The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-07

r,4,on during the past week fuctuated
saubat and In favor OF sellers, prices yes
e.. III being ne higher than on last Friday,
49,, Il tte close last evening the market was
VA and the feeling easy. Sales 1850 bales.
III aaIes during the week footed up TOO
14,.. against 1926 the previous week and
! ~ bales the week before that. The stock OF
sson III presses unsold Is 81, 1851 bales, against
y ft5 Ill the same time last year; On ship.
there are 10, ITO bales, against q, 1884 last
m shipments OF cotton to Europe from
n,rbay this season up to June 5 show a de-
.s.xae of 231 900 bales as compared with last
RusIness at the sugar sheds during the past
80 vas only fair. Prices ruled steady until
sssatessiay; an improved demand for sugar
+ ssuaAd q firmer feeling. Molasses was quiet
sudstsady.
/ ii tbe grain landing the general tendency
Il lie market has been to easier conditions.
WI has declined lie and oats 102c per bushel,
iii fair supplies on the landing at the close
Sy0terday.
Throughout the week closing yesterday
10 has been steady tostrong. The receipts
@sse unexpectedly large, but coming upon
market very low In supply, they had no
Esxceptible influence on prices. The demand
N the local trade was about as usual, but
WE was demand from Cuba which took
sx,e 5000 barrels of good to choice trebles on
|Y1dnesday, which tended to hold the market
smer, The movement yesterday was small
"a comprised only 4eo barrels, the market
sDsing quiet but firm and unchanged.
There was an unusually heavy distribution
, tbe leading provision staples in the order
EGade during the week closing yesterday.
Moo. cut meats and mess pork sold freely
hthat trade, and the supplies on the spot be-
~ Tow the tendency has been to higher prices
q all these staples. Mess pork, on spot
mods, is 25 cents higher than on last Friday,
EMdbacon, lard and cut meats have nominaliy
|sdrsuced ne. The principal feature OF the
narket is the active demand for sugar-cured
Eisns Id the Cuba trade; very large transac-
Etons 81 this kind have been made and small
Averages have materially advanced In value,
" lndicated in our regular market reports.
fhe receipts from the West this week have
I'M de- follows: Pork, $500 barrels, against
sObarreIs; packed meats. including dry salt
fed bacon, 26 casks and 4S4 boxes, against 1856
/ 0sks and 449 boxes hams, 328 tierces, against
E0 Heroes; lard, 40 tierces and $40 kegs,
vslnst 165 tierces and $50 kegs; bulk meats,
Tne against Y, 76o pounds
During the week State Consols have under
,,.,n q nj ,,rt,or,oI Ht,n{,,otionc o ,,g11
/ i seen by the following daily quotations:
#Idday. .455s@4s Wednesday .-4lH@41A
ehday. 4o.@aox Friday .... .4s5s@4sN
Yesterday the sales Of States were large,
mounting to $2s7, 800. There was nothing
6ne IN Premium Bonds. and they closed
Eeady at 254@26, against 255s@25M on
Thursday.
Tiie stock of steam lard in New York on
June ., 1879. Is stated at 1861 tierces, OF
Rheh 1O5,958 were prime. On June !, 1878,
tsstock was 55,601 tierces, and on May Il,
u.s. 81, 500 tierces.
The total coinage OF the several govern
*nMt mints during the month OF May amount
IN lso s5,2l3,25S, of which s2s7s,55O were in
dbIs and quarter eagles, 1880, 900 Id silver
6llafs and S4708 In five-eent, three-cent and
6esnt pieces.
Thesignifeance OF the development OF the
Export trade OF the United States Is fully ap-
feaated In France. At recent meeting OF
ne Council General at Havre committee
aDmmended that the government should
tyeup all treaties OF commerce and navlga-
ID and adhere exclusively to a general GUS
tariff.
1here were thirty business failures re-
leted In New York city during the past
Anth, with liabilities amounting in the ag-
fsat1 to s1,797, TAG, and assets estimated at
49, This shows decrease In number
npared with April Of nineteen, but an in
tase In gross liabilities Of about $597, 1863, 1.-THE
eHd for that month being forty-nine fall
" reported, with liabilities of $1,199,8s3
70 Galveston News says the latest adj
nas from the City of Mexico leave no doubt
Tue accomplishment OF the international
aEeltlon enterprise. The intelligent and
1ltay classes are determined to have 1T;
government cannot furnish the neces-
mount Of money, they will. Taking
I'D al, says the News, 1.-THE exhibition to
nR1 at the City OF Mexico Is matter II
urinary Importance to the people Of this
and should receive more attention
81 lney have heretofore given it."
s4al. Wise, Of Pennsylvania, has introduced
sMa IN the House OF Representatives at
sssalngton for the taxation Of promissory
sss' ponds and mortgages, and making 1t
.Ful to exact more than per cent inter-
A'0E the loan Of money" This might APP
sYpalately be entitled bill to put an end to
practice Of borrowing money In the
salssu States. Should 1t be enacted into a
and Hgidly enforced it certainly would
Y end to the practice.
aRnlgan inspects kerosene oil instead Of
H. 90 Until recently all oil brought In the
~ was required to stand 1400 Of heat be-
III would flash. The standard has just
ii, leduced to 1909, or the Ohio standard.
q 'ses 81 inspection have been sixty cents a
.a ~ Michigan, but as crude oil - only
sM ABOUT seventy cents a barrel at the