The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-27

The departure Of the German steamshiP
Hanover, for Pfemen. has been postpeneo tof
come thirty aays on account OF an aeeiaeht W
her mach merry.
Mo vland ID about to relax its usutr law
bill permitting higher rate ef Interest than
par cent on sneelal contracts FIR loans OF money
has been raaeed 10 third reading In the House
pf.Deeeatee. an Ia likely n become law
Tha ,aauIt If The attempt he restore The
,endels IN The Patent once. damaged by the
late flre bids fair tie tnntp than realize eXpecta-
tten, About 5000 odels have already been re-
stored and fran present Indications the Whofe
number eapahle Of being put IN eocu ephat,ioh
will reach at least 5000 more than the commits
aienets estimated or about t5ee9
Aaesfl,hp tn the last report IF the Commits
eiens, If The General Land OHiea In Texas that
Slate has ret subject to location 81 faly 74p actesi
hit HE commissioner adds that: SHOULD the
drafts be az great fof The nest I've years az Tor
the rear paat hy the close Of The fiscal year lasls
Texas will have disposed If all her public do.
main" All the best lands In the ctganiaed
counties ere already appropriated.
The esueraee If Tie qa1 lifehoat stations on
the coasts of England, Scotland and Ireland
anr;p6 te1g wnre f3T $3.50 Or lives saved there
wpre taat emitting for the distribution Of ten
silver medals, seventeen votes Of thanks and
rewards In money amounting 70 9apea. The cost
If enc Tneieh ilrphuat, with carriage ard
euuip,nent and boat house averages s45on, and
1t rosfa $3.50 per annutn 10 keen each establish
nent IN otdet
In ttnnnaetjeut the deposits IN savings banks
are tn vea ave-eghths Of bne per cent, payable
ntsa. half III January and one half In July The
January tax has been paid 10 the fetal
amount cf about sa26,nne. The banking and
apanaa shns s,iHeps Of The legislature have come
to the conclusion to report u bill relieving the
savings hanks from the july half Of the present
tag. and providing for tax Of one fourth Of
one per cent On deposits over s5Booe for the fu
tufp
The announcement Of shira leaving tlis ritr
with natecps of grain for foreign ports has be-
come with zig. lails occurrence, These ship
ments are noted for the purpose OF letting cur
Western friends know what we are doing down
here IN this line, and that We have The most
ample facilities for forwarding. Without DELAY.
all the grain that can be sent tc this port. Yes
terday the British steamship Cordova cleared
Tot liverpool with BASIS bushels Of corn, and
the British steamship Airy, for Antwerp. with
.s,sss bushels Of corn IN bulk
THE telegraph yesterday morning announced
q Tint MIR. James Gordon Bennett Of the New
York Herald, proposes to cooperate with the
government In the contemplated Hawsate ex.
pediton to the North Pole. II has been sup
noaed that II was the purpose Of Mr.. Bennett To
pu the interchangeable Stanley In command Of
the expedition, but SUBSEQUENT rumet had 1t
that Mr. Stanley contemplated an early re!
turn to Afrea. having. like most travel
efs Ia that country, become fascinated
with II. The London correspondent Of the New
York Times. however, sars Tint he has under
consideration 4 press expedition to The Pole,
and declares himself ready TO undertake. the
discovery OF thet much sought for object The
estimated cbst is from si2b boo to slAoeeo and IL
is believed The hfoprieers of the london 1ele-
Rraph are ready to iein hands with Mr. Hana
nett 40 they did In the expenses 81 the African
expedition which resulted In determining
hnally the sources Of the Mile and the Congo
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