677

3360.

16069

10573.

4250

Beef, bbls and tierces.

50260.

53968.

62231

32674.

49363.

17549...

17455.

33262

10843.

10773

Beef, dried....

..lbs 56100.

49000.

98200.

58200

55610..

51400

60812

70100.

39120.

33090

Buffalo Robes.

packs

14...

55....

1031

1915..

5445

Lake.

Cotton.

(La. and Mi., bales. 883144.

.bales 13734...

N. Ala. & Ten. do. 227561

453842.... 765315.

688244.

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14276.

19533.

13234..

14280.... 8967

5163.

14960.

12156

211502.

222677

198246.

169334..

191410... 118629.

118122.

155466.

69347

Arkansas.....do. 64294....

35279.

34876.

23103.

21835..

30511

16734

11149.

13767.

7003

Mobile. ..do.

10857

16379.

6356.

12123.

47596..

10687

4565.

5831.

15649

16769

Florida..

do.

4208...

16966.

5884.

12830.

12016...

3381

2831.

731.

2727

1080

Texas.

..do. 10007

2345.

4249.

25159..

18170....

15323.

5101

4481.

3932

2929

Corn Meal.

Corn in ears.

.bbls 47543.

88159.

3905.

7917

3769

5415....

6023.

2214

1447

3082

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.bbls 509583.

619756.

358578.. 139686.

165354.... 255058..

240675..

168050

152965.

161918

Corn, shelled....sacks.1083465.

2386510.

1166120....

390964..

360052..

427552...

338709.

268557

278358.

338795

Cheese.

boxes 52362....

57429....

57392..

39091.

12583..

3502..

2710..

1852

428

319

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1201..

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390

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135..

335..

1419.

1026.

1130.

544.

524.

184

Coal, western.

bbls 320000.

356500.

262800

281000...

227788..

255568..

140582..

221233.

99915..

94362

Dried Peaches..

.bbls

385....

3009....

137.

474....

1112.

718.

863

483

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Dried Apples..

.bbls

1173....

Flaxseed.

tierces

4393.

5761
962.

930..

1758...

889.

958.

1115

1041..

740

823.

2181....

4273.

13480.

863

742

723.

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Flour...

bbls 705958.

1617675.... 837985.

533312.... 502507

521175..

439688

496194.

482523.

434984

Furs.

boxes

91.

75....

28.

118....

43.

37

Furs.

.bundles

320....

253....

609.

581....

496....

326.

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Feathers.

.bags

2594.

3498..

4607

5403....

4568

1484.

1737

470..

489.

457

Hemp.

bales

21584.

60238

30980.

46274...

38062.

14873.

1211...

450..

500..

4044

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