The State Of Trade

The Colorado Mining Jievietv says the bulliou product of Montana during ! 1876 may bo stated as follows : Gold dust and bars, .$3,925,000 ; silver bullion, , #320,000 ; silver-eopper ores, $180,000 ; ' silver-lead ores, $250,000. Total, $i, 675,000. The unemployed Bhip-oaipotiters of Calais, Me., liave formed a corporativo ■ ship-building eompany to obtxiu emI ployment during the dull montlis. The ' members liave alrondy subscribod the money necessary to place a vessel on the ! stocks, and will contribute their labor in i building her. The ooinage at the different mints during tlie first Beren months of the curreni fiscal year is oflïcially reported na follows : Ciolrt $28,44.",01.- Weight, S9 tonn Ti-ihIc cliill.irK 4,270,:UW Wei(ht, Vil", tonfl Silvpr ahanga 12,5.v,fii. Weight, S4fi loii Totiil $4,26S,81W Weight, S26JÍ tons Thk Springñeld (Mass.) RepUblican says : " The cotton manufatturing interest is quite eneouraged by the outlook of the markets. During the last week at i Providence 242,000 pieces of printing oloths were sold, the (uosing prioes being firin at 5 i to { cents, against 4 cents a ' few mojitliK ago. There are no goods on the spot, and 'all liiver i sold anead up to April." The following table cxhibite the retunis of the number of hogs paoked to ilute at the pointe named, au conipared with the rehims of previous seasons, and the aggregate packing of the season of 1865-6. Tiitnl T Dato, Tv Dne. SfeUOTl Ppint. M". 1876. 1878-0. Chicago 1,430,767 1,430,170 1,595,06 Clnoinnaíi 472,IK)y 519,7M 563,369 Si Loui 400,(YHi :XI,oixi 329,895 MüwnukfP 2111,110(1 180,000 IHl,;i72 LtnÜBVÜle 218,008 223,147 ö),147 IndianatKili 27K,üOO 185,000 323,181 Peoril i.-),(m w;,0(KP i,33 DeeMolnea 60,000 40,000 42,346 Cnlar KnpidH 70.4OK 88,263 7.-..ÍMW Sulmla 33.00(1 Ml,1""! 32,865 (.i,uti, 59,100 48,000 .v.!.-_:!;i Kansas City 11J,(KW 70,0(K) 74,474 Advioes from the Eutt are veiy encoiiraging ae to tlie fatale of business. Cotton cloths are coming up in price, and tlie faeea of nianufacturers begin to horton as the days begin to lengthen. Providenoe sold 2L2,000 ])ieces of ing loths, last week, the priees elosing at 5'. to 5;, ftgainst -1 ceiitn a few months ago. Pafl Hiver ha sold its work two iiionths alicail, and there is othcr cvidence tliül, witli the aid of foreign I portations, the sui"])lus stock Iwih all ! beea used np, and tRe dëmaiid munt iinw exceed toe supply. Stook in (lic Manchester milis lias i-.cently ï'isen over . 10 per cent., and new milis are alreudy ! ia process ot' ereetiou at Lonsdale, K. I., i ;iiiu othei places. Sonie milis -which bayi Im'u riuuing ou part tiine have j Btarted np in fnll, and the general feeling seems to be one of confidence. The importa of this country feil between 1872 and 1876 from 3604,400,000 i to $426,600,000. This is at the rato of I 30J Vor Th" foUowing figures I show that uur purehaHos of the cotton, woolou and worsted manufactures of England declinod much more: Cotton Wortttd Qoodtt ITooZwi, Qood[ yard. garde. yard, 1K70 MÏ.OOO.OOO 1,475,000 41,070,000 1875 70,900,000 2,(!12,000 51,588,000 il 1874 105,300,000 4,4:18,000 60,629,000 1H7:1 100,500,000 4,IK)8,(KK) R",91,0OO 1H72 l:12,9(H),0O0 fl,3:,000 !I8,24.VK)O 1871 12!,700,000 5,391,000 89,(182,000 Th(i decrease in our import-R of British cottons between 1871 U 1876 wa 571 per cent. ; of woolens, 77i per cent. ; and of worsted good, 52-J per cent. A eompnrison of valties wolúd show a decrease still more severe. The President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce said at its animal meeting last week tluit "the exporta of Manchester goods to the United States, which formerly afforded an excellent market, were now nil, and that there is considerable trade in Mnnchester in cotton fabrica manufactured in America."