Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-04-01
CINCINNATI MAnxEr, March -, 1887
BUSINESS AT NEW ORLEANS.

BUSINESS AT NEW ORLEANS.
The notices below convey very unpleasant in
telIigence for the great Mississippi; Valley. We =
understand that letters traders confirm these
accounts, in their worst aspects. crisis IS pro-
badly approaching TO test the currency regulations
of the United States Executive Government, for
the last two three years. No political panic ac-
companies it; none allege that i, IS got up for
political effect. But that it is the natural result Of
political quackery is forced or unreasons-
bic Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
New ORLEANS MARKET, March IL, 1887 ls
All is yet in doubt and darkness. We are still;
unable to come to any thing like certain results in
regard to the late stoppages. day or two more
will relieve US from this state Of uncertainty.
To-day the money market is unusually tight
Though Exchange on New York can be freely had
at the usual rates, yet there is feeling Of insecu-
r,ty prevailing among buyers, caused rather by the
general uncertainty Of the money market, than by
any immediate local cause. The same may be said
Of bills on England.
| The general markets slow in their progress
For this season Of the year, such state of things
is unusual, want Of confidence and the deraDge-
ment Of the currency, the producing of
this anomaly. We note a sale the Levee Of,
4 loo hhds OF Sugar prime at 6 81. Molasses
continues stationary at 33 c's. Flour is selling at
50 so; 500 bhls. sold at this price on the
Levee. In Lard there is some decline. We hear
saeable at II cents. We hear Of u sale Of 500
barrels Of Whiskey at So cents. Considerable do
ling in Coffee, Havana commands IL a l23. A
transaction of $50 sacks Of Liverpool blown salt
= So may be noted. Oats scarce at IS cents
Western hay has taken great start; sale Of 20
tons IS noted at $45. Rice 81 cents. We OBJ
> serve a sale Of 80 casks at this price.-Amercan.
5 PoRk.-The demand for pork is improving. par
ticuarIy for Mess, which is getting rather
Prices Of all kinds are firm and Mess is a trifie
higher Arrived this week, 1924 barrels
Pork IN BULK.-Sales have teen made since our
last 8, 81 g. cents, according to the quality o!
the Pork There are some buyers, but the demand
is not active. Arrived this week, l, $780, O6Ol $.
BAcoN.-Our quotations Cor canvassed Hams
are retained, but for other kinds they have been
! reduced. There IS very little dema0d. and tne
stock fast increasing. Sales Of Hog round could
not be made above 10 At outside. lOa cents. Ar
e rived this week, 1879 hhds 10000 lbs in bulk.
Leyys Price Current
The SPECIE CIRcULAR.-The madness Of
party. one would suppose, would have been
gratified ere this by the ravaees which this
e circular has already committed Oh TIE trade
n and credit Of the country. Not so, we fear
e and it is, therefore, with no exception Of the
5. qualification of their wishes, that we state
p on the authority Of letter from Washing
!, ton, that thirty Senators have signed re
!. an immediate repeal of the specie circular
"a and that King, Of Alabama, and several othel
n Senators, have said to Mr.. Van Buren, thai
Sc the whole west will oppose him if he does no
'e act promptly on this subject Bait. Chron
-
=, New DISCOVERY IN MErEoRoLoGY.-We publish
this week long communication from Mr.. Esrr, o.
:" the franklin Institute, upon the subject Of ths
flaws which control the weather. Gu. readers arr
NTH ola f0h
h. made some new discoveries in meeorology. which
rs may be reduced to practical use in the prediction
- Of the approach cf.:emanaens s..-rm. ec.s ''the
" Gulf Of Mexico to the shores Of Europe" Mr.
,e Walker scientific gentleman of this city, lit wh
ne be BY the article that follows Nj. Espys) Ea
d reduced this theory 10 actual trial. If be thus
capable Of practical application, what ,ncalculable
N benefits may be expected to result, the Mariner
the Agrculiuralist, the Merchant and all whose
,f avocations are intimately Connected with meteoro
ID logical phenomena! The lectures, which this gen
tlem,n has delivered, have excited the attention
r sc ,entific men well in this city elsewhere
j. and we told that Efforts systematically or
h foot reduce this discovery to practical use
g extended scale, well in own State in 9th
T. er portions Of the coansry-(Sa,urday Courier.
vIcrssiTCDEs OF FoRrUNE-In the year Isl:
O IA, Ira lngham school teacher in the vii
81 iaye Of Utica, where he committed forgery, (say
the Mohawk Courier) for which he was sentenced
e to Imprisonment in the State prison at New York
= became a book seller, in a small way, some par
l. of the State Of Kentucky. We perceive by the
e New York papers, that law on the subject o.
Il slavery has been recently enacted in the Nation
+ Texas, and that one ira ingham has signed the
II same As Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
J. Of that Republic.