The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-03

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The British steamship st. Louis cleared yes
terday hence for Liverpool with 2715 bales of cot
ton. 21.77 bushels of wheat In bulk II. oil bush
OILS OF bulk corn and 1885 sacks of wheat This
is one OF the largest miscellaneous cargoes thai
has boon shipped from this port for several
months.
A curious offer has been made by Gov. Hamp.
ton, of South Carolina, to the revenue bureau
In Washington. 1t was that the State authorities
would undertake the collection of the internal
revenue In that State, in order to avoid the
great difficulties experienced by the Federal
officers In the performance of that duty.
In compliance with the request of the Con-
troller Of the Currency q calculation of the
Western and Southwestern business of the
Chicago banks has been made by Manager D.
r. Hale, of the Chicago Clearing House. He
finds the aggregate business in the way of re-
mtttances, collections and clearances generally
done by the Chicago banks. for the country
west and southwest was, for the year ending
September /. 1873 s5o1 100000
An interesting case Is up before the courts Of
Berlin. paper printed some news that the
authorities believed could only have been COM
municated to it by clerk in the postof1ce de-
partment and In violation Of his official oath.
The department investigated the matter. and
summoned the reporter, who declined to say
where he had obtained his information. The
reporter was thereon clapped into prison, and
there the courts have decided he must remain
I'LL he has answered the question or it has been
Withdrawn by the department.
The startling intelligence comes to us this
morning that the famous old Bank Of Glasgow
has failed. with liabilities amounting to f1o.-
100000. This failure it Is coniectured will Sc
riously lock up Eastern produce, and will, we
suppose, correspondingly benefit the importa-
ton Of American products. 1T Is an Ill wind
that blows nobody any good" The failure of
this old bank has caused great excitement in
Great Britain and railway securities have ex-
perienced o decided fall. Banks in the King
dom are increasing their reserves. and there is
a decline In consols.
Speaking Of the encouraging signs of re-
vival Of business, a New York paper notes an
other good omen in the bank circulation and
reserves, which remain remarkably steady.
The New Fork banks lost last week only s5s4.7oo
in reserve, OF which only 1862 800 was in legal
tenders, and have lost sine, the month began
only s2,1Oo,oOo in legal tenders, while gaining
s1.4ooooo In specie. and increasing their average
of loans by s2Oooooo. The outstanding circula-
ton Of all the nation IL banks was $500 01e242 on
the last day Of August, and only s321. s7s.9s9 on
September 81. The volume of business trans
acted Is larger than 1t was last year, and the
earnings OF railroads and other corporations
give token of a general Improvements.
The following is the text Of Treasurer Gilnl-
lan's recent order, noticed In our Washington
dispatches. putting the charges for transporta-
ton Of national bank notes for redemption on
the senders:
4s TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington. d. c. September "a, 1878. !
On and after October l. 1878 the charges for
the TRANSPORTATION Of national bank notes to
ton under the act approved June 20. 1874 rs
Statutes; 1881 must be paid by the party making
sas aen thereof cH H Il 9saRGfd EN- the
Approved: JOHN SHERMAN, e.
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The purpose Of this order has been explained
to be to aid the resumption Of specie payments
by increasing the fund of legal tenders on per-
manent deposit in the treasury
Half dozen adroit swinders. said to be from
New York, have been operating recently In
Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas as Ger
man farmers. horse dealers and hog drovers
playing their parts so we'll that they are
thought to have made $4,000 to 100000 in
few months by selling miserable
broken-down hacks as first class animals.
by disposing Of spoiled grain for good,
by forging titles to real estate and by getting
insurance on worthless property. Under va
Tious DISCUSSES they have reappeared in new
characters In the same towns and neighbor-
hoods where they had just feeced people, with
out exciting the slightest suspicion. Their very
audacity has helped them and enabled them to
elude arrest They have been such depreda-
tors of the public that if they are caught in that
region they will be tried by Judge Lynch.
The United States steamer Enterprise, COM
manded by Capt Selfridge, has arrived at New
York after an absence of five months, that time
having been devoted to the exploration Of the
river Amazon and its principal tributaries. The
exploration Is reported to have been completely
successful, and will doubtless give to the COM
mercial world a vast amount of valuable infor-
NATION concerning the resources and wants Of
the valley Of that greatest Of rivers. The explo-
rers suffered some from maarial fevers. but
no unusual mortality seems to have resulted
from this cause. Capt. Selfridge is credited |
with the statement that the volume of the ANA
IONS discharge Is 100000 cubic feet second.
To give better appreciation of these enorm-
GUS figures, it may be explained that they
EopfeSeut d mdSs OIL WtttoE more IMAM thirteen
miles long. and a 100 feet in width and depth, |
tumb bling into the ocean at every tick of the |
clock. The captain asserts that If the flood of |
our great Mississippi were added to the Anna
IONS volume the surface of the latter would
not be perceptiby raised.
The London Times Of September II repeats
the apprehension of a drain of gold from Eng
land:
The improved position of the Bank of Eng
nrn nrsol Jyy Ixr,o
there has been q more decidedly favorable |
change to-day In the tone of the money market |
and also In the stock markets, which had |
been gloomy and depressed for some days |
under the influence Of fears that the
the extra demand in connection with the con-
clusion of the Stock Exchange excitement, the |
easier condition Of the, open market would |
have been still more marked. The rate for dis |
counting three months bills remains at ~ per |
cent put it IS weaker than Yesterday and the
cent; but as the demand will haze cnnsidarax