The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-11

number Of 1O,47s sacks, or $1,000 bushels o
outs"
TIL 1869 an act was passed by Parliamen
under which the government took possession
pf alI the telegraph lines In England at an ex
K,ense OF E10,OD0.000 An amendment to thu
act Is now pending, the effect OF which, |
passed, will be to extend Its terms 50 as tx
bring the telephone under governmental con
Eroi and effectualy prevent any profitable
aise oil 1t by private parties, which La bad FOL
Prof.. Bell.
Ihe public debt OF Europe was divided as
follows In 1876: France, s4,e87, o2t 400; Prus
ala, s229,s52,s75; Italy, $2,ooo,oooooo; Russia
$1.25A 100000; Spain, $2,65O000,00O; Turkey
Se27 ,oOo.Ooo; Great Britain, 1888, 1852, 72o
THESE Dire the heaviest debts, and they bea1
hardest on Turkey, Italy, Russia and Spain
While some of the debts may have slightly
decreased in the last two years, Others have
greatly increased, as in the cases of Russia
aud Turkey.
Controller Kelly, Of New York, has asked
Ehe heads OF departments to send to the
board OF apportionment the estimates OF
their expenses for 1870 The controller urges
s. the commissioners to exclude from the esti-
mates every item Of expense that Is not actu-
ally necessary, and adds that the control over
81 the appropriations that the board Of appor-
tionment possesses will be vigorously en-
forced against every expense not deemed
absolutely Indispensable. Under Controller
Kelly vigorous system of economy the debt
Il 0f New York city was reduced about $5,000,o00
last year.
A highly interesting decision has just been
rendered by Chief Justice Waite In relation
I'D the power OF the United States to tax the
interest aceruing on foreign-held American
securities, and denying the right. The New
York Tribune reports the case as follows:
The suit was brought for the recovery Of a
tex On interest paid in London on sterling
q bonds issued by the Erie road. The issues
we're for G1,20o000 sterling: the first made
during the continuance OF the act OF Congress
~ asdA, and the second subsequent to the pas
sage Of the act Of 1866 The latter act provid-
ties negotiated abroad, and 1t is said that this
decision la effect declares the act OF 1866 un-
constitutional and void. The Chief Justice
held that the tax for the recovery Of which
u this suit was brought was a tax upon the
owner OF the bond aud not upon the defendant,
#tss not upon the bond itself, but upon the In |
come Of the owner OF the bond that the for |
eign owner was not subject to the jurisdiction
iii the United States nor this portion Of his
Income. The debtor OF the foreign owner and
y hiB debtar's money Were within this jurisdic-
Iion, but the money Of his debtor did not be-
come d part OF his income until 1t was paid to
MIN, hhd In this case the payment was outside
of the United States, IN accordance with the
obligations Of The contract which he held. The
default Ut the defendant In making its returns
was continuing one Only one penalty, there
fore, was recoverable. The Judgment Of the
q lstIict Court was affirmed.
I'll this country, says the Albany Argus, the
Bgt2ayaganees OF auctioneers are mostly in
speech. and are perpetrated in the physical
presence Of the objects upon which their
aneomiums are lavished, and calculated to at
tack the ear rather than any other senses Of
tile audience before them. A friend has, how
eyer. handed us an English paper, which con-
TUNED Advertisements showing quite clearly |
That they do things In different way in the
mother country. We have been accustomed
III look upon the story of the auctioneer who
gsnncluded b glowing description of an estate
which he proposed to sell, with the statement
that there were but two drawbacks, 'the
Noise oil the nightingales and the litter Of the
rose leaves = as apochryphal, buth how far does
that fall short OF these, copied verbatim from
The paper before us "The residential free
hold estate of Trewhitt Hall, SO fascinating in
posture, within that amphi5heatre Of hills,
which impart to Coquetdale the tenor
Df an Arcadian romance, for sale
a1y auction. This fine estate
which lies within ring fence, comprises the
elegant and substantial stone-built modern
mansion house Of Trewhitt Hall, standing
upon d commanding eminence within richly
atnhered park and pleasure grounds redolent
xs4fff Tf1nae Tho 10 aHa tod Fos,A |
sidenee oil d family OF distinction; 1t lies with
in the bosom OF one OF the most fertile val
aeys In England, at the base of the southern
Gheviot range of hills, and In the midst OF the
znnst fascinating highland scenery in North
nmberland.' OF course, only representatives
Of families Of distinction would venture to bid
sDn the highly extolled estate. Here is an
either. Freehold estates In the vale of Tweed
and parish OF Norham. The estates of
limerick, Newburn and Royalty Hall. The
peculiar advantages possessed by these es-
Gates must attract attention from those In
sluest of D residential landed property in Ber-
EIckeupon-T Social status Is an object
III Iaudable ambition by the law of gravita-
lion greater bodies attract the lesser. Arm
I'M arm with the palatial splendor of Long !
ridge en- one side, and ON the other with the !
historic associations and impressive form of
NorhaEn Castle, point out their peculiar
adaptahility to villa residences" OF course, !
the sale will gather a throng Of persons whose
Aasldable ambitions gravitate to social status 4
and who long to be arm in arm with palatial
spaenaor and historic associations. O
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The BRITISH OUTLAY FOR FooD.-Tn 1877
5ssae imports Of breadstuffs, provisions and
a3sEs HfTalg infn tho TTnSfed
IN 49sS, ae4,5Qo, q sum which considerably ex-
sseesis the value OF all the merchandise OF every
desert tlon imported into the United States.
value 81 the breadstutf imports was 1927
ss8a 800 and OF provisions $l50,720oOO. The
aood Imports OF the United Kingdom were
saueh the largest III value on record, exceed
Ing those OF 1876 by $5a,000,0Oo. The present