The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-21
Commercial and financial Matters.

In India ihtra are no, 7Fht miles ~ rail
road IN operation. ~ whia, pnG have double
tracks.
England transported muh less Iron rail
last yoar than II Iaii. but 2@mn tons mnre If
eteel rail
The ovaicr h,rstunaq ~ Nitania Just now
employs 10000 men IN catching opening and
shipping
The loyal cillzoua ol Grorgia claiucd te2G.-
900 from the government ast year. md We're
allowed S5nunn hy the Court NJ Claim,
We reproi io hear If the death ~ Nj Holm
Fisher, chief Inyon Iuapectn, Of the Now
nrlnana t9inn Exchange, This pnaitn h.
has !, 5trinl most satisfactorily for iircn
ypYtu pact In incI aincn the Inauguration Of
the department
During The first three " the tnn yenra prod
tenpv oi Dr MrCneh nj Princeton. he ronelyc'
gifts ~ money Tor the cnIlngn amounting f"
about $1,000 wno, Aftor that subscriptions
rose 81 $lo,nnn ~ a ilmn. and nioEothor there
has been received &2,5oo.oon.
State Cunanla were etoadinr and stronger
They opened IA go .all and closed anndg ~
Toa, G17t' :, Premium Rouda were ~ better
favor They opened nj 25d15', aud closed NJ
p5t.6Dp5- i, m advance " I'm H. Enlns
nj tho Exchange footed NJ @ia2nnn ~ state
Conaols and SIS 600 1T Premium Honda.
The New York Herald p,nia mn cnopuing-
Ing report ~ rngard IT, tho condition " bust
mess IN Massachusetts Nearly al the cotton
mills are nj work nj fair wages, and while
competition Is keen and prices low the mar
knt Ia Rpi1 to he larger than over before An
ain rat equally good report Ia made IN regard
to vonnn goods and tho boot and shoe trade
The Now York Herald publishes figures ~
show that the surface roads arn In ~ danger
of being driven into bankruptcy Ivy The rapid
transit companies All tho lines, even those
IN direct composition with tho atnnm roads
are doing an excellent h,iaInosa aild ronpng n
handsome profit on tho capital Invested In
them Tho Herald savs there is room enough
Tor all. and If tho rll limos are beaten IN the
race II will be their own fault
The Finance Committee If tho Virginia
House ~ Delegates havn agreed ~ recon-
mend that Tho Governor call n conference
with the oreltora of the State tn moei nj
Richmond January r.. but nj the same time
that no settlement could be made without
embodying the principles Of tho Barbour bill,
passed last aosson. which attempted Ia
evade tho coupon feature of the funding bill
by requiring taSca tn hn paid III money. md
which was vetoed hv tho Governor.
For several dave past there has been nm 40
tive market IN -four fnr the export trade
Yesterday. the Goth II December the stock
~ la, IA
amounted to. hv actual count. 21.257 harrela
In thia connection we will state that one
house. buying exclusively for tho Woat India
trade, has purchased here and shipped hence
since the raising of the quarantine. loco bar
relp If flour. This fact gives an Idea If the
requirements of our neghhors In tho Gulf OF
Mexico.
Not only Nemphia but Tho city Of Nash
vile In Tennessee. ia also proposing 10 90
into the hands uf rcceivrrs on account Of tho
tlnm anagRhle oXtont of Tia debt " the State
OF Tennessee taolr would 10 likewise thora
would be chance nf lie diarhargng ita obi
CATIONS very h'-a,it tho full e. '-'e' 80 80
40 /, rich state VI would ho al earnest. at
least. or tho States Intention - pav "a fat rs
n IL able instead Of awaiting rf ita non -aneah'"
soye,eipniv for leaving its creditors out IN the
cold
The Thiladelphia Record dirocta attention
In ,he sipnncant fact that the consular iss
nj Liverpool on an American ship ate four
Times as treat M thoso charged on a British
ahip ~ tho same tonnage by British oonsuls
ma indicating the line of action which should
I've pursued by Congress In Eceking 10 prom"t"
tho foreign trade IF the country. and adds
that "the American consular service has boon
used "a an ASYLUM for lrcaycd politicians. in
ataad oT being ma Of right II shand be- an ally
and source If strength IN encouraging and *
tending our foreign commerce.. In this way
the ahinpug hrIannss or the nation has really
heon taxed in the interest Of tho politicians
rho one thing uccdodto bring about q porma-
nent revival " our shipping interests Ia To-
throw down all artificial hindranccs, so that
American shipping merchants will hc able T.
compcto IA equal terms with their European
rivals"
GoIp Ar PAR For tho first time. says tho
Raltimor sun oi the seventeenth instant.
aimee January H. tS62 gold was nj par ut Now
York Yesterday. and tho United States legal
tpndei notes had 10 pay no discount, II Is
understood that the treasury "m'iais are
highly pleased at the final results Of thoir
ncsHivr position. and they have reason = ~
hbs impression seems to cNiei that IT., iPt'ht
sliyht riac In the gold premium ~oi u ~ some
measure Mt least. in conscguencS Snn ,,nH,or
heck's resolution calling upon hthnr j., it' ',v
dnr anectic information az To- W, t ~ ms
complied exactly or not With tho dish',r IN"
Revised Statutes in r,egarthe t treasury for
@sSt COIN OH, r" ,Gr, decline ys@"r
day was ;. soErna 70 W nspfrall l. copsIuded
that. . ~ uuiealuc of gold and green. !
in foreiRn ,h,,wtsp purposes II will he very
a,Nercncea pnccvi 10 attempt It, in tho faro
packs ", a trr "a the treasury can exert |
dansgHrom"os wer 'r,attonaa; and that, If tho
against asSracticahilitv of rcsumpti"n
people Msih accomplished and ans,
u THO, ~ nftnr tho first III Jan
IL VII. premium was first established
ta'Ir" naIrt -, 80 Wilen 1t sold at lo3