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

eoss This yatLast year.
wax, u sales ...s............- ssa sl,eyo
III which there was from W. 4aao,
4 America OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1sf N iii.
FER ggport. ..s.....-+s*t'... 4s = te eng
EsoI npuaIna II, 'l u 5000
fTi,otai stoaks ............. 621# 10000
Ams,r fis aaas 49,. 80 = h :: AZ 80 900
American *.t.t.t.s +, 49, ,,Sh
Rseepts since September 2 521 z Z ~ ,o,
or this - American ~ g7a S,,s so o1o
Stock all cat. ....s. .tt.s-t'. 1W III nnn
Oh fhis Ii American ....+..... ~ ~
The shipments thus far frop6oIhpay are
81. 900 baleslees than last year zl9,ooo iess
than the year before. The reefs are so,ooO
less than last year, and 242, oooses less than
the year previous.
Business ut the sheds in taT anu me-
lasses was unusually quiet q, the posltloh
Of the market unchanged.
There was only moderat1 ovement at
the grain landing. The suEss are large
and the market is easy.
There was an active mopent ID Hour
Yesterday, and under the uehee OF Inc
prevailing good demand fes advanced
121Sma5e per barrel on highg Meal
shows a slight improyemefvith satisfae-
tory sales.
The stock Of pork II ample meet the re-
nuirernents Of the trade aDhe market lor
mess OF strictly choice tracter has e.
suned stronger tone. Fo11t meats there
III d good inquiry and thnpply 10 made
innate to meet the demau The feeling In
prices for bacon sides IL FIR under the IN
! tluenoe of the active demi and scarcity.
Shoulders are quiet and eas Hams are held
firmer and are In active rest.
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. During the year endin.une 30 the gold
coinage OF the United Sta Mint amounted
to ss7.234. S4O. This Is in3ion OF the right
sort.
The new and unfinished. Louis custom
house Ii getting to be one the ancient land
marks. 1t was begun ii p. Some ~ aVo,ooo
has already been expendend ~. 3oo, ooe more
III needed to complete 1t, Och 10 looked for
Iii 1861.
The Treasury DepartnI adyertlses for the
nnr,atr,,etion off five conI,te Hfe-saving sta
tons on the coast Of Tex distributed as fol-
lows: One ut Sabine Pakone at Galyestons
one at Pass Cavallo, one Arkansas Pass and
one at Brazos Santiagos
There was very decidtall ID State Consols
yesterday. They openet 4e and closed easy
dit 4a1D441s, against 4a1491s % Ihursday,
with sales DIT the Exehge Of only $40 oo0.
Premium Bonds closed 2es5sD261s, against
26g2ek on Thursda5with sales OF only
$4,000. -
Our protected iron Ip builders turn out
from three or four to zen ships year from
their yards. In Grs Britain. where TIE
navigation laws wereolished June a. 1849,
they build from one ndred and twenty to
one hundred and fiftyon ships year, and
ownanore than belt I shipping Of the world
The statement ofthe Controller OF the
Currency reports amount OF national
hank notes outstaneR OF date as $a28, ga
1g7. which is d declse Of $23.6s7 ,2b3 since
january IA, 1875, thaay following the pas
sage III the well kim net. The greenbacks
outstanding at daters stated at s346,681 ,o1e,
and the amount onEposit ct ~, 1s5, seq.
A newspaper cosspondent who has ira
yelled over Francg3elgium and Germany,
says that the Fren are Less prosperous than
they were, but thahere is very little actual
distress Id that coltry. In Belgium there is
less. business jonathan usual, but there are
no signs of diminished consumption The
depression In Gerhny IL worse than 10 Bel
giarn, though In ither country Is IT 30 bad
d Id England. -
The New York'ultetin says: Opium &
cited and strong, 18th an advance Of 25e paid.
Sales ia d week'sne are placed OF 100 cases.
II ID stated that tire are but three months
supply on hand, Il that the growing crop
will not be adeque for more than SIX months
eongum ption; lo In bond held at So es711aa.
iobbtng parcels Us and powdered ut 500
10. Morphine " firm ct 90 50.
European GRO reports are more than
usually gloomyIn the northern PERT OF
Italy rains and irldations have played havoc
With the harvestnd, while the prospects in
otherparts OF b kingdom are somewhat
better, the antbations are on the whole
under the avera.. From the wheat fields in
Southern Russhnd the Caucasus the adj
vices are still nre unfavorable, as the grass
hoppers and ca-beetles are taking what was
left by the droh and the hail-storms.
! During the months ending June so there
were reported New York city 366 failures,
the gross liabties amounting to S11, 5aa,656.
while the asls were valued at $5,99O,346
During the copsponding SIX months Of 1878
there were 51failu-es, with gross liabilities
Df saa, oso. 79s nd assets s11,o12,662. The
failures have cen mainly confined to the
small traders, 1T several large and old estab-
lished firms we forced to suspend.
Great Britaihas d coast line Of 1892 na,l-
heal miles, al has IS light-ships and 45e
lighthouses, { whose maintenance tolls are
eyied on the hoping. The United States
has $500 miles coast lire on the Atlantic
md Pacific, ar30e0 miles on the great hkes
Inst year the was provided 655 lights.
There are In tlUnfted States $500 miles OF
1ver navigate and on this there are 500
lights and 3e0buoys. The cost OF Keeping
10 this ID 81, 5000 year, and is paid BY the
whole people, stead Of by the shipping IN
;erests alone DIN England.
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