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DAILY DEJMOCRAT. TeRgr Or TeH PAPE& sUec usea Ix RaTMs. DArIIY I nr .;o ;,:and at same rate hali Ins) per annum f0 adt same rate hatl reari.t and quarteri.' a ADVURLTIIUKE SAT405-DAI1. Transientaertsmeats per square (ten hau o sod fiate) as Iam on; ents •soh subs e~ntneiinbodivm on. eU. 10 e ents a ns net so mee Advertlmeqqo for tho M od of one month nd longer, as olibws o i Druon Beloe cents a line, net. ntor Nodoet.i, typ. s oents a no, net. Squares. I l mol mo. rmo.I e Imo. I 9 mo o0 0 196 e, 48 ' 105 170 75 ...u . y. inS 190 900 89o 0..... t11 180 310 506 t.:... .... of its 1 s oo " :'· m for the period of one moth l..... nd .. as ates theame as for e........ 8 B , 1 ms as o ....... 19 1 go 68 1 7 ....... 16 I~ as 67 00 ....... I I 80 10 ...... .. I5 6 ms 1e 0 n i. s e so e i 1I ........ an s rs hU Is 1or ........ o 99 to 0. 1 1m. S........ 81 rT t5 186 180 n...... 8 5. _0, 145 10 .... 5 1i55 110 S 0 100 150 950 15 NOTES. - Last year the public school expenditures of Boston amounted to $84 50 for each scholar taught. --rThe Ottoman Parliament will be reopened on the lt of October, if there is anything left of them. -The Bun publishes an editorial advertise ment, wanting to know the whereabouts of one William Almon Wheeler, etc. -Bob Ingersoll has been orating on Vol taire's end, in San Francisco, and offers to bet $1000 that he died quietly and peacefully. -The presence of Packard and Chamber lain at the coming Ohio_ convention is prayed for earnestly by malcontents in the party of moral ideas. -Edinburgh is the scene of the present meeting of the General Council of the Presby terian Church. Philadelphia has been chosen as the place for the next meeting. Boston has ifready contributed $42,000 for the relief of the St. John sufferers, and the subscriptions continue to pour in. Large sums are also being contributed by the Boe -tonians for the relief of the Marblehead suf ferers. .These facts speak volumes for the generous people of Boston. - -The Notional RejubAbam thinks if Wells and Anderson were prosecuted under the laws of Louisiana the President would be powerless to in " for the matter re to think, and a majority of America citisens arble to take It in. TRE ARS SOF TEn CABINET. (N. Y. World.) Invaluable as. ere all the services Wrhich a few gifted women have of late rendered to the cause of good govern ment in this country, we are inclined to believe that their crowning glory has been but just now achieved by Mrs. NMary Clemmer Amg , who has pointed out with high purpose and unerring finger the enormity of the ears in the President's Obinet. It is a matter of crying importance that the country know the whole length and breadth and depth of the subject, together with its bearing not only upon polities, but upon vital statistics as well, and it is therefore suggested that Mrs. Ames follow up her investigations in the most searching manner and tell us more about those ears. Have they any general direetion t Do they in the main tend forward or backward? Are they on t hA average pointed or lobular, red, purple, blue or white, opaque or trans parent, and do any of them resemble pearly shells of the giant nautilus type, antd what is the general impression which they product when seen in a row or in line or when mustered around a table ? Is it impracticable to whisper in them on account of the echo among their convoluted corridors and can any of- them be used as certain savages of whom Sir John Mandeville speaks employed theirs that is, can any member of-the Cabinet mnake one of his ears serve as a bed while he covers himself with the other as with a coverlet? Having broached the subject of ears, it is Mrs. Ames' clear duty to probe it to the bottom. Her generalisation is such as never could have been made by a man, and she owes to the public as well as to her self a complete elaboration of it in all its multiform details and wide possibil ities. The first Napoleon is said to have had a preference for men with large noses, and it is said of Pyrrhus, we believe, that he would have no captain in his army whose mouth was small or whose chin retreated. During the campaign which ended with the accession of Gen. Hayes to power we remember as in a .dream to have heard 'that he was not only a highly pious person who, on the -whole, would rather be a humble Sab bath-school teacher than President of the United States, which he es teemed a higher honor than to be Autocrat of all the Russias, but that as a military commander he had few equals and no superiors in either ancient or modern times. As Napoleon laid stress on big noses and Pyrrhhs upon large moutht and prominent chins, and as most great cautains have a vein of su. perstition 4p them, it is possible that President Hayes has some pet notion in regard.tite virtue of large ears, and that he d his Cabinet with refer ence theero . What was his hidden purpose?- "It is important that we should know this, for although long ears are commonlyr thought to be indi cative of a certain stuboornness and asininity of disposition, it may be that Gen. Haves knows better, and sees in them the promise and potency ofl ~eatness in some particular ~irection which he must follow ,n the pursuit of his dark 4eeigns, Of conrse Oarl SBohurs is at the bottom o1 this possible attempt upon the liberties of the people or mayhap he merely thought that the portent of his own vase ears would be unnoticed should he be placed in company with men somewhat like him in dophalc anatomy. What ever may be the true meaning of the phenomom which Mrs. Ames has laid bare in all its hideousness and enormity, it is important that the ptiblie know the full facls of the matter, which, we trust, will soon be dragged to light, in order a that we may understand thefulf measure of the danger which threatens us. SOUTHERN NEWS. Louisiana. Mad dogs are numerous in Bossier parish. The two Gunters, lately wounded in Ci aloasieu, are said to be recovering. In St. Mary parish several planters have sugar on hand, holding it for a rise. Cotton worms have appeared in Con C oordia parish, according to the Frank o lin Sun. In many of our country exchanges a prayers for rain and for watermelons a are refreshingly mixed. A movement is on foot, says the More house Clarion, among the colored men of Shreveport to organize a colony for Liberia. D. B. Gorham, late Bepublican candi date for district attorney in two dis tricts at the same election, is now soliciting subscriptions for a Demo cratic newspaper. Hon. A. E. Malon paid our sanctum a visit during the week. He reports that the colored people are satisfied with their condition under the new rule, and that they are beginning to have every confidence that Gov. Nicholls means to extend to them all the protection neces sary for their prosperity and happli Inesa.-[Plaquemine Observer. In Alexandria the longest alligator gets the persimmon. Somebody iilled one nine feet long in the river in front of town last Sunday morning. This stim ulated a taste for the sport, and Tuesday morning Capt. Dave Paul, proprietor of the Exchange Hotel, espied a mag nificent crocodile, thirteen feet long moving through the water very much in the devil-may-care fashion of an iron blad monitor. By way of experiment Capt. Paul, who is a fine shot planted a minie ball in the centre of Ally's noble forehead, but it never phased him. Bul lets were then showered into his ribs. The shot which settled his hash struck close to his eye, and caused him to jump completely out of the water and splash around tremendously. He presented ap ugly appearance when stretched out on the bank preparatory to being skinned ti0... P 'a raory/t bin sine Some of the cotton in Waller county is five feet high. Parties near Denison claim to have struck rich silver veins. M. M. Pomeroy lectured in Jefferson on the 7th of this month. Dallas has received 44,000 bales of cotton since September 1, 1876. The cotton worm is reported to have made its appearance in Lavaca county. The editor of the Dallas Commercial has a centipede nine inches in length. Wheat commands from $1 10 to $1 30 in Dallas and the farmers are well sat isfied with these prices. One hundred and ninety-two thousand head of cattle have been driven North through Belton this year. Prowns. nrowe. fane and waelshemwo men are crying for rain in' North Texas, as they are over many parts of Louisi ana. Bislsissppl. Vicksburg was almost lifeless with heat last week. A Mississippian, James Walsh, grad uated with the highest honors at the St. Louis University. A somnambulist in Vicksburg recent: ly walked out of a second story window and falling on the banquette belof in jured himself mortally, It is supposed. THE CHINESE HELL. Some of the Plensant LItle Amusements to be Gone Through With. The Sixth Court is situated at the bot tom of the great ocean north of the Wuchiao rock. It is a vast, noisy Ge henna, many leagues in extent, and around it are sixteen wards. In the first ward the souls are made to kneel for long periods on iron shot. In the second they are placed up to their necks in filth. In the third they are pounded till the blood runs out. In the fourth their mouths are opened with iron pin cers and filled full of needles. In the fifth they are bitten by rats. In the sixth they are inclosed in a net of thorns and nipped by locusts. In the seventh they are crushed to jelly. In the eighth their skin is lcerated, and they are beaten on the raw. In the ninth their mouths are filled with fire. In the tenth they are licked with flames. In the eleventh they are subjected to noisome smells.' In the twelfth they are butted by oxensnd trampled on by horses. In the thirteenth their hearts are scratched. In the fourteenth their heads are rubbed until their skulls come off. In the fifteenth they are chopped in two at the *aist. In the sixteenth their skin is taken off and rolled up into spills. The Slayer of Catesby Jones Balled fo isa,mee. IN. Y. Tribune.] Barral, the slayer of Lieutenant Cates by Jones, has been admitted to bail in the insignificant sum of $15,000, and the friends of the murdered man are very indignant. He has engaged two of the best lawyers in Selma, Ala. and sets up the customary plea of self-defense. Their children had quarreled and had a pitched battle in the streets, and young Jones, who was in the wrong, had been sent to his playmate's house with aq apology and a basket of fruit, but his overtures were received with such ba'd grace that another boys' fight was precipitated. Then Lieut. Jones went over to his neighbor's house to remonstrato against such vindictive behavior, and was shot down at the door. Harral says that the lieutenant carried with him a huge stick, and at tempted to use it. Lieut. Jones asserted in his ante-mortem statement that he had not the least thought of stirring up strife. It was certainly a strange fate that the gallant sailor who commanded the Merrimac in her second day's fight should be shot down like a dog for playing the part of peacemaker in a child's quarrel. The Paternal Coin. [N. Y. Bun. ] Yes, let us have the silver dollar of our fathers, but without fraud, just as they had it--a silver dollar worth just the same as a gold dollar-no lessand no more FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. mONETARY. OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOORAT, Tuesday Evening, July 10, 1877. NUW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE, Clearings. Balances. July 7................1,127,72 98 $240.805 10 Jaly 9................ 1,124.085 833 171 9 9 52 July 10............. 1,112,673 23 1206,183 26 Thus far this week...$8,364,481 54 $538,947 88 Same time last week.. 2,687,506 06 801,076 55 Total last week....... 6,876 822 65 976,888 04 Total week before..... 4,998,716 97 682,418 ,8 We notice a better demand for money to-day at one or two banks, but no change at the r -at or on the street. Gold and Foreign Exchange were easier, but the movement in both was 'qute lim ited. New York sight was unchanged. Stocks were quiet. Meeting with a fair demand, State Oonsois were % JR cent. higher, and Premium Bonds were stronger. City Scrip and Half Paid Olty Coupons showed a slight ,advance, while State Warrants were sombuhat lower. We notioe that on the 7th inst. the Jefferson Oity Gas Light Co. declared a dividend of three cent, payable on and after the 16th, and that on the 6th fIot., the Louisana Lottery Company de olared a semi-annual dividend of seven ocent, payable on and after the 7th. We omtinue to quote: Except(onl commercall er 8 -- D cent per annum discount; Al do 0--; seond grade do. 12015; collateral loans -08; rit classe mortgages 89%' and second grade do, 10012. Gold opened at 105%@105Y, against 105% at New York, and after a limited business closed at 105%@t051/, against the opening rates in that market. The sales summed up $28,000, embraelng 85000at 105%. 82000, $5000 and $10,000 at 10614. Foreign Exchange was easier but the only sales reported were £2500 bill of fading, sterling, at-, £8000 At clear at 509, and £2500 bank at At the close sterling bills were quoted at 508 0809 for bill of lading and Al clear, and --518 for bank (bank counter rate -@5138,,i, and france at 4.93% for commercial and nom inal for bank. New York sight was unchanged. The sales were confined trs40,000 commercial and private bankers' ast cent discount. We also noticed a sale lof $1u,u00 commercial on Falls River at 8-16 i cent discount. The banks dEotinued to check on New York at --@ cent premium, and commercial sight was stili quoted at % c~ ent discouut. NEW OBLnE2c BTOCK EXCHANGOE BALES. FIRST CALL-11 A.g. $5,000 Premium Bonds ............... 35 84,000 do .. ..5... 2p.000 do (8. 60 flt).... 34 500 Per Diem Warrants., ........ 83 BEaTWEEN CALLI. $21,000 State Consols. ............. 77 5,000 Premium Bonds ........... 85' 8,00 do 85 800 do ................. 82 SECOND CALL-2 p. tx. $5,000 Premium Bonds.............. 35% Stocks continued quiet. Meeting with a fair demand, State Consols loseed at7 @77%, against 76%@76% yesterday, and Premium Bonds at 85%@85%. , against 35% 0w%. City Scrip ruled at 84085% for 1874 issues, at 41@42% for 1875, and at 838@8% for 1876. Hatl Paid City Coupons were quoted at 353%@ 87, and State Warrants at -@82%. COMELRCIAL. OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, Tuesday Evening, July 10, 1877. Quotaltons represend pr.oesfor round lots from first hands, unless otherwise stated. In illing smal orders higher prices are said. COTEON'--The sales to-day were confined to a little over 250 bales at prices requiring no change in our quotations. We give also the dAures and report of the Exchange as below: Gen'l Quotations. Ex. Q. [nferior................. 7. . 8Y - Low Ordinary ............. 9' 9 Ordinary .. ............. 1 Strict Ordinary ...........10@0 * 10 Strict Gooe Ordinary....... 10'/, , - Low Middling. ......... 104@11. % trit Low M.iddling.. ...! 11 @li -1 Good Middling ........... 11/12 11% Middling Fair........... ...1 12 Fair......................12 @12' - Although the business was restricted to the limited amount noted above, yet there was some inquiry which would probably have resulted in salks to a fair extent had buyers been able to ob. tain the concessions required to admit the execa tien of pending orders, but while some were wliuing to meew the demand more freely factors generally adhered to their previous pietenusions. The movement was also checked by light offer nlogs an a poor assortment. ihe dispatches re ported Liverpool quiet and steady at yesterday's partial improvement, with sales of only 5000 bales, and arrivals 1-82@L-16d. lower. Manches ter quite and unchanged. Havre quiet and steady at previous rates, and New York 1-160 lower for spots, and 1-l00@4-100J for futures, except in b~ptembers and Octobers, which showed an advance of 1-100@2-100c. Th , sales of the past three lays sum up 2850 sales (1900 on Mtatarday, 700 yesterday and 250 to-day), against 8400 for the corresponding time last week and 4050 the week before. Receipts since Friday evenmng 1137 bales, em bracing 195 from other delivery ports (of which I from Mobile and 194 from Texas), and 942 proper, against 800 proper 'last week and 767 astyear. Total proper since August 31, 1,187, 236 bales, against 1,406,591 last year-decrease 219,355. The exports comprise 5508 bales to Iverpool. The Exchange telegrangp make the receipts at all the ports from 12 m. yesterday to 12 m. to day 882 bales, against 1885 last week and 565 last year, and since Friday 2544 bales, againl., 4544 last week and 1860 last year. 'lotalsince August 81, 8,923,672 bales, against 4,071,941 np to Monday noon, July 10, last year-deorease 148,270 bales. Exports (Friday to Monday inclusive) to Great Britain 12,551 bales, lagainst 1€62 last week ana 9382 last year, and to the Continent 1830 bales, against 1182 last week and 6595 last year. Stocks at all the delivery ports, made up to 12 m, 228,869 bales, against 255,849 last week and 237,016 last Year. The Exchange makds the amount on shipbqprd not cleared 14, 774 bales, embracing 4272 for Liv. erpool, 9081 for Havre, and 1421 for coastwise ports, leaving in presses, agreeatly to ts ac count at 12 m., 88,059 bales, only a part of which is on sale. At noon to-day Middhlig was quoted at Galves ton at ll%c; at Mobile at llc: at Savannah at 1l%,o; at Charleston at 11%@tl%o; at Wilming ton at 11%e; at Norfolk as 1Ilo; at Baltimore at 12c;" at New York at 12K; at B& ston at 12%c: at Memphis at llo; at Augusta at 11',@llc; at Philadelphia at 121/,o at Cincinnati at lac; and at St. Louis at 11 . The Exchange reports: "Sales 225 bales. Market dull." COTTON STATEME1NT. Stock on hand Sept. 1.1876-bales...... 29,377 Arrived since last statement.... 27o Arrived previously .........1,381,160--1,381,430 1 410.807 Cleared to-day ................. none Cleared previously ..-........... 16-1. 316,331 Stock on hand and on ship board, not cleared........... 57.291 Same time last year............... 53.272 Receipts proper since last evening, 91 bales, against 290 on last Tuesday and 223 last year. For comparative totals for the past three days' exports and receipts, see above report. TOBAOCO-The sales to-day were confined to 19 hhds, (8, 5 and 11). The amount on sale is estimated at 7300 hhds. We repeat our quota tions as follows: Inferior lugs ---, low lugs 4@4%c, medium 5@5(/,c, good to tine 5%@6%~, low leaf 61/, 7'/, medium 8@100, good 10 /@12c, fine 12' @18%c, andseleetions 14%@10o. TOBACCO STATEMENT. Stock on hand. Sept. 1. 1876-hhds......... 11,081 Arrived past three days........... 251 Arrived previously ................ 7,038-7,289 18.370 Exported past three days.......... none Exported previously............... 6,711 Broken up. etc................... 979-7,690 Stook on hand. etc ................ 10.680 FBEIGHTS - The market presents no new feature, and we continue to quote as follows: By steam-Ootton to Liverpool 7-6d ; to Boston, Providence, Fall 'ver, Philadelphia and Baltimore, via New York, %c; to New York o. Grain to Liverpool 7'd. By sail-Cotton to Liverpool %o; to Bavre %0. SUGAR-Received this morning 26 hhds. There is a moderate demand for the local trade, and 200 hhds were sold by dealers to grocers. Good common to fair is quoted at 9%o, fully fair 9%, prime to strictly prime 9%o, choice 10%o seconds 9@lOo, centrifugal l0o, yellow clarfed 110, off whites 11%@1i'/o, whites 11%@ 12 O lb. MOLASSESR-Received this morning 36 bbls. The market is dull and prices are nominal. 380 was offered for-prime. CI fY REFINEtRY bUGARt- la selling on orders at 12lo for standard A, in bbls. 12%o for orushed, 12%o for powdered and granulated, and 180 for out lImf. CIIY 11 FINERY MOLASSES--Ii selling on orders at 450 for common. 50c for fair, 550 for prime, 600 for choloe, and 900 for golden sy up. Messrs. A. Thomson & Co. send us the follow ing telegram: New York, July 9, 1877-Market strong. Cut loaf 123%o, crushed 12c, granusated ll%oc, powdered 11%o, standard A ll.o J lb. r LOUR-The receipts were more lberal this morning and embraced 1599 bbls. Choice treble and choice extra continue in request, but the de. mand is restricted by the soaroity of supply. Receivers are mostly out of stock. There were sales to-day of 1010 bbl., of which 26 at $7 75; 250 spot at 9 62Y,; 50 at 49 75; 50 at 69 871,; 200 at $10; 25 at s10 25; 100 to arrive at $9 i0; 150 and 160 bbls on private terms. Common is quoted at $4@4 50, superfine $5 25, double extra $6@6 25, low treble extra 6 .50@6 75, good do. $7 Q8, ohoied do. $9@ 9 75, choice extra $10@10 50 J bbl. Dealers and grocers obtain 500 above these prices in their order trade. NEW WHEAT FLOUR-Several lots on the way here are now about due by river and rail, and theirsrrival is being looked for with some inter est. Three olnsignments are expected by rail to-day. One consists of a oar load in sacks from Gal atin, Tenn., the other from Illinois; tne other we noticed previously. RYE FLOUR-4Commands $5 2565 10 1 bbl from first hands. Some fresh lot are offering. GiIT'd AND HOMINY-Grit, are in light sup ply and ao.ive demand at $4 15@4 25 in store and $4 to arrive. Hominy is in light supply, and fresh commands $4 4 bbl. CORN MEAL--Received this morning 977 bbls. The demand is active, and the market has ad vanced 150 JJ bbl, owing to the soarttiy ef supply. 700 bbls sold, comprising 75, 100, 100,100 and 200 at $8 25; 40 at 3 3S; 25 at $3 87'/, and 60 at 83 40p bbl. Dealers are jobbing at 63 75 6 bbl, and larger lots were held at the close at 4S 50 0 bbl. POIIK-The market is quiet but much stronger, with a better demand, under Western advices, and mess is held at $14 50@14 65 1 bbl. 875 bbis sold, of which 25 and 100 spot and 100, to ar rive at $14 37/,, 100 and 50 spot'at $14 45, and 100 at $14 50 V obL. Several offers of $14 37'/, were refused for supplies on the landing. Dealers are jobbing at $15 50 S bbl. DRY SALT MEAT-Is in good job demand, and shoulders are quoted at 5%@05/ e lb, packed. A receiver sold a5 boxes on private terms, and 10 boxes sold at 5.rS . Dealers are jobbing them at 5V%,@6%o V . BbiAuN -The demand is only in a job way at 6'/,o for shoulders, 83o for clear rib sides and 8%/,o tor clear sides. 88 casks sold, comprising 6 and 6 casks shoulders, to arrive, and 10 on the spot at 6%c, 4 half oaeks and 12 casks clear rib sides at 8 o, and 9 bdxes clear sides at 8%0 c lb. Dealers are jobbing shoulders at 6%@7o, clear rib sides 8/,o, o ear sides 8%o 1 lb. HAAMS--'reshly packed oho oe srgar-cured are in request, and command 11@ilo 1 lb. Yes terday 6 tierces small size sod a, 11/,o. Deal ers obtain %@to on these prices in their job trade. No aemand for old stock. LARD-Is in better dbmand and prices are stronger. Offers of 9o were refused for tierce. refined, and 9%B asked. Keg is quoted ast 9%@ 100 V lb. Dealers are jobb.ng at .. above these pr ices. BREAKFAST BACON-Is dull and quoted at 9c. PACKERS' HOG PRODUCTS - Prime mess pork is selling in the order trade at $13 50@14, prime $11, rump pork $11 50@t2 ~ bbl; pig pork $8 25 half bbl, pigs' feet 65o eg and . 25 ftirkin; tongues 4o apiece; new rib sides 3%S/c , lb. A receiver sold 60 bble jowl pork on private terms. WHIMKY-No demand. Rectified is quoted at $1 tb@1 10 1j gallon, as in proof and brand. Dealers obtain n@10c above these prices in their job trade. CORN IN BULK --lhe stock on the spot has been oisposed of and supplies to arrive are offer ing at 56o0 J bushel. tOW PEAS--There is a good order demand for the ouusry at *1 20b i bushel for Whwpoorwil. $1 25@L 5J for mixed and 51 60@175 for clay. A car load sold to go to Atlanta, Ga, and there is some inquiry for more. CORN IN iACKS---I scarce, and prices rule firm. 825 sacks sold, of which 150 yellow mixed at 62c, 300 yellow at 68o, 150 white at 6650, and 125 and 100 white at 67010 bushel. OATS-*-ood eupDly and dull. 1077 sacks sold, of which 227 mixed Iowa at 44c. 50 Galena at 46c, and 800 choice Mt. Louis at 42c 3 busbel. BRAN-The supply is light, and there is only a moderate job demand. 200 sacks sold. of which 50 at $1, 50 at $1 02%, and 100 at $1 05 3 100 lb. HAY--Is in good supply, and it is being re duced slowli. Only 100 asd 100 bales prime sold at $17. and 100 do at $17 25 9 ton. RICE -There is no change of any consequeneo to note. The supply is light and the market continues dull. Louisiana No. 2 is quoted at 4c; fair 57/@6c; good 68'@6'%c; prime G6y@6.c; strictly prime 6%@7c 1 lb. COsFEE -Our market is 'trong and the de mand is a little more active. 3000 bags, ex Los kumnerch, sold on private terms and since then dealers have resold 700 bags at full prices. We quote cargoes: Ordinary 17I@17/c (gold); fair I9/,@19%c; good 20'@20,c; prime 20%@21c Sl. Job lots: ordinary 17%@18'o goluh; fair 20@20. o; good 20%@2tc; prime 21%@21 o , lb. BUI'3'ER-The supply is large, while the de mand is mederate and only job lots are want ed. We quote creamery, fine 24@25-; do, good, 20@z2c; Western dairy, good 16@17c; Western repacked, good, 15@16c; do, fair,13@ 14c; New York creamery, selections, 25@26c; do, fine, 23@24c; dairy, flon, 24@25c; do, good, 21@ 22c;do. tair, 18@200 a lb. OCEESF- Is plentiful and quiet. We quote: Prime factory 8@8'c; off lots and rejections 6 @7c Plb. The market is bare of New York cresm. REOEIPTS OF PRODUCE-Arrived since our review of yesterday: 1599 bbls flour, 347 bbls pork, 100 Lble whisky 163 tcs hams, 24 kegs lard, 104 casks bacon, 103 boxes bacon, 977 bble corn meal, 705 seaceks corn, 1776 sacks oats, 404 saoks bran, 621 bales bay, 26 hhds sugar, 36 bbis molasses, 4 bbls apples, 210 kegs butter, 20 bbls potatoes and 7 bbls rice. EXPORTS OF PRODUCE-Exports since our review of yesterday: 82 bbls flour, 2 bbls pork. 20 casks bacon, 3 tierces lara, 26 bbls whisky, 109 bbls corn meal, 994 sacks corn, 67 sacks oats. 85 sacks man, 7 hhds sugar, 86 bbls sungar, 14 bbls molasses, 150 sacks coffee and 10 bbls oniODns. RESTAURANTS. BOUDRO'S RESTAURANT, Lake Pontehartralin. The proprietors of Boudro's Restaurant in consideration of the present hard times and in order to retain their past popularity, beg re spectfully to inform thepublic that they have GREATLY REDUCED THEIR PRICES. A visit to Boudro's Restaurant will convince the most incredulous. It is useless to say that the cuisine anl service are first-class. jy6 int JARY & HAUSSE, Proprietors. PH(ENIX RESTAURANT, 1M-IGTX3EX' a, LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. Open for the season. Visitors entertained at very reasonable prices. Bath houses for fami lies and ladies are separate from the others. j~4 lm S BTRISCONI'S RESTA RANT -AND ICE CREAM SALOON, OUT ON THE PIER OF THE -LAKE END -Of the PONTCHARTRAIN RAILROAD. The finest of fish, fresh from the lakes. Choice wines and lia ors always on hand. All orders for meals can be left at TRISCO PI'S, corner of Canal and Dece tur streets, where they witl meet with proper attention. Prices mod erate. jel3 LEGAL NOTICES. CANCELLATION OF BOND]. UNITED STATES or AEarICA, State of Louisiana, Executive Department, Whereas, application has been made to me for the cancellation of the following bonds, to wit 1. One drawn by Edward Pilsbury, as Drinct pal and as Administrator of Finance of the city o ` Orleans, with J. C. Van Wickle, W. Gor don, Theepnilo Prudhomme, Leon Queyrouze and Gabriel Pascal as sureties. 2. One by James G. Brown, as principal and as Administrator of Public Accotnts of said city, with Sawyer Haywood, Charles A. Eager and George Swarbricek as sureties. 3. One by E. A. Burke, as principal and as Ad ministrator of Improvements of said city, with John Hawkins. J. Hart and Frank Johnson as sureties. 4. One by J. O. Landry. as principal and as Administrator of Commerce of said city, with Joteph Hernandez, L. IE Lemarie, L. E. For stall and C. A. Eager as sureties. 5. One by P. L. Bouny, as principal and as Administrator of Assessments of said city, with P. Capdeviello. Jules Tuyes, I. E. Peychaud and Edgar Hincks as sureties. 6. One by Dennis Me;tarthy. as prineipal and as Administrator of Police of said lty. with George Smith, John G. IRyan. William B. Smith, Emile J. O'Brien and M. Flannery as sureties; and 7. One by Ieon Bertoli, as principal and as Administrator of Water Works and Public Buildinis of said city, with Thomas Duffy. N. E Llambias. L. Boca, F. Beusch and John Finney as sureties. All of which said bonds were each subscribed as aforesaid on the 27th day of November, 1874 and are for the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars each, conditioned for the faithful per formance of the dutlies of "obh of said prin cipals in their respective administrative capaci ties. Now, therefore, I, Franeis T. Nicholls. Gov ernor of the State of Louisinna, have thought proper to issue this, my proclamation. giving public notice to all persons therein concerned and interested to show cause, in writing, at the office of the Secretary of State, at the city of New Orleans. within ninety days from and after the last publication of this notice, why tihe said bonds, or either of thertt, should not be cancelled and annulled, and the securities above named discharged from any further liability. In testimony whereof, I have here untosigned my name and caused the L. seal of the State to be hereuntoaffixed at the city of New Orleans, this twelfth day of June. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and of the one hun dred and first year of the Independ ence of the United States of America. FRANOIS T. NICHOLLS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. By the Governor: WiaL. A. S.aoNo, jel3 30d Secretary of State. CANCELLATION OF BOND. UNITED STATES OF AMEBICA, tate of Louisiana, Executive Department. Whereas, application has been made to me for the cancellation of a bond drawn by L. T. Murdock, and by him subscribed, on the 14th day of November, as principal, for the sum of Forty Thousand dollars, with Sam'I W. Ham mond, John A. Peel, John Thorn and John H. Rareshide as securitis, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of said L. T, Murdock, as Treasurer of the Board of Metro politan Police of the city of New Orleans, Now, therefore, I, Francis T. Nicholls, Gov ernor of the State of Louisiana, have thought prover to issue this, my proclamation, giving public notice to all pert as to whom these pres ents shall concern, and who are therein Id terested, to show cause, in writing, at the office of the iecretary of S, ate, at the city of New Or leans, within ninety days from and after the last publication of this notice,why the said bond should not be cancelled and annulled, and the securities above named discharged from any furth r liability. In witness wiereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State of Louis Lane to be affixed at the citr of New Orleans, hs twelfth nay of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. snd of the one hundred and first year of the in. tependence of the United States of America. FRANCIS T. NICHuLLS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. By the Governor: WILL. A. STRONG, Secretary of State. je17 Sod (ANCELLATION OF BOND. NITED TTED STATES OF AMERICA, State of Louisiana. Executive Department. Whereas, application has been made to nre for he cancellation of a bond drawn by GEORGE D. JOHNSON. and by him subscribed, on the thirtlith day of December, 1875, as principal, for he sum of ton thousand dollars, with Wright R. Fish, Honore Pothier, Joseph Alphonse Walker. John A. Watkins and Patrick Keenan, e4 securities, conditioned for the faithful per lormance of the duties of said George B. John son, as Auditor of Public Accounts of the State )f Louisiana. Now, therefore,. I, Francis TINicholls, Gov rnor of the State of Louisiana, have thought proper to issue this, my proclamation, giving ublic notice to all tersons to whom these presents shall concern and who are therein in crested, to show cause, in writing, at the office rf the Secretary of Stae. at the city of New Or eans. withiti ninety days from and after the set publication of this notice, why the said bond hould not be cancelled and annulled, and the ocurities above named discharged from any urther liability. In testimony whereof, I have hero - un;o set my hand and caused the IL. S. seal of the Itate of Louisiana to be . affixed, at the cityof New Orleans, - this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and of the one hundred and first ear of the independence of the United btates of America. FRANCIS T. NICHOLLS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. By the Governoi: OscAB AnuoRo, Assistant Secretary of State. je3 .0t $1000 REWARI. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Lxecutive Department. Whereas, It appears from the proces verbal o inquest and the verdict of the Coronor's jury, in the matter of the investigation into the cause of the death of the late DON SEVERINO DE LA BARRERA, Consul of his Majesty, the King of Spain, which occurred in the city of New Or leans, on the twenty-fourth day of March, A. D. 1877, said inquest having been held in said city before Dr. Henri do IRance. Coroner of the Second, Third and Fifth Districts of the parish of Orleans. that the death of said Severino de la Barrera was occasioned by his taking un knowingly poison, placed int-ntionally and feloniously in a bottle of medicinQ, from which he, on that day, took the usual dose, by one or more persons unknown to the jury of inquest, and who are at large; and Whereas, To all appearances, 4 heinous crime, punishable under the laws of this State has been committed, and for the good of society its perpetrators should be brought to justice, Now. therefore. I. FIRAN'IM T. NICHOLLS, Governor of the State of L-,uisiana, have thought proper to issue this my proclamation, calling upon the good people of this State to give their aid and assistance in arresting and bringing to justice the perpetrator or perpetra tors of said crime, and by virtue of the author i'y in me vested by the laws of this State, I hereby offer a reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators of said crime. Given under my signarure and authenticated with the seal of the State of Louisiana. at the city of New Orleans, this twenty-eighth day of June. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and of the one hundred and first year of the independence of the United States of America. FRANCIS T. NICHOLLS. Governor of the State of Louisiana. By the Governor: WILL. A. STON, Secretary of State, lot MERCHANT' MUTUAL INSURANCE COM. PANY OF NEW OBLEANS, 1I4.............. Canal Street ............. TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL STATEMENT. In conformity with the requirements of thir charter, the Oompany publish the following statement: Premiums received during the year ending May 81. 1877. including unearned premiums of the previous year On Fire Risks....................... !61,26 62 On Marine Risks ................... 2,4.73 98 On River Risks.... --................ 21679 8 Total Premiums ................. $411,44. 82 Lees Unearned Premiums ...... 118,115 00 Not Earned Premiums May 31. 1877............................. $933,83 8 Losses pail On Fire lesks................117.867 98 On Marine Risks,......... 17,098 0 On River Risks...... . 3,r6s 77 Taxes and expenses, less interest ................ 2,g690 38 Reinsurances and Re turned Piremiums.... 16,104 03- $183,314 66 Proflt ............... ...0......... $10,0 16 The Company have the following assets: Real Estate ........................ $28,079 49 City Bonds....................... .... 110,419 60 Bank, Railr ad and other Stocks and Mortgage Bonds........... 169.236 66 Notes secured by mortgage,. ...... 214,042 0. Notes secured by pledge . ....... 7 Bills receivable- ............. 75,16 19 Premium in courseof colection.... 49,087 93 Cash on hand....................... 77,007 8 Total.............................. 21,028.344 23 7 he above statement is a just, true and cor rect transcript from tho books of the ComDany PAUL FOURCHY,President. G. W. NoTT, Secretary. bTATi OP LOUVIIASA, Parish of Orleaus. Uity of Mew Orleans. J Sworn to and eubscrlb, d beforeme the sev enth day of June. 1877. JAMES FAHEY. Notary Publio. At a meeting of the hloard of Directors, held on the seventh day of June, 1877, it was resolvae to declare a cash dividend of twenty per cent 04 the net arned participating premiums for thr year ejding May 31.1877, payable on the thid Monday of July next. Also, to pay to the Stockholders, eon demand interest at the rate of five per cent per annum g on their stock. DIRECTOBs: P. Maspero, Hy. Beebe, D. A. Chaffraix. E. Toby, P. Fourchy, J M. Allen. 8. Z. Relf, M. W. Mmith, Charles Lafltte, D. Patio. je8 if J. J. Fernandez. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT --OF THS CRESCENT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY NEW ORLEANS, May 19. 1877. The Trustees, in conformity with, amended charter, submit the following statement of the affairs of the company on the 0oth of April, 1877: Fire premiums.............$188,068 51 Marine premiums.......... 29,315 95 River premiums........... 81,24 3a $2-- 99,0 81 Earned premiums, less re Insurance and return pre miums .................... 228.235 15 Losses paid and estimated, including all known and unpaid, say: Fire losses.. ...... 87,335 6o Marine losses..... 7,285 41 River losses....... 25.510 20 ----- 100.131 21 Taxes. expenses, discount in lieu of participation, e!c...............$51,892 53 Less rents, salv age savings, etc. 11.766 72 - 0,125 56 $140,257 07 Gross profits........................ $87.978 e0 Of which $56.587 35 is appropriated to balance of Intotest and liquidation of doubtful assets. The company have the following assets Bills receivable ..............168,688 38 Loans on Bonds and Mort gage ..............-- --... 5,9483 3 -----$ 124,591 70 Loans on call... ... ........ $74.54 15 Cash ........................ 63,8 71 --$- 138,400 86 City Bonds .................. 72,055 00 Bank and other Stocks ...... 73,415 6s Real Estate .................. 189.544 $ Premiums in course of Col lection and Suspense Ae count ...--........... -. 33.415 9 Total assets..--. ..... $681,4'79 The above statemenx is a true and correct transcript from the books of the Company. traTHS. A. ADAMS, President. HENRY V. OGDEN, Secretary. Sworn to and subscribed before me this nine. teenth day of May, 1877. W. B. KLEINPETER, No:ary Public. The Board of Trusteeathisday resolved, that after paying the annual dividend of TEN PEM CENT Canital Stock of Company. that a dividend of TWENTY PERl CENT in cash be paid on, MONDAY. June 11, to those parties entitled to receive the same. Thos. A. Adams, Fred'k Camerden Sam'l B. Newman. J, L. Harris, Sam'l H. Kennedy. Andrew Stewart. John Phelps, Joseph Stone, Adam Thomson, George Martin. Henry Abraham. Alfred MIoulton. Victor Meyer, L C. Jurey. Edward J. Gay. Edward 1alle, Joseph Bowling, Geo. W. Sentell, Sim n Hernehelm, A. Levi. Simon Forcheimer, Wm. H. Matthews. Jos. B. Wolff. Paul E. Mortimer, it. B. Post, John V. Moore. Ed. kilsbury, W. B. Conger. Jno. E. King, Henry . Preston, my22 lv SUN MUTUAL INbUt.ANCg COMPANY. Paid Up Capital, SS,.,4. FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR 1876. Net annual earned pre miums and Discounts* and Interest ............. $40.95 Losses, Expensee, Tales. etc..........-- ............ 777 94 Reserved fund $Io,cO, and Dividend on capital 10 per cent................1-- 47 47.--3ur8,7 NetProCt ..............:. $.1.2081t Assets of tlb w,....rny es timated at their cash market value: Stocks, Bonds, Loans and Bills Receivable.......... 33,5g07 Cash on hand and preai ums in course of collee. tion........................ 18,~sg 4 $66.993 it Dividend paid an stock ten per n leer an num, and on partioipating policies twenty pe cent. paable m easn. This old and reliable company is Issuing DOll des on Fire. ilverani Marine rlskson the most favorable terms. All losses promptly adjusted' and settled upon liberal terms at their office. 8 Camp street. JAD..A -. . CAia rPns. Secretary., u a i