The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-21


Afsad s oss lhas pgrpauoas sie being
made ol ihs approaching business season. The
toasl has been . healthy during ths s6mmgf, and
iha appeannces are now 70 promising that many
persons are returning TO the city ana the streets
seem g b fuller than they were during the latter
paft Of May and the beginning Of June. Several
81 our large merchants are hitting up their storesin
style Of more than usual rnagnifoence, and every
thing seems to give promise Of an early and vsor-
Gus resumption Of te New Orleans business season.
1t is bat natural that there should be during the
next fall, winter and spring, an energy extraordina-
~ for even this the busiest and most active Of
Amefiesn cities. The last season was peculiarly
unprcpiiious. No sooner had the yellow ever dis
/ appeared and strangers began to land at our
whaEyes than the cholera appeared amongst us and
drove from The CITY all those ysitsrs who were not
detained BY tie most pressing necessity Great as
weFe the real sufsfings frouthe disease, numerous
as were the deaths it Produced the ravages of the
pessilenca weFe magnifed By those who fled at its
appearance, and ne country was filed with runors
which Represented New Orleans as the certain
grave Of all who dared 70 enter within its limits.
Scarcely had the pesience Felenled in its attacks
when we were threatened and eveFsaken by yet
another evil The Mississippi broke overthe fraii
barriers which man has raised against it and en-
E j
tered our streets, driving families from their homes
and destroying property that could not be removed
from the influence Of the invading waters. We
had NOT, 10 besure, ST. Louis FIRE or a New York
riot but The overflow was perhaps more injurious
70 business than either Of these evils would have
been. 1t was slow and produced its depressing eff
feetson cur population day by day and week by
week. The screyasse, however, was stopped, and
possibly the exthat we deprecated at the time may
have proyeda benefit in keeping the city free Of
eveR Certain it is that SO healthy summer as
The present has hardly ever been knoWnin New
Oreaua
Theeabft, then, TO make up for past loases win,
of course be sensbly felt in the increased activity
Of the coming year. The late accounts from Eng
land lead US 10 suppose that the marketsfor our
staple, cotton, viii be remarkably good fr some
time to comes and although the crops may not be
leo abundant in their yield as they have, in other
years, been, the higher price for tbe article may
Amply repay the planter for any diminuton in the
amount Of his produce. The sugar promises well,
and, Notwithstanding the crevasses and the losses
Of negroes by the cholera, it is probable that the
Louisiana sugar growers will have a much better
crop than they anticipated two months ago. Tie
cane, IN many parts is raturing well and unless
future ffosls interfere to njure the fields, The sugar
Besides the prospects for a good cotton market
and fair sugar market, the scoounls from Cali
for1ia induce us to believe that the oil which grea-
yes the wheels Of trads-the circulating Iaediuu-
will be more abundant than heretofore The.emi-
grafton, too, tothe Pacific alone, will necessarily
Increase the business Of New Orleans, as many Of
the emigFants win choose 10 pass through this place
on their way to the lsthmus. The experience of
the parties which have lately taken the overland
route to California, proves thatthe Southern routes
through Texas and Mexico are far preferable to the
Northern routes by Independence and Fort Lara
mie The California emigration, then. Of thenext
spring--at least that partof it going by and-will
probably pass, the mostof It, through New Orleans
The cholera Of last spring kept many Of those
bound for California from taking The Texas route
next spring the emigration through that country
viii probably be ten-fold.
Everything, them promises well for New Orleans
during the coming season. Il islo be hoped that
no untowArd event win arise to mar our pleasant
prospects, and thar the energy and industry Of our
citizens may be allowed free scope for the devel-
opemsnt Of all the resources at their command.
We have not, fot a long time. seen Al season open
50 brightly for our city as the present. May it
prove as prosperous and profitable as the last was
unfortunate and disastrous