The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-18

&ff1nuut tT45 poo goes to the police department
sasa 40 10 the fire department and s7pgneb II tho
beard Or education. Tho salaries Of city officers
amount to saai.G7o
INSURANCE CoNuEETnATIos.-Dlr IN tbs
+ fape VI the fact of Il number VI flre insurance
aonananles going out of business In Tint city.
v several New York insurance companies pro
pu@e tn inrreaAe their capital, md subarrip-
# ffunH to that end arc prompt and liberal. There
d enthusiastically tendency to- reduce tho
aunher 81 companies and to incrense their
atreaxth.
ANOTHER STEAMSHIP LtNE.-A limo Of steRm-
sIfpH Il about TO be established between Now
York md Palermo. Two tine vessels. tho wash
Efstton and the Florlo, now building on tho
UIYde for the enterprise. There will be ak
@tsanhra la I'LL, 1000 toms each. ind these will
bn united with the now ateamers Of the Florio
Esompany. In order TO form one line. They viii
Auueh III aenoa Marseilles and othef ports. ne
xsorting To the domnnda or business. Thoy
sest to got large ahnra VI the emigration trade,
ANOTHER KIND Or "a. orEna rIoN Some Idea
ar che popularity OF cooperative Ifs lnsur-
zsaee may be formed from tho fact shown
wv che statistics presented Mt tho recent
SsfsganIrrativa convention MT Washington City,
& giving tho information that tho aggregate NOM
i MnrHhtp Of those associations IL over 2sono0
With Nh aggregate insurance Of about $3.50 900 900
The old plnn lie Insurance. companies mny
wsil tremble III tho magnitude Of this conflict
{ snw Inherent.
IsrFHCr on OUTSIDE VENruREa.-At n mcoInE
g III the creditors of StstHuer Brothers Il Co., tho
" xreat Chicago dry goods house whose liahili-
1 sIss amounted 10 81 7ta6bl. tho terms Of sotlo
u saDns offered being 80 per cent. the counsel Of
81 EaIa firm explained that tho concern had oeca-
aIonaIiy taken ventures on tho Chicago Board
al Trade the New York Stock Exchanges. etc.
In which more than t4oo.ooo cash hnh boon
sank. rho consequential and indirect results
d from this demoraii1lng sort Of trading were not
4 ]astimated. @"7..=
Y There were several prominent Western gen-
tlntslun mt the sugar ahods yesterday. buying
n msfNar and molassas. We hope they will prove
Il Ia he the forerunners Of hundreds Of buyers
j from Louisville, Cincinnati. Chicago and 81
Louis. who will visit lis this winter. Their I'd
vent will remind us or those prosperous limos
: before the war. whom many VI tho foremost
merchants OF the West-Hueh mon ns Capt. Billy
Af1Av and Bob Buchanan. Of Louisville wore
wonf to spend two or three months every yenr
4 lin oar city. making large purchases Of sugar.
and adding greatly TO our pleasure md enter
fAlnment by their genial society.
SHORT SUPPLY or BEET SuaAR.-We hnve n.
ready made mention Of the failure Of the boot
ruot crop from which IL made tho nrgor part
I III ehe sugar supply Of France Germany ana
y AuatrIn, From the latest advces we learn that
10 great Ia the deficiency In the raw material In
Nranoe that only III sugar manufactures were
& An operation during September. rs against 800
Hi September 1878. while tho quantities turned
ont were respectively $40 and I'd 900 tons. Tho |
sSza.icit Id the harvest VARIES from 20 To a. per
can't. The saechnrine return has still to lie |
saken Into account. and this according to some
authorities. will turn out worry Door
n (axyu CoMMERUE WITH BEAEIL.-The com fnerce /
s,ntrean Brazil and the United s ntes from 1869 |
10 fs7a Inclusive. aggregates $Ioa sIo.aa7. or m
1 sewerage of $3s soa. LA per annum. 81 this trade
sgTG oai 2as have been products Of Brazil sold to
che United States. and sla3 ssaott hre domestic
and foreign exports from the United States to
Hra.li Thus Ill the course VI tWenty-one yenrs
lie United States have bought four times rs
many goods from Brazil as they sold to that
sountry The excess OF imports over exports.
uting to sl4a a49. has been paid Tor ~
che ug tied States In bills Of exchange on Eng
land, and has afforded that country valid
nrutft on all the business OF ours during the
Ewlsnle course OF these years.
III THE Life ASSOCIATION OF AMERIcA.-Mr. -
strait Brown referee In case Of the Life Asso-
4xfafIon az America. reports that institution IN
xoIvant. The assets are stated at s2o6s.s62 OF
xy,iss sa6s ocs was real estate s63o.75s was mott
xr,ssyt,s x2losoo was securities owned. sisl, "a
800 nolicy loans and notes. $500 was
ssaa. aa5on was loans on collaterals, and the re-
s..asnfIer was various unrealized items. LlaRil-