this treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement; and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively. Done in quintiplicate, at the city of Gaudaloupe Hidalgo, on the second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO EACH FOREIGN COUNTRY, FROM THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, 1846, TO THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 1847. ARTICLES NOT ENUMERATED. TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE. In American In foreign To each Whither exported. Manufactured. vessels. country. Ireland, 3,025 40 092,63) 6,710 511 35.275 15.148 32,480 5,847.836 8: 8 019 972,325 30 131,147 .... 1,570 61.513 715.222 69,041 324.204 1,021,414 .... .... 157,781 Other Spanish West Indies, 17,060 Portugal, Madeira, 101 Fayal and other Azores, .... Cape de Verd Islands, 70.303 Italy, 925.535 781 130.487 Sardinia, 43.840 2,574,367 70,223,777 12,397.696 365.360 25.096 237,763 106.172 36,275 33 289 261,398 621.903 3.973.252 5,819 667 17,420.385 1,172,146 5.491 52 557 569.196 58.287 770.748 1,188.340 15.148 32 480 6,005,617 825 079 56,893 115.031 9.466 71,084 1,056,022 630,232 3,645.460 Manufactured. Other. Whither exported. ARTICLES NOT ENUMERATED. TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE. Trieste and other Aust. ports, 485 357 Turkey, Levant, &c., 1,25 150 Hayti, Mexico, Central Republic of Amer., 280 New Grenada, Venezuela, Brazil, Cisplatine Republic, Argentine Republic, Chili, Peru, West Indies generally, South America generally, 255 Asia generally, 44,427 161.679 33 630 1,615 257.2 9 36.641 12,576 118.768 59 531 27,253 .... .... 56.899 1,175,375 61 570 1,187.017 2.9.841 73.322 53 655 571,474 2,566 938 180,536 123 954 1,461.347 192 978 27 253 1,708,655 118,137 44.427 ... 161.679 Africa generally, South Seas and Pacific, Total, 1,108,984 1,199.276 97,514,472 52,796,192 150,310,664 SHIPMENT OF FLOUR AND GRAIN TO LIVERPOOL. The Rochester Advertiser furnishes the following table, showing at what prices flour and wheat must be bought in New York and sold in Liverpool, in order to cover costs and charges: These estimates are made with exchanges at 7 per cent. When they are more or less than this, of course the sterling rates will be reduced or increased in proportion. If 5 per cent. primage be charged, there must be added to the above rates, the following charges for freight: Where freights range from 11d. per imperial bushel of 70 pounds, with 5 per cent. primage, to 2s. per bushel, there should be added to the above rates from 1 1-4d. a 1s. 6 1-23. per bushel. The sales in New York are always made at 60 pounds the bushel, and in Liverpool at 70 pounds. The charges are made up of the following items: say exchange at 7 per cent.; commission, &c., 4 per cent.; brokerage, &c., 3 cents per bushel; marine insurance, 1 1-4 per cent.; dock and town dues, cartage, turning, storage, fire insurance, loss in weight, 2 1-2 per cent.; commission for selling, &c., 4 1-2 per cent.; which must be added to the current rates of freight. CORN. Indian corn, by the same rule, with 7 per cent. exchange, and 9d. sterling freight, with 5 per cent. primage, gives the estimate below. In order to cover costs and charges, the purchase in New York, and the sales in Liverpool, must be at the If freights range from 10d. (with 7 per cent. primage,) to 2s. per imperial bushel, there must be added to the above rates from 9 1-2d. to 12s. per 480 pounds. THE FINE ARTS IN ST. LOUIS. THESE, as well as the more common arts of civilization, come very properly within the range of political economy; for, although their products add little to the more essential necessaries of life, yet it concerns society to know what portion of its members are engaged in each and every pursuit, and what the encouragement and reward received by those engaged in the respective departments of labor and of art. Notwithstanding they may not directly minister to our physical enjoy. ments, yet they are calculated to refine and elevate our moral nature, and to enlarge the means of human happiness; and hence they deserve, and should receive, the patronage of all who desire to improve the condition of man. And we are pleased to observe that the citizens of St. Louis evince a disposition to patronize and encourage the several branches of the fine arts in a manner creditable to their taste and intelligence. In ARCHITECTURE, St. Louis will compare favorably with any city of its size in the Union. Many of the buildings, both public and private, are highly creditable to the artists who designed them, and would be esteemed ornaments to any city on the continent. This may be considered the most important branch of the fine arts-for, besides its value in an economical point of view, it is the precursor of the other branches; for, wherever architecture flourishes, there painting and sculpture are sure to follow. PAINTING, also, receives liberal encouragement, and we have in our city a number of artists, whose works are esteemed as possessing considerable merit. SCULPTURE, also, has recently made its appearance in our city, and we are pleased to learn that it is likely to receive a most liberal patronage. We visited, a few days since, the studio of Mr. ALFRED S. WAUGH, and found him engaged on a bust of the Rt. Rev. Bishop HAWKS, which was then nearly finished. We do not profess to have a cultivated taste in regard to works of this kind; but to say nothing of the resemblance, which is close and striking, the artist has, in our judgment, been most happy in catching the characteristic air and bearing of the original. This imparts a spirit and animation to the bust which we have but rarely observed in works of the kind. Indeed, so powerful is the effect from this cause, that the likeness seems to kindle up in every feature the more we look at it, until we feel as though in the living presence of the original. We also observed a bust of the Rev. Dr. Porтs, which struck us as bearing a strong likeness to the original, but being less acquainted with this gentleman, we are not prepared to express so decided an opinion in regard to the merits of the work. We learn, however, that his more intimate acquaintances esteem it an excellant likeness. In nothing, however, were we more pleased than in receiving information that these busts have been presented to the reverend gentlemen by the members of their respective churches. This is a most pleasing manner which they have adopted of testifying their regard for their respective pastors; for, like every other benevolent action, the benefits are not confined to the primary objects, and it is a gratifying reflection, that in the present case the arts have come in for their full share. How excellent the quality, and how beautiful the economy of benevolence! MOULDING, or CASTING, has also been recently introduced, and Mr. P. CRUMMEN, Jr., Figuriste, on Second street, has many highly classic models, from which he furnishes copies at reasonable prices; and judging from the specimens that we have seen at different places in the city, we conclude he he have met with liberal encouragement. MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS AND DISCOVERIES. GUTTA PERCHA.-Gutta Percha is a vegetable substance, which, though only known to us for a few years, is now extensively employed in the arts for various purposes, as a substitute for India rubber. According to Sir W. J. Hooker, the tree from which it is obtained, belongs to the natural order Sapotaceæ, found in abundance in the island of Singapore, and in some dense forests at the extremity of the Malayan peninsula. Mr. Brooke states that the tree is called niato by the Sarawak people, on the island of Borneo, and that it attains a considerable size, even as large as six feet in diameter. The timber, however, is said to be too loose and open for the purposes of building; but the tree bears a fruit which yields a concrete oil, used by the natives as food. " The name gutta percha" (pronounced in English, gut-ta-per-tsha,) is a Malay term, and signifies ragged gum. It is contained in the sap and milky juice of the tree, and quickly coagulates on exposure to the air; from twenty to thirty pounds being the average produce of each tree. For collecting the sap, the trees are felled, barked, and left dry and useless. The gutta, or gum, in its crude state, is received in scraps, blocks, or in rolls of thin layers. It is first freed from impurities by deviling, or kneading in hot water, when it is left soft and plastic, of about the consistency of putty. When thus prepared, the gutta has many curious properties. If placed in water of a temperature of 110 deg. F., no efiect is produced upon it; but, when the temperature is raised to 145 deg., or upwards, it gradually becomes soft and pliant, as to capability of being moulded into any form, or of being rolled out into flat plates. When in the soft state, it becomes somewhat elastie; but, as it cools, it gradually regains its original hardness and rigidity, and appears, when cut or broken, like horn. It may be softened and hardened any number of times, without injury to the material. When cooled, unlike India rubber, it has little elasticity; but it has such strength and tenacity, that a slip, one-eighth of an inch in diameter, has sustained the weight of 42 pounds. Gutta percha, like India rubber, is soluble in coal naptha, oil of turpentine, ether, or in caout-choucine; but it is not acted upon either by alcohol or water. In solution, it is also applied like India rubber, for rendering cloth water proof. It is likewise applied for numerous purposes for which leather is used, such as belting for machinery, harnesses, bridles, straps, clasps, belts, clock springs, soles of shoes, &c. The material is also applicable to the manufacture of numerous other articles of use and ornament, as surgical instruments, engine hose, water |