The SPEAKER protempore, (Mr. Dawns in the chair.) If there be no objection the communication will be received an that order will be made. There was no objection. The communication is as follows: Roous or ran Bonn or TRADE or Pirrsnuno. Pirrsiiuno, January 27. 1866. Sis: A statement made officially to the HoRepof the manufacturing production of the principal citiesof the U.S. announcesto the world that Pittsburg. proud of the co omen of the Birminghamp America. has been sailing under false colors and is. on high authority. Pronounced an inconsidera lo manufacturing town. of less productive capacity than Richmond. Virginia. In that statement the manufacturin product of Pittsburg is given at $11. o(X). 00a0 nn 1y. Feeling that it is of vital importance the Pittsburs that congress should be than used of “HPIOSSIDDSIBOincor rect. I hasten to present you some facts. which should if possible be formally road to the HoRep in correction of the statement they have received. The community of Pittsburg. although divided into several municipalities under diverse police regulations and officiuls, is acompactmassof over 150,000 population. within a radius of 5 mileasand the snrveyors instruments alone tell where on ooropgl: ends and another begins. Pittsburg properis at the countinghouse of this rnaniitacturin population. Nearly all the at industrial wor s. whoseaccounts. office and ban ins businesseenter in the city. lio around her outskirts and but few Within her immediate limits. The figuresof the statement roterred to were rob ably made up from the censusreturns of 1860. llhose returns so far as they relate to Allegheny county are extreme: m incomplete and nearly worthless. In hose but thouuni of the products of Pittsburg would be classedunder the headsof the various bor oughs and but a limited portion under the head of Pittsburg. With as much propriety should those amounts be classed under the heads of the several wards of the city. as anyone of those taken as the censusof the production of the whole. The returns of salesmade to the revenue officers. so far as they reach. are the host data of production. They do not. however. fully exhibit the facts for the reason that the amounts unsold of the pr notions of any distinct period of time are to be addedto the amount of those sold. From returns made to revenue officers for a period of 18 months. from September, 1863. to March. 1865. I giveyou the figures of someof the more important articl cs manufacturedat Pittsburg. These figures are not an exhaustive or elaborate census of the manufactures of the city. but ii condensationofspmestatisticsdorived frominternalrevenuc returns in my possessionupon leading articles. The figuresare as follows: Arliclca of Iron and Steel. Axes. shovels. saws. spades. miittocks. picks. 51, 123, 146 Bohielearvsy. sbhlancftkisnmg. itshtieiiagmboatirons oil tools. Bolts. nuts. spikes. rivet. Railroad chairs sprimrs and axles Iron and steel. bar. sheet. wig. plate.” reught iron. gas pipe. orse shoes. edge tools, iroii wure. Machinery. castings. domestichardware. 6. 3;087 Articles of Wood. Barrels. barges. doors and sash frames. fnr niture. blocks. boxes. 2180, 8118 (hkmibnll 467, 064. Articles of a VegetableNature. Tobacco. linsced. canvas. varnish. 2. 414. 126 TextileFabric. Clothing, woolen goods. cotton goods. 4, 272, 403 Articles of Copperand Bran. Refined and sheetcopper. copperware. ja panned ware. 2. 184. 216 Articles of Gunbinedlllateriah. Agricultural implements. steamboats. car riages. wagons. harness. brushes. cars. guns and rifles. 1. 922. 117 Producuqf Minerals and Earthy. i ubatance s. Glass. refined oil. white and red load, salt. queensware. soap. 51c. 14, 385, 211 Articles from Animals. Leather. lard oil. glue. bootsand shoes. 2. 553. 307 Articles of o Liquid Nature. Ale. whisky. wine. vinegar. 773. 114 $74, 311. 58?) These figuresmake the salesof thesefew items in the period embracedov er1:174. A though but a partial exhibit of the productive capacity and actual yield of Pittsburg manufacturies they are more than ample to showthat Pittsburg. in steadof the 14thcity of the Union in mat of manufactures. Is without doubt the 3rd. Ift emanufacturing statistics of Pittsburg were as elaborately collated as in other cities. where every article of raw material as well as those in the least trausmuted is classedin the list of products. there is no doubt in my mind that Pittsburg would lay claim to being the 2nd manufacturing community of the Union. Permit inc in this connectionto ask your attention to the necessity of theorganization by the government of some dept similar or of similar oflects to the nationa Board of Trade of GreatBritain. That body mnko completeanddetailed reports monthly of the trade and manufactures of that nation. Under the present census organization the peopleof the U.S. are. 6 years afterthe t aing of the census of 1560 but partially acquainted With its results. while so imperfect are its figures that a high Government official is unwittingly madeto commit a greatnot of injustice to the community of Pittsburg and no doubt. from the samecause, to other cities as well. Statistics are the data for not only the government of commercialtransactions. but the foun ution upon which the financial estimatesof anation should be made. To bevaluable they should be fresh; thereflection of the current transactionsof the country. not the echoof long past years. To be reliable they should bethe result ofeom etent labor. Ofintclligent minds not the uneducnte gatherings of incompetent and often ignorant men, claiminirdesultory employment as a reward for artisan devotion. Ashusbe on the case in the taking of the census heretofore. The organization by Congress of a national Board of Trade and an (Alert y that bodi to have the States also organize state boards. would put inmction asys teniof statistical information of great ultimate value. Throug h such asystem the country would be furnlBhBd, with reliable statistics and Congress would have a responsible source from which to learn the wants of the businessof the nation and formiust estimates of its resourcesand its progress. Very respectfully, your obedientservant. Preau lent of th GEORGE olfl. TTrmllUlelotSf TPOillNsb. ury. to HOD. J. K. MOORHEAD. llusli[225110I)1. 1. (1. The fact that several breweries were confiscated last year for false returns accounts for the smallness n this clan of product. FREEDMENS BUREAU AGAIN.