to an order from St. Marc, a merchant of Boston has already, we are informed, dispatched a vessel loaded with agricultural implements, furniture and other articles of necessity, for the laborers in this new enterprise.

COTTON IN TARTARY.

From the Bombay Gazette of December 12th, we learn that Russia is drawing supplies of cotton from Khiva and Bokhara, and the cultivation of the staple in those countries has been very largely extended. The value of that sold recently at the fair of Novogorod was estimated at £150,000.

COTTON FROM PERU.

The British steamer CALLAO, at Panama, from Valparaiso, brought up a large quantity of cotton from Peru-consigned to England-with the announcement that a much larger amount is going round Cape Horn. This cotton is said to be of superior quality, and no efforts to raise a very large crop on the Peruvian coast the ensuing year will be spared. The present price of cotton is bringing it forward from a number of places not usually distinguished as sources of supply of this article.

COTTON IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

It is well known that cotton was once largely grown in Southern Illinois. Its culture was discontinued in consequence of the low prices which prevailed for some years, rendering competition difficult with the country further south. Active measures are now, however, in progress, to resume the culture there on a larger scale.

It is estimated that at least five millions of acres in the southern part of Illinois is well adapted to the culture of this plant. Illinois papers tell us that samples of cotton grown in that State the past season have been pronounced by competent judges equal in quality to the "Georgia Upland." The Commissioner of Patents at Washington has issued a circular, in which he says, to prevent failures in the cultivation of cotton in the middle portion of the Free States, it should be remembered that it is a principle in vegetable physiology, that tropical plants can never be acclimated North, except by a repeated reproduction of new varieties from the seed. The attempt to grow Sea Island cotton, such as is now brought from Hilton Head, would prove a failure in any portion of the Free States. The only variety capable of successful cultivation in those sections now seeking its introduction, is the green seed cotton, such as is now being raised extensively in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and portions of Kentucky, which produces the white fibre. The seed should be obtained from these localities. The modifications of soil and climate will influence the size of the plant, the length and fineness of the fibre, and the product of the crop.

No reasonable doubt is entertained of the success of the culture in all the mild portions of the Middle States, and efforts are now making by this department to procure the proper seed for distribution. The commissioner further says, the cultivation of sorgho the past year settles the question of its entire practical success, and that one of the difficulties presenting itself is the want of pure seed to meet this want. This department has ordered seed from France for distribution the ensuing spring.

STATISTICS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE.

I. COMMERCE OF NEW-YORK FOR 1861, COMPARED WITH FORMER YEARS. II. TRADE OF BOSTON FOR 1861, COMPARED WITH THE THREE PREVIOUS YEARS. III. PHILADELPHIA, HER Trade and NAVIGATION FOR 1861. IV. TRADE OF BALTIMORE FOR 1861. V. EXPORTS FROM BOMBAY. VI. MoLASSES TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. VII. EXPORTS of St. Paul.

COMMERCE OF NEW-YORK FOR 1861.

Arrivals from Foreign Ports for the Year 1861.-The number of arrivals during the year 1861 was greater than ever before, being an increase of 671 over the year 1860.

The increase in the number of British vessels (317) is accounted for by the fact, that there has been less demand for American bottoms in consequence of the fear of privateers; and a number of American vessels also are therefore sailing under bills of sale and flying British colors. The whole number of arrivals are 5,122, as follows:

The following is a comparative statement of the arrival of vessels and passengers for the past ten years:

The number of steamers from domestic ports falls short of that for 1860, owing to some of the Southern lines having been discontinued after the middle of April, and most of the other lines being reduced in number by the government's purchase or charter of their ships. The arrivals for the past three years are as follows:

Loss of Life at Sea for 1861.-We are indebted to Mr. I. H. UPTON, Secretary of the American Shipmasters' Association, for the following statement of loss of life at sea for the year 1861, as reported at New-York. 968 lives have thus been lost, and as all are probably not reported, we may infer that over 1,000 persons have met their deaths in this manner on vessels sailing to and from American ports:

RECEIPTS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE AT THE PORT OF NEW-YORK

EXPORTS FROM NEW-YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS OF CERTAIN LEADING ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE, FOR THE YEARS

We are indebted to the New-York Shipping List for the following

table:

The total imports for the last year, exclusive of specic, were only $125,680,277, being a smaller amount than has been landed here during any previous twelve months, for more than ten years, as will be seen by the following comparative summary.

In this table, under the head of dutiable, is included both the value entered for consumption and that entered for warehousing. The imports of specie have been larger than ever landed here before in a sin