The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-09
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

The Boston Journal says that an onion
over in that State who refused So barrel
his crop, lately sold 212 barrels for $50,
. best offer he could get
An encouraging sign of growing prosperity
hong the Italian people is found in the In
ease Of deposits in the savings banks. from
.OOO, 900 francs in 1855 to AS, 600, 600 in
"a. The increase is in the part OF the
untry north of Rome.
The amount Of fruit annually sold IN TINS
untry is about $45, OOO, 600, and about sl'-
9, 600 worth of fruit is exported annually.
The total number Of boxes and cases OF
anges and lemons imported into the United
a!es during the month of April was 3l9, l39.
be importations Of foreign green fruit for the
onth in excess of those Of the corresponding
onth in 1874 at which time all kinds OF
cen fruit were entered free of duty, and the
hportations we're then largely in excess Of
ose of any former period.
The regular season of quarantine COM
enced at Philadelphia on Tuesday, and
om and after this for some months to come
ery vessel entering that harbor from for
On port will be subjected to the form, at
asst, of physicians visit at the quarantine
alton at the Lazaretto before being permit
ID to pass on to her anchorage.
Paper is now used very successfully for
aking buggy boxes, baskets, betting for ma
hinery, boats, clothing, hsusehold utensils,
C. For buggy boxes its utility is highly az
reciated. as there is no danger of its shrink
% or cracking, whilst it is almost impossible
q horse to kick it and make an impression
b its surface.
From reports made at the recent conven-
on of Michigan bes-keepers it appears that
lily one-half of the colonies in the State
hccumbed TO the severe winter.
Recent scientific investigations appear to
btablish the fact that guano is not, as has
cen hitherto believed, the deposit of my
ads of sea birds, accommodating through
ges; but is the result of an accumulation of
bssil plants and animals, whose organic mat.
BIZ has been transformed into q heterogeneous
ubstance. This view is substantiated by the
act that the anchors OF ships in the neigh
borhood of the guano islands often bring up
luano from the bottom of the ocean.
The question of what to do with the con-
iderable surplus of our grasshopper crop
his year seems to be in q fair way Of
being satisfactorily answered. The Depart
nent of Agriculture has been experimenting,
Ind claims to have discovered that they yield,
Under PRESSURE large proportion OF oil equal
% the best 6sh oil; that the pressed pulp can
be purified and used for food, or the manu-
acture of certain valuable chemicals, while
he residue makes good fertilizer.
The investigation into the importations OF
Philip Shuloff & Co., of Broome street, who
Ire accused Of entering goods at the Custom
House far below their value, is assuming great
Importance. For years this firm has grown
mysteriously wealthy, and at the same time
&hey have been enabled to undersell houses
with better credit, longer experience and
better facilities. They have dealt largely of
late years through auctioneers here, and in
fpthsr cities. 1t is generally believed that the
results of the investigation now going on will
be to establish their guilty. 7. american,
Grocer, 5th inst
Cheap Transportation in Earnest.
Shipments have been made by the canal fol-
seven cents on wheat and six and a quarter
cents on corn, from Buffalo to New York, tolls
Included. These are the lowest rates of trans
|portation from the lakes to the seaboard that
have ever been known. Eleva'ing charges at
Buff slo are now one-quarter of q cent per
|bushel- of q cent to the grain and
one eighth to the vessel. In some instances,
bit is said, the entire charge has dropped to
one-eighth of cent.
Fictitious Bills Of Lading.
Responsibility of banks.-Msrsh and others
against the First National Bank of Mobile
A draft was sent to New York city by the
O6uh mp6ulc0 Wy JILL "a A00Ah6 AV4 q
quantity of cotton. The draft was presented
to the plaintiffs by the correspondent of the
Mobile bank and was accepted, but no cotton
came. The court finds that at the time the
draft was presented the bank knew that the
cotton had not been paid for by the drawers,
and that the original sellers of the cotton were
retaining it from the drawers The bank
having misled the plaintiffs on to accepting
the draft, is liable for the damages arising to
them from such acceptance.
Latest Birmingham Eng.) Trade.
In its review Of British trade. the London
Times, speaking of Birmingham, says The
returns Of manufacturers in most of the staple
trades are in excess of those of the CORES.
ponding period last year. The shipping
trade has in great nj asure recovered from
the depression observable in the early part Of
the year, and France, Australia, Brazil and
the Spanish West Indies and British NORTH
America are taking largely increased qusnti
ties Of hardwares. On the other hand Ger
many, the United States, the Argentine Re
public, and India have thus disappointed ex
pectations. and the decline Of trade will
those markets nearly counterbalances the i'm
provement in other quarters.
Decline in Corn Affecting Whisky.
Messrs. Boyd 4 Co., in their weekly circu
lar say that ssthe sharp decline in corn hal
had its effect, materially reducing the cost o
highwines. Several Of the largest distiller
in Illinois propose closing on the LIST prox.
which will materially reduce receipts. Tit
stock of highwines has increased during tn
week, and we now estimate it at from 30, OO
to S., 600 barrels, about 5000 barrels of whicl
are here. The amount involved in the lat
seizures in the West is estimated at over on
million and half dollars"
Miller Il Co., in their weekly circular writ
as follows: "The unexpected decline in tn
price of highwines seems to be due princi
pally to the sudden break in corn, but n
doubt the languid state OF trade at the presen
time has much to do with it. 1t is now know
that some of the definitions of spirits re
Gently made by the government officers hav
been followed BY seizure, and the annual pre-
csedings for forfeiture commenced by th
District Attorney. 1t is hoped that an earl
decision will be reached. IN Y. Bulletin
5th inst.
Cuba and Louisiana.
The Washington Chronicle intimates tina
Nuha'a c0nf1ict is 7 ,oui aiano' a orrortur;tv r