The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-27

COMMERCIAL MATTERS,

crops this year that they will have had since
1861. Corn promises an unusual yield, and
Gotten is excellent. fRi
By recent tests it has been demonstrated
that train weighing $4,000 pounds, and
moving at the rate of fifty-two miles an hour,
can be stopped within 28O yards.
The Lo we'll Times says that the manufactur-
ing prospects Of that city are not SO discour-
aging as in other places. Nearly every mill
is running, perhaps not to its full capacity,
but still nearly up to the usual standard.
The recent running into q whale by the
steamship Scythia, reminds q contemporary
of the well-known problem as to what hap
pens when "an irresistible force meets an
immovable body" The steamship in this
case representing the irresistible force"
lost her propeller blades and had to put back;
while the whale, representing thu i'm
movable body" was killed outright. But
this sort of solution of the problem, on the
high seas, is not courted by passengers. 20
No less than twenty-nine trade marks have
been secured in the Patent Office for the
word "Centennial," as applied to articles of
manufacture, such as perfumes, amanacs,
cigars, backing, bitters, shirts, watches and
even lager beer.
San Francisco values herself at $349, OOO,-
900. Among the wealthy corporations are
the Hibernian Bank, assessed $1,000 147;
600, the Odd Fellows Savings Bank SO, 349,-
ST., the consolidated Virginia Mining Com
pany 81, ZOO, 900. Sharon. Jones and Rals.on
are assessed at half million each.
F. r. Elliott, q writer on agriculture, has
been collecting certain data in regard to fruit
culture and gives the total market value of
the crop of the entire country at SAT, 100000.
New York leads all the States in amount with
$7,OO0,00O. CALIFORNIA; figures are largest in
proportion to population, being $1,000, 900,
this sum probably including the yield from
vineyards The total sum for the New Eogland
States is put at s6,0O0,C0O, the individual
States not being itemized.
Crop Reports.
We are indebted to the Superintendent of
the Cotton Exchange for copies of crop re.
ports of the New Orleans Exchange, under
date of July &C. the Savannah Exchange re-
port dated July ~, the Augusta and the Nor
folk reports of the same date, and the Mobile
report dated July %.
Savannah Condensed from 1853 replies
from 81 counties--1l9 report favorable
weather since June Is, 20 too dry and less
favorable; compared with last year 81 report
weather more favorable, 81 less SO and Is
same as last year; 124 report good stands,
better than last year, and 20 about the same
as last year; IA report the plant forming,
blooming and boiling well, and 9 the contrary
and backward; all report good labor; 1O4 re-
port the condition better than last year, %
the same as last year and 81 not as good; A
report the crop promising, 6 same as last year
and IS complain of want of rain, rust, etc !;
general tenor Of replies indicate condition
favorable, clean and we'll fruited, except in
some localities where rain is needed.
FLorida-Orop very promising, clean, we'll
worked, some late, and a few needing rain;
labor good. fai7fr31 tf{
augusta -Conde nsed from 76 replies from
20 counties. a report very favorable and sea-
sonable weather, 1 too M UGH rain, and too
dry; compared with last year II report wealth
or more favorable, s less so; stands good and
better than last year; plants forming and
blooming well. and excepting late planting,
boiling we'll; labor good; 70 report condition
very good and better than last year, and 3 not
so good and later; crop we'll worked, clean
rapid, some slight rust and some lice.
Norfolk- Condensed from SIS replies from
q counties in North Carolina, and from
counties in Virginia. "a replies report
weather favorable since June Is, 81 very dry
and hot to July and favorable since, and
too much rain, causing too rapid growth;
compared with last year % report weather
more favorable, IS same as last year and 70
less favorable owing to drouth in June. 81
as good; 80 replies report plants forming,
blooming and boiling we'll, and % as forming
well, but as yet few blooms and bolls;
labor generally reported good. 55 replies
condition good, but size smaller than last
year, and to days later; better than last
year, and not as good; the frequent rains
may cause too rapid growth of weed.
: Mobile Condensed from 100 replies from 4S
counties in Alabama, and Sc replies from IS
counties in Mississippi.
Alabama-In 80 counties, weather favorable;
in 8, too dry; in only less favorable than
last year, and in all other more favorable;
stands good and better than last year; plants
forming, blooming and boiling well; labor
GOOD; condition good and promise better than
last year; nothing unfavorable bat need OF
rain in q few sandy counties. tk rsas
Mississippi Weather generally .seasonable
and more favorable than last year; stands ex-
cellent and better than last year; plants form
ing, blooming and boiling well in all but
Itawambs, Lowndes and Newton, where too
much rain land needy growth; labor good;
condition good and more promising than last
wear: cultivation BETTER labor more efficient
and farm work more advanced; but in some
sections growth weedy, rain wanted ana lew
boil worms reported.
The RE Coffee Ma ket. v
From Wright d Co.'S Rio Janelro report,
dated June 23i. flor copy of which we are
indebted to Messrs. Marks q Co., the well
known coffee brokers,) we gather the follow
ing information respecting the coffee trade: =.
Cofee-Sales since the 9th Of June amount
to 1850 bags, for which SO, 500 bags for the
United States, 81. 500 bags for the Channel
and North Of Europe, Is 900 bags for the
Mediterranean and $500 bags for River Plate,
Cape Good Hope, etc. Stock on Sth june
1875, 900 bags. Receipts since (or 500 bags
daily average) 1877 500 bags Sales since &c ON ON
June 133.5O0 bags. Stock to-day $4,000
bags.
During the past fortnight there has been .
steady demand both for the United States and
Europe without any perceptible change in
prices; dealers, in view Of the gradually d.
minishing receipts from the interior, are firm
holders at our unchanged quotations given
below; some Of our large dealers are asking
even higher prices. The total sales since Sth
inst amount to 133.5OO bags as detailed
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