The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-21


soap alone by having soft water TO wash their
clothes Id.
The shipments Of the New York banks to
the interior In the last six weeks are ealcu-
lated ut $18,O0n,00 to $40, 100000. The gold
Tint has been received III this country already,
and TINT which IL known to be- on the way,
make the European shipments amount to
about SaoOoO,Oo0.
There was IN extraordinarily active move
mont yesterday In Premium Bonds, and the
gales footed UP S2s5, 900 the largest that we
have bud To note for months pnst. They are
quoted ut 275s0o27e4, against 261aN026ss on
Friday State ConsoIs ruled steady at 3Blla,
against 37g4 d13sNs on the previous day. No
aales.
All the directors OF the West Of England
md south 81 Wales District Bank, except
enc (Mr. Payne), have been committed for
trial for publishing false balance sheets.
The charge against them relative to the es
Establishment Of fraudulent company In con-
neotion with the lnsolvent IRON making firm
of Boxer 4, 10. was dismissed.
ID ID said that Notwithstanding the fact that
tho First National Bunk Of New York att
knowledgey itself indebted to the government
something more than eight million dollars on
The first Of this month, 1t was large buyer of
bonds last week, taking heavy blocks from
tho German bankers and others al clean
premium Of n.
The New York journal of Commerce says
lin its dry goods report: The number Of
strangers present ID generally pronounced
larger than at any time In the last fifteen
years. We mean dealers Visiting tho market
10 make purchases, and with that number to
be Increased by new arrivals. every Indication
points to tho coming week as one OF unusual
activity and D larger distribution Of general
dry goods.
The boom In the iron trade Ia felt III the old
world. We are now dealing largely In ore
from Africa and Spain. as well as from the
iylunds Of the sea- Whersit will stop or what
will DO tho outcome no man knows, but no
business can BIZ run on high pressure long
without bursting. but this Ia not likely 70 &C.
sur III the iron interest for another year. It
Al predicted that the year 1880 will be the most
prospsrous ever known therefore let hsr
hoom.
Apart from the agricultural products Of the
Southern States It should also be noted that
their mineral products are superior 10 any Of
the States. except those within the Pacific
region. Take for example the State Of Geor-
gia In the year 1878 the gold mines Of North /
Georgia yielded only 100000. This year
ahey have yielded 81 Doc, 900. or ten times the
amount mined Id 1878; and DR. Little, the
sIeorgia State geologist, Ia satisfied that the
Yield can be raised to Slo.ODO000 per year.
Treasury officials who do considerable
travelling say that silver money ID seldom
seen Lib the remote parts OF the country, and
That they have passed days IN the Southern
States and III the Western States without sec
ing standard silver dollar. The same ~ re-
ported By those who have been travelling 10
New England. There has been less call Tor
silver dollars from New England than from
any other part OF tho country. The most Of
the silver sent out In response to orders has
gone into tho Middle and Northwestern
States.
Statistics prepared by tho directorof tho
mint show that the annual production Of gold
In the United States, 30 fnr from having
fallen Off OF late years. maintains Itself ut
uniform rate. In 1858 and 1859 tho amount
was $50,oOo,ooO. from which II fell In 1862 TO
*ss. 900, 900. In 1866 1t had increased to $751;
100000, and in 1878 decreased to $3G, 900, 600
since 1873 1t has again gradually increased.
until last year 1t stood Mt $5D0Oo,000. The
annual production OF silver, on the other
hand. has Increased from 100000 In 1858 10
$40, 900, 600 lii 1877, and $49oo0,0oo in 1873
Tn the year ending August 81, 1874, the high-
eat price Or Middling Upland cotton In the
New York market was 90 &c, and the lowest
was 1890. For the year ending August 81,
1875, the highest rate was 171sc and the low
rat was i4ssc. For the year ending August
81, 1876. The highest price Of Middling Up
hand was l4h.c, and the lowest was II l1-16c.
For the year ending August 81, 1877. the high
ast price Of Middling Upland was 10 5-1sc,
and the lowest was 10 1860. For the year
ending August 81, 1875 the highest price was
IN 3-16c. and the lowest was 10 g-16c. For the
year ending August 81 1870 the highest price
was i3a.c, on May 20, 1879. and the lowest was
Il lsl6c, on December 10 1878.
Tho United States In 1868 exported agrlcul-
tnral implements to the value Of Sb73,3s1. In
1910 the amount Increased to s2,57499s. In
sass we exported s733,3o5 worth Of live an
smals. In 1870 we exported S5,99i,676 worth.
In 1sss We exported s69o24,o69 worth Of
Arsa.istuffs; In 1s7s-79 we exported over S2io,-
aoo. 900 worth. Formerly the great part Of our
action manufactures were made abroad and
imported to this country The idea OF *
porting cotton, except In its raw state. was
r,dIeuled, In 1868 we sent abroad - ,s27.o54 Of
manufactured cotton. In 1879 We sent over
thraa times as much. In 1865 we cent $50
4sss Ga IN provisions. In 1879 we sent s123 556,-
1aa worth
The ong-cont'nued depression In English
Industrial interests has had the effect to thin
4 nut the inhabitants In several once thickly-
populated towns In the northwest of Eng
hand. Id which district 10000 persons have
haAa thrown ont nf work during the mast three