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r, . .- . rn issiiwiiw .V aeq"iaiiitah end told him of Inn adveniuie at ihi) t-rtirg h(iu,th poor starved acquaintance hastened to-Ihe spot .already feasting in imagina tion on dliccii! innumerable, and liiiht dreaming of the utiphdmuV'di'iwiinctmerU which the cruel Fate had la reserve tor him. i . A jCOJJuCRSIAL CONVENTION. The Cornonlieo of tin, to-witicb!ia Imeii re rered lite rcsoluttu:! of the Convention, directing theinio ascertain and report wh(Vr good have oof been imported and gold nt thja Southern r. port a Twit a supply and j "good assortment, Uoil a fair tuu'i, and u favorable permd of pay ments a they can be procured e.jsow here and Whether there exist any and what advantage In v making purcliase from the direct importer in (hi StHitii, resjx-ctfully suhimt the following ' The Inquiries to botn.idu in the foregoingr ni. -.lutiutia. r di'vp'y interesting i 'all tins, friends of t?jwm;r(r thrtsxTOuurIr ."laF wilT pi7iTy j, if j r. native answers to I tie ii the- su reus tit the enter- pnzi!, it pereve,rcd in, i unquestionable, unless fifcated by the untoward action f- Imkhu m (.ovomox nl, or a dispcnsa'ion of providence ag-iinst which boiiivi prutauce nil'ml no safeguard. 'J'li fict necessary to entirety correct conclusion on then iwpjirHt, are nus, and exceedingly com - plicated, requiring foriht'ir eotlecOoii, eotisiJV.ru Don inr arrangement, m ite time and opjiortimitie thin the prelit occasion ed'nds; and your ( 'om initlte bwuig co.opised of merchants, d -alers and planless, from the iuitirior id th'i State and trri i-;riiw.'Hti)d n4tW-4WwtKpbihf)r snelir many riilheulties, in the Mrvrsiigatinn, intho rcintt of which the Coiiiiiiittce, in common with nil Ofy represent, have a deep inlere-1, bring nothing les than the'discoveries-of those mnrkut where they can it'll th'iir staple i' r the hihsf, and boy the goods they consume for the lowest price. Such time and nppnrtu;nii! as they piissessetf have . been employed tr thir best of thoirs.oiliry, und tht-y mib-nit the result lothu nii.yi lern'iuu of the 'Convention. ;v ' m . The ftntliern S atM h;ivo at nil timt burn l!ie producf n of maple of cieut richneits and value in ititreommnrcrif ThB worW,-'hith -from thfrrf, earluMt aelt.eiui.nt 4 ColoiiiM, gave itfm.ii a direct trnda vviili fori;ti nitiiiiwa, ol an c!iit and wi- poriuuce lirnny ucyonu imnr pTOjioitioimtw pof- riff Ilie iK-rioU MMeS-Mmui. it grMW jtnaud-" i . - : - laluui. ilie irnt!i mid increruM 1 ihi ira,lii. .L VJ i . " ----nnrca iran anno J3ouini:ro n.www teir i iv con- - -A-wnr" cvrn pure with tlie increa of ,.,Hi(,ri ,M.,j ,. t,.. h , , Jnf- r-r ' WiiWU purulRrt'i: femco.ilio Rev!ation airl ilut ,; iu,Akiim.Txi;-r- in thtr report of The t'omijiiitea of Twenty ono mI. rmdjr wobirrttivl tjlhe )iiVumioii."11)"t-ttle" iimsoI of ocW t-'iau-iv, aouthweit and wentof iiiii I "3ar"MtrMi, liwtilutfini and ple h'tve awclliMj , the prodpcla or their iifluslry, until thuy aro-more t!uu th ree fourth o( the dnmcMtic exportvand x conntitule to tlitit extmit Ilie Jxi&ia of all. f hu, f it- i. rign cniiitnercc of the tinted Sutoa. , The fi-ical acttfin of the (Jenernt Oovernmont tfl the TroHeetim and diHburement of it revenue, , Ima atwayi. bocn unfuvnrU t Si)ilhi-ni ri'in , i: inert'e, and when the adJiiiotiuLi)arikH-ot.'tl pro ; ' tuctire y(mt wa thrown upon the Mumry and trade nf ilie plniifinj "nt.ite, tiie rdtntronf f (Jed were aor-oi in uih uuoinra onicitaiin ruiii'M kiiak. ,u- iwrff---...iiTTr'n npihtsnTuiirpnoplu. T)in jirue.t tra-iu wlurh was her TWTtrtrivi'rrtiiiio lt'y7l ll "U UnrhQ 1 IC . iwo bv every luw of commerce and nature, and which'' ' aboulJ have gruw;t and increiwkd every year, grew tes aui less until it almost disappeared, bi:iug by ibia unproptliou poli'.ry transferred to the Nothern JwhtI, end puupln.. Discnarag'.'d by these burdens, juur CnpitaL snugLi-inura propUwua .W4tim 4r " It ernpl'iyiiM-nt, orngaged in other btiitie, mir riierrhant arid cuililil rem.ivin r l.i tlm V.irili. Co.ifii'terva an l inveMiin j in'nl'ier eifployinpuK. ) ;....t:.. ......k..i. ..rju s.fc .w.-.T'.- iWHAMit t-XtftiCX then; and her direeY trade, onre M 1 ' : . 'greaL 11 Ml i ihinj and fieb.-diiidfed'downtritiKl'f. nificance. "-wmirdirerrrtTrpff liite'bf thiogs by winch these dtsiivrrvtis blows I were dealt, w in tucn wlai elleut, upon our . direct trade, continues tu exist, tint tho Sooth cannot re cover what l ist under their npe ration. It be come therefore an iuiuurinnt point to Ih ileter Piiuci wbetlter any and but clio;; or n..lifya tiona or tin;) cKcUuntrtinu,s hitv tken plsen, which will n.iii!j the Asiih egiiin ta enter tt a strujgln fr hr own direct trade with lorcign. nnitoiis,. Willi any rcuoiibtvj. hojie or tair prospect ; of s icccss. .v Thal Mich changes have fi.r neverel vwWti IN program is most reitaiu, slowly, awl gradually, , I but I cer'uuilv a id beothciiilly. I he' compromise ! act M alrex-ly ir !ueeij creit. amal.wiitiujii, ami eswrjr biennial reduction is an iiniMilse lo enter, prize and trade, which has already cost much cap- Hal to rwturn,. an again tilled the old cliuunul wuaaiiuwilhilig lika.ils imrn nl e.ornoU-4. bimim'ss. J he Legisloure of the I'lanttug States have, .with prodimi fireciisf, availed tlwmsiTve oFthe oppor. tSSggyfyyiM '4isaaaa4-4iulev' ... ..... ...... I ....1 1.. ; I t .1 ' ..i-.i. .:.'-.". 11 r. . k ! i cuurag lii euteririo and aid individual eilorts iu the palrndic flirt-; and it is.bo;ed will yet do 4ii uc h mor fur this great and vital measure, by L-lighlcJiiri, lha rexuaiuity biirthen whu li uppfu. commercial cspiivl in the heavy lux itno on it . emptoyniiMit. Lig'iieoeJ uf much of (hat oppres sive taxation imposed bv the imtmnnl leirislation ml aumi.ile I by the propct of sdll f irtlier re. djclio is, and a w II foiiirlod c..li lene.e in Hit) fi finj t ,r It... i, its Utflllil vm e i' in.iriio morciinois mis rcvivou ann as iiiivin- oil and partnership firm, ru-apis-irel in enr ci tie, and have i;iuimrkedlarge enpita'a wth great I rent nndcrsiandiugl. UiujCOaLuf (awl at the 1 -tHri!jor0t Uuswhms. ill give th.ComMt'twfl-rnrket;' we'inul litoA liirolhb"V1talSSuti2Si"",'1 . great pleasure lo add that limy' have evry'raon whicri create cnat-, an I go to fix the prices i-mur- j 10 oeiieve tii'Ji ineir ep'iorau'Ki iiae Ihhoi con- ducted with tho. energy and pruilence whwh"de- ervo and bus tieea crowned with a success as ad vantageous lo thetn as it i beneficial to the coun try. ... .:....,:.':, . ' , If we consider tlm generarpriiu-t;ile,wliiih tiatu rally regulate trade we- see mi reason whv for- ian good usi-J in Hmtliera conumpii., could . not bn bought by our own merchant at the pluco of their production, ami brought direct tn eur n - .r - Keis a cnesp'y as they can be taken lolhe N irth- erh mnrjtet by iheir in-rchanls. A careful coin- parison of all tha elements of cost, could they be w . . clearly ascertained, might vnahle the I'oinmi-.toe tu arrive at exact conclusions, but it is Impissiblo fir the Committee hi Ibe time permitted tor in ..'q'liry 10 aHauun-h . certainty in ihe niultitiWIo of circumsiances which ma rt bevnuid.ired, and even s . were it possiblo in any given state of things, ami . 1 at any fixed d.ir,.. the constant chatigns N circum- y Wancesy i the -lli4ainheraf--niaker,-' antf th? tltk aamt ccuhrencc every hour arising In diwurb he regularity ofjradexJhe xrhnttge and 1h rnSTH'y niarkv', wmiI, irba'pi the very nvxt day, vary that statement pr''il anoilicr cunditioft of iliin, and o nlo if' all the f irt tan dri brought iuto I he country tr iioiiaii:r.piion, wre imported by Trclar importing meridian;, Inore certainty luitljl tie utt-iiiable. It hatM-n how ever, an fur from this mw' th(U,a"lYmt imnien amount of foreign jfo. are o.'it. i puurcd uit.JCI- ruU, d:inot dtftl directly with the coun the Liiitsd Statu, upon the 'gr-H pninU ol iiypor tatiun, midi-r circuw.4artci', of curuutr.rcial. pri-a. ure and ditrtsj, proilucii) gri-al. diatur'jince, and fluctuation of ii icr-M. At kucIi periods, lh niaiiufiicturert, if prewwtd for money, instead of lit mice reducing "the 'ps ice of gnoiU, at their wsre houDiM, (hich il cifrii-idi'd the luit tiling to m I"1"'.) c.'iifral!y pre f'-r tn niike sacrificx'ii (if tm ir r!ti HtcKk at ilittHiU point ihy f)iiit'tim' ahip to foreign portu and by their own S'nt, mi tht'ir own urconnt; i:i wdifli tai they cimtewn the dutieg, by making .oiiHheir on invours, at tvuit rale, and nUo ciim the h kiiiion, ct t put on the rti-rrbarit by w.t ;.vum ht tlie rexprtitfi on. the invoice,, htinj ahout five r emit ; ih"! jjaotiiuiainafcLiiat. M h;. i.Pr.. K.. i.. ..ih. r ,irn...- ami ileim. imtiiuir sjrjdm g-ioJ NwJcini!v,Mp..n the a it ma- jTbeo transiicti'jf. although they a-stnne many I ment tlml they, are t bu okf for -whatever they ' Ivarmtiottf in the forms of dwsino, n-ay bo itlus-! wilt bring, tn refund tiwihawlnTylHiltrrBte'd a Citlow's 'Thej"thei ;buy-f)f ihoimiMiVt- p iid when d.io. GreU tpj.iiui.tie of .these gijoil' Jer'aud give hmlankable note ptiyblo.nt six oti and also of f illing merclmuu are thrown iitori tho Northern markets, rt:ciiiily New Voik, and sold at miction, for wha'eve r .they w-ill bring greut sacrifice are fnevituhle, and -at uch tirnf a, pur ehus miiy be ut price which would prove ruuiA on in -tiie regular importing merchant whether Northern or Southern. fc'uch inslutice nhmild be coiisi(!erfd as riopHrture from rcjftilar trado, and cxTOptrnnr-rrritif gtn!(jrrtinaTra"!TO'"xT!a: 'oure-?-nlthoul ihey t;cauiiililly tint merely in fluence, but control biistne (d M u:es, such trans action are not fair cxujrriples for rcfj-ilar hisiiie!, -aud w hethef they are beneiieiul in I ho, long run to la the trade and prosperity of a nluce tuhy well be doubted, a lite tendency in tu.Vliturb corniiicrco and flcsiroy the fpglarirnportifig tiiercbuiit. I'v-fite nriccedinff more irjtii deinil. U will be- pmjier to" reniark, that Hie RepiM will be cnnlined, . aficr a few remark on d'tuK'stlo goods, to those ;' of foreluri fabric ami importation. . The Ton- wiinplion nf donwwlie, gnotl aa increaaed griaillirf and is alill increasing. - It is generally siimuicd . bv t!iinerebftti te extetwJ alrernl)' to 33 per ooi;t., " of the whqla consitmoitim. That they enn Ui ' bought upon better terir.a where ihey are manutac- s prolwuiy prolMihly will, in the coure of time lo done In uu f ittOt . OJl)l,JlL:IWUf uliJ--illi. ilie. iIujuuiilLi of too- suuipiim.' Ilut if tie tjonihern-nierchatits still" gie la the Northern manufacture r and buys and brings the good back with hiin for sale, it ia not the less a direct traile,ntid he cart buy aa cheap, and. with the exception of the manufacturer bin. self, srlifft hrw as any other rompfetimr. . " " It is iiKiiiffest that the merchant who buys hi good chiHjX'st, and lias fewest burthens' and ex- ncnsns upon hi buxinew, ought to bo able tu sell his giiuila at Uie iowat ptlce. II i jauv to uin imt what cai7lTdone, has beec and will be done by our merchant, fii iiiircoinpetitiun, for the regtilur trade, with llieir Nutliuu Uroitmr.'. Lot fmMmwM amx wmn mivrmro tno ... " U t 1 a - ' -. ""iwirm vi v j'i vi'ii'ii 1 mivu -tfyj& )ti est advantages tu tljia bttu&iabw rivalry. In carrying out this conipurinon, it will bo most satisfactory to select places which may lj consul-, ere 1 fair exponent ol tha tw . seclioi. of the I'nl on, and the Commiltee theretoie K'lect New Ymk f r Jfio North, audXharleiUm, fut.4h -Soutli. la.aelecUug Charleston the Cotniuittte ar Hil' enced by the furl -that being there now,' Ihey 111 urn. c.iu ill 11)1 iiiiii. n, no .f n., man ui . ruvT biTt-jna ,wykK',u4-,,- pmtf -lit2f8M IIieinM he- in each nse, 1. 1 i""'" w "m w"cr V"e' la'jwimjf cine rejeci. lw'y In the South, the port are jgwI and n, ond tlte"Nri7rTh, inaiiy and considerable obstruction exist uuring part ot it, trnni cold and ice. I no same may be sxnj - of their internal comiiiutucuttons, the rivers and 1'iinaU of tho North bi.-ing fri 2en, and the Rail Roods obstiucied by snows and ofteu fur cotiMiler able pernsls of iim. In the summer, the South, f rn porl are tvit so healttiy, and their intceurse wilh the interior Innrkel. is less ill amount and activity. Tlio astablUbnient uf llail-Rusd, per mitlmg tlie most rapid travel and, peif.:cl sati'ty ihrough the unhealthy district udj-iceut, has great-ly- dimitiiihcd the rmpedimeuU ol tbq 1-uiniiU'f " trade, cwciully . with Charleston, and will very soon, wilh other Southern cities, to hich sin.iUr ; Umirvinl n-4aleiibnay- New York emirr' i great advantage from the peifcct stem of coin- r inuntcalioo. wtiU. foreign pMftHil tier- fuiroem k Jat liouie, her-commercial eotiiKictiou wilh I'urope 1 xiiiih mot oeciiiUy 4-greatef-tttetwie 4irr- I Unk give Iter nierchnnt r trulit in. Euw,- land by discount! jt hmn'f rr lone periodamd oa wnit'ii cuy can s.n 11s niercuan itz ciiengtesl in it own stores, tlie answer woald urobuLly bo that Now York can jtenerully sell as low or low 4t44Wauuleat,Mi.- Um tbnum itU sold at ibe LrtTh,; Southern rnunlry. nmrchucila is cti l,c lav down his g.-.,U, at ho,, cheaper from Now Yutk tlmn from Charleston, or any other Souther,, port ! It he iwy lower in New 1 ork, and the expenses of,, jgettmg tlieui home mak Jho expense, mora than . I. 1 fie 1 vmilil ei't tlirtll Bt lUJ.H l!tl gUUtVfH borl. " ;own interesi an wen as patriotism, will innonnit! him todid at hi own port.. Iu eomiiisr tv acor- . 'cliamliso. All the exo'nr tienliu.i tral 10 must - be charged in the -profitt nmt taken out of-ftpm, and consequently rnhnncn tho crwt ol its merchun- di 1 he expenses, 111 some important respects, re believed to be greater in New Y'ork. than ! Charleston and the fulWinif views erw illustra jtiyeof this opiniouj Th foreign gssl impornd i into this country are pnid tin chiefly by.Souihtrn ; prisluco or bill of exehmi-je, drawn from it. N To ! tmy this, tho Norlhorn im-tchant nK?it employ Ins factor or commission agent, and pay from 1 to 2 per cent commission ; the Southern importer is . rn tiie spot whe.ie tho produt e is, and Ihiv in er son, this pnsluce or bills iiig that co:umissi.in. lii general exchatig" on Kuiope, are lower by 1 to 2 per cent at the South nt present it is not so, but the generat rxpern-nca lias 'been that way ; and the present dillerence in favor of the North may be ascribed in a C'msidershle extent to tlj great amount of American loaotjwgrtiu ted thrnogliN Nek-Yarkv creai-ig a ft(rger fund Wdnsr' mi, state of thing ttniorary in character. House rent and store rents an believed ttf be twice o three times ux inji'i in New York ox .they r,in ('hath si. .ii ; fieri.' wajo are higher ;'.aud the ex jm of fjmiliea nd livin, cotindcrably greater. Another charge, hii;h it U IwUeved '; cotwid- li ratilv to :i.h;ntrre the prtce ol vxm, j;iob uui the prtc which t !of the niiii ni r in .lutihs biwinea! ic mere iix dut.e in Nw York. The importer there, as a tr nierclmut. IS) inuiort tu bnles and package, ' which he does n.i bcak, but ell HJ bale and ! packages, quantity too lare for country iner- chants. The Lwlwia divided al-o into ul.no.-t ! a many dmtinci aea of importer aa tln;e aril . distinct claM' oleuod. Aortineni m tjuanti-1 tic W uit Ihedeir or eouniry merchant, enn on- ' ly be had frotri-aiMher cla of merchant.: Called ' ( jobber.. 'Iio j..t'bers, a they wont fur immediate . lies of a aingle season, iufr jK-rtmpa Itie cases ci (retail, buy frmrt tL importer by llio bail or pack- j ted, are auch proof of the stability ofthiMrad or ai ,lJ hreuliinJ them, fell to the country dealer j il general chnrncter, as riiay be considered con I in quai;ili to til' tlveir assortinent, They are 1 elusive,, yet, when tfiny conie in anport of the ge. j ttio regular custojieia of 1M ifiiporterianil if Ihejneial principles upon which the- Commiltee have j iii.orterg Hell.to he country merchant,, it Mw- i bawi lir opinion.'ltiey cannot fail to have weight. allv for ctixh. or b auch rules and tenilw us will One of the ' Conhuittce ih experienced tint- mot inlerf'irc w lithe iii!r,erwliajU(iaUiuLi -1 lienpndetire. uik necosnrv to their butfitw- eight mouth !;;li can WConvertutJ Blltio liank to meet the iirter'a engiigCineni iho j)bljer takes the couidrj merchant'a'iiote, payable usual- ly a short tiu e tt fore fii mite 1) the importer is due.. The jftipolter' profits are seldom a low ne 10 per cent, o'mi a high as 25,-and limy safely be averaged at IJ I (he profits of the jobber, are cflitoatedal tbcineor jerhap a greater (r cent, irrtaTrTjrirtrjobtr-Juss which newtrst-- targe siipptyyT giKut iinect, aim urnnrmre-sirmp it to,ioconvtrling the paper oftheeuuiiuyinf.'tiine had an order filled for similar good in New suhmi rl.Mni iuin BVAitstU, riirut.s7imiintin!r toabout 4 Dr cent on soulhers'iiotcs, which occurs in this way ;:Ahoin lull 15 per, cent, higher than those imported if the note i oft; red for discount at a JNew York directs 4mo'nga) them was a case of cassimcres, Hank; that iurii i lakcn ofl the luce of the bote fa match cae; ti) one imported, the same in every for discount, rik, xjenae of collection "and ex. respec and cositng near 30 per ccfit. higher than cliiiige ; or if the Southerri merchsiit gives , hia the hnportod case. - - jnoto iwyable in w iorkL thejoxchange, risK ol Trcfiiitlunce and 'fli'eiicy, will cost as much, and should be adihil to , the cot ' of bis good. In Charleston front 1 to 2 per ceut only ia taken oil according to ihcdistance the nakei live fiom ihe city. In Charteiton the cououy merchant deals directly, with the importer,- who- combines in. his business all that is done in New York, bv both im- ontl.-r null b.liL r ! hianrotiu nmv litt uiiil lii nvr. age from- 4a 33 per centpgreittr-tmrit-etther- 1 the in aiwgly,' in BrtaMvttrrgr?aT'r it jn'Sreat.; a IwtH oiBlitd.--Tbe atia- protwbty each bw tamily to support, be only pun uati lower, notwithstanding, m New 1 ork, yet mere are otner netnsot calculation in dciukcii 4uta tlte acciuuU The country iner liaul-4 sup-T ..I i. l: . 4 . I : ! f. .ii I posed to make bis own selections iiijiersuu it wtllsmay be'miestioped whether it afTordsXaXmuch cot hiin considurahlv mare, and take' longer time both for hiin to go and return, and for his good to oe orougni iromivw ioi a me interesi which oc- ciJ on bis money while' idle ibe riek, insurance .....I d xt l,:... I t:.. -. l.'l... aim. wool ui Buijiping iu, nuu luiiumg Di naiiLniuo, and cotumisaionsoo Ibrwardtng to him when landed t the several point of stoppage on the way to his homss re no iigwiderabh elementa of pricg to enhance tlie cosuT Wie'KdaC'" " 'x. ' to one poins. ui view tne committee ueiieve inai isiouu iu nayo yery gooo assonroems. a suoug N'ew York, peevs an advatrtage-oot advetted to'; proof,' not only that theiii3ortment8"tave luited ' Above Ia 4 wistf Klicy bicli riteos bee wj4Jikiaia bcen.. beiinr lut wiiU Use ststewnd eorporaiion taaation than 1 than could be obtained at the North, exists in the . soine. .of. th Southern States and cities impose. j increased business ; the sales of this season, not- 4 uc coijiiuiilte f;ouiu uoi proving rftirci .iiouf urn- lion aa t( the particulars but it is understood generally, ihaiahfl port expenaes warf fwsvlapi - ing, &,r., are, eonsulerably less. The laxea foil Unn ihe sales only, are hht and paid by the pur - Chaser ill facr." At nhe S?outh,"porl expends re jjreater, ttio " Stales' iiiijiose ronsideraWtaxes on stock in trade.'whilo some or lha cities asniriiig to IWWUWj lHlltllWWWW) t W. Hirtintl aid repugnnnt-tiHrie-merchant UigS..j. For the want of nai koti and shipping, much tbc;imptn trade, of Charleston ia made by Ur ovrp merchsnta through New lork; the goods are br-jogjit to ?vew York untouded there, and are; re-shipped to Charleston ; in alt such cases, (here j are iinrcused exjrer.es of cximiiiisioi, iosuranc 1 and freight on the vovane. and delay which is still mora injurious ; Ilie gone llx rt lyre Cost the tin porter UM.re llisti snnilaf good direct to Charles ton, but' it ill are cheart;r lloin ho tuulJ buy them ") 'i: i hi no rverv' rtoraiiraiit---igTrhnndTTg-wmaii mumca TicrKrexaminea-ine aiocaa,. - J1-7,,.l,,,,'X wi.i e 1 j nrt L uliu k am in ilunr noture m. i maiket. a comnnrative siRonainm ha fiillcti unon in New York. Another and. important considers-j a the South. Many have teen pointed nut in the tin ia ihe credit which Mir be had in tboMwolrrecedin pages of Ihi report other have been place. It ba been already shown, that as a ge neral rule, Hie ciei.its given to the country mer chanl in NcW York, will average from six to eight nmiths. lit Charleston during the past season, 1 he credit given by the wholeiwlo merchants have gorm1i-nin-snnjlactve ThoritbsVavirDging r haps nine or tcfl months. The medium of pay mrnis n not ffw imiTtant payment in" New York a re by U.wk note at a dijcmjnt, or Exchauge- atar preninntr.-; hr ChnTrcstrm the CaramitteearF mfcrmedj -that ;tb?;; bank ; notes of most" bf the Souihern S'aies are lukco at. nar cnnsWutiiig a P . . . .i ' A fler wuiiilniig all. statements anil , arguments suhuiiited lotlift tomnuttec, they have come dv !i-t.t..-nt. t.i li.A ni.ti.inH (I.HI ..wl. Iu. cheaply and upon as good terms ns at the North ; j B(hJ "t ,,11a U w lu4 j ,(JO filf , J l?r. Aft extousivn inquiry amongst - 1 . sny, upon ht. them enables '.Tl.a L) nwiim isiiiniiMit i In spew 1nKTinJlw.11 ' lurnu-hcd lij cspi.-rwncrtt lucrchaiils; j IN NEW-YORK CM of j?i', ilu'y eflVsjy Iwypi.tl 6)" IiapaWf, f . "V stlOO.fK) nTjiT t'l'YijfiU of Importer, 17J per rent. . IJil l--,),) u " J.jr for mil ! I'rotiu ot Juiiher at 20 per cent. Sold to Houtlscrn Merchant for ' . N( I'reij.'tit to thsrler-ton, eienes, insnrsncc, ' Joss oa eKUaue, fit., at .5 per cent, . .-''-. " . -V r- - The ct ot the git.' to Mcrciisnt landed in l'hr)tun, f ' . , . , a V W aiARLnsTON." Cwt, itit'uilj ' . .; " . ' . . -A W duty pud by Liportt-r, ; - Pfnfits, "inelinrintf mterTt 6 months, and all charge, at 33 js-r cent,'., . S.)ld to Country Morehint for 1 ' ' Snved lo Soiitfierrj meichsot by purchsse io " : 0iflwiUvXiiivof peiistof tnT elliftg to Ihe North, - 1S2.M fino.tw fi3,5t 18,16 171,13 : fi,70 1A50 4I.1T 104,67 1T.,53 tliH t'onitnittce to-say, that aucl) J tho wpininn generally entertained by the best iiifornind.jiicr chants. Acting ujxin llii opinion during tlte kite geastnn, they have ninde importations UMiti a scalo J preatcr than Jias been done in twenty years, auu a the Committee are informed, at rate that wou Id allow their sale uon term more favorable than the) New-Fork market lias afforded. Many in-ataiicea-were laid before the C'oinintttee$-iHutra--. ling tho operation of the di reef and circuitoua iinKirtatioii on price, from which the Committee Will acted a lew, .coming Iroio w "g"; eaTreapectahility, not aa couclun'ive prwiTa that all the trade has been of a Bimilar cHttrncter, but a .Mving some data by which the truth may be op. proxunaied. While it is conceded llwil the busi- I ot twuth CarnUna. imported Uirect me w noie ot a Cotuider'able abK-k of goods for, the last and present year' sales. He visited New-ork after wajd?, and examined the atecka and nmrket carefully j he etntea that the same kind of (j;ood were a high, or nij;ner, iiian ins wouiu com oyn, an roCB jVluded, at his own store. Due article especially jyns greatly more f, to wit, m-jiro blanket, -hi jstriuding bim at hi store, in $25 the piece, while jforthe same ijualily they demanded I'M in New j York a price he could have sold for at home, and ! buve realized 33 per cent, profit. , . I A firm in the City of Charleston lately imported York, which, thev stale to the Lotmnittee, cost jxAnoiner nrmotwna wiy, largely engaged in iue ' wholesale trade, ha a partner-residing in New j York, by whot aWiu 'one-third of their stock is ; purchasen tiiere.tne balance being imponeci airect They infoHn thejCommitiee that the goods pur chased in New York i(avd cost them' from 15 to -20 perccntr higher than flitnitar good intMrled direct. In reirard to the assrirtieiits ot eoixls now in the Southern sen nnrta. tlift Committee are Ul'.iil oru me4t-exeet aGIwrJegfrw supply has, been, greater than any had .there lor of foreign codHfcOf domestics -tlio assort ments, though luster than heretofore, has hot, it is under ,biuw urrii ciiuer n vnricu t goon as ni ,uu North. ("The jjrrat market nf New York must af ford more range of selection at all times ; but it ' crcater variety of ffood suited to the southern ; market, or of better ataple. Most of the Import- jhflnij lu ilie imuruved- coMditioa of timr '"g nouws, uuring me past summer, nau ruici , ' in Eumpej who were-' well actjntiittteii w-iththe ....I ,.f K. C l.Hn iuu.nla miiA n&Am S j uu iuoit uj ina ouuiociu jroi'iiro, m 1 their selections to suit t and, notwithstof !ing the 'trade of the Cily has been far greater than was j aniicited, they have atill managed to ktrtrcirTj' atocks at a respoclable rule, and are now under- N. 1 mtiii'miiuiiig iiiv riiuuiiui; ui tnu iaa buiiiiiwi, ig ; computed at 23 per cent, advnnc od those of the lvear'a preceding,Man)L intelligent and.enterprU sing dealers from Ihe interior towns, village and ! country, who formerly traded to-New York, with " full knowledge i"bf all the fiicts iicccswry to pro" ,ar foncluslniis, liave discontinued trading with New York, and made tVjrm , , r'""" - (.""'It - I fprMtWrTf NewY"m vfbkt-inshriretDfi tictMted btrgrly in our trade. One firm, which of. has house both in Charleston and New York, yild,, onj the capjtal emplwxed thejpast .yearj full 75 per cent, more goods in the lormer than tne taiter city. These are gratifying cvidencca that our trade ia foiling back into it ancient channels, and again returning tu fertilize and re. people its an- icienl home. The last "branch of tho resolution directs the Committee to inquire if nnv and what advantage exist in making purchases from the direc t importer more aldy ami emphatically explained in the re port submitted by the CommiUeitiif Tweuiy Oue. There are a)me of these which may lie a Ivertod to presently for the moment, howevcf, other not yet mentioned wj be remarked upon. It is certainly good policy in the retail merchant to concentrate his dealings, if he can, at tho same market, provided his supplies can be got there on as good terms. It haa already been shown that in Charleston the assortments are good, the supply ampleftheiertrta fair, and the credits favorable. can get no where so well as at the Southern sea ports West India groceries for inslunce. I5y purchasing the other goods necesnry lor his busi ness at the aome market,, he simplifies his business, eontracta it to a single point nearer 16 him," and where ho can avail himself of more means to meet his payments all kinds of country produce may be taken by Viim Irom his customers, and made aa available nt the spot where ho owes his debt as Anomer advantage results trom it. Id cus totners will buy more Ireelv when hi good are fresh. Tlis A L t . . m ... I i , i . .... r.rt.x..-;. t r. " c"""-. -ire., ti,i urn waiiia hihi otsn-n Ol ins I vup.uiuti., no tracu ouy ihi. nioro Bi w uuiy iiinii -m... U . Jl . In one of the best New York commercial -papers, the Herald, of the 4th May. inst.ainca tiie adjourn ment of the Convention, is the following parspraph ot JI.ICJ;'1 commetcal repnrt. The enrirmaiinn it give to ui nurniriii in ppriyci, as n esinnaie me tailing oil of Southern trade st 75 per cent The insinuation that it is for want of credit lo the Southern Merchsnts, Is undeserved, and will no doubt be duly appreciated by them. . ' The Southern trade may now be said tn be over fif the spring. It bss been fxceeding'y liht, probably not more ihsn one-fomth tjie amount fwnn iho tame section dnrinsr the spring t f letfG. This is psrtica Ur!y true of the hardware business; w hie b trade bv ' however, received a great scission from-wher qnsr ters.sndthe sggregste sales in this line will reach, without doubt 60 per cent. me than list sprint. In conscijucnce of Jim difficulties with ,the Southern " bsriks, snd the eontinoed high rate of exebsnge, many orders have not been expected Irom thst ousrter; (roods are therefi- scarce, a fact which leads os to anticipate a large tail trade from all quajtera.,;. Souihera wer.. chabU sre bginn!ng to discover tliat emmnt navmeats Lare.on the whole, the best policy, The question il I now wo lonirev mil h A.w mnr.l..nia . . m-.m ...k k... n he prompt P . " - will met! reaJy .wlp lor, being nrnr tj, m , he can in a very short time get more c-h" ' given kind if needed be thus nmU. capital do a large taurine!, and runs htt!e siistaitiing loiwes by pomls growing old on V v and going out ol laslnnn. " The Committee of Twenty. One have urnM great force a view in Maiion o this hrn,l ? 4 ul.jflct, which cannot be tw highly etint j w it the. 'accumulation's which result to th. tai ot the country, by keeping it( ow trj, the profits on it at home, increasing the n the imM)rier M enlarging hi iiiiportatiwB,0"1 extending his credits and accommodation,, oflicial reports from the Treaury give n, data on which to base a clru1at'jout whicb ,not be without it use.- In 1934, '5, 7 a ,!i year, the exports to foreign countries of produce, frtim Charleston, was bv C'ustum II valuation,' 85,0)r),Ot)0, fl.Wingi fntclS To this must hcaddtj for what was sent cai wiw-rhapi 25 per cent, or tH,500,000,ma1 in ull of domestic ptnduce 675,000,000 nTerogirTif:f H,S(M,OOOrhr-fnmoin llouKP lion. If the moderate rate of 10 per cent, i, added, ns their value in foreign 'tir nurtliera . kets where they are sold, it will make an sversj. anmwl amount of near 16,000,000, which )..." have returned to Charleston in the tlmpe of nun iiiurr boiiii(.-k iur lou riinsumptiofl rf il cifouiiv wuito luiiiisiiru iiic ;Apons 11 trout ti ' , amount two.fifths be taken fr articles of domi jgrowtn ann manniaettire, wiui ii we nave recriit. I iirrxchtincc, thVrn wilWemhin upwards of 89000 lOOO worth of cooils consumed throuch ChnrlwJ ! the. importer's profit 011 which will not ba lessftg ! 25 ftn'r cent, or two and a half millionsgj)iJtt&. II it commerce were to remain siatiouarv nor increase tor ten years to come, and w m, ..... . . this sum a tlie measure ol prohl, and admit tU only one half of it or one and a quarter mifo of dollars would be annually aiided tu Ihe ii injr capital, without calculating nny profits oa iU addition, twelve and a half million would io !k period lie added to the permanent resources of 4, most important class of our citizens. If iliei, principles of calculation are extended to tl',) Southern 'country, the benefita eroW ittimfW upon the mind, prefiguring a career of prom which will add vast nower and iofluenc tei South and give new guarantees for the sttbilr-tj her mstiiutirms. The safety of investmenU the certain profit in our trade will offir, tin known, inducement' to the superabundant am i-ofeiTier1 aeciirMTCaiiirivW'W'CT fiJi Bs'Ii -k a location amonuM ns mmvzTBOciJt asortinrnTtfj fjrnia, jn partnerships or agencicaot foreign im 1 or loans to our own metebant. IF.a part m,S these nntiriiialious Im realizotK advances will m. nlilv take place in the weitlth, devrlopemealiKk rc sou rem, and an invigorating JiiHueOctkpi duccd on tlm nrts, the indun'ry, eirterprije tt country, in nil the benefits of which, no c)a ' participate more largelv tha,n the cuuoiry m toiners. new wants will spring up and a tnr demand Ihr guU afiso, at ihf aame tTira llal .j better nmrknt will be created at bomfi to buy IV' tnem whatever of the etaples or produce' of 1, country they, may have to sell, and larger s1" and wider rangs or J'orid'"w ill tie olferedU selectidfl 1 of t1ieir,l:Trrtriientf, at price antic rqore faViirablot t. capital and vsmpetitjaj; creaacs. ., . ;. . , VWPr Hr ELMORH, Toaitann. ;1)R. R.- C. IRWIN W-H .IT. nr., t : i . ..... . . vi.yii lorn leu uminMl jii nuii Gibson's, 'Eq., rrsi'eclful'y ttate . .. .... ,..... -..s4- .Jl-wim :HYfCH!t: II AAWAY.lriMu.iLs-Sulitsiribur oa tasa,' . I- April, an indented apprentice by the naihe of Al.PYxvnn pnt'fvp Said boy to about 5 h-et 1 inch high ; an.T uTtlsSl! rent uL Ape. Tiie .sbovs...x4iWArd suih-uo. tluii 1. on given tor his apprehension aiyj delivery. All are hereby forewarned not to harbor or eaipia; haw will colore e Uie law agsin.it any so olremlnvj. - .... . JACOB UNCLE Rowan, June Sfl, l&TJ. Ivions. Roudche. HAVING received a new rupisy of GBOORID taks pleasure in saying to his friends Hid '" (oiblic, that Ihey can now gut bargains indeed for ct lie nssall kind or (spiny pronouns, ucli Sorrnp surt I 'i. & I- ' - i Oranges, -Ijemons, .Raisin, ... Nap and LaixiiNi r .a F.ch V Herring, - " - Mackerel,"-.: Sardine, Aiithesiaii, Jaime Juice, jA'mon Syrup, and- Vines and laiq'M AIiihskIs, Sweet Crackers, Sugar Ac Cotre, Newark Cider, -- Albany-Ahrj iifslhe but qualilitx,and of the latest import11 . iiWV J0,a-, l3a j..;-.i.w-s-t Bisy. VyaVAyc soUtc. ; f IMIE Subscriber, in conformity to recent milniw I leceived from the North Carolina Gold Jin,,Lf psey, tsae this iiiethnd te intorw thie intJtrifa- leresfter il persons found tresjsov-iiig upon ing I rscts or iJind, belonging to wnu iAimmaJ'j. ted in ihvidson County, will be prosecuted S4 to the strict letter ot tho Law. , ., JOHN WAKO, M n.hla.ii aii.il I 1 I . IO II I IVM- " V Trart. n 1 Cnttir .t NmM nrrp. lviaC tkt if.iiw winiiLit. ik S -- -r.,T... -if ters of lie-Flat Swamp. , Ti, " 3-G.ntinin? 3.K) acres, W'"' r....i, na sin..,,. nd WW a " 4-(Vintainmgl.tU), lying ea p'-vC "Cor.tining ti'JTrlym? '- 7-CooLiiiiing 1 .412. lying on f w i " g-t.'ontsiiiinijHh IvingooLjcxJ 9-Contsininj Wl. lying on Lick ' u. lll-(.ii'sinii.j l,H!t" seres, lya , x;ree siw r u f waiup. : lor..,....:., t ti.vi Iviiur on Ltrv " li-Containoig 1.R17. k branch ami Jacob Creek, adjoining hlfL U AVE just received snd lor sale, , t bhtls. ifocd Ke,rar, l'ldox. (Jrssa Sc)thes. ' .. 2 dot. finisiied Kid BnrrcK 1 3,01)0 lk-puo CdliisySalcm tW't llet-Ankr Hilling Cloths fsnsimry. April 41, IAIR cash prices will be given fi NeCJ0' 1 at Jilsior Wm. i). Crawford ', .. ', -' If I;'vK-'l1 VI p4TV""f't "- hi tne varirmj nrintiuss i fFWTt' l'fcj-toe-cihzen's-of'x4ieiett''' -iOi.jH EwfisuurT.) except "when absent csf nssnonni mine. - 1 May 17.1R39.
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 28, 1839, edition 1
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