The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-28


Orleans 10 steamships, % ships, 81 barks'
briggs and IL schooners
There is n growing demand in Scotland for
American made wooden ware OF all KINGS, IN
Guiding doors, mouldings and castings. 1here
is an opportunity for enterprisng manufac-
turers -
The statistics of emigration and immigra-
tion for 1877 have lately been published in
England The total number OF emigrants
was 119, 972-a falling off of 1921 as compared
with 1876.
The staamboaut Commonwealth left here
last evening with TOO barrels OF Hour for st.
Louis This is like carrying Goals to New
castle. This returned -four, we suppose,
could not stand the test OF inspection.
State Consols showed yesterday slight
improvement in price, closing at 764@7,
against 762sa 1874 on tho previous day The
sales In these securities amounted to $75O0o.
OF Premium Bonds s17G,G2o were sold at from
342S0a34L, against 34A0O342s on Friday.
The Erie Railroad was sold in New York
city on the twenty fourth instant, under the
foreclosure suit of the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company. 1t was purchased for S6,O0O,-
s 600 by ex-Gov. Morgan and others, act
ing as trustees for English bond holders.
A,correspondent of the Hardware Reporter
saws the foreign commerce OF countries lying
south of the United States on the American
Continent, at the present time, Is about
$500 900 annually, Of which the United
States shares to the extent of $112,350, O0O and
of this amount not over S37,OO0,OOO Is trans
ported under our flag.
Texas apparently has great future before
lit as an agricultural State. 1t has fifty wheat
producing countries, one-fifth part OF the
acreage of which, If planted, would produce
$4,000, 600 bushels Of grain. 1t has also cot
ton-producing area Of CO. 900 acres one
fifth Of which would produce 6, 762, 900 bales of
cotton more than the entire products of the
world.
The chief industry OF New Mexico Is sheep
raising, and is highly profitable as pursuit,
while In Colorado and Wyoming Territory it
ia but little less so, though by no means as
fully developed. The number and value of
the sheep in these three divisions are esti-
mated as follows: New Mexico, 900 head,
value S., $50 900; Colorado, 100000 head, value
81 100000; Wyoming Territory, 225,OOO head,
value $450,000.
A striking illustration of the depreciation
{ of real estate in New York was presented in
the sale Of property on Washington Heights
belonging to the estate of the late Mr. Con-
molly, wealthy tobacconist. There were
twenty lots sold altogether, and at one time
obey were estimated to be worth S5OO,OOO
3l,,lt when put up at sale last week, they
Plsraught only $4,000, or a little over one
fourth the estimated value six years ago.
HsoStunes in Florida from orange growing
.sare made as easily, on paper. as cities are
built by companies on suburban farms. A
Mr.. Dewhurst thus glowingly calculates
Vwhat his income will be: He has a 400-acre
f&ar7n at piney Point, and has just planted it
vglith eaghty-four quarts Of orange seed, which
sare expected to produce 100000 trees. II they
bear 5000 oranges each annually, he will have
100000, 600 oranges, which, at the low price
of cents each, would give an income of
s5$42 100000.
Up to date we have received of produce
5,412,711 pounds of bulk meats, against 5O34,
446 pounds last year; 2S,695 firkins and kegs
of butter-last year q. $40; 1.74O6 COG sacks cot
ton seed-last year 1.063, 1876; 94t 1884 sacks Of
corn-last year 7O2,T4; 3,76o45s bushels of
corn In bulk-last year 1,1733s1; 5,249 bbls.
OF corn meal-last year S1,75s; 461 ,929 bbls. of
fiour-last year 442, 1914; 1872, 354 bales of hay
last year 90, 539; 1856 S54 bbls. of potatoes
wear 132, 045; 661 sol bushels wheat in bulk
last year 93,725; 110,931 hhds. of sugar-last
year 1874 1855; $685. ZIG bbls. of moasses-last
year 242,906.
The enterprisng fruit and vegetable grow
ers of the South have made great prepara-
lions for the present seasons business.
Those in the vicinity of Nashville held a
meeting a few days ago to take measures for
quick and cheap transportation Of their pro-
ducts to Northern cities, and a committee
was appointed to gather statistics and other
facts bearing on the subject to be reported at
a later meeting. 1t was stated that there will
probably be shipped from Nashville this sea-
son, 5000 barrels new potatoes, 1875 barrels
beans, 1900 barrels peas, 1900 gallons straw
berries, 5000 gallons raspberries, 1900 baskets
grapes and 5000 barrels apples and peaches
all Of which would go to waste but for the
market which the North affords This bus
mess of shipping Southern fruits and vege-
tables to Northern cities is becoming I'M
portant.
The twelfth annual meeting of the National
Board Of Underwriters was held in the city