The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-17
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

The st. Louis bridge does not pay, and, II is
said, the mortgage for some millions OF COL
lars will be foreclosed. But then the bridge
is there, and st. Louisans can still point to 1t
With pride.
A Washington writer says:
The Treasury Department has declded 70
compromise the cases against the Natlonal
Banks on account of the failure to stamp thelI
checks The reports thus far received ron
the Bank Examiners show that more tnan e~o
hundred banks are open to prosecutor ~
this account The basis of compromise
adopted is this: Where the number OF I'M
stamped checks is five or less, there Is no pen
atty. Where the number OF checks range
from five to fifty, the penalty is hfty doila1s.
Where ftom fiity to one hundred, the penalty
ia one hundred dollars. This is penalty at
the rate Of one dollar for each cheek.
The San Francisco Ala says: :.
Messrs. Flood 'Brien, on behalf OF the
Consolidated Virginia mine, sold TO-DAY Si'-
500, 600 of the bullion Of that mine TO the
United States Treasury. This is another pur.
chase of silver on the part OF the government
for the manufacture of the subsidiary coinage.
The whole will be sent East and be separated
there, The bullion is about half silver and
half gold, and will therefore give but $780, Oo
of silver. The sale is an advantageous one,
since it is paid for in gold pieces on the spot
from the reserves in the sub-treasury here,
and adds so much to the coin currency. The
amount is about the months supply from the
bonanza for the present, and will equal about
one.third OF the supply after the new mill
shall have been completed An outflow OF
nearly SIS 000, 900 bullion per month will form
q basis for new bank never before attained
The Nevada Bank will occupy unique posi-
ton among the banks Of the world.
The Dry Goods Trade.
New York Commercial Chronicle 18th inst
During the week business was strictly mod
crate in volume with commission houses re-
presenting cotton goods, prints, dress goods,
shawls, etc., but in the wooden branches OF
the trade there was freer movement OF nea'y
goods for mems wear, which were taken by
the clothiers id fair, amounts The market
tor imported goods was characterized oy eX-
IRENE duliness and further shrlnkage IN the
value of fancy fabrics was noticeable. Jop-
bers accomplished an amount OF business
which compared favorably with previous sen
sons at the same time, but profits we're small
owing to the extremely low rates at which
prints and other cotton productions were
sold, in order to meet the growing com petit
ton Of the larger interior cities.
The excessive supply of cotton goods has
at length impelled manufacturers to take steps
for curtailing the production, and the Atlanuc
Cotton Mills have decided to stop running for
two months from the beginning of July-an
example which will probably be followed by
other Eastern corporations. The event OF the
week in wooden goods was peremptory auc-
ton sale OF fms beavers, being the producnon
to date of the Germania and Scotia Mills. The
popularity OF the goods attracted very large
number OF clpthiers, jobbers and cloak manu-
facturers from All the principal cities, and the
entire Offering, amounting to about $l6O, O0O,
was disposed Of in little over an hour at prices
which, although low, are considered satisfac-
tory in the present condition of The market.
The Quarantine. n
There is now quite fleet at the Quaran-
tine Station, the shipping which arrives
being unsparingly arrested and placed in
durance. It is said to BIZ one Of the health
lest localities in the whole country, not case
OF sickness having occurred there, with one
exception, and that was the affair Of the good
lady of captain, who presented her lord
with a fine child, and both mother and child
are doing az wen as could be expected at this
date. The following vessels are reported IN
quarantine, and there are others we have not
the names OF, there being some seventeen In
all, we believe:
Bark Brothers, bark Maggie Horton, bark
BIlview, bark Sebastopol, bark Clara, Emma
L. Oulton, shipEmma Augusta, bark City Of
Ottawa, bark Diligentia, brig Haskill. schoon-
er Brothers, schooner William Frederick,
schooner A. S. Butler, schooner Sarah Hail.
Three Of these vessels, sanitarily tied up, are
consigned to Simpson Il Co., thirty miles up
the bay. Sss.
Mounting guard over the guaranteed feet
is steam launch, with corporals guard OF
marines and at night the q. 3. S. 7. Rose, "
with howitzer ready to enforce hail,
- onk a rf- a
an additional precaution the City Marshal de-
tails patrol for the wharves and city front to
challenge allarrivals as to their points OF de-
parture. So it would seem that Yellow Jack
has hard gauntlet to run. and that he can't
do it.-Pensacola Gazette
Cotton Planting and Acreage IN SIS.
The New York Commercial Chronicle of the
18th inst has long and carefully prepared
article on the above subject. The following
are the conclusions arrived at
l. As to the use of fertilizers, both home
made and commercial. there has been very
considerable increase over last yoar. So also
it is satisfactory to note decided improve.
ment in general farm management and condi-
ton OF labor, and in the relations between the
laborer and the planter, over very consider
able portion Of the South.
Then again, Notwithstanding the increased
purchaser Oh CUulme1CAeA uAoAut0cS oAu 6oA-
orally increased planting, the advances TO the
farmers, although more than last year, have
not been, as in previous years, excessive at
ruinous rates of interest, but more moderate,
q general spirit of economy pervsding all
classes AS result, this crop will cost less
than any raised since the war, and if abund'
ant will do the South more real good. Largely
increased food crops have been planted
almost everywhere, and are turning out
finely.
2 The actual acreage in cotton made up to
June l, shows an Increase from last years
planting Of 81, GAS acres, or about 81 per cent.
This, we believe, is as small statement o.
the acreage this season as can be made up
from our reports, our object being to present
the minimum not the maximum figures With
this acreage, determined as approximately
correct, comparison with previous years
becomes Of interest, and for this purpose we
present the following statement, showing the
total acres each previous June, since We began
the record. the yield per acre, etc: