The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-07

The steamship Scindia cleared yesterday for
Liverpool with i6.s25 bushels Of Corn and 1919
bushels of Rye in bulk.
The towboat Liberty. with three barges, lett
Cairo on the fourth instant for this port. with
e61s sacks Of Corn and 62,50o bushels OF Corn IN
bulk.
Three years In the pententiary the punish
ment melted ont by n New York recorder to
dishonest dea'e err. who obtained goods by false
representatiops as to his financial responsi-
bitity. ought to have a salutary effect on tho
very numerous class who succeed III swindling
merchants In the same way.
Wears glad to notice that our coffee trade with
Mexieo. which promised so we'll last year. com
mences now to exhibit some signs of resuscta-
tion. Yesterday the steamship City of Mexico.
from Vera Cruz. Tuxpan and Tampico. arrived
Mt this port with 11J3 bales Of coes and i4s sacks
of the same article. The Cordova coffee raised
In Mexico. has become great favorite with our
people who will rejoice to learn that there Is
prospect Of It's increased importation
We have already noticed the fact that the
steamboat Ashland. on her way to New Orleans
from the Arkansas river, with large load OF
cotton. met with an accident about 225 miles
above this point, and was saved from sinking
nv the steamboat Susie Silver. The captain and
owners of the last named boat have libelled tho
Ashland and cargo claiming salvage. Op TO
this time neither the boat nor cargo have been
bonded, and both are in the hands OF the United
States Marshal. The Ashland is in the dry dock
undergoing repairs.
Official statistics show that our commerce
with Cuba for the past twenty years amounted
to the enormous sum ofsI q 5000 900, and during
the past five years. Notwithstanding tho civil
war which has ragged In part of the island. our
commerce. with II has averaged $40 $50, $50 yenr
which considerably exceeds the value OF our
whole commerce with the German empire. and
il seven times tho value Of our trade with the
Rus ian empire. And yet Cuba has g
population short Of million and {
hnlf She deals with us to the amount
Of 500 81 per capita. our imports from the
Island representing s6s 81 per capita and ou1
exports to 1t SIS per capita Of its population
IL also appears that Sc per cent Of our trade
with Cuba Ia carried on in American. and bu
IA per cent in foreign vessels. 1t comes II
mainly through seven ports Of the United
States, New York taking IL per cent Philadel
pbia per cent. Boston per cent baltimore
and New Orleans each 4 per cont, Portland
per cent. Key West y per cent and all othe
ports Of the United States ~ per cent OF til
total sum.
The ST. Louis Times announces that the rail
roads running to the Eastern seaboard ar
using very strenuous efforts to withdraw To
grain shipments from the river route to Ne'
Orleans and to get it back into their own hand
again. To effect this they are cutting dow
rates. as will be seen by the following extrat
from the Times article of the second Instant
To-day grain was taken from East st. Loui
ut i7@l7hc and -four at SOC; ruinously To-
figures. to be sure. but tho only way in whic
they can get the freight. Shippers have bee
in the market for the past two days. buyin
freely of no-grade. rejected and new corr
and sending It. as fnst as they can get !. car
is a very good profit for 1t. The barge line, 0
the contrary 60 out ths a no. wy Withoa a
eight months that this has occurred, The ,red
sons given are that either. the grain II not her
TO ship. or else is held above the figures e,
porters can pay: what they can give must
considerably beow prices ruling, as No.
mixed corn sold freely to-day at 42c. and v
know of round lots from $4,000 to 900 busf
els. being offered to II shipper ut 42ac and r
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