The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-30

STATES amounts to nearly $4,000. which affor
employment TO 10000 men. great industry
indeed.
1h1rty thousand tons Of fresh beef an,
mutton, worth Ss, 1880 900 were imported int,
Great Britain from this country during 1877
The bulk Of ii was sold by the butchers
as prime English beef"
state coneoR opened ut II and ran M (,
tn, but slightly receded ana closed Mt 7G,%m
~, the sales footing up $lld,00O Premium
bonds ut the commencement sold ms high at
351S. but closed oaser ut 34'4al3iIs the galea
amounting to 1921 900.
Tho flow OF grain into this port from the
West continues. Yesterday the steamhoat
Port Eads, with five bnrgns arrived with III
O51 bushels OF grain in bulk, distributed ms
follows: lOl GIG bushels Of corn 3OIt2 or
wheat and 25,2G3 Of rye.
sugar cane disease In Porto Rico, pro-
duced by certain worm, has spread so
rapidly that royal order bns been Issued for
an investigation into its cause and character
ana inc means OF prevention. The disease
thus far appears TO be confined to Porto Rico
The St. Louis Republican morltions the fact
that less than per cent Of tho corn Skinned
from New Orleans this season, has rcnched
the European consignees In n damaged con
ulbOn LIS there any port on tho Atlantic
coast That can show as good n record? Ger
talnly New York and Baltimore cannot
One ton 5000 pounds nvoirdupois) Of gold
and silver contains %, 1863 troy ounces. and
therefore the value Of ton of pure pold IL
S602,799 I'll, and Of u ton Of silver 1897. 704 AZ
cubic foot OF pure gold weighs I51gu
pounds avoirdupois cubic foot OF MIRO
silver weighs 55625 pounds avoirdupois.
The brokers on Carondclet street were
on the qni rivc yesterday for the expcetcd
decision OF the Supreme Court on tho New
orleans Pacific Railroad question. but no
decision came, and they will have 10 reducc
their troubled minds to n state of composuro
until next Monday, the customary Judgment
day.
After tho failure OF the SpragtIes Of Rhode
Island, about four years ngo for Az 200 ooo
the creditors accepted notes bearing interest
ana payable In three years. The interest was
PAID Tor two years, but since then tho
creditors have received nothing They have
formed an association for tho purpose of CON
oerted action
New York commercial paper has been
interviewing the merchants OF that city about
inc commercial travellers or "bagmen." No
u calls them, and finds universal agreement
mat they have become permanent peces
'lty. Tho merchants all protest that thew
would like to abandon the system. but every
me reels that II the remainder OF his rivals
we're to drop the travellers" he could make
! fortune by keeping them.
Inc Boston Commercial Bulletin mikes Tho
extraordinary statement that the largest boot
nd shoe manufacturing firm In the United {
tateS, VINO employ In their various factories
, the vicinity OF Boston about 1000 hands. !
nd manufacture goods to value Of between I
100000 and S3,00O,oOO per annum, have s,f-
sred losses by failures in the trade during
no past two years and half of less than 4,
boo LII all. This is u most remarkable fact, |
nd Is due to good fortune no less than good 4
Management Wedoubt III another mercantile q
rm In the country, doing a business of the v
ame magnitude in any branch of trade, has d
cen as fortunate.
A week or two ago there was n slight IuII n
] the shipment Of grain from st. Louis and
ther Western points to New Orleans. and Il
10 Chicago papers seized with the greatest 7
vidlty upon this fact to proclaim q probablo t
cessation Of tho down river bust d.
ess In grain. But they reckoncd without
lelr host. Their representations were r.
bon found to be groundess and their jubila- a
on soon came to an end. Tho pause I'm this 10
ACE proved to be but temporary, and grain te
ION recommended to flow towards tho Crcs-
mt City for shipment to Europe Inst q
eek we announced the arrival of a steam G.
'at, with barges bringing over 10000 bush n
Oh bulk grain. Another arrival from st. G
pulls yesterday brought 157,O5l bushels. and NJ
learn from the Republican that the tow
at MY Choice left that city for New Or Ii
ans on the twenty-sixth instant with one Of y
9 largest cargoes Of grain, II not really the
rgest ever shipped from ST. Louis The =,
wn river movement Is not ut an end by anv n
cans, and st. Louis is not only shipping -.
rgely, but number Of other cities on the =
and its tributaries are also active
assisting the revolution. Two barge loads nj
corn are now on the way to New Orleans A.
I'm Peoria, and the papers of that CITY ~
asst that its business will reach 20 900 900 to ~
oOO, 900 bushels next year, which shows how \,
that town has enlisted In NJ
good cause Dubuque, too is fairly in the N,
N,
A western contemporary recalls the his
f1cal Tact that the bankrupt acts in this CT
untry have been short-livcd and unpopular. a
lis Is the third one passed and repealed. Sr
10 first one was enacted in 1900 and repeal bn
two years afterwards. The second was ia
acted In 1s41, the Wings generally favor |
1t and the Democrats opposing it. II V;
IS repealed in is43, by the very Congress &c
al passed 1t. The act Of 1867 was a more ~,
mpiete measure than either Of the others
DIVIDING for involuntary rs well as voIun- II
~ insolvency, severe compulsory processes
ainst the bankrupt, and his release after Ne
, distrb,,t;o,, II =. On