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GARDNER'S TI NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY,
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1861,
INCLUDING JEFFERSON CITY, GRETNA, CARROLLTON, ALGIERS, AND McDONOGH,
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NEW MAP OF THE CITY,
Street and Heber Guide, BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
An Appendix of much Useful Information, AND A
PLANTERS DIRECTORY
CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE COTTON AND SUGAR PLANTERS OF
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas.
A SUMMARY OF THE COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS, CONTINUED.
NEW ORLEANS: COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY CHARLES GARDNER, No. 5 Commercial Place, Corner of Camp. 1861.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by CHARLES GARDNER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
PREFACE.
The Twelfth Volume of the New Orleans Directory, is now offered to the public; we trust more com- plete in all its parts, than any previous number.
The principal new feature of this number, is a Directory of the Planters of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missi- sippi and Texas, as far as information could be obtained.
A new arrangement with regard to certain firms has also been adopted in this number. Heretofore, we have arranged firms alphabetically, according to the name of the senior partner, notwithstanding his given name did not appear in the style of the firm.
In this number, all firms in which the given name of the senior partner does not appear, are ar- ranged alphabetically according to the style of the firm.
A summary of the commercial history of New Orleans, with extended statistical tables running back beyond the beginning of the current century, and closing with a full statement of the commerce and trade of the city for the commercial year just expired, continued ; forming the introductory chapter of this volume, and will be found especially valuable to business men for purposes of reference. The work embraces, besides a general Directory, a full Business Directory ; the names of the individual mem- bers of all leading firms; Street and Levee Guides ; lists of all the public institutions, courts, offices, etc., with the names of all City, State and Federal Officers; the names and locations of the Benevolent and Charitable Associations, with their officers, etc .; a list of Churches, with their locations, pastors, etc., and a large amount of other information, valuable not only to business men but to citizens of all classes.
The publisher renews bis acknowledgments to the citizens generally for the readiness and kindness with which they have supplied the information called for by his canvassers, and for the courtesy which lie personally has met at their hands in the prosecution of his work.
OMISSIONS, ERRORS AND REMOVALS.
Allen J. A. Dr. dentist, 156 Canal
Allen Sothene, 11 St. Peter, Pontalba blds. Allison Miss & Boudet Madame, school, 507 Magazine Arny Louis C. 36 Polymnia Austin Elisha S.pilot, Constance n.Jackson Barrow R. R. 2 South Bergier E. 30 Chartres Bohning F. 79 Common
Bonito Frederick, Gravier c. Now Levee Bougeard J.B.&M. F. Michel, shoemakers, 15 Bourbon
Boyd R. S. merchant, City Hotel Boylan W. G. clerk, 43 Natchez
Bozant A. 186 New Levee
Brown Lemuel L. furniture, 42 Chartres Clark Theodore J., Thompson, 36 Camp Clarke, Pratt & Co. (Geo. W. Clarke, G. W. Pratt,) com. mers. 54 Poydras Connellin Mary, Carondelet .c. Girod Conner J. R. 2 South
Corri Henry, Acting Manager St. Charles Theatre, d. 194 Baronne Dodge C. S., Carondelet c. Girod
Donnell W. S. d. 175 Esplanade
Fick Frederick, 74 Front Levee, d. 3
Foley James S. 79 Magazine
Froh F. clerk, 264 Conti Garthwaite, Wheeler & Co. (J. C. Garth- waite, H. G. Darcy, W. G. Wheeler,) clothiers, 7 Magazine Gleason P., Treasurer St. Charles Theatre, d. 165 St Charles Goldman Henry, drugs, 33 and 35 Canal
FREEMAN & SIMPSON, (Geo. A. Freeman, Thos. M. Simp- son,) Distillers of Fine Whis- keys, Phænix Distillery, Schuylkill River, Philadel- phia. 109 South Front street, Philadelphia, and 96 Wall street, New York.
Gottschalk & Magner, notaries public, 33 Carondelet
Hall & Rodd, 32 Old Levee Hasse Charles, tailor, 91 Common Hunley H. L. 2 South
Jacobs Benjamin, engineer, 188 Basin Kane E. Kent, clerk, d. 367 Dryades Kittredge J. furniture, 42 Chartres
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, Maga- zine c. Julia
Lasch John J. druggist, 346 Carondelet Lehde J. F. 79 Common
Leighton & Blanc, ( Chas. Leighton, James A. Blanc, )clothing, St. Charles c. Canal Neuser Wm. portrait painter, Carondelet c. Girod
Place L. H. com. mer. 84 New Levee Quirk John D.G. undertkr. Camp c. Delord Schmidt C. F. & H. G. importers, Tchou- pitoulas n. Poydras Seiler F. 79 Common Thompson Philip K. book-kpr. 36 Camp
THE FLOWERS COLLESTICIN
977.63 175$75
ERRORS, OMISSIONS, AND TOO LATE FOR INSERTION.
Allain Sosthene. 11 St Peter Avegno Bernard, stock & note broker. 33 Carondelet Battell, Daego & Co, wood and sand, 257 Julia Bauer F & Co. trunks, 22 Magazine
Bennett D A & Co. (W R Hill.) importers of guns. 58 Gunnison A N. (Gunnison, Chapman & Co) d. 391 Gravier st
Baronne st
Bergamini Alex. Fr, western produce, 91 Old Levee. Guette Victorine, pictures and looking glasses, 73 d. St Claude. n. Esplanade Camp &t Bermondez Jules, attorney at law, 146 Royal, d. S. Frenchmen st Ilaase Chas, tailor, 91 Common Bernard P Dr. drugs, Rampart. c. St Louis Ilall & Rodd. 5 Front Levee Bernard Wm. tailor, 256 Royal
Bernstein HI, & Bro, (d Bernstein) varieties. 44 St Ann st
Bienvenu Theophile, grocer. 9 Baronne Blakemore Robert N. 39 Natchez
Blanchard W & C. (Francis McMurray) wholesale dealers in boots, shoes and hats, 60 Gravier
Blessey Emannel. com. mer. 104 Camp
Boazman J W. slave depot. 166 Gravier
Bostock. Pettes .¿ Tuttle, (. B Bostock, Robert T. Pettes. Geo II Tuttle) 101 Magazine. See Bos- tock, Tuttle & Co.'s card. page 70
Bougeard J B & M F Michel, shoemakers, I5 Bourbon, Bourget A (P Laselle & ('o) 39 st Philip
Boyd, R L. merchant. City Hotel
Bradford C M. district attorney. 26 St Charles, d. 369, Leaumont G. Blache & Co. (G Leanmont, J E Blache, Carondelet st
Bradford JJ H. (MeKleroy & Bradford) 29 Natchez Briggs R F. real estate broker. camp. c. Common
Brocard & Foulon, (Arthur Brocard, C V Foulon) Not Pub, 71 Royal
Brousseau A & Co. (E Rattelle) carpets, 17 Chartres Brown G C. Gas-Fitter, 123 Chartres Burns James Dr, 97 Common
Burritt Francis Mrs. M D. 139 Girod
Casadavant J A. dentist, 153 Royal
Cavaroe C & Co. (Emile Seignouret) com. mers. and Me Master Win, (Marqueze E & Co,) 75 Canal
importers of wines. 116 Royal Clarke G W. coal. 115 Common
Clarke, Pratt & Co. (Geo W Clarke, Geo W Pratt ) Neil & Washburn. (G W Neil, R E Washburn) piano com. mers, 54 Pordras
Cochran A F & Hall. (1] § Hall) com. mers, and imps- Noyes & W. 28 Commercial Place, (late Noyes & Wells) see card, page 388
of Italian produce, 13 New Levee and 11 Ful. ton sts
Collins. Carrière & Co. (C C Collins, Oliver Carriere. G D Logan) wh. grocers, Old Levee. c. Bienville Palfrey & Co. brokerel to Carondelet
Constant A & Co. ambrotypes. 20 and 23 Hospital Cook Paul, (Cook & O'Brien) d. 20% Prytania
Cook Wm H. produce merchant. 65 Poydras
Cook Win H. jr. 65 Poydras Cromwell J & G, com. mers. 43 Union
Crooks & Co. imps. of liquors. 110 Tchoupitonlas Cuvillier P C, att'y at law. 123 Common
D'Alton Thos II. Fr Chiropodist. 44 Dauphine Delta Daily Office. 94 Camp
Dix Thes I, (late Dix & Rantlett) 67 Tchoupitoulas Dodge C S. Caromlelet. c. Girod
Downe Was D. 35 St Charles: d. 454 Dryades ¡munn Ballard Rev. P E church. Odd Fellows' Hall Dupare & Farsy Attys and Nots Pubs St Louis n Royal
Duval Geo W. com. mer. and cotton factor, & Gravier Shaw G W & Co. com. mers, 54 New Leveo
Kagan 1 : Dr. 54 Rampart, d. 2
Eaton & Betterton AJ Un Eaton. W G Betterton) wh. Sheafe , La att'y at law. It Burgundy
grocers. c. Fulton. Common and Low Level Ellie Hinge, books, opp. now (. House depy D. liquors. 12 New Levee
Fisher & Sharp. (The- F Fisher, Chae F Sharp) pro- duce Brokers. 121, Teboupitoulas
Foster L. M Alive depot. 76 Baronne Froh F. check. 264 Conti
Garthwaite. Wheeler Co. (Jeremiah C Garthwaite, Henry G Darcy, Win G Wheeler, clothing. " Magazine -t
Cichin A & Co. () ('lande) cotton buyers. 2 Caronde- let Nt
Goldman & Fondler. jewillers. 161 Canal
Gordon W & Co, Jate Gordon & Foster, ( 1 1) Cordon ) Fleur Dealers, Is Paydra Gottschalk & Magner, notaries public, 33 Curandelet
Green, Crump & Co. (C A Green. Benj Crump, Ric'd B Randolph, J J Green) com. mers, 153 Gravier st Greenleaf Jas ra St Charles, c. St Joseph
Griffith, JJ B. Prof at Dolbear Commercial College
Hale Thomas. Camp, e. Delord
Herline & Montgomery, agency, 9 Camp
Ilill J T. MI D. homoepathic surgeon, 4 Old Magazine
Jackson Dr Augustus W, 139 Poydras
Johnston & Co. (D C' Johnston, Adolphe Barrail) hats and caps. under St Charles Hotel
Jones A A Dr. druggist, 114 St Charles
Judson & Co. 14 Camp
Kelsey & Potter, (J E Kelsey, C E Potter) 59 St Charles st
Knzac John C, book-keeper. d. 379 Julia
Lacoste Camille, grocer. 209 Royal
,i beaumont) anetioneers, 69 Chartres
Leeds & Co. (John Leeds, T L Leeds. Charles J Leeds, Edw Grinnell) Foucher, c. Delard
Lehde John F. shoe store, 79 common Leopold Henry II, bill-poster, 208 Baronne
Levy J L. & Simpson. (31 M Simpson) 145 Common Logan G D. (Collins, Cariere & Co) Bienville, c. Old Levee st
MeKelvy P B Dr. 110 St Charles
McNair's Academy, (K H McNair) Prytania, c. Cal- liope st
agents. 36 Natchez
Peatrosa W T. com. mor, 12 Grivier
Place M. H. com. mer. 84 New Levee /
Plonche Lonisa Mrs. 15 Royal
Poyles J H. com. mer. 86 Poydras
Potthoff & Knight, importers and dealers in French and German wall papers, 98 Camp and 50 l'oy- dras sts( /
Roder Frank & Co, (Thebirre Delle) liquors, 40 Poy- tras st
Rozier .I Ad. att'y, at law. 5 Com. Place: d. 5 Pry- tania Schmidt CF & H1 G, importers and agents V've Cli- quot's Champagne. 37 Tehonpitamlas
Shannon D W. com. mer. 4 Union: d 1
Siegfried Jaques. 24 Carondelet Simon's Henry, wagon repository. 113 Gravier Stafford C R. 25 Carondelet
Tamboury & Co. com. mers. & Royal
Thomas Sim'l Y. com. mer. 56 Magazine Thorn R IL, exchange Inoker, 117 Gravier Tootham Dan'l. clerk, 33 Gravier
Villarubia & Laughland. [Joe Villarubia, Geo Law- son. langhland.) come mers, 64 Magazine
Warnery II. 24 Carondelet
Warren C D, Apothecary, 199 Poydras
Wilson & Tunison. (W A Wilson. PT Tunison) jew- ellers. 75 Canal st
Woodruff. Moulton & Co. ( Marens P Woodruff. Alfred Moulton, Robert M Henning) com. merchants, 31 Natchez
346483
1861
O'Brien P II, Cotton Pickery, 676 Greatman
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INDEX.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Adjusters of Averages .
466
Agencies, viii
Agents 466
Agricultural Implements 466
Apothecaries
466
Druids xix
Appendix of useful information
i to xxii
Architects and Builders
467
Engravers
478
Artists Materials
468
Exchange Dealers
478
Auctioneers .
468
Ferries and Landings
17
Bagging and Rope 468
vi
Bakeries
468
Bible Societies
XV
Bilhard Table Makers .
468
Board of Commissioners of Draining Districts xiv
Boarding Houses 468
Board of Health xiii
Boiler Makers, 469
Book Stores .
469
Boot and Shoe Dealers-Wholesale 469
Branch Mint
xiii
Guns, Rifles and Sporting Appartus
Brass Foundries
469
Bricks, Sand, Lime, etc.
469
Brokers
.
Business Directory
466 to 490
Carpeting
470
Carriage and Coach Builders
470
Carriage, Coach and Wagon Deposit's
470
Charity Hospital
xiii
Chemical Works .
470
Chocolate Manufacturers 470
Churches and Ministers xxii
City Assessors and amount of Assess- ment V
Cigar and Snuff Stores 471
Cistern Builders 471
City Government No. 2
iii
Clothiers
471
Coal Agents 472
Coal and Wood Dealers
Coffee Dealers . 472
Levce Guide
17
Coffee and Spice Mills . 472
Commission Merchants and Cot. Fact's 472 Commissaries of Markets xiii
Confectioners 476
Consuls and Consular Agents . xiii
Coopers 476 Lumber
Coppersmiths 476
476
Corsets
476
Costumers 476
Cotton Buyers 476
476
Cotton Pickeries
476
Merchant Tailors. 483
Mortgage Office ix
Music Stores 484
New Lusitanos Benevolent Association xvi
Crockery 477
Daguerreo and Ambrotypists 477
Dentists .
Directory of Names
27 to 465
Oils, Candles and Soap Manufactories 484
483
Louisiana Tehuantepec Company
xvi
483
Manufactories
483
Marble Yards
483
Masonic
xvii
Mechanics Agricultural Association of Louisiana xvi
Mechanics Society xvi
Cotton Presses x Cotton Seed Oil Factories
476
Courts in New Orleans ix
Newspapers and Periodicals X Notaries . 1
477
Odd Fellows'
xix
481
Introduction 5
Iron Bedsteads 481
Iron Fence Builders 482
Iron Foundries 482
Iron Safes 482
Jefferson Parish Officers xxi
Jewelers 482
482
Lamp Dealers .
Last Makers . 482
472 Laundries 482
Lithographers
482
Loan Offices 482
Locksmiths
482
Looking Glass and Picture Frames
481
Insurance Offices
viii
Instrument Makers
479 480 480 480 4×0
Brewers 469
Hardware
Hatters
480 480
llides and Leather
llomeopathists
480 480
Ilouse Furnishing
Ice Dealers
481
Gas Light Co. .
Gents Furnishing Goods.
479 479
Gilders aud Galvanizers
Granite Dealers 479 479
Grist and Flour Mill Manufactories Grocers
xiv
Firemen's Charitable Association
Banks in New Orleans
Fire Department
Fruits
478
Furniture 478
Gas Fitters 478 x
Gun Smiths
Hair Workers
469
Doors, Sashes and Blinds
477
Dressmaking and Millinery Establish-
ments
477
Drugs and Medicines-Wholesale 477
Dry Goods 477
346483
Cotton Gins .
Corn and Flour Mills
Importers
iv
INDEX.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Omissions, Errors and Removals .
3
Ship Chandlers
488
Shipping Offices
488
Painters
484
Slate Dealers
488
Paints and Oils 484 Slave Dealers 488
l'aper Box Manufacturers
484
Shoe Dealers 489
Paper Hangers
484
Soap Manufacturers
489
Paper Warehouses .
484
Soda Water Manufactories
489
Physicians
Sons of Temperance
xvi
Piano Fortes
487
Places of Amusement
487
Planters Directory of Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Arkansas and Texas, 513 to 615
Plumbers
487
Post Office xii
487
Private Banking llouses
vii
Straw Goods 489
St. Anna Asylum xvii
Public Houses
487
487
Surveyors
489
Railroads .
ix
Telegraph Offices
489 489
Reading Rooms
487
Tinsmith and Sheet Iron Workers . Tobacco 489
Rooting
488
Trunk Makers . 489
Saddlery .
488
Truss Makers 490
Safes-Fire Proof
488
Undertakers 490
Salt Dealers . 490
Saw and Planing Mills
488 Veterinary Surgeons 490
Seed Stores
488 Water Works . x1
Sewing Machines
488
Warehouses .
X
Ship Agents
488 Young Men's Christian Association xvi
INDEX TO ADVERTISING PAGES.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Adams Express Company, 15
Kathman James C
12
Allen J. W. Dr., Dentist, 17
Leeds & Co., . 2
Anfoux & Robinson, Southern Dental Depot, 23
Armstrong John,
32
Bein Jolin D. & Sons,
9
Neil & Washburn, 20
Boye C. 10 New Orleans Reading Room 31
Bromberg & Son,
.
M Nicholson & Co., Payan & Carhart, 29
13
Brownlee John & Co.'s Sash Fac- tory,
6
Rea's Rotary Press,
25
Buissart & Casse,
23
Richard's Cape Lime, 5
Clannon Robert,
H
Rusha E. M. F
Sommer Wm., Gas Fitter, D
Spalding & Rogers, 21
St. Charles Theatre, 34
Taylor D. H. 19
Todd Samuel M. 7
Tylers, C
Vannuchi's Museum, 22
Varieties Theatre, 24
Werlein Ph. P. H
Wheeler & Forstall,. 26
Foy Florville, 8 White Thos. L. 1
Haller & Brother, 12
Wilson David G.
11
Woodman & Bement,
·
K
Hutchinson's Hat Store,
E
Stables 489
Stair Builders
489
State Assessment xi
State Department xi
Stationers 489
Steamboat Captains Union Benevolent Association xvi
Produce
487
Street Guide 18
Pump and Blockmakers
Refineries .
488
Sail Makers
488 488
University of Louisiana
xi
Upholsterers
Mayer Bros., 18 3
L
Bostick & Seymour, .
33
Citizens' Mutual Insurance Company, 27
Richards Newton, 4
Covert H. C .- Coal Oil and Lamp Em- porium, 3
Crane, Dr. G
Cushing's Card, A & B
Davidson J. & J. C.
30 Davis Brothers, M
Dougherty & Co .- Sail Makers, 28
Edwards Daniel. . Fairbanks Scales, Davis & Bro., I & J Agents, N
Hotel Dieu,
16
484
Opticians
484
Printers' Furnishing Articles .
Longacre Geo. M.
Mercantile Agency, Moody S. N. 14
·
INTRODUCTION.
IN the Introduction to our Directory of last year, we took occasion to refer to the remarkable prosperity and growth of New Orleans, as exhibited in the statistics of a series of years, which we placed before our patrons, and at the same time gave a brief summary of the Commercial history of this City and the State of Louisiana, from the beginning of the present century to the close of the year 1859. We remarked that only about ninety years ago, the population of New Orleans was about 3,200 souls, of which 1,800 were free whites, and that the City contained only 468 houses, and that during the next thirty-five years the increase would appear to have been only about 3,000 souls. The principal articles of trade, and their annual valuation, were as follows :
Indigo
$ 100,000
Deer Skins
80.000
Lumber .
50.000
Naval Stores.
12,000
Rice, Peas, Tallow, &c ....
8,000
making a value of about a quarter of a million of dollars for the leading staples dis- posed of in our market for one year, an amount considerably less than half the aver- age daily proceeds of the last commercial year. In 1802 the crops of Louisiana were stated at 20,000 bales of Cotton, (averaging 300 lbs.) 5,000 hhds. of Sugar, and 3,000 lbs. of Indigo. The exports of the same year comprised 34,000 bales of Cotton, (14,000 more than the production,) 2,000 hhds. of Tobacco, 4,000 hhds. of Sugar, 800 casks of Molasses, 50,000 bbls. of Flour, and 3,000 bbls. Pork and Beef.
About the middle of the eighteenth century the population of the region which now constitutes the State of Louisiana, embraced 1,160 white males and 1,130 blacks, the distribution of the former being 800 in New Orleans, 200 in Pointe Coupée, and 60 in Natchitoches. In 1769 the population of the province had increased to a total of 13,538 whites and blacks, of which 1,800 whites and 1,400 blacks were in New Orleans. In 1803 the population of New Orleans was stated by official reports at 8,000 souls, and in 1805, when the City was chartered, the estimates varied between 6,000 and 8,000 souls ; since then the decennial census has shown the following results :
Population of New Orleans, 1810.
17,242
",
1820.
.27,176
=
1830
.46,310
1840.
.102,193
1850.
.126.375
1860.
about 178,000
The population of the State of Louisiana, at the same periods, was as follows :
Whites.
Slaves.
Free Col'd.
Total.
1810.
34,3]1
34,660
7,885
76,566
1820 ..
73,383
69,064
10.476
153,407
1830
89,441
109,538
16,710
215,739
1840.
158,457
1€8.452
25,502
352,411
1850.
255,491
244,809
17.462
517,762
1860.
.. estimated at about 750,000
The trade of New Orleans exhibited some remarkable fluctuations from 1805 to 1820, embracing the period of the embargo and the war with England. The annual exports during the sixteen years, were as follows :
Years. Domestic.
Foreign.
Total.
Years.
Domestic.
Foreign,
Total.
1805 ..... $ 2.338,483 ..... $ 1.033,002 .... $ 3,371,545
1813 .....
.1,013,667
31,486 ...... 1,045.153
1806 ..... 2,357,141 .. . . .
1,530,182 .....
3,887,323
1814. ..
383,709
3,482 .. .. 387.191
1807 .....
3,161.381 .. ...
1,159,174 .. ...
4,320,555
1815 .. .. 6,055,858
46,752 ...... 5,102,610
1808 .....
537,711. ..
723,390 .... .
1,261,101
1816 ..
.5,251,833
351,115 ...... 6,602,948
1809 .....
344.303. ..
197,621 .....
541,924
1817 .....
8,241,254
783,558. .. 9.024,812
1810 .....
1,753,974. ..
136,978.
1,890,952
1818. 12,176.910.
747.399 .... 12.924,309
1811 . ... .
2,501,842. ...
148,208. ..
2,650,050
1819. .. 8,950,921.
817,832 ... 9.768,753
1812 .....
1,025,602 . .
34,869
1,060,471
1820. .7,242,415.
353,742. ... 7,596,157
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GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
Since 1820, the increase in trade has far outstripped that of population, the one being about five-fold, and the other nearly fifteen-fold.
The following table exhibits the exports of domestic and foreign merchandise to foreign ports, and the imports from foreign countries, at this port, from 1821 to 1859 inclusive :
EXPORTS.
YEARS.
DOMESTIO.
FOREIGN.
TOTAL.
1821
$6,907,599
$ 364,573
$ 7,272,172
$ 3,379,717
1822
7,303,461
675,184
7,978,645
3,817,238
1823
6,769,410
1,009,662
7,779,072
4,283,125
1824
6,442,946
1,485,874
7,928,820
4,539,769
1825
10,965,234
1,617,690
12,582,924
4,290,034
1826
9,048,506
1,235,874
10,284,380
4,167,521
1827
10,602,832
1,126,165
11,728,997
4,531,645
1828
10,163,334
1,784.058
11,947,400
6,217,881
1830
13,042,740
2,445,952
15,488,692
7,599,083
1831
12,835,531
3,926.458
16,761,989
9,766,693
1832
14,105,118
2,425,812
16,530,930
8,871,653
1833
16,133,457
2,807,916
18,941,373
9,590,505
1834
23,759,607
2,797,917
26,557,524
13,781,809
1835
31,265,015
5,005,808
36,279,823
17,519,814
1836
32,226,565
4,953,263
37,179,818
15,117,649
1837
31.546,275
3,792,422
35,338,697
14,029,912
1838
30,077,534
1,424,714
31,502,248
9,496,808
1839
30,995,936
2,188,231
33,184,167
12,864,942
1841
32,865,618
1,521,865
34,387,483
10,256,350
1842
27,427,422
976,727
28,404,149
8,033,591
1850
37,698,277
407,073
38,105,350
10,760,499
1851
53,968,013
445,940
54,413,963
12,528,460
1852
48,076,197
250,716
48,326,913
12,800,000
1853
67,768,726
523,934
68,292,660
13,654,113
1854
60,656,785
275,345
60,932,130
14,402,150
1855
55,088,827
318,884
55,400,711
12,923,608
1856
80,197,988
349,975
80,547,963
17,183,327
1857
90,916,289
597,997
91,514,286
24,981,150
1858
88,070,134
312,304
88,382,438
19,586,013
1859
100,884,655
750,279
101,634,952
18,349,516
1860
107,788,295
605,272
108,393,567
20,920,849
From 1843 to 1849 inclusive, the exports of foreign and domestic merchandise aver- aged about $ 40,000,000, and the average of the imports from foreign countries was barely $ 9,000,000 per annum.
These figures show only our commerce with foreign nations. That with domestic ports would largely swell the amounts of exports and imports, the former probably to a total of $ 140,000,000, and the latter to 55,000,000, for the last year.
The products of the interior received at New Orleans during the last eighteen years, is exhibited by the following table, which shows an increase during that period of more than three hundred per cent., and during the last ten years, of nearly one hundred per cent.
PRODUCTS OF THE INTERIOR received at the port of New Orleans from 1842-43 to 1859-60 inclusive :
YEARS.
AMOUNTS.
YEARS.
AMOUNTS.
1842-43
$ 53,782,054
1851-52
$ 108,051,708
1843-44
...
60,094,716
1852-53
134,233,735
1844-45
57,199,122
1853-54
115,336,798
1845-46
77,193,464
1854-55
117,106,823
1846-47
90,033,256
1855-56
144,256,081
1847-48
79,779,151
1856-57
158,061,369
1848-49
81,989,692
1857-58
167,155,546
1849-50
96,897,873
1858-59
172,952,664
1850-51
....
106,924,083
1859-60
185,211,254
1840
32,898,059
1,238,877
34,136,936
10,677,190
1829
10,898,183
1,487,877
12,386,060
6,857,209
IMPORTS.
.....
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GARDNER'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY.
The commerce of the City with foreign and domestic ports and with the interior is conducted by an amount of shipping, the arrivals of which show an annual average of about 2,000 sea-going vessels and over 3,000 steamboats, as exhibited by the following table :
Arrivals of Sea-going Vessels and Steamboats at the Port of New Orleans each year from 1847 to 1860.
VESSELS FROM SEA.
YEARS.
STEAMBOATS
STEAMSHIPS.
SHIPS, BARKS & BRIGS
SOHOONERS.
1847-48
206
1926
795
2977
1848-49
136
1594
456
2873
1849-50
147
1379
666
2784
1850-51
190
1250
704
2918
1851-52
213
1465
673
2778
1852-53
244
1524
596
3252
1853-54
204
1266
478
3076
1851-55
225
1166
426
2763
1855-56
234
1510
399
2956
1856-57
212
1281
441
2745
1857-58
267
1250
388
3264
1858-59
300
1289
409
3259
1859-60
315
1282
321
3566
From this table there appears to have been a decrease in the arrivals of sea-going vessels of all classes except steamships in which a wholesome degree of progress has been exhibited during the last seven or eigtht years. The decrease referred to, how- ever, is only in number. The vessels coming to this port have been of a larger class from year to ycar, and the arrivals have exhibited a large increase in tonnage, as will be seen by the following table which gives the arrivals of sea-going vessels at New Orleans for each fiscal year since 1850, with their total tonnage, and the average ton- nage of each vessel.
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