The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-25

portion to their bulk, they arc found TO lose
weight rapidly"
The following Is n comparative statement
of the business on the New York canals Tor
tho season Just closed Tonnage for 1873.
512G. 270; for ts77, 4.o55, gG3; Increase, 7o,U'.
Tolls for 1878. s992 988 ", for 1877, Ssso,S6 Az
increase, $Il2,0W 10
The forthcoming report nf the State Treas
urer Of New York will show thai inc *
penses Of the State government for the last
year have exceeded the receipts 10y 81, $3.50 |
and that the prison accounts show q dcliciet-
cy Of $40G, 49,
The business outlook in New Jersey, ac-
cording to reports in the New York Herald, |
Ia brighter than II has been In many years.
Good accounts come from the manufacturing
cities and towns, and in an agricultural point
of view the situation is full of encouragement.
State Consols opened ut 60 .0l70 and closed
at 60 .alG9a., against II an, on Monday.
Premium Bonds closed at 251s@2jt.. against
ssd125a4 on the previous day. The sales at
the Stock Exchange Included 900 81 State
Consols and S25 900 of Premium Bonds
The steamship Charles w. Lord, so well
known Mt this port, has been thoroughly
overhauled, newly coppered and renovated
generally having new cabin put on her
and is now essentially a new ship. The Lord
will leave Philadelphia tomorrow for New
Orleans and will resume her old place on the
line between this port and Havana.
Cholera famine and fevers seem likely to
nearly depopulate Morocco. At small VII
.rt I;,I.,
seven Of the population have died. At Casa
Blanca 1869 deaths occurred In thtty-sevcn
days. In the city of Morocco hundreds have
died. In many places the epidemic still pre-
walls, and the suffering caused ls very great
The misery Of Tangier, resulting from the
stoppagc of business, Is on the increase. The
only communication with the outside worlds
by way Of Gibraltar, from which supplies.
when obtainablc. are received only twice each
month. Their only hope is that help may be
received from abroad.
correspondent OF the New York Sun sug
pests that on all ocean vessels everybody
passengers as well as crew-be required to
practice the false alarm drill. The drill
should include the prompt and orderly gath
ering on deck at the first alarm. the adjusting
etc. and every woman and child on board
should, at the beginning Of the voyage. be
assigned to the care Of particular man. He
also suggests that every ocean steamship be
provided with carrier pigeons. to carry the
news OF any accident or calamity to the first
vessel encountered, or to the nearest land, and
to bring back If there be time, the news OF
approaching assistance.
An official statement shows that tho say
ings banks Of Massachusetts, have lost about
10000 depositors during the past year. and
with them 1927, 100000 of deposits. The de-
crease would have been enormously greater
but for tho fact that number Of shaky con
Germs have been taken under the protection OF
the State by the operation of a law passed
last year. which allows banks that cannot pay
their depositors to secure an order prohibit
Ing such payment, without going into bank
ruptcy The ostensbe object of the law Is
to prevent the disastrous consequences OF
runs" on banks that compel the sacrifice OF
assets.
A foreign correspondent writes to an ex
change that the financial position of Austro-
Hungary is ut present one Of the most criti-
cal The dual empire, according to some, IS
fast on the road to ruin. The annual interest
IN the debt has now increased to $1,000 600
guilders- an increase Of 1S,oo0,ooo guilders
since 1873. The occupation OF Bosnia and
Servia requires 100000 men, and the charges
are altogether too burdensome. stop tho
occupation or we are ruined Is the burden OF
both Vienna and Pesth papers. 14o,ooooOo
guilders Of rentes must now be placed in order
to meet expenses, but the Austrians them
selves are beginning to fear that the credit of
the country will not afford such OUTLAWS.
The first female clerks in the National
Treasury were appointed in 1862 by Secretary
Chase, who placed them in tho office Of the
comptroller Of currency ut 5000 year. They
cut and trimmed the United States notes is
sued In Sheets and did their work very we'll
As soon as they had been appointed there
were many other applicants. and their num-
Der steadily increased. many of them secur-
ing places through the peculiar energy and
perseverance, which will refuse TO take no for
an answer. There are now more than 1900
women in the departments at Washington.
the majority employed in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing and in the
Government Printing Office. They excel
as counters, their slender. sensitive
fingers turning notes with great
rapidity and exactness. They detect coun-
terfeits, it is said, quicker than men, though
they do not succeed 50 well in accounts as
the average feminine mind has little natural
love of figures. Counters and copyists re-
ceive 5000 year; other women $1,000 to
S14OO, several of them $1,000, and ono in the
Internal Revenue $500. Most of the clerks
are we'll educated and refined. and many have
seen more prosperous days. number are
widows and daughters Of army and naval
officers who lost their lives in the civil war
Very few of the young women or Nf1ows
marry or resign, and consequently tic hun
dreds who are constantly seeking places In
Washington have slender PROSPECT Of success