The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-02

/ been fairly active ut steady prices lar car
n Roes close ut 1att4 with sales to-day Of 770o
bags, leaving d stock Of that grade here Of
,2e2 bags; mild grades have been quiet and
\ about steady at the quotations
State Gonsols were active yesterday and
sales of sa5sooo were effected ct the tx
change. They opened OF 47ssss, went up to 5osss
\ md closed steady ut 4sTT s0049h. against 4714@
sasA7N on Monday The sales outside the TX
change footed up $4,000. Premium Bonds
ruled at 25ss4D26. against 25l14@25Ssa On the
previous day, with sales Of s25,0Oo.
Lord Deaoonsileld said to member Of the
Manchester Chamber Of Commerce, who came
tell him recently that the Chamber In
landed To vote resolutions condemnatory Of
the ministerial policy On the Eastern ques-
d Hon: iii have heard u great deal about Man
" chester sclayed cotton, which II disgracing
II tue English name In China. Please tell your
n Chamber that If they attend to my business
viii thy and attend to theirs
I'll lii thought that before long the cotton
ISmiils OF New England will DO built with one
|lstnEy, instead of with five Or tx, as ct pres
{tbp Al The advantages claimed IRE increased
NA Aty and convenience and q higher speed TOR
machinery, The report Of New England
4nRham factory onlast winters use OF \ new
history building was that 1t covered about
Rcre, was built ut brick with corner towers
@ cost Of 900, and saved In gas alone
zaS# euual III the interest Oh the cost VT the
NnE The looms We're driven at IL per
hhlRher speed than On the second floor 81
R fd min, the repairs we're fewer and less
bfect work turned out.
LINZ receipts Ok the Philadelphia water de-
rtmellt for 1878 were Sl,376,5 32, an increase
nearly Sl5o,Oo0 over the previous year,
EahilH the aggregate expenses we're $is1,6o1.
ri total pumpage oil the year wa IDOL
Dun gallons, about per cent increase over
wit, according to the report of the chief
hneer, which has just been submitted to
city councils, the summer flow OF the
ii WAS less than for several years before,
there were three days In July when 1t
impossible to pump 1O,O0O,O00 gallons D
The waste OF water In Philadelphia,
Elsewhere, continues to be- an unsolyed
hlem.
1.-THE last session OF the New York State
risiature several interesting acts relative
awnings banks were passed and approved.
act limits the maximum compensation or
Divers 10 $10,O00--a restriction which, an
hRnEe remarks, has not come any too soon.
receiver, according to the New York I'll
cial Chronicle, III a years service, paid
oRitors ST, 15s,00o, and received $4,000;
ther, In about the same time, paid S440, 900.
received $1,000; another. Ii two years
u half, paid about 100000, and received
600; another paid Is per cent, 100000, and
keceived $4,000; his predecessor was en-
nloyed for single month only. for which he
brew $4,000. The intent or the laws passed Is
to make recetverships unnecessary and avoid
nhie, and 1t Ii thought that there will be very
3few of them In New York hereafter.
The New York Commercial and Financial
Chronicle OF the twentyeighth ultimo con
tains d long and elaborate article On the cot
Ton acreage and stand In 1879, In which are
=0Iven detailed statements from each Of the
IeDtton growing States. These show an aver
)Rgp increase In acreage for the whole South
hi S34 per cent. Last years crop In June
was considered an early one. while this years
krop can be called comparatively late one.
According to the Chronicles reports the cot
kpn plant In the Atlantic States and portions
III Alabama Is about two weeks more back
ard than at this date in 1875; that
Mother States it ID from ten days late to the
eme maturity, a considerable portion of the
Mississippi valley coming under the latter
cad The fields are, with limited exceptions, !
lear of weeds and well cultivated, and with
hs exception Of parts Of Georgia the stand |
cured Is quite perfect, strong and healthy. |
The Mississippi valley especially the con-
Hob In these respects appears to be better |
my year ago. because of the heavy rains
aIAy and June OF 1873. The Chronicle gives
hGe showing possible crop with present
cage on the basis of the best and
brcst yields In each State from 1869 to 1878.
ON this it Is discovered that If every con-
lon were as favorable in each State as the
II season in that State, the present crop
Lid reach 5,s16s06 bales; and, on the other
40, II every condition were as unfavorable
each State as the worse season In that
he, this crop could only reach S,S71, 744
es. These are the limits within which
EeIopment or damage would be possible
n year, narrowing OF course constantly as
w stage OF growth passes.
EHn ENGLISH COTTON GOODS MARKET
Manchester journal, June 10, says:
3uring the week there has been slow,
criI34 market In all counts and qualities
Farn Ind to-day little or no animation is
R Frs for the home trade are acting
great caution, and purchase onlT small
meet immediate requirements: Quo
are not much changed, but there Is
Onfidenee shown In the stability OF
and slight concessions would be made