The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-08

During the winter of 1877-79 the pachlne-
buses Of Chicago used up 2,501 205 hogs' ana
~ urfng the past summer 2,093,00V, making Iile
s,nrneadented total Of 1853 600 hogs packed
/ fhe CITY in one year, being nearly 100000
aore than the previous year. The number
Hll be larger next year If present indications
3 I'D receipts go for anything.
THE Secretary of the Navy estimates the
.aiue OF the yards, buildings, machinery,
hips, materials, supplies, real estate and
very other kind Of property connected with
he Navy Department at anywhere between
400. .oOo. 900 and $780, 900. The value OF the
alipG Is placed at only $50, ,OO0-much SACK
so so small q quantity of bread.
The steamship Remus, which cleared hence
october 26 for Rotterdam with cargo OF
T Ii. .285 bushels of wheat and returned on the
! ,wenty-ninth ultimo in distress, cleared again
yesterday with the same cargo. On Wednes-
INV the steamship Vanguard cleared for Llv-
srnool with 1893 bushels Of corn In bulk as
part Of her cargo.
Mayor piIgbury has sent to Secretary Hes
Ter, to receive signatures from the members
OF the Cotton Exchange, o paper compliment
ing In deservedly high terms Mr.. }. 4. CLARK,
the superintendent of the Chicago, st, Louis
and New Orleans Railroad, for the many
4ourtesies and accommodations he extended
Eo the afflicted people living along the line OF
the road during the prevalence Of the epidemic
Another period of idleness and distress,
with no prospect Of O gain in tho long run
ahat shall compensate for the intervening
loss. Is about to be inaugurated In one Of the
English cotton manufacturing centres, The
"a operatives on Saturday voted unani-
mously to resist the reduction Of 10 per cent
deereed by their employers, and 10000 opera
lives and 100000 spindles will remain idle
unless one or the other yields,
5S During the past three or four days there
has been g. marked Improvement ID the retail
trade of this city, as is evidenced by the large
VI attendance OF customers at the stores on
V Canal and other principal business streets.
# The continuance Of the quarantine restrictions
MT many of the points along the river and in
the interior has prevented thus far any great
4 revival In the wholesale trade but our mer-
I chants are confidently looking forward to an
early i'm nprovement and lively times ahead.
The movement of all grain in bushels, by
rail and by lake. during the four weeks end
Y ang September 29 and the three weeks ending
October 10, shows that the entire movement
4 this wear since September has been greater
nv 2G0O. 900 bushels than that of last year,
notwithstanding the enormous crop OF 1877
y game forward with unusual rapidity, and
speculators insisted, as late as the end OF
August this year, that the wheat crop was
small.
The New York Herald says that we pay fol
peace and good will, and that when our fish
ermen are robbed and their property de-
stroyed and themselves driven from the
Z fishing grounds, it is the duty Of the British
government, with which, and not with New
foundland, we have a treaty, to see to it that
She perpetrators of these outrages are
promptly and signally punished, and that q
British man of-war shall, II necessary, pro-
1 1act our fishermen in the exercise Of theil
rights.
The New York Journal of Commerce states
z that gentlemen who have critically examined
The reports of the Western Union Telegraph
Company regard as absurd the assertion tina
fhe stock is to be increased to $50, 100000, ant
that ner cent dividends can be paid upo1
that capital. An expenditure OF at leas
$15,0 900 has been made, says the Journal
In order to preserve the monopoly which ex
Z lists to-day. and prudent management woult
suggest that sufficient reserve DE left OF
hand to purchase any new Inventions or t.
absorb rival lines.
The gross earnings Of all the railroads il
+ the United States, reported for 1877, wer
a S472, 900, ,272-a decrease of S24 4,348,687 from
1876. This is the smallest gross earning sine
1862, when there were some $4,000 less mile
of railroad. The net earnings for 1877 show
decrease of only ST., 5,476,055 as compared wit
1876, due to increased economy OF operation
Dividends fell off 50 493 1856, and were les
than In any year since 1871, when there Wer
10000 miles less road in the country. No diVi
dends were paid on any Of the railroads i
81 eleven States. The reduction in rates cor
tinued through 1877 and, as it was very gen
eral throughout the country, was one Of tn
principal causes Of decreased earnings.
The apple crop this year is immense beyon
precedent. Vast quantities are regularl
shipped to Europe by steamer. The manifes
of one vessel from New York last wee
showed that she carried 4671 barrels, and a
the outgoing European steamers are weight
ed with them. A Boston steamer took 500
barrels last Wednesday, the largest shipmen
of apples ever made from that port. Thre
steamship lines from Boston have engaged t
carry more than 10000 barrels, and the expol
from New York will reach an enormous an
unprecedented total. II the fruit is CAREFUL
picked and selected and we'll packed, it reach'
Europe in good condition and brings a Ia
profit to the sender. Apples ought to be plent
and cheap in England this autumn
Prices Below the specie Level.
New York Public.l
Prices have tended downwards very rapid