The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-15
COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Etc.

ContIy puDuSneQ returns OF the quantity
Oh ampagne made in the Department {
alarne during the year ending April !, 1879
from which 1t appe .rs that Is, 3lS, 345 bottle
were exported and 3,5l7,lS2 sold for con
sumption in France. The saddest feature
consumers in his country will be the an
nouncement that the average price per bottl
delivered at the nearest railway station Wa
only GO cents per bottle!
Condition Of the New York National Bank
The New York Clearing House, on the ST.
inst, published summary OF the reports o
the New York national banks Of their condi
ton December II, 1875. There has been
within three mouths, a reduction of S653, OOl
in capital, on account of the discouragement
to which bankin. in New York is subject be
yond any other important city in the country
There has been an increase of yearly &
million dollars in the circulation, probabl,
from the reissue OF redeemed notes, to NEE
the usual fall demand from the West for cur
rency. The deposits show the large decrease
of $23, 000, 600. Ia the amount due to othe1
banks there has been a reduction OF Sc 800,
600, caused by the withdrawal of countr,
bank balances; and the loans and discount:
have declined Sis, 100, 600; the total of the
two last items being about suffi Gent for the
reduction in the deposits
The loans on the 18th of Decembe,
amounted to only 1921, 200, 900; which is s26,
OOO, 900 less than the amount on the 2Oth Of
December, 1873, when the. banks had no,
completely emancipated themselves from the
temporary expedients rendered necessary by
the panic, and is $50, 100000 below the
amount on December rs last year. These
figures show strikingly the effects of the COM
mercial depression upon banking operations,
and indicate the contraction h 1t has occurred
In credit transactions. The loss Of legal
tenders during the quarter amounts to $23,
600. 600. This withdrawal Of greenbacks to
the interior for the crop movement is largely
in excess Of what usually occurs at that sea-
son; and it must be regarded as in some meas
ure accounting for the large contraction in
the loans and discounts.
Green Turtle from Guaymas.
The green turtle of the Calf of California,
after many experiences and failures, has at
last been canned at Guaymas. and the first
shipment of 100 dozen cans, put up by j. A.
Robinson Sons, has arrived in this city,
consigned to the Unknown firm of Rodgers,
Myer Co. The turtles are abundant in the
gulf, and are equal in flavor to the best found
In the West Indies, but they suffer on the
voyage if sent to this city alive, and canning,
though tried with SO much care and expense
by MIR. Scooffy and others, did not succeed
The success is now complete-at least in all
the cans we have inspscted-and the genuine
green turtle, in its best condition, is placed
within the reach Of San Franciscans ct mod.
crate prices. The supply of turtle in the
Gulf OF California and along the coast Of
Mexico. at least as far south as Mazatlan, is
very large. Guaymas alone can furnish 200
tons of the meat annually.
The turtles weigh from Is to $50 pounds,
but the average weight of the meat in each
animal is not over Is pounds-the shell,
bones and refuse make up large part of its
bulk. The cans 80 far used weigh, when full,
2a pounds. The meat is boiled in its own
abundant juice without any addition of water
ana the can when opened colds found to
be filled with meat enclosed in Jelly. The
meat is thoroughly cooked and slightly sailed
and spiced before the can is sealed, SO that it
can be eaten without further preparation
The green turtle of the western coast of
Mexico is called Cahumd in Spanish. Nov
that the art of canning. is understood in
Guaymas, we may expect to receive also
canned lobster, cutie fish &C Calamares), rock
cod, totoaba-a fish like rock cod-and other
caught in the Gulf of California
Hard Times in Georgia.
Never were times harder in Georgia than
low, 81 have no money. My expenses are
greater than my income y "Taxation is ruin
ing me! says the landlord. al can get no
work y responds the laborer. "We are run
ming at loss!' echoes the manufacturer and
the railr0ader. Towns and cities are doing
their best to cut down expenses, and are sue
ceeding in everything exceptthe interest upon
their bonded debts. In the matter of curtail- |
ment Macon is the lead horse. She has re-
duced the salary of the Mayor from $500 to |
$500, and other officers in proportion; cut
down the police force from forty to four men
shut off the gas; dismissed the street COM
and his force, literally turning the |
streets out to gulies and to grass.
There are only two things yet to be done |
before it can claim to be the model Of econo- |
my-burn down the houses and make the in |
take to the woods. Then there will |
be no expense attending the city at ALL |
Seriously, there are many towns fast playing
out besides Macon. This is not to be won |
dered at since the agricultural interests of the
country are at such a low ebb. Loaded with |
debt, commerce down to zero, rents off forty |
per cent, the Mercantile trades everywhere |
overdone, profits next to nothing, visible |
'hrinkage in values going on night and day
many hearts in this country to-day as heavy |
- was Washlngtons one hundred years ago.
Correspondence Courier Journal.
The Yield of the Precious Metals.
According to the figures of the general
of Wells, Fargo Il Co., tie
otal gold and silver production of the country
or the past year was $50, S89, OBJ. This is an
Increase of Sc, 4S7, 1872 over the product of
ast year. 1t is estimated that the total yield
or 1876 will be s9O,OOO,0OO of which $780,
VOC, 900 will come from Nevada. The States
md territories in which the yield fell off this
rear were California, Idaho, Utah and Wash
ngton-the States, territories and foreign ma
ions where it increased were, Nevada Colo
ado, Mexico, Oregon, British Columbia
Montana and Arizona.
The falling off in California is attributed to
he lack of wate- resulting from mild win
er. The total yield of California is set down
t S14, ,010 in gold dust and bullion by
xpress, and 81, 4S4 POI by other conveyances,
making grand total of SIG. 1876 I'll. OF this
UNI at least $1,000, 900 were absorbed by the
General Government IN customs, and cent
East, and at least SS.OOO,OOO by the railroad
9 pay interest on its bonds and dividends on
Is stock. These two items alone would