The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-25

rs Tha ataamhont Future City with six barges.
& urrived here Yesterday from BIT. Louis. with
~ 121 bushels of cortland 30 900 OF wheat In bulk
I'm addition to this there were 7741 sncks OF oil
Acake and sse7 bbls Of -four, besides large
& amount OF Western produce.
d On the subject of the great csfee war between
y5the Eastern iobbers and the Western buyers and
8sconsumers, we heard yesterday of u large house
& In New York. engaged In this trade, whose yeat-
II " gains from the extra bag and drayage amount
b To the snug little sum of $4,000.
schooner was chartered to-day for molasses
md sugar at 81 50 y Dbl and ~ 60 " hid for
north Of Hatteras All other vessels Of same
class are holding for higher rates.
Masters are now asking &c for cotton to coast
wise ports.
Passing by the large establishment of Messrs.
d. L. Ranlett & Co., we were informed on In
curry. that they have in the upper story Of their
building twelve men now engaged In the man
ufacture Of grain bags. to supply the demand
from the West. We are told that these bags can
be furnished ut cheaper rate than those made
In st. Louis
Concerning the condition of the national
banks the New York Times tresumptionist) is
forced to admit "the general lack of prepared
ness for meeting the strain Of resumption Is
tolerably obvious" Their outstanding circula-
tion ia stated OF 600 and their deposits at
se1g0 900 TO cover this they have st0o. oG0.oo0
In legal tenders and s22 100000 in gold. Adding
slbo 600 600 of legal tenders to the bond llabili.
ties gives total of st2bs. 900. to be met with
gold. and total amount Of sso.ooo.ooo of gold in
sight. This ia indeed lack of preparedness
) The Russian government treats, rs we are
told, temperance and teetotal leagues as illegal
secret societies. This Is because the revenue is
so largely increased by liquor duties. whereby
sieo.ooo.ooo are annually added to the imperial
exeheuuer. Policemen and soldiers are In
structed to fog teetotalers into drinking. The
clergy are ordered to preach against the new
sedition. Publications. on the immortality OF the
liuuor traffic are vetoed. A Polish sohoolmas-
ter was recently put to sweeping the streets in
q convict gang for denouncing liquor selling.
A prominent firm of this city. IN their latest
circular. have these remarks: The ocean
tonnage at this port Is very large. Many ves-
sells are here waiting for grain cargoes. The
trouble Is not so much in the want of grain to
come. ~ In the want of river tonnage to bring II
here for o fair and reasonable compensation
This yerifies what we have been endeavoring to
impress upon our st. Louis and other grain
shippers. There was never such IN untruthful
representation as has been industriously cir
culated by intended parties. throughout the
West, that New Orleans had not an adequate
supply Of ocean tonnage to carry forward all the
grain demanded for shipment to European
ports: and TINT there was not tho requisite
depth of water on the bar ut the mouth Of the
river for the passage of vessels engaged In the
trade. No one who IL individually blind cane
dispute these facts.
Our Exports ana Imports.
Since the LIST of September OCT. o6s bushels Of
corn have been exported from New Orleans to
foreign and domestic ports. against 4263s3
bushels during the same lperod last year. In
the matter of imports 1856 bags Of coffee have
been brought here from Mexico. against 1923
bags last year; Gs.7se bags from Rio de Janeiro.
against q, 473 during the same time last year.
In Cuba sugars. we have received up to this
time 49, AGO boxes. against 66s1 last year. and
from the same source 1920 hogsheads. against 60
last season. Up to this time 1886 sacks OF salt
! have been received here from Liverpool, while
during the same time last year the receipts
footed up 5e61 bags.
The above facts which are official Though In
Guiding only few articles of commerce. pre-
sent good exhibit as far as our trade is con-
cerned and we commend them to the notice
and consideration of our readers.
The Fish Market.
A day or two ago we mentioned the fact Of the
unusually small catch Of mackerel by the home
feet" on the northeastern coast OF the United
States. and that consequently large quantity
Of fish had been sent from the British prov
inces formerly exported elsewhere. Notwith-
standing this accession to our usual supply, we
are still far short In this line OF goods. In
comparison with former years, and prices are
necessarily high. In this connection we give
the following official figures:
1876. 1877.
Catch of mackerel by the Massa-
chusetts fleet (sel packed. aver
age about 100 pounds) o Aug /; 1926 3465
Catch Of mackerel for the month
of July alone ......:..:-....;,.. slla3 66l4
Imports OF mackerel from the
British provinces from Jan. -,
Imports OF mackerel from the
provinces from Jan. to Sept: "a 261s9 4252'
Imports of mackerel from the
provinces from Jan. to Nov 2 $1,000 77,6lt
Imports Of mackerel from the
proyinces from Jan. l to Nov. 16 1892 S25S1
The catch at Wellfleet, Cape Cod. $4,000 5000
As to the supply Of ocean tonnage we would
inform our st. Louis friends that at the presen
time there are the following sea going vessels
now lying at the levee: Steamships. II; ships
Sc barks. 81 briggs. 8; schooners 1s-making q
total of 145 sail. There are 95 vessels up
cleared and sailed from foreign ports for New
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Report of the Commissioner Of the opera
tiUns of His Department.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-The Commissioner Q
Internal Revenue has handed in his report t.
Secretary Sherman. 1t shows. during the las
fiscal year 1859 distilieries registered and 45l
operated. Net aggregate increase Of receipts
from several source relating to distilled sprit
for the fiscal year s1o4s344. An abstract is Rvel
OF reports OF district attorneys for the fsca
uaar showing the whole number of suits com
ineneed 5s2s: suits decided in favor Of the Uni
ted States 1927: suits decided against the Unitet
States COS suits settled or dismissed 3ol6; suit
pending July /, 1877 6os5. A statement is mad
showing falling Off in the total amounts as
sessed In the year 1877 of s1,7o4.324 from thu
amount assessed in the previous year. Al
amount almost equal to the decrease of assess
ments on the single article of distilled spirits
seized or frauduently removed. on which Their,
was assessed in 1877 81 o7 299 less than in 1876 il
which year very large assessments were made
IN ancnnnt of the stupendOus frauds commit