The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-14
Commercial and Financial Matters.
the bark Hota cleared yesterday Tor Ieithl
Hnutand. with 1870 sacks Of al cake.

The bark Hntn clnafpH yesterday Tor Ietttlt
Scotland, with 1870 sneks Of ~ cake.
The liauof dealers nre bringing suit against
The New York Excise Commissioners for takihg
their money and giving them no secHritf
against prosecution for selling liiuof
There are now IN the port of Nav Orleans
% steamships A ahipa. 50 barts. briggs and If
sehopnera, making II total Of tia sesaels. This
,ist does not include the vassnla Ia the Naw aud
Old basins.
Every day we have to record the shipment OF
grain from this bort to Europe. Yesterday the
uritish ateamshir roumelia cleared for Liver
rool with 40 R9s bushels II corn IN bulk and The
Little Eoullard for Rotterdam. With 24saeA bush
els Of rye Ia bulk
The report Of the satiatiean Of the Chicago
Board 81 Underwriters for the year nst ended
eautnIna the following information In regard to
the fltas If tweleemohih in that city. Alarms
as4; losa. stnTa1o5; LOSSES covered ht Insurance,
s.n,sa7t insurance involved, ~ GA ,snn.
wall known capitalists III New York and phil-.
aleuhia have mptured n scheme with the com
hlned objects Of providing employment ker the
surplus lahoiine population of the Nottli and
settling The a,tfrlua lands u the South. The
paIdsup capital Of the concern a si.ooo,ooo.
Adynes from Washington announce the le-
pality of the tnandaniuaeR ss,,ea against the
taxpayers Of the city of Ntentbia in favor Of the
II ii. Brown claim for laying the Nicholson
pavep,ents also against the merchants who re-
sisted the collection of taxes Oh merchandise
These decisions are by The Supreme Court, the
highest law In the land. and there is no appeal
from H.
The announcement by the President Of the
Liverpool uhnn,ber Of Commerce thst the ex-
ports Of GOTTEN eooda from America have In
creased from $4,000 In iaTo to ga QUO IL 1875
II Of deep Importance to our mannfanturera,
Should h general European war break out. II
will be in the power of America to acquire al.
most Immediately very large proportion Of
the tfada III cotton fabrics both In England and
on the Continent o
According to adyicea brought by steamers
from Havana, trade In Cuba is unusually dult
A sort "a dearpnjenes esiata among the Hisar
merchants. caused, III a great measure by the
continued baptwardhess III the demand from
The United States. atonhs Of the new crop in
the warehouses at the ports are AZ vet small
The heavy rains lately having materially in
terrupted grinding operations. IT ia now
stated that the sugar crop will turn out shorter
than wac expected, E#
fhe ndeinea received yesterday from EUROPE,
being Of decidedly warlike character, pre-
slured Quite MI excitement among our cotton
saen, ahd the possibilities of collsion between
ENGLAND and Russia and the CONSTITUENCIES OF
sneh an encounter, constituted the nhiet tonieof
conversations The effect of this danouement Of
The nnsso. 1urkiah war was very reteentibla on
our cotton market, eaaa,ng Decline of ifeon
all grades aud restricting the salea TO snon
haaa In tha present complicated condition OF
affairs on the other aide Of the Atlantic we
deem Il unnecessary to make any remarks Oh
the subject. and uneafe TO indulge In any prog
t,,uA iaattnns