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"In addition to the above, there have been shipped, of articles not enumerated in last year's statement, 350 barrels pork; 42 barrels beef; 578 bushels potatoes; 137 bushels barley; 15 sacks wool; 53 bales hay-an article never before exported from this place; 2,604 lbs. beeswax; and small quantities of various other kinds of produce. "The number of tons of freight amounts to a little more than 6,000, which has been shipped at an average of 20 cents per hundred, for pound freights; $200 per hogshead, for tobacco; $3 50 per ton, for hemp; 8 cents per bushel, for wheat; and 35 cents per barrel for apples.

"The total value of exports is computed at $518,444.

"In the slaughtering business, there has been a decided increase this year. It is estimated that the number of beeves slaughtered will be about 150; and the number of hogs 5,000; of this there has been but very little shipped.

"The whole number of steamboat arrivals this season, has been 320. At the opening of navigation, there were four packets from St. Louis to Glasgow; two of these were burnt early in the season, after which there were but two boats in the regular packet trade."

From the Lexington Express. STATISTICS OF THE CITY OF LEXINGTON, MISSOURI, FOR 1849,

EXPORTS.-The following table exhibits a reliable statement of the Exports of this city, for the year 1849. We can vouch for its correctness, from the fact that the articles shipped were directly obtained from the duplicate bills of lading reserved by the shippers. This statement only includes the shipments made direct from the corporate limits of our city. Several of our business men, during the year, made large shipments of hemp, tobacco and bacon, from other landings in the county. We have good authority for stating, that at least twelve hundred tons of hemp were shipped from ware-houses in the county, above and below this city. For Lexington the shipments stand: 1,470 tons of Hemp, (in bales ;) 8,550 pounds of Tallow; 12,375 coils of Bale Rope;

55 hogshead of Tobacco;

1,725,000 pounds of Bacon, (hams sides and shoulders ;)

3,000 barrels of Lard;

1,500 bushels of Flaxseed;

600 bushels of Castor and
White Beans;

395 bales of Wool;
255 bales of Feathers;

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17,000 pounds of Beeswax;

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20 barrels of Alcohol; 3 tons of Paper Rags;

Other articles of produce, of smaller value, were shipped, of which we have taken no account. As to the value of the above exports, we have not made an estimate; but we may safely say that the aggregate would exceed one half a million of dollars.

IMPORTS.-The investments, for the year, in goods, groceries, lumber, machinery, &c., imported into the city, amount, in the aggregate, to $410,000. This sum we think to be correct, as the amount invested by each house, was solicited and obtained.

During the months of October, November and December last, 7,300 Hogs were packed or rendered into lard.

Upwards of 2,000,000 brick were made during the year and about 30 new buildings erected mostly of brick.

SCHOOLS.-The Masonic College, under charge of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri; Lexington High School, for young men and boys, by Wm. Van Doren; Mr. John Wilson, school for boys; Ingleside Seminary, for young ladies; Mrs. Greene's school for misses; Miss Blackwell's school for misses; Edgeworth Seminary, by Mr. Guthrie; Miss Livingston's school for girls; Mrs. Wilson's school for girls.

The Female College will commence its first session in the course of the coming spring.

PROFESSIONS.-Attorneys at Law 18; Physicians 13; Portraitpainter and Daguerreotype Artist 1.

CHURCHES. Methodist 1; Baptist i; Old School Presbyterian 1; Christian 2; Cumberland Presbyterian 1; Episcopal 1.

HOTELS.-City Hotel, by J. J. Burtis; Monroe House by James Royle. Besides these, there are two or three houses of entertainment, and several excellent boarding houses. Livery Stables 2.

MONIED INSTITUTIONS.-Branch of the Bank of the State; Mutual Fire and Marine Insursnce Company, of Lexington, Mo.; Agencies for Phoenix, Home Mutual, and State Mutual Insurance Companies, of St. Louis.

BUSINESS HOUSES.-At this time we number, Dry Goods stores 16; Furnishing Stores 1; Commission warehouses and Boat Stores 4; Drug Stores 4; Book Stores 2; Tin and Stove Stores 4; Jewelry Stores 1; Furnishing Cabinet Ware Rooms 1; Lumber Yards 3. In the mechanical employments there are:-Blacksmith shops 8; Tur ners' shops 2; Machinist 1; Saddlers 4; Watchmaker 1; Carriage makers 2; Wagon makers 4; Carpenters' and Joiners' shops 12 or 15; Plowmaker 1; Painters and Glaziers 3; Tailors 5; Gunsmiths 2; Shoemakers 3; Stonecutters 1; Coopers 4; Barbers 2; Milliners 3; Bakeries 4; Tobacconists and cigar makers 2; Book bindery 1. There are also two printing offices, at which every variety of print+ ing is executed.

MANUFACTORIES.-In the city and vicinity we now have 3 Steam Flouring Mills, 3 Steam Saw Mills, and one Steam Rope-walk, 2 Rope-walks propelled by horse power, and 2 factories for carding wool.

The population of the city is about 3,000. Upwards of 200 steamboat arrivals are reported. About $6,000 were expended on the streets, during the year, and something like $5,000 are appropriated for further improvements.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.-Branch Bank; Court-House and Jail.

We hear of several new buildings to be erected the present season. If hemp bears a fair price, and the season suitable for out-door work, the improvement in the city will be very considerable and of a permanent character. With the most beautiful and richest country surrounding it, this city is destined to reach a commercial importance, which will ever place her second only to St. Louis, in the State.

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

COMMERCE OF ST. LOUIS.

The following table, showing the monthly prices of eight leading articles in the St. Louis market, for the year 1849, are taken from the St. Louis INTELLIGENCER:

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Inspection of Whisky at St. Louis for each Month of the Year 1849.

OHIO WHISKEY. ILL. WHISKEY. MO. WHISKEY.

IOWA WHISKEY.
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Totals, 2,368 105,136 29,994 1,200,703 12,296 487,234 3,132 117,773

14,339

CUSTOM HOUSE STATISTICS.

Amount of Goods, Wares, and Merchandize imported and entered for immediate consumption; also, those withdrawn from Warehouse, upon which duties were paid at the Port of St. Louis, during the year 1849.

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