The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-29

4 AEUM bHe virginia Tobacco districts represent
4 shtt the prospect for a fine supply Of tobacco
glants OF present Is very pleasing. They have
~ most cases made their appearance and are
hooking splendid. aud thus far no flies have
Deem noticed. . ..M.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat of the e5th
K asssts states that prominent citizen. just ar
rived from Washington, makes favorable re-
BORT of the prospects OF an appropriation for
che Improvement of the Mis- iesippi river. I'M
! der the programme Of the st. Paul convention
He says there is q general feeling In official
circles OF Washington that tho appeal is Just
nEle. and that the Mississippi Valley LIZ fairly
spntited to this appropriation.
An Eastern paper tells us the pro1tess
character Of much Of the railway transporta-
ton between the East and the West arises from
the fact that the cars have TO go West empty to
bring produce East SO that the East bound
lead has to pay The cost of both trips" This is
one OF The things, says the st. Louis Times. the
West proposes to remedy. With twenty -four
feet OF water at he mouth OF the Mississippi
and we'll established barge lines from st. Louis
10 New Orleans, Western produce will 60 East
hy water route at cheap rates.
The State Geoogist OF Georgia reports that
are equal. II not supe ior, to any State on the
Pacific slope or In the Northwest. She has
water power far more valuable and more gen.
aarously diffused than New England. In gold
#ha is equal to California, In copper to Ton
nessee. In coal to Pennsylvania. in iron to the
most productive country. In pasturage to Ken
tacky, In soil to Iowa. In lumber to Maine
And In climate she Is better and more un-
tSilangeabe than any of them. .Na
NJ The New York Times, of the twenty-Gfth
instant in its financial report. says: I'm State
bonds the only incident worth noting was de-
cline In Louisiana consols from eok to 7sa.
which makes decline of 3k u cent In two
weeks The weakness Of these securities was
ut first generally attributed to the signing OF
6ha bill granting State aid to the Texas Pacific
Railroad. but 1t would now seem to have been
due to the currency of rumors that the State
will not be able to pay the July interest"
The books Of the Internal Revenue office show
that the quantity Of distilled spirits in bonded
warehouses on the first inst. in Ohio. Indiana
and Illinois was as follows: Ohio. 1,4l2,52a gal
Ions; Indiana. 642 126 gallons. and Illinois. 512.
$50 gallons. The quantity in warehouse in
Kentucky on the first Of February was 67os .665
xallons. The producing capacity throughout
nav
fons per day. as compared with 24s.6s9 gallons
the fret OF March, 1877. and GAG 249 gallons on
the first OF March. 1876.
The Customs Division Is about to recommend
Il nm important change In the matter OF bonds for
hoods sent West from the Atlantic seaboard I'M
der the transportation act. The proposition is
that the entry shall be omitted from the bond.
that the transportation company acting as con-
gn6-.ssn - -, hA~YA
with the collector as general order, after
which the real consignees can enter them at
pleasure. This will place the Western custom
houses upon the same footing as those of the
seaboard. and will prevent numerous troubles
now arising on account Of the bonds. for the
reason that the transportation company often
mas greet trouble in finding the actual con-
sfRnee to make the entry.
The Postmaster General has issued ar order
amending regulation of the department gov
ssrnfng the transmission of printed matter
which Is very important in Its bearings, mas
much as 1t overrules long established prac-
fice In the department. Heretofore nothing but
y business card was permitted upon wrapper
lpf printed matter. The Postmaster General
NOW has given instructions that any matter in
print which may be transmitted wi, hin an in
selosure may also be transmitted at the same
rate Il printed upon the wrapper or envelope
This includes business cards. directions for re-
ikurninR. and any printed matter on the outside
of q wrapper or envelope. Postmasters, how
ever. are instructed not to regard requests for
she return Of such mater unless stamps to pay
the return postage are presented.
\ It is curious that in world whose people are
always striving for wealth, vast amounts Of
money should be accumulated by industrious
persons who. depositing it. never appear subse
luently to reclaim 1t. In the Bank of England
fhAre are millions of pounds sterling remain
ing, after lapse OF many years. entirely I'M
called for. In American savings banks. solvent
md other. how many accounts are opened that
will never be closed. Ten years hence there
will doubtless remain in the hands Of the re-
SEWERS Of the broken savings banks at the North
and West sums, small in individual cases. but
large In the aggregate. that never will be called
FOR. What becomes of the original depositors?
They wander forth. and the widest advertise.
ments often fail to elicit tidings of them or of
their heirs
II We deprecate the unjust and unkind filings at |
the South which some of the Northern papers |
make an appeal to Congress of any kind that |
she - not spoken OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as
though she were an outsider. and had no right |
TO seat at the family table-as though she were |
never contributor to the common fund, and |
always dead, weight to the government: |
whereas, she has contributed more to the |
wealth.of the nation than the North. At this
time Virginia pays more internal revenue tax
Into the Federal treasury than all the New
England States put together. She Is herself |
oppressed with her own obligations. and yet
pays more In this way than the New England |
States, with their cities and their millionaire
sitizens. Richmond (Va} Dispatch.
The Memphis Avalanche says:
The causes which have made the colored
people think Of removing from the cotton belt
lave been Induced to remove from The uplands
md the older s uthern States to West Ten
seesen. to the Mississippi bottoms and river
ands iii Arkansas, because there more cotton
IouId be raised and better wages secured. But
low they seem to desire to go farther West. and
70 beyond tna GO Ton oeit -. Inelr emigration