The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-17

The totals ssnnunt OF corn exported 1runs fhe
mort of New Orleans THUS lar this season siifae
|Heptember1l foots up a,ina,pB5 bushels. asaiHst
s7e 4ts bushels for the same period last yeaa
'rhe EXPERTS Of tobacco from his port its THE
present time amount to eHfe hoesheads aeninst
ia,, hagshaads last vear The eyporss Of aour
fes III ~ asa barrels, against as los barrels Fol
the same titne last yehr
In the psrt of New Orleans there are nssy lg1
yassals rated follows: 1a steamships, A
ahips n sarks, i hsigs and Is, sellconets. This
report doaa not include the vessels In tAe Old
and New Basins
The examiners Of the Bark Of Norlo Asner
iea at New York, report that II the institution
had been managed with rroper vigilance aud
eate the etntestIement Of ts late telles might
| have been prevented
Gov Gplyuft has revived the almost hprgrt o.
| ten Law, If the State of Georgia recurring The
| banks of the State to make returns. There are
seventy 1--WE banks In the State eleven "a which
dire ii ,tlonal banks, thirty Eve State banHs aud
| thirty one pthvate banking houses
| 'rhe export movement OF grain continues,
| The steamship Prince II 1wafds cleared rsster-
| lay nor Havre with easgo Of 4T,4ae bushels "a
| corn In bnlk. and The steamship Viraeo cleared
with Al 900 bushels Of corn In bulh--mahing
total pf his days clearanees In this eammedAay
Of 90, l8s bushels Of corn In bulk r7szss#e
| Cones Tobacco Plant estimates that the bo-
| haenp annually cobsuned In the world amoants
10 about anpo 900 900 swo thousand millions of
rounds, aud that II she leaves we're made into
roll two inches In ,aiametef we should have q
tobacco serpent'' which following the direntlon
of The equator, would wind around the earth
| thirty times. -
| A large number Of our commercial men. en-
htaeing the II, gno de h creme Of our Western
| produce metcRants have sent In to the Legis-
lat,te communication strongly advocating
ths adoption Of the Board Of 'brade bill, NO. 9a1' a
nuw before the Judiciary Committee. These
sianrra exrteas their opinion that The passage
of this bill will adfolargely TO the commerce Of
New Orleans, and supply want long felt by
the merchants thereof.
| t.en. r, u. M Young commissioner for The
cotton States at the Paris Exposition is making
u tour and eoleatiha articles for exhibition He
informs the Atlanta Constitution that the w'1ole
South appears to be perfectly dead upon the sub
ieet aud Unless change lie made very coon
| viii have no representation ut the worlds fair.
The arproptjation is 81 very snall lonls s5p,-
nnl that great deal will depend on individual
effort.
The st. Louis Republican Of the 18th instant
snYs. rrha Eurnpeen complication has put a
| wet blanket on the cotton trade Of the country.
and Ct. Louis has suffered from the dapres-
alon III common with the other cotton markets /;
1 Int If war comes in The end we shall doubtless
| find an increased HnInand from home nhnu-
faot,,ers To eotpuenRnteaor the loss Of the Eng
liah custom. be that as II may, however, the
In pet,,a which war would give to the grain trade
would most certainly conR,lete the6evoution in
that trade which Ia now progressing and davel-
op the full possibilities of the all-water route"
o| The 1ittle River Valley AMP Arkansas Rail-
way hns been completed from New Madrid. on
the Mississippi. to Molden, III Dunkin county,
The opening was celebrated ut both ends Of
the completed section on the eth inst. with
music speeches. banuueting. and good dea,
II enthnu,asm The first train over The toad
carried among other ffeghts. liz bales ot cot
ton.
Up ia Sunday night lat only about 4onnoo
tons of Ice had been eeeure,pby the New York
dealers The full crop for years SUPPLY Ia
estimated at 5oo. 900 tons
Il c. "
| Is thtSreturn Of government bonds from EH~
rope altogether an unmised evil2 Money there
average rate Of inherent since 1e7a has been
lower in this. country than nj any other paUod
In our hiatYry Of like dulntinn. Under the
operations Of a. protective tariff the balance Of
trade has at length turned largely In our favor,
and 9he question may naturally hrisn in tho
minds Of conservative men, In what manner
can olr nnenmulning capital be better employ
cd than In holding tho. securities Of our own
govert1nent. and thus anving the outgoing of
interest7 If our government pafs the interest
on ita debt to Its own people, is 1t not much bet
ter for the country thnn to send II awYy? ?-LBos-
ton Advertiser. "a
There is now pending In the House q bin
which camo from the poEto1lee and postronds
committee for u revision Of the law by which the
letter carriers are paid. The bill has not here
tofore been accurately published Il provides
that in cities Of population Of II 900 or more.
| carriers who have been in the service at lenat
one yenr shall receive u salary Of $1,000 per IN
auf,. Carriers who have been In the serviee
| eas that one year ehal receive 1900. Small
cities Of less than 5000 and moro than 2o.0boea1l
carriers ahall receive $3.50. fl al cities another
| class. at the discretion Of the Postmaster aen-
eral, to be- callad au1s laries thall be appointed
to act as assistants and substitutes for the regu
lar carrier who shall Se paid s4oo per annum.
Promotions are to be made from tbia class Of
auxliaries and no new appointments can be
made In any ether class.
The Income Tax.
| In connection with tho proposition to revive
| the income tax IN Il modified form. u few facts
relative to the history Of that apeees of tasation
/ IN tho Uniteb States will prove Interesting mt
the pre- sent time. In July 1862. the first income
tax bin was pissed. II went into effect II lses,
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