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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-26
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JULY %, 1878
! firm, the stock being principally held by

firm, the stock being principally held by
dealers.
The Flour trade to-day was dull and drag.
ging, and the movement, which was limited
was confined to the local trade. The favor.
able adyices from the West regarding the
price of wheat has had the effect of giving d
better tone to our home market, and receivers
are holding their property firmer at our quo
tations.
Owing to the favorable reports from the
West, the feeling here in the provision line
has pereeptibly improved. The demand for
Mess Pork, for small lots Is fair, but buyers
do not exhibit willingness to operate large
ly. The market is firm.
Comparatively speaking there is a some
what liberal supply of Bacon shoulders Of
second quality, and the market here is de-
pressed on that class Of goods, with no i'm
provement in prices corresponding with that
reported from the West.
COTToN.-The market to-day was quiet and
unchanged, the sales up to the close aggre-
eating 225 bales:
The following is the official closing Of the
N4A TONI Nt,
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light supply and fair demand, and refined
lard at 81S0dB56c, according TO quality, with
limited stock on the market and good de-
nand. Dealers in their trade obtain the
usual advance of 1S0Ic on these prices
Sales-50 tierees prime steam at TIC.
CoFFEE-N Notwithstanding the limited in
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W. W. SHARPE & Co.,
PUBLISHERS AGENTS.

No. 2S Park Row. New York,
Are authorized to contract for advertising In
orr panar. nom
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONETARY.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, |
Friday Evening, July rs. 1878. !
NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.

Total thus far. $3.647 1856 08 $495. 259 &C
The demand at the banks for lOanable funds
and the offerings of paper on the street for
discount are light. The movement in State
securities was large, and rates ruled irregular
throughout the day.
We quote exceptional paper 7@8 % cent; Al
do 9@1O; second grade do @; loans on
collaterals 561s; Al mortgage paper 5000;
second grade do @ 33 cent per annum.
Gold Is dull and easy.
Foreign Exchange weak.
Sight steady.
State Consols easy at 75075A.
Premium Bonds quiet at 32240321S.
Stocks quiet.
Gold opened In New York at 1907 and
closed at 100% Here it opened at 1000
1909 and closed at 100H@100H. Sales $4,000
and $4,000 at 1907.
sTERLING-B bills -04851a, CONNER
clal 49114048212.
FRANCS Bank francs -, commercial @
500.
SIGHT-Bank counter rate Il, commercial
and bankers 3-16 fB cent premium,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-26

There was quite large movement yester-
day in State securities the rates being irregu-
Tar. State Consols opened at 7511s, went up to
7614, and closed easy at 750075114, the same as
they ruled on the previous day. Thereported
sales footed up $4,000. Premium Bonds
closed quiet at 3224 1327S, against 3294@ on
Wednesday, Sales. $65.OOO.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-26

The Kansas City Price Current OF the nine
teenth instant states that Memphis com
pany has been in correspondence with lead
ing grain firm of the former city In relation
to bringing up tow Of barges for grain and
that they offer shade lower rates than given
by the Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company of st. Louis.
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JAMES LINGAN,

JAMES LINGAN.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT Law,
No. I96 Gravier street,
my0 ORLEANS, La.
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Commercial and Financial Matters.

There is q prospect of an ice famine in New
York should the heated term be much longer
prolonged. and heavy orders have been sent
to Maine for additional supplies
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-26

The grasshOpper has made his appearance
in California Ia the Sierra valley they are
reported as destroying all the standing
grain" and when they rise in the dir they
darken the sunlight, and In g few minutes
after they alight on u field nothing Is left but
unsightly stalks. The dairymen are SO dis
eouraged that many Of them are giving up the
business"
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Yesterday thirty-three sacks of new rough
rice, the second receipt of the season, reached
this port. 1t was raised on the Celeste plan
tation T. J. Sellers proprietor, in the parish
Of st. james, consigned to J. Forester, of this
city, and brought by the steamer Gov Allen.
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The New York Nation, of the nineteenth,
says Of United States bonds:
The demand for United States bonds was
active during the week. Popular subscrip-
lions to the four per cents we're sufficient to
warrant the treasury in calling in for redemp-
ton another $50OO000 $50 six per cents; this
call raises the total of 5-2Os notified for re-
issues of United States bonds have been
bought freely by banks and others wishing
temporarily to employ money at q higher
rate than can be obtained for 1t on demand
loans. The large subscriptionIto the four per
cent bonds, which have to be settled In gold.
has created a demand for gold sufficient to
keep the price up to 1907 to 1OO5s and this in
the face Of q weak and declining market for
about the importation of gold before the close
Ot-August arise from the condition of the
Bank Of England and the London money
market.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-26

In the midst Of July, says the vicksburg
Herald, anything like activity In trade Is not
to be looked for in any quarter, but 1t Is wor-
they Of notice that the prevailing feeling at
the various trade centres Is one of confidence
and hopeful anticipation as to the coming
autumn. This Is more especially apparent at
the West and Southwest, where the abundant
grain crops are the basis of calculations. At
st. Louis, Louisville, Chicago and Cincinnati,
jobbers in most OF the leading branches say
they are selling more than their July aver
age of goods. Country collections are also
satisfactory.
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ID given D6lOW'
Received Same time Same time
since Friday. last week. last yenr
Total. 1904 3.149

Receipts at ports since September 1. 4218, 1874
Receipts same time last year .. 1881, ITO
Receipts same time year before. ... 4,054, Dab
The consolidated report for six days gives
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fBy TELEGRAPH,

by Telegraph
LONDON, July 25.-Bar silver 50 11-16. Con-
soils for money 953s@9511a, for account $40
$751;
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The steamer Massachusetts sailed from
Boston July and arrived in Liverpool on the
fifteenth instant with $50 cattle on board. This
is the greatest number of cattle ever carried
across the ocean in any vessel. That the pre-
caution taken for the safety Of the animals were
perfect, may be inferred from the fact that no
accident to any of them occurred during the
passage and that every one which went on
board in Boston was landed in Liverpool in
the finest possible condition.
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QUOTATIONS. FOB GOLD.
QUOTATIONS.,

ToBACCo-Qu Stock on sales estimate
at $500 hhds.
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Cotton on shipboard as per account Of the
Cotton Exchange Is as follows: Liverpool
l226. bales, Havre -, Bremen -, Mexico 49,
total, 1926 bales. This, taken from the stock
at noon, as noted at the Exchange, leaves in
presses 1912 bales
The receipts at all ports, consolidated, as
per kilograms to the Cotton Exchange, show
totals from noon yesterday to noon to-day Of
455 bales, against 613 bales on last Thursday,
331 last year. and 531 the year before.
The movement at ports for six days. up to
IL m. to-day, is given below:
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oHI1S UO-UaY 20 DhIe5. MaTKBJ VUIBJ.
COTTON STATEMENT.
In store and on shipboard Sept. /, 1877. 81 1866
Gross receipts since yesterday 4G
Gross receipts previously. / $3.50 9O31 G66 949
Excess in actual stock made from
linters. loose. ETC.. since Septem-
ber ........................... 1885
Total supply. ..s..................... 1.701 100
Exported to-day -.........s..-... 1,42I
Exported previously. 600. GG5-1 500. O92
Total stock this day. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9,O38
'TOtal stock this day last Yehr. ......... 30 81
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CANCELLATION OF BOND.
By the Governor:
WILL. A. STRONG,
- a -.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

OF Stat,
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erpOOl.
Net receipts since yesterday ........ 18
Receipts from other ports ........... %
Net receipts last Thursday. ....... 10
Net receipts same time last year . 81
Net receipts since Friday .......... GS1
Net receipts same time last week 800. 657
Net receipts same time last year w 6GG
Net receipts since September 1..... 1855, 049
Net receipts same time last year w 1,179052
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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-01-15
tlgN.

Ii must be evident to every intelli-
gent observer of the course Of events
that the South is determined TO make,
If possible, big haul from the public
treasury. She wants money, she wants
public improvements, she wants her
waste places built up, she wants this,
that and the other costly thing. Aud
instead OF relying upon her own re-
sources, her own brains, arms, enter
prise. industry and perseverance to OBJ
tain the coveted blessings, she propo-
ses TO see il she cannot manage to get
all she wants out of Uncle Sam. II re-
mains for the people 10 say whether
this "royal road to Southern prosper
ity shall be built.
There is no mistake about this mat
ter. Only those who deliberately shut
their eyes can be blind 10 the mighty
raid that is contemplated. The Lo lis-
vile Courier-J Ournal, confessediy the
leading Southern newspaper, IN re-
cent issue outlines the programme
which il is proposed 90 carry out. IL
declares that the people Of the South
"are IN the Union Of States and pro-
pose to stay IN and partake Of all the
advantages Of that Union especiIHy the
advantage Of securing appropriations, as
Northern States do for necessary in
ternal improvements. Following this
frank avowal Of intentions, the Cour-
ier-Journal proceeds 10 name one Of
the "internal improvements" that the
South desires 20 have at the expense
Of the taxpayers Of all sections. And
a precious job il Isl Nothing less than
a proposition that the Government
shall foot the bills for nearly 1900
miles of levecs along the Mississippi
river. The estimated cost of that fat
thing is Sl0,000,0O0 But no man il
his senses can doubt that the actual
cost would be nearer 800, 100000
1t is clear that if all the necessary
internal Improvement" that the South
has ia mind are conceived on an equal
ly generous plan, that the sum total OF
her demands under this head must
reach figure that is simply colossal.
Aud it must not be forgotten that she
has other schemes for depicting the
treasury. Through her chosen instru-
ments in Congress she is hard at work
endeavonng 10 revive the bulk OF the
Southern claims rejected by the Claims
Commission. The success of this ef-
fort, 1t is reckoned, would compel the
Government TO pay several hundred
million Of dollars. Forewarned is fore
armed
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-01-15
The spendthrifts OF new York cay.

How much misery there may be IL
the mansions Of the rich is something
that can never known. but every now
and then an item appears which reveals
instances OF deprayity which defy be-
hef One Of these is found in the ex-
periences Of a wealthy hotel proprietor,
who has a son upon whom h has Law
ished money profusely for his educa-
tion and culture. All efforts to start
him In business enterprises have been
failures. Thousands OF dollars have
been wasted thus, and the young maH
at twenty-four is wreck and ruin.
Although enjoying a steady income
through his fathers liberality, he has
squandered his reputation by borrow.
ing money from all his own acquaint-
ances as well as his fathers. The lat
ter has been compelled to warn his
friends not to loan any money TO his
son. At the end Of recent debaueh
this reckless spendthrift went to one of
the proprietors Of q prominent hotel,
and obtained S35 upon a forged check
| drawn in his fathers name. AS soon
as the forgery was discovered, the case
put in the hands Of the police, and
threatened serious consequences, where
upon the father came to the rescue aud
redeemed tho check. An offer has
been made the young Of free cabin
passage around the world in a Califor-
mia bound clipper ship. but he declines
TO accept 10.
II was George ID. Prentice, believe,
who described one Of Henry Clay's
sons 0or a political offenso) as "the de-
| 0aparaf. 80, N pct,1a afrn % Tksa cffv
and probably this country as well, rs
full OF such instances, with the differ.
ence that the sins Of the latter sons are
great aLd criminal. As a general rule
these are the sons OF the wealthy men,
who are usully called self-made men
because they have had very limited
culture, and earned their own fortunes
by their own indousitable energy. gen
ius aud perseverance,. The reason Why
these men rarely have sons worthy OF
being named as their Successors is
found In this that the clements Of self.
reliance aud Independence which made
the fathers the men they are, are lack.
ing IN the sons The parents naturally
desire to give their boy the benefits OF
an education they failed 20 receive
themselves, and thus. at the very out.
set Of their careers, the foundation OF
self-dependence is lacking. Innumer.
able examples might be cited Of thie.
There are hundred young rascals IN
this city wasting their fathers sub
stance in riotous living whose lives are
simply worthless. They are worse
than drones they are the embodiment
Of wickeduess. One of the billiard
sharps Of the city is the son OF wealthy
parents. lie is devoted 90 billiards
and wine. The gamblers fiud bar.
vest among these fellows. aud II is rare
indeed that the young mcn of twenty
one 30 thirty whose fathers are wealthy
are worthy u their pros osonitors.-lChi
cago Tribune.
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,fIsCELLANEOUs.

Theodore II. Wetmore, Of the Secur-
ity Life Insurance Company of New
York, has been sentenced TO one year
in the penitentiary and $3.50 fine, the
full penalty.
Lydia Ann Eliza, aged 16 years, on
ly daughter Of a wealthy farmer at
Baldwins, Long Island, eloped Monday
morning with John Bedell, aged 60.
A Kentucky farmer who suspected
negro Of riding his horse at night,
watched for him with musket loaded
with brown paper. Seeing the negro
in the act, he fired, intending to scare
the fellow, but being very close 10 him
tho paper penetrated the stomach and
killed the negro instantly.
There were only seventy cats at
Philadelphia recent cat show. The
other 7,000,5i7 were sitting on back
fences and sheds o nights giowling at
the small amount of the premiums Of
fered and discussing methods to avert
the dangers threatened by the lively
sausage season.
Thirty years ago Coleman Stevens
jumped from a train Of the New York
Central Railroad, leaving his wife
aboard. They had been married only
n few months, aud no reason was ap-
parent why he should desert her; but
she was unable to find him until last
summer, when she learned that he was
living in San Francisco, where he had
amassed a fortune aud married again.
Mrs. Stevens has sued for maintenance.
Few people are aware OF the damage
done by Wild geese on the wheat fields
in California. They come in myriads,
and pull mp the wheat by the roots, and
eat it roots and all. 1t is stated in the
SanFranciscoBulletin that, on one ranch
alone, six thousand geese have been
killed this season, and in the county
OF Coluso alone, last season. the dam
damage done by the web-footed
fowls was estimated at $500, 900.
On the occasion of the retirement OF
the San Francisco coroner from Office
there was big drunk in the morgue.
Leaning against the wall was a coffin
containing on extravagant caricature OF
the coroner with n bottle in one hand
and a scalpel in the other. On table
on which the corpses were placed were
champaign bottles, and a company OF
undertaksrs made themselves hoarse
by singing, Hes Jolly good fellow"
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Il is only now and then that the pub
lie get sight OF man who was once d
boy and acted like a boy. Oue Of this
sort was met at the Central Depot the
other day. Feeling tined, and yet dc.
string 20 see all that was to be seen, hC
made arrangements to sit down on q
bench outside. Passing his hand over
it several times, he said to himself
"No tacks or pins put in here to raise
a fellcr up, and no pitch to hold fell
or down.
lie looked it over very carefully, and
continued:
"No fresh paint on here to spile
clothes, and no acid 10 spile The hide.
He made last examination, and fell
satisfied 20 say:
"No place above here to pour watc.
down my back-no bricks 10 fall on
my head-no Bogardus kicker under d
no bumble-bees around now, and
think / can safely set down aud tax,
comfort - Free Press.
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johnny About Hits It.

From TIE Boston roit.
A few days ago a teacher in one Of
the primary schools was instructinP
her class in natural history. Her snb'
iect was the cat and It's habits, and as
she proceeded with her remarks shc
was charmed with the rapt attention OF
her diminutive audience. After heI
talk was over she proceeded 10 qncs-
ton her children 10 Zee how much they
knew Of the subject under considern
ton, aud many we're the answers
showing that she had not wasted heI
effort-that she received. At last shc
said % the smallest Of her boys, lit
tie mite with chubby cheeks aud glis'
tening eyes:
Johnny what does your mother
keep a cat for2'
"ro Law kittens. was the uuexpect-
ed reply.
The questioning for that session
came 90 an abrupt end.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-01-15
AGcneraIIy "uandy Thins.v

A woman is a mighty handy thing to
have about the house. She doesn't
cost any more to keep than you'll give
her, and she'll take n great interest in
you. III You go out at night, she'll be
awake when you get home, and then
she'll tell you about yourself, and
more too. OF course she will know
where you've been, and what kept you
out 50 late. and will tell you; yet, right
after she gets through telling you that,
she will ask you where you have been
aud what kept you out so late. And
after you tell her, and she won't be-
lieve you, you mustn't mind that; and
II, after going to bed, she says she
hasn't closed her eyes the whole night,
aud then keeps mp the matinee two
hours longer and won't go TO sleep
when she has a chance. you mustn't
mind that. either; its her nature
Newport Local.
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crook edne.. IN n Grain Elevator NJ
Adrian.

ADRIAN, Jan. Much excitement
prevails here among parties interested
in the grain trade over alleged irregu-
larities az the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern freight house. Railroad
officials who for some days have been
making investigations, are reticent,
but the public know that G. II. Hough,
station agent. has been removed. and
Mr.. Marble Of Waterloo, Indiara, ap-
pointed in his place. IL is also certain
that the dcpOsed agent has given
bonds, said % be a. high "a $40, 900, 10
indemnify the road against possible
co tingent claims. How far tho frauds
have ramifed is not yet known but ru-
NOR does not spare high resident off,
cials and parties in confidential posi-
tious in Toledo. The arrangement has
been 10 systematically make short
weights 90 grain shippers. and, at suit-
able intervals, sell surplus accumula.
tions in bins 90 certain complaisani
middlcmen. The lowest estimate put,
the toll exacted in this way at 15.Oh
bushels Of wheat. which has come ou'
OF our farmers aud local wheat buyers
within two years.
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liver, should be submitted and that
the subsidiary coin should be subdivis-
ions OF the French silver coin Of five
francs. IL will be seen that the propo-
sition Of the Chamber of Commerce
was TO substitute dollar piece exactly
equal TO the five francs piece, with sub
sidiary coins which should be fraction
al parts Of this dollar, This PROPOSE
tion differed from that of Mr.. Elliott in
regard 10 the silver dollar alone.
The National Board of Trade, which
assembled in the City Of New York on
the 18th OF October, 1872, only six
months previous to the passage Of the
Coinage Act of 1873, after examination
OF tho subject, concurred unanimously
in the recommendation of the Cham
ber OF Commerce. A copy Of the res
olution of the Board was daily commu-
nicated TO the Chairman of the Finance
Committee OF the Senate of the Unit
ed States. All of their proceedings
were published in The Bankers Maga-
zine aud undoubtedly in the daily
newspapers OF the time.
On the 3lst of December, 1872, pa
per prepared 10y the Hon. Samuel B.
hhhh SAto, VI .NNN lolhs biNAhh Aut idCls
and reasons urged in favor of the
amendment proposed by the Chamber
Of Commerce and the National Board
Of Trade, was printed for the informa-
ton of the members of the Chamber
and separate copies Of this statement
were sent TO each member of both
Houses Of Congress, who consequent
ly must have legislated ON the bill with
full knowledge and appreciation of all
the objects aimed at aud contemplated.
The proceedings Of the National Board
of Trade aud of the Chamber OF Com
merce were undoubtedly printed in the
New York papers.
III the newspapers Of the country
did not discuss this provision Of the
bill ia editorial articles, il was certain
ly not because they were not informed
OF the provisions Of the bill, but for
the reason stated on page 81 of the re-
port OF the Controller of the Currency
for 1876, namely: THAT usuage had
established the gold dollar as the unit,
the silver dollar on account of its
greater relative value having, with the
Mexican dollar and plstareen, been
withdrawn from the circulation of the
country. The Coinage Act of 1873,
and the Revised Statutes of 1874, sim
ply registered in the form of statute
what had been really the unwritten
law of the land for forty years. - Dis
patch TO the New York Tribune.