The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-15

Commercial and Financial Matters
Tho bark Marie Spatz arrived yesterday
from Rio dc Janeiro with 5000 sacks Of coffee.
Tho steamship Warrior, which cleared yes
ferdny for Liverpool, has on board. DesideS
other cargo, 0,045 bushels Of wheat IN DUH
During the last three months 25,&S lmml-
grants arrived at the port Of New fofk, as
neniugt 30, 100 In the corresponding period las1
year. -
The DAWN ehor,s in Paris arc said to nave
made last year nearly Ss,ooO,ooo on 'osehS vi
almost 2,ooooo objects-a greater amount
than for years before.
Do,yiI1e IVA Times: The sales Of leaf to-
banco for tho month, Of October amounted to
1,279,5O7 pounds, which prough' 9''f'''' ~ u
nm average Of $40 4B.
gtate rors,Js Yesterday ruled easier Mt
v7o177t%. against 775z0178 Premium Bonds
r1cre wnak nj 3Ooz3014 against 3Ol5013DN. The
saleg nj the Exchange were $125,000 Of State
fDugols and $50 900 Of Premium Bonds
Tho Forthcoming annual report of the
Postmaster General will show that 100000
additional funds ore needed for postal service
In 1879, and. II they are not supplied by Con
gress, the service TO that amount will have to
be discontinued.
Richmond Is not strictly n temperance
town. The Wing says: The Moffett registers
returned for the month Of October: Alcoholc
drinks, tO5 At; tax, 1861 81, malt drinks,
49, 1876: tag, $40 S3: total, $3372 7G. The
total revenue derived from the registers from
the beginning Of the system to tho first OF
November amounts to $50. 75G g.
The British government is going to estab-
Eish mint ut Hong Kong. at Oh expense Of
s25O,00O, for the purpose Of coming piece Of
English money to supplant the trade dollar,
which lg n universal medium Of exchange in
the Chinese Empire. 1t has driven the old
gayorlte. the Mexican dollar entirely out Of
circulation.
The following Table shows tho footings Of
our EXPORTS to and imports from the South
American nations In the last two years:
1878 1877.
Imports So 2Gs4l0 $77,0 ,1a III III
q
About, 10 Der cent of the trade both ways Is
with Brazil.
The Imports are less than OnG-third Of the
aggregate imports Of the United States from
Europe, and the exports from the United
States are about one twenty fifth OF the value
OF the exports to Europe
The imports of coffee from Brazil were the
smallest since 1874, amounting to I'll ,G54, lGo
pounds.
The passenger rates on many English rail-
ways ore much heavier than they are in this
country notwithstanding complaints are
made Of high rates here, and that schlpers
make o living by putting passengers through
ut less than regular rates. On oneo the prtn-
clpal roads In England the rates for first,
second and third class accommodations are
GH, Al and 81 cents per mile These rates
are more than three times tho average OF
rates on the principal lines in this country.
There ls also OK out the same marked differ
ence between tho rates Of freight Iii the two
countries.
n most nUt5tbte instance 81 business revival
at the West>is furnished In the town Of Niles,
Ohio. In 1874 tho iron Industries In that city
employed several hundred men, but, when
the panic came, the iron mills where closed
down and oil these were thrown out Of en-
pIoyment, and tho business Of the town was
about killed. The better times Of the pust
year came, and business began to pick up,
until now nearly all the mills and manufac-
turing Embellishments -~" ~'-7~'~N~ ~vain, and
tho people gre prospecting. Neutrality-suspicious.
and tranegmen are encouraged, and the pros
neots are In favor of making the town one OF
The most thriving in the Mahoning valley.
movement Is now on foot in Brazil which
r. intended and calculated to influence ana
devotion trade between this country and South
America. 1t Is proposed To call congress o.
tho various republics with II view to forming
% customs union. and to consider the deSlrh-
biltty Of formulating IL common law 1or Spanish
America, and Of fixing the manner Of drcIdlhg
questions arising from 81 conflict OF law III OIL
ferent States and countries. large hufnpei
of difficulties which now stand in the way OF
our manufacturers, who are attempting I'd
establish trade with TINT country, Will be re-
moved, and international! commercial rela-
tIong established which would greatly facili-
thto business
The Paris Exhibition, as has already boon
announced by cable, closed on Sunday eve
ming, the total receipts from admission since
tho opening being So, 530,74 This Is $780,
900 less than the receipts Of the American
Centennial Exhibition, but 1t Is $500, 900 more
than the total receipts Of the exposition OF
1867, which was one Of the most successful o
the seven great worlds fairs. The exac'
figures OF the receipts Of these seven ezhbi
lions are rs follows:
1ast Iondon 50, 100, OOf
1a5S paria .. .... GAO, ON
1eG2 London ..............2 ,O42 65F
ioc7 poriu ..,...,. z, 1903 Ct