The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-20

Chicago has packed already over 100000 hogs
thia Hehaon.
Eight vessels elenred yesterday with nm ag-
gfegate Of $3.50 bales Of cotton.
There were seventeen vessels cleared hence
yesterday for European ports~an unusually
large number.
Nearly 100000 have been subscribed at Mem
phis Tenn. towards establishing u cotton man
nfartory there.
cargo Of American bitnmlnoua COIL hne
been shipped to Cape Town. Africa. by II Boston
firm. to test tho possibility Of competing with
Great britain.
Tho estimated Hhrtnknge Of banking capital
In tho city Of New York since the panic Of 1879 Is
over st7 900 600 Of which nm cunt nenrly 81 oooooo
has been lost outright. Tho remainder repre-
senta capitnl withdrawn and returned TO ehnre-
holdors.e q
An appropriation Of about $500 900 il asked
for tho beginning Of work on n aysten Of NOV
able dams on tho Ohio river. whereby tho nnvi-
gntion may be improved 1t WINS mentioned by
one Of tho ndvoen'es of tho scheme TINT there
nre more than Ilfty such dams on n river IN
France. aud that thoy serye the purpose nd
mtrnby.
Tho State Of Georgia lots out It's convicta for
tia u year apiece to companies that furnish
guards and employ the prisoners In mineaa or
on fnrma. A contract hns Just been entered In
to between ex"dov. Brown mud the State. by
which tho former agrees to pny tho latter $500
900. In yearly tnstaments $4,000, for The use Of
all convicts for twenty years from April. 1879.
Tho Kentucky Senate hita passed bill re-
establishing the old rnte ofntereat at per cont
n gYonter ratio void as to tho excess aver per
cent: II authorizes the lender to recover tho
amount loaned. with legal interest. but If he re-
fuses. before suit is brought. to accept tho prn-
clpal. with legal interest. he shall pny the cost
Of tho suit for the recovery Of his dobt
Baltimore druggist openly ndverfises
sulphde Of arsenieum. n preparation Of mr.
sonic. ~ n beautifer Of women. edo you wiah
to be beautiful Z" he aeks. and then continues.
Your ompleslonecan be made like milk and
roses.' 1o also promises TINT tho poisonous
can do no harm" but. on the con.
trnry, Is highly beneficial" ind will 'cavse tho
most angular and scrawny to become plump
and roay.'
Five hundred and nifty million gallons of
were exported from this country
from 1866 to 1871. whieho brought IN average
price Of "a cents u gallon. amounting to sts7.-
100000. From 1871 to 1870. covering tho same
period Of five years. there wore shipped 100.
100. or twice ns muclooi. which sold ntthe aver
age price OF ID cents per galBn. realizing si6b
100000. Tho increaeeH exports netted Iesa
money by s2a 900 than the shipments Of the first
aamed period. -
Augustin Edwards. tho millionaire banker Of |
chilli. who recently died. deserves II place |
among tho worlds foremost money makers A |
Jhilian newspaper says that although he
might well have enjoyed tho pleasures his i'm |
nense fortune could have procured him. he |
vas u Voluntary slave to labor. and often passed |
nitro nights forming financial combinations
which we're over successful" In this way he
over s2b.oooooo. All great MILLION
Tres seem to have been hard workers.
II Is estimated by James q. CantreH, assistnnp
ecrettA.y to Commissioner Killobrew In lot
or to tho New York South that between 40 ooo.-
90 and eo.ooo,ooo pounds OF tobacco were pro-
nced In Tennessee In 1876. This crop Ia just
low beginning to come into the market He
urther states that tho last census reported Ten
essco ms tho third State in the Union In the
roduct OF tobacco. and that IL the farmers still
6ntinue to pay the same attention to the rails
ng OF tobacco In tho future as In tho past year
t two there is no renson why Tennessee may
ot yet rank as the first tobacco State
The first official batch Of statistics born OF the
loffett register In Virginia. shows that from tho
iiddle OF September last to tho first of Febru-
ry tho people OF Richmond took 1888 66s aco-
Ollie aud 1910 malt drinks. Leaving out the
guilds purchased in lnrge quantities for exclu-
I've homo consumption. tho register would
trin yY ne 4 iri,, bu |
UNI. Adding the registered and estimated I'M
egstered (one-thlrd more) drinks. tho allow
nee will be 400 drinks per voter. or rs drinks
or annum for every man. woman and child
A tho city. ---- l
About one hundred thousand tons Of coffee
re annually imported into the United States
'om Brazil. and Mt least one-hnlf Of this Is
In the Mississippi valley. Tt9ppenrs
,at tho imports Of this article at New York
'om September to January II, were 1io, $50
ags. and the imports during the correspond
~ period Of the previous yenr were 1861 i
ags. thus showing IN iNcl easeS of IS. 1914 bags.
he sugar importations during the same Pc
od were 2.6s2 boxes, and 1920 hhds. MS against
7s boxes and $40 hhds during the corrapond-
~ months ofthe previous yeas showing an in
.ease Of 16.2oa boxes and 1850 hhds.
Our Western friends who send their grain to |
10 city to be shipped to Europe have learned
ON experience that their property goes for
ard with the least possible delgy. Our marine
,lumn shows that Ships steam and sail, are !
aving here daily with large cargoes OF grain.
the bark Nueva Marguerite cleared
n Rouen with 80 .0iG bushels OF corn In bulk ,
10 steamship Mediator with 2b.ol7 bushels OF
,rn. and the bark Henrietta with 26.122 bushels
tho Same commodity; making total of 9l.155
lshels Of corn In bulk exported yesterday. j,
Our Westerne friends should mako a note Of ,
10 extraordinary shipments Of grain from this
ort during the present season. withoutany de-
y or mpedimente The idea Of their attempt !
~ to convert orteRoyal into grand entrepot
II their grain Is preposterous. Perhaps the
shabitants Of that enterprising little town have
scovered 1more energy and enterprise than
10 Commercial men Of New Orleans have donee {
aturally. we laugh at the idea of Port Royal /
sing rival Of the Crescent City In the export .
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